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From Beer & Ballet to an international film festival—as fall finally arrives, here are six artful Sacramento events worth attending.

A local filmmaker pays tribute to N-Men in a new documentary. Although it took some time, skateboarding has finally been recognized for the sport it is. The X Games debuted on ESPN in 1995, and skateboarding was added to the Olympics in 2021, establishing the art form as more of a sport than a hobby. But did you know that a ragtag team of skateboarders from Sacramento nicknamed the N-Men had a hand in both of those revolutionary steps? Dating back to 1975, when the diverse group met underneath I

A local filmmaker pays tribute to N-Men in a new documentary. Read how this local group helped get the sport of skateboarding on the map.

Hollywood is celebrating a Sacramento native who made a documentary movie about the history of skateboarding in his hometown.