Yolo County Art, Culture & Media Digest

The proposal aims to help working artists become arts teachers in elementary schools.

YoloArts’ Gallery 625 will host a new group exhibition featuring artwork that focuses on the American experience through an African American lens.

A combination of tax credits, revenue sharing and coupons could bring stability, writes Steven Waldman, president of Rebuild Local News.

Chief Product Officer Eunice Kim is the executive in charge of overseeing much of what makes Netflix tick—such as incorporating new features into the streaming service, including live events, ads and mobile games.

Woodland Community College administrators hosted hundreds of community members for a ribbon cutting celebrating the completion of the latest addition to the campus.

The Gorman Museum of Native American Art was recently recognized as one of the top 10 native art events of 2023 by the magazine, which is run by artist and publisher America Meredith.

Pasadena is the only California city named a travel destination for 2024 by The New York Times. This comes despite the Los Angeles-area city being just the 45th-largest city in the state.

Philadelphia-based Audacy, which has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with $1.9 billion in debts, owns six radio stations in the Bay Area. These include 95.7 The Game, KCBS and 102.1 Jams.

After seven years of hard work, a two-year pause due to the pandemic and an extended search for a home, the MOSAIC Children's Museum enjoyed a much-awaited soft opening on Dec. 15.

Under new state laws, five cities will test cameras to catch speeding drivers and cruising bans will be lifted statewide. The first is supposed to improve road safety, but critics of the second say it will endanger the public.

State audits of the University of California and the California State University found both systems have failed to comply with decades-old state and federal laws mandating the return of Native ancestral remains and cultural artifacts. Only UCLA and Cal State Long Beach have returned a majority of their collections.

After a three-year hiatus, the Winters Friends of the Library Quiz Show will return Jan. 19 at its new venue, the Opera House.

It has been an unprecedented year at CapRadio. And one of extreme hardship. 
This summer, CapRadio laid off 12% of its staff. And that was just the start of its financial challenges.

After years of effort, the museum is ready to open its doors on Dec. 15—the realization of a vision started by a small group of people in 2016.

In conversations about the history and present of Sacramento’s LGBTQ+ communities, the Lavender Heights district in Midtown is often the first area to come to mind.

The Winters Youth Day Committee has chosen the theme for the 2024 event and is seeking artists to help design the art to market the event.

With its hilly terrain, parts of Los Angeles aren’t always the easiest to build in. But that didn’t stop an architect from building a unique structure in Silver Lake.

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, celebrated nationally in November, the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation is partnering with Yolo and Solano County libraries to offer giveaway bags filled with activities and handouts about Patwin culture and language.

The San Diego Union-Tribune, which has operated for 154 years, sold to controversial Alden Global Capital last year. It’s not looking great for the paper’s future.

Robert Irwin, an artist and MacArthur genius grant recipient, died in San Diego at 95 on Oct. 25. Michael Govan, who heads the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, offers a colorful retrospective on Irwin's work.

A video released by comic Hasan Minhaj, who grew up in Davis, tackles elements of a critical article that left the impression he had made up or exaggerated racism in his life.

Through this new program, artists, culture bearers, and California Native American tribes will be eligible to receive funding to create artwork throughout state and local parks.

Written by Center for Biological Diversity scientist Tiffany Yap and illustrated by artist Meital Smith, “Tales of the Urban Wild: A Puma’s Journey” takes the reader through diverse habitats, across busy freeways and inside science labs to learn about one mountain lion’s survival story.

The Cherry Tea Collective—a club of artists, writers, photographers and other creatives—publishes a zine related to a specific charity organization. This year’s choice is Sacramento Loaves and Fishes.

The changes come one week after 14 board members resigned, many citing a lack of support and communication from the university.

President Luke Wood speaks with CapRadio Insight host Vicki Gonzalez.

The show at the Sacramento History Museum, titled “Boulevard Dreams,” runs through Jan. 21.

A piano sits in the middle of a room lined with posters welcoming visitors of the Creation District in Midtown.

December 2023 will mark a momentous occasion for the Winters Theatre Company as it takes over the lease for the historic Winters Opera House in downtown Winters.

The Yolo County Library is offering an opportunity for students of the Davis Joint Unified School District, Esparto Unified School District and Winters Joint Unified School District to design a card for their district.

Benjy Egel, food and drink reporter for the Sacramento Bee, has compiled a guide to some of the favorite recipes of the region. The cookbook he’s curated comes out on Nov. 17.

Operations Manager Cathy Oliver officially retired, marking over 27 years of service to the Woodland Opera House.