Bohemian Rhapsody
He’s the first person to rap extensively in the Punjabi language, he’s written songs for Bollywood films (one with Rob Lowe) and has almost as many Facebook fans as Missy Elliott. How did an Elk Grove teenager grow up to become the King of Punjabi Rap?
Q&A: Food Writer Hank Shaw
Hank Shaw follows his passion for wild food—first on his blog, Hunter Angler Gardener Cook, and now in a new book, Hunt, Gather, Cook, a lively primer to sourcing, cooking and eating everything from elderberries to eels.
Board Chair of the California Museum Dina Eastwood
Each year, Sacramento’s California Museum kicks off its Hall of Fame exhibit with a star-studded induction ceremony. This year, not only will honorees such as The Beach Boys and Magic Johnson be in attendance, but for the first time ever, the A-list affair will be held inside Memorial Auditorium and will be open to the public. We talk to Dina Eastwood, board chair of the museum and wife of Hall of Famer Clint Eastwood, about the big move, her aha moment and being a self-professed science geek.
Going the Distance
It’s been 20 years since Cake emerged on the local music scene, at first playing every tiny venue from Old Ironsides to Java City. Now Conan O’Brien and Jon Stewart are fans, and their songs are being used by the likes of Jay-Z and Apple. With the band’s first new album in seven years coming out this January, we take a peek inside the rock ’n’ roll lifestyle of Sacramento’s unlikeliest pop stars.
Wayne Thiebaud as Photographed by Irving Penn
In 1993, one of the world’s greatest photographers took a portrait of this Sacramento artist as a younger man. But it was never published—until now.
Q&A with Deftones Keyboardist/DJ Frank Delgado
After their friend and bandmate, Chi Cheng, suffered a tragic accident, Sacramento’s Deftones found a way to pour their heartache into an acclaimed new album. Keyboardist/DJ Frank Delgado reminisces about the band’s early days at the Cattle Club and what it was like to win a Grammy, and opens up about the struggle of moving on without “brother” Cheng.
“Pop” Art
Two men hope to pay tribute to their fathers by building what could become an instant architectural icon. But it won’t be a piece of cake.
Scholar Cornel West
Author, educator, actor, rapper—by any title, Dr. Cornel West ranks among the country’s leading intellectuals. And "Hope on a Tightrope," his new book of reflections on everything from leadership to love and faith, should keep him there. But, at heart, he’s still a Sacramento kid, returning here often to visit family, drop by Tower Café and go shopping with his mom. The prolific Princeton prof talks to Sactown about social justice, Barack Obama—and breaking track records at Kennedy High.
Q&A with Vanity Fair ’s International Correspondent William Langewiesche
He’s one of the biggest names—literally and figuratively—in journalism. But whether William Langewiesche is writing at his Davis home or reporting in Kosovo (for an article due out this summer), the globe-trotting Vanity Fair scribe, author and two-time National Magazine Award winner keeps his feet on the ground. Unless, that is, he’s in the cockpit of his two-seat plane in the “aviation paradise” of Northern California, savoring the view of the Sierras and “the golden era” of nonfiction.
Q&A with Maria Shriver
First lady of California Maria Shriver talks about the California Hall of Fame and her passion for honoring the state's history.
Q&A with Rita Moreno
So tell me how you found out you were inducted into the California Hall of Fame. Maria called! She left me a voicemail about eight months ago. She left her home number and her office number, which was really charming.…
Building Anticipation
After seven years of planning, the Crocker Art Museum’s new $85 million expansion is set to break ground on July 26. We talked with Charles Gwathmey, the project’s architect, about the process, the design and why the Capitol will no longer be the only prominent white building in Sacramento.
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