Aftershock history is about to be Maiden Sacramento, show schedules just announced
By Sugarwolf In little more than one week, Discovery Park will once again be flooded by an ocean of black cut-off T’s, shorts and denim…
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Sacramento’s first hi-fi bar debuts with tracks pressed to vinyl
Legend Has It celebrates grand opening as Sacramento’s first hi-fidelity listening bar By Katerina Graziosi It’s a quarter to 2 p.m. when Purple Disco Machine’s…
Sacramento theaters bring spooky, political and heartfelt productions to the stage this October
By Patti Roberts Let’s do the “Time Warp” again! In the spirit of the spooky season, Green Valley Theatre Company is staging their annual rendition…
Gallery: CrockerCon turns 10 with comic artists, fans, cosplay and creative celebrations
By Xavier Figuero The Crocker Art Museum celebrated all things comics, cartoons and pop culture at its 10th iteration of CrockerCon on Sept. 12. The event …
Radium Girls is the devastating, true tale of working women left to suffer from radium exposure
By Dave Kempa Imagine, as a young woman, having your decomposing jaw slowly ooze out of your gums in the form of black pus. Suffering…
Sacramento’s soulful goodbye to summer: R&B in the Park
Attendees let loose to passionate beats By Ismael Martinez Castillo Downtown Sacramento burst to life with the echoes of popular slow jams and laughter for…
ENLIGHTENMENT: Ballots, beer and discussing Election 2024 at Ruhstaller’s on Oct. 2
Know how you’re going to vote? If the answer is ‘no,’ bring your ballot and join California Groundbreakers for beers at Ruhstaller’s Downtown Sacramento during…
How a leading ballet training school in Roseville restructured to become a pre-professional dance company
By Dina Bugayevskaya For 18 years, Northern California Dance Conservatory has inspired youth who love ballet to enjoy recreational dance and, in many cases, to…
Lessons for breaking the poverty cycle
A national nonprofit uses financial and life coaching to teach low-income parents how to move up to living wages and beyond. By Mark Kreidler Capital…
Organizations supporting Sacramento’s unhoused weigh in on mayoral expectations
By Jacob Peterson Of the many issues voters are concerned about going into the November runoff election for Sacramento mayor, the topic of how to…
Sacramento Reptile Show delivers an un-frog-gettable fall exposition
Attendees’ devotion to scaly pals proves they’re not just pets, they’re a lifestyle By Delaney Joyce The Sacramento Reptile Show slithered into Cal Expo on…
Sacramento Songwriter Circle builds community for local musicians
By Catherine Warmerdam Good things happen when musicians gather together in a supportive community. That’s the premise behind the Sacramento Songwriter Circle, a loosely organized…
Sacramento booksellers and librarians celebrate the freedom to read during Banned Book Week
By Miranda Culp Late last month, the California Senate passed the Freedom to Read Act, a bill that prohibits public and school libraries from banning…
Lifetime in the arts: Deborah Pittman’s journey from clarinet to clay
By Joan Cusick Brooklyn-born Deborah Pittman devoted decades of her life to the clarinet, playing on Broadway and for the symphony orchestra in Sacramento. But…
California Legislature’s unwritten rule: negotiate in secret with lobbyists, not in public
By Ryan Sabalow for CalMatters State Sen. Dave Min admonished a fellow legislator recently for talking about his bill during an open hearing, saying lawmakers…
New film premiered at Sacramento’s Guild Theater affirms Black girlhood
By Seth Sandronsky A cinema project from Justice2Jobs aims to spur community conversation about the “adultification bias” of Black girls; the harmful expectations and stereotypes…
Project Censored dispatch: Freed between the lines
By Mickey Huff Forty-two years ago, on the heels of a landmark Supreme Court decision protecting intellectual freedom in Board of Education, Island Trees Union…