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World musician and California Freemason Nee Quaison-Sackey has made it his life’s work to bring people together.

For 20 years, he was the rapper Ryu. But inside his Long Beach-area Masonic lodge, the hip-hop musician is just Ryan.

Trevor Terence Panganiban’s music bridges East and West.

It’s curtains up at the Masonic, one of San Francisco’s best-loved venues for music, comedy, and other shows.

A concert promoter, musical impressario, and California Freemason reflects on a very full life in concerts and shows.

Meet three Masons who are expert musical instrument makers.

Why building harmony and friendships are the most important parts of Freemasonry.

Twenty-five years ago, the Grand Lodge of California and the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of California changed the way we all view Freemasonry.

Mason and manliness expert Brett McKay unpacks why letting go is the ultimate power move.

For decades, Masonry has played a central role in the Filipino immigrant experience. Now a new generation is making its mark on the fraternity.

A hiding-in-plain sight Masonic hall in San Francisco tells a rich history of Filipino Freemasonry in California.

At the Manlalakbay Na Gurong Mason weekend, Filipino Freemasonry transforms into a can’t miss road show.

Why lifting a drink represents the pure, distilled essence of Freemasonry.

A jiggerful of Mason drink slingers mix the perfect craft cocktail.

A SoCal Mason shares a beloved family tradition: a good drink.

Winemaker Karl Lehmann on seeking life’s perfect blend.

At Club 50, Phillipe Milgrom gathers Masons for a taste of the good life.

Whiskey expert and priest Steve Beal on communing with the divine.

Sidle up to the bar at the Turkey Roost, where everybody knows your name.

A time-traveling, continent-hopping pub crawl of the fraternity’s most important watering holes.

The Masons of California cast their eyes past the lodge doors—and toward 2025 and beyond.

Meet the generation of California Masons bringing the fraternity into a bright new era.

When a tiny apartment with a big-time literary past came up for rent, William Arney found himself walking in Sam Spade’s footsteps.

A Master Mason gumshoe taps into his inner Philip Marlowe to hunt down the truth.

A century after its founding, Job’s Daughters keeps on evolving.

When the COVID-19 crisis erupted, the Masons of California found new ways to pull together and live up to their obligation to provide relief.

California Masons have banded together in crisis before—perhaps never more so than in the wake of the megafires of 2017 and 2018; At a firefighters’ lodge in Maryland, members are driven to serve in more ways than one

A century after the first Public Schools Week in California, Masonic support for education endures.

As the fraternity prepares for the next decade, it’s firmly primed for growth.

Celebrating the illustrious history—and glittering future—of Masonry in California’s Gold Country.

A stunning new exhibition explores the symbolism behind hand-crafted Masonic folk art.

Freemasonry’s relationship with women evolved during its long history. How has this relationship changed over time, and why are separate streams of Masonry likely to continue?

Women have been practicing Freemasonry for centuries.
Meet four women who are leading and building feminine
and mixed lodges today.

Women have been practicing Freemasonry for centuries.
Meet four women who are leading and building feminine
and mixed lodges today.

Women have been practicing Freemasonry for centuries.
Meet four women who are leading and building feminine
and mixed lodges today.

Women have been practicing Freemasonry for centuries.
Meet four women who are leading and building feminine
and mixed lodges today.