The national tour of “Million Dollar Quartet,” the Tony Award-winning new musical inspired by the true story of four rock ‘n’ roll icons, will make its Sacramento premiere April 17-22 at Community Center Theater as part of the Broadway Sacramento series. On Dec. 4, 1956, an auspicious twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, [...]
Big Idea Theatre goes full throttle with its 2012 season on Friday, April 13, with the opening of “Killer Joe ”by Tracy Letts. This hard-hitting show is the first play written by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “August: Osage County” and the well-loved “Superior Donuts.” The Smith family gets more than it bargained for [...]
SACRAMENTO — In addition to its fascinating Gold Rush past, the Sacramento area is rich with an amazing array of state-of-the-art museums and historic sites that offer visitors the chance to explore California’s fine art, history, science, and wildlife treasures all year long. In April many of the 28 members of Sacramento Association of Museums [...]
Despite the rainy days of late, as I sit at my notebook computer to write this morning, robins and goldfinches are chirping in the garden. The sun is shining through a break in the clouds and all seems right with the world. Once again, I’m away from the noise of the TV/radio/Internet. I can ignore [...]
Internationally acclaimed watercolor artist and instructor Alvaro Castagnet from Uruguay, South America, will be presenting a workshop sponsored by the Folsom Arts Association. The workshop will be at the Folsom Hampton Inn, 155 Placerville Road in Folsom, March 26 to 30. The public is invited to a reception for Castagnet on Thursday, March 29, from [...]
Calling all book lovers, writers, and dreamers: Have you ever wondered how to get a book published? What are book publishers looking for in a manuscript? On Saturday, April 14, at 1 p..m special guest Ted Savas from Savas Beatie LLC will talk about the secret world of book publishing at the El Dorado County Library, [...]
SHINGLE SPRINGS — Matt Howlett watched all of the Peanuts holiday specials as a child. “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” is one of his favorites with good reason — one of his ancestors, John Holland, is mentioned. “He (Holland) fell off the Mayflower and they mention him in ‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,’” Howlett said. “That’s how [...]
