Sacramento’s first hi-fi bar debuts with tracks pressed to vinyl
Legend Has It celebrates grand opening as Sacramento’s first hi-fidelity listening bar By Katerina Graziosi It’s a quarter to 2 p.m. when Purple Disco Machine’s…
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Sacramento theaters bring spooky, political and heartfelt productions to the stage this October
By Patti Roberts Let’s do the “Time Warp” again! In the spirit of the spooky season, Green Valley Theatre Company is staging their annual rendition…
Gallery: CrockerCon turns 10 with comic artists, fans, cosplay and creative celebrations
By Xavier Figuero The Crocker Art Museum celebrated all things comics, cartoons and pop culture at its 10th iteration of CrockerCon on Sept. 12. The event …
Radium Girls is the devastating, true tale of working women left to suffer from radium exposure
By Dave Kempa Imagine, as a young woman, having your decomposing jaw slowly ooze out of your gums in the form of black pus. Suffering…
How a leading ballet training school in Roseville restructured to become a pre-professional dance company
By Dina Bugayevskaya For 18 years, Northern California Dance Conservatory has inspired youth who love ballet to enjoy recreational dance and, in many cases, to…
Organizations supporting Sacramento’s unhoused weigh in on mayoral expectations
By Jacob Peterson Of the many issues voters are concerned about going into the November runoff election for Sacramento mayor, the topic of how to…
Sacramento Songwriter Circle builds community for local musicians
By Catherine Warmerdam Good things happen when musicians gather together in a supportive community. That’s the premise behind the Sacramento Songwriter Circle, a loosely organized…
Sacramento booksellers and librarians celebrate the freedom to read during Banned Book Week
By Miranda Culp Late last month, the California Senate passed the Freedom to Read Act, a bill that prohibits public and school libraries from banning…
Lifetime in the arts: Deborah Pittman’s journey from clarinet to clay
By Joan Cusick Brooklyn-born Deborah Pittman devoted decades of her life to the clarinet, playing on Broadway and for the symphony orchestra in Sacramento. But…
New film premiered at Sacramento’s Guild Theater affirms Black girlhood
By Seth Sandronsky A cinema project from Justice2Jobs aims to spur community conversation about the “adultification bias” of Black girls; the harmful expectations and stereotypes…
What’s it like to be an actor in Sacramento? Just ask these local thespians.
By Helen Harlan Seven years ago, Hunter Hoffman was living a New York actor’s dream: He was cast as an understudy in “Sweat,” the critically…
Capital Stage’s “Fairview” is light fare until darkness descends
By Patti Roberts In “Fairview,” now showing at Capital Stage, audiences are invited into the home of the Frasiers, a middle-class African American family with…
How Yolo County bats help sustainable farming methods
By Lisa Thibodeau On any given summer evening, as construction crews work and traffic hurtles over the Yolo Causeway, which connects West Sacramento and Davis,…
Sacramento’s current affordable housing projects
By Ken Magri As the need for more affordable rental units continues, developers in the Sacramento area work to complete new affordable housing projects across…
Sacramento’s surrealist painter Diana Ormanzhi reimagines nature in enchanting scenes
Ormanzhi works out of studio Number Five upstairs in the ARTHOUSE building on R Street By Ken Magri “I like the terms ‘imaginative realism’ or…
Murals at Sacramento City College add splash of color to campus
By Ellie Appleby Sacramento City College received a painted array of vibrant colors on the Fischbacher Fine Arts Building during the month of May thanks…
Graffiti Jam transforms state building in Sacramento due for 2025 demolition
By Steve Martarano A state-owned abandoned warehouse in downtown Sacramento is getting one final shot at glory before the site becomes a multi-use affordable housing…