Victoria Blanco

Meet Austin’s Music and Dance Group, TC Superstar

Conner McCampbell took a drive in his friend’s Toyota Corolla and created a song based on it. He later went to create a whole album and vision, he wanted a band that would not only create music but dance as well. Enter TC Superstar, Austin’s own collaborative performance group made up of four dancers, Emily…

Waking Life in 2022

Is anyone else tired more than usual?

Mama Chelo

Before Mama Coco, there was Mama Chelo. Brace yourself, it's a long one.

The Secret Garden

“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett continues to be a favorite book that I have gone back to reread about three times already. Published in 1911 in England, this children’s book has…

Political Values

You’re eating Thanksgiving leftovers at your parents’ home or with a loved one and you can’t help but remember the night before when that certain relative started going on and on about their political beliefs. Many of you contested to their opposing beliefs, many of you just heard and tried to move on to not…

PaviElle Williamson Shares her Multifaceted Talents Online

PaviElle Williamson is an eccentric content creator on the up and up as she strives online with her diverse talents. She has been featured in several social media fashion accounts displaying her sharp and riveting style. In her spare time, Williamson enjoys playing her Tom DeLonge Gibson, paint, or work on other passion projects. She…

My Battle with Anxiety

TW: I don’t recommend anyone reading this in an anxious state, come back later love. I was at work, I sat in my office chair and looked over the day’s invoices I had to finish. The night before I slept three to four hours after returning from a rowdy night from the bar with friends.…

Fresh on the Scene: Silk Animus

Silk Animus is a rap artist on the rise as he is currently on tour with Hobo Johnson and the Lovemakers. Based from Sacramento, California, Silk Animus brings eclectic and exploratory rap music to the table. Silk Animus! Before anything else, a big thank you for doing this with us! So let’s dive in, share…

Kaiser health workers on strike in Sacramento

Several health workers have been gathering around the South Sacramento Kaiser facility since Sept. 18th to strike a new contract Kaiser has generated. These people who have been surrounding the facility holding protest signs are stationary engineers, represented by the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 39. “Local 39 exists to provide for the general…

Is Hispanic Heritage Month inclusive enough?

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! From September 15th to October 15th, celebrations of Hispanic culture are in order, stories and the contributions of our ancestors that came from Mexico, Spain, the Caribbean and Central and South America are embraced. Before we became Latinos, Latinx or Chicanos, our ancestors were Hispanic and in 1968, President Lyndon Johnson…

Growing Pains

Growing is a painful yet remarkable experience.

Filipino Street Food Pop-Up on the rise

As everyone is booking appointments for their COVID-19 vaccines and more businesses and events are up and running, pop-up events are on the rise with many new creative and inclusive shops from all over the world. The Creative Space located in Sacramento, Calif. hosted a pop-up event titled ‘Aloha Sunday’ with several local vendors in…

This is 24

I turn twenty-four in five days. It’s time to start eating healthier, book your own dentist appointments, and realize that everyone you once knew is married or having kids. Then there’s you, still unsure of what you want to be, drinking day old coffee, and pretending that your body isn’t being affected by poor choices.…

Old Friend

Hello my friend, It is saddening to see you here, once more. We haven’t spoken in a while, how have you been? Where have your travels taken you? I was doing well while you were gone, adjusted to the right channel on the radio. No static, hardly any advertisements. I was operating and accepting the…

I am Dawn Wiener

Heather Matarazzo is an undefeated queen.

Pandemic Hobbies

Since March 2020, people have found ways to cope with the stress and the boredom. This pandemic has certainly been more devastating than constructive but, we’ve explored new hobbies and trends while stuck at home that we might’ve not have tried if lock down hadn’t taken place. During the first few months, optimism was in…

Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction Book Review

The first I ever heard of this book was when the film arrived in my Amazon Prime recommendations. I watched it, loved it, and pondered about it after. I had a few questions about addiction that the 120 minute film did not go in depth with. So luckily, someone heard my thoughts and a copy…

Sega Dreamcast

I never owned a Sega Dreamcast, my parents couldn’t afford it and the market was bombarded with many other consoles of different shapes and colors that interested me more than the late 90’s console with the orange swirl logo. The first gaming console I ever owned was a Gamecube. The black cube made everything better every time I…

COVID-19 and Homelessness

What a time to be alive. Almost every person has used some sort of bingo joke or underlined the fact this is such a bizarre point in time. The words “pandemic,” “quarantine,” and “Coronavirus,” were one of the most top searched words according to Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year 2020. Almost every person in some…

Moonball

She was losing control. She started to panic. She was close to the net and smashed the overhead shot but regrettably aimed out of the court. It was my game and serve. She started to tighten her muscles more, often wiping the sweat from her forehead. I looked for my sweet spot, I never had…