Things to Do in Davis Calendar – Weekend of May 17, 18, 19, 2013
At the Mondavi Center
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Sat • May 18 Richie Lawrence and The Yolos |
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Sun • May 19 Lara Downes Family Concert |
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Sun • May 19 Empyrean Ensemble: New Music from Davis, Works for Electronics and Ensemble |
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Sun • May 19 Kids in the Courtyard! |
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Sat • May 18 In Conversation with Ira Glass |
UC Davis Aggie Sports
| FRIDAY, MAY 17 | ||||
| Sport | Event | Location | Time | Coverage |
| Baseball | Hawai’i | Honolulu, Hawaii | 9:35 PM | Live Stats |
| Men’s Golf | NCAA Regional Championship | TBD | All Day | |
| SATURDAY, MAY 18 | ||||
| Sport | Event | Location | Time | Coverage |
| Baseball | Hawai’i | Honolulu, Hawaii | 9:35 PM | Live Stats |
| Men’s Golf | NCAA Regional Championship | TBD | All Day | |
| SUNDAY, MAY 19 | ||||
| Sport | Event | Location | Time | Coverage |
| Baseball | Hawai’i | Honolulu, Hawaii | 4:05 PM | Radio |
At the Movies
Iron Man 3
2hr 15min – Rated PG-13 – Action/Adventure
Director: Shane Black – Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Jon Favreau, Guy Pearce
Marvel’s “Iron Man 3” pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at more »
Star Trek Into Darkness
2hr 3min – Rated PG-13 – Scifi/Fantasy/Action/Adventure
Director: J.J. Abrams – Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Anton Yelchin
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone more »
The Great Gatsby
2hr 23min – Rated PG-13 – Drama/Romance
Director: Baz Luhrmann – Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton, Carey Mulligan,Isla Fisher – : 
The film follows Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving more »
42
2hr 8min – Rated PG-13 – Drama
Director: Brian Helgeland – Cast: Harrison Ford, Chadwick Boseman, Nicole Beharie, Christopher Meloni, Ryan Merriman – :
The story of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in American Major League Baseball, focusing on the two years of his life after he entered the game in 1947.
Pain & Gain
2hr 9min – Rated R – Action/Adventure/Comedy/Drama
Director: Michael Bay – Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Anthony Mackie, Ed Harris
Based on a true story about a group of steroid-abusing bodybuilders engage in a campaign of kidnapping, extortion and murder in Florida.
Oblivion
2hr 5min – Rated PG-13 – Action/Adventure/Scifi/Fantasy
Director: Joseph Kosinski – Cast: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. Living in and patrolling the breathtaking skies from thousands of feetmore »
Mud
2hr 10min – Rated PG-13 – Drama
Director: Jeff Nichols – Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Michael Shannon – :
This film is an adventure about two boys, Ellis and his friend Neckbone, who find a man named Mud hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios-he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and more »
Davis Varsity Theatre 616 Second Street, Davis, CA 5:30 8:10pm
The Sapphires
1hr 38min – Rated PG-13 – Comedy/Drama/Musical
Director: Wayne Blair – Cast: Chris O’Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens,Miranda Tapsell – :
Inspired by a true story, THE SAPPHIRES follows four vivacious, young and talented Australian Aboriginal girls from a remote mission as they learn about love, friendship and war when their all girl group The Sapphires entertains the U.S. troops in Vietnam in 1968. Cynthia, Gail, Julie and Kay aremore »
Davis Varsity Theatre 616 Second Street, Davis, CA 1:15 3:30 6:15 8:30pm
From Up On Poppy Hill (Kokurikozaka kara)
1hr 31min – Rated PG – Animation
Director: Goro Miyazaki – Cast: Sarah Bolger, Anton Yelchin, Gillian Anderson, Christina Hendricks,Aubrey Plaza – :
Set in Yokohama in 1963, this lovingly hand-drawn film centers on Umi and Shun and the budding romance that develops as they join forces to save their high school’s ramshackle clubhouse from demolition.
Davis Varsity Theatre 616 Second Street, Davis, CA 1:20 3:20pm
From Tandem Properties‘ Friends at The Davis Dirt
Friday, May 17
6:00pm – Live Jazz with the Jonny Gold Trio @ Our House Free
6:00pm – Wine & BeerTasting @ Davis Food Co-op $1/taste
7:00pm – Pamela Trokanski Student Concert @ Veterans Memorial Theatre (VMT) $14/$11
7:30pm – Lecture: Women Writing Their Lives @ Avid Reader Free
8:00pm – Contradance @ Davis Athletic Club $5-$10
8:00pm – Dogs of War @ UC Davis Wyatt Pavilion Theatre $Donation
8:00pm – Suzie Glase & the Hilonesome Band @ Palms Playhouse $20
8:00pm – Trio Seven @ Davis Art Center $5-$15
8:00pm – Birdstrike Theatre @ UC Davis Kleiber Hall, Room 3 Free
9:30pm – Random Abiladeze @ Sophia’s Thai Kitchen $5
10:30pm – Live Funk Dance Party with Big Sticky Mess @ Our House Free
Saturday, May 18
12:30am – Live Funk Dance Party with Big Sticky Mess @ Our House Free
8:00am – Farmers Market @ Central Park Free
9:00am – Plant Clearance Sale @ UC Davis Arboretum Free
9:30am – Greenhouse Event @ Putah Creek Council Free
11:15am – Family Stories @ Davis Public Library Free
12:00pm – *Black Family Day @ UC Davis East Quad (Free)
12:00pm – Good Health Festival @ Covell Professional Center Free
2:00pm – Lecture: Chickentastic @ Avid Reader Free
2:15pm – Charlotte’s Web @ Davis Musical Theatre Company (DMTC) $8
6:30pm – Richie Lawrence and The Yolos @ Mondavi Center Free
7:00pm – 20th Anniversary Party @ Bizarro World Free
7:00pm – Early Music Ensemble @ St. Martin’s Church $20/$6
7:00pm – Electrify Your Strings Rock Orchestra Experience @ Richard Brunelle Performance Hall $10/$15
7:00pm – Pamela Trokanski Student Concert @ Veterans Memorial Theatre (VMT) $14/$11
7:00pm – Hope for Endangered Animals @ Pence Gallery Free
8:00pm – Antsy McClain & Edgar Cruz w/ Gary Tackett @ Palms Playhouse $20
8:00pm – Dogs of War @ UC Davis Wyatt Pavilion Theatre $Donation
8:00pm – In Conversation with Ira Glass @ Mondavi Center $17.5-$58
9:00pm – Big Tree @ Sophia’s Thai Kitchen $5
Sunday, May 19
12:00pm – Sunday Service @ Bike Forth Free
1:00pm – Bugtopia 2.0 @ UC Davis Arboretum Free
1:00pm – Food Not Bombs @ Central Park Free
1:30pm – Kids in the Courtyard! @ Mondavi Center Free
2:00pm – Camp Kesem Wine Tasting @ Veterans Memorial Center (VMC) $30/$25
2:00pm – Dogs of War @ UC Davis Wyatt Pavilion Theatre $Donation
2:15pm – Charlotte’s Web @ Davis Musical Theatre Company (DMTC) $8
3:00pm – Lara Downes Family Concert @ Mondavi Center $7.5-$35
4:00pm – Live Irish Session Music @ DeVere’s Irish Pub Free
4:00pm – Craft Circle @ Davis Food Co-op Free
7:00pm – Empyrean Ensemble @ Mondavi Center $20/$8
7:30pm – John Hammond @ Palms Playhouse $25