This week’s Shinkoskey Noon Concert on 'The Art of the Trio Sonata'

Thursday, Feb. 20, 12:05 p.m., Recital Hall at Ann E. Pitzer Center

From early Italian Sonatas to the masterworks of Corelli and Bach, the Trio Sonata set the stage for the Concerto and Symphony for centuries to come. In this intimate concert featuring two violins and continuo, we'll hear jewels of this important genre.

Laura Jeannin and Naomi Rogers-Hefley, violin
Alexandra Roedder, cello
Faythe Vollrath, harpsichord and UC Davis lecturer in music

Program

J. S. Bach: Sonata for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord, BWV 1017

Georg Philipp Telemann: Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, TWV 42:B1

Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata in D Major, op. 3, no. 2

J.S. Bach: Trio Sonata in G Major, BWV 1038

Make your own printed art at Art Jam: Print Social

Thursday, Feb. 20, 6-9 p.m., at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art

Join in on Art Jam for a sweet combination of free food and art, featuring a mix of creative projects from UC Davis student groups including the Davis Filmmaking Society, the Moo-vin’ Moo-seum and Aggie Reuse. Make something unique with specially designed screenprint and block print designs.

Bereishit Dance Company brings worlds of martial arts, dance together 

Thursday, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m., Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

Founded in 2011 by acclaimed choreographer Soon-ho Park, the Bereishit Dance Company is known for their contemporary approach to traditional Korean culture with work that beautifully connects the forms and themes of sports and traditional arts.

Download the digital program PDF here: Bereishit Dance Company

More information and tickets here.

This year’s Templeton Colloquium highlights a conversation on cultural heritage

Friday, Feb. 21, 4-6 p.m., reception from 6-7 p.m., at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, 254 Old Davis Rd.

Cultural Heritage at Stake: Between Conservation and Criminality

Threats to cultural heritage are on the rise globally, due to factors such as war, intentional destruction, unfettered development and climate change. Join two of the most incisive voices in cultural heritage debates at the 2025 Templeton Colloquium to explore the stakes for its protection worldwide.

Lynn Meskell, Richard D. Green Professor of Anthropology in the School of Arts and Sciences at University of Pennsylvania, also serves as professor of Historic Preservation and curator in the Middle East and Asia sections at the Penn Museum. Her talk, "RUINED: How and Why We Weaponize the Past," examines the roles of two intersecting international organizations, UNESCO and NATO, that seek to combat the fallout from ruin warfare and their respective aspirations for mission success. 

Hrag Vartanian, is editor-in-chief and co-founder of Hyperallergic, a leading digital platform for contemporary art criticism as well as the recipient of the Susan C. Larsen Lifetime Achievement Award 2024. He is widely recognized for his curatorial work, writings on the intersection of art and politics, and extensive lecturing.

This discussion is organized and moderated by Heghnar Watenpaugh, professor of art and architectural history. Watenpaugh is an expert on the preservation of art and its cultural importance. To learn more about her work and a lecture she gave at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, go to this Arts Blog story .

“The Templeton Colloquium is a forum where the most incisive voices weigh in on a crucial topic in art history. We are very fortunate this year to have two extraordinary speakers — one from the world of academia and one from the world of journalism and art criticism, to discuss this issue from multiple perspectives.” — Heghnar Watenpaugh

Read more about the 2025 Templeton Colloquium in this story: Speakers Present on Threats to Cultural Heritage Around the World. 

For parking information for the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art: Parking and Directions. 

Learn a new dance style at Campus Square Dance

Friday, Feb. 21, 5-7 p.m., Vanderhoef Studio Theatre at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

The Bluegrass and Old Time String Band • Scott Linford, director

The UC Davis Bluegrass and Old Time String Band hosts its winter quarter Campus Square Dance on Feb. 21. Directed by Scott Linford, the band welcomes all to participate, no square dance experience required. 

Attend a film screening of 'Farming the Revolution' with director Nishtha Jain

Friday, Feb. 21, 4:30-7:15 p.m., Cruess Hall Theater 1002

The 2024 documentary Farming the Revolution chronicles the incredible yearlong protests led by Indian farmers from 2020-2021, in reaction to exploitative farm laws enacted by the government.

Please join us for this special event as part of the "Screening Food" film series in the Mellon Sawyer Seminar, Thinking Food at the Intersections. The screening of Farming the Revolution will be followed by conversation with the director, Nishtha Jain. Light snacks and refreshments will also be provided.

This event is co-sponsored by UC Davis' Departments of Cinema & Digital Media, Middle East/South Asia Studies, and Performance Studies, as well as Imagining America and Thinking Food at the Intersections.

Eventbrite registration: Farming the Revolution Eventbrite

The London Symphony Orchestra comes to the Jackson Hall stage

Saturday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m., Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

Ranked among the world’s top orchestras, the London Symphony Orchestra is built on the belief that extraordinary music should be available to everyone, everywhere.

Joining the iconic orchestra is Dutch violinist Janine Jansen, whom The New York Times declared “among the world’s star soloists.” Their dynamic program consists of Walker’s striking final composition, Mahler’s symphonic poem and Bernstein’s Serenade, after Plato’s ‘Symposium,’ which Bernstein himself called “a series of related statements in praise of love.”

Tickets are limited so get them while you can here: London Symphony Orchestra | Mondavi Center

Read the digital program PDF here: Program PDF: London Symphony Orchestra

Isidore String Quartet brings Juilliard talent to Davis

Sunday, Feb. 23, performances at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Vanderhoef Studio Theatre at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

The Isidore String Quartet began as an ensemble at Juilliard, heavily influenced by the Juilliard String Quartet and the idea of “approaching the established as if it were brand new, and the new as if it were firmly established.” Winners of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 14th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022, their spectacular program includes Mozart’s iconic quartet, along with Grammy-winning composer Billy Child’s moving “Unrequited” and one of Beethoven’s last works.

Digital Program PDF: Isidore String Quartet

For tickets at 2 p.m. go here: Isidore String Quartet | Mondavi Center

For tickets at 7:30 p.m. go here: Isidore String Quartet | Mondavi Center

Catch a pop-up performance at Shields Library 

Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1-2 p.m., Grand Staircase Mezzanine at Peter J. Shields Library

Mayumi Hama, marimba with students of the UC Davis Percussion Ensemble

Program

Peter Garland: Apple Blossom

Eric Whitacre (arr. Burgess): Sleep for Marimba Ensemble

Yoshio Hachimura: Movement I from Ahania

Emmanuel Sejourné: Khamsin

Keiko Abe: Variations on Japanese Children’s Songs

Abe: Memories of the Seashore and Wind in the Bamboo Grove

— Graduate student works for two marimbas to be announced. —

Eric Sammut: Indifference

Division 1 athletes display work at the Manetti Shrem Museum

Wednesday, Feb. 26, 6-7:30 p.m., at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, 254 Old Davis Road

Art of Athletes celebrates the multifaceted talents and identities of Division I student-athletes. In this 16th year of the show, you can explore the artwork of student-athletes across 25 teams featuring different artistic mediums, meet many of the artists, and make art of your own.   

The Human Rights Film Festival continues with a screening of Borderland: The Line Within

Thursday, Feb. 27, 7-9 p.m., Room 1002, Cruess Hall, free

The Human Rights Film Festival, a collaboration of Human Rights Studies, Cinema and Digital Media, Global Affairs and the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis, will share a screening of Borderland: The Line Within on Feb. 27. The festival’s screenings are part of a larger academic series, The UC Confronts Hate, Violence and Mass Atrocity: Conversations about Human Rights, Humanity and PeaceMaking administered by Human Rights Studies at UC Davis with funding from the UC Office of the President to develop educational programs to “combat antisemitism, Islamophobia and other forms of bias, bigotry and discrimination.”