Things to Do in and around UC Davis – Weekend of March 8, 9, 10, 2013
At the Mondavi Center
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Wed-Sat • Mar 6 -9 Julian Lage Group |
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Sun • Mar 10 University and Alumni Choruses UC Davis Symphony Orchestra |
UC Davis Aggie Sports
| FRIDAY, MAR 8 | ||||
| Sport | Event | Location | Time | Coverage |
| Baseball | CSU Bakersfield | Davis, Calif. | 2:30 PM |  | Audio |
| Softball | New Mexico State | Tempe, Ariz. | 12:00 PM | Tournament Schedule (MST) |
| Softball | Arizona State | Tempe, Ariz. | 3:30 PM | | Radio |
| Women’s Water Polo | Cal State Northridge | Northridge, Calif. | 3:00 PM | |
| Women’s Gymnastics | San Jose State w/Seattle Pacific & Boise State | San Jose, Calif. | 7:00 PM | |
| Track | NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships | Fayetteville, Ark. | All Day | |
| Men’s Golf | Bandon Dunes Championship | Bandon, Ore. (Old MacDonald GC) | All Day | |
| SATURDAY, MAR 9 | ||||
| Sport | Event | Location | Time | Coverage |
| Men’s Basketball | UC Irvine | Davis, Calif. | 7:00 PM | | Live Audio |
| Women’s Basketball | Pacific | Davis, Calif. | 4:30 PM | | Live Audio |
| Baseball | CSU Bakersfield | Davis, Calif. | 1:00 PM | | Audio |
| Softball | Notre Dame | Tempe, Ariz. | 8:00 AM | Tournament Schedule (MST) |
| Softball | Pittsburgh | Tempe, Ariz. | 1:00 PM | |Tournament Schedule (MST) |
| Women’s Water Polo | UC Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, Calif. | 12:00 PM | |
| Men’s Tennis | Nevada | Davis, Calif. | 1:00 PM | |
| Track | Aggie Open | Davis, Calif. | All Day | |
| Track | NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships | Fayetteville, Ark. | All Day | |
| Men’s Golf | Bandon Dunes Championship | Bandon, Ore. (Old MacDonald GC) | All Day | |
| SUNDAY, MAR 10 | ||||
| Sport | Event | Location | Time | Coverage |
| Baseball | CSU Bakersfield | Davis, Calif. | 1:00 PM | | Audio |
| Softball | Pittsburgh | Tempe, Ariz. | 8:00 AM | |Tournament Schedule (PDT) |
| Men’s Tennis | UT Arlington | Davis, Calif. | 12:00 PM | |
| Women’s Lacrosse | California | Berkeley, Calif. | 2:00 PM | | |
| Men’s Golf | Bandon Dunes Championship | Bandon, Ore. (Old MacDonald GC) | All Day | |
At the Movies
Oz The Great and Powerful
2hr 7min – Rated PG – Scifi/Fantasy
Director: Sam Raimi – Cast: Mila Kunis, James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Abigail Spencer
When Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot-fame and fortune are his for the taking-that is until he meets three witches, Theodora, Evanora and Glinda, who are not convinced hemore »
21 and Over
1hr 33min – Rated R – Comedy
Director: Scott Moore – Cast: Miles Teller, Justin Chon, Skylar Astin, Sarah Wright, Francois Chau
Straight-A college student Jeff Chang has always done what he was supposed to do. But when his two best friends take him out for his 21st birthday on the night before an important medical school interview, Jeff Chang snaps and decides to do everything he wants to do. What was supposed to bemore »
Identity Thief
1hr 51min – Rated R – Comedy
Director: Seth Gordon – Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Jason Bateman, John Cho, Jon Favreau, Amanda Peet
Unlimited funds have allowed Diana to live it up on the outskirts of Miami, where the queen of retail buys whatever strikes her fancy. There’s only one glitch: The ID she’s using to finance these sprees reads “Sandy Bigelow Patterson” and it belongs to an accounts rep who more »
Regal Cinemas Davis Holiday 6 101 F Street, Davis, CA 12:45 4:00 7:15 10:15pm
The Last Exorcism Part II
1hr 28min – Rated PG-13 – Horror/Suspense/Thriller
Director: Ed Gass-Donnelly – Cast: Andrew Sensenig, Ashley Bell, Spencer Treat Clark, Judd Lormand, Julia Garner
Continuing where the first film left off, Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell) is found terrified and alone in rural Louisiana. Back in the relative safety of New Orleans, Nell realizes that she can’t remember entire portions of the previous months only that she is the last surviving member of her family. Just more »
Regal Cinemas Davis Stadium 5 420 G Street, Davis, CA 4:20 9:50pm
Snitch
1hr 52min – Rated PG-13 – Action/Adventure/Suspense/Thriller
Director: Ric Roman Waugh – Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Barry Pepper, Harold Perrineau, Jon Bernthal
In the fast-paced action thriller, Dwayne Johnson stars as a father whose teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years. Desperate and determined to rescue his son at all costs, he makes a deal with the U.S more »
Regal Cinemas Davis Stadium 5 420 G Street, Davis, CA 1:30 4:30 7:30 10:20pm
Jack the Giant Slayer
1hr 54min – Rated PG-13 – Scifi/Fantasy/Action/Adventure
Director: Bryan Singer – Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci,Eddie Marsan – : 
“Jack the Giant Slayer” tells the story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost more »
Regal Cinemas Davis Holiday 6 101 F Street, Davis, CA 12:30 9:45pm
Dead Man Down
1hr 50min – Rated R – Suspense/Thriller
Director: Niels Arden Oplev – Cast: Noomi Rapace, Colin Farrell, Dominic Cooper, Terrence Howard,Armand Assante
“The director of the original “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, makes his American theatrical debut with the new action thriller, Dead Man Down. The film features two strangers who are irresistibly drawn to one another by their mutual desire for revenge.”
Regal Cinemas Davis Stadium 5 420 G Street, Davis, CA 1:00 4:00 7:00 10:00pm
Silver Linings Playbook
2hr 0min – Rated R – Comedy
Director: David O. Russell – Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Julia Stiles,Chris Tucker
Life doesn’t always go according to plan. Pat Solitano has lost everything – his house, his job, and his wife. He now finds himself living back with his mother and father after spending eight months in a state institution on a plea bargain. Pat is determined to rebuild his life, remain positive and more »
Davis Varsity Theatre 616 Second Street, Davis, CA 1:00 3:30 6:00 8:30pm
A Good Day to Die Hard
1hr 37min – Rated R – Action/Adventure/Suspense/Thriller
Director: John Moore – Cast: Bruce Willis, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jai Courtney, Patrick Stewart,Megalyn Echikunwoke
Bruce Willis returns in his most iconic role as John McClane – the “real” hero with the skills and attitude to always be the last man standing. This time the take-no-prisoners cop is really in the wrong place at the wrong time after traveling to Moscow to help his estranged son Jack. With more »
Regal Cinemas Davis Holiday 6 101 F Street, Davis, CA 1:00 10:40pm
Warm Bodies
1hr 37min – Rated PG-13 – Comedy/Horror/Romance
Director: Jonathan Levine – Cast: Analeigh Tipton, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Nicholas Hoult,Lizzy Caplan
A funny twist on a classic love story, this is a tale about the power of human connection. After a zombie epidemic, R (a highly unusual zombie) encounters Julie (a human survivor), and rescues her from a zombie attack. Julie sees that R is different from the other zombies, and as the two form amore »
Regal Cinemas Davis Stadium 5 420 G Street, Davis, CA 1:20 7:20pm
Quartet
1hr 37min – Rated PG-13 – Comedy/Drama
Director: Dustin Hoffman – Cast: M Smith, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins,Sheridan Smith
Lifelong friends Wilf and Reggie, together with former colleague Cissy, are residents of Beecham House, a home for retired opera singers. Every year on Giuseppe Verdi’s birthday, the residents unite to give a concert to raise funds for their home. But when Jean Horton, a former grande more »
Davis Varsity Theatre 616 Second Street, Davis, CA 2:10 4:20 6:30 8:40pm
Argo
2hr 0min – Rated R – Drama
Director: Ben Affleck – Cast: Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Victor Garber – :
“Argo” chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis-the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades. On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm more »
From Tandem Properties’ Friends at TheDavisDirt.com
Friday, March 8
3:00pm – Art of Painting in the 21st Century @ John Natsoulas Gallery $65/$40
5:00pm – 2nd Friday ArtAbout @ Downtown Davis Free
5:30pm – Bob Wren @ Monticello Seasonal Cuisine Free
6:00pm – Wine Tasting @ Davis Food Co-op $1/taste
7:00pm – Student Chamber Ensembles @ UC Davis Music Building, Rm. 115 Free
7:00pm – The Breedless Kitsch @ Richard Brunelle Performance Hall Price TBA
7:30pm – Author Event: Your Ideal Cat @ Avid Reader Free
7:30pm – CD Release Concert @ Lutheran Church of the Incarnation $5-$20
8:00pm – Bayanihan Clinic Benefit Concert @ UC Davis Science Lecture Hall, Room 123 $13/$10
8:00pm – Birdstrike Goes to the Movies @ UC Davis Social Science Building $3
8:00pm – FLASH @ UC Davis Main Theater $12-$19
8:00pm – Julian Lage Group @ Mondavi Center $19-$42
8:00pm – Nunsense @ Winters Community Center $15
8:00pm – Sourdough Slim & Robert Armstrong @ Palms Playhouse $20
8:15pm – Urinetown @ Davis Musical Theatre Company (DMTC) $16/$18
Saturday, March 9
8:00am – Farmers Market @ Central Park Free
8:00am – Lucky Run @ City of Davis $14-$55
9:00am – Member Appreciation Plant Sale @ UC Davis Arboretum Free
9:30am – Greenhouse Event @ Putah Creek Council Free
10:00am – Art of Painting in the 21st Century @ John Natsoulas Gallery $65/$40
11:30am – Poverty Alleviation Fair @ Whole Foods Market Free
12:00pm – Parmesan Crack Competition @ Whole Foods Market Free
2:15pm – Wizard of Oz @ Davis Musical Theatre Company (DMTC) $8
4:00pm – Artist Reception @ UC Davis Craft Center Free
4:00pm – Author Event: Eyes of the Enemy @ Avid Reader Free
5:00pm – ZuhG, Awkward Lemon & Rook Family Project @ Sudwerk Brewery & Restaurant Free
7:00pm – The Breedless Kitsch @ Richard Brunelle Performance Hall Price TBA
8:00pm – Alice DiMicele + Katie Henry @ N St. Cooperative Housing $15 sliding scale
8:00pm – FLASH @ UC Davis Main Theater $12-$19
8:00pm – Julian Lage Group @ Mondavi Center $19-$42
8:00pm – Nunsense @ Winters Community Center $10/$6
8:15pm – Urinetown @ Davis Musical Theatre Company (DMTC) $16/$18
8:30pm – Skynnyn Lynnyrd @ Palms Playhouse $20
9:00pm – The Hot Dark @ Wunderbar $10
Sunday, March 10
9:00am – Dog ‘n Jog @ UC Davis Arboretum $15-$30
11:00am – Square Tomatoes Crafts Fair @ Central Park Free
1:00pm – Artist Reception @ Gallery 1855 Free
1:00pm – Food Not Bombs @ Central Park Free
1:00pm – Storytime Through the Seasons @ UC Davis Arboretum Free
2:00pm – FLASH @ UC Davis Main Theater $12-$19
2:00pm – Nunsense @ Winters Community Center $10/$6
2:00pm – Women’s Cycling History Talk @ U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame (USBHOF) $5
2:15pm – Urinetown @ Davis Musical Theatre Company (DMTC) $16/$18
4:00pm – Irish Session Music @ DeVere’s Irish Pub Free
7:00pm – Movie: Aquirre @ Yolo Pleasure Dome $2
7:00pm – The Breedless Kitsch @ Richard Brunelle Performance Hall Price TBA
7:00pm – UCD & Alumni Choruses + UCD Symphony Orchestra @