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The group is bipartisan, but most eyes are on Republicans, some of whom seemingly don’t know how to talk about the subject without sounding bigoted and tone-deaf.

During a March radio interview, Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young called the migrant workers on his family’s California farm “wetbacks.”

When Young apologized at the behest of his GOP cohorts, he tried to write the incident off as an age-old verbal tic. The term, he explained, was one he’d heard used repeatedly, and without apology, as a young boy.

Young is 79. Surely he’s had a lifetime of adulthood to figure out that such a word is not acceptable. Nor is the continued marginalization of an entire class of people.

Which means that, when it comes to progress, we can’t forget to look inward as well. In some ways, many of us are equally guilty when it comes to such marginalization. With family raised near Texas ranches or in California’s farm-rich valley, I’ve heard elderly relatives use similar language. Instead of protesting, the younger members of my family usually meet such comments with a cringe, an eye-roll or an exchange of hushed whispers. We let comments slide, opting to dismiss them as the archaic thinking of people who can’t be changed.

And that’s not OK. People can and do evolve. But profound change is impossible as long as one uses, unthinkingly or otherwise, a slur to describe a person or group. Profound change is impossible as long as the rest of us allow others to speak those words without consequence.

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Edwina White retired state worker

The last arena hasn’t been paid off. If you want to upgrade the arena that the city has already helped build, that would be one thing. ... The Maloofs ought to pay off the debt from the last arena before they get a new one. Not everybody is [a] sports fan. We need low-income housing, more clinics, money for education.

Joseph Escobar student

I think it can bring in a lot of revenue. It is more than just an economic value.

Losing the team would be devastating, just to me, personally! The current arena is really outdated.

I like the most recent deal.

It involves bigger investors, so it puts less stress on the community than the previous deal they had.

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I think [the Kings] should stay here. I think it is good for Sacramento’s self-esteem. I think it brings people together. I’m a big sports fan in general.

Keeping the team here is the best thing, and bringing the arena downtown is the best thing, as long you have enough room for parking.

It stimulates the economy.

I love the idea of the new arena downtown. I am not a basketball fan, but I am all for a basketball team in Sacramento. They need to stay here. That is the only place the arena belongs—downtown. It will revitalize downtown.

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That area used to be great.

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I live downtown. It is not a good idea. Perhaps it will bring revenue ... and that’s super, except it is also going to bring massive traffic problems. What are they going to do? Add to an already cluttered skyline? ... And what kind of questionable characters is it going to bring to my neighborhood?

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Meat is murder Re “Where’s the beef?” by Alastair Bland (SN&R Frontlines, April 4): The California Cattlemen’s Association must think we all live in the Deep South of Mississippi to expect us to believe Assembly Bill 343 involves protecting animal welfare.

It is just another attempt to hide the wrongdoing of animal agriculture behind the letter of bloody walls of the week the slaughterhouses. If this bill passes through the California Legislature intact, we will know the historic supermajorities enjoyed by the Democratic Party in both houses will be meaningless when it comes to farm-animal welfare.

Each and every carnivorous man, woman and child who does not kill and process the animals and their byproducts they consume enables the horrific abuse that the vast majority of farm animals endure at the hands of the animal-agriculture industry in this state.

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Fire the bureaucrats, reform will follow Re “The rehab racket” by Raheem F. Hosseini (SN&R Feature Story, April 4): The writer of this article must never have been in a bureaucracy.

Whether it is the prison system or

church, the bureaucracy acts to protect first the bureaucrat—his boss—and to make sure the peons down below do not embarrass him and the boss. One of the requirements of the system is the ability to write long, meaningless memos to the boss or outsiders saying, “The second coming is here, [but] only if you give me more money.”

Nowhere in that maze is anything like results important. If you want actual reform, you have to fire the bureaucrats and start over.

Michael Fellion Carmichael

Ag-gag and terrorist watchdogs Re “Where’s the beef?” by Alastair Bland (SN&R Frontlines, April 4): Would you pass a law that would allow a terrorist to supervise your food source? I think that you would fight hard and long to protect the industry that provides for you and your family.

Why wouldn’t a responsible farmer or rancher protect you as well as his product? Remember, food may be available at the 7-Eleven, but it comes from traditional agricultural practice that has been serving we Americans well for over 200 years. Food processors do not make a profit from abused animals or crops. An abused animal would provide lower production, so what is the motivation for the industry to abuse? None.

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War on the war on drugs Documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki visits Sacramento to lobby for criminal-justice reform Remember the war on drugs? Yeah, it’s still going.

It’s been more than 40 years since by President Richard Nixon declared the Raheem pusherman as public enemy No. 1. If F. Hosseini you’re wondering how successful a campaign it’s been, that depends on your r a h eemh@ newsr eview.c om definition. Drug addiction has never been more entrenched, and there’s an entire generation of black America that’s lived under police occupation. It’s been a boon to tough-talking politicians and a commoditized criminal-justice industry, but a resounding failure everywhere else. And most people forget America is still fighting a war on drugs. Acclaimed filmmaker Eugene Jarecki (Reagan, Freakonomics) is here to remind you.

His trenchant new documentary, The House I Live In, autopsies our decadesLocal audiences can get their first look at spanning campaign and shows how far this Eugene Jarecki’s film, cancer has spread.

The House I Live In, “It was a misguided accident of on Friday, April 12, and Sunday, April 14, history,” he told SN&R. “We learned this at the Crest Theatre, in Prohibition. We just decided to act like 1013 K Street; visit idiots and repeat history again.” www.thecrest.com for As part of a multistate tour, Jarecki movie times and ticket addressed state lawmakers at the Capitol information. this past Monday. He wants them to embrace sentencing reforms that could unpack overcrowded prisons of nonviolent drug offenders. He says California took a step in that direction last fall, when voters embraced Proposition 36, which amended the state’s three-strikes law.

Senate Bill 260, introduced last month

by Sen. Loni Hancock, presents another leadership opportunity for the Golden State, the Peabody Award-winner for 2006’s Why We Fight said. The bill would allow judges to review cases in which juveniles were tried and sentenced as adults.

“I think California has an opportunity to lead the country out of the wilderness,” Jarecki said during a phone interview last week.

How much of the war on drugs do you think is well-intentioned—even as a terrible policy—and how much do you think is just purely, cynically feeding the machine?

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matter, and I would argue that it’s almost immaterial. … Nixon, who declared it, is notoriously someone who said many private things that were quite racist. Does that mean that he had a racist agenda in the launching of the drug war? Well, that’s hard to say and unnecessary to conjecture.

What we do know is that Nixon talks tough on crime at a time when he was actually quite smart on crime. He was spending two-thirds of his drug budget on treatment and only one-third on law enforcement.

And so Nixon talked tough and yet, as a policy maker, was quite progressive. He was a far cry from today.

In The House I Live In, Oklahoma prison official Mike Carpenter says that politicians can’t do anything that makes them look soft on crime and expect to keep office. Does that speak to something in us, the public?

It seems to be that what Carpenter is sharing is an important new reflection on the way the drug war unfolds. There is a weariness that has emerged with tough-on-crime rhetoric. We’ve been fighting the drug war for 40 years. We spent a trillion dollars.

We’ve made 45 million drug arrests. …

[W]hat do we have to show for it? We have the world’s largest prison population.

We also have the highest levels of drug demand. We have the most epidemic drug problem of any Western nation, and generally the most draconian laws. That’s called failure.

Do you consider what you do a form of reporting?

Yeah. Making documentaries today has a lot more in common with journalism from once upon a time. The mark of whether I’ve done a good job or not is whether I’ve asked the toughest questions—not only of

others, but myself, my own impulses to see things one way or another.

I want to elevate a subject that I think is [important], like the drug war, and I don’t want to just make a strident, one-sided pamphlet out of it. I want to get as close to the truth of the matter as I possibly can.

Did the subjects you portray, especially within the criminal-justice system, have an understanding of the kind of critical investigation you were doing?

Yes, and what distinguishes the film, I think, probably more than anything else, is how many of the strongest critics of the drug war are insiders. They are judges, lawyers, cops, jailers, drug dealers, drug users. It’s a widely portrayed family of American victims. Law-enforcement officers in this country, corrections officials, are very often hard-working, well-meaning people caught in the grips of a system they did not design. And that system … is not designed to rehabilitate. It’s not designed to elevate people. It’s designed to punish.

I guess my point was tough-on-crime rhetoric didn’t used to be unpopular.

And I’m wondering to what degree the public was complicit in feeding this war on drugs.

The drug war has democratized to some degree. It remains dominantly destructive to black America, but it has in recent years seen growth among poor whites, among Latinos and among women. And those demographic changes in the footprint of the drug war have brought with them more widespread understanding outside of just black communities of the destructive and dysfunctional nature of drug law.

California is a state that, if you take a real hard look at it, you’d expect it to be more progressive than it is in its criminal-justice system.

Have you followed [Assembly Bill] 109 at all, the realignment bill that’s shifted a lot of the low-level offender population to county control?

I have. That one’s worrisome. That threatens to take an opportunity and turn it into a new evil. I would prefer to see solutions like Prop. 36 and S.B. 260 that simply say, as in any system, there is a waste factor.

So, for example, S.B. 260 calls for revisiting sentences of people who were incarcerated as juveniles. This is already something that is shocking to other nations in the Western world.

I mean, anyone who is a Christian, anyone who believes in the redeemability of human nature, anyone who believes in the capacity of any human to find purpose, self-correct, should cheer the decision to let the judge evaluate the performance record of people who were sentenced as juveniles, for crying out loud. To make that one of the first places you trim fat in terms of overincarceration.

Does that make sense to you? ...

My [purpose] in coming to California is to speak broadly about … where we can improve on America’s system of criminal justice and where California can lead the way in that endeavor. ... And look, whether California has its back against the wall or not, I’ve seen plenty of people with their backs against the wall do stupid things. So I don’t want to undermine good choices by California leadership by saying it’s only because they had against their backs against the wall. I would say it’s partly because they had their backs against the wall. Ω

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Sacramento County has historically mandated that 15 percent of all housing developments be made with the lower classes in mind—specifically, 6 percent for low-income, 6 percent for very-low-income and 3 percent for extremely low-income households.

But a vote by the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors late last month left these numbers out, and advocates are concerned by what this might mean for the future of affordable housing in the county.

“It pretty much tells you that they’re going to go in and decimate the housing ordinance,” said Tamie Dramer of the Sacramento Housing Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing quality affordable housing to the region’s lower classes.

Ever since August of last year, the SHA and other outfits like it have been sitting across the table from the California Building Industry Association in talks with the county on the future of low-income-housing mandates. While SHA wants to keep the affordable-housing requirements at 15 percent, the BIA is trying to cut it back to 8 percent, and 4 percent for low income, 4 percent for very low income and with no requirements whatsoever for extremely low-income households.

The BIA was unable to comment to SN&R by this story’s deadline, but the situation essentially is a classic battle of left and right, with one side saying the current requirements are necessary to keep the less fortunate among us in homes, and the other side arguing that the requirements are a hindrance to business, and thus bad for the economy and the region’s well-being.

“Obviously, there are strongly held opinions, but the individuals at the table have been very professional,” said Sacramento County’s Leighann Moffitt. “It’s a great group, but they just don’t agree.”

“ It pretty much tells you that they’re going to go in and decimate the housing ordinance.”

Tamie Dramer Sacramento Housing Alliance, on the county’s recent vote According to Moffitt, the issue boils down to determining what tools are available to produce quality housing for those in the lowincome brackets.

But the county’s vote last week was enough to raise alarms on the left side of the table. Despite the fact that no further decisions will take place until a study comes back to the county (presumably in May), the SHA recently brought Dramer on full time to increase awareness in the region surrounding affordable housing.

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On cinema’s central-city death, banning single bottles of brew, and local java vs. Starbucks Is there a “funeral at the movies”?

No. That’s just a rock song by a weird ’90s band. But this month does mark the 40th anniversary of the Alhambra Theatre’s closing. And, recently, the Crest Theatre stopped showing films Monday through Thursday. And, yes, the Tower Theatre is still owned by Reading Cinemas, who— despite the eternal charm of Tower employees—remains R E l by nICk MIl notoriously chintzy with its repairs and upkeep. And ni c k a m @ne w s re v i e w . c o m then there’s the grid’s other movie complex, the Downtown Plaza, which is too busy showing suboptimal-IQ flicks, like the latest G.I. Joe sequel, on 50 screens. At least the Esquire IMAX Theatre is lovely.

I grew up in the burbs, and visiting downtown to see independent, arthouse and, as my parents would say, “weird” movies was formative. So, it was tragic when the art-house theater near Arden Fair mall was plowed down to make way for … a field of weeds and a tattered asphalt lot.

A city’s movie scene matters.

And, not unlike a community theater or “sports and entertainment complex,” it is worth subsidizing.

On Capital Public Radio’s Insight show this past Tuesday with Beth Ruyak, local lawyer Maurice Read reminisced about the old Alhambra, which once stood at the border of the grid at Alhambra and K streets (now a Safeway). “We used to think it would be impossible for them to tear it down,” he told the host. So much for that.

It’s depressing that the economics of cinema exhibition won’t allow for the Crest to screen flicks during weekdays. But I get its struggle; I could log on my Comcast Xfinity On Demand right now and watch the adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road or the Stanley Kubrick documentary Room 237, even though both flicks are in theaters.

That’s too bad. A city’s movie scene matters. And, not unlike a community theater or “sports and entertainment complex,” it is worth subsidizing. The city once subsidized IMAX’s lease to the tune of $75,000

a year—this kind of money could go a long way to rebuild the central city’s cinema community.

I hope indie movies never leave the grid. But I’m worried.

You can keep the popcorn and soda: Nothing beats a good flick and a beer.

Beer is back in the news this week: Blair Anthony Robertson, food writer for The Sacramento Bee, launched a new brew column, The Beer Run. In it, he reminded that craft-beer sales were up 15 percent in 2010 and 2011.

Everywhere but Midtown and downtown Sacramento, that is.

With the daily’s new beer fix and all these new local breweries, it’s a perfect time to remind readers that it’s still illegal to purchase a single bottle of the world’s finest beers on the centralcity grid. You’ll have an easier time buying weed, whiskey or even votes at the Capitol than you will a bottle of Pliny the Elder, arguably the most popular craft brew in America.

This is because in the 1990s, there apparently were a lot of drunks on the grid. City council passed a “single serve ordinance,” which banned single-bottle sales. But, as Councilman Steve Cohn told SN&R a couple years ago, the law has had “unintended consequences.”

I’ve spoken with five council members, including the mayor, and all agreed that amending the rule needed exploring. They understood the craft-beer craze and acknowledged the ordinance’s possible obsolescence.

Maybe this year, on the heels of the city’s special Economic Development Strategy workshop this past Tuesday, city leaders can tweak things to allow for retail sales of craft beers at Safeway, the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op and other grid shops. I’d drink to that.

Congratulations to Insight Coffee Roasters, who plan to open a new coffeehouse at the forthcoming 16 Powerhouse building on P and 16th streets—which just so happens to be across the street from a Starbucks.

I love, love the idea of local coffee taking on America’s biggest brew dog. And what better company than Insight? The owners, who’ve seemingly worked at every coffeehouse in the city, finally opened their own spot last year at Eighth and S streets. So why not take on Goliath? Ω

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“The theory is that when people work for an organization and something happens in their life, they don’t suddenly lose their job,” says Novo’s attorney, Robert Koehler.

On April 2, however, Novo received an email from the city saying that she was terminated, effective March 19.

Novo was never written up or warned that her work was deficient, according to her court filing. “Ashby was crazy about her, as long as she was working 60- or 70-hour weeks,” says Koehler, who describes Ashby as “flippant” in her treatment of Novo. “It’s just blind arrogance. Ashby’s so focused on her needs, she doesn’t realize that anyone else is in the room.”

“I would love to tell you the other side of the story, but I can’t because it’s an HR matter. It’s disappointing.

It’s like not being able to defend yourself.”

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Did Sacramento City Councilwoman Angelique Ashby fire an employee for getting sick?

That’s the claim in a federal lawsuit by former Ashby staffer Sarah Novo.

Novo was hired by Ashby in November 2010 to be the District 1 director of constituent affairs. She says in her court complaint that she was expected to be available 24-seven, and “worked a sixty-seventy ARviN hour work-week for Ashby’s political

by CoSMo G agendas,” but then was tossed aside when cosmog@ newsrev iew.c om she later asked for time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act. The court file includes text messages between the two women that suggest Ashby was happy with Novo’s work. January 19, 2012, Ashby tells Novo, “Just want to say thank you for working so hard. You are doing a great job!”

In a February 2012 text, Ashby cheered, “Great work Sarah, you are kicking ass.” In Ashby’s annual district report at the end of 2011, Novo was praised thus: “Her ability to pull various levels of government agencies together is nothing short of remarkable.”

But outside of the job, things weren’t going as well. The Novos found out their family home had bad water damage and a severe mold problem. According to Novo’s court complaint, she and her husband and her three daughters suffered persistent coughs, fevers and running noses, headaches, nausea, stomach pains, vomiting, rashes and fatigue. One daughter had to be put on an inhaler. Her husband at one point needed help from a breathing machine.

The mold was so bad, that according to Novo’s complaint, the family had to move into a motel in February 2012, and then to her husband’s parents’ home.

From Novo’s account, she asked for a day off and to leave early on two other days in February 2012, for doctor appointments and to look for a new house. Then in March, she was given almost a week off to recuperate. Then on Saturday, March 17, Novo texted Ashby to ask if she wouldn’t mind if she missed the St. Patrick’s Day parade that day, in order to meet an insurance adjuster and check out a new residence.

“I don’t mind you missing the parade,” Ashby texted back, according to court papers.

“The parade is not important, getting a home and your sanity are critical to your success in everything else.”

That was a Saturday. Novo had been at work Friday. But on Monday, according to Novo’s lawsuit, Ashby informed her that she, “needed someone who was one hundred percent.” Ashby then told her it was time for them to “part ways,” and that Ashby would get back to Novo with a “Plan B.” Novo went home and waited to hear about “Plan B.” But she never did. On March 26, 2012, Novo delivered a letter to Ashby and to

Was Ashby flippant about Novo’s health and employment rights?

“I would love to tell you the other side of the story, but I can’t because it’s an HR matter,” Ashby told Bites. “It’s disappointing.

It’s like not being able to defend yourself.”

Ashby might not want this lawsuit lingering into next year, when her re-election is underway. But then again, City Attorney Jim Sanchez is making confident noises, he told Bites. “The City and Vice Mayor Ashby acted reasonably and within the bounds of the law.

We are prepared to defend the City and Vice Mayor Ashby in trial if necessary.”

Lots of people get fired and think it’s not fair. And we don’t yet know the other side of the story yet. But given Ashby’s self-styled fiscal conservatism, you’d think she’d be careful not to embroil the city in needless, costly lawsuits.

More importantly, anyone who’s had their life and their career scrambled by a health issue knows that an employer’s compassion, or lack thereof, is enormously important. So, while there may be other facts we don’t yet know, Bites hopes the city did act “reasonably” and “within the bounds of the law”—at the very least. A little compassion would be nice, too. Ω

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Tax time can be a nightmare. In a world where technology makes it possible to conduct almost any financial transaction—from paying bills to buying stock to taking out a car loan—with a few taps on the smartphone, tax preparation remains a decidedly low-tech experience for far too many people. If you don’t want to shell out for tax-preparation software or pay someone to do your taxes, it can mean long nights sweating over pay stubs and receipts, biting on pencils and trying to figure out what you owe in time to snail mail a check before April 15.

It doesn’t need to be that way. In many countries, including much of Europe, taxpayers are provided with an automated alternative known as “return-free filing.”

Using information collected from employers and banks, governments supply a simple, prefilled return, and taxpayers are free to accept it as is, amend it with deductions and credits, If implemented or ignore it and prepare their taxes some other way. by the Internal If implemented by the Internal Revenue Service, Revenue Service, return-free filing return-free filing could save U.S. taxpayers an estimated $2 billion and 225 million could save U.S. hours of miserable prep time. taxpayers an California already employs a version of this system, a pilot estimated $2 billion program called ReadyReturn, in and 225 million collecting state taxes, and it has saved the state money while achievhours of miserable ing a 98 percent approval rating prep time. from users. It’s such a simple, much-needed technological update to our antiquated tax-collection process that it’s hard to imagine who would oppose it—other than Intuit, the company that gets about 35 percent of its $4.2 billion in annual revenues from selling TurboTax software.

Intuit has spent about $11.5 million lobbying the federal government over the past five years to oppose return-free filing. (It has also spent $3 million in California to oppose ReadyReturn.) While Intuit has supplied money and behind-the-scenes lobbying muscle, anti-tax activists such as Grover Norquist, founder of Americans for Tax Reform, have provided the rhetoric, denouncing return-free filing as an “IRS power grab” and a ploy to “socialize all tax preparation in America.”

Allowing the government to both prepare and collect taxes is a conflict of interest and would inevitably lead to higher taxes, they claim.

That’s paranoid nonsense. For one thing, participation would be voluntary, and those who distrust the government’s prefilled returns would be free to prepare their taxes in other ways. In truth, return-free filing would merely provide taxpayers with access to information the IRS already collects from employers and banks and uses to estimate taxes as part of its process of checking returns. Providing that information to taxpayers prior to filing would save time and money for everyone who opts into the system.

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Sacramento tends to fail when it comes to public subsidies and arenas.

And Seattle’s offer is a slam dunk. Yet K.J.’s mastered the NBA game. Will Sac get Maloofed again, or does the mayor win one final buzzer beater?

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will always be known as Arco Arena, and deep inside its bowels is a secret tunnel. Developers built this passageway with the hope that it would one day connect to a baseball stadium. But the major leagues are a Sacramento dream denied, so the tunnel leads to nowhere. Stand at its entrance, stare into the unknown.

Nowadays, the tunnel is a metaphor for Sacramento. And not just because the future of Arco’s No. 1 tenant, the Kings, is uncertain. Even if you don’t give a damn about basketball, the city’s fate—hope for its downtown, quality of life, a balanced budget—also hinges on the NBA’s imminent vote to either keep the Kings in town or relocate them to Seattle.

Will they stay or will they go?

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The drama continues. But this week, all Sacramento can do is wait, speculate—and wade into the tunnel.

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Mayor Kevin Johnson’s confidence borders on braggadocio. He likens Sacramento’s chances to a “Steve Nash free throw” (92 percent this season). After last week’s NBA meeting in New York, where commissioner David Stern announced that the league would take more time to fine-tooth comb the two cities’ plans, there’s reason for confidence. More time means more momentum for his city.

“People in Seattle three months ago were ready to pop the champagne,” reminded Chris Daniels, a Seattle journalist who’s covered the Sonics saga going on seven years.

Today, Seattleites are losing sleep: Even SonicsArena.com’s “Relocation Meter,” a very unscientific measurement of the team’s chances for return, is down to 57 percent from the 80s in February.

But reality check: Seattle investors still possess an actual signed contract to buy the team from the Maloof family. Sacramento also tends to get Robert Horry’d when it comes to public subsidies and sports complexes, including last year’s eleventhhour arena-deal collapse. And when 70 percent of the 58,260 ESPN.com readers who answered last Thursday’s online poll—which asked, “What would you rather have happen to the Kings?”—responded, “Move to Seattle,” alarms go off.

If the Kings stay, it means the city goes forward with a billion-dollar arena and downtown-revitalization plan, the largest and most expensive redevelopment makeover in its history (Sacto’s annual general fund is but $365 million). Proponents tout this deal’s slam-dunk upside: rich “whale” development partners, the Kings 35-year reign, a sports complex, a vibrant and growing new downtown. But even the council members who voted for this proposal call it risky, and the reality could very well mean millions of dollars of debt.

Bad arena luck When it comes to building publicly financed sports arenas, Sacramento boasts a 40-year track record of failure.

During the 1970s, Sacramento fumbled a ballot measure to build a sports complex on county land, a plan to erect a stadium on Bradshaw Road and, in 1979, another ballot measure to rezone parts of north Natomas to allow for a stadium.

The city tried to persuade the Oakland Raiders to move here in 1989 with a $40 million bond, and also attempted to build baseball stadiums next to Arco Arena and in the rail yards in the mid-’90s. No dice. In 1996, the Kings owners asked the city for public-private partnership money and threatened to move the squad, to no avail. Moves for arenas at the rail yards, paid for by a tax on local businesses (this was Mayor Heather Fargo’s idea), and also at Seventh and K streets in 2004 didn’t excite. Two years later, the measures Q and R sales-tax vote tanked, and on the heels of that, “Convergence”—a land-swap ménage à trois with the state fair, Natomas and downtown—flopped. And then the handshake deal with the Maloofs, to build a $387 million arena on the rail yards, imploded around this time last year.

None of these deals, however, had the pedigree of this year’s proposal: Silicon Valley billionaire Vivek Ranadivé, who made his money by selling Wall Street software, and millionaire Mark Mastrov, who owns 24 Hour Fitness, would buy the Kings and be tenants in a city-owned complex.

These investors, plus members of the Jacobs family that owns telecommunications powerhouse Qualcomm, will put $189 million into

Mayor Kevin Johnson liKens sacraMento’s chances to a “steve nash free throw” (92 percent this season).

If the Sacramento Kings stay, the Downtown Plaza mall would be transformed, with a new arena dropping in on the corner of Fifth and L streets.

a new Kings home at the current Downtown Plaza mall. Its owners, JMA Ventures, will also partner with supermarket mogul Ron Burkle on an additional 1.5 million square feet of downtown redevelopment projects, a $500 million investment that could include a hotel, retail and office space, and housing.

Councilman Steve Hansen, whose district would house this proposed arena, said it’s these intangibles, and not the Kings, that seal the deal. “I’m not a basketball fan—I’m not opposed, but it’s not what I live and breathe for—but these other opportunities are so compelling,” he told SN&R. In exchange, Sacramento forks over an unprecedented $258 million in public money.

Most of this sum, $212.5 million, will come from bonds backed by future city parking revenues. Another $38 million comes from selling land.

But local watchdog group Eye on Sacramento pointed out that the city also will give the investors $57.8 million in the form of 2,700 parking spaces underneath Downtown Plaza, and six new digital billboards worth an estimated $18 million, which isn’t included in the arena plan.

The nonbinding agreement was vetted for barely 72 hours before the council’s “yes” vote on March 26, and the lack of prevote

transparency has lead to much after-the-fact debate. The city manager’s department insists the investment makes sense. Others say it’s a budget bust in the making.

“I think the truth is somewhere in between the two.”

That’s how University of the Pacific professor Jeff Michael views things. He heads up the school’s Business Forecasting Center, which produces economic outlooks for cities including Sacramento. He isn’t opposed to the latest arena plan, but questions whether the city’s math adds up.

“I don’t see how the general fund goes unscathed,” he told SN&R. Skeptics finger the parking scheme.

Sacramento says it will create a nonprofit corporation to manage its parking assets, which reap $32 million annually and net $9.5 million for the general fund.

This nonprofit corporation will borrow against future revenue for a lump sum of $212.5 million, and will replenish the general fund with parking revenues and arena ticket surcharges and revenue sharing. If funds fall short, the city will dip into its hotel-tax monies to backfill. Michael and others believe dipping could very well happen.

On top of this, there’s also an estimated $13 million to $15 million in annual bond

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payments that the city’s private corporation must pay back.

Officials suggest that parking revenue will grow by more than double, because of all the new redevelopment from the downtown arena, so the bond payments won’t be a problem.

Is that possible? “I’ve never seen it anywhere else,” said Neil deMause, a Brooklyn-based journalist who’s studied city arena and stadium deals for more than 10 years and wrote the book Field of Schemes. He reasons that Sacramento probably won’t “pay back the bonds with the money that they say they’re going to.”

But city officials aren’t necessarily pulling a fast one. “It doesn’t mean that they’re lying, per se, it means that they’re shaping their projections so that everything will work out.” (The City Manager’s Office did not respond to email questions or phone-interview requests by this past Tuesday’s print deadline.)

It’s a risky game. Very few local governments, deMause said, have monetized their parking like this. In 2007, the city of New York created a similar nonprofit corporation to sell $237 million worth of taxexempt bonds backed by parkinggarage revenue at the new Yankees stadium. But last week—only three years after the stadium’s opening— the garages went into default. The city and the team are insulated from the debt, however, and bondholders will suffer the losses.

Sacramento, though, wouldn’t be as lucky: Taxpayers are on the hook to fill in any gaps if the city can’t pay back the bonds.

“It’s not by any means the worse arena deal I’ve seen,” said deMause. “But that doesn’t make it good.”

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Silver liningS playbook The good news for Kings fans and city leaders is that history can be damned. And the only holes in Sacto’s arena deal that matter are those poked by NBA fingers.

In New York City last week— when a dozen NBA owners from the league’s finance and relocation committee met to hear the Seattle and Sacramento investor groups’ pitches—many anticipated some kind of verdict soon after.

A source close to the Maloof family said they had “a strong suspicion that we’ll know where it’s all headed by Thursday morning,” the day after the pivotal fact-finding meeting.

“Carmichael” Dave Weiglein, radio host and Kings booster who’s driving a purple RV across the country right now in a grassroots effort to keep the team, predicted on his way to New Orleans that “someone’s going to get a leak that the owners are leaning toward this way or that way.”

But no one’s talked (at least not yet; something informal, of course, might trickle out while you’re reading this, but that’s unlikely).

In fact, when SN&R asked locally based USA Today basketball writer and former Sacramento Bee reporter Sam Amick if the NBA might just kick the can down the road, he responded, “There’s part of me that just shrugs when you ask that.”

Yet kicking the can is exactly what happened: Commissioner Stern, looking dogged during an end-of-the-day press conference, announced on April 3 that the league could feasibly not make a decision by next week’s goal of doing so at its annual owners meetings.

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“You never know. This is interesting theater. And, obviously, an unprecedented place for the NBA,” Amick added.

Author deMause, perhaps cynically, also chimed in, “When you have a bidding war going, it’s always in the seller’s interest to keep the bidding war going as long as possible.”

According to reports by insiders like David Aldridge, who covers basketball for TNT and NBA.com, sources close to NBA owners say the league’s decision about who gets to keep the Kings will be based on “which city can get a viable arena deal completed the quickest, and with the least amount of financial difficulty.” Sacramento could very well win this race.

There’s light at the end of the tunnel.

Seattle’s led this chase so far.

Journalist Daniels, who reports for TV news station KING5 up north, latched on to the Sonics saga some time ago and was even featured prominently in Sonicsgate, a documentary about Oklahoma City’s fleecing of the team. “It’s really been like a six- or seven-year journey,” Daniels said last week via phone.

“It’s a good story about this nexus of politics, public policy and sports.”

Daniels was one of few connecting the dots three years ago when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sold $1.3 billion worth of shares in his company. Or when Chris Hansen, a Bay Area hedge-fund manager and Seattle native, stealthily began swooping up real estate south of downtown. Both men now possess a contract to buy the Kings. “The Hansen camp has been very quiet this whole process,” he said.

Indeed, there wasn’t much noise here in Sacramento when, in 2011, Hansen approached Seattle to build a new $490 million arena. Or last October, when the city and King County gave the arena its final thumbs-up.

The lid blew this year on January 9: A post on Twitter by the daughter of an NBA agent revealed that Hansen and Ballmer were in talks to purchase the Kings from the Maloofs. Twelve days later, ESPN and other media outlets confirmed that the Maloofs had agreed to sell their 65 percent ownership stake in the Kings to the Seattle group, and for a record franchise valuation of $525 million. The steal was on.

But then Sacramento Mayor Johnson cobbled together a counter blueprint in 49 days.

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Fifth and L streets—the exact location of the city’s proposed new Kings arena.

But bar owner Jason Yee told SN&R he’s “excited” about what could happen, even though Sacramento’s success would mean the end of his business. “We’re in the heart of downtown, and I think it would revitalize the downtown area,” he said.

If Sacramento fails, the reasons are many.

Seattle’s too lucrative a market—those Fortune 500 companies, that 5.3 percent unemployment rate, its top-notch investor group of Wall Street, Microsoft and Nordstrom.

TV-deal revenue for the NBA in Seattle would far surpass that in Sacramento, experts say. Here, the league’s struggled to lock in contracts of value. The current partnership with Comcast SportsNet is $11 million a year; the league’s most lucrative contract, for the Los Angeles Lakers, nets $2.5 million per game.

“Seattle undoubtedly has a better market, on micro standpoints,” said University of Pacific’s Michael. “But there’s also a lot more competition.”

The Hansen-Ballmer group also has already spent “close to $100 million” on its plan, according to Daniels—a land purchase, down payment of $30 million to the Maloofs, lawyer fees, improvements to the temporary home at Key Arena, the environmental-impact studies. The league has only once blocked a sale and move, the Minnesota Timberwolves failed relocation to New Orleans in 1994. But that was because of concerns over that ownership group’s financing. The NBA would be uncouth to deny these billionaires, right?

“It’s setting a strange precedent,” Daniels said. “On the other hand, they’d be setting a precedent by walking away from a quarterbillion-dollar public subsidy” in Sacramento.

Amick, who travels the country covering NBA games, says the gossip outside the Sacramento bubble “has gone from ‘It’s too lucrative of a market,’ to ‘It’s too perfect of an ownership group,’” to sources in the league office saying it’s “a 50-50 type thing.” photo by nick miller

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The two roads to an arena are quite familiar. Both involve a public subsidy (Seattle’s is less; 25 percent, or $125 million, of its $490 million price tag, but many say more public dollars is more impressive to the NBA), and both will be located downtown. Sacramento has all the real estate lined up; Seattle still needs a few more pieces. But Seattle’s process is further along, having been rubber-stamped by the city’s design commission. It also faces two lawsuits, one by a longshoremen’s union and another by a private group that says it violates public-investment laws.

Meanwhile, two Sacramento attorneys also have threatened to file a suit over its arena, arguing that it violates the California Environmental Quality Act. Environmental review will be a sticking point. In Seattle, it could take anywhere from eight months to a year-and-a-half to multiple years. But in California, where Sacramento’s Darrell Steinberg heads the state Senate, legislators pass environmentalreview streamlining bills like notes in math class. In 2011, Steinberg rammed through two last-minute bills, one fast-tracking CEQA review exclusively for the proposed NFL stadium in Los Angeles. There are 19 CEQA bills vying to hasten the process in the Capitol this session.

City officials in Seattle predict arena completion by “mid-2017,” according to the county CEO. Mayor Johnson says his arena will be ready by NBA opening day 2016. It helps that Burkle, part of Team 916, has done all this before: in Pittsburgh, with NHL squad the Penguins. And that six NBA owners also own NHL teams, and Sacramento only needs eight of 30 owners to vote to block the Kings sale to Seattle.

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Mayor Kevin Johnson’s held a lot of press conferences since the first big-splash announcement to keep the Sacramento Kings in town on January 22. The NBA is deliberating and might have a decision next week.

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“It would be unprecedented to leave a market where the fans and the city officials show this kind of support,” he said. “And David Stern already has a black mark on his legacy of relocation.”

He also says that the Stern-K.J. relationship is “very unique.”

Carmichael Dave, who’s credited with saving the Kings from moving to Anaheim in 2011 with his Here We Stay campaign, says in public that his city’s chances at keeping the Kings are “96 percent.” In private, though, he told this writer, “Anyone who thinks they know what the fuck is going to happen is full of shit.”

Maybe he’s right. Back inside Arco, they call its secret tunnel the “clown cave.” When Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey visits each year, the tunnel’s lights pop on and the clowns hang out inside, waiting for their turn, kicking their oversized feet around and tagging the wall with merrymaker graffiti.

Is this whole Kings debacle a case of “Fool Sacramento once, shame on you. Fool Sacto twice …”? As history suggests, this could just be another big-top show—with the city ending up wearing the pie.

“I don’t think the NBA, for the third year in a row, wants the Kings circus happening at their board of governors meeting” next week, countered Dave. It’s simple: “Sacramento needs eight votes; Seattle needs 22”—and he insists Sacto will get its eight men out.

The math works. Kind of. Ranadivé, the Kings suitor, also owns part of the Golden State Warriors. There’s one vote. He’s also good friends with Washington Wizards owner Ted Leonsis. Two. Mayor Johnson played in Phoenix, so that should be three. Both Kobe Bryant and Magic Johnson stated that the Kings should remain in California, so the Lakers makes four (granted, Lakers general manager Jeanie Buss’ boyfriend, Phil Jackson, has been rumored to join the Supersonics front office).

And remember, six NBA owners also work with popular Democratic fundraiser Burkle in the NHL; that could manifest in a fifth or six vote at least—or even 10.

But, as was announced this past Monday, billionaire Burkle is out; he’s no longer part of the team-investor or arena-development groups (due to a conflict of interest with his partial ownership of a sports-management

company). The mayor says this isn’t a big deal. But many say Burkle is the man who gives the Sacto deal its gravitas. And Johnson and Burkle were the principal arenapact operators—the mayor tweeted that he and Burkle “officially closed the deal a few minutes ago” on March 23—so the billionaire’s departure intrigues.

“ It would be unprecedented to leave a market where the fans and the cIty offIcIals show thIs kInd of support.”

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EntEr Sn&r’S 2013 CollEgE ESSay ContESt! It’s time again to reward local high-school seniors for their writing skills with SN&R’s annual College Essay Contest.

Seniors, we want to read your collegeapplication essays—and we’ve got cash prizes to help with school.

We’ll give a $2,013 first-place award, a $750 second-place award and a $250 third prize. We’ll also print the winners in a May issue of SN&R. rUlES: This contest is open to high-school seniors graduating in 2013 only. If you’re heading to college but did not write an essay for your application, feel free to do so now. Only one entry is allowed per student, and you must live in the Sacramento region to apply. Essays will be judged anonymously. No SN&R employees or their relatives may enter.

Include this information with your entry: Your name; title of essay; your address, email and phone number; high school attended; college you applied to with this essay; and college you’ll be attending.

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If the NBA does block the sale and move to Seattle, there could be legal ramifications.

A source close to the Maloofs says that the “NBA doesn’t have anti-trust protections,” Hansen has given the Maloofs that $30 million—and they even tossed around legalese such as “tortious interference” to describe Sacramento’s role in the brouhaha.

So, even though the NBA likely will make a decision next week, the reality is that anything could happen: Will Sacto get Maloofed again? Or this time, does Robert Horry miss his big shot? Ω

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ate Kommoju is suffering from late-night stoner withdrawal.

Up until recently, the firstyear junior at UC Davis was moonlighting as a volunteer disc jockey at the campus station, KDVS 90.3 FM. Like all first-time jockeys, Kommoju paid her dues working the graveyard shift, hosting the 1:30 to 3:30 a.m. slot every Tuesday. Under the Wonka-approved moniker “Veruca Salt,” the 18-year-old Aggie pulled from KDVS’ massive vinyl library and spun records heavy in old soul, jazz, swing and funk.

It was during these witching hours that the stoners would call, sometimes to ask the name of a song or ramble on about their parents’ love

of these old-timey genres. Other times they’d spend 20 minutes free-associating their love for all things Gene Wilder.

“I think I’ll miss that,” the classics major says wistfully.

Kommoju hasn’t given up hosting radio, but she did give up the night. This quarter, Kommoju, now using the pseudonym “Myra Maines” (say it out loud), is spinning her easy-listening set for the Wednesday-morning commute crowd. The junior’s shift into the daylight speaks to a macro transition already underway in the world of radio: the disappearance of the late-night deejay.

There once was a time when a raging insomniac could count on a smoky voice to help wile away the lonely nighttime. But

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nowadays, with digital automation and prerecorded vocal tracks taking over commercial radio, the voice on the other end of that terrestrial radio dial is usually as dead as a predawn weeknight.

KDVS is one of the few regional imprints left where you can hear a live, local voice between the “safe harbor” hours of midnight and 4 a.m., but it’s the last of a dying breed.

“The future of radio broadcasting is pretty uncertain,” says the woman who calls herself “Ophelia Necro.”

Necro recently ended her own late-night radio creepfest at KDVS. After two years of hopscotching “The Suicide Watch” around the graveyard schedule, Necro (who asks that her real name be withheld) is pulling up stakes and returning to the community-college radio station in Los Altos where her deathobsessed identity was born.

Perhaps it’s fitting that the woman who took her name from Hamlet’s suicidal squeeze represents the latest local personality to commit on-air hara-kiri.

While Necro is relocating mostly for personal reasons—she made a promise to a dear, departed radio friend—other stations are killing live late-night signals because of technological advances and plain old disinterest.

It’s been a whole year since Sacramento State University’s radio station offered a show that crept anywhere near midnight, says KSSU station manager Josue “Josh” Alvarez Mapp. The program holding that unexpected honor—a midnight-to-2 a.m. libertarian talk and country-music show—was a very early Wednesday-morning staple on the KSSU dial for about two years before host Gatz Nieblas moved on last spring.

Since then, Mapp has been unable to talk any of his college-age deejays into staying up past their surprisingly conservative bedtimes.

“Even when I joined KSSU three years ago, 11 p.m. was a common show end time,” he tells SN&R. “Now, most shows here are shy at even reaching 10 p.m.”

Mapp, a 26-year-old social-science major who also interns at the state Capitol, ends his own Friday-night program mixing relationship talk and love-gone-wrong songs around 11 p.m. If he weren’t commuting from Stockton every day, he says he’d host it until 1 a.m.

“I have always idolized the latenight deejays for having some of the best shows I’ve ever heard,” he says.

“I always wanted to do that.”

Joey Mitchell remembers those old days. Hell, he was the old days.

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When Mitchell came to Sacramento way back in 1975, it was as a latenight deejay for a country station, working the midnight to 5 a.m. block. Back then, if you needed a bathroom break, you put on “Stairway to Heaven” or “American Pie” and prayed the record wouldn’t skip.

It was a tough grind for the veteran voice, now tasked with waking oldies fans up each weekday morning on KCCL-FM 92.1 K-HITS.

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could communicate with each other over modest distances. Mitchell got himself one of these citizens band radios and set it up in the studio, becoming a favorite call for truckers rumbling through Sacramento.

“Because you were on the air and accessible … there was that camaraderie,” he recalls.

But that was a long time ago.

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As a result, there’s an entire generation that doesn’t much recall the lost art of a disembodied voice speaking to the sleepless.

Larry Lee is the parkingenforcement supervisor for the city of Sacramento. He works into the night, listening up to three radio frequencies at a time. Two are for dispatch and police communications, but he also tunes into a national AM broadcast to glean the

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“It’s a crazy, crazy job,” Mitchell says of being a graveyard radio personality. “You had this feeling that even though it was the middle of the night, it was a huge audience.”

And it entailed being a soothing (but not sleep-inducing) voice to all those night owls with no one else to talk to.

That was a two-way street, actually.

Sherrie Valk is the public-affairs director for Salem Communications Sacramento, which operates a handful of Christian-rock and talk stations on the FM and AM dials. The 52-year-old says her friends would sometimes call late-night deejays up on a whim and then not be able to get off the phone with the lonely record spinners.

Mitchell spent less than a year in that graveyard slot, but he racked up the lonely-heart listeners quick.

It was during the CB radio craze when folks on the same frequency

no live, late-night local personalities anymore. (Heck, on-air promo spots for KKDO Radio 94.7 and KQJK Jack-FM’s 93.7 openly brag about not having any on-air talent whatsoever.) Instead, truckers and other graveyard-shift workers listen to a digital set of music replays and prerecorded features that serve to create a fiction of live broadcast. The only ones who are actually working in a radio station at that time are usually technicians making sure the fiction doesn’t collapse.

Before the last deejay leaves the KSSU Sac State station for the night, for instance, he or she sets the system to play through the night and until the next live body walks through the doors at a reasonable hour. If anything goes wrong, Mapp or station adviser Susie Kuo resets things from home.

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night’s top stories. He believes it’s live, but isn’t 100 percent sure.

“I’m actually only 24,” he says.

“I’m not too familiar with how everything used to be live back in the day.”

If Lee needs breaking news right away, the millennial taps the touchscreen of his iPhone and voilà.

Despite the disappearance of late-night on-air talent, people haven’t stopped ringing up radio stations during odd times of night. Mitchell says he’ll hear messages from earlybird state workers priming themselves for a long commute, while Valk counts messages from complainers and those wanting contact information for a program or commercial that aired in the eventide.

“I’ve talked to a lot of elderly, especially women who have trouble sleeping, who are listening in the wee hours of the morning,” she says.

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Yes, in the gloaming, the people still listen, even when there isn’t anyone actually there talking to them.

The mystique of being a late-night on-air personality shivering through caffeine withdrawal and preserved in tobacco smoke has dissipated like the last puff from a Marlboro.

“In general, the allure of being ‘that deejay’ who has the crazy, good show that is super late has long lost its luster,” suggests Mapp, KSSU’s parttime station manager. He hasn’t been able to enlist anyone “gutsy enough” to take advantage of the station’s open format during a twilight time slot.

With more motorists springing for satellite radio and cramming their portable music devices into nowubiquitous smartphone docks, it may not be much longer before the radio disc jockey goes the way of the milkman and singing telegram.

But on one college-radio dial, at least, that pirate spirit still flickers.

Kommoju knows exactly when the radio bug bit. Five years ago, Kommoju was just another precocious 13-year-old getting an early-bird start touring college campuses. As the group navigated the bushy, tree-lined quads of UC Davis, her pilgrimage halted in front of a funny-looking building at Lower Freeborn Hall.

Underneath that jagged roof, the tour guide explained, pumped the loud heart of KDVS, which got its start in a dormitory laundry room almost 40 years ago.

“We’re still in the basement,” Kommoju argues, “but we’re more accepted.”

For the current spring quarter, more than 30 people applied for 14 available time slots. This group consists of students, teachers and weekday warriors, all of whom were willing to mop floors, organize records and staff early-morning fundraising drives just for the chance to be on air.

One of those deejays goes by the name of Trotsky. Legend has it the soon-to-be grad-school student started spinning punk records at the station when he was just 14. That was long before either Kommoju or general manager Renner Burkle’s time, but the rebel yeller is still going strong. Trotsky’s show, Cargo Shorts and Crew Cuts with co-hosts H.G. and Phil, runs the 10 p.m. to midnight slot on Mondays. Their online mission statement is simple: “We play punk, fuck you!”

Kommoju admires the sort of rebel attitude you can only find on a noncommercial radio dial with a patchy signal. Grab on to it, and you just may hear something revolutionary.

“At least here,” Kommoju says, Ω “it’s not dying.”

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without the stuffing that gives them their comforting shape, and sometimes, the “fur” is also cut out, leaving just the seams: The skeletal remains act as a reminder of the fragility of life.

Aida Gamez says she wants to create “a single uneasy feeling of attraction and repulsion” with her artwork. More sad than repulsive, though, her delicate drawings of deflated plush animals in an overcast palette are mascots of disappointment and the realization of the loss of innocence. She renders the erstwhile adorable toys

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Finished works Sacramento painter Laureen Landau died in 2009, but now, thanks to her friends and artistic peers, her legacy continues.

D. Oldham Neath, owner of Archival Framing and inheritor of Landau’s home, found unfinished works in the late painter’s studio and paired up these pieces with (mostly) local artists for a posthumous collaboration.

One of the artists, Corey Okada, who met Landau in 1996, said, “Our artistic sensibilities and tastes were similar, which is “Laureen’s Bird” by Laureen Landau and Robert Bowen, mixed media on paper, 1997 and 2013.

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Where: Reclamare Gallery & Custom Tattoo, 2737 Riverside Boulevard; (916) 760-7461; www.reclamareart.com.

Second Saturday reception: April 13, 6 to 10 p.m.

Through May 28.

Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m.

so rare I can’t even begin to say how much I appreciated knowing her. … She is someone for whom I had, and continue to have, a great deal of respect.”

Looks like he’s not the only one: Some of the other collaborators include Robert Bowen, Gary Dinnen, Fred Gordon, Jack Ogden, D.L. Thomas, Ken Waterstreet and Maria Winkler.

Where: Archival Framing, 3223 Folsom Boulevard; (916) 923-6204; www.archivalframe.com.

Artists’ reception: Thursday, April 11, 6 to 9 p.m.

Second Saturday reception: April 13, 6 to 9 p.m. Through April 31.

Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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2 ART STUDIOS 1727 I St., behind Michaelangelo’s; (916) 444-2233

3 ARTFOX GALLERY 2213 N St., Ste. B; (916) 835-1718; www.artfox.us

4 AXIS GALLERY 1517 19th St., (916) 443-9900, www.axisgallery.org

5 B. SAKATA GARO 923 20th St., (916) 447-4276, www.bsakatagaro.com

6 BARTON GALLERY 1723 I St., (916) 443-4025, www.sacartz.com

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8 BOWS & ARROWS 1815 19th St., (916) 822-5668, www.bowscollective.com

9 CAPITAL ARTWORKS 1215 21st St., Ste. B; (916) 207-3787; www.capital-artworks.com

10 CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, SACRAMENTO 1519 19th St., (916) 498-9811, www.ccasac.org

11 CUFFS 2523 J St., (916) 443-2881, www.shopcuffs.com

12 DEEP ART AND YOGA 2030 H St., (916) 470-9959, www.deepartandyoga.com

13 ELLIOTT FOUTS GALLERY 1831 P St., (916) 446-1786, www.efgallery.com

14 GALLERY 2110 2110 K St., (916) 476-5500, www.gallery2110.com

15 INTEGRATE 1529 28th St., (916) 594-9579, http://integrate servicessacramento.blogspot.com

16 KENNEDY GALLERY 1931 L St., (916) 716-7050, www.kennedygallerysac.com

17 LITTLE RELICS 908 21st St., (916) 716-2319, www.littlerelics.com

18 MIDTOWN FRAMING & GALLERY 1005 22nd St., (916) 447-7558, www.midtownframing.com

19 OLD SOUL CO. 1716 L St., (916) 443-7685, www.oldsoulco.com

20 PHONO SELECT 2312 K St., (916) 400-3164, www.phonoselect.com

21 RED DOT GALLERY 2231 J St., Ste. 101; www.reddotgalleryonj.com

22 SACRAMENTO ART COMPLEX 2110 K St., Ste. 4; (916) 476-5500; www.sacramentoartcomplex.com

23 SACRAMENTO GAY & LESBIAN CENTER 1927 L St., (916) 442-0185, http://saccenter.org

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26 TIM COLLOM GALLERY 915 20th St., (916) 247-8048, www.timcollomgallery.com

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38 LA RAZA GALERÍA POSADA 2700 Front St., (916) 446-5133, www.larazagaleriaposada.org

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28 UNIVERSITY ART 2601 J St., (916) 443-5721, www.universityart.com

29 THE URBAN HIVE 1931 H St., (916) 585-4483, www.theurbanhive.com

30 VIEWPOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC ART CENTER 2015 J St., (916) 441-2341, www.viewpointgallery.org

31 ZANZIBAR GALLERY 1731 L St., (916) 443-5601, www.zanzibartrading.com

39 SMITH GALLERY 1020 11th St., Ste. 100; (916) 446-4444; www.smithgallery.com

40 THREE WOMEN AND AN ARMOIRE 304 N. 12th St., Ste. A; (916) 447-2168; www.3-women.com

41 VOX SACRAMENTO 1818 11th St., www.voxsac.com

32 APPEL GALLERY 931 T St., 33 ART FOUNDRY GALLERY 1025 R St., (916) 444-2787

34 ARTHOUSE UPSTAIRS 1021 R St., (530) 979-1611, www.arthouse-saramento.com

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Post your free online listing (up to 15 months early), and our editors will consider your submission for the printed calendar as well. Print listings are also free, but subject to space limitations.

Online, you can include a full description of your event, a photo and a link to your website.

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Concerts

WHEN DID YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH YOURSELF?: Photojournalist Miki

WHITEWATER RAMBLE AND ABSYNTH QUINTET: Miners Foundry pres-

Turner will share engaging and intriguing excerpts from her book, in which each woman answers the question: “At what point did you fall in love with yourself?” Journey to the Woman I’ve Come to Love features personal affirmations from a diverse select group of women. Th, 4/11, 6-9pm. Free.

Evolve the Gallery, 2907 35th St.; (916) 572-5123; www.evolvethegallery.com.

DON’T MISS! DIVAS OF DIVERSITY: This

event, featuring Shangela and Shannel of RuPaul’s Drag Race, includes a lecture, Q-and-A session and drag performance. Th, 4/11, 7:30pm. Free.

Sacramento State University Union Ballroom, 6000 J St.; (916) 278-6997; www.sacstateunique.com.

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POET DANA GIOIA TO APPEAR:

U-NITE: Music, theater, dance and more combine in this arts showcase. U-Nite brings the faculty and students of Sacramento State University’s arts programs to the Crocker Art Museum.

There will be jazz, new American and classical music, contemporary dance, film, fine art and readings Th, 4/11, 5-9pm. $5-$10. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St.; (916) 278-6502; www.crockerartmuseum.org.

Celebrated poet Dana Gioia, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, is going to appear in the Large Lecture Hall (FL3-173). Gioia’s verses are published in four full-length poetry books (Pity the Beautiful is his most recent), and in such leading journals as Poetry (Chicago), Hudson Review, and American Poetry Review. Th, 4/11, 12:15pm. Free. Folsom Lake College, 10 College Pkwy. in Folsom; (916) 608-6517; www.flc.losrios.edu.

ents Whitewater Ramble with Absynth Quintet. Whitewater Ramble starts with bluegrass instrumentation, adds drums and finishes with a boundless approach to grassing up everything. Whitewater Ramble has been captivating audiences with an engaging stage presence and insightful lyrics.

Th, 4/11, 7:30pm. $12-$15. Miner’s Foundry, 325 Spring St. in Nevada City; (530) 265-5040; www.minersfoundry.org.

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BAREFOOT WALKING AND HIKING: Discover why barefoot walking and hiking are great for your body and mind. Learn from best-selling barefoot running authors Michael Sandler and Jessica Lee how shedding your shoes and connecting with the

California has vineyards, fresh produce and a naturally left-leaning political bent.

Basically, it’s already one of the most French places in the United States. Still, there are some things we can’t yet seem to accomplish on a French level: Fashion, public transportation and soccer are just a few. Since we’re not quite there yet, here are three events this week in the Sacramento area to help make your life feel a little more Parisian:

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Nothing’s more French than Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. Hear local group Jazz Gitan performing his vibrant style of jazz during two shows this week—all while dining on good food. The first performance is at 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, at Shady Lady Saloon, 1409 R Street. The second is at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, at Zinfandel Grille, 2384 Fair Oaks Boulevard. Both are free. Find out more at www.jazzgitan.com.

A P R I L I N PA R I S L O D I This year’s School Street Wine Stroll in Lodi, the 23rd annual, features more than 25 wineries showing off new vintages, the gently dissonant chords of accordion players and art vendors in front of various shops. Bonus French points: Sacramentans can ride Amtrak to Lodi and arrive in walking distance to the event.

It happens Saturday, April 13, at 6 p.m. on School Street in downtown Lodi. Tickets are $30 in advance, $40 at the door and $15 for designated drivers. Visit www.lodichamber.com for more information.

S E R G E G A I N S B O U R G T R I B U T E PA R T Y French Film Festival director Cécile Downs throws the fourth annual Serge Gainsbourg Tribute Party this Saturday night. It’ll feature French cocktails, short films about and inspired by the man himself, tribute bands, a Gainsbourg impersonator and a French-pop dance party to close out the evening. Tickets are only $7 and benefit the French Film Festival and the Verge Center for the Arts.

It happens at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, at the Verge, 625 S Street.

For more information, visit www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org.

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earth helps you feel younger, stronger, quieter of mind, and more energized. F, 4/12, 6:30-8pm. Free. REI Sacramento, 1790 Expo Pkwy.; (916) 924-8900; www.rei.com/sacramento.

Concerts JAZZ RECITAL: Greg McLaughlin, the Sierra College Jazz Improvisation Workshop and special guests the Tim Stephenson Quartet present an evening of jazz and popular music from the American songbook. The event will be at Sierra College Rocklin Campus’ Walker Hall. F, 4/12, 7:30-9:30pm. $4-$12.

Sierra College, 5000 Rocklin Rd. in Rocklin; (916) 660-8054; www.sierracollege.edu/events/ upcoming/2013/04/music-jazzrecital.php.

SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY GALA: Sacramento State University’s Faculty and Friends Gala honors clarinetist and professor emeritus Deborah Pittman. Pittman was with the Sacramento Symphony from 1981 to 1990. Pieces include works by Beethoven, Mahler and one by professor Stephen

Blumberg performed by Citywater. F, 4/12, 7:30pm. $5-$20. Sacramento State Music Recital Hall, 6000 J St.; (916) 278-5191; www.csus.edu/music.

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DON’T MISS! GREENER GARDENS FESTIVAL & GARDEN TOUR: If you are

interested in learning ways to make your garden more sustainable, this is the event for you.

This festival will cover many of the river-friendly principles that will help transform your yard into a place that is beautiful, colorful, a pollinator, wildlife friendly and helpful instead of hurtful to the local environment.

Sa, 4/13, 10am-4pm. Free.

Miwok Park, 9344 Village Tree Dr. in Elk Grove; (916) 524-1435; www.elkgrove greenergardens.org.

Special Events ANATOMY OF A BEST-SELLING NOVEL: Capitol Crimes announces a one-day workshop for all writers. Authors Allison Brennan, David Corbett and Simon Wood will present on topics such as “The Character of Crime” and “Plotting and Outlining.” Sa, 4/13, 8:30am-4pm. $65. Rancho Cordova City Hall, 2729 Prospect Park Dr. in Rancho Cordova; (916) 617-2664; www.capitolcrimes.org.

SPRING FASHION SHOW: This show will benefit the fashion American River College Fashion Community’s programs, events, and student projects. The event showcases student work and student designer collections.

Sa, 4/13, 8-10pm. $8-$10. M.E. Boutique, 3315 Folsom Blvd.; (916) 666-1875; www.facebook. com/#!/pages/American-RiverCollege-Fashion-Community/ 118818984973497.

BENEFIT FUN WALK FOR SAVE OURSELVES: This second annual Walk for Breast Health supports Sacramento’s local breast-cancer

organization, Save Ourselves. Its mission is to ensure no woman in the Sacramento region goes through breast cancer alone.

Sa, 4/13, 9am. $35-40. Watt Avenue Access Park, La Riviera Dr. and Watt Ave.; (916) 786-4673; www.save-ourselves.org.

DUAL ART PRESENTATIONS: Royal Chicano Air Force is the subject of a lecture by Cornell professor Ella Diaz followed by a panel discussion on university art collection management.

Sa, 4/13, 1-5pm. Free.

Sacramento State University’s Library Annex Gallery, 6000 J St.; (916) 278-6166; www.al.csus.edu/art.

SECOND CHANCE PROM: The Rainbow Alliance Club of Sierra College will host the second annual Second Chance Prom. Dress how you like, escort who you choose. Be yourself and enjoy the experience. This is a family-friendly event. The prom will be held in the cafeteria, in the Campus Center, Building J. Sa, 4/13, 6-10pm. $5. Sierra College, 5000 Rocklin Rd. in Rocklin; (916) 677-7655; www.sierracollege.edu/events/ upcoming/2013/04/ second-prom.php.

ARTISAN EXPO: Fusion International Arts Center’s monthly Artisan Expo features gifts, handmade items, and crafts. Browse from 40 local vendors, hear live music and participate in art workshops.

Second Sa of every month, 11am-6pm through 12/31. Free.

Fusion International Arts Center, 501 Arden Way; (916) 538-4008; www.fusioniac.com.

WALK TO REMEMBER: On April 10, 2009, five American soldiers were killed in combat in Mosul, Iraq.

Bryan Hall, of Elk Grove, was one of those soldiers whose heroic actions saved the lives of his fellow soldiers and Iraq civilians.

This walk honors Hall and the other four soldiers killed in the confrontation and all American soldiers, past and present. Sa, 4/13, 9am. $25-$30. Elk Grove Regional Park, Elk Grove Boulevard and Elk Grove-Florin Rd. in Elk Grove; (916) 685-5170; www.walktoremember bryanhall.com.

Art Galleries ARTHOUSE UPSTAIRS: True North, 18 artists of ARTHOUSE exhibit new work in black, white and shades of gray. The exhibition features drawings, paintings, sculpture, photography, fiber art and more. Sa, 4/13, 5-9pm.

Free. http://arthousesacramento.com.

DEL PASO WORKS BUILDING: Second Saturday, enjoy a handbuilt ceramic sclupture gallery and ceramic artist studio featuring member art. Join a clay studio group, which meets weekly on Wednesday. Second Sa of every month, 6-9pm. Free. 1001 Del Paso Blvd.; (916) 333-4833.

PATRIS STUDIO AND ART GALLERY: 2nd Saturday Art Walk and Art in Action, draw, paint or sculpt from a live model from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. or observe artists in action. Enjoy live music and an artist reception from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Second Sa of every month, 3-10pm. Free. 3460 Second Ave.; (916) 397-8958; http://patris studiogallery.blogspot.com.

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2315 K St., (916) 706-3302.

RECLAMARE GALLERY: Opening Art Exhibition , fine art and prints from some of Northern California’s best visual artists including Corey Bernhardt, Jessica Ann White and Andy Steele. Sa, 4/13, 6-10pm. Free. 2737 Riverside Blvd., (916) 760-7461.

TEMPLE COFFEE: Escape from Samsara, works by Marleena Alysia Carter accompanied by a special acoustic musical performance by Nick Sinetos.

Sa, 4/13, 7-9pm. Free. 1010 Ninth St.; (916) 443-4960.

THREE WOMEN AND AN ARMOIRE: Evening of Magic, the works of Frank Zamora and his students from Sacramento City College.

Sa, 4/13, 5-9pm. Free. 304 North 12th St., Ste. A; (916) 447-2168.

UNION HALL GALLERY: Clay to Glass the Spectrum, Northern California artists explore diverse ceramic and glass art forms. Sa, 4/13, 6-9pm. Free.

2126 K St.; (916) 448-2452.

VOX SACRAMENTO: Art exhibit and Poetry Reading, an exhibition featuring 13 artists who have all been published in the quarterly journal WTF?! Sa, 4/13, 5:30-9pm. Free. 1818 11th St.; www.voxsac.com.

YOUR ALLEY ART GALLERY: Second Saturday, see or purchase original art works by some of the finest local artists in Sacramento. Hear music and enjoy refreshments. Second Sa of every month, 4-9pm. Free.

3431 Fourth Ave.; (916) 201-1404.

Kids’ Stuff SUTTER CHILDREN’S CENTER WELLNESS FEST: Enjoy games, gardening and nutrition workshops, height and weight checks, and more at this free celebration of active and healthy living. Sutter’s medical personnel will also be on hand to answer questions and provide information on childhood diseases and epidemics like diabetes, obesity and more. Sa, 4/13, 11am-3pm. Free.

Fairytale Town, 3901 Land Park Dr.; (916) 808-7462; www.fairytaletown.org.

FAMILY SUNDAYS AT CENTRAL LIBRARY: Family Sundays at Central Library present the Fantasy Festival XXVVII with the B Street Theatre. The festival is a showcase of the five winning plays of the annual playwriting contest for kids.

Enjoy the extraordinary results of putting a professional theatre’s staff at the service of young writers’ talents. Su, 4/14, 2pm. Free.

Sacramento Public Library (Central Branch), 828 I St.; (916) 264-2900; www.saclibrary.org.

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DON’T MISS! IT’S MAGIC!: The lineup of some of the world’s top professional magicians returns to Three Stages at Folsom Lake College, following a sold-out performance last season. The show, produced

by Milt Larson (founder of Hollywood’s famous Magic Castle), has delighted magic enthusiasts of all ages for more than five decades.

Su, 4/14, 2pm. $21-$34. Three Stages at Folsom Lake College, 10 College Pkwy. in Folsom; (916) 608-6888; www.threestages.net.

ZOOZOOM: Join the stampede as thousands of runners raise funds to benefit the Sacramento Zoo. The course winds through scenic William Land Park along flat, treelined streets. This 5K, 10K and children’s fun run is a fundraiser for the Sacramento Zoological Society. Su, 4/14, 7am-noon. Call for pricing.

Sacramento Zoo, 3930 West Land Park Dr.; (916) 441-1751; www.sacramentozoozoom.com.

Concerts SQUARE TOMATOES CRAFTS FAIR:

Special Events

The Red Barn Roots Band will play 1960s rock—including Grateful Dead, Beatles, Byrds and Bob Dylan tunes—at this fair (with over 50 vendors) which takes place on the second Sunday of each month in the heart of Davis. Su, 4/14, 11am-4pm. Free. Davis Central Park, 401 C St. in Davis; (530) 753-3705; www.square tomatoescrafts.com.

WAKAMATSU HISTORICAL TOURS: Join American River Collegetrained docents for a historical tour of property recently acquired by ARC. This ranch is an interesting mosaic of springs, streams, wetlands, blue and live oak forest, sweeping vistas and prime agricultural soil. Su, 4/14, 1-3pm. $5-$10. Wakamatsu Colony Farm, 941 Cold Springs Rd. in Placerville; (530) 621-1224; www.arconservancy.org.

MUSICAL PORTRAITS: Auburn Symphony and Chu-Fang Huang, winner of the coveted 2011 Avery Fisher Career Grant, perform works by Kabalevsky, Mendelssohn and Musorgsky.

Su, 4/14, 3pm. $20-$40. Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, 9399 Old Davis Rd. in Davis; (530) 823-6683; www.auburnsymphony.com.

WILDFLOWER WALK: The 2013 Wildflower Walk is hosted by Bill and Robin Center. The river trail is steep in places but has a good flat bed. Hiking to the flowers takes about 15 to 20 minutes, and you can continue towards the river (a couple of hours round trip) or just hang out in the blossoms. Su, 4/14, 1-4pm. $40.

561 Toad Rd. in Coloma; (530) 542-4546; http://sierra nevadaalliance.givezooks.com/ events/2013-wildflower-walk.

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Art Galleries

ELK GROVE COMMUNITY BAND:

GALLERY 1855: Selections from

Sports & Recreation GUIDED VERNAL POOL HIKE: Come prepared for a 7-mile hike along the Rancho Seco Howard Ranch Trail. Volunteer naturalists will lead the way, answer questions and reveal the intricate details of seasonal wetlands, vernal pool critters and wildflowers. The Rancho Seco Howard Ranch Trail is located at the Rancho Seco Recreational Area, approximately 15 miles east of Highway 99 along Highway 104.

Sa, 4/13, 9am. Free. Rancho Seco Recreational Area, 14440 Twin Cities Rd. in Herald; (916) 870-4317; www.cosumnes.org.

Concerts AN EVENING WITH THE MOUNTAIN SHINE BAND: The Mountain Shine Band of Grass Valley is generously hosting a benefit show for

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All About Equine Animal Rescue at the Folsom Eagles Hall. Never heard the term Americana? It’s contemporary music that incorporates elements of various American roots music styles, including country, folk, roots-rock, bluegrass, R&B and blues. Sa, 4/13, 7-9pm. $15-$20.

Eagles Hall in Folsom, 215 Scott St. in Folsom; (916) 813-1444; www.allaboutequine.org/ upcoming-events.html.

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This is a nonprofit, volunteer group of wind and percussion players from the Elk Grove area and surrounding community, conducted by Jay Roberts. Included in Monday evening’s performance will be the music of Leonard Bernstein, Roger Nixon, Gustav Holst, and John Phillip Sousa.

M, 4/15, 7pm. Free. Laguna Town Hall, 3020 Renwick Ave. in Elk Grove; (916) 920-2272; www.facebook.com/pages/ Elk-Grove-Community-Band.

Street Play Collection, Anne Miller once pictured herself as a musician and music runs deep within her artistic sensibilities. Today, she makes pictures that sing with the clear notes of a clarinet or piano. Su, 4/14, 1pm. Free.

820 Pole Line Rd. in Davis; (530) 756-7807; www.daviscemetery.org.

Film FILMMAKERS HOST AWARD-WINNING FILMS: See two award-winning

PERCUSSION PROFESSOR PLAYS SAC STATE: Percussion professor

documentary films about broadcast media consolidation: Save KLSD and Broadcast Blues. Save KLSD includes footage of the local “Occupy Clear Channel” action, and Broadcast Blues delves into the Sacramento death of Jennifer Strange in a KDND radio stunt. Su, 4/14, 1-4pm. Free.

River City Brewing Company, 545 Downtown Plaza, Ste. 1115; (209) 245-6724; www.suewilson reports.com.

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Daniel Kennedy presents a Sacramento State University faculty recital. Kennedy is a founding member of ensembles such as the Talujon Percussion Quartet, and has been a featured soloist for the California Arts Council Touring Program. M, 4/15, 7:30pm. $5-$10. Sacramento State University Music Recital Hall,

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6000 J St.; (916) 278-5191; www.csus.edu/music.

BROWN BIOGRAPHER TALKS AT SAC STATE: Author Chuck McFadden

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will discuss his book Trailblazer: A Biography of Jerry Brown. It is the first biography of Gov. Jerry Brown in more than 30 years.

McFadden has worked for the Associated Press, and served as press secretary for former State Schools’ Superintendent Wilson Riles. W, 4/17, 3pm. Free.

Sacramento State Library Gallery, 6000 J St.; (916) 278-5954; http://library.csus.edu.

DON’T MISS! SUSTAINABILITY FORUM:

Sara Keyes from United Natural Foods Inc., and other business representatives will discuss their efforts to meet the triple bottom line, and their efforts to run their companies in an environmentally sustainable fashion. Tu, 4/16, 5:30pm. Free. Sierra College, 5000 Rocklin Rd. in Rocklin; (916) 660-7900; www.sierracollege.edu/eve nts/upcoming/2013/04/ sustain-bus-panel.php.

Concerts SNL TROMBONIST PLAYS SAC STATE:

Special Events ARTS LECTURE AT ARC: Hear a lecture by Jill Sterrett, Director of Collections and Conservation at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, part of American River College’s art lecture series: Behind the Scenes: Museum and Gallery Exhibitions and those who make it all happen. Tu, 4/16, 7pm. Free.

American River College, 4700 College Oak Dr.; (916) 484-8399; www.arc.losrios.edu.

Meetings & Groups PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOP AND LUNCHEON: Sacramento Professional Environmental Marketing Association invites you to a workshop presented

by Laura Perez, CEO and Executive Coach of Ephiphany Coaching. During this workshop, you will increase your business-savvy and competitive edge by enhancing your competence in organizational development, leadership, critical thinking, project management techniques, communication effectiveness and social marketing strategies.

Tu, 4/16, 10:45am-1pm. $50. The Firehouse Restaurant, 1112 Second St.; (916) 706-1664; www.sacpema.org.

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W, 4-8pm through 10/30. Opens 4/17.

Free. The Market Place, 1325 Riley St. in Folsom; (916) 984-4220.

Classes GIVING VOICE TO CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: Learn easy and effective read-aloud techniques from Francie Dillon, a professor of children’s literature at Sacramento State University, to make reading and learning fun for everyone. This workshop is free, but preregistration is required. W, 4/17, 4:30-6:30pm.

Free. Fairytale Town, 3901 Land Park Dr.; (916) 808-7462; www.fairytaletown.org.

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DON’T MISS! OLD SACRAMENTO UNDERGROUND TOURS:

Hidden beneath the city for nearly 150 years, Old Sacramento’s underground has long been the capital’s best-kept secret. Now in its fourth season, visitors have the opportunity to uncover the facts behind the legends that lie below historic buildings and sidewalks. M-Su, 10:30am-3pm through 12/1. $10-$15.

1002 Second St.; (916) 808-7059; www.historicoldsac.org.

Special Events 2013 DAVIS FEMINIST FILM FESTIVAL: The Davis Feminist Film Festival is a grassroots event that uses alternative media as a springboard for linking art to social issues. The goal of the festival is to showcase independent films spanning documentary, narrative, and experimental genres in order to explore perspectives often missing from mainstream media and culture.

Th, 4/11, 6:30-10:30pm; F, 4/12, 6:30-10:30pm. $10-$12. Veterans

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Sacramento State Music Recital Hall, 6000 J St.; (916) 278-5191; www.csus.edu/music.

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Dance SAMPLE SOME DANCE AT SAC STATE: A smorgasbord of dance awaits with Sacramento Dance Sampler.

Directed by professor Lorelei Bayne, the concert serves up a variety of dance pieces and styles from the region’s professional dance troupes. Tickets are $10, available at the University Ticket Office, (916) 278-4323 or www.csus.edu/sfsc/ticketoffice/.

4/13-4/14. Dancespace, Solano 1010, Sacramento State, 6000 J St. Solano Hall; (916) 278-6368; www.csus.edu/dram.

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Skip’s Kitchen 4717 El Camino Avenue in Carmichael, (916) 514-0830, www.skipskitchen.com You know you’re at an American restaurant when a cheeseburger is one of the healthiest items on by the menu. Sure, the place also offers salads and Jonathan Mendick a few other dishes for the nutrition-conscious person. But Skip’s Kitchen, which is located j o nathan m@ newsreview.c om in Carmichael and describes itself as “gourmet casual dining,” features a lot of calorie-rich items—such as fried small plates (macaroniand-cheese balls, ravioli, chicken strips, chicken wings, shrimp) and creamy Oreo milkshakes.

During a recent visit to the eatery—in which I shared a pastrami sandwich, a pound of hot wings, a cup of chicken tortilla soup rating: and loads of sweet-potato fries with my dining HHH 1/2 partner—I witnessed teenagers with footballplayer physiques and hefty middle-aged diners dinner for one: munching on burgers. These behemoth patrons $10 - $15 juxtaposed against two informercials playing on the restaurant’s flat-screen TVs—one for the for P90X home exercise program and one for Cindy Crawford’s Meaningful Beauty line of anti-aging products—made me feel oddly guilty about my order, even though I purposely stayed away from many of the higher-calorie dishes.

Skip’s pastrami sandwich, hot wings and chicken tortilla soup aren’t particularly imagiH native. The sando tasted too plain (white-bread flAwEd roll, lackluster Dijon mustard), and the only HH toppings offered are a few grilled onions. hAs momEnts The accompanying sweet-potato fries are HHH crispy and stringy, but otherwise unremarkAppEAling able. Skip’s wings (we ordered buffalo style, although diners can also choose “BBQ” and HHHH AuthoritAtivE “spicy Asian” options) seemed like just regular hot wings coated in copious red buffalo HHHHH EpiC sauce. Unfortunately, the chicken tortilla soup had somehow become cold by the time it reached the table. A bite revealed that it was an inventive and slightly heavier-than-normal cream-based variation of the Mexican soup, but it was far too cold to really be enjoyed.

During the next few visits, I sampled all four salads. The Asian salad is a standout with Still hungry? chopped cabbage, diced bell peppers, broccoli, search sn&r’s avocado and toasted-sesame dressing. It has “dining directory” to find local great texture and pairs well with a perfectly restaurants by name cooked steak, yet it was balanced enough to do or by type of food. without meat at all. A grilled Caesar salad was sushi, mexican, indian, creative, with two charred, quartered romaine italian—discover it all in the “dining” lettuce hearts topped with crostini and parmesection at san cheese—all drizzled in Caesar dressing www.news (patrons are tasked to do all the cutting and review.com. tossing of this salad). A salad called The Heap and a baby-spinach salad arrived with heavy blue cheese crumbles, which balanced nicely against sweet fruit toppings and dressing.

But the best dish on Skip’s menu is its burger. All five styles (original, mushroom and Swiss, bacon and cheddar, three-cheese, and Western) are served on a brioche bun and cooked “medium,” unless otherwise specified.

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and the mushroom-and-Swiss burger. The beef patties were moist and tender, with a nice pinkness in the middle. Sweet egginess exuded from the brioche buns. If there’s such a thing as a “gourmet” burger that can rightfully sell for $10, this is probably it.

For dessert, an Oreo shake hit a nice balance of sweet and creamy. Unfortunately, this reviewer was too full at this point to sample Skip’s house-made ice-cream sandwich featuring FatCat cookies.

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If there’s such a thing as a “gourmet” burger that can rightfully sell for $10, this is probably it.

A few thoughtful extra touches make Skip’s a pleasant dining experience: Beer and wine menus help diners wash down burgers in style. Its patio is clean, dog-friendly and covered in Astroturf.

Both the owner and chef constantly roam around the restaurant, chatting with guests and making sure everything is OK. The menu is simple, with prices remaining the same for lunch and dinner.

And before paying, the hostess presents a deck of cards: If you draw a joker, your meal is on the house. Sure, there’s only a one-in-27 chance of that happening—assuming it’s a standard deck— but it’s a fun gimmick that ups Skip’s charm factor and keeps diners coming back to gamble for dinner. Besides, the burgers are easily worth the full price already. Ω

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Poetic baking license Gluten- and dairy-free baked goods must be poetry to Olga and Danny Turner, because the couple opened Pushkin’s Bakery, named after the 19th-century Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin, in mid-February at 1820 29th Street. The menu, which changes daily, also features a smattering of vegan offerings, such as the carrotwalnut cupcake, with a refreshingly light icing that’s more like whipped cream, and the pleasantly dense zucchini bread.

Each Wednesday in April, National Poetry Month, Pushkin will give customers who bring in a “physical copy of any type of poetry” a free cookie. Use this one: “Roses are red, violets are blue, Pushkin’s, please make vegan cookies, too!”

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tables and light wooden chairs, there’s an airy atmosphere, casual and cozy. Estelle’s offers an espresso bar and a wide assortment of teas and muffins and rolls for the breakfast crowd as well as sweets, including DayGlo macarons. For the lunch-inclined, there are soups, salads, sandwiches and meat or meatless quiche. One of the authentic touches is the spare use of condiments. The smoked salmon is enlivened by dill and the flavor of its croissant. Its tomato bisque is thick and richly flavored, and, in a nice touch, a puff pastry floats in the tureen as accompaniment. There’s a lot to like about Estelle’s—except dinner. Doors close at 6pm. French. 901 K St., (916) 551-1500. Meal for one: $5-$10. HHH1⁄2 G.L.

Grange Restaurant & Bar You won’t find any “challenging” dishes on this menu—just delicious local and seasonal food such as the Green Curry & Pumpkin Soup, which has a Southeast Asian flair. A spinach salad features ingredients that could be considered boring elsewhere: blue-cheese dressing, bacon, onion. But here, the sharply cheesy buttermilk dressing and the woodsy pine nuts make it a salad to remember. Grange’s brunch puts other local offerings to shame.

The home fries are like marvelously crispy Spanish patatas bravas. A grilled-ham-andGruyere sandwich is just buttery enough, and an egg-white

Midtown 24K Chocolat Cafe This cafe, located in a labyrinthine Spanish-colonial-style structure that also houses meditation classes, a gift shop heavy on the crystals and clowning workshops, serves a solid, if very limited, brunch and lunch menu. One offering is a firm wedge of frittata with a strong tang of sharp cheddar that almost but doesn’t quite jibe with the slightly spicy mole sauce on the plate.The spinach curry, made creamy by coconut milk rather than dairy, comes topped with cubes of tofu and tiny diced scallion and red bell pepper and rests atop a smooth potato cake. A side of garbanzo-bean salad is well-flavored with the surprising combination of mint and apricot.

The place, located inside Ancient Future, has “chocolat” in the name, and chocolate is everywhere: for sale, along with tea and coffee in the small boutique area, and in the form of truffles plated on a side table. It’s also in many of the menu

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offerings, including a tiny cup of hot Mexican drinking chocolate, and chocolate-cherry scones served crisp and hot, studded with big chunks of bittersweet chocolate and tart dried cherries. American. $10-$15. 2331 K St., (916) 476-3754. HHH B.G.

Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Co. The restaurant, by the same owners as Midtown’s The Golden Bear, sports a firefighting theme (a ladder on the ceiling duct work, shiny silver wallpaper with a ratand-hydrant motif, et al)

and a bar setup that encourages patrons to talk to each other. An interesting wine list includes entries from Spain and Israel; there are also draft cocktails and numerous beers on tap. The brunch menu is heavy on the eggs, prepared in lots of ways. One option is the Croque Madame, a ham-andGruyere sandwich usually battered with egg. This one had a fried egg and béchamel, with a generous smear of mustard inside. The mountain of potato

hash alongside tasted flavorful and not too greasy. The menu also features pizzas and house-made pastas, but one of its highlights includes an excellent smoked-eggplant baba ganoush, which is smoky and garlicky and served with warm flatbread wedges and oil-cured olives. The bananas foster bread pudding is equally transcendent, accompanied by very salty caramel gelato, pecans and slivers of brûléed bananas. American. 1630 S St.,

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try to do bar snacks, and so many fail. Shady Lady, however, nails it. The fried green tomatoes are punched up with a tarragon rémoulade and the huge charcuterie board is more like a groaning board, stocked with abundant regional meats and cheeses. The pickle plate looks like Peter Rabbit’s dream, all teeny turnips and tangy carrot chunks. Generally

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At the small event to inaugurate the new sour-beer lambic bar in the back room of Pangaea Two Brews Cafe, owner Rob Archie raised a glass of ultrarare Cantillon Lou Pepe and, with eyes shining, thanked everyone for their support. (Briefly, the category of “sour” beers are those with a tart taste that is a result of fermentation with either Brettanomyces yeast or Lactobacillus bacteria. Mmm, bacteria.)

Pangaea has been firmly in the forefront of Sac’s craft-beer scene, and this sour bar may be their most audacious move yet. This isn’t just rare for Sacramento—it’s rare to find nine taps dedicated to sour beers in any city, and almost unheard of to have an entire bar area devoted to them.

And a lovely bar it is. Archie has turned Ikea flooring into a bar top, and sanded down the wood on each of the beer taps to give them a uniform, spare look. The room, which also houses the bottle shop, has been transformed; instead of feeling unfinished, it now has a warm, comfortable vibe. The goal is to encourage brewers to brew more of his favorite style of beer— and to procure and blow through as many kegs as he can. 2743 Franklin Boulevard, (916) 454-4942, www.pangaeatwobrews.com.

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North Sac Asian Café Asian Café serves both Thai and Lao food, but go for the Lao specialties, which rely on flavoring staples such as fish sauce, lime juice, galangal and lemongrass, lots of herbs, and chilies. One of the most common dishes in Lao cuisine is larb, a dish of chopped meat laced with herbs, chilies and lime. At Asian Café, it adds optional offal add-ons—various organ meats, entrails, et al—to three versions of the dish: beef with tripe, chicken with gizzards, or pork with pork skin.

The beef salad offers a gentle respite from aggressive flavors, consisting of medium-thick chewy slices of eye of round with red bell pepper, chopped iceberg and hot raw jalapeño.

The single best dish here is the nam kao tod, a crispy entree with ground pork that’s baked on the bottom of the pan with rice, then stirred and fried up fresh the next day with dried Thai chilies and scallions. Thai and Lao. 2827 Norwood Ave., (916) 641-5890. Dinner for one: $10-$15. HHHH B.G.

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Blue Moon Cafe and Karaoke In Sac, most people equate Hong Kong-style cuisine with dim sum, but this restaurant, which also features private karaoke rooms, serves up tasty, familiar food by way of rice plates, sandwiches, noodle bowls, soups and stirfries. A few random Japanese (ramen, fried udon), French (sweet or savory crepes), Russian (borscht), Korean (beef and kimchi hot pot) and Italian (various pastas) foods add to the feeling that whatever your cultural background, you’ll find a comfort dish from your childhood to wrap its arms around you and give you a hug. Cultural diversity aside, one of Blue Moon’s best dishes is the braised pig ear with soy sauce and peanuts. Asian. 5000 Freeport Blvd., Ste. A; (916) 706-2995. Dinner for one: $10-$20. HHH J.M.

Tacos & Beer This is one of the area’s best Michoacán restaurants. Of its regional dishes, the enchiladas Apatzingán are unusual, filled with only a smattering of sharp cheese and diced onion, soaked in a vinegary sauce, and smothered in very lightly pickled, shredded cabbage with raw hunks of radish and avocado slices. Another specialty is the morisqueta—the ultimate comfort dish due to the unique texture of the white rice, which is as soft as an angel’s buttock. Mexican. 5701 Franklin Blvd., (916) 428-7844. Dinner for one: $10-$20. HHH1⁄2 B.G.

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excellent, the saloon’s cocktail list veers from the classics with a list of bartender-created drinks with unusual, but wisely considered flavor combinations: cilantro and tequila, blackberry and thyme, and the surprisingly sublime mixture of celery and pineapple. American. 1409 R St., (916) 231-9121. Dinner for one: $10-$20. HHH1⁄2 B.G.

paste. This addictive dish is served in a bowl just the right size to keep all to yourself.

The jambong is a spicy seafood soup nicely spiked with chili and perfect for curing a cold. Chinese-style offerings include mu shu chicken and a ho-hum vegetable fried rice. Much better was the Hot Spicy Bean Curd—a large portion of silky tofu in a zingy sauce with peas and carrots.

Asian. 3212 Fulton Ave., (916) 779-3353. Dinner for one: $5-$10. HHH A.M.R.

El Pollo Feliz For a restaurant dubbed “the happy chicken,” El Pollo Feliz sure smokes a lot of birds. These chickens get one heck of an afterlife: Their parts are rubbed with earthy Mexican spices and then slow-cooked in a smoker for hours. Their flesh becomes fall-off-the-bone soft and infused with an aromatic wood-chip flavor. The restaurant’s signature dish is barbecue chicken, and customers can purchase wings, breasts, drumsticks and thighs in a variety of amounts—from as few as two to 12 pieces. An eight-piece combo is basically an entire chicken.

You can also order it covered in a chocolatey and peppery mole-poblano sauce; shredded and scattered atop a plate of nachos; on top of a salad; inside a torta-style sandwich; or stuffed into a burrito. There’s a friendly neighborhood vibe here, and much of the cooking happens in the parking lot directly in front of the mom-and-pop joint.

4717 Whitney Ave., Carmichael; (916) 485-4446. Mexican. Dinner for one: $5-$15. HHHH J.M.

Taqueria Garibaldi One of this restaurant’s biggest pulls is its choice of meats. The chorizo is red, crispy and greasy in all the best ways. The lengua (tongue) is soft and dreamily reminiscent of only the most ethereal bits of beef. The fish is fine and flaky and the cabeza and pork are herculean in flavor options worthy of note, too. Tacos are small and served on two tiny tortillas (flour or corn, your call) with a bit of house salsa that has all the kick of a pissed off Girl Scout who’s just tall enough to nail you right under the kneecap.

Or, feel free to customize, too, courtesy of the fully loaded salsa bar. Be sure to pick up a glass of the homemade horchata, which is sweet and milky with seductive whispers of cinnamon. You will want seconds. Mexican. 1841 Howe Ave., (916) 924-0108. Dinner for one: $8-$10. HHH G.M.

Jin Men The restaurant bills its itself as Chinese, but it actually specializes in KoreanChinese food. The most popular Korean specialty dish is its ja jang myun, based on the Chinese dish zhajiangmian (fried noodles with sauce). Jin Men’s rendition is made with little squares of chewy pork and tiny shrimp mixed with lots of sweet sautéed onions and slightly salty black-bean

Fungi foragers Growing up with a Chinese mother and grandmother who both cooked a lot of Chinese food meant that I grew up eating a few different varieties of mushrooms. Although I’m by no means a mushroom connoisseur, wood ear, shiitake and enoki mushrooms have been commonplace in my diet for years. However, a mushroom-foraging class this Saturday hosted by Soil Born Farms and the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op could change all that. Husband-and-wife team Bob and Barbara Sommer, who run the Sacramento Area Mushroomers group, will lead a class and mushroom-hunting expedition on the American River Parkway. The class costs $35 ($25 for Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op members) and begins at 9 a.m. at Soil Born Farms American River Ranch (2140 Chase Drive in Rancho Cordova).

Call (916) 736-6800 or visit www.sacfoodcoop.com for more information or to register in advance.

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Down the digital rabbit hole Internet ArchIve Though sometimes mistaken for a Grateful Dead database, the Internet Archive is truly a universal digital library for the masses. A nonprofit venture based in San Francisco, the WEBSITE Internet Archive exists as one of the most diverse collections of websites and cultural artifacts maintained in a digital format.

Founded by computer engineer Brewster Kahle in 1996, the archive contains a seemingly infinite digital collection of websites, music, pictures, videos and nearly 3 million public-domain books.

My first visit was little like falling down a rabbit hole. A few hours later, I had viewed, among other things, Iranian 2009-era blogs and a Remington typewriter commercial shown during a 1958 episode of Leave It to Beaver.

Archived content comprises snapshots of the Web through time (check out the appropriately named Wayback Machine search tool). There’s also video, (mostly noncommercial movies, including some home movies), audio, performances (all those Grateful Dead clips, for example; but I dug a great Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers show from 2009) and texts (such as the feasibility study of Kings County from a 1968 California state water project). There’s also the corresponding Open Library (http://openlibrary.org) where one can read or borrow classic books (the site boasts more than 1,000 available e-book titles).

By trying to prevent websites and other digital forms from disappearing through the preservation of just about everything, the Internet Archive makes for a helluva place to pass the time. www.archive.org.

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Hey, girl, just don’t

A guy who cares about you doesn’t get drunk and then claim to be the victim of the girl sticking her tongue down his throat.

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Write, email or leave a message for Joey at the News & Review.

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When is the right time to say “I love you” to a girl? I’ve been with this girl for a couple months, and she is really hot. Every time we’re together, I want to tell her, but I hold myself back. Does that mean I’m not really feeling it?

You’re feeling grateful, happy, amazed, attracted. It’s a sweet, heady mix of delicious emotions, but it’s not love. The best time to say “I love you” is when you realize that her personality is really hot. Translation: The two of you sync in a way that feels like something you would work hard to keep. So, tell her you love her after you begin making choices that prioritize her welfare and the health of your relationship and you have noticed she does the same for you.

Real love comprises the daily choices and decisions that create an enduring friendship, and maintain affection and sexual chemistry, while also honoring commitment and trustworthiness. We make these choices and decisions because we value our integrity, our partner’s trust and the integrity of the relationship. When you feel this level of awareness beginning to grow inside you, it’s the right time to speak the truth about love. Ω

Meditation of the Week “We share our lives with the people we have failed to be,” writes Adam Phillips in Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life. Are you mourning losses or celebrating birthdays?

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Here’s the breakdown: A guy who cares about you has your back when you are out together.

Yes, that means he doesn’t get plastered. He disciplines his partying because he wants to ensure that you have a good time and are never in harm’s way. A guy who cares about you doesn’t get drunk and then claim to be the victim of the girl sticking her tongue down his throat. Being drunk is not an excuse for bad behavior. Getting drunk is a choice and, sometimes, a red flag signaling addiction.

A guy who cares about you is never so bombed that he forgets to return with the drinks he promised.

A guy who really likes you stays sober so he can return you home safely. That didn’t happen, this did: You went to a party with a guy you like and learned he doesn’t care what happens, either to him or to you. Yes, he’s apologetic. Why not agree? He’s sorry.

(Yes, I mean it both ways). If you stay in contact with him, you’ll be sorry, too. (No, I only mean it one way: full of regret.)

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I went to a party over spring break with a guy I’ve been talking to and like a lot.

Halfway through, I ran into some old friends and he went off to get more drinks. He was gone a long time, but I’m not a clingy girl, so I didn’t worry. When I finally found him, he was making out with some girl. I took off and called a friend to drive me home. The guy I like has been calling me nonstop, saying he’s sorry and that she came on to

by Joey ga him. I finally texted him back, rcia and we had coffee. I still really like him. He still doesn’t know a s kj oe y @ ne wsreview.c om that I was standing there for a minute watching him with that girl. It looked like he was into Joey it, but maybe he was drunk like he says. Do you think I should give him is having lunch at another chance?

Taste of Thai in Natomas. Yum! Yes, definitely give this guy another chance if you’re willing to accept that he doesn’t know how to date.

Oh, sorry, you probably hate the word “date,” right? That’s OK, I can speak your dialect: You “talk” to each other, mostly without hearing the other person’s voice. If the digital socializing goes well, you meet up and make out. If you both liked the make-out session, you hook up and are officially “a thing.” Ay yi yi! The language of contemporary courtship is vague enough to avoid responsibility, intimacy or commitment. Cool? No, confusing.

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As Agnes, Mitchell is a revelation. The role requires her to change moods quickly. She achieves that in a very physical way; whether as an abused child or a spiritually infused potential saint, Mitchell’s Agnes retains a childlike grace.

It is necessary to suspend a certain amount of disbelief—these days, a quick DNA test would answer one of the play’s central mysteries—but the crisp direction from James Wheatley and the strong performances from the three actors make this production well worth the time and thought the issues raised require. Ω

appointed to investigate the case of a novice nun accused of killing her newborn infant in her convent cell. The doctor’s job is to determine if Sister Agnes (Imani Mitchell) meets the legal definition of sanity. Complicating matters a bit is Agnes’ superior, Mother Miriam Ruth, who is extremely protective of the accused nun—and extremely suspicious of Dr. Livingstone.

These three unravel the story on a spare stage, furnished only with a small desk, two chairs and a stool. Props are also kept to a minimum, which allows the audience to focus on the interplay between characters as well as become lost in the language of belief and evidence.

Franklin’s psychiatrist travels a great deal of ground as an atheist who bears a grudge against the Catholic Church and who is forced to confront the power of faith in the lives of both her patient and the Mother Superior. Onstage for the entire play, the burden of carrying the audience falls squarely on her shoulders; what she knows is what the audience knows. Franklin brings a quality of humility to the character that serves to balance a considerable righteous anger.

The Mother Superior (Alana Mathews) is a woman with both secrets and anger of her own.

Mathews portrays her as equally a defender of Agnes and of her own faith, which seem to be more closely related than one would expect.

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It’s often been claimed that comedy is more difficult to pull off than drama.

There’s no denying that a hardworking cast can pull together a monumental project, rehearse until everything is made law in their brain, and still not get the true effect of the play.

The Actor’s Workshop of Sacramento’s latest endeavor, Road to Nirvana, directed by Mark Heckman, is a perfect example of this. The players know their marks, the lines are in their heads ready to come out, but the comedic timing does not match any of the words.

The play, a comedy authored by Arthur Kopit, is an awesome amalgam of the susceptibility of man and the depths to which he will sink in the pursuit of power, money and, more specifically for this play, a Hollywood screenplay.

Al (Stuart Campbell) and Lou (Amber Marsh) bring back the ex-communicated film-producer Jerry (Eason Donner) to take on a warped, psychedelic version of Moby-Dick. However, if Jerry wants in, he’s going to have to prove it big-time.

Eason Donner stands out immediately as holding the humor in the production. Without that energy, the rest of the play doesn’t make the audience feel like they’re watching a comedy.

Every line is rife with the wrong kind of tension. The most notable example of this is Campbell’s Al, a character that is like a frenetic player in a Hunter S. Thompson short story. However, Campbell plays him cool, like a gangster Fonzarelli.

Comedy’s hard; there’s just no getting around it. But preview audiences are instrumental in helping actors understand the timing of jokes and the difference between a truly scary bit of theater and the absurd.

—Maxwell McKee

Road to Nirvana, 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday; 7 p.m. Sunday; $15-$17. The Actor’s Workshop of Sacramento at the Wilkerson Theatre in the R25 Complex, 1721 25th Street; (916) 583-4880; www.actinsac.com. Through May 5.

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As the price soars into eight digits, tear-gas grenades erupt in the room; Simon leaps from his seat, seizes the painting and dashes into a back room where he stows the art in a carrying case. Threading his way through passages, trailed by two security guards, he comes faceto-face with one of the grenade tossers, now brandishing a gun. Simon’s thoughts come in voice-over—“No painting is worth dying for”— as he hands over the case. As the thief stoops to open it, Simon grabs a stun gun from one of the guards and shocks him in the neck. Either the Taser was undercharged, or the thief is overprotected, because it only makes him angry. With notable restraint—which, like much of Trance, will be explained later—he doesn’t shoot Simon, but clubs him with the butt of his gun before absconding with the painting.

Simon is rushed unconscious to a hospital, and in the aftermath of the spectacular robbery, emerges from a coma days later to find himself the gallant (if unsuccessful) hero of the hour.

Meanwhile—did I say the thief absconded with the painting? That’s not exactly true. The man and his cohorts make their getaway right enough, but when they open the carrying case they find nothing inside but the painting’s ornate, empty frame.

Simon returns home to find his apartment a shambles and two ominous-looking

men waiting for him. They are Nate (Danny Sapani) and Dominic (Matt Cross), and they growl at him, “Franck wants to talk to you.”

Franck (Vincent Cassel) turns out to be the thief who traded blows with Simon in the back hallway of the auction house, and he wants to know what Simon has done with the painting.

Aha! So Simon was in on the heist from the beginning. At first we thought he was, as he grabbed the painting in the first confusion.

Then we thought he wasn’t, as he packed the painting up and trundled it off with his security escort. Then we knew he wasn’t when he put up his futile resistance to Franck. Now we know he was, as Franck’s boys patiently extract several of Simon’s fingernails in an effort to sort out the double cross.

That’s the kind of game Boyle, Ahearne and Hodge are playing with us in Trance.

And the game is only beginning.

Finally satisfied that Simon doesn’t remember—that blow on the head has knocked it clean away—and realizing there’s no point in torturing him further, Franck considers his options. The best one seems to be to send Simon to a hypnotherapist—with a cover story, of course—in the hope that the hocuspocus will rattle Simon’s marbles around enough to make him recall what became of the movie’s multimillion-pound MaGuffin.

The therapist they choose is Elizabeth (Rosario Dawson), who senses right away that Simon is trying to find something far more important than a lost set of car keys.

Trance is a well-crafted puzzle, more teasing than tantalizing, more pat than satisfying.

End of plot summary—if I haven’t told you too much already. Suffice to say Trance shakes down into a three-way chess game among Simon, Franck and Elizabeth. Nate and Dominic are mere window dressing here, although a fourth character (played by the charmingly named Tuppence Middleton) appears at key moments in fantasies, dreams and memories.

It all culminates in what can only be called the “here’s what happened” scene, as one character (no fair saying which) explains it all for us, though, alas, not quite with the aplomb Tony Shalhoub used to give it in Monk.

Trance is a well-crafted puzzle, more teasing than tantalizing, more pat than satisfying.

It even ends with an unanswered question like Inception, but without the same resonance.

The difference is key: Everybody dreams whether they want to or not, but nobody gets hypnotized against their will. All hypnosis is really self-hypnosis, although Trance (spoiler alert!) would tell us otherwise. Ω

Admission

Tina Fey plays an ambitious Princeton University admissions officer whose recruitment rounds include an alternative school presided over by Paul Rudd. He has a star pupil he’d really like her to see, played

by Nat Wolff. And what follows is somehow a romantic comedy between two other people about whether or not this kid is Princeton material. There’s more, plotwise, but it’s best not to give it all away. Better just to say it involves family matters, and Lily Tomlin as Fey’s character’s feisty feminist-scholar mom. Director Paul Weitz, most recently of Little Fockers and Being Flynn, doesn’t really go in for satire, but even if he wanted to, Karen Croner’s script, from Jean Hanff Korelitz’s novel, might not allow it. Thus, Rudd and particularly Fey seem a little stranded in a film, which, if we’re really making decisions based on merit here, doesn’t quite deserve them. If Admission teaches us anything, it’s that movies can be like universities: Some are just hard to get into. J.K.

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A Good Day to Die Hard

Tough cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) flies to Russia to check up on his son (Jai Courtney) who has landed in jail—only to learn that Junior is really CIA, and it’s all part of his mission to spirit a political prisoner (Sebastian Koch) out of the country.

Now Daddy is in the middle of things and about to either ruin everything or save the day—or both. This series ran out of gas with the first sequel and has been on life support ever since; writer Skip Woods and director John Moore fail to revive it here, but they cram in all they can think of, with Willis and Courtney surviving concussions, broken bones, explosions and outrunning machinegun bullets. Is Courtney being groomed to take over when Willis finally has enough?

What’s next? Never Say Die Hard? Do or Die Hard? Who cares? Die hard, already! J.L.

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The Croods

A prehistoric family is forced to face the outside world when their teenage daughter (voiced by Emma Stone) meets a handsome stranger (Ryan Reynolds). It’s recycled Flintstones, only without even the meager inspiration of that oldie-but-notvery-goodie. At least William Hanna and Joseph Barbera ripped off The Honeymooners; writer-directors Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders can only think to rip off some of the worst animated features of all time: Rio, Ice Age, Madagascar—distended shorts that mistake frantic activity for energy and flailing invention for ingenuity. With negligible characters and a threadbare story, there’s nothing to pass the time but identifying the voices. Nicolas Cage is dad, Catherine Keener is mom and Cloris Leachman is grandma.

There now, I’ve saved you the trouble of seeing it at all. J.L.

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G.I. Joe: Retaliation

The G.I. Joes are framed for treason and annihilated by order of the president (Jonathan Pryce)—but he’s really a prisoner and is being impersonated by the shape-shifting villain Zartan (Arnold Vosloo).

Also, a handful of Joes (Dwayne Johnson, D.J. Cotrona, Adrianne Palicki) survive to seek revenge. This barely connected sequel to the 2009 original has been on the shelf for eight months; did writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and director Jon M. Chu spend the time making improvements? If so, it must have been pretty awful back then. Now, it’s mildly entertaining junk, just like its predecessor. The CGI fight and combat scenes, as in the first movie, are still elaborately realistic—and still utterly unconvincing.

Bruce Willis signs on to help Johnson show the whippersnappers how it’s done. J.L.

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Olympus Has Fallen

Terrorists seize the White House and the president (Aaron Eckhart), virtually annihilating the Secret Service; only one agent (Gerard Butler) remains—the one who sacrificed the first lady (Ashley Judd) to save the president in an auto accident 18 months earlier. Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt’s script is soaked in post9/11 nightmare images and mayhem to cover all the whoppers along the way (a garbage truck that converts into an assault vehicle?

Really?), and they get away with it more than they have a right to expect. Director Antoine Fuqua hammers the action out with all the

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Earth is invaded by alien “souls” who take over the bodies of humans, but at least one of them (Saoirse Ronan) finds that her human counterpart refuses to die quietly. The two personalities wind up working together to find the kid brother (Chandler Canterbury) and boyfriend (Max Irons) the human half of them left behind. Adapted by writer-director Andrew Niccol from the novel by Twilight’s Stephenie Meyer, the movie is highly entertaining—but mainly as an unintentional comedy. It’s like a Mad Magazine parody: “If Stephenie Meyer had written Invasion of the Body Snatchers”—an instant camp classic. Poor Ronan carries on hilarious arguments with herself in voice-over, and her two-in-one character is torn between three—Irons, Jake Abel and Boyd Holbrook—who are all but indistinguishable. J.L.

breakneck abandon and CGI $70 million can buy, and there’s a good supporting cast to sell it: Angela Bassett as Butler’s boss, Morgan Freeman as the acting president, Robert Forster as a trigger-happy general are some. J.L.

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Oz the Great and Powerful

As Tim Burton took on Lewis Carroll, so Sam Raimi has a go at L. Frank Baum: under the deadening influence of Disneyfication. It’s not Raimi’s fault that never again will any movie have the cultural staying power of The Wizard of Oz, but still his quasi-prequel seems to lack perspective.

Before becoming the man behind the curtain, he was James Franco, as a Kansas con man with a two-bit carnival magic act. Good idea, theoretically, but Oz as protagonist needs more than the nonpersonality of a perpetually stoned, spread-thin performance artist.

Too much CGI doesn’t help. Over the rainbow and abetted by an orphaned broken-legged porcelain doll and a servile flying monkey with the voice of Zach Braff, he tangles with a trio of variously meddlesome witches (Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams). The thing about Oz-related entertainment properties, which indeed have become abundant over the past century, is the spirit with which they’re carried off. Some tornadoes are stronger than others. J.K.

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The Place Beyond the Pines

A carnival motorcycle stunt rider (Ryan Gosling) returns to a small town to see an old flame (Eva Mendes) and learns that he got her pregnant on the last trip; he impulsively settles down and in time, turns to robbing banks to support the son he didn’t know he had—which puts him on a collision course with a rookie cop (Bradley Cooper). Writer-director Derek Cianfrance has a good cast (Ray Liotta, Rose Byrne and Harris Yulin are there, too), and they do their best. Good moments here and there—especially from Cooper and Liotta—contend with an unfocused and scattershot script that undercuts the actors too often. Cianfrance’s story supposedly spans 15 years, but everybody looks the same after all that time except that Gosling and Cooper’s infant sons have grown into teenagers (Dane DeHaan, Emory Cohen). J.L.

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Four pals (Ashley Benson, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Rachel Korine) rob a restaurant to finance spring break vacation in St. Petersburg, Fla., where they get busted for cocaine and are bailed out by a lowlife dealer and pimp named Alien

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(James Franco, almost unrecognizable with his braids and flashy gold teeth), who relishes the fresh young meat. Writer-director Harmony Korine (remember when he was hot?) doesn’t push the envelope, he rips it to shreds, and the movie takes on the enervating negative energy of Alien’s slurring, addled monologues. Korine dares us to look away, and he’s right, we can’t—but that’s not necessarily a compliment. Only Franco and Gomez (whose character bails out early) manage to stand out amid the sun-soaked delirium; Hudgens, Benson and Korine’s wife Rachel remain indistinguishable. J.L.

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A teenage girl (Mia Wasikowska), grieving for her father killed in a car crash, sees an uncle she didn’t know existed (Matthew Goode) suddenly moving in with her and her mother (Nicole Kidman). Korean director Chan-wook Park has never made a movie in English before, and writer Wentworth Miller has never written a screenplay at all, and it shows—their movie is a ridiculous crock of hopeless hooey. With his teenage-girl-and-Uncle-Charlie setup, Miller rashly invokes the memory of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic Shadow of a Doubt, and it’s a mistake; he and Park have a long way to go before they’re anywhere near that league. Park imbues the movie with visual folderol in lieu of style, but can’t conceal the implausibilities of the far-fetched script.

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The whole story Jazz drummer Allison Miller on improvisation, vinyl and keeping it old school Allison Miller is glad her latest album is coming out on vinyl. The format, the jazz drummer says, offers respite from today’s hurried-up culture. by Rachel Leibrock “I’m old school; I listen to vinyl records at the end of the day when I’m trying to relax—it’s ra c h e l l @ nice to just put an album on and leave my phone ne w s re v i e w . c o m in the other room,” says Miller, talking from her Brooklyn home. “After 20 minutes, you have to get up and flip the record over—it’s like a recalibration of focus.”

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So what’s the musician spinning these days?

“I listen to a lot of the classic jazz-singer standards—Anita O’Day, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald—wait a second, let me go look,” she says, carrying the phone over to the turntable so that she may answer the question more precisely.

Destination reached, she lets out a laugh.

Currently in rotation? Chuck Brown’s rendition of “Da Butt.” You know how it goes: “Hey pretty, pretty / When you get that notion, put your backfield in motion, hey / Doin’ the butt.”

Yes, Miller, whose latest album, No Morphine, No Lilies, pushes jazz with a satisfyingly unpredictable improvisation, fancies herself some classic booty-shaking jams.

“I grew up outside of Washington, D.C., and was really into the D.C. go-go sound,” Miller says, flipping through a pile of vinyl that’s stacked presumably near her record player. “I also have Rare Essence here, and Stevie Wonder and Aretha [Franklin] and Donny Hathaway—a lot of hip-hop, a lot of funk.”

Not surprisingly, Miller’s wide taste manifests in her music—sweeping numbers that alternately snap and crackle at a brisk pace, or more languorously snake through beats and measures. Her love of music runs deep; Miller

says she started playing music before she could even comprehend what it meant.

“I think I came out of my mother’s womb wanting to play drums,” she says. “From the time I could move my hands, I was beating to the radio, I was kicking to the beat.”

Miller’s mother, a choir director, insisted her daughter learn piano before taking on any other instruments.

“She wanted me to be able to read music and have a melodic sensibility,” she says. “As a result, I’ve been able to work with a lot of people in different genres of music [because] I’m thinking about the music and the melody first before the rhythm and bass.”

Certainly, Miller’s well-regarded as both a studio and touring drummer, working extensively with the likes of Brandi Carlile, Ani DiFranco and Natalie Merchant.

Now, with her new album, a follow-up to 2004’s 5am Stroll, Miller finds herself once again exploring music as a bandleader.

“When I play with singers, I’m taking on a supportive role—as a drummer I just try to support the music and not get in the way of the lyrics,” she explains.

“But when I’m leading the band, I take on more of an improv role—[on tour] one song might be played one way one night and completely different on another night.”

No Morphine, she says, reflects months spent on the road. And unlike her first solo album, Miller adds, it was a collaborative effort.

“The first record, I wrote a bunch of stuff and presented it to them,” she says of fellow musicians Myra Melford (piano), Jenny Scheinman (violin) and Todd Sickafoose (bass). “[We’re] more of a band now, and the writing and the performing and the recording really highlight that.”

“ From the time I could move my hands, I was beating to the radio, I was kicking to the beat.”

Allison Miller Conceptually, she adds, No Morphine fits her musical aesthetic. Here, each track is meant to flow into the next—no breaks, no pausing for breath.

“It’s very cohesive and reflects what I was going through [personally] at the time—it gets introspective very quickly, and then it gets less heavy and more lively,” she says.

The record, for sale as a download and CD, is also available on vinyl.

“This is not meant to be taken one track at a time,” she says. “I’m desperately holding on to the idea that you’ll listen to this the oldfashioned way, that you’ll listen to the whole thing at one time.” Ω

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Just flow with it Can’t miss, don’t forget: Details for this year’s In the Flow Festival have been released, and it looks like a killer lineup. Local jazz musician Ross Hammond tells us this year’s creative music festival, scheduled to take place May 9-13, will spotlight local acts such as the Harley White Jr. Orchestra, Hearts + Horses, Gentleman Surfer and CAVE Women as well as various out-of-towners, such as Seattle’s Bad Luck and the Kris Tiner Trio from Bakersfield. This year’s venues include Old Soul at 40 Acres, Bows & Arrows, Luna’s Café & Juice Bar, the Antiquite Maison Privee, and Midtown Village Cafe.

This will be the festival’s sixth year, and while the general approach is the same, says Hammond, this year’s festival has been “condensed” a bit to make the shows a “can’t miss.” Oh, and also of note: The Ross Hammond Quartet will release a new album, Cathedrals, at the show on May 12.

Visit www.intheflowsacramento.com for more details.

live-music performances from the modern chamber-pop ensemble Afternoon Teacup Collection and the aptly named Peter Petty Is Dirge Gainsbourg. The evening starts at 7:30 p.m. with cocktails and short films that pay homage to Gainsbourg and ends with a French-pop dance party, courtesy of deejays Roger Carpio and Christophe. Tickets are $7, and proceeds benefit the 12th annual Sacramento French Film Festival, which takes place at the Crest Theatre June 21-30. For more information visit http://sacramento frenchfilmfestival.org.

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where you listen to stripped-down versions of familiar Sacramento musicians’ songs. One recent warm Friday evening proved to be the perfect time for such a show at a house located somewhere between —Rachel Leibrock the Round Corner Tavern and—well, let’s just say the Hideaway Bar & An abundance of Grill. And at this aural goodness: house, there’s a Some weeks it huge backyard feels like there’s with overgrown nothing going clover patches that on, and other set the stage for weeks—such as local musicians this one—there’s like Killdevil’s not enough space Alex and Artie to cover all Dorame to perform the great gigs. acoustic-style Here’s one not originals. Members to overlook: On Pucker up for a smoky kiss? of punk band the Monday, April Left Hand also 15, at 8 p.m., played a few tunes—stuff like soul The Press Club (2030 P Street) and blues covers, as well as a take on welcomes three local acts for just the Cure’s “Just Like Heaven.” The five bucks. Of particular note is Jilt standout of the night, however, was vs. Jonah, an upbeat indie-rock band Micah Schnabel, a musician visiting originally scheduled to play the from Columbus, Ohio. Schnabel, Yuba Sutter D.I.Y Music Festival in Marysville. That event, unfortunately, who performed solo on this particular night, is probably better was canceled, but at least there’s this known as the singer-guitarist in the gig closer to home. The band, which alt-country band Two Cow Garage. just released a new eight-track album Here, he performed songs from his I Thought We Buried That in January, solo album, I’m Dead, Serious, keeping will join singer-songwriter Mandy the crowd’s attention with an intense Zeboski and the rock ’n’ roll sounds of performance. While Schnabel’s Goldener—the latter of whom boasts a music and lyrics are likeable and very Minus the Bear-style sound. catchy, it’s the vulnerability of his live performance that captivated.

In France, they kiss on Main Street: On Saturday, April 13, celebrate what He shared intimate details of life experiences and failed relationships, would have been sexy French icon ending the night with an upbeat Serge Gainsbourg’s 84th birthday with cover of the Gin Blossoms’ this tribute show sponsored by the “Hey Jealousy.” Check him out Sacramento French Film Festival. for yourself at http://micahschnabel The tribute party, held at the Verge music.bigcartel.com.

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Kill the Precedent shares abrasive, aggressive rock synchronized to visually transfixing slide shows displaying random imagery ROCK during live performances. The Sacramento band’s been busy recently, readying to release a new album, Dialogues With the Dead, this summer. On Friday, the group—along with Black Mackerel and Murderlicious—is playing a fundraising gig called the Tricia Duncan Benefit Show. It’s a raffle, baked-goods sale and a night full of music, with all proceeds going toward their friend, Duncan, who is recovering from a traumatic head injury. Witness the charitable sides of these local metal, hardcore and industrialpunk musicians. 1400 Alhambra Boulevard, www.facebook.com/killtheprecedent.

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It isn’t often that a new band pops up and instantly blows my mind. Granted, EV Kain is made up of veteran musicians (members of Hella, Broken Bells, Circus Tents). They sound like they’ve been a trio for decades, but this San Francisco group has only played a handful of shows. It combines sunny, catchy pop songwriting with complex polyrhythms and guitar trills.

It’s math rock you’ll catch yourself singing in the shower. The whole idea of the band is to just have fun and eliminate the idea MATH ROCK of a leader—just let everyone take the lead whenever and however they feel like it.

1901 10th Street, http://evkain.com.

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If surf music brings to mind the Beach Boys, think instead of Dick Dale. But don’t stop there. The Expendables proved themselves with their fifth album, Prove It, which debuted on Billboard 200, Independent Albums and Heatseekers Albums charts REGGAE ROCK and on iTunes’ top 200 and alternative charts. Since 1997, the Expendables have fused surf, rock, reggae, punk and the 1980s-style dueling guitar solo into a sound that belongs only to them. With Geoff Weers and Raul Bianchi on guitar, Ryan Demars on bass and Adam Patterson on drums and vocals, this group of four from Santa Cruz will be joined by Pacific Dub and Sacramento’s Arden Park Roots.

1417 R Street, www.theexpendables.net.

Joe Craven’s name may be more familiar than his 11-year-old child Hattie’s, but she’s a force for her age. This Saturday at The Palms Playhouse, she’s releasing her first CD, Eleven. Jazz, Americana, reggae, Latin, roots and inspirational describe the music she prefers. She’s also a growing songwriter, actor, ukulele player and honor-roll student, and she’s involved in athletics. She’s been known to share her music at convalescent hospitals and perform at various music festivals. She even launched an Indiegogo campaign. She’ll be performing with the Joe Craven Trio, which features keyboards, key bass, drums, fiddle, mandolin, FOLK found sound, vocals and maybe a few surprises. 13 Main Street in Winters, www.facebook.com/hattiecravenmusic.

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“Beware! There be a siren ’round these parts, and she is liable to ensnare you with her sultry vocals!” This should be Jessie Payo’s tagline for introducing herself, because it is true. Listening to “Heaven Help Me,” you get the sense that Payo is a talented acoustic singer-songwriter who dabbles in country and Americana. But then she comes back with the sexy, ambient acoustic ditty “Hands Together,” and her scorching, slightly scratchy vocals make you want to court certain death just to be ALTERNATIVE near her. Payo will open for Toad the Wet Sprocket, but you’ll forget they are there once you listen to her sing.

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“You can take the man out of the ’70s but you can’t take the ’70s out of the man,” says drummer Neil Franklin of new local superROCK group Brubaker. Franklin and singer-songwriter Gene Smith were members of the influential ’90s group Kai Kln, who’ve been described as playing “like Cream on 78 [revolutions-per-minute records].” More recently, they’ve teamed up as the bluesier Ricky and Del Connection.

Brubaker brings the duo together with a pair of renowned Bay Area musicians—bassist Larry Boothroyd (Victims Family, Triclops!) and guitarist Christian Riley (Bluchunks, Walrus), who are longtime friends.

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It’s hard to spell out the influence Lee “Scratch” Perry has had on the reggae scene, because his work seems to have transcended that genre. The 77-year-old musician and producer worked with old-school reggae legends such as Bob Marley & the Wailers before helping to invent dub music (a reggae subgenre featuring instrumental remixes and electronic effects such as reverb and echo), and then later produced REGGAE/DUB and appeared on tracks from such disparate artists as the Clash, the Beastie Boys and Andrew W.K. His music has influenced punk rock, hip-hop and more. He’s supporting British ska band the Selecter at this show. 1417 R Street, www.lee-perry.com.

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I’m excited that Metric is coming to town for many reasons. Chief among them is that 2012’s Synthetica serves as an excellent soundtrack for picturing one’s life as a video game. Other reasons: Lead singer INDIE ROCK Emily Haines, formerly of Broken Social Scene, plays a mean tambourine, and her sweetand-whiskey-sour vocals have been much emulated in the recent wave of digital pop, but rarely matched. Live, the band has perfected that I-could-hardly-care-less vibe without seeming like dicks, and it’s fun to see the crowd’s interpretive dance moves to 2009’s hit “Help I’m Alive,” when the chorus asserts over and over again that Haines’ heart keeps “beating like a hammer.” 9399 Old Davis Road in Davis, http://ilovemetric.com.

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First, let me say that I generally don’t like movies about stoners, because stoners rarely get to win in the end. Or, if they do, they have to stop smoking weed to do it. Dave Chappelle’s character in Half Baked EALUM B IO A has to give up Mary Jane to keep seeing Mary Jane.

G N by Anna Faris’ character in Smiley Face fails miserably. Why can’t stoners smoke weed and still come out on top? It’s like Hollywood is still holding on a s k420 @ ne wsreview.c om to some sort of Hays Code-type shit.

The Harold & Kumar movies, however, do a pretty good job at painting stoners in a good light.

As did the latest remake of Cabin in the Woods. True Believer stars James Woods as a pot-smoking superlawyer modeled after J. Tony Serra. I like that flick. It even has Robert Downey Jr. as the sidekick.

In the movies-for-stoners category, what’s not to like? Lebowski (or anything by the Coen brothers, really), Happy Gilmore, Barbershop, True Romance, Dazed and Confused (this movie may fall into both categories), any Star Wars film (even the new ones, cause you can talk shit about them while you watch). All kinds I generally don’t like of shows are fun to watch movies about stoners, while high. I have always said that weed and movies because stoners rarely go together like weed and get to win in the end. movies. Former High Times editor Steve Bloom and author Shirley Halperin wrote a book called Reefer Movie Madness: The Ultimate Stoner Film Guide. This book has a really good list of films in all kinds of styles. I highly recommend it.

When people in movies smoke weed, are they smoking real weed?

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Email him questions at ask420@ newsreview.com.

—Robin Red-eye For the most part, no. It’s usually some sort of tobacco or herbal mixture, although rumors abound about certain films. Peter Fonda definitely smoked real grass in Easy Rider. Tommy Chong admits that he used real weed in most of his movies. The cast of Grandma’s Boy claims to have used real weed. Super High Me was a documentary, so, of course, the weed is real there.

The challenge with using real marijuana on a movie set is that most scenes require multiple takes. It is possible to get too high to perform. Maybe not if you are Brad Pitt’s character in True Romance, and your role is to sit on the couch and be high, but if you are Craig T. Nelson and JoBeth Williams in Poltergeist, smoking a joint over and over again would get to be kind of debilitating.

If I was in a movie with weed in it, though, I would make sure it was real weed. For medical purposes, of course.

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Buddhist holy site in Myanmar. It’s a small pagoda built on top of a giant boulder that in turn seems to be precariously balanced at the edge of a down-sloping bed of rock.

How does the boulder remain stationary?

Why doesn’t it roll off the edge? It appears to defy gravity. Legend says that it’s held in place by a single strand of hair from the Buddha’s head. I suspect that many of you Leos will soon have access to a tricky asset with resemblances to that magic strand. True, it might be merely metaphorical. But if used correctly, it could become a key element in a future foundation.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s soul-

searching season: a good time to go in search of your soul. To aid your quest, I’ll offer a few lines from “A Few Words on the Soul,” a poem by Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska: “We have a soul at times. / No one’s got it non-stop, / for keeps. / Day after day, / year after year / may pass without it. … For every thousand conversations, / it participates in one, / if even that, / since it prefers silence. … It’s picky: it doesn’t like seeing us in crowds, / our hustling for a dubious advantage / and creaky machinations make it sick. / Joy and sorrow / aren’t two different feelings for it. / It attends us / only when the two are joined. / We can count on it / when we’re sure of nothing / and curious about everything. / … It won’t say where it comes from / or when it’s taking off again, / though it’s clearly expecting such questions. / We need it / but apparently / it needs us / for some reason too.”

(Translation by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh. Read the whole poem at http://tinyurl.com/searchsoul.)

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by Rob bRezsny

For the week of April 11, 2013

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I’ve never

believed in God,” said Mexican painter Diego Rivera, “but I believe in Picasso.”

My poet-musician friend Tanya has a similar philosophy. “I don’t believe in God, or even Goddess, for that matter,” she says. “But I do believe in Patti Smith.” Do you have a God substitute, Libra? Or, if you do have faith in a Cosmic Wow, is there also a more approachable, second-tier source of divinity you love?

According to my reading of the astrological omens, you would really benefit from feeling an intimate kind of reverence right now—a tender devotion for something higher and brighter that awakens the sleeping part of your lust for life.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): This

would be an excellent time to stage staring contests with yourself in the mirror. There’s a high likelihood that you will win every time. I think you’ll also have great success whenever you try to read your own mind. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’ve got an uncanny knack for plucking buried secrets and self-deceptions out of their hiding places. One more thing, Scorpio: Have you ever considered how fun it might be to wash your own brain and kick your own butt? Now would be an excellent time to experiment with those radical acts of healing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

“It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness,” writes novelist Chuck Palahniuk. “We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.” Your assignment in the coming days, Sagittarius, is to prove Palahniuk wrong. As the surges of sweetness flow through you, as your secret joy ripens into bright blooming bliss, imprint the sensations on your memory. Vow to remember them for the rest of your life. Make these breakthrough moments into talismans that will serve as magical spells whenever you need rejuvenation in the future.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein had his priorities straight. This is what he said about his profession: “In philosophy the race is won by the one who can run slowest—the one who crosses the finish line last.” It’s my belief, Capricorn, that a similar rule should apply to you in the coming days—no matter what project you’re working on or goal you’re trying to accomplish. Proceed slowly enough to be absolutely thorough, meticulous and conscientious. As you make your way to the finish line, be as deep as you dare.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In

Samuel Beckett’s novel Molloy, the main character talks about a long overland journey he took on foot and by bicycle.

Before the trip, he had read somewhere that when people are lost in a forest, they often imagine they’re moving in a straight line when in fact they’re going in a circle. That’s why, during his own travels, he intentionally walked in a circle, hoping thereby to go straight.

Although this might sound like a loopy strategy, Aquarius, I think it will make sense for you to adopt it in the coming week. Your apparent path may be very different, maybe even opposite, to your actual path.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you

in competition with someone who is doing mediocre work? Do you find it incomprehensible that anyone would pay attention to that weak expression instead of flocking to your beautiful vibe?

If so, here’s my advice. Withdraw your attention from your inferior opponent.

Don’t waste a minute feeling jealous or resentful or incredulous. Instead, concentrate your energy on making your production so strong and smart and irresistible that you simply overshadow and overwhelm your rival’s.

you can call Rob brezsny for your expanded Weekly Horoscope: (900) 950-7700. $1.99 per minute. Must be 18 or older. Touchtone phone required. Customer service (612) 373-9785. and don’t forget to check out Rob’s website at www.realastrology.com.

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Light up, smoke out Abby Arika and her friends wanted a cool cocktail hangout that was closer to their Arden Arcade neighborhood than the Midtown scene. So, about a year ago, Arika, a businesswoman who formerly owned a moving company, created the nightspot she and her pals always wanted. “I thought it would be fun to open a bar and drink all day,” she jokes. Liaison Lounge and Restaurant (2667 Alta Arden Expressway), which shares a strip mall with a Christian bookstore, offers the requisite full bar and daily lunch specials, but also mixes in open-mic comedy nights, the occasional deejay and various community gatherings. And starting last month, the lounge turns its outdoor patio into a nighttime hookah den Wednesday through Saturday at 7 p.m.

Arika’s friends have returned the favor by holding their own events at the establishment. Her BFF even designed the sleek décor, mixing dark and light, with splashes of color coming from the shimmering gold lamps hanging overhead. Arika is hoping word of the lounge will spread and that she’ll soon be catering to even more new friends. Arika put down the pipe long enough to clear the air about hookah tobacco flavors, cayenne pepper and why you should smoke ’em even if you don’t got ’em.

You offer hookah smoking four nights a week. What brought this about?

Well, I wanted to have a bar that had a variety of entertainment. So, including our open-mic nights, we decided to have hookah. There isn’t another bar in the area where you can get drunk, smoke some hookah and listen to live entertainment.

How does it work?

It is $5 a session, which [lasts] until you run out of coal. [That typically] lasts about an hour or so. Usually for people that have never tried hookah, we’ll give them a free session.

Are you an avid hookah smoker?

I do it once in a while, since I am operator, cook, bartender and everything else. I don’t have much time to play, but I brought it to my lounge so others can have something fun to do at night. I love the crowd.

Weirdest thing you’ve ever smoked?

(Laughs.) Cayenne pepper. I was young and silly.

How did that even happen? Did you think it was something else?

Explain!

I rolled it up just like a joint. Just dusted the paper with the pepper and rolled it. It was

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a stupid idea, but that was the trend that was going on between my circle of friends.

It does not give you a high (laughs).

What happened after you smoked it?

It burned my throat so bad. I do not recommend it.

The first and only time I smoked hookah, both my cousin and I got headaches. Did we do it wrong?

(Laughs.) Trust me, to this day, I still do it wrong.

What hookah tobacco flavors do you offer?

We have different flavors, from papayamango, bubble gum to strawberry-citrus mint. The most popular is the After Sex. It could be due to the name.

What does the After Sex flavor taste like?

I’m actually a little worried how you’ll answer.

After Sex is a sweet, fruity and light flavor.

People say it is similar to Fruity Pebbles.

If you were a tobacco flavor, which one would you be?

I would be carrot.

I would be Shady Lady or Porn Star (laughs).

There’s an old photograph of my parents from the ’70s, sitting around a large hookah with goofy grins plastered on their faces. I suspect they were smoking something other than tobacco.

In the ’70s, with free love, they were most likely smoking wacky tobacky.

For April Fools’ Day, you advertised on your Facebook page a “firstever” male burlesque show next to a photo of a bunch of shaved beefcakes in cowboy hats. What kind of reaction did that get?

We had a great response, however, since it was an April Fools’ prank, we had many disappointed ladies.

Did anyone actually show up?

How disappointed were they?

Some women did show up. So, to show some sympathy, I made one of my employees strip a little for them. He’s an elderly gentleman—I’m just kidding. Ω For more information on Liaison Lounge and Restaurant, visit www.liaisonlounge.com.

Is “hookah” a funny word? It sounds like a funny word.

It almost sounds like “hooker,” doesn’t it?

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