Billy Idol and partner in crime, Stevie Stevens, to play Thunder Valley on Feb. 9
By Eddie Jorgensen Since 1982, Billy Idol has proven a prolific and successful pop music entity. And while it seems like he and Stevie Stevens…
Read MoreBy Eddie Jorgensen Since 1982, Billy Idol has proven a prolific and successful pop music entity. And while it seems like he and Stevie Stevens…
Read MoreBy Ken Magri Maisha Bahati stands proudly inside her new storefront. “We took so many risks,” she says. After four years of hard work and…
By Bob Grimm All of Us Strangers, which got a limited release last year in order to qualify for awards season, is now in wider…
By Jeffrey Day Shiva Ahmadi’s art encompasses and expresses her personal and political concerns, anxieties, fears and joys. But her art is not polemical nor…
By Bob Grimm I had a good time with Seth MacFarlane’s original Ted movie, a profane blast of comedy starring Mark Wahlberg as Johnny—and a wise-assed talking…
By Scott Thomas Anderson New possibilities for a new year: That was the theme of a recent symposium at U.C. Davis hosted by the California…
By Casey Rafter The second studio effort from Sacramento folk singer Viva Corless is, according to the young songwriter, her tribute to Sacramento. Released in…
By Eddie Jorgensen At 34, Jared James Nichols’ upward trajectory is a story that most solo artists could only dream about. Ever since moving to…
By Eddie Jorgensen Local promoter Brian McKenna, a.k.a. Abstract Entertainment, has been bringing Mike Dillon to the Sacramento area since the late 80s, lighting up…
By Eddie Jorgensen Opera fans need no introduction to Fleming and her immense body of work: With a career that started in 1978 performing Copland’s…
By Casey Rafter Without a leader like burlesque dancer ChaCha Burnadette, Sacramento would not enjoy the kind of spice her dance group, the Darling Clementines,…
By Eddie Jorgensen If you were a regular at the Palms Playhouse, chances are you remember seeing John McCutcheon at both its hallowed and now-defunct…
By Scott Thomas Anderson Winter twilights over Broadway often reveal a smoldering rouge on the clouds that’s half-radiating against the blue cold of the coming…
By Casey Sexton In the realm of music, there are those who play the notes and those who transcend them – to the point of…
By Casey Rafter Detroit-born storyteller, multi-instrumentalist, composer, playwright and puppeteer Dalrymple MacAlpin has spent much of his life interpreting the vivid images of his dreams…
By Juan-Carlos Selznick Some recent highlights from the Stream & Dream Lounge: The Killer (Netflix) David Fincher’s new film, with Michael Fassbender playing a high-priced professional…
Performing arts organizations count on revenue from holiday productions By Patti Roberts ‘Tis the season for holiday stories: a time when theater, dance and music…