About us
This group is focused on experiencing and discussing various forms of art, including music, film, theater, dance, poetry, literature, painting, and sculpture. Possible events may include concerts, plays, museums, art exhibits, watching a film, etc. The idea is that group events would involve experiencing some sort of art and then discussing the aesthetic, emotional, artistic expressive, and social implications. Many of the events will involve attending some event and experiencing the artistic performance or presentation and then discussing it as a group, perhaps at the same location or perhaps we might go somewhere else and have have drinks. The name “Dilettantes” carries both serious and playful connotations. We welcome dabblers in the arts and also those who are quite knowledgeable and can draw from their refined insights to help explain works to other members. We expect that there will also be opportunities for members to exhibit their own artistic creations to the group.
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Upcoming events
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ENLIGHTENMENT: Hall of Fame Banjo Player Bill Dendle
ENLIGHTEMENT Salon, 2221 10th Street, Sacramento, CA, USPLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP HERE, AS THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION PAGE.
Please use this link to purchase a ticket:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/enlightenment-hall-of-fame-banjo-player-bill-dendle-tickets-1993795890179A virtuoso banjoist and longtime music educator, Bill has spent over 5 decades traveling the globe to spread the gospel of traditional jazz.
Hi, it’s Vanessa, your ENLIGHTENMENT salon host.
Join me for a fun Q&A and live performance with newly minted Hall of Fame banjoist Bill Dendle, as we get to the bottom of the ultimate mystery: How does one man play four strings that fast without his fingers catching fire?
Dendle is a 2026 American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame Inductee (he will become official in October). He is a master plectrum banjoist, a legendary music educator, and a world-traveling storyteller. He’s spent over five decades proving that traditional jazz is the ultimate crowd-pleaser.
We’ll ask him about his career — from opening Disney World shows to how he survived running a teen jazz camp for 25 years —to how the banjo is integral to jazz and why it deserves way more respect than it gets in modern music.
Bill will also show off the fretwork that landed him in the Hall of Fame.
Please bring your questions — nothing is too dumb, too small or too big to ask.
Tickets are $10; $5 for students. There will be drinks and snacks, but please feel free to BYO.
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For more information about ENLIGHTENMENT and about California Groundbreakers, go to californiagroundbreakers.org1 attendee - $7.18
ENLIGHTENMENT: Kitchen Stories - Share Your Favorite Summer Recipes
ENLIGHTEMENT Salon, 2221 10th Street, Sacramento, CA, USPLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP HERE, AS THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION PAGE.
Please use this link to purchase a ticket:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/enlightenment-kitchen-stories-share-your-favorite-summer-recipes-tickets-1993796071722Come with a summer dish, a copy of the recipe & tell us its story. Leave with a new recipe to make & a closer connection to cooking
Hi, it’s Vanessa, your ENLIGHTENMENT host.
This salon talk is dedicated to the most delicious of human endeavors**: the art of the summer meal.**
Let’s gather to dissect some very important things: the perfect tomato sandwich, the philosophy of the backyard grill, and the proper sugar-to-citrus ratio for the best lemonade.
Cooking is personal, communal, and filled with histories. So bring a summer dish, a copy of the recipe, and the story behind it—whether it’s rooted in deep family lore or a new kitchen success story. We’ll share food and talk about why these dishes matter to us. Everyone leaves with something new to make and a closer connection to the casual cooks around us.
Tickets are $5 (not inclouding Eventbrite fee) to cover salon costs. I’ll bring two of my favorite summer dishes (something with tomatoes; something else with raspberries and peaches) along with some drinks; BYOB summer food and drink encouraged.
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For more information about ENLIGHTENMENT and about California Groundbreakers, go to californiagroundbreakers.org1 attendee
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