Opinion

Dude, did you hear that Facebook might have used you as part of a psychological experiment? Like, without your permission? DUDE! It’s true. Back in 2012, which seems like the distant past now, Facebook conducted a week-long study on more than 689,000 users without their knowledge. What they did was…

As mentioned in our writer Jacob Sprecher’s review of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the film’s star, Gary Oldman, has gotten himself into some hot water recently. I hadn’t heard what had happened until I edited the review and consulted Google to find out what the fuss was…

Join Sacramento beer enthusiast Tyson Herzog and friends on a tour of three of the region’s best breweries on Saturday, July 26, 2014. Jump on the Sac Brew Bus at 10 a.m. at Fahrenheit 250 BBQ (7042 Folsom Blvd.) where you’ll first cruise to Bike Dog Brewing Company in West…

Lake Tahoe-area heavy hitters PR Entertainment, Inc., are taking their always popular outdoor summer concert series to the north side of the lake this year for three huge festival-style shows to take place at North Tahoe Regional Park in Tahoe Vista, Calif. First up is Slightly Stoopid, NOFX, Stephen Marley…

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…

Supergiant Productions’ Gina Azzarello is celebrating her 30th birthday surrounding herself with what she loves most: local music and art. On Saturday, July 12, 2014, Azzarello is throwing a huge party at Starlite Lounge (1517 21st Street) that includes a Second Saturday art exhibit from 6 to 9 p.m. including…

As we age, our sense of taste becomes more refined. What we used to find disgusting as teenagers may now be quite delectable as adults. For example, you used to hate fish as a child and now you can’t stop cramming sushi into your mouth. You warmed up to that…

Major changes are in store for this year’s Launch Festival, which will now be known as TBD Fest. The name swap is a reflection of a change in venues, as this year the fest will go down in West Sacramento in The Bridge District. The event grounds will be just…

As I write this, it’s mere hours before HBO’s Game of Thrones debuts its season four finale, and nerds (and wannabe nerds) everywhere are suffering anxiety attacks contemplating what is to come of their favorite dwarf, Tyrion Lannister (played by the awesome Peter Dinklage), whose life is currently on the…

Freedom! Independence! It all came true on that fourth day of July, 1776, so long as you were a white male and/or wealthy. It was sort of a crapshoot in those days, I guess. Anyway, it was on that July 4 that our forefathers declared America’s independence from that pesky,…