On Saturday, take to the streets with “Unsilent Night”
Those in need of some free holiday merriment this weekend are highly advised to check out the “Unsilent Night” event that kicks off at 16th…
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Charles Barkley's weird, somewhat diss-tastic, but mostly good Sacramento adventure
Anyone watching last night’s Sacramento Kings game against the New York Knicks witnessed some post-game weirdness when TNT commentator Charles Barkley took to the mic…
Sammies nominations, go!
It’s that time of the year again–no not the holidays. Unless you count celebrating local music achievements as a holiday. Which it is, kind of,…
Hey bud-dy: Pauly Shore still exists, will perform at the Boardwalk Friday, December 11
By Eddie Jorgensen Fans of grunge-era MTV need little introduction to Pauly Shore, both a VJ and a comedian, who quickly ascended to superstar status…
Patton Oswalt vs. Good Day Sacramento
Paging Cara Delevingne. Comedian Patton Oswalt passed through Sacramento this past weekend and found himself stuck in a hotel room watching Good Day Sacramento, I…
Members of the Sacramento metal band Psychosomatic thrash, thrive on word-of-mouth, playing live
Photo courtesy of Pyschosomatic By Eddie Jorgensen Psychosomatic is a local thrash metal band started by bassist/vocalist Jeff Salgado back in 1987 whose members have…
Suspect(s) still at large near City College campus, campus officials take 41 minutes to warn students via text
Shortly before 4 p.m., 6-7 shots were fired on campus at Sacramento City College near the baseball field. One person was struck and died on…
Sacramento singer-songwriter Brianna Lea Pruett has died
By mid-morning Thursday, news of singer-songwriter Brianna Lea Pruett's death had spread quickly on Facebook among her friends, family and members of Sacramento’s tight-knit…
Review: Hair – Starshine and moonglow
5 Stars By Jim Carnes Music Circus closes one of its strongest seasons in years with an outstanding production of Hair, the 1968 “American…
“End of Life” advocate Jennifer Glass has died
Earlier this year, SN&R editor and writer Melinda Welsh wrote about the work of “end of life” advocates fighting for the legal right to die…
Good Day Sacramento and Cara Delevingne's Bad Blood
Maybe you’ve already seen the links going around this morning but this interview between some Good Day Sacramento anchors and Taylor Swift’s BFF Cara Delevingne…
Second Saturday alert: Jason Rudy's art show tones down the flesh, ups the arty elegance
By Aaron Carnes Jason Rudy has been making underground, campy, drive-in-inspired movies locally the past decade under his production name Desperate Visions. The name is…
Local musicians rally to help Midtown stabbing victims
On Monday, news spread quickly via social media about the Sunday late night stabbing of three musicians who were allegedly attacked by a group of…
Toy story dreams: Reflections on all things nerd-dom at the Sac Toy Expo
By Willie Clark I have a recurring dream where I walk into a store and the shelves are lined with “Beast Wars” – a “Transformers”…
Sacramento Bee cartoonist Jack Ohman inked some serious bro-level sexism at Hillary Clinton
Well, it’s time for me to put on my humorless, angry feminist hat again. To be honest, I thought I’d have at least until the…
No dad rock here: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion book last-minute show
Fans of dirty, kinda nuts ‘90s-era rock won’t want to miss this last-minute show just booked yesterday. On Thursday, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion booked…
Hacker Lab hacks a new space in Rocklin
Midtown Sacramento might have something of a burgeoning startup tech culture but all that creativity and innovative spirit isn’t confined to the grid. Witness:…