Charles Dickens' venerable "A Christmas Carol" has by now such a familiar narrative arc that any alterations are happily accommodated. B Street Theatre producing artistic director Buck Busfi…
Childhood friends and longtime Winters residents Nora Cary and Andrew Fridae recently acquired Palms Playhouse from longtime owner Dave Fleming, who is retiring from the business. The new ow…
"The path of painting is narrow but its destinations are wide and expansive." This opening line of Sarah Flohr's statement about her work at the Shimo Center for the Arts … Click to Co…
Cirque du Soleil has to be one of the most successful marriages of alternative art and commerce ever. Formed in 1984, the group of Canadian street artists deconstructed the traditional ̷…
Dwayne Johnson knows how moviegoers want to see him. Strong " as in physically imposing. But emotionally tough too. The kind of guy who's the first to walk into a … Click to Continue &…
Dwayne Johnson knows how moviegoers want to see him. Strong " as in physically imposing. But emotionally tough too. The kind of guy who's the first to walk into a … Click to Continue &…
American River College professor Rodney Mott visits Del Paso Heights to excite students about art and teaching. … Click to Continue »
Political satire mixed with the absurd in Pasadena on Sunday, as eccentrics and their fans gathered for the annual Doo Dah Parade. Participants romped through a rare Southern California rain…
The creative team behind the popular Art Hotel project earlier this year have announced the location for their next endeavor. ArtStreet will be held inside a warehouse at 300 First … C…
At first glance the new Music Circus 2017 season announced today might look a little short. Instead of the six shows offered during the past two years, five shows comprise … Click to C…
NEW YORK " A happy Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen. The Canadian chanteur's most famous song bubbled into the collective conscious after he died Nov. 7 at 82. Of course, Cohen did … Click to…
American vacations often center around open roads, national parks, big cities or coastal settings, but the particulars within each of these categories can make or break a trip. So we ……
With Donald Trump set to become the 45th president of the United States, the spirit of openness that has permeated everything from our increasingly global economy to how we travel … Cl…
Holiday theater in the region for 2016 has settled into a certain familiarity of shows with slight tweaks of casts in shows we saw last year. The outliers are a … Click to Continue &ra…
'Out Our Way," a survey exhibition at the new Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, celebrates the founding members of the UC Davis Department of Art. Richard … Click to Con…
William Shatner's bumpy flight. Burgess Meredith's smashed eyeglasses. The fateful misinterpretation of the phrase "to serve man." Even after a half-century, these memes can still deliver a …
Shoulders down, back straight, abs tight, Fola Awosika instructed students during a Foundations class at RowVigor in Arlington, Va., the Washington area's first pop-up rowing studio. Then: "…
The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis opened Sunday to a crowd eager to enter the $30 million building, which includes an outdoor space … Click to Continue &r…
When the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art opens to the public on Sunday, it will be the culmination of many years of dreams the University of California, Davis … Click t…
The Manetti Shrem Museum of Art is opening this weekend at the campus of the UC Davis. … Click to Continue »
Bob Irvin was an acclaimed renaissance man of local theater, the heart and soul of a generation of local theater-makers. Irvin was an actor, director, writer and instructor at American ̷…
Rankings reflect sales for the week ending Saturday, Oct. 29, for books sold in both print and electronic formats as reported by venues offering a wide range of general interest … Clic…
When the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art opens to the public on Sunday, it will be the culmination of many years of dreams by faculty, students … Click to Continue &raq…
↑ b. sakata garo "Betty at Fort Bragg," Jerald Silva's masterful watercolor of a sleeping woman, is up with painterly meditations on mature women and metaphoric still lifes in his …
Neil Simon's "I Ought To Be in Pictures" has for good reason always been considered one of the comedy master's lesser works. The perfunctory, lukewarm melodrama has a simple, … …