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Introduction

The Primary Headings
Art
Bicycles and Recreation
Dance
Downtown Davis
Local attractions
Music
Parks and Greenbelts
Poetry
Restaurants and Nightlife
Theatre
UC Davis
Uniquely Davis
Yearly events

Notable People of Davis
The words, stories and accomplishments of Davis heroes.

Sample Chapters
See sample chapters on Logos Books and Newsbeat

The Subheadings in Alphabetical Order

Accommodation
Aggie Inn, 245 1st Street
Best Western Palm Court, 234 D Street
Best Western University Lodge, 123 B Street
Days Inn Hotel, 4100 Chiles Road
Econo Lodge, 221 D Street
Hallmark Inn, 110 F Street (done)
Hyatt Place UC Davis, 173 Old Davis Road Extension
La Quinta Inn & Suites, 1771 Research Park Drive
Motel 6, 4835 Chiles Road
University Park Inn & Suites, 1111 Richards Blvd

 

Airports

 

Art / Galleries

 

Arts Organizations
Arts Alliance
Cultural Arts and Entertainment Committee (Claimed)
Davis Art About
Yolo Arts
Yolo Poetry Center (Claimed)

 

Arts Retail

 

Bicycling
Bike stores
B & L Bike Shop (Claimed)
The Davis Bike Collective
Green Bicycle Depot (done)
Ken’s Bike and Ski
The Davis Bike Loop
Paul Dorn
United States Bicycling Hall of Fame
Bike laws and the bicycle police

 

Book Events / Readings
126 Voorhies
Avid Reader
Logos Books (done)
Natsoulas Gallery
Smashwords
TCS Building / Art Annex
Third Space
UC Davis Bookstore
Yolo Public Library

 

Bookstores

 

Cafe Culture

 

Children’s Guide to Davis
Davis High Sports
Library Events
Nursery Schools
Swimming
School District
Theater troupes

 

City of Davis

 

Community Calendars
California Aggie Events Calendar
City of Davis
Davis Community Network (also has a vast number of calendars for individual organizations)
Davis Dirt (Claimed)
Davis Downtown
Davis Patch
Davis Wikido
KCRA
KDVS Entertainment Calendar
Sacramento News and Review
Shelter Calendar – Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter of Davis
Third Space Events
Yolo Arts
Yolo County Visitors Bureau / Alan Humason

 

Dance and Dancing
Fire University at the E Street Plaza (claimed)
G Street Wunderbar
The Graduate
The House
Ketmoree
Allegra Silberstein
Pamela Trokanski Dance Workshop and Performing Arts Center

 

Davis Art Garage
Name the artists
Name the figures represented in the long mural

 

Davis Arts Center
Davis Bike Trails and Greenbelts
Davis Bloggers

 

Davis Cemetery and Arboretum
Art Gallery, too

 

Davis Houses of Worship

 

Davis Community Network

Davis Diamonds (done)

Davis Dignitaries
City Council
Board of Supervisors

 

Davis Downtown
The Cultural Arts and Entertainment District
A definition of what constitutes downtown Davis
Walks in downtown Davis

 

Davis History (davishistoricalsociety.org)
Dennis Dingemans
Hattie Weber Museum

 

Davis Meetups

Davis Newspapers
Best of Davis
Bob Dunning
Comings and Goings with Wendy Weitzel
The Davis Beat
Davis Enterprise
Davis Life Magazine
The People’s Vanguard of Davis

 

Davis Philanthropic Organizations
Davis Community Church (Cafe, etc.)
Davis Oddfellows
Davis Rotary
Team Davis

 

Davis Public Access TV
I See Davis

 

Davis Public Library

Davis in Social Media
Davis Facebook pages
Davis Instagram
Davis LinkedIn
Davis Twitter accounts
Popular hashtags

 

Davis Store with Shelley Dunning

Davisite of the Week

Davis Welcome Service

Davis Wiki

Digital Davis
Chem Wiki
Davis Digital Network
“Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour” on KDVS
The Linux Users Group of Davis
WiFi Hot Spots

 

Entrepreneurial Services
Chamber of Commerce
Davis Downtown
Jump Start Davis
Meet Ups
Pollinate Davis
Progressive Business Association (fact check)

 

Food Culture
Community gardens
Davis Co-op with its cooking classes and private parties
Full Circle organic produce delivery
Kim’s Asian Market
Nugget
Safeway
West Davis Market
Whole Foods

 

Getaways
Lake Tahoe
Lake Berryessa
Napa
Old Sacramento

 

LGBT Davis
Davis is Burning
Davis Pride
Delta Lambda Phi — a gay fraternity
Lambda Delta Lambda — A gender-inclusive sorority (claimed)
The LGBTQIA Resource Center

 

Local Attractions
Bicycle Hall of Fame
Bohart Museum of Entomology
California Raptor Center
Explorit Science Center
Farmer’s Market (Claimed)
Impossible Acres
International Festival
Labor Day Races– – Golden Valley Harriers
Rainbow City
Rocknasium
Second Friday Art About
Transmedia Art Walk
UC Davis Arboretum
The UC Davis Arboretum Historic Native American Garden

 

Local Journals
Blue Moon Literary and Art Review
Nameless Magazine
Prized Writing
Writing on the Edge

 

Maps (gis.cityofdavis.org)
Bicycle maps
Davis Loop map
Greenbelt map
Transmedia Art Walk map
Voting pattern maps

 

Martial Arts
Bacarini’s
Rodness

 

Meeting Places
Landmarks where one might meet a friend:
Compassion Corner
Davis Commons (1st and E)
E Street Plaza
Quad flagpole

 

Minority and Underrepresented Davis

Mondavi Center
Jackson Hall
Speakers Series
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre
World Music
Event categories
-Artwork
-Dance
-Film
-Music
-Speakers
-Theater
Opportunities for community and student involvement

 

Monthly Events
Davis Art About
Stories on Stage, Davis
Find many more of these on Davis Wiki

 

Movie Theaters
F Street Theatre
G Street Theatre
Varsity (with some history)

 

Music
Buskers / Street Musicians — where are they?
That Russian violinist in front of Whole Foods
Genres
Music in restaurants and bars
Music festivals

 

Nearby Cities
Dixon
Sacramento
West Sacramento
Winters
Woodland

 

Parking

Parks and Recreation
Beautiful and undiscovered places to relax and study

 

Poetry in Davis
Department of English
Logos Books
Poetry Night Reading Series (Done)
SickSpits
Unitarian Church
Website

 

Pollinate Davis

 

Pub Quizzes and Trivia
(Claimed)
De Vere’s Irish Pub with Your Quizmaster (Monday nights)
Froggy’s (Wednesday nights)
G Street Wunderbar (Monday nights)
Ket Mo Ree (Wednesday nights)
Sophia’s (Tuesday nights)
Woodstocks (Thursday nights)

 

Public Art Art on Campus
Transmedia Art Walk
Other public art, such as the water tower

 

Radio
KDRT
Including Davisville
Including “How She Really Does It”
KDVS
Including DAPATH, Radio Parallax, and Speaking in Tongues
Including Gary Saylin’s show
Including Paul’s metal show

 

Real Estate

Restaurants
10 best student hangouts in Davis (need three more)
-3rd and U
-De Vere’s Irish Pub
Delta of Venus (done)
-Indian restaurant on 3rd
-Middle Eastern Food place on 3rd
-Sofias
-University of Beer
Paesanos (done)


Happy Hours
Glenn Nedwin’s Murder Burger story
Nightlife / the bar scene
Ten best Thai restaurants in Davis

 

Restaurants with Music
Bistro 33
De Vere’s Irish Pub
Delta of Venus
G Street Wunderbar
The Graduate
Monticello Bistro
Our House
Sophia’s Thai Kitchen
Sudwerk
Woodstocks on Saturday night

 

Resources for New Parents
Baby Signs
Mother and Baby Source

 

Retail
The Aquarium Store
B+L Bike Store
Boheme Hip Used Clothing (Claimed)
The Davis Store and Free Museum
Haute Couture
Mother and Baby Source
The Wardrobe

 

Digital Book Culture
Audio books
Smashwords

 

Social Justice Organizations
The Davis Phoenix Coalition

 

Sporting Events
Causeway Classic
Davis High Blue Devils
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento River Cats
UC Davis Athletics
Notable sporting alumni

 

Theatres
Acme
Birdstrike Theatre Company
Davis Musical Theatre Company
Davis Shakespeare Ensemble
Pamela Trokansky Dance Theatre

 

Thrift Stores
All Things Right and Relevant
Boheme Hip Used Clothing (Claimed)
Goodwill
SPCA

 

Transportation
Airport Taxicab
Davis Airporter
Davis Train Station (Amtrak)
The option of training to Sacramento for a Kings game!
Pacific Cab Company and Shuttle
Sacramento Taxi
Stan’s Shuttle and Chaperone Service, Inc.
Taxi Sacramento Airport Cab Service
Tipsy Taxi
Uber
UC Davis Medical Center Shuttle (Davis → Sacramento)
Unitrans (UC Davis)
Yolobus

 

University of California, Davis
Anti smoking bans
Anti-light pollution ordinances
Arboretum
The Best Things About Each Quarter
Bike culture / bike purists
Bob Dunning
Greenbelts
Plastic bag bans
Snoring ordinance
Toad tunnels
Unique to Davis

 

Writing in Davis
The Creative Writing Program at UC Davis
The Davis Writers Meetup
The Scott Evans Writers Workshop
The University Writing Program at UC Davis
Writing Coaches in Davis, such as Rae Gouirand and Eager Mondays

 

Venues / Seasonal Events
Art Shows
Celeste Turner Wright Hall
Central Park
Coffee House
Community Park
Davis Music Festival
Davis Musical Theatre Company
Freeborn Hall
International House
Mondavi Center
Music
Poetry Readings
Third Space
The Ann E. Pitzer Center (a new music recital hall)
Turtle House
The UC Davis Quad

 

Yearly Events
Bike races
Celebrate Davis
Christmas parade
Davis Film Festival
Homecoming
International Festival
Jazz Beat Festival
Native American PowWow
Real Estate Tour
Rotary Fundraiser
TedXUCDavis
The Nutcracker
Tour de Cluck
Whole Earth Festival

 

Yoga Studios
Akasha Yoga (F Street)
Barefoot Yoga (Olive Drive)
Bikram’s Yoga College of India (L Street)
Fit House
Kaya Yoga (5th Street)
Pilates for Bodies

 

Yolo County Visitors Bureau
Welcome