The American River Current

Mike Cella and Shahera Hyatt host the Latest Show at the Red Museum in Sacramento on Sept. 21. (Photo by Ashley Hayes-Stone)

Sacramento gets its own version of a late night talkshow

Luis Gael October 18, 2017

Sacramento is home to its own late night talk show. The Latest Night Show is a monthly live variety show which features local musicians, comedians and other people of note. The show originally...

English Professor Michael Spurgeon leads a discussion in his English Creative Writing 455 class. ENGCW 455 read all submissions sent to Ad Lumen. (Photo by Ashley Hayes-Stone)

ARC becomes home to nation’s only university-style literary press

Luis Gael October 5, 2017

American River College’s English Department has created a program unlike any other in the country. ARC is now home to the nation’s only community college-based university-style literary press and...

Los Rios Police Department patrol car. (Photo by John Ennis)

Breaking News: Man allegedly threatens to assault two female students in library

Luis Gael September 28, 2017

According to an email sent out by the Los Rios Police Department, officers were dispatched to the ARC library after receiving reports that a suspicious subject allegedly made threatening statements to...

President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Sacramento, California on June 1, 2016. (File Photo)

Editorial: Los Rios needs to take stand against Trump

September 19, 2017

With President Donald Trump’s recent threat to end DACA and potentially deport nearly 790,000 unauthorized immigrants or “Dreamers”  and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ attempts to rollback...

Bucky the Beaver poses in front of the student athletes who received a GPA of 4.0 at American River College during an athletic preview event on Aug. 25, 2017. (Photo by Luis Gael Jimenez)

ARC athletic department kicks off fall season with preview event

Luis Gael August 29, 2017

By Luis Gael Jimenez American River College’s athletic department held a season preview where it honored student athletes with 4.0 GPAs, congratulated the reigning Northern California football champion...

Clown Skull, by Dan Samborski hangs on the wall of the Kaneko Gallery at American River College in Sacramento, California on Aug. 28, 2017. (Photo by Ashley Hayes-Stone)

Kaneko Art Gallery hosts first art exhibit of the semester

Luis Gael August 29, 2017

The Kaneko Gallery will be hosting its first reception of the semester on Wednesday in order to honor the artists involved in the annual American River College Faculty Exhibition. As the name implies,...

A portrait of Samuel L. Jackson by Art Club President Blanca Bastida. (Photo courtesy of Blanca Bastida)

The heart of the American River art club: Blanca Bastida

Luis Gael May 15, 2017

The campus of American River College has become an artistic mecca in Sacramento. The ARC Art Club regularly hosts art exhibitions, performs live art and has its work hung up in galleries all over town. All...

Larry Gene King salutes the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the state capitol on March 31 in Sacramento, California. King served as a Unites States Marine from 1969-74. (Photo by Luis Gael Jimenez)

Photo Gallery: ‘Never leave a brother or sister behind’

Luis Gael April 6, 2017

Larry Gene King served in the United States Marine Corps from 1969-74. During that time he served two tours and was captured as a prisoner of war. Like many veterans, when he returned home he found...

Max Marchol draws a portrait of a dog from a photo at the Oak Park Brewing Company  on Sept. 6 in Sacramento, California. (Photo by Hannah Darden)

The art of observation

Luis Gael April 6, 2017

There is a Renaissance happening in Sacramento. The arts have found a home in what was once considered a cowtown, a cultural graveyard. This Renaissance is being spearheaded by a group of talented young...

Justin Carter (left), Bryce Mondul (center), and Georgio Klironomos feed some of the goats on Klironomos ranch in Placervile, California on Oct. 27, 2016. (Photo by Luis Gael Jimenez)

Worthy Goat is worth the listen

Luis Gael March 8, 2017

There is lo-fi and then there is Folsom-fi; a sound so unique, there is only one band in the world that can carry the label: Worthy Goat. With Bryce Mondul on vocals and guitar, Justin Carter on lead...

Craig Owens will be performing at the Boardwalk in Orangevale, California on Dec. 2. (Photo courtesy of Lisa Togerson)

Former Chiodos frontman will perform in Sacramento

Luis Gael November 29, 2016

Former Chiodos frontman Craig Owens will be performing at the Boardwalk in Orangevale, California on Friday, Dec. 2 with his new band: badXchannels. Owens describes his new band as a collaboration of...

Artist John Klaiber paints the flower of life geometric design on an old surfboard during his Zoo Time solo exhibition on Nov. 12. (Photo by Luis Gael Jimenez)

ARC student turns trash into art

Luis Gael November 15, 2016

Inside of a century-old kiln with 10 ft high brick walls covered in decades of soot and char stands an artist. His only light source, a near-blinding work light that stings your eyes if you even look in...

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