April 30, 2018
In celebration of International Jazz Day on April 30, we've plumbed the Excellence In Jazz archives for highlights from features we've done over the years, from interviews with Jimmy Smith and Joey Alexander to the story behind "Take Five."
April 26, 2018 | Jeff Hudson
Community Asian Theater of the Sierra is reviving the classic musical, but the show by the region’s only Asian American theater group raises points that were surely important to Rodgers and Hammerstein when they wrote the show nearly 70 years ago.
April 26, 2018
Georgeanne Brennan talks about her new book, inspired by her life in the southern French countryside.
April 25, 2018 | Cody Drabble
Executive Director of the Nevada County Arts Council and poet Marcelo Hernandez Castillo preview the Sierra Poetry Festival.
April 25, 2018 | Cody Drabble
Author Michael Wallis shares his book “The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny.”
April 24, 2018
A final town hall for an initiative to gather information and set priorities for Sacramento's arts and creative economy was held Monday night. We hear what will happen next.
April 24, 2018
Miller Traum is a 10-year-old actor making a name for himself at the Sacramento Theatre Company.
April 24, 2018
There were more than 700 entries from California alone in this year's popular NPR music video contest. We'll hear music from the winner, Naia Izumi, and Davis-based entrant Lillian Frances.
April 23, 2018 | Jen Picard
Steve Almond’s new book “Bad Stories: What Just Happened To Our Country” looks at how the stories Americans have been telling themselves about their history misses the truth and leads them to delusion.
April 23, 2018 | Cody Drabble
Rescue isn't just a black lab, he's a service dog who changed the life of his owner Jessica Kensky and her husband Patrick Downes. The 2013 Boston Marathon bombing survivors explain their connection to Rescue.
