Feb. 9–14 Lions and tigers and love birds, oh my! When it comes to the life science of mating, we could all take a cue or two from the animal kingdom, and for nearly a week leading up to Valentine’s ...

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 ...

Dumplings to die for, a mistress of disguise, toothsome tacos, culinary classes paired with cinematic classics, health-forward push-pops, dance-powered lemonade purveyors, and much more. Here’s our ...

When Cal Expo’s soaring water tower was built in the 1960s, the task to design the art for the 152-foot-tall landmark structure fell to Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, a noted San Francisco designer ...

Interior designer Whitney Johnson at Shady Lady, her first restaurant project, which was completed in 2009 (Portrait by Jeremy Sykes) I“I am the Daniel Day-Lewis of design,” says Whitney Johnson with ...

Chef-owner of Q1227 in Roseville and former executive chef of downtown Sacramento’s Echo & Rig Four Sisters Cafe for brunch, in Roseville. They’re so friendly, and I just like how it’s a family-run ...

AA wavy white metal scrim of a sculpture shades the entrance to the Gorman Museum of Native American Art’s new home. Perched on tall white steel posts, the graceful form undulates and curves overhead ...

Sacramento comedian Jack Gallagher quietly left town in 2024. He now returns for his latest (and last) one-man show at the B Street Theatre.

TThe first thing you notice as you enter this classroom is that it doesn’t look like a classroom at all. There are no desks, no wood-backed chairs, no front rows, no back rows. Instead of cold gray ...

Craig Reynolds, photographed on Sept. 24, is preparing for a November harvest at his agave farm in Woodland. He and others will use the sharp, long-handled coa de jima to slice away the plants’ ...

Next time you stroll or roll through the UC Davis Arboretum, you may find yourself pausing in the South American garden to breathe in the air. What is that luscious, roasty aroma redolent of chocolate ...

The Shire-cuterie board features quail eggs from a North Highlands farm, meats from V. Miller and other locally sourced foods. (Photo by Max Whittaker) Forget Mordor. If Frodo Baggins were on an epic ...