Art

Weapons of Mass Instruction Due to the subject matter of this story, during my research I couldn’t help but Google places that have recently endured mass violence. After three obvious locations—Douma, Syria (at least 250 reported killed Nov. 4); Beirut (43 reported killed Nov. 12); and Paris (129 reported killed…

If You Like It, Go Deeper It’s hard to know where to even start when it comes to Drew Walker. When I first met Walker, he was an outgoing stoner (he’s proven it’s possible!) who would play guitar from the porch of his former Flop Haus digs on H Street…

This three-hour class will give men and women the chance at a unique, hands-on experience. For only $35 (or $30 for co-op owners) plus a $35 materials fee, one can learn how the various succulent cuttings and trimmings are prepared. For many years, Soil Born Farms has been offering both food…

Hustle & Struggle To the average passerby, the intersection of C and 14th streets in Sacramento might have come off as exceptionally eerie in the final few hours of Oct. 30, 2015, right before Halloween officially got underway. Surrounded by a small, abandoned industrial park on one side with a…

Elf, starring Will Ferrell, became an instant holiday classic upon its release in 2003. Now the fine folks at California’s Musical Theatre are giving you a chance to experience the film up close and personal with a live adaptation for stage. Fans of Christmas tales that don’t end with a…

There are two types of people in this world: those who talk about making change in their communities, and those that actually make change happen. The good folks at Sol Collective are the latter. They are doers. They are go-getters. They not only talk the talk, but walk the walk….

The Middle Man Twelve years ago, a former corporate graphic designer from New Hampshire moved to California and experienced an artistic reawakening during an event that would shape the rest of his career. David Lozeau attended the celebration of Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, soon…

Self-taught local mixed media painter Mark Fox makes “urban outsider folk art” that we’ve been big fans of since first discovering his stuff back in ‘08. In fact, after featuring him in the mag way back then, we even collaborated with him on a Submerge T-shirt design (hit us up…

Kelli Leighton started CORE Contemporary Dance nearly eight years ago in an effort to educate both new and aspiring dancers. Her works have garnered heaps of critical praise from the community and she had the prestigious honor of being one of the first dancers commissioned by the local Crocker Museum….

When National Public Radio put out a call to musicians around the country to submit videos for their Tiny Desk Concert Contest (which was just what it sounds like: artists film a music video behind a small desk in a setting of their choosing), the station’s music team was inundated…