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2011 California Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
The 2011 California Hall of Fame inductees, as selected by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. and First Lady Anne Brown, were announced, continuing the rich tradition of honoring legendary people who embody California’s innovative spirit. The inductees of the sixth annual event all have made distinct marks on history.

The 2011 California Hall of Fame inductees are: Moon explorer and astronaut Buzz Aldrin; surf rock legends The Beach Boys; Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn; community activist Father Gregory Boyle; entrepreneurs and philanthropists Doris and Donald Fisher; basketball superstar Magic Johnson; disability rights advocate Ed Roberts; guitar visionary Carlos Santana; celebrated contemporary novelist Amy Tan; and social justice champion California Supreme Court Justice Roger Traynor. The induction ceremony will take place on December 8 at Sacramento’s Memorial Auditorium. www.californiamuseum.org

Northern California Destinations Launch Travel App
The Sacramento area is prominently featured in the first regional California travel app—the “NorCalGuide.” The free “Northern California Travel Guide” app provides comprehensive coverage of Sacramento and the surrounding region. It offers quick access to listings of attractions, accommodations, restaurants, events and points of interest, plus maps, photos and deals. The app is GPS-enabled and searchable by category or name. It’s available on Apple’s App Store now, with an Android version coming out this fall.

Sacramento International Airport (SMF) Opened $1 Billion Expansion on October 6, 2011
The new Central Terminal B is designed to meet future air travel demand by replacing the outdated 216,000 square foot/13 gate Terminal B, with the new 669,000 square foot/19 gate Central Terminal B. The four-level project includes integrated customs facilities, a two-level roadway to separate arriving and departing traffic and energy efficient and environmentally conscious design that is anticipated to receive LEED certification. The project also includes an $8 million public art program. www.bigbuild.org  or www.smf.aero

Sacramento to Launch Regional Wine Guide Website
The Sacramento region is home to more than 200 wineries and tasting rooms and is quickly gaining a reputation as a popular US wine-tasting destination. To help leverage that momentum, the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau (SCVB) has revised the comprehensive, visitor-friendly, regional wine-focused guide that will encourage and enable greater exploration of all the region has to offer. Sacramento’s wine guide provides maps and information highlighting the following counties: Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Northern Sierra, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Yolo. The complementing website will launch in winter 2011. www.sacramentowineguide.com

Crocker Art Museum Celebrated $100 Million Expansion in October 2010
The Crocker Art Museum opened its 125,000-square-foot expansion that tripled the size of the existing facility and added much-needed gallery space and visitor amenities.

The new building also creates one of the largest event spaces in Sacramento with indoor/outdoor seating for 1,200. State-of-the-art education and program facilities include a 260-seat auditorium and meeting center, studio art spaces and a children’s interactive gallery. The museum also offers a café for the first time and an enhanced gift shop. www.crockerartmuseum.org

Clayton Bailey Exhibit at the Crocker Art Museum
A ceramist, sculptor, and self-proclaimed “mad scientist,” Bailey aims to surprise and delight with his art. This exhibition presents the full range of his inspired eccentricity in clay and metal, including his early ceramic critters, signature “exploding pots,” life-sized robot sculptures, and ray guns realized from discarded aluminium. Also included are Bailey’s pseudo-scientific discoveries, including proof of “Big Foot” and ceramic fossils from the “Bone Age,” made under the name of his scientific alter-ego, Dr. George Gladstone. Visitors to the exhibition will also experience the artist’s fully realized environments, including his backyard “Kaolithic” discoveries and mockumentary “Museum of Wonders” from his home in the Bay Area. In all, 180 works and complementary ephemera span 50 years of Bailey’s prodigious production of genuine marvels.
October 22, 2011- January 15, 2012. www.crockerartmuseum.org

Red Hot and Blown: Contemporary Glass from the Crocker’s Collection
In 2012, more than 150 museums throughout the United States will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of America’s studio-glass movement, which began in 1962 in Toledo, Ohio. Since that time, glass has emerged as a rich and diverse form of creative expression with vessels, sculptures, and everything in between being blown, cast, assembled, and even painted. The Crocker’s exhibition includes all of these techniques, ranging from Marvin Lipofsky’s blown sculptures and vases from the 1960s to Dale Chihuly’s elaborate “Macchia Seaform Group” from the 1980s, to more recently acquired sculptural works by Therman Statom and Nancy Mee. March 17-November 25, 2011 www.crockerartmuseum.org

WUNDERCARS!
The California Automobile Museum’s WUNDERCARS opened on October 1, 2011, highlighting the long and dynamic history of the German automobile. The exhibit follows Germany’s rich automotive history from its 19th century beginnings to its current enviable state at the forefront of performance, technology, and design. In addition to a long-term exhibit tracing the impact of the American market on the German automotive industry – and the impact of the German automobile on America – a rotating gallery will spotlight the histories of Germany’s premier automakers. The rotating gallery will go in-depth into the most influential automakers.
Porsche: October 1 – November 27, 2011
BMW: November 28- January 21, 2012
Mercedes-Benz: January 21-March 18, 2012
Volkswagen: March 19 – May 12, 2012.
www.calautomuseum.org

More Sacramento Gold Card Partners Means More Savings for Hotel Guests
Travelers to Sacramento now have even more ways to “discover gold” during their visit to California’s capital city. The Sacramento Gold Card, an exclusive benefit to guests staying at participating Sacramento-area hotels, provides discounts to more than 25 attractions, restaurants, retailers, theaters, and sports venues throughout the region. Visitors can now choose from more than 30 hotels that offer the card. To receive a Sacramento Gold Card, guests simply need to request one when checking in at a participating hotel. For a complete list of benefits visit www.discovergold.org

Please visit www.sacramento365.com  for a complete list of events in the Sacramento region.