Tune Town
Another jazz festival just ended, and with it, the sound of music in the air in Sacramento. In cities from Austin to Seattle and New York to New Orleans, street music creates an ambience that shapes a city’s urban experience for locals and visitors alike. It’s time for Sacramento to get in tune with the times.
Critical Mass
The country’s most prestigious restaurant guide, Zagat, has never included Sacramento. But with a flood of new restaurants opening in recent years—many with pedigreed chefs, managers and designers—there should be no reservations about adding the capital city
Q&A with Rita Moreno
The remarkable life of Rita Moreno is the ultimate West side story. Having arrived in California from her native Puerto Rico by way of New York as a teenager, she became, along with the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Mel Brooks, one of only a handful of artists—and the only Hispanic—to win all four major entertainment awards: the Oscar, the Tony, the Grammy and the Emmy (two, as a matter of fact). And the 76-year-old actress isn’t done yet. Not only is she starring in the CBS freshman drama Cane, the Berkeley resident becomes a member of the sophomore class inducted into the California Hall of Fame at the California Museum this December. “This is an exhibit of individuals who march to their own drummer and inspire us,” says Hall of Fame creator Maria Shriver. “And Rita is a pioneer and a true inspiration.”
Electric Avenue
Sacramento is painfully light on parades, even though we threw one of the best ones in history. Here’s one bright idea.
Building Anticipation
After seven years of planning, the Crocker Art Museum’s new $85 million expansion is set to break ground on July 26. We talked with Charles Gwathmey, the project’s architect, about the process, the design and why the Capitol will no longer be the only prominent white building in Sacramento.
The Wild Card
With the release of Narc in 2002, Sacramento director Joe Carnahan quickly became Hollywood’s Next Big Thing. Harrison Ford helicoptered him in to his ranch and Tom Cruise signed him up for Mission: Impossible III. Then he went MIA. Now, with his new movie Smokin’ Aces on the big screen, and a full deck of A-listers (like Jeremy Piven) lining up to work with him, he’s back with a vengeance. But can he keep his new winning streak alive?
Walk This Way
Hollywood doles out stars on its sidewalks, and St. Louis has a Walk of Fame filled with notable names. So does Toronto, and even Lansing, Michigan. Sacramento has had more than its share of great people—artists, actors, statesmen, athletes, business leaders and others—who’ve come from or lived here. It’s time to celebrate them in a public way and take a step in the right direction.
Q&A with Timothy Busfield
This fortysomething Thirtysomething star and longtime Sacramentan now stars in NBC’s critical hit Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Cal Shanley, the director of an SNL-like show. But he doesn’t just play a director on TV; he’s one in real life too (Studio 60, Las Vegas). Not to mention, he’s also a big-time producer (Ed, Without a Trace). TV’s most unassuming triple threat talks to Sactown about his new show, B Street’s identity crisis, and laptop shopping with Studio 60 creator and writer Aaron Sorkin on Arden Way.
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