Department of Theatre and Dance Content / Department of Theatre and Dance Content for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis en Weekender: A White Christmas Performance, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis Alum Exhibit, and More! /arts/blog/weekender-white-christmas-performance-uc-davis-alum-exhibit-and-more <h2 class="heading--underline"><em><strong>She Kills Monsters’</strong></em><strong> final performances are this week</strong></h2><p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Thursday, Dec. 5 and Friday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m., Main Theatre at Wright Hall, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis</strong></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Saturday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m., Main Theatre at Wright Hall, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis</strong></span></p> December 05, 2024 - 3:26am Jamie Sara Gelfond /arts/blog/weekender-white-christmas-performance-uc-davis-alum-exhibit-and-more Weekender and Beyond: Be Thankful for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis and Regional Arts with Theatre, Festival, Music /arts/blog/weekender-be-thankful-uc-davis-and-regional-arts-theatre-festival-music-and-more <p><em><span><span>This Thanksgiving, gives thanks for the arts in our community. Many of this weekend’s events were covered in last week’s Arts Blog, but we link to them again and hope you look forward too to the holiday and other concerts and events on the horizon. <strong>The Arts Blog will take Thanksgiving off next Thursday (our normal publishing day), so we preview some concerts you won’t want to miss when you come back super-stuffed. </strong>Don't forget to enjoy Thursday's noon concert featuring a little-known string instrument. Read on.</span></span></em></p> November 16, 2023 - 10:52am Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/weekender-be-thankful-uc-davis-and-regional-arts-theatre-festival-music-and-more Weekender: Enjoy Piano Solo, Ongoing Exhibitions, Save the Date for Shakespeare /arts/blog/weekender-enjoy-piano-solo-ongoing-exhibitions-save-date-shakespeare <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media"> <div class="media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/images/20231106-yellow-ribbon-9440%281%29.jpg" width="1200" height="798" alt="Yellow ribbon being tied around tree for Veteran's Day celebration" typeof="Image"> </div> <figcaption>Raul Razo and Morgan Liu, both university staff members, work on putting up yellow ribbons during the tying of the yellow ribbons on the trees on the Quad for Veterans' Day celebrations this week.</figcaption></figure> November 07, 2023 - 12:21pm Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/weekender-enjoy-piano-solo-ongoing-exhibitions-save-date-shakespeare Weekender: Faculty, Alumni Honors and SpongeBob in Woodland /arts/blog/weekender-faculty-alumni-honors-and-spongebob-woodland <p><em>As summer progresses, the Arts Blog wanted to catch up readers on some news. Many of our faculty have been honored recently, and the Granada artists-in-residence have been named. Additionally, we learned of the death of an alum who played the first trans character in a soap opera. Read all the stories below.</em></p> August 02, 2023 - 1:35pm Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/weekender-faculty-alumni-honors-and-spongebob-woodland Professor Emeritus John Iacovelli, Scenic Designer and Educator, Dies at 64 /arts/blog/professor-emeritus-john-iacovelli-scenic-designer-and-educator-dies-64 A stalwart of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis Department of Theatre and Dance, Professor Emeritus John Iacovelli died April 14 at 64. April 28, 2023 - 8:47am Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/professor-emeritus-john-iacovelli-scenic-designer-and-educator-dies-64 Weekender: Trombone, Drums and Los Lobos Too /arts/blog/weekender-trombone-drums-los-lobos Trombone, drums and voice highlight upcoming events. March 16, 2023 - 5:28am Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/weekender-trombone-drums-los-lobos Weekender: Concerts All Weekend; Plenty of Art Too /arts/blog/weekender-concerts-all-weekend-plenty-art-too The holidays are upon us soon, but there is plenty going on at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis and in the region, arts-wise. Be thankful for the bounty. November 17, 2022 - 11:00am Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/weekender-concerts-all-weekend-plenty-art-too Remembering Scenic Lighting Professor Thomas J. Munn /arts/blog/remembering-scenic-lighting-professor-thomas-j-munn Tom Munn, professor emeritus of theatre and dance, died on June 24. July 01, 2022 - 12:54pm Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/remembering-scenic-lighting-professor-thomas-j-munn Weekender and Beyond: A Collaborative Concert and Lots of Art /arts/blog/weekender-and-beyond-collaborative-concert-art Check out our tips for entertainment with some events this weekend, and some continuing art events. May 26, 2022 - 7:45am Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/weekender-and-beyond-collaborative-concert-art Weekender: Brain-Body Music; Many Concerts, Recitals /arts/blog/brain-body-music-many-concerts-recitals It is concert season....catch one. Many are free or low-cost. May 19, 2022 - 11:57am Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/brain-body-music-many-concerts-recitals