TUBE. is currently accepting submissions for our next two print issues. We are looking for visual artists, photographers, poets, and writers to interpret the themes below. Issue 11’s theme is ‘Beauty’ and Issue 12 is a collection of photo stories seemed from the theme ‘A Day in the Life…’. ISSUE 11 will be a visual and poetic …
‘Papier’ an exhibit of work by Penelope Lenaerts opens at WAL Public Market Gallery on June, 7th 2019 from 6-8 PM. “As an artist, I care about issues regarding sustainability and human interaction in the natural world. The female experience plays a large role in my life and practice, and my work celebrates feminine form…These …
We are happy to share with you the exclusive release of Vinnie Guidera and The Dead Birds very first music video, ‘Part of the Act’. Outside influences are sometimes needed to get an artist’s vision in concrete detail, which requires different but similar thinking- a practical and perfect way of how collaborations should work in …
CONCERTS IN THE PARK Fridays, May 3 – July 26, 2019, from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm Cesar Chavez Plaza, 9th and J Streets, Sacramento CA FREE and all ages Line up below. See you there! Photography Mickey Morrow Poster Jason Malmberg
Graphic designer turned full-time artist, Jenny Hawkyard studied and worked in Canada for eleven years before returning to her hometown in Cardigan, Wales. She came back two years ago to pursue her first love of art and illustration and now runs a small shop and open studio. Her brilliantly colored, otherworldly work is created in … Continue reading
City of Trees. Music festival. Papa Murphy’s Park. Sacramento CA. September 22, 2018. Photos by Daniel Tyree Continue reading
The Soft White Sixties kicked off their release tour in Phoenix, Arizona at the Crescent Ballroom on September 14th. The show, called “Rock The Bus,” was a benefit show for The Joy Bus. If you haven’t heard of it, The Joy Bus is a nonprofit organization that, according to the event page, relieves “the daily … Continue reading
Festival en la Calle, Southside Park, Sacramento, CA September 16, 2018. Photographs Dan Tyree Continue reading
What I’m Listening To is a series where we talk to exciting artists, musicians, and establishment owners and get a five-song slice of their current playlist. – “I have seen women in their eighties in kitten heels slaying their strut across stage (ahem, Grant Avenue Follies), and brand new performers discover parts of themselves through the … Continue reading
Ithaca, NY based artist Jen Lightfoot creates pastel colored nightmares. Using colored pencils, graphite, and ink on paper and wood, the academically trained artist experiments along the lines of horror and beauty. “To play with this idea, I blend grotesque imagery with bright colors, and I primarily focus on the female figure,” Lightfoot told TUBE. … Continue reading
Thursday, September 13 The Indiana Bones Grrrly Show took the Harlow’s stage. The Grrrly Show is a true variety show which left everyone not only laughing but excited for more. Thursday’s show was the second quarterly installment hosted by Lucinda Buttons and included: classic burlesque, zouk dancing with RubyFuse, comedy, feats of hula hooping athleticism … Continue reading
Luna Café hosted the Invisible Disabilities Comedy Show Wednesday Night. The Show was created and hosted by Aliada and Drew Kimzey. Comedians Jeanette Marin, Sureni Weerasekera, Mone’t Ha-Sidi, Morty “The Mortician” Stein, Anica Cihla, Nicole Tran and headliner Nina G performed their most vulnerable jokes about disabilities that YOU CAN’T SEE! It was an extremely … Continue reading
Sacramento’s very own PETS turned 15 years old. Derek Fieth and Allison Jones have brought us fifteen years of fuzzy guitars, petals, drum machines and rocking good times. We caught them at the Hideaway for their birthday party on September 2nd and had a blast. We’ve been hanging with these two for quite awhile now, … Continue reading
Tuesday, August 28th, Cumulus (Seattle,WA) opened for Bad Bad Hats (Minneapolis) at Harlows in Sacramento CA. Bad Bad Hats released their second album Lighting Round August 3rd, 2018, give it a listen here. Photos by Cam Evans Continue reading
I Love This Band! is a new series where TUBErs get to release their inner fan and talk directly about the bands they love. Anyone who has had a conversation about music with me in the last few months has probably heard about my new obsession/infatuation: Ghost (also known in America as Ghost BC). The … Continue reading
The Sacramento community recently experienced a great loss when artist and friend Nathan Cordero passed away on August 15th. Those that knew Nate can say that he was kind, funny, genuine, smart and most of all present. The community is exploding with stories of love for a man who impacted artists, fishermen, metal detectors and … Continue reading
Peach House Presents Daydream Festival. Latino Center of Art and Culture. Sacramento CA. August 2018. Photos by Benz Doctolero Continue reading
What I’m Listening To is a series where we talk to exciting artists, musicians, and establishment owners and get a five-song slice of their current playlist. – “I want everyone I love to get a brain scan to make sure everything is alright…It’s interesting how a person’s life can suddenly switch gears on you like that.” … Continue reading
Brazilian self-taught artist Caroline Jamhour creates dark, dynamic pieces, using her work to “explore the realms of mysticism, myths, and fantasy,” as she told TUBE. in a recent email. “My pieces are mostly connected to personal experiences, involving my own emotions and spirituality, and the presence of opposites or ambiguities: angels and devils, dark and light, … Continue reading
Lin Fei Fei moved to America from Shenyang China after completing her Masters degree in oil painting at Luxun Academy of Fine Arts. She now resides in Sacramento CA. This international artist has exhibited her work in Europe, Asia and the United States. Lin’s paintings combine abstract elements with realism resulting in surreal portraits of … Continue reading
Vinnie Guidera & The Dead Birds and Mondo Deco. Shine. Sacramento CA. Photos Melissa Uroff Continue reading
The Countermen, Ur Ex Wife, Danny Electric, Cugino, La Tour, Citizen Snips. Cafe Colonial. Sacramento CA. Photos by Benz Doctolero Continue reading
This year’s last CIP saw The Crystal Method, Write Or Die, Ryan Moe, and DJs My Cousin Vinny and Mike Diamond rocking Cesar Chavez Park last Friday. The concert series is over, but fear not, it will be back again next summer. Photos: Dan Tyree, Mickey Morrow. Continue reading
Human/Nature, Provoke, and Monster Squad performed a free show Sunday evening at Phono Select Records in Sacramento CA. The show was a good luck send off to Monster Squad as they leave on tour for Europe, dates found below. Words and photos Cam Evans. Continue reading
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