Arts and LifestyleMetropolitan Opera Soprano Leads Cast In Return Of Opera To SacramentoApril 28, 2017 | Kevin DohertyMetropolitan Opera soprano Jennifer Black stars as Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata. The production marks the return of opera to Sacramento after an absence of almost four years. Kevin Doherty talks to Black about what audiences can expect. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleSacramento Theatre Company Presents The Saga Of The Donner Party ... As A MusicalApril 27, 2017 | Jeff HudsonThe Sacramento Theatre Company is premiering a new show based on California history – a musical about the Donner Party’s famously ill-fated journey in 1846. The show is an impressive production about a long trip that culminated in tragedy. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezStories On Stage Brings Local Author Robert Dorjath’s Short Story To Life With Actor Ethan IrelandApril 27, 2017 | Cody DrabbleLocal author Robert Dorjath brings his short story "A Parable of Fausto Bruzzesi" to Stories on Stage, based on a Chicago fire at a Catholic school that killed almost a hundred people. Actor Ethan Ireland performs Dorjath's reading. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki Gonzalez'Wherever There's A Fight:' California's Track Record On Civil RightsApril 25, 2017The Golden State has a long history as a pioneer in the civil rights movement. Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi reflect on that past in their book “Wherever There’s a Fight.” They join Insight ahead of their talk at the California State Library. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki Gonzalez'Event Boundaries' Explores Relationships With Self And OthersApril 24, 2017Author/poet April Ossman talks about her work and new book "Event Boundaries" before speaking at the Sacramento Poetry Center Monday night. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki Gonzalez'Treatment,' A Show Written And Performed By B Street Theatre MembersApril 21, 2017 | Cody DrabbleFor the first time ever, the B Street Theatre Mainstage will feature a work written and performed by women from the company. We hear from them on Insight. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleAsian-American Theater Company In Nevada City Stages Ancient Chinese FableApril 20, 2017 | Jeff HudsonAsian American theater productions are not common in the Sacramento area. But a plucky group known as Community Asian Theater of the Sierra is staging “The White Snake,” an elaborate show based on an ancient Chinese fable. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki Gonzalez'The Donner Party' Musical Retells American HistoryApril 20, 2017Erick Rockwell and Margaret Rose of the Sacramento Theatre Company talk about the newest production titled "The Donner Party, a new American Musical, based off one of the country's greater triumphs and tragedies. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki Gonzalez'Swimmer Among the Stars' Author Kanishk Tharoor Visits SacramentoApril 20, 2017"Swimmer Among the Stars" is novelist Kanishk Tharoor's latest work. He joins Insight ahead of his reading at Time Tested Books. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezSingle Payer Healthcare: Plausible Or A Pipe Dream? April 18, 2017 | Chris RemingtonThere’s a renewed push to establish a single-payer healthcare system in California and across the United States. The filmmakers behind the new documentary “Now is the Time” join former Sacramento County Public Health Officer Glennah Trochet. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.