![The first Terra Madre Americas conference was held at Sacramento’s Memorial Auditorium over three days in mid-May, with museum-style exhibitions, cooking demos, coffee and wine tastings and more. (Photo by Lisa Nottingham Photography, courtesy of Visit Sacramento)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/slowfoodcoffee.jpg?1717104338)
Sacramento Goes Global With New Food Conference
Terra Madre has potential to shine a ‘huge culinary spotlight’ on the city
Sacramento will serve as the site of a prestigious international food conference that could eventually bring thousands of tourists and millions of dollars into the region.
![From left to right: Garett Hawe performs as Tommy Djilas, Julia Udine as Marian Paroo and James Snyder as Harold Hill in the 2023 Broadway At Music Circus production of “The Music Man” at the UC Davis Health Pavilion. (Photo by Charr Crail, courtesy of Music Circus)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/musicman.png?1716572763)
What’s On Tap at Music Circus?
A season of Broadway favorites comes to Sacramento’s beloved musical theater-in-the-round
The question “What’s on tap at Music Circus?” could not be more appropriate than it is this year. The 2024 season of the beloved musical theater-in-the-round, a more than 70-year-old Sacramento tradition, kicks off June 11 with “42nd Street,” a vintage favorite and a veritable vehicle for tap dancing.
![Originally built in 1938, The Tower Theatre is the oldest active movie theater in Sacramento. (Photos by Jacob Peterson)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/img_1148.png?1716227819)
Film Festivals Take Center Stage in Sacramento
These festivals bring both culture and economic benefits
The general image that comes to mind for most people when describing a film festival are grand events like the Sundance festival in Utah or the Cannes in France, but Sacramento has more than a handful of its own staple events.
![Morgan Ragan and Dave “Deuce” Mason are the hosts of the popular “The Deuce & Mo Podcast,” which goes live after every Sacramento Kings game and major NBA events. It has 15,600 subscribers and can get more than 10,000 listeners an episode. (Photos by Terence Duffy)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/_mg_0050.png?1715303265)
The Power of Podcasting
Podcasts have become a popular media option in the Capital Region
The anything-goes medium encompasses all kinds of local practitioners, from storytellers recording in their home offices to laughing exchanges recorded in band rehearsal rooms.
![Referee Brie Montoya judges in favor of O.C. Hayes at an Ugly Dojo wrestling match. (Photo by Erin Bucknell, courtesy of The Ugly Dojo)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0524_blog_wrestling_lead.png?1715305283)
The Thrill of the Ring
Sacramento’s small-town professional wrestling scene is just as colorful as the big league
The alley entrance of a warehouse behind the Broadway Taco Bell on a recent Saturday was a portal to another world. A world of drama, where fans chanted and booed lustily, the air redolent of masculine funk.
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Dennis Mangers Has Had 8 Careers — and Says He May Be Ready for Another Chapter
An audience with Sacramento’s go-to advocate for the arts, government, education and LGBT equality
Dennis Mangers, who says, “I’ve had eight careers in 83 years,” is known for unimpeachable credibility.
![Lial Jones, here photographed in her Crocker Art Museum office in 2022, will retire at the end of this year after nearly 25 years at the museum. (Photo by Wes Davis)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0524_blog_lialjones_wesdavis_lead.png?1715052377)
A Quarter-Century at the Museum
Retiring Crocker Art Museum CEO reflects on tenure
Lial Jones, who is the Mort and Marcy Friedman director and CEO for the museum, announced recently that she’ll retire at the end of this year. In her tenure, she’s overseen the expansion of both Crocker’s collection and the museum itself.
![Concerts in the Park has taken place in Sacramento's Cesar Chavez Park for 31 years. (Photo by Spencer Fields, courtesy of Downtown Sacramento Partnership)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/photocredit_spencerfields46.png?1714751624)
Concerts in the Park Is Bigger Than Ever This Year
Organizers have expanded the downtown Sacramento venue and brought back some local favorites
For the festival’s 31st year, live performances are scheduled every Friday from 5-9 p.m. starting May 3. They continue every weekend this summer though July 26, with the exception of July 5 due to the Fourth of July holiday.
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SACRAMENTO STATE DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS
The Sacramento State athletics department, under the leadership of Director of Athletics Mark Orr, has navigated a dynamic landscape of challenges and triumphs in the last seven years — all of which Orr, a South Sacramento native, has handled with as much grace and skill as he used to handle his position as defensive back for UC Berkeley.
![Doug Winter, who is a partially sighted photographer, creates emotive images exploring perception and memory through the lens of visual impairment. (Photos courtesy of Doug Winter)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/artexposed-winter-1.png?1714572728)
Art Exposed: Doug Winter
Elk Grove photographer creates images exploring perception and memory through the lens of visual impairment
After suffering a stroke in his right eye in 2012, Elk Grove resident Doug Winter, a trained commercial photographer, began to think differently about sight and perception.