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Sacramento Museums Celebrate Spring With Music, Parties & Even a Promenade in March!

Sacramento Museums Celebrate Spring  With Music, Parties & Even a Promenade in March!

In addition to its fascinating Gold Rush past, the Sacramento area is rich with an amazing array of state-of-the-art museums and historic sites that offer visitors the chance to explore California’s fine art, history, science, and wildlife treasures all year long.  In March, many of the 30 members of Sacramento Association of Museums (SAM) are kicking off springtime with fun activities filled with music, parties and even a promenade, a sampling of which follows:

Pop-Up Music Month at the Sacramento Children’s Museum - March 1-31
Join the Sacramento Children’s Museum all month to explore musical instruments and special activities such as fun Music & Movement dancing on Fridays, interactive Sing-A-Long Saturdays and more!  Museum visitors will also have the hands-on opportunity to craft a musical instrument in the Art Studio all month long.  For more, visit www.sackids.org or call 916-638-7225. 

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Ready for Spring? American River Parkway Invites You to Participate...Time to Spring into Action!

Ready for Spring?  American River Parkway Invites You to Participate...Time to Spring into Action!

 

March Volunteer Opportunities

  

Volunteer with us at the ARPF Demonstration Garden

Saturday, March 2, 2013
9am-12pm

We will be adding mulch to the garden and transplanting some small plants.

Where: ARPF Demonstration Garden
5700 Arden Way

Park in front of the office in the "No Parking" area.

You're Invited!

You're Invited!

I'll be doing a talk we're calling "Curb Appeal for a Modern Age" at the Rancho Cordova Library Garden Club on Friday, March 1... Read More

SCUSD School Readiness Fair March 16

SCUSD School Readiness Fair March 16

Sacramento-- Save the date on Saturday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to visit SCUSD's 2013 School Readiness Fair at the Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue.

And it's FREE.

Information and services available are:

  • Dental Exams and Tooth Varnishing; 
  • Activities for Children;
  • Health Insurance Information;
  • Community Resources;
  • Kindergarten and Preschool Pre-Registration; and
  • Information on Early Childhood Education and Subsidized Childcare Programs.

Sponsored by First 5 Sacramento, this year's fair promises to be both informative for parents and fun for children!

For more information, please call 643-7859 for English or 643-7858 for Spanish.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:  If you receive a postcard in the mail about this event, please bring the postcard to the fair  and receive a FREE BOOK!

River City Chorale Cabaret Concert Series launching

River City Chorale Cabaret Concert Series launching

River City Chorale Cabaret Concert Series is happening during the first weekend in March.

WHERE: Carmichael Elks Lodge, 5631 Cypress Avenue, Carmichael

WHEN: Saturday March 2, 2013 4:00 pm & 6:30 pm
             Sunday March 3, 2013 4:00 pm (SOLD OUT) & 6:30 pm

10 "don't miss" events to consume during Sac Beer Week

SACRAMENTO - This year's Sacramento Beer Week features 10 days filled to the brim with more than 160 different events, making it difficult -- both logistically and physically -- to partake in all the fun.

To help narrow down your selection, we've gone through the entire lineup and picked out the following 10 events - one per day - we feel are particularly worth adding to your Beer Week itinerary. Although 10 consecutive days of imbibing may still be a tall order, it would probably be a fun quest to undertake: