There's still plenty to do this summer in and around Davis. Get your arts on!
Don鈥檛 forget, jam sessions at Wyatt Deck this summer on Tuesdays and Fridays
Wyatt Deck, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis (near the Wyatt Theatre), alternating 11 a.m. and noon
Folk musicians are invited to bring their acoustic instruments and play together informally during this jam session at Wyatt Deck (located next to the redwood grove in the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Arboretum and Public Garden).
Pull out your fiddles, guitars, mandolins, penny whistles, pipes, flutes, squeezeboxes (you name it) and join your fellow musicians for a little bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, klezmer, and world music over the lunch hour. All skill levels are welcome, and listeners are invited to revel in the beauty of nature accompanied by live music.
Join this complimentary event open to all.
35 minute and 70-minute parking is available in Visitor Lot 5 on Old Davis Road at Arboretum Drive for $2.50 or $4 via . For questions, please call (530) 752-4880.
Interested in more outdoor music options in the arboretum? More .
新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Museums: Gorman and Manetti Shrem still open
Deborah Butterfield鈥檚 exhibition 鈥淧.S. These are not horses鈥 is available to view until June 30 at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art. Butterfield is one of 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis鈥檚 most recognized alumni artists. In addition, you can still purchase Egghead merchandise at the pop-up shop and view the display on the origins of the Eggheads. The Gorman Museum of Native American Art is open through Sept. 1. Read more about those exhibitions and Egghead merchandise in last week's Arts Blog. More more information and merchandise on The Year of the Eggheads .
Peter and the Starcatcher performing at Woodland Opera House
The Historic Woodland Opera House presents Peter and the Starcatcher, Woodland Opera House, 340 Second Street, Woodland 95695, through June 30, 2024 - Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m.
It鈥檚 your last chance this weekend to enjoy the Tony Award winning play that upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be 鈥淭he Boy Who Would Not Grow Up鈥 (aka Peter Pan). A wildly theatrical adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson鈥檚 best-selling novels. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes, Peter and the Starcatcher playfully explores the depths of greed and despair鈥 and the bonds of friendship, duty, and love. Directed by Bob Cooner (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) and performed on the Opera House鈥檚 historic stage.
Content Advisory: Peter and the Starcatcher contains some mild cursing, and mild physical violence in the form of actors shoving and fighting. Suspenseful scenes could be frightening for younger or sensitive audience members. In addition, the play deals with themes of abandonment, the desire for family, and struggling to find one鈥檚 identity. The play is recommended for ages 10 and up.
Ticket Prices; Reserved seats are $30 for adults, $28 for seniors 62+, and $15 for children 17 and under. Balcony tickets are $18 for adults and $9 for children. Flex Pass specials and group rates are available. or call the box office(530) 666-9617. Flex Pass specials and group rates apply.
A play by Rick Elice; Based on the Novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson; Music by Wayne Barker. Originally produced on Broadway by Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Greg Schaffert, Eva Price, Tom Smedes, and Disney Theatrical Productions.
In the key of Davis is back with pianos
Davis still has outdoor, public pianos for anyone to play during the warmer months of summer and fall. See if you can find them all (hint, there is one in front of the Manetti Shrem Museum)鈥.Read this past Arts Blog story.
Read a in the Davis Enterprise (subscription required).
California Museum: Guitar exhibit runs now through Sept. 1
California Museum, 1020 O St., Sacramento, 95814 (916) 653-7524
Discover the evolution and cultural impact of the guitar through history in 鈥淎merica at the Crossroads,鈥 a traveling exhibition from the National Guitar Museum. A bonus section in the California Museum鈥檚 presentation spotlights Golden State musicians and manufacturers who made their mark globally.
Featuring:
- A 40-instrument display on the guitar鈥檚 evolution through different historical eras
- Original guitars played by Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, Eddie Van Halen and Los Tigres del Norte
- Displays highlighting California guitar makers Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, Taylor Guitars, Alembic, and Santa Cruz Guitar Company
- Advance tickets available and more
鈥楶ange Lingua Variations鈥 by Brubeck: Concert in Sacramento July 6
鈥楶ange Lingua Variations,鈥 an ode to Sacramento, featuring the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament choir, Saturday, July 6, 8 p.m., 1019 11th Street, Sacramento
Special guests in this concert of music by the late Dave Brubeck are Chris Brubeck, Dan Brubeck and Joe Gilman, conductor. The cathedral choir will sing. The cathedral commissioned Dave Brubeck鈥檚 Pange Lingua variations in the 1980s. This will be the third performance since. Proceeds support the Cathedral鈥檚 Social Service Ministries. s
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