This weekend, an indie label run on creative obsession celebrates its 15th anniversary in San Francisco. The party for Ss Records, founded in Sacramento, will feature bands like Lil Bunnies, 100 Flowers, Screature, Ozzie, Andy Human & the Reptoids and more Jan. 15-16 at San Francisco’s Hemlock Tavern. “The nature of my record label has never … Continue reading
Another year, another TBD gone by. The West Sacramento music fest featured a ton of talent in cooking showdowns, interactive art and live art, circus performance and so much more. Oh, and did we mention music? Tears for Fears, Chromeo, Death Grips, Dinosaur Jr., Pretty Lights and Dr. Dog were among a few of the … Continue reading
On Friday night, thousands of people packed into Cesar Chavez Park for the first of the season’s Concerts in the Park series. DJ Epik, Riotmaker, Drop Dead Red, and Island of Black & White kicked off the series. As headliner Island of Black & White played, attendees of all ages danced and enjoyed the quartet’s … Continue reading
After nearly a decade working in the corporate world, Sacramento designer Laura Matranga is returning to her independent roots. Matranga has run her graphic design and printmaking business, Asbestos Press, since 2005. She wanted to be a graphic designer before she even knew what term meant. As a teenager growing up a small Bay Area … Continue reading
When The Devil Makes Three comes to town it is a boot-stomping good time, and last week in Oakland CA was no exception. The three-piece folk rock band out of Santa Cruz headlined at the Fox Oakland Theatre Saturday, welcomed by an enthusiastic crowd. But the attendees who only arrived for the headliner may have … Continue reading
The image of office work is a mundane one: endless streams of emails, hokey team spirit exercises, mind-numbing meetings. But Capital Stage’s new show, Ideation, is not your everyday office story. The show, which opened Jan. 24, centers on a small group of corporate consultants tasked with designing a mysterious project. They have had little … Continue reading
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