Gloriana may be one of the hottest acts in contemporary country music…and it’s not just because they’re so good looking (though that sure doesn’t hurt). Including brothers Tom and Mike Gossin and vocalist Rachel Reinert, Gloriana formed back in 2008 and wasted little time making a name for itself. The…
A million years ago when I went to college, I took Astronomy as my required “science with a lab.” I thought it was going to be awesome. I was heartily disappointed. All we did was read textbooks, work math equations and dick around on crappy computer programs in the lab….
Presidents sometimes pardon a turkey for Thanksgiving, saving the bird from death’s cruel clutches. When it happens, we are told that the turkeys will be “sent to a farm” where they will live out their days in the joyous company of other turkeys. Your parents probably told you the same…
Local alt-rock/hip-hop/soul group Iconoclast Robot is following up their solid 2012 full-length The Reti Opening with a brand new 6-track EP called BrightLights/DarkDepths. Citing influences ranging from The Roots to Radiohead to Rage Against the Machine, Iconoclast Robot have been steadily building a name for themselves in the local scene…
Get ready for a bundled-up holiday family outing. The Global Winter Wonderland is set to transform 16 acres of Cal Expo into an awe-inspiring illuminated world like you’ve never seen! This holiday festival and multi-cultural celebration runs from Nov. 22 through Jan. 4 and will feature over 70 hand-built illuminated…
Cornhole (aka bean bag toss) is a super fun and increasingly popular “lawn game” that is only made better by introducing plenty of adult beverages! Lucky for you, Midtown’s newest country/rock bar, Goldfield Trading Post (1630 J Street), and Orangevale-based OV Cornhole and Games are teaming up to throw a…
How about some good news? We could all use some, right? OK, here’s your sunshine-y happy times for the week: The hole in the ozone layer hovering over Antartica, that protective film of gas that keeps Earth protected from solar radiation, hasn’t gotten any bigger. Let’s forget that it’s still…
You’d think that the organizers of the wildly successful three-day blowout TBD Fest would be worn out and ready for a break from producing large scale events, but you’d be wrong! Just as our latest issue was going to press (#175, Nov. 17 – Dec. 1, 2014) we got word…
Halloween is done and Thanksgiving will soon be here to stuff your body cavity full of sleepytime meats. While I always hope to break my three-plate mega-meal record set back when I was a portly teen, I also know that Thanksgiving is about more than that. During this time of…
Sacramento-based theater company Capital Stage continues to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style with their current production of Anna Karenina. British playwright Helen Edmundson’s work has been widely staged—next year Keira Knightley will make her Broadway debut in the playwright’s adaptation of Emile Zola’s Thérèse Raquin for New York’s Roundabout…
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