California Writers Week at The Avid Reader
AVID READER. Celebrate California Writers Week and the California Writers Club Sacramento Branch. Featuring authors: Judith Starkson, Pete Cruz, Carol Menaker, and Lally Pia. 6p—7:30p. Free
AVID READER. Celebrate California Writers Week and the California Writers Club Sacramento Branch. Featuring authors: Judith Starkson, Pete Cruz, Carol Menaker, and Lally Pia. 6p—7:30p. Free
ARMADILLO MUSIC. Sit down with children’s book author, Mac Barnett, & illustrator, Shawn Harris, to discuss the big beautiful world of children’s books. Copies of their work available for purchase & signing. Proceeds benefit the Mary L. Stephens Branch of the Yolo County Library. Beverage ticket included. Event for adults only. 8:30p. $30
AVID READER. Author Kathy Elkind celebrates the release of her new book, To Walk It Is To See It. 6p—7p. Free
AVID READER. Join Martha Shelley, co-founder of the Gay Liberation Front, to discuss her memoir We Set the Night on Fire. Shelley’s book is a feminist & lesbian document that contextualizes & humanizes the historical record of various mid-twentieth century gay movements. 6:30p–7:30p. Free
STEPHENS BRANCH LIBRARY. Spend an evening with Alexandra Chang, author of Tomb Sweeping & Days of Distraction. Moderated by Jamil Jan Kochai, author of The Haunting of Hajji Hotak. 6:30p–7:30p. Free
ZOOM. Sandy Borowsky, MD will discuss updates in pathology in identifying and treating breast cancer as well as information on the Wisdom Study, which brings together diverse women from across the US to determine the safest and most effective way to detect breast cancer. 7p—8p. Free
ONLINE. Isabelle Guerrero, graduate student at the University of Nevada, Reno, examines the intersections of archaeology & the art world within the context of both pre- & post-contact Native North American objects currently curated & displayed at non-Indigenous institutions. Hosted by the Pence Gallery. Sponsored by Bill & Nancy Roe. 2p–3p. Free
Join us for the first virtual talk of the Pence Gallery’s free, Art History Lecture Series! Srđan Tunić, MA candidate at University of California, Davis, will explore scientific illustrator Mary Foley Benson’s (1905-1992) artworks from UC Davis as well as her dynamic life, from her early USDA career at D.C., WWII piloting, to settling in
PENCE GALLERY. Mogilka, the recipient of the Pence Gallery Emerging Artist Award in 2022, will discuss her inspirations spanning from her childhood to her present-day artist career, how she discovers & photographs models, as well as the process of composing & creating paintings. Includes a tour of The Elusive Muse, on display Jan 7 thru Feb 3. 1p–2p. Free/Sugg Don $10
Interwoven is an exhibit by a group of artists who have been meeting for several years to pursue shared questions of making art in our time. Members originate from places as distant as India and Germany, and as near as Davis. Educated in many aspects of art and design, the group shares a deep curiosity
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