Jim Hightower  Are you tired of doing "business as usual?" Today on Insight, outspoken populist and author Jim Hightower tells you how to escape the regular routine.

Jim Hightower speaks about his new book Swim Against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go with the Flow, at 7 p.m. Friday, April 11th at Coloma Community Center Auditorium, 4623 T Street, Sacramento. Information: (916) 760-1534.

River Cats Anthem Idols  Two winners from the River Cats National Anthem tryouts perform the notoriously difficult song.

William Obernesser  Obernesser is an award winning photographer, who shot his first photo at the age of seven. He has lived in Sacramento since the late 1960s.

A reception for William Obernesser's new landscape, still life and architectural photography is at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 12th at the art space inside HQ: Headquarters for the Arts, 1719 25th St., Sacramento. Information: (916) 804-6095.

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Insight was not heard on Monday, April 14th to allow for a special broadcast of California Lectures featuring Willie Brown.