There are many holiday traditions that we all have and share. A tradition held by many around the world is listening to, participating in or performing “The Nutcracker.” Friday night the Sacramento Ballet hosted “Inside the Director’s Studio, Through the Dancer's Eye: The Nutcracker,” where dancers talked about “The Nutcracker” and shared their personal points of view. Artistic director Ron Cunningham welcomed guests to the event, saying the dancers would talk about their experiences and how they prepare for shows. Cunningham also called the audience’s attention to a Sacramento Ballet calendar featuring the photography of resident photographer Keith Sutter. Cunningham noted that the cal

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Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com. Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events Running through January 2012: Bingo The Winning Musical at Cosmopolitan Cabaret at 10th & K street in Sacramento. Shows at various times. Tickets are $32.00- $48.00. Friday, October 14th: Journey with Foreigner & Night Ranger at Sleeptrain Amphitehatre. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $30.00 - $280.00. Saturday, october 15th & Sunday, October 16th: Sacramento Philharmonic presents Rachmaninoff featuring pianist Olga Kern. SAT at Sacramento Communit Center Theatre at 8PM. SUN at Thr

The Crocker Art Museum will present a French Impressionist-style Garden Party on Thursday, Sept. 8, from 5 to 9 p.m. Inspired by the exhibition “Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism,” the evening will feature Impressionist music, art activities, and more in the Museum’s picturesque E. Kendell Davis Courtyard. Guests can try their hand at “pétanque,” an outdoor game similar to horseshoes, or drawing “plein-air” style on studio easels. Artist Sarma Karsiere will lead drawing sessions and demonstrate Impressionist pastel techniques. Members of the Alliance Française de Sacramento, who are co-presenting the Garden Party, will also showcase poetry from the Impressionist era as well as ori

On Friday, May 27, the Crest Theatre hosted a CD release show for “Hands Up,” by Pastor Alonzo G. Morris. Guests included the Paradise Mass Choir from Paradise Baptist Church of Sacramento, the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra and Lenny Williams. “Hands Up,” a labor of love two years in the making, was produced by Derek “DOA” Allen and features talents such as Pam Hunt, Pastor Terrell Jones, Teddy Cross and Pam Odem. Tickets for the event were $15. The price included the three hour concert and a copy of “Hands Up.” Part of the proceeds from the event went to the Ronald McDonald House which serves about 1,000 children and families in the Sacramento area each year. The night started off

The Sacramento Opera managed to collect more than $20,000 in gift pledges from private donors over the weekend, bringing the total funding needed for next season to $14,642. “I’m very hopeful that we’ll collect the rest,” said Sacramento Opera General Director Rod Gideons. “We just put out the word, and people have really been responding.” The board of directors will decide Thursday if enough money has been raised to proceed with the coming season, Gideons said. So far, $117,358 has been pledged. After canceling its last two shows of the season – “The Magic Flute” and “The Postman Always Rings Twice” – the opera is trying to raise enough of the $175,000 it needs in order to ensure the

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening in the Sacramento area this coming week. Get out and enjoy! For detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week: Through February 20th: Sacramento Theatre Company presents The Musical of Musicals at Wells Fargo Pavilion Pollock Stage on 1419 H Street in Sacramento. WED-SUN Show times Vary. Tickets are $15.00 - $38.00. Rush tickets half off admission 1/2 hour prior to show times and are subject to availability. Friday, January 21st: Inside the Directors Studio with Ron Cunnigham and the male dancers of The Sacramento Ballet performing par

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week: Friday, October 15th & Friday, October 22nd: Sacramento Ballet presents Capital Choreography Competition at The Crest Theatre. Events begin at 7PM. Tickets are $20 - $35. Friday, October 15th: Maroon 5 - Bruno Mars - One Republic at Arco Arena. Concert begins at 7:30PM. Tickets are $37 - $57. Saturday, October 16th: Sacramento Philharmonic presents Russian Romance with guest violinist Mikhail Simonyan. Concert begins at 8PM. Tick

Tempo, a new group of young professionals, is working to create a new venue for networking while helping other young people discover the Sacramento Philharmonic. “We formed because we wanted to help support the philharmonic and all the good things they do in the community,” said Laura Braden, one of Tempo’s founders. Braden said that in addition to playing classical music concerts, musicians from the philharmonic volunteer to teach music at schools that cannot afford music programs as well as performing in hospitals for kids and cancer patients. Tempo will host themed cocktail parties or receptions in conjunction with philharmonic performances, and the first one will be Thursday. Thurs

The eighth-annual Jammies Awards for young contemporary musicians will be held at the Crest Theater Friday and young classical musicians at the UC Davis Mondavi Center Saturday, held by The Sacramento News & Review, in association with Betterworld Telecom and the Sacramento school districts. Contemporary night begins at 8 p.m. Pre-sale tickets are $10, and tickets are $15 if purchased at the door. The show is expected to sell out, so those interested in attending are advised to purchase tickets soon. Classical night, which is produced with the assistance of the Sacramento Philharmonic and California State University, Sacramento, Symphony Orchestras, begins at 7:30 p.m. with pre-sale tick

Few concert experiences are as moving as those for live classical music. An orchestra can fill even the largest venue with clear trebles and thundering bass. The Sacramento Philharmonic is no exception. Thanks in part to sponsorships by the National Endowment for the Arts, Target and the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Sacramento Philharmonic is putting on a first-time venture of five nights in a row of free neighborhood concerts. The first show in the series was Thursday night at the Benvenuti Performing Arts Center in Natomas. Though the venue could hold many more, about 75 children, parents and couples laughed at two playful introductory pieces before intermission, followed by the