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Love Shack
The Urban Roots team brings new life to a beloved East Sacramento hangout, retaining its unique flavor while reimagining it with a Mexican comfort menu. Cervecería at The Shack, welcome to the neighborhood.
Action Planet
It’s easy to be green this spring. From planting trees to catching an eco-themed juggling act, here are five fun (and free) ways to celebrate Earth Day and help the planet throughout the month of April.
Love Language
Brenda Novak knows a fine romance when she writes one. As the Auburn-based best-selling novelist gets set to release her newest love story and embark on a cross-country Airstream book tour, she talks about her own love story, her days slinging books at the State Fair and living the California dream.
Out and About in March and April 2023
National Geographic Live March 9 Photographer Keith Ladzinski has captured everything from Antarctic icescapes to terrifying tornadoes for National Geographic over the past 10 years. In a presentation titled “Force of Nature”—which could equally describe the lensman or his…
8 Great Ways to Make Sacramento More Fun
Let’s Celebrate Democracy… Where It Happens With an urgent new focus on democracy in America, our very own state house is where we should gather to commemorate the Fourth of July in star-spangled fashion. Photo…
Man. Verses. Nature.
At 92, Gary Snyder has lived an extraordinary life—from birthing the Beat Generation with writers like Allen Ginsberg to winning the Pulitzer Prize.
There’s No Place Like Home
A highly subjective, indisputably incomplete, utterly defensible list of compelling reasons that make us #SACRAMENTOPROUD.
A Bird’s-Eye View
You joined the Sacramento Ballet as executive director in 2017, but you began your career as a ballet dancer. How common is it in your field for an executive to start off as a creative? I actually don't know…
Chow Bella
Willow serves up love, Southern Italian style, with a side of colorful and texture-rich decor. After three tough pandemic-impacted years, the downtown restaurant scene is looking up.
Bring Back the Blue Diamond Almond Tour
Food factory tours have exploded in popularity over the decades. We should resurrect one here that both locals and visitors were nuts about.
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