This week’s Halloween happenings in the Sacramento region
Looking for a way to get into the spirit, or find some spirits, around All Hallows’ Eve? Unlike last year, vaccination rates in region have…
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Monk’s Cellar’s new whiskey club brings a reveling reverence for the art
Roseville brewery to host a big event this weekend, but its bourbon bravado is generating its own excitement The gold-glinting allure of whiskey flows from…
Virtual Village Feast celebrates, supports women working in Sacramento food and Ag
Registration is open for Oct. 9 farm-to-fork experience Here’s your chance to feast like a Dame – and support women who work in food and…
The photo oracle: Sacramento’s Elle Jaye has an eye for capturing the music scene’s creative lightning
Pink hair, lenses and hugs are part of a rare approach the city’s musicians can’t get enough of By Casey Rafter It’s a beat frozen…
The battle of wine and fire: Inside the struggle to save El Dorado County’s acclaimed vineyards from Caldor
Randy Rossi throws some muscle against the gear-shifter of his Kubota ATV as it plows through broken powder on a mountain top. The wheels continue…
After generations of community building, East Sacramento gets recognized as ‘Little Italy’
During a recent lunchtime rush, a small team of workers at Corti Brothers’ delicatessen called out orders as they wrapped and bagged sausage links, cheese…
While focusing on poverty and small biz fallout, Sacramento’s new ‘rescue plan’ makes a major investment in the arts
City Council on track to steer $10 million directly to the Capital’s creative economy as venues and artists try to recover Sacramento leaders just unveiled…
Essay: Sacramento could revolutionize its livability by giving artists a stipend to focus on their work
The models and the funds are already there – if we step back from a narrow picture frame By Waverly Hampton III Pope Julius II…
California says goodbye to ‘the Godfather of Barbera’
Dick Cooper’s vision, with advice from the guru of Corti Brothers, launched Plymouth’s international wine phenomenon In the late 1970s, a young farming prodigy in…
The best Sacramento butchers for lighting up the barbecue season
‘Summer time, and living’s easy.” At least, it is for those countering the heatwave by igniting their own flames under the grill. Here in California,…
Downtown Sacramento’s iconic Jim Dennys is Back!
Fabled diner gets new energy from a local chef By Ken Magri Just in time for California’s post-Covid era, Jim Dennys restaurant is back in…
The Crocker comeback: Art’s inspiring appeal on full display as the city’s historic museum comes back to life
Kids’ summer camps, ‘Louis Comfort Tiffany’ exhibit & ‘For America’ showing all on the horizon Sacramento’s dedicated art community leaned on virtual experiences to connect…
In Sacramento, the Devil gets his icy due
Devil May Care Ice Cream is breaking out of the icebox on flavors By Jocelynn Rubio Downtown Sacramento has gotten devilishly sweeter as Devil May…
Returning to B Street
Sacramentans can join the cast of B Street Theatre May 6 for a live telethon of non-stop entertainment on the Big Day of Giving B…
The new Sacramento Arts Czar on rebooting the city’s creative economy post-pandemic
How will Sacramento’s arts community rebound after the pandemic? Among those navigating the comeback is Megan Van Voorhis, the City of Sacramento’s Cultural and Creative…
Fig collectors’ paradise
While driving north toward Oroville for a Feather River salmon fishing trip in August of 2003, a voluminous tree beside Highway 70 caught my eye….
Sac’s creatives can’t be caged: Upcoming Creative Con to boost artists after a numbing year
April 10 and 11 will be a weekend for declaring the city’s arts scene isn’t giving up Sacramento has always been a city punching way…