Music festivals are all the rage nowadays. And it’s perfectly sensible as to why! The birth of a community surrounded by beautiful art, amazing people, great food and fantastic music would attract any reasonable person. But what separates the American River Music Festival from the rest? Take those said characteristics…
Marc Maron talks record collecting, the art of conversation and the dark matter of comedy I’m hit with some trepidation before I pick up the phone to call Marc Maron—comedian, radio host, actor, interviewer, writer and impromptu philosopher. It isn’t his success, specifically, that has me psyched out. It isn’t…
It’s really tough to decide what the best part about the annual Chalk It Up Festival is. Now in its 24th year, Chalk It Up at Fremont Park on Labor Day Weekend (Aug. 30 – Sept. 1, 2014) will have a constant onslaught of awesome live local music, with 30…
Local Author Heather Marie Flies by the Seat of Her Pants with Her Debut Novel Sacramento author Heather Marie is having one hell of a year. On Aug. 25, 2014, just three months after Cosmopolitan named her as one of “5 Latina Young Adult Authors You Need on Your Radar,”…
Free-ride Mountain Bike Sensation Brandon Semenuk and his Rad Company At 23 years old, Brandon Semenuk has likely ridden, flown and fallen harder than most of you reading this. The champion mountain bike free-rider from Whistler, British Columbia, is staking out new parameters in the nebulous, fledgling world of the…
Nisha Grayson documents the search for her birth mother in her film, You Follow: A Search for One’s Past Scenario: Imagine you’re strolling down a main street in Southern California—let’s say Overland Avenue in Culver City—and in the near distance you see a family of four walking in your direction,…
Just because the California State Fair is behind us doesn’t mean that summer fun is over! Don’t forget that Raging Waters at Cal Expo is there for your cooling-down and thrill-seeking needs all the way through early September. Are you into hurling your body down steep things? Great, try out…
Submerge’s Pro Tips For Your Next Trip Let’s get real: It’s been hot as crap in Sacramento lately, and it doesn’t look like there is much relief ahead. If there was ever a perfect time for a cool-down getaway, that time is now, and there is no better place to…
Was the Exorcist not scary enough for you? Do you often find yourself screaming survival tips at the television while watching The Walking Dead? Do you thrive off of adrenaline in stressful situations (while simultaneously enjoying it)? If you answered yes to all of these, you are probably the type…
A 5.82 mile run, 12.5 mile bike ride and 6.35 mile paddle are all that stand between you and the finish line of Eppie’s Great Race, now in its 41st year, going down on Saturday, July 19, 2014 along the scenic American River Parkway in Rancho Cordova and Sacramento. Go…
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