Cover Artist Bud Gordon

Cover Artist Bud Gordon

Inside Arden March 2024

Sacramento artist Bud Gordon’s artistic impulse stems from a desire to record and comment on the rich and varied landscape of his environment.

Pocket Life March 2024

Pocket Life March 2024

Pocket Life By Corky Mau March 2024 Spring is here with more daylight and activities for everyone. There are plenty of interesting and helpful opportunities for Pocket and Greenhaven residents this month. Let’s get started: PROM ATTIRE GIVEAWAY Teens can attend a...
Artistic Reset

Artistic Reset

Last time I spoke to the painter Patris, it was May 2020, a few months into lockdown.

Her Oak Park studio was quiet. In-person classes were canceled and moved online. Patris used the downtime to return to basics and work on her already extensive drawing skills.

“In a way, it was a reset,” says Patris, born Patti Miller. “At that time, I was thinking about going into this next decade and asking myself, what do I really love and want to focus on?

“I tried my best to come in every day as if nothing had changed. I decided I wasn’t going to miss a beat, no pulling back and getting lazy. I had to fight for my vision, the dream I have for this studio and being an artist. I had to get back in the saddle.”

Star Struck

Star Struck

You’re working at Sacramento Theatre Company during tough times. Live theater audiences are declining. Budgets are tight. You wonder what the future holds.

The phone rings. It’s Stephanie J. Block, Tony Award-winning star of Broadway hits “Wicked,” “9 to 5,” “The Cher Show,” “Falsettos” and “Into the Woods.”

She wants to help.