It is fitting that during Earth Week, and a week before the Whole Earth Festival, the city of Davis will host the region’s largest professional art function that embraces earth —literally. That is earth of the ceramic variety. The John Natsoulas Art Gallery is hosting the 23rd annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art (CCACA) in downtown Davis April 27-29. Pronounced “caca,” like the natural fertilizer that animals drop to the earth, the CCACA’s festivities will showcase ceramic art from three Los Rios District colleges, CSU Sacramento, UC Davis and more than 40 West Coast colleges, universities and high schools. Of the 5,000 who attend, 2,000 students will exhibit

HellaCappella, the most highly anticipated a cappella concert of the year, will take place Saturday, February 4th, 2012 at 7:30pm at the ARC Pavilion on the UC Davis Campus. Hosted by UC Davis’ amazing, all-female a cappella group, The Spokes, HellaCappella is an exciting collaboration between a cappella groups of all shapes and sizes. Hailing from various northern Californian universities, this year’s dynamic lineup includes show-stopping performances by two-time champions of the International Competition of Collegiate a Cappella, The Men’s Octet from UC Berkeley, Cloud Nine from UC Santa Cruz, NBC’s The Sing Off a cappella competition finalists On the Rocks from University of Oregon, and

Hair Wars is an annual touring event, created in 1991 as a showcase for stylists and salons to create unconventional and elaborate hair styles and fashion, often based around a central theme. The event has grown steadily through the years, turning into a huge production in multiple cities and making winners of the competition very well-known in the industry. In Sacramento, there is a local version of the Hair Wars competition that takes place annually at The Park Ultra Lounge. The competition is held over a three-month period, with some of Sacramento's top salons competing on the runway. In previous years, each night featured two salons going head to head with an overall winner selecte

The first show of 2011 at Naked Lounge Downtown took place Saturday and featured performances by Sacramento artists Adrian Bourgeois, Ricky Berger, One Eyed Rhyno, Brian Rogers of Izabella, and Autumn Sky. The musicians celebrated the new year by performing a selection of songs written in 2010. Naked Lounge Downtown is a live music venue located at Naked Coffee on 11th and H Street.  Click here for upcoming events. Adrian Bourgeois Adrian Bourgeois Adrian Bourgeois (foreground) and Ricky Berger Ricky Berger Ricky Berger One Eyed Rhyno One Eyed Rhyno Brian Rogers Brian Rogers Autumn Sky Autumn Sky Photos by Steven Chea

  Thursday Jan. 21st Sacramento Entertainment Agency and Blue Room Lounge are having a talent competition. It is at the Blue Room Lounge inside the Capitol City Hotel corner of Auburn & Fulton ave. Plenty of free parking! We have $100 that night in cash prizes...$50 for best comedy or variety act and $50 for best musician/singer Show is at 8 pm, door open at 7pm.. There is a $5 cover, 17& over,  Invite your Family & Friends as the audience picks the Cash winners! To sign up just Email me at rselaughs@aol.com  your name, phone number,and talent! This week will feture acts like: Cuba, great blues guitarist                                                         Lindsey Grimes, Singer    

Tonight at the Blue Room Nightclub (inside the Cap City Hotel) warms up the night with "Hot" music from talents like "Cuba" who sings the blues with the best. He was a Finalist at the Sacto Has Talent competition. Then there is Justin Deguzman who is presently in a big TV show in the Phillipines (here during break), we have the dancing talents of "No Strings Attached" and the comedy of John Richards and Carlos Rodriquez.... Oh, and don't miss Rap Artist "Mongoose" Live on stage. There is an Open Mic from 7 to 8pm   Come out and try your hand on stage!  Sponsored by the Sacramento Entertainment Agency www.sactotalent.com Regular show is at 8pm...cover is Only $5 and it is 17 & over    Ka

Hey Mr. Comedy Guy, I think I am pretty funny. I would like to try my hand at stand up comedy. Where can I go as a beginner? -Richard "I know I am funnier than you" Joaks Thank you for this week's question Dick, this is a nice segue into the world of Comedy Showcases and Open Mics. I am glad to answer your question as it is asked of me often. First, let's define the difference between these two types of shows because even though they are often done at the same time, they really are different. A comedy open mic means that anyone who has a mind to, can come to the venue, register about an hour or so in advance (it is usually on a first-come, first-served basis), then go up on stage and do