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From Boston to Sacramento I had Monday off work and did usual morning things: dog walk, coffee, read the paper. A story about the Sacramento Kings drama seemed important; an essay by a Guantánamo Bay detainee stunned.

But then, three words overtook all others: Explosions. Boston Marathon. Reading those words didn’t feel real.

At this point, a few minutes after noon, there was nothing about the bombings on TV or online. Except on Twitter, where people shared a cellphone photo: a fireball draped in white smoke on a crowded sidewalk.

Soon, dozens more horrific photos. Then, a half-hour after the bombings, journalist Amalie Benjamin tweeted: “Boston.com staffer @stevesilva just came into the media center. He was right by the explosion.

He has video. He is shaking.”

Steve Silva stood in the middle of Boylston Street at the finish line videotaping marathoners when the first bomb ripped through the street. He ran toward the blast: dazzled faces, responders frantically tearing down fencing and blood. So much blood.

Three minutes after shooting the now-famous footage, Silva tweeted, “God help us.”

By 1 p.m. PST, cable and network TV caught up with Twitter. Wolf Blitzer hopped on air. Reporters interviewed witnesses, who likened the explosions to a war zone, “like being in Iraq.” The onslaught of news and speculation at once fed and numbed the shock.

I had to get away, so I went to grab lunch. On the way, faces of Sacramento runners I know filled my mind. Were any, for some reason, there? Were they OK? Then, inside a cafe, I saw an old co-worker, a marathoner, who I hadn’t seen in months.

He had been on my mind minutes earlier; it was good to see him.

It felt real, finally.

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Drink the Kool-Aid Re “Long live the Kings?” by Nick Miller (SN&R Feature Story, April 11): Ain’t speculation fun? Well, how’s about this? 1. The NBA approves the Sacramento Kings move to Seattle.

But since the letteR of city parents the week have apparently well-dowsed themselves in the “arena = development” Kool-Aid, 2. the league then offers the proposed partnership a new franchise.

Win-win, right? The owners protect their ownership interests from interference should they decide to sell their own teams in the future.

Meanwhile, if the deal falls apart here, it’s Sacramento’s fault.

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If the mayor loved music Re “Long live the Kings?” by Nick Miller (SN&R Feature Story, April 11): Last Saturday, I attended a moving performance by the Sacramento Philharmonic, [who played] to a packed house at the Community Center Theater. But public support for music and opera is withering here, while an unnecessary arena gobbles all of the hype, money (over $400 million) and

attention. The mayor’s priorities are upside down.

If Mayor Kevin Johnson were a music lover, we would have a better city. He could gain inspiration from visits to Auburn, Grass Valley and Nevada City with their vibrant downtowns and arts scenes.

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Good for business, bad for people Re “Sacramento County affordable housing in jeopardy” by Dave Kempa (SN&R Frontlines, April 11): I’m confused. Sacramento is woefully short on affordable-housing units, and the board of supervisors vote to reduce the percentage of units required to be built? The argument is that building desperately needed housing in our community is bad for business and the region’s well-being? If so, is business good and the region healthier having scores of people homeless and many more one paycheck away from joining them? What is their definition of “regional health”? Making as much money as these privileged companies can by building homes that low-income and first-time buyers can’t afford? What a bunch of nice people this crowd is.

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ccording to a recent study by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, men of color are the largest group of uninsured individuals in the United States. People of color represent a growing proportion of the population, but there continues to be disparity among African-American, Latino, Asian and Pacific-Islander men in getting access to health care.

To help address this problem, Hmong Women’s Heritage Center and the Southeast Asian Assistance Center formed a joint partnership in creating the Community Health Navigator program. Community Health Navigators go door to door in South Sacramento neighborhoods encouraging residents to gain access to health care programs they may qualify for. The program is funded by The California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities Initiative to promote and advocate healthy communities.

The program also provides transportation and interpreters to help facilitate the process.

Thao, executive director of Hmong Women’s Heritage Center, says several other barriers prevent men of color from being able to find coverage. Among them are linguistic and cultural barriers that may discourage men of color from seeking resources available to them.

“For example, it’s very hard for men — especially for men from Southeast Asian communities — to come out and admit that they have something or that they’re facing depression because it goes against their cultural stereotype of what the Southeast Asian man is,” Thao says. “That, in itself, is a cultural barrier in helping them access resources or even linking up to agencies like us that can provide access to the services they may need.”

Another barrier the Community Health Navigator program tries to overcome is the lack of education and awareness. Thao says many residents they work with do not know which resources are available to them. For younger men especially — Thao says they are unaware of what constitutes a chronic disease

or health concern. Often, they will wait until they absolutely have to visit a doctor.

“In the grand scheme of things, we tend to focus on health care for women and children before men, so there is a lack of advocacy,” Thao says. “But we walk them through the entire process and make sure they are comfortable and that they have everything they need.”

Thao adds that the work of Community Health Navigators is extremely important and without the Building Healthy Communities grant, it would not be possible for her organization to help men of color get connected with the health care system.

“It has allowed us to really spearhead this grass-roots movement,” Thao says.

“Our Navigators are not certified medical professionals — they are community members empowering other community members, and this grant has really allowed us to talk about what it means to live healthy and really emphasize that you don’t have to live in a nice area to be healthy.”

BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES In 2010, The California Endowment launched a 10-year, $1 billion plan to improve the health of 14 challenged communities across the state. Over the 10 years, residents, community-based organizations and public institutions will work together to address the socioeconomic and environmental challenges contributing to the poor health of their communities.

HMONG WOMEN’S HERITAGE CENTER’S COMMUNITY HEALTH NAVIGATOR PROGRAM Community Health Navigators with the Hmong Women’s Heritage Association connect community members in South Sacramento to the health care system.

“IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, WE TEND TO FOCUS ON HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN BEFORE MEN, SO THERE IS A LACK OF ADVOCACY.” While Hmong Women’s Heritage Center’s Community Health Navigator program primarily focuses on the Asian community in South Sacramento, the BHC Grant also funds outreach through La Familia to the Latino community and Always Knocking to AfricanAmericans living in South Sacramento.

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As climate change takes its toll on the planet, some wine production will migrate to cooler regions

Many Californians are familiar with fish-friendly wines, produced in vineyards that minimize the environmental impact on salmon by Alastair Bland and steelhead habitat.

But in the future, American consumers may also be seeking out wolf-friendly rieslings and grizzly-friendly cabernets, and we may see imported panda-friendly wines from China. That’s because agricultural regions important to food and wine production today are expected to shift northward as climate change takes its toll on the planet, according to a study recently conducted in part with UC Davis scientists.

The report, which studied only wine crops, concluded that those regions in parts of France, Chile, Australia and California that are esteemed for their wines today may eventually become unsuitable for growing quality grapes and that by the year 2050, currently uncultivated wild regions of Canada, China and Siberia could be prime wine zones. And other crops may be affected, too.

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The report, published recently in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, warns that populations of large mammals, like grizzly bears, gray wolves and giant pandas, could suffer if winemakers move into these animals’ respective habitats without using conservation-minded caution.

“The reason we still have grizzlies in Montana and Canada is that it’s mostly too cold there for agriculture, but that will change, and these places will soon be suitable for growing wine,” said the study’s lead author Lee Hannah, a UC Santa Barbara-based climate specialist with Conservation International. Hannah points out that the presence of national parks, like Yellowstone, Glacier and Banff, and other protected areas is not on its own enough to preserve large mammals. These creatures may be migratory and depend largely on corridors between the parks. These open areas are the lands into which farmers, including winemakers, may be planting their own roots in 30 years.

In California, Hannah says, increased wildlife conflicts with species such as black bears could result if winemakers push upslope out of the hot valleys to utilize cooler growing regions. Redwood trees in unprotected parts of Mendocino County may also lose ground if farmers decide they want the land.

But future water shortages are the hottest topic in the Central Valley. Louise Jackson, a professor and extension specialist with UC Davis’ Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, says the Sierra Nevada snowpack will probably shrink by between 60 and 90 percent from today’s average volume. Farmlands downstream could go dry.

“But this isn’t a disaster,” she says. “We just need to plan for it.”

Jackson says farmers must diversify their crops, planting new varieties and seeing which ones show signs of resistance to greater heat or drier conditions—an evaluation process that can take many years.

Cherries and other stone fruits that depend on periods of cold temperatures during their bloom periods could prove especially vulnerable to warming climate trends, she says.

Hijmans, meanwhile, speculates that since rice does very well in warm tropical regions, the Sacramento Valley’s rice industry could benefit from climate change.

“But that’s only if we still have enough water,” he said.

Jackson agrees with her colleagues’ study—that wild areas in Canada, Idaho and Montana will probably become important agricultural regions. But she says California’s unique mountain and valley topography may mean that local farmers will have no choice but to adapt.

“It’s not like we can just move everything due north several degrees,” says Jackson. “We have a unique climate here.

We have the Delta breeze, so it’s actually hotter if you go north to Redding.”

Plant experts with UC Davis and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are already thinking about bolstering food crops now grown in the state with genetic resistance to diseases and extreme environmental conditions. To do this, breeders will likely turn to the Wolfskill Experimental Orchards in Winters, home to thousands of varieties of tree fruits, including walnuts, stone fruits, persimmons, figs and grapes. The site, operated jointly by UC Davis and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, serves as a genetic library for preserving rare cultivars, while providing plant breeders with the material they need to create new varieties and hybrids—possibly with natural resistance to increased moisture, dryness and heat.

USDA plant geneticist Malli Aradhya, who has collected scores of new plant varieties for the Wolfskill orchard on

expeditions to Azerbaijan and Georgia, says climate change is almost certain to affect California’s growing regions, though no one is quite sure how.

“People are saying that natural ecosystems are already being shifted around, especially in marginal climates like those in Mediterranean regions,” Aradhya said. In such regions, he says—including California—“the changes caused by climate change will be amplified.”

In the Clarksburg wine appellation, located 15 to 30 miles due south of downtown Sacramento, John Beckett, president of the Clarksburg Wine Company, anticipates the most dramatic local effect of climate change to be sea-level rise. He notes that most low-lying Delta regions are protected by high levees, and so he isn’t concerned about floods in his vineyards—but Beckett is worried about the Peripheral Canal.

“It’s not like we can just move everything due north several degrees.

We have a unique climate here. We have the Delta breeze, so it’s actually hotter if you go north to Redding.”

Louise Jackson professor UC Davis Department of Land, Air and Water Resources “It’s a man-made threat, but if we build it and increase the volume of water we’re diverting from the Sacramento River, that will exacerbate the saltwater encroaching into the Delta from sea-level rise,” Beckett said.

Having a saltwater Delta, from which some farmers directly draw their water, “will not be good for agriculture,” he said.

Wine is hardly the only crop that will be affected by changing climate—but Hannah’s study used wine as the lens through which to view the world’s agriculture industries because “wine is very plugged into climate,” he explained.

Many grape growers—especially those in Europe—do not use irrigation but, instead, dry-farm. This means slight changes in precipitation and temperatures can be clearly and immediately seen in the behavior of the vines.

“Wine is a great bellwether for other crops,” he said. With data from temperature-forecasting models indicating that wine regions will shift poleward in coming decades, it’s a good bet, Hannah said, that “other crops will be moving, too.” Ω

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In the wake of low ticket sales, the Sacramento Ballet temporarily lays off four administrative employees As Gregory Smith can attest, art and commerce don’t always make great dance partners. by Raheem Just weeks away from what is typiF. Hosseini cally one of the Sacramento Ballet’s heavier performance months—not to ra h e e m h @ mention May’s expected announcene w s re v i e w . c o m ment of next year’s schedule—Smith, the company’s harried executive director, fielded calls from an empty office.

An unexpected cash crunch meant temporary layoffs for four full-time administrative employees last week, Smith confirmed. Smith added he was hoping to start welcoming the affected employees back as early as next week, but couldn’t promise that would be the case.

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“[The decision] won’t be locked in until the end of this week,” he told SN&R on Monday.

It wasn’t a perfect storm that caused the 59-year-old arts champion to buckle, but rather the absence of one.

The company’s performance of Ron Cunningham’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in March at the Community Center Theater brought in only a drizzle of paying customers, while annual donations and payouts from a couple sizable grants were delayed, leaving the Sacramento Ballet technically in the black, but short on actual green. Add in the ballet’s struggles to weather the current recession, and the pinch was on.

“Like any company, the ballet has a cyclical cash flow,” said treasurer Jeffrey T. Clair.

And there isn’t much wiggle room when one of the ballet’s in-studio shows falls short of box-office projections. It took roughly $160,000 to mount the three-night production of Midsummer, which in turn only recouped about $130,000.

“We’re very dependent on the cash flow from tickets sold,” Smith said.

“So, if any show comes up short, it causes a problem.”

Midsummer’s ticket bummer “caught us at a time when our donors had to delay their pledges as well,” Smith added.

Smith promised those donor bucks weren’t disappearing—they just weren’t coming in fast enough.

The same goes for the grants: One was delayed due to a miscalculation, while another was set back several weeks after the sponsor encountered some “individual family challenges,” Smith said.

The confluence of events put into play something the company began working on during last year’s budgeting process. It was then that the board of directors had staff develop detailed contingencies for what was becoming a regular springtime fallow period.

Once ballet administrators realized a minidrought was in store for the end of March through the end of April, the temporary layoffs were employed.

“Everybody on the administrative staff was onboard,” Smith said. “It was uncomfortable, to be sure … but we didn’t feel we could let the dancers go with [the performances coming up].”

Historical data and advanced ticket sales suggest the crunch will soon be over. The company’s upcoming Modern Masters: Proteges, for example, is currently on track for a ticket run comparable to the last four years, and the company is starting to see cash come in from its ballet school.

“We know what our revenue streams are going to be for now,” Smith said.

But Clair said the ballet is still digging its way out of a hole.

According to federal tax returns, the ballet reported $2.4 million in revenue in 2011, but more than $2.6 million in expenses, meaning a $272,894 loss.

“We like to think we’re climbing upward, but the overall state of the economy and charitable giving [to the arts] are cause for concern,” he told SN&R. The ballet is in the midst of developing a five-year strategic plan to figure out whether it can keep putting on large, mainstay performances with its own company of professional dancers.

“Or is there some other form we need to operate?” Clair wondered.

Back at the office, Smith will continue tap-dancing until he can bring his people back. His office still has next year’s schedule to plan and a new website to roll out.

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The blue and the green Democrats tackled the environment at the state party convention Fresh off an astounding string of nearly across-the-board victories in last November’s elections, California Democrats met in by Sacramento on April 12-14, to celebrate their successes and Dave Kempa clarify their policy agenda over the next two years. davek@ The left’s heavy hitters—among them Lt. Gov. Gavin newsre view.c om Newsom, California Attorney General Kamala Harris and philanthropic moneyman Tom Steyer—delivered speeches on issues such as the economy, gay marriage and immigration reform.

But with so much focus from the left on social and economic issues in recent months, some were gratified to see state Democrats take a strong stance on the environment.

“I’m especially pleased that we passed three environmental resolutions,” said RL Miller, co-president of the Democratic Club of the Conejo Valley and chair of this year’s environmental caucus. “Two of [those resolutions] … should be national priorities as well.”

The resolutions approved at the convention included a continued affirmation in support of the California Environmental Quality Act; support for an indefinite moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, a.k.a. “fracking”; and a collective message to President Barack Obama urging him to reject the tar-sands pipeline proposed as part of the Keystone XL system.

Billionaire Tom Steyer took a “Climate change hard line on environmental issues, is an economic urging a tax on oil companies working in the state. issue. It is not an Steyer has gained a reputation for environmental putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to the environment. issue.” In 2008, Steyer and wife Kat Taylor RL Miller donated $40 million to Stanford chairwoman, California Democratic University to create the TomKat Party environmental caucus Center for Sustainable Energy, and just last year, he put some $32 million into a campaign that helped change corporate taxes in a way that would bring in revenue for alternative energy.

Don Winters of the Yolo County Democratic Central Committee waxed enthusiastic about Steyer’s speech, adding that environmental issues aren’t only for state and national politics.

“It’s not just the rising of the seas,” he told SN&R. “It’s in local communities, too.”

Winters emphasized the Democratic Party’s position that new technologies for tamping out pollution and fighting climate change would create new jobs in local communities.

Miller agreed.

“I don’t like it when people talk about ‘jobs vs. the environment,’” she said. “Climate change is an economic issue. It is not an environmental issue.”

Maintaining a healthy environment, according to Miller, is inextricable from a healthy economy and a strong California.

“Otherwise,” she said, “the jobs being created are going to be jobs in Arkansas putting paper towels down on oil spills.” Ω

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Big Brother has been watching since 1949 when George Orwell’s book 1984 was published. He keeps getting better at it.

Orwell’s dystopia is bereft of privacy. “Newspeak” is the language perverted to mirror the policies of the totalitarian government overseen

by Big Brother, who peers relentlessly into every aspect of every citizen’s life.

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Still, 1984’s “telescreens” suggest computers don’t come close to the potential reach of the Internet. How much of ourselves do we reveal every day to anyone out there who cares to look? Is it just a bit of the thigh or the full Monty when we buy something through PayPal or create an online account at Macy’s or Zappos.com or win an eBay auction or just ping-pong around Facebook? Apparently, it’s closer to full-frontal identity than we might believe.

Alessandro Acquisti, a behavioral economist at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, was profiled

by The New York Times a few weeks ago in a story titled “Letting Down Our Guard With Web Privacy.” In a 2011 facial-recognition study, Acquisti showed it’s possible to figure out portions of someone’s Social Security number just by viewing a photograph of that person online.

Despite past privacy legislation including 2003’s grandly named California Online Privacy Protection Act, the Golden State—and the rest of the United States—is playing catch-up.

Big-time.

The number of apps is closing in on 1 million. Apps create privacy

challenges all their own. Like being able to secretly record calls made to other persons. Shooting clandestine photos or video. Allowing the owner’s physical location to be tracked or do the same to someone else.

At the moment, the only protection California has on mobile privacy is an agreement inked last year with app makers in which they pledge to abide by the rules of the 2003 privacy protection act, which says they must have a privacy policy and disclose it to consumers. Just a policy, not necessarily a consumer friendly one.

Compounding the situation, in February, the California Supreme Court ruled that a key part of the state’s privacy protection applies only to face-to-face credit-card transactions at, say, a local Mervyn’s or Weinstock’s department store. In other words, the law regulates a commercial model that no longer really exists.

Scary. Yet despite poll after poll showing Californians cherish their privacy and don’t want their personal stuff appropriated and used indiscriminately, we still leave a fairly easy-tofollow trail of personal information in our wake after even the most benign trip to the Internet.

So why aren’t state lawmakers protecting our identities? They are, but they can’t protect us from ourselves.

As already mentioned, for nearly 10 years California has required every website to post its privacy policy. In light of the Supreme Court ruling, a bill will likely go to the governor to clarify what kind of information can be required in online transactions.

Some protections might be placed on the sharing of digitized medical records.

But here’s what it all comes down to: Let’s say the choice is between buying what prompted us to jump on the Internet in the first place or reading densely worded small print and discovering as a result that if we buy what we want from this company it can then sell our info to direct marketers eager to target our particular demographic sweet spot.

Do we log off in a huff over this outrageous exploitation of our personal information? Or do we just click on that “down with it” box and go immediately to “checkout”?

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Whales and pols at play in the Cuban sun This is not a column where Jay-Z and Beyoncé get mentioned a lot—or ever. But it was mildly fun to watch the right-wingers flip out over Mr. Z and Ms. Knowles’ recent visit to Cuba earlier this month. Were the pop power couple trying to undermine our Cold War efforts just when we’ve almost got it won?

Sure, Bites gets that some of these “cultural ARvIn G exchange” trips—like the one Jay-Z and O Sm CO by Beyoncé took on their fifth wedding annicosmog@ n ewsrev iew.c om versary—are just a way for rich people to enjoy vacations a bit more exotic and taboo than the rest of us law-abiding, broke-ass citizens can manage. But so what? How is the Cuba embargo even still a thing?

Well, a Havana junket led by California superlobbyist Darius Anderson—with several California legislators in tow—has got our local right-wingers in a tizzy, too.

Anderson is sort of a star in his own right.

Chief bagman for Gray Davis and fundraiser for Willie Brown. Perhaps not coincidentally, developer of Treasure Island. His company, Platinum Advisors, has a diverse and powerful client base, including AT&T, Clear Channel Communications Inc., Pfizer Inc., PG&E and various Indian casino interests, to name a few. Anderson was also fined $500,000 by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in 2010, after a pay-to-play investigation involving investments in CalPERS and the New York employeepension system. (He admitted no wrongdoing.)

Anderson is variously described in the press as a heavy hitter, influence peddler, power broker, rainmaker, mover, shaker and insider’s insider. Mostly, Sacramentans just know him because of the basketball thing. Anderson is an investor in Downtown Plaza, a longtime friend of Ron “the Whale” Burkle and key player in the campaign to build a new publicly subsidized Sacramento Kings basketball arena downtown.

He also runs a nonprofit called Californians Building Bridges, which organizes trips to Cuba. His interest in the island appears to be connected to his obsession with all things Jack London. Long story, but an interesting one. The upshot is Anderson’s been collecting first-edition London items since he was a boy—we can all relate, right?—and when he learned that London honeymooned in Cuba, Anderson fell in love with the place, too.

Anyway, the trips are billed as humanitarian; there’s not much detail beyond that on the organization’s website. The trips do seem to be popular with political types. Willie Brown wrote in his column in the San Francisco Chronicle in the 2011 about one trip with Anderson, “who turns out to be very big in Cuban investments. So big, in fact, that the night he was missing from the group, he was dining with the president.”

Sounds very humanitarian.

An Anderson excursion over the Legislature’s spring break caught the attention

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Alas, “Darius Anderson has been taking members on these trips for 10 years. It’s no secret,” explained Craig Swaim, chief of staff to Republican Assemblyman Katcho Achadijan of San Luis Obispo County, one of eight state legislators to make the pilgrimage last month. Swaim also told Bites that the assembly member paid his own way on the trip, at considerable personal expense, as did other legislators.

Still, the right-wingers raise a good question. Embargo or no embargo, why are state legislators traveling to any Caribbean island with Darius Anderson? And who went on the trip?

The only other legislator to confirm attending is Democrat Cathleen Galgiani, state senator from Stockton. Swaim confirmed other legislators were there but wouldn’t name them.

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Embargo or no embargo, why are state legislators traveling to any Caribbean island with Darius Anderson?

California legislators don’t have much to do with Cuban policy, so what did they talk about to pass the time? Indian casinos? Streamlining environmental laws to make it easier to build pro-basketball arenas?

“As a policy, we do not publicly announce information about individual members of the delegation, regardless of their occupation, except as required by federal law,” said Californians Building Bridges spokesperson Jason Kinney, in a statement emailed to Bites. “These are non-governmental educational exchanges with the people of Cuba, not policy trips—which means that no policy issues are discussed and certainly none relating to anything going on in Sacramento.”

So there’s that. We can’t know which lawmakers went on Anderson’s supersecret, socialist, tropical-island getaway, but we can rest assured that no lobbying went down.

Bites is not saying that members of our little local city council are in over their heads, doing arena business with a guy who bankrolls top politicians, takes California lawmakers to Cuba and has a half-million to spend to make Andrew Cuomo go away. All that goes without saying.

It’s just fun to learn a little something about your traveling companions. And Anderson is a trip. Ω

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Earth is a tier-one planet Earth Day should be a blue-chip holiday This Monday, April 22, I will be celebrating my 34th Earth Day. Now, as a holiday, Earth Day has had some good years and some really bad years. But in general, Earth Day has been a second-tier holiday, behind such monster celebrations as Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, New Year’s Day and, of course, Christmas. But at least it’s still staying ahead of such third-rate holidays as Boss’s Day. Why can’t Earth Day make it to the top? l One major reason is the lack of corporate

by JEff VonKAEnE sponsorship. Hallmark, one of the most dependable j ef f v@n ewsreview.c om of holiday sponsors, has expressed little interest in Earth Day. Ignoring Earth Day, Hallmark continues to support losers like Boss’s Day and Administrative Professionals Day (which, by the way, is coming up on April 24).

And a day cannot be a blue-chip holiday without significant corporate backing. Where would Valentine’s Day be without Kay Jewelers, Mother’s Day without See’s Candies and Christmas without just about every top retail business lending Earth Day is their support?

If Earth Day is going to climb the only holiday to the top tier, it must line up some corporate backing. This will that has a major major be difficult, but not impossible. television network We need to think creatively. I think New York Life Insurance attacking it. Company should do a campaign: “Protect both your children’s future and their Earth.” Or environmentally friendly Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. could run a campaign: “Your beer for the future—drink Pale Ale on Earth Day!” The list of potential corporate sponsors is endless. But we need to make it a reality.

Elevating Earth Day’s profile does have some unique challenges. Earth Day is the only holiday that has a major television network attacking it. This is both odd and sad. I am, of course, referring to global warming and Fox News.

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The New York Times and other media would then, in all fairness, be obligated to run stories such as, “Does motherhood exist? Some say yes and some say no.” I can only imagine the damage this type of coverage would do to Mother’s Day. Despite its second-tier status as a holiday, our future Jeff vonKaenel is the president, depends on the Earth’s survival. Please enjoy this special CEO and Earth Day issue of the News & Review. And please come majority owner of by the Sacramento Earth Day celebration at Southside Park the News & Review (located at 2115 Sixth Street near U Street) on Sunday, newspapers in Sacramento, April 21, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Earth Day may be a tierΩ Chico and Reno. two holiday, but the Earth is a tier-one planet.

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An appreciation Leon Lefson, 1914-2013 I am a fortunate man. For the past 20 years, Leon Lefson of Sacramento, 98, who passed away on April 5, was a dear friend. A fighter for justice near and far, he left a deep by Seth Sandronsky and lasting imprint on me.

Leon was born on November 25, 1914, moving to a local freelance writer and frequent Sacramento in the 1950s. He set the bar high in his tradecontributor to SN&R mark way of loving understanding. Leon’s calm manner of listening and responding helped me to get a grip on myself during trying times with others in Sacramento’s “left” activist community.

See, I have a (male?) tendency to act first and think last. This behavior works against cooperation, the basis of policies and politics of, by and for justice, which I support.

Leon’s wisdom and words helped me, on more than one occasion, to walk away from escalating what some call circular firing squads. They are cause and effect of activist groups that lack power, an occupational hazard.

Always, Leon listened to my side of the story. “ I see, Seth,” he would say. Leon convinced me to keep my eyes on the long-term struggle, to see the short-term as a vital step in that I heeded his call.

Leon Lefson process.

I have not had many role models. shared the Yet Leon was one of mine. His sensibility for me was familylike. And that lessons of sentiment was mutual.

My fond spot for Leon flowed, no landmark social doubt, in part from his origin. He and movements his family came from the same place time as my late parents and their with younger and kin. They were American Jews of people such as immigrant parents who arrived by boat in New York. During this time, mainme. His rays of stream racism raged against Jewish inspiration gave people, stereotyped as a separate and, yes, nonwhite race, based on centuries me hope for a of bigotry and in the 20th century, a science of eugenics. more humane so-called As a result, Leon supported the society. struggles of underdogs here and abroad in their fights for justice. For example, he was ahead of the curve in American Jewish public opinion as a proponent of the Palestinian people seeking human rights under Israeli apartheid.

A memorial service Leon and my parents came of age in the Great for Leon Lefson is Depression of the 1930s, when labor unions fought set for Saturday, for and won Social Security and unemployment insurJune 1, at the ance. Leon lived through that tumult as the ninth of 10 Unitarian Universalist siblings.

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Leon was a treasure trove of insight on what regular people can do when they put their minds and shoulders together. His was the communal spirit of the Occupy movement and Arab Spring.

Leon’s deep generosity and humanity improved me.

For that, I am in his debt. Leon is gone, but my good fortune to have been his friend remains. Ω

Three for the Earth It’s easy to get disheartened by what’s happening to the Earth. Scientists have warned for decades that the planet is warming and that we must cut back drastically on the greenhouse-gas emissions (mostly carbon) that are causing our atmosphere to deteriorate. But the governments of the world have done relatively little to mitigate and adapt, though human civilization as we know it hangs in the balance.

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A recently released report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals the cool news that “green jobs” have grown nationally, from 2010 through 2011, at a rate four times faster than all other industries combined. The study defines green jobs as those that “produce goods or provide services that benefit the environment” or “jobs in which workers’ duties involve making their establishment’s production processes more environmentally friendly.”

Though clean-energy jobs are still a small part of the U.S. employment scene overall—it accounted for only about 3.4 million jobs in 2011—it’s stunning to see this sector growing faster than everything else, even health care.

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Eva Butler (far left) is the founder of Sacramento Splash, an environmental-education program based at the old Mather Air Force Base. Part of Butler’s mission is to preserve the region’s vernal pools, located approximately 1,300 acres south of the base’s airfield.

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The region’s vernal pools have flourished for thousands of years. Now, threatened by county mismanagement and development, they’re threatened with extinction.

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lat and brown and kind of scorched. That’s one way of seeing the landscape around Sacramento.

But for famed naturalist and writer John Muir, the Central Valley in 1868 was “one sweet bee-garden throughout its length.” Where we see grasslands now, the landscape might have been better described as “flowerlands,” and he wrote that walking across the valley was like “wading through liquid gold.”

“The Great Central Plain of California, during the months of March, April, and May, was one smooth, continuous bed of honeybloom, so marvelously rich that, in walking from one end of it to the other, a distance of more than 400 miles, your foot would press about a hundred flowers at every step.”

But even in Muir’s time, that landscape was disappearing fast. He observed that “of late years plows and sheep have made sad havoc in these glorious pastures, destroying tens of thousands of the flowery acres like a fire.”

There is, however, a little bit of Muir’s landscape left, bursting with color and life, if you know where to look, and when. Vernal pools are some of the last best pieces of it that still exist.

For now.

These unique ecosystems have survived for hundreds of thousands of years, although the landscape around them has been radically transformed. In fact, 90 percent of the Central Valley’s unique vernal pools have been plowed under or paved over. Mismanagement and development endanger what remain.

“This special place is deteriorating,” says Eva Butler, a local champion for vernal pools. “If this continues much longer, these resources aren’t going to be here.”

Living Laboratories, windows to the past Here and there, people like Butler are trying to save what’s left of the Valley’s vernal-pool landscape.

Butler is founder of Sacramento Splash, an environmental-education program based at the old Mather Air Force Base. Most weekdays from February through April, groups of students gather at Splash’s headquarters on Excelsior Road.

They trundle out to the field, under the expert tutelage of Butler or one of the other guides, to peer into the pools, catalog flowers and count critters. These small bodies of water are uniquely compact outdoor laboratories, ranging in size from puddles to small lakes. What they all have in common is that they are ephemeral—wet in the winter, dry in the summer.

“Each is an intact ecosystem. It’s just the right scale,” says Butler.

SN&R first interviewed Butler about the Mather pools more than a decade ago, in 2001.

She’s since handed the reins of the Splash

organization to her daughter Emily, and now splits her time between Sacramento and Maine, where she lives with her husband. But her enthusiasm for Mather, its natural beauty and its educational value is undiminished.

“There are so few places for most kids to study science in the outdoors and experience nature firsthand,” she explains. And she’s convinced that if fifth graders learn to appreciate special places like this, they will continue to value them and work to protect them as adults.

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After Mather Air Force Base was closed in 1993, this stretch of the base—about 1,300 acres south of the Mather airfield and out to Zinfandel Road—was designated as a vernal-pool preserve.

Unfortunately, the county still doesn’t have an approved management plan or the money to protect the Mather pools. More on that in a bit.

When SN&R visited Mather a few weeks ago, amphibians were abundant in and around the pools. Throughout the season, you can find Western toads and Pacific chorus frogs and the occasional salamander here. By summer, the pools will be dry and inhospitable to such wetskinned creatures.

Ducks and geese like to snack in the bigger pools. Little mouselike creatures called voles have worn crisscrossed pathways into the grass between pools, as they try to avoid the hungry hawks, kestrels and other birds of prey that cruise the skies above.

Here and there, orange-ish mounds of soil signal the presence of pocket gophers. Butler waves some students over and explains that even something as unassuming as a gopher mound will become part of the show in a few weeks.

“These gopher tufts will create a little microhabitat. Then, later, you’ll see this field of goldfields, punctuated by a tuft of pink monkey flowers,” she enthuses.

The life cycle of a vernal pool is boom and bust. In the summer, the pools are dry and drab. In the winter rainy season, they flood; the underlying hardpan keeps the water from draining away.

Top: Butler, pictured with her back to the camera, talks to her pupils about the different kinds of vernal-pool plant life.

The wetlands, which have flourished in this spot for hundreds of thousands of years, are now threatened with extinction.

The aquatic phase begins, seemingly cold and dead. But late in January and into February, the pools transform again. Vernal-pool buttercups begin to sprout along the bottom of the pool.

Soon, the water teems with crustaceans like tadpole shrimp and fairy shrimp, and others specially evolved for this habitat, which have lain dormant in the baked mud all summer, waiting for the rainy season to release them.

Splash has special permits from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to scoop some water out of the pools, so the students can do a proper inventory: copepods, flatworms, frog tadpoles, crab shrimp—the list goes on, Butler explains. “Half of the things you find in vernal pools are found only in vernal pools.”

In fact, some of these special crustaceans were on the planet even before the first fish.

Accordingly, today they are only found in spots where fish cannot live—like the salty waters of Mono Lake, or in vernal pools which are otherwise dry most of the year.

As the weather warms and the rains subside, the water begins to evaporate. By

Bottom: Downingia, seen here through the magnifying glass, is one of many types of flowers that appear when the vernal pools bloom to life every spring.

early April, many of them are dry and boasting bright rings of flowers—the blue downingia, tiny popcorn flowers with their white petals and yellow centers no bigger than a letter on a printed page, and blue lupins. In between pools are great stretches of fryingpan poppies, smaller and yellower than their more famous cousin, the California poppy.

Some of these flowers, like the meadowfoam, downingia and another vernal-pool native called goldfields, each have their own specialist bee species, which collect pollen only from that particular vernal-pool flower to feed to their offspring. These pairings are the product of millions of years of co-evolution. One sweet bee garden, indeed.

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There are different theories about why vernal-pool flowers grow in rings. Some scientists speculate it’s because some species are genetically suited to grow at certain depths of water. Some of the varieties found include (left to right) vernal pool goldfields, winter vetch and white hyacinth.

There are different theories about why these flowers grow in rings. Some scientists think that some species are genetically suited to sprout at certain depths of water. Plant ecologist John Gerlach speculates that it may have more to do with the ducks, who dabble in the bottom of the pools and churn up the seeds and sprouts, which then ripple out to the banks and form flower rings later on.

Whatever explains the striking pattern, the flowers only last a few weeks. Eventually, the moisture and the green will be gone, and these pools will return to the brown and burnt landscape of summer.

The gently undulating hills here were all created by the coming and going of water. The pools and swales are the result of great alluvial fans of sediment and rock that were pushed around by an ancient and now-departed river.

As this ancestral American River flowed and changed its course, it carved three distinct terraces into the land. The upper is the oldest terrace, formed perhaps 250,000 years ago.

The “youngest” part of the landscape, down by the Mather airport runway, is a mere 50,000 years old.

Gerlach, who visited the vernal-pool areas at Mather with SN&R in March, says that 50,000 years ago, grizzly bears and elk roamed the area.

There was no grass then; that only came when farming and cattle were introduced. Gerlach points out what at first looks like some tall grass, a little higher than the rest of the plants around.

The shoots are round and smooth and leathery.

These are a native species, a kind of lily.

“Where we’re standing right now, there would be grizzly bears just ripping through here and eating the bulbs of these lilies. Bears are like big pigs.” Native Americans would collect the lilies, too, using digging sticks, and then roast them.

Then came the plows and the sheep and the cows. Irrigation ditches changed the hydrology of the valley, flower lands were converted to grasslands. At low elevation near the river, where the soil is most fertile, vernal pools were wiped out.

“The low ones are mostly all gone, due to rice farming and building,” says Gerlach.

On higher ground, where the soil wasn’t fertile enough to farm, grazing cattle tromped and smeared the features of the landscape. The taming and draining of the Central Valley and the great grass invasion “was the biggest conversion of habitat on the planet,” says Gerlach.

The conversion is still happening. New invasive species are cropping up. Gerlach spots some waxy manna grass, which looks just like a weedy grass that might pop up in your lawn.

“This is a vernal pool killer,” he says, pulling out a clump of the noxious stuff.

Elsewhere, the pools are threatened by a weed called medusahead, which looks a bit like tiny brittle fish bones atop a long stalk. The list of nonnative species goes on: Filaree, hawkbit and Italian thistle are all moving in.

“There [were] once magnificenT pools ThaT [had] been here for 100,000 or 200,000 years. you can’T even find Them anymore. The pace of change has been ThaT fasT.” Eva Butler founder, Sacramento Splash

And in the last few years, they’ve begun to threaten vernal pools that had been pristine before. Butler thinks it might be because there hasn’t been enough rain. “Last year was the worst year I’ve ever seen.”

Saving the beSt and laSt Butler says the change in the last decade has been dramatic. “There [were] once magnificent pools that [had] been here for 100,000 or 200,000 years. You can’t even find them anymore. The pace of change has been that fast,” she says.

This area needs active management.

Hand-pulling of weeds, some carefully chosen herbicide, some meticulously timed burning, maybe some goats—there are several tools in the toolbox. “We know how to do this stuff,” says Butler.

But there’s been no plan and no money. As part of the conversion of the base, which was closed in 1993, Sacramento County agreed to create a vernal-pool preserve of about 1,200 acres. It’s just one piece of a complex reuse plan for the 5,000-acre base that includes an airport, commercial development and lots of suburban housing.

The preserve exists on paper. But the management plan is still not in place, 20 years later. County economic-development officials say that execution has taken so long, in part, because it’s just one piece of the drawn-out conversion. The last parcel of base property was only officially transferred from the Air Force to the county this year.

The plan is also in some way dependent on the ongoing development of the base, and development everywhere ground to a halt during the recession. Then, add in the time it takes for several bureaucracies to coordinate anything.

“We really took our time and worked closely with the agencies to produce a wetlands-management plan like the region has never seen,” said Clark Whitten, Mather’s program manager for the county’s office of Economic Development and Marketing.

The actual management, whether it be burning, grazing or other methods, will be funded by new residential development around the south part of the base.

The developer will be required to pay fees for the preserve upfront before construction begins.

But when that will be is anyone’s guess. “It’s really market driven,” says Whitten.

Butler is hopeful that a plan may finally be coming together—county staff expects to ask the board of supervisors to approve it this summer.

“Preserves require constant vigilance and active management,” she says, adding that she believes action to combat the weed invasion “cannot wait another season.”

Elsewhere, a different kind of invasion threatens much of the remaining vernal-pool habitat. “Every development project proposed in Sacramento County sits on top of vernal pools,” says plant biologist Carol Witham, president of the Sacramento Valley chapter of the California Native Plant Society.

Witham ticks off the names of the development projects now in the pipeline with Sacramento County or the city of Rancho Cordova, projects like Cordova Hills, SunCreek, NewBridge. “It’s tens of thousands of acres of new development,” Witham says, adding she’s “seen no evidence” that the massive amounts of development are needed. There’s plenty of developable land closer in to the already-built urban areas and existing infrastructure—if we need it. “And we have a surplus of housing and commercial development. Enough to meet our needs for the next 20 years.”

The Environmental Council of Sacramento is suing the county for approving the controversial Cordova Hills housing development on the east side of Grant Line Road, slamming it as “classic leapfrog development.” It also straddles some of most pristine vernal-pool habitat in the county.

“These are a loci of tremendous diversity.

More diverse than the Galápagos Islands,” says Sean Wirth, a member of the ECOS board.

“We’ve modified and modulated everything. The vernal pool is one of the last hydrologies that is still intact.”

The Sacramento County Planning Division estimates that there are about 3,800 acres of

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vernal pools left in the south and east portions of the county. Environmentalists and county planners are hopeful that the South Sacramento Habitat Conservation Plan, once it’s finally adopted later this year, will help to protect existing pools. It will provide a mechanism through which development fees can help fund restoration and preserves in areas off-limits to development.

In 2010, county planners estimated that a little more than 300 acres of vernal pools in the south and east county would be lost to development, or at least “impacted” by it. That’s about 10 percent of what remains. County officials warn that those numbers are being updated and may change. And they don’t take into account pools that could be lost for other reasons.

Agricultural operations, such as plowing and converting open space to vineyards, can also lead to their destruction. And those 300 acres include just “wetted” pools. The health of vernal pools is also dependent on the land around it—the uplands. The numbers are still being finalized, but overall, the plan anticipates that roughly 35,000 acres of grasslands, wetlands (including vernal pools) and open space will be protected by the HCP. But another 35,000 acres will be impacted by development.

“Ironically, whatever management and preservation the county ultimately does will be funded by development of other vernal pools,” says Wirth. A lot of pools will be lost in the process.

“It’s about protecting the right pools, and making sure they are linked to each other,” says Leighann Moffitt, planning director for Sacramento County.

As development moves forward in the east county, Moffitt says the plan is to create

connected vernal-pool areas between the new subdivisions. For example, Moffitt says the developer of Cordova Hills is being asked to set aside 400 to 500 acres of vernal pools. These will be connected to vernal-pool preserves at the NewBridge project and at SunCreek. The heart of this extended corridor will be the Mather preserve.

The developers don’t have to participate in the HCP; it’s strictly voluntary. But that would mean having to negotiate separately with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the state water board and other regulators in order to get development permits.

Developers who go it alone might wind up having to spend more money and protect more acreage—and the county would find it that much harder to coordinate, connect and save the “right pools” and the best habitat.

Meanwhile, “the inventory of vernal pools keeps dwindling,” says Witham. And with it the little bit of the landscape that existed just 100 years ago.

For example, one University of the Pacific graduate student last year submitted a master’s degree thesis identifying 12 previously unidentified species of crustaceans found in pools around the Sacramento region.

“What else might we be losing by paving this over?” asks Witham.

Gerlach says that people may underestimate the importance of Sacramento’s wetlands landscape because it’s not dramatic.

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The young men in question chat up a pair of 20-something women in clubby dresses as Barton, founder of a seduction start-up called Sac Pick Up, scribbles furiously into two notebooks and smashes an umbrella against the table any time one of his lotharios-intraining does something he doesn’t like.

His “thumpbrella,” Barton calls it.

Now, Barton doesn’t look like the sort you’d expect to be running a boot camp on picking up women. The 32-year-old political-science graduate is long and lanky with a rangy scruff lining the contours of his narrow face and has the fashion sense of an Intel employee on casual Friday.

He has small, mischievous eyes; a high, pale forehead; and the flappy body language of someone playing a flimflam in a silent picture.

It’s not that Barton is unattractive or without a kind of hyphy charm; it’s just that, as love gurus go, he’s no Ryan Gosling.

But that’s exactly the point of the online-driven “seduction community”

to which Barton and thousands of other average dudes belong.

It all started with a book. In 2005, journalist Neil Strauss penned The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists. As the title suggests, the book was all about Strauss’ efforts to go deep undercover in these “underground seduction lairs,” where formerly awkward misfits developed tactics for wooing the stunners that ignored them back in high school. In these lairs, these men pseudo-intellectualized romance in a low-rent—yet surprisingly effective— sort of way. The book blew up, and Strauss went on to create a new offshoot of the seduction submovement.

One of the author’s main figures was Erik von Markovik, a pale beanpole who called himself “Mystery” and dressed like the magician he once was.

Von Markovik wore guyliner and black silk scarves and taught himself how to go from zero to hero with the ladies, and broke his process down in his 2007 douche de résistance, The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed. The book spawned a VH1

reality show, and soon, other “pickup artists” sprouted up in Los Angeles, San Francisco and elsewhere, sometimes charging luckless men thousands of dollars to show them how to talk to women.

What was once a subversive, kind of weird phenomenon grew into a slightly less subversive, still-weird phenomenon.

And now websites exist just to decode the jargon favored by its followers— terminology such as “bottom bitch,” “chick crack” and “chode crystal”—the latter describing a group of male wallflowers bringing down the energy of a bar or club with their lameness.

Barton, who currently works at a tech start-up company, never took one of the boot camps. But after reading a different book on the subject, the self-proclaimed pickup artist decided to create his own after fine-tuning his method. His day job, after all, has yet to turn into a moneymaker.

“I figured I could either get a regular job or I could just teach a bunch of dudes how to hit on chicks,” he says with a laugh.

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“IT’S JuST lIKE lEARnInG MATH OR STuDyInG lITERATuRE, BuT unfORTunATEly, IT’S nOT SOMETHInG THAT GETS TAuGHT AT SCHOOlS. AnD THE TRAGIC THInG IS fATHERS DOn’T PASS THIS On TO THEIR SOnS.” Bryan Barton founder, Sac Pick Up

The nascent Sac Pick Up is the fruit of such grand ambitions.

Like so many practitioners of the “art,” Barton wasn’t always smooth with the opposite sex.

“I never had a date in high school or my first two years of college,” says Barton, a Bella Vista High School grad who attended both American River and Sierra community colleges before transferring to UC San Diego. “I was a very slow bloomer.”

But then, Barton—who goes by “Double B”—read a copy of Ron Louis and David Copeland’s How to Succeed With Women, and felt like the authors were writing directly to him. He says the book taught him to stop playing the self-deprecating therapist to the women he was interested in. In other words, to stop being the suppliant nice guy.

Barton segued online, where the selfhelp philosophies of von Markovik and Strauss armed him with gimmicks and inside-baseball terms such as “peacocking” and “negging.”

Now, after five years, this ladies’ man is ready to teach others.

“Eventually, it just became like The Matrix: I started seeing everything in ones and zeroes,” Barton says of breaking through to a head space where macking on women is second nature. “It’s just like learning math or studying literature, but unfortunately, it’s not something that gets taught at schools. And the tragic thing is BEFORE

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fathers don’t pass this on to their sons.”

Which brings us back to Dive Bar. This is the third night of Sac Pick Up’s second four-day boot camp. For the first two classes, Barton took his wannabe Don Juans to Arden Fair mall and Starbucks to work on their “day games.”

Only two students made this Saturday’s night session, both of whom attended Barton’s first boot camp the week prior.

One of the participants, a 23-year-old Jordanian named Jonathon, shows his “target” a bit too much affection, which, in the parlance of the philosophy being taught here, is called “kinoing.” It’s a loose derivation of the word “kinesthetic” and is all about building comfort through touching. In this case, though, the woman responds to Jonathon’s light caresses by folding herself up like a lawn chair.

Eventually, she leaves.

Barton informs Jonathon he didn’t “neg” the lady enough. To neg is when you pay a pretty girl a backhanded compliment to level the playing field, says one former pickup coach from the Bay Area.

“It’s also one of the most debatable topics in the community, since no one uses them anymore,” says Scott “Gonzo” Bruner. “Except your Sactown buddies.”

Jonathon and his fellow classmate both came to the seduction community separately about five months ago. They applied the tricks they learned from online forums, but say Barton’s boot camp ratcheted up their success rate. One of them even knocked out an “SNL” recently, which is an abbreviation for “same night lay.”

Both guys are young and good looking in their distinctive ways. Jonathon is compact with a boxer’s build and

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friendly, open face. Mason is tall and sculpted. He prefers louder atmospheres like Dive Bar, where he doesn’t have to talk much and can rely on his body language. Jonathon likes the lowpressure day scene. He seems sweet and impressionable.

Two women observing the scene nearby worry that the men are learning bad habits. And what about that? With its sometimes misogynistic terminology and questionable approaches to scaling down a woman’s confidence, does the new seduction game amount to clever manipulation? Barton doesn’t think so.

He says it’s all about instilling his men—one pupil is 39 and divorced— with confidence and teaching them to be the best versions of themselves. A couple students are in this for true love, after all, and Barton’s just trying to show them how to hook that “high-value target.”

“What do I say over and over again?” he asks his nodding students. “Never lie.”

A disco-ball necklace swings from his neck, and a stuffed turtle sticks out of his pocket. A week before, Barton wore a vest made of credit cards. That’s an example of extreme peacocking, he says.

Mid-chat, Barton spies a bachelorette party getting seated just across the way.

Never one to miss an opportunity, he strides over to the group, hunches just above the lap of the woman of the hour and starts twerking like a young Steve Martin getting electrocuted. Some of the bridesmaids laugh, a few adopt polite grins that seem to say, “How long is this going to last?”

As Barton wriggles, Jonathon and Mason are asked whether their sensei does this kind of thing often.

“Oh, yeah,” Jonathon enthuses, “he’s amazing.”

Barton returns with a victorious smile.

“See, they’re starting to dance, and I’m the one who started it,” he says, though the women aren’t moving yet.

“Now I’m the life-of-the-party guy.”

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Contrary to the opinion of many living outside the City of Trees, Sacramento is an art town, not a cow town. With iconic painters such as Gregory Kondos and professional skateboarders who moonlight as artists, everyone here seems to dabble in the painterly arts.

Everyone, that is, except me.

Sure, I’ve watched the late Bob Ross litter canvases with his “happy little trees” on the classic PBS television show The Joy of Painting. And yes, it did inspire me to attempt to recreate one of his paintings—with tragic results. In an attempt to overcome my penchant for doodling stick figures and rendering landscapes filled with sad little trees, I stumbled on Happy Hour Paints—a mobile painting outfit that launched in May 2012, with the promise to bring out the artiste in anyone.

The gig is simple: Happy Hour Paints (www.happy hourpaints.com) puts on events at area bars and restaurants with local artists providing step-by-step instruction through the mechanics of completing a painting. Best of all, you don’t have to schlep around your own supplies: HHP provides everything—paints, brushes, canvases, smocks and easels.

And so, looking to channel my inner Bob Ross—sans Afro—I rounded up a posse of three willing souls and set out to unleash my artistic talents at a recent event at The Red Rabbit Kitchen & Bar. Because who wants to humiliate themselves alone?

Oh, and did I mention the happy hour part?

Held during arguably the best time of the day to quaff—the witching hours between the end of the workday and dinner—most, if not It’s time to let your inner Bob Ross shine. all, events include one drink ticket to get creative juices flowing. The Red Rabbit gang offered up a decent selection of munchies and craft cocktails off its regular menu, including my personal favorite, the Monte Carlo, an amber-hued concoction of rye whiskey, Benedictine and Angostura aromatic bitters.

With cocktails in tow, an artist’s palette loaded with brilliant hues of paint and a blank canvas before us, we set out to create our masterpieces—a landscape titled “Snowy Mountain.” As our instructor, Dave McIntosh, guided us stroke-by-stroke through the process, the room buzzed with artistic fervor as we attempted to mirror every swath of color McIntosh laid down on his canvas.

Well, most of us attempted to copy his techniques— one of the more artistically inclined members of my art posse chose to spiff up her landscape with a buoyant hot-air balloon. Show off!

While HHP events cost more than a round drinks at your favorite watering hole (between $35 and $45, depending on the painting and location), the two-and-ahalf hours I spent toiling away on my creation whizzed by amid loads of laughter and booze—even if my handiwork only ends up gracing the walls of my grandmother’s house instead of the Crocker Art Museum. Bob would be proud.

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18THURS DON’T MISS! AFRICAN-AMERICAN MIGRATION HISTORIES OF LOCAL RESIDENTS: Local res-

idents share family histories of migration from the South and how these migrations shape their life stories. Panelists include Sarah Gray, Joyce Gordon, Kevin Mitchell and Joseph Singleton. It’s moderated by Felicienne Ramey. Th, 4/18, 6:30pm. Free. Nelson Gallery, 1 Shields Ave. in Davis; (530) 752-8500.

Sports & Recreation 5K FUN RUN: The Sacramento State University 5K Fun Run is an event for everyone, no matter your physical level or ability. This is an enjoyable run that takes participants through the Sacramento State University campus. All students, faculty, staff and community members of all ages are welcome to sign up and be a part of this university tradition. Th, 4/18, 6pm. $23-$29.

Sacramento State, 6000 J St.; (916) 278-2244; https://union wellinc.webconnex.com/ sacstate5k.

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DON’T MISS! TOKYO STRING QUARTET SAYS FAREWELL: The renowned

Tokyo String Quartet is on its farewell tour and has included Sacramento State University on its list of concert stops. The group will perform Mozart, Schubert and “Farewell”—a work written for this tour—as part of the school’s New Millennium Concert Series.

F, 4/19, 7:30pm. $10-$40.

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

Special Events WORD UP PUB CRAWL: This spring fling is the perfect way to meet new people and learn about the social sports and singles activities coming up this spring from Radii 150. Each contestant will receive a Scrabble tile.

Participants then join with other people to form words, take pictures, and post them for possible prizes. The event eventually moves to Republic Bar and Grill.

F, 4/19, 6pm. $10. Coyote Tap House, 801 H St.; (916) 549-9887.

Concerts A VOCAL JAZZ RECITAL: Tap your toes to the music of the Sierra College Evening Vocal Jazz Ensembles, directed by Sarah McQueen-Cunningham, and the Sierra College Jazz Voices, directed by Greg McLaughlin, as they present an upbeat evening of contemporary vocal jazz.

The event will be at Rocklin Campus D (Walker Hall). F, 4/19, 7:30-9:30pm. $4-$12. Sierra College, 5000 Rocklin Rd. in

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DON’T MISS! SMELL THE ROSES:

The award-winning Sacramento Historic Rose Garden will host its annual open house with sales of rare old roses, rose merchandise, garden tours and a silent auction. Thousands of old-fashioned, fragrant roses will be in bloom amidst beautiful Victorian monuments and statues in the Historic City Cemetery.

Native plant and perennial gardens will also be on display. Sa, 4/20, 9:30am-2pm.

Free. Old City Cemetery, 1000 Broadway; (916) 448-0811; www.cemeteryrose.org.

Special Events SHOULD RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT BE SEPARATE?: A former evangelical pastor and now the co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Dan Barker is an atheist and advocate of freethought; he will be talking about the separation of church and state. The talk will be followed by a guided discussion and Q-and-A. Sa, 4/20, 2pm. $12. Sacramento State Mendocino Hall, 6000 J St. Room 1005; (916) 278-6166; www.secularstudents.org/csus.

organisms. Sa, 4/20, 10-11:30am. $3.50. Sierra College, 5000 Rocklin Rd. in Rocklin; (916) 660-7923; www.sierracollege.edu.

Concerts SAC TAIKO PRESENTS AKIRA & RAIYA KATOGI: This concert will include a full program of traditional folk music from across Japan, including traditional Shinto works, folkloric pieces, street performances and more.

The Katogis are well-respected throughout Japan for their authentic work and viewers should expect a journey into traditional Japanese folk culture. Sa, 4/20, 1pm. $20-$35.

Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.; (916) 444-5667; www.sactaiko.org.

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DON’T MISS! SACRAMENTO STORYTELLING FESTIVAL: Storytellers and

spoken-word artists from Sacramento and surrounding areas converge to celebrate Earth Day. This event, sponsored by Fenix Drum and Dance Company features a “liars contest,” a story slam and family story performances.

Cultural performances, music crafts, face painting and games round out the event. Su, 4/21, noon-6pm.

Free. Fenix on the Blvd, 2110 Del Paso Blvd.; (916) 205-3970; www.fenix drumanddance.com.

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life and accomplishments of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens with live jazz and an exhibit of original art with an emphasis on Middle Eastern artists and themes. Chris loved the land and cultures and of the Middle East and North Africa; he went beyond the walls of the Embassy to learn firsthand the concerns of the people. Sa, 4/20, noon-5pm. Free. John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First St. in Davis; (530) 756-3938; www.natsoulas.com.

Classes BEEKEEPING 101: This class is designed to help the aspiring beekeeper become more knowledgeable about the craft of beekeeping. With instruction split between the classroom and the field, you will learn from an experienced professional beekeeper about the equipment, the vocabulary and best practices for keeping bees and producing honey naturally.

Sa, 4/20, 9am-1pm. $40-$49. Soil Born Farms American River Ranch, 2140 Chase Dr. in Rancho Cordova; (916) 868-6399; www.sacfoodcoop.com.

Kids’ Stuff NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM TOURS: Come to this event and learn how you can help the environment. This tour will focus on things that you can do both as a local citizen and a global citizen to help the environment. Learn how organisms are affected by our actions and how small islands of habitat, like the Sierra College Nature Preserve, can be essential to the survival of

River Preserve’s volunteer naturalists for a leisurely paddle along the Cosumnes River.

Listen for distant calls of songbirds and river otters splashing in the water. Volunteers will be awaiting your arrival at the Cosumnes River Preserve Visitor Center at 8:30am for a 9am departure on the water.

Su, 4/21, 8:30am. Free. Cosumnes River Preserve Visitor Center, 13501 Franklin Blvd. in Galt; (916) 870-4317; www.cosumnes.org.

LIMO SCAVENGER HUNT: The Capital City Caper, a unique limousine scavenger hunt, will start and end at the California Auto Museum. The benefit event for the mental-health nonprofit organization EMQ Families First include a three-hour limo ride through the streets of Sacramento, stopping at secret clue sites and ending with a delicious array of food and a live auction. Su, 4/21, 2-8pm.

Call for pricing. California Automobile Museum, 2200 Front St.; (530) 747-3122; www.emqff.org/capcaper.

Kids’ Stuff CHILDREN’S EARTH DAY: Celebrate Earth Day at the STAR Eco Station in Rocklin. Activities include book readings, educational music and theater presentations. Su, 4/21, 10am-3pm.

Free. STAR ECO Station, 4465 Granite Dr. 700 ; (916) 632-8347; http://ecostation.org.

Museums CALIFORNIA STATE CAPITOL MUSEUM: 1906 Earthquake Living History Day, The California State

Capitol Museum invites the community to step back in time to experience a re-enactment of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. Visitors will be surrounded by docents in period attire recreating the memorable scenes and moments of the recovery efforts. Su, 4/21, 10:30am-3pm. Call for pricing.

1315 10th St. (916) 324-0333.

Concerts WHIFFENPOOFS OF YALE UNIVERSITY: Join the Whiffenpoofs of Yale University in Sacramento for an afternoon of song and revelry.

Founded in 1909 at Yale, the Whiffs are the world’s oldest and best-known collegiate a cappella group. In recent years, the group has performed on NBC’s The Sing Off, The West Wing and Gilmore Girls. Su, 4/21, 3pm. $10-$20.

First United Methodist Church, 2100 J St.; (952) 261-2328; http://whiffenpoofs.ticket bud.com/sacramento.

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BURGERS AND BREWS: Celebrate a classic combo with a sustainable twist. Taste Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s beers and learn about its commitment to sustainability. Enjoy a quartet of burgers and discover how your meat choices make a big difference to our planet. M, 4/22, 6-8:30pm. $40-$49. Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op Community Learning Center & Cooking School, 1914 Alhambra Blvd.; (916) 868-6399; www.sacfoodcoop.com.

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DON’T MISS! THE ELECTRICITY FAIRY:

According to the Federal Department of Energy, coal produces half of America’s electricity. The energy policy currently before Congress identifies coal as a key to America’s energy independence. The documentary The Electricity Fairy examines America’s national addiction to fossil fuels through the lens of electricity. Tu, 4/23, 7pm. Free. Sacramento Area Peace Action, 909 12th St.; (916) 448-7157.

DON’T MISS! JAPANESE FARM FOOD COOKBOOK DINNER: The guest

of honor is author Nancy Singleton Hachisu, whose book, Japanese Farm Food, was released in 2012.

Hachisu lives with her Japanese husband on an organic farm two hours outside of Tokyo. This event pairs the cookbook with a prix-fixe dinner, allowing attendees to sample what they might eventually cook at home from recipes.

Tu, 4/23, 6pm. $75. Mulvaney’s B&L Next Door, 1215 19th St.; (916) 441-6022.

Special Events DOWNTOWN DAVIS DISHCRAWL: Join Dishcrawl as a group explores downtown Davis and meets some of the chefs and owners of Davis’ eateries. All ticketholders will be notified of meeting location via email 48 hours prior to the event. Tu, 4/23, 7pm. $45. Downtown Davis; (562) 477-2381; www.dish crawl.com/downtowndavis.

EARTH DAY: Celebrate Earth Day at Sierra College Rocklin Campus. Festivities include music at the amphitheater, vendors, class projects, exhibits, art, food trucks, a rock-climbing wall and movies.

Tu, 4/23, 9am-9pm. Free. Sierra College, 5000 Rocklin Rd. in Rocklin; (916) 660-8086.

Meetings & Groups VICTIMS’ RIGHTS RALLY AND MARCH: The California Victims Compensation Program is hosting a Victims’ Rights Rally and March to the Capitol. Listen to victims tell their stories, learn how to access valuable resources and show your support for crime victims. Tu, 4/23, 10am. Free. California Victims Compensation Program, 400 R St.; (916) 491-8784; http://vcgcb.ca.gov/victims/ victimsrightsmonth.

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FEAST FOR THE STREETS: Each year more than 600 people join together for an evening of food, drinks and fundraising for the Francis House Center. Some of Sacramento’s finest restaurants, wineries and breweries offer up their delicious treats, creating one grand buffet. Feast for the Streets is a communal meal on behalf of those who often go without food or shelter. W, 4/24, 5:30-8:30pm. $50.

Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 6151 H St.; (916) 443-2646; www.francishousecenter.org.

Classes CONTAINER GARDENING: Don’t let a lack of yard space keep you from flexing your green thumb.

You can grow a garden in pots on your balcony, patio or windowsill. Learn what vegetables and herbs grow well in containers and how to best take care of them so that you can add homegrown, organic produce to your meals all year long. W, 4/24, 5:30-7:30pm. $20-$25. Soil Born Farms American River Ranch, 2140 Chase Dr. in Rancho Cordova; (916) 868-6399; www.sacfoodcoop.com.

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, 4/24, 5:30-7:30pm.

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

INTRO TO BIKE MAINTENANCE: May is Bike Month, and it’s a great time to learn the skills to take good care of your bike.

A properly adjusted and maintained bike will be more comfortable, ride smoother and last longer. Also, learn how to navigate the city streets safely, and learn about the best gear for carrying your stuff and getting around in style.

W, 4/24, 6:30-8:30pm. $10.

Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op Community Learning Center & Cooking School, 1914 Alhambra Blvd.; (916) 868-6399; www.sacfoodcoop.com.

Now Playing THEATER BY THE BOOK: The Miners Foundry and Sierra Stages will present Stone Soup, the first installment of Theater By The Book, a series of informal play readings for the community. This is a delightful children’s musical based on an old folk story in which a hungry stranger comes to town and teaches the townspeople the benefit of working together to achieve a common goal. W, 4/24, 7pm. $10. Miner’s Foundry, 325 Spring St. in Nevada City; (530) 265-5040; www.minersfoundry.org.

ONGOING DON’T MISS! INSIDE THE VAULT TEXTILE TOURS: HATS: Above and

beyond fashion, hats and headwear can also be symbolic of status, provide protection, signify membership or provide clues to historical periods. And soon, you will have the rare opportunity to view nearly 75 pieces of headwear dating from the 1860s to the 1970s as part of the upcoming “Inside the Vault Textile Tours: Hats and Headwear” event presented by the Center for Sacramento History.

4/18-4/21, at 11am, 1 & 3pm.

$15-$25. Center for Sacramento History, 551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd.; (916) 808-7072; www.center forsacramentohistory.org.

Special Events TRAIN RIDES: Catch the California State Railroad Museum’s popular excursion railroad—the Sacramento Southern Railroad—as it officially returns to operation for its 30th consecutive season. Train ride guests delight in the sights, smells and sounds of an authentic, working locomotive as it rolls along the levees of the Sacramento River for a sixmile, 40-minute roundtrip excursion. Sa, Su, 11am-5pm through 9/29. $5-$10. California State Railroad Museum, 111 I St.; (916) 445-6645; www.california staterailroadmuseum.org.

OLD SACRAMENTO UNDERGROUND TOURS: Hidden beneath the city for nearly 150 years, Old Sacramento’s underground has long been the capital’s bestkept 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. in Old Sacramento, (916) 808-7059, www.historicoldsac.org.

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T’S EARTH DAY IN THE CITY OF TREES.

In other words, it’s kind of a big deal.

Technically, Earth Day happens Monday, April 22. But let’s face it: That’s kind of a hard day to celebrate since most of us are prepping for a new work or school week on Monday. Don’t worry, though, because plenty of Earth Day happenings are scheduled throughout the week in the Sacramento area—from small electric-vehicle demonstrations to huge community celebrations. Here are a few events SN&R thinks are worth checking out.

event offers electric-vehicle demonstrations, e-waste collection, live music, food and the unveiling of Northern California’s first fast-charging station for the Nissan Leaf. Call (888) 355-4768 or head to www.foranyauto.com for details.

Looking for something to do? Use SN&R’s free calendar to browse hundreds of events online.

Art galleries and musems, family events, education classes, film and literary events, church groups, music, sports, volunteer opportunies—all this and more on our free events calendar at www.newsreview.com.

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C H I L D R E N ’ S E A R T H D AY C E L E B R AT I O N California Assemblyman Ken Cooley and the Sacramento Children’s Museum host an educational celebration for kids. Earth Day activities and lessons will be offered at the Sacramento Children’s Museum (2701 Prospect Park in Rancho Cordova) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 20.

Admission ($7) is half-price for people wearing green. Call (916) 638-7225 or visit www.sacramento childrensmuseum.org for more information.

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S A C R A M E N TO E A R T H D AY This annual festival at Southside Park (2115 Sixth Street) happens at 11 a.m. on Sunday, April 21.

Presented by the Environmental Council of Sacramento, the event serves up live music (Fenix Drum and Dance Company, the Trist, the James Israel Band, Fo’shange and the New Traditionalists), vegan eats (Abyssinia Ethiopian Restaurant, Plum Cafe & Bakery, Rainbow Snow), free valet bike parking and plenty of vendor booths offering merchandise and tips on how to be green. The free festival ends at 4 p.m. For more information, call (916) 444-0022 or visit www.sacramentoearthday.net.

Roseville’s Earth Day festival happens at Mahany Regional Park (1501 Pleasant Grove Boulevard in Roseville) at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 20.

Entertainment includes live animal shows, environmentally friendly craft making, local green vendors, and dance and music performances. It’s free and lasts until 3 p.m. Visit www.roseville.ca.us/explore/earthday.asp for more information.

G R E E N D AY AT T H E G R O V E I I Sacramento Municipal Utility District and Nissan of Elk Grove team up to throw this Earth Day bash at Nissan of Elk Grove (8590 Laguna Grove Drive in Elk Grove) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 20. The free

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WILD FOR THE YUBA A fundraising event for the South Yuba River Citizens League, creators of the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Wild for the Yuba is an evening of wine and beer tasting (American River Brewing Company, Nevada City Winery and more), food (Emily’s Catering & Cakes) and live music (Jay Ladner, Elena Powell and Saul Rayo). It happens at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 20, at the Grass Valley Veterans Memorial Building (255 S. Auburn Street in Grass Valley). Tickets are $40, or $20 for designated drivers. Head to http://yubariver.org/wild-for-the-yuba for more details. Ω

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Istanbul Bistro, a newcomer to the J Street strip mall that once housed Formoli’s Bistro and Vanilla Bean Bistro, has only been open for approximately two months. Turkish chef Murat Bozkurt and brother Ekrem co-own this paean to their homeland. rating The restaurant is open six days a week for HHH 1/2 lunch and dinner with Ekrem usually at the front of the house, infusing the small space dinner for one: with welcome cheer. He seats, serves and $15 - $20 chats up the guests with unfailing warmth.

He presents the menus with a flourish.

Turkey, once the center of the Ottoman Empire, was influenced by its former member states. Accordingly, Turkish cuisine includes aspects of Greek, Moroccan and Middle Eastern flavors. The menu descriptions sound more familiar than you might expect.

The appetizer combo plate offers an impressive sampling. Acili ezme is a H chopped, slightly spicy mixture of tomatoes, flawed cucumber and walnuts that’s delicious paired HH with the accompanying thickish flatbread haS momentS wedges. Haydari (labne) is another revelaHHH tion, like minted cream cheese, although it’s appealing made of drained silken yogurt. The sigara boregi are fingers of feta-filled crisp pastry HHHH authoritative dotted with parsley. Other components include falafel, hummus, baba ganouj (espeHHHHH epic cially smoky) and dolma. The latter is a bit soft, but tastes great with the ezme.

For entrees, the manti are a specialty listed as “Turkish pasta,” and they somewhat resemble fat ravioli. Stuffed with ground beef and served with a generous portion of yogurt and tomato sauce, they are quite tender, but not particularly inspired.

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In lieu of a dessert menu, Bozkurt displayed photos of the options on his phone, a clever and homey touch. The rice pudding is baked in a small crock and is a lighter, eggless version of the kind usually found in the United States. The kunefe is a disc of shredded phyllo surrounding goat cheese, baked until golden and soaked in a sugar syrup. Crisp roasted pistachios top it. The sweet and salty interplay are interesting, but it’s quite sweet.

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The wine list is small but varied, with two Turkish red wines on offer. Ekrem Bozkurt described the Yakut as “like merlot,” and indeed, it was—nice, but not exciting. More interesting was the Selection Kirmizi, which was reminiscent of a zinfandel and more complex.

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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

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

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It has 20 taps, all of which rotate. Its focus is California-brewed beer, but it will occasionally feature a far-flung brewer, such as Denmark’s Mikkeller. The taproom also features a wellstocked bottle shop. One remarkable thing about Capitol Beer is that it has an unusual arrangement with sushi spot Tokyo Fro’s, which is housed in the same strip mall: Capitol Beer’s special menu of bar snacks and entrees are prepared in and brought over from Tokyo Fro’s kitchen.

Taproom owner Ken Hotchkiss said he asked the restaurant to formulate “beer-specific foods,” and that it has modified the menu over time. Right now, offerings includes grilled cheese with bacon, fries, bratwurst and lumpia—which is already on the menu at Tokyo Fro’s. Capitol Beer is also planning events, such as a food-and-beer-pairing dinner prepared by the chef from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., which coincides with the release of the brewery’s Hoptimum Imperial IPA. In case the hearty food doesn’t temper the alcohol-by-volume effect of the beer, Capitol Beer is a (mostly) pleasant bike ride from downtown. The Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. food-and-beer-pairing dinner and Hoptimum Imperial IPA release is on Wednesday, April 24, at 5 p.m. at Capitol Beer and Tap Room, 2222 Fair Oaks Boulevard; (916) 922-1745; http://capitolbeer.com.

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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.

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 garbanzobean 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 offerings, including a tiny cup of hot Mexican drinking chocolate, and chocolate-cherry

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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.

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.

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 paste.

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.

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South Sac 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

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bananas. American. 1630 S St., (916) 442-4885. Dinner for one: $20-$40. HHH1/2 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 slowcooked in a smoker for hours.

The restaurant’s signature dish is barbecue chicken, and customers can purchase wings, breasts, drumsticks and thighs in a variety of amounts. 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 momand-pop joint. 4717 Whitney Ave., Carmichael; (916) 485-4446.

Mexican. Dinner for one: $5-$15.

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Skip’s Kitchen You know you’re at an American restaurant when a cheeseburger is one of the healthiest items on the menu.

Sure enough, Skip’s Kitchen features a lot of calorie-rich items, such as fried macaroniand-cheese balls, ravioli, chicken strips, chicken wings and shrimp, plus creamy Oreo milkshakes. There are salads, too, but the best dish on the menu is the 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. The kitchen offers a house-made veggie burger as well. If there’s such a thing as a “gourmet” burger that can rightfully sell for $10, this is probably it. American.

4717 El Camino Ave. in Carmichael, (916) 514-0830.

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Jin Men The restaurant bills its itself as Chinese, but it actually specializes in Korean-Chinese food. The most popular Korean specialty dish is its ja jang myun, based on the Chinese

The hamblogger Local burger enthusiast Rodney Blackwell is on the hunt for the perfect burger. His website Burger Junkies (www.burgerjunkies.com) features copious reviews of burgers—all accompanied by photography and a unique five-factor rating system (juiciness, bun, flavor, value and the X factor—or as Blackwell calls it, the “B Factor”). One of the endearing qualities of the website is the variety of burgers the writer reviews, which includes fast-food chains as well as local gourmet hot spots (Mulvaney’s Building & Loan, Ella Dining Room & Bar, Selland’s MarketCafe). For more burger blogging, follow Burger Junkies on Facebook (www.facebook.com/burgerjunkies), Twitter (www.twitter.com/burgerjunkies) and Instagram (http://instagram.com/circler), where you’ll find burger-related news and numerous photos. Blackwell is also the founder of the Sacramento Burger Battle (www.sacburgerbattle.com), which recently announced the date of its second annual event, September 18, which also happens to be National Cheeseburger Day. —Jonathan Mendick

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Sacramento is widely known as the City of Trees— and that’s a good thing. Trees provide leafy shelter, add character to a neighborhood and, best of all, produce clean oxygen for breathing. Why not add NATURE another to the mix? On April 20, join the Sacramento Tree Foundation in planting trees at the Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Elk Grove. Under the guidance of experts, volunteers will learn how to plant small oak seedlings and native shrub cuttings. Binoculars, gloves and warm clothing are suggested. For additional information and a list of other related events, check out STF’s website. www.sactree.com/events.

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thrift tOWn’s gO grEEn tO thE PrOm cOntEst When it comes to environmentally friendly fashion, nothing’s greener than buying secondhand (short of not buying anything at all, of course, but that’s crazy talk). Thrift Town gets into the Earth-saving spirit with its annual Go Green to the Prom Contest.

FASHION Contestants can enter by submitting photos of their best recycled prom outfits. The clothes don’t have to be from the national thrift-store chain—the threads can be from any secondhand shop, garage sale or relative’s closet.

Contestants may alter their thrift scores, but will need to provide a before and after photo if they choose to take scissors or needle and thread to the outfit (think Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink for inspiration). The contest is open to both ladies and fellows, and while any accessories included in the pictures (purse, shoes, ties, et al.) may be purchased new, contestants will get bonus points for an outfit that’s 100 percent secondhand.

Judges will also consider creativity, originality and the story behind the getup (an accompanying description is required).

Not going to the prom? Anyone can enter by donating their outfit to one of Thrift Town’s nonprofit partners. Prizes include an iPad and a Kindle Fire, and the top three winners will also receive a $100 Thrift Town gift card.

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Five years ago, I found out that my uncle is actually my biological father. My mother was briefly his girlfriend, but he dumped her. When she found out that she was pregnant, she tried to confront him, but met his brother (the dad I knew) instead.

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by Joey ga now I know why. I just don’t rcia know what to do about it. I have been to therapy, but it a s kj o ey @ ne wsreview.c om hasn’t given me the answers or closure I need. I feel like I need to release some emotions.

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Holler “Hallelujah!” anytime you needs a manicure. feel like you don’t quite fit in.

That’s right: Revel in the rise of your uniqueness. Celebrate your inability to conform. If you muster the courage to accept that you do not belong, you will soon discover the myriad ways in which you actually do fit in. The real task, then, will be to live the paradox: You don’t belong, and yet by God, you do. This is the true nature of us all.

Sadly, when most people feel like they don’t fit in, their response is to conform. In the process, they often subjugate their truest self.

This resistance to being real allows for the appearance of progress, but, in actuality, it’s the death of genius.

When your mind seals its wounds around answers and declares closure, that fix is often temporary.

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

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Your own family history was shaped by your parents’ desire to conform. Your parents (yes, Mom, Dad and Dad) probably felt justified in keeping certain details secret, because doing so permitted them to fit in. You have longed to fit in, too.

Allow that desire to invest you with compassion for the choices your parents made. It can also lead you toward closure. But remember, when your mind seals its wounds around answers and declares closure, that fix is often temporary. Eventually, something or someone will jolt your memory and inspire you to probe old wounds. If that happens, don’t worry.

Closure is a process, not a period.

I have a lot of sadness in my heart about the uncertainty in the world. How am I going to know that everything is OK? You know things will be OK because of your big, tender, loving heart and because of the other people in the world who love as widely and deeply as you do.

This weary old world needs you and everyone else who cares enough to notice uncertainty and yet are courageous and committed enough to initiate, then sustain consciousness and compassion. Mediation helps. So does prayer, kindness and slowing down to avoid the hyperbusyness that many employers, religions, families and fears call us toward. But you can be better than OK by accepting that uncertainty is the cousin of change.

Yes, trust in yourself. Be a force for good and a force for God. Certainty grows from the power of your trust.

This girl that I work with gets laughed at a lot, but she doesn’t notice. How can I get people to stop without bringing it to her attention?

Repeatedly ridiculing a co-worker may be a form of covert bullying.

If you feel safe, address the cruelty directly in private conversations with each offender. Or take the problem to your supervisor or the human-resources department.

Propose a discussion of Rotary International’s Four-Way Test at the next staff meeting. The test consists of questions that encourage reflection before speaking: “1.

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Then, befriend your co-worker. She is far too comfortable with abuse and needs support to realize it. Ω

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Journey to the West, 7 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. $15-$28. Nevada Theatre, 401 Broad St. in Nevada City; (530) 265-2990; www.catsweb.org.

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Above all, keep your wits about you, and maintain a healthy sense of humor.

And, oh yes, don’t forget to mix in about 200 colorful costumes, with live music and imaginative staging woven throughout.

There’s a Buddhist monk (Danny McCammon), who travels from China into India, crossing innumerable mountains and rivers, to fetch sacred texts. Along the way, the monk is joined by characters of celestial origin who are doing time on Earth for past misdeeds: an impetuous monkey king with a magic rod (Michael Baranowski), a jovial pig always contemplating his next meal (Brett Torgrimson) and a gloomy-looking water demon (Kate Tobie). Whenever this foursome gets into trouble, in swoops Lady Bodhisattva (Trish Adair) to set things aright.

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Musicians Tynowyn Woolman, Lisa Stine and Joe Fajen work on a host of different instruments. Designers Teresa Shea (scenery, costumes, props) and Tim Dugan (lighting) bring in heroic contributions. The actors (too numerous to mention) run the gamut from semipro to earnest amateurs and cute kids.

They sometimes bobble a line along the way, but who cares? It’s a lovely show, and CATS deserves kudos for mounting something this big and ambitious, and pulling it off. Ω

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The hell you make Dark Meets Light

Modernizing existentialism: That’s the concept that Penny Kline, artistic director for Ovation Stage, uses in her updated version of Jean-Paul Sartre’s surreal drama No Exit. As Kline has explained it, her idea for taking on the Sartre classic as her theater company’s fourth production was met with groans of “dated” or “overdone.” So, instead, Kline took pen in hand, kept the original premise, but created more current characters and up-to-date dialogue.

The result is Kline’s Dark Meets Light, and the result is both captivating and suspenseful— all while keeping the original play’s thought-provoking themes.

Sartre set his original drama in an eternal, bleak resting place where a person is surrounded by blank walls while interacting with other similar human beings.

The resulting conclusion: Hell is other people. And your own inner self.

Here, Kline maintains Sartre’s basic story in which a valet brings guests into a stark white room where they have nothing to distract themselves from their own inner thoughts and past life deeds. Kline gives us a present-day cast of characters, misdeeds and issues that include such topics as religion, politics, alcohol, guns, birth control and sexual preference.

The six-member cast—the valet, four guests and a serpent representing inner thoughts—work as a cohesive, talented team.

A misstep that breaks the consistent bleak mood is the use of a movie clip at the end instead of having the cast act out the same film scene. Overall, though, prepare for engaging conversations about the issues this drama presents.

—Patti Roberts

Dark Meets Light, 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; $15-$18. Ovation Stage at the Three Penny Theatre in the R25 Arts Complex, 1723 25th Street; (916) 448-0312; www.ovationstage.com. Through April 28.

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Capital Stage presents Katori Hall’s play about Martin Luther King Jr.’s final night on Earth.

Here, as directed by Anthony D’Juan, the civil-rights leader battles himself and fate as a beautiful angel ushers him into the special light. Beethovan Oden takes on the part of King and depicts him majestically, as ZZ Moor plays the cussin’, drinkin’ angel Camae. Both have moments of extreme passion, something the script offers well. The play falls flat, however, as it seems to set out to say that King was a man and would have been scared to accept his inevitable death. But in doing so, it casts him as a cog in a divine plan, when in reality, he was murdered in cold blood by a hatemonger, just as many peaceful martyrs before him. To say it is part of a divine plan is only an attempt to soften the blow and almost seems to undermine what happened as a result of his death. God didn’t have Martin Luther King Jr. killed; James Earl Ray murdered him. Th, F, Sa 8pm; Su 2; W 7pm. Through 4/21. $18 and over. Capital Stage, 2215 J St.; (916) 995-5464; www.capstage.org. M.M.

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Sacramento State University professor emeritus and renowned puppeteer Richard Bay has resurrected and revised a show he first produced at CSUS in 1979—The Raven and Other Images of Edgar Allan Poe. It’s an evening with Poe that explores both the writer and his works by using live actors who examine Poe’s life and a range of puppets that act out scenes of Poe’s greatest works. The puppets are used Japanese Bunraku style, with two people controlling one puppet by manipulating them through rods and gloved hands for gestures. The results are often mesmerizing and breathe new life into Poe’s works. Because the puppets lack facial expressions and the puppeteers stand onstage, it takes a few minutes to become engrossed in the characters. But thanks to the skilled puppeteers’ fluid gestures and talented dialogue delivery, the figures soon become animated and believable. F, Sa 8pm; Su 2pm.

Through 4/21. $15-$17. Chautauqua Playhouse, 5325 Engle Rd. in Carmichael; (916) 498-7529; www.cplayhouse.org. P.R. It’s been claimed that comedy is more difficult to pull off than drama, and the Actor’s Workshop of Sacramento’s latest endeavor, Road to Nirvana, 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 doesn’t match the words. The play, an awesome amalgam of the susceptibility of man and the depths to which he will sink in the pursuit of power and money, is rife with the wrong kind of tension. F, Sa 8pm; Su 7pm. Through 5/5. $15-$17. The Actor’s Workshop of Sacramento at the Wilkerson Theatre in the R25 Arts Complex, 1721 25th St.; (916) 583-4880; www.actinsac.com. M.M.

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Writer-director Brian Helgeland’s 42 may not be a great movie, but as Pauline Kael said about 1989’s Glory, it’s a good movie on a great subject. by Jim Lane No, scratch that. It’s an excellent movie on a great subject, soul-stirring and inspiring.

Its subject, of course, is how Jackie Robinson and Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947.

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ball. That distinction goes to brothers Weldy and Moses Walker, who played with the Toledo Blue Stockings in 1884. The solidifying of Jim Crow and the mounting opposition from players like Cap Anson ensured that it would be 63 years before another black man followed them.)

In 42, Jackie Robinson is played by Chadwick Boseman, whose face is almost as unfamiliar to moviegoers as Robinson’s was to baseball fans before 1947. Boseman’s is a potentially star-making performance, despite having no “big” scenes or long speeches. Boseman isn’t a close physical match for Robinson, but the qualities he projects—quiet dignity, rock-solid character and determined self-control—make him come across on screen as precisely the kind of man Robinson, by all accounts, was in real life.

Harrison Ford, on the other hand, is a good physical match for Branch Rickey. He’s already a star, of course, but here he’s working in a crusty-old-codger mode befitting his age (Ford is 70) and segueing smoothly from strongjawed action hero to elder-statesman character actor. Helgeland’s script makes it clear that in Robinson, Branch Rickey had found the right man for his “noble experiment,” but it also gives credit where it’s due: It shows that Rickey was the right man at the right time, too. Early on, Rickey couches his decision to integrate baseball as a dollars-and-cents business decision: “Money isn’t white, it isn’t black. It’s all green.” But in a later scene, where Rickey talks with Robinson

as the latter recuperates from being spiked by a hostile base runner, Helgeland and Ford show us that Rickey was also moved by a sense of justice and shame at not doing more years before. In real life, Rickey once said, “I may not be able to do something about racism in every field, but I can sure do something about it in baseball.” Harrison Ford shows us that man; his Rickey thanks Robinson for “making me love baseball again.”

42 doesn’t soft-pedal the hostility, abuse and threats Robinson faced—you’ll hear the N-word here more than anywhere this side of a Quentin Tarantino movie.

Neither does it exaggerate it; it’s nearly all a matter of public record. Hegeland does distort the record on one minor point.

In the movie, Dodgers manager Leo Durocher (a spot-on cameo

by Christopher Meloni) is suspended for the 1947 season for having an affair with a married woman, and we’re led to believe that the affair is just a pretext to cripple the team and punish the Dodgers for signing Robinson. In fact, Durocher was suspended for consorting with known gamblers like George Raft and Bugsy Siegel, and it probably had nothing to do with Robinson. Otherwise, the movie accurately (and stirringly) shows Durocher’s unstinting support in the face of Robinson’s disgruntled teammates: “I don’t care if the guy’s yellow or black or has stripes like a fuckin’ zebra. I’m the manager of this team, and I say he plays. Any man doesn’t like it, I’ll see that you’re traded.”

42 doesn’t soft-pedal the hostility, abuse, and threats Jackie Robinson faced.

Helgeland’s movie is filled with emotionally satisfying moments like that, and they balance the sense of shame and chagrin of the overt and unapologetic racism of 1940s baseball. Like the scene of shortstop Pee Wee Reese (Lucas Black, another good physical match) ignoring a torrent of racial abuse from the stands to pointedly shake hands with his “colored” teammate and put an arm around his shoulders. Another real event, faithfully and movingly recreated by 42.

42 is well-written, acted and photographed (by Don Burgess). That makes it entertaining.

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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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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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Disconnect

Director Henry Alex Rubin has only helmed documentaries before Disconnect, so it seems fair to cut him some slack for dramatic creakiness. Some. Rather late to the table with its hand-wringing about the way we live now, Rubin’s film, from a didactic script

by Andrew Stern, wrangles Facebook bullying, credit fraud and underage porn into an issuedriven patchwork of lives at once frayed and braided. A distracted dad (Jason Bateman) strikes up a yearning instant-message rapport with the stealth tormentor (Colin Ford) of his loner son (Jonah Bobo); a young husband and wife (Paula Patton, Alexander Skarsgard) fail to cope with losing both their child and their financial security; a TV reporter (Andrea Riseborough) gets too deep into her story about an online rent boy (Max Thieriot). Too diluted by its fussy, phony comprehensiveness, the case being made here just doesn’t seem credible: How can a movie about what the Internet does to us be so devoid of spontaneity? J.K.

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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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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?

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A billionaire (Richard Attenborough) builds an island park with live dinosaurs cloned from prehistoric DNA, and he invites three scientists (Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill) to tour it; they all end up trapped by a power failure and stalked by the park’s exhibits. Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic from Michael Crichton’s novel (script by Crichton and David Koepp) is the latest to get gussied up with digital 3-D, and they’ve done a pretty good job with it. The gilding was hardly necessary, of course, but it’s a good excuse to see it again on the big screen. Twenty years of refining the movie’s pioneering CGI effects have done nothing to dim their power; this may be, when all is said and done, just a BS dinosaur movie—but it is without a doubt the best damn BS dinosaur movie anybody ever made. J.L. 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 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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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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A London auction-house employee (James McAvoy) is the inside man in the theft of a multi-million-pound painting, but a blow on the head makes him forget what he did with it, so his partner in crime (Vincent Cassel) takes him to a hypnotist (Rosario Dawson) to try to jog his memory—and she quickly realizes there’s more at stake here than a lost set of keys. With a script by Joe Ahearne and John Hodge, adventurous director Danny Boyle barges into Christopher Nolan territory, fashioning a convoluted Chinese box mystery with overtones of two Nolan classics, the where-have-I-been riddle-fest Memento and the dream worlds of Inception. It’s a wellcrafted puzzle, more teasing than tantalizing, more pat than satisfying. It even ends with an unanswered question like Inception, albeit without the same resonance. J.L.

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A woman (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), bored with marriage to her childhood sweetheart (Lance Gross), meets temptation in the form of a billionaire playboy (Robbie Jones).

Writer-director Tyler Perry, adapting one of his plays, lays on the soap opera even thicker than usual, and every plot development is telegraphed far in advance. Smollett-Bell is an appealing presence and a good actress, but she can’t overcome the script’s central problem: how a supposedly smart, no-nonsense woman falls for this smarmy Romeo’s line of BS in the first place, when even the dumbest bunny in the audience can see through him from the start. Noted famous-for-beingfamous celebrity Kim Kardashian appears as Smollett-Bell’s co-worker, and, for once, manages not to embarrass herself; also along are Vanessa Williams and Renée Taylor. J.L.

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break vacation in St. Petersburg, Fla., where they get busted for cocaine and are bailed out by a lowlife dealer and pimp named Alien (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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The holiday comes with a renewed interest, or as Davis’ Armadillo Music’s manager Paul Wilbur describes, a resurgence in vinyl sales that’s keeping the record culture alive.

In fact, while the most recent sales reports show an overall decline in physical sales by 5 percent—mostly in CDs—vinyl sales are seeing numbers that surpass their last peak in 1997.

Last year, for example, Jack White’s Blunderbuss sold 33,000 vinyl copies, a fact Wilbur is keen on.

“I ordered all the White Stripes stuff,” he said. “But it’s one of the heartbreak situations: You never know [if the store will get them] until the shipment arrives.”

This year, RSD organizers list approximately 4,000 exclusive pieces, ranging from abundant copies of the deluxe version of Phish’s 1990 Lawn Boy to smaller runs for items such as The Taste of Burger Records mixtape.

The drawback is no matter how large an order a store places, RSD’s policy makes no guarantees of shipment.

In other words, it’s something of a crapshoot.

Even artists with a local angle are not given preferential treatment in their own regions—so don’t assume that Chelsea Wolfe & King Dude’s Sing Songs Together split 7-inch or Cake’s Sheep Go To Heaven/Jesus Wrote a Blank Check will be easy to find.

The record store is a place of discovery. It’s a meditation temple, a place to slip into the ritualistic thumbing through vinyl. While online stores can use the “if you like ...” suggestion, they can’t supplement the informed opinions of recordstore clerks. A brick-and-mortar store is where life gets better from looking for the new Strokes record, only to be convinced to leave with the debut Is This It and three early-aughts indie-rock records that were subsequently influenced by it.

The sixth annual Record Store Day, observed Saturday, April 20, is the biggest event of the year for the remaining independent stores nationwide. In Sacramento and Davis, artists such as Foals (at Dimple Records, 2433 Arden Way), Medeski Martin & Wood (2 p.m. at Armadillo Music, 205 F Street in Davis), and Crook One (at Records, 1618 Broadway) will do live, in-store sets; stores will also host meet and greets, deejay sets, giveaways, and, most importantly, sell exclusive records available only on this particular holiday.

Missed out on post-hardcore legends At the Drive-In’s last and highly lauded record Relationship of Command? Seek out the RSD exclusive reissue. Your collection of Grateful Dead live bootlegs not enough? Rhino Records has Rare Cuts & Oddities 1966 on double LP. Regret selling your Jimi Hendrix LPs in a garage sale? Start over with the Hey Joe 7-inch single (backed with “Stone Free”).

While online stores can use the “if you like ...” suggestion, they can’t supplement the informed opinions of record-store clerks.

As Dimple owner Dilyn Radakovitz reminds, the Sactown band is a national act, and “there are plenty of cities that probably consider Cake a priority.”

Then again, such limited pressings remain true to the culture of digging in record stores.

When it comes to record shopping, there’s never a guarantee you’ll find what you’re looking for, but that search is part of the experience—the hunt for a coveted record is not supposed to be easy. Ω

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Sister Crayon now comprises singersongwriter Terra Lopez, synth player Dani Fernandez and, for its live shows, drummer Omar Barajas.

Lopez says the changes reflect a new approach.

“There’s still a live aspect, but there’s also a more intimate focus.”

Sister Crayon on record is, for all intents and purposes, Lopez and Fernandez. The duo hunkered down together to write the songs for Cynic, which was recorded in Sac at the Hangar. More intimate doesn’t necessarily mean less, Lopez adds.

“We’re stripped down—but the sound isn’t.”

Indeed, the five-song EP is replete with gorgeous keyboard swells, meditative percussive beats and, as always, Lopez’s dramatic vocals.

Their relocation also had significant influence.

“I lived in Sac my entire life; it was time to get a different perspective,” she says. “Here, we don’t know too many people, we can hide out and just work on music.”

Check out Sister Crayon at 8 p.m., Sunday, April 21, at LowBrau (1050 20th Street, http://aceofspades sac.com/events/190083). The all-ages show is $10.

Deftones bassist Chi Cheng, in a coma since 2008, died April 13.

Goodbye, Chi: Deftones bassist Chi Cheng, 42, died Saturday, April 13, more than four years after a head-on collision put him in a coma. I only met Cheng once or twice and could hardly profess to have known him well.

What I do know is this: Cheng was a great musician, an esteemed poet and someone who made a profound impact on Sacramento music. So many of us held on to the hope that Cheng would eventually recover from that November 2008 accident. Now, even after all these years, there are no words to describe the sense of loss we all feel—those who knew and loved him, as well as those who simply admired him from a distance. Chi, you will be missed.

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Went Postal: The first time I saw Ben Gibbard, he was standing alone at a party in San Francisco, holding a brown bottle of beer in each hand.

But I didn’t know who he was. It was 2002, right around the time he was probably exchanging recordings with Jimmy Tamborello in the mail, which would eventually be meshed together and released the following year under the moniker the Postal Service. Since I didn’t know anybody there except the host, I approached the sandy-haired stranger and made some sort of lame quip about him drinking two beers at once (he was holding on to it for his buzzed redhead friend in the bathroom). Our dialogue went something like this: Me: “So what do you do?”

Gibbard: “I’m in a band, Death Cab for Cutie.”

I had heard of the group, but had no idea that iTunes would be rolling its eyes at me for playing “What Sarah Said” 173 times in the ensuing decade.

Me: “What do you for a day job?”

Gibbard: “Just the band.”

In retrospect, it was a cringeworthy query, but an otherwise pleasant conversation followed.

So, the last time I saw Ben Gibbard, he was busy at work on Wednesday, April 10, at the Mondavi Center. He, Tamborello, redheaded (not the same one at the party) Jenny Lewis and blond Laura Burhenn (of the Mynabirds) were welcomed by the overwhelming explosion of 10-years’ worth of pent-up adulation. This time, Gibbard’s dialogue went like this: “Feel free to stand up and shake your butts!”

The band is on tour supporting the rerelease of its only album, Give Up, which includes a few new singles, all of which were played that night as tall, vertical light panels flashed a rainbow of colors, adding extra electricity to this basically electronic band’s performance. The sold-out crowd’s energy during the middle of the set seemed to lull, though, as it collectively witnessed how this introvert’s album translated live. In the end, however, there was no love lost. The strategically placed “Such Great Heights” closer made the walls of Jackson Hall shake again with millennial nostalgia. They seemed rather pleased Gibbard stuck with his day job—and moonlights.

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Mondavi Center, 8 p.m., $17.50-$58

photo By WeS DavIS

19FRI

Marilyn’s on K, 9 p.m., $5

Here Comes the Kid is Arlo Guthrie’s new solo tour celebrating the contributions of his father, Woody Guthrie. The younger Guthrie has certainly followed in his FOLK father’s footsteps as a storyteller, singer-songwriter and social commentator. He created his own label, Rising Son Records, in the early 1980s; performed with 27 different symphony orchestras; and received the 2009 ASCAP Foundation Champion Award for his humanitarian efforts. He’s also the 39th recipient of The Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award.

And he established the Guthrie Foundation and the Guthrie Center at the Old Trinity Church, where Alice of “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” lived. 9399 Old Davis Road in Davis, www.arlo.net.

—Trina L. Drotar

—Aaron Carnes

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19FRI

Parie Wood

Xochitl

Shine, 8 p.m., $5

While Be Brave Bold Robot is no doubt popular in its hometown, Sacramento, it’s a shame the rest of the country hasn’t discovered it yet, especially with bands like Mumford & Sons—which it sounds somewhat like— being so popular right now. But BBBR has too many other musical influences to draw such a direct comparison, not to mention that Dean Haakenson’s lyrics might be a bit too sophisticated for the average Mumford & Sons fan. His songs expresses complex, yet heartfelt ideas by utilizing poetic word FOLK ROCK jumbles and philosophical meanderings. Its best song, “Gridlocked,” will get you choked up as you ponder your own existence on the planet. 908 K Street, www.facebook.com/ bebraveboldrobot.

19FRI

Luna’s Café & Juice Bar, 8:30 p.m., $6

Parie Wood’s first EP Manifest, released last June, includes songs she’s written since she was 13 (she’s now in her late teens). Listen to “People” and “Freeloader” and you’ll know why SN&R named her one of “The New Creatives” (see “The New Creatives” by Rachel Leibrock; SN&R Feature Story; August FOLK 18, 2011). She also received the New Artist award at the 2012 Sammies and a Judge’s Award at the 2011 Jammies. Her influences include Bob Dylan, Ani DiFranco, and Simon & Garfunkel. Her songs are personal and political, and when she sings about being so young on “Missing Pieces,” you forget her age.

Joining Wood on Friday are Kansas City, Mo.-based antique-pop pair Victor & Penny, and duo Brian Rogers and Sam Phelps.

1400 E Street, http://pariewood.com.

—Trina L. Drotar

Xochitl (pronounced “so-chee”) is a young local singer-songwriter who has enticed Sacramento audiences with her strong, confident voice and heart-on-the-sleeve lyrical content. “The Chico Song” is a cute, whimsical song about her dog, but also an honest account of what their relationship is like—which surely a lot of people can relate to (“Gettin’ kinda sleepy / you peak inside my room ... We lay down on the couch / You get real close to me / Watch a little Glee / and then we fall asleep”). She holds her own alone on stage with just an acoustic guitar and her vocal chords, though she has plans to one day move to Los Angeles ALT FOLK and round up a backing band. 1414 16th Street, www.facebook.com/ xochitlofficial.

—Aaron Carnes

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Cold Eskimo

Medeski Martin & Wood with Joshua Light Show

The Wunderbar Day Party

Ace of Spades, 7 p.m., $18 Cold Eskimo is the kind of band that restores one’s faith in Sacto’s local music scene.

It keeps a profile so unassuming you can sincerely say, “You probably haven’t heard of them” without sounding like a huge jerk (just a mild one). The band writes subtle, languid pop songs; self-described as baroque pop, its sound is reminiscent of Tennis and Youth Lagoon. If Grizzly Bear had a sweet, introverted, poppier younger cousin, she’d be Cold Eskimo. The band is currently working on a second album, partly being recorded INDIE POP at Pus Cavern. In the meantime, this gig opening for Foals should be big for the fresh, modest group. 1417 R Street, www.facebook.com/ coldeskimo.

—Deena Drewis

Attendees should expect a transcendent evening of continually morphing music and visual JAZZ/FUNK effects as the jazz, funk, groove and experimentaljam-band crusaders John Medeski, Billy Martin and Chris Wood (on keyboards, percussion and bass, respectively) join forces with the legendary Joshua Light Show that psychedelicized the ’60s- and ’70s-era Fillmore East. The trio, touring behind its vibrant and exploratory Free Magic live recording, will play both an acoustic and an electric set as Joshua White and company splash Jackson Hall with intoxicating projections and oil-and-water lighting techniques knows as “liquid lights.” 9399 Old Davis Road in Davis, www.mmw.net.

—Mark Halverson

Bow & Arrows, 8 p.m., $8-$10

The spring air is warm and sweet, cyclists are appearing with increasing regularity, and nighttime parties are extending into mimosa-fueled bruncheons on Midtown patios.

In other words, it’s time for the Wunderbar Day Party. An extension of Wunderbar, the recurring second- and fourth-Saturday dance parties already underway at LowBrau, these afternoon affairs happen on the first and third Sundays of the month. They feature YACHT ROCK deejays Shaun Slaughter (pictured) and Adam J spinning yacht rock, nu-disco (a new wave of relaxing indie disco) and what Slaughter calls “sun-drenched day drinking jams” for a lazy afternoon—a pint of brew and German sausage optional. 1050 10th Street, Suite 100; www.soundcloud.com/damb.

LA NOCHE OSKURA

Midwestern singer-songwriter Angel Olsen makes the kind of music that sneaks up on you: It’s quiet, unassuming and utterly devastating. Her 2012 album Half Way Home made Pitchfork’s year-end honorableFOLK mention list, and it’s no wonder.

She’s been compared to the likes of Roy Orbison, but there are also tremors of Joni Mitchell and Nico coursing through her voice. The sound is minimalist—the instruments definitely take the backseat to the Chicago resident’s voice—but also shaped by jazz and blues complexities. Olsen’s Bathetic Records labelmate Villages and Sacto artist Olla open the show. 1815 19th Street, http://angelolsen.com.

—Rachel Leibrock

—Jonathan Mendick

ACE OF SPADES THE ENGLISH BEAT

Angel Olsen

LowBrau, noon, no cover

Mondavi Center, 8 p.m., $17.50-$58

FRIDAY, APRIL 19

24WED

1417 R Street, Sacramento, 95814 www.aceofspadessac.com

ALL AGES WELCOME!

THURSDAY, APRIL 25

KATCHAFIRE MAOLI - THROUGH THE ROOTS SIMPLE CREATION

FOALS

05/10 Mushroomhead 05/14 Turquoise Jeep

WEST - TEAM BACK PACK - JULIAN WRITE POSESSION - JAY BROWN THE SINGER THA NEIGHBORZ

05/16 Pepper 05/17 Tyler, The Creator & Earl Sweatshirt

SUNDAY, APRIL 21

SATURDAY, APRIL 27

PROBLEM

HYSTERIA

IAMSU!

SOON

05/09 Rehab

TAJ HE SPITZ

COLD ESKIMO - DESARIO

COMING 05/08 Machine Gun Kelly

FRIDAY, APRIL 26

SATURDAY, APRIL 20

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NEWSTED

05/18 Dillinger Escape Plan 05/22 Turbonegro 05/26 Twista & Rae Rock 05/31 Capital Cities 06/01 Finch

MONDAY, APRIL 22 AN EVENING WITH

QUEENSRYCHE

STARRING GEOFF TATE PERFORMING OPERATION: MINDCRIME

06/02 Fear Factory

FRIDAY, MAY 3

06/04 Logic

OLEANDER

06/08 Bret Michaels

ALLINADAY - TRACK FIGHTER - G.0.D.

06/11 Nekromantix 06/17 We Came As Romans 06/18 Memphis May Fire

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24

SATURDAY, MAY 4

PLUS SPECIAL GUEST

ARE WE HUMAN - MISAMORE VANISHING AFFAIR - EGOSTALL - HIGHWAY 12

ALEX CLARE

SOME FEAR NONE

07/27 Y&T 09/11 Adam Ant

Tickets available at all Dimple Records Locations, The Beat Records, and Armadillo Records, or purchase by phone @ 916.443.9202

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NIGHTBEAT

THURSDAY 4/18

ASSEMBLY

1000 K St., (916) 832-4751

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BADLANDS

ZUHG, LADY RHYTHM, RIZ, TASK1NE, CHARLEE, I2K; 9pm, $12

SUNDAY 4/21

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 4/22-4/24

Sin Sunday, 8pm, call for cover

Mad Mondays, 9pm M; Latin video flair and Wii bowling, 7pm Tu

Tipsy Thursdays, Top 40 deejay dancing, 9pm, call for cover

Fabulous and Gay Fridays, 9pm, call for cover

Saturday Boom, 9pm, call for cover

BLUE LAMP

The Session, 9pm, $5

MACHINE CITY, ANCIENT ASTRONAUT, WOLF HOUSE; 9pm, call for cover

Blitz w/ DJ Roderick, 9pm, call for cover

TELEKINESIS, MOUNT MORIAH; 9pm M, call for cover

420 DARKSIDE BOYZ, PARADOX, ESSOP, CHUCK DEEZLE, G-CIRCLE; 8pm

J HORNAY, SKYWITER, MENIONE, B-ZO, LUCERO THE CLOWN; 8pm Tu

1400 Alhambra, (916) 455-3400

THE BOARDWALK

FAMOUS BUTTER, STRICNINE, CREEPER, LOVERANCE, PLAYAH K, REIGN, SO SIK, J - SHIFT; 8pm, call for cover

9426 Greenback Ln., Orangevale; (916) 988-9247 GRIZ, WAYSIDE CONNECTION; 8pm

BOWS & ARROWS

1815 19 St., (916) 822-5668

TRAILS & WAYS, FRENCH CASSETTES; 8pm, $5-$8

INSTAGON, JENN ROGAR; 8pm Tu, $5; ANGEL OLSEN, VILLAGES, OLLA; 8pm W

CENTER FOR THE ARTS

HELEN REDDY, 8pm, $55-$65

Community music jam, 6:30pm M, no cover

314 W. Main St., Grass Valley; (530) 274-8384

THE COZMIC CAFÉ

594 Main St., Placerville; (530) 642-8481

Open-mic, 7:30pm, no cover

1016 K St., (916) 737-5770

FACES

UNION MINE JAZZ BAND, 7pm, $10

SIMMS BAND, 8pm, call for cover

DJ Billy Lane, 9pm, call for cover

DJ Elements, 9pm, call for cover

2000 K St., (916) 448-7798

Deejay dancing, 9pm-1:30am, no cover before 11pm, $5 after

Hip-hop and Top 40 Deejay dancing, 9pm, $5-$10

Hip-hop and Top 40 Deejay dancing, 9pm, $5-$10

FOX & GOOSE

STEVE MCLANE, 8-11pm, no cover

THE KELPS, DER SPAZM, MILHOUSE PALACIOS; 9pm, $5

TODD MORGAN, ALEXANDRA & THE STARLIGHT BAND; 9pm, $5

1001 R St., (916) 443-8825

Hey local bands!

SATURDAY 4/20

N’DAMBI, 10pm, $20

2003 K St., (916) 448-8790

DISTRICT 30

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FRIDAY 4/19

G STREET WUNDERBAR

Queer Idol, 9pm M, no cover; Latin night, 9pm Tu, $5; DJ Alazzawi, 9pm W, $3

Dragalicious, 9pm, $5

Open-mic, 7:30pm M; Pub Quiz, 7pm Tu; Northern Soul, 8pm W, no cover

THE NICKEL SLOTS, 10pm-1:15am, no cover

228 G St., Davis; (530) 756-9227

THE GOLDEN BEAR

DJ Shaun Slaughter, 10pm, call for cover

DJ Crook One, 10pm, call for cover

DJ Whores, 10pm, no cover

2708 J St., (916) 441-4693

The Siren Show presents City of Trees, 8pm-midnight, $10-$20

LOVEFOOL, 10pm, call for cover

Good Nights w/ DJ Anthony Vincent, 10pm, call for cover

LEVEL UP FOOD & LOUNGE

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

DJ Rock Bottom and The Mookie DJ, 9pm, no cover

Mass appeal w/ DJ Epik, 10pm-2am, no cover

Hip-hop and R&B deejay dancing, 9:16pm Tu, no cover

LUNA’S CAFÉ & JUICE BAR

Joe Montoya’s Poetry Unplugged, 8pm, $2

EMILY O’NEIL, XOCHITL, KELLY ROGERS; 8:30pm, $6

BE BRAVE BOLD ROBOT, JUSTIN FARREN, DEVIN FARREN; 8pm, $7

Nebraska Mondays, 7:30pm M, $5-$20; Comedy night, 8pm W, $6

MARILYN’S ON K

“Rock On” Live Band Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

CALIFORNIA RIOT ACT, QUINN HEDGES BAND; 9pm, $7

JOY & MADNESS, JAMES CAVERN; 9pm, $10

Greatest Stories Ever Told, 7:30pm Tu; DAVID JACOBS-STRAIN, 8pm W, $7

Get Down to the Champion Sound, reggae and dancehall deejays, 10pm, $5

DJs Yung Black Beard, My Cousin VENTI, Gothic, Industrial, Darkwave, EBM, Chris Rohto, 9pm-2am, $5-$7 Retro, 9:30pm-2am, $5

Swing, Lindy Hop, 8pm Tu, $6-$10; Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, 8:30pm W, $5

FREEBADGE SERENADERS, BOB WALLER, GORDON GROFT; 8:30pm, $5

ADAM THOMPSON, ALYSSA COX, JIM RAINES; 8:30pm, $5

Jazz, 8pm M; ERIK JAMES, PATRICK NEHODA, PLASTIC ARTS; 8:30pm W, $5

2326 K St., (916) 441-2252

HARLOW’S

2431 J St., (916) 448-8768

1414 16th St., (916) 441-3931 908 K St., (916) 446-4361

MIDTOWN BARFLY

1119 21st St., (916) 549-2779

NAKED LOUNGE DOWNTOWN 1111 H St., (916) 443-1927

OLLA, THE LISTEN NOW!, LUCKY LASKOWSKI; 8:30pm, $5

Industry Night, 9pm, call for cover

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UPCOMING EVENTS:

4/26 JOHN FULLBRIGHT, PARKER MILLSAP, GOLDEN CADILLACS 4/27 NEW PIONEERS

908 K STREET • SAC 916.446.4361

THURSDAY 4/18

FRIDAY 4/19

SATURDAY 4/20

OLD IRONSIDES

1901 10th St., (916) 442-3504

JENN ROGAR, 5pm, no cover; Acoustic bluegrass jam, 7pm, no cover

ZEN ARCADIA, HIGHWAY 12, SIL SHODA, TRACK FIGHTER; 8pm, $12

THE OTHER BRITTANY, TIPSY HUSTLERS, THE CARLY DUHAIN BAND; 9pm, $7

ON THE Y

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

THE PALMS PLAYHOUSE

KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON, 8pm, $25

670 Fulton Ave., (916) 487-3731 13 Main St., Winters; (530) 795-1825

THE PARK ULTRA LOUNGE 1116 15th St., (916) 442-7222

SUNDAY 4/21

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 4/22-4/24 HEATH WILLIAMSON, 5pm M; Karaoke, 9pm Tu; Open-mic, 8:30pm W, no cover

SOUR DIESEL, STUCK, CALIFORNIA MEDICATION, FOR ALL I’VE DONE; 9pm

Open-mic comedy, 9pm, no cover

DJ Eddie Edul, 9pm-2am, $15

DJ Spider, DJ Peeti V, 9pm-2am, $15

Asylum Downtown: Gothic, industrial, EBM dancing, 9pm, call for cover OIL & SMOKE, 8pm, no cover

PINE COVE TAVERN

Karaoke, 9pm-1:30am, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm-1:30am, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm-1:30am, no cover

PINS N STRIKES

3443 Laguna Blvd., Elk Grove; (916) 226-2625

DARLENE TELLIS, ROBERT HEARD; 8pm, call for cover

PATTON LEATHA, 9pm, $10

BRIAN COLLIER & THE LIVE EXPERIENCE, 9pm, $10

PJ’S ROADHOUSE

DJ Old Griff, 9pm, no cover

RELIC 45, 9pm, $5

ELEMENT OF SOUL, 8pm, $10

POWERHOUSE PUB

LEFT OF CENTRE, 9:30pm, call for cover

ZEPPARELLA, 10pm, $12

MISSING PERSONS, 8pm, $15; FAST TIMES, 10pm, $10

MAXX CABELLO JR., 3pm, call for cover

Top 40 w/ DJ Rue, 9pm, $5

Top 40 Night w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9pm, $5

Sunday Night Soul Party, 9pm, $5

502 29th St., (916) 446-3624

5461 Mother Lode, Placerville; (530) 626-0336 614 Sutter St., Folsom; (916) 355-8586

THE PRESS CLUB

2030 P St., (916) 444-7914

SOL COLLECTIVE

GUTI.B, 6:30pm, $11-$13

2574 21st St., (916) 832-0916

SOPHIA’S THAI KITCHEN

Karaoke, 9pm Tu, no cover

Open-mic, 10pm-1am Tu, no cover; Trivia, 9-10pm W, no cover

Jenn Rogar with Instagon and the Iron Hearts 8pm Tuesday, $5.

Bows & Arrows Folk and Americana

Country Karaoke, 9pm M, call for cover; DJ Alazzawi, DJ Rigatony, 10pm Tu, $3

Microphone Mondays, 6pm M, $1-$2

RED JACKET MINE, THE CONTRA; 9pm, $5

129 E St., Davis; (530) 758-4333

STONEY INN/ROCKIN’ RODEO 1320 Del Paso Blvd., (916) 927-6023

GEORGIA RAIN, TERRY SHEETS BAND; 9pm, $5

SWABBIES

5871 Garden Hwy, (916) 920-8088

Country dancing, 7:30pm, no cover, $5 after 8pm

Country dancing,7:30pm, no cover, $5 after 8pm

PATO BANTON, URBANFIRE; 6pm, $13

BUMP CITY, 4pm, $8

TORCH CLUB

904 15th St., (916) 443-2797

X TRIO, 5pm, no cover; MARK SEXTON, 9pm, $5

PAILER AND FRATIS, 5:30pm; CALIFORNIOS, KB & THE SLINGTONES; 9pm, $10

JOHNNY KNOX, 5pm, no cover; THE COALITION, 9pm, $8

TOWNHOUSE LOUNGE

Wild w/ DJ Billy Lane, 9pm, no cover

DJ X-GVNR, 9pm, no cover

DJs Fame Change and X-GVNR, 9pm, $5

1517 21st St., (916) 613-7194

Country dance party, 8pm, no cover

Comedy open-mic, 8pm M; Bluebird Lounge open-mic, 5pm Tu, no cover

Blues jam, 4pm, no cover; PETUNIA AND THE VIPERS, 8pm, $7-$8;

SERIOUS TREBLE, 9pm Tu, $5; Open-mic, 5:30pm W; MOJO GREEN, 9pm W, $5 Grimey w/ DJ Whores and guests., 9pm Tu, $5-$10; Open-mic, 9pm M, no cover

N’Dambi 10pm Friday, $20.

Assembly Soul and funk

All ages, all the time ACE OF SPADES

THE ENGLISH BEAT, LA NOCHE OSKURA; FOALS, COLD ESKIMO, DESARIO; 7pm, 7pm, $20 $18

1417 R St., (916) 448-3300

CLUB RETRO

1529 Eureka Rd., Roseville; (916) 988-6606

IAMSU, PROBLEM; 7pm, $20

QUEENSRYCHE, 7pm M, $25; ALEX CLARE, 7pm W, $16

TOMMY GREEN, STYROFOAM GIRLFRIENDS, CALYB WILLIAMS; 6:30pm, $8

UPCOMING SHOWS

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Since cannabis is a Schedule I drug, according to both the feds and the state, it cannot be prescribed, only recommended. So, if this law passes, anyone driving with any amount of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, in their blood is automatically guilty of being under the influence.

This is, of course, BS. The effects of marijuana usually wear off in about three hours, but THC can linger in your body’s system for weeks. So, if you smoked a joint on Friday and got pulled over Monday, you could still be found guilty of a DUI. When this bill was first introduced in February, no one thought it had a chance. But it’s since picked up steam and is now headed to the California Senate Public Safety Committee for a hearing on April 23.

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THC can linger in your Besides the usual emailing, calling and faxing to your body for weeks, so if you representatives, you can smoked a joint on Friday also attend a rally planned for the Capitol building the and got pulled over same day of the hearing.

Monday, you could still The rally, supported and by pot activists be found guilty of driving sponsored such as the Sacramento and under the influence. California NORML chapters and Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, will start at 11 a.m. near the 12th and N streets entrance of the state Capitol. For more information, email event organizer Ron Mullins (new.avalon@hotmail.com) or Sacramento NORML director Bob Bowerman (bob@sacnorml.org) This brings up an interesting point. How do I say this? I find it very … interesting that while California is clearly on the cusp of marijuana-law reform that would keep thousands of people from going to jail, this bill would find a way to put cannabis users in jail even if they weren’t driving under the influence. You wouldn’t even have to be in possession of marijuana to go to jail under this bill. Why would someone even try to get this bill passed? Are there perhaps some people in California that have a vested interest in keeping our jails full of nonviolent, hard-working people? Hmm. Ω

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The writer

Oliver Burkeman has some advice that would be helpful for you Aries folks to hear right now: “When you assume your current preferences won’t alter, you’ll make bad decisions: embarking on a career or marriage, say, not with a view to its durability, but solely based on how it makes you feel now.” I am most definitely not predicting that you are about to make the kind of bad decision Burkeman refers to. I’m sure my warning here in this horoscope will derail any temptation you might have to make shortsighted moves.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I’m happy

to report that help from the invisible world is available to you right now. Of course, you won’t be able to use it, let alone tune in to it, if you don’t believe there is any such thing as help from the invisible world. So, if you are the type of person who is very sure that reality consists of nothing more than what your senses reveal, I suggest that you temporarily suspend that belief. And if you are someone who has had direct experiences with blessings that come from the unseen realm, be aware that the imminent delivery is quite different from those you have known in the past.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In her book

A Monster’s Notes, Laurie Sheck describes the nuances of the term “ghost” in the German language. A mediocre wine may be called unghostly, she says. A witty, lively person is “Rich in Ghostliness,” whereas a dull, blank type “has no ghost in him.”

In this spirit, Gemini, I suspect you will have some pretty fine ghostliness working for you in the coming weeks. And there’s a good chance that part of your extraspecial mojo will arise from your creative engagement with energies that resemble the more traditional definition of “ghost.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): A one-

minute video commercial for The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas luxury resort shows an elegant woman at a sumptuous feast.

She’s eagerly holding her dinner plate up to her face so she can lick it clean of its last delicious taste. The scene shifts to a well-dressed man who’s down on all fours serving as a chair for a chic woman. She applies her makeup while gazing into the shiny mirrorlike surface of a high-heeled shoe. New scene: An 80-year-old woman pats the butt of a handsome young stud with whom she’s slow dancing. At the end of the ad, a catchphrase appears: “Just the right amount of wrong.” I say, let that be your mantra in the coming week, Cancerian.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Albert Einstein

published his general theory of relativity in 1916. It had radical implications for the field of theoretical physics but remained an unproven concept until 1919. Then, a British physicist verified its accuracy with evidence gathered during a solar eclipse. The Times newspaper in London announced the event with the headline “Revolution in Science: New Theory of the Universe, Newtonian Theories Overthrown.” Not wanting to be left behind, The New York Times assigned one of its own journalists to cover the revolution.

Unfortunately, the person they sent was a sports reporter whose specialty was golf. His article was less than illuminating.

The moral of the story, as far as you’re concerned, Leo: When big developments are underway, show up at full strength, with all your powers engaged.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Never to get

lost is not to live,” writes Rebecca Solnit in her book A Field Guide to Getting Lost. In fact, she says that not knowing how to get lost is unhealthy. These are useful ideas to consider right now, Virgo. It will probably do you good to get at least semilost.

As you wander around without a map or compass, I bet you will stumble upon important teachings. At the same time, I hope you will put some thought into how you’re going to get lost. Don’t just leave it to chance. Make sure there’s a method in your madness.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the English

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In his book

Karmic Traces, Eliot Weinberger describes the life story of naked mole rats. They’re animals that never leave their underground tunnels. Normally, you Scorpios have nothing in common with them. But in the coming days, I’m hoping there will be one resemblance. According to Weinberger, the naked mole rats “change direction by somersaulting.” Metaphorically speaking, I think this would be an excellent strategy for you. There’s no need to mope cautiously as you alter your course. No need to be lackadaisical and fitful and full of doubts. Just spring into action with a cheery bounce, and move on with a renewed sense of purpose.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

The famous philosopher John Searle unleashed a witty dig about the famous philosopher Jacques Derrida, saying he is “the sort of philosopher who gives bullshit a bad name.” One of your fun assignments in the coming week, Sagittarius, is to do the opposite of what Derrida’s work does.

In other words, give bullshit a good name.

How? Well, you could engage in creative verbal expressions that boost morale and propagate delight and lubricate worthwhile connections. Make up noble fictions that are more accurate and useful than the literal truth. Spread uplifting gossip that heals and invigorates.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

“The ideal piano player … is the one who wants to be the piano,” says a character in Thomas Bernhard’s novel The Loser.

He continues: “I say to myself every day when I wake up, I want to be the Steinway ... I want to be the Steinway itself.” Your assignment, Capricorn, is to apply this attitude to your own personal situation.

In other words, merge with the tool you want to master. Immerse yourself in the skill you’re working to perfect—disappear into it. In your imagination, become completely united with the thing or person or experience you desire.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “The

trouble with our age is that it is all signpost and no destination,” said writer Louis Kronenberger. I’m concerned that you may have fallen under the sway of this kind of myopia, Aquarius. A steady stream of useful tips and clues has been appearing, but you’re missing some of them. Your long-range goals aren’t sufficiently clear, so you don’t always recognize the significance of new revelations. Here’s the cure: In your imagination, create a vivid picture of your next big destination.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A group

of bicyclists in Southern California challenged a blogger to a race. They said they could cover the 38.4 miles from North Hollywood to Long Beach faster on their bikes than the blogger could get there by plane. As it turned out, they were right.

Their trip took an hour and 34 minutes. As for the blogger, he had to drive to the airport, wait for the plane to depart, fly to a different airport, then catch a cab to the designated destination. He arrived about an hour after the cyclists. Can you guess which of those two modes of travel is the preferred metaphor for you this week, Pisces? The earthy, simple, stripped-down approach will get you where you need to go better than the big, elaborate, expensive method.

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Why woodworking?

The economy was bad, and things just started changing in my personal life—I was going through a divorce and moving [to Davis], and the [real-estate] market had changed, so I just went with my passion.

I wish I’d been doing it all along.

What jump-started the switch?

I came across this pile of black walnut logs that the county had cut down. I managed to salvage about six of the larger logs and then got connected with a sawmill operator who had a nice shop he needed someone to occupy.

Define “logs”—I’m thinking fireplace size, but obviously if there’s a sawmill involved …

They were about 6 to 10 feet long and about 18 to 24 inches in diameter—too big for four or five guys to carry. We had to have the right equipment and chainsaws.

When did you start working with wood?

In the late ’90s, in college in Washington.

I went into this gallery in Bellingham and fell in love with the furniture they had there. I’d already been working with wood—I was self-taught—but when I went in there, I left knowing that I wanted to be an apprentice. I started the next day with an artist who was displaying at the gallery and apprenticed with him for three years. My family has always been into interior design and home construction, and I’ve always been around tools.

In high school, I started making furniture, but this just took it to the next level.

So why did you pursue real estate instead of furniture?

When I graduated, I didn’t feel like I had a strong enough business, so I went into real estate. But one of the big lessons I eventually learned was learning about myself—my own emotions and passions. It was learning about who I am, and that I needed to be doing what I love—for [the sake] of my passion and my family. Woodworking was a no-brainer. I’ll do it for the rest of my life, barring any really bad injuries.

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Injuries? Um, what kind of injuries?

Most woodworkers have injuries—most have lost at least a finger. My teacher had three missing fingers. So far, I’m lucky I still have all of my fingers.

Favorite thing to create?

If it was up to me, I’d do wall sculptures all the time. I love making larger, dramatic pieces like dining-room tables and large [kitchen] island tops—stuff you look at and think, “How did it come together? The scale is massive.” But I love anything I’m creating. I’m just happy to do it.

Why salvaged wood?

[Previously], I got lumber from tree farms— African mahogany, cherry and maple. It came premilled, presurfaced and ready to start cutting out parts. The difference now is that all the woods are local, and we mill it ourselves. There’s a big transformation that comes from knowing what goes from turning a board into a [finished piece].

What’s your favorite wood?

I love the Claro black walnut—it becomes a deep, dark color, and the browns in the wood are just incredible. It machines really well, and it smells fabulous. It has the whole package.

Sacramento is the City of Trees: Does that make it a good region for your work?

I’m blessed to be here. There are so many local hardwoods, like the Claro black walnut, which only grows in Northern California and southern Oregon. There are a lot of other local woods that look amazing but are difficult to work with, like the black locust. It’s extremely hard and oily and difficult to cut.

As your business grows, how will it change?

I may eventually do things to speed up the finish, to speed up the production, but every part is handmade, and they’ll always be handmade.

So no production-line assembly?

Definitely not. This is about the soul of the tree. When we mill a tree into lumber, we’re basically getting the story of the tree—it’s all over the grain of the wood; you can look at the history and the life it had and had to endure to get to where it was in the life cycle.

A lot of times, I’ll look at that and use different parts of the tree depending on where it’s going in the piece. If there’s a really dramatic part of the wood that clearly had a big impact on the tree’s life, it may play a part in what I make. Ω For more information on Honoring Fallen Trees and its Kickstarter project, visit www.honoringfallentrees.com.

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