The California Automobile Museum opens its newest rotating exhibit, American Muscle, on April 9. American Muscle celebrates Detroit’s 1960s glory days of speed, sound and style, when lightweight, mid-sized cars with big engines tore up American roads. The exhibit captures the colorful history of the muscle car, from its origins (whether you believe that was in [...]
At a Catholic school crab feed fundraiser some years ago a friend of mine reached for another bowl of pasta, turned to me and said, “You know, it ain’t cheap being Catholic.” How true, I thought. How deliciously true. The entertainment can vary widely (“Bingo!”), from great to so-so … but it’s always for such [...]
Travel through trying times in “The Skin of Our Teeth,” Falcon’s Eye Theatre’s first production at the new Three Stages at Folsom Lake College. How trying? The Thorton Wilder play takes the Antrobus family through the Ice Age, a great flood and the apocalypse in this Pulitzer Prize winning play. But don’t despair, director David [...]
The Sacramento Philharmonic will present its fourth concert of the 2010-11 season on April 9. The concert features two iconic works of the early 20th century: Dmitri Shostakovich’s powerful Symphony No. 5 and Edward Elgar’s most well known work, the passionate Cello Concerto in e minor. Both compositions, written at the height of earth shattering world events, lay [...]
Realtor Susanne Wolter with partner Jeff Kaut of RE/MAX Gold has joined with United Way’s Women In Philanthropy Group and renowned artist Gayle Rappaport-Weiland to host a free public event April 16 & 17, turning an upscale property for sale into an art gallery for two days where guests are welcome to view and purchase more than 50 pieces of Rappaport-Weiland’s fine art [...]
The Claddagh Folsom dancers will perform at 11:45 a.m. on St. Patrick’s Day at 621 Capitol Mall in Sacramento. The Claddagh school is proud to include more than North American championship Irish dancers in solo and team events as well as overseas champions. Its eight dance studios are located all over California, including Folsom. The [...]
Sometimes, less is more. That is certainly true with the art of master artist Gregory Kondos, whose landscape paintings will be on display at the Gallery at 48 Natoma in Folsom March 18 through May 11. There is a “quietude” and contemplative quality to his work. “The Landscape by Gregory Kondos” will feature original oils, [...]
