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Arts and Lifestyle

Sacramento Arts Venues Say It’s Not Feasible To Reopen Under New California Guidelines

April 16, 2021 | Sammy Caiola

Sacramento performance venues say new state guidelines on live productions don’t make it financially feasible to open their doors.

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Arts and Lifestyle

Music Through The Pandemic: How Three Sacramento Musicians Continued Their Art

April 12, 2021 | Andrew Nixon | Megan Manata

Over the past year, COVID-19 has destabilized the lives of those in the music industry, from performers to teachers. Three musicians with ties to the Sacramento region reflect on the different ways they’ve adapted and weathered the pandemic.

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Jazz

CapRadio Celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month With Special Programming

April 7, 2021

April is Jazz Appreciation Month. While we’re not yet able to enjoy live concerts due to COVID-19 restrictions, we thought this would be a good time to look back at some of the many concerts CapRadio has recorded over the past 40 years.

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Jazz

Former Rio Americano Jazz Students On The Path To Success

March 29, 2021 | Andrew Mills

Trumpeter Grady Flamm and vibraphonist, composer and arranger Jackson Irvine have accomplished a lot in their young careers. They spoke with CapRadio’s Andrew Mills on their early jazz education, their future outlook, and more.

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Chick Corea, Jazz Fusion Pioneer, Has Died Of Cancer At 79

February 11, 2021

The wide-ranging keyboardist, composer and bandleader died on Feb. 9 of cancer. One of the fathers of jazz fusion, his work spanned from acoustic jazz to his own interpretations of Mozart.

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Classical

The Music Of Lunar New Year

February 2, 2021 | Jennifer Reason

Take a listen to the music you would normally hear at a Chinese New Year celebration, and learn more about some of the leading Chinese artists currently making music throughout the world.

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The Lager Queen of Minnesota – J. Ryan Stradal

January 15, 2021

Nothing says Minnesota like beer. And pie. Both play prominently in J. Ryan Stradal’s latest novel, “The Lager Queen of Minnesota.” Two sisters and a granddaughter find their way through the brewing industry with equal parts laughter and tragedy.

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Classical

New Classical Tracks: Eric Whitacre And Charles Anthony Silvestri Join Forces On 'The Sacred Veil'

December 30, 2020

his week on New Classical Tracks, Eric Whitacre and Charles Anthony Silvestri talk about their latest release, "The Sacred Veil" which explores the journey of a soul crossing the threshold into the next world.

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Arts and Lifestyle

Mariachis Began Booking Events Only To Lose Jobs Again

December 1, 2020

Just as people started adapting to the new normal and mariachi musicians began booking small events, positive COVID-19 cases soared again across California.

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The Shame Game – Mary O’Hara

November 13, 2020

Can you change a situation just by changing the narrative? Even if it is an age-old societal concern? Journalist Mary O'Hara says you can. In “The Shame Game” she urges us to change the way we talk to – and about – people who experience poverty.

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Arts and Lifestyle

How Sacramento Visual Artists Are Surviving During The Pandemic

October 29, 2020

Keeping the arts scene going is really hard. But from virtual exhibits and limited-attendance gallery shows to making masks and hustling for grants, the region’s visual artists are used to hustling to get by.

Classical

In Lara Downes' New Series, Black Musicians Rise To A Pivotal Moment

October 27, 2020

The pianist joins Ari Shapiro to discuss Amplify With Lara Downes, a video series on Black musicians who have experienced renewed creativity regarding racial injustice.

CapRadio Reads

Gretchen Sorin - Driving While Black

October 26, 2020

From slave ships and shackles to freedom of travel, Black Americans have measured their independence by the distance they could safely travel. Dr. Gretchen Sorin’s new book “Driving While Black” explores this history.

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Jazz

Pacific Jazz Festival Goes Virtual

October 23, 2020 | Gary G. Vercelli

The University of the Pacific in Stockton presents its annual Pacific Jazz Festival Friday and Saturday Oct. 23-24, bringing concerts and masterclasses to a video screen near you.

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Arts and Lifestyle

As Crocker Reopens, Director Lial Jones Says Museum Is Taking Things Slowly

October 16, 2020 | Steve Milne

The Crocker Art Museum is reopening after seven months, but there will be changes. The museum will open at 25% capacity and guests will need reservations. DIrector and CEO Lial Jones says the pandemic has created "peril in the arts community."

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'Open Water' Explores Blackness and the Vulnerability of Falling In Love

April 19, 2021

Caleb Azumah Nelson's Open Water is built on a familiar premise: two young people meet and fall in love. Nelson's debut novel is brimming with references to Black art, music, poetry and photography.

Author's Advice To Millennials: Manage Your Money And Stop Pleasing Others

April 19, 2021

Julie Lythcott-Haims's new book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, is a handbook on adulthood. Her 2017 memoir, Real American, is the story of her coming to terms with her biracial identity.

No Kidding: Japan's Kidnaping Epic 'Lady Joker' Will Hook You

April 19, 2021

The first volume of Kaoru Takamura's 1997 eccentric crime thriller has just been translated into English. Inspired by a real-life case, Lady Joker reveals its world in rich, polyphonic detail.

Photos: The Culture Of Whales

April 19, 2021

Belugas play, a sperm whale nurses, and orcas teach their pups to hunt in a series of photographs from National Geographic photographer and explorer Brian Skerry.

#NPRPoetry: Samuel Getachew

April 18, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with poet Samuel Getachew, former National Youth Poet Laureate finalist, about his favorite listener-submitted poems.

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