After a long wait, Sting fans can see him at Hard Rock Live in Wheatland on April 12 & 13
By Eddie Jorgensen At this stage in Sting’s – a.k.a. Gordon Sumner’s – career, after the massive sale of his catalog and countless successful tours…
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Sacramento to host Mental Health Art Fest this Saturday
By Madison Duong EBAYC Sacramento, an organization that serves young people living in high-need neighborhoods, is hosting its first Mental Health Art Fest on April…
Cosplay will cause the full-effect at Roseville’s SacAnime from April 7 to 9
By Eddie Jorgensen SacAnime fans love to dress up, and when they come out in force, there’s no shortage of awe-inspiring costumes. For those who…
Fantasy fun: ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ works thanks to its breezy, comical approach
By Bob Grimm You don’t have to be a committed fantasy-game fan to get a kick out of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, a…
Creativity in the Capital: Josh Fernandez and Frank Stockton talk artistic struggles, commitment to craft and how to carry on
By Sena Christian On a recent Monday morning, with finally a break in the rain, Josh Fernandez and Frank Stockton met for the first time…
Upcoming Esther Black show at Sacramento’s Cafe Colonial April 7 keeps a streak going
By Eddie Jorgensen When live music finally opened up for post-pandemic, full capacity glory at venues in and around Sacramento, perhaps one of the greatest…
The sound of your city: Songwriter spreads the gospel of music in Sacramento
By Casey Rafter The edges of its binding have begun to fray after weeks of thumbing through its pages – its blue duct tape slightly…
Gallery: Depeche Mode debuts ‘Memento Mori’ tour at Sacramento’s Golden 1
Photographs and story by Sugarwolf After nearly five years since its last world tour, Depeche Mode broke its silence on Thursday and embarked on a new musical…
Legendary rockers Blue Öyster Cult to make rare appearance at The Venue in Thunder Valley Casino on April 1
By Eddie Jorgensen It’s hard to believe 56 years have passed since guitarist Buck Dharma – a.k.a. Donald Roeser – first formed a band under…
Sacramento’s Celebration Arts receives $700,000 state grant
Funding will help the Black theater organization expand Its operation By Verbal Adam, Sacramento Observer This story is co-published with The Sacramento Observer, a newspaper…
From its gleaming whiskey vault to the area’s biggest Celtic party, Father Paddy’s Pub in Woodland is a growing destination
By Scott Thomas Anderson Patrick Redmond has some questions to ask before pouring a glass of whiskey. That is, if he’s guiding a person through…
Stout Rebellion keeps bringing the Irish musical bravado, and fun, to the Capital region
By Casey Rafter It was Irishpalooza and Harlow’s dark curtain was lit green as the jaunty sounds of a tin whistle cut the air. The…
Seeking ‘thin places’ in Ireland’s County Kerry
Across centuries of Celtic storytelling, there came this idea about places that draw a floating, fog-shrouded sensation between our edge existence and the grey realms…
Trauma is on the menu for some heavy-handed hard rock and metal at Sacramento’s Ace of Spades on March 16.
By Eddie Jorgensen Looking for the ultimate tour package that will please from beginning to end? Look no further: Queensrÿche’s ‘The Digital Noise Alliance’ tour will be…
Black Sabbitch, an all-female tribute to Black Sabbath, readies for metal mass at Old Ironsides on March 11
By Eddie Jorgensen Black Sabbath leader Ozzy Osbourne recently announced he’ll be retiring from touring, opening the way for a handful of great tribute acts…
Supergroup tribute act, Death To All, gathers March 6 to pay homage to Death’s late bandleader at Goldfield Trading Post in Roseville
By Eddie Jorgensen For those lucky enough to have caught the metal legends Death in a live setting, no introduction to the band’s players is…
Sac State film professor debuts documentary on exploring environmental mysteries below Antarctica
Kathy Kasic’s new ‘Lake at the Bottom of the World’ premiers today on Amazon, iTunes Veteran documentarian Kathy Kasic has found a way to balance…