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 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 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.
The Darkly Whimsical World of Suzanne Adan
Over six decades after first showing her work, the Crocker Art Museum is launching a major career retrospective of Sacramento artist Suzanne Adan. Touching on themes from mortality and sex to humor and truth (or the lack thereof), the multimedia artist’s pieces have been collected by the likes of art doyenne Marcy Friedman and Tower Records founder Russ Solomon. Now at 80, it appears that Suzanne Adan is flying high.
The 2026 Sacramento Summer Reading Guide
Stephen King once wrote, “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” So whether you're venturing to a faraway beach vacation this summer or simply looking to escape to your favorite reading nook, we've conjured up a list of 10 magical new books—all published by homegrown authors in 2026—that will inspire, thrill and transport you.
Out & About in Summer 2026
Comedian Nate Bargatze shows what it means to be the greatest average American at Thunder Valley, B Street Theatre takes flight with Around the World in 80 Days, Sacramento Pride brings the party to Capitol Mall, the Japanese Food & Cultural Bazaar cooks up some summer fun, and more.
Q&A with Actress-Director Danielle Moné Truitt
Many celebrities grow up in a place, move to Hollywood, make it big, and never look back. Danielle Moné Truitt is not that kind of celebrity. Her résumé ranges from Disney’s The Princess and the Frog to Law & Order: Organized Crime. But Truitt has always kept one foot firmly planted in the River City. And now, having moved back to Sacramento, she is shooting a short film she wrote about her childhood and directing Douglas Lyons’ play Don’t Touch My Hair, at Celebration Arts.
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