Like other great artists from the Sacramento area—such as Robert Arneson, Mel Ramos and Wayne Thiebaud—Gregory Kondos can be easily found in any number of encyclopedias and reference books. But unlike ...

From right: Married chef-owners Courtney McDonald and Eric Alexander opened Restaurant Josephine in November; the Auburn eatery’s logo features the signature of Alexander’s great-grandmother Josephine ...

Why did you name the museum after Sojourner Truth? It’s because I saw the strength of my own mother and my grandmother in her. She represents, to me, the strength of the Black woman. She had a really ...

March 11–April 5 Who says you can’t go home again? Not Jack Gallagher. After nearly 40 years in Sacramento, the beloved comedian decamped to his native Massachusetts in 2024 to be closer to family.

June 13–14 The region’s largest Pride gathering takes over Capitol Mall with more than 25,000 revelers over two days. Watch for hometown favorites like the Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus to join new acts ...

As we’re talking right now in early June, you’re preparing to move to Sacramento. Have you found a home here yet? Yes! For the first time ever, my husband and I found a home before we moved. I’ve been ...

ackie Greene walks into Badfish Coffee & Tea in Orangevale looking like just another sleep-deprived new parent in search of some high-grade caffeine. He made the short drive from his house, and he’s ...

Feb. 4–May 19 Black History Month coincides with the start of this Crocker exhibition, which spotlights over 50 works embedded in the Civil Rights Movement and activism of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s.

July 18-19 Surprise, surprise—California has one juicy secret. Georgia may be known as the Peach State, but we grow more of the blushing fruit than every other state in the nation combined. The ...

To step up your home bartending game, just add ice—artisanal ice. The sibling-owned Block Ice company, whose clients include buzzy eateries and watering holes like The Snug, Beast & Bounty and Kru, ...

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 ...

You were born in Sacramento. How long did you live here? Until my freshman year in high school. I was born in ’44 at Sutter [Memorial] Hospital and lived in Hollywood Park. I didn’t want to move, but ...