Arts & Culture

The Davis Chorale under the baton of Artistic Director Alison Skinner performed their holiday concert, Christmas in the Americas on Saturday, December 14, 2013 at Brunelle Hall on the Campus of Davis High School. In this performance you will hear music from North and South America. On the program are carols from Canada and the U.S. along with two larger works featuring 2 Spanish carols; Navidad Nuestra by Ariel Ramirez and Carols and Lullabies by Conrad Susa. 

Ruth reads 'A Christmas Pudding,' from her book "The Weight of Gold."  The story takes place up in the Gold Hills of California in a mining camp of lonely miners watching the snow and rain.  Ben Witt decides to make a home style Christmas Pudding and so the story starts.  This is family sharing time with language suitable for all ages and plenty of Holiday Spirit.  Merry Christmas! 

Ruth reads from Mark Twain's "Roughing It."  This is the Thanksgiving Show.  We are thankful Twain had a second chance at life.  He and friends we caught in a snow storm, and figured they would die.  Thank goodness they didn't or "Tom Sawyer," "Huck Finn," and "Roughing It" would have never been written.  Thank goodness for all the second chances this Thanksgiving Time.

Some quick highlights from the 2013 Davis Music Festival.

Sci-Fi Journal for December 2013 shot live at RI Comic Con with hosts James Hinsey, Jay Kingston, Marc Morisseau and Calvin Watts III. Jay does Popcorn Previews with trailer for "X-Men: Days of Future Past", "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", "Divergent", and "The Last Days on Mars". Marc does Toob News with the latest in things happening on TV, and he introduces our "In Remembrance" tribute to those who passed away this past year. James does Anime Daisuki with the latest Anime news.