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Weekender: A Last Look at Exhibits; Film Screening

Jamie Sara Gelfond — December 12, 2024 - 9:06am

Get 'Last Look' at fall quarter exhibits at Manetti Shrem; check out art, gifts at Gorman

In addition to regular hours through Dec. 22, special hours are Saturday, Dec. 28 and Sunday, Dec. 29, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, 254 Old Davis Road

Gorman Museum of Native American Art: exhibition and gift shop hours until Dec. 22, 181 Old Davis Road

Weekender: A White Christmas Performance, ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis Alum Exhibit, and More!

Jamie Sara Gelfond — December 05, 2024 - 3:26am

She Kills Monsters’ final performances are this week

Thursday, Dec. 5 and Friday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m., Main Theatre at Wright Hall, ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis

Saturday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m., Main Theatre at Wright Hall, ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis

The Arts Blog Gift Guide 2024 Offers Gifts for the Art Lover

Jamie Sara Gelfond — December 02, 2024 - 1:06pm

Weekender: Open Studios, Musics of the World, Photography Contest, and More

Jamie Sara Gelfond — November 21, 2024 - 10:36am

Theatre and dance presents original dramatic comedy She Kills Monsters

Running from Thursday, Nov. 21 through Saturday, Dec. 7, Main Theatre at Wright Hall, ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis

Performances are Nov. 21, 22, 23 and Dec. 5 and 6 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 23 and Dec. 7 at 2 p.m.

��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis Lecturer Spotlights Overshadowed Women; New Biography Highlights Sanora Babb

Karen Michele Nikos — November 15, 2024 - 10:48am

Born in 1907, Sanora Babb was a writer and editor.

Weekender: Art Jam, Comedy, Book Reading, and More

Jamie Sara Gelfond — November 14, 2024 - 8:44am

Watch a historical, if disturbing, movie; meet the filmmakers, and go to after-hours Art Jam. All free....Many other no or low-cost options.

The Week Ahead: Two Films, A Memoir and More

Jamie Sara Gelfond — November 12, 2024 - 10:00am

‘Unexpected Legends’ premieres on KVIE television

Wednesday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m.

��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis Historian Wins Award for ‘Suicide by Proxy’ Book Made into Film

Karen Michele Nikos — November 07, 2024 - 12:41pm

��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis Professor Kathy Stuart, author of Suicide by Proxy in Early Modern Germany: Crime, Sin and Salvation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023) has won the 2024 Natalie Zemon Davis Prize in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

“What to do about women (and sometimes, men) who gruesomely murdered children because of their own ‘weariness with life?’ This was a dilemma faced by elites in German-speaking lands during the 17th and 18th centuries,’ reads the description of Stuart’s book by award givers.

Weekender: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, String Trio, and More

Jamie Sara Gelfond — November 07, 2024 - 10:06am

Youn Sun Nah brings jazz to Davis

From Thursday, Nov. 7 through Saturday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m., Vanderhoef Studio at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, run time is approximately 90 minutes with no intermission

Youn Sun Nah first heard Nina Simone in high school. From that moment on, she decided to pursue jazz.

The Sheepmowers Cut the Grass — and Feed the Lawn and Soul

Jamie Sara Gelfond — November 06, 2024 - 2:27pm

Sheepmovers made their return to the ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis campus on Wellman Hall’s lawn Friday, Nov. 1. About 25 sheep of multiple varieties grazed the lawn, helping to mow, fertilize and improve the lawn’s ecosystem. But not only do these sheep help to keep our planet in order, they also provide students with an artistic outlet to enjoy during a stressful week.