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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
 

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

Brenda Mallory: In the Absence of Instruction

Gorman Museum of Native American Art, UC Davis 181 Old Davis Road, Davis

GORMAN MUSEUM. Solo exhibition, Brenda Mallory includes prints, multi-media and installation artworks to consider the complex relationships and structures of power & identity. 11a-5p. Free

Free

Davis Poetry Night Reading & Open Mic

John Natsoulas Gallery 521 1st St, Davis

NATSOULAS GALLERY. Paris-based poet Nicolette Daskalakis will be reading from her latest poetry book “Tell Me I’m Not On Fire” (Rich Poets Press). Opening for Daskalakis will be the Davis poet Dorine Jennette, author of “Urchin to Follow” (The National Poetry Review Press). The reading will be followed by an open mic, which begins at 8pm. Please arrive early to sign up for the open mic portion, as most slots are filled by 7pm. 7p—9p. Free

Free