Society, Arts &amp; Culture Content / Society, Arts &amp; Culture Content for UC 海角原创 en Weekender: Wearable Design; Spring Music; Next Season Mondavi Tickets Go on Sale /arts/blog/weekender-wearable-design-spring-music-next-season-mondavi-tickets-go-sale <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media"> <div class="media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/images/Digital%20Stealth%20Gods%20by%20Dylan%20Mulder%20at%20World%20of%20WearableArt%202016.jpg" width="2813" height="4838" alt="Photo of composite figures" typeof="Image"> </div> <figcaption>Digital Stealth Gods by Dylan Mulder at World of Wearable Art 2016 (Courtesy photo)</figcaption> </figure> <h2><span lang="EN"><strong>Industrial designer Dylan Mulder brings wearable technology </strong></span></h2> May 15, 2025 - 4:03pm Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/weekender-wearable-design-spring-music-next-season-mondavi-tickets-go-sale How Can Teachers Avoid Burnout? /blog/curiosity/how-can-teachers-avoid-burnout New research reveals issues teachers face in K-12 schools. May 08, 2025 - 11:17am Karen Michele Nikos /blog/curiosity/how-can-teachers-avoid-burnout Weekender: Art, Lectures, Film Explore Structures and Movie Magic /arts/blog/weekender-art-lectures-film-explore-structures-and-movie-magic <h2 class="heading--underline"><span lang="EN"><strong>Julia Keefe sings in Indigenous Big Bands</strong></span></h2><p><span lang="EN"><strong>Thursday, May 8, 7:30 p.m., Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts</strong></span></p><p><span lang="EN">Continuing a little-known but rich history of big bands that formed on reservations during the early 20th century, the Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band brings charisma, passionand purpose to every stage.</span></p> May 07, 2025 - 12:47pm Jamie Sara Gelfond /arts/blog/weekender-art-lectures-film-explore-structures-and-movie-magic The Secret to Happiness Lies Within You, Or Society 鈥� Or Both /news/secret-happiness-lies-within-you-or-society-or-both <p>What is the secret to happiness? Does happiness come from within, or is it shaped by external influences such as our jobs, health, relationships and material circumstances? A new study published in <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02171-z">Nature Human Behaviour</a> shows that happiness can come from either within or from external influences, from both, or neither 鈥� and which is true differs across people.</p> May 02, 2025 - 10:16am Andy Fell /news/secret-happiness-lies-within-you-or-society-or-both Weekender: Student-Created, Curated Art Takes On 海角原创 in Performances, Exhibitions /arts/blog/weekender-student-created-and-curated-art-takes-davis-performances-and-exhibitions <h2 class="heading--underline"><span lang="EN"><strong>Grammy Award Winner Howard Levy merges the harmonica with unexpected genres</strong></span></h2><p><span lang="EN"><strong>Thursday, May 1, 12:05 p.m., Recital Hall at Ann E. Pitzer Center</strong></span></p> May 01, 2025 - 9:17am Jamie Sara Gelfond /arts/blog/weekender-student-created-and-curated-art-takes-davis-performances-and-exhibitions Ongoing Art at UC 海角原创: Spring 2025 /arts/blog/ongoing-art-davis-spring-2025 <h2 class="heading--underline"><strong>Selections from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art</strong></h2><p><span><strong>On display until June 22 at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art</strong></span></p> April 30, 2025 - 2:58pm Jamie Sara Gelfond /arts/blog/ongoing-art-davis-spring-2025 Weekender: Music, New Book, Puppet Master and More /arts/blog/weekender-music-new-book-puppet-more <h4>This "weekender" covers two weeks of events while the Arts Blog is on hiatus next week.</h4><h2 class="heading--underline"><strong>Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington plays flute concert</strong></h2><p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Thursday, April 17, 12:05 p.m., Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center</strong></span></p> April 17, 2025 - 3:41pm Jamie Sara Gelfond /arts/blog/weekender-music-new-book-puppet-more What Do Butterflies Have to Do with ADHD? /curiosity/blog/what-do-butterflies-have-do-adhd <p dir="ltr"><span>In the garden, butterflies flutter all around and in all directions. The task is to catch them with a virtual net, but only the blue ones. The red ones are a distraction. Sometimes they end up in the net by accident.</span></p> April 15, 2025 - 10:48am Jamie Sara Gelfond /curiosity/blog/what-do-butterflies-have-do-adhd Weekender: Picnic Day Brings the Art to 海角原创 /arts/blog/weekender-picnic-day-brings-art-davis <h2 class="heading--underline"><span lang="EN"><strong>The California Studio Lecture series presents Marie Lorenz, who works on water</strong></span></h2><p><span lang="EN"><strong>Thursday, April 10, 4:30-6 p.m. at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, doors open at 4 p.m.</strong></span></p> April 10, 2025 - 10:22am Jamie Sara Gelfond /arts/blog/weekender-picnic-day-brings-art-davis Merging the Ethereal and the Tangible /arts/blog/merging-ethereal-and-tangible <p dir="ltr"><span>Non-linear time sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, but what if we could rewrite our histories in ways that feel as if things don鈥檛 happen sequentially? Overlapping the concepts of time, memory and the body, Gracianne Kirsch uses many art modalities to explore their own many-sided self.&nbsp;</span></p> April 07, 2025 - 9:56am Jamie Sara Gelfond /arts/blog/merging-ethereal-and-tangible