What ancient healing sanctuaries can teach us about the benefits of art
By Angie Eng In ancient Greece, if an Athenian statesman fell ill, he might enter an Asclepieia sanctuary where patients were treated with art, music,…
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September brings the heat with interactive art experiences in Sacramento
By Marie-Elena Schembri September may be the harbinger of fall, but this month is still bringing the heat with interactive local art shows, an immersive…
Keepers of the quiet goodbye: Meet the people who pulled off a hospice miracle by overcoming society’s fear of homelessness and death itself
Inside the decade-long struggle to make Joshua’s House a reality in Sacramento By Scott Thomas Anderson Craig Dresang has lived in the shadow of death…
Guitars and reflections: Dallas Burrow’s show in Folsom touched on city’s music legacy, previewed intrepid new album ‘The Way the West Was Won’
By Scott Thomas Anderson Texas birthed some titans of that restless renegade sound that defines Outlaw Country, but last Friday night, when one of the Lone Star…
Essay: My eviction story and the new bill that imperils housing for those most at risk of losing it
By Sarah Grace Kubasek When my family was evicted in 2023, I believed we had failed. We were living out of our car, relying on…
Sacramento audio producers: Step aside, boys. Women are joining the club
By Casey Rafter Stacked keyboards, a collection of acoustic and electric guitars, a hodgepodge of drum pieces, sound boards and a cart made heavy by…
September theater roundup: Fall season ramps up in Sacramento
By Dave Kempa Things are finally cooling down in the City of Trees, but the fall season of local live theater is just warming up….
What the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ means for Medicare, Medicaid and access for immigrants
By Macy Yang It will become harder for millions of people who rely on Medicare and Medicaid to stay covered after passage of the “One…
‘The community is the therapy.’ Clubhouse International is attempting to bring a new model of mental health treatment to those living on Sacramento’s streets
By Odin Rasco Citing an all-time high for the number of individuals “living on the streets” — 274,224 people one night in 2024, according to…
On the eve of his Sofia appearance, Brian Copeland talks storytelling, surviving and writing his way through it all
By Chris Woodard Brian Copeland wears many hats: actor, stand-up comic, playwright, novelist and radio personality. But when you ask him to sum up what…
Sacramento’s Chalk It Up festival celebrates artists, musicians with upcoming 35th festival
By Justine Chahal Over Labor Day weekend for the past three-plus decades, families from all over the Sacramento region have traveled to Sacramento’s Fremont Park…
A summer of murder sentences: Prosecutors in Sacramento close major homicides, while Placer’s big justice saga hits the skids
By Scott Thomas Anderson In recent weeks, the Sacramento District Attorney’s Office shut the files on several murder investigations, sending three different men to state…
Jerry Garcia wasn’t political. But the Grateful Dead symbolized defiance in a deeply political moment
By Jim Newton for CalMatters Excerpted from “Here Beside the Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and an American Awakening” by Jim Newton. Copyright © 2025. Available from Penguin Random…
Gallery: Sacramento band Destroy Boys headlines Channel 24 to roaring crowd
Photographs by Xavier Figueroa Alexia Roditis of Destroy Boys engages with the audience on Saturday, Aug. 9 at Channel 24 in Sacramento. Mannequin Pussy supports…
The art of improvement: Midtown Association fosters Sacramento creativity and culture
By Marie-Elena Schembri For an artist, finding opportunities to show and share their work can be hard. Even rarer are opportunities that put money in…
Long traditions meet the cutting-edge of country as Dallas Burrow plays the Folsom Hotel on Aug. 22
On Aug. 22, the city in Sacramento County known for hosting the area’s biggest rodeo will also welcome a performer from a town known for…
Daunting disappearances: Fantastic performances and an unpredictable ending make ‘Weapons’ a new horror classic
By Bob Grimm Another week, another fantastic horror film—continuing a banner year for the genre. Weapons—director Zach Cregger’s stunning follow-up to Barbarian, his totally crazy 2022…