Fifteen Minutes: Jay Gist, Capitol Fight District
While the in-person gatherings are on hiatus, there are plenty of competitive gaming options out there, says the league’s founder, Jay Gist.
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Fifteen Minutes: Christopher Smith, resin die maker
For those who dream of becoming their own boss, sometimes it’s necessity that turns the dream into reality.
Food fight
Live action role players compete in community food drives “When I’m trying to sell Amtgard to the normies, it’s ‘I go out into the park…
Free Will Astrology
For the week of Sept. 3, 2020 By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): “A new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces….
Pandemic Heroes
Cover by Serene Lusano SN&R highlights arts groups, businesses, nonprofits and people who have gone above and beyond for the community during the COVID-19 crisis…
Journey to Scovidria
After months at home, Luna Steele makes a strange discovery that brings her to the kingdom of Scovidria This is the story of a Dungeons…
Adventure in place
How Dungeon & Dragon’s fantasy world has carried people through the pandemic You’re standing in front of a simple wooden door with a brass handle….
Walls apart
City investigates Wide Open Walls and its founder as Sacramento mural festival faces uncertain future Raphael Delgado acknowledged the obvious: This year, Wide Open Walls…
Socially-distancing the sidewalks
The festival is rolling with the punches, rebranding as Chalk It Up! Around the Town.
The sounds of hope springing from tragedy
iSound Performing Arts is changing lives in Sacramento By Scott Thomas Anderson James Jackson sees a bright future for Sacramento’s youth, even though he survived…
Anton Barbeau returns to Sacramento with Manbird
“I think originally after we saw Lady Bird, we thought, ‘Let’s make our own film called Manbird’—just kind of a joke where I wandered around the streets of Sacramento or whatever. But then I thought, ‘Wow, gotta make a song out of this.’”
Summer garden woes
Extreme heat and wildfire smoke kill tomatoes and zucchini Record heat and falling ash—what’s a pandemic gardener to do? Many Sacramentans got seriously into food…
Free Will Astrology
For the week of Aug. 27 By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar writes, “Some stuff can be fixed, some stuff…
Heart to Art with Franceska Gamez
Franceska Gamez is co-founder of 1810 Gallery, a member of Trust Your Struggle Collective and co-organizer of Art Hotel and Art Street “1810 really started…
Free Will Astrology
For the week of Aug. 20, 2020 By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): “We never know what is enough until we know what’s more…
Fifteen Minutes: Musician Danny Schneider
Joshua’s House Hospice, a nonprofit offering hospice care to terminally ill unhoused Sacramentans, will soon receive the proceeds of a unique fundraiser by Sacramento musician Danny Schneider.
Planet V: Microwave tamales miss the mark
Alpha Foods attempts to bridge the gap between comfort food and portability with its line of microwaveable frozen tamales.