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
THE ARTERY. “Spring into Glass” celebrates the rich tapestry of glass craftsmanship created by the northern California glass community. You will see sculpture, blown glass, fused glass, stained glass, lampworking, jewelry making, cast glass. The artists include current Artery members, former members, and esteemed guest artists.
PENCE GALLERY. Women artists have long used humor and satire to critique the unequal treatment of women, in areas from reproductive rights to their depiction in the media. Women’s Work is a sampling of contemporary sculpture and paintings by thirteen artists who redefine gender and femininity through their art. Free
PENCE GALLERY. Inga Poslitur’s new series of oil paintings capture flowering plants in natural environments, as well as in lovely arrangements of bouquets in domestic settings. 11:30a—5p. Free
Tai chi classes taught by Tina Duan, a former member of the Chinese National Gymnastics team, held at the Woodland Senior Center on Mondays and Fridays. All levels welcome! See website for more details.
WICKSON HALL LAWN. Watch university sheep munch on campus lawns through this public grazing event. 9:30am—3pm. 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
DAVIS SENIOR CENTER. Watch a film and enjoy popcorn with friends. Check the Senior Center’s website for film titles. 12:30p. Free
COMMUNITY PARK. Celebrate all that Davis has to offer! Featuring food vendors, tons of info booths, live music and so much more! 4:30p—9p. Free
PENCE GALLERY. An open call art show created in collaboration with Davis Rave Co and The Pence Gallery. The show is titled Digital Disruption and is centered around concept of technology’s hand in creating chaos within the self. The show will feature local emerging artist and thee event will also have a live band and alcohol vendor. We hope to cultivate an environment of art, creativity, music, peace, wellness, wonder and unity. 6p—10p. $12
PITZER CENTER. Featuring Sarah Parkins, violin, Maggie Perkins, cello, & Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano. Works will include compositions by Nico Muhly, James Diaz, Gao Ping and Rebecca Clarke. 7p—8:30p. $12—24.
WYATT PAVILION THEATRE. The themes of madness and identity are vibrantly examined in the UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance production Who’s There? This provocative reimagining of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet has been created and directed by Irish theatre director and acting teacher Sinéad Rushe, the Granada Artist-in-Residence. 7p—8:30p, last day 2p—3:30p. $5—15
VETERANS MEMORIAL THEATRE. Share the joy as Alasdair Fraser leads the fiddlers in a concert of rousing tunes from Scotland and beyond. Will you tap your toes? For sure! Will you dance in the aisles? It’s encouraged! Will you be touched when you hear a song of lost love in Scots Gaelic? Very likely. 7p—10p. $0—$35
DAVIS MUSICAL THEATRE CO. An ambivalent Cinderella? A blood-thirsty Little Red Riding hood? A Prince Charming with a roving eye? They’re all among the cockeyed characters in James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s fractured fairy tale centered around a childless baker and his wife whose only wish is to lift the family curse and live happily ever after. Thus, what begins as a lively irreverent fantasy becomes a moving lesson about community responsibility and the stories we tell our children. Fri & Sat, 7:30p; Sun 2p. $20