Chalk It Up chalk art festival at Fremont Park, 16th & P Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, this Labor Day weekend, September 4, 5, & 6, 2010, from 10:00AM to 6:00PM.  The festival will bring hundreds of sidewalk chalk artists and dozens of live music acts together.  Continue Reading »

This sold-out nationally televised match-up of the Folsom Bulldogs and the Grant Union Pacers starts the high school football season with a bang.   The game will air live tonight on ESPN2 at 7:00PM, August 27, 2010, making it Sacramento’s first ever nationally televised high school sporting event.  You can check out highschoolsports.net for info about all your favorite high school teams.

Gold Rush Days on September 3-September 6, 2010, are presented by Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau at Old Sacramento State Historic Park, 111 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.  This is a FREE event!  For more information go to www.sacramentogoldrushdays.com or call (916) 808-7777. Continue Reading »

12^th Annual Sacramento Race for the Arts is Saturday, August 28, 2010.  Click on this link to learn how you can support your favorite organization or school program.

Screen on the Green is happening Saturday, August 21, 2010, at East Portal Park, 51st and M Streets, East Sacramento.  The movie is FREE and begins at sundown.

Movie:  The Rookie

Starring:  Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Brian Cox, Beth Grant

Produced by:  Walt Disney Pictures

Directed by:  John Lee Hancock

Rated G; 127 minutes; 2002 Continue Reading »

Country is coming to town!  Country in the Park presented by Capitol Mall District Continue Reading »

Friday, August 20, 2010, at Fremont Park, 16th & P Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, the Capitol Area Development Authority  along with the City of Sacramento and Friends of Fremont Park present the 3rd annual Movie in Fremont Park.  This viewing of outdoor movies is FREE to the public and includes festivities for children.  CADA hosts this family-friendly summer event in celebration of the Capitol Park Neighborhood.

The feature film is Disney/Pixar’s movie Up beginning at dusk.  Come out early to enjoy pre-movie activities such as Mimo the Clown’s balloon art, face painting, and hot dogs for the first few hundred people.  Kick back under the stars and smell the popcorn, summer is still here!

The last Concert in the Park performance for this season is Friday, August 13, 2010, from 5:00PM – 9:00PM at Cesar Chavez Park, 10th Street (between I & J Streets), Sacramento, CA 95814.  Admission is FREE and parking in the City Hall Garage at 10^th and I Street is only $5 or if you ride your bike valet bike parking is FREE provided by Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates   

Bands Performing:  The Brodys, The Phantom Jets, This Luxury

Saturday, August 7, 2010 enjoy a FREE movie in the park at North Natomas Community Park, 5151 Crest Drive, Sacramento, CA.  The movie is “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”.  This is a fun movie for kids and big people as well.  The movie start time is sundown but the fun children’s activities start at 7:00PM.

Ranger Tom is retiring after 28 years of service with the Sacramento Regional Parks Department.  Yep…it’s true, Ranger Tom is hanging up his ranger hat for good.  I’ll bet some of you didn’t even know Ranger Tom has been there all these years keeping us safe from harm when we enjoy our regional parks.  In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if some of you don’t even know what a park ranger does.  If you enjoy the parks and want to know what Ranger Tom and all his Ranger buddies do for us, read on. Continue Reading »