Sacramento County Historical Society's 2012 awards dinner and fundraiser is themed "A Night at the Zanzibar," featuring dinner by the Dante Club, a talk by historians Keith Burns and Clarence Caesar about the Zanzibar Club, one of the most legendary of Sacramento's long-lost West End jazz nightclubs of the 1940s, and a live performance by the Harley White Jr. Orchestra performing big-band jazz from the era of the Zanzibar. SCHS will also present its annual awards for publication, education and historic preservation. Hear the Harley White Jr. Orchestra here: http://www.reverbnation.com/harleywhitejrorchestra Members of Sacramento County Historical Society and event sponsor the Sacramento

The Sacramento County Historical Society Presents: M Street and Sacramento's West End When: Tomorrow, April 28, 7:00 PM Where: Sacramento Valley Medical Society Building 5380 Elvas Avenue Sacramento, CA 95819 Cost: Free What/Why: At this month's Sacramento County Historical Society meeting, SCHS President William Burg will present a historical perspective of the evolution of M Street/Capitol Avenue between the 1850s and the 1950s. Drawing on photographs mostly from the Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center (SAMCC,) the presentation will cover the area's early residential neighborhood, featuring the homes of prominent Sacramentans like Leland Stanford and E.B. Crocker, the indu