Relentless, dedicated, original and professional are a few words that describe the band called Sol’Jibe. With more than 200 shows and festivals under their belts world-wide, they bring their unique flavor of international music to Harlows; a show that will sure to be talked about all summer.   After driving 15 hours straight from their last show in Washington, they arrived last night in Sacramento where we met for dinner at Aura for some tasty pizzas. There’s a reason they’ve been called the hardest working band around. They’ve won “Best Band in the Reno News & Review Reader’s Choice” three years in a row. Last year, they stole the show at the High Sierra Music Festival with a review stat

The biggest brew festival in Sacramento turns 10 today at the same location is was launched - on the banks of the Sacramento River at Miller Park surrounded by giant Sycamores and the gentle breeze from the Delta.  Last year, the festival saw the first 100 degree mark and today it seems it may also scrape the tripple digits making it the best event in town to cool off with. The West Coast Brew Festival has been drawing thousands of beer lovers from all over Northern California for years and this year, event organizer, Matson Breaky stated last night that the numbers are up and over any year before including pre-event ticket sales. The festival features more than 50 micros bringing in an

Santigold is a self-professed non-person.  Rather, Santigold (born Santi White) is a musical collective whose front woman can be described as one of the most fun and serious artists today.  The poignant and righteous lyrics are blended so sexily, super freaks around the globe from Michael Jackson to Libyan ruler Moammar Qaddafi are known to have even downloaded Santigold's music as leaks (probably bit torrents) before they were even published in 2008.  A relatively unknown artist until about 2007, Santogold changed her name to Santigold in 2008 (Santogold was taken already by a third rate B move wanna-be movie producer/singer) and went on to tour and or play with Bjork, Coldplay, Kanye We

Let’s not mince words: political conventions are boring and a party convention is an oxymoron plain and simple. If you’ve been to one then you know. Sure, the Democrats throw better parties than the Republicans. Hell, the new chairman of the Democratic Party, John Burton, is an admitted cocaine addict and known womanizer. But I digress. For anybody who's been to a party convention, whether as a delegate, officer or volunteer, it's a fact that the highlight of a convention weekend is the dozen or so "hospitality suites" wherein various caucuses host parties inside the hotel. Usually the best party is hosted by the California Young Democrats who rent out a large hall and host a DJ, full bar

  A network of local women business owners in the downtown area are putting on a free event event for women on Saturday, April 18. The Spring Extreme Makeover Party was initiated by Denise Fraser, owner and trainer at Ftizone Studio in midtown. Five professionals representing various facets of the health and beauty industry will be showcasing their expertise from hair and organic skin care to workouts and diet/nutrition tips. The evening's program includes hair demos, health tips, makeup demos and eyebrow design as well as a special exhibition by a Las Vegas based hair expert. "I'm trying to help women through education and opportunites to see how they can improve their overall health an