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Dolls, it turns out, aren’t just for kids. From ancient Egyptian burial figurines all the way to fluorescent Troll Dolls and today’s ubiquitous fantastic, plastic Barbies, miniature figurines have endured for millenia. This October, Terri Regh’s Midtown art gallery and store, Art of Toys (1126 18th St., Sacramento), is celebrating…

Frank Turner has written a book, launched a podcast and released two full-length albums in the last two years. His 2018 record, Be More Kind, was his first foray into the murky waters of politics after several albums spent looking inward, and this summer he released No Man’s Land—an album…

You might read “Hear” in this issue’s “Submerge Your Senses” and feel a bit of a bittersweet twinge. Labor Day? Doesn’t that mean the summer is over? We’re here to tell you that it’s not. Not yet anyway. Know that you can just head over to the Sail Inn Grotto…

“Where are you from?” is a deceptively difficult question for many bands. Sitting at a table outside Insight Coffee, Cameron Nunez, Marcus Cisneros and Tim Feerick of post-hardcore band Wolf and Bear quickly settle on Sacramento. But they and their bandmates Tyler Watt, Josh Unitt and Jacob Koval trace their…

Last summer, I was introduced to a new means of adventure, a trek of sorts that I had never previously thought about. I met my friend Shelby for a drink; time had passed in an instant and all of a sudden we hadn’t seen each other in months. Typical chit-chat…

Say goodbye to MOMO Sacramento and hello to The Starlet Room. The upstairs space located directly above and owned by the iconic downtown Sacramento venue Harlow’s (2708 J St.), known for many years as MOMO Sacramento, is getting rebranded as The Starlet Room. The space has had many lives. It…

Melissa McGillicuddy hates camping, but she loves comedy. A part of the Sacramento comedy scene for more than four years now, she’s gone from an open mic performer to a leader in the community. Recently promoted to the role of Stand-Up Program Director at Sacramento Comedy Spot, McGillicuddy also co-produces…

From being classically trained on trumpet as a child, to creating and recording songs on an old answering machine in elementary school, Brooklyn’s Kota the Friend has always been connected to music one way or another. On his new album FOTO, Kota the Friend shares his process of battling depression…

The first track on Fake It’s new EP, The Family Name, starts out with something you wouldn’t expect: a somber, sobering piano instrumental. It’s a reflective, moody piece you’d expect to hear on someone’s “rainy day sounds” playlist on Spotify, not coming from a group of 20-somethings making “guitar-based rock…

Alice Bag remembers her very first performance with The Bags—one of the first punk bands to emerge from the Los Angeles area—which she co-founded and fronted. During my recent interview with the legend, she reminisced about how this performance helped define how she would decide to live the rest of…