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Q&A with Shonna McDaniels, Director of the Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum
Inside South Sacramento’s Florin Square mall resides a hidden treasure: the Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum, named for the trailblazing abolitionist and advocate for women’s rights who was born into slavery. Since 1996, the institution has been an evolving fusion…
Fit for a King
With Martin Luther King Jr. Day observed in January, now is the time to honor him in California’s capital with a statue befitting his legacy.
UC Davis microbiome expert weighs in on the Omicron variant and shares his evolving thoughts on eating out, indoor events and long Covid
The Omicron variant is now spreading throughout the world at an alarming rate, and Sacramento County has seen a massive spike in recent weeks, hitting four-month highs. So we spoke to Dr. Jonathan Eisen, director of the UC Davis…
From the (Decidedly Uncluttered) Desk of Dr. Robin Zasio
By now, even the new headlines are old hat: There’s a fresh virus variant to mask up against. A new public figure in the throes of cancel culture. Another basic human right that needs an all-out defense. And the…
A Leap of Faith
One afternoon in June 2020, Mark Reck was on the back nine at WildHawk Golf Club near Elk Grove swinging away to the sounds of John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk and Ella Fitzgerald streaming through his earbuds when inspiration struck for…
Q&A with Gulshan Yusufzai
One in nine Afghan natives living in the United States reside in Sacramento, and Gulshan Yusufzai is among them. She fled Afghanistan with her family in the 1980s during the Soviet invasion of the country, landing here when she was…
A Star Is Born
Nearly 15 years in the making, the SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity is ready to open a portal to both the past and the future on the banks of the Sacramento River, pairing a historic 1912 power station with Northern California’s most advanced planetarium. Its mission: Reinvigorate the waterfront, position our region as a tech and health sciences powerhouse, and ultimately inspire generations of kids from all walks of life to dig deeper, reach further, dream bigger and discover for themselves that the sky’s the limit.
Trash Talk
The Idea For Baltimoreans, their harbor has long been a point of civic pride. But while serving as the director of the Baltimore Maritime Museum, John Kellett would walk by the harbor on his way to work every day and…
Super Natural
California’s oldest living tree, the Jurupa Oak, is believed to have sprouted thirteen thousand years ago. St. Peter’s Basilica? Notre-Dame? Those man-made monuments have nothing on California’s sometimes millennia-old cathedrals—the groves of oak, cedar, spruce and sequoia that dot our…
The Art of Hot Chocolate
Inspired by ancient Mayan jars, like the one she spotted on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s website, Cru Chocolate co-owner Karla McNeil-Rueda (pictured above) commissioned spouted cups for her Roseville-based business that specializes in Central American “heritage cacao.” Cru’s modern…
Best of the City 2021
Best Bagels with 50 Shades of Everything but Gray They beckon you from Instagram, doughy kaleidoscopic pinwheels—green and white for St. Paddy’s Day or red, white and blue for the Fourth of July, or full-on swirling rainbows just for…
Fright Bites
Eat, shriek and be merry with the Ghost Mont Blanc desserts from Ettore’s, billowing right on cue for Halloween. Eyeing the similarities between the mountain-top-like contours of the traditional chestnut-flavored European pastry and the charming bedsheet embodiment of a cartoon…
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