February 20, 2020
AB 5 became law on January 1, 2020. The legislation’s intent is to properly classify workers as employees or independent contractors. Its implementation has led to relief in some sectors, confusion in others and concern in the arts community.
February 19, 2020
For the next four days, a wide variety of Jewish films will be screened in Sacramento. The festival consists of 14 feature films and nine short films. All screenings take place at the Crest Theatre.
February 14, 2020 | Jeff Hudson
“Alabaster,” a new play by Sacramento’s Capital Stage, features talking animals on an obscure farm in Alabama. CapRadio Theatre Critic Jeff Hudson says it’s an absorbing trip into the lives of characters who are well worth meeting.
February 13, 2020
Ladysmith Black Mambazo formed in 1969, and in the last 50 years has toured the world many times over. The unique harmonies the group sings came to its founder, Joseph Shabalala, in a dream. Shabalala died this week.
February 10, 2020
Journalist Ginger Rutland grew up in Sacramento in the 1950s. Her play, ‘When We Were Colored,’ is based on her mother’s memoir of the same name.
February 10, 2020
Oscars nominees were treated to a gift bag on Sunday night worth over $100,000. Of the many items inside that ‘swag bag’ was Elk Grove native KD Storm’s first novel, ‘Carson’s Garage.’
February 6, 2020 | Steve Milne
The California Arts Council is offering non-profit arts groups in California up to half-a-million dollars to come up with projects addressing issues like homelessness, climate change and mental health.
February 4, 2020
Since its opening in December, San Francisco’s Curran Theater is one of just two U.S. locations where ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ is on stage. The other is New York City.
February 3, 2020
What happens when a place brings you so much meaning personally? A place you visit over and over and document? Janice Kelley visited the Fair Oaks Bridge over the course of a year and half, documenting her impressions. They are captured in her book.
January 29, 2020
The Sierra Writers Conference is coming up this weekend. Pam Houston will give the keynote on Saturday. She’s written in many genres, from novels to short stories, essays to memoir.
January 22, 2020
Sacramentans will remember the 1988 arrest of Dorothea Puente. She was a grandmotherly figure who killed nine and cashed their government checks. In California Stage’s sold out production, the audience gets a glimpse into the mind of a serial killer.
January 15, 2020
The highly acclaimed musical, “Dear Evan Hansen” opens tonight in Sacramento for sixteen performances. It is being presented by Broadway Sacramento.
January 14, 2020 | Bob Moffitt
The city of Sacramento is rethinking its Film Office, including the hiring of a new manager, who started the gig this past month.
January 14, 2020
The Fest is a free community event on Jan. 25, 2020. This one-day event in Auburn brings together storytellers from all over California. The Fest that takes place in the General Gomez Art Center in Auburn.
January 9, 2020
John McCutcheon comes through Northern California every year at this time. But, McCutcheon’s visits are anything but routine. His songs are always timely and topical. He plays live in the studio.
Arts and Lifestyle NEWS
February 21, 2020
Our kids' books columnist Juanita Giles says she was at her wits' end trying to find a funny (but not mean-funny) book for her son, a budding humorist. Jake the Fake Keeps It Real was just the thing.
February 20, 2020
The premise — young Belgian Muslim sets out to murder one of his teachers — has drawn sharp criticism; the film itself is "hugely flawed" but more thoughtful than the controversy surrounding it.
February 20, 2020
A hotel clerk (Tye Sheridan) hides a secret during a murder investigation in a film that explores the affinity between cinema and voyeurism flatly and without nuance.
February 20, 2020
Journalist Jeff Sharlet's new book is a memoir told through images and stories of other people; it grew out of a series of Instagram posts about night shift workers he met and photographed.
February 20, 2020
As her Showtime series draws to an end, Danes talks about playing CIA agent Carrie Mathison and what it was like navigating adolescence while starring in My So-Called Life.
February 14, 2020
“Alabaster,” a new play by Sacramento’s Capital Stage, features talking animals on an obscure farm in Alabama. CapRadio Theatre Critic Jeff Hudson says it’s an absorbing trip into the lives of characters who are well worth meeting.
December 13, 2019
Sacramento’s Capital Stage is presenting another holiday season play recalling British writer Jane Austen. Critic Jeff Hudson says this nimble production will particularly appeal to fans of PBS serials like “Downton Abbey” and “Upstairs, Downstairs.”
September 19, 2019
The Capital Stage production of "Between Riverside and Crazy," about a retired black cop and the diverse assortment of locals who visit his apartment, continues through Sept. 29 in Sacramento.
August 2, 2019
The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival provides a funny, fiesty performance of "The Taming of the Shrew," with director Sara Bruner at the helm.
July 23, 2019
Think of “Million Dollar Quartet” as a nostalgic two-hour party in the great outdoors, studded with classic tunes by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
