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aspiring actors, writers and designers learn all the necessary skills to write, design, produce and perform their own short play at the end of the week. For more information on all Fairytale Town events, call 808-7462 or visit fairytaletown.org. Fairytale Town is at 3901 Land Park Drive.
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ages 2 to 12. For more information, call 808-7462. Now for the truly entertaining part: summer camps for kids. Options abound for keeping little ones learning during the summer months… For children ages 4 to 6, there’s Farmer Brown’s Junior Farmers (June 16-20 from 9 a.m. to noon), where kids learn how Fairytale Town’s menagerie is cared for, with plenty of hands-on activities; and Rock School (June 23-27 from 9 a.m. to noon), where kids can channel their inner rock star and experiment with instruments including guitar, bass, drums and keyboard. For children ages 6 to 12, choose Adventure Play (June 16-20 from 1 to 4 p.m.), where campers will learn about basic survival skills, weather identification, plants and animals as well as take nature walks, make bird feeders, construct cardboard forts, use a solar oven and more; or Curtains Up! (June 23-27 from 1 to 4 p.m.), a theater arts camp that will have
The Old City Cemetery gives new meaning to “deadhead” with its early-evening deadheading event on Monday, June 2, from 6:30 p.m. until dark. Traipse through the Old City Cemetery’s Historic Rose Garden and help ready the rosebushes for next season by removing spent blooms and tidying up the garden. Tools and training will be provided and light refreshments will be served, so you can refuel throughout the evening. If you’d rather learn about the cemetery’s human history, don’t miss the tour on Saturday, June 7, at 10 a.m. focusing on Sacramento’s rich theatrical history, as told through the stories of cemetery residents who were part of our capital’s exciting theater scene between 1849 and the 1920s. Are you spooked easily? If not, join the frighteningly fun tour The Unlucky 13 on—when else?—Friday, June 13. Costumed storytellers will lead brave tour goers through the cemetery and its many superstitions. Test your luck with door prizes and other fun-filled activities, and don’t forget to look up: It’ll be a full moon that night! Friday the 13th tours will take place at 6:45, 7:30 and 8:15 p.m. and are $13 per person (which
of the annual budgeting process. While the $1 million allocation is largely symbolic, it’s a start. Unfortunately, it’s also designated as a one-time allocation, not a recurring one. Another off-budget expense that misses the general-fund budget is the accrual of deferred-maintenance expenses. The city currently has a $37.4 million backlog of deferred maintenance on city facilities and intends to accrue (instead of paying) another $1.5 million to $2 million in deferred-maintenance expenses in the coming year. If the city council is wise, it would protect its physical assets by using its $2 million surplus next year to fully fund current maintenance costs—and set up a funding plan to work off the $37.4 million maintenance backlog as soon as practicable. Author’s note: This column went to press before the May 20 city council meeting at which the council was expected to approve the arena deal and the sale of arena bonds. Craig Powell is a local attorney, businessman, community activist and president of Eye on Sacramento, a civic watchdog and policy group. He can be reached at craig@ eyeonsacramento.org or 718-3030. n