The Brubeck Brothers Quartet— Dan Brubeck, Chris Brubeck, Mike DeMicco and Chuck Lamb—celebrates Dave Brubeck’s 100th birthday. Photo by Anthony Pidgeon
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n honor of the late great jazz giant Dave Brubeck’s 100th birthday, the Brubeck Brothers Quartet will present a concert Wednesday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. at the Crest Theatre on K Street. Proceeds benefit Friends of Sacramento Arts. Prior to the concert, nearly 1,000 high school jazz musicians from local
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schools will participate in a workshop with quartet members Dan and Chris Brubeck (Dave Brubeck’s sons), guitarist Mike DeMicco and pianist Chuck Lamb. The workshop will be followed by the concert featuring stories and music that celebrate Brubeck’s extraordinary life and career. Funds raised will benefit arts education programming for K–12 schoolchildren in Sacramento County through Friends of Sacramento Arts, a consortium of education, arts and community leaders founded to support the city’s Creative Edge plan. Tickets to the Brubeck Jazz Music Celebration are $10 for students and $45 for the general public. For tickets and more information, visit
friendsofsacramentoarts.org/brubeckbrothers-quartet-concert.
MCKINLEY ROSE PRUNE-A-THON The community is invited to join the McKinley Park Volunteer Corps on Saturday, Jan. 8, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the annual “prune-a-thon” in the McKinley Rose Garden. Dedicated rose lovers—or rosarians—gather each year to ready the more than 1,200 rose bushes for spring blooms. Everyone is welcome, no experience is required. Expert rosarians will teach volunteers how to prune. Help is also needed to remove
rose bush trimmings and rake in the garden. “We have more than 30 dedicated deadheading volunteers who worked hard to remove the spent blooms each week,” says Nisa Hayden, who oversees care of the garden for the nonprofit. “This kept the new blooms coming all summer long. But each year, we need more neighbors to help with this vital volunteer job.” While some equipment and garden supplies will be provided, volunteers are asked to bring a pair of garden gloves, buckets and bypass pruning shears if they have them. Be sure to wear a hat and bring water. Following the prunea-thon, workers will enjoy a hot soup lunch by Chef Jill Zenti.
