The Philharmonik won NPR’s career-catapulting Tiny Desk Contest in 2024. Now, the Sacramento singer-songwriter gets ready to ...

Dec. 7–21, 2025 Bundle up in your woolies, pop some chestnuts on an open fire, and pour yourself a draught of mulled wine—it’s time to roll back time to celebrate Victorian Christmas, named by Fodor’s ...

Best of the City 2021 If there’s one thing we’ve learned during the pandemic, it’s that the human spirit perseveres through the darkest times. The dozens of Sacramentans featured here—struggling like ...

Mike Henderson is the only one at the $750-a-plate gala wearing blue jeans—and he’s the guest of honor. The guests take their seats at tables inside the Manetti Shrem for the 6-year-old institution’s ...

We’ve always thought the perfect end to a nightclub crawl in midtown’s Lavender Heights would be to grab a great big crispy, cheesy slice of New York-style pizza after closing down the drag show or ...

It’s still hoodie and beanie weather on a spring morning at the 28th and B Street Skate Park near the American River when Deven Esquivel steps onto the surface of a skateboard for the first time in ...

Darrin Bell has asked to meet me where he does most of his work these days—at a picnic table overlooking a lily pond in a leafy Sacramento park. I recognize him, bent over an iPad working on a cartoon ...

HHis mother calls them “monstrously huge” hands. Universally, it is agreed they are massive and preternaturally strong—the kind usually dubbed mitts or hams. The fingers are the size of ballpark ...

Dumplings to die for, a mistress of disguise, toothsome tacos, culinary classes paired with cinematic classics, health-forward push-pops, dance-powered lemonade purveyors, and much more. Here’s our ...

IIt was the best of times, it was the loudest of times. It was an eruption of youth, a climb into middle age, a collapse and slump into repose. It was short stories crafted from long memories. It was ...

In September, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released provisional data for 2021, which was pretty shocking: Gun deaths in America hit an all-time high of 48,832. That’s an 8% increase ...

Gone are the days when only wax-mustachioed hipsters understood the dark art of the light roast—today’s third-wave specialty coffee scene is as diverse as our city itself. Allow us to introduce you to ...