OK, so this is good for a quick laugh: Some quick observations from this All-Star Weekend video on the streets of NYC: Sacramento, your weather doesn’t…
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Activists say a new marijuana bill by a Sacramento-area lawmaker is just blowing smoke. Rancho Cordova-based lawmaker Ken Cooley pitched Assembly Bill 266 last week….
By Paul Piazza When Hozier played Ace of Spades last Wednesday, I honestly didn’t know what to expect from the sold-out crowd. Keep in mind,…
Will a Kings arena lawsuit against the city end up costing taxpayers a lot more than $1.4 million? As in more like upward of $150…
Joey pens an open love letter to Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson.
What the Sacramento Urban Debate League does for students is not debatable. The kids win.
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:…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Joey advises a reader to be a standard-bearer for truth.
Fight diabetes, asthma, obesity, mental illness and hundreds of other diseases by fighting poverty.
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…
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…
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…