Sacramento County Local News: Art, Culture & Media


All Local Art, Culture & Media News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

Image caption: The Crocker Museum, one of the premier cultural institutions in Sacramento County.
Capital Ideas

A dive into Sacramento’s local artists and cultural event calendars.

Image caption: California's library system dates back 171 years.
How Cool Are Libraries?

California has gone from one library to more than 1,100 in the last 171 years.

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07/10/2024
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Sacramento is gaining a new live music venue called Channel 24 from Another Planet Entertainment, the producers of Outside Lands, which should help to fill a gap in the city’s lack of midsize live music stages.

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07/06/2024
Join the folks participating in the Solving Sacramento journalism collaborative on September 5.

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06/29/2024
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The Historic Folsom Hometown Parade, once again captivated the community with its patriotic spirit and local charm in grand fashion on Saturday.

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06/27/2024
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Two entrepreneurs opened Dreamland Cinema in Sacramento in June of 2022, during a time when theaters across the country were struggling — and still are — to lure viewers away from their streaming services and back to the movies after pandemic lockdowns.

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06/21/2024
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Local performing arts companies have always faced challenges in attracting audiences, choosing relatable shows and managing finances.

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06/20/2024
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Overlooking J Street, Mahogany and Rose converts from a salon specializing in curly hair and locs, to a space dedicated to celebrating Black artists.

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06/20/2024
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Curiosity was in the air when the City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts and Culture hosted dozens of local artists at a guaranteed income community listening session on Monday, June 10 at Celebration Arts.

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06/11/2024
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Rancho Cordova Arts raised more than $16,000 for teachers and students through its recent annual Micro Masterpieces event which ran from June 3 through June 8.

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06/11/2024
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By June tradition, a gala and art auction hosted more than 200 guests in the Effie Yeaw Nature Center last weekend. Supporters of the beloved Carmichael nonprofit organization wined, dined and opened wallets to purchase art and cultural experiences.

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06/06/2024
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The Folsom City Council authorized emergency spending of $172,500 from contingency funds to fix stucco water leaks at the library.

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06/05/2024
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Rancho Cordova is hosting Moonlight Movies at Village Green Park of Fridays at 8:30 through June.

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05/29/2024
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Nature Lovers Will Open Their Hearts and Wallets For the Effie Yeaw Nature Center Gala on June 9

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05/29/2024
Video of the full Tiny Desk Concert by Sacramento's The Philharmonik.

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05/23/2024
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Retired Major General Highlights Achievements (and Challenges) in New Memoir.

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05/22/2024
In its May 21 meeting, the Sacramento City Council voted to put a measure on the November ballot to combine two existing library parcel taxes and extend them indefinitely.

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05/21/2024
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Ashley Shult Langdon Writes Book About Trails on Sacramento's Lower American River.

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05/17/2024
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Some confusion has engulfed the internet about where the most-historic crawdad festival in the West is happening this summer.

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05/07/2024
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Seven Sacramento area museums are participating in Blue Star Museums to offer free admission to the nation’s active-duty military personnel and their families, including National Guard and Reserve, from Armed Forces Day on May 18 through Labor Day on September 2, 2024.

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05/04/2024
More than half of the U.S. House supports a bill to extend the funds, but it can’t get out of committee.

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04/19/2024
Capital Public Radio is terminating its operating agreement this summer with the nonprofit that exists solely to support the NPR-affiliate station that operates under the broadcasting license of California State University Sacramento.
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