You know you wanna. This coming Sunday, March 2, Sac-Con returns in all its wonderfully nerdy glory. As Sacramento‘s Toy, Comic and Anime Show, you can expect plenty of comic books, gaming areas, artists and much more. There will also be art and costume contests, panels, workshops, collectible card game tournaments and a charity raffle. Guests this year include Kevin Eastman (artist and creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Sergio Aragones (Creator of Groo, MAD magazine artist), Scott Shaw (Annoying Orange), James O’Barr (The Crow) and many more. Sac-Con starts at 10am and runs until 5pm at the Scottish Rite Center. General admission is $8, or you can pay $10 for Early Bird admission (at 9am). For more information, visit...
Read MoreOriginal Sacramento Home & Garden Show
Spring is just around the corner, which means it’s time to start thinking about all the ways you can improve your home indoors and out. This coming weekend, find the businesses and products that will help you make those improvements at the Original SacramentoHome & Garden Show, held at Cal Expo. The show is now in its 33rd year, and is expected to be better than ever. This weekend you’ll find garden furnishings, patio covers and sunrooms, heating and air conditioning, landscaping, solar, building contractors, roofing, painting, gutters, home security, windows, doors, siding and much much more. And experts in design, remodeling, landscaping, finance and energy savings will also be hand to offer their advice at the “Look, Listen & Learn” stage. Admission is $7 ($6 with a can of food for the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services), and children 12 and under are free. For more information, call (916) 924-9934 or visit...
Read MoreMcKinley Park Food Truck Mania!
One of the great benefits of attending the East Sac Chamber of Commerce meetings is finding out about upcoming events before they hit the public marketing. This year McKinley Park will be the host location for Food Truck Mania every 2nd Friday from March through October! They will have music, a beer/wine garden and great eats from a wide variety of food trucks including: Swabbies, Bacon Mania, Game Day Grill, Drewski’s, Krush Burger, Dave’s Dawgs, Crusin Crustacean, Happy Cow, Simply Southern, Chando’s, Davepops and others. The trucks will be out from 5:00 to 8:00 on these dates: March 14th, April 11th, May 9th, June 13th, July 11th, August 8th, September 12th and October 10th! I’ve already got it in my calendar. Good food and good beer at my favorite park. All I need is some nice weather and my lady and it will be a great evening...
Read MoreEast Sac J Street Bike Lane Meeting
While I was at the last East Sac Chamber of Commerce meeting, they mentioned that there is a conversation to extend the bike lanes on J Street. There is the possibility of extending the bike lane from 42nd Street to 56th Street and removing some of the on street parking in this area to accomplish this. If you would like to be part of the discussion you can attend the meeting from 6:30 to 8:30pm on Wednesday February 26th at 5241 J...
Read MoreFun at McKinley Library
Looking for something to do this Saturday? Then come on by the McKinley Library for one or both of their public events. The first, at 1pm, is when the SFSquared book discussion group will meet. Any and all sci-fi and/or fantasy book lovers are welcome to attend. And at 2:30, magician Forrest Barnes will show off his skills and offer a history lesson at the same time. He will share stories about how African-American inventors improved our lives, and will demonstrate magic and illusions to illustrate those inventions. Intrigued? For more information, call (916)...
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