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Dance and sports’ common ground
Eight aspects of athleticism that are shared by both dancers and athletes will be showcased in the 2012 Davis Dance Project, “Athleticism & Dance,” to be presented next weekend at the Pamela Trokanski Dance Workshop.
Performers will be members of the Pamela Trokanski Dance Theatre, The Third Stage Dance Company and several guest dancers. The performances will explore the shared worlds of the arena and the theater — sports and dance.
In 1998, the Pamela Trokanski Dance Theatre first presented “Athleticism & Dance,” a combination lecture, demonstration and performance that explored eight aspects of what it means to be an athlete in dance and how dancers share a lot in common with football, basketball and baseball players, as well as wrestlers, gymnasts and long-distance runners.
“This year, we decided that it’s time to bring it back!” Trokanski said in a news release.
DHS student recognized as top young scientist
Davis High School senior Clara Fannjiang on Wednesday was named one of 40 national finalists in the Intel Science Talent Search 2012. The talent search is the country’s oldest pre-college science competition, encouraging students to tackle challenging scientific questions. Participants are judged on both original scientific research as well as broad scientific knowledge and creative … Continue Reading
Experts will talk about fishing Putah Creek
The Fly Fishers of Davis will meet Tuesday to hear from Steve Karr and Mike Copithorne on fishing Putah Creek. Copithorne will talk about the equipment, flies and techniques that work well in catching fish — often large ones — in Putah Creek. He also will show a video of several large fish being brought … Continue Reading
Davis Media Access: Building a studio = building community
Special to The Enterprise Here’s the scene these days at Davis Media Access: Visitors walk into the television studio, pause, and … cue big smiles. The studio renovations I’ve been writing about for months are complete, and the smiles are the result of the studio’s visual impact. Gone are the plastic plants, the waiting-room furniture … Continue Reading
Take a trip back in time at local museum
The Gibson House Museum, 512 Gibson Road in Woodland, will be open to the public from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. A docent will be available to guide visitors and explain what life was like in the mid-1880s.
Learn to speak Farsi at I-House class
International House Davis is adding a new class, Farsi, to its language schedule beginning Feb. 8. Farsi is the first language in Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Iran. Beginning Farsi will meet in the Hagan Room at I-House, 10 College Park, every Wednesday at 5 p.m. The teacher is Paravaneh Keyvanfar, who came to the United States … Continue Reading
See shorebirds at Davis wetlands
Winter weather provides the chance to see a diverse population of migrating shorebirds in shallow ponds at the city of Davis wetlands. Yolo Basin Foundation docents will lead a free public tour from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4. In addition to American avocets and black-necked stilts, recent sightings include North America’s largest shorebird, … Continue Reading
Hazardous waste pickup offered for seniors and disabled
Senior or disabled residents who cannot drive, and who have household hazardous waste in need of proper disposal, may schedule a free pickup of their waste. Yolo County residents 65 years and older qualify for this service. Material that can be collected includes household batteries, cleaning supplies, lighter fluid, antifreeze, aerosol cans (empties can be … Continue Reading
Davis library hosts income tax assistance programs
The IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program invites families earning up to $49,078 a year to attend one of the free tax assistance programs the Stephens Branch Library will host over the next several months. Volunteers from UC Davis’ Hermanos Macehual will be on hand to help families prepare and file federal and state tax … Continue Reading
Party recruits volunteers for Measure C campaign
Davis City Councilman Dan Wolk will host a “volunteer-raising” social event for the Measure C campaign from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, at Our House restaurant, 808 Second St. in downtown Davis. There is no charge to attend. Our House will provide hors d’oeuvres and there will be a no-host bar. The purpose … Continue Reading
Thanks to all who rang the bell
The Davis Salvation Army Committee would like to thank the following folks for helping earn just over $21,000 during our annual holiday bell ringing: Nugget and CVS on East Covell, Farmer’s Market and the Post Office, who allowed the bell ringers to collect donations in the red kettles. The following groups rang for one or … Continue Reading
Low-water trees for Davis gardens
Many years ago, when I studied landscape architecture, we had an assignment to take an existing landscape design and propose drought-tolerant substitutions for the plants there. This was the 1970s. Drought consciousness was high. Rainfall in 1976 was extremely low. Conservation was in force in Northern California. So UC Davis instructor Rob Thayer’s take-home lesson: … Continue Reading
