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Sacramento's city magazine. Among those awards is the Maggie Award for Best City & Metropolitan Magazine by the Western Publishing Association.

Sactown magazine is the Sacramento region’s largest and most respected city magazine, with an average circulation of 40,000 and with over 30 national awards for publishing excellence in the areas of editorial, design and photography—more than any other magazine in Sacramento’s history. Sactown was founded in 2006 by journalists Rob Turner and Elyssa Lee in an effort to bring a national quality mag

azine to California’s capital city. While Rob was born and raised in Sacramento, he spent a decade in New York City, where he met Elyssa at Money magazine. Between them, they have written for publications as diverse as New York, InStyle, Money, Fortune, SmartMoney, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Metropolis and U.S News & World Report. Sactown covers the region, from Davis to Folsom and from Elk Grove to El Dorado Hills, Roseville and Auburn.

12/28/2023

In 2010, a new kind of swivel chair emerged, serving dual purposes—providing attractive seating, but also acting as a colorful people magnet in cities around the world. It’s time for Sacramento to make some heads turn here too. ? Our story: https://bit.ly/41GnKNZ

11/14/2023

Our favorite TV coach—Ted Lasso—might be gone, but today, two local authors, Aki Berry and Meg Chano of Salt Harvest Creatives, are releasing a new cookbook with dishes inspired by the beloved series (yes, even those biscuits!), and a book signing at East Village Bookshop from 6-8pm tonight. Read our story here and let us know what you think: https://bit.ly/49Cs3xG ⚽️

10/20/2023

Two Michelin-rated chefs — from Canon East Sacramento and
Nixtaco Mexican Kitchen — to join forces on an innovative new Mexican cantina in Folsom called Pedregal. Details & images here: https://bit.ly/46ZNB4W

10/05/2023

Interactive art projects are drawing crowds to central city districts everywhere. The Iowa City Downtown District says such installations have brought people back in a big way, surpassing even pre-Covid numbers. ? Read our story & tell us what you think: https://bit.ly/3Q5jKCC

10/05/2023

This Saturday, The Psychedelic Furs are playing the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sacramento. Read our story about how The Furs' lead guitarist Rich Good—a graphic designer from London who moved to Nevada City—wound up joining the iconic British band: https://bit.ly/3F4MViN

09/23/2023

The Gorman Museum of Native American Art at UC Davis is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. And this weekend, the museum—the university’s oldest—is reopening in a gorgeous, much bigger new home. Today, from noon to 4pm, there will live music, art-making activities, and museum tours of its new exhibit — Contemporary California Native Art. But just as intriguing as the art itself is the story of how the museum came to be. Read our story: https://bit.ly/3r777NW

09/16/2023

Happy 916 Day, Sacramento! To celebrate, we have a very special offer that only comes around once a year. Subscribe to Sactown Magazine for a full year for only $9.16. Just click here: sactownmag.com/916-1 ❤️

08/15/2023

We’re very excited that our 100th issue — our new “Best of the City" Issue — is on newsstands. Pick it up to read about dozens of our favorite people, places and things around the region, along with a profile of Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell Editorial Cartoons, a Q&A with city planner Brent Toderian, and a look back at highlights from our first 100 issues. As for the cover, does anyone remember this amazing modernist design that was on the Cal Expo water tower from 1968-1990? The artist, Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, is 94 now, with one exhibit at SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and another on the way. We’d love to see Cal Expo bring it back. How about you? :)

08/15/2023

Vancouver’s former chief city planner Brent Toderian is now advising Sacramento on issues from housing to creating a more pedestrian- and bike-friendly environment, and making the central city a more desirable place to live, work and play. Read our Q&A with him here: https://bit.ly/3qtuOzB and let us know what you think...

05/20/2023

Happy World Bee Day, everyone! In recent years, a global trend of topping bus shelters with bee-friendly gardens has been spreading like, well, wildflowers. To celebrate , here’s the buzz on eco-forward “bee stops.”https://bit.ly/3IvZ96q 🐝

05/09/2023

Our new Earth Issue is on newsstands, with stories on sustainable home design, electric bikes, eco-friendly eateries, a profile of Nudge Eco Store, public art that eats plastic bottles & much more! Available: Nugget Markets Raley's Corti Brothers Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op Safeway & bookstores everywhere.

05/04/2023

Today is the Big Day of Giving, which raises money for nearly 800 local nonprofits. Kerry Wood, the CEO of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation organizes the charitable bonanza and you can read our Q&A with her here: https://bit.ly/3nwGL60 You can give at BigDayOfGiving.org

04/29/2023

Attention all book lovers! Today is Independent Bookstore Day. Read our 2022 guide to 12 of our favorite local literary nooks from all over the Sacramento region. Please support your local bookstore! Read it here: https://bit.ly/3r9cCbz

04/11/2023

Auburn-based best-selling romance novelist Author Brenda Novak's new book, The Seaside Library, is out today. We talked to her about her cross-country Airstream book tour, her days slinging books at the State Fair, and living the California dream. Our story: http://bit.ly/3zSUoz3

03/07/2023

Happy California Arbor Day to our beloved City of Trees! Pick up our new issue, packed with an orchard full of great stories. On sale at Nugget Markets, Raley's, Corti Brothers, Bel Air, Safeway, Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, Davis Food Co-op and quality bookstores all over the region. 🌳🌲🌴

01/20/2023

From Fourth of July fireworks over the Capitol to building an observation tower, more protected bike lanes & bringing back the Blue Diamond almond factory tour, we’ve got 8 great ways to make Sacramento more fun—all in our Jan/Feb issue. What would you like to see to make our city more fun?

11/29/2022

As Brian Posehn (from The Big Bang Theory and, well, everywhere else) gets ready to take the stage at Punch Line Sacramento this weekend & release a new comedy special next month, the 6-foot-7 comic shares tall tales (literally), from working at the Birdcage Walk Tower Records, eating at Jimboy's Tacos nearly once a week, and how he got his comedy start right here. Read our story here: bit.ly/3gLxovS

Illustration by Matt K. Shrugg

11/10/2022

Pick up our new Hometown Pride issue to read our cover story on comedian & Davis native ! Also: a peek at a new Joan Didion statue, the return of , a talk with comic and much more. On sale at , ,
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09/23/2022

Have you picked up our 2022 Best of the City issue yet? The cover is an homage to the new Old Sacramento Waterfront sign on top of The California State Railroad Museum. On sale now at Nugget Markets, Raley's, Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, Corti Brothers, Whole Foods, the Davis Food Co-op & more!

09/16/2022

05/29/2022

Five months after Wayne Thiebaud passed away at age 101, the Crocker is remounting the artist's Covid-curtailed 2020 retrospective—with more than a dozen additional works. Curator Scott A. Shields gives us a tour of 10 of the 117 pieces in the exhibit, which just recently opened: https://bit.ly/3NMzM0l We'd love to hear from you. Please leave a comment to let us know what you think of Thiebaud and our story.

05/27/2022

With California bracing for what could be a record-breaking wildfire season, air quality is one of our region's most pressing issues. Read our Q&A with Alberto Ayala, director of Sacramento's air quality district, who discusses the challenges and solutions: https://bit.ly/3MUsxTR

05/05/2022

Our Summer Travel Issue is out! Also: A preview of the Crocker Art Museum's new Wayne Thiebaud exhibit, a new French cafe, a Lord of the Rings-themed board game cafe, a profile of 916 Ink & much more! On sale at grocers & bookstores, incl. Nugget Markets, Raley's, Corti Brothers, Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op & others!

05/05/2022

Today only! Subscribe (or renew or give a gift) to Sactown Magazine before midnight, and we'll donate 100% of the proceeds to the Big Day of Giving to support nonprofits in our region. Just click here to help our community --> http://sactownmag.com/bdog

04/07/2022

Attention all book lovers! With Independent Bookstore Day coming up on April 30, we’re spotlighting 12 of our favorite local literary nooks from all over the Sacramento region. Trust us, this story is a real page-turner. ;) Read it here: https://bit.ly/3r9cCbz 📚 P.S. Tell us which bookstores you love and why.

04/01/2022

Love Lord of the Rings? May we suggest a Shire-cuterie board during a game of Clue or Catan? Or Halfling Tea with your D&D? The owners of Capital Books have opened a Tolkien-inspired cafe called There and Back Again Cafe where you can play your favorite games in a sci-fi/fantasy setting. Read about the new cafe, which just opened their gaming room last weekend, here: https://bit.ly/3tZ4j3R

03/29/2022

Davis-based author John Lescroart became an “overnight” success at 45 and has since published 19 New York Times best-selling legal thrillers, with his 30th novel — The Missing Piece — out today. Meet the man with his ink-stained finger on the pulse of American crime stories. Read our story here: https://bit.ly/3wMq4FL

03/18/2022

Happy 172nd birthday, Sacramento! 🌳🥳

03/12/2022

With their Sacramento-centric home design series "Mash-Up Our Home" premiering tonight at 8pm on HGTV, Land Park husband and wife Kele Dobrinski & Christina Valencia help couples find their aesthetic middle ground. Read our profile of them here: https://bit.ly/3t2DRod 🏡

03/11/2022

We are saddened to hear the news of Sally Schmitt’s passing. To learn more about the co-founder of The French Laundry, read our recently published story on her upcoming culinary memoir, Six California Kitchens, in which the pioneering chef honors her Sacramento roots→bit.ly/SSchmitt

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Go Climb a Bridge

Our latest "Why Not Here?" idea: Scaling Sydney's Harbour Bridge has become one of Australia's most popular attractions. Why not open the Tower Bridge for tours to the top? Watch the short drone video of the spectacular view below and read our story here—> bit.ly/2LeAtzj

Pop-up Opera

Pop-up Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera performance at the #WorldsSmallestConcertHall bus shelter at 14th & L in downtown Sacramento this morning. #OperaWeek #Busker916

‪The @Golden1Center now playing a string of Tom Petty songs on the DOCO plaza. Volume up. Class act. #tompetty #wontbackdown #freefallin ‬

Time-lapse clouds over Sacramento.

The unveiling of Jeff Koons' new Coloring Book sculpture at @golden1center.

Friday Nights at the Barn

Cool new video of The Barn in West Sacramento....

The Champagne cork pop kicks off the 7th annual Sacramento Bastille Day Waiters Race! The race started in 2010 based on a Sactown Magazine article in our "Why Not Here?" section. #tradition