Local Entertainment News

- Briefs: Hood to play solo cello concert
- Appeal-Democrat staff report
- Marysville
Hood to play solo cello concert
Rebekah Hood, artistic director and principal cellist of the Veridian Symphony Orchestra, is performing a solo cello and piano recital at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 25, at the Lee Burrows Center for the Arts, 63... Full story

- Exhibit reborn as ClayFest
- Show runs through June 1 at Blue Line Arts
- By Saunthy Nicolson-Singh/For the Appeal-Democrat
- Every spring for almost a quarter of a century, the Gladding McBean clay factory in Lincoln housed a juried ceramic exhibit called Feats of Clay. Ceramic artists from across the country vied to get their work into the exhibit.
Why wouldn't they? Wit... Full story

- ‘Miss Saigon:’ A love story unfolds from Vietnam-era culture
- By Josh Kendrix/A-D Copy Editor
- Editor's note: The May 19 performance of "Miss Saigon" at River Valley High School was canceled due to a power failure at the school. A make-up performance is set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23. Ticket prices are the same. The May 24-2... Full story

- Angels, demons center stage in Yuba City's 'Manifest Kingdom'
- By Josh Kendrix/A-D Copy Editor
- Many stories have dealt with angels leaving heaven to interact with humans.
The Creative Light Theatre at the Church of Glad Tidings in Yuba City will present its own take on this familiar plot.
"Manifest Kingdom" starts Friday and runs through Tue... Full story

- Multimedia mixes with jazz at Marysville concert
- By Laura van der Meer/A-D Web Editor
- Sam Allen taught his son how to read music and play piano, and now his son is grown up and telling his father’s life story through jazz.
John Allen will perform “An Evening with John Allen and Friends – More than Just Jazz” o... Full story

- Familiar tunes part of Spring Fling Pops Concert
- By Leticia Gutierrez/A-D Community Editor
- Music from Broadway and films is featured in the Yuba-Sutter Symphony's Spring Fling Pops Concert on Saturday in Yuba City, presented by the Yuba Sutter Oratorio Society.
"The concert is for people of all ages," said conductor Corey Kersting. "Young... Full story

- Rockers hold concert to benefit Relay for Life
- By Laura van der Meer/A-D Web Editor
- Young rockers in Yuba-Sutter agree: It's great to have fun and help someone at the same time.
That's the goal for an upcoming show at the Lee Burrows Center for the Arts to benefit the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life, featuring Fighting Wit... Full story