The booking of “late addition” rock and popular music acts at the Mondavi Center for the Arts will continue and grow, said Mondavi executive director Don Roth.
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21Q blog: SMAC petitions citizens in drive to save funding
No doubt, this is a critical time for the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission .
21Q: Area arts nonprofits struggles no rarity, study says
Sacramento, which has seen layoffs, furloughs and truncated seasons in its arts nonprofit scene, is not alone. That much is made clear in a recent Alliance for the Arts report that states that New York City arts nonprofits are also struggling. In its 2009-10 concert and performance season, Sacramento arts nonprofits, such as the Sacramento Philharmonic and Sacramento Opera, shortened seasons due to factors arising from the economy.
Brown sponsors concerts with lawsuit money
Attorney General Jerry Brown helped create the California Arts Council three-plus decades ago when he was serving his first stint as governor. Brown is running for governor again this year and is certain to be the Democratic nominee. He also is sponsoring, with the Arts Council, a series of summer musical performances in 43 of the state’s 58 counties, using money that the attorney general’s office obtained in a price-fixing case against music recording companies and retail sellers
Pier to head Folsom Lake College’s arts center
The man who helped open the Gallo Center for the Arts in Modesto has been tagged to oversee Folsom Lake College’s regional Visual and Performing Arts Center.
Elvis Costello coming to Mondavi
Well, it’s about time. Singer-songwriter Elvis Costello will be making his Mondavi debut on April 7, it was announced by the Mondavi Center for the Arts this afternoon. Costello will perform solo for this concert
Artsy license plates tax deductible, panel rules
Californians might find it easier to show their love — or at least support — of the arts after a state tax agency recently clarified that buying or renewing a California Arts License Plate is tax deductible. About 60 percent of California Arts Council funds come from the purchase and renewal of the Wayne Thiebaud-designed plate
Carmichael arts center renews its lease and finds a partner
Gail Raglan of Roseville helps set up an arts display for daughter Dawn Conyers of Carmichael at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center. Just in time for the start of their holiday craft fair this week, the folks at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center in Carmichael have some news they say is worth celebrating. The center, which was threatened with expulsion earlier this year from its longtime home at the La Sierra Community Center, will be renewing its lease at favorable terms for the next three years, board members said.
Sacramento’s PR master Jean Runyon dies at age 82
Jean Runyon, Sacramento’s legendary public relations master, died early today. She was 82
