What Can I Do in Davis This Weekend of March 14, 15, 16, 2014

At the Mondavi Center

UC Davis Concert Band Sun • Mar 16 
UC Davis Concert Band 
Alexander String Quartet Sun • Mar 16
Alexander String Quartet 

 

UC Davis Aggies Sports

SAT MAR 15
TRACK
Aggie Open
All Day
Davis, Calif.
SAT MAR 15
SOFTBALL
vs. North Dakota
10:00 AM PT
Reno, Nev.
SAT MAR 15
BASEBALL
vs. New Mexico State
12:00 PM PT
Davis, Calif.
SAT MAR 15
SOFTBALL
at Nevada
12:30 PM PT
Reno, Nev.
SAT MAR 15
TRACK
NCAA Indoor Championships
TBA
Albuquerque, N.M.
SAT MAR 15
BASEBALL
vs. New Mexico State
3:00 PM PT
Davis, Calif.
SAT MAR 15
W GYMNASTICS
at Cal
7:00 PM PT
Berkeley, Calif.
SUN MAR 16
SOFTBALL
vs. North Dakota
10:00 AM PT
Reno, Nev.
SUN MAR 16
BASEBALL
vs. New Mexico State
12:00 PM PT
Davis, Calif.
SUN MAR 16
SOFTBALL
at Nevada
12:30 PM PT
Reno, Nev.
SUN MAR 16
W LACROSSE
at San Diego State
1:00 PM PT
San Diego, Calif.
SUN MAR 16
W WATER POLO
vs. Indiana
1:00 PM PT
Davis, Calif.

 

At the Movies

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

‎1hr 30min‎‎ – Rated PG‎‎ – Animation/Action/Adventure/Comedy‎
Director: Rob Minkoff – Cast: Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Ariel Winter, Allison Janney, Stephen Colbert
Mr. Peabody, the most accomplished dog in the world, and his mischievous boy Sherman, use their time machine – The WABAC – to go on the most outrageous adventures known to man or dog. But when Sherman takes The WABAC out for a joyride to impress his friend Penny, they accidentally more »
Regal Davis Holiday 6 101 F Street, Davis, CA ‎12:45‎  ‎4:00‎  ‎6:45‎  ‎9:50pm‎
Non-Stop

Non-Stop

‎1hr 50min‎‎ – Rated PG-13‎‎ – Action/Adventure/Suspense/Thriller‎
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra – Cast: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy, Michelle Dockery, Corey Stoll
Global action star Liam Neeson stars in Non-Stop, a suspense thriller played out at 40,000 feet in the air. During a transatlantic flight from New York City to London, U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks receives a series of cryptic text messages demanding that he instruct the airline to transfer $150 million more »
Regal Davis Holiday 6 101 F Street, Davis, CA ‎1:45‎  ‎5:00‎  ‎8:00‎  ‎10:40pm‎
300: Rise of an Empire

300: Rise of an Empire

‎1hr 42min‎‎ – Rated R‎‎ – Action/Adventure/Drama‎
Director: Noam Murro – Cast: Eva Green, Rodrigo Santoro, Callan Mulvey, Sullivan Stapleton,Jamie Blackley
Based on Frank Miller’s latest graphic novel Xerxes, and told in the breathtaking visual style of the blockbuster “300,” this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh battlefield-on the sea-as Greek general Themistokles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the more »
Regal Davis Stadium 5 420 G Street, Davis, CA ‎1:30‎  ‎4:00‎  ‎4:30‎  ‎7:00‎  ‎7:30‎  ‎10:00pm‎
300: Rise of an Empire 3D

300: Rise of an Empire 3D

‎1hr 42min‎‎ – Rated R‎‎ – Action/Adventure/Drama‎
Director: Noam Murro – Cast: Eva Green, Rodrigo Santoro, Callan Mulvey, Sullivan Stapleton,Jamie Blackley
Based on Frank Miller’s latest graphic novel Xerxes, and told in the breathtaking visual style of the blockbuster “300,” this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh battlefield-on the sea-as Greek general Themistokles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the more »
Regal Davis Stadium 5 420 G Street, Davis, CA ‎1:00‎  ‎2:00‎  ‎5:00‎  ‎8:00‎  ‎10:30pm‎
The Lego Movie

The Lego Movie

‎1hr 40min‎‎ – Rated PG‎‎ – Animation/Action/Adventure‎
Director: Chris McCay – Cast: Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman
This original computer animated story follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.
Regal Davis Holiday 6 101 F Street, Davis, CA ‎1:00‎  ‎4:15‎  ‎7:15‎  ‎10:00pm‎
Son of God

Son of God

‎2hr 18min‎‎ – Rated PG-13‎‎ – Drama‎
Director: Christopher Spencer – Cast: Diogo Morgado, Roma Downey, Amber Rose Revah,Andrew Brooke, Louise Delamere
This major motion picture event is an experience created to be shared among families and communities across the U.S. It brings the story of Jesus’ life to audiences through compelling cinematic storytelling that is both powerful and inspirational. Told with the scope and scale of an action more »
Regal Davis Stadium 5 420 G Street, Davis, CA ‎1:15‎  ‎4:15‎  ‎7:15‎  ‎9:50pm‎
Need for Speed

Need for Speed

‎2hr 10min‎‎ – Rated PG-13‎‎ – Action/Adventure‎
Director: Scott Waugh – Cast: Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogene Poots, Ramona Rodriguez, Rami Malek
The story chronicles a near-impossible cross-country race against time-one that begins as a mission for revenge, but proves to be one of redemption. In a last attempt to save his struggling garage, blue-collar mechanic Tobey Marshall-who with his team skillfully builds and races muscle cars on more »
Regal Davis Holiday 6 101 F Street, Davis, CA ‎12:30‎  ‎7:00pm‎
Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D

Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D

‎1hr 30min‎‎ – Rated PG‎‎ – Animation/Action/Adventure/Comedy‎
Director: Rob Minkoff – Cast: Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Ariel Winter, Allison Janney, Stephen Colbert
Mr. Peabody, the most accomplished dog in the world, and his mischievous boy Sherman, use their time machine – The WABAC – to go on the most outrageous adventures known to man or dog. But when Sherman takes The WABAC out for a joyride to impress his friend Penny, they accidentally more »
Regal Davis Holiday 6 101 F Street, Davis, CA ‎1:30‎  ‎4:45‎  ‎7:45‎  ‎10:30pm‎
Need for Speed 3D

Need for Speed 3D

‎2hr 10min‎‎ – Rated PG-13‎‎ – Action/Adventure‎
Director: Scott Waugh – Cast: Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogene Poots, Ramona Rodriguez, Rami Malek
The story chronicles a near-impossible cross-country race against time-one that begins as a mission for revenge, but proves to be one of redemption. In a last attempt to save his struggling garage, blue-collar mechanic Tobey Marshall-who with his team skillfully builds and races muscle cars on more »
Regal Davis Holiday 6 101 F Street, Davis, CA ‎3:45‎  ‎10:10pm‎
The Monuments Men

The Monuments Men

‎1hr 50min‎‎ – Rated PG-13‎‎ – Action/Adventure/Drama/Comedy‎
Director: George Clooney – Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray,John Goodman
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, the film is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible more »
Regal Davis Holiday 6 101 F Street, Davis, CA ‎10:20pm‎
Frozen

Frozen

‎1hr 48min‎‎ – Rated PG‎‎ – Animation/Action/Adventure/Comedy‎
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.
Regal Davis Holiday 6 101 F Street, Davis, CA ‎1:15‎  ‎4:30‎  ‎7:30pm‎
12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave

‎2hr 13min‎‎ – Rated R‎‎ – Drama‎
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

 

American Hustle

American Hustle

‎2hr 9min‎‎ – Rated R‎‎ – Drama‎
Director: David O. Russell – Cast: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner,Jennifer Lawrence
The film tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld, who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that’s as dangerous as it is more »
Davis Varsity Theatre 616 Second Street, Davis, CA ‎8:15pm‎
The Wind Rises (Kazetachinu)

The Wind Rises (Kazetachinu)

‎2hr 6min‎‎ – Rated PG-13‎‎ – Animation‎
Director: Hayao Miyazaki – Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Martin Short, Stanley Tucci
Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the world’s most innovative and more »
Regal Davis Stadium 5 420 G Street, Davis, CA
The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza)

The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza)

‎2hr 17min‎‎ – Comedy/Drama‎
Director: Paolo Sorrentino – Cast: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte
Journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades. Since the legendary success of his one and only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city’s literary and social circles, but when his sixty-fifth birthday coincides with a more »
Davis Varsity Theatre 616 Second Street, Davis, CA ‎12:10‎  ‎3:00‎  ‎5:50pm‎

 

The Art of the Steal

The Art of the Steal

‎1hr 30min‎‎ – Rated R‎‎ – Comedy‎
Director: Jonathan Sobol – Cast: Kurt Russell, Jay Baruchel, Katheryn Winnick, Chris Diamantopoulos, Kenneth Walsh
Crunch Calhoun, a third rate motorcycle daredevil and semi-reformed art thief, agrees to get back into the con game and pull off one final lucrative art theft with his untrustworthy brother, Nicky. Reassembling the old team, Crunch comes up with a plan to steal a priceless historical book, but the more »
Davis Varsity Theatre 616 Second Street, Davis, CA ‎8:40pm‎

From Tandem Properties Friends at The Davis Dirt

Friday, March 14
12:00pm – Folk Music Jam Session @ UC Davis Wyatt Deck Free
5:00pm – 2nd Friday ArtAbout @ Downtown Davis Free
5:30pm – Live Music @ Monticello Seasonal Cuisine Free
6:00pm – Wine Tasting @ Davis Food Co-op $1/taste
7:00pm – Davis Chamber Choir Winter Concert @ United Methodist Church Free
7:00pm – The Gifted Program @ Brunelle Performance Hall $8-$14
7:00pm – Three Sisters @ Third Space $15/$10
7:30pm – Author Event: Kinder than Solitude @ Avid Reader Free
7:30pm – Merchant of Venice @ Wyatt Pavilion Theater Free
8:00pm – Grapes of Wrath @ UC Davis Main Theater $12-$17
8:00pm – Lounge Lizards @ UC Davis Science Lecture Hall $3
8:00pm – Those Darn Accordions + The Mad Ms @ Palms Playhouse $20
8:15pm – South Pacific @ Davis Musical Theatre Company (DMTC) $18/$20
Saturday, March 15
8:00am – Farmers Market @ Central Park Free
9:00am – Members Plant Sale @ UC Davis Arboretum Free
9:00am – Tree Care and Planting @ Tree Davis Free
9:30am – Greenhouse Event @ Putah Creek Council Free
10:30am – *The Creative Women’s Circle @ davis public library (Free)
12:00pm – Junior Recital @ UC Davis Music Building Free
2:15pm – Tom Sawyer @ Davis Musical Theatre Company (DMTC) $8
2:30pm – Wennberg School Orchestra @ Mondavi Center $17/$14
6:00pm – Ken Kemmerling on Piano @ Monticello Seasonal Cuisine Free
7:00pm – The Concert Spirituel @ Episcopal Church of St. Martin $12/$6
7:00pm – The Gifted Program @ Brunelle Performance Hall $8-$14
7:00pm – Three Sisters @ Third Space $15/$10
7:00pm – Singing Our World Alive @ International House (I-House) $Donation
7:30pm – Author Event: Small Disasters Seen in Sunlight @ Avid Reader Free
7:30pm – Merchant of Venice @ Wyatt Pavilion Theater Free
8:00pm – Grapes of Wrath @ UC Davis Main Theater $12-$17
8:00pm – Smokin’ Joe Kubek feat. Bnois King @ Palms Playhouse $20
8:15pm – South Pacific @ Davis Musical Theatre Company (DMTC) $18/$20
Sunday, March 16
11:30am – Young at Art Festival @ Davis Art Center $8
12:00pm – Sunday Service @ Bike Forth Free
1:00pm – Food Not Bombs @ Central Park Free
2:00pm – Bloom Demo Day @ Pence Gallery Free
2:00pm – Alexander String Quartet @ Mondavi Center NA
2:00pm – Grapes of Wrath @ UC Davis Main Theater $12-$17
2:00pm – Merchant of Venice @ Wyatt Pavilion Theater Free
2:00pm – Children’s Storytelling @ International House (I-House) Free-$5
2:15pm – South Pacific @ Davis Musical Theatre Company (DMTC) $18/$20
2:30pm – Three Sisters @ Third Space $15/$10
3:00pm – *Sunday Sol @ Putah Creek Lodge (Free)
3:00pm – Imaginings: Magic and Mysticism @ Mondavi Center $12/$8
4:00pm – Knitting & Crafting Circle @ Davis Food Co-op Free
7:00pm – International Folkdancing @ Davis Art Center Free-$7