Sacramento Urban Debate League students score a win
What the Sacramento Urban Debate League does for students is not debatable. The kids win.
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Midtown Farmers Market gets an Unseen Heroes makeover
A new Midtown Farmers Market debuts Saturday, March 7. It’ll be amplified by Unseen Heroes, known for putting on hip, aesthetically-pleasing community events like GOOD:…
San Francisco Beer Week's opening night Gala takes it next level
S.F. Beer Week in lights at the front entrance of Friday night’s opening Gala. I’m standing inside a long, hangarlike warehouse in the Fort Mason…
Dance Gavin Dance announces new record 'Instant Gratification'
On Friday, local post-hardcore staple Dance Gavin Dance announced the release of its sixth full-length, Instant Gratification, on Rise Records April 14. The 12-track album…
Irma Thomas, Lee Fields bring soul party to Mondavi Center
By Paul Piazza Irma Thomas, the “Soul Queen of New Orleans,” turns 74 in a little over a week—fittingly, during Mardi Gras. For most of…
Interview with Track 7 Brewing's Ryan Graham and a look at triple-IPA season (aka, you're not getting any Younger)
Track 7 brewer Ryan Graham moves barrels at the Curtis Park location. I’m writing this post from San Francisco on the first day of Beer…
Your weekend plans
Museum madness Photo courtesy of Discovery Museum Science & Space Center This Saturday, February 7, is the 17th annual Sacramento Museum Day. Expect huge crowds, a…
Commit to honesty
Joey advises a reader to be a standard-bearer for truth.
It’s about inequality
Fight diabetes, asthma, obesity, mental illness and hundreds of other diseases by fighting poverty.
Stuff to do this week
Let’s be real here: A large part of Sacramento is gentrifying. The downtown area in particular has what I call a growing “douche economy”—I’m talking…
Show to see: the Beatknocks
30FRI The Beatknocks Blue Lamp, 9pm, $10 Blue Lamp has long been a supporter of the local and national hip-hop scene and has hosted countless…
Jeff Bridges abides Crest crowds with chill vibes
By Kimberly Brown There’s no bar. At the Crest Theatre last Thursday night, there to see Jeff Bridges and band, the Abiders, it’s the first…
Brother or bother?
Joey advises a reader to help her brother—but not let him control her.
We shall overcome?
This year's MLK day a reminder that justice is long overdue.
Scorekeeper! This week's losers (dog arsonists, the DMV, Sabrina Rodriguez) and winners (a couple)
Sleep less in Seattle—a half-assed travelogue
It was when the male flight attendant in the Seahawks jersey shrieked his fourth bird call into the P.A. that I thought, Success ruins everything….
Former Fox 40 anchor pleas no contest to grand theft charges
Remember Sabrina Rodriguez? The former Fox 40 anchor busted for allegedly shoplifting with her ex fiancé at a Coach outlet store in Folsom (who bragged…