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THEATER
Saturday, March 16
7:30pm
Crest Theatre
1013 K Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
The Capitol Steps, America’s premier musical satire group, bring their new “Make America Grin Again” tour to the Crest Theatre. Following the historic mid-term elections, the “Steps” have an enormous amount of new material to make you laugh till you cry. The Capitol Steps have elevated musical satire to an art form. Before The Daily Show, Full Frontal, and The Colbert Report, this Washington, DC-based comedy troupe gave audience laugh cramps with their bipartisan lampooning. The Capitol Steps began in 1981 as a group of DC staffers who set out to satirize their employers and haven’t let up since. If you’ve been keeping with the news, you know there’s no shortage of material. It doesn’t matter if you’re right or left side of the aisle, neither side is safe from this hilarious troupe.
CapRadio’s Capitol Bureau Chief Ben Adler will introduce this lively performance.
Wednesday, March 20 – Sunday, April 28
Sacramento Theatre Company
1419 H Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Based on a memoir by Eva Rutland, this world premiere tells the story of one family’s experience with integration in post-World War II Sacramento. When a black mother moves to 91Porn from the segregated south with her husband and children, the family must confront what it’s like to be the first black household on the block, the only black children at school, and how to continue to love those with different ideologies — even when they live under your own roof.
At once timely, poignant and funny, this production continues STC’s commitment to produce new works with local relevance.
Saturday, March 16 – Sunday, April 7
The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts
2700 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95816
E.B. White’s beloved children’s story is adapted for the stage in this delightful, colorful production. When Wilbur the pig is befriended by a small spider named Charlotte, the friendship sets off a series of events that turn Wilbur from the runt of his litter to “Some Pig.”
MUSIC
Thursday, March 14
7pm
Ace of Spades
1417 R Street, Sacramento, CA 95811
This Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican alternative rock band has achieved success in Mexico and most Spanish-speaking countries. Their sound is influenced by The Beatles, as well as 1990’s Britpop and Seattle grunge.
Friday, March 15
8pm
The Palms Playhouse
13 Main Street, Winters, CA 95694
Grammy Award-winning musician Laurie Lewis is internationally renowned as a singer, songwriter, fiddler, bandleader, producer and educator. She has twice been voted “Female Vocalist of the Year” by the International Bluegrass Music Association and has won the respect and admiration of her peers. With Tom Rozum on mandolin and vocals, Patrick Sauber on banjo and vocals, Brandon Godman on fiddle and Sam Grisman on bass and occasional vocals, The Right Hands specialize in that good old-time Berkeley hillbilly sound. Their 2016 album, “The Hazel and Alice Sessions,” was nominated for a Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album of 2016. A pioneering woman in bluegrass, Laurie has paved the way for many young women today, always guided by her own love of traditional music and the styles of her heroes that came before.
Saturday, March 16
8pm
Golden 1 Center
547 L Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
He’s a musician, songwriter, author, actor and businessman. But, Jimmy Buffett is best known, of course, for his music, which often portrays an “island escapism” lifestyle. This concert is part of Buffett’s “Son of A Son Of A Sailor” Tour 2019.
Sunday, March 17
2pm
Harris Center
10 College Parkway, Folsom, CA 95630
There’s no better way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, says The Irish News and Entertainment, than with a "great celebration of Ireland and its rich culture!" Featuring principal dancer Connor Reider (The Chieftains, Celtic Fyre, Celtic Wings, An Irish Christmas) and four multi-instrumentalists from the Kerry Traditional Band (Ryan McKasson, Colin Cotter, Christa Burch and Preston Howard-Wilde). Fiddles, uilleann pipes, bodhran, guitar, vocals and flutes will ring through the theatre as the band shares its passion for the traditional music of Ireland.
Sunday, March 17
7pm
Mondavi Center
Old Davis Road & Mrak Hall Drive, Davis, CA 95616
Get ready for great craic at the Mondavi Center’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration! The evening starts off with a pre-concert beer tasting in the Yocha Dehe Lobby, and then the celebration ramps up with the Mondavi Center debut of JigJam. This powerhouse quartet from the heart of the midlands blends traditional Irish music with bluegrass and Americana for a concoction all their energetic own. Following JigJam, is Grammy Award–winner Eileen Ivers, one of the great innovators and pioneers in the Celtic and world music genres. Her list of accomplishments is dizzying and her stage show “electrifies the crowd with a dazzling show of virtuoso playing” (The Irish Times).
Bachathon - Presented by American Guild of Organists - Sacramento Chapter
Sunday, March 17
2–6賾
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Church
2620 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95816
Come and celebrate J.