JazzHighlights Worth Hearing From The Excellence In Jazz ArchivesApril 30, 2018In celebration of International Jazz Day on April 30, we've plumbed the Excellence In Jazz archives for highlights from features we've done over the years, from interviews with Jimmy Smith and Joey Alexander to the story behind "Take Five."
Arts and LifestyleNew Production Of 'South Pacific' Puts Focus On Race And RomanceApril 26, 2018 | Jeff HudsonCommunity Asian Theater of the Sierra is reviving the classic musical, but the show by the region’s only Asian American theater group raises points that were surely important to Rodgers and Hammerstein when they wrote the show nearly 70 years ago. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezLife In Southern France Is Exactly What It Sounds Like: Good Food, Good Wine, Good CultureApril 26, 2018Georgeanne Brennan talks about her new book, inspired by her life in the southern French countryside. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezSierra Poetry Festival Features Voices In An 'Ordinary Light'April 25, 2018 | Cody DrabbleExecutive Director of the Nevada County Arts Council and poet Marcelo Hernandez Castillo preview the Sierra Poetry Festival. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezMichael Wallis Shares Donner Party Book 'The Best Land Under Heaven'April 25, 2018 | Cody DrabbleAuthor Michael Wallis shares his book “The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny.” Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezSacramento Speaks Out On Creative EdgeApril 24, 2018A final town hall for an initiative to gather information and set priorities for Sacramento's arts and creative economy was held Monday night. We hear what will happen next. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezYoung Actor Lights Up The Stage At Sacramento Theatre CompanyApril 24, 2018Miller Traum is a 10-year-old actor making a name for himself at the Sacramento Theatre Company. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezTiny Desk Contest Winner Announced; Davis Musician Lillian Frances PerformsApril 24, 2018There were more than 700 entries from California alone in this year's popular NPR music video contest. We'll hear music from the winner, Naia Izumi, and Davis-based entrant Lillian Frances. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezAuthor Steve Almond On The 'Bad Stories' Americans Tell ThemselvesApril 23, 2018 | Jen PicardSteve Almond’s new book “Bad Stories: What Just Happened To Our Country” looks at how the stories Americans have been telling themselves about their history misses the truth and leads them to delusion. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezBoston Marathon Bombing Survivors Share Children's Book About Rescue, Their Service DogApril 23, 2018 | Cody DrabbleRescue isn't just a black lab, he's a service dog who changed the life of his owner Jessica Kensky and her husband Patrick Downes. The 2013 Boston Marathon bombing survivors explain their connection to Rescue. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
