Crocker Art Museum Finds a New Leader

Agustin Arteaga to begin July 1 as Mort and Marcy Friedman director and CEO, taking over for longtime leader Lial Jones

Born in Mexico City, Arteaga arrives in Sacramento after a long and varied career. Most recently director of the Dallas Museum of Art, he also served as director of Mexico’s Museo Nacional de Arte and the Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico and was founding director of Argentina’s Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires.

Apr 18, 2025 Graham Womack

You No Longer Need to Wait Until Summer for This Sacramento Tradition

Music Circus, Sacramento’s beloved theater-in-the-round, now runs March-December

Since its humble beginnings in a tent nearly 75 years ago, Music Circus has been a summer-only tradition in Sacramento. The opportunity to expand to a year-round schedule came about with the closing of Sacramento Theater Company, which had shared Broadway at Music Circus’ theater campus at 15th & H streets since the early 1950s.

Apr 10, 2025 Cathy Cassinos

Still Foxy: Historic Fox Theaters in the Capital Region Find New Life

Remnants of the ‘movie palace’ era can be found around the region

There were once dozens of theaters across the United States affiliated with Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios), in an era when moviemakers set up their own chains of theaters and sometimes commissioned grand film palaces. Some have long since been demolished, but others have shown what can happen after a successful push for preservation.

Jan 22, 2025 Graham Womack