First look: Midtown's Karma Brew
In between two large-scale construction projects near Fremont Park in Midtown Sacramento—Legado de Ravel and 16 Powerhouse, both mixed-use buildings—a smaller construction project is also underway…
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REVIEW: 'Sister Act'
PHOTO BY JOAN MARCUS by Jessica Rine If familiarity with the 1992 film Sister Act with Whoopi Goldberg and Maggie Smith went back into the…
PHOTO ESSAY: March Madness
by Paul Piazza March is a traditionally a time of distractions due to office tourney pools in the workplace and busted brackets everywhere. This year,…
A note on Kings nostalgia
In what felt like a throwback from a different era, the Sacramento Kings beat the Los Angeles Lakers last night. And despite both the Kings…
ESSAY: Foreign language follies
I thought I could learn French and Italian in a month via the newly released Mango Languages app. I like to think I’m pretty good…
This weekend's shows
14FRI Those Darn Accordions The Palms Playhouse, 8 p.m., $20 If Jon Arbuckle (Garfield’s human) or Lawrence Welk come to mind when accordion music is…
Rave meets Vegas meets TEDx, in blue
photo by Paul Kolnik by Kel Munger Blue Man Group, that trio of bald, blue-faced naïfs-slash-aliens, lands in Sacramento for a hilarious, action-packed and loud…
This Guy Fieri impression is amazingly accurate
Screengrab via YouTube.com As I wrote about this week in my Food Stuff column, I recently started watching Eddie Huang’s food and travel show, Fresh…
REVIEW: 'Flashdance The Musical'
Photo by Jeremy Daniel —by Jessica Rine A friend says, “I have tickets to see Flashdance The Musical.” Instantly conjured are images of leg warmers…
Review and photos: Jonny Lang at the Crest
Words and photos by Paul Piazza. Hotshot blues guitarist Jonny Lang has been wowing audiences since he was a lad of 12 when he first…
Go see these shows this weekend
24FRI Chk Chk Chk (!!!) Assembly Music Hall, 8 p.m., $13 When your name is a trio of exclamation points, thus leaving it up to…
OMG Burger closing, food truck for sale
Anyone need a burger truck? On Monday, Sacramento food truck OMG Burger posted the above photo along with the following caption: Alright IG family, The…
Go to these shows this weekend
17FRI Safe Ground Sacramento benefit Luna’s Café & Juice Bar, 7 p.m., $7-$10 Good music often has a good cause behind it. That’s certainly the…
Fading away: a review of “Buddy—The Buddy Holly Story”
photo by Hilary Camilleri By Jim Carnes The spirit of Buddy Holly lives—but not, I’m afraid, in Buddy—The Buddy Holly Story, playing through January 2…
Crackin' 'The Nutcracker'
By Jim Carnes PHOTO BY KEITH SUTTER. One of these days—and it may not be that far off—Ron Cunningham may be able to cast all…
Variety show features comedy, music and whatever else can be thrown in
Cross-Pollination Wednesday, December 11 Ever been to a show at Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub, and wondered why a bunch of people were lining up…
Hella shows this weekend
06FRI Black Uhuru PowerHouse Pub, 10 p.m., $20 Black Uhuru’s made reggae over four decades, including a particularly propitious period during the ’80s and early…