Archive for April, 2009
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Lincoln’s Secret Genes May 8th!
Author John A. McKinsey joins The Institute for a night of history and genealogy.
Abraham Lincoln may have a secret, and you could too! Have you ever traced your family tree and found some odd, mysterious branch?
McKinsey has spent time looking into genealogical errors and mysteries, and his discoveries inspired his historical novel about Lincoln’s questionable [...]
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Saturday, April 25th, 2009
Pop Culture Night Round-Up
Last night’s event, “Are We Really What We Eat? Fast Food, Slow Food and American Popular Culture” was a great success! I personally found Prof. Kevin Wehr’s presentation fascinating, and apparently so did the rest of the crowd, who had many questions and brought up a lot of good points for discussion.Thank you to Prof. [...]
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
What do our food and Britney Spears have in common?
Did you know…?
Americans spend more money on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, newspapers, videos and recorded music combined!
Spend Friday evening helping us get to the bottom of these pressing questions:
What do our food and Britney Spears have in common?
We need food to live, how can it be considered popular culture?
Is McDonald’s really [...]
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Monday, April 13th, 2009
Are we really what we eat? – Ticket prices reduced by $10!
Professor and writer Kevin Wehr will be teaming up with The Sacramento Institute of Fun at Revolution Wines to ask an important question: “Are we really what we eat?” This discussion will be centered on fast food, slow food and how it all relates to American popular culture. Learn more about popular culture today and [...]
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Friday, April 10th, 2009
It’s all about Ellington TONIGHT!
Tonight The Institute will be hanging out at Revolution Wines with Adam Jenkins. We’ll be listening to some great jazz and enjoying wine and food. There are still tickets available, but they’re going quick, so get yours now!
This is the time to brush up on your jazz knowledge before the Jazz Jubilee in May!
See you [...]
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Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Did The Duke have what it takes to make it on American Idol?
Jazz Night III “The History and Music of Duke Ellington” is on Friday, so we thought we’d get you a little sneak preview!
Chris was able to grab some time with Adam Jenkins to ask a few very important questions about this Friday’s featured jazz master, check it out!
Duke of what? Is “Duke” really Ellington’s first [...]
