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First Chinese American Indie Film To Be Screened At Sacramento State

October 29, 2015 | Katie Orr

Sacramento State will display a bit of film history. The university will show the first Chinese-American independent film produced in America Thursday.

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Sacramento State Professor Preserves First Chinese American Indie Film

October 28, 2015

"The Curse of Quon Gwon" is the earliest example of Chinese American independent film known to exist today. Gregory Mark’s grandmother, Violet Wong, is the star of the silent movie. She tasked him with preserving it in 1969.

Flutist Laurel Zucker Takes A Swing At Jazz

October 27, 2015 | Cale Wiggins

Classical flutist Laurel Zucker has an impressive resume, but there’s more to her than just classical music. Tuesday night, she performs a tribute to jazz flutist Herbie Mann with the Sacramento State Latin Jazz Ensemble.

Jazz

Herbie Mann: An Appreciation

October 27, 2015 | Devin Yamanaka

All Things Considered host Devin Yamanaka reflects on Herbie Mann's influence on her when she was a young flutist.

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

'Vagina Monologues' Performance Dedicated To Ending Domestic Violence

October 26, 2015

A new theater company is teaming up with the California Partnership to end domestic violence to present "The Vagina Monologues" on Oct. 30.

Arts and Lifestyle

'Five Lesbians Eating A Quiche' Full To The Brim With Farce

October 22, 2015 | Jeff Hudson

With it provocative title, “Five Lesbians Eating a Quiche,” you might wonder what the current show at Sacramento’s B Street Theatre is about. Jeff Hudson says this over-the-top comedy falls somewhere between "Dumb and Dumber" and The Three Stooges.

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Play Explores Life Of Photographer Dora Maar

October 22, 2015

A new play opening this week explores the conflict one can feel between being an artist themselves and being a muse for someone else.

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Folk Musician Willy Tea Taylor Performs On Insight

October 21, 2015

Folk artist Willy Tea Taylor, from Oakdale, California, performs in studio.

Eclectic

The Life And Death Of Tower Records, Revisited

October 20, 2015

A new documentary from Colin Hanks looks back on a business empire that helped shape the tastes of many music fanatics.

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

'A Doll's House' Opens At Capital Stage

October 20, 2015

Stephanie Gularte, founding director of Capital Stage, is back in Sacramento. Her adaptation of A Doll’s House opens Wednesday night. Gularte, along with Janis Stevens and Michael Stevenson, talked with Insight about the production.