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Thursday, November 19

Happy Thursday

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Live music by Black Cat Bone

zaryna

MUSIC SHOW! Maggie Morris, Ricky Berger, and Polka Dot Dot Dot

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**donations accepted** **all ages**

• MAGGIE MORRIS (San Francisco) is traveling to Davis especially for this show, so come be audience to her warm, lo-fi folk! Her pure, unassuming voice is just the kind you'd hope to hear on an autumn evening, and anyway, who can resist a musician whose influences span from The Zombies, Dr. Dog, and Animal Collective to Big Mama Thorton, Buddy Guy, Howlin' Wolf, and Dear Nora?

http://www.myspace.com/maggiemorris

• Sammie-nominated RICKY BERGER (Sacramento) is an incredible presence in our local music scene. She has the spark of a bonfire and the sweetness of a strawberry in her voice, once described as "a pillow—if it could sing." That is to say, Ricky possesses the musical magic to evoke vaudeville, swingin' jazz, and contemporary folk, all in one sweep. Come listen—she'll be playing any combination of guitar, piano, flute, banjo, violin, and ukulele, accompanied by her whistling and outstanding impressions of the trumpet.

http://www.myspace.com/rickyberger

• POLKA DOT DOT DOT (Olympia, WA) is pure dynamite, no exaggeration. The trio incorporates perfect harmonies with stomping, clapping, ukulele, musical saw, and maracas. Come see for yourself how amazing this group is...you won't see anything like this anywhere else!

http://www.myspace.com/thepolkadotdotdot

EliseKane

Friday, November 20

Book Swap and Crepe Bar

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Book Swap and Crepe Bar.
Bring 4 Books and swap them out for four others. We will be swapping all types. Books need to be GIFT QUALITY.(Family Friendly of Course) and there will be Crepes as a refreshment.
Come and chat and meet new friends.
We are located at
5663 Marden Street
Davis Ca, 95618

jkatherined

Amy Goodman Speaking Benefit for KDVS and KDRT

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Social Science 1100

Award-winning host of the daily broadcast radio and television program “Democracy Now!,” Amy Goodman will visit Davis to discuss her new book, Breaking the Sound Barrier.

A benefit for low-power community radio station KDRT 95.7 FM & community radio station KDVS, 90.3 FM, the event takes place Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 from 7-9 p.m. in Social Science 1100 on the UC Davis campus. Tickets - $20 General / $10 Student through through Freeborn Hall ticket services-
http://tickets.ucdavis.edu/Public/content.cfm?CONTENT=25 or via
http://tickets.com. More info at http://davismedia.org.

JeffShaw

Davis Contra Dance

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Join the Sacramento Country Dance Society for a fun and energetic evening of contra dance on Friday evening, November 20 at the Davis High School Dance Room 315 W. 14th Street, Davis.

Mavis McGaugh will call to the melodic sounds of Band du Jour (Rick D’Onofrio, Terri Hauck, and Debra Tayleur).

If you've never been to a Davis dance, here's your chance...you'll find a crowd with such high energy and spirits you'll wish you could bottle it!

Dance starts at 8PM, but for those who would like a beginner's lesson, please show up at 7:30PM. Donation is $10 for adults, $5 for full time students with ID and $25 for families. Remember dancers: Davis High School requests that only devoted dance or soft soled shoes that don't leave marks be worn so their floor remains in good shape for high school student use.

You don't need a partner or experience to contra dance and we offer a free beginner's lesson 1/2 hour prior to each dance, so come on down and give it a try!

For complete schedule and more information visit our website at http://www.scds.ca or call John/Laura at (916) 739-6014.

wbmeyer

Saturday, November 21

Acai Focus Group

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If you are a consumer of Acai, or if you are a fruit consumer who would like to give input about products of this Brazilian berry come to UC Davis and be a part of a focus group on Acai!!

This is a one time commitment and involves you sharing your thoughts about different Acai based products

You will also get to taste Acai based products and have your opinions heard!

You will receive a $10 GIFT CARD for your time

Contact the Jojo Poon for more details if you are interested.
jojoktpoon@gmail.com

Shawnh89

Kindergarten Open House "A Morning in the Kindergarten"

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Davis Waldorf School

Parents and children are invited to spend the morning in Kindergarten and enjoy typical activities in our beautiful classrooms. Children will enjoy creative play, prepare and eat a small snack, bake, and see a puppet show. Parents will be able to speak with our teachers Mary Caridi-Gorga and Karina Keethe and our administrator Kelly Brewer and have their questions answered.

Our mixed-age kindergarten will soon begin accepting applications for children born between 6/04 and 6/06 for Fall 2010. Come experience our kindergarten program for 4-6 year olds and see for yourself what whole-child education is all about!

The morning runs from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Registration is at 10:45 a.m. Please arrive promptly and plan to stay for the entire time. Free. Please RSVP by replying to this email office@daviswaldorf.org or by calling 530-753-1651

meadowcreek

SING FOR SCHOOLS!

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Have you ever played a musical instrument? Sung in a choir? Taken a music class? Known someone who has? If so, LISTEN UP....

Every year, music programs are phased out of public education systems across the country. With a strained economy and smaller state budgets nationwide, MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE IN DANGER OF BEING CUT NOW MORE THAN EVER.

We all must act to ensure the future of music education in America, and you can help NOW!

On November 21st, 2009, The Spokes (UCD's all-female a'cappella group) will be hosting a charity benefit concert called SING FOR SCHOOLS! This event will showcase the musical talents of ensembles and musicans from the greater Davis community, recording artist Camaron Ochs, as well as groups from UCD. Please join us for an afternoon of music, food, entertainment, and fun in the beautiful Arc Ballroom. All proceeds will be donated to VH1 Save the Music Foundation.

The VH1 Save The Music Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring instrumental music education in American public schools, and raising awareness about the importance of music as part of each child's complete education. Since 1997, the VH1 Save The Music Foundation has provided $45 million worth of new musical instruments to more than 1,700 public schools in more than 100 cities around the country, impacting the lives of more than 1.4 million public school students.

JOIN US ON NOV. 21ST! Together, we can all do our part to SAVE THE MUSIC!

Sing for Schools CONCERT featuring performances by....

-Recording artist, Camaron Ochs
-The Spokes, all female a cappella group at UC Davis
-Davis High School's Baroque Ensemble
-Jazz Ensemble
—and other local music performers!

HELP US BY SHOWING UP AND DONATING THE COST OF YOUR MORNING COFFEE! Your $5 could help fund the next generation of musicians nationwide. BE PART OF IT!

JacmJ

Sunday, November 22

Healthy Holidays: Tools to navigate holiday eating one choice at a time

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What you'll learn:
1. Discovery of your holiday food values and how to eat according to those values
2. Techniques for mindful eating, both at holiday events and in between
3. Nutritional advise: Recipe modifications/healthier options/ways to reduce sugar consumption
4. A wellness plan + 3 strategies for success

Cost: $15/person
Time: Sunday, Nov 22nd 5:45pm - 7:15pm
Please contact Rebecca Tryon to register or inquire.
www.offwhiteliving.com
rebecca@offwhiteliving.com
503-586-3858

Thanks!

Offwhitegirl

Monday, November 23

Acolyte Training Workshop

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Bike Forth

Are you interested in becoming a core volunteer for the Davis Bike Collective? Or do you want to learn about bicycle maintenance in workshop setting? If so please join us for our weekly acolyte training workshop. This week Jason and Janaki will teach: Hubs...a look into the grease Email workshops@davisbikecollective.org to RSVP for this amazing experience! more info

JasonMoore

Open Bike Night: Potluck and Poetry

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Bike Forth

Join us for our weekly Open Bike Night! Open Bike Night is a weekly event we host to celebrate bike culture. This week we will host a Thanksgiving potluck and poetry reading. No signups necessary, just show up. If you have an idea, song, poetry, movie, invention, etc somewhat related to bicycles that you would like to share email openbikenight@davibikecollective.org

JasonMoore

Sunday, November 29

Move Your Body for STEAC!

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'Move Your Body' is a monthly fun, free-form, family-oriented event that welcomes all ages, and abilities to move to music (world beat, jazz, ambient wave) that motivates. The Nov. 29th event (2 - 4pm) is a 'food-raiser' to benefit STEAC (Short Term Emergency Aid Committee) who provides funds, food, and assistance to people and families in need. Bring any amount of canned or boxed food and DANCE for FREE!

JamesWilliams

Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter

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The Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter (IRWS) opens! The IRWS is a collaboration of faith, community and UCD groups to provide emergency cold weather shelter to those living homeless. Come and join the IRWS as a volunteer this season! http://sites.google.com/a/irwsd.org/volunteers/

IRWS

Tuesday, December 1

Holiday Artisan Jewelry Event

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An in person viewing of handcrafted artisan jewelry from Urban Goddess Designs, created by Lisa Novotny & Misty Reed. Viewing will be located on the second floor of Pence Gallery at 212 D Street from 10 am-4 pm.

For information visit our website at www.UrbanGoddessDesigns.com
E-mail: info@urbangoddessdesigns.com

Don't forget to sign up for the e-mail newsletter by Dec. 1 and recieve a coupon for 10% off one entire purchase (expires Dec. 7)

MistyReed

December Events

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Rominger West Winery
4602 Second Street, Suite 4
Davis, CA 95618
530.747.2044

zaryna

Friday, December 4

Davis Art Center Holiday Sale, 2009

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Davis Art Center

While adults browse the 70 unique artisan booths, kids as young as 4 years-old play grown-up for the day as they pick out gifts for family, friends and even pets in the famous Children’s Secret Store. Admission is free. Dec. 4, 12 pm-8 pm; Dec. 5, 10 am-6 pm; Dec. 6, 10 am-5 pm.

From handmade knitted scarves and one-of-a-kind wall art to ceramic teapots and Yummy Dummy natural chocolate bars (made in Davis), there are plenty of exceptional locally produced items for shoppers to peruse. Other Holiday Sale staples: the kids’ craft booth, pottery-painting studio, and slow-cooked soups at the Holiday Café.

MelanieGlover

Saturday, December 5

Davis Art Center Holiday Sale 2009

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Davis Art Center

MelanieGlover

Sacto Punk Swap #2

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Saturday, December 5th
Noon to 5pm
at
The Java Lounge
2416 16th Street in Sacramento

Admission is FREE.
There will also be a FREE table where everything on the table is FREE.

Punk Swap is about all things related to punk, related to creative types, DIYers, progressives, those who are trying to do something outside of the mainstream and also those who support bands, artists, etc. It is about supporting one another and coming together. The event is based on some punk ideals like making it relatively cheap so everyone can attend. Everyone who participates as a seller of their art, music, zines, wares, goods, etc. is asked to offer something free to those who attend.

What we want: Punks, DIYers, progressives, distros/independent record labels, artists, photographers, film makers, creative types and everyone! It is FREE to check out!

Also, support the Java Lounge! Come get some lunch, some good brew, and check out everything going on.

This event is great only when you come participate so come check it out. Walk away with some really cool stuff and support those who are doing what they love to do.

Find out more: http://www.myspace.com/sactopunkswap

RiotInDavis

Sunday, December 6

Davis Art Center Holiday Sale 2009

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Davis Art Center

MelanieGlover

Sunday, December 13

Voyages Musicaux — Carols from Distant Lands

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The Vocal Art Ensemble, a 23-voice a capella chorus, presents songs from over twenty nations, showing a world united in joy and hope. Also featuring instrumentals by guitarist Ray Frank and fiddler/mandolinist Bob Wren.

Suggested donation is $6-20.

There will also be concerts on December 12 in Woodland, and a matinee on December 13 in Sacramento

Visit http://vae.trug.com/concerts.html for more information.

MelissaH

Friday, December 18

Davis HS Orchestra Concert

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Annual winter concert features performances by the DHS Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and Baroque Orchestra, all under the direction of Angelo Moreno.

HiramJackson

Monday, December 21

Linux Users' Group of Davis presents: JRuby

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The Linux Users' Group of Davis hosts a presentation on "JRuby," a Java implementation of the Ruby programming language. JRuby is tightly integrated with Java to allow the embedding of the interpreter into any Java application with full two-way access between the Java and the Ruby code. This talk will go over the differences between Ruby MRI (the C-based reference implementation of Ruby) and JRuby in detail, as well as showing how easy it is to leverage the Java side without ever having to touch Java.

7:00pm to 9:00pm at the Explorit Science Center (Mace Ranch facility), 3141 5th Street in Davis. This event is free and open to the public.

For details, visit www.lugod.org, email pr@lugod.org, or call
530-902-7416.

BillKendrick

Winters Solstice Night Ride 2009

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Celebrate Winter Solstice by biking to Winters! Celebrate the longest night of the year in style with a night ride!

The roads are friendly and safe, but be sure to bring your light.

Angel.York

Monday, January 18

Linux Users' Group of Davis's 11th birthday party, with LifeRay, Inc.

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The Linux Users' Group of Davis celebrates its 11th birthday with cake, pizza and a presentation by LifeRay, Inc. of Los Angeles. LifeRay providers leading portal and social collaboration products. Its flagship product, Liferay Portal, is the world's leading enterprise open source portal that powers major websites and applications for such companies as Lufthansa Flight Training, Borland, World Vision, and the French Ministry of Defense.

7:00pm to 9:00pm at the Veterans Memorial Center, 203 E. 14th Street in Davis. This event is free and open to the public.

For details, visit www.lugod.org, email pr@lugod.org, or call 530-902-7416.

BillKendrick

Friday, February 12

Second Friday Art About

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Join Rominger West Winery for our monthly art about. Chris Dewees creates
prints from nature through an interesting technique. Learn more about
Dewees and his unique process. Complimentary wine tasting and appetizers will be served.

Friday, February 12
5:30-8:00pm

Rominger West Winery
4602 Second Street, Suite 4
Davis, CA 95618
530.747.2044

zaryna

Monday, February 15

Linux Users' Group of Davis presents: Amazon Web Services

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The Linux Users' Group of Davis hosts a presentation from Jinesh Varia of Amazon.com on Amazon Web Services.

"AWS" are a collection of remote computing services offered over the Internet by Amazon.com. They provide online services for other web sites or client-side applications. Most of these services are not exposed directly to end users, but instead offer functionality that other developers can use. Amazon Web Services' offerings are accessed over HTTP, using REST and SOAP protocols, and are billed on usage.

7:00pm to 9:00pm at the Explorit Science Center (Mace Ranch facility), 3141 5th Street in Davis. This event is free and open to the public.

For details, visit www.lugod.org, email pr@lugod.org, or call
530-902-7416.

BillKendrick

Monday, March 15

Linux Users' Group of Davis presents: Revision Control round table

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The Linux Users' Group of Davis hosts a round table talk on "revision control" software. Attendees are encouraged to participate! Topics will include: the various ways they use different revision control systems: RCS, CVS, SVN, git, Hg, etc.; Centralized versus distributed version control; Non-programming uses: Note-taking, grub config syncing, photo transfers, website updates; and other purposes!

Plus an explanation of version control to those who have never used it and aren't necessarily programmers or from a CS (computer science) background.

7:00pm to 9:00pm at the Explorit Science Center (Mace Ranch facility), 3141 5th Street in Davis. This event is free and open to the public.

For details, visit www.lugod.org, email pr@lugod.org, or call
530-902-7416.

BillKendrick

Friday, April 9

Davis Feminist Film Festival

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The Consortium for Women and Research, in conjunction with Film Studies at UC Davis, is proud to present the fifth annual Davis Feminist Film Festival, a 2-night grassroots festival of short films featuring local, national, and international filmmakers side by side. Mixing narrative, documentary, and experimental styles, the films highlight perspectives and issues concerning gender, race, sexuality, and social justice that are too often missing from mainstream media.

Submissions for the 2010 festival will be accepted until January 11, 2010.

For more information, please check out out http://femfilmfest.ucdavis.edu.

Artemis

Saturday, April 10

Davis Feminist Film Festival

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Submissions for the 2010 festival will be accepted until January 11, 2010.

For more information, please check out out http://femfilmfest.ucdavis.edu.

Artemis

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