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Out & About in Fall 2026
It’s Davis native Hasan Minhaj versus former Daily Show colleague Ronny Chieng at Thunder Valley, acrobatics and life-size puppetry take the stage in Water for Elephants at Broadway Sacramento, Doja Cat lights up the Golden 1 Center, and more. Here are 15 events across the region to check out this fall.
Matching the Moment
Businesses everywhere used to invest in matchbooks—hiring artists, designers and writers to craft memorable ephemera that today tell the story of our region in ways that few other mediums can. These pocket canvases (many of which have been stripped bare of their flammables and pressed flat by avid collectors) shine a “light,” if you will, on the ambitions, energy and vibrancy of an era long gone. Allow us to illuminate.
Best of the City 2026: Best Out-of-This-World Community Observatory
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, this free observatory has been sharing stellar views of the night sky like no other, rocketing it onto our list of the people, places and things that we’ve loved this year. Here's one of our picks for Best of the City 2026.
Q&A with Baseball Champion Dusty Baker
Dusty Baker is only a year away from almost certainly becoming a first-ballot Hall of Famer. “I love baseball because baseball is everything,” he writes in his new memoir, Crossroads. A four-sport star at Del Campo High who now calls Granite Bay home, Baker opens up about playing and living through an openly racist era, what his mentor Hank Aaron taught him, and why Sacramento, at its heart, is a baseball town.
Best of the City 2026: Best Japanese Petit Fours
Handcrafted, tasty pillows of mochi delight are a specialty for this Roseville-based online shop and pop-up, placing these delicious quartets among the dozens of people, places and things that we loved this year. Here's one of our picks for Best of the City 2026.
Best of the City 2026: Best Bedtime Storyteller
This Fair Oaks author and consummate educator has over 30 children’s books to her name—with even more on the way—earning her a spot among the dozens of people, places and things that we loved this year. Here's one of our picks for Best of the City 2026.
Learn Something New!
Ever wanted to write calligraphy, harbored fantasies of becoming a rock star guitarist or thought about learning how to kayak? Whether you’re introverted or extroverted, indoorsy or outdoorsy, or simply looking to excite your senses with the wonder of the new, we have dozens of classes that will expand your extracurricular horizons.
A Mist Opportunity
In cities around the globe—especially hot ones like ours—an increasing number of public art pieces are incorporating misters to battle scorching summers. Why not here?
A Storybook Beginning
Talk about coming in hot. Devyn Defoe may have just published her debut novel, but already she’s attracting the attention of everyone from Publishers Weekly to Pulitzer Prize nominees. The Sacramento-born author of Burnside talks about finding inspiration in local literary greats, returning to her hometown and more.
20 Fun Ways to Be a Tourist In Your Own Town
Have you ever wanted to cruise down the Sacramento River? Roam the halls of the California State Capitol? Discover where gold was discovered in the Golden State? Sometimes it can be hard to see the forest for the trees, even here in the City of Trees. Now’s your chance. We checked out 20 local tours worth touring. So skip the luggage. It’s time to… Be a tourist in your own town.
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