When it comes to making cocktails, everyone pretends to be better than they are. Whether it’s messing up an overly complicated online recipe or secretly making your “famous” Bloody Marys from a mix, we’ve all been there. Now J.J. Pfister Distilling (9819 Business Park Dr.), who makes some of Sacramento’s…
In the mood for some high-octane adrenaline? These two events have got you covered. The Law Tigers Sacramento Mile returns to the Cal Expo’s Miller Lite Race Track on May 18 for some epic American Flat Track racing. For those unfamiliar, AFT is an extreme sport of dirt-packed mile racing…
Listeners of Basi Vibe’s new six-track EP Somnus may experience visions of silk sheets, palm trees, classical keys and … morning wood? Basi Vibe doesn’t just create music, he creates a feeling, a whole mood with his masterful storytelling via musical composition. Somnus is a wonderful collage of sounds comprised…
Returning to Downtown Sac’s Roosevelt Park is Sac Fry Fest. Saturday, May 11, SactoMoFo invites you to experience delicious creations by local chefs showing-off their special culinary talents with America’s favorite potato styling. From savory to sweet and all of the above, there will be some type of fry for…
There’s a mysterious and wonderful consistency to Nopalitos Southwestern Café that’s hard to pin down. You’d think with as many restaurants that come and go that a place that’s only open weekdays from 6:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. wouldn’t last a year, let alone several. This East Sacramento establishment on 56th and…
The Curse of La Llorona is the newest (and sixth) installment of the Conjuring universe. It follows protagonist, Anna Tate-Garcia (Linda Cardellini), a social worker and widow, as she tries to protect her children from an evil that has attached itself to her family. The story begins in Mexico in…
For more than a quarter century, Jeremy Enigk has made a huge mark creating heartfelt music straight from the soul. Beginning in the early 1990s with highly influential rock band Sunny Day Real Estate, Enigk, along with Dan Hoerner, William Goldsmith and Nate Mendel (who went on to be bassist…
On Sunday, May 5, introduce yourself to scratch board 101! In this workshop, you’ll learn how scratch boards are used to produce unique and creative pieces of beauty. For those unfamiliar with the medium, it is a form of direct engraving where the artist scratches dark ink off the surface…
While Sacramento has a bevy of charity runs to choose from, sometimes you just want to shake it up. To that end, why not try the Coloma River Run (Saturday, May 4), where you can race (or, if the mood isn’t striking you, walk) along a variable altitude course by…
We should be pairing our beer with good food, according to Sacramento beer aficionados. That’s why food is one of the overarching themes of this year’s Sacramento Beer Week, which kicks off April 26 and celebrates its 10th anniversary. Two foodie events will anchor the start and close of Beer…
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