Face It Salon, Spa, & Boutique is opening its doors Thursday, February 2nd for the ultimate ladies night out in Sacramento! There is NO cost to attend, and from 4-8pm, Face It will be transformed from chic boutique to a one stop glam session, featuring complimentary makeup application by GloMinerals, and skin care consultations by Dermalogica. TreyBCakes Gourmet Bakery & Eatery will provide sweet treats, and Midtown winery Revolution Wines will be pouring locally crafted reds and whites to taste throughout the night.  The Goodies & Glam continue with custom spray tanning, swag bags, and in store deals that make Valentines shopping easy. “We love collaborating with local businesses to make

The fashion industry continues to grow in Sacramento. Trunk shows, boutique openings, fashion shows, fashion students exhibiting their designs from San Francisco to Sacramento continue to wet the appetite of fashionistas in northern California. Next month will also bring Sacramento Fashion Week to the Elks Tower Ballroom. These events will make an impact in our local economy. This past Friday night "The Art of Fashion" was hosted by Lounge ON20. The event included a fashion show and was also a mixer benefit event for Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of the greater Sacramento area. A new campaign was launched by BBBS “100 Men, $100,000, 100 Days” that seeks to raise critically needed fund

Mayahuel Tequila Museo hosted an elegant evening of fashion on Thursday night. Designers scheduled to participate in the Designer Showcase were on hand to celebrate a Sacramento Fashion Week Press Party. This year’s Sacramento Fashion Week will take place the week of February 21. Several events are planned for the event including two Designer Showcases with the final show on February 25. Several Sacramento Fashion Week staff members were on hand to meet and greet guests at the event. Producer and Executive Director, Duane Ram, introduced the event and other staff members. Creative Director, Will Rodriguez, also said a few words to start the sixth year of production for Sacramento Fashio

The Woodlake Hotel, located on 500 Leisure Lane in Sacramento, hosted this weekend’s Winter 2012 SacAnime convention. Formerly known as the Radisson Hotel, the Woodlake Hotel opened its doors to over 5,000 visitors who came to see several of their favorite voice actors and celebrity panels, enjoy Café Hoshi, play games, and attend how-to workshops, music video contests, and live concerts. Most important of all was the time spent enjoying each other’s company. The event began on Friday morning and had many well organized activities for the thousands of fans that attended. The multi-talented Vic Mignogna was the first guest to participate in a question-and-answer (Q&A) session with polite

The Midnight Masquerade Charity Fashion Show flaunted a cornucopia of fashion designs and styles – from pop art-inspired dresses to “Star Wars” costumes – by Sacramento State students Tuesday at the Sacramento State University Union Ballroom. More than 200 people attended the two-hour charity event, which helped raised funds for the Autism Center for Excellence at Sacramento State or A.C.E., a program by United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Sacramento that provides socialization training programs for children ages 8-12 diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. SFA donated part of the proceeds from the event in the amount of $300 to UCP. To welcome guests, while keeping with the midnight m

What is chic? A long list of customers found out firsthand Thursday night at “Uptown Fashion Night: Celebrating a Piece of East Sac.” The event was hosted by Sandra Gonzalez, owner of Sparkle Bridal Couture; Mary Kawano, owner of Krazy Mary’s Fashion Boutique; and Peggy Orr, owner of The Pink House Shoe Boutique. All three shops opened their doors to customers, offering special sales during the evening. The three shops occupy Folsom Boulevard at 33rd Street, and on Thursday night the area was alive with music, shoppers, friends and neighbors. Pure Entertainment provided DJ services. Delicious food and drinks were also served as guests enjoyed an exclusive shopping experience. Sparkle

Now is it Filipino with an F or a P? It must be an F because as most Fil-Ams would agree, it’s not Filipino without food and family. In Sacramento, hip hop artists, break dancers, designers, and other creatives came together at Sol Collective on 21st Street and Broadway to celebrate Filipino American History Month. They came from as far as Vallejo, Stockton, and South San Francisco to share what it means to be Fil-Am. The heat resonates from the thin sachets of lumpia simmering in the boiling bubbles of Crisco oil. Dominique Marquez, 26 with her long silky hair, tank top, tribal ink tattoo, and shorts helps her mom "Nanay" with her brow covered in sweat over the open fire of the gas gri

Yellow flowers, silver ribbons, and shopping bags line the white linen covered tables in the Macy's courtyard of the Downtown Plaza Mall in preparation for a 10th Anniversary benefit fashion show for United Way's Women in Philanthropy. More than 230 women attended the luncheon to honor the group that brings women together to foster youths towards adulthood. Honorees walked the runway with great reason to celebrate being that the day marks a milestone. Reaching $1 million in funds for programs, 1,223 towel sets, 75 luggage, 904 holiday gifts, and 34 life skills workshops given to foster youths aging out of the system. This year, the group shares a new idea, $en$e –ability, individual deve

After studying for hours learning the computer language of electrical engineering, coding and programming during his freshman year at UC Davis, Benson Chou traded in his seat in the computer lab of Kemper Hall to turn his passion for art and graphic design into a growing business and clothing brand known as The Imaginary Zebra. Chou has created more than 50 T-shirt designs, and he said he has sold about 2,000 T-shirts since his freshman year when he and a few of his friends personally designed, screen-printed, packaged and shipped hundreds of T-shirts. As the demand rose, Chou moved to selling all of his T-shirts online exclusively through his website, which he designed and created. He g

Summer has come and gone but crowds at Second Saturday still remain large. Second Saturday events have grown in popularity and other communities participate in Second and Third Saturday art events. During fall several cities stop their art walks. Folsom and El Dorado Hills had their last Second Saturday of the year in September and October respectively. Popularity of similar events in smaller towns continues to grow. Attendance and art displays expand in the smaller venues but none of these can compare to the popularity of Midtown’s event. This Saturday I attended a handful of galleries and events. Since there are so many places to view and experience art I made a list of places I was i

The Sac World Fest was celebrated with various modern and classical dances from around the world in Old Sacramento on Sunday, October 2. Continuous dancing, singing and performances were scheduled throughout the day on five stages on Front Street. Several dozen vendors and informational stations were set up, as was a children’s craft area. Performances ran from 10 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon and featured music and performances as diverse as the residents that live in Sacramento. This is the fourth year that Sacramento World Music and Dance Festival has been held and it continues to attract residents and visitors from Northern California. Several thousand visitors were able to

An exquisite celebration full of music, ballroom dance, costumes and a masquerade was enjoyed by many at the Artisan this past Saturday evening. The 2nd Annual Autumn Harvest Masquerade Ball also served to benefit Wind Youth Services. Masks and formal attire were required for the event. 18th century costumes were recommended and most guests stayed with the theme. Masks were available for purchase at the door. Inspired by Paris, high fashion and ballroom dancing, guests enjoyed a gala evening. A poker tournament, a raffle and prizes for best costumes were other highlights of the event organized by Susan Purdy and her husband Jamie. Appetizers and desserts were provided for guests. Win

The Citrus Heights Community Center, located at 6300 Fountain Square Drive, was once again the site for the Diversity Wedding and Special Events Show. The event celebrates all wedding traditions and caters to the cultural diversity of Sacramento. The one of a kind wedding event brought dozens of vendors. Event planners for all occasions were available; birthdays, quinceañeras and prom included. Hundreds of visitors came to the event to view the fashion show and get ideas for planning their own wedding. Providers of wedding attire, bartender and catering services and equipment rentals were on hand to showcase their goods and services as well as florists, jewelers and limo services. Phot

Back to school shopping just got better as Macy's Mstyle Lab in the Arden Fair Mall hosts an acoustic concert with the band Eisley on Saturday, September 10, 2011. Eisley is a rock band from Tyler, Texas with four siblings – Stacy, Sherri, Chauntelle, and Weston Dupree. In 1997, Sherri and Chauntelle began playing music together after being inspired by bands like the Beatles, Jeremy Enigk, and Radiohead. The band also performed live at Ace of Spades earlier last week with brother, Weston DuPree on drums and cousin, Garron Dupree on bass.   This time around only the girls were featured with a keyboard and acoustic guitars as accompaniment. The mood was earthy and natural. This was the f

The line between runway deities and real people was blurred on Thursday night. That’s because the global Fashion’s Night Out show at Pavilions on Howe and Fair Oaks featured real people from all walks of life, not just magazine covers. Movers, shakers and other people of influence in Sacramento's community gathered to restore consumer confidence and support the UC Davis Children’s Hospital. The night’s theme: When you look good, you feel good. When you have the feeling of fulfillment, you won’t have the tendency to give up. Whatever you decide to do with your life, do it with style. For the 38 inspiring real-life role models on stage, how looking good, leads to feeling good, and being

A weekend full of live concerts, music video contest, open mike karaoke, a rave, a fashion show, a sushi demo, children’s origami, oriental tea ceremonies, electronic games and tournaments, art showings and contests, sumo wrestling, how-to workshops, celebrity panels, over 60 vendors and many other activities took place in Sacramento. Actually it all happened in one place; at the Radisson Hotel during 2011 Sac Anime. The event spans over 3 days from 11:00 o’clock to 2 in the morning on Friday and Saturday and the closing ceremonies end at 3:30 on Sunday afternoon. Everything is well organized and this year the clever people at Sac Anime put in place a phone application where you can dow

From Manhattan to Milan, Atlanta to Australia, the after-hours shopping extravaganza Fashion’s Night Out is counting down to its September 8, 2011 debut.  Celebrities, designers, and stars will perform and mingle with shoppers as they take part in the FNO-exclusive event to snap up special designs. The 2011 edition of the fashion party will be even better this year heading locally to boutique shopping mecca, Pavilions on Howe and Fair Oaks. Check out all the ways to shop and have fun on this flier. Highlights include Celebrity DJ Joel Madden spinning tunes for fashionistas.  Also, there will be a special appearance by Mayor Kevin Johnson.  Pavilions will provide live music throughout th

Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, "Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions." There are people who can live up to King’s words and they make a deep impact in our community. Faatui Toele is one of those who lead by example and this past Saturday he put together an event to help the First Samoan Congregational Christian Church (FSCCC) raise funds to help build their church. Toele is a well known Sacramento fashion designer who put a lot of time an effort to put together the FSCCC Laumua Youth Fashion Show. Proceeds from the fundraiser were expected to help build their church. The church is being built with much donated labor from the congregation. The y

Like its distinctively independent, hyperlocal approach to news coverage and commentary on the Sacramento area, The Sacramento Press delivers Deal Ticket, its version of the national trend in online deals, which is a weekly deal program that offers consumers 51-90% off on Sacramento’s top businesses every Tuesday through Friday. Deal Ticket sales representatives are able to partner face to face with local businesses to produce effective offers for local consumers. “Deal Ticket worked out really well for my business,” said Abraham Sanchez, owner of Article Consignment Boutique. “It was a great opportunity to have not only new people, it worked out for my existing clients to get some good

Weddings take a long time to plan, organize and prepare. Flowers, invitations, photographers, cakes, caterers, limos, carriages, ministers, wedding planners; so many things go into a wedding. As soon as the bride and groom become engaged and set a date, the clock starts ticking, and although a wedding date is planned well in advance, the date always arrives quickly. A Party and Wedding Faire took place at the Sheraton Grand Hotel on 1230 J Street this past Sunday. Organized by Julia Costanza of Trade Secrets, the event brought together many wedding day vendors and planners under one roof for those seeking help with planning their special date. The Party and Wedding Faire was held on the