The Black Box Theater at West Sacramento Community Center

Three Sisters Gardens hosted a film screening of "Seeds for Liberation" on Friday, March 13. Panelists Alfred Melbourne, Fatima Garcia, and Sarah Al Zanoon joined director Matthew Solomon and moderator Dr. O in a post-film multicultural discussion panel linking the Free Palestine movement with Black, Chicano, and other collective liberation struggles. During the panel, Solomon discussed the choices he made to thoughtfully curate the documentary, as well as his motivation - which he described as rooted in love. This free community event also included local resource tables and chef-prepared meals. More information can be found at seedsforliberationmovie.com and 3sistersgardens.com

This Friday we welcome Three Sisters Gardens' film screening of "Seeds for Liberation", followed by a multicultural perspective discussion panel. Featuring some of the biggest names in the movement, Seeds for Liberation centers Palestinian voices and experiences, linking the Free Palestine movement with Black, Chicano, and other collective liberation struggles—spanning Gaza to Stop Cop City—and culminating in a shared vision of what true liberation means.

The film screening is currently sold out, but more info can be found here: https://www.3sistersgardens.com/events

"The phrase 'I have nothing to wear' isn't ever really about our clothes," says Borne Dance Company's artistic director and co-founder, Katie Kilbourn. "It is about how we feel in our bodies and in our minds. Our new production of "Unfolding" explores meeting that feeling with compassion instead of criticism. That's the heart of Borne, and our annual eating disorder awareness show [focuses on] body positivity, mental health, and the freedom to overcome."

Catch the cathartic production of "Unfolding" running this Saturday and Sunday only at the West Sac Black Box Theater.

Tickets are $25 and are available via https://givebutter.com/Borne25-26 There will be a few donation-based tickets available on a first come first serve basis at the door.

🐈‍⬛ Bridget Reilly performed a chilling rendition of "The Black Cat" during the Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy this past weekend! More photos to come of this talented cast.

📸: Johánna Crystal

A classic holiday tale with modern flare. Here is a glimpse of the talented team behind the Christmas Carol Cocktail Experience that graced our Black Box Theater 12/6-12/7.

📸: Johánna Crystal

⭐ Tickets are almost sold out for A Christmas Carol Cocktail Experience! This Saturday and Sunday, you're invited to an immersive reimagining of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, complete with a dark Victorian twist and four holiday-themed cocktails paired with key scenes. Don’t miss this timeless classic! Tickets are currently 20% off and available for the 12/6 2pm and 12/7 10pm showings at $46 via https://shorturl.at/ZYNbw For ages 21+

🌏 Thursday evening's film screening of "The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice" created an encouraging space for our West Sacramento community to learn about the Greenland Ice Sheet and deepen their compassion for our planet. Thank you to Mayor Martha Guerrero, director Kathy Kasic, and poet Mason Granger for their care and insight in kicking off the event. We would also like to recognize our moderator and panelists Jazmin Garcia, Kristen Wraithwall and Enrique Baeza, event coordinator Teresa Mixon and our behind-the-scenes team of Johánna, Joe, Sam and Ciara. It truly is a group effort to raise environmental awareness and spread hope for our generation and the next.

Kathy Kasic is a professor at Sacramento State and is a biologist-turned-documentary-filmmaker who directed "The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice". This award-winning film will be screened tomorrow at the Black Box Theater at 5:30 pm. Kasic and her partner Jonathan Porteus camped on the Greenland Ice Sheet for a couple of weeks to film. "To be immersed on the ice was otherworldly and gave me a respect for the power of all that ice," says Kasic, who would like audiences to witness the beauty of the Greenland Ice Sheet, to understand climate science more deeply, and to be moved to envision and enact a sustainable society. "We can either be remembered as the generation who continued to ignore climate science or we can be remembered as the bold stewards who forged the path to live sustainably with the planet." Free tickets for tomorrow's screening can be reserved via https://shorturl.at/JjZAx

A big thank you to everyone who came out and supported the powerhouse performance of Fire Breathing in the Wild on Saturday! Pictured here are band members Natachi, Syrin, ImmoBme az.i.B.we MmaMma Laura, J.Rowe, Diamond Key, Nicole Gentry, and QLynn SMOOVE. If you would like to learn more about the band, check [email protected] on Instagram. Til next!

📸: Johánna Crystal

🔥 Tickets are selling fast for tomorrow's one-of-a-kind theatrical concert experience! Fire Breathing in the Wild dynamically fuses live instrumentals, singing, poetry, dance, and improvisation. Brought to life by a band of local Black women artists who have shared their talents both domestically and internationally, this is a collective of women who embody soul, rhythm, lyricism, and freedom. Engaging themes of fire, breath, healing, liberation, environmental realities, embodiment, and lineage, this is a show that invites you in and invites you home to yourself.

This Saturday 11/15 at 7:00 pm, Fire Breathing in the Wild returns to the West Sacramento Black Box Theater. Don’t miss this award-winning collective of Black women artists who blend soulful vocals, poetry, jazz, West African rhythms, rap, and theatre! Natachi Mez, a performance poet who produced this show, is looking forward to not only having the artists feel free, but to invite the audience into that freeness as well. Tickets are $28-39 and are available via https://tinyurl.com/2nft5m3f

📸: Johánna Crystal