Before the Buzzer The saga of the Sacramento
Kings' potential relocation to Seattle is winding down to the
final few plays. A bankruptcy court moved Seattle bidder Chris
Hansen one step closer to buying the Kings Tuesday, the team's last
game of the season is Wednesday, and the National Basketball
Association's Board of Governors is meeting Thursday and Friday to
determine whether the team can leave. Capital Public Radio's Bob Moffitt starts off this weeks' Insight
coverage of the Kings story as it winds to a close - or starts a
new chapter.
"Nature Noir" From 1986 to 1998, Jordan
Fisher Smith was a forest ranger in charge of land cleared to
be a lake once the proposed Auburn dam was finished. When
delays in the dam kept the territory dry, crime flooded into the
void. Smiths' new book "Nature Noir" covers deaths, suicides and other
dark sides of his patrols in an American River Canyon. "Nature
Noir" has been selected by the Auburn Rotary Club for its Community
Reads event Thursday, April 18 at the Placer High School auditorium
in Auburn, where Smith will discuss the chapter in his book that
chronicles the case of a man who got away with murder for 20
years.
"Widowers' Houses" George Bernard Shaw's
rarely produced comedy, "Widowers' Houses," is at California Stage. The satire focuses on
the constant social climbing of the economic upper class and is
rife with political themes still relevant today. We'll talk about
the play with director Janis Stevens and actor Jessica Goldman
Laskey.
Steve Turre We continue a two-part
conversation with renowned jazz trombonist and former Sacramento
State University student Steve Turre, who is returning to his alma mater
this week to participate in the Festival of
the Arts. Turre plays with the student Jazz Ensemble at 8 p.m.
Wednesday in Sac State's Music Recital Hall.