“Awake My Soul,” the final performance of CORE Dance Collective’s season, opened Thursday night to a crowd of more than 300 at the Benvenuti Performing Arts Center. The evening was filled with contrasting elements. One moment soft jazz music played and the next, groans, moans and cries were heard from the dancers. Some of the dancers spun around gracefully, while others were swift, powerful and intentional with their movements. CORE, which stands for Collections of Real Experience, is a nonprofit dance company with 12 dancers that was founded in 2007 by Kelli Leighton, who currently serves as the artistic director. “We are innovative. What we do is so different … whatever preconceived n

Over 25 museums participated in the annual Sacramento Museum Day this Saturday February 5. On the first Saturday of February for the past 13 years Sacramento has opened many museums to the public free of charge. Some places are always packed while other museums don’t experience such problems. I chose two locations to visit this year. One of them I knew would be packed (the Sacramento Zoo) and the other I wasn’t sure (Crocker Art Museum). As I was getting off Interstate 5 I knew the Sacramento Zoo was going to be packed. Traffic going west on Sutterville Road was backed all the way to the freeway. I ended up going to the zoo the back way from Freeport Blvd. It didn’t really matter traffic