The rich cultural history of Sacramento’s Chicano murals
By Marie-Elena Schembri From the lasting legacy of the Royal Chicano Air Force murals to more recent works honoring powerful women, Chicano murals in Sacramento…
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GoldenSky Country Music Festival Returns For Year 3
By Sugarwolf Next week on October 18 thru 20, Danny Wimmer’s GoldenSky Country Music Festival returns to Discovery Park for its 3rd consecutive year. This year…
New places and new faces: Beers Books continues almost 90 years of magic in its latest location
Despite difficulties with moving, Sacramento cornerstone business is still kicking By Jacob Peterson Running an independent bookstore is far from an easy job, but Beers…
‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ at B Street Theatre inspires, provokes and engages
Ally Heatherly “What the Constitution Means to Me” at Sacramento’s B Street Theatre is an electrifying exploration of personal history and political discourse, brought to…
Gallery: Weezer brings out-of-this-world Blue Album Tour to Golden 1
Words and photographs by Sugarwolf Alt-rock band Weezer touched down at Golden 1 Center on Tuesday night, to bring their ‘Voyage to the Blue Planet’…
Essay: Vote With the League of Women Voters – a guide to the organization’s views on upcoming ballot measures
The League of Women Voters of Sacramento County, in accord with the state and national organizations, shares a single-minded mission – Making Democracy Work! LWVSC…
New artistic director of the Monterey Jazz Festival debuts with a bang at 2024 event
By Michael T. Solomon The Monterey Jazz Festival, starting in 1958, is the longest running annual event of its kind in the world. I’m proud…
The joke’s on audiences: ‘Joker: Folie a Deux’ is a boring slog that wastes Lady Gaga’s talents
By Bob Grimm With Joker (2019), director Todd Phillips gave us a very popular movie that was a rip-off of Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy. Not an homage … a…
Vocalist Majel Connery performs in Sacramento as a call to action for environmental activism on October 11
By Jennifer Junghans Vocalist and composer Majel Connery will perform her latest environmental composition, “Elderflora,” on Friday, Oct. 11 in Sacramento. Blending classical music with…
Introverts of Sacramento welcome all with monthly meet-ups
Mattie Groves Brewery the latest stop for the gathering By Helen Harlan It’s around 8 p.m. on the last Friday of September at Mattie Groves…
Sacramento’s creative community and city leadership are trying to push forward, together, on saving the arts
By Scott Thomas Anderson In the midst of economic turmoil and a now-decade-long housing crisis, Sacramento’s leaders and creative community are trying to take their…
New mural honors Sacramento’s railroad legacy
By Marie-Elena Schembri Kevin Hecteman, Sacramento Southern Railroad conductor and California State Railroad Museum marketing and communications manager, traded in his conductor cap for a…
These 5 Ace of Spades headliners will rock your October
Delaney Joyce October is ushering in an exciting lineup of shows to attend during spooky season at Sacramento’s Ace of Spades. The month opens with…
ENLIGHTENMENT: Discussion on Oct.10 about what (if anything) can be done to save downtown Sacramento?
Empty office buildings. Struggling restaurants. Unaffordable rents. Challenges with homelessness. A general concern across the region about whether it’s even safe to be there. Downtown…
A neon star is born: New blood, old legacies and Mae McCoy’s quest to bring twang-fire to a city that can’t define her
By Scott Thomas Anderson Wearing a cowboy hat and brandishing a guitar from a Texas church, Mae McCoy struts through the spacey indigo glare that’s…
Oak Park’s Black Film Festival to highlight Black culture and uplift community
By Marie-Elena Schembri Embracing vulnerability. Grief. Community healing. Musical icons. These are just some of the themes viewers can engage with at the upcoming third…
Native American graves and repatriation survey to be conducted at Sac State University in October
College is in the process of returning its collection of Native American remains and cultural items By Omid Manavirad Sacramento State recently announced plans to…