Arts & Culture

Review: Final season of ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ keeps its love triangle alive until the very end

The popular romantic drama toes the line between tension and frustration in its final season    BY JULIE HUANG - arts@theaggie.org   Airing from July 16 to Sept....

Culture Corner

The Arts Desk’s weekly picks for music, movies and more   By ALYSSA CREVOISERAT — arts@theaggie.org   Album: “Who’s the Clown?” by Audrey Hobert (2025)    Addicting and charming, Audrey...

Second Friday, first adventure

Fall, friends and Davis’ art-filled nights await   By IQRA AHMAD — arts@theaggie.org   Welcome home Aggies!  As the leaves begin to blush into shades of red...

Summer of screams

A review of this past season's most exciting horror releases.   By BELLA PETERSON — arts@theaggie.org    This summer, we’ve seen no shortage of releases in the horror...

Review: Second season of ‘Wednesday’ is woefully underwhelming

The show’s better qualities are obscured by a slow start and bloated cast    BY JULIE HUANG — arts@theaggie.org   After nearly three years, the second season of...

A handful of can’t-miss events this fall quarter

Three fall quarter performances worth fitting into your schedule   By NATALIE SALTER — arts@theaggie.org    As we gear up for a brand new school year, the prospect...

Investigating the revival of retro pixels and the digicam craze

Capturing moments with intentionality, through a vintage lens    By IQRA AHMAD — arts@theaggie.org   What’s in your bag? Click. Shutter. Flash. Snap. No, it’s not...

In 2025, try stepping inside the fashion world

Some of the top fashion museum exhibitions that should be on your radar    By BETH MUNRO-MORRIS — arts@theaggie.org    Whether you’re mapping out stops on your summer...

What are summer trends — and do they matter?

Trends provide the season with structure, but do they end up subtracting from summer’s traditional sense of spontaneity?    BY JULIE HUANG - arts@theaggie.org   Summer is nearly...

Review: Which episodes of the newest season of ‘Black Mirror’ are worth the watch?

From worst to best, the episodes from season 7 of ‘Black Mirror’ will be sure to leave your mind boggled   By BELLA PETERSON — arts@theaggie.org    The...

A recap of the 2025 Whole Earth Festival

The beloved weekend-long Earth Day celebration returns with an array of music, activities and more    BY SHREYA KUMAR — arts@theaggie.org    Each spring, the UC Davis Quad...

Where have all the unicorns gone?

No longer the center of books, movies or television, unicorns have been slowly fading from fantasy — is it time for their magical return?    By...

Summer of screams

A review of this past season's most exciting horror releases.   By BELLA PETERSON — arts@theaggie.org    This summer, we’ve seen no shortage of releases in the horror...

Do vision boards really work?

Investigating the beloved manifestation method that everyone’s talking about   By NATALIE SALTER—arts@theaggie.org    Since its creation in 2010, image-collection social media site Pinterest has risen to a...

Realistic versus non-realistic video game graphics: which is better?

As video game visuals become more and more lifelike, the question arises: Is that even what the masses want?    By BELLA PETERSON — arts@theaggie.org    When it...