Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick is a collection of stories about love and migration, gender and class, racism and sexism that reflect African American folk culture. Brought together for the first time in one volume, the book includes eight of Hurston’s lost Harlem stories, which were found in forgotten periodicals and archives. These stories challenge conceptions of Hurston as an author of rural fiction and include gems that flash with her biting, satirical humor, as well as more serious tales reflective of the cultural currents of Hurston’s world. All are timeless classics that enrich our understanding and appreciation of this exceptional writer’s voice and her contributions to America’s literary traditions.
Program explains why ants are amazing
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“Ants are amazing because they’re way more diverse than most people realize,” said UC Davis entomology doctoral candidate Jill Oberski. “Some are huge, some are tiny, some are blue or green and a lot of them have crazy spines. There are ants that run farms with crops and livestock, and ants that can build bridges and survive floods and ants that live in the highest treetops and never touch the ground.”
That’s just some of the information to be showcased at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Month program from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 13, when three doctoral students in the Phil Ward lab, UC Davis department of entomology and nematology, take the helm.
Davis native’s comedy to be presented by UC Davis and Bike City Theatre Company
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Briandaniel Oglesby is the author of the comedy “Small Steps,” being presented virtually Jan. 21 to 23.
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Growing sick of the gay dating scene, a man volunteers to go to Mars in the comedy “Small Steps,” written by Davis native Briandaniel Oglesby. The play is being presented by “Catalyst: A Theatre Think Tank” through the UC Davis department of theater and dance in collaboration with Bike City Theatre Company. Free virtual performances will be streamed at 6 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Jan. 21-23.
A fierce advocate for Native American culture, Marshall McKay dies from COVID-19
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Jan. 5 Marshall McKay spent most of his life dedicated to preserving Native American arts and culture in California, supporting education and sustainable land-use practices at University of California, Davis and protecting the rights of all indigenous people.
Last week in a Los Angeles hospital, the tribal elder died due to complications from COVID-19. He was 68.
For nearly a decade, McKay was the chairman of the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, owners of Cache Creek Casino Resort in Yolo County and one of the three federally recognized Patwin tribes.
Is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer really a mantis?
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A Santa riding a praying mantis at the Davis home of UC Davis entomologists Robert and Lynn Kimsey is drawing a lot of attention.
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not a reindeer.
And Santa Claus does not
drive a sleigh.
rides a mantis. A masked mantis.
Take it from UC Davis department of entomology and nematology faculty members Robert and Lynn Kimsey.
A masked mantis with Santa astride graces their front yard in Davis. The mantis? It’s probably a
Stagmomantis californica, native to the Western United States and the Kimsey domicile.