- When
- Fri, February 28 2025
- Where
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Capital Stage
2215 J Street 
Description
English
by Sanaz Toossi
Directed by Torange Yeghiazarian
January 29 – March 2, 2025
2023 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Drama
2023 Obie Award Winner for Best New American Play
2022 Lucile Lortel Award Winner for Outstanding Play
Sacramento Premiere
It’s 2008, and four Iranians assemble triweekly in a TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) class in Karaj, Iran. The students are led by Marjan, an anglophile who abolishes Farsi from her classroom. They translate Ricky Martin and endure major preposition confusion; they discover how to be funny in English and ponder what they will lose in the process. As the class slowly devolves into a linguistic mess, some students cling tighter to their mother tongue while others embrace the possibilities of a new language.
NY TIMES CRITIC’S PICK! “A rich new play… both contemplative and comic, it nails every opportunity for big laughs as its English-learning characters struggle with accents and idioms. But the laughter provides cover for the deeper idea that their struggle is not just linguistic.” –THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Pregame pisco sours and spicy ceviche at OCTOPUS PERU tonight! Find on 9th between J & K in downtown Sacramento. @octopusperusac
Octopus Peru
980 9th Street, Ste 170
Sacramento 95814
916-754-2154
https://octopusperu.com/
Closed Mondays
Tues, Wed, Thur: 11am - 9pm
Fri, Sat: 11am - 10pm
Sunday: 3pm - 9pm
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If you`re headed to the Kings vs Warriors game tonight consider pre-gaming at Grange on the corner of J & 10th. @dinegrange 📸: Fried Burrata: with wild mushroom ragu, crispy herbs, sherry wine gastrique and their latest pork chop with spaetzle dish. 😲😋
📷 @mdotchong ✨
Grange Restaurant & Bar
** Instagram: @dinegrange
** 926 J Street - downtown Sacramento
** valet parking out front 👈
** plenty of street parking within a block or two 👈
** https://www.grangerestaurantandbar.com/ 👈
NEW! @rizeupbakery BREAD now available at the @sacfoodcoop! Fresh loaves delivered Sunday mornings.
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Rize Up Bakery 📸
`A Black-owned SF sourdough bakery
with unexpected ingredients,
born out of true social unrest`
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Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op 📸
2820 R Street
Midtown
7a-10p
daily
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Repost Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op:
Rize Up Bakery is the only black owned bakery in San Francisco, and the greater Bay Area. "We represent marginalized groups of people with our flavor profiles. We are inspired by representing the different cultures of the Bay Area, and it shows in our artfully baked goods. Supporting us is supporting a positive change."
Fresh loaves delivered Sunday mornings!
Two events are coming up at @amatoria_fine_art_books. Tell a friend, buy a book, and please RSVP! 1831 F Street >> corner of 19th and F in Midtown.
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An Evening of Poetry & Prose w Barbara Ruth Saunders
@barbararuth
Saturday, February 22nd
6pm – 8pm
Barbara Ruth Saunders is a brilliant thinker, an astute observer of human nature and the natural world, a free spirit with razor-sharp editing skills. We’re so pleased that she and her long-time friend nialla rose will be joining us for an evening of poetry and prose in celebration of Barbara’s recently published collection of poetry entitled “Hearing Voices”
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Afrofuturism: An Open Discussion
Wednesday, February 26th
6pm - 8pm
We`re continuing our discussion series this month with a dialog about Afrofuturism! We`ll watch a brief history and some short videos, then open the floor to discussion. What are the benefits of speculative futures? What challenges and opportunities do they present? Is Afrotopia possible? Explore the intersection of Black culture and history with science and technology. Afrofuturism is music, film, fashion, literature, art, performance, and more.
This is not a lecture, but an open forum discussion. Your thoughts and ideas are welcome. From Sun Ra to Octavia Butler to Black Panther, to Janelle Monae, into the Spiderverse, and beyond.
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One-book-minimum to attend. RSVP to info@amatoriafineartbooks.com
