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The Access Sacramento Neighborhood News youth-correspondent program pays a stipend to young reporters ages 16-21 to produce a weekly video for the organization’s website. Videos cover a variety of topics, but concentrate on reporting local issues that don’t generally get media coverage, such as community events and resident spotlights.

“We tell the stories that don’t end up on the nightly news,” says Isaac Gonzalez, program director for the Neighborhood News youthcorrespondent program. “We’re not an ‘if it bleeds, it leads’ operation. We go out and talk to the residents, organizations and elected officials about the issues that really matter on a street-bystreet basis.”

Gonzalez says the program isn’t just for up and coming journalists, but is open to any young person who wants to share his or her voice.

“We don’t just try to find young people who have excellent skills in journalism,” Gonzalez says.

“We make it a point to find young people who want to share their story, but don’t have the skill set to do that, so we can elevate them to become a storyteller.”

In the past, the Neighborhood News youthcorrespondent program was only partially funded by the Building Healthy Communities

BuIldIng HEalTHy COmmunITIES grant of The California Endowment. But as of January, The California Endowment will fund the program for the next two years. Gonzalez says this has allowed the program to expand into even more forms of media.

“my experience has been amazing because i always wanted to express how i felt, but i could never find a way.”

him the opportunity to talk about the things happening in his community.

“My experience has been amazing because I always wanted to express how I felt, but I could never find a way,” Ayala says. “It’s been incredible to let people know about all the things going on in Oak Park.”

For more information on Access Sacramento’s Neighborhood News youth-correspondent program, visit www.accesslocal.tv.

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In 2010, The California Endowment launched a 10-year, $1 billion plan to improve the health of 14 challenged communities across the state. Over the 10 years, residents, community-based organizations and public institutions will work together to address the socioeconomic and environmental challenges contributing to the poor health of their communities. youth gather together to discuss the stories they want to cover for the upcoming week. access Sacramento’s neighborhood news Correspondent program is supported by the Building Healthy Communities grant of The California Endowment.

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Twice a month, youth participate in a podcast discussion and expand one of the videos from their website into a news magazine-style report. Gonzalez says both the podcast and news show, called “Sacposé,” are chances for youth to talk about things they think are important.

“I’m always impressed with the maturity and breadth of content when you just ask young people what is important to them,” Gonzalez says. “They’re talking about things like access to healthy foods, education, how the media affects their perceptions of their bodies, school funding, gang violence, transportation and sexually transmitted diseases.”

Mario Ayala has been in the program for two years. He says the experience has given

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Blister in the sun Let’s face it: Sacramento summers are not for the faint of heart. Heck, we’ve yet to officially hit the seasonal mark, but have already endured 100-degree-plus days.

Some revel in the blistering sun.

Others, like me, spend these days shuttling from one air-conditioned oasis to another, waiting it out until the region’s famed Delta breeze whips up, cooling off the air and bringing relief to heat-prickled skin and irrititated moods.

Frankly, I hate it and spend the months griping, marking off calendar days until fall (which never, ever arrives on time).

OK, that’s not quite true. Well, not 100 percent true. As much as I proclaim (loudly) to hate summer, fact is I’ve grown to like it here. For one, the heat is—no matter how high the mercury reaches—somewhat kind of bearable. Relatively bearable compared to other locales including my native Texas, where the humidity drenches you in a sweat bath before 10 a.m.

And then there those long, long days. Sunlight stretching for upwards of 15 hours. That’s a lot of daylight. So many hours to fill. So many adventures to be had.

Enter SN&R’s annual Summer Guide issue, the hot-weather months’ go-to handbook for all things seasonal. The annual bible for all the reasons I don’t really hate summer: Day trips and river dips, music festivals, cinema marathons, and role-playing games. Icy-cold drinks, frosty desserts and fresh seasonal veggies. Bare legs, outdoor art and shady patios.

If nighttime’s more the right time, we’ve got that, too, with after-hours noshing, sexy dance moves and clandestine selfies.

See, maybe those triple-digit days really aren’t so bad after all.

Just apply sunscreen, pop open a cold one and enjoy.

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Sacramento sucks—like a vampire Re “Second Saturday, still RIP,” by Nick Miller (SN&R Editor’s Note, June 5): Downtown used to have a lot more activities like street fairs, festivals and concerts, especially in Midtown. But our city’s leaders couldn’t handle success. They shut down the Thursday night K Street market, clamped down on Second Saturday, raised fees, and made it increasletter of ingly more expensive and cumbersome to stage anything the week like the Midtown vendors’ street fair we used to have on Capitol Avenue. As the city smothered downtown events and entertainment, we started hearing the whine of “Sac sucks,” “There’s nothing to do here,” “Downtown’s dead,” “We need a new entertainment and sports complex to revitalize downtown.” Coincidence? Or concerted effort to funnel all the downtown fun money into one central complex for the increased profit of the 1-percenter investors? Sac sucks, all right—like a vampire.

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Dangerous bait Stealing a bicycle can now get someone prosecuted for felony grand theft Christine Morse is what some might term a bleeding heart. The former criminal-defense attorney by runs a rehabilitation program based on the Raheem premise that jails and prisons are overpopuF. Hosseini lated with people who can change. But Morse is also a mother, so when her son’s ra h e emh@ newsr evie w.c om friend phoned her, crying after his bicycle was stolen in Old Sacramento one day, she wanted justice.

“The problem of stolen bikes is enormous here,” she said. “It’s aggravating.

If that bike thief had gone down with a felony, we would not have been upset.”

And there’s the rub. Sacramento’s bicycle culture is so sick of thievery that this otherwise liberal, environmentally conscious (and drug-tolerant) community is ready to chuck the book at anyone who’s apprehended for snipping a cable lock and pedaling away.

They might get their wish.

As of about a month ago, one of the four bait bicycles roaming the grid is worth more than its decoy cousins by about a hundred bucks. That may not seem like much, but when it comes to the bait program, which has hooked nine thieves since May 1, it could be the difference between a pay-a-fine misdemeanor and a do-some-time felony.

For stealing a bike.

Here’s how that works: In 2010, the California Legislature increased the price-point threshold for grand theft— a “wobbler” crime that can be charged as a felony or misdemeanor depending on circumstances and a prosecutor’s whims—from $400 to $950. Thanks to the pricey global-positioning software that bait bicycles come equipped with, three of the bikes are worth $900. Now, there’s a fourth bait bicycle worth $1,000.

“That’s the big one out there,” said Lt. Marc Coopwood, who coordinates the department’s bait-bike program. “If we can get one [of those] a week, that’s good for us.”

Thus far, two people have been arrested for nabbing the felony bike—49-year-old Robert Joseph Black on May 11, and 45-year-old Charles Timberger on May 9.

Only Timberger was actually prosecuted for a felony, most likely because of a burglary-prone criminal record that dates back to 1988 in Sacramento Superior Court.

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On May 20, he pleaded no contest to one felony count of receiving stolen property and was sentenced to 180 days in jail, as well as five years of formal probation, according to online court data. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department’s inmate-tracking system projects his release date as August 7.

Bike thefts are down more than 23 percent in the downtown area this year.

As for Black, who also boasts a lengthy criminal record, he’s currently serving a 90-day jail stint after pleading no contest to one count of misdemeanor theft on May 14. He will be on informal probation for three years.

The Sacramento County district attorney’s office decides what charges to file. “Each case is evaluated on their unique facts,” said spokeswoman Shelly Orio, who didn’t provide additional details before print deadline.

For Lt. Coopwood, the value of the bait-bike program is that crooks talk, especially the ones that authorities believe are responsible for most central-city bike grabs. If Sacramento establishes a reputation for being inhospitable to bike thieves, they might take their burglary tools elsewhere.

At least that’s the goal, one that the police department is leveraging between $5,000 and $6,000 worth of equipment to realize.

Asked if the grid is experiencing those desired dividends, Coopwood says yes. “We finally are.”

While bait-bike thefts have been increasing since the program’s inception eight months ago, actual bike thefts are down more than 23 percent in the downtown area this year, according to year-to-date figures provided by police spokesman Officer Doug Morse (no relation to Christine Morse).

Between January 1 and May 31, police recorded 103 bike thefts in the three patrol sectors that make up downtown. During the same period last year, police tabulated 134 thefts.

This, even as Coopwood believes more victims are coming forward in what has long been an underreported crime.

These numbers don’t include burglaries or strong-arm robberies in which bicycles were taken during a break-in or by force.

Morse said it’s too soon to draw any hard conclusions from 2014’s decline, but believed there were reasons to be optimistic. “We’re hopefully on the right track,” he said.

As for whether it’s good public policy to nail someone for a felony for heisting a bicycle, that’s another question.

Mike Read isn’t so sure. The recent lawschool graduate’s busted-up Fuji vanished from his backyard two years ago, one day before he planned to junk it. Read dutifully filed an online police report and registered his next bike through the city’s relatively new online registry program, but he stops short of asking for hard time.

“From my perspective, that’s way too much,” he said of charging thieves with a felony. “That’s like the opposite of Cash Cab, where your life is ruined.”

And it’s not just extra jail time that felony convictions bring, but other “collateral consequences,” said Steve Lewis, spokesman for the Sacramento County public defender’s office.

Longer probation terms, travel restrictions and a greater exposure to lengthy incarceration are all on that menu, while Lewis noted employers’ reluctance “to hire convicted felons” as a particularly lasting obstacle. “Bottom line is felony convictions don’t go away,” he said.

“They can impact a person negatively for the rest of his or her life.”

Thus far, it appears the DA’s office is applying its leverage judiciously. But should a felony conviction even be an option?

“This is tough,” agreed Christine Morse.

The criminal-justice reformer said most of the people who steal bikes are dealing with an assortment of issues, from poverty to drug addiction, and that trapping them with a jackpot bust might not be the answer.

“The bigger issue, I think, is that you want to stop the behavior, not just give a few people felonies,” she said.

As for Sacramento’s exasperated bike community, it’s hard to take a pulse on where it stands. This SN&R reporter recently asked visitors to Reddit’s Sacramento subthread what they think should happen to arrested bike thieves. At press time, there were 33 comments. Answers ranged from offering pity and suggesting treatment to calls for harsher penalties. One commenter suggested a Megan’s Law-style registry to shame bike thieves, while another described a tongue-in-cheek revenge fantasy about “lunging at them with a weapon.”

The user who posted the latter response called himself “a pretty liberal, progressive guy.” Ω

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Shade made his second appearance in Sacramento Superior Court on June 5, where he faces one felony count of defacing property and a misdemeanor count of possessing an aerosol paint container with the intent of committing graffiti.

Property damage to the salon was assessed at $3,000, meaning a felony conviction could bring with it a one-year jail term and up to $10,000 in fines.

This did not sit well with Shade’s father, who interrupted last week’s procedural hearing. “Your honor, is there any way he can just go clean the awning?� said Larry Shade. “It won’t take much time.�

Staring down the dad for a few seconds, Judge John P. Winn admonished the elder Shade to stop talking and reminded him that he was held in contempt for doing the same thing during a previous hearing.

One person who might have taken the dad up on his offer is Julie Mumma. An adjunct professor at Sacramento State University and a criminal-defense attorney not associated with Jonathan Shade’s case, Mumma said prosecuting alleged taggers for felonies does nothing for

the community they vandalize and often fails to register with the young perpetrators who don’t fully comprehend their legal predicament. “Wouldn’t it be better for society to make him perform hours and hours of graffiti removal rather than impose the one-size-fits-all of a felony?� she said. “Harsh sentencing does not reduce recidivism.�

According to data analysis website RAIDS Online, there’s been a 23 percent uptick in vandalismrelated arrests in the city of Sacramento over the past 12 months, with 57 occurring between May of this year and last.

Sacramento Police Department logs show that officers arrested 10 people during such calls for service between May 1 and June 9, although only one—Shade’s arrest—involved graffiti. Most vandalism incidents involved the destruction of property, and many were believed to be the result of domestic disputes.

Shade told SN&R he also faces two vandalism charges in Butte County, one more in San Francisco County, and a petty-theft charge for shoplifting in Yolo County.

An impressive range, given that he doesn’t own a car. “I love taking the bus,� Shade said.

The young man didn’t express much concern over the criminal charges, which could brand him a felon for life at age 19. He said he loved the culture of tagging and is trying to get his name everywhere. “I like to compete,� he added. “It feels good to make your mark. I’m trying to be bigger than everybody.�

As to whether he felt sympathy for the property owner whose sign he’s accused of defacing, Shade couldn’t be reached for comment Tuesday.

Both Shade and his father seemed excited about the prospect of appearing in the newspaper. “I have been in 23 movies,� Larry Shade said outside the courtroom. “I was in Life with Eddie Murphy. I played a security guard.�

Eyeing his father, the son interrupted. There was a touch of exasperation in his voice. “Dad,� he said, “this is about me.� Ί

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Money only sometimes mattered in city council races East Sacramento is one of the wealthier ’hoods in the city. But cash apparently isn’t always king on the east side. During by Nick Miller this past election cycle, District 3 Sacramento City Council candidate ni c kam@ Cyril Shah out-fundraised his six newsreview.c om opponents. Combined. And a bit more. Yet after last week’s election, he was stuck in a tight race, on the outside looking in, with two dramatically underfunded opponents.

As of this paper’s deadline on Tuesday, Shah finally snuck into second place in the district, which also includes downtown’s River District and south Natomas. That means Shah is poised to squeak into a runoff this November. But it’s been an unexpected battle.

City council candidates Jeff Harris (left) and Cyril Shah (middle) will likely runoff in November for the District 3 seat. Ellen Cochrane (right) conceded without waiting to see if she could catch second-place Shah despite being down only 77 votes.

When the polls closed on election day, June 3, Shah was in third place. Fellow candidate Jeff Harris—who raised less than $10,000 in recent months—led the way. The rankings shuffled after Sacramento County began counting absentee ballots, and the most recent update last Friday showed Harris with 25.49 percent of the electorate’s support and a 101 vote lead over Shah, who’d jumped to second.

Rewind a bit to election night, and things looked even more down for the Shah camp: He was trailing Ellen Cochrane, a neighborhoodassociation leader and vocal antiMcKinley Village activist who’d raised twice as much as Harris in recent months.

County elections spokeswoman Alice Jarboe told SN&R that there were an estimated 77,000 ballots remaining after election night. She cautioned that these still need to be validated and verified, and as of Friday, the elections team had whittled that number down to about 59,000. The thinking is that winners will be known sometime next week.

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Shah overtook Cochrane during this first count and was leading her by 77 votes on election night.

In an odd twist, Cochrane wrote on her campaign website Friday night that she was conceding the race to Shah, even though north of 2,000 ballots still remained to be counted.

(On Monday, Cochrane wrote that she did not in fact concede, even though it was obvious that her previous post was a concession.)

Despite all this, Shah, a financial adviser by day, made critical mistakes: First he told local media that he wasn’t going to take a stance on the contentious McKinley Village development. Shah explained to

SN&R’s Cosmo Garvin earlier this year that it didn’t really matter what he thought of the project, and that he didn’t have to share his position, since the council was going to decide the issue before November, anyway.

Voters didn’t want to hear this.

Shah figured this out and eventually took a stance. But it was too late.

Meanwhile, Cochrane—like Steve Cohn 20 years ago—was at the forefront of the McKinley Village opposition. She made a name for herself and parlayed the neighborhood’s “McVillage” hate into some campaign dollars, too, which catapulted her into contention.

That is, until she head-scratchingly conceded.

The county projects to complete absentee- and provisional-ballot counts by this Friday.

Meanwhile, over in the Pocket, Greenhaven and Valley Hi neighborhoods, candidate Rick Jennings was poised to win the District 7 councilmember seat without a runoff.

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Originally, $55,000 had been budgeted to the office to conduct mass burials for those whose families couldn’t afford to pay for one. With roughly 200 indigent cases anticipated this fiscal year, which ends June 30, supervisors were expected to OK an additional $7,000 to that fund during their June 3 meeting.

According to data provided by interim coroner Kimberly Gin, her office handled 235 indigent cases during the 2012-2013 fiscal year, up 32 percent from the previous fiscal year, when 160 indigent parties were interred in mass graves.

“I don’t think we’ll get up to 235 next fiscal year,” Gin said, “but we could very easily, and we are guessing at this point.”

She called the 235 figure from last year “a bit of a shock” and suggested the recent recession played a role.

Each indigent burial comes out to about $310, entailing permits, cremation, interment in a mass grave at a contracted cemetery, and a grave marker for visitors. “Mostly, these are families that can’t take care of their loved one because they themselves don’t have a job, or they have a job but they are supporting multiple other people on a low-paying job,” she said.

Indigent burials include some homeless people as well, she added. Gin said that the costs of these services have increased since 2011. (Raheem F. Hosseini)

I actually predicted this outcome, and here’s why: One, Jennings nailed The Sacramento Bee endorsement, likely because of the Hive editorial board’s proclivity for hating on kingly pensions. Two, Julius Cherry’s pension: As of a few years ago, it was the highest in the city of Sacramento at north of $170,000 a year. Three, a nonJennings-associated-but-obviously pro-Jennings-and-K.J.-orchestrated mailer blasting Cherry for his pension, which showed up in mailboxes weeks before the vote, clearly had a huge impact.

Cherry and Jennings were more or less neck and neck in fundraising.

Both had significant community name ID and legitimate endorsements. But Jennings blew Cherry away, 51 percent to 40 percent as of midnight on election day.

Ellen Cochrane wrote on her campaign website Friday night that she was conceding, even though ballots still remained to be counted.

Fooling God’s man An 80-something pastor was almost duped into a possible financial scam Tuesday, until a helpful bank teller stepped in, police say.

According to Officer Doug Morse, a spokesman for the Sacramento Police Department, two men claiming to be wealthy philanthropists approached the pastor and told him they were interested in donating to his church. But first, they said they needed to verify he had a certain amount of money in his account.

“The victim entered his bank, for what he believed to be for the purpose of showing proof of funds to the selfproclaimed donors,” Morse said via email.

The two suspects waited outside while the pastor entered his bank on the 3200 block of Arena Boulevard. It was there that a bank teller grew suspicious and contacted police, an incident summary states.

The two men were gone by the time arriving officers and bank employees tried to locate them outside. Morse said the men “most likely fled when they thought the scam was being interrupted by the alert teller and cops.”

It’s not immediately clear how the suspected scammers planned to collect, but Morse indicated they may have expected their mark to access an ATM rather than enter a bank.

While Morse said he wasn’t able to disclose the financial institution’s name without permission, an online search reveals two banks on that block: Wells Fargo and Tri Counties Bank. (RFH)

Now, it’s just a matter of whether Jennings can stay above the 50 percent majority threshold and avoid a runoff; he’ll need to rake in 47 percent of the remaining ballots to be close (the county projects that all ballots might be counted the Wednesday before this issue hits newsstands).

The lesson learned in District 7? Money isn’t everything—unless you’re taking in too much of it.

The city’s other two council races were yawners. Ali Cooper’s message of reform didn’t stick, and south Sacramento voters re-elected Jay Schenirer with a 63 percent majority. And Angelique Ashby slid into a second term uncontested.

The only other story is that, despite all the money in electoral politics, only 20 percent of registered county voters even bothered. Ω

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According to Sacramento Police Department logs, employees at the unidentified restaurant on the 2800 block of Capitol Avenue gave the subject some food. Logs state that the man then began making explicit comments and exposed himself after employees shut and locked the door.

Biba is located on that block. (RFH)

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Celebrate bad turnout, c’mon!

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Voters send a message ‘We don’t know, we don’t care, nobody is listening to us anyway’ The day after the June 3 primary election, a Sacramento Bee editorial page writer took to Twitter to boast about the Bee’s influence on local races: “Looks like #Sacramento voters followed @SacBeeEditBoard City Council recommendations: Harris, Schenirer, Jennings.”

That’s nice, but the Bee really has nothing to brag about. Nobody in the media should be too smug when only 20 percent of registered aRViN voters in the city turn out to vote.

by CoSMo G Turnout was low throughout cosmog@ newsrev iew.c om California, not just Sacramento. There were no citizen initiatives on the ballot, a weak field of challengers to Gov. Jerry Brown, and people may have been confused about the top-two primary.

Then there is the media’s role in driving down voter participation. The front-page story in the Bee the day before the election was, “Primary fails to stir any passion.” The San Francisco Chronicle had headlines predicting “embarrassingly low” turnout. Lots of papers ran stories like that.

“Elections are confidence games,” says Kim Alexander, executive director of the California Voter Foundation. And when news media repeatedly tells voters, “no one is voting,” it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Alexander adds that primaries are a holdover from a time when more people identified with political parties, so that’s partly to blame for the decline. And candidate campaigns, for all their sophistication, really only target the handful of people with a record of voting in every election.

Otherwise, “the candidates aren’t asking for your vote,” Alexander says.

She says that those campaigns are also the main source of information that voters get about elections. That can’t possibly be a good thing, judging by the stack of election mailers Bites received, which varied from uninformative to deceitful.

A baseline level of knowledge about election issues takes some work. And most voters don’t have time to do it. We in the media can help, by offering context, showing readers the real connection between their vote and their daily lives, by covering local elections and local government in a way that is engaging, and gives people the good information they need to make decisions.

Mostly, we don’t do that. Our friends at the Bee, for example, are great at a lot of things. They can investigate the hell out of a bridge, if that’s what you need. But coverage of local government?

Look at the coverage of the Sacramento Kings arena story. A mile wide and an inch deep, as the cliché goes. They should have asked that bridge guy to help.

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will be a boon, maybe a boondoggle. The Bee certainly wasn’t going to try and figure it out, and you probably shouldn’t, either.

The other message—very explicit from some writers and elected officials—was that voters don’t have a real role to play in big decisions like the arena. Leave it to the experts.

And if you don’t like the results, you’ll have your say on Election Day. Not that anybody else will be voting.

The local contests were often covered in the most superficial way. One-off stories with one oversimplified angle. Post-election analysis was similarly shallow. The Bee summed up the city elections, “Arena deal, mayor win big.”

Never mind the District 3 city council race, where the most vocal critic of the arena deal, Jeff Harris, finished in first place on election night. Never mind the strong first-place finish

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Our friends at the Bee are great at a lot of things. They can investigate the hell out of a bridge, if that’s what you need.

But coverage of local government?

But let’s look more closely at the city council race between Ali Cooper, who was very vocal about his opposition to the arena deal, and the incumbent, Jay Schenirer. Cooper got about 2,100 votes. He was outspent about five to one, counting Schenirer’s campaign coffers and the independent expenditures from Wal-Mart, Region Builders and other business interests that pitched in to save his seat.

With a big-money advantage, incumbency, and of course the Bee’s important endorsement, Schenirer managed 3,800 votes.

But 23,000 registered voters in District 5 said, “Screw it,” and didn’t bother to vote at all. So, what’s the message from voters? Just this: “We don’t know, we don’t care, nobody is listening to us anyway.”

And where would they get that idea?

Bites picks on the Bee because it is the paper of record. SN&R certainly could make better use of its limited resources for covering elections.

That’s probably someone else’s column to write.

The point is, nobody in the media should be proud of those June 3 election results. It is, however, a good time to think about how we can better engage voters. Ω

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Proposition 14 has changed the rules of the election game in California While all the winners of the June primary may not be known for a while longer until absentee ballots are counted, it is clear that Proposition 14 has dramatically changed the political calculations for determining those eventual winners.

Prop. 14 altered the rules of the game. In previous elections, only Democratic voters could vote in the Democratic primary, and only Republican voters could vote in the Republican primary. Independent voters could meditate on the state of the nation. Once the general election came around, Democratic districts would elect Democratic candidates, and Republican L

by Jeff VonKaene districts would elect Republican candidates.

Now, in partisan races, voters can vote for any of j e ffv @n e wsr e v ie w.c o m the candidates, and the top two candidates, regardless of party affiliation, are put on the November ballot. In November, we will have numerous races with candidates from the same party running against each other.

Incumbent Republican Congressman Tom McClintock will face off against fellow Republican Art Moore.

Democratic Assemblymen Roger Dickinson and Richard Pan will square off for a state Senate seat. And two Sacramentoarea Assembly seats will have only Democrats on the ballot: Jim Cooper and Darrell Fong for one, and Kevin McCarty and We will end up with Steve Cohn for the other.

All four of these races were elected officials who “safe seats” for their political The primary would know they need party. have previously decided the to represent all of winner. But now, the political math is very different. Take the people in their McClintock’s seat. It is in a Republican district. Fortydistricts. solid five percent of the registered voters are Republican, 29 percent Democratic, and 26 independent and other. In practical terms, this means that in the past, a candidate receiving only half of the 45 percent Republican vote could win the primary and then the general election. The 55 percent of Democratic and independent voters would have no say in the election of their congressman or congresswoman.

Under the old system, an extreme tea-party candidate could and did win. But post-Proposition 14, a much more moderate Republican, like Moore, has a real chance to win the November election which includes all of the voters.

Jeff vonKaenel The same math applies to the California Senate seat is the president, currently occupied by Darrell Steinberg, in a safe Democratic CEO and district. Candidates Dickinson and Pan now have to appeal to majority owner of the News & Review the whole electorate instead of only the Democrats.

While the end result of Prop. 14 is still unclear, it has newspapers in Sacramento, already made a difference here in Sacramento. Extremely Chico and Reno. partisan candidates are less viable. Races that were previously settled at the primary election, by one party or the other, are now decided by the whole electorate.

As a result of Prop. 14, I believe we will end up with elected officials who know they need to represent all of the people in their districts, instead of just the members of one political party. This could lead to less gridlock and more governing. And that’s good for all of us. Ω 18 | SN&R | 06.12.14

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Most of you suck at democracy On June 3, I voted in the same classroom I’ve cast ballots “I’m too busy.” Please. Voting is easy. I in since 2008. On the whiteboard, someone had prefer going to the polls, but those who don’t by written, “Jesus wants to be your best friend. Will enjoy the hassle can fill out mail-in ballots Raheem you let him?” next to a drawing of a frowning from home, pants optional. It takes about as F. Hosseini cloud. I briefly considered writing in “Satan” for much time as one of those “Which Muppet governor, but am glad now that I didn’t.

Baby should you marry?” online quizzes, With such a pathetic turnout, the devil and less concentration than deciding which might have actually won.

Instagram filter works best for your next As of press time, only 20.4 percent #TBT photo. of Sacramento County’s registered “I’m politically uninformed.” I realized while voters—140,521 people total—were projected filling out my ballot that there was one to have cast ballots in statewide proposition I didn’t last week’s statewide know much about. So I pulled primary. Locally, that’s it up on my phone, found What would the worst in at least 78 summaries, donor lists and Pussy Riot think? years. Tiny, right-wing endorsements, and made my Alpine and Sierra coundecision. It took a minute. ties had the best turnouts, at 69.5 percent and “My vote won’t count.” As of Monday, 64 percent, respectively. That means the only the secretary of state’s website reported 11 people who bothered voting were the nuts “close contests” where the margin separating who want to install traffic lights inside every candidates from a November runoff was less uterus (and cranks like me). than 2 percent.

An online version of this As for the nearly 14 million Californians Across the globe—in Syria, Ukraine, essay can be found at who opted out: shame, shame. What would Afghanistan and elsewhere—people risk www.newsreview.com/ Pussy Riot think? incarceration, acid attacks or worse to make sacramento/ Your collective statement is particularly their voices heard. Meanwhile, most of you pageburner/blogs. weak considering the election arrived on the couldn’t color in an oval. eve of the Tiananmen Square massacre’s 25th Makes me wonder why conservatives anniversary, when thousands lost their lives work so tirelessly to repeal voting rights fighting for democracy, including one young when many of us have already given them man who stared down four tanks. What was up freely. Ω your excuse again?

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Anyway, welcome to SN&R’s Summer Guide. In case you hadn’t noticed, 2014 is the naked issue. Or nekkid. Or however the kids like to say it these days.

What this means is that when you’re not sipping ice coffee on nitro or gorging on spicy hamburgers this summer, SN&R recommends you just take it all off. Hell, take it all off now. Don’t be afraid. You’re holding a damn

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Here in Sacramento, burgers—no surprise—are a popular go-to with chefs. But, again, they’re chefs.

Are they picky? Where do local culinary-scene leaders gravitate for hard-core burger gourmandizing?

Scott Ostrander, who runs the kitchen at Esquire Grill on K Street, wasn’t alone in putting Nationwide Freezer Meats in the crosshairs. People forget about Nationwide, tucked away in Midtown on H and 20th streets, but its ground-steak burgers are the stuff of quintessential Sacto gorging.

He says that a Double French with bacon and cheese is the way to go. “With steak-cut fries,” of course. For those of you not in the know, that’s two-thirds of a pound of ground steak.

And you can go deeper down that rabbit hole.

Order the Quadruple: 1-and-athird pounds of burger, freshly ground that day, plus cheese, for $16.59.

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John Candy in The Great Outdoors, when he annihilated the “Old 96er” so his family could dine for free? There’s no denying that Kobayashi’s hot-dog chomping razors and reality TV shows like Man v. Food are guilty of fetishizing hardcore food porn.

But, thankfully, Sacramento chefs aren’t much for food challenges. They’re into the classics.

Bud’s Buffet, on Tenth Street between J and K, is one of those vintage spots. Chef Michael Thiemann says he’ll escape his world of veggies and legumes at Mother, located around the corner, to slay a Big Bud during lunch every so often.

The Big Bud is straightforward, but don’t underestimate its brand of satiety: two choices of your own meat, stacked high on a roll with nutsand-bolts condiments for eight bucks.

As K Street history expert and Bud’s enthusiast William Burg put it, “Food coma guaranteed.”

Chef cravings fascinate. At the drop of a spatula, they could whip up any dish in their repertoire, yet each weekend you’ll find chefs in drive-thrus.

But not all of them are downing Jimboy’s Tacos. Robb Venditti, who recently took over

the new kitchen at Pangaea Two Brews Cafe in Curtis Park, says his favorite go-to is a beef taco, chicken enchilada with mole, chips, guacamole, four Bohemias and three shots of tequila at Tres Hermanas in Midtown.

Revolution Wines’ chef Rachel Kelley gets a Willie’s Burger, extra pickles, grilled onions, add bacon, less lettuce, and no tomato (it’s “usually gritty and out of season,” she says).

Oh, and a bag of fries with seasoning salt.

Patrick Mulvaney zeroes in on the No. 4 pho at Pho Bac Hoa Viet on Broadway. That is, unless his wife is out of town. In that case, he’ll just microwave some White Castle burgers—complete with

a dose or seven of Sacramento’s famous Ass Fire sauce (Google it).

Mother executive chef Matt Masera says he follows his cravings all the way out to Orangevale’s La Placita. “No shame involved, and bit of guilt and honor,” he says of his order: the Patrick burrito (“It’s the size of my face”) with carne asada, peppers and smothered with something called “Christmas sauce.” “It’s a meal in itself, but the chips and salsa here are my favorite,” he says. “It’s easy to crush two baskets of chips while gorging.”

Grange Restaurant & Bar chef Oliver Ridgeway confesses that he’s yet to discover his perfect grub-out spot, so instead, he likes to cook

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breakfast for dinner. English style, he says, with Heinz baked beans, toast and sausages. “It really satisfies every food group: runny eggs, greasy meat,” he says.

Chef Michael Tuohy, of newly opened Block Butcher Bar on 20th Street, also says cooking for himself is a go-to fave. He shared his addiction to “late-night duck-egg carbonara” with guanciale (cured pork cheeks), Parmigiano and “a healthy dose of freshly ground black pepper.”

There’s a trend here: None of this is vegetarian. Conveniently, SN&R’s editorial staff—what with it’s 42-percent veg-eating population—has no shortage of recommendations. Such as: Tower Cafe’s East African Veggie Burger, El Papagayo Restaurant’s tostada salad (or any of its enchiladas), Pushkin’s Bakery’s cupcakes, Magpie Cafe’s risotto, the three small-plate combo at Chaatney, and all-veg buffets at Peacock Indian Restaurants in Folsom and the Queen Sheba on Broadway.

While we’re professing gut-busters: Large Spinoccoli from Zelda’s. All for me.

And then a very long nap. Ω

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Big enough to not share Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates’ ice-cream treats Don’t reach for another standard grocery-store issue Fudgsicle this summer: Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates has something infinitely more sophisticated. The tiny chocolate specialty shop is selling Parisian macaron ice-cream sandwiches ($6) in four varieties: caramelized milk and coffee, lemon gingersnap, pistachio, and salty caramel.

Each comprises an oversized cookie layered with rich ice cream. At 3 inches in diameter, they’re big enough to share. Or not. Also worthy of a splurge: the almond rocher ice-cream bar ($5), featuring Tahitian vanilla-bean ice cream rolled in almonds and dipped in bittersweet chocolate. Or opt for a pint of ice cream ($9). Flavors include rocky road with house-made marshmallow cream and candied almonds, and strawberry cheesecake with locally made organic strawberry jam and house-made graham-cracker pieces. Ben and Jerry who? 1801 L Street, Suite 60; (916) 706-1738; https://gingerelizabeth.com. R.L.

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Hot days and spicy food somehow go together, and maybe a little heat by mouth can cool off the rest of the body during 100-degree days. Subscribers to this line of thinking should get themselves to T&R Taste of Texas Barbecue for some throat-warming corn-andjalapeño gumbo. The corn sweetens, and the pepper does what peppers do best. It’s a little greasy, but that just makes it go down smoother.

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Caffeine on draft Chocolate Fish Coffee’s nitro coffee It’s ice coffee served like beer. In a tulip glass. Like fancy beer. From the nitro tap, Chocolate Fish’s coffee pours smooth, thick and frothy. (Like a stout!) But it’s a light, nutty brew—and seriously strong. Get your buzz on early at the East Sacramento location or late at night from the Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Co. bar. 4749 Folsom Boulevard, (916) 451-5181, www.chocolatefishcoffee.com. J.B.

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Revolution Wines’ patio Sacramento’s definitely a beer town, but a glass of crisp white wine on a hot summer night hits the spot, too. Make it chenin blanc—nearby Clarksburg’s flagship grape— at Revolution Wines, which boasts a lovely shared patio with Temple Coffee. Not only is it lovely, but it’s the only west-facing patio in Midtown. That means you get the glorious sun unobstructed while it sets. If chenin blanc is,

for some reason, not your style, Revolution makes chardonnay, sauvignon blanc and orange muscat, along with a few reds. And— OK, OK—there’s beer, too. 2831 S Street, (916) 444-7711, www.rwwinery.com. J.B.

You’re going to eventually strip down and jump in the water this summer. Eat a salad, for chrissakes. I recommend the salad of the year: Mother’s Capitol Cobb, which includes iceberg lettuce; a smear of avocado; seasonal veggies, like beets and cukes; a “six-minute egg”; falafel; and more. If you need some damn carbs, ask for free bread on the side. Also: This might be the most attractively plated salad in the city. 1023 K Street, (916) 594-9812, www.mothersacramento.com. N.M.

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Order up some zucchini chips and a cocktail— the bar makes a mean sidecar—and you’ve got the makings for a very happy hour, indeed.

1615 J Street, (916) 669-5300, www.lucca restaurant.com. R.L.

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y friend and I were both in romantic ruts. We decided we needed a successful night on the town, ideally with a wild, lusty story we could laugh about the next day. We put on shiny skirts, fishnets, tall boots and even mascara. This should sound pathetically familiar to many of you.

At the time we were Davis residents and not too familiar with Sacramento nightlife. But we had heard of Faces on K and 20th streets.

My friend brought this Italian foreign-exchange student—tall and tan with long, flowing blond hair and a thick accent. He was the kind of guy who could meet someone and immediately say, “Your legs look so smooth that I simply must grope them,” and not get slapped. Anyway, they had been hooking up. He brought another woman that he had been sleeping with. And the four of us downed espressos at 10 p.m. and journeyed across the Causeway.

We quickly felt our inhibitions loosen after a few whiskey sours at The Mercantile Saloon on 20th and L streets. Across the way, Faces’ dance floors were already packed. The pool was, as always, a comical sight. The beats begged us to move for hours, so we did. My friend, the Italian and his friend traded grinding positions, and I pretended I didn’t know them.

The club cleared out just before 2 a.m. But the neon lights were still going strong, and I could no longer ignore the Italian

pressing my friend and his friend together to kiss at last. Somehow it worked.

It wasn’t until we drunkenly stumbled into an all-night diner that we silently acknowledged the bizarre, unfortunate dynamic we had gotten ourselves into. No one had sex that night.

How did we fail? We had the go-getter mindset. We were scantily clad. We had liquid courage.

I like to think any sin can be manufactured on demand.

Otherwise, what’s the point of ever shaving and wearing black lace?

Recently, I took to Facebook and my most reliably adventuresome friends to curate a how-to-lust guide.

Unfortunately, I only got these suggestions: “Ingredients: 3 parts rum and coke. 2 parts shots. 2 parts uber credit. 1 part bar tab like it’s payday.

1 part partner with low self esteem”; “1 low class alley. 1 top shelf can of spray paint with included paper bag”; and “Find a place serving seared foie.”

I think lust best happens with complete strangers for unexplainable, unreasonable reasons and in bizarre, uncomfortable locations, like a children’s playground, public restroom or castle rooftop.

Not that I know anything about any of that.

Perhaps lust needs to be spontaneous.

Or maybe we just failed that night because we were straight kids at a gay club.

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Swing the night away T2 Nightclub & Lounge We went in search of sloppy stranger sex. Word had it that T2 Nightclub & Lounge in the Arden Arcade neighborhood was a not-so-secret haven for swingers. An aspiring stand-up comic who navigated the open-mic circuit once told me about T2’s unofficial status among folks who swap lovers like trading cards. But it wasn’t just the comedian. A lone Yelp reviewer wrote in 2012 that “people who go know the program its a swingers bar” and that “you maybe shocked by what you see!!!” In the news business, that’s what we call double confirmation. As a very large doorman in a very purple dress shirt took my $10 and patted me down, I started to get a good feeling. (Not that kind, weirdo.) Inside, the sweaty dance floor vibrated with the booty-knocking commands of a deejay’s contemporary R&B playlist. A young woman resembling The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (punkish cropped black hair, pale skin, no visible eyebrows) leered from a dark corner beside her gigantic boyfriend. Two middle-aged couples routinely swapped dance partners, while a pair of oily stooges bodyslammed a petite cougar like they were remaking Night at the Roxbury as a snuff film. In short, it was fantastic. 1443 Fulton Avenue, (916) 978-9000, www.t2nightclub.com. RFH 38 | SN&R | 06.12.14

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The Darling Clementines Bohemian Burlesque Revue I never know how I’m supposed to feel at a strip club. Turned on? Depressed? A burlesque show is different, though—it’s legitimately a show. The ladies strut teasingly as glittery, over-the-top costumes drop to the floor. All body types are celebrated. Movements are timed to music. Sometimes there’s a theme.

And The Darling Clementines’ monthly residency at Marilyn’s on K, which just began in May, often includes bonus entertainment, like live music, comedy, belly dancing or spoken-word poetry. If you’re lucky, you’ll catch Pee-wee Herman down to her knickers.

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June 24 - 29 A multiple Tony-winning singular sensation. Featuring music by the brilliant Marvin Hamlisch, including “What I Did For Love,” “I Hope I Get It,” and the show-stopping, “One.”

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July 22 - 27 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s sweeping tale of love transcending war won a Pulitzer Prize and 10 Tonys, and features “Some Enchanted Evening” “Bali Ha’i” and “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair.”

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July 8 - 13 With a spoonful of sugar and a whole lot of magic, the quintessential nanny in this Disney classic will delight all ages. Featuring “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” and “Chim Chim Cher-ee.”

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out activities with a higher SPF quotient. The Capital Casino makes for a good option.

Quicker than a drive out to one of the regional casinos, this north Sacramento joint offers card games (black jack, Texas Hold ’em, etc.) and an extensive dining menu that covers breakfast, lunch and dinner. Best of all, it’s open 24-seven, which means you could spend the entirety of the summer solstice holed up and never once set eyes on that blasted skin-cancer causing fireball. 411 N. 16th Street, (916) 446-0700, www.capitol-casino.com. R.L.

Funky times in Glitter Gulch DJ Larry Rodriguez at Sidetrax I’m too old and weary from my broken foot to climb up the stairs at K Street bar Sidetrax, let alone boogie on Friday nights when DJ Larry Rodriguez leaves his Press Club digs for a late-night dance session. But how cool is it that non-“Church” goers now have a place to party until last call—and get to sleep in on Saturday to boot. The “L” in DJ Larry’s name is for “legend”—and his mix of funk, weird and wild kicks any Friday-night, Top 40 party in the ass.

No cover, 10 p.m. on Fridays; 2007 K Street, (916) 441-6823, www.sidetraxsac.com. N.M.

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Oh, you poor millennial, hungering to share it on Instagram? Just snap a pic of your pic, silly, and upload it already. Just don’t let the band see you, OK? 1815 19th Street, www.witchroom sac.com. R.L.

little saiGon By niGht The Spot and Thai Garden Lately, some of my favorite eateries on Stockton Boulevard in Little Saigon are turning into popular hangouts for nightlife. A place called The Spot (which, by the way, is a great place for the curry noodle dish, khao poon) turns into a bar and dance club. There’s also a place down the street called Thai Garden, which turns into a karaoke, live-music and dance spot. They’re both nicely renovated with modern décor, so people usually get dressed up, but sometimes folks sport business-casual, too. Whatever the case, I always feel safe—no bulletproof vests required at either of them. Good nightlife on Stockton is definitely a positive thing for south Sac. The Spot, 6048 Stockton Boulevard, Suite 170; (916) 382-4247; Thai Garden, 6835 Stockton Boulevard, Suite 440; (916) 424-1094. J.M.

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rachell@newsreview.com

(ENVY) utside of Burning Man, music festivals are the ultimate in public-gathering acts of hedonism.

In fact, if some of you are being honest, the music is just incidental—a carrier for all that drinkin’, eatin’, druggin’ and skimpy-clothes wearin’.

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Don’t forget plenty of sunscreen (applied often), and a big, floppy hat. Listen, you traveled hundreds of miles to make it to Hard Summer 2014 (August 2-3, in South El Monte), don’t let heatstroke get between you and A$AP Mob now.

Buddy system. Whether you’re going as part of a large group or with just a friend or two, be sure to stop for a pregame huddle. Because when your BFF suddenly disappears during Shaggy’s set at the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival (June 20-22, in Boonville), you’ve got to know exactly which beer stand is your meet-up point.

Also, make sure your cellphone stays charged. That means stop trying to film the band—you know that video’s going to turn out crappy anyway, so for once, just live in the moment. That’s kinda the point of all of this, right? www.vanswarpedtour.com, www.sfoutsidelands.com, http://bumbershoot.org, www.highsierramusic.com, www.firstcityfestival.com, www.hardfest.com, www.snwmf.com. Ω

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How to make it out of tHis summer’s public-gatHering acts of Hedonism alive

Which means, ultimately, it’s about survival. Whatever your poison, be it A Lot Like Birds at the Vans Warped Tour (June 26, at Sleep Train Amphitheatre in Wheatland), channeling your inner-NPR hipster with the National and Beck at the First City Festival (August 23-24, in Monterey), or even scrimping pennies to catch the Replacements at Bumbershoot (August 30, through September 1, in Seattle), common sense and preparation are the keys to any successful summer music festival.

Follow these tips, and you might just make it out alive.

Bathroom breaks. Let’s get the grossest of gross out of the way first. There you are at Outside Lands (August 8-10, in San

Francisco), waiting for Kanye West to take the stage, when, yep, you have to pee—or worse. Listen, those portable, smelly bathrooms are disgusting, but unless you plan on not eating or drinking anything (um, not recommended), then you’re gonna have to hit ’em up. Pro tip: Carry baby wipes. Trust us on this one.

Also, if there’s a long row of outhouses, pick the one on the very, very end if possible.

Usually, it’s cleaner. Usually. Also, don’t wait until the end of your favorite band’s set to make a visit. That Warpaint encore isn’t worth the hellacious line.

Ingestibles. When it comes to things you eat, drink or otherwise put in your body, then please, please, please follow this simple rule: Unless you bought it or brought it yourself (or your bestie, significant other or anyone else you’d trust with your first-born child or kitten did) then don’t—repeat: don’t—put it in your body. Sorry, my friend, that means no lollipops from the guy dancing by himself as the Chris Robinson Brotherhood plays at the High Sierra Music Festival (July 3-6, in Quincy).

Hot or not? Rockin’ a ’90s crop top or artfully deconstructed Gunne Sax mini?

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Davis shakespeare Festival featuring

Much Ado About NothiNg &

She LoveS Me

June 26 –August 3

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Veterans Memorial Theatre, Davis

Camping for hopheads

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Coming Up: July 11 - Aug 9

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Celebration Arts Theatre Presents

The Bluest Eye

By Toni Morrison Adapted by Lydia Diamond Directed by James Wheatley Astounding and Heartbreaking Performances . . . Celebration Arts gives . . . attention to language and emotion it deserves . . . credit . . . to (the adaption by) Lydia Diamond . . . the rest may be rightfully laid at the feet of director James Wheatley and an excellent cast that includes . . . astounding and heartbreaking performances.” - Kel Munger, SN&R

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by August Wilson

Celebration Arts Theatre 4469 D Street East Sacramento 95819 www.celebrationarts.net 916/455-2787 Thurs, Fri & Sat at 8pm Sundays at 2pm

Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across America Chico’s Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is opening a new brewery on the other side of the country in North Carolina. To celebrate, it’s hosting a beer festival in July, which will be the first of a seven-stop cross-country beer tour. This will be your only chance to sip the best Sacramento-area beer—Bike Dog Brewing Company, Berryessa Brewing Co.—alongside with some of the nation’s finest brewers (Cigar City Brewing, 3 Floyds Brewing Co. and others). It will sell out, so get tickets now! $65, noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th Street in Chico; (530) 893-3520; www.beercamp. sierranevada.com. N.M.

General $15 Students, Seniors & SARTA $13 Thurs $8

Central Library on the first Tuesday of every month (or the second Tuesday in September) to see a flick. This event actually goes on year-round, but you’ll probably enjoy the air conditioning nowadays. In a Lonely Place with Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame, a film noir from 1950, plays on July 1. All movies start at 5:30 p.m. 828 I Street, (916) 264-2920, www.saclibrary.org/home/events. G.G.

Beautiful trash in a parking lot Art of the Dumpster Ten local artists—including Gioia Fonda, Waylon Horner and Mark Emerson—have repurposed Dumpsters for an outdoor art exhibition ... of Dumpsters. Commissioned by the Power Inn Alliance, the unusual public-art show debuts on June’s Second Saturday (June 14) with a celebration, then there’ll be two more Second Saturday receptions—July 12, and August 9—and the exhibition ends on August 30. (See “Mirror, mirror”

by Rachel Leibrock, SN&R 15 Minutes page 106.) “We hope this eclectic collection will spark conversation, inspire creativity and most importantly, celebrate the local businesses and artists that make this city great,” said Sally Freedlander of the Alliance’s board of directors. 3101 Power Inn Road, www.powerinn.org/ art. J.M.

MoVIES. BEER. BIkES. WhAT’S noT To LIkE? free ClassiC Cinema series—with a/C Are you a classic-movie buff? Love the library?

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by Howard Jones, the Thompson Twins and Katrina (from Katrina and the Waves) at Thunder Valley Casino. I’ll be there, pontificating my theory that “You Take Me Up” by the Twins is one of the most important working-man’s songs of the new-wave movement. You probably don’t want to stand too close. 6 p.m. on Sunday, August 31, at Thunder Valley Casino Resort, 1200 Athens Avenue in Lincoln; (800) 745-3000; www.937jackfm.com. G.G.

French kicks Sacramento French Film Festival Already a local institution in its 13th year, the Sacramento French Film Festival returns to the Crest Theatre over the last two weekends in June. The program once

again offers a great mix of new features, short films, midnight movies, documentaries and French classics. This is one of the more auteur-driven lineups in recent years, with deep cuts by French masters Jacques Demy (Donkey Skin) and Henri-Georges Clouzot (The Murderer Lives at Number 21) playing alongside new releases by Cédric Klapisch (Chinese Puzzle), Francois Ozon (Young and Beautiful), Sylvain Chomet (Attila Marcel) and French exile Roman Polanski (Venus in Fur). Friday, June 20, through Sunday, June 29, at the Crest Theatre, 1012 K Street; (916) 455-9390; www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org. D.B.

Binge on ethnic Food Elk Grove Multicultural Festival We hope you’ve worked out your chewing muscles, because the Elk Grove

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OutdOOr beer-and-mOvie night Clips Beer & Film Tour Movies. Beer. Bikes. What’s not to like?

New Belgium Brewing Company’s roving festival, Clips Beer & Film Tour, brings quite the buzz to super bike-friendly Davis year after year. Get cozy on the grass with taster cups and watch bike-themed short films projected onto a giant screen. But usually by that time, everyone’s already drunk. Keep in mind New Belgium’s rarer beers are also stronger. Pass up the Fat Fire for a Wild2 Dubbel— it’s 8 percent. 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Friday, August 1, in Community Park, 1405 F Street in Davis; www.newbelgium.com. J.B.

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Multicultural Festival approaches, and it’s an adventurous glutton’s delight. Fifteen food vendors served up ethnic cuisine to more than 7,000 attendees last year, according to city spokeswoman Christine Brainerd, who said the most attentiongrabbing dish was the frog legs and alligator cooked up by Mo’ Better Finger Foods. Also weighing down plates and thickening bellies last year were Hawaiian barbecue, Greek gyros, Polish pierogies, Indian fusion, chicken kebabs and Italian ice desserts. Starving yet? We are. So, sure, attend the third-annual multicultural festival under the guise of embracing Elk Grove’s admirable diversity, but your binge-eating habits will reveal why you’re really there. Free admission, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, August 23, Elk Grove Regional Park, Elk Grove Florin Road and E. Stockton Boulevard; (916) 691-2489; www.elkgrovecity.org/multicultural. RFH

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Lie to your boss, pLay hooky and take a day trip to gorge on amazing food and wine

ew things are as sinfully blissful as lying to your boss, playing hooky from work, getting out of town, and then gorging on great food and wine.

If you’re one of those people whose job is hard to escape, check out the following three ways to sin yourself into earning the vacation you’d never get otherwise.

If you’re a novice at lying, tell your boss that you’re feeling ill or have a 2 p.m. dentist appointment, then get in the car and drive to El Dorado County. Yes, it may sound like a bit of a crappy vacation, but the place is a designated American Viticultural Area with good wineries that grow 50 grape types, including ones that are native to Rhone (Southern France) and Bordeaux (southwestern France). Also, it’s worth visiting Aji Japanese Bistro or Selland’s Market-Cafe and having a long dinner to make it feel like a vacation.

Napa’s probably the second closest place to imbibe purple alcoholic drinks and stuff yourself with amazing food; plus, it’s only a couple hours away. Tell the higher-ups that you think you have food poisoning, and then take a day trip. Morimoto Napa is a great place to eat if you’re a fan of Iron Chef—or if you can stomach 10-course, $150 meals. If you want more affordable and diverse choices, head to Oxbow Public Market, which has just about everything—restaurants, wine, pastries, groceries, cocktails.

Lastly, if you’re feeling particularly unscrupulous and your “aunt” should happen to “pass away” (cough, cough), take a Friday off and drive over to Carmel-by-the-Sea for a weekend vacation. At first, you might see a bunch of yuppies driving around aimlessly in Porsches and Maseratis, but just ignore them—most of the locals are actually pretty down-to-earth and amiable. There’s the beach (which is dog-friendly); a downtown area that’s incredibly walkable and resembles a quaint European seaside town; and the relatively new Carmel Wine Walk (also dog-friendly), where $65 gets you passes to wine tastings at nine of 12 participating wineries. Hotel tip: Hofsas House Hotel is a quiet place to stay that’s far enough away from the center of town to be affordable (plus, it offers wine-and-cheese and dog-friendly packages). The restaurant Mundaka has fantastic—but somewhat pricey—Spanish tapas and cocktails, and in April, it got a shout-out from a Condé Nast Traveler article titled “Ranked: The Best American Cities for Foodies.” Carmel ranked No. 7, and Napa No. 2.

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The biggesT secreT in Davis These Days is behinD suDwerk brewery, home To The Dock sTore, where you can sample all sorTs of crafT brews.

aRt, dogs, beach, aRchitectuRe Crissy Field in San Francisco If there’s a perfect place to get out of town and spend a summer evening, this is probably it. Grab the spouse, kids and dog (if applicable) and get yourself to Crissy Field in San Francisco.

Facing west toward the ocean, here’s how it looks: Golden Gate Bridge on the left; a beach with copious dogs straight ahead; and if you walk down the beach far enough, on the right, you’ll see the Palace of Fine Arts. It’s like a vacationer’s Instagram wet dream. 1199 East Beach, Presidio in San Francisco; www.presidio.gov/explore/Pages/crissy-field.aspx. J.M.

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‘bRooklyn’ Oakland National magazines just love naming Oakland the “Brooklyn of the West.” Is it? Probably not. But it is an exciting place to be these days. With San Francisco overrun by tech bros, the artists have moved across the Bay. Now the grittier, poorer, “realer” city boasts tons of cool music venues, boutiques, bars, restaurants and really random cultural events (Oakland Internet Cat Video Festival, FTW). Find a Michelin-starred meal at Commis (3859 Piedmont Avenue), with some of the most beautiful, inspiring tweezer food in the region. Realize vegan soul food can actually be done at Souley Vegan (301 Broadway), and march that fried tofu next door to Beer Revolution (464 Third Street) for an always fabulous craft-beer selection. The city’s robust artist community shows off every first Friday of the month for the Art Murmur, concentrated in the Uptown district. That district also houses the historic Fox Theater (1807 Telegraph Avenue), which I’d argue is a grander music venue than any in San Francisco.

Other delicious things to consider: gourmet mac ’n’ cheese in classroom-themed Homeroom (400 40th Street), endless takehome artisanal goods at Rockridge Market Hall (5655 College Avenue), deservingly famous fried chicken and waffles at Brown Sugar Kitchen (2534 Mandela Parkway), and inject-to-order doughnuts at Doughnut Dolly (482 B 49th Street). The list goes on, but let’s end here: The closest you’ll get to Brooklyn in Oakland is the Authentic Bagel Company (463 Second Street) for a legitimate, chewy, East Coast-worthy bagel. J.B.

unplugging and soaking Harbin Hot Springs Just an hour north of Napa, there’s a hippie-communeturned-resort experience for day-trippers and overnighters alike. The big draw is the natural hot springs, but there are also saunas, yoga, massage, miles of hiking trails and a New Age spiritual vibe. Clothing is optional everywhere, though the nudity typically sticks to the water areas. There’s a restaurant and cafe—both vegan, of course—but also an open (vegetarian) kitchen for the budget-conscious. And the weekend can be as luxurious (read: expensive) as you want. There are elaborate spa packages and beautiful private cottages, but there are also dorm beds and campsites. There’s a charge for just visiting for the day, too. Regardless, you can’t brag to your friends about it on Facebook. Cameras, phones, laptops and other tech gadgets aren’t allowed. 18424 Harbin Springs Road in Middletown, (707) 987-2477, continued on page 57 www.harbin.org. J.B.

Reason to get dRunk acRoss the causeway Davis beer crawl Even five years ago you couldn’t put together a Davis beer crawl that didn’t involve drinking an adjunct lager or malt liquor on someone’s porch. The Davis Beer Shoppe has been a regular pilgrimage for area beer aficionados for three years now, and with craft beer flowing out of 60 taps, the University of Beer has something to intrigue even the most jaded local beer snobs. The hidden gem is the Sudwerk Dock Store, a tasting room located behind the musty old brewpub—skip the Buffalo wings and go straight for the Buffalo Theory, a delicious barrel-aged dark sour. Davis Beer Shoppe, 211 G Street; (530) 756-5212; University of Beer, 615 Third Street; (530) 795-1990; www.theuob.com; Sudwerk Dock Store, 2001 Second Street; (530) 756-2739; www.sudwerkbrew.com.D.B.

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Where do Fa i r s c o m e From? when pittsfield, Mass., resident elkanah watson showed off his prize Merino sheep by tying them to a pole in town square, the idea of the american fair was born. watson realized the potential of community gatherings to judge livestock, and in 1810, he organized the first county fair in the United states. Fair industry expert stephen chambers says this was a revolution for the agricultural industry. “the county fair is a uniquely american invention and its origin is in having farmers compete against each other for the top prize,” chambers says. “it helped promote best practices and, of course, everyone bred to the results. if your trotting mare was the fastest, everyone wanted to breed to your mare.”

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How tHe Fair sHowcases and inspires tHe best in caliFornia

The California State Fair has helped showcase and inspire California’s industries to be

How does the Fair promote new technology?

What led to the creation of the first State Fair?

RP: When you think about the technology showcased at the California State Fair, it’s driving many of our major industries. The Sacramento region considers itself to be the Farmto-Fork Capital and there is a lot of work in research in agriculture being done right here. Five of the top seed companies in the world do research at UC Davis.

Rick Pickering: Fairs were created to promote the business interests and industries of the state. In California in 1854, the number one industry was agriculture. That’s still true today.

What makes the Fair the best place to showcase California?

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cent of the wine people drink in the nation comes from California. Our agricultural industry is feeding the nation and the world. It’s hard for anyone to say that California isn’t a spectacular state, and the California State Fair gives us the opportunity to celebrate the best of the best.

“It’s a challenge,” Shields says.

“Sometimes, you get down to two pieces and it’s trying to compare apples and oranges. For me, it’s about consistency and voice. It’s never about one piece. It’s about the artist’s background, education and everything leading up to that representation on the wall.”

What do you think is the best thing about the California State Fair?

See the display of winning entries in the Fine Art Competition at Building 7 in the Expo Center!

RP: People. Everything we do is designed to showcase the talent, interests and achievements of people in California. People are what make this state the best to live in, and it’s why people from all over the world come here to go to school, live and work and raise a family.

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For the commercial wine competition, 72 experts representing consumers, winemakers, restaurateurs, retailers and educators in the wine industry will taste more than 2,800 submissions to find winners in categories from “best red” to “best value wine.” Sign me up, right? But rick Kushman, a New York Times best-selling author of two books about wine, says it takes a very special sipper. rather than having a panel of judges, the livestock competition has one judge per category who is knowledgeable in standards of each animal, be it an alpaca, sheep or pygmy goat. longhorn judge Jim Vietheer says that judging longhorns was an important part of the State Fair dating back to the late 1800s.

“Wine is a complicated, subjective, visceral, intellectual and exciting thing,” says Kushman, who’s assembling the panel of judges.

“We want our judges in the competition to approach it from all of those things.”

“Historically, the longhorn was the backbone of the industry,” Vietheer says. “I’ll be looking for three things: the size and shape of the horns, the color of the hide and the structure of the animal.”

Taste the top award-winners of the Commercial Wine Competition in the SaveMart Supermarkets wine country at the State Fair!

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Whether you’re an expert or a novice, the

great artists, fine wines and well-bred

State Fair is the one destination to see —

livestock. Each year, the California State Fair

and in some cases, taste — the best

holds competitions to recognize excellence

examples of what California has to offer.

in these important industries.

BEST VISUalS In the fine art competition, entries come from some of the top artists in the state. Scott Shields, associate director and chief curator of the Crocker art Museum, is one of several judges tasked with sorting through all those paintings, drawings, collages, sculptures, photos and digital artworks to find the ones worthy of a ribbon.

How tHe Fair sHowcases and inspires tHe best in caliFornia

The California State Fair has helped showcase and inspire California’s industries to be

How does the Fair promote new technology?

What led to the creation of the first State Fair?

RP: When you think about the technology showcased at the California State Fair, it’s driving many of our major industries. The Sacramento region considers itself to be the Farmto-Fork Capital and there is a lot of work in research in agriculture being done right here. Five of the top seed companies in the world do research at UC Davis.

Rick Pickering: Fairs were created to promote the business interests and industries of the state. In California in 1854, the number one industry was agriculture. That’s still true today.

What makes the Fair the best place to showcase California?

even better for 160 years.

CEO of California Exposition & State Fair Rick Pickering shares how.

RP: We believe that California is the best state in the nation. Ninety per-

c a S TAT E FA I R . o r g

Child (Ages 0-4): Free Parking: $10

cent of the wine people drink in the nation comes from California. Our agricultural industry is feeding the nation and the world. It’s hard for anyone to say that California isn’t a spectacular state, and the California State Fair gives us the opportunity to celebrate the best of the best.

“It’s a challenge,” Shields says.

“Sometimes, you get down to two pieces and it’s trying to compare apples and oranges. For me, it’s about consistency and voice. It’s never about one piece. It’s about the artist’s background, education and everything leading up to that representation on the wall.”

What do you think is the best thing about the California State Fair?

See the display of winning entries in the Fine Art Competition at Building 7 in the Expo Center!

RP: People. Everything we do is designed to showcase the talent, interests and achievements of people in California. People are what make this state the best to live in, and it’s why people from all over the world come here to go to school, live and work and raise a family.

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“Wine is a complicated, subjective, visceral, intellectual and exciting thing,” says Kushman, who’s assembling the panel of judges.

“We want our judges in the competition to approach it from all of those things.”

“Historically, the longhorn was the backbone of the industry,” Vietheer says. “I’ll be looking for three things: the size and shape of the horns, the color of the hide and the structure of the animal.”

Taste the top award-winners of the Commercial Wine Competition in the SaveMart Supermarkets wine country at the State Fair!

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But, at about $100 a session (for the pedicure, that is, including tip), it’s definitely not a regular budget-friendly excursion. For that, I hit up Golden Nails in Land Park (across from C.K. McClatchy High School). This family-run business is totally no-frills (well, the chairs do have those built-in massagey things, but those kind of freak me out) but legit. Fork over $30 (including tip) and get a “deluxe” pedicure treatment that comes with an aromatic saltscrub treatment and your very own copy of last week’s People magazine. Bliss.

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An hourlong foot massage, for example, costs less than $30 and includes a neck and shoulder treatment as well. Sorry, no pedicures here, but honestly, once you’re done, you won’t care one bit about how janky and chipped your toenail polish is looking these days.

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The home-décor shop has vintage-looking art created by craftspeople, jewelry, furniture, linens, lamps, garden items and even a Pyrex kitchenware collection. It’s kind of like the East Sacramento cousin of Midtown’s Scout Living. 3254 J Street, (916) 444-2900, www.shopsummerporch.com. J.M.

Sweet outdoor furniture you can’t afford Emigh’s Outdoor Living Across the street from the Country Club Plaza Mall in the Arden Arcade neighborhood is the friendliest and most customerservice oriented hardware store in town, Emigh Ace Hardware. Next door to it is Emigh’s Outdoor Living, which has some of the nicest, most expensive outdoor furniture one can ever imagine buying. It’s all stuff that would make summer parties the best, but that most of us will never be able to afford: $400 Adirondack chairs, Tommy Bahama brand patio cushions and those professional outdoor kitchens that you only see in mansions on TV—or in Granite Bay. Hey, one can dream, right?

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GET ON IT EvEry wEEkEnd is an opportunity for fantasy rolE-playing wars in thE park nce upon a time, in a land not so far away, Marcus and Teresa Bergman decided to spice up their marriage with a little role-play action. Six years ago, the couple visited a park in Fair Oaks and acted out their fantasy with a dozen other strangers for nearly an hour—in broad daylight, no less. Unbridled by shame, the crowd grappled, thrusted and cried out with delight. After it was all over, everyone went home, soiled, sweaty and deeply satisfied.

Get your mind out of the dungeon.

The Bergmans belong to an international recreation club that blends a resurgent interest in medieval fantasy (thanks, Game of Thrones!) with elaborately rendered combat scenes. Imagine a Renaissance fair descending into violence, or a Civil War re-enactment with spells, and you’ll get the idea. (Or go rent Role Models.)

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The Bergmans branched off from the Duchy of Thor’s Refuge (formerly the Shire of Falcon’s Reach) in November 2013, after things got too “political” under Fair Oaks rule, says Marcus, a.k.a. Collin the Red MacAbee. The red-bearded job-seeking math teacher and proud geek now reigns over the the Freehold of Mistyvale at Howe Community Park (2201 Cottage Way), which has less direct contact with the Amtgard bureaucracy, and also less meddling. “It’s a small group, but building,” he says.

An average of 16 people meet up on Saturdays at 11 a.m. to wage fake battles that can last anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour, depending on the mission. There are last-team-standing annihilation quests, control quests and one-on-one bear-pit warm-ups.

“We’re trying to start a storyline at our park that would last throughout my [six-month] reign as sheriff,” Marcus says. A “sheriff,” by the way, is what a monarch of a freehold is called.

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Teresa is on her way to becoming a serpent knight because of her affinity for art, science and garb making. She says she fell for “the action and adrenaline rush of the game,” which, she contends, appeals to everyone from “stick jocks” to less aggro, artsy types. Knighthood is the goal of most participants, says Marcus, but there are also weapons- and war-master titles, as well as other awards.

Between weekend battles and midweek gatherings with their freehold friends, the Bergmans have taken on the task of mapping all 500-odd kingdoms in the world. They’re also making retirement plans to visit each and every one of these faraway lands, which Marcus estimates would take 10 years.

Sounds like the perfect hero’s quest. www.meetup.com/mistyvale. Ω

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pride goeTh before The cliMb Granite Arch Climbing Center The first time I attempted indoor rock climbing, I was tagging along with a class of reforming felons who were learning to overcome a different sort of obstacle. Symbolism, right?

The sissiest one, I reluctantly sank my feet into special climbing shoes and rigged myself into a crotch-choking harness secured with a butterfly knot. As I began a tentative ascent in beginner’s alley surrounded by children, a tweenage phenom who looked like Harry Potter—all knobby limbs and floppy hair—grabbled up an inverted ledge like he was disproving gravity.

Granite Arch Climbing Center resides in one of those nondescript warehouses Rancho Cordova seems so fond of. It sits among fellow building blocks in what’s called the Sacramento Sportsplex, home to a fitness outlet, trampoline-walled gymnastic center, even a “swimstitute.”

Massive as it is on the outside, Granite Arch appears even bigger within, just like the TARDIS. (Look it up.) Spongy rubber floors that resemble volcanic rock after a disastrous magma upchuck run perpendicular to high, angular walls that look, in a certain light, like the somber god-faces of Stonehenge. Except they’re pimpled over with neon grips and clawed at by the unfazed.

The nice-guy cyclist who let us climb for free that day is Bob Balzhiser. He opens his doors to people looking for a metaphor for their trials and tribulations. What they often find is a temple where every knotted wall is to be scaled, no matter how proud. Tower of Babel be damned.

11335-G Folsom Boulevard in Rancho Cordova, (916) 852-7625, www.granitearch.com. RFH

Turn your dad inTo a hero Superheroes 5K Two polarizing Sacramento trends that everybody either loves or hates— cosplay and charity 5k runs—collide on Sunday, June 15, in the Superheroes 5K. It happens to be Father’s Day, and the charity benefiting from the event is the Center for Fathers and Families. Included in the event are capes, water stations, on-course music, a post-race concert, a costume contest and a beer garden. $45 in advance, $50 the day of the race, $20 for minors; 8:28 a.m., the north side of Capitol Mall between Ninth and Eighth streets; www.superheroes5k.com. J.M.

There’s a Map for ThaT secreT river spoT Swimming Holes Sometimes you just need to jump into the river. And sometimes the river is hella crowded. Good thing you have Swimming Holes, because now you know where to find a few good spots off the beaten path. Not only will it hip you to some sweet spots, it also tells you about the local customs; hotels, in case you want to stay overnight; and whether or not clothing is optional. I have used it to find some cool spots up on the Cosumnes River and am planning a trip up to some secret hot springs. Jump in. www.swimmingholes.org/ca.html. N.B.

The new arena, err, sTadiuM Sacramento Republic FC’s Bonney Field As a resident of Curtis Park, I am sad to see the Sacramento Republic FC depart Hughes Stadium for a more minor-league-soccer-friendly complex in what used to be part of Cal Expo’s parking lot. I have attended sporting events regularly for my entire life, but until a few weeks ago, I had never once walked to a venue directly from my doorstep.

The sightlines and amenities at the Republic’s more intimate 8,000-seat Bonney Field are sure to be an improvement, but with more than 5,000 season tickets already sold, it’s already the hottest ticket in town. www.sacrepublicfc.com. D.B.

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Place to bang balls all night Haggin Oaks Golf Complex It’s late at night, it’s hot, you can’t sleep, and you need to burn off some excess energy. Perhaps you would like to hit some balls. In that case, the driving range at Haggin Oaks Golf Complex is the place for you. It’s open 24 hours in the summer! You heard me. You and your buddies can hit the driving range and smash balls all night long, bro. There are even bands performing on the weekends. And there’s beer (not after 2 a.m., but still). Plus, the tee boxes are automated! What more could you ask for?

3645 Fulton Avenue, (916) 481-4653, www.hagginoaks.com. N.B.

sPot to master stairs Sacramento’s parking garages I read on the Internet that it’s bad to run down stairs. Your patella can detach from your knee. Or something like that. Hey, it was on the damn Internet: It’s true. Anyway, let’s talk about the best place to run stairs in Sacramento. My three favorite spots: The Wells Fargo Pavilion parking garage at H and 15th streets (10 stories of hell), the Crest Theatre garage at L and 10th streets (enjoy the urine stench), and the Sacramento State University baseball diamond parking garage (straight-shot climb, unequaled in the city). Do these a few days a week, you’ll have an ass like a not-too-ripe, chilled pluot. N.M.

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This summer’s Courtyard Classic Film Series brings you a patchwork of cinematic musicals. Each screening takes place in the Museum’s Courtyard, which opens at 7 PM for attendees to set up lawn chairs and blankets (seating is also provided).

This summer, the Jazz in the Courtyard series draws inspiration from the Smithsonian’s exhibition of African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond by celebrating the African American musical traditions and musicians who paved the way for modern music.

Beat the heat and keep the kids engaged at the Crocker’s creative and exciting summer programs.

Yankee Doodle Dandy [1942, 126 MINUTES, G]

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June picks by Shoka

“Sink” by Michael Koehle, pigment print on wax on panel.

Housewarming reception After years of calling the building on 19th and P streets in Midtown home, Axis Gallery has relocated to downtown—in the Verge Center for the Arts.

Don’t be surprised to see this area develop into the new serious-arts GROUP SHOW district. Axis’ first show in the new space is appropriately called First Look, and is a group show of the collective’s members. Consider this Second Saturday’s reception as the housewarming party, and all you need to bring is yourself.

Where: Axis Gallery, 625 S Street; www.axisgallery.org.

Second Saturday reception: June 14, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Through June 29.

Hours: Saturday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.; or by appointment by emailing info@axisgallery.org.

Roast ’em

“Coiled” by Laurelin Gilmore, oil on canvas, 2012.

Odd women East Sacramento is getting in on the Second Saturday art walk this month, and luckily, it’s not being marketed as “East Second Sacturday.” Smart move. Art galleries— PAINTING JayJay and Fe Gallery—will be hosting receptions as usual, but other businesses in the area will be, too: Inkoff.me, Evan’s Kitchen and Article Consignment Boutique. Get your fill from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., then race down to Midtown to see Laurelin Gilmore’s show, A Population of Oddities, at Union Hall Gallery before 9 o’clock.

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It’s not uncommon for the C-word to make people uncomfortable. After all, it’s got some strong imagery that comes with it. That’s right, “collage.” Shivers just went down your spine, didn’t they? But similar to your abhorration of Brussels sprouts when you were a kid, time goes by, your tastes mature, and you’ve got to try them again every once in a while to see if you might like them now.

For those who cringed at the mention of collage, it’s time to take another taste.

Try it with Sacramentobased artist Gerald Barnes at Sacramento Temporary Contemporary this month.

“No Effort Is Lost” by Gerald Barnes, mixed media (found His mixed-media works images, computer-edited images, color pencil, acrylic paint) combine found images, like on wood cradle, 2013. antique black-and-white photos of dapper gentlemen with well-groomed mustaches and bow ties (basically the current uniform of staff at trendy restaurants and bars), European and Asian paintings from hundreds of years ago, COLLAGE and his own colored-pencil or paintstrokes. By the way, if you keep boiling the Brussels sprouts, they’re never going to win you over: Roast ’em, please.

And while at the gallery, do not miss Revisiting Skinner Howard, a reunion of the Skinner/Howard Contemporary Arts’ roster, including Rogelio Manzo and Linda Raynsford.

Where: Sacramento Temporary Contemporary, 1616 Del Paso Boulevard; (916) 921-1224; www.tempartgallery.com.

Opening reception: Thursday, June 12, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Second Saturday reception: June 14, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Through June 29.

Hours: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 3 p.m.

Where: Union Hall Gallery, 2126 K Street; (916) 217-7500; www.facebook.com/lrcftunionhallgallery.

Second Saturday reception: June 14, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Through June 30.

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t’s Father’s Day on Sunday, June 15. There’s also a bunch of festivals happening around the Sacramento area this weekend. So, why not combine the two? For whatever type of dad you have, spending time at one of these three festivals is probably a lot better than a lame Sunday-morning brunch. If you need a little help figuring it all out, here’s the best way to choose a festival for your dad this weekend: Think about what type of dad you have.

If you’ve got two dads, or just one really cool dad, head to Sacramento Pride (www.sacramentopride.org) on Saturday, June 14, which features a parade and a festival. The parade (free) begins at 11 a.m. near Third Street and Capitol Avenue and heads east toward 10th Street. Then the festival ($10) happens between Third and Seventh streets on Capitol Mall, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be art activities, a kids’ zone, vendors, food trucks from SactoMoFo, and music by Neon Hitch, Tom Goss and Xavier Toscano.

If your dad’s spiritual, into art, or just really likes throwing powder, then the Color Festival (www.color festival.com/locations/acramento) is probably the best bet. Based on the Indian festival of colors, Holi, it takes place on Saturday, June 14, from noon to 5 p.m. In addition to throwing plant-based-dyed cornstarch on others, and getting randomly splattered by it, festivalgoers can enjoy vegetarian food, yoga, dancing and music by MC Yogi, the Kirtaniyas and Lokah Bhakti. It all happens at Gibson Ranch Park (8556 Gibson Ranch Road in Elverta). Tickets cost $20 for general admission, or $15 for students and teachers.

Lastly, for music-loving, foodie dads, there’s the

Isleton Cajun & Blues Festival (www.isletoncajunfestival.net) on Saturday, June 14, through Sunday, June 15. Headliners include Marcia Ball, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, and JD McPherson. Plus, there’s entertainment for the little ones, craft vendors and, of course, Cajun food and beer. A one-day pass costs $25, and a two-day costs $40.

It happens at the boat-storage area of B&W Resort & Marina (964 Brannan Island Road in Isleton).

—Jonathan Mendick

wEEKLy PIcKS

Art Mix/Pride

BBQ and Brews Summer Series Kick-Off

Thursday, June 12 Art Mix kicking off Sacramento Pride weekend with drinks specials advertised as “under $5 all night” seems like reason enough to go, but add in acrobatics from performance group Body Waves, artwork

by LGBT artists and a chance to contribute to the Sacramento LGBT ART Community Center’s Pride Parade float, and it’s hard to imagine a better way to dive into the city’s celebration of its LGBT community. $8-$10, 5 p.m. at the Crocker Art Museum, 216 O Street; (916) 808-7000; http://crockerart museum.org.

Friday, June 13 Under normal circumstances, eating at Mama Kim Cooks feels a little like going to a laid-back house FOOD party that has better food than any house party you’ve ever been to. In the context of celebrating the dawn of barbecue season, it promises an even more convivial vibe, with barbecued oysters, ribs, chicken, music and Sudwerk Brewery’s 3 Best Friends coffee-vanilla lager. $45, 5 p.m. at 1616 Del Paso Boulevard, www.mamakimcooks.com.

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Art Blast: Knit in Public Day saTurday, June 14 Knitting can be a productive, introspective solo activity, to be sure, but what happens when you’ve been cooped up in your knitting corner with no human interaction for so long that you start KNITTING talking to your yarn? World Wide Knit in Public Day was founded in 2005 for this very reason. Knitting enthusiasts can mingle while beginners receive instruction.

Free with admission ($5-$10), 10:30 a.m. at the Crocker Art Museum, 216 O Street; (916) 808-7000; http://crockerartmuseum.org.

Ivory Tower Monday, June 16 College is getting pretty darn unaffordable. This film profiles students at Arizona State University, Cooper Union and San Jose State University. It also tells FILM the story of student debt and the unsustainable economic model of the university system. The screening is followed by a discussion with director Andrew Rossi. Free, 6 p.m. at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K Street; www.thecrest.com.

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Yes, Yui Marlu serves up California rolls, rating: HHHH 1/2 plus a menu full of American-style makizushi.

But its mastery lies in Japanese-style sushi and an assortment other traditional Japanese fare.

Tucked in a strip mall in the suburbs of Fair Oaks, Yui Marlu only has a handful of dinner for one: tables, and the place is easy to miss with its $15 - $30 unassuming signage. It’s also open limited hours: 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays.

But once the servers (or the sushi chef, if you choose to sit at the small bar) bring out the H FlAwed food, it’s clear that this restaurant is enormously serious about its food.

HH hAS MOMentS On our first visit, a family dinner, we collectively ordered an omakase plate (the chef’s HHH selection of sashimi), a chirashi-don (assorted AppeAling raw fish over rice), a couple of American-style HHHH makizushi rolls as well as order of barbecue AuthOritAtive albacore.

HHHHH The omakase was the pièce de résistance— epic one of those dishes that everyone stares at when it comes out of the kitchen. It looks like a flashy Dali-esque painting, with raw fish piled into small flower patterns atop scallop shells and a bed of microgreens, dollops of sauce, piles of ginger, slender slices of fried plantains sticking out upwards of 6 inches from the plate, and slices of lemon, radish and cucumber.

And it tastes as surreal as it looks: Each slice of fish is fresh, fleshy and flavorful.

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but nonetheless gives off a nice smoky essence from the grill. The Charlie roll, sukiyaki and tempura are also good, but not the restaurant’s greatest offerings.

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Even though Yui Marlu’s raw fish is great, the hamachi kama was probably my favorite fish dish. It’s tender, sweet and juicy—a must-have for those who enjoy rich, meaty flavor. And the futomaki was probably my favorite sushi roll of all. Its flavor was slightly sour and sweet, yet still savory.

To drink, there’s a small selection of beer, wine and sake. Service is available in English or Japanese. All of these touches make Yui Marlu the best place in town for those who want to venture beyond cliché American-style sushi. Ω

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Blackbird is back with chefowner Carina Lampkin again at the helm. It’s located in its original space with a similar aesthetic, though with more focus on beer and bar food to better complement the seafood-inspired dinner menu.

A burger served with house pickles, seven-day housecured bacon, cheddar and sweet ’n’ chivey “awesome sauce” make for one of the city’s best burgers, no question. Chowder fries, however, are nifty in theory—fries covered in bay shrimp, bacon and parsley, then doused with chowder. It’s a play on poutine, but a lack of acid and serious sogginess issues mar it from being a landmark dish.

Better yet? Fish tacos featuring fried pollock served with pickled cabbage and chipotle crema. These and a beer will remedy any bad day you’re having. American. 1015 Ninth St., (916) 498-9224. Dinner for one: $10-$30. HHH1/2 G.M.

Mother It’s no secret that Mother is a vegetarian-vegan restaurant, but this is not just a place that replaces the meat in a meal. Instead, Mother celebrates an endless array of fresh vegetables and grains. The chile verde here comprises chunky potatoes, pinto beans and hominy for a “meaty” texture. Try it topped with a soft-poached egg, and stir the yolk into the zingy chile sauce. Kale has been done almost to death,

but Mother’s version is a take on the Waldorf salad that makes eating your greens easy. Lots of golden raisins, celery, walnuts and balls of apple with a bit of skin attached join dilled yogurt and baby kale. Dessert includes the now-legendary brown-butter and sea-salt cookies. Do yourself a favor and get some. Vegetarian.

1023 K St., (916) 594-9812.

Dinner for one: $10-$15.

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Midtown The Coconut Midtown The food here travels a path between standard and inventive.

Cream-cheese wontons, for example, aren’t the epitome of culinary Southeast Asian traditions, but damn it if they aren’t delightful. Soft cream cheese and chives in a crispy wrapper and served with a sweet chili sauce? Nothing wrong with that. The chicken larb—a spicy minced-meat salad—is fragrant and intense. Mint, chilies, basil and iceberg lettuce are drenched in a spicy lime dressing punctuated with a heavy hand of fish sauce.

The Coconut has warnings in its menu about which dishes are spicy, but unless you’re a newborn kitten, trembling and mewling, you might not even be aware of the chilies in your food. Thai. 2502 J St., (916) 447-1855. Dinner for one: $10-$15. HHH1/2 G.M.

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Der Biergarten This spot is a slightly quirky, low-key place with only nine food items on the menu: four appetizerstyle options, four sandwichtype offerings and a sausage platter, plus about 30 cold ones on tap. Patrons order from a building that was built from a couple of cargo containers and dine outdoors on communal benches, traditional German biergarten style. The Derfinater Dog is a gussied-up hot dog, and despite its seemingly excessive number of toppings, everything served a tasteful purpose. The mayo and garlic sauce helped moisten a somewhat dry roll, and the bacon added saltiness, which balanced the sweetness of cream cheese and barbecue sauce. The pretzel disappointed by being a bit on the flaky and brittle side. The sausage platter was the best item on the menu: a pork sausage, chicken sausage, and a veal-and-pork sausage— much more plump, juicy and flavorful than the frankfurters—served alongside piles of sauerkraut and German potato salad. German. 2332 K St., (916) 346-4572. Dinner for one: $5-$10. HHH J.M.

Strings Urban Kitchen This more upscale version of the Gold River-based Strings Italian Cafe chain, lands in the Il Fornaio camp, but with a lower price point. Recommended options include the Bruschetta Rustico, with chunky toasts layered with seasoned cheese, grape tomatoes, basil and balsamic

vinegar. With less garlic than many versions, it’s a delicious and date-friendly choice. Pizzas are offered at 7 or 16 inches, with lots of optional additions.

A small Pomodoro Mozzarella, with sliced tomatoes and marinara, was serviceable with medium-thick crust and plentiful toppings. A signature frutti di mare pie with shrimp, scallops, mussels and seafood sauce is a more unique take on the category. There are also quite a few vegetarian choices, including Vegetale de las Casa. Eggplant, peppers, zucchini and other veg are sautéed in oil and tossed with Parmesan and Gorgonzola. For dessert, try the tiramisu, with sprightly ladyfinger sponge cake and an airy mascarpone topped with cocoa and cinnamon. If you’re feeling generous, order the caffè sospeso (“pending coffee”), in which you pay for a cup for the next guest. Italian. 1500 Seventh St., (916) 444-6500. Dinner for one: $5-$25. HHHH AMR

Thai Basil SN&R readers consistently vote this place among the city’s top Thai restaurants for this paper’s annual Best of Sacramento issue. And for good reason.

The restaurant’s tom yum soup may be one of the best foods served in the City of Trees. It features an incredibly savory broth with layers of flavor. Likewise, the tom kha gai—a coconut-broth soup—is a veritable panacea against Delta winds. Salads

make up a large part of Thai cuisine and should not be overlooked. Larb gai consists of simple shredded chicken over mixed greens, cucumber and tomatoes. Fresh mint and a chili-laden dressing heavy with fish sauce and vigorous squeezes of lime juice pull it all together for an addictive and satisfying lunch. One of Thai Basil’s true highlights is its homemade curry pastes.

These balanced constructions of basil, lemongrass, shallots, chilies, kaffir lime leaves and other ingredients, when roasted, have been known to drive hungry Sacramentans into a berserk craze. Service here is impeccable. Thai Basil has earned its reputation.

Thai. 2431 J St., (916) 442-7690.

Dinner for one: $10-$20.

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Tidbit Catering & Gelateria Chef Eric Lee has crafted an eclectic, bargain-friendly menu. Fried calamari are lightly seasoned with a crispy exterior and served with a marinara-ish bland sauce.

A carrot-and-ginger soup possesses a slow burn, and a chicken-lettuce wrap is sophisticated: a modest portion of food of moderate size that’s highlighted with slivers of cucumber and a shaking of vinegar. The frozen bits, however are the real winners.

Gelato and sorbet are both available in astounding offthe-cuff flavors that mostly draw inspiration from Asian cuisines. A vanilla-and-adzuki-bean gelato tastes sweet and earthy, with a flavor

reminiscent to Chinese moon cakes. A nutty soy-based black-sesame-seed gelato is as rustic and charming as your favorite Instagram filter.

American. 1907 Capitol Ave., (916) 442-7369. Dinner for one: $5-$10. HHH1/2 G.M.

Land Park/ Curtis Park Spice Kitchen The menu here has a few tangential dishes like pad thai, but it’s mostly focused on Japanese cuisine, with a side menu of Chinese-American favorites.

Tasty options include the vegetable tempura, lightly fried with slices of Japanese sweet potato and yams. If you want ramen, the hot soup dish these days, try the red tonkotsu version: It’s served with lots of nicely chewy noodles, spinach and the requisite soft-boiled egg.

Spice Kitchen also serves bento boxes in lunch and dinner portions for a good price.

Here, diners get soup, rice, salad and tempura, as well as a meat of choice.

Japanese. 1724 Broadway, (916) 492-2250. Dinner for one: $10-$15. HHH AMR

South Sac Bodhi Bowl This Vietnamese eatery’s menu is all vegetarian and mostly vegan, with plenty of high notes. The Heavenly Noodle is a can’t-go-wrong salad comprising snowwhite vermicelli noodles

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Western style—a.k.a. loaded with toppings. Try the Mufasa roll. With crab and avocado on the inside and salmon and sauce outside, it’s particularly tasty, seasoned in sesame oil and baked—a somewhat unusual technique for sushi.

Japanese. 2992 65th St., Ste. 288; (916) 455-0288. Dinner for one: $10-$20. HHH J.M.

Yang’s Noodles This is perhaps the only place in town that serves niu rou jian bing (sliced beef rolls)—a specialty of northern China—and the ones at Yang’s hit the spot. This is basically the Chinese version of a burrito: meat (thinly sliced beef marinated in soy sauce) plus veggies (diced green onion, cucumber and cilantro) wrapped in a large, flat carbohydrate crepe. Elsewhere on the menu, Yang’s eponymous noodles are homemade, alkaline and chewy. Chinese.

5860 Stockton Blvd., (916) 392-9988. Dinner for one: $10-$15. HHHH J.M.

Kansai Ramen & Sushi House This place serves its own take on ramen and sushi, with varying degrees of success. The kakuni ramen, which features three thick slices of braised pork belly in lieu of the house ramen’s thin slices of chashu, boasts a nice, sweet marinade; tender consistency; and copious flavor. Be sure to order noodles al dente, and it’ll make for a good option, even with its run-of-the-mill broth. Or amp it up with the spicy tan tan men, which uses a beefy and seafood-tinted soup base that teems with flavor. The sushi rolls here are

Arden/ Carmichael Field House American Sports Pub Launched by the same team that raised Shady Lady Saloon, this spot brings a bit more culinary hope to an often forgotten part of Sacramento. The whiskey burger is a mighty sammich of perfection with smoked Gouda cheese and bacon that serve as excellent counterpoints to the achingly sweet maplebourbon glazed red onions.

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If you visit for brunch, don’t miss the signature bloody mary: a 32-ounce bloody mary that doesn’t skimp on the horseradish. It’s served with skewers of beet-pickled egg, sausage and bacon, tiger prawn, pickled veggies, and the most amazing slider.

American. 1310 Fulton Ave., (916) 487-1045. Dinner for one: $15-$25. HHHH G.M.

The Kitchen Diners here don’t receive a menu: They receive a program, divided into seven acts, and, yes, there’s an intermission. Guests all eat together, like a reservationsonly giant dinner party, dining on seasonal dishes such as chilled, minty pea soup, served with creamy pea pudding, cured scallops and Sterling Caviar. The offerings, which include the likes of lamb, steak and pasta, change monthly, but the highlights are the chefs’ tasters—small bites scattered throughout the dining area. A recent visit included oyster, faux lasagna bites, citrusy duck, and “kettle corn” cones of puffed wild rice, amaranth and corn with black-truffle caramel, which tasted sweet, salty and positively deadly. American.

2225 Hurley Way, Ste. 101; (916) 568-7171. Dinner for one: $100-$300. HHHH J.B.

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with cooling mint, cucumber slices, house-roasted peanuts and jagged pieces of faux beef. The “beef” actually is slightly sweet, plenty umami and pleasantly inoffensive, as far as fake meat goes.

Nearly everything here has a faux-meat product or tofu element. So, sorry diners with soy allergies—it can’t even be escaped in the papaya salad.

Not an issue? Soldier on with the Hot & Sour soup, a nottoo spicy sunset-orange broth that teems with a tomatoey and citrus flavor, chunks of pineapple, semicircles of trumpet mushrooms, cubes of fried tofu and slices of faux crab. Or, try the stir-fried Eight Fold Path. It features al dente celery, red bell pepper and triangles of the most savory, salty, dense tofu perhaps ever. Vietnamese.

6511 Savings Place, Ste. 100; (916) 428-4160. Dinner for one: $10-$15. HHHH S.

because it actually serves two types: one with the kind of thick, doughy crust usually found on an American-styled pizza, and another with a thinner crust, resembling a pie one might actually have in Italy. The thicker crust is chewy, but ultimately lacking in flavor. However, the tomato sauce makes up for the dough with a nice, spicy kick, and Roma’s doesn’t skimp on the toppings. The thin-crust pizza impresses: It’s light and crispy like a cracker and clearly is the superior option.

Italian. 6530 Fair Oaks Blvd. in Carmichael, (916) 488-9800.

Dinner for one: $10-$20.

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Stirling Bridges Restaurant and Pub This British- and Scottishthemed gastropub offers an adequate beer selection and an extensive menu that goes beyond standard deep-fried pub fare. Try the Irish onion soup, a French onion-styled soup kicked up with Irish whiskey and Guinness beer.

Or order the house-made veggie burger—it’s one of the tastiest black-bean patties around. The most unusual dish on the menu is the Scottish Mafia Pizza. Topped with turkey pastrami, potatoes, cabbage and Swiss cheese, it falls short with its too many flat flavors to actually benefit from their unusual pairing.

Thankfully, there’s Tabasco sauce on the table. Pub. 5220 Manzanita Ave. in Carmichael, (916) 331-2337.

Dinner for one: $10-$20.

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Just in time for sitting on the couch and watching way too much of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, I’ve discovered a new love of acai smoothies. Thankfully, frozen blended acai pulp— a popular food in Brazil with many touted health benefits— seems to be catching on in Sacramento. Places like the newly opened Cap City Squeeze Juice Bar (1426 14th Street) and Son of a Bean (1029 Del Paso Boulevard) recently started making acai bowls. They join other chain stores in Sacramento—including Jamba Juice and Robeks—in selling the cold fro-yo-like treat. “Its combination of antioxidants, amino acids and omega fatty acids all help slow the aging process by boosting immune and metabolic function and removing destructive free radicals from our bodies,” wrote certified nutritionist Lindsey Duncan on www.doctoroz.com. I have no idea what he’s talking about. I just think the stuff tastes good—even if it’s a tad sour and grainy.

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Bad chemistry I had a friends-with-benefits relationship with a co-worker until I found out that he had a girlfriend the whole time we were hooking up. He says he’s been with this girl since college (we’re both 23 years old), loves her, but lost his passion for her.

I started dating other guys. In the meantime, my co-worker’s girlfriend asked him to move in with her, so he did. He is

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The truth is that occasionally an affair morphs into a long-term commitment. But that’s the exception, it’s not the rule. Most of the time, an affair is a detonator. A small charge with the potential to blow life as you know it into smithereens. Affairs permit the avoidance of whatever internal changes are necessary to evolve into a better self or to create a more meaningful life.

Your co-worker is cheating on a woman who imagines that he is her everything. So he’s cheating himself out of the kind of real growth that a committed relationship invites. He’s also cheating his girlfriend out of the opportunity to sensually explore new routes to sexual fulfillment with him. And he’s cheating his child out of being raised in a content household. Until your co-worker identifies his motivation for cheating himself and others out of the fullness of love, he can’t change.

So should you tell your co-worker’s girlfriend that you and her boyfriend betrayed her?

That depends. Are you inspired by a desire to cleanse yourself? Or do you want to get back at your co-worker?

The smart choice would be to tell him that you are giving him 24 hours to tell her before you call her to apologize for not blocking his number after you learned he was already involved.

And please pat yourself on the back. You stopped hooking up with this man once you found out he had a girlfriend. If your co-worker causes problems for you at work, remind him of the sexual-harassment laws. Take care to document the situation carefully and inform a supervisor as soon as possible.

I had two amazing dates with the perfect guy and one night with him that proved our chemistry is off the charts. I went online to close my account, and he came up as a match.

On our first date, he told me he had never tried online dating and never would. I sent him a text photo of his profile and asked him to meet me for happy hour. He responded with a clever comment, but then said that he didn’t think we were right for each other. I didn’t even know what to say. What happened?

His perfection had an expiration date. That’s the problem with idealizing someone: Flaws eventually surface, spoiling our objectification but restoring a person’s humanness.

This man may have opted to exit rather than face being toppled from his pedestal like a statue no longer worshipped.

In the future, you may want to wait to give yourself to a man until after you know who he really is, not just who you want him to be.

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R.C. Sherriff’s Journey’s End was written and first performed 10 years after the end of fighting in the first world war and 10 years before the beginning of the second.

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Through 6/14. $8-$15. Celebration Arts, 4469 D St.; (916) 455-2787; www.celebrationarts.net. K.M.

The Submission

An unknown playwright submits a poignant and passionate play portraying the inner-city struggles of an African-American family to a national playwrights’ festival, and it captures the attention and hearts of all involved. The playwright has such a unique and authentic voice of an African-American experience that a well-known director wants to help her get her play produced.

The only problem? The author is Danny, a gay, white playwright from a privileged background who faked an author’s name, ethnicity and gender to lend credibility to his play.

Danny’s solution? Hire an African-American actress to portray the playwright—just until the play’s debut.

The Submission by Jeff Talbott tackles a number of fascinating issues, including race, gender and sexualorientation stereotyping and discrimination; who gets to claim a valid victims’ “voice”; and who gets to play the most-oppressedgroup card.

Big Idea Theatre tackles this multilayered production with an impressive four-person cast, including two leads—Benjamin T. Ismail as Danny and Imani Mitchell as Emilie—who give pitch-perfect performances. Ismail supplies some heart and vulnerability to a character who sometimes comes across as self-centered and a bit bratty, and Mitchell infuses passion and self-possession into her portrayal of an actress who tries to untangle the web of deceit they both have woven. Rounding out the talented quartet are Eason Donner as Danny’s BFF and Joshua Glenn Robertson as Danny’s partner.

While The Submission brings up hot topics that have been in the news lately—such as the power of language when it comes to racism or personal usage and meaning—at times the play feels like the issues take precedent over the plot and characters. But under the direction of Jouni Kirjola, this Big Idea Theatre cast adds depth to the story of two passionate people who believe strongly in each of their personal stories.

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Runaway Stage Productions does an excellent interpretation of Mel Brooks’ broad farce, in which a mismatched pair (Brent Null and Tyson Wheeler) discover that they can steal a lot of money if they produce a flop, with scene-stealing supporting performances by Matthew Rives as a Nazi playwright and Darryl Stroh-De Herrera as a flamboyant director. While it’s not for the easily offended, it’s chock-full of wink-wink, nudge-nudge humor.

F, Sa 8pm; Su 2pm. Through 6/22. $20. Runaway Stage Productions at the 24th Street Theatre, 2791 24th St.; (916) 207-1226; www.runawaystage.com. K.M.

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Sunday; $15-$20.

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This spectacular spectacle has all the elements of a memorable musical: great storyline taken from a best-selling book, an emotional connection with one of the bestloved movies of all time (The Wizard of Oz), a talented cast, a soaring score (though without particularly memorable songs), colorful costumes, and an amazing set with major movable parts. The two leads—Emma Hunton as Elphaba and Gina Beck as Glinda—are a mischievously funny and eventually heartbreaking pair who play off each other like a classic theater duo.

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Short reviews by Kel Munger and Patti roberts.

Davis’ Vocal Art Ensemble performs everything from Renaissance motets to modern works.

Sactown sings One-thousand singers, 20 choruses, eight concerts: It all goes down at the inaugural Sacramento Choral Festival this weekend at the Harris Center for the Arts in Folsom. The festival, sponsored by the Sacramento Valley Choral Coalition, is aimed at earning some of the dozens of independent choral groups in the Sacramento area some long-overdue recognition. Each performance features 10 different groups split into two shows: Half of the shows will be in a large 850-seat concert hall, and half in a more intimate 100-seat space—both within the Harris Center. Performers include the Vocal Art Ensemble (pictured), Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus and Sacramento Women’s Chorus. Each chorus performs for about 20 minutes, and each concert offers a variety of styles.

SacSings! The Sacramento Choral Festival, $25-$35; 7 p.m. on Friday, June 13; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 14; and 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 15; at the Harris Center for the Arts, 10 College Parkway in Folsom; (916) 864-3378; www.sacsings.org.

—Patti Roberts

The Submission, 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday; $10-$20.

Big Idea Theatre, 1616 Del Paso Boulevard; (916) 960-3036; www.bigideatheatre.com. Through July 5.

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they wouldn’t have chosen for themselves and waiting to get out—alive, if possible. It’s still prescient; Sherriff mined post-traumatic stress disorder in the present tense.

Brent Randolph stars as Capt. Stanhope, commander of a British infantry company stymied near the front line in France in the spring offensive of 1918. Stanhope is not as in command as he must appear to his men. He struggles with fears and doubts about his own strength of character, and he drinks (a lot) to medicate. Despite the help of Lt. Osborne (a reliable Robin Henson), Stanhope is barely hanging on as his company waits for whatever awaits them. The arrival of a hero-worshipping former classman, 2nd Lt. Raleigh (Daniel Dorofeyev, strong in his California Stage debut), only puts more pressure on Capt. Stanhope. When the Colonel (Loren Taylor in a cameo) orders a daytime mission across enemy lines, everyone is tested in harsh new ways.

Director Mark Heckman moves the ensemble cast (nine men) with the precision of a drill sergeant. Entrances, exits and tricky, talky scenes are timed right (and the British accents are pretty solid, too). Scenic and lighting designer Niels Larsen creates compressed, close quarters for the drama, and costume designer Jenny Plummer dresses the soldiers well—mostly in shades of brown. Ω

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While there are laughs aplenty, the production does veer from satire to farce. It’s directed by Buck Busfield, and stars B Street company members Greg Alexander, Jamie Jones, Stephanie McVay and Jason Kuykendall.

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Jay Baruchel is back as the voice of the Viking prince Hiccup, puny son of Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler), and the hero who spent the first movie making peace between dragons and humans in his island home of Berk. Now everything is just dandy between the formerly warring species, and they spend their time swooping around Berk in dragon races, an aerial sport that is just barely different enough from Quidditch to avoid a cease-and-desist letter from J.K. Rowling. Hiccup has been tapped to succeed his father as Viking chief, but he’s not sure he wants the job. He’s afraid that’s “not who he is.”

His girlfriend Astrid (America Ferrera) has more faith in his leadership potential than he does.

At this point, for no better reason than that writer-director Dean DeBlois decided it was time to get back to the flying, Hiccup and Astrid and their dragons make an aerial reconnaissance. They discover a weird sort of iceberg in the sea, populated by what can only be called dragon rustlers. The rustlers fire nets from guns, bringing down Hiccup’s dragon Toothless—and Astrid’s, too, but that beast’s name (like most of the others, human and dragon) escapes me now.

The group is led by a handsome brute named Eret (Kit Harington), and he seems to mistake Hiccup and Astrid for somebody else—he keeps “you people”-ing them, accusing them of things they know nothing about: stealing dragons intended for the army of somebody named Drago Bludvist, attacking with ice-breathing dragons, things like that.

Hiccup, Astrid and their mounts escape from captivity, continuing their exploring with a new urgency. That’s when Hiccup stumbles into a kind of dragon sanctuary, presided over by a mysterious masked dragonrider who turns out to be—to the surprise of absolutely nobody who’s seen either the movie’s trailer or The Empire Strikes Back—Hiccup’s long-lost and believed dead mother Valka (Cate Blanchett). Valka is not only the guardian of thousands of dragons that swarm like butterflies in summer, but is the keeper—or attendant, or something—of the Alpha Dragon, a massive beast the size of a small planet with 2-mile-long tusks that make it look like something out of a Japanese monster movie. This Alpha is the ice-breather Eret spoke of, and has created all those green-crystal icebergs Hiccup has discovered. The Alpha also has a telepathic link to all other dragons that compels them to do its bidding—all except the very youngest dragons, because they never listen to anybody (har, har). This limp joke will actually turn out to be a major plot point when the chips are down.

Just as Hiccup is assuring Mom there are no hard feelings over her running off to run her wildlife preserve all those years ago, Stoick and a search party show up looking for the missing Hiccup and Astrid, and there’s a happy family reunion. But at the mention of Drago and his being on the warpath, Stoick’s blood runs cold. He remembers the man, having in his youth been the sole survivor of one of Drago’s massacres.

Harry Potter, Star Wars, the Godzilla movies, Pirates of the Caribbean. Last time, How to Train only cribbed from Aesop’s Fables. It was cleaner, and more fun, that way.

Hiccup thinks if they can only reason with Drago they can change his mind. But there’s never any real danger of How to Train Your Dragon 2 reaching its climax around some negotiating table. When Drago finally shows up later, he turns out to look like a combination of Barbossa and Davy Jones from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, and has the voice of Djimon Hounsou.

Harry Potter, Star Wars, the Godzilla movies, Pirates of the Caribbean. Last time, How to Train only cribbed from Aesop’s Fables.

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Belle

Almost every “costume drama” deals with the inequities of privilege, with the focus usually falling on class and gender divides. Amma Asante’s Belle adds racial inequality into the mix, and the wrinkle is almost compelling enough to forgive the superficial treatment it receives. Newcomer Gugu Mbatha-Raw is all big, pleading eyes as Belle, a biracial orphan left with wealthy white relatives and forced to live under a set of dehumanizing guidelines. This is where Belle should burrow into the intersecting and often contradictory concepts of power and privilege, but the film is content to skim the surface. Draco Malfoy himself (Tom Felton) is cast in the role of an invective-spewing rich bigot, just to prove that racism is bad. The courtroom drama subplot, which invokes a real-life case instrumental in dismantling the British slave industry, feels tacked on for the sake of a quasi-inspirational finish. D.B.

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Blended

A divorcée (Drew Barrymore) and a widower (Adam Sandler) survive a blind date from hell, then—through a ridiculously contrived chain of circumstances—wind up on the same African vacation, this time with all their kids (her two boys, his three girls). It’s the usual string of dumbass gags from Sandler and his crony and director Frank Coraci, with the South African locale allowing for a little patronizing racism thrown in for bad measure.

Barrymore should make fewer movies with Sandler, but he should make more with her. She raises the level of his game, and when they’re onscreen together, makes his presence palatable (now that’s talent!). Among the supporting cast, Bella Thorne as Sandler’s oldest daughter and Wendi McLendon-Covey as Barrymore’s best friend come off best. J.L.

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The Fault in Our Stars

Romance blossoms between two teenage cancer patients (Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort). Directed by Josh Boone and adapted

by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber from John Green’s wildly successful novel (124 weeks and counting on The New York Times Best Sellers list), the movie is Love Story for the 21st century—though that’s a bit unfair: Love Story—book and movie—was lousy. This one, book and movie, is artfully constructed— a dash of Holden Caulfield without the acid, enough character for good actors to sink their teeth into, yet generic enough to appeal to a maximum teen audience. It’s essentially a two-character show: Elgort is handsome and appealing, while Woodley continues her steady progress to stardom. Laura Dern, Sam Trammell, Nat Wolff and Willem Dafoe pop in occasionally with sturdy support. J.L.

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Godzilla

Although strapped with an exponentially larger budget, director Gareth Edwards gives his Godzilla recharge the same lo-fi Spielbergian treatment as his debut feature film Monsters. In that lowbudget 2010 business card, Edwards kept the creatures and their destruction largely out of frame, instead focusing on a squabbling couple wandering through the aftermath.

It’s an admirable strategy, and a potentially profound one, but it only works if the characters are well-rounded and the story is worth a damn. Unfortunately, Edwards lacks Spielberg’s storytelling zest and deep reservoir of humanity, and the execution in both films is humorless and dull. There are moments of spectacle and mystery in Godzilla, and the San Francisco-set “big finish” is impressive, but it takes 90-plus minutes of one-dimensional characters, ancient clichés, and idiotically awestruck gazes (there are more here than in Spielberg’s entire oeuvre) to get there. Giant, radioactive lizards deserve better. D.B.

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Maleficent

Disney’s 1959 Sleeping Beauty gets a do-over, this time from the viewpoint of the wicked fairy (Angelina Jolie). It turns out she’s the jilted girlfriend of King Stefan (Sharlto Copley), so it becomes the story of the revenge of a woman scorned. Writer Linda Woolverton’s feminist rewrite makes a hash of the animated original, and it doesn’t even make sense on its own terms. These revisionist fairy tales all tend to make the same mistake: The villain’s very wickedness is the reason he or she is so interesting.

Making them wronged or misunderstood can

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A British construction foreman (Tom Hardy) drives from Birmingham to London late one night, spending the entire drive on his hands-free cellphone trying to explain to his co-workers why he won’t be there for an important job the next day, to his wife and teenage sons why he won’t be home for dinner that night, and to a needy, neurotic woman in London that he’s on his way. An hour-and-a-half in a car with a guy on the phone—it sounds like a crackbrained stunt, but writer-director Steven Knight pulls it off brilliantly, thanks to his own riveting script, the wonderful solo performance by Hardy, and those of the unseen voices on the phone: Ruth Wilson, Ben Daniels, Andrew Scott, Olivia Colman. Haris Zambarloukos’ cinematography, despite the confined quarters on one “set,” is almost abstractly beautiful. J.L.

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Million Dollar Arm

One of the businessmen in Craig Gillespie’s Million Dollar Arm refers to India as “the last untapped market.” It is intended to be a dig at global capitalists who worship money and treat humans like assets, but it’s more evocative of the mercenarymissionary strategy at the heart of this dogeared Disney sports film. Jon Hamm plays struggling sports agent J.B. Bernstein, and although this emotionally withdrawn huckster is right in his Don Draper wheelhouse, the film’s dewy-eyed sentiment is a bad look on Hamm. J.B. launches the “Million Dollar Arm” talent competition throughout India, hoping to convert hard-throwing cricket players into pitchers. Once the film flies to Mumbai, we are treated to a half-hour of racial stereotypes, before returning to America for another hour of fish-out-of-water stereotypes. At one point, J.B. calls India “a study in extremes,” but Million Dollar Arm is a study in squishy middles. D.B.

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A Million Ways to Die in the West

In 1882 Arizona, a sheep rancher (Seth McFarlane, who also directed and cowrote with Alec Sulkind and Wellesley Wild) meets a new lady in town (Charlize Theron), not knowing she’s the wife of a vicious outlaw (Liam Neeson). Unlike Mel Brooks with Blazing Saddles, McFarlane doesn’t spoof Western movie conventions: Being under 50, he barely knows what they are. His movie is more of a raunchy sex comedy with guns, horses and old-fashioned clothes. McFarlane and Theron make a sweetly appealing couple, and many of the gags are hilarious; trimming the almost equal number that misfire would have kept the movie from outlasting its welcome. Amanda Seyfried is wasted as McFarlane’s ex-girlfriend, but Neil Patrick Harris is fun as her new squeeze, likewise Giovanni Ribisi and Sarah Silverman as yet another couple. J.L.

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Neighbors

A middle-class couple (Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne) try to stay cool when a party-hearty fraternity (led by Zac Efron) moves in next door, but hard feelings sprout and escalate into an all-out war. This one goes straight onto the guilty-pleasures list.

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and Brendan O’Brien is short on logic, with important scenes apparently never written, never filmed or left on the cutting-room floor.

Director Nicholas Stoller keeps the joke parade rolling but can’t iron out the script’s wrinkles.

Rogen’s comic-schlub shtick is well-deployed, and Byrne shows a nice flair for comedy, while Efron’s earnest performance feels piped in from a different movie. Still, enough of the jokes land to make the movie pretty funny, even with enough misfires to put the “guilt” in guilty pleasure. J.L.

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As damaged private-school teachers who connect over a war between art and literature, Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche possess real chemistry in Fred Schepisi’s Words and Pictures. After a string of playing dewy-eyed duds and stone-faced actioners, Owen gets a chance to indulge in the sort of fiercely intelligent roguishness that forged his fame, and while Binoche successfully sells her character’s brittle selfdenial, she can also power a small town with the beams that emanate from her smiling face. Unfortunately, the dialectic about the relative “honesty” of words vs. pictures is never as smart or inspiring as Schepisi and screenwriter Gerald Di Pego would like us to think, and the terrain gets more and more sludgy as the film’s heart starts to warm.

Words and Pictures piddles along comfortably enough, but also shows an unfortunate fondness for shallow conclusions and unearned reconciliations. D.B.

Since the release of Bryan Singer’s X-Men, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, and their slightly superior follow-ups, every release under the Marvel Studios banner has been an increasingly paler version of its predecessors. Over the years, it has developed an inane house formula immune to auteurs, and indeed the only auteurs guiding the franchise crossover Days of Future Past are the talent agencies that put it together.

One of the strangest things about the film is how much it revels in murdering its mutant protagonists in the most disgusting manners possible, including beheadings and disembowelments, only to immediately respawn them in alternate timelines. It’s bad enough all of that sick violence plus one F-bomb equals a PG-13 rating, but the more immediate effect is that we know no one can get hurt, which dramatically lowers the stakes of a story that concerns the survival of the entire planet. D.B.

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There’s a fun anthem in the middle of the new 7Seconds record, Leave a Light On. It repeats: “30 years and we’re still going by Janelle Bitker wrong / 30 fucking years we roll along.”

7Seconds, an iconic Sacramento hardcore j a ne l l e b @ band since the ’80s, is still kicking and screamne w s re v i e w . c o m ing. The band’s 15th album dropped on May 27, and apart from that single track, new listeners would have no idea that frontman Kevin Seconds is 53 years old. The band’s energy sounds as strong as ever.

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hardcore band. It’s been 34 years, and hardcore has changed.

“The mainstream hardcore or metalcore or whatever ‘-core’ it is these days, I think is all about making money, being famous and getting laid,” Seconds says. “And there’s nothing wrong with that, but I think hardcore always had a conscience, and that’s what made it stand out.”

There’s still an element of the old ethos and community in the underground scene, Seconds says. And lest fans think Seconds has become a bitter outsider, there are lots of contemporary bands he digs, like Iron Chic, Off!, Off With Their Heads and Sacramento’s Pressure Point.

Still, he says there’s too much of the “typical rock band being rock stars kind of thing.”

On Leave a Light On, Seconds has a song directed toward young bands—hardcore or not—relishing carefree, potentially self-destructive stardom.

It’s called “Simple or Absolute,” and this is how Seconds sums up his message: “I know you think everything is amazingly great for you right now. You’re the shit.

But it’s pretty temporary. It’s fleeting. Enjoy it now, but plan for something when everything goes downhill or back to normal, because that’s when it really fucks with your head.”

Seconds says the guys in 7Seconds always tried to stay grounded and self-aware—and make fun of themselves more than anyone else. It’s worked out well.

It’s been nine years since 7Seconds released its last album, Take It Back, Take It On, Take It Over!, or went on a major tour.

Seconds has, instead, focused on his solo acoustic music in Sacramento, while Steve Youth, Troy Mowat and Bobby Adams have stayed busy as dads and businessmen in Reno, Nevada. But Seconds never stopped writing punk songs, even though a full-length 7Seconds record wasn’t in his plans.

“This time last year, we weren’t completely convinced we should bother,” Seconds says.

“We had no idea whether anyone would give a shit or know who we are still.”

That changed when Seconds linked up with Rise Records—owner Craig Ericson is a longtime fan, and wanted to release more 7Seconds.

Leave a Light On delivers classic hardcore punk, with melodic sing-alongs that promote social awareness, political activism and positivity. They’re the same ideals from when 7Seconds essentially founded American hardcore in 1980.

“When we first came out, the idea was that we weren’t just about being negative, nihilistic punk rockers,” Seconds says. “We were about trying to make our shitty world a little bit less shitty. Always.”

Even though Seconds helped coin the term, he wonders if he can still call 7Seconds a

“ Hardcore always had a conscience, and that’s what made it stand out.”

Kevin Seconds 7Seconds Friday’s Concerts in Park lands in the middle of 7Seconds’ international summer tour, which hits Canada, Europe and Brazil on top of 18 states. Seconds has gotten comfortable with van tours as a solo artist, but the whole band hasn’t hit the road together in about nine years. Seconds admits it’s daunting, but not because of age.

“For the first time in years, everyone’s actually actively eating better, exercising more,” Seconds says. “People quit smoking, quit drinking. Everyone’s actually trying to be healthier.”

It harkens back to the song “30 Years (And Still Going Wrong).” As Seconds sings: “Who could have seen it? / Nobody had a clue / We’d still be doing what we love to do.” Ω

Sitar, mandolin and bad politics Mantic poets: According to Irish folklore, there were these poets who specifically sought out nature in order to create stream-of-consciousness poetry. Through ritual, they would become known as “mantic poets.”

That, along with other Celtic tales, forms the inspiration for Lasher Keen’s new record, Mantic Poetry, Oracular Prophecy. The fascinating, other-worldly band plays a recordrelease show on Saturday, June 14, at Shine (1400 E Street).

“Medieval psychedelic folk” isn’t a terrible description of Lasher Keen’s sound, but it also doesn’t quite do it justice. I wouldn’t really call Lasher Keen a band, either. It’s more of an art project. Multi-instrumentalists Dylan Sheets and Bluebird Gaia make high-concept, ambitious albums with intricate artwork and storytelling.

Clocking in at 95 minutes, the group’s fifth album is an incredible feat—and recorded in just six days.

Two songs are 23 minutes each— epics grander than Lasher Keen has ever attempted before. But the new songs are also less dark and frenzied than in the past—perhaps more accessible to casual listeners.

“This album is a little more grounded,” Sheets says. “We’re growing into our full potential, taking more risks and exploring new sound categories. … I got a sitar in the mail and played it the studio the next day.”

Learning to play the sitar that quickly was, apparently, not a huge deal. It makes sense, considering all the other instruments on the record: Medieval gut-string harp, cello, violin, viola, guitar, bodhran, penny whistle, bass, piano, pump organ, psaltery, bouzouki, Autoharp, elk-skin frame drum, doumbek, glockenspiel, tabla, harmonium, war horns, orchestral bells, vibraphone, etc.

The record itself is a doublecolored vinyl, gatefold, with a booklet full of lyrics, original artwork and photograph—the cover is based on an oil painting by Gaia. It’s also dedicated to the memory of Broughty Cole, Lasher Keen’s drummer who unexpectedly disappeared in March and was later found in the Sacramento River.

“It was amazing playing with Broughty. He was such a talented drummer,” Sheets says. “He said it was a dream come true to drum on a real record. I’m just glad he was able to achieve some amazing highs before he went.”

He’s probably best known as the drummer with prog-punk band Brilliant Red Lights, though he’s also worked with big names like Cake and Chk Chk Chk (!!!) in some capacity.

In that one week, a family member died, and a couple days later, Clark celebrated his birthday, then a couple days after that, he unveiled his brandnew band. In impressive numbers, Clark’s friends showed serious support at Witch Room last Friday night.

The evening began with Foxtails Brigade, a lovely chamber-pop outfit from the Bay Area. Laura Weinbach’s voice was beautiful and just a little strange, matching the Victorian-era, storybook imagery of Foxtails Brigade’s album art. With Anton Patzner, an exceptional violinist known for his string metal band Judgment Day and for often touring with Bright Eyes, Weinbach’s songs took on whimsical, delightful highs.

The crowd got off their seats and sped toward the stage once Noah Clark and the Homewrecking Crew began.

“There’s a first time for everything,” Clark said. “Thank you for being here for it.”

The five-piece included keys and, occasionally, a mandolin. Clark stayed behind the drums and sang with a slight Americana edge. And overall, the band seemed ridiculously polished with a seamlessly flowing set, considering this was its debut.

The band’s soon-to-be officially released EP Feel Free exhibits melodic indie rock for easy listening, but those songs were played live with a bigger, rock ’n’ roll energy. In other words, the “Bad Company” cover matched the vibe.

Watch for bigger things soon.

Clark already has a gig on June 25, at Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub, opening up for North Carolina’s Southern Culture on the Skids.

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FRIDAY JUNE 27

BAD BOY EDDY

W/ CRÜELLA & ROSES N’ GUNS

SATURDAY JUNE 28

JUNE 17

RAY BONNEVILLE

MARC COHN

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Sorry, political people: The Black Keys announced additional tour dates last week and whoa! The rock duo is actually stopping in Sacramento.

Of course, there is a caveat.

The band plays Sleep Train Arena on Tuesday, November 4. Election night. Potentially thousands of fans will need to work that evening, or at least feel obligated to engage in election-night drinking games.

Though I’m not actually feeling that apologetic—with tickets going for $45-$85, I can’t go either.

New kids: Last week was mighty eventful for local musician Noah Clark.

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Sophia’s Thai Kitchen, 9 p.m., $10-$12 Jolie Holland emerged an old-timey folk-blues traditionalist with a tremulous alto and slick tongue first as a member FOLK/BLUES of Vancouver’s Be Good Tanyas, then as a solo artist. She debuted in 2003 with Catalpa, a set of demos so good the label released them as-is. Over time, the smoky Bessie Smith-inspired jazz-blues veered toward the outer borders of Americana.

Both 2011’s Pint of Blood and her latest Wine Dark Sea are more rock than roots oriented, besides the soul-blues undercurrent implicit in Holland’s moody delivery.

Sea in particular is more experimental, like a tone poem swept up in a choppy swell of emotion. 129 E Street, Suite E in Davis; www.facebook.com/jolieholland.

Assembly Music Hall, 7 p.m., $13

Calaveras County Fairgrounds, 3 p.m., $15-$120

The legend goes like this: Michael Deni left New Jersey for San Francisco after a series of traumatic family deaths. Then he found an abandoned synthesizer on the street and started expressing his inner turmoil through electronic sounds. Those sounds formed the basis for his first album with indie trio Geographer, which has continued making critically acclaimed synth pop for the past several years. With emotional melodies, drums and cello, Geographer’s sound feels dreamy, dark and rich with texture. But it’s INDIE danceable, too, which might be why it has resonated so strongly in San Francisco; legions of fans pack clubs while a local alt-weekly newspaper gave Geographer the “Best of” stamp of approval.

1000 K Street, www.geographermusic.com.

—Chris Parker

Angels Camp: It’s famous for being the hometown of the now Sacramento-based mixed martial arts fighter T.J. Dillashaw.

It’s also the place that Mark Twain once lived in a cabin and wrote a short story.

But the Reggae in the Hills festival happenREGGAE ing there this weekend is no slouch, either. Headliners over the course of the three-day festival (June 13-15) include Junior Reid, Collie Buddz and Tribal Seeds. There’s also a bunch of local bands—Arden Park Roots (pictured), Massive Delicious, Squarefield Massive—plus a skateboard park and island-style food. Friday tickets cost $50, Saturday $60, Sunday $15, and three-day passes are $120. 101 Frogtown Road in Angels Camp, www.reggaeinthehills.com.

—Janelle Bitker

West Wind Sacramento 6 Drive-In, 6:30 p.m., $7.50 What’s better than a Saturday night at the drive-in movie theater, chowing on popcorn and watching the latest flicks on a big screen outdoors? How about catching a band beforehand? Sacramento’s Abandon Theory will be the opening act at this Saturday’s movies. The band plays a lot of different styles of music—a bit of reggae, folk, alt rock and roots—so it should appeal to a wide range of moviegoers. The group refers to its sound as “hobo-ska,” which might make most people think of a group of old-timey tramps burning through Specials covers.

In reality, it’s more like an anything-goes ensemble that sticks to an easygoSKA ing sound in whatever genre it dabbles in. 9616 Oates Drive, www.abandon theory.com.

—Jonathan Mendick

—Aaron Carnes

2708 J Street Sacramento, CA 916.441.4693 www.harlows.com - June 14 -

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TOMMY AND THE HIGH PILOTS

Rivah Jordan, DJ Vision

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TAINTED LOVE

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Shawn Jones

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Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit

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6/27 The Brothers Comatose 6/28 SambaDa / Nibblers 6/29 Hellbound Glory 7/3 Esau McGraw 7/5 Midnight Players 7/6 Beatles Tribute 7/9 Black Pussy 7/11 Robert Francis 7/11 Fever the Ghost 7/12 Joy & Madness 7/15 The Infamous Stringdusters 7/16 Eric Bibb 7/17 George Tandy Jr. 7/18 Matt Schofield 7/19 ZuhG 7/20 Rakim 7/21 People Under the Stairs 7/23 The Hold Steady 7/25 Hot Buttered Rum 8/3 Bad Suns 8/7 Snarky Puppy 8/8 Catherine Russell 8/9 Mustache Harbor 8/12 Ottmar Liebert 8/14 Built to Spill 8/23 Steelin’ Dan 9/26 Jack Gallagher 10/12 Tom Rush 10/25 Johnny Cash Tribute

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Lasher Keen

Mount Eerie

Pelican

Assembly Music Hall, 8 p.m., $15

Shine, 8 p.m., $5

King Buzzo, the fearless leader and guitarist for the Melvins, has always been a different sort of character, to say the very least. Ever since their humble beginnings in the Montesano, Wash., the Melvins have done everything on their own terms. King Buzzo (a.k.a. Roger “Buzz” Osborne) sports a Sideshow Bob-esque hairdo, yet he plays quirky, off-kilter guitar lines against some of the most awkward vocal phrasing heard to date. He is doing a full-scale solo acousROCK tic tour of the United States, followed by a jaunt to Australia and Europe. Hopefully, he plays “The Bit” by the Melvins. 1000 K Street, www.themelvins.net.

—Eddie Jorgensen

Witch Room, 8 p.m. $10-$12

Dylan Sheets, Bluebird Gaia and Jacob Bradford have an edge, are sensitive, and their music is sometimes a lament. Sheets PSYCHEDELIC FOLK composes the music and lyrics and plays hunting horns and a gutstring medieval harp. Gaia performs with elk-skin drums and glockenspiel. Bradford plays more traditional instruments. Each live show is as much theater as music, as the band transports its audience to another place and time. Sheets is influenced by Norse mythology, and that influence can be found in the band’s new album, Mantic Poetry, Oracular Prophecy, released June 9. Joining Lasher Keen on the bill are Medicine Moon and Those Willows. 1400 E Street, http://lasherkeen.net.

Midtown BarFly, 8 p.m., $12-$15

A friend of mine saw that Mount Eerie is playing in Sacramento and wondered, “Which guy will show up? The nice one, or the one who’s ... you know?” That unfinished sentence could mean so many different things: The mean one? The tempermental one? The superquiet, stares-at-his-feet one? Having never actually seen Phil Elverum live, I can’t really speculate. This much is for sure, however: Mount Eerie makes beautiful ambient INDIE indie pop, the kind that’s perfect for swaying along to while sipping on a beverage. Perfect enough that it doesn’t even matter which version of the artist actually shows up to play. Well, it almost doesn’t matter. Please don’t throw things at me, OK? 1815 19th Street, www.pwelverum andsun.com.

—Trina L. Drotar

Shuffle Six, promoter of the upcoming Pelican show, has been bringing some high-caliber metal acts to the Sacramento Valley as of late—and this one is certainly no exception. If you’re a fan of dense, METAL instrumental metal and rock, look no further than this quartet hailing from Des Plaines, Ill. After a lengthy absence, the band is back and firing on all cylinders with its latest release, Forever Becoming, released in 2013. If you’re a fan of Isis, Mastodon, Neurosis, or simply melodic fare not tainted by vocalizations and unnecessary growls, this may be your cup of tea. Opening the show is New York band Tombs. 1119 21st Street, www.facebook.com/pelicansong.

—Eddie Jorgensen

—Rachel Leibrock

1000 K Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

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GEOGRAPHER

LIFE IN 24 FRAMES FRI JUNE 13 @ 6:30PM

FIELD SAT JUNE 14 @ 8PM

CEMETERY SUN, WRINGS, ALTESSA, OVERWATCH, IMAGINE THIS

TUE JUNE 17 @ 6:30PM

FRI JUNE 20 @ 6:00PM

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MCKLOPEDIA, LA NOCHE OSKURA

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THURS JUNE 26 @ 7:00PM

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BADLANDS

KING BUZZO, FIELD; 8pm, $15

SUNDAY 6/15

Fabulous and Gay Fridays, 9pm, call for cover

Saturday Boom, 9pm, call for cover

BAR 101

Karaoke, 7:30pm, no cover

BUCKLE RASH, ZACH BELLAS, PASEDENA; 9:30pm, no cover

TIJUANA WEEKEND, 9:30pm, no cover

BLUE LAMP

1400 Alhambra Blvd., (916) 455-3400

Funktion w/ DJs Step Rock and B. Vega, 9pm, $3

THE SAWYER FAMILY, CASH CARTEL, MA & GOD; 8pm, $7

Radio Radio ‘80s Dance Night, 9pm, $5

THE BOARDWALK

LIME CORDIALE, MONKS OF MELLEN-

JAMIE’S ELSEWHERE, FAREWELL MY LOVE, INCREDIBLE ME, LIONFIGHT; 6pm

HIT AND RUN, SKINMASK, MADISON AVENUE, A MILE TILL DAWN; 7:30pm, $15

101 Main St., Roseville; (916) 774-0505

9426 Greenback Ln., Orangevale; (916) 988-9247 WAH, HAMISH ANDERSON; 8pm

CENTER FOR THE ARTS

AGES AND AGES, BRETT SHADY; 8pm, $10-$12

314 W. Main St., Grass Valley; (530) 274-8384 Open-mic, 7:30pm, no cover

THIRTEEN, 8pm, $5

STEP JAYNE, MOUNT WHATEVEREST, PHYSICAL EDUCATION; 8pm, $7

DISTRICT 30

DJ Jaytech, 9pm, call for cover

URFRIENDS, 10pm, call for cover

DJ Billy Lane, 10pm, call for cover

DIVE BAR

Deuling Pianos, 9pm, no cover

FACES

2000 K St., (916) 448-7798

FOX & GOOSE

1001 R St., (916) 443-8825

STEVE MCLANE, 8pm, no cover

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

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

FUKU & THE DEADLY VENOMS, JOHNNY RAY; 9pm, $5

OL COTTON DREARY, THE FOLLOWERS OF SUNSHINE; 9pm, $5

G STREET WUNDERBAR 2326 K St., (916) 441-2252

DJ Shaun Slaughter, 10pm, call for cover

HALFTIME BAR & GRILL

5681 Lonetree Blvd., Rocklin; (916) 626-6366

DJ Crook One, 10pm, call for cover

DJ Whores, 10pm, no cover

WONDER BREAD 5, 9pm, call for cover

RASH, 9pm-midnight, $5

HILLSTOMP, GOOD LUCK THRIFT STORE THOMAS LEEB, 6:30pm; PREZIDENT OUTFIT, WEST NILE RAMBLERS; 8pm, $14 BROWN & THE I SOUND BAND, 10:30pm

LEVEL UP FOOD & LOUNGE

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

LUNA’S CAFÉ & JUICE BAR

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

DARRELL STANLEY TRIO, EMBY, ANDREW CASTRO; 8pm, $5

STEVE KOTAREK, SARALYN ADKINS, CLARE MARIE; 8:30pm, $5

MARILYN’S ON K

THIS HIATUS, TWILIGHT STRAGGLER, TRITON TAYLOR; 8pm, $5

MAIDEN CALIFORNIA, LOVEDRIVE, GLUG; 8pm, $10

JUKEBOX JOHNNY, NINE PAST NINE; 8pm, $5

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

THE SCRATCH OUTS, THE LONG SHOTS, MURDER SHE WROTE, ENGRAVED; 8pm M, DJ Esef, Selector I-Lone; 8pm, $7 $5; THE BUSINESS, THE ATTACK; 8pm W THE SUPERVILLAINS, ABANDON THE MIDWEST, RIOTMAKER; 8pm Tu, $12-$14

ALEX VINCENT BAND, 9pm, no cover

MASSIVE DELICIOUS, 9pm W, no cover

Dragalicious, 9pm, $5

Queer Idol, 9pm M, no cover; Latin night, 9pm Tu, $5; DJ Alazzawi, 9pm W, $3 Open-mic, 7:30pm M; Pub Quiz, 7pm Tu; Northern Soul, 8pm W, no cover

Trivia night, W, call for cover Trivia night, 7:30-9pm Tu, no cover

BROWN SABBATH, 8pm, $15

2431 J St., (916) 448-8768

Trivia, 6:30pm M, no cover; Open-mic, 7:30pm W, no cover

Industry Night, 9pm, call for cover

HARLOW’S

2708 J St., (916) 441-4693

Mad Mondays, 9pm M

STREET URCHINZ, 9pm, no cover

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

THE GOLDEN BEAR

Sin Sunday, 8pm, call for cover

MARC COHN, 8pm, $45-$50

THE COZMIC CAFÉ

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

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/16-6/18 DOG FASHION DISCO, PSYCHOSTICK, THE BUNNY THE BEAR; 6:30pm Tu, $12

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

1022 K St., (916) 737-5999

Hey local bands!

SATURDAY 6/14

GEOGRAPHER, LIFE IN 24 FRAMES, THE WILD WILD; 6:30pm, $13

2003 K St., (916) 448-8790

1016 K St., (916) 737-5770

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FRIDAY 6/13

AVERAGE WHITE BAND, 9pm, $35-$40

ROBIN ZANDER, 8pm M, $35-$40 Hip-hop and R&B deejay dancing, 9:16pm Tu, no cover Nebraska Mondays, 7:30pm M, $5-$20; Comedy night w/ John Ross, 8pm W, $5

Marilyn’s Talent Showcase, 6pm, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm M, no cover; Greatest Stories Ever Told, 8pm Tu, no cover

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TUESDAYS

OPEN MIC SIGN UPS 9PM

THURS 6/12

TWILIGHT STRAGGLER, THIS HIATUS, TRITON TAYLOR

1ST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH

BATTLE OF THE BANDS

FOLK/ROCK/BLUES // 8PM // $5 SAT 6/14

JUKEBOX JOHNNY, NINE PAST NINE

TRIVIA • 9-11PM

SUN 6/15

SHOWCASE SUNDAY, OPEN MIC

THURSDAY-SATURDAY

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COMEDY 6-8PM // BAND AUDITIONS 8PM-12AM 6PM // FREE

THURSDAY 6/12 • 8PM GUEST BARTENDERS

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TUES 6/17

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GREATFUL DEAD // BOB DYLAN REVUE // 8PM // FREE WED 6/18

SOUNDZ OF NORCAL PRESENTS:

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FRI 6/13 // 8PM // $10

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SUNDAY 6/15

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/16-6/18

Panik: deejay dancing w/ Angels of Kaos, EDM Dance Party, 9pm-3am, $5 9pm-2am, $5

FRIDAY 6/13

BIG STICKY MESS, GIGANTIS, THE CITY OF TREES BRASS BAND; 8pm-2am, $10

Goth, darkwave, industrial, electronic deejay dancing, 9pm-3am, call for cover

PELICAN, TOMBS, SUMMIT; 8pm M, $12-$15; Swing dancing, Tu; Salsa, W, $5

KOINCIDENT$, ELI, ERIK JAMES; 8:30pm, $5

KRISTEN MEREDITH, BEN PERRY, CONNOR AND KARLEE; 8:30pm, $5

MILLBURRAY, FAILURE MACHINE, Jazz session, 8pm M; Sean Lehe WOULD BE TRAIN ROBBERS; 8:30pm, $5 Presents: Rare Grooves, 8:30pm W, $5

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

OLD IRONSIDES

NOAH NELSON, JACKSON GRIFFITH; 8pm, no cover

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

RAZORBLADE MONALISA, THE COMMON HIGHWAY 12, RACE TO THE BOTTOM, MEN, BLACK MARKET SUNDAY; 9pm, $7 ADICRIPT; 9pm, $5

THE PALMS PLAYHOUSE

STEVE FORBERT, RJ COMER; 8pm, $20

HOLLY WILLIAMS, 8pm, $20

PINS N STRIKES

Deejay dancing, 9pm, $10

INNERSOUL, 9pm, $10

13 Main St., Winters; (530) 795-1825 3443 Laguna Blvd., Elk Grove; (916) 226-2625

Karaoke w/ Sac City Entertainment, 9pm Tu, no cover; Open-mic, 9pm W, no cover

Ballroom dancing with Jim Truesdale, 6:30pm W, no cover

POWERHOUSE PUB

ALYSSA AUDREY AND SIX SHOOTER SUNRISE, 9pm, call for cover

SPAZMATICS, 10pm, call for cover

POINTDEXTER, 10pm, call for cover

LAURIE MORVAN, 3pm, call for cover

EMPIRE OF DIRT, 8pm W, $5

THE PRESS CLUB

2030 P St., (916) 444-7914

Heckarap w/ MC Ham and DJ Gourmet, 9pm, no cover

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

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

Sunday Night Soul Party, 9pm, $5

Dance night, 9pm M; Dance night, 10:30pm Tu; FATE UNDER FIRE, 9pm W, $6

SHADY LADY SALOON

TYSON GRAF TRIO, 9pm, no cover

HUCKLEBUCKS, 9pm, no cover

GOLDEN CADILLACS, 9pm, no cover

ALEX JENKINS, 9pm, no cover

DJ Ezra, 9pm Tu, no cover; HARLEY WHITE, JR., 9pm W, no cover

DUPLX, SUGAR SAUCE, SAID THE SHOTGUN; 9pm, call for cover

Pride afterparty, 9pm, $10-$15

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

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

Country dance party, 8pm, no cover

MAXX CABELLO JR., 6pm, $8

HEARTLESS, FLEETWOOD MASK; 4pm, $8

ROAD 88, SWEET REVENGE; 3pm, $8

PAILER AND FRATIS, 5:30-7:30pm, no cover; GREG NAGY, 9pm, $8

THE NIBBLERS, 9pm, $10

Blues jam, 4pm, no cover

NEAL MORGAN, CARSON MCWHIRTER; 8pm, $5

MOUNT EERIE, 8pm, $12

614 Sutter St., Folsom; (916) 355-8586

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In its quest

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To some Spanish speakers, hummingbirds are known as joyas voladoras, or “flying jewels.” Now take everything I’ve just said, Aries, and use it as a metaphor for who you can be in the coming week.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 1947,

the impossibly wealthy Duke of Windsor went shopping in Paris to buy a gift for his wife, the Duchess. She already had everything she wanted, so he decided to get creative. He commissioned the luxurygoods manufacturer Hermes to build her a high-fashion black-leather wheelbarrow.

I am not urging you to acquire something like that for yourself, Taurus. But I do like it as a symbol for what you need in your life right now: a blend of elegance and usefulness, of playful beauty and practical value, of artistry and hard work.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your brain

absorbs about 11 million pieces of information every second, but is consciously aware of less than .001 percent of all that richness. Or at least that’s usually the case. Having analyzed your astrological omens, I suspect that you might soon jack that figure up as high as .01 percent— a tenfold increase! Do you think you can handle that much raw input? Are you amenable to being so acutely perceptive? How will you respond if the world is ten times more vivid than usual? I’m pretty confident. I suspect you won’t become a bugeyed maniac freaking out on the intensity, but rather will be a soulful, wonder-filled explorer in love with the intensity.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You have a

strong, intricate understanding of where you have come from. The old days and old ways continue to feed you with their mysterious poignancy. You don’t love every one of your past experiences, but you love ruminating about them and feeling the way they changed you. Until the day you die many years from now, your history will keep evolving, providing an endless stream of new teachings. And yet at this particular moment in your destiny, Cancerian, I think your most important task is to focus on where you are going to. That’s why I urge you to temporarily forget everything you think you know about your past and instead concentrate on getting excited about the future.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1928, Bobby

Pearce won a gold medal in rowing at the Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. An unforeseen event almost sabotaged his victory. As he rowed his boat along the Sloten Canal, a family of ducks swam leisurely from shore to shore directly across his path. He stopped to let them pass, allowing an opponent who was already ahead of him to gain an even bigger advantage. Yet he ultimately won the race, rowing with such vigor after the duck incident that he finished well ahead of his challenger. I foresee a comparable sequence in your life, Leo. Being thoughtful and expressing compassion may seem to slow you down, but in the end that won’t hinder you from achieving your goal—and may even help.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In one of

her “Twenty-One Love Poems,” Adrienne Rich talks about her old self in the third person.“The woman who cherished / her suffering is dead. I am her descendant. / I love the scar tissue she handed on to me, / but I want to go from here with you / fighting the temptation to make a career of pain.” With your approval, Virgo, I’d like to make that passage one of your keynotes in the coming months. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will have an excellent opportunity to declare your independence from an affliction you’ve been addicted to. Are you willing to say goodbye to one of your signature forms of suffering?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “You should be interviewing roses not people,” says a character in Anne Carson’s book

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Shockley was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who co-invented the transistor.

He also helped launch the revolution in information technology, and has been called “the man who brought silicon to Silicon Valley.” Time magazine named him one of the hundred most influential people of the 20th century. On the other hand, Shockley became a controversial advocate of eugenics, which damaged his reputation, led many to consider him a racist, and played a role in his estrangement from his friends and family. I suspect that you will have to deal with at least one Shockleytype phenomenon in the coming weeks, Scorpio. Will you overlook the bad stuff in order to take advantage of the good?

Should you?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Novelist Herman Melville wrote that in order to create art, “unlike things must meet and mate.” Like what? “Sad patience” and “joyous energies,” for example; both of them are necessary, he said. “Instinct and study” are crucial ingredients, as well as humility and pride, audacity and reverence, and “a flame to melt” and a “wind to freeze.” Based on my interpretation of the astrological omens, Sagittarius, I believe you will soon need to meld opposites like these as you shape that supreme work of art—your life.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Haggis is a Scottish pudding. According to the gourmet food encyclopedia Larousse Gastronomique, it has “an excellent nutty texture and delicious savory flavor.” And yet, to be honest, its ingredients don’t sound promising. To make it, you gather the lungs, liver, small intestine, and heart of a sheep, put all of that stuff inside the stomach of the sheep along with oatmeal, onions, salt, and suet, and then simmer the whole mess for three hours. I’m guessing that your work in the coming week may have a certain metaphorical resemblance to making haggis, Capricorn.

The process could a bit icky, but the result should be pretty tasty.

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

a hundred years ago, world-famous comedian Charlie Chaplin decided to take part in a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest in San Francisco. He did his best to imitate himself, but it wasn’t good enough. He didn’t come close to winning. But I think you would have a different fate if you entered a comparable competition in the coming weeks. There’s no question in my mind that you would be crowned as the person who most resembles you. Maybe more than ever before, you are completely yourself. You look like your true self, you feel like your true self, and you are acting like your true self. Congratulations! It’s hard work to be so authentic.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “The

art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease,” said French philosopher Francois-Marie Voltaire. That principle will be useful for you to invoke in the coming weeks. You definitely need to be cured, although the “disease” you are suffering from is primarily psychospiritual rather than strictly physical. Your task will be to flood yourself with fun adventures, engaging stories and playtime diversions so that nature can heal you without the interference of your worries and kibitzing.

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Mirror, mirror Typically, Dumpsters don’t inspire thoughts of art. They’re huge and smelly and, depending on one’s needs, just right for diving. A new publicart project, however, casts those behemoth trash cans in new light. The Art of the Dumpster, sponsored by the Power Inn Alliance in association with the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission and local businesses, commissioned 10 artists including Gioia Fonda, Susan J. Silvester, John Stuart Berger, Nathan Cordero and Robert Ortbal to reconceive our notions. Ortbal, a sculptor, approached the project with a sense of self-reflection and calls his resulting piece, the chromefinished “The Sky Begins at Your Feet” an interactive opportunity for people to “look beyond the surface.”

Why Dumpsters?

It was an opportunity to work with a really large object; I’m a sculptor and have done lots of installation work—my work’s varied between full-blown conceptual to more intuitively based [pieces]. It just posed an interesting challenge.

What made it challenging?

The opportunity to work at this scale with something as banal as a Dumpster—that this was work with the container itself, I found it to be intriguing. How do you transform something like a Dumpster? It’s very ubiquitous. ...

We don’t really look at them that closely. …

As artists, they have the tradition of having [discarded supplies] inside, but thinking about the container itself, that was something new. … I didn’t want to make it into a different world. I wanted to make a mirror to hold up to the viewer.

How did you decide on this approach?

After we were given the scope of the project, I started thinking about … different

possibilities that could come from it. ... I’d recently been making smaller works, and on the smaller work, the surfaces were very important me. … I see the surface as a catalyst for the work, to transform it.

Have you done something like this before?

I’ve worked with mirror surfaces in different instances. I’d heard about this vendor that could do chroming—this is a new process, you wouldn’t [normally] get it done at this scale. That’s why you don’t see chrome things that are the size of a ship. It’s a process [in which the chrome] goes on by being sprayed on. So I went back to the [Power Inn Alliance] and [SMAC] and talked about the possibility of doing it this way, about raising money—it’s not cheap. It’s more like being Christo: You get an idea, and then you start looking for the people to [execute] it.

The bottom of the Dumpster isn’t chromed.

It’s just the exposed Dumpster. I ran a line across, it has a step—a kind of geometric abstraction, that comes across at a certain height and depending on where you walk [around it], might drop down 2 or 3 inches.

Why leave it exposed?

It ties in with the concept, “the sky begins at your feet.” I was interested in changing people’s perception of their everyday world.

When we think of sky, we think of the horizon, of looking up. We don’t think of looking down to look at the sky. I don’t think we perceive it that way. When we look at [the Dumpster], right about at the waist is where [the chrome line] shifts. It varies when you’re walking around it; you can find the right waist height for you. You wouldn’t have that if I created a perfectly straight line; I like this angle better.

It’s not a painting, it’s a sculpture, and I wanted the body’s response to it.

What do you hope others get out of it?

You know, with my work, what I’m interested in is transformation. [That’s] important to me. I’m interested in metaphors, but more importantly in ambiguity. That, to me, is an interesting place. Then there’s the possibility to perceive this container and what’s associated with it—refuse—and just associate it with endless possibilities.

Each person will probably experience something different.

Right. When you look at a mirrored surface, it depends on what kind of attention you bring to that surface. If you’re more of a narcissist, then you’re just looking at yourself. But if you’re looking at it closely from a painter or poet’s eye, you may be aware of the surface imperfections, but you’ll also see what’s beyond the surface. You’ll see what’s next door or the traffic on Power Inn Road.

When you’re walking around it, you’ll notice that it’s wavy, that your reflection speeds up and slows down. It’s like a fun-house mirror, but not quite as extreme. There’s a lot of nuanced effect, but it’s so simple, all I did was chrome it. The guy at the chrome place who [helped me] was like, “Now what?” And I’m like, “That’s it. I’m done. I just set it up.”

You didn’t do anything else once it was chromed?

There were residual things that happened to the bottom [exposed] part: oxidized material that ran off that [gave it a] painterly effect. I could have chosen to go back in and [change] that, but they echo what’s going on in contemporary painting in a way that’s not self-conscious. Ω The Art of the Dumpster will be on display from June 14, through August 30, with an artists’ reception on Thursday, June 12, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 3101 Power Inn Road. Visit www.powerinn.org/ art for additional information.

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