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Good eats abound at jazz festival

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Published May 31, 2010 at 5:28 p.m.

Loyal attendees of the Sacramento Jazz Festival and Jubilee love the diverse music and upbeat crowd, of course. But perhaps of nearly equal importance to them are their favorite foods and drinks, which they depend on year after year ... So let's address first what we bet will be the most pressing question about the food scene at this year's festival: Will there be grilled oysters? ... Due to circumstances, the No. 1 favorite Jubilee food came close to being taken off the menu last year when the

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Event: All Ages Yoga and Creative Movement at ArtBeast, Wed, Jun 9 11:30a

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Published May 27, 2010 at 1:14 p.m.

A fun-filled and enriching class ensured to engage your young ones in exploring yoga, dance and music. This class is a wonderful way for children to begin practicing self expression in a healthy and creative way! Teacher: Jenna Maggard ...

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Event: The Cloud Foundation Fundraiser for Wild Horse/Burro Preservation at BrickHouse Art Gallery, Wed, Jun 9 6:00p

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Published May 25, 2010 at 12:43 p.m.

Speaker: Ginger Kathrens, Emmy-award winning filmmaker and founder of The Cloud Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to protecting wild horse herds on their public lands, will speak about the important work of saving the Mustangs and Wild Burros, as well as her latest work, “Cloud, Challenge of the Stallions.” Included: Hors d'oeuvres, Wine, Dessert, Silent Auction and Music Event sponsorships: Wild Burro Sponsorship $250 Wild Mustang Sponsorship $350 Pryor Mustang Sponsorship $500 ...

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Museum to pay tribute to slain official Harvey Milk

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Published May 16, 2010 at 12:57 p.m.

Sacramento will honor Harvey Milk this evening at the California Museum ... Milk, the first openly gay elected official in California, was assassinated in San Francisco's City Hall in 1978 ... Last year, California lawmakers designated May 22 "Harvey Milk Day." ... From 5:30 to 7 p.m., there will be a VIP reception and "Tribute to Harvey," based on the play "Dear Harvey." ... From 7 to 10 p.m., there will be a general public celebration, including open bar, hors d'oeuvres, and music by the

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Art review: Theophilus Brown collages at Sacramento gallery

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Published May 16, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Theophilus Brown's abstract collages mark a new style for the Bay Area painter ... All kinds of things can happen when you are making a painting, many of them bad. But then there is the happy accident, the kind that opens a new realm of endeavor. Such an accident led illustrious Bay Area figurative painter Theophilus Brown to the start of a new series of abstract collages ... "I was painting one day," said Brown on the telephone from his studio in San Francisco, "and I noticed a place on my

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Many baseball players use music for introductions

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Published May 23, 2010 at 10:39 a.m.
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The bossa nova beat, rapped gently on a Gretsch mod orange drum set, cuts through the cool AT&T Park air in a quick 4/4 time ... You know the day destroys the night, ... Night divides the day … ... Two measures later, in perfect syncopation, the Fender/Rhodes piano bass and Vox Continental organ join in, followed by the Gibson SG electric guitar's evocative riff ... Tried to run, Tried to hide … ... Then, descending from the ether and settling upon the diamond, the feral and haunted voice of

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Victoria Dalkey: 'Brilliant Earth' rocks eyes, ears at Roseville's Blue Line Gallery

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Published May 21, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Judi Stickney's "Sentinel," a sculpture of sandstone, bronze and steel. It's in the "Brilliant Earth" exhibit at the Blue Line Gallery in Roseville ... Deanna Marsh and Judi Stickney have taken a rocky road to art ... Marsh and Stickney, both rockhounds, are the featured artists in "Brilliant Earth," a show on the beauty of nature at Blue Line Gallery in Roseville ... They use natural materials, ranging from geodes and petrified bamboo to semiprecious stones such as lapis lazuli and amethyst

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Dining review: House Kitchen & Bar sees a future on Capitol Mall

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Published May 11, 2010 at 10:49 a.m.
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Server Desiree Bush prepares to deliver a meal at House Kitchen & Bar ... Let's see. Open a restaurant in a part of downtown that's pretty much empty after 5 p.m. Have floor-to-ceiling windows so everyone can look out at how dead it is. Create a menu that is decidedly lowbrow, largely unadventurous and moderately affordable. Feature a dish that involves impaling a chicken carcass with a can of beer ... Sit back and watch the money roll in ... If I were a banker and someone came to me with a

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Mother's Day offers opportunities to make her smile

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Published May 6, 2010 at 7:49 p.m.

Sunday is Mother's Day ... The weather should be a balmy 70 degrees with a few puffy clouds skittering across the sky. So take mom out and help her enjoy it. We've got some suggestions: ... 1 ... Start the celebration a day early. The Fountains at Roseville is hosting a Mother's Day fashion show at 2 p.m. Saturday ... The spring preview show will feature apparel and accessories from independent boutiques such as Serendipity, Crush, Madam Butterfly Mini Boutique, SWAK, Bellybou, Posh Punkins and

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Panel postpones vote on Crocker children's art program

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Published May 5, 2010 at 11:08 a.m.

Second thoughts and personal anguish among First 5 Sacramento commissioners delayed a decision Monday over a controversial public spending proposal involving the Crocker Art Museum ... The commission postponed a formal vote on the museum's plan to spend $566,000 in tobacco-tax money on exhibits and programs aimed at young children. The money is collected statewide under Proposition 10, approved by voters in 1998 to fund programs for the healthy development of children 5 and under ... But as word

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