May 28, 2020
A look ahead to the weekend and updates on the Tiny Desk Contest with CapRadio Modern Music Director Nick Brunner.
May 27, 2020
Local artist and author Caren Halvorsen talks about her at-home jewelry and craft-making, and why she wants to donate her work.
May 26, 2020
A look at a trio of local film festivals and how you can enjoy movies virtually beyond your favorite streaming service.
May 19, 2020
Acclaimed writer John Freeman talks about his fourth collection of poetry “The Park,” and his experience of living in New York during the pandemic.
May 18, 2020
Filmmaker Marc Waszkiewicz and musician Lea Jones join the show ahead of Memorial Day to discuss their collaboration on the documentary ‘Vietnam: An Inner View.’
May 14, 2020
Insight talks with a pair of Nevada County women who launched a new podcast amidst the pandemic called, "Dating When the World Is Gonna End."
May 7, 2020
An El Dorado Hills couple talks about their new COVID-19-themed children’s book “Has Anyone Seen Normal? A Coronavirus Tale”
May 5, 2020
Sacramento-based musician Lori-Sacco Nelson talks about her new song ‘The Frontline,’ an anthem dedicated to health care workers.
April 30, 2020
Dr. Carolee Tran and her family escaped Vietnam in the ‘Fall of Saigon’ 45 years ago today. Tran wrote about it in her new memoir and sees parallels in life then, and now.
April 30, 2020
The coronavirus has been crushing for the Sacramento arts, but opportunities can come in the midst of a crisis. We hear more about it today and ‘Social Distant Saturday.’
April 28, 2020
Amanda Harrinauth is a poet with disabilities, gold medalist, and global ambassador for the Special Olympics. We talk about the publication of her second book of poetry.
April 27, 2020
A local photographer provides a window into the lives of families who are at home during the pandemic.
April 23, 2020
Kids are still celebrating birthdays while socially distancing thanks to technology.
April 16, 2020
The Crocker Art Museum and many other art museums in the area have closed due to coronavirus, but there are still exhibitions planned for later in the year. We check in.
April 8, 2020
Young musicians are performing and competing as scheduled in the 50th Annual Next Generation Jazz Festival, but it’s happening online. We take a look.
Arts and Lifestyle NEWSMay 30, 2020
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Faizon and St. Geegland, who sound oddly like comedians John Mulaney and Nick Kroll, about their podcast.
May 30, 2020
Our kids' books columnist reports that amidst the messes and fights that result from kids in lockdown, Matthew Cordell's gentle new picture book biography of Mister Rogers has the power to soothe.
May 29, 2020
Actor and comedian Ramy Youssef talks about his Hulu series Ramy, working with Mahershala Ali and writing book reports for his dad. Then, Youssef takes a quiz on the history of sneakers.
May 29, 2020
Maria Bamford (Lady Dynamite) and Jackie Kashian (The Jackie and Laurie Show) update the titles of Shakespeare plays as search engine-friendly, clickbait-y headlines.
May 29, 2020
Maria Bamford and Jackie Kashian join musician Jonathan Coulton for a game that ruins bands by adding an extra letter to form a new name.
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.
