Sacramento community gathers to discuss the state of the arts
What will it take for Sacramento to become the next Berlin? That idea kicked off last night’s California Groundbreakers debut event, “The State of the…
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The Coconut Midtown expands to Southside Park
Two extremely popular Thai restaurants peacefully coexist across the from one another on J Street: Thai Bail and the Coconut Midtown. It’s impressive that there’s…
Who to see at High Sierra Music Festival
Of all of Northern California’s many music festivals, High Sierra consistently remains one of the best intimate shindigs around. Every Fourth of July weekend, 10,000…
Oblivion Comics & Coffee wins Calling All Dreamers competition
Geeks, you’re getting your very own cafe. That’s thanks to Laura Benson and Neil Estaris as well as Sacramento Downtown Partnership’s annual Calling All Dreamers…
Station 16 brings seafood-centric dining downtown
Another seafood-focused restaurant has landed on the grid, but there’s nothing else quite like it downtown. Station 16 (118 16th Street) is softly open in…
Two Rivers Cider launches tasting room
If you’re a cider fan, you’re probably frustrated that there isn’t a cidery you can visit to geek out over your favorite alcoholic beverage. Beer…
Sacramento's Hippie Sabotage goes viral for all the wrong reasons
The Sacramento brothers who make up Hippie Sabotage might have just sabotaged their music careers. At the feel-good, hippie-loving What The Festival in Oregon last…
First Festival organizer reflects on turnout, community discussion
Danielle Vincent remembers looking around at her near-empty festival in disbelief. “I was blown away,” she says. “Literally devastated.” Why did so few people show…
Off the Grid expands to Crocker Art Museum
We knew expansion was coming, and now it’s official: Off the Grid will host a weekly food truck festival every Tuesday from 5 to 9…
Poor turnout mars First Festival
By Mozes Zarate So there was a music festival at Southside Park last weekend. Judging from the crowds, you probably weren’t there. Yeah, I get…
Off the Grid launches weekly food truck festival
On a sunny day, few things beat hanging out by the river with a cold beer and fried food. Sacramento’s newest food truck festival capitalizes…
Aftershock Festival announces 2016 lineup
Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, Slayer and Korn will headline the fifth annual Aftershock Festival. The city’s premier hard rock and metal festival is also arguably the…
Sacramento French Film Festival expands in 15th year
The 15th annual Sacramento French Film Festival returns June 17-26 with award-winning films and a new expansion into the Esquire IMAX Theatre. The latter is…
Sip Negronis all week for Negroni Week
Consider the Negroni: a bright red, Italian cocktail made up of equal parts gin, Campari and sweet vermouth. Classic and classy as hell. They’re not…
Brunch Boys food truck closing
You have one last chance to eat this fried chicken and Belgian waffle sandwich, stuffed with melty cheese, a runny egg, bacon and spicy aioli….
Brew bike passengers can drink and ride in July
Starting July 1, you’ll actually be able to get drunk on those booze bikes—you know, the ones with all the WOOO!-ing people. Let me…
Caravan Palace talks electro-swing, robots and what it's like inventing a genre
Imagine a cross between Django Reinhardt and Daft Punk. That’s the basic formula behind electro-swing, a new-meets-old genre with an international cult following. One of…