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The Shop: Situated just around the corner from the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, midtown’s Refill Madness is the region’s oldest refillery, opening in 2016 and boasting over 221,000 refills (and ...

For five years, Zaved Khan has been training his lens on Sacramento’s past and present, serving up slices of civic nostalgia as he juxtaposes historic photos of local landmarks that have been lost to ...

AA little more than a decade ago, it felt like the whole sports vibe around Sacramento, the idea of this area as a place where professional sports should be taken seriously, was circling the drain. It ...

On the eve of his 100th birthday, Wayne Thiebaud—the Sacramento painter best known for his evocative portrayals of desserts that look good enough to eat—talks about the new pieces he’s working on (yes ...

Last July, Boston’s convention bureau reluctantly removed 20 swings (glowing from LED lights within that changed colors when triggered by motion) that were intended for kids and adults alike. “Our ...

A new museum retrospective spotlights the late Sacramento painter and professor Wayne Thiebaud as a master student of art history. From da Vinci to Picasso, great artists have always studied and ...

“I think we have a misconception about where painting comes from,” the late, great painter Wayne Thiebaud told Artweek in 1998. “It’s not a hermetic activity. It doesn’t come from an individual. It is ...

April 9 True to its name, this New Orleans ensemble has been safeguarding the traditional sound of Big Easy jazz for over 60 years. Returning to Folsom’s Harris Center in April after last year’s brass ...

March 15 Did you ever return home from military service to find your former fiancée married to someone else, so you pursue a rebound relationship, but then your ex gets jealous and starts an affair ...