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Jazz

Women in Music: Alicia Huff

March 24, 2023 | Jennifer Reason | Avery Jeffry

CapRadio Classical and Jazz is celebrating Women in Music all month long including four spotlights on local musicians. Jennifer Reason spoke with singer Alicia Huff about starting her own band and inspiring others to as well.

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Arts and Lifestyle

Could Stockton be featured in the next Fantastic Four movie? Its mayor hopes so.

March 16, 2023 | Rich Ibarra

The movie won’t be released until 2025, but signatures are being gathered for a petition to have Stockton featured as the superheroes’ hometown.

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Arts and Lifestyle

Marysville’s 143rd Bok Kai Festival this weekend celebrates Chinese American History

February 24, 2023 | Sarah Mizes-Tan

The festival is centered around the historic Bok Kai Temple, built to honor a water god that was believed to have protected the city.

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Arts and Lifestyle

Sacramento Public Library system opens community sessions, survey for feedback on facilities

February 14, 2023 | Janelle Salanga

The sessions will run through March, with the survey closing soon after. Input will shape the library system’s first facilities master plan since 2007.

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Arts and Lifestyle

Chinese New Year celebration returns to historic Chinese town of Locke

February 10, 2023 | Janelle Salanga

The public event, which was paused for two years due to the pandemic, will feature a lion dance, a painting and calligraphy contest and a lecture on New Year food and cooking.

Photo by Emmanuelle Yang

Eclectic

How June Swoon singer Juli Lydell started swimming in surrender

February 3, 2023 | Nick Brunner

Stream June Swoon's new song "Passover" and hear Juli Lydell speak about how surrendering control and wrangling her OCD influenced her upcoming sophomore record.

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Arts and Lifestyle

R&B, new soul and hip-hop festival Sol Blume returns to Sacramento for a fourth year

February 2, 2023 | Janelle Salanga

Tickets for the festival, headlined by Brent Faiyaz and Kehlani, are on sale now. Like in 2022, it’ll take place in Discovery Park, where it drew tens of thousands of attendees.

Charr Crail

Race and Equity

‘The Chinese Lady,’ a play about the history of Chinese oppression and Anti-Asian hate, comes to Capital Stage

January 26, 2023 | Sarah Mizes-Tan

The play touches on themes of anti-Asian hate and othering as it follows one of the first Chinese women to immigrate to the United States. It will open at Capital Stage this weekend and run through Feb. 26.

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Race and Equity

Black students in Sacramento celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day after a two-year pandemic hiatus

January 17, 2023 | Srishti Prabha

The skies cleared just in time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations in Sacramento, the first at Grant Union High School since the start of the pandemic.

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Arts and Lifestyle

If you're trying to take a break from drinking, try these 6 strategies

December 31, 2022

If you want to cut back on alcohol, here's how to make a plan, navigate tricky social situations and reassess your relationship with alcohol so you can experience the benefits of dry January.

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Business

A fight over seats could define the future of an iconic San Francisco movie theater

December 10, 2022

Conservationists' objections to proposed renovation plans for the 100-year-old Castro Theatre in San Francisco illustrate an ongoing debate about the future of historic theaters.

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Arts and Lifestyle

Pulling up ‘A Seat at the Table’: Elk Grove bookstore and cafe celebrates first anniversary

December 8, 2022 | Janelle Salanga

The Elk Grove local coffeehouse and bookstore has made itself a hub for local business partnerships, community conversations and events celebrating diversity and identity. It has a line-up of anniversary events this weekend.

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Arts and Lifestyle

What Prop. 28 funding will mean for arts education in California

December 7, 2022

Prop. 28 will provide about $1 billion each year in funding to California public schools, starting in 2023. Former Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner, a chief backer of the initiative, discusses how it will work.

NPR

Arts and Lifestyle

Maureen Corrigan's favorite books of the year: 10 disparate reads for a hectic 2022

December 1, 2022

Some years, this annual book list falls into a pattern: like stand-out memoirs or dystopian fiction. But 2022 could not be contained, and these titles sprawl all over the place in subject and form.

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Jazz

Guitarist Pasquale Grasso is feeling inspired

November 10, 2022 | Gary G. Vercelli

Since he arrived in New York City 10 years ago, Italian guitarist Pasquale Grasso has made a significant impact on the jazz scene. His incredible technique and his respect for the music’s tradition make Pasquale a unique force in interpreting bebop.

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Gabrielle Dennis loves the mystery behind her new series, 'The Big Door Prize'

March 30, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with actress Gabrielle Dennis about her new role in the Apple TV+ series The Big Door Prize.

'A Thousand and One' tells a tale of fierce maternal love under trying circumstances

March 30, 2023

A free-spirited mom, fresh from prison, kidnaps her 6-year-old from foster care, determined that her family will not be separated again in the drama A Thousand and One.

Teens share the joy, despair and anxiety of college admissions on TikTok

March 30, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with New Yorker writer Jay Caspian Kang about his latest piece, "The Particular Misery of College Admissions TikTok."

Grammy-winning jazz singer Samara Joy joins for concert and conversation

March 30, 2023

Samara Joy comes from a family of gospel singers and has been singing all her life. In February, she became the second jazz performer in Grammy history to win the award for best new artist.

Disney blocked DeSantis' oversight board. What happens next?

March 30, 2023

The board members picked by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee development around Walt Disney World announced on Tuesday that they didn't quite have the power they thought they had.

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