BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Arts Alliance Davis - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Arts Alliance Davis
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Arts Alliance Davis
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Los_Angeles
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20230312T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20231105T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20240310T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20241103T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20250309T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20251102T090000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241107T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241107T160000
DTSTAMP:20260517T075438
CREATED:20241027T124249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241027T124249Z
UID:15781-1730966400-1730995200@artsalliancedavis.org
SUMMARY:Disney Family Museum Bus Trip
DESCRIPTION:The Walt Disney Family Museum is a treasure trove of artwork\, film clips and antiques. Galleries tell the story of the legendary artist and entertainer\, Walt Disney and his colleagues. OLLI at UC Davis is offering a bus trip and tour led by Davis author Don Peri\, including a new exhibit focusing on the directors of Disney’s animated films\, the subject of his latest book. Lunch at The Spinnaker in Sausalito is included before the return ride home to Davis. Thursday\, November 7. Adults only. \n 
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/disney-family-museum-bus-trip/
CATEGORIES:Art,Books & Talks
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://artsalliancedavis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/OLLI-at-Disney-Museum-SF-scaled-BxkMUv.tmp_.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Osher Lifelong Learning at UC Davis (Lisa Youngs)":MAILTO:olli@ucdavis.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241126T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241126T190000
DTSTAMP:20260517T075438
CREATED:20241027T125000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241027T125000Z
UID:15830-1732644000-1732647600@artsalliancedavis.org
SUMMARY:Author Talk: Susan Liebman
DESCRIPTION:About the Author \nSusan Weiss Liebman\, PhD\, was among MIT’s early female undergraduate students\, part of a pioneering wave of women entering the institution. With an MS from Harvard and a PhD in genetics from the University of Rochester\, she served as a biology professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago\, where she taught genetics and led a research group for more than three decades. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles. Later\, she transitioned her lab to the University of Nevada\, Reno. Along the way\, she raised two children and now delights in four grandchildren alongside her husband of fifty-five years. Following the sudden death of her niece\, Liebman became a medical detective and committed to promoting awareness of genetic testing. \nAbout the Book \nMy niece was 36\, newly married\, and “on top of the world\,” when she collapsed and died. Her autopsy report caused us to panic—there was something in our blood that could trigger sudden death. As a mother\, I prayed for the curse to spare my children. As a geneticist\, I plotted to find the killer. Without planning to do so\, I became a medical detective. \nThe book tells of the sorrows a mutation caused my family for generations\, revealing a history of resilience and hope. As the stories unfold\, I weave in discussions about genetic testing\, screening\, and gene therapy. The aim is to raise awareness of the crucial role of genetic testing in safeguarding personal health and patient care. I believe I became a geneticist at a time when few women pursued this path because I was destined to help understand the family illness and advocate for genetic testing. \nExperts agree on the value of genetic testing when there is a family history of disease\, or if the patient has an illness frequently caused by a mutation. Knowing the disease mutation lets other family members find out if they have it too and need preventive care. The book explains that doctors can order tests with genetic counseling at relatively low cost and how this will help them prescribe preventive actions\, make earlier diagnoses\, and get better outcomes. The book’s genetic discussions also delve into the implications of broad-based genetic screening without a family history. Policymakers are currently considering the benefits and drawbacks of this approach and I present both sides of this debate. \nWhile working on this book I uncovered a family secret hidden for over one hundred years. Family lore had it that a heavy dressmaker’s mirror fell on and killed my uncle when he was four. But the death certificate told a different story. The true cause of my uncle’s death was heart failure. My grandparents fabricated the dressmaker’s mirror accident to protect their surviving children’s marriage prospects. Long before the discovery of DNA\, my grandparents intuited and feared James Watson’s message\, “We used to think that our fate was in our stars\, but now we know that\, in large measure\, our fate is in our genes.” The book suggests genetic testing and associated medical intervention can yet change our fates. \n 
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/author-talk-susan-liebman/
LOCATION:The Avid Reader\, 617 2nd St.
CATEGORIES:Books & Talks
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://artsalliancedavis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/SUSAN-LIEBMAN-CGnnAe.tmp_.png
ORGANIZER;CN="The Avid Reader":MAILTO:avidreaderbooks@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241126T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241126T190000
DTSTAMP:20260517T075438
CREATED:20241122T212041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241122T212041Z
UID:16201-1732644000-1732647600@artsalliancedavis.org
SUMMARY:The Dressmaker’s Mirror author reading
DESCRIPTION:Author Susan Liebman will read from her new book and sign copies of The Dressmakers’ Mirror:  Sudden Death\, Genetics\, and a Jewish Family’s Secret. \n 
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/the-dressmakers-mirror-author-reading/
LOCATION:The Avid Reader Bookstore\, 617 2nd St.\, Davis\, 95616
CATEGORIES:Books & Talks
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://artsalliancedavis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Avid-Reader-2-CEdh1E.tmp_.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Wendy SIlk":MAILTO:wendy.silk@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR