TO DO

THIS MONTH'S CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS

By Jessica Laskey

The Art of Friendship

ARTHOUSE Gallery

June 10–July 3

Second Saturday Reception, June 10, 5–8 p.m. 1021 R St. • arthouseonr.com

This exhibit features two- and three-dimensional sculptural ceramics and mixed media art by longstanding artist collective Mud Mavens. Artists include Marcia Smith, Vicki Sarantopulos, Jose Pacheco, Paul Klein, Michele Fisher, Michael Chiechi, Lisa Culjis and Jill Kennedy.

Community Band Festival

Sacramento Valley Symphonic Band Association

Saturday, June 3, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.

Sunday, June 4, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.

Carmichael Park, 5750 Grant Ave. • svsba.net

With 19 bands and ensembles, this is one of the largest community band festivals in California. Bring the kids, a picnic, lawn chairs and a sun hat, and enjoy two lovely days of free music.

Stories on Stage Sacramento

Friday, June 9, 7 p.m.

The Auditorium at CLARA, 1425 24th St. • storiesonstagesacramento.org

This award-winning literary performance series presents an evening of new work by former series directors Valerie Fioravanti, Sue Staats, Shelley Blanton-Stroud and Dorothy Rice, read aloud by professional actors. Tickets are $15, or $30 for a pass to the final three events of the season.

Plant Show & Sale

Sacramento Bromeliad and Carnivorous Plant Society

Saturday, June 17, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Sunday June 18, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd. facebook.com/groups/641295969596002

This free event features exotic, tropical and hungry plants from all over the world. Experts are on hand to answer questions and help you pick a plant to bring home.

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

Celebration Arts

June 2–25

2727 B St. • celebrationarts.net

This play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage takes audiences back to the Golden Age of Hollywood. General admission is $23; seniors and students are $21.

Twilight on the Bufferlands

Regional San

June 8, July 12, Aug. 10, Sept. 20, 6:30–9 p.m.

8521 Laguna Station Road, Elk Grove • regionalsan.com/bufferlands

Exploring Central Valley habitats at dusk, visitors have a chance to see beavers, river otters, muskrats, raccoons, owls and more. Advanced registration is required one week prior to event.

Carmichael Summer Concert Series

Carmichael Recreation and Park District

Saturday, June 17 and 24, 6:30–8:30 p.m.

Carmichael Park, 5750 Grant Ave., Carmichael carmichaelpark.com/summer-concerts-series-2023

Get ready to dance to the pop music of Kicks (June 17) and rock/blues tunes of Jax Hammer (June 24) at these free concerts. Picnics, blankets and lawn chairs are welcome. Concerts continue through August.

Jurassic World Live Tour

Golden 1 Center

June 30–July 2

500 David J. Stern Walk • jurassicworldlivetour.com

This exhilarating and unpredictable show brings the iconic Jurassic World franchise to life with more than 24 life-size dinosaurs operated by animatronics and performers. Tickets are $15–$90.

Mortality Census Schedules

Genealogical Association of Sacramento

Wednesday, June 21, 11:30 a.m.

Belle Cooledge Library, 5600 South Land Park Drive • gensac.org

Speaker Stephanie West reveals tips and tricks for searching the Mortality Census Schedules, “an underutilized resource.” Admission is free.

Films With Friends

Friends of Sutter’s Fort

Saturday, June 10

Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park, 2701 L St. • suttersfort.org

Projected on the exterior wall of the fort, Watch Disney’s “Newsies” is based on the New York City newsboy strike of 1899. Bring blankets and chairs (no alcohol). Find your spot at 7 p.m. Movie begins at 8 p.m.

Carmichael Streng home nestled in a sleepy neighborhood along the American River. Sunken living room with hardwood

Stunning Land Park Modern by Robert Powell in College Tract. & impressive in all ways.

Charming Woodlake Tudor charming details. Boulevard Park Bungalow sionally designed gardens. Oversized garage & skylit workshop. Midtown Luxury Loft Thank

Koi Festival

Camellia Koi Club

Saturday, June 24, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

McKinley Park, 601 Alhambra Blvd., picnic area along H Street • camelliakoi.org

Learn about keeping, raising and breeding koi with club experts. Join the club and receive a Tosai koi for your home pond.

Sacramento French Film Festival

June 9–11

Tower Theatre, 2508 Land Park Drive • sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org

“The Night of the 12th” by Dominik Moll, winner of the 2023 César Awards (considered the French Oscars), opens the festival. Next up are eight short and feature films.

Estampas de la Raza: Contemporary Prints from the Romo Collection and Royal Chicano Air Force

Crocker Art Museum

June 25–Oct. 1

216 O St. • crockerart.org

Featuring 73 screen prints and lithographs made between 1980 and 2010, this exhibit highlights a vital segment of contemporary American art.

Desire Paths: Marie Thibeault and Patrick Brien

Axis Gallery

June 3–25

Panel Conversation, Saturday, June 10, 3:30–4:30 p.m.; Reception 5–8 p.m. 625 S St. • axisgallery.org

This two-person exhibit of contemporary paintings examines abstracted notions of the landscape in response to the artists’ regions and experiences, both seen and unseen.

Community Indigo Dip Dye Day

Sacramento Center for the Textile Arts

Saturday, June 24, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

Art Elephant Sale

Saturday, June 24, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.

Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd. • sactextilearts.org

Participants have the opportunity to dye a bandana or piece of cotton. Cost is $15 and dye time slots should be reserved online. Also find great deals at the Art Elephant Sale, a swap-meet of art supplies and craft materials.

James Hartman

PBS KVIE Gallery

June 6–Aug. 4

2030 West El Camino Ave. • kvie.org

The artist’s bold regional landscapes, created using a palette knife and brushwork, are influenced by Dutch masters and the Bay Area’s “Society of Six” painters.

William Peterson, Kiny McCarrick and Sean Royal

Archival Gallery

June 1–24

Second Saturday Reception, June 10, 5–8 p.m.

3223 Folsom Blvd. • archivalgallery.com

Peterson presents a mixed-media series of real estate parcel maps embellished with period headlines and advertisements. McCarrick extends her inspiration to the natural world with embroidered landscapes. Royal shares his collection of colorful landscapes of Death Valley in a series of mixed-media panels.

Wide Open Spaces Waterworks by John Angell

Elk Grove Fine Arts Center

June 3-22

First Saturday Reception, June 3, 4–7 p.m.

9683 Elk Grove Florin Road • elkgrovefineartscenter.org

This annual show features artwork inspired by nature. Angell’s series of photographic encaustic work is in the Foyer Gallery.

Kismet: Stephanie Pierson and Tommy McKeith

Twisted Track Gallery

June 1–July 1

Second Saturday Reception, June 10, 5–8 p.m.

1730 12th St. • (916) 639-0436

Pierson’s collages use images of women from glossy magazines to create new, original work of the female persona. McKeith’s colorful multimedia and pen-and-ink drawings are full of allegory, historical imagery and mythology.

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