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Build Your Cat a Cat Castle

Mary L. Stephens Davis Branch Library 315 East 14th Street, Davis, CA, United States

Come and use our supplies to build your cat a fun cat castle! All ages: Families and adults are welcome. Adults will use the sharp tools. Free program. No reservations required. Sponsored by the Friends of the Davis Public Library.

Día de los Muertos / Day of the Dead Celebration

South Davis Montgomery Branch Library 1441 Danbury St, Davis, CA, United States

Learn about the meaning of Día de los Muertos. Decorate a sugar skull and a calavera mask. Aprende sobre el significado del Día de los Muertos. Decora una calavera de azúcar y una máscara de calavera. No registration required. Sponsored by the Friends of the Davis Public Library. You may request reasonable accommodations 5 days in […]

Joshua McKinney and Matthew Chronister read at the Poetry Night Reading Series

John Natsoulas Gallery 521 1st St, Davis, CA, United States

The Poetry Night Reading Series is excited to feature Joshua McKinney with Matthew Chronister at 7 PM on Thursday, November 3rd, 2022, on the roof of the John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street in Davis. Joshua McKinney’s most recent book of poetry is Small Sillion (Parlor Press, 2019). His work has appeared in such journals […]

Free

Approaching Exit Images in Byzantium: A Case Study from Cyprus

Dr. Magdalene Breidenthal will share her research in a public lecture titled "Approaching Exit Images in Byzantium: A Case Study from Cyprus.” Breidenthal, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies at Princeton University, examines the ”exit image” as an essential art historical category in the study of Byzantine church decoration and sacred […]

Stories on Stage Davis November Event

Pence Gallery (Pence) 212 D St., Davis, CA, United States

On Saturday, November 12, Stories on Stage Davis will present two stories inside the Pence Art Gallery in downtown Davis. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the event starts at 7:30. Masks are strongly encouraged but not required. Stories on Stage Davis will feature the works of Kayleigh Norgord, a writer, editor, and UC Davis […]

Free

Margo Jefferson: Constructing a Nervous System

Margo Jefferson, the award-winning critic and author of Negroland, reads from her latest memoir, Constructing a Nervous System. A conversation with Assistant Professor of English Zinzi Clemmons and Q&A follow the reading. Jefferson — the winner of a Pulitzer Prize for criticism and a Windham-Campbell Literature Prize in nonfiction — previously served as book and arts critic for […]

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