Radium Girls is the devastating, true tale of working women left to suffer from radium exposure
By Dave Kempa Imagine, as a young woman, having your decomposing jaw slowly ooze out of your gums in the form of black pus. Suffering…
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Sacramento’s soulful goodbye to summer: R&B in the Park
Attendees let loose to passionate beats By Ismael Martinez Castillo Downtown Sacramento burst to life with the echoes of popular slow jams and laughter for…
ENLIGHTENMENT: Ballots, beer and discussing Election 2024 at Ruhstaller’s on Oct. 2
Know how you’re going to vote? If the answer is ‘no,’ bring your ballot and join California Groundbreakers for beers at Ruhstaller’s Downtown Sacramento during…
How a leading ballet training school in Roseville restructured to become a pre-professional dance company
By Dina Bugayevskaya For 18 years, Northern California Dance Conservatory has inspired youth who love ballet to enjoy recreational dance and, in many cases, to…
Organizations supporting Sacramento’s unhoused weigh in on mayoral expectations
By Jacob Peterson Of the many issues voters are concerned about going into the November runoff election for Sacramento mayor, the topic of how to…
Sacramento Reptile Show delivers an un-frog-gettable fall exposition
Attendees’ devotion to scaly pals proves they’re not just pets, they’re a lifestyle By Delaney Joyce The Sacramento Reptile Show slithered into Cal Expo on…
Sacramento Songwriter Circle builds community for local musicians
By Catherine Warmerdam Good things happen when musicians gather together in a supportive community. That’s the premise behind the Sacramento Songwriter Circle, a loosely organized…
Sacramento booksellers and librarians celebrate the freedom to read during Banned Book Week
By Miranda Culp Late last month, the California Senate passed the Freedom to Read Act, a bill that prohibits public and school libraries from banning…
Lifetime in the arts: Deborah Pittman’s journey from clarinet to clay
By Joan Cusick Brooklyn-born Deborah Pittman devoted decades of her life to the clarinet, playing on Broadway and for the symphony orchestra in Sacramento. But…
California Legislature’s unwritten rule: negotiate in secret with lobbyists, not in public
By Ryan Sabalow for CalMatters State Sen. Dave Min admonished a fellow legislator recently for talking about his bill during an open hearing, saying lawmakers…
New film premiered at Sacramento’s Guild Theater affirms Black girlhood
By Seth Sandronsky A cinema project from Justice2Jobs aims to spur community conversation about the “adultification bias” of Black girls; the harmful expectations and stereotypes…
Project Censored dispatch: Freed between the lines
By Mickey Huff Forty-two years ago, on the heels of a landmark Supreme Court decision protecting intellectual freedom in Board of Education, Island Trees Union…
More secure EBT cards are coming to California. Here’s when they’ll go out
By Jeanne Kuang for CalMatters Californians will get cash and food assistance on more secure cards early next year — about six months later than…
What’s it like to be an actor in Sacramento? Just ask these local thespians.
By Helen Harlan Seven years ago, Hunter Hoffman was living a New York actor’s dream: He was cast as an understudy in “Sweat,” the critically…
Sacramento’s annual Solidarity Summit on Homelessness highlights needs, resources for the unhoused
By Seth Sandronsky Rev. Mahsea Evans opened Sacramento’s third annual Solidarity Summit on Homelessness with a welcoming speech and a secular prayer on Sept. 7…
Sacramento Female Community Reentry Program provides women with tools for ‘the rest of their lives’
By Kate Gonzales Anyone who’s pursued a path to change knows that at least three things are needed to make it happen: the right environment…
Capital Stage’s “Fairview” is light fare until darkness descends
By Patti Roberts In “Fairview,” now showing at Capital Stage, audiences are invited into the home of the Frasiers, a middle-class African American family with…