Family Entertainment

Paul O'Neill didn't mean for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra to become a purveyor of all things Christmas music, but 12 years, three holiday albums and countless related tours into it, that's exactly what's happened.

Seven things to do this weekend

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Comedy, art, music and festivals are among the entertainment opportunities available to people looking for activities in the greater Sacramento region.

TODAY-SATURDAY

'Radio City Comes to Sacramento'

What: A benefit for Arts in River Park features organist Tom Thompson and percussionist Michael Bayard performing classic pop songs. As a highlight, Bayard will play the "Typewriter" song on a real Royal manual typewriter.

Folsom was a lively place in Gold Rush times, when miners with gold dust in their pockets came to town for a good time. History is about to repeat itself, except for the pockets full of gold.

Mike Zito's national debut CD is on the Eclecto Groove label – and that couldn't be more appropriate.

"Good grief!" That familiar Charlie Brown cry from "Peanuts" might have been Ludwig van Beethoven's reply had he learned that, 130 years after his death, his music had become part of the internationally distributed comic strip.

Scotland's finest traditional-music band performs the mystical Celtic music of the Highlands and the rollicking Anglo-Scots tunes of the Lowlands in a concert of beautiful melodies and modern rhythms.

How do you become the most-decorated American gymnast in history, winning seven Olympic medals – two gold in one competition – nine world championship medals and get inducted – twice! (individual and team) – into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame?

The local Progressive Women of Excellence's enrichment program, INNERvention, sponsors this fashion show featuring the work of four of its most fashion-forward teen designers, showcasing the hottest looks for fall, including their own designs

There's a little oasis in downtown Sacramento that relatively few people have ever seen. But on Sunday, the Chinatown Mall – the area bounded by Third and Fifth streets, and I and J streets – will host its second Culture Fair, an event that is expected to bring thousands of people to the site.

See a new exhibit of 42 award-winning railroad photographs from the Center for Railroad Photography & Art's prestigious competition.

Vivian was sliding down the slide in her backyard in Orangevale while her mom was watering and big brother Ethan was playing.

Parents shouldn't depend on schools to do all the work when it comes to providing kids a healthy diet.

Driving past the drop-off zone on a school morning, it's hard to overlook the number of chubby kids bouncing out of cars.

The classical music of India will be the focus of this noon concert series. Sarod player Steve Oda will be joined by Ravi Albright on the tabla and Priya Diaz on the tampura.

Leave that horseless carriage outside of town, pardner. They didn't have those contraptions in the Gold Rush days, and we won't be having them here during Gold Rush Days.

The annual Fremont Park festival features live music, food and, of course, colorful sidewalk chalk art. Come and check out the artworks circling the park. And if you're feeling the muse, $10 gets you your own square and a box of chalk.

Ten paintings by Andy Warhol from his late 1970s "Athletes Series," including images of Dorothy Hamill, Muhammad Ali, Pele and Jack Nicklaus. Ends Nov. 2.

The Winters Chamber of Commerce presents its annual family event, with music, kids games, food and an 8 p.m. street dance.

This smooth – yet edgy – four-man band from Wasilla, Alaska, plays alt-rock with an avant-garde, neo-soul base. The buzz begun by the quirky band's second CD, "Church Mouth," is growing as it releases its third recording, "Censored Colors."

The runners pouring out of Sacramento's Crocker Park on Friday in the annual Race for the Arts may appear to be the normal participants in fun runs/walks for adults and kids, but look more closely.

A "Mid Career Survey" by artist Jorg Dubin, whose works explore themes of self-image, sexuality and violence.

What a gloomy summer it's been, with the flailing economy and the bad wildfires. Thank goodness for the 2008 California State Fair, which gets under way today and continues every day through Sept. 1.

This four-piece band out of Buffalo, N.Y., playing such places as the Troubadour in West Hollywood and Slim's in San Francisco, brings its power pop tonight to the little ol' Boardwalk.

Capital Stage presents playwright Adam Bock's "hilarious story of borders, letters, fonts and friendships."

What do you do when you're up at Lake Tahoe?

It's not Ruby and the Romantics – it's even older music as the American Bach Soloists perform works by Ludwig van Beethoven (String Quartet No. 3 in D Major), Felix Mendelssohn (String Quartet No. 1 in E Flat Major, Theme & Variations in E Major and Scherzo in A Minor) and Franz Schubert (Quartettsatz in C Minor).

Sacramentans recall growing up in public housing projects. Sponsored by La Raza Galeria Posada and Los Escritores del Nuevo Sol (Writers of the New Sun).

Hawaiian slack-key guitarist John Keawe, from the Big Island of Hawaii, headlines along with hula dancers Hope, Shelly and Naomi Keawe; Rick Cook opens the show.

The B Street Theatre presents A.R. Gurney's romantic comedy about a marriage - and a dog.

Can't make it to Broadway for the new revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's World War II musical?

Friends of the Dixon May Fair present an old-fashioned celebration with fireworks, a classic car show, food, games and a performance by the Fryed Brothers Band.

State Fair Star talent competition; Poppy, the State Fair mascot; fireworks show (9:30 p.m.). 5:30 p.m. gates open.

Party like it's 1927 when the Sacramento Art Deco Society holds a picnic and dance inspired by "The Great Gatsby," including music by the Gramercy Four and awards for best "Gatsby" picnic.

The popular drummers' 2008 Summer Concert

A dog named Sylvia – a Lab and poodle mix played by Tate Hanyok – disrupts the lives of a middle-aged couple in A.R. Gurney's enduring romantic comedy, presented by the B Street Theatre.

The Towe Auto Museum presents the James Dean film during its Saturday Night Classic Drive-In Movie series under the stars.

In an evening of gender- bending entertainment, the Lambda Players stage a benefit in which women will perform musical-theater songs originally written for and performed by men, and vice versa.

The youth theater company Take Note Troupe presents a "fun, upbeat" version of Shakespeare's classic tale.

John Cariani's play, consisting of 11 vignettes set in the remote – and mythical – town of Almost, Maine, kicks off the B Street Theatre's 2008-09 mainstage season.

Seven things to do this weekend.