Sacramento County Art, Culture & Media Digest

The proposal aims to help working artists become arts teachers in elementary schools.

A combination of tax credits, revenue sharing and coupons could bring stability, writes Steven Waldman, president of Rebuild Local News.

The metamorphosis started slowly on Jan. 5 as dozens of fans roamed the streets in cosplay fan shirts, props and more. By dawn on Jan. 7, the rising sun made everyone’s costumes pop even brighter.

Pasadena is the only California city named a travel destination for 2024 by The New York Times. This comes despite the Los Angeles-area city being just the 45th-largest city in the state.

Philadelphia-based Audacy, which has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with $1.9 billion in debts, owns six radio stations in the Bay Area. These include 95.7 The Game, KCBS and 102.1 Jams.

From elders and entertainers to victims of mass shootings and other violence, the Black community saw an exceptional amount of loss this year.

Under new state laws, five cities will test cameras to catch speeding drivers and cruising bans will be lifted statewide. The first is supposed to improve road safety, but critics of the second say it will endanger the public.

State audits of the University of California and the California State University found both systems have failed to comply with decades-old state and federal laws mandating the return of Native ancestral remains and cultural artifacts. Only UCLA and Cal State Long Beach have returned a majority of their collections.

In the sun-lit chapel of Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael, four Certified Music Practitioners performed Christmas carols, introducing themselves to the patients.

It has been an unprecedented year at CapRadio. And one of extreme hardship. 
This summer, CapRadio laid off 12% of its staff. And that was just the start of its financial challenges.

Relying on newly digitized federal records and other sources, Black Americans are discovering direct bloodlines to Native American ancestors.

In conversations about the history and present of Sacramento’s LGBTQ+ communities, the Lavender Heights district in Midtown is often the first area to come to mind.

Book bans and racism in publishing make giving the gift of a book written by a Black woman akin to gifting revolution.

With its hilly terrain, parts of Los Angeles aren’t always the easiest to build in. But that didn’t stop an architect from building a unique structure in Silver Lake.

Sacramento’s Cal Expo will soon be adorned with bright festive light displays with the return of Imaginarium. The “largest holiday light festival” in the capital city will light up Nov. 17 to Jan. 7, and will feature a circus, Santa, an ice skating rink, and games.

The Colour of Music Festival is a classical music festival with one important detail: every musician identifies as Black or African American.

The San Diego Union-Tribune, which has operated for 154 years, sold to controversial Alden Global Capital last year. It’s not looking great for the paper’s future.

Robert Irwin, an artist and MacArthur genius grant recipient, died in San Diego at 95 on Oct. 25. Michael Govan, who heads the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, offers a colorful retrospective on Irwin's work.

A video released by comic Hasan Minhaj, who grew up in Davis, tackles elements of a critical article that left the impression he had made up or exaggerated racism in his life.

Through this new program, artists, culture bearers, and California Native American tribes will be eligible to receive funding to create artwork throughout state and local parks.

Why is the Mills Station Arts and Culture Center in Rancho Cordova—also known as the MACC—so accessible?

Written by Center for Biological Diversity scientist Tiffany Yap and illustrated by artist Meital Smith, “Tales of the Urban Wild: A Puma’s Journey” takes the reader through diverse habitats, across busy freeways and inside science labs to learn about one mountain lion’s survival story.

Alexander Reben, a leader in “human-machine symbiosis” since 2012, displays his work in an exhibition that asks audiences to consider the role of AI in the future.

The Cherry Tea Collective—a club of artists, writers, photographers and other creatives—publishes a zine related to a specific charity organization. This year’s choice is Sacramento Loaves and Fishes.

The sun has set on a once-popular community theatre in Citrus Heights, with an abrupt closure announcement in August leaving loyal patrons both saddened and surprised.

The changes come one week after 14 board members resigned, many citing a lack of support and communication from the university.

President Luke Wood speaks with CapRadio Insight host Vicki Gonzalez.

The show at the Sacramento History Museum, titled “Boulevard Dreams,” runs through Jan. 21.

A piano sits in the middle of a room lined with posters welcoming visitors of the Creation District in Midtown.

A major new addition at UC Davis is unveiled to the public. 

Faith J. McKinnie’s eponymous gallery celebrated its reopening in a new location with an inaugural group show titled “We’ll See You When We See Us,” highlighting Black artists.

Citrus Heights’ planning commissioners unanimously approved plans to occupy a building on Arcadia Drive that formerly housed a nightclub.