Story time at I-House

International House invites the public to a story time presentation by Davis’ Jean Jackman at 2 p.m. May 17.

Organizers said Jackman will present stories and songs from cultures around the world, including some stories about Davis, with opportunities for audience participation.

The Jackman program is the I-House’s last storytime for 2008-09. Admission is free for I-House members; suggested donations for nonmembers are $2 per person or $5 per family. I-House is at 10 College Park, just across from the northern border of the campus.

Jackman has produced Tellabration, an annual storytelling event in Davis, for 11 years, and she has been a featured presenter at the National Storytelling Conference.

Embrace your body

Organizers of a May 20 fashion show said the free, noontime event will focus on women of all shapes, sizes and ethnicities, encouraging all women to embrace their bodies.

The show will feature “real women,” organizers said, as well as a talk by Ron Saxen, a former male model who wrote The Good Eater: The True Story of One Man’s Struggle with Binge Eating Disorder.

The fashion show and talk are scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. on the Memorial Union Patio.

The sponsors are the Association of Body Image and Disordered Eating, or ABIDE, a UC Davis committee dedicated to raising awareness about society’s influence on one’s relationship to one’s body and food; Campus Unions; and the Women’s Resource and Research Center.

A book-signing is planned after his talk. Organizers said copies will be sold for half-price, with all proceeds going to ABIDE.

More information is available from Molly Bechtel, mmbechtel@ucdavis.edu.

For the Vanderhoefs

Broadway star Patti LuPone, a Tony Award winner for her starring roles in Evita and Gypsy, is coming to UC Davis to sing for outgoing Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef and his wife, Rosalie — and the public.

The tribute concert is set for 8 p.m. May 30 in Jackson Hall. Tickets: (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787, or www.mondaviarts.org.

LuPone’s one-woman show, with piano accompaniment, is titled Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda, referring to musicals “in which she could have played, should have played, did play and will play.”

Earlier Dateline coverage: "She Coulda, Woulda ... and, in fact, LuPone WILL sing for the chancellor"