As 2018 fades all too quickly into the past, 2019 got off to a great start in Sacramento’s performing arts’ scene with a memorable concert by the Sacramento Philharmonic and a near-perfect production of an intriguing play. The concert was the first of two all-Beethoven programs (billed as a “Beethoven Festival”) at the […]
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The Real War on the Real Christmas
Have you been tracking the latest assaults on the War on Christmas? You have to know all about it if you spend any time on Fox News. Just this month, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham have devoted considerable air-time to stories like the parody of “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” that, although clearly intended as […]
Bush 41: How Should He Be Remembered?
George H. W. Bush (Bush 41) was the presidential candidate whose election I worked against. I was a full-time paid staffperson on the campaign team of Michael Dukakis, the Democratic nominee for president in 1988, and I had far from good feelings about the then Vice President. Partisan that I was, I saw Bush […]
Capital Stage Reprises Great New Holiday Play
If you are a fan of Jane Austen and have a special fondness for “Pride and Prejudice,” the current production at Capital Stage should be a must for you. “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley” is a perfect Christmas play and a perfect sequel to the story of the Bennet sisters that was introduced in Austen’s […]