She Kills Monsters’ final performances are this week

Thursday, Dec. 5 and Friday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m., Main Theatre at Wright Hall, UC Davis

Saturday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m., Main Theatre at Wright Hall, UC Davis

The Department of Theatre and Dance will present the dramatic comedy She Kills Monsters for its last weekend. Faced with the profound loss of her sister, Agnes Evans (played by Lana Lindley) processes her grief through the realm of Dungeons and Dragons. 

In the play, Agnes leaves her family’s home following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. After finding Tilly’s Dungeons and Dragons notebook, Agnes finds herself catapulted into a journey of discovery in the imaginary world that was her sister’s refuge. The lively performance features puppetry as well as fierce fairies, nasty ogres, and 90s pop culture. Content warning: language, adult and LGBTQIA+ themes , violence, bullying, sexuality.

Get tickets here: Theater & Dance | TicketsWest - UC Davis 

Choruses of UC Davis present Seasons of Migration

Friday, Dec. 6, 7 p.m., Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

Where is home? Is it where you have been or where you are going? 

The choral ensembles of UC Davis — which include the Concert Choir and the Chamber Singers — join to perform choral music with texts that often center on homeland and migration. From India to China to Britain, Mexico, Africa, Syria and Iraq, the concert selections paint pictures of movement, faith and beauty across many cultures and time periods. The program ends with J.S. Bach’s uplifting Magnificat in D major which features a guest orchestra, Tiara Abraham and Kathleen O’Rourke as soprano soloists, Julie Miller as the mezzo-soprano soloist, Michael Jankosky as the tenor soloist, and Malcolm MacKenzie as the baritone soloist.

Get tickets here: Choruses of UC Davis | Mondavi Center

More UC Davis Music 

Big Bands

Otto Lee, director and lecturer in music

Tuesday, Dec. 3
5–6:30 p.m. at the Pitzer Center

Program

Tunes by Wayne Shorter, Antonio Carlos-Jobim, Charlie Parker, and others.

$12 Students and Children, $24 Adults (Open Seating)
+ $3.50 per ticket processing fee for all except UC Davis students

Student Chamber Ensembles

a Shinkoskey Noon Concert

Thursday, Dec. 5, 12:05–2:45 p.m., at the Pitzer Center, free

Program

To be announced

Campus Square Dance

Thursday, Dec. 5, 5-7 p.m., Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, at the Mondavi Center, free

Featuring the Bluegrass and Old Time String Band
Professor Scott Linford, director, with caller Evie Ladin

The Video Game Orchestra at UC Davis plays Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

Saturday, Dec. 7, 6 p.m., Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

The Video Game Orchestra at UC Davis, playing this weekend at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, was founded in 2017 with the goal of allowing college musicians to explore the wonders of video game music. What started out as a small group of 9 musicians has now grown into a community of more than 100 members! All of the members are current students or alumni of UC Davis, and all of their pieces are arranged by their own members. Each quarter, they select a theme for their concert that explores a genre of video games, allowing them to cover a diverse array of games throughout the year. In past concerts, they have played pieces from games such as Final Fantasy XVI, Genshin Impact, Hollow Knight, Pokémon, and more.

Get tickets here: UCD Video Game Orchestra | Mondavi Center

Filipino artists express their identity in new exhibit at the Pence Gallery

Running from Friday, Dec. 6 through Sunday, Dec. 29, 212 D Street

In the new Pence Gallery exhibit The Stories & Traditions that Shape Us: Work by Filipino Artists, the intersection of culture and identity is explored by Filipino artists. Through an artist call, 22 artists responded and the following artists were chosen to display their work in this community-driven exhibition: Norman Aragones, Julie Bernadeth Crumb, Judy Catambay, Leigh Miller, Ezra Jade Moral, Nicole Paja, Deziree Seidner, and Drew Vallero. Together, their artwork puts a powerful voice to the Filipino American experience of resilience and hope.

Family Open Studio comes to the Davis Arts Center

Friday, Dec. 6 and Friday, Dec. 13; both days have time slots of 3-4:30 p.m. or 5-6:30 p.m., recommended children’s age 5+, $10 per person

In need of holiday fun with the whole family? Family Open Studio gives attendees the opportunity to create their own pieces of art from supplies like paint, oil pastels, and other recycled materials. Note that children must be supervised by an adult.

For more information and to register, click here.

The Woodland Opera House stages White Christmas

Running from Friday, Dec. 6 through Saturday, Dec. 21, tickets starting at $9, 340 Second Street, Woodland

The Woodland Opera House showcases White Christmas, a musical rendition of the 1954 film. White Christmas tells the story of two former World War II friends, Bob Wallace and Phil Davis, who became a successful song-and-dance duo after the war. Joining the singing sister duo Judy and Betty Haynes, the group perform a Christmas show in Vermont.

Look at different showtimes and get tickets here. 

Check out new exhibit, Stephen Giannetti’s All In, at Pence Gallery

Running from Friday, Dec. 13 through Sunday, Feb. 2, 212 D. Street

Stephen Giannetti has worked in exploring grids and circles in various media in his 30-year career. This new exhibition at the Pence Gallery showcases Giannetti’s adapted method of hand-painting with oil paint to acrylic spray paint with the artist’s hope to create an engaging visual experience where the act of seeing color is primary.

UC Davis alum Bianca Levan displays her paper-cutting artwork in exhibit Connecting Cuts

Running until Saturday, Dec. 14 at the Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont

Bianca Levan, UC Davis class of 2006, curates and displays her paper-cutting artwork in exhibit Connecting Cuts. Levan’s work starts with an abstract idea that she funnels into what feeling an idea or experience evokes. In Connecting Cuts, Levan uses a range of traditional art styles of paper-cutting from Jianzhi (剪紙), originating in China, to Wycinanki (Витина́нки/Выцінанкі), a Polish folk style.

Read more about Levan and her work in the UC Davis Magazine: Great on Paper | UC Davis