'Mad Men' 7.4: Godlike computers, sex communes and the couch-fart conundrum
A glimpse into the future displaced the unhappy strivers at Sterling Cooper & Partners, in the form of a giant computer that commandeered the employee lounge…
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'Mad Men' 7.3: 'Eat your candy.'
We enter a lunch already in progress between former neighbors. As Betty Francis (January Jones) primes a cigarette, Francine Hanson (Anne Dudek), now working three…
ESSAY: Challenge the law to save the environment
By Jan Ellen Rein & Mark Dempsey Environmental law needs a democratic makeover. Nationwide and locally, Move to Amend is mobilizing support for constitutional amendments to…
PSA: Don't be sorry, buy those Tig Notaro tix now
There’s more than a week to go until Tig Notaro’s show at Assembly (1000 K Street) but don’t be the sorry one who misses out…
Graham-a-Rama will relaunch as a cabaret, and become the name of a new record label.
Graham Sobelman is launching his own record label. And just like his popular Sacramento cabaret show of the same name (which will be revived later…
Sam Misner of Misner & Smith talks Woody Guthrie, blogging and playing in Davis
By Cody Drabble Misner & Smith, the Davis-based folk duo, will take the stage tonight at the Davis Odd Fellows Hall as part…
Marshall Tuck bucks the establishment
There is a real choice in the state superintendent of public instruction race.
Vacation in your happy place
Joey advises a reader to become the black sheep of her family.
Voters might go postal for California's June primary
Courtesy of Patrick Hoesly. By Cody Drabble With mail-in ballots for the upcoming statewide primary set to go out in a couple of weeks,…
Bob Erlenbusch thinks Sacramento can end homelessness by 2039
The tag-line celebrating Clash frontman Joe Strummer’s life can also apply to Sacramento’s next 25 years. When we asked Bob Erlenbusch to share what…
KDVS fund drive: Last night a college radio deejay saved my life
Listen, I know if you’re reading this then you’re a thoughtful media consumer. The kind of media consumer who contributes to a worthwhile media fund…
VIDEO: This collaboration between French Horn Rebellion and the Sacramento Ballet is amazing
The song and accompanying video speak for themselves, really. Do yourself a favor and watch it below. But first, the background story from Shaun Slaughter’s…
'Mad Men' 7.2: Rose-colored roses
All us cool kids know that Valentine’s Day is a bunk, empty-calorie holiday—ginned up by greeting card companies and blah, blah, blah—but that doesn’t mean…
Check out the lineup for June's folk-heavy Davis Music Fest
Earlier this week, Davis Music Fest released the lineup for its fourth annual festival on June 21. The all-day affair consists of 40 bands on…
Have a little hope
The Earth Day celebration hosted by the Environmental Council of Sacramento inspires hope that we can still save the planet.
Self-love and other lessons
Joey reflects on helping others—and herself—through her advice column.
Sacramento County plans crackdown on panhandling
Characterizing pandhandlers as relentless nuisances who cause traffic accidents and use kids and dogs to engender sympathy, Sacramento County leaders on Tuesday pushed forward an…