Hi Folks, Our Midtown Sac PD Captain, Dana Matthes, is looking for a few good people to do crossing guard duty on 2nd Saturday. If you've got the urge to help out, or know someone who might, please give her a call at 808-4511. They have a training program to get you all ready. Time is short and we don't have any volunteers yet! Please help if you can, Thanks! /Rob Kerth Midtown Business Association

When Levi and Jessie Benkert from local development firm LJ Urban decided to leave their Midtown business and pack up their families to start an orphanage in Ethiopia, something had to be done with their workspace until 2010. When Brandon Weber, marketing consultant to LJ Urban, found out about the company's hiatus and downsizing, he wanted to make the warehouse building into a co-working space, and he posted the idea on his blog. Meanwhile, James Pierini and his friend Janna Santoro, who had been working on bringing co-working to Sacramento, were looking for other work-at-home professionals who would be interested in sharing a physical office space, when they came across Weber's blog. Ro

Artist, Jennifer J. O'Neill-Pickering is speaking the language of flowers at Capitol Public Radio through watercolors. Have you ever wondered what the veiled meaning is that is associated with a specific flower? Then, you might want to go view the twenty-three watercolor paintings by artist, Jennifer J. O'Neill-Pickering, on display at Capital Public Radio through June 26th. Different cultures and different periods of time have assigned various meanings to flowers and some of these are still with us today. During Victorian England, these meanings developed into a language called Floriography. People then selected different flower bouquets to convey various thoughts and feelings to their f

Second Saturday has grown in popularity during the past few years, to the point where Sacramento police have asked for citizens' help. Because of declining budgets  and the growing crowds at Second Saturday, there are not enough police available to perform crossing guard duty. To that end, Midtown Business Association Executive Director Rob Kerth sent out the following email: "Hi Folks, Our Sac PD Captain, Dana Matthes, is looking for a few good people to do crossing guard duty on 2nd Saturday. If you've got the urge to help out, or know someone who might, please give her a call at 808-4511. They have a training program to get you all ready. Thanks!"

I see you all the time at Tupelo Coffee House, but you don’t know me. We both like it that way. Neither of us will exchange a word, but I have created your brief back-story for my own entertainment. It is fiction, but this is the nature of our relationship. I have 900 Facebook friends, and I frequent all the same spots, but I do not know anyone. We work here, meet here, and play here. When home is where the couch is, we spend most of our waking hours out and about; returning home only to crash for the night. Time is calculated in semesters, leases, and rental agreements instead of years or friendships. Neighbors have come to represent mysteries rather than faces or lives. Forgotten are t

It’s All Yoga   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michelle Marlahan michelle@itsallyoga.com (916) 501-4692 www.itsallyoga.com IT’S ALL YOGA CELEBRATES FOUR-YEAR ANNIVERSARY ON JUNE 13 Family fun activities include free yoga classes, live music, arts and entertainment Sacramento, California – (May 18, 2009) A four-year anniversary celebration at It’s All Yoga, 2405 21st Street, will be held on Saturday, June 13 from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. The celebration will be combined with a Second Saturday event featuring art and music from Aim Higher, an adult development center in Roseville. There will be henna artists and door prizes. During the opening on Saturday evening, any new student can sign up fo

The grid has never been so alive as during the Second Saturdays of spring and summer. April 11 saw thousands of Sacramentans, suburbians, families, hipsters, dogs, couples and friends enjoying the diverse offerings of galleries and nightlife in Midtown. For those who haven't made a trip to Second Saturday, here's an idea of what you missed at April's Second Saturday. 20th Street Art Gallery hosted its 50/50 art show with 3,500 paintings decorating its walls and what seemed like just as many people crowding around the interior to catch a glimpse of each artists' collections. Outside, the Zoo Human Project played mellow acoustic music to an audience of seated and standing fans. Around 8 p

Week 14: April 6-12, What have you got for us?! Better be good... Monday 4.6 Class: Nutrition and Cancer Survival: An evening with Marlene Marcello-McKenna If you or someone you know has been touched by Cancer, you may want to hear what this woman has to say.Marlene Marcello-McKenna is a nutritional consultant and educator. She is also the author of When Hope Never Dies. Marlene is a 23-year cancer survivor of malignant melanoma. Her extraordinary road back to health has baffled the medical establishment. The National Cancer Institute has researched her recovery and decided that further study was warranted, i.e., The Best Case Series of Macrobiotic Survivors. A guest on TV and radio,

This Second Saturday we set up shop at Bike Kitchen for the evening of Mochii yogurt, cold beers, good people and a super fun band, The Poplollys! We did a little meet and greet, gave away our reusable grocery bags, stickers and fantastic Mochii yogurt from our friend Marc Otero! Its is very interesting to hear people talk about there experience with the site just four months after launch. I met a few community contributers and a couple familiar faces from the local media world. With the weather teasing like its Spring people were out and about this Second Saturday and I hope you stopped by and said hello!  

This Second Saturdays Art Walk will be the first time that Lori Wylie and Terrie Bennett will open their new art gallery to show art lovers what their new generation of metal art looks like. The path that has brought them together through tough and trying times, could be a good example of one of lifes "intersections" where people cross each others paths and find themselves in a whole new direction. Their art seems to be getting better with time and they are transforming their ideas in metal art with each new technique.  Lori Wylie and her previous husband, world reknowned artist Doug Wylie, had created their niche in bronze sculpture once they discovered they could take their ceramic tech

This storyline is simple. We all know that there are 365 days in a year, 52 weeks in that year, and 7 days in each week. Sacramento365.com aims to showcase this artistic & cultural city's events, 365 days a year. If you ever feel like there is just nothing interesting to do in this great city or you're tired of doing the same things all of the time, my hopes are that these articles will inspire you to explore what Sacramento has to offer and realize the diverse & interesting place we call home. There is something unique going on every day! Every week I will outline an event a day for that week for your enjoyment. Get out of your comfort zone & try something new. Week 10: March 10-16, 2009

This weekend is Valentine's Day, Second Saturday, and the beginning of the Amgen Tour of California, so there will be plenty to do. Understandably, many people will be out in search of some good eats, to look at art, and to hear some live music. So why not do all three? This Saturday, Feb. 14, from 7-10 p.m. Vintage Cafe will be holding an art and live music event. Ana Candioti will be displaying her Afro-Haitian art to honor Black History Month, and attendees can enjoy live music from the DoubleLion Band, Ruben Lopez, and Ryan McCarroll. The event is hosted by Bridge to Art, a group of arts promoters, educators, and artists, founded by local art promoter and events producer Kevin L. Sa

Buffcastle, one of midtown's newest boutiques, is hosting an evening of speed dating, live music and unlimited wine for everyone who finds themselves sans sweetheart this Valentine's day. Says owner Liz Liles, "everyone's gonna be in love." Festivities will take place in the courtyard behind the Buffcastle shop. The normally empty courtyard will be filled with tables, and the dates will be timed and limited to three minutes each. Liles has also dedicated an unused area of her shop as a "kissing corner." New couples can take advantage of a photobooth to document their first date. Dating will commence at six in the evening, this saturday. Live music will begin at eight. Buffcastle is locat

There's a lot to do this weekend in Sacramento, with the Amgen race on Saturday and all its attendant events; and then there's Second Saturday, with a number of great openings at local galleries. But if you're up for music, there's a bit less to choose from. Still, there's enough to check out, and quite a bit to look forward to. Tickets are going on sale this Saturday and Sunday for a number of upcoming shows. More about that in a moment.  First, perhaps the most interesting live music event of the weekend is the Mega Bollywood Show this Valentine's Saturday, at the Crest Theatre. Colleen Belcher's story about the event on SacramentoPress.com says it all about a show that is going to be

Parker Scott is a local artist whose eclectic style blends elements of graffiti, traditional Japanese wood block prints, tattoo art and Chinese characters. Currently a student of graphic design at CSUS, Scott is back from a one-year hiatus from art exhibitions, during which he DJ’d Hip Hop. The art of Parker Scott will be displayed at Formoli’s Bistro (3260 J St.), with an opening reception on Second Saturday, 6-9 p.m. Jan. 10. The images attached to this article will be displayed at Formoli's. Is there an era of art that you really admire? I absolutely love Japanese wood block prints. That’s probably one of the things that got me into art in general. But I really enjoy the classical st

Sacramento's fourth annual bird show, Aves: A Celebration of Birds in Art, will be held this Saturday, January 10 from 6-10pm. This local art show is part of the National Bird Day events, which raise awareness of the plight of birds in captivity and in the wild. This fundraiser for Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute will be held at Body Tribe located at 920 21st Street in Midtown Sacramento. Each year, millions of birds are captured from the wild or produced in captivity for commercial profit or human amusement, only to languish in conditions that fail to meet the instinctive behavioral and physical needs of these wild animals. The focus of National Bird Day is to raise

 Thursday, Jan. 8 at 9 p.m. A new group, "Friendly Creatures," composed of Brian and Tatiana Latour and Alex Jenkins, who are members of Daisy Spot, and Ross Hammond will be performing at Old Ironsides. Hammond describes the band's sound as similar to Midnight Star, Lake Side or SOS Band with some Gil Scott Heron and Curtis Mayfield in the mix.  Saturday, Jan. 10 during Second Saturday Kevin Corcoran and Ross Hammond will be doing a duet inside the 20th Street Art Gallery. Their music will be the perfect backdrop for those art perusers. Hammond describes the music they'll be playing as spacious and reminiscent of a sci-fi soundtrack. Old Ironsides is located at 1901 10th Street on the c

Sactown magazine, one of the newest regional magazines to our area just released their second anniversary issue. What better way to celebrate its second anniversary than to have some of its award-winning photography shown at the Viewpoint Gallery? From December 12, 2008 to January 3, 2009 the Viewpoint Gallery will be showing, "The Photography of Sactown Magazine: The First Two Years." Sactown has won a number of awards in the relatively short time it has been around. This year, Sactown won a National City & Regional Magazine Award for its June/July photo essay, "In Harm's Way" and also a Maggie Award for its August/September issue. Sactown was also a winner at the Communication Arts Ph

Have you ever attended a yoga class and looked around at the more skilled participants with their nimble bodies and perfect poses? Or maybe you are one of those yoga aficionados, starting your day doing the tree pose or the downward facing dog. The beauty of the body is truly revealed in the art of yoga. A glimpse in the mirror while doing a yoga pose is all the proof you need that body and mind coming together is truly art-worthy. The BOLD MARK Gallery has taken this concept on for their next exhibit, "Balanced Bodies, Centered Minds." During the months of December and January the gallery will feature both yoga sculpture and live yoga demonstrations. All of the artwork will draw from th

Alan Osborne is the owner of the Art Foundry, located on 1021 R Street. I sat down with Alan to find out what brought him to Sacramento and what kept him here. His expertise in bronze casting has brought renowned artists to Sacramento to work with him and castings that have been made in the Art Foundry can be seen throughout the city. What brought you to Sacramento? What actually brought me here was this building. When I had come in to look at the kiln that was for sale that used to be Earthworks and the woman was that had bought it from - the previous owner was downsizing so she was just going to move out. I went over to Fred David that same day and rented the space because I knew that