Flyway Nights Speaker Series: Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Updates
2023-02-02 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Updates
Joe Hobbs, Area Manager, Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, CDFW
Thursday, February 2, 5 p.m.– 7 p.m. – REGISTER
Joe Hobbs will give updates on the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Habitat and Drainage Improvement projects by Ducks Unlimited, Infrastructure projects by California Waterfowl Association, drought updates, and future projects within the Wildlife Area.
Joe Hobbs has been the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Manager since 2018. Previously, he was the Statewide Elk and Pronghorn Coordinator. Joe started with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife in January 2000. He has worked in the wetlands program, timber harvest review, and the private lands management program. He also worked for the Department from 1992 to 1997 in Wildlife Management as a student assistant while going through undergrad and graduate school at California State University, Sacramento. Joe Hobbs completed his M.S. on the Fall and Winter Distribution and Habitat Use of the Tule Greater White-fronted Goose in the Sacramento Valley.
Flyway Nights is a monthly speaker series highlighting environmental issues, current research topics in conservation, and natural history of Northern California.
The first Thursday of the month from November through April 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Events are via Zoom. Registration is required.
Talks are an hour to 90 minutes in duration.
A $10 donation is suggested.
After the program, recordings are added to our
YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/YoloBasinFoundation

Poetry Night Reading Series
2023-02-02 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-02-16 19:00 - 21:00 | John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, 521 1st St., Davis, CA, 95616, United States
The Poetry Night Reading Series takes place at 7 p.m. on the third floor (indoors) of the John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First St. in Davis. There will be an open mic after the featured performers. Open mic performances will be limited to four minutes or two items, whichever is shorter. The open mic list typically fills by 7 p.m., so arrive early. Organizers recommend mask-wearing.

Find out more about the Poetry Night Reading Series in Davis, California by visiting http://www.poetryindavis.com. Invite your friends to sign up for the mailing list. To learn more about Dr. Andy’s tiny media fiefdom, check out his weekly podcast at https://poetrytechnology.buzzsprout.com/ and his weekly newsletter at https://andyjones.substack.com. For example, in his most recent podcast, Dr. Andy interviewed the poets Beth Suter (another Davisite who has published a new book of poetry) and Colorado poet Andrew Hemmert.

Upcoming Poetry Night Events:
Upcoming readers (2023) at the Poetry Night Reading Series will include, among others, Mary Mackey, Pamela Houston, Lois Jones, Brad Henderson, Talia Lakshmi Kolluri, Julia Levine, and Rooja Mohassessy.

The Poetry Night Reading Series has been committed to serving the literary and arts community in the city of Davis since 2011. Happening every 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at the Natsoulas Gallery, each reading contains two featured poets followed by an open mic. Poetry in Davis was voted “Best Open Mic” in The California Aggie’s “Best of Davis″ edition and has been featured in Davis Life Magazine. Readers have included UC Davis faculty Francisco X. Alarcón, John Boe, Joshua Clover, Jack Forbes, Clarence Major, Sandra McPherson, Katie Peterson, Margaret Ronda, Joe Wenderoth, and Alan Williamson, as well as many regional and traveling poets, including Molly Peacock, Dana Gioia, and James Ragan.

Poetry Night Reading Series: Rooja Mohassessy with Teresa Pham-Carsillo
2023-02-02 19:00 - 21:00 | John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st St, Davis, CA, 95616, United States
The Poetry Night Reading Series is excited to feature Rooja Mohassessy and Teresa Pham-Carsillo at 7 PM on Thursday, February 3rd, 2023, on the first floor of the John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street in Davis.
Rooja Mohassessy is an Iranian-born poet. She is a 2022 MacDowell Fellow and a recent graduate of the Pacific University MFA program in Oregon. Her debut collection, When Your Sky Runs Into Mine, was the winner of the 22nd Annual Elixir Poetry Prize and will be released by Elixir Press in February, 2023. When Your Sky Runs Into Mine comprises ekphrastic poems that respond to the art of the prominent Iranian painter and sculptor Bahman Mohassess (1931-2010). The poems address such universal themes as coming of age, sexuality, and the challenges faced by child immigrants displaced as a result of war and political turmoil. Mohassessy’ poems and reviews have appeared or are forthcoming in Narrative Magazine, Poet Lore, RHINO Poetry, Southern Humanities Review, CALYX Journal, Ninth Letter, Cream City Review, The Adroit Journal, New Letters, The Florida Review, Poetry Northwest, The Rumpus, and elsewhere.
Teresa Pham-Carsillo is a Vietnamese American writer of poetry and fiction. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing and Communications from the University of California, Davis. Her published works have appeared or are forthcoming in numerous publications, including Poetry Magazine, The Southern Review, Black Warrior Review, Salt Hill Journal, The Minnesota Review, Smartish Pace, and Passengers Journal. She was selected as a finalist for the 2022 Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship and was nominated by Salt Hill Journal for the 2021 Pushcart Prize in Fiction. She was also a finalist for the 2022 BART Lines Short Story Contest, and her story Interior Life can be found in dispensers at BART stations throughout the Bay Area.
She is passionate about fostering creative writing communities and making poetry accessible to all. In her spare time, Teresa volunteers as a poetry mentor at Chapter 510, an Oakland-based creative writing, bookmaking, and publishing center for Black, brown, and queer youth ages 8-19. Teresa currently resides in Napa, California, and is working on her first full-length collection of poetry. She can be found online at www.teresaphamcarsillo.com.
This event will take place on the first floor of the John Natsoulas Gallery (521 1st Street) at 7 PM on Thursday, February 3rd, 2023. An open mic will follow the featured performers. Open mic performances will be limited to five minutes or two items, whichever is shorter. As the Bard says, “Brevity is the soul of wit.” The open mic list typically fills by 7 PM, so please sign up early if you would like to perform something during the 8 o’clock hour.
We recommend that you wear a mask to Poetry Night. According to a Yolo County December 6 press release, “This winter is the first in several years where we are seeing significant flu and RSV activity, in addition to COVID-19, so we are now making masking recommendations based on all circulating respiratory viruses, not just on COVID,” said Yolo County Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson. “Wearing a high-quality mask indoors is a great way to protect yourself and others from respiratory viruses like flu, RSV, and COVID-19.”
The Poetry Night Reading Series, taking place on first and third Thursdays of the month at 7 PM, is generously supported by the people and poets of the Sacramento Valley, and by John Natsoulas and the staff at the John Natsoulas Gallery. Your host will be Dr. Andy Jones, the poet laureate emeritus of the City of Davis. This event is supported by Katerina Hanks, producer, Poetry Night Reading Series.

Davis Public Library: Book Sale
2023-02-03 12:00 - 19:00, 2023-02-04 10:00 - 17:00, 2023-02-05 10:00 - 15:00 | Yolo County Library, Davis Branch (Yolo County Library), 315 E. 14th St.
By DAILY DEMOCRAT

The Friends of the Davis Public Library is very excited to announce the next monthly book sale.
The sale is starting on Friday, Feb. 3 from 12-7 p.m. in the Blanchard Room at the library. The sale will be open to members and non-members alike from Friday, Feb. 3 through Sunday, Feb. 5.
On Sunday, bring your own bag and fill up for $10 per bag. Members will receive $2 off at each sale (non-cumulative) and folks can sign up to be members at the door. There are no scanners on Friday but welcome on Saturday and Sunday.
Hours will be Friday, Feb, 3, from 12-7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 4, from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 5. The sale will be held at the Davis Public Library located at 315 East 14th St. in Davis. Masking is strongly recommended.
The special collection featured this month is movie DVD’s and puzzles. Both are wonderful on long rainy days! The DVD’s are only $1 each!
The usual assortment of CD’s, DVDs, LP’s, games and magazines will be available. Please note the following special services. There is now access to a credit card device to help those interested in purchasing books with a credit card. Thus, we take most credit/debit cards now. There is always an ample supply of children’s books available.
Membership applications for the Friends of the Davis Public Library will be available at the door or online at http://davislibraryfriends.org.
Any questions regarding this sale, please contact Gary Godefroy at (530) 400-3610.

Mother Goose on the Loose–in person!
2023-02-07 11:00 - 11:30, 2023-02-14 11:00 - 11:30, 2023-02-21 11:00 - 11:30, 2023-02-28 11:00 - 11:30 | Mary L. Stephens Davis Branch Library, 315 East 14th Street
Join Ms. Sue for Mother Goose on the Loose… on the LAWN!
Mother Goose on the Loose is an award-winning early literacy program for toddlers (ages 2-3) and their grown-ups. It combines music, movement, rhymes, and books to help young children develop language skills, social and emotional skills, general knowledge about the world, and a love of learning.
Every Tuesday on the lawn north of the Mary L. Stephens Davis Branch Library (weather permitting). Use of masks is strongly encouraged. Please bring a blanket or a towel to sit on.
No reservation required. Sponsored by the Friends of the Davis Public Library. You may request reasonable accommodations 5 days in advance by calling (530)666-8005. Connect with us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/yolocountylibrary.org.

Wine & Chocolate Pairing
2023-02-07 18:00 - 19:30 | Robert Mondavi Institute Sensory Bldg., 392 Old Davis Rd.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, join us as we taste various chocolates and learn how to best pair them with wine. Thalia Hohenthal and Rebecca Kuehn from Guittard Chocolate Company will join Gus Zhu, the first Chinese national Master of Wine, as they guide attendees to find their preferred pairings.
Registration is $25, with limited seating. Includes reception with wine and hors d’oeuvres immediately following.
Additionally, award-winning olive oil and single-variety honey products will be available for purchase from the UC Davis Olive Center and UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center and directly support the centers. Cash and check payments only.

Speakers:

Thalia Hohenthal is the Technical Service Manager for Guittard Chocolate Company, having served for decades as the Senior Scientist of Research and Development. She is a graduate of UC Davis in Food Biochemistry. Thalia has dedicated almost 45 years to the science of chocolate. Thalia invents new technologies behind the scenes, contributing to the creation of new products. She finds joy in mentoring others to solve new and old problems. She has taught countless businesses how to make chocolate work for them. Thalia has been honored to be an instructor in the industry since 1986, was inducted into the Candy Hall of Fame in 2016, and now serves on the Leadership Board at UC Davis for the Department of Food Science. She loves fine chocolate and believes it can solve any problem in the world.

Rebecca Kuehn is the R&D Director at Guittard Chocolate Company, where she is responsible for realizing innovations and managing technical projects in chocolate products and processing. With over ten years in the chocolate industry, she has led and contributed to new product launches, product and process improvements, and production line startups, both domestically and internationally. Introduced to the industry as part of the PMCA Student Outreach Program and while researching chocolate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Rebecca continued on, earning her M.S. in Food Science & Technology from UC Davis, where her studies contributed to fundamentals of chocolate bloom and oil migration through support from PMCA’s Research Grant. Now PMCA’s West Region Chair and a member of the Board of Directors, Rebecca is engaged in building the industry’s future and bringing people and organizations together.

Gus Zhu is the first Chinese national Master of Wine. He is a research and development scientist of Harv 81 Group, responsible for quality control and haloanisole testings of natural cork products of Cork Supply USA (corksupply.com/us) as well as sensory research on Creative Oak (creativeoak.com) at Tonnellerie Ô (tonnellerieo.com). He entered the wine world as a wine educator under the guidance of Fongyee Walker MW and Edward Ragg MW, the founders of Dragon Phoenix Wine Consulting. In 2017, he graduated with a Master of Science degree in Viticulture and Enology from UC Davis. Gus’ commitment to the academic field of wine is evidenced by his MW dissertation about the sensory science of wine; and by co-authoring a review paper on red wine pigment with Dr. Andrew Waterhouse.
About:
This event is part of the Sips and Bites series, which explores the stories behind foods and drinks with winemakers, brewers, and culinary innovators with tastings and conversations about what inspires them to make their wines, beers, and foods.
Venue & Parking:
This event will be in-person in the Silverado Vineyards Sensory Theater at the Robert Mondavi Institute, Sensory Building. Parking is available at the Gateway Parking Structure. Parking payment is enforced on weekdays. There are three options for parking payment:
UC Davis uses ParkMobile – please be sure to download the app ahead of time. When you park, you will enter the Zone number (listed on the nearby sign) into the app and follow the instructions to pay for parking. This is the preferred and easiest method.
If you do not have a smartphone to download the app, you can also sign up for an account online and follow the steps on the website: https://parkmobile.io
Alternatively, there are permit machines in the Gateway Parking Structure that accept credit cards. You will need to enter your license plate number into the machine to purchase a permit. We recommend this option as a last choice.
Questions?
If you have questions about this event, please email: rmievents@ucdavis.edu.

Davis Humanities Institute Book Chat: Prof. Alyssa Ney with Prof. David Glick
2023-02-08 17:30 - 19:00 | International House (I-House), 10 College Pk.
Book Chat: Alyssa Ney- World in the Wave Function: A Metaphysics for Quantum Physics (2021)
If quantum theories of the world are true-and empirical evidence suggests they are-what do they tell us about us, and the world? How should quantum theories make us reevaluate our classical conceptions of material objects? Nearly a century after the development of quantum theories, a consensus has yet to emerge. Ney here defends and develops a particular framework for understanding the world as it is described by quantum theories. This framework was initially suggested by Schrödinger in the 1920’s and was further defended as an account of reality by two philosophers of physics in the 1990’s who described it as a necessary point of view for those who argue that quantum theories are correct representations of our world. This framework is called wave function realism, which interprets quantum theories such that its central object is the quantum wave function, interpreted as a field on an extremely high-dimension space. This theory views us, and all objects, as ultimately constituted out of the wave function, and though we seem to occupy three dimensions, the fundamental spatial framework of quantum worlds consists of many more dimensions. Ney argues for and advances this view, with the goal of making a case for how this theory how it might be applied to relativistic quantum theories, including quantum field theories. Her conclusion develops an account of how we as human beings might ultimately see ourselves and the objects around us as constituted out of the wave function.
Alyssa Ney is a Professor of Philosophy and Philosophy Graduate Advisor at the University of California, Davis, where she has taught since July 2015. She received her MA and PhD in Philosophy from Brown University, her MS in Physics from UC Davis, and her BS in Physics and Philosophy from Tulane University. She is Associate Editor at The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science and past-President of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science. Her research focuses primarily on fundamentality, the unity of science, and the interpretation of quantum theories.

The “Reckoning” in American Art History & Art Museums
2023-02-09 16:30 - 18:00 | Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis, 254 Old Davis Road, Davis, California, 95616
THE “RECKONING” IN AMERICAN ART HISTORY AND ART MUSEUMS: A CONVERSATION BETWEEN BRIDGET COOKS AND NANA ADUSEI-POKU. MODERATED BY STACEY SHELNUT-HENDRICK

Art historians and curators Bridget Cooks and Nana Adusei-Poku discuss art, museums and demands for change in the age of Black Lives Matter with museum educator Stacey Shelnut-Hendrick. They consider the complexities of rethinking art history and museum practices through the lens of Blackness and explore how artists are imagining worlds of Black freedom.
Nana Adusei-Poku is an assistant professor in African Diasporic art history in the Department of History of Art at U.C. Berkeley. She is the editor of the forthcoming book Reshaping the Field: Art of the African Diasporas on Display and curated the seminal exhibition Black Melancholia at the CCS Bard Galleries, Bard College, New York.
Bridget Cooks is a professor at U.C. Irvine with a joint appointment in visual culture and African American studies. She is the author of the groundbreaking book Exhibiting Blackness: African Americans and the American Art Museum (2010). She curated the traveling exhibition The Black Index and Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective at the California African American Museum.
Stacey Shelnut-Hendrick, deputy director of public engagement and learning at the Chrysler Museum of Art, has held positions at the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento; the Baltimore Museum of Art; the Studio Museum, Harlem, N.Y.; and the James E. Lewis Museum, Baltimore. She is known for innovative community-based museum programs, such as ArtPower and Block by Block.
Organized by the Manetti Shrem Museum. Co-sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History.

The California Studio Lecture: Cecilia Alemani
2023-02-14 16:30 - 18:00 | Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis, 254 Old Davis Road, Davis, California, 95616
Cecilia Alemani is an Italian curator based in New York. She is currently the Artistic Director of the 59th Venice Biennial. Since 2011, she has been the Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Director & Chief Curator of High Line Art, the public art program presented by the High Line in New York City. Alongside her commitments at the High Line, she served as Artistic Director of the inaugural edition of Art Basel Cities: Buenos Aires in 2018 and was Curator of the Italian Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennial.
Over the past 10 years, Alemani has developed an expertise in commissioning and producing ambitious artworks for public and unusual spaces. During her tenure at the High Line, she has commissioned major projects by El Anatsui, Phyllida Barlow, Carol Bove, Sheila Hicks, Rashid Johnson, Barbara Kruger, Zoe Leonard, Faith Ringgold, Ed Ruscha, Nari Ward, and Adrián Villar Rojas, among others. Through these public initiatives, Alemani has sought meaningful civic engagement by galvanizing dialogue, awareness, and a sense of possibility.
Alemani is the winter quarter spotlight artist-in-residence in The California Studio.
Organized by The California Studio in the Department of Art and Art History. Co-sponsored by the Manetti Shrem Museum.

Christopher Reid: The Song of Lunch
2023-02-15 16:30 | Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis, 254 Old Davis Road, Davis, California, 95616
The Song of Lunch screening and reading
Christopher Reid has written many books of poems, for both adults and children, and for most of the 1990s he was poetry editor at the London publishing house of Faber and Faber. Among his works are A Scattering, which addressed the loss of his first wife and was named Costa Book of the Year for 2009, and The Song of Lunch, a narrative poem which became the screenplay for a BBC2 film starring Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson. The actor Robert Bathurst has presented A Scattering and The Song of Lunch as a theatrical double bill, under the title Love, Loss & Chianti, most recently at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Reid’s latest publications have been Old Toffer’s Book of Consequential Dogs (2018), a canine companion for T.S. Eliot’s Practical Cats; The Late Sun (2020); and Poems of London (2021), an anthology in Everyman’s Pocket Poets series. His new collection Toys/Tricks/Traps will be appear in April this year, and his edition of Seamus Heaney’s correspondence in October.
Organized by the Department of English and Program in Creative Writing. Co-sponsored by the Manetti Shrem Museum.

Poetry Night Reading Series: Robert Thomas and Beverly Burch
2023-02-16 19:00 - 21:00 | John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st St, Davis, CA, 95616, United States
The Poetry Night Reading Series is excited to feature Robert Thomas and Beverly Burch at 7 PM on Thursday, February 16th, 2023, on the first floor of the John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street in Davis.
Robert Thomas’s latest book, Sonnets with Two Torches and a Cliff, was published by Carnegie Mellon University Press. His first book, Door to Door, was selected by Yusef Komunyakaa for the Poets Out Loud Prize and published by Fordham University, and his collection Dragging the Lake was also published by Carnegie Mellon. His novella Bridge, a sort of novel in prose poems, was published by BOA and received the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Fiction. He has received an NEA fellowship and a Pushcart Prize. Thomas lives with his wife and their three cats in Oakland.
Beverly Burch is the author of four poetry collections, most recently Leave Me a Little Want (Terrapin Books), and two nonfiction books. Her work has won the John Ciardi Prize, a Lambda Literary Award, and a Gival Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the Audre Lorde Award. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in New England Review, Gulf Coast, Southern Review, Denver Quarterly, and Los Angeles Review. She is just completing her first novel. Find out more at www.beverlyburch.com.
This event will take place on the first floor of the John Natsoulas Gallery (521 1st Street) at 7 PM on Thursday, February 16th, 2023. An open mic will follow the featured performers. Open mic performances will be limited to five minutes or two items, whichever is shorter. As the Bard says, “Brevity is the soul of wit.” The open mic list typically fills by 7 PM, so please arrive early if you would like to perform something during the 8 o’clock hour.
We recommend that you wear a mask to Poetry Night. According to a Yolo County December 6 press release, “This winter is the first in several years where we are seeing significant flu and RSV activity, in addition to COVID-19, so we are now making masking recommendations based on all circulating respiratory viruses, not just on COVID,” said Yolo County Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson. “Wearing a high-quality mask indoors is a great way to protect yourself and others from respiratory viruses like flu, RSV, and COVID-19.”
The Poetry Night Reading Series, taking place on first and third Thursdays of the month at 7 PM, is generously supported by the people and poets of the Sacramento Valley, and by John Natsoulas and the staff at the John Natsoulas Gallery. Your host will be Dr. Andy Jones, the poet laureate emeritus of the City of Davis. This event is supported by Katerina Hanks, producer, Poetry Night Reading Series.

Craig McNamara Talk
2023-02-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Quaker Meeting House, 345 L St.
Craig McNamara will discuss his recently published memoir, Because Our Fathers Lied, a heartfelt reflection on his relationship with his controversial father, Robert McNamara, who as Secretary of Defense under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, was the architect of the Vietnam War. Craig came of age in the political tumult of the late 60’s and strongly opposed the war. Haunted by the horrors of the war and his father’s role it it, he traveled to Central and South America to learn the art of farming, so he could make what he defined as an honest living. He later studied agriculture at UCD. He has an organic farm in Winters, CA and is a food and sustainability activist.

Zach Norris
2023-02-16 19:30 | Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, 400 Mrak Hall Dr
Update: This event is currently at capacity.
Mondavi Center Presenting Program
In his newest book, community leader and lawyer Zach Norris lays out a radical way to shift the conversation about public safety away from fear and punishment and toward growth and support systems for our families and communities. The author calls for a dismantling of the Us vs. Them mentality and replaces it with a care-based approach. By bridging the divides and building relationships with one another, Norris believes we should dedicate ourselves to strategic investments in the areas of stability and well-being, such as healthcare, housing, education and living-wage jobs. In a time when the most powerful institutions in the United States are embracing the repressive and racist systems that keep many communities struggling and in fear, we must reimagine what safety means.
“When we devote resources to programs that make the most vulnerable people in our society healthier, more educated, and more engaged in meaningful pursuits, we make all of America safer.” — Zach Norris
Originally published in hardcover as We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities, Defund Fear: Safety Without Policing, Prisons, and Punishment is a blueprint of how to hold people accountable while still holding them in community. The result reinstates full humanity and agency for everyone who has been dehumanized and traumatized, so they can participate fully in life, in society, and in the fabric of our democracy.

Elsa’s Brew (VR Game) Developer Talk
2023-02-18 13:00 - 14:30 | Mary L. Stephens Davis Branch Library, 315 East 14th Street
Want to be a game designer? Don’t miss this rare opportunity to talk with actual creators of video games.
Designers from Carrot House, Inc will talk about the making of their recent historically inspired virtual reality (VR) game Elsa’s Brew—a game that explores the history of medieval women healers who were persecuted as witches.
Get insight on unique development challenges of VR games and how to create games using Unreal Engine software.
ABOUT ELSA’S BREW
The game explores the marginalized medical and magical history of medieval women healers who were persecuted as witches. Players are are challenged to collect herbs for a healing herbal potion by moonlight. The game is historically inspired by the life of an accused Austrian witch, Elsa Plainacher. Players visit a village where she once lived. The game is for players 12 and up. For more information, www.carrothouses.com
No reservation required. Sponsored by the Friends of the Davis Public Library & Davis Makerspace. You may request reasonable accommodations 5 days in advance by calling (530)666-8005. Connect with us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/yolocountylibrary.org.

Improve Relationships/Conflict Resolution
2023-02-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Mary L. Stephens Davis Branch Library, 315 East 14th Street
Improve Relationships/Conflict Resolution Through Self Realization
Learn more about how you can resolve conflict and improve relationships by applying wisdom and eternal truths in this free workshop. Learn how certain meditation techniques & lifestyle choices can relieve the mind and heart of pain and trauma.
Feb 21, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Davis Library (Mary L Stephens Branch), 315 E 14th St, Davis, CA

Pacific Encounters: 2023 Templeton Colloquium in Art History
2023-02-24 16:00 - 18:00 | Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis, 254 Old Davis Road, Davis, California, 95616
The Pacific, California’s neighbor to the west, is largest of the planet’s oceans and home to many societies and cultures. Pacific peoples have for centuries connected to each other and to the bigger world, despite vast expanses involved in traversing this region of the globe. The Pacific is also the site of fanciful modern projection: a space of tourist appeal, strategic political value, philosophical speculation, and colonial exploitation. The arts of Pacific peoples give insight into this region’s histories and can foster better understanding of its importance. The 2023 Templeton Colloquium in Art History takes as its theme an ocean as an art-historical space. Emphasis will be on Hawaiian and Māori societies, which invite deeper consideration of this fascinating global sector and its visual culture.
The 2023 Templeton Colloquium in Art History will be held at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art on Feb. 24 at 4 p.m. with a reception to follow.
SPEAKERS
Stacy Kamehiro, Associate Professor in History of Art and Visual Culture at UC Santa Cruz, is currently working on a book project, Objects of the Nation: Hawaiʻi at the World Fairs, which examines collections and exhibitions of Hawaiian material culture and natural history in local and international contexts. Her recent scholarship attends to the politics of art organizations following the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy; the place of overseas travel in Kalākaua’s efforts to maintain Hawaiʻi’s independence; the roles of Hawaiian featherwork as cultural affirmation, political statement, and historical subject; and US empire and art history. She has also published on textiles, architecture, racialized advertising images in nineteenth-century American trade card lithography, and scientific images produced during Pacific voyaging expeditions. She is also the executive editor of Pacific Arts: Journal of the Pacific Arts Association.
Kamehiro’s talk will address “Worlding the Kingdom of Hawai`i: King Kalākaua and the Art of International Relations.”
Kailani Polzak is an Assistant Professor in History of Art and Visual Culture at UC Santa Cruz. Polzak’s research focuses on European visual culture in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with particular attention to histories of science, aesthetic philosophy, race, colonialism, and intercultural contact in Oceania. Her current book project, Difference Over Distance: Visualizing Contact between Europe and Oceania, examines the graphic and printed works created in relation to so-called “Voyages of Discovery” conducted by Britain, France, and Russia in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and Hawaiʻi in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Polzak’s presentation will discuss “Regarding Kamehameha I: Class, Gender, and Genre in the Portrait(s) by Louis Choris.”
Ngarino Ellis isAssociate Professor in Art History at University of Auckland, New Zealand whose field of research is in Māori art history with a focus on identifying, promoting and recuperating matauranga in relation to art forms, art practices, artists and theories. Her new project, entitled Nga Taonga o Wharawhara: The Worlds of Maori Body Adornment, brings together oral, taonga and archival research into the ceremonial, political and economic roles in Maori communities. Ellis explores how adornments made from wood, bone, stone, shell and pounamu as well as harakeke and feathers were worn in and through the body, including mata whakarewa/skin painting, and to discover ancestral practices and taonga which can reveal new understandings of our past, as well as the importance of the continuum as adornments are made today.
Ngarino will present “Taonga Paraoa, taonga Pasifika, taonga Māori: Tracing the ancestors through Māori art history.”
The respondent will be Jennifer Wagelie, Academic Liaison at the Manetti Shrem Museum. Wagelie’s area of study is the art of the Pacific Islands, specifically Māori taonga (art), with other research interests in the history of museums, collections, and exhibitions. She is the co-editor of the 2021 publication Mannequins and Museums: Power and Resistance on Display, and her current research focuses on the early twentieth-century English ethnographic dealer William O. Oldman.
The colloquium is made possible through an endowment established by Alan Templeton (B.A., art history and psychology, ‘82).
Organized and moderated by Michael Yonan, professor of art history and Alan Templeton Endowed Chair in the History of European Art, 1600–1830, UC Davis. This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History and the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art.
Media contact: Michael Yonan, professor of art history, UC Davis

Art History Lecture Series: Isabelle Guerrero (via Zoom)
2023-02-25 14:00 - 15:00 | Online via Zoom
“Who Owns the Past? Indigenous Art, Archaeology, and Display”
Join us online for the next talk in the Pence Gallery Art History Lecture Series on February 25. Isabelle Guerrero, graduate student at the University of Nevada, Reno, examines the intersections of archaeology and the art world within the context of both pre- and post-contact Native North American objects currently curated and displayed at non-Indigenous institutions. Sponsored by Bill & Nancy Roe.
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2023 | 2 – 3 PM (online via Zoom)
Cost: Free (suggested $10 donation)
Register for this lecture: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApdeGspz8qGNY5onVnGarLFLvi3QFn6YiT
View all upcoming talks & lectures: https://pencegallery.org/education/programs/artist-talks/
Image: “Galaxy and Flowers” by Mario Martinez, Yoeme (Yaqui), 1998

A Chat with Nikki Shannon Smith
2023-02-25 14:00 - 15:30 | Mary L. Stephens Davis Branch Library, 315 East 14th Street
A Black History Month Children’s Author Event
Meet local celebrity author Nikki Shannon Smith and learn about her latest books Love is All Around and Our Beautiful Colors. Families are invited to hear the author speak about her personal efforts to create children’s books that aim to help validate feelings of worth in Black and Brown youth while gently entering into conversations about diversity, equity and inclusion. Smith’s books center on understanding Black joy and love as a universal message that can be applied to all children. Author signing available Sales of Smith’s books will be provided by Davis Avid Reader. Family event.

Avid After Hours: Romance Reader’s Book Club
2023-02-28 20:00 - 21:30 | The Avid Reader, 617 2nd St.
Avid Reader Bookstore presents the Avid After Hours Series: Romance Reader’s Book Club!

This monthly book club is a no-stress, safe space for romance aficionados, amateurs, and everyone in between. Join us at the Avid Reader Bookstore on February 28th at 8:00 pm to discuss this month’s picks!
FEBRUARY’S READS:
Get a Life, Chloe Brown, by Talia Hibbert
Party of Two, by Jasmine Guillory
Read one or both and join us for a fun discussion of everyone’s favorite genre! Books available for purchase in store/ online.
RSVP by “purchasing” a ticket in store or on our website. EVENT IS FREE
*Please be aware that these are adult romance novels. Content may be mature for some audiences.
