Now that we are fully one-third of the way into 2018, I have finally been able to see all of the movies nominated for the major Academy Awards (best picture, the four best acting categories, best directing and the two best screenplay categories).  Living in a second/third market city (Sacramento) has the drawback of […]

               Love him or hate him.  There doesn’t seem to be a middle ground with the current president of the United States.  Americans are decisively split in their views of Donald Trump.  Last week I offered my list of the reasons those who love Trump are unshakeable in their […]

               Love him or hate him.  There doesn’t seem to be a middle ground with the current president of the United States.  Americans are decisively split in their views of Donald Trump.  About a third of the country loves him, and most of the rest of the country can’t abide him.  (A small percentage is […]

At a time when orchestral choral music is becoming an artifact, the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra (SCSO) continues to keep alive the great choral works of classical music.  The organization’s “European Masterworks” concert last Saturday night (before a capacity audience at the Community Center Theater) was a challenging and exciting program that was perfectly […]