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What’s Up Sac, 4/23/2020

Arts, Culture & Community Links

Color in the Art of Downtown Sacramento Coloring Pages: Download outlines featuring public art by Franceska Gamez, Alex Trujillo, Jeremy Stanger and more. 

Weekly Live Drawing with Kyle Mitzel: $2/entry to win a drawing, either the live one or another of the artist’s choosing. 12PM.

Livestream to Benefit Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services: Joshua Krage is playing a set to raise funds for the food bank starting at 4PM. Donate here.

Sacramento Creative Economy Virtual Meeting: The Atrium is hosting this meeting to discuss  how artists and creatives are adapting during the stay at home order, opportunities for marketing, partnering, and how the creative community is helping people during COVID-19. 530-7PM. 

COVID-19 Links & Resources

Hacker Lab COVID-19 Resource Page for Small Businesses and Solo Entrepreneurs

Retail & Restaurants to Support

Racks Vintage Boutique is offering inventory through their Instagram page.

Order from Casablanca Moroccan Restaurant by ordering a day in advance. Learn more here.

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What’s Up Sac, 4/21/2020

Arts, Culture & Community Links

Lockdown Lopez: Rituals of Mine live DJ set with Terra Lopez. Any funds raised will go to a different charity each week. 6PM. 

BOLD Broadcast: Jenine Smith takes on the topic of Determination in tonight’s broadcast. Join for as little as $1. 7PM. 

Love in the time of Corvid-19: Local artist Ruben Reveles interviews artists and other Sacramento luminaries over mezcal as a salve during our tortured times. Tonight’s guest is artist Andres Alvarez. 9PM

COVID-19 Links & Resources

The Impact of AB5 on the arts community - recorded with California Lawyers for the Arts and the City of Sacramento

The Tune-Up: Marianna Sousa’s podcast about what’s going on in the world and how to bring our best self forward to meet it. 

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What’s Up Sac, 4/17-19/2020

Weekend Arts, Culture, & Community Links

Friday

CrockerCon Goes Digital: Join the Crocker Art Museum team by following and using the hashtag #CrockerCon on Instagram for family-friendly games, a cosplay contest, and the usual panorama of local vendors. The winner of the contest gets bragging rights and a cool prize, redeemable when the Museum reopens. (Bonus points for anyone who adds a pop twist to a famous work of art or artist.) 430PM.

Six Feet Apart: B Street Theatre takes busking online with this double feature of Ramana Vieira and Autumn Sky. 7PM.

In Your Living Room Vibes: Arden Fair’s UnchARTed program returns with sets by Carly DuHain of Drop Dead Red and Trophii, hosted by Soosh*e. 7PM. 

Community Pop-up - Herbal Bundling + Live Meditation: Join Sol Collective live on Instagram (@SolCollective) from 6-8PM. 

Saturday

POC Wellness Collective: Afro Yoga by Angie. 12PM

Cheese Apocalypse: Cheddar, salami and beer pairings with The Rind. Call to reserve your spot. 1-2PM

Saturday Night Stream/Smooth Sunday Brunch: Shaun Slaughter spins on Twitch. 6PM 

Virtuality: A variety show that pays it forward, featuring music, sketch, dance, comedy and more. 7-9PM. Purchase tickets to benefit individuals impacted by COVID-19 in advance. 

Sunday

Yoga Live!: Live from the waterfront with Yoga Moves Us at @oldsac on Instagram. Check out discounts on food from Hoppy’s following the yoga session. 9-10AM

COVID-19 Links & Resources

Call for submissions - Decolonization Project QuaranZine

Retail & Restaurants to Support

Stoney’s Pub dinners to go - Friday and Saturday. 10% proceeds goes to staff. 

Support Root 64 Farm’s efforts to feed families in South Oak Park.

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What’s Up Sac, 4/16/2020

Arts, Culture & Community Links

Virtual Library Happy Hour: Join library staff and patrons on Zoom to talk about books + more. 5-6PM. 

Online Trivia Night with Grounded: Join this online zoom trivia with a friend. 830-930PM

Unravel Me - Sisterhood Serenade, An Online Concert: Pretty in the Chaos presents this concert featuring Sophia Flores. Send a DM (via Instagram) to get the Zoom link. 10-1130PM.

COVID-19 Links & Resources

Art Keeps Going campaign from Artsy

Retail & Restaurants To Support

Hand Sanity: Local entrepreneur providing hand sanitizer products. 

Organic produce boxes now available to consumers from Produce Express

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What’s Up Sac, 4/15/2020

Arts, Culture, & Community Events

Virtual Sip & Puff Happy Hour: Network with women of color in cannabis and receive legal and business consultations. 6-730PM. 

Feature: Crocker Youth Art Month Exhibition walkthrough

COVID-19 Links & Resources 

CA Attorney General COVID-19 resource page

Retail & Restaurants to Support

Harlows staff virtual crew fundraiser 

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What’s Up Sac, 4/14/2020

Urban Land Institute Young Leaders Group Virtual Happy Hour - Career Navigating During Turbulent Times: Former YLG chairs Bernadette Austin, Isabel Domeyko and Aaron Marchand share insights about navigating careers through times of economic and social disruption and uncertainty. 5-615PM. $15 for non-members

Sacramento Area Youth Speaks Virtual Open Mic hosted by Coco Blossom & DJ Lady Char. Live on Instagram at @says4life 6PM

Green Drinks 50th Earth Day Trivia (Virtual): Join Sacramento’s environmental enthusiasts for a Earth Day -themed trivia happy hour via Zoom. 6-9PM.

BOLD Broadcast: Andrea L’Heureux tackles Loneliness in her talk tonight at 7PM. Tickets start at $1. 

COVID-19 Links & Resources

Kickstarter has compiled a list of ways to support artists.

Retail & Restaurants to Support

Quarantunes:  How about some vintage and new vinyl from Phono Select or Kicksville?

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What’s Up Sac, 4/10/2020

Happy Easter Weekend: April 10-12th

Friday

In Your Living Room Vibes: We can’t go to Arden Fair, so Soosh*e and crew are bringing the tunes to our living rooms starting this week. Tonight’s set features the amazing SpaceWalker, streaming live from Arden Fair’s Facebook page. 7-750PM.

Saturday

POC Wellness Collective: Sound Healing - Niva Flor (venmo: @niva-flor/Cashapp: $nivaflor)  offers sound healing this week as part of a weekly series focused on POC wellness. Allies welcome. Donation based. Via Zoom at 12PM. Meeting ID: 953 417 856 Password: 9Kp1rr

Surviving the Cheese Apocalypse: Join The Rind for a virtual wine and cheese pairing from 1pm-2pm. Call to reserve your spot. 916-441-7463

Sunday

Livestream for Real Change: Love and Honey is performing in support of SactoMofo’s Great Food Truck Feed to raise funds to feed homeless families through St. John’s Program for Real Change. Concert begins at 6PM.  

Foreign Native Presents Louda Than Words Live Open Mic on Instagram Live @SolCollective, 7-9PM.

COVID-19 Links & Resources

April 9th Sacramento Creative Economy Virtual Meeting video and chat transcript - extensive advice from local experts on applying for unemployment, small business loans + more. 

Sign up to offer masks for sale to the Sacramento community.

Restaurants & Retail to Support

Ten Ten Room cocktails are now available to go a from Tank House.

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What’s Up Sac, 4/9/2020

Sign up for today’s Sacramento Creative Economy Virtual Meeting. 530-7PM.

Library Happy Hour: Sacramento Public Library hosts a virtual happy hour.  Today’s topic, maintaining and sustaining mental health during the COVID-19 crisis. 5-6PM.

Featured local artist: Photographer and artist Melissa Uroff. Melissa is the curator for the WAL Public Market Gallery and founder and editor of TUBE magazine (currently on a break).

COVID-19 Links & Resources

Fundraiser to feed Sacramento’s Unhoused- Support unhoused individuals in encampments during COVID-19

Artist Relief - $5000 grants to financially support working artists

Restaurants & Retail to Support

Seasons Coffee Roasters: https://www.seasonscoffeeroasters.com/shop/crosstown