Yolo County Local News: Art, Culture & Media


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Image caption: California's library system dates back 171 years.
How Cool Are Libraries?

California has gone from one library to more than 1,100 in the last 171 years.

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05/07/2024
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To celebrate 50 years in operation, The Artery—an artist cooperative in Davis—invites community members to spend a Sunday each month Making Art on G Street.

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05/07/2024
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Largest-Ever Gift to Campus Arts Provides Comprehensive Support for Faculty, Students and Programming 

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05/06/2024
A look back, and a look ahead, for UC Davis student-run radio station KDVS.

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05/04/2024
More than half of the U.S. House supports a bill to extend the funds, but it can’t get out of committee.

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04/29/2024
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At the Woodland Public Library, a community makerspace provides new, tactile learning opportunities in arts and engineering.

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04/14/2024
UC Davis is celebrating a "Year of Eggheads" in honor of the 30-year anniversary of the installation of Robert Arneson's site-specific sculptures sprinkled throughout the central campus.

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04/11/2024
UC Davis is commemorating the 30-year anniversary of its beloved Eggheads.

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04/06/2024
I thought my journalism and others’ could change policy, perhaps even inspire a New Deal-style response equal to the challenge. Such was my naivetĂ©.

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04/03/2024
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The Davis Art Studio Tour returns April 13 & 14 10AM—5PM, with a group of forty artists inviting the community to step into their private art studios for a glimpse at their practice.

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04/02/2024
It quickly became clear that Elon Musk’s SpaceX was responsible for the show. The lights were a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 new Starlink satellites into orbit. The rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 7:30 p.m., and it’s trail was visible from Los Angeles to Joshua Tree National Park.

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03/29/2024
Congressman Mike Thompson, D-Yolo, secured $850K in federal funds from the last appropriations bill to help finance the new Walnut Park Library project in the City of Davis.

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03/19/2024
Details from the report state the the library received over 120,000 visits, was open for over 2,500 hours, served roughly 60,000 people and held almost 900 programs with roughly 28,000 attending.

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03/12/2024
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Valley Vision has received grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to create a roadmap for areas in Sacramento, Sutter, Yuba, and Yolo counties.

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03/11/2024
The March 11 edition of the Los Angeles Times print edition will be its last at the Los Angeles Times Olympic printing plant in Los Angeles.

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03/05/2024
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The team at Avid Reader Bookstore rounded up more than a dozen non-fiction books on notable women in history, or that focus on women’s struggles.

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02/28/2024
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A Moment in Time in 10 Minutes in Winters is back, featuring 8 plays of 10 minutes each at the Winters Opera House in Downtown Winters on March 15-16 and 22-23 at 7:30 p.m.

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02/25/2024
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Home to the state capital, Sacramento County offers many amusements for visitors and locals alike. But only some require no cash outlay.

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02/22/2024
Capital Public Radio’s Board of Directors elected nine new members, four months after a majority of the board resigned in the wake of a scathing financial audit of the Sacramento-based NPR member station.

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02/21/2024
Image for display with article titled ‘Reflecting Lenses’ Exhibit Opens March 6 at the Gorman Museum

“Reflecting Lenses: Twenty Years of Photography at the Gorman Museum” presents highlights from the Gorman Museums collection by more than two dozen Indigenous artists from North America, Aotearoa, and Australia.

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02/16/2024
Tom Karlo has resigned his position as CapRadio’s interim president and general manager, but will remain on as a “special consultant,” the station’s board of directors announced after an emergency closed session meeting.
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