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Weekender: Last Call on Arboretum and Manetti Shrem Art

Karen Michele Nikos — June 16, 2022 - 11:54am

The Manetti Shrem Museum is getting ready to bring you a new season of dynamic exhibitions, but this is your last chance to see the Grad exhibit. And there is great art on display in arboretum.

Weekender: Taproot Festival and Jazz on Tap; Watch a Memoir

Karen Michele Nikos — January 30, 2020 - 11:20am

While there’s plenty to see at area museums, 51�ԹϺ�� Davis starts Thursday with the Shinkoskey Noon Concert showcasing the weekend’s Taproot New Music Festival, a homegrown 51�ԹϺ�� Davis event. The concerts are in two venues on campus. Also Friday night in Sacramento, 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Professor Pam Houston’s memoir will be performed. (Yes, not read, performed). Read on.

Latino Art at Forefront Throughout Region

Karen Michele Nikos — March 14, 2019 - 11:15am

Latino art and culture have come to the forefront in exhibitions and public art across the region from 51�ԹϺ�� Davis, to Woodland and in Sacramento.

While the innovative art exhibitions, experimental workshops, public art and other happenings were not planned in any formal partnership, the coincidental timing works out well for the community. It provides artists a forum for exhibition in a diverse community, and it gives residents of the region convenient opportunities to see artwork that may be outside their purview or even comfort zone. Most of it is free.