Marcus Crowder
Marcus Crowder is a Sacramento-based arts writer and theater critic.
Herb Jeffries’s Career of Passing, Sort Of
“The Black Singing Cowboy” had starring roles in western movies and with the Duke Ellington orchestra.
Octavio Solis and His Collaborations with Steinbeck
The prize-winning playwright reveals his fascination with the Grapes of Wrath author.
Ashland’s Shakespeare Wars
Facing donor shortfalls and the departure of a controversial artistic director, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival keeps putting on the show.
Mike Henderson’s Personal Renaissance
Now late in his career, the Bay Area artist is seeing his paintings praised as much for their craft and creativity as for their social critique and cultural representations.
Desert/Sierra: Booktown Books
Lose yourself in this labyrinth of reading pleasures.
Rock and Roll Through Jim Marshall’s Lens
Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar on fire at Monterey Pop, Carlos Santana lighting up the stage at Altamont: Bay Area photographer Jim Marshall may have been self-taught, but he captured some of rock’s biggest artists at their brightest moments during his storied career.
Wine Country Gets Lit
Wine countries the world over are becoming canvases for artists’ most Instagrammable works.
Paula West’s Blues
Straddling the line between cabaret and jazz, Bay Area vocalist Paula West has created a devoted following in the music world. So why isn’t she better known?