Category Archives: .UC_Davis

MOVIE NIGHT: Bottle Shock

Posted on September 25, 2025 by admin

A nice wine surprise… 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay Bottle Shock (2008) Bottle Shock: Fact vs. Fiction That Revolutionary May Day in 1976 When California …

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ANNIVERSARY: Musical Gifts

Posted on April 5, 2025 by admin

Joshua Bell, violinPeter Dugan, pianoMondavi Center . pdf Music to the ears… summer time… celebration at Taffach 🙂

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UC DAVIS: Rising Stars of Opera

Posted on February 4, 2024 by admin

Rising Stars of Opera features several singers from the acclaimed San Francisco Opera Center performing a wide range of great arias with full orchestral accompaniment from our own UC Davis Symphony Orchestra. Barbara K. Jackson Rising Stars of Opera

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DAVIS: Swan Lake

Posted on March 5, 2023 by admin

Ballet Preljocaj… ballet as a message to humanity In the title, there is ‘the lake’ and there are ‘the swans’, two entities threatened by global warming and by ecological alterations linked to rampant industrialisation. So I built the whole drama … Continue reading →

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DAVIS: From Concept to Creation

Posted on February 21, 2023 by admin

Second half-day of the birthday trip… in Davis… morning coffee at the Temple… delicious lunch at My Burma… stroll in the Arboretum… surprise exhibit at the Design Museum… From Concept to Creation: Inspired Shoe Design by Chris Francis… delightful! End of … Continue reading →

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DAVIS: Happy Rainy Days!

Posted on January 14, 2023 by admin

Another rainy weekend… a long waited concert… comfort late lunch at Mikuni… downtown walk… Tiny Show at Pence Gallery… light at the end of the rain tunnel? Leclair: Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 9, No. 3 Beethoven: Violin Sonata … Continue reading →