Yolo County Art, Culture & Media Articles

By: Hanna Nakano

This winter, Acme Theatre Company is producing "the k of d: an urban legend," a tale of revenge and grief with a side of dark comedy.

1st Solo Exhibition of Current UC Davis Professor Joins Ongoing Exhibitions

Disney icon Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain, meaning anyone can create their own Mickey Mouse cartoons. Here’s what that means, and how it could affect the California economy.

Tune in, turn on, and drop into these California-focused documentaries—only some of which are about the ’60s San Francisco sound.

UCD Ranks 4th Most Instagrammable University in the Country

The Emerging Artist Award supports the creation of new work by emerging artists in California—and the opportunity to share that work through an exhibit and an artist talk at the Pence Gallery.

By: Isabella Holmes for The Dirt

The monthly classes cover a wide range of engaging art projects aimed at kids ages 5—12, and adults may even learn a technique or two.

The Free Art Pantry was opened as a mutual aid project, and will be open regularly to anyone who wants to access or donate gently used and new art supplies at no cost.

Sacramento Ballet will commence the 2023-24 season with their annual performance series, “Beer and Ballet”.

Thursdays in The Davisphere has been canceled for 2023.

California will penalize school boards that ban books based on inclusion of certain groups under a bill the governor is expected to sign into law. But some fear unintended consequences.

A bipartisan bill to prohibit TikTok on state phones is shelved until 2024. It had breezed through the state Legislature, but the authors want to tweak the measure. It's the latest social media regulation to get stalled in California.

The Davis Independent Music Initiative (DIMI) has Brought Live Music Back to Sophia’s Thai Kitchen. 

The Hate Free Together Campaign, designed to build community and foster social change, is funded by the California Art Council's California Creative Corps program, and is a collaboration between the City of Davis, UC Davis, and Yolo County.

Comics may have been born in New York, but they came of age in California. And there’s more to the story than San Francisco comix.

The Golden State has masqueraded as everything from the Sahara Desert to the Swiss Alps. But which films best capture the real California?

From its early days of hard-charging, Jewish immigrant moguls to today's domination by megacorporations, here's how Hollywood continues to hold its place as one of California's most important industries.