Sacramento Book Festival set to return ‘bigger and better than ever’ on April 19
By Serena Roberts Sacramento bookworms, prepare to adorn your favorite literary tee and tote and clear off some extra space on your bookshelf. The Sacramento…
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Who is Sacramento’s Jef Costello? LabRats breathe new life into neo-noir classic
By Ruth Finch The LabRats are a genre-spanning jazz quartet that’s breaking into a new frontier: musical theater. While the band can usually be found…
In an era of AI slop, Sacramento photographers know the sharpest image still comes from the human eye
By Casey Rafter Water seeped into my clothes as I waded into Dry Creek: I was fully awake, dressed smartly but casually while stepping deeper…
Auburn writer gets back to his journalistic roots with new book, local TV show
By Scott Thomas Anderson Henry R. Luce, the founder of Time magazine, once said, “I became a journalist to come as close as possible to…
Dig in to a blooming art scene this March in the Capital
By Marie-Elena Schembri As March ushers in spring, a new season full of the promise of brighter days and fresh blooms, Sacramento art spaces are…
Visit Sacramento keeps pushing to showcase a city everyone should discover
By Emily Haerter Look out California, Visit Sacramento is determined to turn the Capital into the next serious tourist destination. Whether it’s featuring Aftershock, the…
Theft, feedback loops and ecological red flags: Capital Region writers face a new reality with AI
By Odin Rasco It takes only a look around to see AI technology is in the midst of a meteoric rise. The proliferation of it…
The Ghost Town Rebellion takes a renegade turn for the brighter side, christens new album at Harlow’s show March 13
By Scott Thomas Anderson Fourteen years ago, Shawn Peter started walking a creative gangplank, one that brought him along the full scaffolding of life in…
Making education affordable in Sacramento through the California College Promise
By Macy Yang There are several pathways to pursue higher education in California. As tuition and living costs rise, families and students need to weigh…
City-funded EveryDay Creative program opens for new Sacramento cohort
By Marie-Elena Schembri When Miranda Culp, owner of Amatoria Fine Art Books in Sacramento, completed the EveryDay Creative accelerator program, her partner had just left…
Can factory-built homes ease the region’s housing shortage?
By Aidan Wyrough The lack of enough affordable housing has plagued California for decades. Can factory-built homes be at least part of the solution? A…
Bloodstone Books is conjuring a sanctuary for Sacramento horror fans
By Jacob Peterson As Bloodstone Books approaches its first full year as a brick-and-mortar incarnation, owners Gabe DeLeon and Anthony Bertolini say their horror and…
Joe Klocek confronts the moments that made him and the past he once shut away during his Sacramento ‘In a Nutshell’ event
By Chris Woodard The theme for February’s “In a Nutshell” is “the people who made us,” which the organizers describe as their simple way of…
Shake The Future Up hopes to shake up the polls with increased youth voter registrations in Sacramento
The campaign focuses on peer advocacy to encourage civic participation By Lizeth Tello Holding colored cards representing various voter age groups to compare turnout rates,…
What if this all went away? Sacramento’s music venues and theater groups are fighting to survive
It’s not easy running an arts organization — we speak to six Sacramento groups to see how they keep trying to make it work By…
‘The Sound Inside’ introduces us to a creative writing professor who tells her story in a most creative way
By Patti Roberts The theater darkens. Then a spotlight turns on, illuminating a lone figure who introduces herself to the audience as “a middle-aged professor…
Left of the Dial Promotions looks to create a new tour route in the region
LDP’s next show will feature Jessica Malone at Watermelon Music in Davis on Feb. 27 By Scott Thomas Anderson Last Friday, singer-songwriter JonEmery Dodds stood…