Easter weekend calls for warm weather. Luckily, there is plenty to do around the city. If you’re looking to make plans for Easter, there are brunches and activities to enjoy. Spring EGGstravaganza Saturday Location: 9950 Elk Grove Florin Road Hours: 8:30 – 2 p.m. Breakfast Price: $5 presale, $7 at the door and $1 for kids under 2 years old Tickets: 50 cents The Cosumnes Community Service District  will be hosting the Spring EGGstravaganza at the Oak Grove Regional Park. There will be a pancake breakfast put on by the Pride of Laguna Creek Lions Club. The breakfast will include pancakes, Canadian bacon, fruit, orange juice and coffee. There will be three seatings for breakfast at 8 a.m.

It's finally spring time in Sacramento, and what better way to celebrate than with egg hunts, yummy food, and visits from the Easter bunny! Why not continue your Easter traditions or start a new one by attending one of the events below? Alternative Adventures: It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown: Victory Life Church, Sat 9am-11:30am; Sun 4pm Join THE Actors Workshop & Integral Theatre Company for a classic, beloved story of Charlie Brown and the gang. Saturday is a special Kids' Day with snacks, craft stations, and more. 17th Annual Easter Bonnet Promenade & Spring Ball: Sacramento History Museum, Sat Promenade 11am; Ball 2pm Dress up in your favorite Easter finery & celebrate in high

The Historic Old Sacramento Foundation invites one and all to dress up in your favorite  Easter finery -- or other historic apparel -- to celebrate in high style during the 17th Annual “Living History” Easter Bonnet Promenade on Saturday, April 7, beginning at 11 a.m.  Year after year, visitors of all ages come from near and far to take a leisurely one-hour stroll through the historic boardwalks and cobblestone streets of Old Sacramento.  Women tend to get all dolled up in fanciful dresses, lovely parasols or colorful hats while attire for the gentlemen might include top hats, frock coats, vests, and trousers with a walking stick and watch fob (pocket watch) to complete the distinguished l

Spring is nearly a month in, and as April turns into May, the forecast promises warmer weather and plenty of outdoor activities, especially this weekend, as Easter is Sunday. There are plenty of ways to celebrate Easter, whether you’re looking for a traditional egg hunt or a nice place to eat Sunday Brunch. What: Southside Park Spring Egg Hunt When: Saturday, 11 a.m. - noon Where: Southside Park, 2107 Sixth St. Cost: Free With help from the Southside Park Neighborhood Association and St. John’s Baptist Church, Vineyard Church, the city of Sacramento will host the Southside Park Spring Egg Hunt, which will have a plethora of activities for the kids, including an egg hunt, face paintin

Easter is fast approaching and along with it comes the requisite egg hunts and candy-fests. Before you go snacking on the Snickers, though, you may be interested in having a good old-fashioned Easter brunch with your friends and family. If you’re looking for good food on Easter Sunday in the central city area, here are a few places offering brunch and drink specials on this special day: Tower Cafe 1518 Broadway Brunch: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dinner: 4:30 to 11 p.m. Tower Cafe’s large brunch menu includes their Famous French Toast, Eggs Tower, the Borracho Burger, and Thai steak salad. Or, try one of their specialties: a chorizo burrito with sauteed onions, garlic and dry chorizo sausage scramb

Whether you are hunting for speckled eggs or spending time with loved ones, don’t forget to stop by local eateries for their special Easter desserts this weekend. Get ready for the cuteness overload. Freeport Bakery 2966 Freeport Blvd. Freeport Bakery has a beautiful display of Easter decorations and a variety of creative and beautiful cookies, cupcakes and large cakes. You can purchase bunny, duck or Easter egg cookies in a bag, box, on a tray or by the piece. You can also purchase rich chocolate or golden buttermilk cupcakes, topped with buttercream or chocolate frosting and Easter decorations.  Each cupcake is $2.95. There are a variety of cakes available on their Easter menu, i

Judging by the blossoming trees in Capitol Park and the skyrocketing pollen count in the air, spring has sprung in Sacramento. And with this change in weather comes the ultimate springtime holiday: Easter. In honor of the occasion, The Sacramento Press hit the streets to ask travelers at the Amtrak station: How do you like to spend Easter? Bernadette Stafford, 25, a social worker from downtown Sacramento, had a unique take on how she spends Easter. “I go to my parents’ house, and we harvest stuff from our garden as a way of giving thanks to Mother Earth,” she said. “It’s totally granola hippie stuff,” she added with a laugh. Stafford said she has never actually celebrated Easter itself

Disclaimer: the contributor of this and his wife run Movies on a Big Screen, Sacramento's weekly screening series of documentaries, general independent film, classics and cult titles.  The following is blatant self-promotion of a MOBS event. On Friday, April 10, 2009, at 7:00 PM and 9:30 PM, Movies on a Big Screen will be showing, The Power of the Peep, a documentary on everyone's most loved (or loathed) Easter confection, part of which was filmed in Sacramento at the annual Peep Off. Here at MOBS, we usually screen titles prior to booking them.  This was a rare case where we did not do this, for a variety of reasons.  As it turns out, the film runs under an hour… Accordingly, we've adde

Week 14: April 6-12, What have you got for us?! Better be good... Monday 4.6 Class: Nutrition and Cancer Survival: An evening with Marlene Marcello-McKenna If you or someone you know has been touched by Cancer, you may want to hear what this woman has to say.Marlene Marcello-McKenna is a nutritional consultant and educator. She is also the author of When Hope Never Dies. Marlene is a 23-year cancer survivor of malignant melanoma. Her extraordinary road back to health has baffled the medical establishment. The National Cancer Institute has researched her recovery and decided that further study was warranted, i.e., The Best Case Series of Macrobiotic Survivors. A guest on TV and radio,