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As 2016 recedes into memory and 2017 takes its place, here's my look back at what was personally most memorable from last year's professional theater productions. It's not necessarily a R…
If you have a favorite professional theater in Sacramento, chances are good you've seen Melinda Parrett onstage. Just what type of actress you think she is, though, might be tempered ……
You have until closing time Saturday, Dec. 31, to see the "Claire Falkenstein: Beyond Sculpture" exhibit at the Crocker Art Museum. Bee art correspondent Victoria Dalkey said "Falkenstein (1…
There aren't many decorations yet in Mayor Darrell Steinberg's office at Sacramento City Hall. But he does have one thing hanging on the wall: a map of Sacramento's riverfront. Like … …
Melissa, 14, had just broken up with her boyfriend, and she couldn't understand why he had lost interest. I was her school counselor at the time, and she tearfully asked … Click to Con…
What do Kiss, Céline Dion and Sacramento performance artist David Garibaldi have in common? They've all reportedly turned down invitations to perform at inauguration events for President-el…
A seedy apartment building transformed into an avant-garde art museum. An $8 million "Piglet" sculpture took its place next to a $558 million arena. A rap megastar melted down in … Cli…
Richly colored paintings, some adorned with gold, of the Virgin Mary and the archangels Michael and Gabriel in elaborate robes await you in "Highest Heaven: Spanish and Portuguese Colonial A…
The late playwright August Wilson (1945-2005) began his artistic life as a poet. Language always formed the heart of his work, far beyond whatever plot would. More than anything Wilson ̷…
"Irving Berlin's White Christmas" started as a vehicle for Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. Danny Kaye eventually got the role Astaire didn't want, and the film was a 1954 hit. … Click to…
Imagine being trapped on a spaceship with only your lover and a robot bartender for nearly a century " there isn't a spaceship big enough or a bar that well-stocked … Click to Continue…
Drawing is an act of great intimacy. The artist's touch is direct and instant, with only a piece of chalk, or charcoal stump, or delicate brush separating the hand from … Click to Cont…
You may have thought the ultimate battle of good vs. evil played out during our recent national election, no matter which side you were on " but not so fast. … Click to Continue »
A couple hundred people used to jam into an illegal music club called The Loft, a tight space behind midtown Sacramento's Time Tested Books. Funcastle, an unpermitted venue in a … Clic…
More than 50 people had lined up outside Terence Williams' home by the time the front door finally opened at Thursday noon. They'd been waiting under a soft rain, fidgeting, … Click to…
Minutes before Holland America's Nieuw Amsterdam was scheduled to depart for Fort Lauderdale, Berit and Dan Wick received an urgent call at home. Without delay, the couple hailed a taxi R…
The California Automobile Museum in Sacramento will open its 32nd docent-training class on Jan. 4. The series of weekly Wednesday classes at the museum, 2200 Front St., is designed to ……
"It is a spectator sport to look at someone else's books, if not an act of voyeurism or armchair psychology," wrote Henry Petroski in "The Book on the Bookshelf." Yet … Click to Contin…
↠JAYJAY "Markings," Koo Kyung Sook's large-scale abstraction, is up in "Large and Little: Art Gifts for the Holidays," a diverse and lively show of one-of-a-kind artworks at JAYJAY, 5…
The fairy tale of "Cinderella" adapts awfully well to the amplified cheesiness of British panto. The version created years ago at Shakespeare Santa Cruz by Paul Whitworth, Kate Hawley and &#…
The fairytale of "Cinderella" adapts awfully well to the amplified cheesiness of British panto. The version created years ago at Shakespeare Santa Cruz by Paul Whitworth, Kate Hawley and Gre…
The rambunctious and diverse array of painting and sculpture at Blue Line Arts is a survey of non-objective work from Sacramento and Bay Area artists. It is the culmination of … Click …
In 1973, a local graphic artist named Frank Carson made Tower Records founder Russ Solomon an offer he couldn't very well refuse. If Solomon paid for the materials and rented … Click t…
California Musical Theatre has announced that Scott Klier has been named producing artistic director and will oversee its Music Circus productions. Richard Lewis CMT President said Friday th…
The English folklore legend of Robin Hood generally has him living a pastoral simple life deep in Sherwood Forest with his band of Merry Men. He's a bit of a … Click to Continue »
