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Pit Mastermind| Sactown Magazine
Well-designed elevated structures are providing simple pleasures for locals and tourists alike in cities around the world. Can we rise to the occasion too?| Sactown Magazine
Q&A with Agustín Arteaga, new CEO and director of the Crocker Art Museum| Sactown Magazine
Sacramento has long been celebrated as the City of Trees. We look back at our rise to arboreal splendor and ahead to the future of our majestic neighbors.| Sactown Magazine
For decades, inflatable public art has been popping up around the world. We’d like to float this idea here too.| Sactown Magazine
Playground swings are for kids—or so we thought. In fact, these urban amenities are a surprisingly popular trend for "kids" of all ages.| Sactown Magazine
Companies have broken out, taking their shows into parks and playgrounds with environmental theater. We should think outside the black box too.| Sactown Magazine
Read about our proposal for a Tower Bridge climb and other fun ideas down below. (Photo by Eli Margetich)When my co-editor and wife Elyssa Lee and I launched Sactown in 2006, our mission was to shine a bright spotlight on the people, places and things that make our region the amazing place that it is. But we had an ulterior...| Sactown Magazine
Last year, Sacramento lost Wayne Thiebaud. We should remember our greatest hometown artist with a museum befitting his global stature.| Sactown Magazine
In 2005, Estella Sanchez founded Sacramento's multicultural nonprofit Sol Collective to help others explore their own diverse identities throught the arts.| Sactown Magazine
In cities like San Francisco, you can find amazing scientific wonders called whisper dishes. We think that’s something worth shouting about here at home.| Sactown Magazine
’Tis the season to be jolly—while shopping local. Behold dozens of gifts, all made in the Sacramento region, for everyone at the top of your nice list.| Sactown Magazine
From fireworks over the Capitol to adding more protected bike lanes and building an observation tower, here are 8 big ideas to make Sacramento a lot more fun.| Sactown Magazine
In 2010, a new kind of swivel chair emerged, acting as a people magnet in cities around the world. It’s time for Sacramento to make some heads turn too.| Sactown Magazine
From Iowa City to Boston, interactive art installations are drawing crowds to experience art firsthand. Sacramento should get in on the action too.| Sactown Magazine
In 2021, a special span—carefully crafted to bring health and happiness—was constructed in Australia. We should build our own bridge to a brighter future.| Sactown Magazine
Author and Sacramento native daughter Joan Didion passed away in 2021. We spoke with her 10 years earlier, as she reflected on growing up in River City.| Sactown Magazine
In Boston, the simple, inexpensive idea of googly eyes for mass transit is brightening the faces of both trains and passengers.| Sactown Magazine
Now is the perfect time for Sacramento to follow the lead of those around the world creating upcycled art—public art from recycled materials.| Sactown Magazine
Departments are converting police cars into lowriders to strengthen community relations. Sacramento should be jumping up and down about it too.| Sactown Magazine
Solar flowers are popping up all over the world, proving that it’s easy—and beautiful—being green. Why not here?| Sactown Magazine
An artist created large-scale urban portals to allow people to interact in real time with strangers around the globe. Let’s greet our global neighbors too.| Sactown Magazine
