Photo courtesy of Le Dîner En Blanc SacramentoOn the evening of Oct. 8, over 1,000 people descended upon Golden 1 Center’s newly unveiled plaza dressed all in white, toting dinnerware and dancing to the strum of a harp—a heavenly scene that left many passersby awestruck. The pop-up celebration was Sacramento’s first Le Dîner en Blanc, an international event that began…
In cities like Seattle and Boston, artists are creating temporary sidewalk designs that are only revealed when it rains. With winter in our sights, let’s have our own rainy day fun.
Photo by Sean DulanyLocal runners Kate Grace (left) and Kim Conley will be competing in Rio as part of the U.S. Olympic track and field team.We profile open water distance swimmer Haley Anderson, 24, of Granite Bay in our August/September issue (click here to read the story), and will be cheering her on in the women’s open water 10K, swimming’s…
After being rejected by San Francisco and Chicago, George Lucas still needs a home for his Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Let’s form a rebel alliance against competing cities and get him here.
Poster by Jason MalmbergThe Sacramento Bastille Day Waiters’ Race & Street Festival, styled after a similar footrace in Paris, is returning to midtown on Sunday, July 10. Over 1,000 people are expected to attend the “tray” magnifique festivities, during which up to 50 servers from local restaurants will compete for cash prizes in a test of speed and balance. Dressed in…
From sea to shining sea, state capitols are taking center stage at spectacular Fourth of July and New Year’s Eve celebrations. It happened here once, too. Let’s do it again.
Photo by Jorge RiosLegendary comic Steven Wright will perform Sept. 17 at the Mondavi Center.“I spilled spot remover on my dog and now he’s gone.” “I used to be a narrator for bad mimes.” “You can’t have everything; where would you put it?” These are just three of the countless one-liners and droll non sequiturs that have helped build the…
Image courtesy of NeoLev Technologies, LLCCan't wait to float around in your new Lexus hoverboard? Until the real thing comes on the market, you can get your hands on a miniature version, thanks to local engineer Eric Stave. With the help of his current crowdfunding campaign, Stave is creating Back to the Future Part II-style desktop hoverboards, which levitate using…
A strong, moody new album finds Roseville-raised singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe on the verge of rock stardom
Image courtesy of the Handle District; poster design by Jason Malmberg This year’s Sacramento Bastille Day Waiters’ Race will feature French fare, entertainment and activities on Sunday, July 12.Vive la France! The Sacramento Bastille Day Waiters' Race & Street Festival, which was inspired by the Parisian footrace that celebrates the French holiday, returns for its sixth year in midtown’s Handle District…
An Auburn composer goes Hollywood with music for movie trailers and television shows.
There will be plenty of shredding, hot licks and other guitar heroics dazzling spectators June 6 at midtown’s Starlite Lounge. Just don’t expect any guitars. That’s because the venue is inviting Sacramento’s finest fantasy rockers to whiff and riff their ways to glory that night at the city’s inaugural U.S. Air Guitar Championships qualifying round. The event is one of…
Port cities like Buffalo and Minneapolis are turning crop storage silos into star attractions. It’s time for this port city to find the culture in agriculture and start making the most of these concrete canvases.
Rendering courtesy of Blackbird Kitchen + Beer GalleryA pair of new parklets (including one outside downtown’s Blackbird Kitchen + Beer Gallery, above) are planned for the city in June.A new crowdfunding campaign from Blackbird Kitchen + Beer Gallery is part of a plan to deliver the city’s first parklet patios to two restaurants on the grid this June. The downtown…
AUG. 27 UPDATE: Gravitas Ventures just announced that All Things Must Pass will be in theaters starting on Oct. 16. Below is the new trailer for the Tower Records documentary, which was released today. *************** And now, a preview of coming attractions: All Things Must Pass, the Colin Hanks-directed documentary about the rise and fall of Sacramento's own Tower Records, has a theatrical…
A new Google Maps treatment turns Capitol Park and other Sacramento area landmarks into a “Pac-Man” game.One of the world's most famous arcade game characters is just down the street—literally—thanks to Google. In a continuation of its annual April Fools' Day gags (remember Google Nose or Chrome's keyboard for cats?), the web giant is letting Google Maps users play Pac-Man on roads, paths, parkways…
Twelve up-and-coming acts are set to battle it out for the title of the city’s most talented performer at the third annual Sacramento Has Talent show coming to the Crest on April 2. The cast of finalists consists of 10 performers found from the show’s YouTube auditions, including violinist Joe Kye, musical comedian JR De Guzman, pyro-hoop dancer Kimberly Marie, New Orleans jazz ensemble Element…
Image courtesy of Justin Majeczky/varient3.comA stunning new time-lapse video created by local photographer and filmmaker Justin Majeczky for Downtown Sacramento Partnership was unveiled at the State of Downtown event on Feb. 10, revealing an invigorating outlook on the future of Sacramento. Sacramento Rising, which can be viewed below, features an estimated 6,000 still photos taken over a three-day period sped…
If the surge of local breweries, cocktail bars and drink festivals this season has left you thirsty for some knowledge on how your favorite libations are made, class is in session with a pair of beverage educators and their cool new "How It's Made" posters. Richard Converse and Brad Cammon, whose company 78 Degrees hosts educational spirit-tasting events around Sacramento…
Image courtesy of David GaribaldiThe finished piece that Sacramento artist David Garibaldi created last week for the NFL Network. Sacramento performance artist David Garibaldi, known for his fast-paced, performance-style painting that led him to the final four of America's Got Talent in 2012, is taking his painting skills to the big leagues—literally. In his first collaboration with the NFL Network—owned…
Image courtesy of Jarrett HeatherA still from “Word Crimes,” Jarrett Heather’s video for the “Weird Al” Yankovic parody of “Blurred Lines” “Hi, Jarrett!” the email began. “‘Weird Al’ Yankovic here.” It was around lunchtime for Jarrett Heather, a software developer for the state’s Dept. of Food and Agriculture, and he was not expecting correspondence from the world’s foremost pop music…
Illustration by Jason Malmberg Sacramento’s “tray” magnifique summer tradition returns to midtown this weekend as the fifth annual Bastille Day Waiters’ Race gets underway at noon on Sunday, July 13. Up to 50 men and women will participate in the race, which features servers from local restaurants (outfitted in the classic French bistro uniform of apron and bowtie) attempting to…
Whether you already have World Cup fever or just want to root for the home team after its stunning upset win against Ghana, the Sacramento region is teeming with great places to watch the USA-Portugal match this Sunday, June 22, at 3 p.m. From partying with the Republic to joining the frenzy in Davis, catch the excitement at one of…
El Dorado Hills-based Grace Foundation of Northern California—home to Tiny Beyonce, the dachshund mix that was born weighing less than an ounce and whose tale went viral in 2012—is taking over the web once more with Milkshake, a 1,200-pound heifer that behaves like a dog herself, thanks to a video published six days ago by the U.K.-based Caters News Agency,…
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