Beloved rock radio station K-ZAP is back on the airwaves, along with one its legendary voices, Dennis Newhall.
Newhall and a crew of about 20 rock aficionados launched the nonprofit K-ZAP in 2015 to recapture radio glory from the 1960s and ’70s. Then and now, the goal is, “Present the most interesting music in an honest and personable way. No hype. No jive. No bluster.”
And no corporate overlords. K-ZAP is run by volunteers, letting Newhall and crew keep it fun.
Exploring trails, learning about native species and cultures, getting up close and personal with animal ambassadors, my memories of Effie Yeaw Nature Center are tinged with golden light filtered through trees in a 77-acre riparian woodland.
Many locals don’t know this gem exists around the corner in Carmichael.
Let’s change that. As the center named for teacher and conversationist Effie Yeaw celebrates 50 years, now is the perfect opportunity to visit.
When Kali Ruth Nerby says creativity runs in her blood, she means it.
Her great-great-great grandpa was a builder. Her great-great grandma was an artist. One of her grandmas was an artist. Her grandpa was a builder. Her dad was a builder and is a home designer. Nerby is married to a builder.
“I come from a long line of builders, designers, artists and doers,” she says.
If you walk past the Sterling Hotel at 13th and H streets on Sunday, Jan. 11, and see people in Regency dress, you haven’t stumbled into a time warp.
It’s Jane Austen’s 250th birthday party, put on by the Jane Austen Society of North America, Greater Sacramento Region.
With luck, you’re a reveler in the ballroom, dressed in Austen-era finery, enjoying small plates, stimulating conversation and English country dance in an Austen novel come to life.
“Because it’s her 250th birthday, we decided we’d pull out all the stops,” event Chair Alanna Butterworth says. “We’re hoping to entice people who have not participated yet or who’ve never been to a Regency dance to come and enjoy a warm environment.”
Frankie Hansbearry breathes life into artistic forms, from ceramic dogs and papier-mâché masks to vibrant mosaics and figures that resemble ancient artifacts.
The Oak Park artist credits much of her inspiration to National Geographic magazines she flipped through as a kid.
“Those images just fascinated me,” she says. “They were so different than the life I grew up with in a very homogenous community. Something about those images of artifacts from ancient sites really interested me—the rawness, the fascination that so-called ‘primitive peoples’ could have the ability to create images in such an interesting way.”
