Read W. Kamau Bell's essay and then see him perform tonight
photo by Matthias Clamer, courtesy of FX. If you blinked, you may have missed it. Yesterday, lost amongst inane hipster listicles with titles like “Australian…
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Watch DeMarcus Cousins scare Lithuanian basketball player
The USA Basketball Men’s National Team destroyed Lithuania in the semifinal of the 2014 FIBA World Cup today. If you haven’t been following along, two…
Two music festivals happening this weekend
Stick a fork in it
Enough already. I like farms, I sometimes use forks, and I often enjoy so-called “farm-to-fork” meals. Still, there’s something unsettling to me about the term…
Pop-ups, cooking competitions coming to Mother
Mother is spicing up its Monday nights with three unusual dining concepts. The innovative all-veggie, K Street restaurant launches Other on Oct. 13, which basically institutionalizes…
TBD Fest daily lineup revealed, single-day tickets on sale
The hotly anticipated TBD Festival released its day-by-day schedule along with a single-day ticket option earlier today. Formerly known as Launch, TBD will be a…
Friday-night and Saturday-night gigs
Top son
A few weeks ago, I got an email saying that as a member of the media, I might be able to fly in a plane…
Hard rock music festival Aftershock returns bigger than ever
Chicago punk band Rise Against plays Sunday at Aftershock Aftershock is back for a third year of head banging, mosh pits and all things hard…
Horrible bosses
Joey advises a reader to take this j-o-b and kind of love it.
Doug Ose's plan to replace Obamacare isn't leadership. It's ridiculous.
You might as well stick to a steady diet of cheesecake.
Does anyone besides spambots support Strong Mayor? (Or, a breakdown of Yes on Measure L’s bogus Facebook page)
Do you “like” strong mayor? I don’t mean whether or not you’re going to vote for Measure L, the November ballot initiative that would give…
REVIEW: Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden
Review and photos by Paul Piazza. Last week, I took the lengthy drive to Wheatland’s Sleep Train Amphitheater to go see Soundgarden and Nine Inch…
Thinking global, acting lo-cool
If you’re looking for a fun way to start Labor Day weekend, take off from work a bit early on Friday, August 29, and head…
Labor Day weekend = music festivals
*Editor’s note: The Aug. 28 print edition of SN&R (“Eight Gigs,” page 55) mistakenly stated the price of the Tejano Conjunto Festival as “no cover.”…
Iconic Trails restaurant to close
OK, so maybe we can’t exactly blame this latest impending landmark closure on the arena or gentrification. News that Trails, the longstanding Sacramento western-themed restaurant…
Major Sacramento labor leader Bill Camp fired over Kevin Johnson's strong mayor initiative
by Cosmo Garvin Bill Camp, the outspoken executive secretary of the Sacramento Central Labor Council, has been fired, apparently because of an internal dispute over…