Dancing The Dream

Dancing The Dream

Anyone who ever called James Brown the hardest working person in show business never met Sacramento native Becca Isler.

Ten times a week, the C.K. McClatchy High School graduate performs at Wynn Las Vegas as an acrobatic dancer in Le Rêve – The Dream. Staged in an “aqua theater-in-the-round,” the show is so physically demanding that every cast member must become SCUBA-certified.

Say Little; Do Much

Say Little; Do Much

I am a professionally employed chaplain. I’m schooled, ordained and certified. I’ve even been to war.

But I recently attended three funerals that reminded me how I can feel as helpless as anyone when trying to comfort a heartbroken friend.

Michael Himovitz Redux

Michael Himovitz Redux

Second Saturday Reception: March 14, 6–9 p.m

This group exhibition features artists who were represented by Second Saturday co-founder Michael Himovitz at his eponymous gallery in the 1980s.

Misleading On Measure E

Misleading On Measure E

Leaders of the Los Rios Community College District are intentionally misleading Sacramento voters with their campaign for Measure E, the $650 million bond on the March 3 ballot.

In two full-color campaign-style mailers that claim to be “offered as a public education service,” the district mentions only good things about the proposed bond, and brags about a “long history of efficiently managing the public’s resources.”

Working Wonders

Working Wonders

Friends of East Sacramento has two immediate paid part-time job openings—garden manager and volunteer coordinator—at the McKinley Rose Garden. After many years of dedicated volunteer and paid service, Lyn Pitts, who worked both jobs, is retiring this month.