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Calendar courtesy of The Dirt.
 
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Ongoing

Jordan Hayes: The Little Things

Pence Gallery 212 D St, Davis

PENCE GALLERY. Jordan Hayes is a figurative painter whose recent work centers on portraying objects with underlying stories and deeper meanings. Her figures engage with these items in quiet scenes, featuring dramatic lighting, eye-catching hues, and attention to detail, to provoke a greater appreciation for life’s subtleties. Free

Free

Stephen Giannetti: All In

Pence Gallery 212 D St, Davis

PENCE GALLERY. Stephen Giannetti has explored the grid and the circle in various media over his 30-year career. Early in his career, he pioneered a new mode of approaching the modernist grid. For the past 15 years, Giannetti has adapted his method of hand-painting with traditional oil paint to the more contemporary application of acrylic spray paint. 11:30a—5p. Free

Free

Straight Ahead and Underfoot: New Paintings by Jamie Madison

John Natsoulas Gallery 521 1st St, Davis

NATSOULAS GALLERY. This talented painter centers nature and the reaction to nature within each of her works, and she uses a variety of media to capture the beauty of the environment. This new collection of large and small mixed media paintings arises from the consideration of the way walking among trees and along creeks looks and feels.

Bussie Parker Kehoe: A Curious Garden

Pence Gallery 212 D St, Davis

PENCE GALLERY. The artist painstakingly pours discarded household paint into stacks of colorful circles, celebrating found materials in unusual ways. Kehoe views her work as reminiscent of the patterned Korean textiles from her youth, creating a lively ‘quilt’ full of texture and movement that seems to escape from its base. 

Free

Short Story: Writing the First Draft

512 gibson road 512 Gibson Road, Woodland

THE BARN GALLERY. Group reaching sessions for The Best American Short Stories of 2024, with writing prompts and encouragement. Learn to get your own writing on the page. 6:30p—8p. $348.65

$348.65

Peregrine Winter Enrichment Classes

PEREGRINE SCHOOL. After school enrichment classes for winter trimester (Jan. 21—Mar. 19). Weekly classes featuring art, cooking, spanish, sewing, chess, & more! 3:30p—4:30 or 5p. $250—355

$250 – $355

Dance Fitness Classes for Adults

Davis Arts Center 1919 F St.

DAVIS ARTS CENTER. Dance fitness classes offer a dynamic, easy, and fun way to maintain physical and mental health. Tina creates original, easy-to-follow choreography incorporating low-impact movements from ballet, jazz, hip-hop, Latin, Bollywood, Zumba, martial arts, and kickboxing. No dance experience is required. Drop-ins welcome. First class is free. 11a—12p.

Shop the Landfill

BLUE BARN THRIFT STORE.   Yolo County Central Landfill.  Save money while helping our environment.  The Blue Barn has gently used items for sale – including furniture, housewares, tools, sporting goods, electronics, gardening equipment, toys, and books.   This is also a great time of year to stop by...

Blue Barn Thrift Store

Blue Barn Thirft Store

YOLO COUNTY LANDFILL. Save money while helping our environment. The Blue Barn has gently used items for sale including furniture, housewares, tools, sporting goods, electronics, gardening equipment, toys, and books. Sales Thursdays & the 3rd Saturday of the month, where all items are half priced. 9a—3p.

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Davis Makerspace & Clothing Repair Cafe

Mary L. Stephens Davis Branch Library 315 East 14th Street

MARY L. STEPHENS LIBRARY. Davis Makerspace is a community workspace for makers and builders, designers and inventors. A small assortment of tools will be available for use and staff or volunteers will be on hand to provide some assistance. Supervised children are welcome. Mondays & Tuesdays, 6p—8p; Thursdays, 9:30a—11:30a. Free

Tai Chi Classes at the Davis Arts Center

Davis Arts Center 1919 F St.

DAVIS ARTS CENTER. Tai Chi classes available at many different skill levels. Take part in this exercise that will leave you feeling relaxed & aligned. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays, 10a—11a.

Beginning + Intermediate Tai Chi

Davis Arts Center 1919 F St.

DAVIS ARTS CENTER. Tai chi (太极) is an ancient Chinese martial art that is practiced mainly for physical and mental health purposes. It is a type of moving meditation in which breathing is coordinated with a series of fluid movements and postures. Tuesday’s class covers the 8- and 24- simplified forms. Your instructor, Tina Duan, is a tai chi expert who trained as a professional in China. Drop-ins welcome. First class is free. 10a—11a

Bussie Parker Kehoe: A Curious Garden

Pence Gallery 212 D St, Davis

PENCE GALLERY. The artist painstakingly pours discarded household paint into stacks of colorful circles, celebrating found materials in unusual ways. Kehoe views her work as reminiscent of the patterned Korean textiles from her youth, creating a lively ‘quilt’ full of texture and movement that seems to escape from its base. 

Free
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Andy McKee, solo guitar

Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center Hutchison Dr. & Cushing Way, Davis

PITZER CENTER. Andy McKee is among the world’s finest acoustic guitarists. His youthful energy and attention to song structure and melodic content elevates him above the rest. He entertains both the eye and the ear as he magically transforms the steel string guitar into a full orchestra via his use of altered tunings, tapping, partial capos, percussive hits and a signature two-handed technique. 12:05p—1p. Free

Free

English Conversation Group

Mary L. Stephens Davis Branch Library 315 East 14th Street

STEPHENS BRANCH LIBRARY. Weekly conversation group to practice English in a fun and relaxed way with help from group facilitator. Drop in visitors welcome. 12:30p—1:30p. Free

Sit, Stitch & Create

Yolo Branch Library

YOLO BRANCH LIBRARY. Do you enjoy crafting, sewing, quilting, knitting, crochet or art forms? Bring a project to work on and come create with us. 1p—3p. Free

Free

English Conversation Group

Mary L. Stephens Davis Branch Library 315 East 14th Street

MARY L. STEPHENS LIBRARY. Weekly conversation group to practice English in a fun and relaxed way with help from group facilitator. Drop in visitors welcome. Thursdays, 1:30p—3p. Free

Odd Fellows Line Dance

Odd Fellows Hall (Odd Fellows) 415 2nd St., Davis

ODD FELLOWS HALL. Beginner Easy Line Dances, latin, jazz, rock’n roll, waltz, country music great exercise, fun and social, no partner needed. 4—5:30p. Free

Free

Betty Jean and Wayne Thiebaud Endowed Lecture: Enrique Chagoya

Manetti Shrem Museum (Shrem) 254 Old Davis Rd.

MANETTI SHREM MUSEUM. Using his art to comment on social and environmental issues, Enrique Chagoya juxtaposes secular, popular, and religious symbols to address the ongoing cultural clash between the United States, Latin America and the world as well. The artist is the 2025 Betty Jean and Wayne Thiebaud Endowed Lecturer at UC Davis. Chagoya is a Mexican-born American painter, printmaker and educator. His prints, drawings, collages and multiples offer critical commentary on the global reach of the United States and its cultural, political and historical tensions with Latin America. 4:30p—6p. Free

free

Author Talk: Lisa Montanaro

The Avid Reader 617 2nd St.

AVID READER. Join us to hear local author Lisa Montanaro discuss her debut novel, Everything We Thought Was True. Lisa Montanaro is part no-nonsense Italian American New Yorker and part sunny Californian. She has a unique background as a performer, teacher of deaf students, lawyer, coach, speaker, and author. Everything We Thought Was True is her debut novel. 6p—7p. Free

Free

Book Launch for Local Author Lisa Montnaro

Avid & Co. 605 2nd St, Davis

AVID READER. Local author Lisa Montanaro is thrilled to announce that the book launch event for her debut novel, Everything We Thought Was True. Come join Lisa for an author chat, book reading, and celebration as she launches her debut novel into the world. 6p—7:30p. Free

Painting Workshop (Mixed Media Portrait Painting)

Sudwerk Brewing Co 2001 2nd Street Davis, CA 95618 2001 2nd Street, Davis

SUDWERK BREWING CO. This workshop will take you through the process of realizing an image through a procedure with a variety of mediums, from wet to dry. Topics covered: value control, head drawing, abstraction, color harmony, color variety, and broken color. 6p—8p.

Puffs (or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic)

Woodland Opera House 340 2nd Street, Woodland

WOODLAND OPERA HOUSE. For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the story of the Puffs… who just happened to be there too. A tale for anyone who has never been destined to save the world. Fri. & Sat., 7:30p—9:30p. $9—35