Film

With all the holiday commotion, sometimes it’s hard to consider the holiday experiences beyond our own, especially those of the less fortunate. Luckily, your favorite toy drive is here once again to remind you of the true meaning of Christmas. Come one, come all to Rock for Tots 8 on…

It will be a night of sevens when local rock duo Blue Oaks release their debut single on 7-inch vinyl on Dec. 7, 2013 at Starlite Lounge. There are seven total bands, it’s on Dec. 7, celebrating Blue Oaks’ 7-inch release, all for a $7 cover with a door time…

Have you ever listened to a live comedy album or watched a comedy special on TV and wondered about the people in attendance laughing in the background? Like, who is that guy with the growl-y laugh or the lady with the shrieky laugh? Did these people know they were walking…

You know your group is tight when you can enter a studio, press record and with everyone playing all together in one room make an awesome sounding live album. Local indie/pop group Musical Charis recently did just that and they’re releasing the songs, along with DVD footage of the session,…

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Rated PG-13 “No, I am your father.” Darth Vader intoned these grave words to a devastated Luke Skywalker, who’d just had his hand light-sabered off. It was the most pivotal scene in The Empire Strikes Back, the darkest movie of the original Star Wars trilogy—the…

Just last week it was announced that America’s largest and most prestigious cycling event, the Amgen Tour of California, is returning to Sacramento in 2014. The race is a Tour de France-style cycling road race that will see some of the top athletes in the world travel more than 700…

Thor: The Dark World Rated PG-13 Perhaps the most interesting thing about this recent slate of Marvel movies, dating back to the first Iron Man movie in 2008, is that much like in the comics, a superhero universe has been created. Each film acts as a piece of the larger…

After a brief hiatus, one of Sacramento’s most beloved and longest running reggae dance nights, Get Down to the Champion Sound, is returning, this time at a new home. Starting on Nov. 17 and continuing weekly on Sunday nights after that, Get Down will now be at Blue Lamp, located…

One of our favorite midtown bars (they’ve got Big Buck Hunter AND free popcorn, um, fuck yes), Pine Cove Tavern, is turning 60 years old. To celebrate, they are throwing a three-day bash from Nov. 15 to 17, 2013. There will of course be live music: Whiskey Dawn will play…

Crocker Art Museum’s creative monthly event Art Mix is going all Comic-Con on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, where from 5 to 9 p.m. guest artists like John Cottrell (from Dark Horse) and Timothy Green (from Marvel, DC and Dark Horse) will be on-hand along with Eben E.B. Burgoon from Eben07…