Kari Rose Parsell

It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and love is in the air...  but, alas, so is the coronavirus. If you and your sweetheart are playing it safe and staying in to celebrate, how about sitting down to...

For many locals, Sacramento’s annual Free Museum Day—usually held the first Saturday in February at museums throughout the region—has become a time-honored tradition, marked in bold on their calendars. Braving chilly weather, unpredictable parking and long lines, families by the thousands would embark on a day of discovery, immersing themselves in the region’s rich history, fine arts and science museums,...

Shuttered by the region’s latest coronavirus surge, area museums are continuing to come up with innovative ways to keep their doors open—virtually, anyway!—and engage the public. Case in point: California Museum Live!, a new series of interactive virtual tours led by California Museum docents who will introduce viewers in...

Pancake breakfasts. Parades. Picnics. Pyrotechnic extravaganzas in the sky. All of the ways we traditionally come together to celebrate our nation’s birthday have been upended by the pandemic and prohibitions against public gatherings, where COVID-19 can so readily spread.   But even though they...

Find yourself at home a lot these days, staring at the walls? Wouldn’t it be nice to have some new art on them to admire and enjoy? Crocker Art Museum’s art auctions may have...

Sacramento SPCA’s Doggy Dash won’t be a walk in the park this year—but it can be a walk in your own neighborhood!  For its 27th annual fundraiser, SSPCA is encouraging everyone to join in its...

Adrienne Bankert is a familiar face with a timeless, yet timely, message: Kindness is key.This Wednesday, June 24, the broadcast journalist and Good Morning America correspondent will discuss her debut book, Your Hidden Superpower:...

Chances are, you’re not flying off to Paris this week for the romantic vacation of a lifetime. (Even if those were your plans, pandemics sure have a funny way of putting travel on pause.)...

During a typical summer, local performing arts camps attract hundreds of kids eager to hone their acting, singing and dancing skills, meet new friends and perform in showcases or full-scale productions.But, as we all...

If the extent of your experience with ceramics is when you last watched Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze at the potter’s wheel in that iconic love scene in the 1990 film “Ghost,” then it’s...