Essay: Malaquías Montoya’s multi-generational impact
Two extensive exhibitions honor Professor Emeritus and activist artist By Jeffrey Day At recent exhibition openings, Malaquías Montoya was surrounded by former students and colleagues,…
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Travel avatar Rick Steves looks to the world at Sacramento’s Crest Theatre on Dec. 4
In 1979, a young sojourner from Edmonds, Washington, channeled his travel savvy into an explainer book called “Europe Through the Back Door.” It was a…
Bite-size cinema
News & Review critic streams short films By Juan-Carlos Selznick With all due respect to major films with marathon running times—e.g. Oppenheimer (180 minutes), or…
Juma Sacramento operates local businesses, connects youth to jobs
Nonprofit teaches economic development skills to low-income youth By Jenelle Lum Valeria Ulloa was contemplating her next steps when she first heard of Juma during…
One solution to fight climate change? Fewer parking spaces
Less parking could pave the way for denser housing and more accessible public transportation. By Siri Chilukuri This story was supported by the Economic Hardship…
Bruce Cockburn headlines special evening at The Crest Theatre on Nov. 30
By Eddie Jorgensen Bruce Cockburn will be wrapping up his ambitious North American tour with a return to his favorite Sacramento haunt, the Crest Theatre….
More people than rooms: The ever more crowded conditions of renting in the Sacramento area
By Alesha Blaauw and Chris Woodard Lately renting in Sacramento can often be summed up with one word: “Packed.” Housed residents in the Sacramento region…
Creativity in the Capital: Liv Moe and Jennifer Jackson discuss the ‘cross pollination’ of artistic collaboration and the power of a network
By Casey Rafter Sacramento artist and writer Liv Moe is the founder, curator and director of the Verge Center for the Arts, which offers residency…
Cold-blooded: Michael Fassbender is perfect as a soulless murderer in David Fincher’s ‘The Killer’
By Bob Grimm David Fincher’s The Killer, starring Michael Fassbender as the title character, plays as if Fassbender’s cold and emotionless android persona from the Alien…
Sacramento women’s group empowers local business owners
By Marie-Elena Schembri Reneta Jenik quickly saw the benefits with her Folsom-based home chef service, Foodom, when she gained her first corporate customer from a…
So, you wanna be a Sacramento sound engineer?
How audio masters keep the beat for the city’s live entertainment By Eddie Jorgensen Jeremy Ayala, an audio engineer who runs the sound boards at…
Environmentalists blast Newsom again, this time for ‘streamlining’ Sites Reservoir in the Sacramento Valley
By Dan Bacher Despite strong opposition from indigenous tribes, fishing groups and conservation organizations, Governor Gavin Newsom took action in early November to fast-track the Sites Reservoir…
How an expired pandemic-era policy doubled child poverty rates
The expanded Child Tax Credit cut child poverty rates in half — now they’ve doubled By Russell Nichols In 2021, when federal lawmakers cut child…
Recognizing fake news now a required subject in California schools
By Carolyn Jones for CalMatters Pushing back against the surge of misinformation online, California will now require all K-12 students to learn media literacy skills…
Survival in postapocalyptic Las Vegas: Jarret Keene’s ‘Hammer of the Dogs’ explores a fierce new world
Set in the wasteland of post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, Hammer of the Dogs is a literary dystopian adventure filled with high-octane fun starring 21-year-old Lash. With her high-tech…
Editorial: More than a year after Roe falls, there’s a broader crisis under the flashpoint
By Scott Thomas Anderson It’s been 16 months since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federally protected right to an abortion. Has the public truly…
Scaring scares: Argentinian film ‘When Evil Lurks’ is unique, well-done—and beyond brutal
By Bob Grimm Most mainstream horror movies released this autumn have been a real letdown (Saw X, Five Nights at Freddy’s, The Exorcist: Believer)—with goofy,…