Theater and Art

Dissolute lives crumble in New Helvetia's 'Gingerbread Lady'

By Marcus Crowder - Published: 12:00 am

Actress Jamie Jones' Evy Meara galvanizes any room she's in. A 46-year-old alcoholic cabaret singer, Evy is a has-been who never was.

Rancho Cordova third-grader leaps into playwriting with B Street Theatre

By Richard Chang - Updated: Sunday, May 19 2013 - 11:31 am

Angela Tomasello had a wide smile on her face Friday morning. The third-grader, along with 300 other students from Williamson Elementary School in Rancho Cordova, huddled inside the cafeteria for one reason - to watch a play that Angela had written.

Documentary explores story of 1994 Yuba City mosque arson

By Edward Ortiz - Updated: Sunday, May 19 2013 - 10:26 am

In the 26-minute documentary "An American Mosque," filmmaker David Washburn examines the effects of the 1994 torching of a mosque on the Yuba City Muslim community at the time and and since.

Light unifies the landscapes of Hearne Pardee

By Victoria Dalkey - Updated: Sunday, May 19 2013 - 10:11 am

It's a long way from Manhattan's Lower East Side to suburban Davis. Hearne Pardee's journey to California covers 30 years of painting, exemplified by the 20 oils on view in his retrospective at Alex Bult Gallery in midtown.

Sac Live: Resurrection Theatre presents 'Next Fall'

By Marcus Crowder - Updated: Sunday, May 19 2013 - 10:11 am