Connecting the arts, fostering collaboration and building community.
Calendar courtesy of The Dirt.
There are several other great resources for finding arts and culture events, exhibits, performances, and other creative activities in the Davis area:
Davis Enterprise | UC Davis Arts & Entertainment | YoloArts | Visit Yolo
UCD DESIGN MUSEUM. This exhibition explores racism through cartoons, showcasing the work of pioneering father/daughter cartoonists the late Brumsic Brandon, Jr. & Barbara Brandon-Croft who chronicled the nation’s cultural landscape in their comic strips through the lens of racism. 12p–4p. Free
THE ARTERY. March is fiber month with a vibrant display of creativity. This show displays an amazing artistic range—abstract, realism, florals, landscapes, quilting, embroidery, silk painting. Free
PENCE GALLERY. Fragments highlights recent paintings, collages, and drawings of Gina Werfel and Hearne Pardee. Both have recently retired from teaching at UC Davis, having spent more than 20 years teaching art, in addition to maintaining busy studio practices. Despite the differences between their respective work, they each approach their practice with the intent of layering or fragmenting multiple points of view or perspectives. Free
PENCE GALLERY. Erica Norelius’ new series of work offers an in-depth dive into the natural spaces of the Golden State, reaching from the coastal cities and desert areas, north towards Oregon. The quiet presence of man is often seen in small intrusions such as power lines and roads. 11:30a—5p. Free
UCD SCHOOL OF LAW, King Hall. The symposium will feature three panels exploring the multiple benefits of habitat restoration, species reintroduction and how to address the potential legal, policy, and social challenges of rewilding. Panelists will include attorneys, scientists, researchers, civil servants, and non-profit professionals. 8a—3p. Free
SECRET SPOT. Secret Spot, a local art and music lounge, is officially open! Come check out everything the space has to offer during store hours or come see our “YOU 2.0” show during 2nd Friday Art About in the evening from 5pm-9pm. “YOU 2.0” is an open call art show that highlights the community on an individual level. 10a—9p. Free
PENCE GALLERY. A diverse sampling of ceramics, textiles, photography, painting, sculpture, and more will be on display at the Pence Gallery from March 8 – April 3. Free
WYATT DECK, UC DAVIS ARBORETUM. Folk musicians are invited to bring their acoustic instruments & play together informally during this jam session at Wyatt Deck. All skill-levels welcome. 12p–1p. Free
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. Cellist Alexandra Roedder holds degrees in music from UC Berkeley, baroque cello from the Royal Conservatory of the Hague, as well as her doctorate in musicology and her master’s in cello performance from UCLA. 12p—1p. Free
UNIVERSITY CREDIT UNION CTR. Aggies vs. Sacramento State. 2p. Free
UNIVERSITY CREDIT UNION CTR. Aggies vs. Gustavus Adolphus. 2p. Free
UNIVERSITY CREDIT UNION CTR. Aggies vs. SJSU. 2p. Free
UNIVERSITY CREDIT UNION CTR. Aggies vs. Illinois State & Alaska Anchorage. 7p. Free
SWEET PEAS DAVIS. meet Doula, Cameron Seeberger, MA, CD(DONA) Certified Birth Doula, Postpartum Doula Childbirth Educator. She will be here to answer all of your questions. Register online. 3:30p—4:30p. Free
LOGOS BOOKS. Carol Brent Levin has taken art classes at local community colleges and workshops in northern California. Although she enjoys sketching and painting, photography and printmaking have become her main avenues for artistic expression. 5p—8p. Free
UNDERGROUND BOOKS, Sacramento. UC Davis Professor Emerita Dr. Halifu Osumare’s bew memoir Dancing the Afrofuture: Hula Hip-Hop and the Dunham Legacy chronicles her transition from dancer-activist in the San Francisco Bay Area to academic capturing the zeitgeist of hip-hop culture. 6p—7:30p. Free
PENCE GALLERY. Visit the Pence Gallery during 2nd Friday ArtAbout to see a preview of the Davis Art Studio Tour, plus three other beautiful exhibits. 6p—9p. Free
NATSOULAS GALLERY. Peer into the intensely intricate and lyrical worlds of four prolific artists, including Larry Clark, Dr. Clarence Major, Kevin Snipes, and Ira Watkins, all of whom channel their painterly aesthetics through canvas and ceramics to explore the figure’s character and to celebrate their shared African American identity. 7p—9p. Free
BRUNELLE PERFORMANCE HALL. Cady Heron may have grown up on the African Savannah, but nothing could have prepared her for the wild and vicious ways of her new home: suburban Illinois. How will the naive newbie rise to the top of the popularity pecking order? Presented by Davis High Theatre. Fridays & Saturdays 7p—9p, Sundays 2p—4p. $10—15
DAVIS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY. It is a story that captures the essential human longings for love, community, success, freedom, family, and meaning. Fiddler features such iconic songs as the beautiful “Sunrise, Sunset,” the boisterous “If I Were a Rich Man”, and the classic “Matchmaker, Matchmaker.” Recommended for audiences of all ages. 7:30p—10p. $20
THE MELON BALL. An American indie-psychedelic rock band, the group is a collaboration of Northern California musicians led by Linda Brancato, a prolific singer/songwriter. 8p—10p. $20