The Crocker chronicles: Actresses will happen even in the best of families
By Kevin Taylor Mrs. Amy Crocker Ashe Gillig – scandal-magnet and renegade daughter of Sacramento’s great philanthropic family – had gathered a circle of Buddhist…
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The Iron 88: After almost nine decades, Sacramento appreciates the past and ponders the future of Old Ironsides
The venue that launched a thousand bands is now midway through a potential sale By Jennah Booth Kim Kanelos calls herself the “black sheep” of…
Dancing in place: The ups and downs Sacramento’s next generation of dancers faced as California staggered through the pandemic
By Patti Roberts Dance is both a personal and a collective art – live performances a melding of the two. On stage, dancers have a…
On a throwback track: Melissa Etheridge returns to her roots – and the road
By Evan Tuchinsky Before Melissa Etheridge became a Grammy-winning rock star, an Oscar-winning songwriter (for An Inconvenient Truth) and an icon among both cancer survivors and…
Positively comedic: The Body Pozi show at Sacramento’s STAB! Theater sees a host of voices get laughs
By Madelaine Church Derek Dozier recently walked on stage at STAB! Comedy Theater and quickly launched into a story. Dozier, who uses they/them pronouns, told…
Finnegan’s is perfecting the Irish Coffee cocktail on Sacramento’s waterfront
The city’s newest Irish pub finds its feel in one of the old quarter’s timeworn structures By Scott Thomas Anderson When Sean Derfield was…
Cuts from Celtic survivors: A hard-drinkin’ playlist to put Ireland on your mind and in your glass
By Scott Thomas Anderson The Dublin novelist Frank Delaney wrote, “I liken Ireland to whiskey in a glass – a cone of amber, a self-contained…
Upcoming Saint Patrick’s Day events in the Sacramento region
If the blockbuster turn-out for Sacramento’s recent Mardi Gras party in is any indication, Northern Californians are ready to be meeting in person again, as…
Drinking to life across the Irish Republic
By Scott Thomas Anderson William Butler Yeats called it “the Celtic Twilight,” a push to save Ireland’s wandering hearthside storytellers of the past — those oracles who…
‘Infinity’ live: Sacramento’s Loose Engines and Two Rivers Cider plan a new festival for re-shaping creative connections
March 19 fest at Hollywood Park cider house includes multiple bands, chefs and artists of all stripes By Casey Rafter With the first-ever Infinity…
‘Capture the chaos’ – Sacramento photographer Cam Evans keeps illuminating the city’s most exciting artists and shows
By Casey Rafter Sweat was everywhere. On a misty stage at Harlow’s last October, Henri Cash and Arrow de Wilde of the band Starcrawler seem…
The Boxing Donkey pub in Roseville keeps up that fightin’ Irish spirit
A longtime Saint Patrick’s Day favorite is prepping for a flurry of festivities on March 17 By Scott Thomas Anderson There have been changes…
The show DID go on: How passion, tech and resolve saved local college theater programs during the pandemic
By Patti Roberts In spring of 2020, Folsom Lake College’s Theatre Arts department was in the middle of planning and producing various drama projects when…
From big upheaval to Little Saigon, the artists of Sacramento’s Vietnamese-American community yield powerful voices
Creatives of all sorts originated from nearly 8,000 miles away, but are thriving in California’s capital By Casey Rafter Citrus zest carries on wisps…
The upcoming Mardi Gras Masked Ball at Harlow’s grew out of the city’s affinity for fangs and fun
Shannon McCable’s big Mardi Gras Masked Ball happens March 12 at 6 p.m. By Scott Thomas Anderson The only true Gothic gaslight in Sacramento flickers…
Editorial: From one river city to another, Sacramento has its pieces of the New Orleans magic
Food, music, cocktails and style, California’s capital has its spots if you know where to look By Scott Thomas Anderson The late piano master Ellis…
Sacramento dives into Mardi Gras season with major events in Old Town, Downtown on Feb. 26
Louisiana Sue is on the loose again, this time planning a party for the Capital City that will hit harder than the hurricanes she grew…