Sacramento area’s independent bookstores celebrate coming through the pandemic with a special event
From Davis to El Dorado Hills, the struggle to protect local book culture from a black swan event was waged by workers and customers alike…
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A different kind of 4/20 playlist
Songs for stoners that each last four minutes, twenty seconds By Ken Magri I was listening to Kid Cudi’s “Marijuana” the other day, drawn into…
Editorial: Combating the blues with California sunlight and the sounds of Sacramento
Our light at the end of the COVID tunnel feels like it’s arriving as the sky-glow of spring; but that does not mean peoples’ stress…
Orangevale gets in touch with its food-growing roots
A local community with deep agricultural roots is reconnecting with its gardening instincts. Saturday, April 17, the Orangevale Grange will unveil its new CommUNITY garden…
Sacramento’s Forever Goldrush celebrates 25 years, bringing its debut album to the digital age
For a brief moment in the late 90s, the Capital City was on the verge of being the next ‘big’ music scene — and a…
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 By Scott Thomas Anderson Sacramento has always been…
Editorial: In defense of pandemic drinking
The neo-prohibitionists are back, using COVID as a Trojan horse to sneak their proverbial bottle hatchets into our favorite spots. By Scott Thomas Anderson Even…
Fifteen Minutes: Roman Sanchez, Teatro Espejo
Teatro Espejo, a four-decade Sacramento institution of Latinx/Chicanx live performance, has grappled with how to connect with audiences after a year of darkened stages. Like…
Checking in: SAMMIES 2020 winners and nominees
In any normal year, we at SN&R would be in full-on SAMMIES mode, asking readers to vote for their favorite performers and prepping a big…
The Buckhorn keeps steaks big, brazen and with the old breed
Fourteen miles past Davis is the rancher’s answer to perfect meat cut off the hoof Sun falls on the red, sky-beaten bricks of the DeVilbiss…
SAMMIES winner Katie Knipp hits the Billboard charts
Blues performer and two-time SAMMIES winner Katie Knipp has just been given another honor to tuck under her belt. Early yesterday morning, Knipp learned she hit the Billboard Blues top ten for the second time in a row. While 2018’s Take It With You landed in the number ten spot, her newest, The Well, shot to number four straight out of the gate.
Destroy Boys keep it loud
Destroy Boys on their new single, signing to Hopeless Records, and this weekend’s livestream “Those shows were so sick, especially the Sacramento show,” says Alexia…
A cut above: ‘Justice League’ and Zack Snyder’s unlikely revenge on the new studio system
By Scott Thomas Anderson It may go down as one of Hollywood’s ultimate vindication stories: After shooting two films and spending countless hours on their…
Checking in: SAMMIES 2020 winners and nominees
In any normal year, we at SN&R would be in full-on SAMMIES mode, asking readers to vote for their favorite performers and prepping a big…
Doggy Dash, at a Distance
On June 5, celebrate the Dash by walking—safely, distanced and masked—in your own neighborhood, sharing on social media by using the hashtag #SSPCADASH2021 on Facebook and Instagram.
Checking in: SAMMIES 2020 winners and nominees
If there’s any time we need the comfort of music, it’s now. For the next few weeks, we’ll be checking in on some 2020 SAMMIES nominees and winners and nominees to see how they’ve stayed creative over the last year.
How the region’s ports can pour the winter away
When the wind’s fierce and the rain’s cold, those are the perfect evenings for the most devilish kind of wine indulgence. Western Iberia’s vino tradition…