Film

Lace up at the Fourth Annual Red Shoe Crawl • June 23, 2013

Walk the streets of Midtown and downtown in those red sneakers or pumps to benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northern California, an organization that aims to provide confidence-building experiences benefiting the lives of children with special needs. The fourth annual Red Shoe Crawl begins Sunday, June 23 with…

Viva la France!

5 Must-See Movies at the 2013 Sacramento French Film Festival Words by James Barone France. The very name seems to stand for all things romantic and pretentious; beautiful and despondent. Maybe it’s these dichotomies that have made the country such a ripe place for the arts over its rich and…

HEAR: Stacks of music with The Staxx Brothers • June 14, 2013

Soul/rock group The Staxx Brothers return to Sacramento and this time they’re performing with local funk band Phat Butta Jam. On Friday, June 14, Marilyn’s on K will witness the band’s coined “hard ass soul” music, a mixture of funk, soul and hip-hop. The Seattle-based band’s latest album Jungle Cat…

Hair of the Dog

The Hangover Part III Rated R If it only seems like it was just yesterday we were introduced to The Wolfpack (Alan, Stu, Phil and Doug), it’s because it almost was yesterday. The Hangover only just came out in 2009, it’s sequel soon followed two years later and now in…

NUMBER STATION BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO SACRAMENTO’S ROCK SCENE

Local post-punk/hardcore band Number Station may be relatively new to the scene, but as the saying goes, this isn’t their first rodeo. Vocalist Ean Clevenger, formerly of Northern California hardcore punk band Pipedown, who were signed to A-F Records (Anti Flag’s label) and toured/played with bands like AFI, Thrice and…

What’s new, Old Sport?

The Great Gatsby Rated PG-13 Big summer movies aren’t just special effects and action-heavy blockbusters. Sometimes they’re just loaded with big name casts and tell familiar stories. Such is the case with The Great Gatsby—or at least that’s what you might think. Sure, our protagonists aren’t super powered; our antagonists…