Coming Up Roses
A unique partnership for the renovated McKinley Park Rose Garden
By Cecily Hastings
The crowning distinction of McKinley Park is the spectacular rose garden that occupies one and a half of the park’s 30 acres. The garden is one of just 130 All-American Rose Selection display gardens in the country. Planted sometime between the 1920s and early 1940s, the garden was to be the jewel in the crown of the property that began as East Park and was rechristened McKinley Park when it was purchased in 1901 by Tuesday Club, a Sacramento women’s civic organization.
Raising the Bar
Red Rabbit Kitchen is Midtown’s newest hot spot
By Greg Sabin
If the newly opened Red Rabbit Kitchen & Bar says anything about where the local food scene is going in Sacramento, then we have much to look forward to. Everything from the menu to the service is clever. There’s more than a hearty heap of intelligence and wry attitude packed into every facet of this Midtown restaurant.
Grass Is Always Greener
Lemon Grass continues to serve high-end Asian cuisine
By Greg Sabin
It wasn’t too long ago that Thai, Vietnamese and other Southeast Asian cuisines were a rarity in Sacramento. Now, of course, there’s a pho restaurant or Thai eatery in every part of town. It was in that earlier time, however, that Lemon Grass Restaurant opened its doors on Munroe Street. Chef Mai Pham brought authentic tastes from her native Vietnam into an upscale environment and presented what were then new flavors to the locals.
Remembering the Holocaust
Local survivor wants to keep the story alive for new generations
By Terry Kaufman
Sometimes, speaking up can change the world. Veteran educator Liz Igra learned that lesson a few years ago when she attended a teachers’ workshop at Sac State devoted to Holocaust education. The teachers there told her that they knew a lot about the Holocaust but had no idea how to teach it. Igra, a Holocaust survivor, was troubled by this, so when there was an open mike she spoke up.
“I asked how many others felt that way,” she recalls. “Almost all hands went up. During lunchtime, the organizers came to me and asked what could I do about it.”
Baroque and Beyond
This music director wants to bring Bach to the masses
By Jim Carnes
Johann Sebastian Bach wrote music for the ages, and Jack D. Miller, artistic and musical director of the Bravo Bach Festival at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Arden Arcade, is determined to bring that music to all ages. His goal, with this month’s third Bach music festival, is to draw audiences from grandparents to grandkids to experience live music performed by players reflecting that same age range.
Lowcountry Cuisine
New Midtown restaurant serves Southern food with a twist
By Greg Sabin
I was pretty darned excited when I heard that a restaurant was opening in Midtown featuring Lowcountry cooking. What is Lowcountry, you ask? Encompassing the coastal areas of South Carolina and Georgia, and spiritually anchored in the old Southern towns of Charleston and Savannah, it’s a unique region of the two states, with its own customs, traditions and cuisine.
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