With the new arena coming to downtown, Old Sacramento has an opportunity to shine like never before. Here are a few ideas to turn something old into something bold.
Courtesy of Strephon Taylor Anyone who frequented Tower Records in its heyday will remember the massive, three-dimensional art displays that helped promote new releases. Modeled after album covers and crafted by hand (and X-acto knives) from layers of foam core and airbrushed paint, the pieces got their start at the Sacramento-based music chain’s Berkeley location before going on to line…
Courtesy of the Pence GalleryThis untitled painting by Benicia-based artist William Harsh is among the works displayed at the Pence Gallery in Davis this month. Home is where the art is: Just in time for Second Friday in Davis and Second Saturday in Sacramento, here’s our roundup of three gallery exhibits to check out this month. Pence Gallery (Now through…
Poster design by Jason Malmberg Inspired by the famous footrace in Paris, the Sacramento Bastille Day Waiters’ Race returns to midtown Sacramento for the fourth time on Sunday, July 14. But for the first time, the race will also include a Bastille Day street festival on L Street, between 18th and 19th streets. Each year, nearly 50 local restaurant servers…
Laurence CamplingA clip from Laurence Campling’s new video on the Blue Trees project. A new video by Laurence Campling, with time-lapse photography by Wesley Davis and Peter Saucerman, captures the making of the Blue Trees project in Sacramento last month. During the week of Oct. 9, Australian artist Konstantin Dimopoulos brought his Blue Trees project to Sacramento to draw attention…
Courtesy of Konstantin DimopoulosThe Blue Trees art installation in Seattle earlier this year. Get ready to paint the town…blue. On Oct. 9, Australian artist Konstantin Dimopoulos will begin coloring about 20 sycamore trees on both sides of 13th street between J and K streets in downtown Sacramento, flanked by the convention center and the Sheraton Grand Hotel. Using eco-friendly, bright,…
Check out this short video preview of our Oct/Nov feature about how a company may have created the first Sacramento craft beer with local hops in nearly a century. To read the full story, pick up our Oct/Nov issue on newsstands.
Inspired by the famous footrace in Paris, the Sacramento Bastille Day Waiters’ Race returns for its third annual contest in midtown on Second Saturday, July 14, at 7 p.m. Each of the last two years, nearly 50 local restaurant servers dressed in traditional, Parisian-style black-and-white uniforms competed in a contest of speed and balance as they circled the block bound…
A local band goes country strong, landing on Country Music Television and opening for Willie Nelson and LeAnn Rimes. Now Attwater comes home for the holidays with a shiny new Christmas EP and takes Sacramento’s biggest stage.
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?
In many Asian countries, a centuries-old tradition of releasing lanterns into the sky has captured the imagination of millions, though the concept has been on a slow boat to America. But now San Antonio has given us a roadmap to these man-made stars.
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