Elevating the Arts at UC Davis at a Glance: June 2025

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Coming up: "Taming the Lightning," an immersive, interactive, environment that blends live performance with digital and tactile elements, opens June 3 in the Arena Theatre at Wright Hall at UC Davis. (Courtesy photo)

Elevating the Arts at UC Davis: at a glance

All events occur at UC Davis, Old Davis Road, Davis.

  • Arts & Humanities 2025 Graduate Exhibition, June 5–22, 2025, 5:30 to 9 p.m., Manetti Shrem Museum, UC Davis graduate students from a range of arts and humanities disciplines explore new ways of seeing and understanding the past, present and future in this annual multidisciplinary showcase. Opening event and awards are Thursday, June 5, beginning at 5:30 p.m. (Free)
  • Sing With Pride, with Choruses of UC Davis and the Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus, perform “Considering Matthew Shepard,” honoring and celebrating the life of Matthew Shepard at Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. The choral work is fused with different musical styles; texts from poets, including Rumi and Hildegard von Bingen, along with words from Shepard’s own journal. (June 5, 7-9 p.m.) $12 and up, Tickets available.
  • The Department of Theatre and Dance presents the final performance of “Taming the Lightning,” a theatrical project focused on climate resilience conceived,directed, designed and composed by Granada Artists-in-Residence David Adam Moore and Vita Tzykun. The immersive experience’s time span is determined by the participant as they travel through the project. (7 p.m. Wright Hall, Arena Theatre. June 3, 4 and 5. Free, but limited venue capacity) 
  • "A BowerHaus for a Post-Anthropocene World,” a novel musical and visual work devised by students and professors in music and art, seeks to address the urgency of habitat remediation and protection. UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, 8 p.m., Friday, June 6, on the north side of Lake Spafford,  directly across the lake from the Wyatt Deck. Free. 

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Media contact: Karen Nikos-Rose, UC Davis News and Media Relations, 530-219-5472

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