What Can I Do in Davis This Weekend?
At the Mondavi Center for the Arts
Fri • Dec 6 University Chorus UC Davis Symphony Orchestra |
Sat • Dec 7 Leah Crocetto, soprano Mark Markham, piano |
Sun • Dec 8 Lara Downes Family Concert |
UC Davis Aggies Sports
SAT DEC 7
W BASKETBALL
at Hofstra
10:00 AM PT
Hempstead, N.Y.
SAT DEC 7
M BASKETBALL
vs. Nevada
7:00 PM PT
Davis, Calif.
SAT DEC 14
M BASKETBALL
at Stanford
5:00 PM PT
Stanford, Calif.
SUN DEC 15
W BASKETBALL
at Saint Mary’s
1:00 PM PT
Moraga, Calif.
At the Movies
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2hr 26min – Rated PG-13 – Action/Adventure/Scifi/Fantasy/Suspense/Thriller
Director: Francis Lawrence – Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson
Director: Francis Lawrence – Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson
The film begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts more »
Frozen
1hr 48min – Rated PG – Animation/Action/Adventure/Family
Director: Chris Buck – Cast: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana
Director: Chris Buck – Cast: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana
Fearless optimist Anna sets off on an epic journey-teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven-to find her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom.
Delivery Man
1hr 45min – Rated PG-13 – Comedy
Director: Ken Scott – Cast: Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders, Jack Reynor, Glenn Fleshler
Director: Ken Scott – Cast: Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders, Jack Reynor, Glenn Fleshler
This is the story of affable underachiever David Wozniak, whose mundane life is turned upside down when he finds out that he fathered 533 children through sperm donations he made twenty years earlier. In debt to the mob, rejected by his pregnant girlfriend, things couldn’t look worse for more »
Homefront
1hr 50min – Rated R – Action/Adventure/Suspense/Thriller
Director: Gary Fleder – Cast: Jason Statham, James Franco, Kate Bosworth, Frank Grillo, Izabela Vidovic
Director: Gary Fleder – Cast: Jason Statham, James Franco, Kate Bosworth, Frank Grillo, Izabela Vidovic
Former drug enforcement agent, Phil Broker is a family man who moves off the grid with his daughter, to a seemingly quiet bayou backwater to escape his troubled past. However, Broker’s world soon becomes anything but quiet once he discovers that an underbelly of drugs and violencemore »
Thor: The Dark World
2hr 0min – Rated PG-13 – Action/Adventure/Scifi/Fantasy
Director: Alan Taylor – Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgard, Idris Elba
Director: Alan Taylor – Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgard, Idris Elba
The adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, continue as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s “Thor” and “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Thor fights to restore order across more »
Frozen 3D
1hr 48min – Rated PG – Animation/Action/Adventure/Family
Director: Chris Buck – Cast: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana
Director: Chris Buck – Cast: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana
A prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, so Anna must team up with Kristoff, a daring mountain man, on the grandest of journeys to find the Snow Queen and put an end to the icy spell. Encountering Everest-like extremes, mystical creatures and magic at every turn, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom from destruction.
Out of the Furnace
1hr 46min – Rated R – Drama/Suspense/Thriller
Director: Scott Cooper – Cast: Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker,Willem Dafoe
Director: Scott Cooper – Cast: Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker,Willem Dafoe
Russell Baze has a rough life: he works a dead-end blue collar job at the local steel mill by day, and cares for his terminally ill father by night. When Russell’s brother Rodney returns home from serving time in Iraq, he gets lured into one of the most ruthless crime rings in the Northeast and more »
The Book Thief
2hr 11min – Rated PG-13 – Drama
Director: Brian Percival – Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Sophie Nélisse, Ben Schnetzer, Nico Liersch
Director: Brian Percival – Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Sophie Nélisse, Ben Schnetzer, Nico Liersch
Based on the beloved international bestselling book, The Book Thief tells the story of Liesel, an extraordinary and courageous young girl sent to live with a foster family in World War II Germany. She learns to read with encouragement from her new family and Max, a Jewish refugee who they are more »
Dallas Buyers Club
1hr 57min – Rated R – Drama
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée – Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Steve Zahn,Dallas Roberts
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée – Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Steve Zahn,Dallas Roberts
A son of Texas, Ron Woodroof is an electrician and rodeo cowboy. In 1985, he is well into an unexamined existence with a devil-may-care lifestyle. Suddenly, Ron is blindsided by being diagnosed as H.I.V.-positive and given 30 days to live. Yet he will not, and does not, accept a death sentence more »
Davis Varsity Theatre 616 Second Street, Davis, CA 1:00 3:30 6:00 8:30pm
12 Years a Slave
2hr 13min – Rated R – Drama
Director: Steve McQueen – Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch,Paul Dano, Garrett Dillahunt
Director: Steve McQueen – Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch,Paul Dano, Garrett Dillahunt
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty at the hands of a malevolent slave owner, as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the more »
Davis Varsity Theatre 616 Second Street, Davis, CA 12:05 2:50 5:35pm
Gravity 3D
1hr 31min – Rated PG-13 – Scifi/Fantasy/Suspense/Thriller
Director: Alfonso Cuarón – Cast: George Clooney, Sandra Bullock
Director: Alfonso Cuarón – Cast: George Clooney, Sandra Bullock
Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone – tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into more »
Ender’s Game
1hr 54min – Rated PG-13 – Action/Adventure/Scifi/Fantasy
Director: Gavin Hood – Cast: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Abigail Breslin, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis
Director: Gavin Hood – Cast: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Abigail Breslin, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis
In the near future, a hostile alien race called the Formics have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Hyrum Graff and the International Military are more »
Gravity
1hr 31min – Rated PG-13 – Scifi/Fantasy/Suspense/Thriller
Director: Alfonso Cuarón – Cast: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney
Director: Alfonso Cuarón – Cast: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney
Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone – tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into more »
Blue Is The Warmest Color (La Vie d’Adèle)
2hr 59min – Rated NC-17 – Drama
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche – Cast: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léa Seydoux, Jeremie Laheurte,Catherine Salée, Aurélien Recoing
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche – Cast: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léa Seydoux, Jeremie Laheurte,Catherine Salée, Aurélien Recoing
Acclaimed French filmmaker Abdellatif Kechiche’s latest, based on Julie Maroh’s graphic novel, was the sensation of this year’s Cannes Film Festival even before it was awarded the Palme d’Or. Adèle Exarchopoulos is a young woman whose longings and ecstasies and more »
Davis Varsity Theatre 616 Second Street, Davis, CA 8:20pm
From Tandem Properties‘ Friends at The Davis Dirt
Friday, December 6
12:00pm – Holiday Sale @ Davis Art Center Free
12:00pm – Folk Music Jam Session @ UC Davis Wyatt Deck Free
5:30pm – Bob Wren, violin & octave mandolin @ Monticello Seasonal Cuisine Free
6:00pm – Wine Tasting @ Davis Food Co-op $1/taste
6:30pm – Madrigal Dinner @ First Baptist Church $45
7:00pm – Alotta Cappella @ UC Davis Science Lecture Hall $7/$5
7:00pm – Delbert Bump Septet @ John Natsoulas Gallery Free
7:00pm – University Chorus @ Mondavi Center $12+
7:15pm – Schoolhouse Rock Live @ Davis Musical Theatre Company (DMTC) $10
8:00pm – Birdstrike Theater @ UC Davis Klieber Hall Free
8:00pm – Movie: An Education @ International House (I-House) Free
8:00pm – Sourdough Slim & Robert Armstrong @ Palms Playhouse $20
8:00pm – Spring Awakening @ UC Davis Main Theater $16/$18
9:00pm – Life In 24 Frames @ RockBand University $3
Saturday, December 7
8:00am – Farmers Market @ Central Park Free
9:00am – Tree Planting @ Arroyo Park Free
9:30am – Greenhouse Event @ Putah Creek Council Free
9:30am – Planting Event @ City of Davis Free
10:00am – Holiday Sale @ Davis Art Center Free
10:00am – Garden Work Day @ Central Park Gardens Free
11:15am – Family Stories @ Davis Public Library Free
12:00pm – Family Craft Day @ Davis Waldorf School (DWS) $5/$20
12:00pm – *The December Event: Extra Hours at the Bohart Museum @ Bohart Museum of Entomology (Free)
1:00pm – First Saturday @ Sundstrom Hill Winery Free
1:30pm – Planting Event @ City of Davis Free
2:00pm – KidsCreate @ Pence Gallery $6/$4
2:15pm – Schoolhouse Rock Live @ Davis Musical Theatre Company (DMTC) $10
3:00pm – City of Davis Wetlands Tour @ Wastewater Treatment Plant $Donation
3:30pm – Madrigal Dinner @ First Baptist Church $45
6:30pm – Vegan Winter Ball @ 12 12 Farragut Circle
7:00pm – Michelle Gregor, Kelly Rowland-Avrech, Nathan Ring and Rodney Artiles @ John Natsoulas Gallery Free
7:30pm – Life Stinks, The Ostriches, Mad Judy, & The Stoned Penguins @ Third Space $5 Donation
7:30pm – The Goodbye Year @ Avid Reader Free
8:00pm – California Honeydrops @ Palms Playhouse $17
8:00pm – Leah Crocetto & Mark Markham @ Mondavi Center $35+
8:00pm – Spring Awakening @ UC Davis Main Theater $16/$18
10:00pm – Big Sticky Mess @ Wunderbar Price TBA.
11:00pm – Life in 24 Frames @ KDVS Free
Sunday, December 8
9:30am – Planting Event @ City of Davis Free
10:00am – Holiday Sale @ Davis Art Center Free
11:00am – Bob & Donna Wren @ Monticello Seasonal Cuisine Free
12:00pm – Bingo! @ Odd Fellows Hall $12-$20
1:00pm – Artist Reception @ Gallery 1855 Free
1:00pm – Food Not Bombs @ Central Park Free
2:15pm – Schoolhouse Rock Live @ Davis Musical Theatre Company (DMTC) $10
3:00pm – Lara Downes Family Concert @ Mondavi Center $10+
4:00pm – Live Irish Music @ DeVere’s Irish Pub Free
5:00pm – Study Hall @ Whole Foods Market Free
7:00pm – Dave Nachmanoff & Celia Ramsay @ Wagman House $20
7:00pm – Home For the Holidays @ Veterans Memorial Theatre (VMT) $20/$10
7:30pm – Blue Moon Review @ Avid Reader Free
7:30pm – Movie: Amarcord @ Yolo Pleasure Dome $2 Donation