There's still plenty to do this summer in and around Davis. Get your arts on!

Don’t forget, jam sessions at Wyatt Deck this summer on Tuesdays and Fridays

Wyatt Deck, UC Davis (near the Wyatt Theatre), alternating 11 a.m. and noon

Folk musicians are invited to bring their acoustic instruments and play together informally during this jam session at Wyatt Deck (located next to the redwood grove in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden).

Pull out your fiddles, guitars, mandolins, penny whistles, pipes, flutes, squeezeboxes (you name it) and join your fellow musicians for a little bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, klezmer, and world music over the lunch hour. All skill levels are welcome, and listeners are invited to revel in the beauty of nature accompanied by live music.

Join this complimentary event open to all. 

35 minute and 70-minute parking is available in Visitor Lot 5 on Old Davis Road at Arboretum Drive for $2.50 or $4 via AggiePark on the AMP Park app.  For questions, please call (530) 752-4880. Get directions! 

Interested in more outdoor music options in the arboretum? More information here. 

UC Davis Museums: Gorman and Manetti Shrem still open

Deborah Butterfield’s exhibition “P.S. These are not horses” is available to view until June 30 at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art. Butterfield is one of UC Davis’s most recognized alumni artists.  In addition, you can still purchase Egghead merchandise at the pop-up shop and view the display on the origins of the Eggheads. The Gorman Museum of Native American Art is open through Sept. 1. Read more about those exhibitions and Egghead merchandise in last week's Arts Blog. More more information and merchandise on The Year of the Eggheads go to their special website. 

Peter and the Starcatcher performing at Woodland Opera House

The Historic Woodland Opera House presents Peter and the Starcatcher, Woodland Opera House, 340 Second Street, Woodland 95695, through June 30, 2024 - Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m.

It’s your last chance this weekend to enjoy the Tony Award winning play that upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be “The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up” (aka Peter Pan). A wildly theatrical adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s best-selling novels. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes, Peter and the Starcatcher playfully explores the depths of greed and despair… and the bonds of friendship, duty, and love. Directed by Bob Cooner (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) and performed on the Opera House’s historic stage.

Content Advisory: Peter and the Starcatcher contains some mild cursing, and mild physical violence in the form of actors shoving and fighting. Suspenseful scenes could be frightening for younger or sensitive audience members. In addition, the play deals with themes of abandonment, the desire for family, and struggling to find one’s identity. The play is recommended for ages 10 and up. 

Ticket Prices; Reserved seats are $30 for adults, $28 for seniors 62+, and $15 for children 17 and under. Balcony tickets are $18 for adults and $9 for children. Flex Pass specials and group rates are available. Purchase tickets or call the  box office(530) 666-9617. Flex Pass specials and group rates apply. 

A play by Rick Elice; Based on the Novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson; Music by Wayne Barker. Originally produced on Broadway by Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Greg Schaffert, Eva Price, Tom Smedes, and Disney Theatrical Productions.

In the key of Davis is back with pianos

Davis still has outdoor, public pianos for anyone to play during the warmer months of summer and fall. See if you can find them all (hint, there is one in front of the Manetti Shrem Museum)….Read this past Arts Blog story. 

Read a current story in the Davis Enterprise (subscription required). 

California Museum: Guitar exhibit runs now through Sept. 1

California Museum, 1020 O St., Sacramento, 95814 (916) 653-7524

Discover the evolution and cultural impact of the guitar through history in “America at the Crossroads,” a traveling exhibition from the National Guitar Museum. A bonus section in the California Museum’s presentation spotlights Golden State musicians and manufacturers who made their mark globally.

Featuring:

• A 40-instrument display on the guitar’s evolution through different historical eras
• Original guitars played by Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, Eddie Van Halen and Los Tigres del Norte
• Displays highlighting California guitar makers Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, Taylor Guitars, Alembic, and Santa Cruz Guitar Company
• Advance tickets available and more visitor information.

‘Pange Lingua Variations’ by Brubeck: Concert in Sacramento July 6 

‘Pange Lingua Variations,’ an ode to Sacramento, featuring the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament choir, Saturday, July 6,  8 p.m., 1019 11^th Street, Sacramento