Yolo County Local News: Art, Culture & Media


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Image caption: California's library system dates back 171 years.
How Cool Are Libraries?

California has gone from one library to more than 1,100 in the last 171 years.

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07/09/2024
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The 170th California State Fair offers 17 days of old-fashioned fun for the whole family, from July 12 to July 28.

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07/07/2024
The Opening Night Gala for the Yolo County Fair will take place on August 14.

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06/21/2024
The Davis Vanguard gives an update on recent legal issues and an upcoming website upgrade and asks for public support as it seeks to raise funds.

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06/15/2024
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The community is invited to launch party celebrating Comings & Goings columnist Wendy Weitzel's big move and great success on Substack.

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06/10/2024
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The City of Davis is pleased to announce the 10th annual In the Key of Davis, a program that provides free public pianos for recreational music-making and merriment at 8 local community locations.

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06/07/2024
Autumn Labbe-Renault will continue to contribute her regular column in the Davis Enterprise in her role as executive director of Davis Media Access.

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06/06/2024
The 10th annual "In the Key of Davis" celebration of public music-making has kicked off with the installation of public pianos in a number of locations throughout the city.

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06/03/2024
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A brand new bookmobile will hit the roads this summer, bringing books to the most rural parts of Yolo County. The parts that don’t have libraries.

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06/03/2024
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Long-time Davis Enterprise columnists now publishing on Substack.

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05/20/2024
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Days after the sudden and unceremonious laying off of Bob Dunning—who penned America’s longest running newspaper column, The Wary One—The Enterprise has lost it’s most popular online column, Comings & Goings.

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05/16/2024
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There’s a problem with local news—it’s drying up.
But there might be a solution. One that Davis Media Access’s Executive Director Autumn Labbé-Renault has been working on for months.

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05/13/2024
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Watermelon Music, the only music store in Davis, is "winding down".

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05/13/2024
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After 55 years penning the longest running column in America, The Enterprise has fired Bob Dunning.

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05/07/2024
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To celebrate 50 years in operation, The Artery—an artist cooperative in Davis—invites community members to spend a Sunday each month Making Art on G Street.

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05/07/2024
Image for display with article titled Philanthropist Maria Manetti Shrem Pledges More Than $20 Million to Fund Arts Programs at UC Davis

Largest-Ever Gift to Campus Arts Provides Comprehensive Support for Faculty, Students and Programming 

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05/06/2024
A look back, and a look ahead, for UC Davis student-run radio station KDVS.

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05/04/2024
More than half of the U.S. House supports a bill to extend the funds, but it can’t get out of committee.

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04/29/2024
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At the Woodland Public Library, a community makerspace provides new, tactile learning opportunities in arts and engineering.

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04/14/2024
UC Davis is celebrating a "Year of Eggheads" in honor of the 30-year anniversary of the installation of Robert Arneson's site-specific sculptures sprinkled throughout the central campus.

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04/11/2024
UC Davis is commemorating the 30-year anniversary of its beloved Eggheads.
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