Sacramento's Joe Tolo advances to the next round in the Voice
Sacramento’s had a pretty good showing in NBC’s singing show The Voice over the past few years. Lindsey Pavao, James Cavern and Jeremy Briggs have…
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Five don't-miss spring events this week
What do hobbits eat?
“Tonight, we dine in Middle Earth!” That’s the kind of nerdy crap I used to say as a freshman in college. It was because UC…
VIDEO: SN&R visits Mark Bell's Super Training Gym
SN&R’s arts story this week is about Mark Bell and the Super Training Gym in West Sacramento. Here’s a quick look at the gym on…
Your weekend plans
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…
Stuff to do this week
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…
Show to see: the Beatknocks
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…
Stuff to do this week
Often, New Year’s resolutions include generally unrealistic s goals such as learning a new language. Let’s get real here: It’ll take way more than a…
Things to do this week
The show goes on Sacramento’s iconic Crest Theater and the area around it went through some big changes in 2014. Just to recap: At the…
Introducing the burgerrito
Burgers are good. Burritos are great. But how about a mashup of the two? Well, now Sacramento has a chance to answer that thanks to…
Things to do: first week of 2015
It seems like Sacramento has always been a trendsetter of sorts when it comes to geek culture. We’ve had a healthy (if not contentious) Star…
Another viral cover of 'Alphabet Aerobics'
Apparently, 2014 is the year of people rapping “Alphabet Aerobics” and going viral. In case you missed it, here’s video of Harry Potter himself rapping…
Bring on the New Year
It seems like two of the most popular New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day traditions are as follows: Going to a party and…
Stuff to do this week, holiday-shopping edition
It’s about a week until both Christmas and Kwanzaa, and there’s about a week left of Hanukkah, too. Perhaps you’ve avoided holiday shopping altogether so…
Charlie Hunter and Scott Amendola tonight at Harlow's
Six shows to see this weekend
Stuff to do this week: holiday edition
Christmas music: It can conjure a host of different Proustian involuntary memories. For example, it reminds my wife of Black Friday hell—because one year she…