Islamophobic campaign mailer muddles Twin Rivers school board election
By Brooke Purves Another scandal in the Twin Rivers Unified School District has cast an ugly pall over an upcoming special election. Murmurs of racism…
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'Midtown Blue' episode two premiere on Tuesday
Photo courtesy of David Blue Garrison/The Alternative Arts Collective Midtown Blue, the Alternative Arts Collective’s self-described “first attempt at film storytelling” premieres its second episode,…
Sturgill Simpson brings his roll to Sacramento
By Paul Piazza Sturgill Simpson’s stop at Ace of Spades was sold-out long before he arrived. The weekend prior, he played a daytime set at…
Cielito Lindo Mexican Gastronomy to reopen in May
Almost exactly one year ago, a fire charred Ramiro Alarcon’s Cielito Lindo Mexican Gastronomy. The East Sacramento restaurant was open just seven months, and it’s…
Sacamento Philharmonic & Opera announce “Art Invasion 2015,” “Resurrection Season” announcement to come
The music seems to have been saved. In a press release sent to SN&R yesterday morning, the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera (an alliance self-described as…
Stuff to do this week
Heal the world This year Earth Day lands on Wednesday, April 22, but there’s plenty of earth-friendly stuff to do on both sides of that…
Rugby match tickets on sale Wednesday
Photo by Craig Boyd USA Rugby announced back in February that Sacramento’s Bonney Field will host a doubleheader of rugby games (Fiji versus Samoa, and…
Sacramento B-boys headed to Red Bull BC One qualifier
B-Boy CNote B-Boy Philthy Sacramento’s produced a number of great B-boys over the years. A few years back, I wrote a cover story on B-Boy…
Deftones and Incubus announce co-headlining tour
Sacramento’s Deftones announced a co-headlining tour with Incubus that’s set to hit the road next month. Death From Above 1979 and the Bots will round…
REVIEW: 'Once'
photo by Joan Marcus —by Jeff Hudson Decades ago, major musicals originated as Broadway shows, and later morphed into movies. And that still happens—Les Miserables,…
Get grossed out AND informed with UC Davis' comprehensive roadkill study
One time I was driving about 35 mph through a residential neighborhood when a suicidal squirrel that had safely crossed the street deliberately doubled back…
Task1ne caught stealing raps from multiple emcees
The big question in Sacramento’s hip-hop community this week: Is Task1ne a fraud? Or, how much of a fraud is Task1ne? Or, is Task1ne’s career…
Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch is not a candy-ass bitch…
… but that didn’t stop someone in Sacramento from hurling the phrase at the singer the last time he was in the area. At least…
Esquire IMAX Theatre realizes summer blockbusters are better when you're buzzed, starts serving beer and wine
I have always been a loyal 2D movie-goer. I’ve only seen a 3D movie twice. The first time was as a kid inside a small…
Midtown smoke shop shutters
Another business goes under: Jacob’s Smoke Shop (2017 I Street) closed up shop this week with little to no fanfare. On Monday, the place went…
All the rage
Joey advises a reader on the complexities of anger.
SN&R’s 26th birthday
More than 300,000 readers and still growing.