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…
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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…
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…
Murder most foul: Upcoming event at El Dorado Hills bookstore explores link between sex cults and a president’s assassination
On March 5, Face in a Book will have Susan Wels discuss her new release ‘Assassin in Utopia’ In the annals of presidential bloodshed,…
From an island upbringing to the Sacramento scene, Clemón Charles looks back on a long journey to his new home
One of the Capital City’s most unique songwriters brings his own backstory to the Mardi Gras festivities in Midtown on March 4 By Scott Thomas…
Currents of history swirl around the Delta King as Old Sac readies for ‘the biggest Mardi Gras in the West’
This weekend’s celebration brings an army of chefs, musicians, bartenders and parade teams to a distant tradition with ties to Sacramento By Scott Thomas Anderson…
Louisiana Heaven keeps mouths watering year-round at south city restaurant
By Scott Thomas Anderson There’s a joyous neighborhood energy flowing through a dining room in South Sacramento: It’s relaxing and hard to describe, but absolutely…
A Sacramento hometown hero will be on deck for the Monster Energy AMA Supercross on Feb. 18
By Eddie Jorgensen Although Sacramento has proven it can bring out record numbers for outdoor motocross at Prairie City’s annual Hangtown event, few riders generally…
Sacramento’s indie bookstores prep for International Book Giving Day on Feb. 14
Next week, literature fans around the world will give a nod to the cerebral stimulation and emotional journeys that comes through the simple act of…
‘Fundamental cinema’
A special new film, plus streaming odds and ends By Juan-Carlos Selznick A few weeks back, I walked out of a movie house feeling I’d…
A singer for all seasons: Artemis Arthur is a creative triple-threat who’s been showing our region the rhythm of her soul
By Casey Rafter Artemis Arthur has felt those flames of passion for art breathing down her neck for most of her life. With musical roots…
‘Me-and-you-ing’ – delving into Mendocino Headlands State Park
On random transitions in Northern California By Janet Rechtman Mendocino Headlands State Park. We walk a curvy trail alongside the estuary as the Big River…
Katie Knipp and company plan to burn the evening down at Torch Club on Feb. 18
By Scott Thomas Anderson Blustery blues power meets a rollicking freight train of hill sounds when regional all-stars The Katie Knipp Band and Forever Goldrush…