Category Archives: .Davis

UC DAVIS: Rising Stars of Opera

Posted on February 4, 2024 by admin

Rising Stars of Opera features several singers from the acclaimed San Francisco Opera Center performing a wide range of great arias with full orchestral accompaniment from our own UC Davis Symphony Orchestra. Barbara K. Jackson Rising Stars of Opera

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DAVIS: Swan Lake

Posted on March 5, 2023 by admin

Ballet Preljocaj… ballet as a message to humanity In the title, there is ‘the lake’ and there are ‘the swans’, two entities threatened by global warming and by ecological alterations linked to rampant industrialisation. So I built the whole drama … Continue reading →

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DAVIS: From Concept to Creation

Posted on February 21, 2023 by admin

Second half-day of the birthday trip… in Davis… morning coffee at the Temple… delicious lunch at My Burma… stroll in the Arboretum… surprise exhibit at the Design Museum… From Concept to Creation: Inspired Shoe Design by Chris Francis… delightful! End of … Continue reading →

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DAVIS: Happy Rainy Days!

Posted on January 14, 2023 by admin

Another rainy weekend… a long waited concert… comfort late lunch at Mikuni… downtown walk… Tiny Show at Pence Gallery… light at the end of the rain tunnel? Leclair: Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 9, No. 3 Beethoven: Violin Sonata … Continue reading →

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RAIN TRIP: Davis

Posted on January 8, 2023 by admin

Between two storms… power outage… nature power… power to change?

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DAY TRIP: Davis… Arboretum & Garden

Posted on November 28, 2022 by admin

After Thanksgiving break… back to school… Arboretum fall stroll… beauty!

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DAVIS: Arboretum

Posted on October 24, 2022 by admin

Leave before 7… arrive before 9… a beautiful October day!

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WEEKEND WISH: Davis

Posted on October 15, 2022 by admin

Saturday night in… Davis! City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra… Sheku Kanneh-Mason… stars of the night… fossil surprises at Mondavi Center… Mikuni Me So Happy… Greenbelt… Arboretum… Habitats for Travelers… a happy weekend!

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BLOOMING ITINERARY: Pacific Iris & Coral Bells

Posted on April 16, 2022 by admin

Blooming in mid April… Pacific Coast Iris ‘Lavender’… Heuchera ‘Old La Rochette’… white sage… sunset in Davis… Rosada!

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SPRING TRIP: Davis

Posted on March 19, 2022 by admin

Downtown… Enlightenment March… Nature… Art… EDUCATION SHOULD BE FREE Lunchtime… farmers market… yum! California green… Putah Creek Riparian Reserve Bee Haven!

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