Things to Do in Davis for Presidents' Day Weekend – February 15, 16, 17, 18, 2013
At the Mondavi Center
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Sat • Feb 16 Itzhak Perlman, violin Rohan De Silva, piano |
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Sun • Feb 17 Russian National Orchestra |
UC Davis Aggie Sports
| FRIDAY, FEB 15 | ||||
| Sport | Event | Location | Time | Coverage |
| Baseball | Washington | Davis, Calif. | 2:00 PM |  | Audio |
| Women’s Tennis | Sacramento State | Sacramento, Calif. | 1:30 PM | |
| Men’s Tennis | San Francisco | Alameda, Calif. (Harbor Bay Club) | 2:00 PM | |
| Women’s Gymnastics | Seattle Pacific | Seattle, Wash. | 7:00 PM | |
| SATURDAY, FEB 16 | ||||
| Sport | Event | Location | Time | Coverage |
| Men’s Basketball | Cal State Northridge | Davis, Calif. | 7:00 PM | | Live Audio |
| Women’s Basketball | Cal State Northridge | Northridge, Calif. | 2:00 PM | Live Audio |
| Baseball | Washington | Davis, Calif. | 11:00 AM | | Audio |
| Baseball | Washington | Davis, Calif. | 2:30 PM | | Audio |
| Softball | Santa Clara | Palo Alto, Calif. | 2:00 PM | |Tournament Central |
| Softball | CSU Bakersfield | Palo Alto, Calif. | 6:30 PM | |Tournament Central |
| Women’s Water Polo | Cal Lutheran | Davis, Calif. | 8:00 AM | |
| Women’s Water Polo | Alumnae Game | Davis, Calif. | 10:00 AM | |
| Women’s Tennis | San Francisco | San Francisco, Calif. | 12:00 PM | |
| Women’s Water Polo | CSU Bakersfield | Davis, Calif. | 3:30 PM | |
| Women’s Golf | Peg Barnard Invitational (Stanford) | Stanford, Calif. | All Day | |
| SUNDAY, FEB 17 | ||||
| Sport | Event | Location | Time | Coverage |
| Baseball | Washington | Davis, Calif. | 1:00 PM | | Audio |
| Softball | Santa Clara | Palo Alto, Calif. | 12:15 PM | |Tournament Central |
| Softball | Stanford | Palo Alto, Calif. | 2:30 PM | |Tournament Central |
| Men’s Tennis | Saint Mary’s | Moraga, Calif. | 12:00 PM | |
| Women’s Water Polo | Pacific | Davis, Calif. | 1:15 PM | |
| Women’s Water Polo | Sonoma State | Davis, Calif. | 4:00 PM | |
| Women’s Golf | Peg Barnard Invitational (Stanford) | Stanford, Calif. | All Day | |
| Track | Run For Dream Indoor Inv. | Fresno, Calif. | All Day | |
| MONDAY, FEB 18 | ||||
| Sport | Event | Location | Time | Coverage |
| Men’s Golf | The Prestige at PGA WEST (UC Davis & Stanford) | La Quinta, Calif. (Greg Norman GC) | All Day | |
At the Movies
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 1:30 4:15 7:00 8:15 9:50 10:45pm
Safe Haven
1hr 55min – Rated PG-13 – Romance/Drama
Director: Lasse Hallström – Cast: Josh Duhamel, Julianne Hough, David Lyons, Cobie Smulders
An affirming and suspenseful story about a young woman’s struggle to find love again after she arrives in a small North Carolina town. Her reluctance to join the tight-knit community raises questions about her past. Slowly, she begins putting down roots, and gains the courage to start amore »
Regal Cinemas Davis Holiday 6 101 F Street, Davis, CA 1:45 4:45 7:30 10:20pm
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 2:00 5:00 7:45 10:25pm
Beautiful Creatures
2hr 12min – Rated PG-13 – Drama
Director: Richard LaGravenese – Cast: Emma Thompson, Jeremy Irons, Thomas Mann, Emmy Rossum, Viola Davis – : 
A supernatural love story set in the South which tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers: Ethan, a young man longing to escape his small town, and Lena, a mysterious new girl. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town. The film is based on the first novel in the best-selling series by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.
Regal Cinemas Davis Stadium 5 420 G Street, Davis, CA 12:40 3:45 7:30 10:20pm
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 1:00 3:20 6:45 10:30pm
Side Effects
1hr 46min – Rated R – Drama/Suspense/Thriller
Director: Steven Soderbergh – Cast: Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Vinessa Shaw
Once a successful New York couple, Emily and her husband are now struggling to readjust to life after his recent release from prison. Emily is plagued with a clinical depression and, following a car crash, is referred to respected psychiatrist Dr Jonathan Banks who offers the latest in prescription more »
Regal Cinemas Davis Stadium 5 420 G Street, Davis, CA 1:15 4:15 7:00 10:15pm
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
Escape from Planet Earth
1hr 29min – Rated PG – Animation/Action/Adventure/Comedy
Director: Callan Brunker – Cast: Brendan Fraser, Rob Corddry, Ricky Gervais, Jonathan Morgan Heit, Jessica Alba
Astronaut Scorch Supernova is a national hero to the blue alien population. A master of daring rescues, Scorch pulls off astonishing feats with the quiet aid of his nerdy, by-the-rules brother, Gary, head of mission control at BASA. When BASA’s no-nonsense chief Lena informs the brothers more »
Regal Cinemas Davis Holiday 6 101 F Street, Davis, CA 1:15 9:40pm
Zero Dark Thirty
2hr 37min – Rated R – Suspense/Thriller/Action/Adventure/Drama
Director: Kathryn Bigelow – Cast: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Ehle,Mark Strong
For a decade, an elite team of intelligence and military operatives, working in secret across the globe, devoted themselves to a single goal: to find and eliminate Osama bin Laden. This is the story of history’s greatest manhunt for the world’s most dangerous man.
Regal Cinemas Davis Stadium 5 420 G Street, Davis, CA 12:30 4:00 7:15 9:30pm
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 »
Regal Cinemas Davis Holiday 6 101 F Street, Davis, CA 1:00 4:00 7:15 10:05pm
Django Unchained
2hr 45min – Rated R – Western/Drama
Director: Quentin Tarantino – Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, Kerry Washington, Jamie Foxx
Set in the South two years before the Civil War, Django is a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz. Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The more »
Regal Cinemas Davis Holiday 6 101 F Street, Davis, CA 12:45 4:30pm
Life of Pi 3D
2hr 6min – Rated PG – Drama/Action/Adventure
Director: Ang Lee – Cast: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Gérard Depardieu, Tabu, Ayush Tandon
A 16 year-old Indian boy’s passage to a new life in America aboard a freighter ends in a shipwreck in the Pacific. He is left to fend for himself on a life raft with an orangutan, a zebra, a hyena and a Bengal tiger. In 3D at select locations.
Regal Cinemas Davis Stadium 5 420 G Street, Davis, CA 12:50 3:30 6:30 9:40pm
Amour
2hr 7min – Rated PG-13 – Drama
Director: Michael Haneke – Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert,Michael Haneke
Octogenarians Georges and Anne are retired music teachers whose daughter lives abroad with her family. When Anne suffers a stroke and is left paralyzed on one side of her body, the couple’s abiding love for each other is put to the test.
Davis Varsity Theatre 616 Second Street, Davis, CA 12:20 3:00 5:40 8:20pm
From Tandem Properties’ Friends at The Davis Dirt
Friday, February 15
12:00pm – Folk Music Jam Session @ UC Davis Wyatt Deck Free
5:30pm – Bob Wren @ Monticello Seasonal Cuisine Free
6:00pm – Wine Tasting @ Davis Food Co-op $1/taste
8:00pm – ‘Tis Pity… @ UC Davis Science Lecture Hall, Room 123 $5
8:00pm – Contradance @ Davis Athletic Club $5-$10
8:00pm – Chris Webster & Nina Gerber @ Palms Playhouse $20
8:00pm – Movie: Water for Elephants @ International House (I-House) Free
8:00pm – Birdstrike Theatre @ UC Davis Kleiber Hall, Room 3 Free
Saturday, February 16
8:00am – Farmers Market @ Central Park Free
10:00am – Garden Work Day @ Central Park Gardens Free
11:00am – Stories for Young Children @ Davis Waldorf School Free
1:00pm – Day of Beauty @ Whole Foods Market Free
4:00pm – Author Event: Etiquette & Espionage @ Avid Reader Free
6:30pm – Poker Tournament @ Davis Musical Theatre Company (DMTC) $40
7:00pm – International Dance Party @ International House (I-House) Free
7:30pm – The Word of Mouth @ Avid Reader Free
8:00pm – ‘Tis Pity… @ UC Davis Science Lecture Hall, Room 123 $5
8:00pm – Perlman,-Violin, De Silva-Piano @ Mondavi Center $25-$150
8:00pm – Peter Case @ Palms Playhouse $20
8:00pm – The Mallard + G. Green + English Singles @ Bike Forth $5
Sunday, February 17
12:00pm – Sunday Service @ Bike Forth Free
1:00pm – Food Not Bombs @ Central Park Free
2:00pm – ‘Tis Pity… @ UC Davis Science Lecture Hall, Room 123 $5
2:00pm – Stories for Adults & Children @ International House (I-House) $5/$2
4:00pm – Irish Session Music @ DeVere’s Irish Pub Free
4:00pm – Craft Circle @ Davis Food Co-op Free
7:00pm – Davis International Folkdancers @ Davis Art Center Free+
7:00pm – Russian National Orchestra @ Mondavi Center $25-$108
Monday, February 18
7:00pm – Camper Van Beethoven @ Odd Fellows Hall $20/$18
7:00pm – Pub Quiz @ DeVere’s Irish Pub Free
7:30pm – Spanish Circle @ Logos Books Free