15 Minutes: Tyler Boynton, multi-media collage artist
A local artist creates dark, morbid collages using books, magazines, and pages from Sacramento News & Review
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Fluidity of sound
Steel drum musician Shawn Thwaites is now a Recording Academy board member The beautiful and fluid echoes from the steel drum have been embedded into…
Taming the inner storm
A Vietnam refugee turned psychologist offers her own painful journey in new memoir By Scott Thomas Anderson Several years ago, a psychologist at UC Davis…
Learn to draw
Take up the pen and become a living legend
Your weekend binge list
SNL alums make mockumentaries, the British tackle Ghost Stories and Ahnuld comes back Watch: Documentary Now!What: Dead-on comic recreations of revered documentariesWho: Fred Armisen, Bill…
A brush with history
How will people look back on art during the coronavirus?
Free Will Astrology
By Rob Brezsny For the week of May 14, 2020 ARIES (March 21-April 19): During a pandemic, is it possible to spread the news about…
June wedding
A famous Sacramento rose garden is a popular setting, but it’s off limits for gatherings during the pandemic Here’s another victim of the COVID-19 pandemic:…
Planet V: Vegans, celebrate! It’s International Hummus Day.
Today is a banner day for vegans. No, it’s not World Vegan Day (that’s November 1), or World Vegetarian Day (that’s exactly a month before)….
Profiteering in a pandemic
Essay: Struggling restaurants are being gouged by greedy delivery services. Sacramento should cap their fees. By Dylan Hubka and Joshua Wood Due to COVID-19, the…
Snapshots from a pandemic
(Photo courtesy of Cassandra Foster) “My neighbors down the street are elderly and can’t get out. They have a beautiful garden with thousands of poppies….
Learn to draw
Explore new frontiers and discover nature’s wonders
Your weekend binge list
Conan needs a friend, Tracy Morgan needs a second chance and Gawker needs to stop Listen: Conan O’Brien Needs a FriendWhat: The prolific (and resilient)…
Free Will Astrology
For the week of May 7, 2020 By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to Aries author and mythologist Joseph Campbell, “The quest for…
Turn up the volume
Sacramento musicians are still creating music, so here are new albums to vibe to Clevers’ self-titled album released May 2. CleversAlbum: Clevers Jam: “Hazel &…
Bug invasion
Even without “murder hornets,” Sacramento gardeners need to watch out for destructive insects “Murder hornets” may be getting all the buzz, but two other menacing…
Snapshots from a pandemic
A teriyaki bowl drive-thru readjusts during COVID-19. (Photo courtesy of Brian Johnson) Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates and other businesses on L Street allow in only a…