Fluidity of sound
Steel drum musician Shawn Thwaites is now a Recording Academy board member The beautiful and fluid echoes from the steel drum have been embedded into…
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Sounding the alarm
Virtual town halls educate and empower the black community during the pandemic By Faye Wilson Kennedy and Kevin Carter In March, we began distributing food,…
Slow streets
Sacramento looked, but decided against closing some residential roads to prioritize pedestrian safety during the COVID-19 pandemic The city of Sacramento has decided to pass…
Stat of the week: 3,000 coronavirus deaths
How quickly did California reach grim milestone and why should that give reopen boosters pause? It took more than five weeks—38 days, to be precise—for…
Taming the inner storm
A Vietnam refugee turned psychologist offers her own painful journey in new memoir By Scott Thomas Anderson Several years ago, a psychologist at UC Davis…
Better safe than sorry
Editor’s note: New city programs during the pandemic need to take every precaution City Hall and its partners are brainstorming lots of innovative ways to…
Snapshots from a pandemic
The community pool usually holds swim lessons for children during warm summer days. (Photo by Steph Rodriguez) The kiddie pool runs dry. (Photo by Steph…
Learn to draw
Take up the pen and become a living legend
Your weekend binge list
SNL alums make mockumentaries, the British tackle Ghost Stories and Ahnuld comes back Watch: Documentary Now!What: Dead-on comic recreations of revered documentariesWho: Fred Armisen, Bill…
Letters: Transit tax, restaurants, homelessness
Dishonesty on Frost Re: “Let the voters decide” by Glenda Marsh (Essay, May 12): What a dishonest way to represent Supervisor Sue Frost. I got…
Third World villages
Essay: Why are people in Sacramento homeless encampments having to drink water from hand-washing stations? By Joe Smith The American River Parkway is home to…
Honoring veterans, from a distance
Editor’s note: Memorial Day won’t be the same during the COVID-19 pandemic In some respects, Memorial Day 2020 will be commemorated with the same, time-honored…
A brush with history
How will people look back on art during the coronavirus?
Cannabis practices in coronavirus era
Delivery services take note of changing consumer habits It has been a busy spring for Sacramento’s cannabis delivery services. They are considered essential businesses under…
Free Will Astrology
By Rob Brezsny For the week of May 14, 2020 ARIES (March 21-April 19): During a pandemic, is it possible to spread the news about…
June wedding
A famous Sacramento rose garden is a popular setting, but it’s off limits for gatherings during the pandemic Here’s another victim of the COVID-19 pandemic:…
Data collection
California isn’t asking about the sexual orientation of COVID-19 patients. Legislators and LGBTQ advocates want that to change. In a deadly pandemic, complete data is…