GRAPEFRUIT

Pucker up: This citrus fruit is tart and tangy. It’s rich in vitamin C and the antioxidant lycopene. It comes in white, pink and red varieties.

To eat: Broil grapefruit slices until warm for a quick, healthful dessert.

Broadwaysacramento.com

This sweeping musical portrait of early twentieth century America tells the story of three families in the pursuit of the American Dream.

Content Guide: This musical is a look at the early 20th century American experience through the eyes of upper-class whites, Harlem blacks and recent immigrants. An entertaining and moving work, it contains moments of realistic violence and racial slurs.

Rent

Aug 22 – Aug 27

Presented by Broadway At Music Circus

UC Davis Health Pavillion

1419 H St, Sac 916-557-1999

Broadwaysacramento.com

Set in the East Village of New York City, the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that shaped a generation of audiences is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Featuring songs that rock and a story that resonates with audiences of all ages, RENT has become a pop cultural phenomenon.

Content Guide: Set in New York City’s East Village in the early era of the AIDS epidemic, the musical contains adult language and content, and references to drugs and mild violence.

The 2023 New Comedies Festival

Aug 17 – Aug 20

Presented by B Street Theatre – Mainstage at The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts

2700 Capitol Ave, Sac 916-443-5300

B Street Theatre’s New Comedies Festival is back! For this fourth annual festival, they asked playwrights from across the country to submit their best brand new, unproduced comedies. After more than 400 submissions and several rounds of review by dozens of script readers, we’ve chosen the top four to receive live staged readings for the first time in our Voris Mainstage Theatre! At least one of these new comedies will be chosen to receive a full B Street Theatre Mainstage production for the 2024 Season! You can see the selected piece from last year’s festival on the Mainstage this summer from July 5th to August 15th – Sarah Groustra’s steamy, heartwarming and hilarious INSERTION. In addition to INSERTION, B Street will produce two additional plays from last year’s festival including RESCUE ME by Company Members Peter Story and Tara Sissom and COSMO ST. CHARLES IS DEAD AND SOMEONE IN THIS ROOM KILLED HIM by Nicole Zimmerer.

The Old Man And The Old Moon

Thru Aug 20

Presented by Green Valley Theatre Company at Big Idea Theatre 1616 Del Paso Blvd, Sac Greenvalleytheatre.com

The Old Man and The Old Moon Book, Music, and Lyrics by PigPen Theatre Co. The Old Man has kept his post as the sole caretaker of the moon for as long as he (or his wife, the Old Woman) can remember. When she is drawn away by a mysterious melody sparking memories of their shared past, the Old Man must decide between duty (and routine) and love (and adventure). Luckily for audiences, he chooses the latter, and what follows is an imaginative sea-faring epic, encompassing apocalyptic storms, civil wars, leviathans of the deep, and cantankerous ghosts, as well as the fiercest obstacle of all: change. Storytelling is enhanced by puppetry, music (with actors playing instruments and singing), shadow, projected light, found objects, and Green Valley’s signature brand of funky, unique spectacle. This whimsical production is intended for adults but appropriate for all ages.

Nature Would Like a Word…

ARTHOUSE Gallery

Aug. 10–Sept. 5

Opening Reception Saturday, Aug. 12, 6–9 p.m.

1021 R. St. • arthouseonr.com

This exhibition features the earthy and elemental narratives of ceramicist, installation artist, painter and teacher Marsha Schindler.

Membership Medley

Blue Line Arts

Through Aug. 26

405 Vernon St., Roseville • bluelinearts.org

Celebrate the artists who support the gallery in an exhibition that brings together emerging and established artists showing works in a variety of mediums, including oil, watercolor, acrylic and ceramic.

Mother Juliet and Her Romeo

Celebration Arts

Aug. 4–27

2727 B St. • celebrationarts.net

In this tragic tale of love, beautiful elders Romeo and Mother Juliet must fight their family’s generational feud in the Louisiana bayou.

Dennis Wilson

PBS KVIE Gallery

Aug. 8–Oct. 13

Artist Reception Tuesday, Aug. 15, 5–7 p.m.

2030 West El Camino Ave. • kvie.org

This exhibition features more than 20 colorful paintings from 2022 PBS KVIE Art Auction Best of Show winner Dennis Wilson, who developed his own style with a nod to Andrew Wyeth after taking classes in color design and theory.

Tales & Ales Brewfest

Fairytale Town

Saturday, Aug. 26, 5–9 p.m.

3901 Land Park Drive • fairytaletown.org tourism

This family-friendly fundraiser is filled with live music, food trucks, raffle prizes and an unlimited pouring of craft brews, ciders and wines. Tickets are $45 for general admission, $40 for members; $10 for children ages 12 and younger, $5 for members; free for children younger than 2.

66 Consumes

67 Night crawler on a hook, e.g.

68 Pot for slow cooking

69 Syllabic jazz singing

70 Favorable votes

71 Distributes, with “out” DOWN

1 Pronounce “sorry” as “thorry,” maybe

2 Tooth trouble

3 Thanksgiving desserts

4 “Sleepless in ___”

5 Make a mistake

6 Himalayan ethnic group

7 Where to sign?

8 Clumsy people

9 Poem of tribute

10 Become a sailor

11 Plant that tastes like licorice

12 Brown ermine

13 Koi habitats

18 Circumstance’s partner 19 “Deja Vu” folk-rock quartet: Abbr. 24 Car 25 Doing nothing

41 ___ a living

44 Most questionable

47 Start without a car key

49 Alan who hosted “Scientific American Frontiers”

50 Sounds of wet landings

51 Soft powder

52 Country singer LeAnn

53 Father of Jacob and Esau

54 Orange soda brand

57 “Don’t go!”

58 Fourth-largest Great Lake

60 Holler’s partner

61 Fairy tale’s first word

62 Requests 64 “More info coming” initials 65 Old film channel

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Monster Jam

Golden 1 Center

August 11–13

500 David J. Stern Walk • golden1center.com

Watch world champion athletes and their 12,000-pound monster trucks tear up the dirt in competitions of speed and skill. Tickets are $15–$104.

Architecture & Stained Glass Tours

Pioneer Congregational Church

Saturday, Aug. 5, noon

2700 L St. • pioneerucc.org

Get an intimate look at the beautiful and historic Pioneer Congregational Church on tours offered the first Saturday of each month.

Sweet on the Eye

The Art Studios

Saturday, Aug. 12, 4–9 p.m.

1727 I St. • theartstudiossacramento.com

Enjoy ice cream paintings by resident artist Kevin Wilhite, doughnut paintings by fellow resident Chris Jonas and abstract art by Carlo Joaquin. Dessert vendors will be on hand to purchase the real deal.

Harvest Day

UC Master Gardeners of Sacramento County

Saturday, Aug. 5, 8 a.m.–2 p.m.

Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd. • sacmg.ucanr.edu

Spend the day outdoors enjoying expert garden presentations, educational tables, goods from specialty merchants and food vendors at this free event.

Top 40

Archival Gallery

Aug. 3–26

Second Saturday Celebration Aug. 12, 5–8 p.m.

3223 Folsom Blvd. • archivalgallery.com

Celebrate the gallery’s 40 years in Sacramento with an exhibition featuring 40 artists who have been an important part of the gallery’s growth from frame shop to fine art dealer.

BIG Art & Dwight Head

Elk Grove Fine Arts Center

Aug. 5–24

First Saturday Reception Aug. 5, 4–7 p.m.

9683 Elk Grove Florin Road • elkgrovefineartscenter.org

BIG Art fills the walls of the main gallery with oversized landscape, still life and figurative paintings. In the Foyer Gallery, Dwight Head presents “Draw a Rumor,” a collection of figurative surreal paintings.

Wild About Harry—A Tribute to Harry James

Twin Lotus Thai

Sunday, Aug. 20, 5 p.m. & 7 p.m.

8345 Folsom Blvd. • twinlotusthai.com

Sacramento trumpeter Tony Marvelli echoes Harry James’ legendary stylings in tunes from the ‘30s and ‘40s. Susan Skinner on vocals, Joe Gilman on piano and Shelley Denny on bass complete the quartet. Reservations required.

Small Business Mixer

California Black Chamber of Commerce

Friday, Aug. 4, 5:30–8:30 p.m.

Seasons 52, 1689 Arden Way • calbcc.org

Whether you’re looking to make new connections, learn about local resources or enjoy a fun evening with like-minded people, this mixer is the place to be. Admission is free for members and non-members.

Hard Rock Live

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sacramento at Fire Mountain

Trombone Shorty with Mavis Staples, Aug. 3, 8 p.m.

W.A.S.P., Aug. 5, 8 p.m.

Donny Osmond, Aug. 9, 8 p.m.

Bronco, Aug. 12, 8 p.m.

Sebastian Maniscalco, Aug. 19, 7 and 10 p.m.

Billy Currington, Aug. 25, 8 p.m.

3317 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland hardrockhotelsacramento.com/entertainment/hard-rock-live

Check out the August lineup at the region’s newest entertainment venue. Tickets are $29–$395.

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Community Events INSIDE OUT

1. Ben Ali Temple Shrine Band musicians (from left) Tip Kindel, Steve Slinkard and Allan Harder serenade Isabel Darling and mom Amanda during a Community Band Festival at Carmichael Park.

2. Carmichael’s Boy Scout Troop 55 celebrates its 100th anniversary in Carmichael Park.

3. (From left) Kyle Niver, Eva Kuhl and Karey Stone join throngs awaiting fireworks at La Sierra Community Center. The Red White and Blue Celebration is sponsored by Carmichael and Mission Oaks park districts.

4. Musician Grant Parker (front center with trumpet) organizes the Community Band Festival’s 50th annual blowout and leads a performance by the Fred Morgan Big Band.

5. Carmichael Chamber of Commerce President Izzy DeLancey (right) is Grand Marshal of the Carmichael Elks July 4 Parade. She is joined by husband Jeff, and Amanda, Tyler, Hailee and Hunter DeLancey.

6. County Supervisor Rich Desmond (right) joins Troop 55 leader Chuck Coyle and Cub Scouts William and Frederick Coyle at the centenary picnic event.