Kool & The Gang To Perform At The California State Fair & Food Festival July 29

By Michael P Coleman, Do you remember dancing and partying, back in the day, to the latest hit by The Jazziacs? Neither do I. How about rocking out to the newest hit, at that blue light party, by The New Dimensions? Not The Fifth Dimension…The New Dimensions. You probably don’t recall that, either. Nor does …

Broadway At Music Circus Presents…The Addams Family??: A Review

By Michael P Coleman We in northern California are very fortunate to have a world-class organization like Broadway Sacramento. Night after night, they routinely present first-rate productions of culturally-relevant, highbrow musical theatre that represent the best of what Broadway has to offer. With “The Addams Family,” last night wasn’t one of those nights. As I …

Your California State Fair & Food Festival Survival Kit

By Michael P Coleman Friday’s forecast of 109 degrees didn’t deter me as I strolled through Cal Expo checking out booths and the like at the California State Fair & Food Festival. I’d spent the prior weekend sweltering in Las Vegas, where I stopped checking my phone after it overheated as I walked the strip …

Music Is The Real Star Of The Music Man

By Michael P Coleman I know what you’re thinking. How could I not know that music would be the star of Broadway At Music Circus’s production of The Music Man, running through Sunday, July 16. Walking into last evening’s opening performance, I realized I knew nothing of the story, and just a bit about the …

REVIEW — Bonnie Blue Butler: A Gone With The Wind Memoir

By Michael P Coleman While not as familiar as Rhett Butler or Scarlett O’Hara, Bonnie Blue Butler is a name that fans of either Margaret Mitchell’s classic Gone With The Wind novel from 1936 or the feature film that followed three years later will recognize. She was one of Rhett’s and Scarlett’s daughters. Casual fans …

Taste Burger Patch’s Shocking Patriotic Milkshakes!

By Michael P Coleman Just in time for the celebration of Independence Day, Burger Patch is offering delicious red, white, and blue milkshakes that are shockers! Well, one version, the one that’s vanilla, is red, white, and blue. Predictably, the chocolate version is, predictably, red, brown, and blue. The “red” and “blue” in those shakes …