Description of the dedication of a park named in honor of Ricardo Favela in the McKinley Village neighborhood of East Sacramento. A fellow East Sacramento Improvement Association (ESIA) board member and I attended the dedication of the Ricardo Favela Park in McKinley Village on March 5. Who was Ricardo Favela? Ricardo Favela was a Professor […]
Amaluna – Cirque Du Soleil
Description and review of the Cirque Du Soleil performance of Amaluna under the Big Top in West Sacramento. Note – Performance dates extended to March 1, 2020. Four friends and I recently attended a mid-week Cirque Du Soleil performance of Amaluna. All five of us were excited to see Amaluna under the Big Top. This […]
Granville Redmond at Crocker Art Museum
Description and review of the Granville Redmond exhibit showing at the Crocker Art Museum through May 17, 2020. The Eloquent Palette, an exhibit of the works of American impressionist painter Granville Redmond (1871-1935), is well-worth seeing. Prior to its opening I attended the Member Preview of the exhibit. A good-sized crowd was in attendance, attracted […]
Popcorn Falls at B Street Theatre
Description and review of Popcorn Falls, now playing at the B Street Theatre at the Sofia through February 23, 2020. Each season the B Street Theatre produces what I think of as a “silly” or “zany” play that sometimes (but not always) is both silly/zany and funny. Popcorn Falls falls into this category. The Plot […]
Interview With Playwright Ginger Rutland
Interview with Playwright Ginger Rutland about her play, When We Were Colored, A Mother’s Story. Ginger Rutland adapted her mother’s memoir, When We Were Colored, A Mother’s Story, into a play with the same title. The play premiered in Sacramento in Spring 2019 at the Sacramento Theatre Company (STC). After attending a talk by Ginger […]