Susan Tonkin Riegel’s residencies in France over two years have yielded a dynamic new series of abstract mixed media work. Her compositions vibrate with gestural lines, both drawn and stitched, and saturated areas of color on paper and other surfaces. New two-dimensional work includes elements such as letters, symbols, and enigmatic figures, and two-sided pieces […]
While in quarantine this past spring and summer, Judith Foosaner began to paint large sheets of cardboard on the ground with painterly calligraphic marks. By cutting the sheets into shapes and tacking them up on the wall, the artist noticed that her arrangement seemed to create a playful choreography of animate shapes in her studio. […]
Family and friends of loved ones buried at the Davis Cemetery can order a special potted plant to be placed on their gravesites this Easter. Each arrangement will feature a hand-painted Easter egg pot complete with lilies and carnations. These cheerful seasonal blooms are a symbol of friendship and true love for those who cannot […]
The Pence’s Slice exhibit is open to all artists residing in California, and is juried this year by Faith J. McKinnie, independent curator and art consultant. The exhibit showcases art that is conceptually thoughtful, technically skilled, and representative of contemporary trends in art. Work may be in any medium except for sound or video, but […]
The Pence Gallery’s annual Emerging Artist Award is now open for application via www.callforentry.org. This award supports the creation of new work by emerging artists in California and the opportunity to share that work through an exhibit. Artists must use the award to further their work in a significant direction, and may work in any […]
David Nasater’s approach to photography takes the medium to a deeper, thought-provoking level. As a landscape photographer, his view turns away from grand settings and instead focuses on smaller scenes that feel more personal, such as an old barn or a familiar row of trees. The black and white tones of his images strip away […]
Fitness and Wellness Academy is hosting Friday Outdoor Free Yoga Classes. Classes will be every Friday (rain or shine). This class is an “all- levels” class, appropriate for both experienced and non-experienced yogis. The class will be an hour long and will take place outdoors at Arroyo Park. We will meet near the Basketball Courts. […]
Come celebrate the weekend and enjoy a glass of wine in Great Bear Vineyards' beautiful winery gardens on Friday, April 2, from 5-8pm. Tickets are $15 per person and include one glass of Great Bear Vineyards wine along with a souvenir wine glass to take home. We'll have live piano music by local musician David […]
Enjoy some weekend wine in our beautiful winery gardens at Great Bear Vineyards on Sunday, April 3, from noon-4pm. Opt for a glass of one wine or a flight of 5 wines. Come sip and listen to live piano music by Davis local David Kyle. Please reserve your tickets in advance on our website store. […]
Come drink wine and enjoy a delicious Buckhorn BBQ meal in Great Bear Vineyards' beautiful winery gardens on Saturday, April 3rd. Choose between a glass of wine or a wine tasting. Wine tasting tickets are $40 per person and include a flight of 5 Great Bear Vineyards wines and a Buckhorn BBQ meal of your […]
Space is limited RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/142606001389 The Almond Lane Farm Stand is looking for volunteers to help plant around 1,000 native CA shrubs along our Pistachio orchards! Water, snacks, shade, restrooms, and sanitation stations will be provided. All COVID-19 rules and regulations will be followed. It will be casual, fun, and very educational. It's the perfect […]
April Brunch Club will get us in the Spring Spirit! Swedish Princess cakes are traditionally pastel green or pink, perfect for Easter. They are a white cake with a berry jam, whipped cream, and a sheet of brightly colored marzipan on top! I will also show you how to make a marbled design in marzipan! […]
Our public plant sales are back! In an online format, with contact-free, curbside pickup at the Arboretum Teaching Nursery. Shop thousands of attractive, low-water plants perfect for our region online. Shopping is open to the public, but members save! Not a member? No worries. Sign up and get discounts! Members save 10 percent on their plant […]
Hemingway Conversation follows upcoming Ken Burns PBS Special UC Professor Peter Hays, Hemingway Society board member and reader for the Hemingway review, will lead a 1 hour group discussion on the work and life of the famous author, following the Ken Burns special, which airs on PBS April 5-7. This free community event will be […]
Join Great Bear Vineyards for a Sparkling & Reserve Wine Tasting in our beautiful courtyard garden, perfect for wine connoisseurs or to celebrate your special occasion! You can choose between a formal wine tasting or two glasses of our fine wines, including our sparkling wines and reserve wines. Price is $40 per person. You will […]
Live Jazz performing at the Davis Craft's Market Sunday April 11th. 11-4. The New Harmony Jazz band will perform 11-1. Of course, all masked and socially distanced. Come listen and enjoy!! The New Harmony Jazz Band is local, Davis community jazz band.
Cool Davis is pleased to bring you this high quality documentary for Earth Month. Enjoy! The Story of Plastic (2020) THE STORY OF PLASTIC is presented by The Story of Stuff Project, a nonprofit dedicated to changing the way that we make, use, and throw away Stuff so that it is more sustainable, healthy, and […]
The Fashion and Design Society (FADS) at UC Davis presents its annual fashion show in a virtual format on April 15 at 7 p.m. Uncharted will feature fashion created and executed by ten students in the Department of Design’s Signature Collections course.
At the Pence Gallery, we will have a new collection of work along the stairwell by artist Rebecca Rippon. Her beautiful, vibrant silkscreen prints will be on display March 2 - April 16, 2021. "Lately I have been thinking of the silkscreen almost as a way to 'paint'. All of the flowers and animals in […]
The Pence Gallery will have a new collection of pastel landscapes by Patricia Prendergast along our staircase. Since retiring from a career as a computer programmer, Patricia has been able to indulge her love of nature and art. She chose pastels as the best medium to portray the serenity of the landscape of her native […]
The Art of Painting in the 21st Century is an annual conference and exhibition in its eleventh year and is geared towards nurturing dialog on contemporary painting and the shared ideas that define current trends in the field. Many painters work alone, an isolated process that deprives the artist of thriving debate until the work is […]
Mapping in the Modern World Lecture with Mariah Briel Saturday, April 17, 2-3 PM | (FREE) via Zoom In our age of digital media, we've become inundated with images and information, and have increasingly relied on maps as a way to see and interpret data. Though we often think of maps as objective reality, art […]
Experimenting with leaves and flowers, learn how to create eco prints with artist Melissa Uroff. Discover how to turn these prints into a beautiful book, which will make a wonderful gift for your loved one with Mother's Day right around the corner! All materials are included (with the exception of fresh leaves and flowers), and […]
mak-‘asham (maak-am-haam) means “our food” in the Chochenyo language, the native language of the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay, the area known as “the East Bay.” Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino, co-founders of Cafe Ohlone, will be discussing their efforts on strengthening their culture through food. Their goal is to revive and honor traditional […]
We're closing our parking lot and inviting some avid record collectors to each bring a single curated box of records to discuss, swap, and sell! Come chat music with some passionate collectors. And, when you're done, have a beer in our newly-opened beer garden. This is a fun opportunity to re-discover Dunloe! We've missed you, […]
Watermelon Music is thrilled to announce an upcoming virtual concert featuring the acclaimed duo Misner & Smith. Sam Misner & Megan Smith were scheduled to perform at Watermelon Music’s The Melon Ball on Friday, March 13, 2020 right as COVID measures went into effect and was the first of many shows that we (and they) […]
Join Great Bear Vineyards in tasting our sparkling wine and 3 reserve wines in our beautiful courtyard garden on Thursday, April 22. We'll be open from noon-4pm, and tickets are $40 per person. You will receive a flight of 4 wines (including our Sparkling and Reserve wines) or 2 glasses of wine per person. Please […]
Davis Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (D-CAAP) Workshop, City of Davis. 6:30pm online. The Zoom meeting link is: https://zoom.us/j/94281640401. For more information click here.
We’re making everything from scratch in this class: hand rolled corn tortillas, crispy battered and fried fish fillets, sweet and crunchy mango cabbage slaw, and creamy white sauce and pico de gallo to top it all off. A squeeze of lime and a cold pils will transport you to the beach! Instructor: Christine Ciganovich (born […]
Check out LUNAFEST Davis 2021—a female-focused film fest—on Friday, April 23rd. The event begins at 7 p.m. and gives every audience member the best seat in the house! (you will have 48 hours to view the films, at your convenience.) This season’s program of seven selected films will compel discussion, laughs, tug at heartstrings and […]
Tree Davis will begin holding small volunteer events starting Saturday, April 24th in honor of Earth Day and National Arbor Day. We will be performing mulching and tree care, and if you'd like to join us, please sign up at https://www.treedavis.org/volunteer/ All volunteers must wear a mask and closed toed shoes, and bring their own […]
LET’S HAVE A PARADE! DAVIS, Calif. (April 19, 2021) — The popular Picnic Day Parade and the Davis Children’s Christmas Parade were canceled by the pandemic. But the community is invited to enjoy a do-it-yourself parade Saturday, April 24, to honor Davis Enterprise columnist and sportswriter Bob Dunning on his 51-plus years with the newspaper. […]
Join Stories on Stage Davis and Yolo County Library for a special virtual event with Reyna Grande, featuring an excerpt of Grande's bestselling memoir, The Distance Between Us. The event will also include a reading of the winner of a Yolo County high school writing contest, and a live Q&A with Grande after the performance. […]
Join the City of Davis and UC Davis for a Virtual Community Meeting on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. to learn more about Reimagine Russell Boulevard. The meeting will introduce the project and provide an opportunity for community members to share their experiences on Russell Boulevard as well as their future […]
Our public plant sales are back! In an online format, with contact-free, curbside pickup at the Arboretum Teaching Nursery. Shop thousands of attractive, low-water plants perfect for our region online. Shopping is open to the public, but members save! Not a member? No worries. Sign up and get discounts! Members save 10 percent on their […]
The past two years saw the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in state history, with some burning for months. Hugh Safford, a fire ecologist, will discuss the role that human influence, including climate change, may have on future wildfire seasons, how this will affect management of wildfires, and how it may change ecosystems. Dr. Hugh […]
Hugh Safford to Speak on Fire Ecology in California. The third event of the 2021 Climate Speaker Series to be held online Thursday, features Hugh Safford, a regional ecologist for the USDA and a member of the research faculty in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at UC Davis, whose work is increasingly timely […]
The search for the figure has inspired sculptor Marc Lancet’s artistic practice for decades. Harkening back to ancient goddess figures from prehistoric Europe, Japan, and pre-colonial wooden sculpture from Africa, Lancet builds totemic female figures on a grand scale. He works with wonder and mystery in the studio - with an inspired attention – aiming […]
Lisa Jetonne’s interest in categorizing and labeling our natural environment offers a critical reflection on how and why we order natural objects. Using ceramics to record all the varieties of the earth’s geological as well as botanical wealth, Jetonne creates multifaceted installations that echo natural history museum displays. As she writes, “I deconstruct information and […]
Introducing the first annual 2021 Yolo County Wine Ramble! On May 1st and 2nd, enjoy 2 jam-packed days at 10 Yolo County Wineries (at 11 locations!) with wine tasting, food trucks, and live entertainment all weekend long! This is a family-friendly event you won’t want to miss! See below for details specific to the participating […]
Celebrating the artists who have painted as part of our Garden Tour event, this exhibit includes landscapes, outdoor scenes, and still-life subjects by over twenty local painters. Some of the participating artists include Chris Kidd, Janet Crittenden, Linda Clark Johnson, Marlene Lee, Pete Scully, and many more. On display: May 1-30, 2021 The Pence […]
Tree Davis will begin holding a small volunteer event on May 1st at 9 AM at John Barovetto Park. We will be performing mulching and tree care, and if you’d like to join us, please sign up at https://www.treedavis.org/volunteer/ All volunteers must wear a mask and closed toed shoes, and bring their own work gloves, […]
Saturday, May 1st, 10 AM - 4:30 PM Pence courtyard (w/ masks & social distancing) This year in lieu of the annual Garden Tour, the Pence is hosting Art in the Garden, a one-day fundraising sale in the Pence courtyard. Every art form for the garden will be there, including whimsical outdoor sculptures, stepping stones, […]
As part of the Yolo County Wine Ramble weekend, Great Bear Vineyards will be serving wine and pizza on Saturday, May 1! We will be open 12-8pm with pizza available 5-7:30 pm. We will also have live piano music by Davis local David Kyle! Tickets are $30 and include one glass of Great Bear Vineyards […]
Lois Wolk has dedicated her career to public service and stewarding the environment. As a founding member of Tree Davis, Mayor of Davis and State Senator, she has been a stalwart advocate of urban forestry, urban greening and climate change mitigation. Tree Davis invites the public to honor Wolk at a virtual dedication of the […]
The local community jazz band, The New Harmony Jazz will be performing at the Davis Craft's Market on Sunday May 2nd. 11:00am-1:-00pm. FREE Following all city and county Covid guidelines. Please, come here some outside live music, safely.
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