Ante Up!
If you’re all in for a night of poker to benefit the community, bring your sharpest card shark skills to the All In for Arden-Arcade Celebrity Poker Tournament on Saturday, March 16, at 4:30 p.m. at Mercedes-Benz of Rocklin.
The Show Must Go On
When Northern California Ballet in Paradise lost its studio and storage unit in the Butte County Camp Fire late last year, its annual holiday performance of “The Nutcracker” was put on indefinite hold due to the devastating loss of its costumes.
Rain or Shine
Despite predictions of a rainstorm, 85 volunteers descended on the McKinley Rose Garden in early January for the annual prunathon organized by the Friends of East Sacramento, the nonprofit that manages the care and events at the city’s public garden.
Magic in the Air
Originally called Y Street, Broadway was the southern edge of Sacramento’s Grid and home to the Buffalo Recreation Grounds, a former baseball stadium. Renamed Broadway after Tower Theatre opened in 1938, the street was essentially cut off from the rest of the Grid following construction of the W-X Freeway in 1968.
No Strings Attached
Reylynn Imai makes beautiful music, from classical to rock, with perhaps the most versatile musical tool ever invented—the violin.
“I love how the violin sings,” Imai says. “You can hear it humming and resonating through its whole body as you play. It’s as close to singing as I can get. I started playing at age 10 and I’m still not done learning this instrument.”
Still Safest
The security camera video shows a Pocket nightmare. A woman runs toward her house, screaming that a man with a gun has commandeered her vehicle. “He’s in my car!” she shouts as she reaches her front gate.
