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
DIXON LIBRARY. Learn about Banking Basics, Budgeting, Savings, and Credit Scores with Travis Credit Union. This event is geared towards tweens & teens ages 10 to 18. Register online. 4:30p—5:30p. Free
STEPHENS BRANCH LIBRARY. Come practice with a reading buddy! UCD students Lela & Vanessa are available Mon & Sat afternoons to help improve reading skills. Ages 5-12. Free
ODD FELLOWS HALL. The Odd Fellows Lodge Comedy Club Committee has worked with Jack Gallagher, a professional stand-up comedian to offer seven-week training class which will focus on the writing, development, and presentation of original material. 7p–9p. $400
JOHN NATSOULAS CENTER FOR THE ARTS. First & third Thursdays. Each reading contains two featured poets followed by an open mic. 7p. Free
DELTA OF VENUS. Dr. Jorgenson will discuss how racism and sexism in history prevent us from seeing the world clearly. Dr. Jorgensen is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at UC Davis, originally of Washington D.C. and now a longtime resident of Davis. 2p—3p. Free
STONEGATE COUNTRY CLUB. A social happy hour followed by a great night of high level stand-up comedy, professionally hosted by Eric Somers & featuring Chelsea Bearce, a national touring comic & Bay Area favorite. Open to 18+, mature content. Appetizers, non-alcoholic drinks & stations for your own beverages of choice on site. 6p–9p. $25
STEPHENS BRANCH LIBRARY. Come practice with a reading buddy! UCD students Lela & Vanessa are available Mon & Sat afternoons to help improve reading skills. Ages 5-12. Free
STEPHENS BRANCH LIBRARY. Come practice with a reading buddy! UCD students Lela & Vanessa are available Mon & Sat afternoons to help improve reading skills. Ages 5-12. Free
MONDAVI CTR. Miller-Idriss shifts the conversation about radicalization from the how & why to the when & where, to the life stages & places where extremist beliefs are cultivated & spread. 7:30p. $12.50–$49
MANETTI SHREM MUSEUM. Moderated by the School of Education’s Darnel Degand, the program explores how comics have evolved beyond entertainment to become powerful voices that can educate & inspire readers. 6p–8:30p. Free
ODD FELLOWS HALL. The Odd Fellows Lodge Comedy Club Committee has worked with Jack Gallagher, a professional stand-up comedian to offer seven-week training class which will focus on the writing, development, and presentation of original material. 7p–9p. $400
PIONEER PARK. Every 2nd & 4th Thursday for a morning of stories & songs. For ages 3-6. Weather permitting. 11a. Free
MONDAVI CTR. In a cultural landscape filled with endless pundits and talking heads, Fran Lebowitz stands out as one of our most insightful social commentators. 7:30p. $17.50–$75
WOODLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Learn about the California Dream Act Application (CADAA) the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) & Chafee Grant for Foster Youth. Get your questions answered! 9a–12p. Free
STEPHENS BRANCH LIBRARY. Come practice with a reading buddy! UCD students Lela & Vanessa are available Mon & Sat afternoons to help improve reading skills. Ages 5-12. Free
PENCE GALLERY. First, an excerpt from On the Pony Express Trail: One Man’s Journey to Discover History from a Different Kind of Saddle by Scott Alumbaugh will be read by a local actor (TBD). Second, a chapter from Aphrodite in Jeans by Katherine Nolan will be read by a local actor (TBD). 7:30p—9p. Free
STEPHENS BRANCH LIBRARY. Come practice with a reading buddy! UCD students Lela & Vanessa are available Mon & Sat afternoons to help improve reading skills. Ages 5-12. Free
MANETTI SHREM MUSEUM. Using the World Café method, participate in a self-reflection, shared dialogue & collective learning about the Campus Community Book Project themes of hate & radicalization. Pre-registration required. 4p–6p. Free
ODD FELLOWS HALL. The Odd Fellows Lodge Comedy Club Committee has worked with Jack Gallagher, a professional stand-up comedian to offer seven-week training class which will focus on the writing, development, and presentation of original material. 7p–9p. $400
JOHN NATSOULAS CENTER FOR THE ARTS. First & third Thursdays. Each reading contains two featured poets followed by an open mic. 7p. Free
MANETTI SHREM MUSEUM. Peterson shares about her book which describes how the movement of fog and the threat of smoke orient and disorient ordinary life. This truly California book follows one family through the confusions of COVID, the sorrow of climate grief, & the delights of early childhood. 4:30p–6p. Free
NATSOULAS GALLERY. Cami Rothmuller is an undergraduate at UC Davis, pursuing a degree in English with an emphasis in creative writing, and a favorite contributor to Poetry Night. Iris Jamahl Dunkle is an award-winning poet and biographer whose work challenges the American West’s male-oriented recorded history by researching the lives of women. 7p—9p. Free
AVID READER. Learn about how memory works with Charan Ranganath, PhD and his new book Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to Hold on to What Matters. 6:30p—7:30p. Free
STEPHENS BRANCH LIBRARY. Come practice with a reading buddy! UCD students Lela & Vanessa are available Mon & Sat afternoons to help improve reading skills. Ages 5-12. Free
STEPHENS BRANCH LIBRARY. Come practice with a reading buddy! UCD students Lela & Vanessa are available Mon & Sat afternoons to help improve reading skills. Ages 5-12. Free
ODD FELLOWS HALL. The Odd Fellows Lodge Comedy Club Committee has worked with Jack Gallagher, a professional stand-up comedian to offer seven-week training class which will focus on the writing, development, and presentation of original material. 7p–9p. $400
MANETTI SHREM MUSEUM. Poet, editor, & professor, Zapruder is known for his five collections of poetry, most recently Father’s Day (Copper Canyon, 2019), as well as two books of prose: Why Poetry (Ecco, 2017) & Story of a Poem (Unnamed, 2023). 4:30p–6p. Free
AVID READER. Celebrate the release of Sarah Ruiz-Grossman’s new book, A Fire So Wild. She will be joined in conversation by Jenavieve Hatch. 6:30p—7:30p. Free
PIONEER PARK. Every 2nd & 4th Thursday for a morning of stories & songs. For ages 3-6. Weather permitting. 11a. Free
AVID READER. Celebrate Dr. Nazzy Pakpour’s first children’s book, Please Don’t Bite Me, with special guests from The Bohart Museum of Entomology. 1p—2p. Free
AVID READER. Celebrate the release of UC Davis alumna Isabella Kamal’s debut historical romance novel, The Temple of Persephone. 6:30p—7:30p. Free
STEPHENS BRANCH LIBRARY. Come practice with a reading buddy! UCD students Lela & Vanessa are available Mon & Sat afternoons to help improve reading skills. Ages 5-12. Free
STEPHENS BRANCH LIBRARY. Come practice with a reading buddy! UCD students Lela & Vanessa are available Mon & Sat afternoons to help improve reading skills. Ages 5-12. Free
ODD FELLOWS HALL. The Odd Fellows Lodge Comedy Club Committee has worked with Jack Gallagher, a professional stand-up comedian to offer seven-week training class which will focus on the writing, development, and presentation of original material. 7p–9p. $400
AVID READER. For fiction writers & aspiring fiction writers, two local novelists—Judith Starkston and Tim Schooley—share their techniques for mastering “point of view.” 6p—8p. Free with the purchase of one of the author’s books from Avid Reader.
AVID READER. Local authors Judith Starkston and Tim Schooley will share their tactics for bringing readers deeply into the point of view of their characters, an essential skill for increasing your readers’ emotional response to your words by feeling what your characters feel. Free with purchase of either author’s books from Avid Reader. 6p—8p. Free
STEPHENS BRANCH LIBRARY. Come practice with a reading buddy! UCD students Lela & Vanessa are available Mon & Sat afternoons to help improve reading skills. Ages 5-12. Free