Mother & Daughter, left: Katherine C. Miller right: Roshni Shaukla, photo courtesy of Maria Christie Photography, mariachristie.com Arranged Marriage is a play based on a short story by Chitra Banerjee Tagore. It has been adapted for the stage and is directed by Peggy Shannon. This Sacramento Theatre Company production incorporates poetry by Rabindranath Tagore, a major figure in Indian literature. Dance choreography by Tyler Russell Warren is also integral to telling the story. The main character, Sumita Sin, is excited about the prospect of marrying the husband chosen for her. She fantasizes about her future life in California with the man she has never seen. She is confident she wi

  A lot of folks speak of friends they haven't seen in years. But when they finally get together again, they pick up as if they never have been apart. This is the case of former student Mitch and his favorite professor and counselor, Morrie. Mitch had made the usual promise to stay in touch after graduation. Instead, he became involved in his busy life, earning a graduate degree and becoming a well known sports writer. Sixteen years later, from a chance viewing of "Nightlife," Mitch learned that Morrie was dying of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. This set in motion a whole new learning experience for Mitch. His reluctant first visit with Morrie turned int

Saturday was opening night for Sacramento Theater Company's holiday hit, "Cinderella” Imagine British pantomime, a vaudeville act and musical comedy with a little Beach Blanket Babylon thrown in. The show is definitely interactive. Director Peggy Shannon started things off by having the audience do a warm-up by yelling back at the characters. And the characters don't just address the fourth wall, they blast through it. The plot is well known, but in this version a lot of topical humor and inside jokes are thrown in. The acting is excellent; many of the actors have appeared in previous STC productions of "Cinderella." This includes Michael RJ Campbell as Goneril and Brian Rodda as Regan, t

The sudden directive by Sacramento City Unified School District that California Montessori Project must abandon the Old Marshall Elementary School has done more than disrupt the lives of the students, parents and faculty. It has the potential to strike a major blow to the renaissance of the central city. One of the primary reasons families choose where they live is what schools are available. CMP had operated successfully out of the Pioneer Church for eight years. The site did limit the size of the enrollment. When SCUSD deemed Old Marshall School safe for charter school and offered it to CMP, after careful consideration they accepted the offer. CMP was thrilled to have a beautiful buildin

Shortly after midnight this morning, a weapons incident resulted in a large police response in the post Second Saturday crowd partying on the 2700 block of J Street.  Eight or more police cruisers and unmarked cars were double parked on 28th Street from J Street and down the alley behind Centro, Blue Cue and Aura.  A suspect was identified but not arrested.  Revelers at the several bars and clubs on the 2700 J Street block seemed oblivious to the large police presence and partied on. Disclosure: Reporter is a neighborhood resident and Chair of the area Neighborhood Association. 

Kathleen: In the 2005 budget crisis (a what is now a piddling $25M) Ms. Chris Shipman, myself and possibly others went to several community meetings with Gus as "City of Sacramento Ambassadors". We were seeking input from citizens on how to deal with that shortfall. I would like to remind Gus that there were two major responses from the citizens. Do not cut park services. That already a lost cause in the current deficit. The other was to beef up code inforcement. Citizens wanted the city to use code inforcement to bring revenue into the city while cracking down on code violations that bring blight to neighborhoods and saddle renters with substandard housing. We heard this in all areas of the city. Ms. Shipman and I made a presentation to city council on this. Code inforcement was boosted. New officers were hired and trained. A rental property inspection ordinance was passed that includes fees for all owners of rental properties. During the current budget crisis Mr. Kerridge had experienced code inforcement officers laid off. My question for Gus Vina: Do you see the wisdom in the citizens desire to bring in revenue while improving neighborhoods and bringing properties up to code? Will you boost code inforcement by reinstating experienced code inforcement officers that have been laid off?

It will be interesting to see the effect of this change on east bound J Street traffic, especially during afternoon rush hour(s). Up until now east bound traffic has been able to take a free left onto 30th Street or the freeway. Linda: what are the new traffic signal setups going to be at J and 30th and J and Alhambra? The current 3 way lights at 29th and J can back traffic up J for a block or two in the evening. This is even with all the folks taking illegal free rights on to 29th. A major money maker for CHP and SPD by the way.

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We recently escaped to the sanity of Curtis Park from Midtown. In the eleven years of living in Midtown decision after decision by the City turned what was a walkable, livable, mixed-use neighborhood when we moved there into party central for suburbanites. Good luck dealing with the city. Hopefully Curtis Park and Land Park have the resources to fight for a true livable Curtis Park Village.

It truly was my pleasure to see this production. It was also very timely given my father's current condition.