By Steve Martarano Sacramento’s newest outdoor music venue wasn’t deterred from making a successful debut with an all-day emo-pop music festival, despite the 110-plus degree…
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By Cristian Gonzalez Josh P. performs a live version of his song “Diego” for the July installment of Hangout Gigs, a monthly series featuring Sacramento-based…
Store diverts waste from landfills with little shop of wonders By Russell Nichols Everything — and everyone — that comes through the doors of the…
Cherished radio station will still move, but to a space more suitable for critics By Casey Rafter The scent of dust and decaying adhesive fills…
By Dave Kempa The flash of paparazzi cameras. The flash of lightning. The flash of a knife. In “Julius Caesar 1922,” the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival…
By Lisa Thibodeau Sacramento is gaining a new live music venue called Channel 24 from Another Planet Entertainment, the producers of Outside Lands, which should…
By Casey Rafter Writer Aaron Carnes fights for the music he believes in. It’s a very niche genre and a necessary fight. His tactics come…
By Nick Lozito It’s hard to tell whether the Sacramento comedian is in his stage persona as he flips dozens of hot dogs before a…
By Bob Grimm To prepare for Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, I did nothing. I just jumped in and watched it. I thought it was OK….
By Marie-Elena Schembri While things are heating up outside, Sacramento’s visual art scene brings a different kind of heat with a vibrant mix of exhibitions,…
By Steph Rodriguez Sacramento is home to dreamers, artists, musicians, Golden Globe Award-winning filmmakers and dedicated individuals who work tirelessly to create unforgettable experiences. In…
By Hannah Ross Demo Art & Books is unassuming. Set back between a cigar shop and Farmers Insurance on 16th Street in Sacramento, the clean,…
By Cathy Cassinos Some like it hot, indeed. While Sacramento temperatures climb in summer, so do the number of theatrical productions — and that’s a good…
By Patti Roberts During the day, Gideon is an enthusiastic museum employee whose job is to reenact an immigrant living in a New York Lower…
By Joan Cusick Jazz singer Shelley Burns has been performing since she was 5 years old, and she has no intention of stopping any time soon….
Notes on recent streaming comforts by our critic By Juan-Carlos Selznick Ripley The latest screen adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley is an 8-episode “limited…
By Chris Narloch Two entrepreneurs opened Dreamland Cinema in Sacramento in June of 2022, during a time when theaters across the country were struggling —…