Auburn writer gets back to his journalistic roots with new book, local TV show
By Scott Thomas Anderson Henry R. Luce, the founder of Time magazine, once said, “I became a journalist to come as close as possible to…
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8 Gigs: Drop Dead Red’s final show, 311 rocks Channel 24 and Women’s History Month events in Sacramento
By Steph Rodriguez March in Sacramento brings a lineup of music, art and community celebrations that will energize the city. Alt-rock veterans 311 celebrate three…
Dig in to a blooming art scene this March in the Capital
By Marie-Elena Schembri As March ushers in spring, a new season full of the promise of brighter days and fresh blooms, Sacramento art spaces are…
Visit Sacramento keeps pushing to showcase a city everyone should discover
By Emily Haerter Look out California, Visit Sacramento is determined to turn the Capital into the next serious tourist destination. Whether it’s featuring Aftershock, the…
Theft, feedback loops and ecological red flags: Capital Region writers face a new reality with AI
By Odin Rasco It takes only a look around to see AI technology is in the midst of a meteoric rise. The proliferation of it…
The Ghost Town Rebellion takes a renegade turn for the brighter side, christens new album at Harlow’s show March 13
By Scott Thomas Anderson Fourteen years ago, Shawn Peter started walking a creative gangplank, one that brought him along the full scaffolding of life in…
City-funded EveryDay Creative program opens for new Sacramento cohort
By Marie-Elena Schembri When Miranda Culp, owner of Amatoria Fine Art Books in Sacramento, completed the EveryDay Creative accelerator program, her partner had just left…
Bloodstone Books is conjuring a sanctuary for Sacramento horror fans
By Jacob Peterson As Bloodstone Books approaches its first full year as a brick-and-mortar incarnation, owners Gabe DeLeon and Anthony Bertolini say their horror and…
Joe Klocek confronts the moments that made him and the past he once shut away during his Sacramento ‘In a Nutshell’ event
By Chris Woodard The theme for February’s “In a Nutshell” is “the people who made us,” which the organizers describe as their simple way of…
What if this all went away? Sacramento’s music venues and theater groups are fighting to survive
It’s not easy running an arts organization — we speak to six Sacramento groups to see how they keep trying to make it work By…
‘The Sound Inside’ introduces us to a creative writing professor who tells her story in a most creative way
By Patti Roberts The theater darkens. Then a spotlight turns on, illuminating a lone figure who introduces herself to the audience as “a middle-aged professor…
Left of the Dial Promotions looks to create a new tour route in the region
LDP’s next show will feature Jessica Malone at Watermelon Music in Davis on Feb. 27 By Scott Thomas Anderson Last Friday, singer-songwriter JonEmery Dodds stood…
West Sacramento exhibit at Gallery 1075 features local artists for Black History Month
By Jacob Peterson The West Sacramento Department of Parks and Recreation is showcasing art by local Black artists in its Gallery 1075 space through February….
Sacramento mourns the guitarist who went the distance: A remembrance of Greg Brown, former Cake and Deathray centerpiece
By Scott Thomas Anderson Greg Brown walked onto the stage of the Crest Theatre, picking up his Guild Starfire guitar and scanning an ocean of…
History dominates Sacramento stages this February
By Odin Rasco Celebration of — and reflection on — history is prevalent at Sacramento stages this month, and I couldn’t be more giddy. This…
Sacramento’s B Street Theatre brings slow-burn terror to The Sofia in ‘Misery’
By Odin Rasco By now, Stephen King and many of his works require no introduction—between the books themselves and the many film adaptations born from…
8 Gigs: Mardi gras, African rhythms and a little burlesque this February
By Steph Rodriguez Glittering floats, neon rainbows and a Sphinx glide down Capitol Mall this February, setting the stage for a month of music, art…