Arts & Culture

Culture Corner

The Arts Desk’s weekly picks for music, movies and more    By SAVANNAH ANNO — arts@theaggie.org   Song: “Obvious” by After (2025) Like summer in a bottle, “Obvious” is...

Review: Laufey is enchantingly honest in new album, ‘A Matter Of Time’

The bewitching singer-songwriter’s third album takes her music in a wilder, more vulnerable direction   By NATALIE SALTER — arts@theaggie.org    The contemporary dating scene — one so...

Review: ‘You’ might be the problem

The final season of “You” asks viewers to consider their own role in condoning Joe Goldberg’s actions    BY JULIE HUANG - arts@theaggie.org   The fifth and...

Five songs to add to your springtime playlist

As spring is in full bloom, enjoy the season with a playlist to match   By NATALIE SALTER—arts@theaggie.org    Springtime brings a whole new feeling to the world...

Why is everyone obsessed with trinkets?

Why blind boxes, bag charms and everything in between have taken the world by storm   By NATALIE SALTER—arts@theaggie.org    There’s an inexplicable pleasure in the opening of...

Your brain deserves better than little miss Ballerina Cappuccina

Let your brain breathe, or don’t and meet Tralalero Tralala in your algorithmic descent   By IQRA AHMAD — arts@theaggie.org Bored? Good. You might be onto something. Stop...

The Basement Gallery and Open Walls Collective come together to celebrate graduating student artists, senior show at Pence Gallery on June 7

Board members speak to the significance and process of the upcoming collaborative event    By SAVANNAH ANNO — arts@theaggie.org   Creating their own portable gallery walls from the...

Culture Corner

The Arts Desk’s weekly picks for movies, music and more   By BELLA PETERSON —- arts@theaggie.org    Book: “Klara and the Sun” by Kazuo Ishiguro (2021)   “Klara and the...

Have books been reduced to an aesthetic?

The 2011 novel, “The Night Circus,” raises the time-old question: Do you judge a book by its cover?   By BELLA PETERSON — arts@theaggie.org   The classic dilemma...

Culture Corner

Books for channeling your inner whimsy, embracing escapism and staving off the summer heat    By ALYSSA CREVOISERAT — arts@theaggie.org   As spring turns into summer, the outside...

Culture Corner

The Arts Desk’s weekly picks for television, movies, music and more   By IQRA AHMAD — arts@theaggie.org Song: “Lady Love” by Thee Sacred Souls (2022)    This gorgeous song...

Singer-songwriter Alix Page plays Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco

The budding indie-pop artist kicks off her second headline tour following the release of new EP, “Bug”    By SAVANNAH ANNO — arts@theaggie.org   On May 1, musical...

Is theater etiquette dead?

Reflecting back upon past years where box office success coincided with disruptive audiences   By BELLA PETERSON — arts@theaggie.org   Box office hits aren’t a new thing for...

Review: Season two of ‘The Last of Us’ has strong acting performances, new characters and bold narrative choices

Halfway through its sophomore season, “The Last of Us” receives high ratings and a renewal for a third season   By ELIZABETH BUNT — arts@theaggie.org    “The Last...

Review: ‘Headphones On’ sets the tone for Addison Rae’s bold debut album, ‘Addison’

Former TikTok creator Addison Rae’s aesthetic transformation and artistic reinvention signal her return to pop culture   By SHREYA KUMAR — arts@theaggie.org Addison Rae is cementing her...