Master Barber Shop was established in 1958 and was acquired by Earlie D. and Mary Brown in December of 1974. During that time, the shop was located on Stockton Blvd. and 7th Ave. Since those early days, Master Barber & Beauty Shop, has had several locations. Each location being better than the last. In 1989, sons Rodney and Marichal, joined the family business. The late owner and master barber, Earlie D. Brown, established business in the hair industry in the mid 1940's with Brown's Barber Shop (two locations, San Francisco and Marin City). What started out as nothing more than a dream and a dime and a nail in his pocket has turned into a family business. He died in February 1998. Mary Br

 B Street Theatre's new production, "The Conductor: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad," is a great experience. The play, which is part of B Street Theatre's Family Series, made its debut in time for Black History Month. It tells the story of Harriet Tubman as she helps a slave, Jeremiah, escape to freedom in 1850s America. Jerry Montoya authored this B Street Theatre original production. "The Conductor" was written with children in mind, but that doesn't mean it is dumbed down. Instead, it portrays the struggles of being a slave in a way that is easy to understand and accessible for young viewers but is harrowing and intense enough that the experience is not diminished. This m

You might have heard of Sacramento's dinner theaters: Suspects Dinner Theatre aboard the Delta King, Tommy T's Comedy and Dinner Theatre and the recently closed Garbeau's Dinner Theatre. So after attending dinner theater, why not stop by Sacramento's only dessert theater? "As far as I know, we're the only one in the world," said Thomas Kelly, Thistle Dew Dessert Theatre owner, founder and artistic director. Kelly, now a retired copy/printshop owner, was a playwright for about 20 years before he opened the theater in 1996. In 1992, he and his wife Eleanor Lediard purchased the 1894 Victorian, 1901 P St., where the theatre is housed. "It had been a drug house before we got it, totally tr

It was a solemn scene with chains and bars accompanied only by candlelight. A spotlight and a single pirouette performed flawlessly by one of the male troupe members accompanied by a Spanish song set the mood of the Music Circus sensation The Man of La Mancha. The setting was that of a prison where Miguel de Cervantes, also known as Don Quixote, played by Walter Charles, told his story of love and never giving up on your dreams as a defense in a mock trial held by the prisoners, to save his beloved manuscript from destruction. The first act was full of witty puns and adult humor describing Quixote, a wise man who is a little mad, accompanied by his loyal servant Sancho, played by Kevin

Swiss explorer John Sutter named portions of Sacramento including Sutter's Fort "Nueva Helvetia" in the year 1840. As of January 2009, Sacramento has a new "New Helvetia" -- only this one is a theater company designed to provide Sacramento with a unique and intimate theater experience and an opportunity to revisit a classic American Musicals. Its mission: to rediscover hidden gems of musical theater, and to be a birthplace for new musicals and plays. In addition, the theater staff wants to have the educational outreach to build a new generation of theater-goers. Nonprofit status still pending approval, the group was founded by a young NYU graduate Connor Mikiewicz, who studied musical th

On Friday night, the stage came to life with "Children of Light," a Greek drama about Elektra (Brittaleigha Baskerville), the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra (Janis Stevens, who also directed). The play is writer Rick Foster's somewhat modernized take on Elektra's story of love, power and murder and he has injected just enough modern wit and sarcasm so that the audience can connect with the play, which is set in ancient Greece. The story of Elektra and her family has been told by the Greeks for centuries and it is Euripides' version that most interested Foster. He explores her loyalty to her father as she plots the murder of her mother (the Queen), who murdered Elektra'

     CSUS will be presenting the “Vagina Monologues” in the University Union on Feb. 19, 20 and 21st. This is the 8th year the monologues will be performed.      Eve Ensler, a playwright and feminist, wrote The Vagina Monologues. The monologues are a compilation of interviews with hundreds of women on their views of sex, relationships, and violence. The monologues cover issues that range from child birth to the lost women of Juarez, Mexico. The Vagina Monologues are the heart of V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls.      The monologues are only performed between Feb. 1st and March 31st and the proceeds go to programs that work to end violence against women and g