Insight With Vicki GonzalezCrocker Art Museum Concludes End Of "Adult Summer CAMP!" Series Sept. 1August 30, 2016The Crocker Art Museum will conclude its "Adult Summer CAMP!" series Thursday with. With us to talk about the end is historian and film lover Jacob Greenberg. He'll go over the community's reaction to the summer-long series. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
JazzRudy Van Gelder, Definitive Jazz Recording Engineer, Has DiedAugust 26, 2016The man who captured hundreds of jazz's greatest recordings — by Miles Davis and John Coltrane, Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock — died Thursday at his home studio. He was 91.
Arts and LifestyleTheatre Review: A Novel Musical Twist On Hugo's Classic 'The Hunchback Of Notre Dame'August 25, 2016 | Jeff HudsonSacramento’s Music Circus is staging a Disney musical based on the Victor Hugo classic, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame." It features a talented deaf actor and a classically-trained singer sharing the title role. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezLocal Author Draws Literary Material From Personal ExperiencesAugust 25, 2016 | Cody DrabbleLocal author Jodi Angel, who is best known for her short stories, will share excerpts from her newest memoir at Stories on Stage this week. We’ll talk with Angel about how she mines her life experiences for literary material. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleBeauty In Progress: Mural Artists Leave Their Mark On Sacramento AlleysAugust 24, 2016 | Melody StoneThis week, international and local artists are taking over blank walls in Sacramento’s Midtown and Downtown Neighborhoods and transforming buildings into landmarks. It’s all part of the first Sacramento Mural Festival. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezThe Hunchback Of Notre Dame Makes Debut At Music CircusAugust 24, 2016Glenn Casale, director of the Music Circus production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, joins Insight Wednesday to talk about the Northern California premiere of this Victor Hugo-inspired piece and how Quasimodo is played by deaf actor John McGinty. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezProfessional Dancers Unite For Performance-Packed Evening At Crest TheaterAugust 23, 2016An independent collective of professional dancers is returning to the Crest Theatre this weekend with an evening of world premieres. For Tuesday's Insight, we’ll talk with members of the Capital Dance Project about the collective. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleTheatre Review: 'The Last Lifeboat' Examines Drama Behind The Sinking Of The TitanicAugust 22, 2016 | Jeff HudsonMain Street Theatre Works in Jackson is staging this drama about the Titanic. It raises the morally challenging question: if you were on a crippled ocean liner about to go down… what would you do? Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezWeek-Long Mural Festival Comes To SacramentoAugust 15, 2016 | Cody DrabbleFor a little over a week artists from Sacramento and around the world are taking over walls in alleys and on streets and transforming boring concrete structures into works of art. We'll talk to the people behind Sacramento's first mural festival. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezNew Cocktail Book Joins Mix Of Sacramento-Based RecipesAugust 15, 2016Just in time for the start of Sacramento Cocktail Week comes a new cookbook dedicated to Sacramento cocktails and the mixologists behind them. Authors Garrett McCord and Callista Polhemus join us to talk about how the book came to be. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
