The 10th annual California Roots Music & Arts Festival (Cali Roots) took over the Monterey County Fairgrounds for a magical, elevating and powerful Memorial Day weekend. With musical headliners Stick Figure and Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals on Friday night, Dirty Heads and Slightly...
RocketmanDirected by Dexter Fletcher “Rocketman” is the film that “Bohemian Rhapsody” wasn’t, despite the great acclaim it received. Where ”Bohemian Rhapsody” was an enjoyable, sanitized, and entirely conventional biopic about the life and career of Freddie Mercury, “Rocketman” is, by comparison...
Rain or shine, BottleRock Napa Valley returned to California’s wine country this Memorial Day weekend for three days of uninhibited indulgence. With Imagine Dragons, Flogging Molly, Neil Young with Promise of the Real, Pharrell Williams and Santana anchoring each day of the festival, the sold...
Lightning in a Bottle (LIB), had a change of scenery after calling Bradley, CA, home for four years. The Do Lab hosted LIB at their new home, Buena Vista Lake, over May 8-13. The new location is about a four hour drive down I-5 from Sacramento, and provided a much more intimate and accessible...
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Directed by Chad Stahelski In 2014, “John Wick” burst onto the scene as one of those seemingly quite simple ideas, in which somebody wrongs the wrong somebody. In this case an ex-hitman who values his car and dog more than most people. But there was more going on...
The Sacramento Ballet will end its first season under new artistic director Amy Seiwert with a series of performances this weekend at The Sofia arts complex. The program will include a world premier dance created by Seiwert and accompanied by live music composed and performed by violist Christen...
In most beautiful form, Sol Blume Music Festival returned to Cesar Chavez Plaza this Saturday to solidify its place in the heart of its thousands of fans. With R&B superstar Miguel at the helm, this year’s lineup, which included the commanding songstress Jessie Reyez, was an essential showcase...
Avengers: Endgame Directed by Anthony Russo & Joe Russo It’s a testament to the Marvel Cinematic Universe that even with some significant flaws, watching the 22nd film in the current series is still a pretty great experience. The movie starts where “Avengers: Infinity War” left off, with the...
As suddenly as Thebe Kgositsile became the rapper known as Earl Sweatshirt, his legend was cemented in rap history as a 16-year-old prodigy with untapped potential within the infamous Odd Future collective. When his mother sent him off to boarding school in Samoa until the age of 18, his legend...
While so many bands hardly reach a decade together, Taking Back Sunday is currently on their 20th anniversary tour, which made a two-night stop at Ace of Spades this Tuesday and Wednesday. The sold-out spectacles were supported by The Maine for a deafening set of performances that had many fans...
