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An education This month, college students start the return to campus for another year of education—and another year spent accumulating astronomical debt (see SN&R Editorial, page 15). When I graduated in the mid-1990s, my school-loan debt ticked just past the $10,000 mark and covered much of my tuition and fees. Today, an undergraduate education would set me back at least $60,000, and I’d likely owe $26,600— that’s the average debt amount for a new graduate, according to a 2012 report released by the Institute for College Access and Success’ Project on Student Debt. On August 23, President Barack Obama announced a new plan to address the ever-rising cost of higher education. The proposal, should it win Congressional approval, would rank colleges before the start of the 2015 academic year based on standards for tuition, graduation rates and graduate earnings. By 2018, those rankings would be directly linked to financial aid. Students at higher-rated schools could possibly qualify for larger federal grants and more affordable loans. It’s time we demand that colleges be held accountable, but the plan is worth a C grade at best. Jobs for new grads are still hard to come by, and the default rate for federal studentloan borrowers within two years of making their first payment climbed from 8.8 percent in 2009 to 9.1 percent in 2010, according to U.S. Department of Education data. And that number will continue to rise unless we provide viable solutions, such as incentives for universities to cap tuition and fees, more class options for students aiming to graduate within four years, and expanded loan forgiveness programs. It used to be a college education provided most graduates with knowledge, skills and solid financial opportunities—not just a mountain of debt. It’s time to rebuild that standard.

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‘Shameful’ Will California lawmakers repeal a policy that requires poor mothers to prove they’ve been raped in order to receive welfare benefits? This week at the Capitol, lawmakers will either get rid of a decades-old law that denies welfare by benefits to California’s poorest families if Nick Miller they give birth to additional children, or uphold what some say is a draconian policy ni ck am@ newsr eview.c om that violates low-income women’s rights. As it stands, a Republican law passed nearly 20 years ago mandates the state’s most impoverished mothers, if they welcome another kid into their home while already on CalWORKs, be denied additional aid—unless the mother can prove she was raped or was a victim of incest, or if either parent can provide a doctor’s note that their contraception failed. “A woman has to make the decision to either abort [her pregnancy] or further impoverish her born children,” is how California Catholic Conference communications director Carol Hogan explained its impact on families. On Friday, proponents of repealing the status quo hope lawmakers move Assembly Bill 271 to the Senate floor for a vote. The policy, introduced by Holly Mitchell of Los Angeles, would lift the ceiling on aid (or the “maximum family gift”) to welfare-to-work families that give birth to more children. It would also eliminate what critics say is an invasion of privacy, namely asking mothers whether they were sexually assaulted, or if their intrauterine devices didn’t work. Some activists call Mitchell’s bill the “The Diaper Law,” since it would give families about as much money each month as they would spend on diapers for newborns (about $120). The state Democratic party has championed A.B. 271 as a priority bill this year, and Sacramento’s Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg supports it as well. Yet the bill is currently at a standstill, due to budget concerns, because restoring CalWORKs welfare grants could cost upward of $220 million next year alone, according to analysis. The governor, for instance, has yet to weigh in on whether he views eliminating the law as a worthwhile expense. Meanwhile, Mitchell’s bill is one of those rare instances where pro- and antiabortion groups see eye to eye. “We won’t want to give women an incentive to have an abortion,” said Kathy Kneer, president of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, BEFORE

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adding that the law “singles out a small group of poor women for harsher punishment because they were responsible for an unintended pregnancy.” The history of why California requires its poorest mothers to disclose themselves as rape victims in order to acquire aid for newborns dates back to 1994. Planned Parenthood’s Kneer describes this era as a time where “the politics of poor bashing” were the norm. “There was this whole wave, which sort of grew out of the mythology of Ronald Reagan’s welfare queens riding up in Cadillacs,” she recalled. Gov. Pete Wilson was a big part of stigmatizing low-income families, she argued, and later, even President Bill Clinton.

“Children born into poverty basically never catch up. It has a fundamental, mechanical, organic impact on their brain development.” Assemblywoman Holly Mitchell “Unfortunately, low-income women were sacrificial,” she said. In 1994, then-Assemblyman Jim Brulte introduced Assembly Bill 473 to cap welfare aid and require rape, incest and contraception exemptions. He and then-state welfare department director Eloise Anderson were instrumental in steering the bill onto Wilson’s desk. The argument back then was that a new law would discourage people from having more kids, encourage poor mothers to be STORY

more self-sufficient, and lower the state’s birthrate. Then-Democratic lawmaker John Burton, who now heads the California Democratic Party, fought the bill, but the governor inked it. Wilson is infamous for his comments on cuts to welfare, going on the record in 1991 that poor families would still be able to pay the bills and simply would “have less for a six-pack of beer.” Today, the law impacts 143,300 California children, making them ineligible for state aid, even though they live in households that are below 40 percent of the federal poverty rate. “And it’s had zero impact on the birthrate,” noted A.B. 271 author, Assemblywoman Mitchell. Meanwhile, the players who passed the bill back then remain major faces on the national Republican stage in 2013. Brulte is head of the California Republican Party, Wilson was recently campaign chairman of Meg Whitman’s failed attempt to become governor, and Anderson serves as the head of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s Department of Children and Families. And in May, local Assemblywoman Beth Gaines of Roseville voted no on Mitchell’s bill to repeal the law, arguing that eliminating the law would be too costly in this era of budget cuts. Secretary Anderson refused to comment on this story, and the CRP did not return calls. On Friday, lawmakers will decide whether it’s worth the budget expenditure to send Mitchell’s bill to the Senate floor for a final vote, and then to the governor’s desk. Its fate remains uncertain.

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“We think it’s a good bill, because it gets rid of bad policy,” Sen. Steinberg spokesman Mark Hedlund told SN&R. On the other hand, “it’s not the policy of this bill” that’s keeping it stuck in committee, otherwise known as “suspense,” he explained. “What’s at issue is the cost of repealing the old law,” Hedlund said. Mitchell said that when you consider the various policies that address social welfare and the safety net for California’s poor, A.B. 271 is “the best investment of our public dollars.” “Children born into poverty basically never catch up. It has a fundamental, mechanical, organic impact on their brain development,” she told SN&R. She noted that the state is using its budget surplus to reinvest in schools, but “we also have to invest in babies.” Hogan, with the California Catholic Conference, insists that the costs are minimal. “If you hold it up to the over$100 billion budget, it really does pale in comparison,” she argued. Her organization is currently drafting a letter to Gov. Jerry Brown in hopes that he’ll speak out in favor of the bill. But the governor has been reluctant to spend his budget surplus this session, even on socialwelfare programs. “The hurdle is the governor,” Hogan said. Some Capitol insiders, who prefer to remain anonymous, think the law has a chance. Others, such as Planned Parenthood’s Kneer, are less optimistic. “I think it’s a long shot. It’s a lot of money, as the general fund goes these days,” she said. “But it’s time to put this shameful policy to bed.” Ω

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It’s still the law SN&R looks at strange city ordinances There are some quirky ordinances on the books in Sacramento. A few legal relics are too archaic to administer, while others by are only enforced when you’re doing the wrong thing in the Cody Drabble wrong place at the wrong time—and near a police officer. Shielding kids from harmful media sounds quaint, especially in a time when smartphones are found in almost every classroom. But City Code 9.12.010 outlaws the distribution of comic books and graphic novels to minors if they depict “crimes of arson, assault with caustic chemicals, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, kidnapping, torture, mayhem, murder, rape, robbery, theft or voluntary manslaughter.” Enforcing this law would put any comic-book store out of business. But, according to data obtained from the Sacramento City Attorney’s Office, zero citations have been issued for selling violent comic books to kids since 2001. Another ordinance aimed at preventing real life from imitating cartoon violence: City Code 9.44.310 makes it a misdemeanor to use steel-jawed leg-hold traps. Humane alternatives won’t maim or kill a critter, the argument goes, and will avoid the risk of hurting innocent children and pets. No citations have been issued for setting bear traps, according to the Sacramento’s city. If nature’s little nuisance has unofficial hoarding been chewing up your garden, just call animal control. record goes to one Speaking of which: Sacramento city resident cited still wants you to keep Lassie on lockdown—at least when she’s in heat. for keeping more City Code 9.44.280 has only been than 60 cats. cited once, back in 2006, when a resident violated the ordinance requiring “the owner of any bitch who is in season” to “confine such animal during such season” and never allow “such animal to run at large.” To keep Sacramento from being littered with litters, City Code 9.44.370 also limits on how many dogs, cats and swine residents can keep in their dwelling without a kennel license. The city attorney has in fact issued 70 citations, resulting in 59 charges filed, between 2001 and 2008 under the animal-hoarding ordinance. According to Supervising Deputy City Attorney Gustavo Martinez, the unofficial hoarding record goes to one city resident cited for keeping more than 60 cats. Law-enforcement officers did a spit take when they responded to neighbors complaining about the litterbox smell. But there’s actually still a law, City Code 9.04.040, that commands residents not to spit in public. “No person shall expectorate on the floor of any street railway car, other public conveyance or public building or on any sidewalk in the city.” Since 2001, the City Attorney’s Office has issued 172 spitting citations, Cody Drabble is a summer resulting in 147 criminal charges being filed. intern at SN&R. Even if city officials don’t skimp on saliva citations, they barely enforce the law against bare bottoms. City Code 9.04.060 prohibits public nudity for anyone older than age 10, except for adults engaged in live theatrical performances. The city attorney has not issued a single citation since 2001, but keep your clothes on, nudists! This statistic is less revealing than meets the eye: Martinez reminded SN&R that law enforcement are more likely to write a ticket under the state penal code for lewd and lascivious acts, which district attorneys enforce regularly. Ω

Last days of the Laundromat? Two high-profile Midtown laundry spots shuttered recently, but business owners insist the shops are here to stay These days, the whirring of dryers and the smell of freshly washed garments is less prevalent in the central city, by what with the recent closing of two Jessica Rine Midtown laundromats. Which raises the question: Are these the final days of laundry shops in Sacramento? Probably not—there are still more than a handful of spots to clean one’s clothes on the central-city grid—but some of the larger, more popular locations are disappearing.

they noticed there were issues with the building. Sacramento Police Department spokeswoman Michele Gigante told SN&R that “there were nuisance issues at the property for years.” “Code enforcement slapped them with an administrative penalty just short of $5,000. They appealed it, the appeal was heard and they lost,” she said. Officers also made several arrests at the building. photo by Nick milleR

Marcia Myers, owner of Launderland at 16th and F Streets. Laundromats are expensive investments, according to Myers and Sherman. That said, there is opportunity in the laundry industry. Laundromats today are a much more attractive cousin to the awkward, tile-floored laundry warehouses dimly lit with fluorescent lights of a decade ago. “We think it has a future based on simple demographics,” argued Brian Wallace, president and CEO of the Coin Laundry Association. “More people, more dirty clothes. The renter population and middle- to low-income families—those demographics are expanding.”

The Sacramento Police Department also arrested several City Suds employees for dealing drugs from inside the building.

Fort Sutter Launderland, the destination on K and 24th streets, shuttered recently. And City Suds, at the corner of L and 19th streets, is no longer a bustling central-city laundromat, either. Instead, there is a chain-link fence and a “For Lease” sign out front. The location closed in December 2012 due to issues with the building not being up to code, according to Emilie Costan, citywide records manager. The Sacramento Police Department also arrested several City Suds employees for dealing drugs from inside the building, according to police reports. “You hear lots of stories,” said Mark Sherman, owner and operator of Sudz Yer Dudz on Folsom Boulevard. “There was some illegal activity going on. They came and arrested the employees that were working there. When they did that,

After being shut down for code violations— and for drug dealing by employees—the owner of the former City Suds laundromat hopes it will become a multiuse space, perhaps including a new restaurant.

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“The folks in there really destroyed it with drugs, illicit dealings, things like that,” said Shaun Morrow, a commercial real-estate broker with Terranomics, who is handling the lease of the City Suds property. According to city records, the 4,400 square-feet property had violations such as obstructed exits, improper use of extension cords and storage areas, and restrooms being used as sleeping areas. Records state that the building has since been brought up to code and is ready for new tenants. The rumor among the small community of Sacramento laundromat owners is that the property’s owner wants it to be something besides another laundromat. “[The owner] would prefer if it became [a string] of businesses, or if a restaurant came and took it over,” said

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Wallace says that utility costs at laundromats are always growing more expensive. “Because it affects our bottom line so much, we have been early adopters of efficient energy usage,” he said. Sherman agrees. “There’s more and more business people seeing the opportunity. They’re buying it. They’re running it correctly. They’re cleaning it up; it’s nice.” Myers at Launderland says she worries that there may be, in fact, too much competition in the central city. “Three laundromats on the grid, and all of us are competing, and I don’t think any of us have done really well. Being able to do business and really make a living, there should only be one on the grid,” she said. But what about the days of cleaning clothes at 2 in the morning? “You don’t see any laundromats open 24 hours, because it’s not worth it with the overhead,” she explained. Ω

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Mixed in Sacramento officials and affordable-housing advocates are expected to square off next week over a housing plan that could have lasting consequences for the city’s poor. The Sacramento City Council will consider sending an updated housing plan to the state for approval on Tuesday, September 3. Housing advocates worry that the city’s mixed-income housing ordinance might be one of the casualties. In its current form, the 13-year-old ordinance mandates that for some parts of Sacramento, 15 percent of all new housing must be affordable to low-income (making 80 percent of the area median income) and very low-income (50 percent of median) households. According to the Sacramento Housing Alliance, officials plan to expand that mandate citywide (which they like), while adding fee-out options for developers (which they don’t). This is one of the numerous builders vs. housing advocates battles taking place across the region. Developers often feel constrained by these mandates, forced into building projects that often aren’t lucrative, while housing advocates maintain that an adequate representation of affordable housing is salient to a community’s health. City officials say that while they’d like to stay true to the housing ordinance, Sacramento must also be fiscally reasonable. (Dave Kempa)

Home is where the mosque is A south Sacramento priest got the go-ahead from a neighborhood advisory council to convert his home into a church where South Pacific congregants can gather to pray a couple times a week. Mohammed Ameer Khan, who is associated with the Maunatul Muslimeen Society of California, according to Sacramento County planning documents, will move to a smaller home behind the green-accented house, which sits on nearly an acre of land off French Road. The Maunatul Muslimeen Society is registered as a public Islamic nonprofit, according to the National Center for Charitable Statistics. Handwritten minutes from the South Sacramento Community Planning Advisory Council meeting on August 21 state that there was no opposition to the project. The council voted 4-0 in favor of issuing use permits to do the conversion. County planning commissioners will next take up the request. (R.F.H.)

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But because the labor groups would be trying for a referendum instead of a ballot initiative, the state constitution only allows 30 days after publication of the new law for the signatures to be gathered and turned in. That’s a heavy lift, and, as this column was being written, it wasn’t clear if one of the key unions, the United Food and Commercial Workers, was onboard with the referendum. Labor leader Bill Camp said labor groups were “still trying to figure out what our options are,” in response the superstore vote. If the Walmart referendum did make the ballot, it would at least keep needed focus on the way Mayor Kevin Johnson and other council members solicited hundreds of thousands of dollars from Walmart and the Waltons for their pet causes, then voted in Walmart’s interest.

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Local Democratic activist Eric Sunderland filed a complaint earlier this month against the mayor with the California Fair Political Practices Commission and the California attorney general for soliciting $800,000 from Walmart and The Walton Family Foundation—much of which went into nonprofit groups the mayor created. But City Attorney James Sanchez said that the mayor’s behest of Walmart money, along with the $8 million donation from the Walton foundation to StudentsFirst, the education lobbying group run by Johnson’s wife, Michelle Rhee, “did not rise to the level” of a conflict of interest that would have required Johnson to recuse himself from last week’s vote. Ethical implications of all that Walmart money aside, some just don’t appreciate it when uppity citizens try to go to the ballot and overturn a council decision. As Councilman Steve Hansen complained in the Bee last week: “‘Every time there is something you don’t like, you (get the public to) vote on it? … You don’t need me then.’” He was commenting on STOP’s measure. Different context, but the idea’s the same. “Wouldn’t a Walmart referendum be another attempted end-run around the council?” Bites asked. Camp replied, “In fact, it is a democracy. In a democracy, citizens have a right to stop an abuse of power.” Ω

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Arena vote still right The downtown-arena story has been filled with twists and turns, deceptions and betrayals, secret deals and awkward revelations almost since the Kings ownership first began demanding a new home for the team more than a decade ago. Through it all, we’ve remained convinced of one thing: Before the city spends hundreds of millions of dollars to finance an arena, the public should vote on the plan. That has not changed in the wake of revelations that Seattle billionaire Chris Hansen, who earlier this year failed in a bid to buy the Kings and move them to his hometown, contributed money to an effort to put the current arena plan on the 2014 ballot. Arena supporters have been taking a victory lap, certain that voters will now be unwilling to sign petitions to support the referendum. Yet Sacramento Taxpayers Opposed to Pork, the group behind the ballot measure, maintains that it has always been a grassroots effort, and has vowed to press on. It did not accept any money from Hansen, and we see no reason it shouldn’t continue its effort. Hansen had no right to be involved in the Sacramento arena issue. But you do. The stakes are too high—at least $258 million in public money, probably more; a 50-year lease on city parking facilities; and yes, the future of the Kings—to move forward without a clear community consensus. We urge readers to continue to support the effort to put the arena issue to a public vote. Ω

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How much is a college education worth? That’s what Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from many UC Davis and California State University Massachusetts, has proposed lowering the rate Sacramento students will be asking themselves on subsidized loans to 0.75 percent through over the coming weeks as they take on an her so-called Student Loan Fairness Act. unprecedented level of debt just to get a bachThat’s the same discount rate given to banks. elor’s degree—let alone a master’s or Ph.D. Warren has lambasted Congress, which Tuition has risen so astronomically over sets the interest rate, for offering large finanthe past decade at the CSU due to declining cial institutions such a low rate, while saddling state support, that undergraduates are taking students with an overwhelming burden. out an average of more than $16,000 in loans. Doing so, as she points out, is bad busiThat’s modest ness. Moreover, it’s morally compared to the Project wrong, Warren has said. The federal on Student Debt’s We agree. Keep in mind estimate that two-thirds that Stafford Loans are government stands of college seniors nationthere for students whose to make more than wide had an average loan families cannot afford to $50 billion in profit debt of $26,600 in 2011. pay the ever-rising tuition Meanwhile, the and campus-based fees. The off student loans federal government current interest rate further this fiscal year. stands to make more marginalizes these students, than $50 billion in profit which increasingly includes off student loans this many from the middle class. fiscal year, according to the Congressional Congress must act to ensure that all students Budget Office. Critics rightfully point out have the financial support needed to attend that’s more money than Apple ($41.7 billion) college and enter the real world as contributmade last year. ing members of society. The interest rate on Stafford Loans— Also, lawmakers need to help students so the most popular government loan for that they don’t have to rely on tens-of-thoustudents—was set to double this month, to sands of dollars in loans to attain a higher 6.8 percent. That didn’t happen, though it education. Student debt is not a healthy did go up to 3.86 percent. future for California. Ω BEFORE

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The people next to me in the food lines and emergency shelters aren’t afforded that luxury.

And today, he’s brought me along. I have no wallet, money or keys. No sources of income or sustenance. All I’ve got are some old, dirty clothes; a flashlight; a rickety mountain bike; a cellphone; and, at my homeless friends’ recommendation, a sleeping bag and tent. For the next four days, I’ll be joining Bell and other homeless Sacramentans on the streets. What is it like to shower with 60 strange men and sleep in a shelter bed? Why is it best to hunt for cans at 3 a.m.? Where can a homeless person spend the afternoon without getting into trouble? And why do they add so much sugar to the coffee at Loaves & Fishes Friendship Park? This week, I will camp on the American River Parkway with a street family, check in for an evening at the Union Gospel Mission and earn my keep rustling through downtown garbage bins. I’m still a tourist, of course; it’s all manufactured. I can end this game at any moment, go back to my apartment and job.

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Terry wakes and calls out, “Good morning, campers.” It’s 5:45 a.m. A family’s tent rests under a drooping tree canopy on the American River Parkway. About 100 feet away, Highway 160 rumbles to life. It’s chilly, unusual for late July. Of the five men and women in this camp, only two are related by blood. But make no mistake: These folks are family. “You know how they say that there’s safety in numbers? That’s a fact of life out here.” This was perhaps the first thing that Terry, the deep-voiced, imposing patriarch explained after he and his girlfriend, Lisa, agreed to let me camp with them this week. Life on the streets brings risks, such as theft, physical assault or worse. To combat these dangers, homeless singles form groups. Often, they build a rapport so strong that they begin to refer to one another as family. “It repeats itself over and over,” says Steve Watters, executive director of Safe Ground Sacramento. “It starts out as a loosely formed group, then it evolves, and they become closer and closer.”

Safe Ground’s objective is to create a legal community space for the area’s indigent. Today, they’re trying to set up Sacramento’s first temporary residential community, complete with solar-powered, single-person shelters, in Councilman Allen Warren’s north Sacramento district. They believe a community like this will provide a modicum of safety for homeless people. Terry shuffles around, taking stock of the camp. Lisa sits, bleary-eyed, in their tent. Their friend Derick—who’s living with them while his fiancée cares for their newborn daughter at Bishop Gallegos Maternity Home, a shelter for pregnant adult women in south Sacramento—prepares for his workday. The family’s pit bull mixes, Thief and Blossom, race around the camp’s perimeter. They must leave the parkway soon. No one here can afford a citation. According to Stan Lumsden, chief ranger for the Sacramento County Regional Parks Department, 246 homeless camps along the American River Parkway were cited between February 16 and August 16 of this year. Rangers also posted 285 two-day notices to vacate at empty encampments and cleaned up more than 700 garbage sites. Camps generally consist of adults. Parents with children almost never sleep near the river, since park rangers and police who find children in a camp contact Child Protective Services. Instead, these families try to remain hidden, sleeping in cars or couch surfing with friends.

The groups and street families by the river have a tough time acquiring housing. Often, people are reluctant to leave their loved ones on the streets when they finally find a home. “I’m sure that creates challenges for them if they want to stay together,” says Ron Javor, board member for the Sacramento Housing Alliance. For instance, if three men living together on the street decide to pool their resources for an apartment, as sometimes happens, they may run up against approval issues. “They’ve got a number of strikes against them: They’re formerly homeless, they may not have reliable income, perhaps one has a criminal record,” he explained. Javor met Terry and Lisa through Safe Ground and has since grown close to them. Today, he says, they are particularly anxious to find an apartment, because Terry wants to begin work soon. He recently obtained a commercial driver’s license, but can’t rationalize leaving his family alone on the parkway during the inevitable late-night shifts. The family sometimes uses shelters, offered by Safe Ground and local churches, but Sacramento’s emergency-shelter options are limited. For security reasons, shelters also often have strict rules. For instance, men and women are not allowed to sleep together. For now, Terry, Lisa and Derick focus on permanent housing: working toward securing a three-bedroom apartment which will house both of their families. It has been a difficult process—some of them have been on the streets for years—but with Derick finding work and Terry preparing to start driving, they’re hopeful.

Night at the homeless shelter The Union Gospel Mission is a squat, forgettable, 84-bed men’s shelter (60 for the homeless, 24 for the 90-day drug-and-alcohol program) located just north of downtown. It is surrounded by a 7-foot fence, topped with barbed wire down the sides of the compound. In many respects, including the strict demands of protocol, the place feels like prison. The consensus in the homeless community is that “the Mission” is a place for men who have run out of options. Many guests are fresh out of jail or off the bus, or are sick and in dire need of a warm meal and safe bed. When the weather outside is bearable, men sometimes choose to brave the elements rather than spend the night at the Mission. Terry spent one evening there nine years ago, and never came back. He says he’ll never return. Upon arrival, a guest must provide his Social Security number, date of birth, tuberculosis card and ID to a worker, who is often a graduate from the recovery program. The worker then reads out the Mission’s rules, the breaking of which will result in expulsion: no drinking or drugs, no smoking, no exiting the mandated religious service, no cursing, etc. The evening’s mandatory Mass begins, delivered by a man named Charlie, dressed for the evening in a Hawaiian shirt. “You can do things your way, or you can do things God’s way,” he begins. “You’ve been doing things your way. How’s that working out for you?”

The congregation concedes the point, shaking their heads, grumbling. “Not so good, Charlie,” says a wiry man. During his sermon, Charlie reads the Gettysburg Address before preaching about abortion (“We as a nation are responsible for the murder of 56 million children”), the prophet Isaiah and the “forces of darkness.” Near the end, Mission workers pass a donation basket around to the homeless congregation. “There’s lots of charities out there who don’t give a message at all, who aren’t religious. Our whole mission is Jesus Christ, showing who God is,” says Mission spokeswoman Eileen Trussell. “We don’t want to compromise what we’re all about.” Sacramento Steps Forward, the private nonprofit working to end homelessness that took over management of $15 million in federal grants from Sacramento County this year, reports that there are only 627 yearround emergency-shelter beds in Sacramento: 376 for individuals and 251 for families. According to Loaves & Fishes’ Joan Burke, “The shelters simply don’t have enough space for people wanting to stay there.” Demand for beds in Sacramento can fluctuate due to weather and the time of the month, but it almost always exceeds supply. Burke says that The Salvation Army’s waitlist hovers around 80 men and women. Emergency shelters aren’t about to expand, either. They are expensive, and the city, following the federal government’s strategy, has shifted its focus to growing affordable housing. Private emergency shelters such as the Mission should not be affected.

After a brief but hearty chicken dinner, the men and women who came only for the sermon and meal leave, while those spending the evening head for the showers. The shower room is a tight fit. Men file into a cramped changing room the size of a small U-Haul trailer, disrobe and take turns in an open room with six shower heads. Some try to keep the tone light—one guy belts out a rendition of Chuck Berry’s “My Dinga-Ling.” Others are visibly distraught. At least three men shuffle through the motions wearing ankle bracelets. The smell is almost unbearable; sour rot, like fruit left fermenting in a corpse’s armpit, intensifies in the heat and humidity. Trussell says that the mandatory showers are in place for sanitary reasons, a legitimate concern when dealing with 60 homeless men per night—though guests are not alerted upon arrival of the group showers. Once dry, the men put on their underwear and form a line to hand their clothes over to a large man behind a window in exchange for pajamas (also mandatory) before heading upstairs to bed. As the men drift off to sleep, sounds and smells of the unwell contaminate the air. “The night I was there, there were more sneezes, coughs and farts than I’d ever heard in a single room,” says Javor, who spent an evening at the Mission a couple of years back to better understand the place. Few men enjoy staying here. Some use the term “prison” to describe it. But some nights, it’s better than the alternative.

Dumpster DiviNg for Dollars Mark Bell says he’s got bad knees, that one of his thighs is all but paralyzed. Yet the man speeds through the central city, diving in and out of recycling bins, Dumpsters, peeking under shrubs, crushing and stuffing the aluminum cans he finds in his yellowed plastic bags before shuffling on in his dusty running shoes. He is 50, a smoker and, today, hungover. The gnarled, bearded Bell defies logic, walking some 18 miles each day from his hidden American River Parkway campsite through downtown (twice), and then back home after recycling bottles and cans. He spends his earnings, often around $7 for a six-hour workday, on food for his six cats, or a bottle of vodka for himself and his friends. Bell is a writer. Prideful. Independent. Works his ass off for that drink at the end of the day, though that drink may well be the reason he’s been on the streets eight years running. He published a book of poetry, The Hobo Speaks, last year through the Sacramento Public Library’s I Street Press. This summer, he’s embarked on a second book project, The Hobo Won’t Shut Up, shooting short stories out on an email list that includes a number of the state workers he’s met while canning downtown. “I want Kevin Johnson’s email,” he says. “I want to fire my book off to him, show him, ‘This is what your homeless are up to. Give ’em a chance!’” But what sort of chance does Bell need? What would it take to get this former chef under a roof again?

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Joan Burke at Loaves & Fishes, for one, says that a men’s equivalent to Women’s Empowerment is “an unrealized goal” in Sacramento. She added that “Loaves & Fishes is interested in strengthening our services for men.” For someone like Bell, that could make all the difference. The largest challenge for the area’s homeless and almost-homeless residents is simple:

John Foley of Sacramento Self Help Housing, a group dedicated to connecting low-income and homeless Sacramentans with landlords who provide affordable housing, says “single men are certainly the largest demographic” in the homeless community.

“The shelters simply don't have enough space for people wanting to stay there. “

Joan Burke Loaves & fishes According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, about 100,000 chronically homeless individuals and 62,600 homeless veterans spent the evening without a home on any given night in America in 2012. The latter shows a steep decline since 2007, though homeless advocates feel there is still work to be done. Here in Sacramento, housing programs are working. “The Mather Community Campus, for instance, is very successful at getting people in, getting them employment. And Cottage Housing has been doing great work for years,” says Foley. For their part, Sacramento Self Help Housing maintains a database of the area’s most reasonably priced apartments, which includes particulars on tenant requirements and eviction policies. They also focus on housing veterans and the chronically homeless, often streamlining the process to get them under a roof. But housing single homeless men often involves a number of moving parts: Do they need counseling? Do they need treatment for substance abuse? Are they willing and able to work? It would almost seem like too tough a nut to crack—if Sacramento hadn’t already cracked it for homeless women. Women’s Empowerment is a nonprofit that uses counseling, peer support, classes and career mentoring to help single homeless women off the streets. Since the group’s inception in 2001, some 1,063 women have graduated from the program, with astounding rates of success: Last year, 78 percent of program participants either found work or enrolled in training, while 90 percent gained or maintained their safe housing. According to Kate Towson of Women’s Empowerment, the group also helps participants find job-interview attire, connects them with possible employers and even provides them with dental care—an important, yet often forgotten, element of hireability. Homeless advocates regularly cite Women’s Empowerment as one of Sacramento’s biggest wins. Today, advocates are beginning to talk about a sister program, as it were, for men. BEFORE

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Sacramento must find a way to bridge the gap. Between income and rent. Between need and services. But then, even after finding work, or getting set up with disability or some other form of assistance, residents continue to find that there are simply not enough reasonably priced places to stay. Today, both the federal government and Sacramento are pushing to create more affordable housing. Unfortunately, this will take time. “There’s a cure to homelessness,” insists Burke. “It’s called enough housing to go around that people can afford and that fits them.”

The day I get my wallet and apartment back, I treat Bell to lunch at the burger joint on 10th and P streets, across from his office (the bleachers in Roosevelt Park), in part because he’d mentioned that he tends to drink his meals after his food stamps run out at the end of the month. Eight years ago, Bell was a cook. He did that for decades before ending up on the streets. He’d like to do that for decades to come. But he’s not sure where to go and wouldn’t know the first step toward getting back into the workforce. As with most chronically homeless men, his situation is layered. As Bell throws out his trash and wipes his table clean, the restaurant manager approaches him with a large white bucket brimming with aluminum cans and plastic bottles. “I though you might like these,” he says. “I would, thank you,” says Bell. We part ways that afternoon. Bell thanks me for the meal. I thank him for his time. As I leave to catch the light rail back to the office, the sidewalk echoes with the crunch, crunch of aluminum against the pavement. All in a day’s work. Ω

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Allison Jones (left) and Derek Fieth celebrate a decade’s worth of Pets’ sounds.

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hen Derek Fieth and Allison Jones formed Pets in 2003, the pair didn’t have much musical experience. Jones had played guitar in the local punk band Riff Randals, but Fieth, her boyfriend— now husband—had never so much as touched an instrument. That all changed, however, after the pair attended a Black Rebel Motorcycle Club show at Old Ironsides. Inspired by the garagey, bluesrock group, the pair bought a bass for Fieth and launched a new band. “[Black Rebel Motorcycle Club was] playing some really rocking, fuzzed-out stuff,” Jones remembers. “I don’t think we had seen anybody playing with distorted bass before that, and the bass and guitar were equal in sound.” The show was part of the Lipstick! dance night—a weekly event where the couple had already spent a lot of time bonding over music. “Derek and I actually had our first date [at Lipstick!], and we found out we had a lot of the same tastes in music,” Jones says. The dance night further influenced Fieth and Jones to opt for a drum machine, instead of recruiting a live drummer. The decision was inspired, at least in part, by hearing the Lipstick! deejays spin a mix of rock, indie and electronic music—but also by a desire to keep the band a two-piece. Pre-drum machine, though, the band employed a cheap Casio keyboard for rhythm. Well, for the first gig, anyway, which took place at a friend’s house party. Now, a decade later, Pets will play its anniversary show Saturday, August 31, at Bows & Arrows in Midtown—exactly 10 years to the day after that first show. In addition to BRMC, the Dandy Warhols also influenced Pets’ musical direction. Jones and Fieth took the Warhols’ psychedelic pop style, mixed it with BRMC’s driving rock riffs and

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then filtered it through a fun Le Tigre indie-electronic lens. Such influences made for an eclectic first show. “[A] rock ’n’ roll dance party was exactly what we wanted. We even set up a light show with strobes and light cans that Derek would control with his feet,” Jones says. By their second gig, Jones and Fieth had purchased a proper drum machine, although it was still only programmed to play rudimentary beats. In 2004, the duo released a four-song EP, Step (“Pets” spelled backward). These songs were sparse, with a raw feel. Then, in 2006, the band released its debut full-length album, Pick Up Your Feet, for which the pair spent a considerable amount of time writing and crafting songs in the studio. It was on this collection that Pets perfected the rock ’n’ roll dance sound they’d visualized back in 2003. Here, the songs are packed with layers of synths, guitars and fun electronic beats. By the time they released their second album, 2011’s Ready the Rifles, however, Pets’ direction had once again changed. They had, for the most part, dropped the synths in favor of thicker, more varied psychedelic guitar tones. Jones also had employed the use of different distortion pedals through which to play her guitar. “We always wanted to sound bigger than a two-piece. So, I started off with about three pedals for the first album, and then just bought more as time went on,” she says. Part of this change of sound was because they weren’t really frequenting those Lipstick! dance nights anymore. It had been three years since their last album, after all. “We write slow. We’re not prolific by any means. The songs just come to us when they’re ready. We only do things that are fun for us,” Fieth says. “That’s BEFORE

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part of the reason why we’re so slow, but it’s also why we still have fun. … There’s never any pressure.” By the time Jones and Fieth entered the studio to record Ready the Rifles, the plan was to record only guitar, bass and drum-machine parts. After they finished, however, their engineer, Ira Skinner, offered to play drums on the songs. Pets agreed, so Skinner replaced the machine tracks with live drums. As such, the resulting album exhibits a much heavier, thicker bona fide rock feel. It was also recorded in a significantly shorter period of time, as the musicians took only a couple of takes for each song and also opted against layering several keyboard tracks. “The first one, it was really a studio album. About half of it we could never have played live, because [there were so many] overdubs tracks and synth parts,” Fieth says. “The second [album], we wanted it to [only include] what we could play live,” he continued. “Just drums, bass and guitar.” Around the release of that second record, Pets started playing some of their shows joined by a rotating cast of drummers, including Skinner and local musicians Eddie Jorgensen, Dog Party’s Lucy Giles and Kepi Ghoulie. Ghoulie has also played drums for the band on tour. “There are so many reasons I like Pets,” Ghoulie says. “[They play] big, fuzzy, catchy rock ’n’ roll that nobody in Sacramento [plays].” F E AT U R E

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Ghoulie’s style behind a kit is different than most drummers—he plays while standing up with the kick drum behind him. It makes for a good fit with Pets, Fieth says. “All of us are standing, and it’s super energetic,” he says. The band is currently working on material for a new record, which it plans to release in 2014. This new batch of songs represents yet another stylistic phase—inspired by its time onstage with the likes of Giles and Ghoulie. “[Giles and Ghoulie] both come from a really punk background. The songs that we’re writing now are a lot shorter and to the point, and I think we’re letting our Ramones influence show now, just drenching it in reverb and distortion,” Fieth says. The new songs are also the least complex, at least structurally. “As a fan of popular music from the past 60 years, [we] just know what the next note should be: It’s already been figured out, and it’s perfect,” Fieth says. “We get that some people want to play a different note there, but we dig the way it sounds when we play those natural-sounding notes, and [then make] it ours with the way we play it and the noise we add.” For the anniversary show, Fieth and Jones have planned a set that works through a chronological history of their songs. The show will also incorporate both the drum machine and live drummers who’ll take turns on various songs. So, what’s next? Might there eventually be a 20-year celebration? “If we keep having fun, we’re going to keep doing it,” Fieth says. “I don’t know that we’ll always be playing shows—I can see that ending at some point, [but] I think we’ll always be playing music together.”

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If Amy Stewart and Martha Stewart were pitted against one another, it’d likely be a formidable fight, but in the end, my money’s on Amy. Martha would lash out with spatulas and high-flow frosting bags, but then Amy would present her with a seemingly innocuous and alluring tincture that turns out to be poison. Or alcohol. With Amy, you never know. The Humboldt County science writer has enjoyed several years on The New York Times Best Sellers list, first for her book Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities (Algonquin Books, $18.95) and again this year with her intemperate tome Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World’s Great Drinks (Algonquin Books; $19.95). At 9:45 a.m. on August 22—deep in the midst of Midtown Cocktail Week—Stewart waited patiently at the back of a Citizen Hotel conference room as a stream of severely hungover industry professionals trickled in and struggled to assume the least nausea-inducing position resembling upright. Some wore sunglasses to keep the florescent overhead lights at bay, and others gripped tall Bloody Mary drinks from the Grange Restaurant & Bar’s Cocktail Week Bloody Mary bar—conveniently located within stumbling distance one floor down. After a cursory introduction, Stewart took her place in the front before a painfully bright projection screen, and smiled out at the squinting audience. “Good morning! So brave of you to be here at 10 a.m.,” she said chidingly. The Drunken Botanist is an easy and fascinating read, drawing equal enthusiasm from drinkers, bartenders and gardeners alike—all of whom were represented equally here. On this day, the presentation mostly covered material pulled from the book, focusing on some unusual points which Stewart transformed into the driest of comedic gems. “If you guys are interested in the lives of botanists who suffered horribly and died bizarre, nightmarish deaths for their careers,” she said with a smile, “then you should read The Collector about David Douglas. ... Many horrible things befell him as he did his work, and he ended up dying a strange and gruesome death in Hawaii. So ...” This aside transitioned smartly into an anecdote germane to the larger theme. Portland, Oregon’s Clear Creek Distillery, she informed, created a vibrant green and woodsy Douglas Fir eaux de vie that took distiller Steve McCarthy 10 years to perfect. After years of trial and error, McCarthy finally chose to perform the infusions on site in the forest, rather than in the distillery for the purest results. The conversation then moved to the varieties of “bar gardens” used for decoration, fresh cocktail garnishes and infusions. Indoor bar gardens can be cultivated, Stewart said, but it’s a little more complicated. “I live in Humboldt County, so I have some expertise on indoor growing,” she cracked. “You can do ‘pretty’ indoor growing, but you can also do closet or basement or hydroponic production of herbs and tomatoes and stuff like that for your drinks … but we’ll save that for another day.”

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SacAnime Friday, august 30, through sunday, september 1 Time to dry-clean your cosplay outfit for this weekend’s SacAnime, which takes place at the Sacramento Convention Center (1400 J Street) and the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel (1230 J Street). While there, be FESTIVAL sure to hound your favorite voice actors and animators for autographs, take morning tea with fellow Lolitas and dandies, and dance the night away to the best in J-pop and K-pop tunes. www.sacanime.com.

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Chalk It Up saturday, august 31, through monday, september 2 This three-day festival is probably best known for attracting kids to view 200 sidewalk drawings funded by local organizations and community members, and created by local artists. But it also features local bands, food trucks, and beer and wine for the grown-ups. Saturday, August 31, through Monday, FESTIVAL September 2; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; free. Fremont Park, 1515 Q Street; (916) 213-5059; www.chalkitup.org.

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he next holiday on the calendar, Labor Day, is upon us. That’s enough reason to celebrate, right? Even if you’re not ready to party like there’s no work on Monday, the rest of Sacramento certainly is, and it’ll host a handful of festivals to make sure we all have a good time. One of the biggest parties this weekend is Gold Rush Days, a family-friendly gold-rush-era romp in Old Sacramento (see below). Then, there’s also a 50th-anniversary edition of the Sacramento Greek Festival, Sac Anime, Rainbow Festival and Chalk It Up! (look to the right-hand side of the page for details on all of these). Because nothing honors hard work like partying hard. Gold Rush Days has smartly dropped its fake gunfights this year. But it’s still going to feature 200 tons of dirt lining Old Sacramento’s 27-acre area. The four-day celebration (Friday, August 30, to Monday, September 2) turns back the clock to the 1850s with time-specific entertainment, including Old West-style theater shows, cowboys, horse-drawn carriages, wagon rides, art and educational tents. Various bands will offer live music on stages throughout the historic district, and there’ll be food vendors throughout as well.

One of the more popular Gold Rush Days-related happenings is sure to be the third annual Gold Rush Beer Crawl. Happening Friday, August 30, at 6 p.m., participating bars—including River City Saloon, Fanny Ann’s Saloon and The Other Office—will be offering craft beers from the likes of New Helvetia Brewing Company, Lagunitas Brewing Company and Track 7 Brewing Co., respectively. A $10 ticket includes samples of brews from all nine participating locations. For more information on the crawl, visit www.facebook.com/ oldsacbars. Another cool Gold Rush Days-related event is a free outdoor screening of In Old California happening Sunday, September 1, at 8 p.m. The movie will be screened on the lawn where the actual film—starring John Wayne as a pharmacist who moves to Sacramento—takes place. The classic Western film also features bar fights, a complicated love story and horses galore. For more information on Gold Rush Days, visit http://sacramentogoldrushdays.com.

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The Midtown streets will come alive with entertainment, political speakers and events at the surrounding nightclubs to raise awareness and money for charities important to the gay and lesbian community. If you don’t know someone who is gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual or intersexual, go to FESTIVAL the festival to find out how to support them, and make a few friends along the way. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., $10; 20th and K streets; http://cgnie.org.

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Launch Wednesday, september 4, through sunday, september 8 Launch kicks off with a free block party Wednesday, September 4, at 5 p.m. at the MARRS building in Midtown (1050 20th Street). Drink in the beer garden, FESTIVAL listen to live music and pick up tickets to the rest of the week’s events, including a party at Ace of Spades, Thursday, September 5; a fashion show at Tsakopoulos Library Galleria, Friday, September 6; and a full weekend of live music performances at Cesar Chavez Plaza. www.launchsacramento.com.

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Mighty Tavern 9634 Fair Oaks Boulevard in Fair Oaks, (916) 241-9444, www.mightytavern.com Mighty Tavern is part tavern, part restaurant. And it offers good food highlighting local ingredients in both a bar and restaurant setting. The by Jonathan Mendick restaurant houses a couple dining rooms with white-tablecloth seating, but that’s not really j o nathan m@ where the people my age—in the 30-something newsreview.c om bracket—are. Rather, the nicely set tables are full of mostly older diners—aged between 40 to 60, from the looks of it—and their well-dressed families. But it’s not an overly fancy or expensive rating: eatery that only well-to-do diners of a certain HHHH age demographic can afford; rather, this is a compact gastropub that features a rustic wood dinner for one: bar juxtaposed with simple modern décor. Yet, $10 - $25 because of its location in Fair Oaks, it attracts an older suburban crowd, rather than a younger city-dwelling one. That’s somewhat unfortunate, because it is, after all, a tavern—you know, a place for people to drink and socialize. My dining partner and I decide to sit at the bar to eat. Here, we can choose between the happy-hour menu and the dining menu. On my first visit, however, bartender Sean H Egger notifies us that one of the regular chefs Flawed isn’t working today, so happy-hour food is HH off-limits. Instead, I choose a burger, fries and has mOments salad from the regular dinner menu. The menu HHH changes regularly, but this is one of the dishes appealing that remains constant. The burger is perfectly cooked (a little HHHH authOritative pink on the inside), but the fries aren’t particularly inventive. The pickles on top HHHHH epic taste house-made, but the bun tastes like bland white bread. Nevertheless, the slightly better-than-average American pub grub goes well with Allagash Brewing Company’s White beer. The salad, a modified version of a Cobb—featuring heirloom tomatoes, avocado, egg, chicken and bacon—pairs well with a house red wine, which on this day, is a Still hungry? crisp red grenache from Spain. search sn&r’s The happy-hour menu is back the next day, “dining directory” to find local so we order a variety of small plates (pickled restaurants by name eggs, steamed mussels, the charcuterie plate) or by type of food. and scallops off the dinner menu. All four sushi, mexican, indian, dishes impress visually: The eggs and scallops italian—discover it all in the “dining” resemble a work of art. Egger tells us the eggs were put in a brine section at www.news that once pickled beets, and thus, they’ve taken review.com. on a bright-pink color. Each of the three halves rest on a different flavorful dipping sauce. The steamed mussels arrive piled high with a handful of french fries, lemons and bacon. It’s fancier than normal pub food, and the garlic and white-wine sauce it’s cooked in make it perfect for dipping the fries and any spare bread. The charcuterie plate features pate made by sous chef and “meat master” Jason Azevedo, a local guy who graduated from Christian Brothers High School before earning a culinary BEFORE

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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-hamand-Gruyere sandwich is just buttery enough, and an eggwhite 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.

Midtown 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. 2331 K St., (916) 476-3754. Meal for one: $10-$15. HHH B.G.

Capital Dime Sacramento foodies can finally eat chef Noah Zonca’s food without having to cough up rent money. The menu is split up into “Dime plates,” “rabbit food,” sandwiches and “plates.” The dime plates and rabbit food both go for $10. This, and the idea that every dish is supposed to be a “perfect 10” is the idea behind the restaurant’s name. One simple dish, the clams chorizo, is something you’d stab your mother with a seafood fork over, should she attempt to pluck one of its delightful bivalves from your plate. Here, seared chorizo is drowned in white wine and garlic, creating a silky palomino-colored broth in which the teeniest clams ever are cooked. The kaluapork slider is also a thing of beauty, with flavorful pulled pork tender as a bruise. The fries are fried in rice oil with their skins on—which always means more flavor. Delicate, crisp and fantastic to munch on. American. 1801 L St., Ste. 50; (916) 443-1010. Dinner for one: $15-$25. HHH1/2 G.M.

Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Co. The restaurant, by the same owners as Midtown’s The Golden Bear, sports a firefighting theme (a ladder on the ceiling duct work, shiny silver wallpaper with a rat-andhydrant motif, et al) and a bar setup that encourages patrons to talk to each other. An interesting wine list includes entries from Spain and Israel; there are also draft cocktails and numerous beers on tap. The brunch menu is heavy on the eggs, prepared in lots of ways. One option is the Croque Madame, a ham-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. Another highlight includes an excellent smoked-eggplant baba ganoush, which is smoky and garlicky and served with warm flatbread wedges and oil-cured olives. American. 1630 S St., (916) 442-4885. Dinner for one: $20-$40. HHH1⁄2 A.M.R.

LowBrau This place specializes in beer and bratwursts. Both are done smashingly. The sausage is wrapped in a tight, snappy skin like a gimp suit, which gets nicely charred by the chefs. Within it lies a beguilingly spicy and juicy piece of meat. Get it with a pretzel roll for a truly exciting experience. There are vegan options, too: The Italian, an eggplant-based brat, has a surprisingly sausagelike texture that no self-respecting carnivore will turn it down for lack of flavor. Toppings include

sauerkraut, a “Bier Cheese” sauce and caramelized onions. The idea behind Duck Fat Fries is a glorious one, yet somehow still falls short. You just expect something more when you see the words “duck fat.” The beer selection is epic. If you’re lost and confused, the staff will help guide you to the right brew via questionings and encouraged tastings. German. 1050 20th St., (916) 706-2636. Dinner for one: $10-$15. HHHH G.M.

The Rind This is a fromage fanatic’s delight with a menu that changes frequently. A chalkboard by the bar lists the daily suggested trios for cheese boards, but order the Diving Board to choose your own combo. Each arrives with six crisp toasts and two sides, like dried fruit and honey. The rations are small, but reasonable for two people. Buy any of the cheeses by the pound. Ask for the list at the bar. There are also many grilled-cheese sandwich choices and several versions of mac ’n’ cheese, including Not Your Mom’s Mac with Parmesan, Gruyere and cheddar. It’s silky smooth, without any excess oil. A richer version includes blue cheese and prosciutto for overthe-top indulgence. American. 1801 L St., Ste. 40; (916) 441-7463. Dinner for one: $10-$15. HHHH A.M.R.

East Sac Hot City Pizza This East Sacramento eatery is probably better known for its beer than its food, but its pizza is pretty

darn good. Each slice is made with a unique multigrain crust that’s soft, airy and helps soak up a belly full of beer. There are also interesting topping combinations, notably a section full of chicken-topped pizza, plenty of vegetarian options and handful of Pacific Islanderthemed pies, such as the Hawaii on Fire, which comes topped with sweet Thai chili sauce, Canadian bacon, pepperoni, green peppers, pineapple, jalapeño and mozzarella cheese. Of course, beer is the real draw here, and Hot City gets an extra star for its fine selection. With so many choices—there are several fridges full of bottled beer and a handful of rotating taps—selecting a brew can be a tremendously difficult but worthwhile undertaking. Pizza. 5642 J St., (916) 731-8888. Dinner for one: $10-$20. HHHH J.M.

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. 3260 B J St., (916) 449-8810. Dinner for one: $15-$20. HHH1⁄2 A.M.R.

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

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Land Park/ Curtis Park Burgess Brothers’ Burgers This burger joint’s motto is “Committed to Service,” and that’s evidenced in its outstanding customer service. The food is also exceptional. There are plenty of burgers on the menu—all smoked before they’re grilled. The one-third pound Tactical Blue Burger is served with blue cheese, tomato, lettuce and fried onions. With a generous slathering of the “Patrol” sauce, it’s full of flavor but not too smoky. Don’t miss the barbecue, though. The pulled-pork sandwich is nicely smoked and shredded, piled on a garlic roll. There are also kidsized sliders and the Code 4 vegetarian burger, made with a portobello mushroom.

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the spicier ceviche de aji amarillo—both are exceptionally piquant and hearty. Entree recommendations include the arroz chaufa, a dish that resulted from the Chinese immigrants’ influence on Peruvian cuisine. Here, it’s served with shrimp and crispy fried pork. The lomo saltado oozes with an incredibly smoky flavor—apparently, the result of cooking the beef in pisco, a type of brandy popular in Peru. The star of the arroz con pato isn’t the duck or the rice, but rather a house-made salsa criolla, consisting of pickled onion and cilantro. Whatever you order, La Huaca’s attention to detail makes it the ideal place to be introduced to the complexities found in this regional cuisine. Peruvian. 9213 Sierra College Blvd., Ste. 140 in Roseville; (916) 771-2558. Dinner for one: $20-$40. HHHH1/2 J.M.

The Hideaway Bar & Grill This bar fills a niche Sacramento might not have known it lacked with its vague rockabilly vibe, lots of greased hair on the men, brightly dyed hair in retro styles and cat-eye glasses on the ladies, and an abundance of black clothes and tattoo sleeves for all. The liquor selection is basic (no craft cocktails here). The menu’s heavy on fried appetizers, salads, sandwiches and burgers, the latter of which are architectural, towering assemblages. Happily, the fluffy charred buns are sturdy enough to hold up when the tower is squeezed to a more realistic height. A meaty veggie burger gets crunch from fried pickles and sweet heat from barbecue sauce. Overall, the Hideaway offers cheap beer, adequate bar food and a comfortable place to hang with out friends. American. 2565 Franklin Blvd., (916) 455-1331. Dinner for one: $10-$15. HHH1⁄2 B.G.

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Roseville La Huaca This Peruvian eatery offers an experience decidedly upscale in every way: décor, art, lighting, presentation, price and—most importantly—taste. Peru’s national dish is ceviche, seafood cured in lime, salt and chili, and it’s a must-have starter. Try the mixto version, which features fish, shrimp, octopus and calamari, or sample

nuzzled itself into a comfortable niche with an eclectic wine selection and—albeit unfocused—menu that draws an upscale crowd. The bruschetta plate arrives with four types of toppings, two of each: goat cheese, avocado, caramelized onion and tomato. They don’t suck, but they aren’t great. A rib-eye steak with a basil-andtomato compound butter is served cooked to perfection. But the chocolate soufflé is like having a hot date and then finding out he’s a terrible kisser: greatly disappointing. In the end, a little refinery needs to

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red, crispy and greasy in all the best ways. The lengua (tongue) is soft and dreamily reminiscent of only the most ethereal bits of beef. The fish is fine and flaky and the cabeza and pork are herculean in flavor options worthy of note, too. Tacos are small and served on two tiny tortillas (flour or corn, your call) with a bit of house salsa that has all the kick of a pissed off Girl Scout who’s just tall enough to nail you right under the kneecap. Or, feel free to customize, too, courtesy of the fully loaded salsa bar. Be sure to pick up a glass of the homemade horchata, which is sweet and milky with seductive whispers of cinnamon. You will want seconds. Mexican. 1841 Howe Ave., (916) 924-0108. Dinner for one: $8-$10. HHH G.M.

happen to make the food at Back unique enough for the average Sacramento diner to find it worth the trip, but for the Folsom diner who feels Grange Restaurant & Bar is too far, then Back will do right enough. The wine selection is strong, and pairing recommendations are practical. American. 25075 Blue Ravine Rd., Ste. 150 in Folsom; (916) 986-9100. Dinner for one: $25-$50. HHH1/2 G.M.

Lotus 8 The menu here is organized with sections such as “Our Most Popular Dishes,” “If You’re Feeling Adventurous” and the “Chef’s Special” tasting list, which offers dishes less familiar to American diners. Worthy options include the fried-milk appetizer, which is made of sweetened milk that’s been battered and fried and tastes like pillows of the lightest cheesecake. Pair it with the sweet-andsour sauce, or top it with powdered sugar for a dessert. The salted egg with pumpkin arrives as lightly battered, fried half-moons topped with hard-boiled egg. With classic sweet and salty complements, the flavor is even better with a drizzle of hot chili sauce. The fried tofu with salt and pepper is exceptional. Cubes of fried, silky tofu taste like custardy goodness. This is the kind of tofu that could almost make one give up meat. Chinese. 199 Blue Ravine Rd., Ste. 100 in Folsom; (916) 351-9278. Dinner for one: $10-$15. HHHH A.M.R.

A classy kitchen If your kitchen is really small, and you need to cook a whole lot of food all at once (especially a large batch of food certified for a commercial event), check out Lulu’s Kitchen. Located at the edge of Midtown and downtown, the space run by Feeding Crane Farms offers a six-burner gas range with double ovens, professional mixers, a walk-in fridge, a commercial blender and all the cooking tools you’ll need to cook a huge batch of any dish. Plus, when it’s not being rented by the hour, the kitchen is home to monthly classes run by Adam Pechal of Tuli Bistro and Restaurant Thir13en (http://chefadampechalnorcalfavorites.eventbrite.com) and date-night cooking classes for couples hosted by a company called 4311 Attawa (http://4311attawa.yolasite.com)—among others. Lulu’s Kitchen is located at 701 16th Street. To rent the space, make a reservation for a class or for more information, visit www.luluskitchensacramento.com. —Jonathan Mendick

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When an individual on a spiritual path becomes aware of his or her own judgment about someone else, it’s a classic aha moment, an invitation to wake up. I’m sick of bicyclists who won’t share the road safely with cars. The other day, I was backing out of a friend’s driveway, when a cyclist swerved behind me, laughing with glee as I slammed on my brakes to avoid hitting him. He had no helmet and could have been seriously injured. He seemed to think it was a thrill of some kind. I think cyclists should have to get and carry licenses just like drivers of other vehicles. What do you think? It’s a two-way street! I’ve seen drivers so disengaged that they have nearly hit cyclists, and cyclists who behave as if a motor vehicle is just part of an obstacle course. Licensing cyclists is not the answer, though. What we need is a national conversation on how to get along with each other. We need compassion, not competition on our roads. Ω

Meditation of the Week According to the Talmud, at any time there are 36 righteous people in the world without whom the world would end. I learned about the Tzadikim Nistarim at the funeral of Sister Sheila Walsh, founder of Jericho, an interfaith lobbying organization focused on the needs of those living in poverty. Sheila was said to be one of the 36. What are you doing with your life?

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The conversations run the gamut of the moral dilemmas facing journalists, the righteousness of individual and job choices, and the escapism and long-term impact demanding careers can have on personal lives. The cast is spot-on—Edwards delicately portrays Sarah as a woman battling an internal emotional war within herself; Andrew gives us a sympathetic, yet weary James, in the middle of a mid-career crisis; Victorine as Richard presents an older, mature man ready to capture the lost personal opportunities of his youth; and a charming Lucito manages to make the young, naive Mandy an old soul making thought-provoking comments that cause the group to ponder and pause. And director Maggie Adair Upton deserves kudos for keeping the cast in check—never overplaying or underplaying any character. Ω

photojournalist home to recover after serious injuries sustained while covering the Iraq war. The play is a timely one, with recent war journalists being harmed or killed while covering world conflicts. Margulies explores many issues in his fascinating play, including the personal and social price one pays in choosing such a demanding, all-encompassing field; the use of a camera as a shield to protect from human interaction and emotions; and the ethics of being an observer and not a reactor. Ovation Stage’s production of Time Stands Still is compact, intense and intimate due to the tight storyline, a cohesive cast and the small 30-seat Three Penny Theatre. It all takes place in the New York apartment where a prideful and resentful Sarah (Beth Edwards) is brought home by her supportive boyfriend James (James Andrew) to recover from her massive injuries. James has some understanding for what Sarah went through, since he was also a war correspondent, but his mental and emotional wounds from his experience have left him pondering both his career and personal futures. Add another couple— Sarah’s news editor Richard (Earl Victorine), who is losing his enthusiasm for edgy news, while claiming a new life with a much younger and guileless wife Mandy (Amber Lucito).

It’s totally appropriate that the Chautauqua Playhouse plays musical themes from several decades-old TV shows and sitcoms before the curtain goes up on Squabbles. The play by Marshall Karp is as familiar and as much a guilty pleasure as The Love Boat and The Odd Couple. In fact, it has its own odd couple: in-laws who can’t stand each other and bicker all the time. “An argument a day keeps the doctor away,” says Abe Dreyfus (veteran actor Rodger Hoopman in what would be a starmaking performance if he weren’t already a local legend). At 73 and in his curmudgeonly prime, Abe is honest to a fault about his love for his daughter Alice (Julie Bock) and his tolerance of her husband Jerry (Walt Thompson), with whom he now lives. When Jerry’s mother Mildred (Monique McKisson, very much the comic equal of Hoopman) loses her home, belongings and pet bird to a house fire, she moves in with the young couple, too. Insanity ensues, reminiscent of the Neil Simon variety, but sharper tongued. With news of Alice’s pregnancy, we wonder if baby makes five, or four, or three in this increasingly crowded home. Hoopman also directs the production, which accents the argumentative with well-timed verbal sparring. His set design and Don Myers’ lighting, especially in a tricky blackout scene, provide comfy accommodations for a play that seeks only to entertain and does so really well. —Jim Carnes

Squabbles, 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; $17-$19. Chautauqua Playhouse at the La Sierra Community Center, 5325 Engle Road in Carmichael; (916) 489-7529; www.cplayhouse.org. Through September 22.

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Bob Irvin directs perhaps his most perfect cast (Deane Calvin, Joe Hart, Brianne Hidden-Wise, Analise LangfordClark, Daniel W. Slauson, Corey D. Winfield and a host of others) in this musical within a comedy as a lonely, obsessive theaterlover (Slauson) conjures a musical in his mind (and on stage) while listening to a recording of his favorite show. F, Sa, Su 8pm. Through 9/8. $5-$15. Fair Oaks Theatre Festival at the Veterans Memorial Amphitheatre, 7991 California Ave. in Fair Oaks; (916) 966-3683, www.fairoaks theatrefestival.com. J.C.

The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Big Idea Theatre’s production is full of violence, curse words and stupidity, with spot-on Irish accents and outstanding performances guaranteed to produce uncomfortable laughter. Directed by Brian Harrower and with Justin Muñoz as the eponymous lieutenant, the show never misses a beat as it drums out this truth: An eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind. Th, F, Sa 8pm. Through 8/31. $10-$16. Big Idea Theatre, 1616 Del Paso Blvd.; (916) 960-3036; www.bigidea theatre.com. K.M.

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play combines conflicting family dynamics with blunt sarcastic humor, which puts some fun in dysfunctional. Talented cast, including Brooke and Joan Grant, who create caustic chemistry as mother and daughter. Th, F, 8pm;

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Sherlock’s Last Case

This production features lots of interaction between Kevin Kirtlan (Sherlock Holmes) and Brandon Rapoza (Dr. Watson). And the ladies also leave a favorable impression in their supporting parts: The estimable Kelley Ogden shines as a woman of mystery, Georgann Wallace romps as the dowdy housekeeper Mrs. Hudson. Scott Adams rounds out the cast as the plodding Inspector Lestrade. Director Julie Anchor mitigates much of the script’s convoluted plotting and longish speeches. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for picnicking. F, Sa 8pm. Through 9/7. $12-$17.50. Main Street Theatre Works at Kennedy Mine Amphitheatre, 1105 N. Main St. in Jackson; (209) 295-4499; www.mstw.org. J.H.

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A fabulous tale Patrick Burns’ autobiographical “musical extravaganza” solo performance, From Foster Care to Fabulous, carries the audience through his life as an Oakland teen falling in and out of foster care. “It’s all truth,” says Burns. “Sometimes the truth is horrifying; sometimes it’s hilarious. But it’s never cliché. It’s never preachy. It’s just the truth.” That’s what we’re ready to see this weekend (and only this weekend) in Burns’ two performances hosted by Sacramento’s Graham-a-Rama. According to a press release, one local viewer, Ryan Imhoff says: “Hysterical, terribly politically incorrect characterizations and anecdotes bounce off the walls between songs and soliloquies that touch on our collective humanity. Only a handful of performers could yank tears out of an audience’s eyes with a speech about penguins. Burns is one of them.” If there’s anything we associate with foster care, it’s penguins. From Foster Care to Fabulous, 8 p.m. Friday, August 30, and Saturday, August 31; $20. New Helvetia Theatre, 1028 R Street; (916) 469-9850; www.fostercare.brownpapertickets.com.

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Beyond the topical trappings, though, this is a tired and unimaginative post-9/11 “legal thriller” in the John Grisham mold. Closed Circuit opens and closes on a mosaic of black-and-white security-camera images, but in between the film’s themes of omnipresent surveillance exist only hoary plot devices. Even Big Brother would turn the channel on this one. The movie begins with a terrorist attack carried out in a busy open-air market in downtown London. Fast-forward nearly one year, and the only living suspect is about to be brought to trial. It’s an extremely high-profile case, and due to concerns over classified information, the British government has mandated that it be tried in parallel public and private trials. After the suicide of the public-trial defender, Eric Bana’s roguish screwup Martin Rose is assigned to the position, while Rebecca Hall’s straight-laced Claudia Simmons-Howe acts as the defense in the private trial. Classified government secrets will be disclosed in the private phase of the trial, so Martin and Claudia are forced to swear to a number of things, including their lack of familiarity with each other. The only problem: Martin and Claudia are former lovers, and their affair was the catalyst for his recent divorce. They elect to withhold this information, but it morally and legally compromises them from the beginning. As they

dig deeper into the case, it becomes clear that the Secret Service is also hiding something, a secret that may have gotten the previous public defender killed. Director John Crowley (Intermission, Boy A) is outside his comfort zone here, and with nothing else to offer, he depends heavily on familiar genre tropes. Crowley stacks up the contrivances and inconsistencies as though this were a pancake breakfast—much of the mystery here is solved by having people accidentally run into each other. More damaging than Crowley’s perfunctory approach to the material is the fact that Bana and Hall lack the credibility to play trial lawyers, much less ones assigned to a case this significant. Even worse, they lack chemistry, which is perhaps not surprising, given that they’re both such inwardly focused actors. Bana monotonously growls every line as though he’s speaking a foreign language phonetically and appears determined not to connect with any of his co-stars. As for Hall, she may have her supporters from films such as Vicky Cristina Barcelona and The Town, but her acting always strikes me as immature and literal. Without competent leads, Closed Circuit relies on its supporting cast to supply the gravitas. There’s no doubt that the pulse picks up whenever the always reliable Ciarán Hinds shows up as Martin’s squirmy partner. The same goes for Four Lions star Riz Ahmed as a quietly menacing government agent assigned to Claudia.

Even Big Brother would turn the channel on this one. Best of all is Jim Broadbent, emitting groomed sleaze as the attorney general, whose buttoned-down British politeness conceals a passive-aggressive evil. His performance alone was almost enough for me to give Closed Circuit a pass, but after a decent third act, the film goes five or 10 minutes too far in its pursuit of a tidy ending. Ironically, that ending’s freshly stitched “tidiness”—a major plot twist gets awkwardly dubbed over the closing shot—is most likely the result of unsuccessful test screenings and studio interference. That says more about industry backroom deal-making and faceless corporate manipulation than Closed Circuit manages to pack into 96 minutes of selfserious huffing and puffing. Ω

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A snooty New York socialite (Cate Blanchett), left penniless when her crooked financier husband (Alec Baldwin) goes to prison, moves in with her working-class sister in San Francisco (Sally Hawkins). Critic Walter Kerr once wrote, “Neil Simon didn’t have an idea for a play this year, but he wrote one anyway.” Well, Woody Allen didn’t have an idea for a movie, so he did a riff on A Streetcar Named Desire. But Allen never gets the colored lights going. The role of Stanley Kowalski is drained of sexual energy and divvied up between the sister’s ex-husband (Andrew Dice Clay) and present boyfriend (Bobby Cannavale); without that conflict, Streetcar lacks a core, and one is missing here. The whole is less than the sum of its parts, though some parts (especially Blanchett’s performance) are well worth watching. J.L.

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A hard-drinking high-school party boy (Miles Teller), recently dumped by his girlfriend (Brie Larson), strikes up a friendship, then a tentative romance, with a classmate (Shailene Woodley). He barely knows her, but she knows him well—by reputation. Will she pull him up to her level, or will he drag her down to his? Just when you’re tired of teen rom-coms, along comes one like this to redeem the whole debased genre. Written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (from Tim Tharp’s novel) and directed by James Ponsoldt, this is the most charming such movie since Cameron Crowe’s Say Anything, which was released 24 years ago. (Not surprisingly, Neustadter and Weber also wrote the equally charming (500) Days of Summer.) Teller and Woodley have great chemistry, and rightly shared a special acting award at the Sundance Film Festival. J.L.

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Fruitvale Station

Writer-director Ryan Coogler’s first feature is an auspicious debut, portraying the last day of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), the Hayward man who was shot dead in an altercation with police officers for Bay Area Rapid Transit in Oakland on New Year’s Day 2009. The shooting sparked protests, both peaceful and violent. Coogler’s movie is a protest, too, but more in sadness than anger. It’s that rarest of movies (these days, anyhow): one that’s “based on a true story” and actually has the ring of truth (some names are changed for either dramatic or legal reasons). Jordan’s performance is muted but earnest and strong, and there’s fine work from the supporting ensemble, especially Melonie Diaz as Grant’s girlfriend Sophina, Octavia Spencer as his mother, and little Ariana Neal as his 4-yearold daughter. J.L.

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In 2154, Earth is populated by billions of have-nots, and all the haves are living on Space Station Elysium, hogging all the nice houses, clean air and miracle medicines for themselves. On the surface, an ex-convict (Matt Damon) gets a fatal dose of radiation, and his only hope is to get to Elysium, where he can be cured. That means a desperate return to crime—but he winds up embroiled in a coup on Elysium. Writer-director Neill Blomkamp combines the gritty atmosphere of his surprise 2009 hit District 9 with a loopy Occupy Wall Street political statement that gives the movie the air of a hectoring social conscience to lend depth and pertinence to all the high-tech shoot-’em-ups that are Blomkamp’s real business at hand. Jodie Foster takes on the thankless role of a Machiavellian Elysium official. J.L.

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The Grandmaster

The elegantly stylish martial arts meditation The Grandmaster ostensibly portrays the prelegend life of Ip Man, the Wing Chun master who famously taught Bruce Lee. However, those expecting a factory-assembled biopic—or a traditional kung fu film—don’t know Chinese auteur Wong Kar-wai very well, do they? With The Grandmaster, Kar-wai lays out the entire history of China’s competing martial arts schools, touching at length on their role in Sino-Japanese War-era internecine political struggles. Fortunately, he does it by staging one awesome fight scene after another, emphasizing closeness in combat and building to an epic train-station sequence. Karwai also elicits grand movie-star performances from Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Ziyi Zhang, whose silent-filmworthy faces distract from the herky-jerky plot lurches and repetitive camera moves. D.B.

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Planes

A lowly crop-dusting airplane (voice by Dane Cook) cherishes an ambition to participate in an around-the-world air race, and by a combination of pluck and luck, he succeeds. Yes, it’s Turbo with planes instead of snails, but it’s also an unimaginative rehash of every other follow-your-dream movie, with little more than some stunning animation to distinguish it from all the rest. The story trudges through its predictable formula with excruciating precision, hitting every beat right on schedule. With no suspense or surprises, we have to pass the time by trying to identify the celebrity voices (which include Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett, Teri Hatcher, John Cleese and Cedric the Entertainer) and contemplating the inevitable Disney theme-park attraction. At least the ride will be over more quickly. J.L.

Jim Carrey plays the lantern-jawed vigilante Colonel Stars and Stripes in the stomach-turning sequel Kick-Ass 2, although he famously and pompously distanced himself from the film, due to its gun violence. Without Carrey’s star wattage, though, this threadbare, by-thenumbers offering would feel like a straightto-video knockoff instead of a late-summer tentpole sequel. The 2010 cult hit Kick-Ass was a violent sociopath’s puerile revenge fantasy, but in the vicious schoolgirl vigilante Hit-Girl, it at least offered an original, if troubling, creation. Kick-Ass 2 foolishly shoves Hit-Girl to the sidelines, retiring her from the disembowelment of “bad guys” to play the Lohan in an atrocious Mean Girls subplot. Kick-Ass 2 fails on every level imaginable, as well as a few levels heretofore unimaginable (CGI diarrhea is a new one). D.B.

One Direction: This Is Us

Director Morgan Spurlock traces the rise of the current boy-band sensation One Direction (Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson), formed by Simon Cowell from also-rans on his series The X Factor. Spurlock also follows their world tour, with generous helpings of their backstage hijinks. In performance, we seldom see more than a few bars of any given song; ordinarily, that would be a mistake, but with these songs, that’s plenty. The movie is patently staged and may have been scripted (it’s always fishy when a “documentary” has camera crews on both ends of a phone call). Still, the boys are likeable enough, and who can begrudge them their moment in the spotlight? J.L.

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Lee Daniels’ The Butler

Lee Daniels’ The Butler was “inspired by true events” much like John Hinckley Jr. was “inspired” by The Catcher in the Rye. Actually, it’s adapted from a Washington Post article about an African-American butler who served at the White House during some of the most turbulent times in recent history. Daniels expands that idea into a Gump’s-eye view of the civil-rights era that is Oscar chum at its most pandering. Forest Whitaker, looking like an audio-animatronics figure at Disneyland Presents Great Moments With Lee Daniels’ The Butler, plays Cecil Gaines, son of a murdered cotton farmer reborn through servitude. Whitaker is strong, as usual, but the U.S. presidents are portrayed in a series of distracting cameos by Robin Williams as Dwight D. Eisenhower and Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan. D.B.

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A small-time pot dealer (Jason Sudeikis), having been strong-armed into smuggling tons of weed in from Mexico, hires a stripper (Jennifer Aniston), a teen runaway (Emma Roberts) and the dweeb next door (Will Poulter) to masquerade as a straight-arrow family and avoid suspicion at the border. The writers’ credit (Sean Anders, Steve Faber, Bob Fisher, John Morris) is studded with numerous “ands” and “&s,” indicating rewrites without collaboration, and the unevenness shows in story sags and digressions. On the plus side, the whole thing plays to Sudeikis and Aniston’s comic strengths, and they have good chemistry. The humor is often raunchy (watch out for that spider-bite scene!), but most of the gags hit the target, and some hit the bull’s-eye. Rawson Marshall Thurber directs with a game (if at times unsteady) hand. J.L.

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The World’s End

A 40-year-old boy who never grew up (Simon Pegg) dragoons four pals (Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan) into returning to their hometown and repeating the epic pub crawl they got too drunk to finish back in their youth. The others have all moved on with their lives, but his enthusiasm brooks no denial. Still, all misgivings seem justified when they find the old town eerily changed. The script by Pegg and director Edgar Wright begins as a fast-paced British working-class comedy, with jokes coming almost too fast to catch. Then, it suddenly (and seamlessly) morphs into a latter-day Invasion of the Body Snatchers, with our boys battling an invasion of passive-aggressive aliens. It’s high old fun, though it plays as a bit too much of a rehash of Pegg and Wright’s Shaun of the Dead. J.L.

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A family’s reunion turns deadly when its isolated home is invaded, and its members are murdered one by one—but one of the intended victims proves unexpectedly adept at organizing resistance. Writer Simon Barrett throws in some plot twists intended to explain away the clichés (killers wearing masks with tiny eyeholes, victims going off alone into the night or darkened rooms, etc.), but the movie still doesn’t make much sense. Of course, it doesn’t have to: People who go for movies like this never look that closely as long as the blood flows thick and fast, and director Adam Wingard makes sure that it does. Shoddy and cheap-looking (blame cinematographer Andrew Droz Palermo), this run-of-the-mill slash-’em-up flick has been floating around for two years looking for a distributor. Unfortunately, it found one. J.L.

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It’s 4:45 p.m. on Sunday, August 25, at Los Angeles’ FYF Fest, and the backing band for former Sacramento-, now L.A.-based doom-folk songby Blake Gillespie stress Chelsea Wolfe is orchestrating the mood for the singer’s entrance. As the instrumental music ends, Wolfe walks to the center of the stage, her tan, draping dress blowing dramatically in the afternoon breeze.

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it was planning an outfit or clothes to dress up in order to fit into character a little bit, but I’m still trying to be myself up there. I don’t want an alter ego. It should be a real experience for me and for the audience, so I’m trying to let myself go completely.” Pain Is Beauty offers many awe-inspiring moments, such as its pulsating electronic experiments reminiscent of Portishead’s Third record, or the eight-minute orchestral epic “The Waves Have Come.” The record’s most immediate, striking instance, however, arrives via its cover, which depicts Wolfe’s unobscured face. Here, she delicately recoils in red chiffon; her lips black like her raven hair. Her glare is austere, confident, while the body language suggests caution. Simple at glance, but deliberately arresting. This is definitely not the Chelsea Wolfe cloaked in lace veils and prone to onstage meltdowns. This is a Chelsea Wolfe who wants to be brave for us. Each previous album cover bared a chameleonlike timidity to present the songwriter: her signature veil, as though she came to us in mourning; her eyes whited-out to give off an extraterrestrial quality; a photograph capturing a moment of bashfulness like interrupting a nap. And while her music has been described with terms such as “brooding,” “gothic,” “dirge” and “experimental,” when Wolfe talks about herself, she uses words such as “introvert,” “anxiety,” “uncomfortable” and “invisible.”

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For more more information on Chelsea Wolfe and Pain Is Beauty, visit www.chelseawolfe.net.

Clearly, this is a new Chelsea Wolfe, far braver than the songwriter, who, prone to performance meltdowns, typically performed onstage with her face veiled. A month prior to this show, Wolfe sat in a downtown Los Angeles bar to discuss her fourth studio album, Pain Is Bravery, and also to talk about bravery. Wolfe was seated in a booth where a piece of art depicting a tattered American flag hung behind her. It was not quite a Patton moment, or even Springsteen-esque one, but as the woman with the deep-set eyes and jet-black hair talked, it was clear she’d experienced a significant selfconfidence breakthrough. “In the past, I’d play a few songs, freak out and leave,” she said, then paused to laugh at herself. “Which isn’t a good way to deal with things. So, I had to overcome that if I wanted to take it seriously.” Now, the past is the past. There are old accounts of Chelsea Wolfe onstage flare-ups, most of which happened long ago, but still, the rumors linger. At a Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub show last September to promote the album Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs, Wolfe took to the stage with no veil, no grand costume, and no onstage tantrums. It was a change, possibly unnoticed at the time, but it seems significant now. “Often I dealt with [anxiety] by dressing up—it started with the veil,” she said. “Then,

“ I don’t want an alter ego. It should be a real experience for me and for the audience.” Chelsea Wolfe The new album reflects a marked shift. “I wanted to portray a sense of being in the spotlight and being uncomfortable,” she said regarding the Pain Is Beauty cover. Although her personal growth is written into the record in terms of risks taken, this is not an autobiographical record. “A lot of the songs have to do with how nature affects humans and humans affect nature,” she said. “Nature does its own cleansing, like forest fires that make way for new growth. The intense times are required for a better end. It’s almost like pain becomes beauty.” Ω

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This is your jam: The tale of sand times, but here it is again: Gift of Gab and Chief Xcel meet in Sacramento in ’87, start working together in Davis in the early ’90s and evolve into the gods of rap by 1995. Maybe you weren’t aware when the duo dropped its 1994 debut EP Melodica, but it set them up for a chain of EPs and full-lengths through 2005 that remain some of the most intelligent, positive and progressive hip-hop productions to date. After pursuing solo releases, side projects and Gift of Gab’s own setbacks due to poor health, Blackalicious is back on the touring circuit. Don’t miss your opportunity to dwell in the house with greatness on Saturday, August 31, at The Center for the Arts (314 W. Main Street in Grass Valley); $32 gets you in the door; only $28 if you’re a Center member. As far as funk is concerned, George Clinton was my jam through the years I was too high to clearly recall now, but I seem to remember the music making my body move around in strange and wonderful ways. If you feel me, get to Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub (2708 J Street) on Friday, August 30, for an evening with locals Bumptet, Ideateam and Brian Chris Rogers, the latter of whom is releasing a new album, Single. Tickets are $10.

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Someone timed this one perfectly, bringing Victoria Legrand’s moaning, echoed vocals to soothe dried-out concertgoers just as the sun dipped orange behind the stage. Legrand carried us along with her eerie aura, and bandmate Alex Scally did his best to keep things in the moment with tempered, deliberate play. It was one of those sets where cheering almost felt out of place. We relied on Legrand to help us see the sun out, and we just needed to stay out of the way as she did it. This went even for the lingerie-clad woman on stilts, who inexplicably strode onto the side of the stage and swayed to two wending tunes before security escorted her away. Some 6,000 fans offered a brief, earnest thanks before shuffling out of the venue in peace. Yes, this was a festival. No, there are no encores at festivals. But you have to wonder how often Beach House yields enough of a response to warrant a return to the stage. They’ve proven they’re just too good at easing us out of the world, into the night. How can they expect us to come back?

The ghost in pop music: The Mars Volta covered it, so did the Rapture, but the original ’81 version of “Dumb Waiters” by the Psychedelic Furs still takes the cake for songs that make bad seem cool. Emerging from the same era as Richard Hell, Wire and the Smiths, the Psychedelic Furs were active players in the post-punk scene of the late ’70s, when electropop was taking hold, leather jackets were still edgy and smoking cigarettes outside of punk clubs, such as CBGB, replaced actual breathing. Seeking new sounds, frontman Richard Butler took his strained croons straight to the new-wave movement producing music of a very different timbre, exemplified by the band’s original version of “Pretty in Pink,” which would serve to inspire the John Hughes film of the same name a few years later. Over the course of more

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Sacramento Marriott Rancho Cordova, 5 p.m., $10-$225

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The official name is End of Summer Hot Jazz Jubilee, and this inaugural event is sure to please fans wanting a fill of jazz. Traveling from New Orleans, after sweeping the Big Easy Music Awards with honors as Best Traditional Jazz Band and Best Female Performer, Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns are one of six guest artists making up the 14 bands playing six venues during the four-day festival. Big Mama Sue’s bringing her washboard, Tom Rigney and Flambeau (pictured) will spice things JAZZ up with zydeco, and local jazz favorite the Crescent Katz kick off the event at 5 p.m. on Friday with a poolside party. 11211 Point East Drive in Rancho Cordova, www.hotjazzjubilee.com.

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If you’re in the mood to feel superior to your friends, tell them you’re going to see Ben Sollee’s show. They’ll be like, “Who?” And you can be like, “Exactly.” And then when they leave Harlow’s Restaurant FOLK & Nightclub at the end of the show sans any socks (for they will have been knocked clean off), you can be like, “I told you so.” The multi-instrumentalist specializes in cello and utilizing unusual techniques with said cello to create a blend of bluegrass, folk, jazz and classical music. He released his fourth album, Half Made Man, last year. Sollee’s a rare talent that has, for whatever reason, flown under the radar. Don’t miss him. 2708 J Street, http://bensollee.com.

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What Leonard Cohen did for the urban coffee shop, Brianna Lea Pruett does for Northern Californian mountain music. She provides a similar soft-spoken poetic voice, which is gritty and soulful as much as it is hushed. Her music, though purely rootsoriented (Americana, folk, jazz, blues), is atmospheric and somehow airy at once— ROOTS almost incomplete in its compositions. She’s a bit Emmylou Harris, but with an almost sparse desert quality about her voice. Despite the starkness, it’s quite emotional and breathtaking once the listener fully engages with it. She is putting out her fifth release, Gypsy Bells, on Canyon Records in October. 1111 H Street, www.briannaleapruett.com.

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Blue Lamp, 9 p.m., $6 Inspired by Tales From the Crypt comic books, horror flicks and Stephen King novels, horror-punk four-piece PUNK the Left Hand continues to put an eerie twist on its music. Vocalist Vic Salazar’s deep croons are an ode to the Misfits vocalists Glenn Danzig and Michale Graves. Last February, the quartet released a self-titled debut album and filmed a music video for the song “One Monster After Another,” shot at the Cemetarium Haunted House in Fair Oaks. The video evokes scenes from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. Also performing on this Friday-night bill are Losing All Pride, M.D.L. and the Bar Fly Effect. 1400 Alhambra Boulevard, www.reverbnation.com/thelefthand.

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Rio Ramaza Marina, RV and Event Park; 11 a.m.; call for cover Is there a better way to spend Labor Day weekend than camping out by the river and listening to reggae music? Probably not, especially when the One Love One Heart Reggae Music Festival features headliners Prezident Brown (pictured) and Glen Washington. Brown’s got a dancehall-tinged style, whereas Washington’s song “One of These Days” REGGAE conjures more spiritual, R&Binspired roots reggae tunes. The festival, which lasts through Sunday, also features Sacramento reggae-rock group Arden Park Roots and King Hopeton. 10000 Garden Highway, (916) 607-6995, www.sacramentoreggaefestival.com.

Assembly, 9 p.m., $35

It’s been 12 years since the release of Wave Twisters, the animated film set to DJ Qbert’s music, but the turntablist is still innovating HIP-HOP the art of the scratch. Catch the Invisibl Skratch Piklz band member headlining and judging the Fight Club Skratch Battles at Midtown BarFly on Saturday, August 31, alongside local turntablist Kodac Visualz. The battle series, organized by The Mash Up, also features ISO Skratch, DJ Fedi, DJ Nocturnal (of the Sleeprockers crew) and more. It’s an 18-and-older event, and drinks are available to those 21 and up. No need to worry about tickets selling out, either: You can purchase presale tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com. 1119 21st Street, www.djqbert.com.

If your familiarity with the Psychedelic Furs begins and ends with their title track contribution to the 1986 teen classic Pretty in Pink, then it’s time to catch up. Founded in 1977, the English rock band helped define the post-punk sound with its aggressively mopey, guitar-driven songs—no wimpy new-wave stuff here. Songs such as “Love My Way,” “The Ghost in You” and “Heaven” are atmospheric, melodic and pack an emotional punch that still stands up three decades after they were initially released. The band is a kick to watch, too—the ROCK musicianship remains solid, and singer Richard Butler can vogue with the best of them. 1000 K Street, www.thepsychedelicfurs.com.

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Meric Long has a voice that can sing any weak-noodle lyric and make it sound palatable. Fortunately, the words he writes for his San Francisco band, the Dodos, are al INDIE dente. The group’s 2011 album No Color was an awesome-sauce mix of playful high energy and haunting instrumentation (hear “Companions.” Please. The video is worth watching, too). The band just released Carrier on August 27, and on some tracks, the ferociously marching drums in cahoots with the somersaulting rhythm guitar and bittersweet melody reminds of late-’90s Pocket for Corduroy. The Dodos begin their tour in Sacramento this week, and, as @TheDodos tweeted, it would do you well to “bring ur face!” 2708 J Street, www.dodosmusic.net.

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HANS AND THE HOT MESS, THE TIPSY HUSTLERS; 9:30pm, $10

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): You seem

primed to act like a ram, the astrological creature associated with your sign. I swear you have that look in your eyes: the steely gaze that tells me you’re about to take a very direct approach to smashing the obstacles in your way. I confess that I have not always approved of such behavior. In the past, you have sometimes done more damage to yourself than to the obstruction you’re trying to remove. But this is one time when the head-first approach might work. There is indeed evidence that the job at hand requires a battering ram. What does your intuition tell you?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “I’m

Gonna Be (500 Miles)” is a raucous love song by the Scottish band the Proclaimers. In the chorus, the singer declares, “I would walk 500 miles / And I would walk 500 more / Just to be the man who walked 1,000 miles / To fall down at your door.” In 2011, a Chinese woman named Ling Hsueh told her boyfriend Liu Peiwen she would marry him if he took the lyrics of this song to heart. In response, lover boy embarked on a 1,000-mile hike to the distant city where she lived. His stunt seemed to have expedited the deepening of their relationship. The two are now wed. In accordance with your current astrological omens, Taurus, I encourage you to consider the possibility of being a romantic fool like Liu Peiwen. What playfully heroic or richly symbolic deed might you be willing to perform for the sake of love?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “The works

must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness,” said the painter Joan Miró in describing his artistic process. I recommend a similar approach to you in the coming weeks. Identify what excites you the most and will continue to inspire and energize you for the foreseeable future. Activate the wild parts of your imagination as you dream and scheme about how to get as much of that excitement as you can stand. And then set to work, with methodical self-discipline, to make it all happen.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): My vision

of you in the coming week involves you being more instinctual and natural and primal than usual. I have a picture in my mind of you climbing trees and rolling in the grass and holding bugs in your hands and letting the wind mess up your hair. You’re gazing up at the sky a lot, and you’re doing spontaneous dance moves for no other reason than because it feels good, and you’re serenading the sun and clouds and hills with your favorite songs. I see you eating food with your fingers and touching things you’ve never touched. I hear you speaking wild truths you’ve bottled up for months. As for sex? I think you know what to do.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Japanese word senzuri refers to a sexual act of self-love performed by a man. Its literal meaning is “a hundred rubs.” The corresponding term for the female version is shiko shiko manzuri, or “10,000 rubs.” Judging from the astrological omens, I’m guessing that the applicable metaphor for you in the days ahead will be shiko shiko manzuri rather than senzuri. Whatever gender you are, you’ll be wise to slow way down and take your time, not just in pursuit of pleasure, but in pretty much everything you do. The best rewards and biggest blessings will come from being deliberate, gradual, thorough and leisurely.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “A beginning

is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct,” wrote science-fiction author Frank Herbert. I urge you to heed that advice. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will oversee the germination of several new trends in the coming weeks. Future possibilities will reveal themselves to you. You will be motivated to gather the ingredients and formulate the plans to make sure that those trends and possibilities will actually happen. One of the most critical tasks you can focus on is to ensure that the balances are righteous right from the start.

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Time Travel Mart sells products you might find handy in the event that you travel through time. Available items include barbarian repellant, dinosaur eggs, timetravel-sickness pills, a centurion’s helmet, a portable wormhole and a samurai umbrella. I have no financial tie to this store. So when I recommend you consider purchasing something from it or another company with a similar product line, it’s only because I suspect that sometime soon you will be summoned to explore and possibly even alter the past. Be wellprepared to capitalize on the unexpected opportunities. (Here’s the Time Travel Mart: http://826la.org/store.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Mystic poets find the divine presence everywhere. The wind carries God’s love, bestowing tender caresses. The scent of a lily is an intimate message from the Holy Beloved, provoking bliss. Even a bowl of oatmeal contains the essence of the Creator; to eat it is to receive an ecstatic blessing. But those of us who aren’t mystic poets are not necessarily attuned to all this sweetness. We may even refuse to make ourselves receptive to the ceaseless offerings. To the mystic poets, we are like sponges floating in the ocean but trying very hard not to get wet. Don’t do that this week, Scorpio. Be like a sponge floating in the ocean, and allow yourself to get totally soaked.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

James Caan is a well-known actor who has appeared in more than 80 movies, including notables like The Godfather, A Bridge Too Far and Elf. But he has also turned down major roles in a series of blockbusters: Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Kramer vs. Kramer, Blade Runner and Apocalypse Now. I present his odd choices as a cautionary tale for you in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. Don’t sell yourself short. Don’t shrink from the challenges that present themselves. Even if you have accomplished a lot already, an invitation to a more complete form of success may be in the offing.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

“What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real,” says a character in one of Miranda July’s short stories. I’m offering similar advice to you, Capricorn. The “something real” you would get by sacrificing “something wonderful” might seem to be the more practical and useful option, but I don’t think it would be in the long run. Sticking with “something wonderful” will ultimately inspire breakthroughs that boost your ability to meet real-world challenges.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “There is more truth in our erotic zones, than in the whole of religions and mathematics,” wrote the English artist Austin Osman Spare. I think he was being melodramatic. Who can say for sure whether such an extreme statement is accurate? But I suspect that it’s at least a worthy hypothesis for you to entertain in the coming weeks, Aquarius. The new wisdom you could potentially stir up through an exploration of eros will be extensive and intensive. Your research may proceed more briskly if you have a loving collaborator who enjoys playing, but that’s not an absolute necessity.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “This

suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.” So says a character in Oscar Wilde’s play The Importance of Being Earnest. I could envision you speaking those words sometime soon. Plain-old drama could creep in the direction of passionate stimulation. High adventure may beckon, and entertaining stories might erupt. Soon, you could find yourself feeling tingly all over, and that might be so oddly pleasant that you don’t want it to end. With the right attitude— that is, a willingness to steep yourself in the lyrical ambiguity—your soul could feed off the educational suspense for quite a while.

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Eat brisket, get tanked Sacramento is getting kind of fancy these days, what with its craft cocktails and Michelin-star-chasing chefs. But husband-and-wife team Tyler and Melissa Williams, co-owners of the new Midtown spot Tank House BBQ and Bar (1925 J Street), have set their sights on something else: down-home, old-fashioned barbecue—a type of food whose presence has been scant on the grid up to this point. Open as of last Wednesday, August 21, at the site of a historic Midtown water tank, the restaurant features a small, focused menu, a diverse beer selection and an outdoor patio with a backyard-hangout vibe. Tyler, formerly a bartender at The Golden Bear, Melissa and their 18-monthold son, Huck—barbecue aficionado in training—sat down with SN&R to talk about keeping it real, keeping it smoky and keeping it saucy.

There’s a peculiar shortage of barbecue spots in Sacramento. Why’d you choose this particular type of food? Melissa Williams: We love barbecue. We always barbecue on the weekends, and we wanted a place with a big outdoor patio where people can basically do what they do at home on Sunday afternoons, but at a bar in Midtown.

Did you grow up eating it? Tyler Williams: Both of our dads are out on the barbecue all the time. My dad is always smoking something. Melissa: I grew up in Orangevale, and our neighbors raised cattle, so we would buy half a cow from the neighbors, and, basically, that’s what we’d eat all summer.

What makes for good barbecue? Tyler: Tank House will be more south Texas style. But honestly, I love just really, really smoky stuff. I like smoke. I like pepper. Melissa: We don’t want to do anything like crazy California “new cuisine.” We want old-school, down-home, classic barbecue. Of course, there’s room for us to run a special and do something crazy, but we want to do basic, just really, really good smoked meat. We don’t necessarily want to limit ourselves to one style of barbecue. We’ll always have ribs, and we’ll always have brisket. Tyler: Our menu concept is along the lines of simple and small, but really good, as opposed to us giving you a bunch of different things that are all kind of mediocre.

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Melissa (left) and Tyler williams, co-owners of Tank House bbQ and bar, with 18-month-old sauce expert Huck.

So, word on the street is that you’re not going to focus on craft cocktails. Tyler: Well, I just don’t want it to be the complete focus of what we’re doing. I love craft cocktails. I love making craft cocktails. You’ll be able to get them from our bartenders, but it won’t be the focus. We’re not going above and beyond to out-cocktail the other cocktail bars in town. We want it to have more of a comfortable, neighborhood-bar feel.

OK, but what about moonshine? Tyler: (Laughs.) Absolutely not. Not a fan of the clear whiskey in general.

Be honest: How sick are you of taste-testing barbecue, on a scale of one to 10? Melissa: Not at all, yet! But we constantly reek of smoke and barbecue. So, we’re sick of that, which is a little different. Tyler: We constantly smell like we’ve been camping for three days.

Are you going to have one signature sauce? A bunch of different ones? Melissa: We’re starting with three. Tyler: We’re thinking about doing a seasonal sauce to go with a seasonal beer and using that beer in the sauce. That was our chef’s idea.

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Speaking of your chef, you guys really kept his name under wraps. Who is it? Tyler: Ah, his name is [Brian “Chachi” Maydahl]. [He’s previously] from the Shady Lady Saloon, from de Vere’s [Irish Pub], from The Kitchen. Melissa: He cooks a serious meat. Of course, we’d eaten his food a bunch before we even knew he was going to come in for a test run. We knew whatever he made was going to be amazing.

How’d your first week go? Melissa: It went really well! It was pretty hectic, because we opened during [Midtown Cocktail Week], so we got a lot of spillover from that. We managed to sell out of ribs every day this week, too, which is great. So far, we have received nothing but great comments on our food. Also, people are loving the $2 cans of Hamm’s [beer] that we are selling.

What about Huck? How does he like barbecue? Melissa: He’s really into the sauce. Tyler: He just licks off the sauce and puts the meat aside. Hopefully, that’s not what our customers are going to do. But if they are, hey, do whatever you want with it! Ω

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