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Truth, immediacy and media Last week was unarguably a horrible week: The Boston Marathon bombing.

A deadly Texas fertilizer-plant explosion. Poison-laced letters mailed to the president and others.

The week, however, also underscored the symbiotic relationship between traditional and social media, particularly in Boston, where rumors and lurid hearsay abounded. There was the New York Post report of 12 dead—even as other outlets put the confirmed death toll at three. Or the way news of a Saudi man’s detention went viral after the Post incorrectly identified him as a suspect. Then there was CNN, reporting that authorities had apprehended someone when, of course, they hadn’t.

Still, both media platforms proved crucial after the FBI released surveillance footage of two suspects: Within hours, police were engaged in a standoff with the alleged bombers.

Journalists scrambled to keep up.

Online, one observer mused he was “watching traditional media die in my Twitter feed.” Others, conversely, argued that social media would be nowhere without the information it gleaned from TV and print.

But as we sat glued to our screens—TV, computer, tablet, smartphone—it became clear that we hungered for details and accuracy. To that end, I watched as Seth Mnookin, a journalist and co-director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Graduate Program in Science Writing, earned 10,000 new followers in an hour as he tweeted live from Boston’s front lines after the city went on lockdown.

Throughout, Mnookin tempered boots-on-the-ground swiftness with the caution of a seasoned reporter.

His accounts served as a stellar example of how old and new media aren’t mutually exclusive forces, but rather tools for the kind of reporting that satisfies a need for both immediacy and facts.

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In the Big Apple, SN&R spends the day with a gaggle of Sacramento reporters (a.k.a. the Kings media support group) as the NBA saga slogs onward MANHATTAN—If you’re sick of the Sacramento Kings drama, imagine how reporters covering this by story must feel after spending the last four David Watts months—or four years or seven years or Barton 13 years—poring over every angle. Each mayoral press conference, every new civic suitor (Anaheim, Virginia Beach, Seattle), city-council votes and arena studies, those task-force meetings or cryptic pronouncements from the brothers Maloof. This past week in New York City was just the latest twist in a winding, convoluted plot that is beginning to rival All My Children in its length, complexity and unexpected turns.

Which means that most Sacramento media outlets just had to attend the NBA’s annual board of governors (that is, owners—ego much?) meeting in Manhattan last week. These owners convened inside; the reporters, out on the sidewalk. Waiting.

In the rain. For nothing. ’Twas ever thus: Ryan Lillis of The Sacramento Bee reckoned, off the cuff, that he and his two partners in coverage, Tony Bizjak and Dale Kasler, have written about 60 stories on the subject. This year.

Which, it should be noted, is barely threemonths old.

And during the last three years, Lillis David Watts Barton is a former Sacramento guessed he’s written or co-written nearly journalist now living in 300 stories on the subject.

New York City.

“This story just never ends,” he told SN&R. He is not alone in feeling that way.

Eric Rucker of Fox40 is on his first N.Y. trip to the NBA board of governors meeting, but says he does “at least” three stories a week on the Kings. He knows the fans are as tired of waiting as reporters.

“I think the general public is ready for this to be over,” he said. “Kings fans are the best in the league, but … you can only take so much.”

Seattle’s reporters, several of whom were also in New York, were pretty keen on the idea of the end of the story. Their city is also vying for the team, with bigmoney backers, and just two months ago, they said a Seattle move was a slam dunk.

They were wrong.

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Loathe to discuss it, NBA Commissioner David Stern waited until the end of his Friday press conference to chat about the Kings.

Sacramento reporters garnered no new news— except that they’d have to wait longer.

“It’s the story you can’t escape,” said named for an actual, though dead, king: Especially the Maloofs. But that didn’t stop Jon Humbert, a reporter for KOMO in Louis XVI. the media from hustling; News10’s Nick Seattle. “It’s endless.”

Journalists got sodas and cold cuts and, Monacelli even chased a limo.

His colleague Chris Daniels, of KING even more importantly, wireless Internet “Did we really need to sprint three 5, has been covering Seattle’s version of access. It was even classy. But, most blocks across Manhattan, in the rain, not this never-ending story for seven years, importantly, it was warm. knowing why, following another reporter, since investors in Oklahoma City bought “I didn’t know this place even had an to catch an owner who didn’t really want to the SuperSonics and moved the team away. inside,” joked Lillis. talk to us?” Adler asked.

He has lost track of how many stories he’s The occasion was NBA Commissioner You be the judge: The reporters who done, saying only, “It’s been seven years of David Stern’s press conference. While made that sprint got this, from a limousinemy life.” everyone waited, cruising Twitter, it was safe Joe Maloof: “Good meeting, good Sacramento News10 sports anchor painfully clear that this Kings story didn’t meeting. Can’t really talk.”

Bryan May can nearly double that. He did take place in a vacuum: Just 220 miles to Meanwhile, back at the press conferhis first story on a possible move and a the northeast, Boston had been completely ence, Stern announced … well, not much. possible new arena 13 years ago. shut down for a massive manhunt to find The league hopes to vote on the Kings, but “I’ve never covered a story like this,” the second marathon-bomber suspect. it will occur in three more weeks. he said. “It is literally never-ending. Sports Reporters who were sent to New York for It wasn’t much, but the assembled guys usually go to a scheduled event, do the Kings ended up being pulled out to go reporters made what they could of it. May, a pregame interview, watch the game and to Boston.

Lillis and Adler chipped in gamely with report on it. Story over. Next!” questions, knowing that they would get no Now, he said, “The first thing I do when real information.

“Over half of what’s I wake up in the morning is check Twitter But they’d flown cross-country and to see what I’ve missed.” out there is not real. braved the elements—and the cold But what he usually misses on Twitter, cuts—to bring their hometown these Nearly everything we and everywhere else, turns out to be not non-news stories because, at the end of hear is secondhand much at all. And that’s the frustration. the day, this is an important story for “Over half of what’s out there is not Sacramento, all agreed. or thirdhand or just real,” he said. “Nearly everything we And after having watched this saga for speculation.” hear is secondhand or thirdhand or just years (and years), how can Sacramentans speculation.” turn away now?

Bryan May And yet, there was May—and Lillis and So, as Fox40’s Rucker tried to get a News10 sports anchor, on Sacramento Rucker and Ben Adler of Capital Public car to Boston in time for a live shot at Kings drama truth and rumors Radio, and at one point, five crew members 6 o’clock, and with the wireless Internet from News10 and three from KCRA—all going off at 4 p.m., everyone raced to file hanging out on the sidewalk outside the Perusing the wires, Adler quipped that their news-free news stories.

St. Regis New York hotel waiting. the Boy Scouts of America’s announcement Lillis disappeared and reappeared with “We did 18 hours out there [on that they will accept gay scouts—not gay a quote from George Maloof, which he Thursday],” said May. scoutmasters—“may be the all-time news tweeted out to a grateful Twitter public.

Things fared better last Friday, April 19: dump.” Who’s going to notice in a news Turns out George, speaking for the The weather warmed up from the previous week like this? brothers, was really speaking for us all: day’s cold and rain, and the NBA allowed Turned out that in New York, there was “We respect the process,” he says. “But reporters inside the ornate, polished-wood no new Kings info. The owners, for the we want it to be over.” Ω and marble hotel and into a meeting room most part, didn’t want to speak to the press.

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This week, homeless camps will be moving from the American River’s banks to downtown. But it’s not what you think.

Safe Ground Sacramento, the nonprofit dedicated to protecting homeless residents and helping them find a safe by Dave Kempa place to sleep, will host a weeklong arts, education and music event on the corner of 12th and C streets. d a v ek @ Slated to begin on Wednesday, May 1, the Safe Ground ne w s re v ie w.c o m Stake Down hopes to raise both funds and awareness for the nonprofit’s ongoing efforts to find land where homeless people can stay and not be asked to leave.

But the downtown neighborhood’s residents and landlords are protesting the Stake Down. Organizers want to include a small “tent city” as part of the event. Residents say they weren’t informed of the Stake Down until very recently, and now are concerned the encampment will affect the area’s safety “I think it’s a and sanitation. Some even worry that a nights of camping could turn into slap in the face.” few something more long term.

With this in mind, the city held an Gary Federer open discussion involving both residents board member, Alkali and Mansion and Stake Down representatives on Flats Historic Neighborhood Monday, April 22.

Association, on the city’s permitting “I think it’s a slap in the face for of a homeless encampment near this location,” said Gary Federer, board his home member of the Alkali and Mansion Flats Historic Neighborhood Association.

A longtime resident and staunch critic of the Stake Down, Federer added that the lot’s soil toxicity levels should be tested before the event can take place.

Other residents, concerned about an influx of homeless people in their neighborhood, asked officials and organizers how they intend to keep the Stake Down under control regarding crowds, sanitation and safety.

City officials outlined the restrictions for the event More information established in the permit, which demand crowds no larger about Safe Ground Sacramento is at than 49 people, no on-site cooking, no more than three www.safeground consecutive nights of camping and sufficient garbage sac.org. receptacles.

Meanwhile, Stake Down representatives Ron Javor and Cathleen Williams promised a clean and educational environment. They insist the neighborhood’s well-being is a primary concern.

The lot on which they plan to hold the Stake Down belongs to Safe Ground representative and social-justice lawyer Mark Marin.

Not all Alkali Flat residents were convinced, but frustrations by the end of the meeting were directed less toward homeless advocates and more toward city officials, who have been promising tangible answers to the homelessness problem for years.

According to Steve Watters, head of Safe Ground Sacramento, things are starting to move forward.

“Right now, we’ve had the most progress in all the time Independent reporting for this I’ve been with Safe Ground,” he said. story is funded In recent months, councilmen Jay Schenirer and Allen by a grant from Warren have said they are open to hosting sites in their Sacramento districts. In fact, a lot for the region’s first permanent Safe Emergency Foodlink.

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Inside the courtroom with a local offender freed under new three-strikes law With his freedom at stake, three-striker Aaron C. Collins decided to tell the judge an anecdote about brains in jars. But first, by Raheem he cried.

F. Hosseini The 46-year-old Collins traveled a long way to this moment, seated r aheemh@ before Sacramento Superior Court newsreview.c om Judge Lawrence G. Brown last week.

Shackled and garbed in orange duds, Collins rode a rickety bus all the way from a Lancaster prison and spent a night in solitary confinement before his April 17 hearing.

The law sentenced individuals to 25 years to life for any third felony conviction if their first two were serious. By definition, Collins qualified.

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Part of the first wave of threestrikers to be resentenced under Proposition 36, Collins was here to explain why he should get “time served” for the crime of possessing weed while in prison 18 years ago.

When he tried to tell his story, it all became too much for the gregarious Collins, author of two self-published books and an aspiring radio personality.

“I said I wouldn’t lose it,” he reminded himself.

“Take your time,” Judge Brown offered. “This is a big day.”

And a long time coming.

In September 1995, Collins, a twice-convicted robber who stole to feed his crack habit, got caught with five bindles of marijuana while doing time in Folsom. This was less than a year after voters overwhelmingly adopted the state’s harsh three-strikes law.

Three strikes and other harsh sentencing laws helped pack California prisons with lowlevel drug offenders like Aaron C. Collins, whose third strike was for possessing marijuana in prison.

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Last November, voters approved Proposition 36, which modifies three strikes so that people convicted of lesser third felonies aren’t eligible for 25-years-to-life. It applies retroactively, meaning Collins and thousands more can petition to have their sentences reviewed. The Sacramento County district attorney and public defender are reviewing 160 such cases to see who else qualifies for resentencing.

Collins is one of almost 40 locally to be deemed worthy, but that doesn’t mean he was always an angel.

“I was a badass inside. I mean, I was screwing up a lot,” the onetime problem inmate told SN&R. He acted out, in part, because he had given up hope. And now, he was having trouble telling the judge his anecdote:

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An old man walks into an antique shop to buy a 40th-anniversary gift for his wife. On the counter are three glass jars containing a brain in each.

One is labeled “white brain” and is priced at $10 million because, the shopkeeper explains, it was a white brain that built the first rocket. The second is labeled “Asian brain” and goes for $15 million. It was an Asian brain that created the fuel for the rocket, says the shopkeeper. The third is labeled “black brain” and has a $50 million asking price.

Why is that one so much more expensive, the old man wonders.

“Because this brain hasn’t been used yet,” Collins said, finishing his story.

“‘I was a badass inside. I mean, I was screwing up a lot.”

Aaron C. Collins on his initial behavior in prison “For years, I allowed my brain not to be used,” he said.

Collins decided to change that, becoming a Prop. 36 “poster child” in the process, said Chief Assistant Public Defender Karen Flynn. Born to a heroin-addicted mother who died in 1987, Collins kicked his own habit while on the inside. He also earned a couple associate degrees and became a go-to paralegal for his fellow inmates.

Then, he wrote two books: one, a memoir covering the crack addiction he picked up at age 16; the other, a cookbook of sorts.

“What I did was, I have real recipes and I gave them a legal twist,” he said. “‘Lawyer’s Latte,’ ‘Premeditated Mashed Potatoes,’ ‘Prosecutor’s Pancakes’—I made catchy, creative names to go with the food.”

It was this 180-degree turn, which Collins started well before Prop. 36, that convinced Judge Brown to grant him time served for the remainder of his term.

“He is a changed man,” Brown concluded. “I hope you tell your story to any and all that will listen.”

For believing in him, Collins gave the smiling judge a signed copy of his cookbook. Then, still shackled, he got up and marched down the hall toward an altogether different future. Ω

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Is this really the last summer for Sacramento’s lone remaining drive-in movie theater?

Rumors of the West Wind Sacramento 6 Drive-in’s demise aren’t new. Back during the recession’s prime in 2009, developers announced plans to tear down the outdoor-movie destination near Bradshaw Road and Highway 50 to make way for a sparkling new strip mall, with a Best Buy as the anchor tenant. But that vision fizzled as retail sales dipped.

And today, more people shop online than at Best Buy, so double features of Scary Movie V and The Croods live on.

Earlier this month, however, SyWest Development told reporter Kelly Johnson with the Sacramento Business Journal that it may resurrect shopping-center blueprints and begin construction on the mall—called “The Landing”— next year.

This would finally mean curtains for the 41-year-old drive-in.

SN&R called Sacramento 6’s owners to see if all this was, in fact, actually possible—only to find out that SyWest, who wants to tear down the towering drive-in screens, is the daughter company of San Rafael-based Syufy Enterprises, who owns the drive-in. So, there you go. (Nick Miller)

A third mayor!

Sacramento’s getting a new mayor. Sort of.

It’s no secret that Vice Mayor Angelique Ashby is expecting a baby in May (congrats!). Or that Mayor Kevin Johnson has a penchant for skipping city-council meetings.

Ashby, as vice mayor, runs council meetings in Johnson’s absence, and since she’ll be on maternity leave, Sacramento now needs a third mayor. A “mayor pro tempore.”

This past Tuesday, council was poised to select one of their own as its third backup mayor, a position that will last until June 30.

SN&R did a little homework, and it appears Sacramento’s in a unique club: No other California city can boast three mayors! (N.M.)

For a good time, call SeniorLink There are only so many Golden Girls reruns a golden girl (or guy) can watch.

SeniorLink knows that. The early intervention program run by El Hogar Community Services Inc., a local mental-wellness provider, was designed to get older adults out of their homes. A lack of transportation can be one of the biggest drivers of isolation for older adults, leading to Call SeniorLink. depression or anxiety, said program

supervisor Ameisha Arthur.

The free, voluntary SeniorLink welcomes referrals from all sources—family members; neighbors; community workers with access to the elderly, like Meals on Wheels; or by the interested parties themselves. “We try to make it really accessible,” Arthur said.

The program can serve 300, but participation isn’t near that figure. Arthur hopes more Sacramento County seniors will sign up. She stresses SeniorLink’s interest in helping participants achieve their own goals, whether it’s joining a card group or doing more traveling. Staffers meet participants where they live, which isn’t always alone. Many are married or live with their adult children.

“Even when you live with family, you can still feel shut in,” Arthur noted. Interested parties should call (916) 369-7872 or email SLreferral@eljogarinc.org. (Raheem F. Hosseini)

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Anyway, Liz Studebaker gets it.

She took over the Midtown Business Association last year, and this Saturday, the neighborhood’s healthyeats moratorium ends with the Midtown Farmers Market’s debut. Spearheaded

by Studebaker, the 45-vendor gathering will post up in a J Street parking lot between 20th and 21st streets from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. It probably wasn’t easy to kick-start—I’ve been hearing rumblings of a farmers market for almost a year now—but it’s finally happening.

A lot of people have asked whether this new market will threaten Sunday’s downtown one under the freeway. My answer: No, and who cares? Because if there aren’t enough consumers of fresh produce or local goods to go around, then Sacramento will have bigger problems than just underattended farmers markets.

Which brings us to Chipotle. I have no real beef with the megachain, other than I’m not really into supersized, gooey burritos. But its stores don’t dominate Sacto’s grid—there’s only one location on 19th Street—and the

company tries hard to source ethical, natural ingredients. Or at least that’s the marketing spin. I was even bored the other day and bought one of those new “Sofritas� tofu burritos, which they’re guinea-pigging here in Midtown. New dumb name, same gooey-burrito indigestion.

Anyway, I mention Uncle Chip because a stone’s throw off the grid in East Sacramento, a new Chipotle restaurant’s going up on Folsom Boulevard. Which is fine—except for the fact that this new development and signage completely blocks the streetside view of Corti Brothers.

A pet peeve: My eyebrows frizzle when new buildings or signs overtake existing, oftentimes iconic Sacramento landmarks. It’s not topography; it’s milieu, and it defines us. I don’t care what you do in Roseville or El Dorado Hills. But the city’s code should better preserve Sacramento’s historic and traditional aesthetic. Let’s not block

the view.

And, in this case, Corti’s retro facade is timeless.

Speaking of eyesores: Six years ago, vigilante Midtowners were sick of the weeds and trash overwhelming the lot on the corner of N and 21st streets.

Some jerk even dumped a toilet there.

But pesky residents cleaned the junk out, trimmed back the overgrown brush and landscaped the space. They brought in a bench, built a pathway through the forgotten lot and even grew flowers in the toilet. “Corner Park� was christened.

And then, the lot owner, ever responsible, tore the park down and erected a lovely chain-link fence.

Fast-forward to today: Still the same fence, still an ugly stamp on an otherwise pleasant Midtown block. And, as happens each spring, the weeds are back in full waist-high force.

I called 311, not because I thought it would change things, but just to see how it goes for residents who file code-violation complaints. A polite city employee told me on Tuesday that an officer would visit and check the lot out in 10 to 14 days. She added that weeds would have to be at least 3-feet high before a citation would be written.

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Speaking of toadyism: anybody remember Mayor K.J.’s SacramentoFirst Citizens’ Task Force? That was a panel of experts (of sorts)— business people, developers and political types—whom the mayor brought together to vet arena proposals and then recommend one to city council. Had no authority whatsoever, but people seemed to think they were important at the time, and the council went along.

Back in 2010, the Sacramento First brain trust panned one proposal to build an arena at Downtown Plaza, saying they were “skeptical about the ability to reuse parking beneath the Westfield Downtown Plaza, given public safety and terrorism concerns on the part of the NBA and other tenants.”

Seems they spoke to “many experts” who said that underground parking facilities are discouraged at NBA facilities because they aren’t safe.

That was only one reason the task force recommended against the Downtown Plaza site. The main one being the site was then owned by Westfield Group, who had no particular plans to do anything with the decrepit mall. Ultimately, the task force recommended the multipart land-swap proposal then being pushed by developer Gerry Kamilos. To absolutely everyone’s surprise, the Kamilos plan bombed.

Today, no one seems to remember or care about the terrorism thing with Downtown Plaza. These things have a way of shifting

from sales pitch to sales pitch. They are shifty.

Maybe the terrorism thing was nonsense.

Maybe the city’s best and brightest didn’t know what they were talking about in 2010.

Not like they do now in 2013. Today, it’s obvious to everyone how much better the Downtown Plaza is compared to the rail-yards site. Always has been. The new deal’s points are clearly much better than the last deal’s points. The deal is a lot less risky for the city, for one thing. In fact, the whole deal is better in every way, compared to the last deal. And the one before it and the one before that. Can’t wait to see what the next deal looks like.

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We were supposed to be well on our way to building a Sacramento Kings arena right now, wondering how we managed to hold on to the team for just $250 million in taxpayer money.

But apparently, the NBA board of oligopolists needs more time to choose between Seattle and Sacramento. Who should have the privilege of subsidizing probasketball profits? Seattle is a richer market. vIN Ar G But Sacramento’s willing to put their o SM

by Co general fund on the line. cos mog@ n ewsrev iew.c om Funny that the Sacramento City Council was given part of a weekend and one and one-half working days to consider and then vote on the deal, vague as it is. The NBA owners group have decided they need until May to make up their minds.

Whatever happens, we’re really winners already. As Councilman Steve Hansen put it before casting his vote to approve the tentative deal, “We have four billionaires essentially who have said Sacramento is worthy. It’s been a long time since someone has validated us in this way.”

Sacramento’s motto is “Urbs Indomita,” or “The Indomitable City.” But who are we kidding? We ought to just translate Hansen’s words into Latin and slap them right inside the city seal: “Billionaires think we are worthy.”

No one seems to remember or care about the terrorism thing with Downtown Plaza.

It’s much classier that Kennedy is holding a “San Patricio,” Mexican-Irish themed fundraiser next month instead. It’s on May 14, at Track 7 Brewing Co., and just $35 to get in, $500 to be a “friend” and $1,500 to be a “sponsor.”

Everyone who’s anyone in Democrat circles will be there. Well, not everyone. And probably not many people from the neighborhoods whose schools were shut down. They’ll be too busy trying to figure out where the hell their kids are going to go to school next year.

It’s not entirely clear to Bites that Kennedy actually needs to raise campaign money. He had no opposition to speak of when he ran for re-election last summer, no opposition at all the first time he ran, and he’s not up for election again until 2016. That’s more than three years away. And it’s a school board, not Congress.

But, hey, at least Kennedy waited a respectful period of time between closing those schools and sucking up those campaign dollars. Otherwise, it would have been sort of crass. Ω

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Or, at the very least, the sort of decision that deserves more than the 72 hours Sacramentans had last month. Minus points for both the NBA for rushing Sacto then taking its time, and also city leaders for acquiescing.

Just when radio shock-jock dumbassery couldn’t get any more obtuse, local KRXQ 98.5 FM morning radio hosts Rob, Arnie and Dawn dedicated a segment of their show to the top five reasons to hate Boston—the day after the bombing attacks. Entercom, which owns local station 98 Rock, took the show off the air; the trio still had yet to return as of this paper’s deadline.

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Run for Boston I didn’t understand any of it—until my The final turn of the Boston Marathon takes runners own, personal reality check of the good and onto the straightaway of Boylston Street. It’s by heroism of others. Of surgeons going to work wide and raucous, a joyous open-air tunnel of James Raia without being asked after just finishing the humanity a few hundred yards from a finish a sacramento marathon. And volunteers helping strangers line now forever changed. journalist and and residents along the course, inviting them It’s the final iconic segment of a marathon two-time Boston into their homes. that, while not the most difficult nor the Marathon finisher When tragedies occur, citizens from most scenic, remains running’s greatest Sandy Hook, Conn., to the Commonwealth of benchmark, a mixture of the small-city rural Massachusetts speak of resolve and resilience. start in Hopkinton; the effervescent women How race organizers will of Wellesley College move forward is unknown. and the challenges of It’s baffling But the community, including the Newton hills in the runners, volunteers and shop middle; and the monoreporters owners, will embrace the lithic, 60-by-60-foot Cargo sign 1 mile from grilled a surgeon event again in 2014 with a new fervor. It will be special, the finish. on national respectful—an homage to I don’t know how to the tragedy to Patriots’ Day, comprehend terrorism television after April 15, 2013. or what to make of how Veterans and first-time he had just the media covers it. It’s runners will experience the baffling reporters grilled performed six still-proud tradition and a surgeon on national hopefully, without fear. Other television after he had operations. runners will continue to run just performed six other marathons or go on operations on victims of training runs with friends or on solo lunchthe explosion. Or that a YouTube video showhour treks. ing looters stealing Boston Marathon apparel When we run—or go for a walk or ride had nearly 700,000 views in the first four days a bike or swim or hike or help each other after the marathon. Why was the video even through difficult times—we win, and evil be made from the television broadcast? And who damned. Ω are the looters?

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Health-care reform’s high stakes Health care has never been simple. Choosing treatment and a doctor, running a healthcare organization—it’s complicated. But with health-care reform, it has become even more complex. It is like a difficult game of chess, but one where the rules keep changing; the bishops don’t move diagonally, and the knights jump three spaces one day and five on another. And tens of thousands of lives are l

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America desperately needs health-care reform. Although as a nation we pay more than twice as much for health care than most developed countries, there are still more than 48 million Americans without health insurance. In 2010, a study found that more than 26,000 ill or injured Americans died prematurely because of a lack of health insurance. The state with the largest number of deaths was California. This is a national disgrace—and a time bomb.

Despite rock ’n’ roll, the baby boomers will not stay forever young. Our massive numbers are starting to overwhelm the inefficient health-care system. Reform is paramount.

The Affordable Care Act is not perfect. No political compromise is ever perfect. But the ACA goes a long way toward improving health care.

It expands the number of There are those Americans that are covered. who stand to lose It improves care by simplifying the insurance process and moving to a lot if health-care electronic records. reform is successful.

It utilizes community clinics, which have a proven track record of delivering cost-efficient care.

It reimburses health-care providers based on outcomes rather than the number of procedures they do.

To see how the cost The bill’s provisions are critical for moving of health care in America toward a more rational health system. the United states But there are those who stand to lose if health-care compares to other reform is successful. Some big losers would be the countries, read the excellent PBs story pharmaceutical companies, with profits of 21 percent “health Costs: how to 30 percent; insurance-company executives, who the U.s. Compares receive huge salaries for a function that does not even With other Countries” exist in many countries; and medical specialists, who and chart at http://tinyurl.com/ make more than most other health professionals. Not compare-health-costs. surprisingly, those who benefit from the current system are trying to preserve it. And they have the financial and political resources to do so. Much of the misinformation and political opposition to health-care reform comes from these groups.

But fortunately, there are those who have the American people’s best interests at heart: Nonprofits such as The California Endowment, Sierra Health Jeff vonKaenel Foundation, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is the president, Ceo and majority and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, as well as state owner of the news and federal health- and human-services employees. & review newspapers These nonprofits and government employees are, as in sacramento, a group, incredible public servants doing a thankless, Chico and reno. difficult job. While others try to protect their own interests, these nonprofits and government employees are trying to protect another group: the American people.

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Cuz summertime’s no time for the art-house movie or future Academy Awards-worthy contender.

No, this is the season of the slick, big-budget hits: Comic books come to life. Epic action-hero dramas. Eagerly anticipated sequels. You know, mindless, leave-your-brains-at-the-door fare.

OK, we kid. Kind of. But certainly, SN&R film critics Jonathan Kiefer and Jim Lane aren’t afraid to take on this summer’s biggest releases as well as contemplate the possibility of a few surprise sleepers.

To get a sneak peak at your hot-weather options, we hacked the guys’ instant-messaging feed to bring you their unfiltered take on all things Robert Downey Jr., Leonardo DiCaprio and hard-partying monsters.

Jonathan Kiefer to Jim Lane: Iron Man 3 opens May 3, and its publicity juggernaut forces us to accept that day as the official start of this summer’s movie season. For reasons I can’t explain, Iron Man was the one comic I collected for a while as a boy. Was it something about the armor, or did I aspire to be a brilliant alcoholic playboy billionaire? Anyway, my interest in the character had faded a bit by the time of Jon Favreau’s first Iron Man movie (2008), so it was nice to go in not feeling overly protective. Also nice to continue not feeling protective during Iron Man 2, which wasn’t as good. Now Favreau has handed his franchise over to action hack Shane Black, but hey, it still has Robert Downey Jr.—how bad can it be?

Black knows Downey from Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and seems to have been working in Hollywood since around the time I stopped collecting comics.

Jim Lane to Jonathan Kiefer: Not sure what to expect

myself, besides a certain amount of slick fun. Much as I liked the first one, I have almost no recollection of IM2 beyond the sense that I didn’t waste my time.

I’m fairly open to Shane Black, having enjoyed Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (perhaps more than you did), which was the last picture he made. Truth is, with rare exceptions—Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers spring to mind—those comicbook-superhero flicks tend to blur together for me,

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especially once the sequels start arriving. Very few of them are as firm in my memory after a year as the first Superman is after 35.

Kiefer: Your blur of comic-book-superhero

flicks can also include The Wolverine (July 26), where Hugh Jackman again tries his clawed hand at an X-Men stand-alone. And for that matter, let’s extend the blur to Kick-Ass 2 (August 16), with Jim Carrey joining Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse’s foul-mouthed action comedy of costumed adolescent vigilantes. These seem promising to their target demographics, which I suppose is all any of us really expect anymore.

Lane: Getting back to Superman—there’s Man of Steel (June 14). I’m even less sure what to expect from that one. I find director Zack Snyder wildly uneven. I enjoyed 300 and loved Watchmen (knowing Alan Moore’s graphic novel as I did), but Sucker Punch and that Owls of Ga’Hoole thing were several kinds of awful. The Christopher Reeve Superman films had their problems, for sure, but Reeve himself was the best Superman ever, and, I suspect, all but irreplaceable.

Henry Cavill? He’s got some mighty big red boots to fill: Will he be the new Reeve or the new Brandon Routh? (Remember him?)

Kiefer: In Superman Returns (2006),

I thought Brandon Routh seemed himself like some computergenerated artifact, and so perhaps

Shannon, an actor I’ve always appreciated, as the supervillain General Zod. Of course, that’s the role Terence Stamp made so memorable in Superman II, so Shannon himself has a mighty big tunic (or kimono or lawn-and-leaf bag or whatever it was) to fill.

Lane: I’m intrigued myself at Snyder’s casting Russell Crowe as Jor-El and Amy Adams as Lois Lane. Otherwise, I’m not greatly encouraged by the preview trailer, with our hero’s hand-wringing angst and color-drained uniform. Where is the primary bright blue, red and yellow? This getup looks like it was woven out of steel wool by candlelight at the bottom of an iron mine. If they’re planning to Dark Knight-ify Superman, I, for one, will take some convincing.

However, I’m already half-convinced about Star Trek Into Darkness (May 17). J.J. Abrams never put a foot wrong on his 2009 reboot.

Kiefer: It had enough good sense not to mess

with the essential stuff, like chemistry between the characters, yet enough gumption to make a few big changes —like, say, the complete annihilation of a certain character’s home planet. This sequel has Sherlock’s Benedict Cumberbatch as the bad guy, which might prove even more exciting than Ben Kingsley as the bad guy in Iron Man 3. If Abrams somehow screws up his second Star Trek, which seems unlikely, he can always fall back on that other sci-fi institution whose reins he’s recently taken, namely Star Wars.

summer’s 900-pound gorilla. Anyhow, I’m ready to trust Abrams until he lets me down (on Star Wars, too, for that matter—but that’s a topic for another summer).

Two other sci-fi epics are getting a lot of advance play. One is the just-opened Oblivion with Tom Cruise. The other, Will and Jaden Smith in After Earth, opens on June 6. Both evidently deal with their respective heroes’ return to an inhospitable Earth after some catastrophe has driven the human race away.

Hmm. Is this a trend? Or have the respective filmmakers not been noticing what other pictures were in development (or noticing too closely)? After Earth is the latest from M. Night Shyamalan—talk about wildly uneven!—though you’d hardly know it from the trailer.

Kiefer: You’re quite right about the “inhos-

pitable Earth” trend. Our collective fears of climate change and environmental guilt shall at last fully saturate the market! Elysium (August 9), from the allegorically inclined director of District 9, involves Matt Damon and Jodie Foster in a futuristic epic about the “haves” living in luxury and in orbit, abandoning our ruined, overcrowded planet to the doomed “have-nots.” Perhaps quasi-relatedly, This Is the End (June 12) is a comedy with Seth Rogen, James Franco and Jonah Hill as themselves enduring an apocalypse. (The apocalypse never gets old, does it?)

Lane: Another déjà vu comes this summer with White House Down (June 28), trying to

hey, it still has Robert Downey Jr.— how bad can it be? perfectly suited to the project at hand after all.

Surely there’s no making up for the goneness of Christopher Reeve. I guess all I really want from Henry Cavill is to confirm my amazement at how much better British actors are at faking American accents than vice versa. Even if he flubs it a little, so what? Superman isn’t really from Kansas, anyway. What most interests me is Snyder’s casting Michael

Lane: I know I’m dating myself here, but

I was fresh out of high school when the original series debuted (the year Abrams was born)—I was the absolute bull’s-eye of Star Trek’s target audience. It won me over, then tried my patience, then drove me away by the end of the second season with its cheap sets, cheesy effects, campy stories and ham acting.

Abrams’ movie won me back; it was almost exactly what I imagined (and pretended was there for as long as I could) when I thought about Star Trek back in the day. I could be wrong, but I expect Into Darkness to be this

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by Olympus Has Fallen. I had a better-thanexpected time at the outlandish Olympus, while White House Down is from director Roland Emmerich, who hasn’t made a good movie since … well, ever.

Kiefer: Emmerich certainly hates that pesky

White House! He blew it up so spectacularly way back in Independence Day (1996), an apocalyptic vision later almost made manifest on 9/11. Well, it’s a different world these days—except maybe at the multiplex. White

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Speaking of being borne back ceaselessly into the past, may we discuss The Great Gatsby (May 10)? I’ve found an email exchange between you and me from last August, in which a publicist sent word of that movie’s postponement from then until now, and you responded: “You know what that means: It stinks, and everybody at Warner Bros. knows it.” At the

time, I liked the idea of director Baz Luhrmann casting Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby, Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan and Tobey Maguire as narrator Nick Carraway. What hung me up then (and still does) is the less likeable idea of Baz Luhrmann himself. For all his spangly sets—Gatsby looks beautifully designed, I’ll give it that—Luhrmann strikes me as insensitive to both the poetics of real literature and those of cinema. He stages showstoppers without remembering first to stage the actual shows.

Lane: Well said! Carey Mulligan is enough of a chameleon that I have no sense of her Daisy— but also enough of a chameleon that I’m willing to go along. DiCaprio and Maguire, on the other hand, strike me as F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Gatsby and Nick to the very life. Alas, the trailer shows precious little else Fitzgerald would recognize, and for now, I’ll stand by my gloomy forecast.

Come this May 11, that sound you hear may be the outraged author trying to claw his way out of the grave.

Kiefer: I would like to take this opportunity to

get you started on The Lone Ranger. Johnny Depp as Tonto? Discuss.

Lane: Ah! I told you I was the bull’s-eye of Star Trek’s target audience, and you have correctly figured that 10 years earlier I served the same purpose for TV’s The Lone Ranger.

What made kids like me love the “daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains” and his “faithful Indian companion” was their stolid,

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(Honestly, I haven’t had the heart to hunt up some of those old episodes for fear of sullying my rosy childhood memories with the facts.)

This new incarnation has, besides Depp’s bizarre-looking Tonto, director Gore Verbinski of the first three Pirates of the Caribbean pictures—not an encouraging sign. Ah, well, at least it’s likely to be easier to take than 1981’s The Legend of the Lone Ranger—but since that stinker was simply unwatchable, that isn’t saying much. Beyond that, is it true that this new version sets the masked man up as an emptyheaded front man for Tonto, the real brains of the outfit? And if so, did anybody ask Seth Rogen how that idea worked out for him on The Green Hornet?

Kiefer: Allen-trivia completists will recall that

San Francisco is also where Allen directed his first, Take the Money and Run (1969), and where he starred in 1972’s Play It Again, Sam. So for him, it’s a return to old stamping grounds—and maybe to old form. The last couple Allen films did well for themselves by hitting theaters around this time of year; if Blue Jasmine sticks to its projected July 26 release date, it could do the same.

Oh, wait, there’s one more high-profile wannabe we forgot. June 21 brings Monsters University, Pixar’s first ever prequel (I guess maybe the 3-D reissue of Monsters, Inc. just wasn’t enough in the way of franchise propagation). Now we’ll witness the frat-house antics of a pair of frighteners (voiced by John Goodman and Billy Crystal, reprising their roles) before

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Kiefer: Hard to say. Last August, Woody Allen

shot Blue Jasmine in San Francisco. He always plays it close to his chest, but the picture is said to be about a woman (played by Cate Blanchett) who moves there because she can no longer afford New York. (Obviously, Allen hasn’t lost his flair for a joke.) There was a period when Allen’s fans, including me, said that he really needed to step away from New York for a while.

Well, after his on-balance rather-successful tour of European capitals, it’s heartening to find him back in California—if not in Los Angeles, where he once famously quipped that “the only cultural advantage is you can turn right on a red light.”

Lane: Heh. That was a long time ago, in Annie Hall. Now you can do that even in New York.

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Lane: “Something ruthlessly debauched”? You mean like Cars 2? Seems to me Pixar has already gone there, and no, it wasn’t much fun.

The gang tried to turn Cars into a James Bond movie, and now it looks like it’s going to turn Monsters Inc. into Animal House. God forbid they miss hitting a target that low, but I suppose anything’s possible. Personally, I wasn’t overenthralled by Monsters, Inc., but the kiddies loved it. Well, that was 12 years ago, and those 6- to 10-year-olds are in college now. Monsters U may just be a canny piece of marketing. Do I spy another trend? What’s next for Pixar?

Woody & Buzz Go to White Castle?

Kiefer: “Woody & Buzz Go to White Castle”!

FTW, as the kids say on those Interwebs.

Come to think of it, your inspired concept there may well already have been developed (inasmuch as it can be) and submitted for our time-wasting consideration somewhere in the YouTube vortex. I’ll go looking for it as soon as I’m done typing this. Ω

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When Ursula Xanthe Young moved from San Francisco to Grass Valley, her art took on a new life in murals

H

er muses gaze down from Midtown’s concrete walls with deep ocean eyes.

Women with halos of flowing locks watch over Sacramento, their stares haunting, soulful and mesmerizing. These are the images painted on the backs of buildings, meant to subtly infuse the city blocks with thought, beauty and color.

Her vision isn’t like the rest of ours, but it’s the world Grass Valley painter, illustrator, designer and mural artist Ursula Xanthe Young creates in her studio—a 30-foot yurt made of canvas and pale wood—in the forest.

Young is a transplant to the Sierra Nevada foothills and to the Sacramento region—she was born in England, though her roots branch all over the world. She has studied art in New York City; Vermont; Florence, Italy; Oslo, Norway; and London.

Head for the Hills, a group show featuring her work, opens Thursday, April 25, at Art.Discovered in Grass Valley, where Young has lived for the last six years. The exhibition, which spotlights her recent nature-inspired pieces, is a collaboration with Luna Rienne Gallery in San Francisco.

The show celebrates Young’s pursuit of the hills, a place altogether different from San Francisco, where she spent

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10 years working as an artist. There, she soaked up every bit of energy she could, from the colorful women who now fill her imagination, to the Victorian homes colored turquoise and lavender that have built themselves into her canvases.

and R streets in Sacramento. A few blocks away on a building at 19th and I streets, a burlesque-style, doe-eyed lady gripping a blue feather is painted in crimson.

Young paints no matter what the circumstances are, whatever the weather.

UrsUla Xanthe YoUng learned as mUch aboUt art from the Pre-raPhaelites as she did from her father’s collection of gratefUl dead Posters.

“They are sort of urban fairy tales or dreamscapes,” said Young of her paintings.

“But they also have a modern art nouveau feel to them.”

Being near Sacramento also inspired Young to pursue a new avenue: murals. She got involved with Few and Far, an all-girl graffiti and street-art crew. Last year, she collaborated with the group on two murals in Sacramento.

Now, her large green, tan and brown woman can be found on the back of Consolidated Electrical Distributors at 24th

She worked on one mural last October when the temperature was 98 degrees, and the other on a cold and drizzly Thanksgiving eve.

“I felt like that was dedication to art right there,” she said. “It always feels good to take it outside.”

And Young has enjoyed getting outside lately. The home she shares with her husband, chef and music producer Tom Cloutman, and their 2-year-old daughter, Bali, is surrounded by towering pine trees and open space.

Immersed in the woods, parts of nature have infused themselves into her painting: butterflies flutter across camouflagelike skies, and sprigs of branches and leaves burst from corners.

“Since moving from [San Francisco] to the foothills, I’ve come full circle and use nature more and more as my backdrop and inspiration,” Young said. “I love to find new flowers and butterflies to add to paintings. … I love hearing the birds and deer outside as I work.”

Growing up, she was drawn to children’s-book illustrations, the old Victorian kind with tiny details on every page. She used to draw in her room for hours. Her father, Nigel Young, remembers this, his young daughter with her crayons and paper, so concentrated. It is not unlike how she works today.

“She really is very intense when she is working,” her father said in a phone interview from his home in England.

The artist credits her parents largely for guiding her in her creative venture.

“My parents really saw how much I love it and helped channel me toward schooling that took art seriously,” said Young, who earned a bachelor of arts from Parsons the New School for Design in New York in 1996.

Her mother, an anthropologist specializing in the Balkans, and her father, a professor of peace studies, started taking their daughter to the Guggenheim and Louvre museums of the world as soon as she was old enough. There, she saw how colors converged. She saw the way bodies

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and limbs were interpreted and painted by famous artists. She learned as much from the Pre-Raphaelites as she did from her father’s collection of Grateful Dead posters.

At home, she was enthralled with fairy-tale books, their lush settings not so different from the countryside outside her bedroom window.

They lived in the rugged, rural landscape of Birmingham, England, and its Yorkshire Dales National Park. With a British accent that still lingers in her voice, she describes the landscape of her childhood: filled with idyllic villages, roaming sheep, big skies, green fields and old stone walls.

Now, these larger-than-life ideas sneak into Young’s own style. She often paints her muses—luscious women, both clothed and not—as well as enigmatic cityscapes.

She recently realized, while going through old family photos, that some of the women who present themselves in her paintings resemble one of her biggest inspirations: her own “mum.”

The women appear supernatural and jump off the canvas with knowing eyes, pouty red lips and often bare breasts. The clouds, waves and homes have as much life and personality as the over-the-top female figures.

Her technique is all her own, combining strategic tools from design school with her flirty, playful and color-obsessed self.

While the outlines are the most grueling and require her constant focus, Young enjoys painting the girls’ unique rich tones the most. Rarely depicted with a solid color, the human skin is rendered here in a palette of brush strokes: soft pink, beige, mint green and sunflower yellow. “[Her work has] a lot to do with magic and spirituality and looking at the world in a different way, yet still grounded and with real place and people,” Nigel Young said.

Olivia Ongpin, owner of Luna Rienne Gallery, where Young has displayed her art for several years, said Young’s works are illustrative and have a strong quality of line, as well as narrative. People are immediately drawn to Young’s art, Ongpin said.

“People of every race will walk in and identify with the ladies,” she said.

Feminine. Flowery. Fairy tale. That’s how Young describes her vibrant works.

She doesn’t like to put her work—or herself—into a category, but when pressed, offers this description: “I guess I fall into the urban-contemporary, surrealist, illustration, low-brow movement.”

She tends to show at those types of galleries, and her work was featured in a recent book, titled Newbrow: 50 Contemporary Artists.

“I kind of like that term,” she said.

Certainly, it fits. Ω Head for the Hills is on display from April 25, through June 2, at Art.Discovered. An artists’ reception will be held on Saturday, April 27, from 7 to 10 p.m. at 156 Mill Street in Grass Valley. Call (530) 205-9151 for more info, or visit http://ursulayoung.com.

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Th, 4/25, 7pm. Free. Sacramento State University Union Ballroom, 6000 J St.; (916) 278-6997; www.sacstateunique.com.

Literary Events TRUESTORY: REMEMBERING 1963: In conjunction with the exhibition Rebirth of a Nation: Travis Somerville’s 1963, Under the Gum Tree magazine will present an evening of personal narratives about the year 1963. Writers and poets will share their experiences, memories and interpretations of this remarkable year in American history.

Space is limited. Th, 4/25, 6:30pm. $5-$8. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St.; (916) 808-7000; www.crockerartmuseum.org.

Concerts IRISH NIGHT: Robert Scott shares pub standards, singalongs and other traditional Irish and Scottish songs along with humorous stories. He aims to get toes tapping, hands clapping and people laughing.

Th, 4/25, 6-9pm. Free. Delta King, 1000 Front St.; (916) 622-2467; www.deltaking.com.

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DON’T MISS! THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES:

Each year V-Day Sacramento and its parent organization Sacramento Women Take Back the Night host a benefit production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues to increase awareness and raise funds for local organizations that work to end violence against women and girls.

F, 4/26, 7pm. $20. Colonial Theatre, 3522 Stockton Blvd.; (916) 456-7099.

Special Events SPRING OF THE VINE: Join a wine event with cuisine, live music, and an artist showcase set in distinctive surroundings. It features 24 Lodi wineries and their light reds, whites and rosés.

Then join the winemakers and wineries for a family-style dinner showcasing fun, fresh, seasonal cuisine and a sampling of the many of the Spring of the Vine wines. F, 4/26, 2-9pm. $35-$45. Wine & Roses Hotel Restaurant & Spa, 2505 West Turner Rd. in Lodi; (209) 371-6117; www.winerose.com.

FUNNY BONES COMEDY AND AWARD SHOW: Join for a funny event benefiting Placer Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. This year’s Funny Bones includes: a comedy show with Jack Gallagher, a full dinner, a no-host bar, live and silent auctions, and hero awards. F, 4/26, 6-10pm. $100.

Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Ave. in Lincoln; (916) 782-7722, ext. 108; www.placerspca.org/ funnybones.htm.

JOHN MUIR PERFORMANCES: Robert Hanna, environmentalist and great-great-grandson of John Muir, will present a lecture on the Muir family legacy, titled Growing Up Muir. Lee Stetson performs one-man show titled John Muir Among the Animals.

F, 4/26, 5-6:30 & 7:30-9pm.

$5-$12. Sierra College, 5000 Rocklin Rd. in Rocklin; (530) 660-8250; www.sierra college.edu/events/upcoming/ 2013/04/nhm-john-muir.php.

Literary Events THE TRIUMPHANT NATURE OF QUEER SPIRIT: Join an evening of memoir, social criticism and poetry with writer-activist Whitman Neruda. F, 4/26, 7:30pm.

Free. Lavender Library, 1414 21st St.; (916) 492-0558.

Concerts NASHVILLE CONCERT: Many of Nashville’s brightest singers and songwriters will be providing free concerts at the Haggin Oaks Golf Expo this year. CMA and ACM award nominees Julie Roberts and Jimmy Wayne headline five different artist appearances. F, 4/26, 2pm. Free.

Haggin Oaks Golf Complex, 3645 Fulton Ave.; (916) 808-0952; www.hagginoaksgolfexpo.com.

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DON’T MISS! HOME AND GARDEN TOUR:

Tour five homes in Century Bungalow, Mediterranean Spanish, Colonial and Tudor Revival styles with contemporary and traditional interiors. Yards range from cottage-style gardens to modern outdoor entertainment areas. Enjoy music, food trucks, a plein-air art show, vintage cars and home restoration displays at the north end of Curtis Park. Sa, 4/27, 10am-4pm. $20-$25. Curtis Park, 2601 Curtis Way; (916) 452-3005; www.sierra2.org.

DON’T MISS! MIDTOWN FARMERS MARKET:

Hosted by the Midtown Business Association, this free, family-friendly market will take place weekly on Saturdays. The Midtown Farmers Market will showcase local agriculture, prepared foods, artisans and crafters, while providing an opportunity for Midtown residents and business owners to discover regionally grown foods. Sa,

8am-1pm through 12/28. Opens

4/27. Free. Parking lot at 2020 J St.; (916) 442-1500; www.midtownfarmers marketsac.com.

Special Events AMERICAN RIVER WATER POLO CLUB SPRING FLING: Join four-time Olympians Brenda Villa and Heather Moody in celebrating 10 years of youth water polo in Sacramento. Hang out with Olympic athletes, explore the California Museum, eat food and drink cocktails. Sa, 4/27, 5:30pm. $15-$27. The California Museum, 1020 O St.; (916) 752-0233; www.arwpc.com.

GUIDED PHOTO WALK: With cameras in hand, volunteer naturalists will await your arrival at the Cosumnes River Preserve’s

Visitor Center. These guided photo walks give visitors the chance to walk along the Cosumnes River Preserve’s Wetlands Walk, a 1-mile loop trail that takes you through wetlands and riparian forest. Sa, 4/27, 9am.

Free. Cosumnes River Preserve Visitor Center, 13501 Franklin Blvd. in Galt; (916) 870-4317; www.cosumnes.org.

NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS WALK: The fourth annual Northern California NAMIWalk is a community-awareness and fundraising event sponsored by six local affiliates of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI is a national grassroots organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with mental illness and their families. Sa, 4/27, 9am-noon. Free. William Land Park, 1950 Sutterville Rd.; (916) 304-6264; www.namiwalks.org/ northerncalifornia.

SACRAMENTO HISTORY TOUR AT THE CEMETERY: Learn about the early history of Sacramento by taking a tour of the cemetery. You’ll hear about the city’s pioneer leaders, as well as interesting facts, such as the meaning of “Urbs Indomita” on the Sacramento city seal. Free parking is available in the lot at 10th and Broadway. Sa, 4/27, 10-11:30am.

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

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WELD EXPO: Sparks will fly at the Sierra College Weld Expo.

There will be masks for protection, a vendor show, welding demonstrations, lectures and a car show by the Sierra College Auto Club.

Sa, 4/27, 9am-4pm. Free. Sierra College, 5000 Rocklin Rd. in Rocklin; (916) 660-8081; www.sierracollege.edu/ events/upcoming/2013/04/ weld-expo.php.

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ART OF PARENTING: LET’S TALK ABOUT RACE: Parents and caregivers can learn and practice strategies for talking to children about race from a national expert. Facilitator Rebecca S. Bigler, Ph.D., studies the causes and consequences of social stereotyping and prejudice among children, and her research has been supported by Teaching Tolerance and the National Science Foundation.

Sa, 4/27, 2-4pm. $5. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St.; (916) 808-7000; www.crockerartmuseum.org/ programs-events/parenting/ event/2239-the-art-of-parent ing-let-s-talk-about-race.

Literary Events FIT QUICKIES BOOK TALK: Learn about Lani Muelrath’s research-driven collection of exercises for functional fitness and body shaping that cuts through the confusion of trends and complicated weight loss

Film DREAMER IN EXILE: In this satire of American consumerist culture,

finest interpreters of traditional songs of her generation, Raney grew up inspired by the Irish and Scottish songs and tunes in the rich Irish community in Seattle.

Her three solo CDs have staked her claim as a serious presence in Celtic music today. Sa, 4/27, 8pm-1am. $18-$20. Sutter Creek Theatre, 44 Main St. in Sutter Creek; (916) 425-0077; www.suttercreektheater.com.

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you probably haven’t watched Clerks or any of the other Kevin Smith-directed films that star the two stoners from New Jersey: Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and Clerks II, to name a few. To catch you up to speed, the two characters— played by Smith (Silent Bob) and Jason Mewes (Jay)—share some seriously witty and irreverent banter throughout the set of films. Actually, Jay mostly talks to himself the whole time—Silent Bob is, after all, silent.

Anyway, the pair returns to the big screen in a new animated comedy called Jay & Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie, which plays at the Crest Theatre on Tuesday, April 30, as part of a national tour (which started on April 20, natch) and is followed by a live Q-and-A-style podcast featuring the two actors.

In Jay & Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie—set in View Askewniverse, the fictional comedic universe that Smith sets many of his films in—Jay and Silent Bob win the lottery and spend their riches turning themselves into two superheroes named Bluntman and Chronic. They fight against the League of Shitters to clear an “ever-growing weed of suburban crime.” It’s a purposely low-budget affair, costing just $69,000 to make, and is produced by Mewes and directed by Canadian animator Steve Stark. In traditional Jay and Silent Bob form, expect plenty of crass sexual jokes, weed humor and willful-but-comedic stupidity that’s much funnier when you’re stoned silly.

—Jonathan Mendick

Jay & Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie, 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 30; $27.50-$49.50.

The event is for a 16-and-over audience. Crest Theatre, 1013 K Street; (916) 442-5189; http://seesmod.com/groovymovie.

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FREE MUSICAL HISTORY OF THE BLUES: Blues is an original American art form. Learn the history of the blues, beginning with the back-porch style, to Delta, to Chicago blues. Elk Grove’s young musicians will play in a nightclub-style jam format.

“The Musical History of the Blues,” a concert directed by Gary Mendoza, will bring you back to the juke joints and cabarets of the past. Sa, 4/27, 7pm. Free. Sheldon High School Performing Arts Center, 8333 Kingsbridge Dr.; (916) 478-3633; www.elkgrovecity.org/ concerts/index.asp.

Revolution Wines, 2831 S St.; (916) 444-7711; www.revolution-wines.com.

Special Events IRANIAN MODERNISM: Staci Gem Scheiwiller will present a free lecture on 19th-century Iranian photography called Reframing the Rise of Modernism in Iran.

Scheiwiller is a professor of contemporary and modern art history at California State University, Stanislaus. M, 4/29, 7pm. Free. Sacramento State, 6000 J St., Kadema Hall Room 145; (916) 278-6166; www.al.csus.edu/art.

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Chinese Culture Organization at Sacramento State is hosting a night of music, dance, martial arts, singing and more. It features performers from China, Taiwan and the Sacramento area. CCO is a student-run organization at Sacramento State University and its mission is to educate students about Chinese culture, traditions, language and history. Su, 4/28, 2-6:30pm.

Free. CSUS, 6000 J St.; (916) 709-6041; www.facebook.com/events /502418693140425.

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Sacramento No. 1 branch of the Active 20-30 Club for its annual spring party and fundraiser. It features country music by Whisky Dawn, party jams by Superlicious and deejay dancing.

There will also be food, drinks and a performance by the Sizzling Sirens. Sa, 4/27, 7-11pm. $25-$30. Sacramento Turn Verein, 3349 J St.; (916) 442-7360; www.sactopalooza.com.

so important? Learn from tea expert Joe Mckinnon from Numi Tea at this tea training. Enjoy the beautiful outdoors while sipping some of the most unique organic teas available. All guests receive a free goody bag for attending. Tu, 4/30, 5:30-6:15pm. Call for pricing.

Whole Foods Market Davis, 500 First St. 1 Davis Commons in Davis; (530) 750-2266; www.wholefoods market.com.

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retro-instrumental rock returns to the Capitol Bowl.

Three bands will deliver different takes on a classic genre.

The afternoon will include the pure garage energy of the Lava Pups, the Venture-like clean sound of the Retronauts to the sophisticated stylings of the VibroCounts. Eat, drink, and bowl in a comfortable and family-friendly atmosphere.

Su, 4/28, 1-4pm. Free. Capitol Bowl, 900 W. Capitol Ave. in West Sacramento; (916) 371-4200; www.lavapups.com.

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Classical Indian vocalist Sikkil Gurucharan performs at Sacramento State University as part of the World Music Series.

Gurucharan has held concerts in the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore and the Middle East, and is among the foremost Carnatic musicians.

Sa, 4/27, 8pm. $8-$15. Sacramento State Music Recital Hall, 6000 J St.; (916) 278-5191; www.csus.edu/music.

Auburn Ravine Salmon and Steelhead is to bring salmon and steelhead trout back to the Auburn Ravine. Watch these goals come to fruition with fish runs returning to their historical reaches of Auburn Ravine where dams once blocked upstream migration. Tu, 4/30, 7pm. Free.

Auburn Library, 350 Nevada St. in Auburn; (916) 652-7005; www.motherlode.sierraclub.org.

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unique and exciting combination of virtuosic musicianship and raw energy that has excited concertgoers across the world.

With colorful instrumentation, unique arrangements and compositions, Veretski Pass plays music with origins in the Ottoman Empire, once fabled as the borderlands of the East and the West. Su, 4/28, 7-9:30pm. $13-$15. Village Homes Community Center, 2661 Portage Bay East in Davis; (530) 867-1032; www.timnatalmusic.com.

SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY PRESENTS INDIAN MUSIC:

YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF JAY AND SILENT BOB,

Kids’ Stuff play and create small masterpieces using Lego bricks along with other playmates. Playing with building toys such as Legos offers a great way to encourage creativity and foster imagination. Parents are welcome to stay to enjoy the activity or leave their children in the care of staff while they enjoy a spa service or brunch. Su, 4/28, 10-11am. $30. Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa, 1220 Arden Hills Ln.; (916) 482-6111.

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WINEMAKER DINNER: Executive chef Rachel Kelley and Winemaker Craig Haarmeyer will prepare a multicourse meal with wine pairings in Revolution Wines’ wine cellar.

This dinner is only one of three the winery hosts all year, and there is very limited seating. Sa, 4/27, 7-10pm. $55-$65. Revolution Wines, 2831 S St.; (916) 444-7711; www.revolution-wines.com.

routines. It minimizes the time investment needed to see results, yet is honest about what is needed to achieve fitness and body-shaping goals. Sa, 4/27, 7:30pm. Free. Avid Reader, 617 Second Ave. in Davis; (530) 7584040; www.avidreader books.com/event/author-eventfit-quickies-lani-muelrath.

Harvey and Irish are the quintessential salesmen, left with only days to meet an impossible sales quota. No one knows the old scam as well as they do, because they’ve long since sold their own souls to get the job done. Sa, 4/27, 1:30pm. $10-$12.

Delta King, 1000 Front St.; (916) 524-5138; www.california film.net/events/world-sgreatest-comedy-shorts-1.

College’s annual food and winetasting gala benefits Sierra College students. Proceeds from the event will help fund scholarships and other vital needs of the college. Sa, 4/27, 6:30-10:30pm. $100. Sierra College, 5000 Rocklin Rd. in Rocklin; (916) 660-7020; http://sierracollege.maestro web.com.

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Special Events SAFE GROUND STAKE DOWN: Join a weeklong celebration for Safe Ground Sacramento, featuring art, music, poetry and information about the need for “a safe place to be” for homeless people living in Sacramento.

See fun and informational presentations. 5/1-5/7, 3-7pm. Free.

Private lot, 12th and C streets; (916) 862-8649.

ARTS, CRAFTS & MORE FAIRE: Enjoy the fun of discovery as you view antiques, collectibles, art and handmade creations by local businesses and the public.

W, 4-8pm through 10/30. Free.

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

Classes SOCIAL-MEDIA MARKETING MADE SIMPLE: This seminar will review the essential strategies and best practices a business or organization should understand in order to successfully get started with social-media marketing. W, 5/1, 4-5:30pm. Free. Blue Line Gallery, 405 Vernon St. in Roseville; (916) 759-6977; http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?o eidk=a07e7931ygba284452f&llr= yfgarlcab.

ONGOING Special Events OLD SACRAMENTO UNDERGROUND TOURS: Hidden beneath the city for nearly 150 years, Old Sacramento’s underground has long been the capital’s best-kept secret. Now in its fourth season, visitors have the opportunity to uncover the facts behind the legends that lie below historic buildings and sidewalks. M-Su,

10:30am-3pm through 12/1.

$10-$15. Old Sacramento, 1002 Second St.; (916) 808-7059; www.historicoldsac.org.

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A sandwich, seemingly the simplest of dishes, can be surprisingly hard to perfect. Much by like a rocket that fails upon liftoff, many Becky Grunewald sandwiches flare out immediately due to catastrophic bread failure. Look, we’re all food snobs here, and we can all agree that artisanal bread is the staff of life. I love a good, crusty loaf of pain au levain as much as any foodie, but sometimes that first bite of holy Acme Bread Company bread can send the sandwich fillings squishing out on rating: either side and deliver a nasty scratch to HHHH the top of your mouth.

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A friend I run into says his sandwich is the hot meatball sub—he’s never tried anything else. The small-grained, tender meatballs are bathed in a thin, oreganoStill hungry? flecked tomato sauce that soaks into the Search Sn&r’s bread. The result is a lighter take on the “dining directory” usual thick marinara. to find local A tuna sandwich is sturdy, if not restaurants by name or by type of food. exciting. It is just mayonnaisey enough, Sushi, mexican, indian, with tiny, diced bits of celery. A rosemary italian—discover it panino cotto with mozzarella could benefit all in the “dining” from a more flavorful cheese—perhaps section at Gruyere, to complement the hamlike flavor www.news review.com. of the cotto. For a meatier option, try the Milano: mortadella, salami, Muenster; all three flavors in balance. The turkey Viareggio has a thin spread of pesto mayo, and the smoked mozzarella accents rather than overpowers. A house-roasted pork loin is bland enough to masquerade as subpar sliced turkey, but peppery turkey pastrami convincingly mimics the real thing, which, I guess, is a selling point for turkeytarians.

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Tavis Smiley and Cornel West got called out by a vegan listener on a recent episode of their radio show Smiley & West.

The caller, Christina Kelso from Thermal, Calif., argued that the human-rightsadvocate hosts “invoke the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King” often, but ignore a significant part: his wife, Coretta Scott King, who chose to adopt a strictly plant-based diet for the last decade of her life. “If you don’t have to take a life, don’t,” Kelso said. Since most of us don’t live off the land like hunter-gatherers, we do have a choice. Companies such as Organic Nectars make the choice to ditch supporting inhumane dairy-farming practices easier, for instance, with its Cashewtopia raw-cashew frozen dessert (www.organicnectars.com). And delicious.

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frittata is more than a bone thrown to the cholesterolchallenged; it’s a worthy dish in its own right. American.

926 J St., (916) 492-4450. Dinner for one: $40-$60. HHHH B.G.

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24K Chocolat Cafe This cafe serves a solid, if very limited, brunch and lunch menu. One offering is a firm wedge of frittata with a strong tang of sharp cheddar that almost but doesn’t quite jibe with the slightly spicy mole sauce on the plate.The spinach curry, made creamy by coconut milk rather than dairy, comes topped with cubes of tofu and tiny diced scallion and red bell pepper and rests atop a smooth potato cake. A side of 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 in many of the menu offerings, including a tiny cup of hot Mexican drinking chocolate, and chocolatecherry scones served crisp and hot, studded with big chunks of bittersweet chocolate and tart dried cherries. American. $10-$15. 2331 K St., (916) 476-3754. HHH B.G.

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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Madame, a ham-and-Gruyere sandwich usually battered with egg. This one had a fried egg and béchamel, with a generous smear of mustard inside. The mountain of potato hash alongside tasted flavorful and not too greasy. The menu also features pizzas and house-made pastas, but one of its highlights includes an excellent smoked-eggplant baba ganoush, which is smoky and garlicky and served with

warm flatbread wedges and oil-cured olives. The bananas foster bread pudding is equally transcendent, accompanied by very salty caramel gelato, pecans and slivers of brûléed bananas. American. 1630 S St., (916) 442-4885. Dinner for one: $20-$40. HHH1/2 A.M.R.

Shady Lady Saloon So many bars try to do bar snacks, and so many fail. Shady Lady, however, nails it. The fried green tomatoes are punched

up with a tarragon rémoulade and the huge charcuterie board is more like a groaning board, stocked with abundant regional meats and cheeses.

Generally excellent, the saloon’s cocktail list veers from the classics with a list of bartender-created drinks with unusual, but wisely considered flavor combinations: cilantro and tequila, blackberry and thyme, and the surprisingly sublime

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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.

patrons to talk to each other.

An interesting wine list includes entries from Spain and Israel; there are also draft cocktails and numerous beers on tap.

The brunch menu is heavy on the eggs, prepared in lots of ways. One option is the Croque

Barkeeps James and Tyson were busy keeping thirsty patrons two rows deep happy.

But queries about new porters and stouts? No problem. “Why don’t you try both?” said James, who quickly produced a shot glass each of New Helvetia Brewing Co.’s Homeland Stout and Boulder Beer’s Planet Porter for a friend and me.

It was opening night at the new beer hall at Dad’s Kitchen, the comfort-food, good-vibe, family joint on Freeport Boulevard. And just like that, after 10 years in the making, owners Julio Peix and partner Christine Collins had joined in earnest the everexpanding Sacramento craft-beer craze.

Peix wanted to expand Dad’s by Sacramento Beer Week in February, but a pleasant Tuesday evening in April worked fine. Collins explained many of Dad’s 28 new taps will always support Northern California brews, including Track 7 Brewing Co.’s Apricot Pale Ale and Berryessa Brewing Co.’s House IPA. My smoky and smooth Homeland Stout and Planet Porter pints worked well with a deep bowl of spicy vegetarian chili. Next time? Maybe Grand Teton Brewing Co.’s Bitchcreek ESB, Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat Ale—or even kombucha, the fermented sweet tea. Plus, during happy hour (Tuesday through Friday, 3 to 6 p.m.) pints are $4 (otherwise $5.50).

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East Sac Istanbul Bistro Turkish chef Murat Bozkurt and brother Ekrem co-own this paean to their homeland, with Ekrem usually at the front of the house, infusing the space with cheer. Turkish cuisine features aspects of Greek, Moroccan and Middle Eastern flavors. The appetizer combo plate offers an impressive sampling. Acili ezme is a chopped, slightly spicy mixture of tomatoes, cucumber and walnuts that’s delicious paired with accompanying flatbread wedges. For entrees, try the borani, a lamb stew with garbanzos, carrots, potatoes and currants. The meat is very tender, while the veggies arrived nicely al dente. Also good is the chicken shish plate (souvlaki), which features two skewers of marinated grilled chicken that’s moist and succulent. There are also quite a few choices for vegetarians, including flatbread topped like pizza, with spinach and feta or mozzarella and egg.

Turkish. $15-$20. 3260-B J St., (916) 449-8810. HHH1/2 A.M.R.

North Sac Asian Café Asian Café serves both Thai and Lao food, but go for the Lao specialties, which rely

on flavoring staples such as fish sauce, lime juice, galangal and lemongrass, lots of herbs, and chilies. One of the most common dishes in Lao cuisine is larb, a dish of chopped meat laced with herbs, chilies and lime. At Asian Café, it adds optional offal add-ons—various organ meats, entrails, et al—to three versions of the dish: beef with tripe, chicken with gizzards, or pork with pork skin. The beef salad offers a gentle respite from aggressive flavors, consisting of medium-thick chewy slices of eye of round with red bell pepper, chopped iceberg and hot raw jalapeño. The single best dish here is the nam kao tod, a crispy entree with ground pork that’s baked on the bottom of the pan with rice, then stirred and fried up fresh the next day with dried Thai chilies and scallions. Thai and Lao. 2827 Norwood Ave., (916) 641-5890. Dinner for one: $10-$15. HHHH B.G.

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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

macaroni-and-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.

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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.

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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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mixture of celery and pineapple. American. 1409 R St., (916) 231-9121. Dinner for one: $10-$20. HHH1⁄2 B.G.

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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

restaurant’s biggest pulls is its choice of meats. The chorizo is red, crispy and greasy in all the best ways. The lengua (tongue) is soft and dreamily reminiscent of only the most ethereal bits of beef. The fish is fine and flaky and the cabeza and pork are herculean in flavor options worthy of note, too. Tacos are small and served on two tiny tortillas (flour or corn, your call) with a bit of house salsa that has all the kick of a pissed off Girl Scout who’s just tall enough to nail you right under the kneecap. Or, feel free to customize, too, courtesy of the fully loaded salsa bar. Be sure to pick up a glass of the homemade horchata, which is sweet and milky with seductive whispers of cinnamon. You will want seconds. Mexican.

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Dinner for one: $8-$10. HHH G.M.

Truck party If you’ve had a hard time tracking down your favorite food truck on Twitter, get set for a prescheduled five-hour window where that vehicle probably won’t shift out of park. Saturday’s SactoMoFo 6 festival—happening April 27, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. under the freeway at Sixth and X streets—features more than two dozen mobile food vendors from Sacramento and beyond, as well as a beer garden, live music (Urban Fire, Four Barrel, Hero’s Last Mission) and booths highlighting local businesses (Grub Groupie; Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services; 98 Rock, 98.5 FM KRXQ).

I’m particularly excited to become acquainted with Stocktonbased food trucks Green Papaya (Thai and Lao street food) and The Spicy Grill (Afghani, Pakistani and Indian fusion). Entry into the event is free, but parking costs $3 (though it’s free with the donation of a nonperishable food donation to Sacramento Food Bank). For more information, visit www.sactomofo.com.

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Dinner in the wild DanDelion hunter: foraGinG the urban WilDerness Rebecca Lerner’s adventures as an urban forager aren’t for the weak-willed. When she takes on a BOOK weeklong wild-food challenge in Dandelion Hunter: Foraging the Urban Wilderness (Lyons Press; $16.95), Lerner vows to eat only what she can forage within the Portland, Ore., metro area.

No meltdown trips to the store, no Dumpster diving and no homegrown garden food allowed. Despite initial failure, Lerner hones her techniques with the help of some savvy squirrels and a host of colorful characters. In a funny, informative and inspiring way, Lerner shares how her quest ultimately leads to greater connectedness with the natural world.

—Traci J. Macnamara

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—Aaron Carnes

Eat like a boss thuG KitChen OK, never mind that Gwyneth Paltrow’s been pimping her love for this cooking blog lately: Thug Kitchen has already racked up legit kudos—Saveur magazine just nominated it as one of the top food WEBSITE blogs of 2013. The site exists to help your “narrow dietary minded ass explore some fucking options so that you can look and feel like a fucking champ.” Written by the mysterious Dr. Thug (who’s already nabbed a book deal, of course) the blog espouses a plant-based diet built upon a foundation of healthful but adventurous eating. There are also a few recipes and ingredient tips. Oh, and for the NSFW-averse, the blog is replete with F-bombs.

A you-know-what ton of F-bombs. But at least they’re tasty ones. www.thugkitchen.com.

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Sacto’s sweetest couple Coffee Day at GinGer elizabeth ChoColates Outdoorsier Sacramentans than myself will tell you that city’s best feature is its landscape—the river, the trees, hiking and bike trails, etc.

But for those of us that aren’t big on swimming with river FOOD monsters and who resent the lie that once you learn to ride a bike, you never forget, higher on the list of the city’s best assets are its numerous craft coffee shops and a world-class chocolatier, Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates.

Which is why Saturday, April 27, is bound to be a good day for all of us, regardless of where you weigh in on the matter: It’s Coffee Day at Ginger Elizabeth, wherein these sweet geniuses are joining forces with Sacramento and San Francisco coffee roasters (Old Soul Co., Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters, Temple Coffee and others) to create eight specialty desserts. Offerings range from simple coffee-inspired chocolates to swoon-inducing delicacies like the Dessert Macaron: lemon-ricotta cheesecake mousse, Temple Coffee curd and Temple espresso gelée sandwiched by two lemon macaron halves.

I’m not saying I’m right about this being the ultimate union of the city’s best offerings, but go grab a pint of Chocolate Fish coffee-infused ice cream with toffee sauce and Ginger Elizabeth cookie-dough pieces, and tell me it isn’t more exciting than going for a bike ride. Saturday, April 27; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; 1801 L Street, Suite 60; (916) 706-1738; http://gingerelizabeth.com.

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Find out why your sister is so angry.

It might be because in the past, if she did open up to your mom or dad, they overreacted. In most cases, it’s a variation on the following script.

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Teen: “I’m, like, freaking out right now because I just found out that my best friend, Bella, had, Joey like, sex with her boyfriend, and enjoyed Thomas thinks she has an STD, and she Centolella’s reading might be pregnant!” at the Sacramento Poetry Center.

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Oh my God! You’re having sex, aren’t you?!”

Teenager: “Nooo!”

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Many adults lack listening skills and love dramatic conflict. For those who are parents, this predilection is particularly damaging to their teenagers.

The bottom line, of course, is that many adults lack listening skills and love dramatic conflict. For those who are parents, this predilection is particularly damaging to their teenagers.

Good communication skills include the ability to hear what is actually being said (and not what one’s fear filter says is being said) and to stay present (noticing one’s emotions and resisting the tendency to embody the worst). Yes, that means your parents must listen to your sister without criticizing her. They must learn how to help her shape a direction for her life that is healthy, affirming and inspired, while being true to the core of her being.

Your sister can only trust your parents if honesty prevails in their relationship. Trust is created on the foundation of truth-telling. So, if your sister lies to herself or if your parents have lied to your sister, their mutual capacity for trust is stunted.

Got a problem?

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

Give your name, telephone number (for verification purposes only) and question—all correspondence will be kept strictly confidential.

Write Joey, 1124 Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95815; call (916) 498-1234, ext. 3206; or email askjoey@ newsreview.com.

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You have adopted the role of the peacemaker in this story, and that might suit you. But any role is ultimately confining and can distract you from your real calling. While I am grateful for your willingness to intervene, I want you to remember that people change because they choose to do so, and not because we know it would be best. Your lesson in this mess might be to remain calm and carry on in the midst of the skirmishes erupting around you.

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

We’ll give a $2,013 first-place award, a $750 second-place award and a $250 third prize. We’ll also print the winners in a May issue of SN&R.

At some point in college I started repressing my feelings. I actually remember telling myself not to react or feel anything after my girlfriend at the time broke up with me.

She was always extreme—she cut, had major mood swings and seemed too needy—so, I was actually cool with the breakup. But the girlfriend I have now always complains that she can’t reach me. How do I open up? I feel like I’m stuck like this, and I can’t change.

Reveal your heart and mind to your girlfriend by pushing yourself every day to invite her a little further into the story of who you are. Self-disclosure is a gradual process of sharing your feelings and introducing the facts that make you the mundane and unique person you are. This is essential to the friendship that is the basis for a romantic relationship. At first, divulging information may make you feel uncomfortable, vulnerable, seen and, perhaps, even judged. Those fearbased feelings are your mind’s way of slowing you down, because you have trained yourself to withhold emotion. Acknowledge worrisome emotions, but try not to be their slave. Instead, stay with the practice of compassionately expressing how you feel. Doing so is an act of selflove. And, yes, you can change. I believe in you, and eventually, you will believe in you, too. Ω

rUlES: This contest is open to high-school seniors graduating in 2013 only. If you’re heading to college but did not write an essay for your application, feel free to do so now. Only one entry is allowed per student, and you must live in the Sacramento region to apply. Essays will be judged anonymously. No SN&R employees or their relatives may enter.

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

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Meditation of the Week “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another,” wrote Charles Dickens. What are you doing to transform the lives of orphans in Afghanistan? Widows in Iraq? The impoverished in India?

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Treasure Island Aye, matey, there be marauding pirates pillaging and plundering up in yonder hills of Folsom.

Falcon’s Eye Theatre has gathered a bunch of by Patti Roberts talented scalawags and swashbucklers to tell the tale of Treasure Island—Robert Lewis Stevenson’s coming-of-age story that introduced such iconic pirate symbols as the treasure map, “X marks the spot” and onelegged men with parrots on their shoulders.

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The production’s a work of art, both visually and technically. The stage is a beautiful wooden square that rotates and tilts to convey a pub, a ship and an island. The backdrop includes projected silhouettes portraying a wharf and a jungle, and the live sound effects created offstage include the clanging of swords, storms, wildlife and impending doom. The beautifully rendered costumes creatively capture the characters, and exciting fight scenes are expertly choreographed.

Nicholas Robyn deftly portrays the tale’s narrator, young Jim Hawkins, who skillfully ropes the audience in with his awestruck telling of his sea adventure (though his words were lost at times due to a lack of projection). Other cast members include Jay Patrick giving a believably menacing yet human Long John Silver, Brennan Villados providing comedic relief as Rathbone, Lia Rose as a plucky Captain Smollett, as well as an enthusiastic shipload of pirates, treasure hunters and sundry villagers.

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Closet Door Theatre Company, a new acting troupe nearly two years in the making, has introduced itself in a big way—with a production of Douglas Carter Beane’s sex farce and thought-provoking comedy, The Little Dog Laughed.

Closet Door aims “to provide LGBT entertainment to a city deprived of it since the unfortunate fall of Lambda Players,” says Rich Jones, one of the CDTC co-founders.

They’ve made an excellent choice for their first—a small but ambitious play with some bite. Noemi C. Rios co-directs with Erik Mann.

The Little Dog Laughed is about a closeted rising-star actor named Mitchell (played with accessible charm by Dougie Pieper); his ambitious, hard-charging Hollywood agent Diane (Kristen Wagner, who blows on and off stage in a whirlwind of words); Alex, a young “straight” hustler Mitchell summons to his hotel room one night in a bout of drunken loneliness; and Ellen, Alex’s girlfriend and a bit of a hustler herself. Shane Burrows—young, good-looking and completely believable—abandons himself (and his clothes, briefly) to the role of Alex, while Chelsea Barone holds back just a bit too much as Ellen.

The plot involves Diane’s efforts to secure movie rights to a hot, new play for Mitchell, if only she can keep his “slight recurring case of homosexuality” out of the public domain as Mitchell and Alex struggle with feelings that might be love. There’s no real happy ending for these protagonists, but Beane delivers one that is, at least, happily real.

—Jim Carnes

The Little Dog Laughed, 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday; $12-$20.

Closet Door Theatre Company at Ooley Theatre, 2007 28th Street; (916) 222-4932; www.closetdoortheatre.org. Through May 11.

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Excellent performances make this 1982 play by John Pielmeier a worthy dialogue about faith and innocence. A psychiatrist (Voress Franklin) attempts to determine the sanity of a novice nun (Imani Mitchell) accused of murdering her newborn infant. The doctor is thwarted by an overprotective mother superior (Alana Mathews), who has her own agenda. Directed by James Wheatley.

Th, F, Sa 8pm; Su 2pm. Through 4/28. $8-$15.

Celebration Arts, 4469 D St.; (916) 455-2787; www.celebrationarts.net. K.M. Director Penny Kline updates Jean-Paul Sartre’s surreal drama No Exit. Here, more current characters and up-to-date dialogue result in a captivating and suspenseful drama that’s still as thought-provoking as the original. The six-member cast works as a cohesive, talented team, and the small studio theater space is painted a glaring white, which presents a stark backdrop that captures the nothingness of eternity. F, Sa 8pm; Su 2pm. Through 4/28. $15-$18. Ovation Stage at the Three Penny Theatre in the R25 Arts Complex, 1723 25th St.; (916) 448-0312; www.ovationstage.com. P.R.

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The Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra’s production of Journey to the West is replete with strange and wonderful encounters— and a bit of celestial intervention. The show, about a Buddhist monk who travels from China into India to fetch sacred texts, maintain a healthy sense of humor, and there are about 200 colorful costumes worn by an army of characters (some human, some otherworldly), with live music and imaginative staging woven throughout. Th 7pm; F, Sa 8pm; Su 2pm. Through 5/4. $15-$28. Nevada Theatre, 401 Broad St. in Nevada City; (530) 265-2990; www.catsweb.org. J.H.

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Redford’s new thriller seems pleasingly to share some DNA with his old thrillers —the ones he starred in, like Three Days of the Condor, and All the President’s Men, and for that matter, even Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Certainly he’s in his element calling shots both in front of and behind the camera in The Company You Keep, a movie about outlaws and aging lefty crusaders coming to terms with their legacies.

In this case, that means a posse of militant antiwar activists, far removed from their Vietnam War-era heyday and now living variously as fugitives (albeit typically in relative bourgeois comfort). Redford seems plausible enough as the seasoned-movie-star version of a former Weather Undergrounder who’s made a new life for himself as an upstanding progressive attorney— only to see that life spun suddenly out of control by the relentless wheels of justice.

For reasons that need not be explained here— mostly because it seems to mean a lot to the movie to be able explain them itself—Redford’s character winds up on the run, dodging the feds and tending to some urgent unfinished business with an old flame, now a pot runner in Big Sur, Calif., played by Julie Christie. Hot on his trail is a tenacious young journalist played

by Shia LaBeouf in clever-guy glasses and an old-school-muckraker pose. Generally, this all plays better than description alone might suggest.

In one scene, for instance, the reporter proudly announces that he doesn’t use Twitter, and it’s

to the movie’s credit that we might interpret this unlikely contrarian stance as its own kind of callow ignorance. (Christie’s character eventually has a moment of logic contradiction, too, but hers isn’t as easy to buy.)

Otherwise, Lem Dobbs’ script, adapted from Neil Gordon’s novel, is intelligent and only just slightly speechifying. It’s what some people might call a movie for grown-ups, with all the slightly defensive superiority that implies.

A huge roster of strong supporting players includes Chris Cooper, Brendan Gleeson, Richard Jenkins, Susan Sarandon, Sam Elliott, Stanley Tucci, Anna Kendrick, Stephen Root, Terrence Howard, Brit Marling, and even Nick Nolte.

The movie roams among them fondly but hurriedly, like the happy couple at a wedding with too many guests; if there’s never quite enough time to visit with everybody, or figure out the relationships between them, at least they all seem glad and honored to be here for this special occasion—a good old-fashioned ensemble thriller, and a Robert Redford picture besides.

It should be noted, without prejudice, that this is not the place to go for a thorough retrospective history of the Weather Underground. And there are hints at what might have been a more daring movie, as in an early scene in which Sarandon’s erstwhile radical, now under arrest, explains her long-ago involvement in a robbery that left a bank guard dead —an

This is what some people might call a movie for grown-ups, with all the slightly defensive superiority that implies. explanation which Kendrick’s FBI upstart mockingly recaps: “I was just young, female and opposing injustice? That was offensive.”

Both women compel our curiosity, as does the explicitly generational conflict between them, but unfortunately, this film just can’t afford to get into that.

And although The Company You Keep seems gradually to tire of chewing on all it has bitten off, one senses its maker’s respect for principled people of any generation. The subtext—“Listen, kids, there was a time in this country when activists acted and reporters reported!”—seems sufficiently restrained. There was that time, and now there are consequences to face, and to acknowledge as much is one way of aging gracefully. Ω

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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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ols nevertheless finds the rhythm of Southern rural village life with its wary think-hardbefore-you-speak watchfulness. Performances are excellent, especially by the two boys; others include Ray McKinnon and Sarah Paulson as Sheridan’s parents, Michael Shannon as Lofland’s uncle, and Reese Witherspoon as McConaughey’s damaged girlfriend. J.L.

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

Really?), and they get away with it more than they have a right to expect. Director Antoine Fuqua hammers the action out with all the 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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On an Earth rendered uninhabitable by a nuclear war against alien invaders (we won the war but lost the planet), a patrolman (Tom Cruise) and his mate and partner (Andrea Riseborough) maintain a fleet of drones extracting resources and mopping up surviving aliens—or so they think. Written by director Joseph Kosinski, Karl Gajdusek and Michael Arndt, the story is muddled and murky and, for a script based on a graphic novel, awkwardly dependent on exposition and narration (maybe that’s why the novel, by Kosinski and Arvid Nelson, remained unpublished). What makes it watchable is Kosinski’s (and cinematographer Claudio Miranda’s) gift for breathtaking pictorial images—plus, of course, Cruise’s undiluted star power. Supporting work from Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko and Nikolaj CosterWaldau doesn’t hurt. J.L.

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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It’s 1946, and Negro league player Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) may be just the man to help Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) break baseball’s 60-year-old color barrier. Writer-director Brian Helgeland’s picture may not be a great movie, but it’s the next best thing: an excellent movie on a great subject, soul-stirring and inspiring. Helgeland’s departures from the facts are few and minor; the public record speaks for itself, not only in the shamefully overt racism of the 1940s, but in the unstinting support for Robinson from teammates like manager Leo Durocher (Christopher Meloni) and shortstop Pee Wee Reese (Lucas Black). Boseman gives a potentially star-making performance, while Ford, at 70, segues smoothly from firm-jawed action hero to elder-statesman character actor. J.L.

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.

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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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In the Australian outback of the 1960s, four singing Aborigines (Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Miranda Tapsell, Shari Sebbens) form a girl group to tour Vietnam entertaining the troops, with a down-on-hisluck musician (Chris O’Dowd) as their manager.

Directed by Wayne Blair and written by Tony Briggs and Keith Thompson (loosely based on the experiences of Briggs’ mother and her sister and cousins), here’s another one of those lovely, unexpected surprises that sail north out of Australia every now and then. The movie tends to slide into clichés whenever the music stops, but fortunately, the music never stops for long, and it’s just about irresistible.

Meanwhile, the clichés are rendered painless by excellent performances from the five principles, with O’Dowd and Mailman particularly standing out. J.L.

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Supernatural remedy Sacramento’s garage goth band Screature makes the feel-bad record of the year There’s a scream on the Screature self-titled LP that ranks up there with any howl laid to wax. We’re talking Iggy Pop at his most primal on Fun by Dennis Yudt House or Jim Morrison’s ode to oedipal rage on “The End.” But Liz Mahoney’s isn’t a guttural cry or pained expression. Rather, the singer for the Midtown quartet possesses a certain joie de vivre, like she just discovered that she was capable making such a sound. It’s a liberating, shiver-down-the-spine moment—just one of many on the record.

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endings—just endings. Scherer points to Joy Division as inspiration, calling them “an obsession.”

“That was like the real kickoff,” she says.

“Soon as I got that box set, it was over. It was like a sickness!”

Many of Mahoney’s influences, however, are inward.

“I think all my lyrics are inspired by my equal love/hate for life,” Mahoney confesses.

“I equally despise and adore everything. I don’t want to make songs that everyone jumps around to, you know, like beats that sound like … fun. I want to terrify you.”

When she’s not helming Screature, Mahoney also performs solo under the nom de guerre Peggy Benks, her creepy yet wonderful somnambulist lip-sync cabaret act. Both acts are imbued with a particular mind-set.

“Being alive is fucking scary!

Stop fooling yourself thinking, ‘This is so much fun,’ because sometimes, it’s really not fun at all,” Mahoney says. “A lot of my lyrics come from that standpoint. Being on some kind of edge or being chased. Being completely out-ofcontrol or possessed.”

But for all the existentialism and nocturnal hue displayed, the album sounds–dare I say— fun. And it rocks. Hard. The opening track, “All in All” for example, starts with a ghostly apparition of keyboards, a kick drum that recalls some

The three women and one dude who make up Screature have assembled on a sprawling Midtown porch, beverages in hand. An affable, downright happy bunch, it recently recorded its first vinyl release with local engineer Chris Woodhouse at The Hangar. Since forming a year-and-a-half ago, the group has quickly risen to the top of the local “must-hear” list.

Such attention is well-deserved. Screature’s shows are a force of nature with guitarist Christopher Orr vacillating between Nuggetsstyled garage riffage before exploding into a hail of pedal-damaged notes that rain down pure acid, while Sarah Scherer and Miranda Vera (on organ and drums, respectively) lock tight, adding rhythm and forward motion to the proceedings. Then there’s Mahoney, with her noir streams or screams-of-unconsciousness lyrics and that voice: A unique beast that conjures (never copies) chanteuses from the past and present—Siouxie Sioux, Zola Jesus and Dinah Cancer from 45 Grave all come to mind. Combined.

Still, similarities to other music aside, Screature lumbers along its own shadowy path, sounding like no one else—a chimera stitched together from post-punk, ’67-era garage psych and early goth. It’s a supernatural thing.

The 11 songs on Screature are a set, a unified whole. There is a lack of color and brightness, just varying shades of black and gray, musically and lyrically. Themes of the paranormal and life gone seriously awry permeate the songs. There are no happy

Screature lumbers along its own shadowy path, sounding like no one else—a chimera stitched together from post-punk, ’67-era garage psych and early goth. lost soul pounding the castle door in a Hammer horror film, and subterranean fuzz guitar that keeps coming to the surface to bare its teeth before burying itself again. Then—boom!—a Cramps-styled beat begins and a voice intones sternly, “Fighting along you see / all and you’re lost and me” as a wash of wah-wah pedal whirls around Mahoney’s urgent vocals.

The self-released Screature is a definitive Sacramento album, sitting comfortably somewhere between the Twinkeyz Alpha Jerk LP and the entire Mayyors oeuvre. Check it out for yourself: The band’s put up a three-song preview on its Bandcamp SoundCloud page (https://soundcloud.com/screature). It’s the feel-bad record of the year. Ω

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If you build it, they will come Hectorad: What Metric does with rock music is a little like what a molecular-gastronomy chef does with food: i.e., if the songs were mushrooms, Metric would give you fungi foam. The band’s set last Wednesday evening was an extraordinary machine—a complex system of backing tracks and vocal effects and looping stations, each song and the space between meticulously planned.

It was anything but a simple display of straightforward musicianship, but set aside the electronica and singer Emily Haines, rocking hot pants and a heavily fringed jacket, is an old-school rock ’n’ roller, equal parts irreverent and gamine—like if Robert Plant and Stevie Nicks ever had a daughter (I know, I know, this is how completely unfounded rumors are born).

The band swallowed the first half of the set list like a handful of pills that were the prelude to the party; if the crowd was having fun, the band was having more of it. When it came time for the encore, they appeared to have had such a tremendous time amid the strobe lights and swelling synths that the acoustic version of “Gimme Sympathy” hardly seemed like a valid request. But still, the chorus asked a salient question on behalf of the ambitious four-piece: “Who would you rather be? The Beatles or the Rolling Stones?”

Before leaving stage, they shook hands with fans in the front row, beaming and waving like they were pretty glad to just be Metric.

With a capacity of 1,801, the Mondavi Center is one of the only venues big enough to house a band this size. This is lame, Sacramento.

All this talk about a big new sports and entertainment arena, but our small and mid-level music-venue scene does nothing to attract touring bands. For a town so enthused about its local scene, we’ve got only a handful of decent clubs: There’s Ace of Spades, and Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub can pull in some good acts here and there. Every once in a while, the Crest Theatre, like your lovely once-a-spitfire old aunt, will do something unexpected, like host Ryan Adams. But when bigger acts come to town, there are precious few options; it appears that Memorial Auditorium is all but dedicated to cheerleading competitions, and then there’s the soulless echo chamber formerly known as Arco Arena. Davis is a band like Metric’s best bet. Last year, Bon Iver, fresh off a Grammy Award win, played a completely dry show at Freeborn Hall (also in Davis). It was what I imagine concerts at Capital Christian Center feel like. I’m not saying alcohol is requisite to rock ’n’ roll, but … oh, wait—it totally is.

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What’s the deal, Sacramento?: Where are you, potential venue owners? LowBrau is a terrific addition to Midtown, but sticking a band in the corner of a concrete room does not a venue make. I haven’t been to the Assembly on 10th and K streets yet, but if it’s part of the Paragary Restaurant Group, how hip can it be?

In 2006, I saw My Morning Jacket at The Fillmore in San Francisco one of the nights the band was filming the Okonokos live album. The stage had been transformed into an eerie, swampy sanctuary for bearded men, and my friends and I watched the concert with our stomachs pressed against the stage, our faces thrust up toward the heat of the lights. It was, dare I say, a magical evening—despite the fact that about halfway through, I fainted on the floor of the ladies’ room (nothing but beer and doughnuts all day will do bad things to one’s blood sugar). I missed a handful of songs, sure, but it was a concert I’ll never forget. This is how things are supposed to be.

I’m not asking for the Fillmore, Sacramento. But I am hoping that the next time Metric comes to town, we all have enough room to do some Stevie Nicks-via-Emily Haines shoulder shakes while drinking a beer. Is that too much to ask?

But look: As good as the show was, there is one big detail that needs to be addressed. This show—this highfi grime, life-as-a-video-game rock show—was at the Mondavi Center in Davis. Which is a beautiful venue, of course, and the acoustics are world class. But beautiful is for the symphony, and world class is for Barbara Streisand. They stopped selling booze (and by booze I mean Bud Light, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and wine) at the start of the headlining set, and no beverages were allowed inside. The mostly dry show, along with the expensive-looking fake orchids in the bathrooms, were a real buzzkill on a night where the first words out of the leading lady’s mouth were “I’m as fucked up as they say.” The crowd tried to make do and stood up from their assigned seats the entire night, but the stagnant arrangement really smothered the audience’s palpable desire to emulate Haines’ tambourine moves (they are that impressive).

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Are you ready for a night of Kiwi reggae vibes? Katchafire is a solid all-Maori rootsreggae act from New Zealand that has REGGAE been touring for the past 15 years. Originally a Bob Marley tribute band, Katchafire features the Bell brothers: frontman Logan and his brother Jordan on drums. Adding to the family affair is their dad Grenville, who plays guitar in the band. And if that’s not islandy enough for you, Maoli—an up-andcoming act from Maui that infuses islandrhythms with R&B- and soul-inflected vocals—is also on the bill. Led by talented vocalist Glenn Awong, the group is coming on strong like a swell on the North Shore.

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Employing a lively combination of bluegrass, folk and, I guess you could call it “speed folk” with the way it plays, Yonder Mountain String Band is bringing its rousing show to Sacramento, and it should be a hell of a time. Virtuoso ukulele and guitar playing are among the highlights of numbers like “Boatman’s Dance,” and the word “dizzying” only begins to describe lightning-fast tracks like “Out of the Blue” and “Casualty.” Such upbeat material helps one understand why the band needs to BLUEGRASS have the occasional mid-tempo track like “Night Out” in the repertoire, because, like the band, you’ll need to catch your breath more than once during the show.

2708 J Street, www.yondermountain.com.

Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub, 9:30 p.m., $25 It’s a bit disconcerting to realize I’ve been listening to Built to Spill for more than a third of my life. But unlike many of its ’90s indie-rock brethen, this Boise-born band isn’t just a nostalgia act. Singer Doug Martsch—whose voice possesses more INDIE than a touch of the Neil Young magic—writes intense songs that are moody, smart and epic. On 2009’s There Is No Enemy, the band laid down a cohesive collection of ruminations on loves lost, paths not taken and opportunities missed. The result is reflective yet never maudlin. It’s the perfect soundtrack for Gen X listeners wondering how the years slipped away so fast. 2708 J Street, www.builttospill.com.

—Rachel Leibrock

Blue Lamp, 9 p.m., $8 Local band City of Vain plays a deceptively unique offshoot of pop punk. Its sunny hooks catch one’s immediate attention, but underneath it are more complex songs that sound like an upbeat Titus Andronicus (who themselves sound like an amped-up, energetic Bruce Springsteen). There is, however, a gruff quality underneath the cheery melodies, particularly with lead singer Steve Ross’ oldschool, hoarse punk-rock voice. City of Vain’s meaty, amphitheater-friendly chord progressions instantly get the heart pumping. The keyboards are a nice added touch. It really just pulls from a little bit of every punk subgenre, while always keeping it POP PUNK moving and keeping it rockin’ ’n’ rolling. 1400 Alhambra Boulevard, www.reverbnation.com/cityofvain.

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Maps & Atlases

Sactopalooza

Laurie Morvan

Fox & Goose, 9 p.m., $5

Blue Lamp, 8:30 p.m., $10-$12

Public-service announcement by local singer-songwriter Jay Shaner: “If the world was forced to listen to Marvin [Gaye] and nothing else for two whole days, there would be no wars. But alot more babies.”

As for his own music, it’s about as far from Gaye as you can get, but pacifying in its own right. The stripped-down instrumentals—often just acoustic guitar, percussion and occasional string accompaniment— together with Shaner’s narrative lyrics are reminiscent of a less moony Mark AMERICANA Kozelek. The even keel of his 2012 album Ruth is a patient request to listen closely, and listeners who do will be rewarded by Shaner’s clever turns of phrase.

1001 R Street, http://jayshaner.com.

Turn Verein Hall, 7 p.m., $25-$30

At the outset, Maps & Atlases tracked a dance-punk path with slide-rule tendencies, sounding like jittery rockers Yeah Yeah Yeahs ROCK in thrall to the chilly indie-pop intricacies of early Minus the Bear.

The knottier tendencies have since receded from calculus to quirky as the group transitions into the experimental-pop realm with its second album Beware and Be Grateful. Less anxious tempos allow for moodier arrangements, while beneath them bubble increasingly world-beat-inflected rhythms reminiscent of Vampire Weekend. Overall, it’s a warmer, more accessible sound buoyed by peculiarly sticky melodies balanced against still rather elusive undercurrents of angularity. Dreamy art-popster Young Man opens. 1400 Alhambra Boulevard, www.mapsandatlases.org.

—Deena Drewis

PowerHouse Pub, 3 p.m., $5

There won’t be appearances by Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell—or any other rock legends—but Sactopalooza is still going to be a cool party. Hosted by the Sacramento No. 1 chapter of the Active 20-30 Club, attendees will have the option of hearing Whiskey Dawn (pictured), a group from Sacramento now making a name for itself in the country-music capital of Nashville, Tenn.; Superlicious, a party-jam group that plays FESTIVAL ’80s cover songs; and DJ Rigatony, who often spins hits at the PowerHouse Pub. The 21-and-over event also features beer, cocktails, food and performances by the Sizzling Sirens Burlesque Experience troupe, and it raises money for a number of local charities.

3349 J Street, www.sactopalooza.com.

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

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MAPS & ATLASES, YOUNG MAN; 8:30pm, $10-$12

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GIFTED, LAZIE LOCZ, FADE, VALLEY JOE, D MACKA; 8pm, call for cover

BOWS & ARROWS

TruStory: nonfiction readings, open-mic, 6pm, $5

GARRETT PIERCE, LUKE SWEENEY, TEPID JOY; 8pm, $5

THE DAVID LYNCH GROUP, ADRIAN BELLUE; 8pm, $6

JOE BAGALE, CRYSTAL MONEE HALL; 8pm, $15-$18

COMMANDER CODY AND THE MODERN DAY AIRMEN, 8pm, $22-$25

DEAD WINTER CARPENTERS, 9pm, $10-$12

DAN CRARY, 7:30pm, $10-$12

PORTER ROBINSON, 9pm, call for cover

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 4/29-5/1

HAPA, 7:30pm, $25

Rock the Runway benefit, 8pm W, $10-$15

Sin Sunday, 8pm, call for cover

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

THE LURK, DRIVE-THRU MYSTICS, CRAZY EYES; 8-11pm Tu, $5 THE DUNWELLS, 7:30pm, $10-$20

Community music jam, 6:30pm M, no cover; 7:30pm Tu, $65-$75

Dragalicious, 9pm, $5

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

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

THE MIKE JUSTIS BAND, 8pm, no cover

DELTA CITY RAMBLERS, , $5

THE NEIGHBORS, JAY SHANER; 9pm, $5

HARLOW’S

YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND, 8pm, $27.50-$30

BUILT TO SPILL, JUNIOR ROCKET SCIENTIST; 9:30pm, $25-$30

TOM RIGNEY & FLAMBEAU, 7pm, $18; RWCB, EGG, OH; 10pm, $7

LUNA’S CAFÉ & JUICE BAR

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

RICHIE LAWRENCE & THE YOLOS, 8:30pm, $6

DAVID HOUSTON & STRING THEORY, GENE SMITH LIVES; 9pm, $6

MARILYN’S ON K

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

JOHN FULLBRIGHT, PARKER MILLSAP, GOLDEN CADILLACS; 9pm, $15

NEW PIONEERS, 9pm, $7

IN CAHOOTS, GHOST TRIBE FIRES; 8pm, $5-$6

MEDODORA, E SQUARED, BACK ALLEY BUZZARDS; 8-11pm W, $5

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

Reverence w/ DJs Panic, Chatttnoir and Skarkrow, 9pm, $3-$6

Gothic, Industrial, Darkwave, EBM, Retro, 9:30pm-2am, $5

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

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SUNDAY 4/28

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World’s Worst Doctors Comedy Improv, 8:30pm, $5

DYNAMIC FUZZBOMB, LITTLE WAR TWINS, T.H.I.E.F.; 8:30pm, $5

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WARHEAD, 9pm, $5

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SAPO GUAPO, 8:30pm, $17

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

PINS N STRIKES

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

SATURDAY 4/27

SUNDAY 4/28

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

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

Asylum Downtown: Gothic, industrial, EBM dancing, 9pm, call for cover

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 4/29-5/1

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

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

SELF PROCLAIMED, 8pm, no cover

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

MIDNIGHT PLAYERS, 9pm, $10

SHOWTYME, 9pm, $10

PJ’S ROADHOUSE

DJ Old Griff, 9pm, no cover

THE CARTUNES, 9pm, $5

A-TRAIN, 9pm, $5

POWERHOUSE PUB

TOM DRINNON, 9:30pm, call for cover

CHEESEBALLS, 10pm, $12

MOTLEY INC., 10pm, $12

LAURIE MORVAN, 3pm, $5

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

THE PRESS CLUB

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

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

Sunday Night Soul Party, 9pm, $5

FOR SAYLE, MAMMOTH LIFE; 8pm M, $5; DJ Whores, 9pm W, no cover

SAMMY’S ROCKIN’ ISLAND

THE TONE MONKEYS, 9:30pm, $10

5461 Mother Lode, Placerville; (530) 626-0336 614 Sutter St., Folsom; (916) 355-8586 2030 P St., (916) 444-7914 238 Vernon St., Roseville; (916) 773-7625

SHENANIGANS

Comedy Night and DJ Selekta Lou, 9pm, $5

705 J St., (916) 442-1268

SOL COLLECTIVE

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

SOPHIA’S THAI KITCHEN 129 E St., Davis; (530) 758-4333

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

THE CHRIS GARDNER BAND, 9pm, $5

SWABBIES

5871 Garden Hwy, (916) 920-8088

DAVE LIPPMAN, 7pm, $8-15

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

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

KUGELPLEX, HOLLOW POINT STUMBLERS; 9pm, $5

BOCA DO RIO, 9pm, $5

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

Atomic Angels Spring Fling, 4-8pm, $8

Country dance party, 8pm, no cover

THE RUMBLERZ, 6:30pm, no cover

DEPARTURE, HEARTLESS, BACK TO THE FUTURE; 3:30pm, call for cover

NOTHIN PERSONAL, 3pm, $5 Blues jam, 4pm, no cover; THE GOLDEN CADILLACS, 8pm, $5

TORCH CLUB

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

X TRIO, 5pm, no cover; SWAMP ZEN, 9pm, $5

PAILER AND FRATIS, 5:30-7:30pm, no cover

JOHNNY KNOX, 5pm, no cover; THE ALKALI FLATS, 9pm, $7

TOWNHOUSE LOUNGE

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

DJ Shaun Slaughter playing dance tracks, 9pm, $5

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

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

Island of Black & White 9pm Tuesday, $5.

Torch Club Rock and reggae

Fantasy Friday Mixer w/ DJ Black Ice, 8pm, $10 for men, no cover for women

ISLAND OF BLACK & WHITE, 9pm Tu, $5; Acoustic open-mic, 5:30pm W, no cover Open-mic, M; Fame-Change, DJ Whores, 9pm Tu, $5; DJ Crescendo, 9pm W

All ages, all the time ACE OF SPADES

KATCHAFIRE, MAOLI, THROUGH THE ROOTS, SIMPLE CREATION; 6:30pm, $18

1417 R St., (916) 448-3300

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Mumbo Gumbo 8pm Saturday, $20.

The Palms Playhouse Roots and dance

TAJ HE SPITZ, WEST, TEAM BACK PACK, NEWSTED, HYSTERIA; 7pm, $20 JULIAN WRITE, POSESSION; 6:30pm, $15 MINDFLOWERS, THE SOFT BOMBS, MONDO DECO; 8pm, no cover

2421 17th St., (916) 443-5808

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GHOSTPLAY, BLAAK HEAT SHUJAA; 7pm, $5

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): How we

react to the sound of the wind gives clues to our temperament, said philosopher Theodor W. Adorno. The unhappy person thinks of “the fragility of his house and suffers from shallow sleep and violent dreams.” But for the happy person, the wind sings “the song of protectedness: its furious howling concedes that it has power over him no longer.” I bring this up to illustrate a point about your life.

There will be a strong and vivid influence coming your way that is like the wind as described by Adorno. It’s neither bad nor good in itself, but may seem like one or the other depending on the state of mind you choose to cultivate.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 1921,

Russian composer Sergey Prokofiev— born under the sign of the Bull—premiered his opera The Love for Three Oranges in the United States. Here’s how The New York Times felt about it: “There are a few, but only a very few, passages that bear recognizable kinship with what has hitherto been considered music.”

It’s possible, Taurus, that you will get a similar reaction when you debut your new approach or endeavor. And that may disturb you. But I think it would be a good omen—a sign that you’re taking a brave risk as you try something innovative and unfamiliar.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I’m pas-

sionate about doing whatever I can to make the world a better place. How boring and sad it would be if I only thought of satisfying my personal needs. But I also remember what Aldous Huxley said: “There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” Even if you have mad skills at healing and fixing everyone whose life you touch, Gemini, Huxley’s reminder is good for you to honor right now.

The place that’s in most pressing need of transmutation—and where you’re most likely to be successful—is within you. Now, here’s the trick ending: To the degree that you regenerate yourself, you will improve everyone around you. Your inner work will be contagious.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Thomas

Jefferson almost pulled off a miracle in 1784. America was a young country. There were only 13 states and a few unorganized territories. As a representative to the Continental Congress, Jefferson proposed an ordinance that would have prohibited slavery in those territories, including what would later become Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. By just one vote, alas, the provision failed to pass. Can you imagine what the United States would have been like if slavery had been partly extinguished decades before the Civil War? The moral of the story, Cancerian, is that at certain pregnant moments, small shifts can have big consequences. The astrological omens suggest your life will be proof of that in the coming weeks.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I believe you will

crawl or scramble or glide to the top of some mountain in the next four weeks.

What mountain do you want it to be? A crumbly molehill? A pile of cheap but useful gravel? A lofty peak where you can see for miles and miles? I urge you to decide soon on which of the possibilities you will choose. Then affirm your intention to call on all your resources, allies and powers to help you make the ascent. This is a chance for serious expansion, Leo. Unleash your soulful ambitions.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Have you

ever seen a moonbow? It’s like a rainbow but is created by the reflected light of the moon instead of the sun. For this phenomenon to occur, the sky must be dark. The moon has to be full and setting in the west, near the horizon, and rain must be falling. So it’s a rare event. All the conditions have to be just right. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, it’s more likely than usual that you’ll spot one of these exceptional beauties in the coming days. Your affinity for curious wonders and mysterious marvels of all kinds will be at a peak. I suspect you will have a knack for being exactly where you need to be in order to experience them.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Lonesome

George was about 100 years old when he died last year. He was the last remaining member of a giant tortoise species that had lived on Ecuador’s Pinta Island for thousands of years. But scientists say his kind is not necessarily extinct forever.

They believe that by crossbreeding tortoises of other related species, they could recreate a 100-percent-pure version of Lonesome George’s species. I suspect, Libra, that you may be able to pull off a metaphorically comparable resurrection—especially if you initiate the effort in the coming weeks.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Let’s

imagine ourselves near the snowy summit of Washington’s Mount Rainier. We’re in an unusual kind of cave. Volcanic steam rises from cracks in the rocky floor. Above us is a roof made of ice. As we stand between the heat and the chill, we find the temperature quite cozy. The extremes collaborate to produce a happy medium. Can you accomplish something in your life that’s similar to what’s going on in this cave?

Metaphorically, I mean. I think you can.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

“We cannot accept the world as it is,” remarked Belgian author Hugo Claus.

“Each day we should wake up foaming at the mouth from the injustice of things.” I don’t subscribe to the idea that each day should begin like this. On some mornings, we should rise and greet the world singing songs of praise for the great fortune of being alive. But I do think Claus’ approach is precisely right on certain occasions—like now for you Sagittarians. The time is ripe to tap into your reservoir of righteous anger. Fight to right the wrongs that disturb you the most.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

“Your story begins the moment Eros enters you,” says Anne Carson in her book Eros the Bittersweet. “That incursion is the biggest risk of your life. How you handle it is an index of the quality, wisdom and decorum of the things inside of you.

As you handle it you come into contact with what is inside of you, in a sudden and startling way. You perceive what you are, what you lack, what you could be.” I want to extend Carson’s dramatic hypothesis.

I’d like to propose that Eros enters you again and again in the course of your life, and your story resets each time. How will you handle it when it makes its next incursion? Get ready, because here it comes.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I pre-

fer by far warmth and softness to mere brilliancy and coldness,” wrote Anais Nin in one of her early diaries. “Some people remind me of sharp dazzling diamonds.

Valuable but lifeless and loveless. Others, of the simplest field flowers, with hearts full of dew and with all the tints of celestial beauty reflected in their modest petals.”

I suspect that even if you normally love cold brilliancy, Aquarius, you will need an abundance of warmth and softness in the coming days. To attract the best possible embodiments of this influence, get clear about your favorite forms of it. Be picky!

Don’t accept sloppy sentimentality.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Ludwig Wittgenstein was a genius. His last book, which influenced many different fields of thought, is regarded as one of the most important philosophy tomes of the 20th century. And yet, he was a big fan of foolishness. “If people did not sometimes do silly things,” he observed, “nothing intelligent would ever get done.” Another time he said, “Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.” Here’s one more of his opinions: “Don’t be afraid of talking nonsense! But you must pay attention to your nonsense.” I hope that’s enough evidence to support my advice, Pisces, which is: Now is a good time for you to get both smarter and wiser. And a good way to do that is to play and play and play some more.

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In full bloom It’s nearly wedding season, which means it’s Shannon Cosgrove-Rivas’ busy stretch of the year. Think bridal bouquets, elaborate table arrangements and other sweet-smelling floral touches. It’s not just about getting hitched, however. As founder of Flourish, Cosgrove-Rivas specializes in all kinds of event planning. Whatever the occasion, she brings a hip, modern touch to bouquets and other floral designs. The designer talked to SN&R about bouquet trends—chevron stripes!—1990s throwbacks and the thorny issue of DIY design.

I wanted to work in the event-design sector of floral design, because I loved doing large projects and working with brides.

How did you first get into floral design?

Any time there is a trend and you want to be ahead of the curve, just look at what everyone is doing and do the exact opposite. Some of what I see happening—or going back to—is floral design [that’s] going opulent. It might not be as over-the-top as we saw in the ’90s, but certainly taller centerpieces and large, elevated drama.

My aunt was also a florist, and so I already had an interest and education in it.

I started when I was going to [Sacramento] City College. I saw an ad on an employment board for a floral shop on Freeport [Boulevard] looking for help balancing the books. I was working on the shop’s old ledger books and using a typewriter because it was 1989, and not all businesses had jumped to computers yet. When I finished with the books, I would come up to the front and help with customers and learn how to process flowers. From there I realized that this was something I wanted to do. Working with flowers really resonated with me, and I knew I wanted to do it in a unique and more modern way.

First legit flower job?

After that, I began to work in the floral department of the [Sacramento Natural Foods] Co-op, and then a few other floral shops to learn various aspects of the business.

In 1994, I opened Blooming Art—a local art gallery and flower shop—and a second shop called Bella Fiore in Fair Oaks.

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Biggest emerging floral trends?

For a while, we did a lot of antique bottles with homey flowers. This year? It’s all about coral, peaches, ivory and taupe colors in flowers. Colors are often cyclical and follow the trends you see in fashion.

Keeping that in mind, floral prints—natch— and patterns. In a few years, expect lots of chevron and stripes.

Advice to brides?

If you could turn your worst enemy into the ugliest—in fact, your most despised flower ever—what would it be?

Ooh … OK. … My most despised flower [is the] Leptospermum [scoparium]. It’s really ugly, and I’m super allergic. It has a thorn on it that makes me break out in hives.

OK, now imagine that the bride tells you it’s her favorite flower.

How would you turn that into something awesome?

(Laughs.) I would try to discourage a bride, and tell them how I break out into hives and suggest that it might happen to them, too. |

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Floral trend you would like to see go away?

The DIY thing is hanging on for dear life.

The thing is, when you’re sitting in your sweats in January with a bunch of Costco roses and you have three hours to make a decent-looking bouquet, that’s one thing.

Trying to make your first bouquet the day before the wedding when you have family flying in, last-minute plans to deal with and bridesmaid drama—you’re just not going to have the bouquet of your dreams.

I’ve been doing this for 25 years, and it takes me 90 minutes to make a truly elegant bouquet, and six hours to do set up on the day of. DIY is great when you have no wedding going on, but you have to be realistic. Part of what you pay a florist for is to take care of all the logistics.

Most unique customer request?

I have a client who is basing their colors after their favorite football team—the Green Bay Packers. This is always a real challenge for me to take something like this and make it elegant. Sometimes I get ideas that are so wackadoo, it becomes a real project to make it something that I’m truly proud of—and nothing that I wouldn’t want in my own house ever goes out.

Worst request?

The worst is when a client brings a magazine picture of a $4,000 centerpiece and they want to do it “exactly like this” on a $40 budget. Usually, we can come to a fair compromise and still execute their overall idea, but sometimes not. Ω For more information on Flourish, visit www.flourishdesigns.com.

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