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The event will feature freshly prepared food and plant-based merchandise as well as free samples, information on the many benefits of plant-based eating (from delicious recipes to how our diet can reduce both water usage and our carbon footprint) as well as fun activities for the kids and an impressive lineup of speakers, including keynote speaker Kristie Middleton, food policy director for the Humane Society of the United States; Hope Bohanec, author and executive director of Compassionate Living; Timaree Hagenburger, “The Nutrition Professor” from Cosumnes River College; Nora Kramer, founder of Youth Empowered Action Camp; and many more. The event is free and open to the public, so come get your veg on! For more information, go to sactownvegfest.org The Sacramento City Unified School District’s Serna Center is at 5737 47th Ave.
artists must be 18 or older and living within the KVIE viewing region to enter. Can’t figure out if you’re in the region? Turn on Channel 6. If you’re now watching “Rob on Road,” “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” or “The PBS News Hour,” you probably qualify. For further information about the viewing region, go to kvie.org All works will be curated by a jury that includes Heath Buckmaster (the mastermind coordinator behind the KVIE Art Auction), KVIE General Manager David Lowe and everyone’s favorite local host, Rob Stewart. Selected works will be displayed in the KVIE Gallery from March 10 through May 10, with a reception on April 13. For more information on the KVIE Gallery’s Fine Art of Public Television Group Show, go to kvie.org/gallery/ group_show.htm Good luck!
‘PRINCE OF DARKNESS’ If you’re anything like me, you love bread. (“Love” might be an understatement. “Adore,” “need” and “covet” bread might be more accurate.) No one does bread quite like internationally renowned chef and baker Sim Cass, who will grace Les Baux Bakery on Folsom Boulevard with his impressive presence this month for a series of events and classes that are sure to be delightful—and delicious. The United Kingdom-born founder of Balthazar Bakery (long considered one of New York City’s best and most popular restaurants), Cass’ deeply toasted, crusty loaves of bread have earned him the nickname “The Prince of Darkness,” and introduced a benchmark for the city’s aspiring bakers. Seventeen years later, Balthazar Bakery continues to inspire the country’s now widespread passion for hand-crafted, naturally fermented loaves and Cass serves as a bread consultant for some of the world’s most respected restaurants and bakeries. He’s also been featured in The New York Times, Food Arts
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No one does bread quite like internationally renowned chef and baker Sim Cass, who will grace Les Baux Bakery on Folsom Boulevard with his impressive presence this month for a series of events and classes.
Magazine and on Martha Stewart’s TV show, to name just a few. When asked what it takes to succeed in the field of bread baking, Cass explains: “The Spanish bakers say that once you’ve touched and worked with the dough, you have to go back and touch it again, the feel of it. You’ve got to do the practice—the repetition—and the real joy is in the end result that comes from that repetition.” The joy of eating is the end result, of course. For more information on Les Baux’s special events with Cass, call 739-1348 or go to lesbauxbakery. com
Les Baux Bakery is at 5090 Folsom Blvd. While you’re there, be sure to buy a baguette. They’re the best this side of Paris!
EAT YOUR VEGETABLES The Sacramento Vegetarian Society (SVS) is here to make your mom’s favorite quip the most delicious proposition imaginable. Don’t miss the group’s first 100-percent plantbased vegetarian festival, SacTown VegFest, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Sacramento City Unified School District’s Serna Center.
Banish the weary winter chill with a concert that’s sure to warm your heart: The Premier Orchestra of the Sacramento Youth Symphony will perform their Winter Concerto Concert at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 31, at the Sacramento City College Performing Arts Center. Eighty young musicians under the direction of Michael Neumann will tackle such complex compositions as “Danse Macabre” by Camille SaintSaëns, Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished) by Franz Schubert and Toccata and Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, arranged by Leopold Stokowski. The program will also feature two violin concertos by young soloists. Brandon Luong, a ninth-grader at Christian Brothers High School, will perform “Ziguenerweisen (Gypsy Airs)” by Pablo de Sarasate. Ayana Jaycox, a sixth-grader at Sacramento Waldorf School, will perform Allegro from Violin Concerto in G, K. 216, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. For tickets and more information, go to sacramentoyouthsymphony.org