We’re on the cusp of an important week – not only is Valentine’s Day just around the corner, The Sacramento Press is gearing up for our Journalism Open 2013 Awards Celebration. You’ll be there, right? Don’t forget to order your presale tickets and RSVP so we know to save you a spot. But before you get to shopping for boxes of chocolate or a new ascot to impress your favorite Community Manager, make sure you haven’t missed anything awesome this week on The Sacramento Press. Check out our most-viewed content of the week. Community Contribution: 5. Obituary: Sheila was a regular presence in the central city and beyond by Bill Burgua -- 4. Old Sac Mardi Gras 2013 this weekend by Mike Ibe

Sacramento Fashion Week (SACFW) celebrating its 7th year anniversary this year, unveiled the selection of designers for this year's event. The designer lineup introduced at a press party featured a piece from each designer. The event took place at The Find located at 817 16th Street on Jan. 31. Sacramento Fashion Week takes place this year from Feb. 24 – Mar. 2. The Spring/Summer Designer Showcase presents six designers and two featured student designers. Monica Buo, Rebecca Cahua, Britboy Fashions, Maisha Bahati, Jason Powers, Niv Elliot, Samuel Parkinson and Nelli Rosh are the designers featured on Friday, Mar. 1. The Fall/Winter Designer Showcase features Yennie Zhou, Karisa Go

Months of waiting for Emilie Autumn and the Bloody Crumpets to grace the stage of the Colonial Theatre came to an end Friday, Feb. 1. The Sacramento Horror Film Festival presented the show. Autumn's scheduled appearance last year in Sacramento was canceled last October due to illness. Autumn's return to the Colonial was well-received by the crowd that saw the theatrical performance by Autumn and her band. Upon arriving at the venue, a line had already formed. Fans came to the Colonial Theatre in costume to support their idol. “Plague Rats,” as these fans are called, are also characters in Autumn's autobiography, “The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls.” Although doors would not open un

Welcome to February, when the Journalism Open contest really gets good. This is the time when our contributing writers get to stop toiling and start celebrating all of their hard work. While editor Jared Goyette and myself will forward on the top ten finalist entries to our panel of guest judges to score, we’re also asking you, our readers, to get in on the action. Below you’ll find, in no particular order, the People's Choice contenders, which were selected based on a combination of article views and thumbs ups received. We’ll count votes received up until 5 p.m. on Feb. 11. The winner will be selected soley based on approval rating. Vote for your favorite articles by giving them the co

The elegance of the Citizen Hotel was a great setting for Sacramento Fashion Week's “Fashion Affair” event. The gathering held on Thursday, Jan. 17 gave designers, models, hair, makeup and other fashion professionals the opportunity to socialize and network. As Sacramento Fashion Week draws nearer designers for the event are introduced. Talent Coordinator of Sacramento Fashion Week Simone Vianna pointed out a couple of the designers at the event. Monica Buo and Clifton Simmons sat at a table enjoying the event. I sat with both of them to get their thoughts on being involved in Sacramento Fashion Week. Buo and Simmons met while attending the International Academy of Design & Technology

“We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. The words of Martin Luther King Jr. were quite evident as the 32nd annual March for the Dream took place on Monday, Jan. 21.  An estimated crowd of 30,000 marched to the Sacramento Capitol  Building and the Convention Center. Marchers of all ethnic persuasions came to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. as they marched from the Oak Park Community Center, Sacramento City College and Grant High School. Community representatives, local employers, healthcare professionals, small business vendors and others attended the event to supply guests with valuable information about educa

It should be an action-packed weekend for Sacramento. The 49ers are up against the Packers for the NFC championship on Saturday, Dine Downtown will be running through the weekend and next week, and the hogs are scheduled to overtake the city for the Easyrider bike show at the Convention Center. But before you dive in, make sure you didn’t miss anything this week on The Sacramento Press. Community Contributors 5. Sacramento's Newest Rising Star by Emilie Cameron Everyone loves to see a local artist edge their way into the national spotlight. Local photographer Ryan Greenleaf is on his way. 4. ‘My Kind Of Town Sacramento Is’ by Kathleen Johnson Kathleen Johnson connected with readers

A new year, a new venue and a new experience were all part of the winter SacAnime held at the Sacramento Convention Center and the Sheraton Grand Hotel Jan. 4-6. SacAnime has outgrown several venues and the larger venue attracted a bigger audience. A larger crowd than the 7,700 who attended the summer convention held at the Woodlake Hotel was expected. SacAnime fans from northern California and beyond gathered for the three-day weekend event dressed in their favorite cosplay outfit. Many planned their wardrobe months in advance and some came with three prepared costumes, one for each day of the event. Alex Martin drove from Alameda with some friends and could not hold his excitement,

The Crocker Art Museum holds its doors open late during their Thursdays ‘til 9 program series. This past Thursday, Dec. 20, as part of American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell, local talented musician Ricky Berger held a concert at the Crocker. The Rockwell exhibit, located on the third floor of the Crocker, celebrates his work with several rarely circulated works from the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass. Several original oil paintings and other work created for The Saturday Evening Post are also part of the exhibit. A grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, American Masterpieces Program, made the exhibition possible. On the Crocker theater stage, Rika Nelson

An enchanting evening full of music and dance came to the Three Stages Performing Arts Center at Folsom Lake College. The Compañia Mazatlán Bellas Artes de Sacramento presented a festive Christmas performance on the main stage. The “Posada Navideña,” a Christmas processional, was performed by a group of 30 dancers and musicians. They brought traditional live Mexican music and traditional Mexican dance mixed with ballet to the stage. Executive director Yolanda Ramos-Colosio began teaching traditional Mexican folk dance in Sacramento in 1994. Four years later, as the school grew, she introduced a school (Instituto Mazatlán Bellas Artes) and a professional performing company (Compañia Maz