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Weekender: Hum a Gershwin Tune; Listen to Grammy-award Winning Violinist; Visit Gorman Museum

Karen Michele Nikos — May 20, 2025 - 2:25pm

Trio Magnoliana. (Eunah Cho/courtesy)

Weekender: Wearable Design; Spring Music; Next Season Mondavi Tickets Go on Sale

Karen Michele Nikos — May 15, 2025 - 4:03pm

Digital Stealth Gods by Dylan Mulder at World of Wearable Art 2016 (Courtesy photo)

Industrial designer Dylan Mulder brings wearable technology

Weekender: Art, Lectures, Film Explore Structures and Movie Magic

Jamie Sara Gelfond — May 07, 2025 - 12:47pm

Julia Keefe sings in Indigenous Big Bands

Thursday, May 8, 7:30 p.m., Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

Continuing a little-known but rich history of big bands that formed on reservations during the early 20th century, the Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band brings charisma, passionand purpose to every stage.

Weekender: Student-Created, Curated Art Takes On Davis in Performances, Exhibitions

Jamie Sara Gelfond — May 01, 2025 - 9:17am

Grammy Award Winner Howard Levy merges the harmonica with unexpected genres

Thursday, May 1, 12:05 p.m., Recital Hall at Ann E. Pitzer Center

Ongoing Art at 51�Թϱ��: Spring 2025

Jamie Sara Gelfond — April 30, 2025 - 2:58pm

Selections from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art

On display until June 22 at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art

Weekender: Music, New Book, Puppet Master and More

Jamie Sara Gelfond — April 17, 2025 - 3:41pm

This "weekender" covers two weeks of events while the Arts Blog is on hiatus next week.

Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington plays flute concert

Thursday, April 17, 12:05 p.m., Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center

Weekender: Picnic Day Brings the Art to Davis

Jamie Sara Gelfond — April 10, 2025 - 10:22am

The California Studio Lecture series presents Marie Lorenz, who works on water

Thursday, April 10, 4:30-6 p.m. at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, doors open at 4 p.m.

Merging the Ethereal and the Tangible

Jamie Sara Gelfond — April 07, 2025 - 9:56am

Non-linear time sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, but what if we could rewrite our histories in ways that feel as if things don’t happen sequentially? Overlapping the concepts of time, memory and the body, Gracianne Kirsch uses many art modalities to explore their own many-sided self.

Weekender: Spring into Spring Arts

Jamie Sara Gelfond — April 03, 2025 - 10:06am

This weekend, lots of music, exhibitions and even a party. Make reservations for upcoming events.

Adele Zhang Brings 51�Թϱ�� Textile Collection to London

Jamie Sara Gelfond — March 27, 2025 - 9:25am

Adele Zhang, senior continuing lecturer in the Department of Design at 51�Թϱ��, has been the Jo Ann C. Stabb Design Collection curator and manager since 2006. After spending the last year researching the collection's archive, Zhang spent the first few weeks of 2025 packing up and shipping 134 objects to London, where they will be on display at the Fashion and Textile Museum from March 28 through September 7.