With all the great coffee shop options in Sacramento, it’s easy to become what I like to call “Coffee Lazy.” You can walk to The Trade from Temple (it’s like five steps), Old Soul Weatherstone to The Mill, or, if you’re feeling ambitious, from Insight on 16th street to Identity…
Where is the last real bar in California? Everyone from Crescent City to San Diego probably claims it’s their own local dive, but for Sacramento musician JonEmery Dodds, the answer is the Black Cat in Penngrove, Sonoma. The place was a lesbian bar, and every Wednesday night, patrons would pile…
It feels like just last week that I was writing about summer-y things to do in this column, but if you can believe it, the holiday season is already upon us and in full swing. Whether you’re looking for a fun date night idea, or just a reason to pack…
Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Santa comes to grace Sacramento’s presence at The Jungle Bird through the entire month of December. Born in 2015 at New York City’s The Boilermaker, Sippin’ Santa started as a way to bring tiki and Christmas together (because, duh). Now, this pop-up has expanded its horizons and…
I listen to Lillian Frances’ “Bailamos con el humo” under the miserable, smoke-stained November skies in Sacramento and delight in the incongruity. The song snaps open like a can of effervescent joy, immediate and playful, starkly at odds with anything I’ve been spinning currently. Smoke creeps, it smothers, it infiltrates,…
Local chef Russell Middleton cut his culinary teeth working with notable Sacramento chefs such as Submerge coverboy Brad Cecchi, Oliver Ridgeway and others. He’s recently returned to the City of Trees after a stint in Los Angeles in order to start Peridot. This moveable feast, as it were, will hold…
Avoid hectic malls and shopping centers this holiday season (at least for a couple of days) and craft your own jewelry for that special someone in your life. Metal Arts Academy in Auburn (1039 High St.) is offering a few Jewelry Fabrication Workshops to not only help you check a…
It’s been nearly 25 years since Scott Kirkland and Ken Jordan emerged as The Crystal Method in the mid-1990s and landed on the scene with their special brand of noise-making, but the act’s brand of beat-heavy, layered sounds sprinkled with vocal currents is anything but old-fashioned. With their unique formula—a…
The best kind of gumbo is one made with fresh ingredients, a plethora of flavors, is slow-cooked and highlighted with a soulful kick to create an authentic blend of southern stew. For New Orleans-born PJ Morton, his music is truly an artistic interpretation of the dish that originated in the…
Everyone who knows Dejan Tyler knows two things about him: the dude loves comedy, and the dude loves food. The self-proclaimed “Underground Soup King,” Tyler is the host of the YouTube show Deez Eats, curator of the world’s most delicious Instagram and connoisseur of every restaurant within a 100-mile radius…
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