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When his wife embarked on an arduous cancer journey, Dave Webb—a Davis-based multimedia artist—walked alongside her, processing his emotions through film, images, words and music. A new exhibition at the Pence Gallery, the grateful chair, chronicles the couple’s shared experience of going to the brink and coming back. Hillary Louise Johnson.
Best of the City - Sactown Magazine
Best of the City 2019. As they say, there must be something in the water here—Sacramento’s got it going on. From a cool moonlight hike to a cooling moo-less milkshake, from fiery hot street food to a fire-breathing street dragon, and from an Olympic-caliber butcheress to an Olympic-caliber aquatic center, here is our list of the places, people and things making big waves this year.
The Fall Arts Season Begins in Sacramento - Sactown Magazine
Sep 8, 2023 · Sac Open Studios. Sept. 7–17 In the TikTok era, it’s truer than ever that all the world’s a stage, as the Bard said. But for two weekends in September, it’s also one big art gallery. Organized by the Verge Center for the Arts, the 18th annual Sac Open Studios is a mega festival that brings together dozens of workshops and demos, specialty shows, and the main event—during which some ...
Best of the City 2021 - Sactown Magazine
Nov 5, 2021 · During the rousing and raunchy 90-minute show, the rotating cast—giving lap dances and doing death drops (the ultimate in drag daring)—sweats it out just as much as their hot and bothered fans. 1500 K St. 916-444-3633. capitolgarage.com —Leilani Marie Labong. Photo courtesy of the Sacramento History Museum.
Sactown Magazine - May-June 2024
May 8, 2024 · Legendary rock climber Beth Rodden has navigated sudden success, endured a high-profile divorce and survived a traumatic kidnapping. As she releases her candid new memoir, the Davis native talks about learning the ropes as a kid at the Rocknasium, the perils and pitfalls of fame, and finding grace in the cracks of mountains and life alike.
Sactown Magazine - July-August 2024
Jul 5, 2024 · It was in Tokyo in 1964 when Native American Billy Mills—an orphan who had battled poverty, racism, illness and depression—shocked the world with one of the most unexpected, come-from-behind victories in all of sport. “Running helped me understand that there is no end when we die,” says the now 86-year-old gold medalist and Fair Oaks ...
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Sactown Magazine - November-December 2023
Nov 7, 2023 · The Unofficial Ted Lasso Cookbook. Our favorite fish-and-chips-out-of-water “football” coach—Ted Lasso—might’ve left his team for good, but thanks to a new cookbook by two local food bloggers, we can relive some of the tastiest TV moments (yes, even those biscuits!) from the glorious eponymous series that made us all believers.
Settle in for Sacramento’s Fall Arts Season - Sactown Magazine
Oct 12, 2023 · On Your Feet! Nov. 2–5 Married since 1978, one year after founding the Miami Sound Machine, Emilio and Gloria Estefan are the slinky, shimmery king and queen of Latin pop, with almost 30 Grammys and Latin Grammys between them. And in 2015, the lives, careers and unmistakable hits of the iconic couple—including “Words Get in the Way,” “Conga” and “Anything for You”—got the ...
Sactown Magazine - January-February 2024
Jan 2, 2024 · Dinner and a Showstopper All the culinary world’s a stage at the ambitious new omakase restaurant Okesutora. After honing his skills at the celebrated sushi chain Nobu, chef Hieu Phan returns to his native Sacramento to deliver sea-worthy flavors with a dash of storytelling and a splash of spectacle in midtown.