The California Museum: Ray Eames: A Century of Modern DesignMay 20, 2013 - Feb 23, 2014This event occurs weekly on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This exhibit honors the recent 100th birthday of the late Ray Eames, who, along with her husband Charles, helped define the mid-century modern aesthetic by creating iconic designs and furniture that have been featured on Hollywood sets from Frasier to Mad Men. In addition to those pieces, this show explores the artwork Ray produced during her youth in Sacramento, like her... |
California State Railroad Museum: Common Diversions: Toy Trains and Scale Model RailroadsMay 20, 2013 - Sep 14, 2013This event occurs weekly on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Bigger isn't always better: This exhibit features everything from the popular 1940s line of Plasticville snap-together buildings for toy train towns to mini-replicas of larger trains. Museum hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. |
California State Railroad Museum: Building America: Abraham Lincoln, California and the Union Pacific RailroadMay 20, 2013 - Aug 31, 2013This event occurs weekly on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This exhibit, which commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Union Pacific Railroad, tells the history of the vast network, beginning in 1862 with President Lincoln's signing of the Pacific Railway Act, which prodvided government support for the construction of the first transcontinental railroad. Exhibited items include a gold locket from the late 1850s containing a picture of Lincoln... |
The California Museum; 7th Annual California Hall of FameMay 20, 2013 - Feb 2, 2014This event occurs daily, every 1 day(s). This show, which honors the Califor-nia Hall of Fame’s class of 2013, will feature artifacts from inductees such as Warren Beatty, Joe Montana, Hollywood studio founders the Warner brothers, and mid-century modern design-ers Charles and Ray Eames. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. |
California State Railroad Museum: Ticket to RideMay 20, 2013 - Aug 31, 2013This event occurs weekly on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This exhibit lets you see and experience how travelers have ridden in style through the ages. Check out the ornate light fixtures and leaded glass that decorated Victorian trains and test out a plush 1930s upholstered passenger car seat. Also on view are the bar from a 1930s lounge car and a collection of vintage tickets.Museum hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. |
Concerts in the ParkMay 20, 2013 - Jul 26, 2013The annual downtown tradition returns for its 22nd year with free Friday night concerts at Cesar Chavez Plaza through July 26. This year’s musical lineup of 55 local acts features headliners like the country rockers Brodie Stewart Band, rockabilly trio The Infamous Swanks, the soulful Mother Hips and popular septet Mumbo Gumbo, with DJs like Shaun Slaughter and Z Rokk... |
Believe ... in a Better Life!May 20, 2013Local celebs and politicians will sing their hearts out at the Crest Theatre during Believe...in a Better Life!, a charity concert for My Sister’s House, which assists victims of domestic violence who are of Asian or Pacific Islander descent. The star-studded lineup includes Good Day Sacramento’s Mark S. Allen, Taro Arai of Mikuni, West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon, who... |
California State Railroad Museum: Steam: An Enduring LegacyMay 20, 2013 - Jul 29, 2013This event occurs weekly on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This photography exhibit, based on the recent book of the same name by Joel Jensen, features 25 of his black-and-white images of historic and majestic steam engines taken over the last 25 years. Museum hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. |
Shimo Center For the Arts: Transdimensional VistasMay 21, 2013 - Jun 5, 2013This event occurs weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Prominent editorial cartoonist Monte Wolverton—whose work is regularly featured in the pages of publications like the Los Angeles Daily News and has been seen in Mad magazine—presents this collection of more than 30 abstract, pop-surrealist paintings, which mostly portray otherworldly beings that he calls “transdimensional” entities. Inspired by the intricate, vibrant... |
Hedda GablerMay 22, 2013 - Jun 16, 2013This event occurs weekly on Wednesday. This drama penned in the late 1800s by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen depicts the love triangle between aristocrat Hedda, her scholarly milquetoast husband George, and Eilert, her former lover. This production will star Capital Stage’s founders Stephanie Gularte, Jon-athan Williams and Peter Mohrmann, marking the first time in the theater company’s eight-year... |
