CONTINUING EVENTS

Exhibit. Brenda Louie: The Book of Zero Series--Recent Paintings and Sculpture will be on display through May 21. Opening reception, 5 p.m., April 1. Nelson Gallery.

Exhibit. Design by Design: Annual Juried Student Exhibition will be on display through April 23. Works by students in the Design Program. Design Museum.

Exhibit. New paintings by UC Davis alumnus Stacey White will be on display through April 30. Closing reception 5:30 p.m. April 30. Craft Center Gallery.

Exhibit. Robert Arneson: The Palace at 9 A.M. will be on display through Oct. 8. Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center.

Exhibit. Touristic Views: A Selection of 19th Century Photography From the Fine Arts Collection will be on display through May 21. Entry Gallery, 125 Art Building.

FRIDAY, APRIL 16

Lecture and musical performance. Brooklyn Sax Quartet: "Celebrating Afro-Asian Heritage and History." Noon-2 p.m., 164 Memorial Union. (UC Davis Bookstore)

Fridays at 5. Public forum and venue for social performance and creative expression. 5 p.m., Wyatt Pavilion Theatre. Also April 23. (Theatre and dance department)

Performance. 33rd annual UC Davis Spring Dance Concert. Works by seven student choreographers. 8 p.m. April 15 (preview), 16, 22-24; 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. April 17 (Picnic Day); 2 p.m. April 25; Main Theatre. (Theatre and dance department)

Performance. Les Ballets Africains: 50th Anniversary Tour. The national dance company of the Republic of Guinea. 8 p.m., Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center. (University Cultural Programs)

SATURDAY, APRIL 17

Exhibit. The Eve Aesthetic: The Female Figure in Ceramic Sculpture by Artists from TB9, 1963-2003, will be on display through May 21. Pence Gallery Director Nancy M. Servis is the guest curator for this exhibition that revisits the creative legacy of the UC Davis TB9 ceramics studio. Memorial Union Art Gallery.

Concert. Vocalist, composer and arranger, Bobby McFerrin. 8 p.m., Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center. (University Cultural Programs)

SUNDAY, APRIL 18

Arboretum tour. Living under the redwoods. 2 p.m., Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center. (Friends of the Davis Arboretum)

Concert. Alexander String Quartet with Robert Greenberg: Shostakovich String Quartets. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center. (University Cultural Programs)

MONDAY, APRIL 19

Film. The Spy Lee Chul-Jin (South Korea, 1999), directed by Jang Jin. 7 p.m., 194 Chemistry Building. (Asian Film Festival)

TUESDAY, APRIL 20

Films. Blind Shaft (China-Hong, Kong-Germany, 2002), directed by Yang Li. 6:30 p.m., 194 Chemistry Building. The Wedding Banquet (Taiwan-United States, 1993), directed by Ang Lee. 8:30 p.m., 194 Chemistry Building. (Asian Film Festival)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21

Film. Farewell My Concubine (Hong Kong-China, 1993), directed by Chen Kaige. 7 p.m., 194 Chemistry Building. (Asian Film Festival)

Performance. Garth Fagan Dance 30th Anniversary Tour: Griot New York. Live music by Wycliffe Gordon Septet. 8 p.m., Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center. (University Cultural Programs)

THURSDAY, APRIL 22

Breastfeeding Support Program. To register, call 752-5415 or e-mail amsandoval@ucdavis.edu. Noon, 182 Human Resources Administration Building (La Rue Road and Orchard Road). (Human Resources--Child Care and Family Services)

Noon concert. Samuel Nichols on guitar, with soprano Sarah Eyerly. Works by John Dowland, Robert Johnson, Benjamin Britten, Manuel de Falla, François Couperin and others. 12:05 p.m., 115 Music Building. Free. (Music department)

Author presentation. Ruth Frankenberg, author of Living Spirit, Living Practice: Poetics, Politics, Epistemology. 1 p.m., 164 Memorial Union. (UC Davis Bookstore)

Films. Conduct Zero (South Korea, 2002), directed by Jo Geun-shik. 6:30 p.m., 194 Chemistry Building. Séance (Japan, 2000), directed by Kurosawa Kiyoshi. 8:30 p.m., 194 Chemistry Building. (Asian Film Festival)

M.I.N.D. Institute Community Forum. Paul Hagerman: "A New Neurological Disorder of Aging--What Our Children Teach Us." 7 p.m., M.I.N.D. Institute auditorium, 2825 50th St., UCDMC.

FRIDAY, APRIL 23

Charles J. Soderquist memorial. 3 p.m., Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center.

Fridays at 5. Public forum and venue for social performance and creative expression. 5 p.m., Wyatt Pavilion Theatre. (Theatre and dance department)

Speaker. Sister Helen Prejean: "Dead Man Walking: The Journey." 8 p.m., Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center. (University Cultural Programs)

SATURDAY, APRIL 24

5k and 10k run/walk. Run Against Pain, a benefit event to support the UC Davis Division of Pain Medicine. For additional information, visit http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/pain. 8:30 a.m. (children's events begin at 8:10 a.m.), UCDMC.

Spring plant sale. Plants that thrive in Central Valley conditions, including unusual and hard-to-find varieties. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Arboretum Nursery at Orchard Park (Orchard Road at LaRue Road). (Friends of the Davis Arboretum)

Arboretum tour. Container gardening. 11 a.m., Arboretum Terrace Garden, Davis Commons retail center. (Friends of the Davis Arboretum)

Concert. Sacramento Philharmonic: Sylvia, Sweet & Salty. 8 p.m., Mondavi Center. (University Cultural Programs)

SUNDAY, APRIL 25

Arboretum tour. Spring in the demonstration flower gardens. 2 p.m., gazebo, Garrod Drive. (Friends of the Davis Arboretum)

Concert. Chamber music concert with Axel Strauss, professor of violin, San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Geraldine Walther, principal viola, San Francisco Symphony; and Jean-Michel Fonteneau, professor of cello, San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Mozart: Divertimento, and works by Villa-Lobos and others. 8 p.m., Mondavi Center. (Music department)

MONDAY, APRIL 26

Panel discussion. Janet Krovoza, Cheryl Brown Lohse, Beth Mourning: "Volunteer Board Development." Advice about building boards, defining volunteer roles, staffing board meetings and exceeding volunteer expectations. Noon, I74 AOB IV.

TUESDAY, APRIL 27

Arboretum tour. What to plant where? Bring your garden questions. 11 a.m., gazebo, Garrod Drive. (Friends of the Davis Arboretum)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28

Brownbag presentation. Peggy Phelps: "Eldercare--It Takes a Village!" Noon, De Carli Room, Memorial Union. (Academic and Staff Assistance Program)

Author presentation. Jonathan Rauch, author of Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America. 5 p.m., MUII, Memorial Union. (UC Davis Bookstore)

THURSDAY, APRIL 29

Noon concert. Multicelli: Cello choirs from UC Davis. Works by Pablo Ortiz, Villa Lobos, Cervetto, Albinoni and others; Free. 12:05 p.m., 115 Music Building.