As a partial survey of Lucy Puls’s prolific career, [just you] features 48 artworks, which range from photographic collages to eclectic assemblages, created from 1987 to the present. The retrospective format of the exhibition illustrates how Puls has combined quotidian objects, photography, and raw materials to explore the complex human relationship to material possessions. Since … Continue reading
Chalk It Up was a hit again this year celebrating its 25th year in Sacramento. Large crowds walked the perimeter of Fremont Park to watch artists create diverse pieces. Children sprawled along the crowded sidewalks creating fun works in vivid colors. Bands kept the crowd moving and entertained throughout the three-day festival. The festival was … Continue reading
TBD Fest and TUBE. Magazine go way back. The magazine has been covering the Sacramento festival since it was called Launch Fest and rocked Cesar Chavez Park back in 2012. The festival was started by Michael Hargis as a one day ‘art party’ in 2008 and has since evolved considerably. Now a three day event … Continue reading
“Some Kind of Accident” features new work by Jeff Mayry, Amanda Cook and Emily Swinsick at Beatnik Studios in downtown Sacramento. The opening reception on July 10th was well worth the visit. Amanda Cook’s brightly colored fabric pieces each tell a story that is honest with a touch of nostalgia. Jeff Mayry’s tiny paper work … Continue reading
Is it country, or is it bluegrass? Is it ragtime, or gypsy music? In regards to Sacramento’s all-acoustic band, The F Street Stompers, the answer is yes. With quick shifting rhythms and the bluesy roots of America’s turn of the century music, The F Street Stompers continue to find ever-changing ways to transform and blend … Continue reading
People are increasingly alienated from their hands. Hands that made buildings and sidewalks, bridges, and medicine. These days, machines do much of our art for us. This is not a bad thing, quite the opposite. Without Photoshop many photographers and illustrators would not have as much of a presence as they do online. Word processing … Continue reading
Pleasant Screams and Punch and Pie Productions put a great little show together at the Press Club (Sacramento) tonight. Dog Party, La Lenguas and Sneeze Attack!! Doors are at 8PM, show is $5 bucks and is 21 and up. Check out La Lenguas now and then come see them live with us tonight. Press Club is located at 2030 … Continue reading
The 2nd annual Wizard World Comic Con came through this past weekend and packed the Sacramento Convention Center full of cosplayers, gamers and fan girls and boys alike. Many people who inhabit the convention are fans of video games, sci-fi television and anything fantasy. The word cosplay comes from the words costume and play. People attending … Continue reading
The Thunder Valley Summer Concert Series has begun. This year’s series features a wide variety of entertainment including: Peter Frampton, Willie Nelson, ZZ Top, Boys II Men, and George Lopez among many other headlining acts. TUBE. was lucky enough to attend the second week of the Summer Concert Series featuring 311 with special guests Pepper. It … Continue reading
The Sacramento Pride Festival blasted through town, Saturday, June 6th, and took place at the Capitol Mall between 3rd and 7th Streets in Midtown Sacramento. The high temperatures didn’t douse people’s spirits, attendance was in the thousands, with no shortage of enthusiastic faces and festive outfits. High heels, thongs, tutus, sequins and rainbows were as far … Continue reading
For seventeen straight years Punk Rock Bowling has been one of the most anticipated summer music festivals in the country. Founded in 1999 by Shawn and Mark Stern (who are also founding members of punk rock band Youth Brigade) it has grown from a simple idea of a bowling tournament with a punk rock show … Continue reading
Over Memorial Day weekend, TUBE. had the opportunity to drop anchor at the inaugural First Festival in West Sacramento’s River Walk Park. The festival featured 18 local bands on three stages. The Main Stage was lined up with bands like Whiskey & Stitches, D.U.S.T., A Mile Till Dawn, and Humble Wolf. The Yelp Stage featured … Continue reading
Celebrating nearly 25 years as a band, The Muffs will be performing at this year’s Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival. They recently released their latest album “Whoop Dee Doo” on the independent label Burger Records out of Fullerton, California. This is a big change for a band that was formerly singed to Warner Bros. … Continue reading
It is hard to believe, but The Swingin’ Utters has been going strong for almost 25 years now. Their first seven-inch was released in 1992. In 1995, their debut full-length album The Streets of San Francisco introduced the world outside the Bay Area to a group of angry yet tuneful young men whose street-punk sounds were honed … Continue reading
On a Saturday night in Downtown Sacramento, coffee in hand, local bands Sicfus, Embryo, and Big Water Beat rocked out at Shine coffee shop. The evening started out with trio Big Water Beat who kicked it off with a rustic twist on rock and roll. The small cafe filled up as the show got well … Continue reading
The Hideaway has given us a wall to fill with art and we could not be more excited! Each month we will feature local Sacramento artists along with live music on the 2nd Friday of the month. For the month of May we are featuring visual artists Sarah Ellliott of Sarah Elliott Visual Arts & Photography. … Continue reading
It’s that time of year again! Come get weird with us on Friday, May 15th at The Blue Lamp, in Sacramento CA, for The Circus: Freaks, Geeks and Things You Can’t Un-See. The Circus is a variety show full of freakish talents, local art, music, games, pretty girls and good times. Doors open at 7:30. … Continue reading
Arturo Romero believes that what you put out into the universe, you get back. It is no surprise then the 33-year-old Sacramento painter is finding success in the local arts scene and in life. “I do believe in tides,” he says. “You give … and it’s going to come back to you ten-fold.” In the past … Continue reading
Last Sunday, more than a thousand men slipped into high heels to run, saunter, and stagger around Capitol Mall. In a once-a-year spectacle, boys and men took to the course—more or less gracefully—for Walk a Mile in Her Shoes. The event is held in cities around the world in an aim to raise awareness around … Continue reading
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