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Women: a personal history March is Women’s History Month and while there are countless historical figures to celebrate, I’d also like to recognize some amazing ladies who made a tangible difference in my life. Like my first journalism teacher Joyce Peterson. She advised my high school newspaper (no easy task, I’m sure) and at a time when I often felt invisible she gave me a voice and a lasting sense of self-confidence. Like my college professor, the late Leah Vande Berg. I took my first women’s studies class from her, a communications course on the depiction of gender in the media. Vande Berg was so smart it would have been intimidating had she not also been a thoughtful listener, someone who respected ideas contrary to her own. I still remember a particularly heated but friendly elevator debate about Jodi Foster’s character in The Silence of the Lambs. Like my paternal grandmother. She died a few days after Christmas but her appetite for spontaneous song-and-dance routines—she was once known as the “Singing Sweetheart of Sheppard Air Force Base”— high drama and a strong whiskey drink inarguably shaped me. Like my mother’s sister, who went back to college in her thirties. At the time she was the single mother of two girls; I often babysat my cousins back then and her hard work made a lasting impression. Like my mother. She left home to study nursing but because her parents footed the tuition, found herself still obligated to their strict rules. And so my mother decided to change the game: She joined the Army, paid for her own education and traveled the world. My mother, like all the women I consider role models, taught me the importance of hard work, critical thinking and self-reliance. That’s worth so much more than a month of celebration; it’s good for a lifetime.

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“Everything is love in the early morning.”

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I think some of my favorite times have been early morning. You’re starting your day, waking up, and it’s super nice out, too, with the crisp air. I’ve been in the mountains climbing and, at sunrise, there’s an Alpine glow on the mountains. It’s sweet. It’s refreshing. You’re starting a brand new day.

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I get up early for work. I don’t like getting up early, but once I do, I like being out before everyone’s up. Usually, early mornings are just driving in to work, but I like getting up a little early on the weekends, too. It’s like a secret.

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New thinking about foster care Foster parents and biological parents team up to help kids

Over the years, kids have not changed much. From the Ice Age to the Online Age, they’ve always needed a secure home, with loving adults helping them from babyhood through the teenage years. Kids without this loving support tend not to thrive. There are 60,000 children in foster care in California and 3,000 in the Sacramento area. The thinking on how best to help them is changing. Previously, the biological parents and the prospective foster-care parents were kept apart. One county agency told me that foster parents and biological parents entered l by JeFF VOnKAene their building through separate doors so they would not see each other. j e ffv @n e wsr e v ie w.c o m But that is changing. Since roughly 80 percent of foster children will eventually be reunited with their biological parent or another family member, there is now a greater focus on these children. In discussions with Sacramento, Sutter and Yuba County Child Protective Service Agencies, Sierra Forever Families adoption agency and Mission Focused Solutions, I found that the new goal is to have the biological and foster parents work together for the benefit of the child. While there are many children, An agency cannot especially those 11 years or older, who need to be adopted, provide a heart and there are many more children a willingness to going through a difficult period who will eventually return to make a difference their family. These children need a in the life of a child. loving person who will help But you can. them navigate tough periods in their lives. But the kids, despite everything, usually love For information on their parents and often desperately want to go back to their how to adopt or family. And, in the majority of cases, they have parents who mentor children in foster care, and love them. Not being able to adequately take care of a child other ways is different than not loving a child. to help, go to In the past, many foster parents only wanted to adopt http://sierraff.org/ once it was clear that the child would never go back to their get-involved/adopt. biological parents or family. Now the agencies are focusing Read about Mission Focused Solutions’ on finding people who are willing to help a child, to bring work finding that child into their family and to go through tough times permanent families with them, even though the child will in all likelihood for children in return to the biological family. foster care at So now, instead of separate doors for foster and http://mission focused.org/ biological parents, there is one door. Everyone is on the mission. same side, the kids’ side. The new foster parent is more like the wonderful aunt or neighbor who helped a family through a difficult time. Some of the best foster parents are people who already know the child or the family, such as a Jeff vonKaenel member of their church or a soccer coach. And if/when the is the president, child returns to the biological family, the foster parent can CEO and continue to play a role in their life. majority owner of We are lucky that California’s foster care agencies offer the News & Review newspapers in great resources: financial assistance, training, healthcare and Sacramento, counseling. But the challenge is to find great foster parents. Chico and Reno. Many are needed. An agency cannot provide a heart or a willingness to make a difference in the life of a child. That is what you can do. Ω

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The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department is extending its 15 minutes of fame. With MSNBC’s Lockup already filming inside the department’s jails, a new request could send the OG of reality series on patrol. If approved, Langley Productions Inc.’s COPS will begin filming with deputies on March 24. The shakycamera paean to schadenfreude previously rolled tape on the department in 2010, and has also filmed with Sacramento and Elk Grove police departments. But don’t expect unfettered access. As part of the agreement, the sheriff’s department holds the right to approve all completed segments 20 days before they air.

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Running in the six

City council candidate Bruce Pomer says upholding Sacramento’s “fiscal integrity” would be his first priority.

On how special-election candidates Eric Guerra and Bruce Pomer would impact city council politics On Drake’s latest album, the Canadian rapper spits verse about running in “the six,” the nickname he’s given to his hometown by of Toronto. Here in Sacramento, Bruce Nick MIller Pomer and Eric Guerra probably have very little in common with Drake, but ni ckam@ news r evie w.c om this month they’re also running in the six: As in door-to-door canvassing neighborhoods in Sacramento’s sixth city-council district. The two are vying to succeed Kevin McCarty as the area’s next council member. A special election will take place April 7, as McCarty moved on to the state Assembly in December 2014, and District 6 has since been without representation on the council dais. McCarty represented the neighborhoods of Tahoe Park, Elmhurst and Tallac Village for 10 years. His successor will either be Pomer, 65, a public-health expert and district resident for four decades and former Los Rios Community College District trustee; or Guerra, 36, an engineer, Sacramento County Planning Commission chairman and former Tahoe Park Neighborhood Association president. The Pomer-Guerra race is one of those local contests where the two candidates are tightly aligned, from endorsements to the issues. Both boast a solid Rolodex of backers. Pomer has received endorsement from all of District 6’s previous representatives—McCarty, state Senator Darrell Steinberg, Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones—plus that of former mayors Heather Fargo and Anne Rudin. Guerra has backing from Supervisor Phil Serna, every Sacramento City Unified School District trustee, The Sacramento Bee editorial board and West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon. If voters rewind and look at the big issues in recent years, both candidates voted no on Measure L’s strong-mayor policy and would have voted “no” on the Sacramento Kings arena subsidy. And both are disappointed by city council’s recent vote to move the UC Davis Medical Center out of District 6 and into Councilman Jay Schenirer’s district— despite D6 not having a representative during this contentious switcheroo. “I was the candidate for this council seat that got up and voiced a spirited 10

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opposition to that,” Pomer says of the Med Center move. He says the process behind the move sets a bad precedent. Guerra, who was a big redistricting player in 2010 who worked to get the Med Center in the district, says the council’s move “was inappropriate, particularly when we didn’t have a city council member.” Both candidates have raised just over $40,000 this year. Pomer says his No. 1 priority is “fiscal integrity.” He says the city’s financial situation is worrying. “The city’s borrowed up to the hilt at this point. There isn’t much margin for error.” Another top priority is basic quality-of-life issues in District 6: youth programs, police, parks and recreation funding, adding community gardens, eliminating blighted lots and vacant properties, and addressing basic infrastructure needs. “We have to have a focused economic development approach,” he explains. For instance, acquiring a grocery store for Tahoe Park that actually sells healthy food, “so we don’t have a food desert.” “We’ve been building up our downtown. That’s great. But we’ve got to have a balance,” he said. These days at City Hall, council members are debating what to do with surplus Measure U tax dollars, which could be up to $11 million for the coming fiscal year. Pomer says he’d be fiscally conservative with that extra cash. “I would put part of that in the reserve to protect services in the neighborhood, so that if there is a downturn, that money can be used to maintain gains. “When you’re in an economic upturn, you can’t spend everything you have.” Another front-burner issue at City Hall this year is upping pay for Sacramento’s poorest. “I support raising the minimum wage to $15,” Pomer said, adding that the city needs to work with small business to phase it in. “You can’t disadvantage Sacramento regionally.” The drought is also a major issue, and Pomer would like to see more community outreach, and see the city do low-tech things to help conserve water.

He also thinks Nestlé, which runs a bottling plant in District 6, should be more transparent. The city currently will not disclose its top water users, including Nestlé. “I believe in transparency, sunshine,” Pomer said. “If we are on meters, we should know how much water they’re using.”

“ We’ve been building up our downtown. That’s great. But we’ve got to have a balance.” Bruce Pomer city council candidate Pomer supports a real ethics commission, with teeth, and disapproves of the behind-closed-doors “ad hoc” committees at City Hall on issues such as the budget and, perhaps ironically, ethics and good government. “I’ve got problems with that. One, the ethics of it, and, two, you inform the debate when you involve the public.

“We’ve got a tradition of good government in Sacramento, and I don’t think we did a lot of this in the past. The open-meetings law is on the books for a reason.” Pomer also says he’s skeptical of the business community’s sudden interest in fixing and reforming Regional Transit. “It’s fascinating to me that, all of the sudden now, they’re interested in security and quality issues—when this has been an issue all along,” he said. “A lot of disadvantaged and poor people use that system,” and he says they need to be prioritized, too, which includes adding more bus lines to District 6. He says that he is “highly skeptical” of the streetcar. “I’m ready for this,” Pomer said of the challenges at City Hall. “The last three council people in district support me,” and he says that, as a retired D6 resident, he can focus all his efforts on improving the community. Eric Guerra is the son of immigrant farmworkers and spent his youth working in the fields in nearby Esparto. He was able to attend Sacramento State, along with his brother and sister, and now his entire family lives in District 6. “Within less than a generation, we went

from dilapidated housing to being in middle class,” he said. “Running for city council, it’s about making sure those opportunities are there for everyone else.” Guerra would be the first Latino council member in nearly two decades. Guerra, a former Sacramento State Alumni Association president, is focused on making District 6 a community where you can rent or buy a home on a safe street, and maybe even work just a few blocks from where you live and not have to commute far. He has longstanding ties to the district. As a student, he worked for improvements along 65th Street, near Sac State’s southeast entrance. He parlayed this into becoming TPNA president, where he fought for more community services, such as a fundraising campaign to reopen a neighborhood pool, which was then managed by the YMCA. He says a major goal would be to fight for a fair share of Measure U funding, which includes increasing police and fire services, which he says will improve the district’s business corridors and parks. “Stockton Boulevard, Power Inn, Folsom—there are vacant lots, blight, and this leads to vice, crimes. Business owners on those areas want public safety, too.

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“We have fundamental infrastructure needs that may not be as glamorous as an entertainment center, but are critical.” Eric Guerra city council candidate He says that, as council member, he would “drill down even more to see how we compare to the rest of the city” when it comes to getting a fair share of Measure U funding. He would also use the Measure U surplus to fight for infrastructure investment, such as making the district more walkable, or investing in code enforcement and public safety.

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Eric Guerra told SN&R that he grew up in poverty and understands what it takes to help a community emerge into the middle class.

“It’s shocking that it takes longer to pick up somebody’s abandoned couch the further south you go than the further north you go” in the city, he said. But instead of focusing on austerity and saving for a rainy day, Guerra’s attitude seems more about seizing the opportunity now to make sure the city has money coming into the coffers tomorrow. “We need to get tax revenue to protect us from a downturn … to have some vigor for the city.” As for putting more money on people’s tables, he supports a bump in the minimum wage—but has not settled on what that final number should be. “I grew up with both parents making minimum wage—and even below that. I feel what families are going through. So, to me, I do think we need to increase the minimum wage. But we have to also think about how we do it as a regional economy. “When you drive down Stockton Boulevard, a lot of those are minorityowned small businesses, and we need to take into consideration what they can handle.” As for the drought, he reminds that water is a luxury. When he lived in Esparto at age 14, the family well collapsed, and they survived with little water for three months during the summer. “We’ve got to figure out how to be the most effective with limited resources, especially with water and sewage.” He also agrees that, “because water is so precious, we should know who the top users are.” Transit is a big issue for Guerra, as well. “There’s only one bus line that goes down through District 6,” Guerra explained. “If you can’t afford a car payment, car maintenance, gasoline,” there are few RT options. “And just try to ride a bike down Stockton Boulevard—that’s an issue. “We have pockets of need for public transit,” he said, adding that the central city has to do a better job connecting to the inner-ring neighborhoods. “It’s all about connectivity.” He’s yet to take a stance on the proposed streetcar line, but says that “the conversation with the streetcar needs to be about connectivity. How does this fit in with the overall public-transit need?” Guerra says his foremost goodgovernment priority would be an independent-redistricting commission that would map out council districts that better approximate neighborhoods and their needs. He calls the way the city has made districts in the past a “divide and conquer” approach—a.k.a., the city divides neighborhoods with common interests, and thereby dilutes, or conquers, their power. In turn, District 6 is a “community that feels like it hasn’t had a voice. “You appreciate it a lot when you don’t have it, so I want to bring that. And make sure we have it for the long term.” Ω

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Moving performance Looks like Midtown will likely be getting a new headquarters for the Sacramento Ballet and other performing arts groups after all. Last week, attorney Richard Rich announced a new board that would oversee an arts facility at the former Fremont Adult School site near N and 25th streets. Under the new plan, the city would own the site, but Rich’s nonprofit would operate it. The new, 47,000-square-foot site would be called the E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts—assembling local arts groups such as the ballet, Alliance Francaise de Sacramento, Capital Stage and the Brazilian Center for Cultural Exchange under one roof. City council is scheduled to vote on whether to lease the property to the nonprofit and provide funds on March 17. (Nick Miller)

Existing while homeless California joined an elite list of states last month in requesting protection of its nearly 140,000 homeless residents from discriminatory law enforcement practices. State Senator Carol Liu introduced Senate Bill 608, the “Right to Rest Act,” which aims to protect homeless persons from being cited or arrested under local municipal ordinances for participating in basic, life-sustaining activities. Oregon and Colorado have similar bills in the works. The ordinances in question—against camping, loitering, food-sharing and other activities—apply to everyone, but are disproportionately enforced against those without a fixed residence, Berkeley Law’s Policy Advocacy Clinic concluded in a report released last month, which reviewed such laws in 58 California cities. “We’re talking about criminalizing people because [they] exist,” said Paul Boden, executive director at Western Regional Advocacy Project, which announced the bill in a news release. In essence, the bill would protect one’s right to use public spaces without discrimination based on actual or perceived housing status. It would also protect the act of sleeping in legally parked vehicles. Those discriminated against could enforce their rights in a civil action. A Homeless Bill of Rights, which required state-funded sanitation stations, died in the legislature early last year. (Brooke Purves)

Vaping frontier Vapers beware: Senator Mark Leno recently introduced a bill to classify e-cigarettes containing nicotine as a tobacco product, and regulate them under smoking laws. But that’s not all: In January, the California Department of Public Health published a report on the dangers of e-cigarettes, especially to the very young. Although there are nicotine-free liquids for e-cigs, most e-liquids contain some nasty ingredients, none of which has to be listed on the product’s label. And kids are getting sick from it. California saw more than 150 e-cig poisonings in children under 6 last year alone, because, the report suggests, e-cartridges and e-liquid bottles don’t have child-resistant caps. The spike in national poisonings and the possibly e-liquidrelated death of a 1-year-old in New York put lawmakers into action. Senator Barbara Boxer was one of 17 cosponsors of the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014, which would require childproof packaging on e-products. E-cigarettes aren’t subject to the same advertising restrictions as traditional cigarettes, like bans on commercial spots and the use of cartoon characters. The CDPH report suggests this further opened the door for marketing electronic smokes to children. (B.P.)

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Activists Estevan Hernandez, Tony Bias, Independence Taylor and Jennifer Morales (left to right) all come from different backgrounds and causes, but have united under the Black Lives Matter movement to shine light on police brutality and state oppression.

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From Black Lives Matter to homeless rights, the next generation of Sacramento activists is up in the establishment’s face—and facing blowback BY NICK MILLER • nickam@newsreview.com Three white SUVs with the words “Homeland Security” emblazoned on them sit parked in a row on Fifth Street. Farther down the block on H Street are two officers on horseback. Near them by the Starbucks, a couple of California Highway Patrol vehicles. It’s a healthy show of force, but the only people around on this cloudless Sunday afternoon are a group of kids gathered at the foot of the Robert T. Matsui Federal Courthouse on I Street. 12 | SN&R | 03.12.15

Two young white women, who can’t be older than 21, hold a banner. It reads “Black lives matter! Sacramento to Rhode Island.” The image on it is a cop with a baton raised, as if about to strike, and a solid red line through the officer. There are nearly 100 activists gathered, from teenage kids wearing T-shirts that read “Police, it’s a gang” to seniors holding a “Raging Grannies” sign and singing about Michael Brown. Estevan Hernandez, a 26-yearold Latino activist, steps in front of the banner. A white teenager, Independence Taylor holds a megaphone while Hernandez thanks everyone for coming out and introduces the day’s first speaker: Maile Hampton. Hampton, a slim black 20-yearold woman in tights and a gray sweatshirt, steps in front of the

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shine light on the police violence and abuse of power right here in our backyard. On discrimination against homeless people. On unfair wages. On corporate corruption. “There’s an out-of-proportion targeting of black people by law enforcement. And that’s not lost on the young people that are getting involved,” said Delphine Brody, a local activist who mentors some of these younger protesters. But by shining this light, these young rebels have angered the proverbial bear. And now, they say they’re the ones in law and justice’s crosshairs. Tony Bias, a black 17-year-old who was arrested earlier this year in what he describes as a brutal police action, says the police are preying on his friends. “What they did is target [Hampton], a young black woman who is a strong leader in our movement, who goes to numerous events and causes,” he told SN&R. The law isn’t going easy on these kids, either. Seasoned activist Cres Vellucci, a co-coordinator with the National Lawyers Guild of Sacramento, which bears witness at local political actions, says police brutality in the city these days is unprecedented. “The arrests at Arden Fair on Black Friday, and several arrests since, are the most violent I have seen made by [the Sacramento Police Department] in decades of legal observing work,” he explained via email. Dozens of motivated young activists, CHP, mounted police, Homeland Security. Just another Sunday in Sacramento.

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“ There’s an out-of-proportion targeting of black people by law enforcement. And that’s not lost on the young people that are getting involved.” Delphine Brody

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Next, it is a young white woman named Addison Kalasatno. “Maile’s place is not behind bars. It is here with us, creating awareness and change in Sacramento,” she says. Later, another young white woman, giving only the name Emily, wearing a “Free Maile!” T-shirt: “Her arrest and bail are clearly meant by Sacramento PD to intimidate and silence the Black Lives Matter movement that has swept across the country,” she argues. Then Bias. “She’s a beautiful young black woman fighting for change in this world, and she should not be silenced. We will not be silenced. Free Maile.” This parade of support for Hampton continued for more than an hour during a city council meeting on February 24, the day after Hampton was arrested on charges of obstructing justice and “lynching.” Her arrest and her fellow activists’ response at this meeting made the local Black Lives Matter movement front-page news. At first, the mayor and council members didn’t know what commenters were talking about. Lynching? A kid arrested? But staff quickly surmised what was up. Berry Accius, advocate with local group Voices of Youth, said the council

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crowd. She’s confident, holding her right fist in the air while addressing everyone as sisters and brothers. “Race relations are at a tense time,” she begins. “We are all striving to resolve this and bring peace to our community.” In recent weeks, Hampton has found herself on the front lines of racial strife in Sacramento. Just days before this rally, on February 24, she was a couple of blocks east on I Street, sitting in a jail cell on $100,000 bail, facing felony charges. At that same time, Mayor Kevin Johnson was talking about her at a city council meeting. More on her situation later. For now, it’s important to remember that this local movement is bigger than Maile Hampton. She’s just part of a new generation of social-justice activists in Sacramento, fresh-faced (and maybe even a little angry) young adults who, after witnessing what happened in Ferguson, Mo., last summer, want to

an officer held my face to the ground, and four officers held my knee to my back, and an officer pressed against my throat to where I couldn’t even breathe.” The two teens were arrested that day after Thanksgiving for unlawful assembly and obstructing traffic. In January, they both received notices via mail that the charges had been dropped. Police would not discuss the incident. Bias says he’s grateful and lucky that there was a crowd around. “If that happened when I was alone at night, I could have been killed.”

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It seems that almost all of Sacramento’s new young activists remember how they discovered the world of social justice. Tony Bias, with piercings on his lips, is originally from Tennessee, where he says police aggression “is so much worse” than in California. He remembers being at home one night, with family and relatives, when law enforcement burst into his home, guns drawn. “They handcuffed everyone, even my little cousin, who was 13.” Estevan Hernandez, an activist with the $15-minimum-wage movement and the local Act Now to Stop War and End Racism coalition—and a sort of elder statesman in the group—remembers police harassing and intimidating him as a teenager in the Bay Area. “I was biking to work, on the sidewalk, and I heard over the loudspeaker ‘Get on the ground,’” he recalled. This was in El Cerrito, on San Pablo Boulevard, on his way to work at the local bowling alley. “And just like that I was on the ground,” because police swiftly tackled him, then handcuffed and searched him. When they didn’t find anything,

they “told me I had fit the description of somebody,” Hernandez says, and let him go. Jennifer Morales, a 24-year-old social worker who spends her free time doing activism at the Sacramento Immigration Alliance, remembers Proposition 227, nearly two decades ago. “I was 9 years old when my parents took me to my first protest,” she said. Her parents, both immigrants, were activists, too, and fought hard against Prop. 227 in 1998. They failed—but their effort left an imprint on Morales. Independence Taylor, a 17-year-old homeless teen, got involved in social justice just this past year, after seeing the events in Ferguson unfold online. “I got angry when I heard stuff like that,” he said of Michael Brown’s story, “it just gives me more fuel to my fire.” Theses four activists, and dozens more in Sacramento, aligned this past year under the banner of ending police brutality and holding law enforcement accountable. “It made it really personal,” Morales says of watching what happened with Brown and Eric Garner in 2014. “I have a younger brother who is 20 years old, lives in Sacramento, loves the Dodgers, is always wearing a Dodgers hat. I saw my brother as the possibility of being Michael Brown.” Morales’ brother is now an activist as well. Taylor and Bias actually just experienced their first protest, together, this past Black Friday. “It was all by chance. … My friend sent me an invite,” Taylor remembered. “‘We totally need to go to this,’” he told Bias. Bias says he expected a peaceful gathering. But when they arrived at the Black Lives Matter rally at Arden Fair Mall, they were surprised to see police helicopters, cops mounted on horseback and officers wielding batons and wearing riot gear. It felt “escalated,” Bias said. “It was really energizing, since it was our first protest, we were getting all ramped up,” Taylor said. “I like to say that, before that moment, I was not conscious of what was really happening” in places like Ferguson, Bias said. “But police used excessive force on me that night.” The teen—who says he has a 4.3 GPA and will probably attend UC Berkeley next year (acceptance letters arrive March 26)—says he was walking on the sidewalk along Arden Way, but there were too many people and he was pushed into the street. Law enforcement had already closed part of Arden because of the protest, “but then five cops scrambled to arrest me,” Bias says. “I went and stepped forward to grab him, to pull him away, and I got tackled by four officers” as well, Taylor explained. Bias’ story: “They flipped me over. My button broke and my pants ripped and my underwear was showing. I have a permanent scar on my cheek from when

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“ I was lucky that there was a crowd. If that happened when I was alone at night, I could have been killed.” Tony Bias

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While walking down Ninth Street, however, police warned some protesters in this group to get out of the street, even though it had been shut down to vehicle traffic. A YouTube video from the incident shows one officer grabbing and detaining a male protester. Hampton appears on the video and allegedly tries to free this man, grabbing his arm while the cop is holding him. This scene from the video, which has more than 6,000 views, lasts less than four seconds, but it is the basis

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of Hampton’s felony “lynching” charge. She’s scheduled to be arraigned this Monday, March 16, and could serve up to four years. “I was with her at all of these demonstrations,” says fellow activist Morales. She says she couldn’t sleep the night she learned of Hampton’s arrest. “That could have been me.” Sacramento Police Department spokesman Doug Morse explained to SN&R that “several protesters blocked traffic on Capitol Mall” on January 18, and that when officers were trying to detain offenders, “[Hampton] pulled prisoners from police’s custody.” He added that the “Sacramento DA’s office reviewed the case and filed charges, and Sacramento Superior Court signed an arrest warrant based on the facts of the case.” Hampton’s lawyer, Linda Parisi, has urged her client not to speak with media while she reaches out to the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office in hopes of getting her charges dropped. A prominent criminal defense attorney who’s taking on Hampton’s cause, she did tell SN&R that slapping a 20-yearold activist with a felony charge, let alone a young black girl with a “lynching” violation, isn’t the way to do things. “A felony has significant collateral consequences. Is this what we want to do with our young people who are expressing themselves about a relevant social issue?” Parisi said. “Do we really want to arrest young people for felonies, for engaging in acts of civil disobedience? Is that where we really want to go?” Historically “lynching,” or Penal Code 405a, has been used in California in cases where individuals break an inmate out of jail—but to harm them further, as was the case with white mobs lynching black people. Hannah Kagan-Moore, one of the young activists that held the banner on Sunday and a friend of Hampton, said

she was stunned when she learned of the charges. “Maile is a wonderful, brilliant, creative, smart young woman who cares deeply about justice and our community,” the UC Davis graduate student said, “and there’s absolutely no reason she should be in jail.” Mayor Johnson took to Twitter after the February 24 meeting, tweeting the next day: “The word ‘lynching’ has a long and painful history in our nation. It’s time to remove its use in [California] law.” A spokesperson with his office said Johnson would be taking action to try to remove the term from the penal code. Parisi wouldn’t go into specifics about Hampton’s case, but insists that “the legislative history of ‘lynching’ does not correspond with her charges.” Some hope that Johnson’s sympathy for the Black Lives Matter movement and interest in Hampton’s case will move the needle. For instance, last year when the district attorney in Ferguson opted not to charge Officer Darren Wilson for the killing of Michael Brown, the mayor didn’t hesitate to criticize the decision— which stirred up controversy in local law-enforcement circles. Still, they’re not too hopeful. “I think that he is definitely a smooth talker,” said Brody, a regular at city council meetings on Tuesday nights and a co-leader with the Community Dinner Project. “Whether he will go to bat for our cause remains to be seen. But we want to hold him accountable.” Young activist Bias agrees. “Especially as a black person in power, [Johnson] needs to be involved, to make sure no one goes through what he went through at a young age, or what I’m going through now,” he said. “If you can’t trust the police, then who’s going to protect us? No one.”

A bigger conversation It’s a Tuesday evening just before 5 p.m., and there’s a picnic on the Ninth PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK

Maile Hampton (holding sign) gets up in a law officer’s face at a Ferguson rally last year in Sacramento. The 20-year-old is facing a felony charge for her alleged actions during a January protest.

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Street sidewalk in front of City Hall. Homemade organic rice and beans, vegetable soup with chard and potato, a few casseroles, even fresh-squeezed lemonade. Most of the food is all-natural, noncorporate eats donated by volunteers, according to James Clark, one of the organizers. Some of it is even gluten-free. There’s a small can on the ground for trash and another for recycling. People wash the cutlery afterword so they can reuse it next Tuesday. Attendance is healthy; at the end of the month, up to 150 people will arrive for this free meal. And they’re all breaking the law. Teenaged activist Taylor is one of those enjoying the fare. “We could be arrested at any point for serving food,” he says. This is because of an ordinance passed in recent years by city council that prohibits nonpermitted serving of food to homeless, one of many new policies that activist say criminalizes the poor. “It’s ridiculous,” he argued—but he also admits that there are no longer cops on bikes hanging out around chow line like they did when the Community Dinner Project first started. Taylor is one of a dozen young Sacramentans who eat and serve at the Project, then stay to speak later that night at city council meetings. The mayor has spoken directly to these new activists from the dais many times. And Councilman Jay Schenirer even held a meeting this past Friday morning with activists at City Hall to discuss homelessness issues. But the harassment continues. One way police target dissenters lately is with vehicle-code-type infractions: jaywalking, blocking traffic and so on. “The other way you can be

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TIMELESS. ELEGANT. Estevan Hernandez moderates a Black Lives Matter rally in late February. Independence Taylor helps as Maile Hampton (left) and others look on.

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Despite this inspirational quote, Kinane is not a self-help guru, he’s a comedian, and the statement doesn’t come off as treacle, thanks to the example he gives next: His clothes caught fire in a dryer at a laundromat. Kinane follows up this hardly miraculous occurrence with a flight-offancy riff about creating a new element and renaming himself “The Alchemist.” The entire track neatly sums up Kinane’s enormous appeal, both to his devoted fans and to other comedians: he comes off as a regular guy—a bit of a schlub, even—but he takes the defeats life hands him and turns them into little victories, and spins an uproarious tale while doing so.

His poetic observations (comparing bunnies engaged in an unorthodox mating position to “seeing a star explode”) belie his regular Joe appearance. Plenty of bearded middle-aged comedians joke about drinking beer and working crap jobs, but not many inspire a scholarly 6,000-word profile such as the one recently written about Kinane on the sports and culture online magazine Grantland.com. Kinane, 38, grew up middle class and punk rock in the Chicago suburbs and started doing comedy in the late ’90s while in college. He moved to Los Angeles in 2003 where he continued to do stand-up and build momentum, and in 2007 he gained wider recognition when Patton Oswalt took him on tour. Now, after years of nonstop touring, he’s a seasoned road dog who plays venues both large and small. Kinane who performs Wednesday, March 18, at Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub, recently spoke to SN&R to explain why he’s particularly interested in performing at the J Street venue.

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Breaking Down Health Care Barriers Navigators help cultural groups access care in South Sacramento b y A ly s s A N o e l l e R A s m u s s e N

s some South Sacramento residents gain access to health care for the first time, many are encountering difficulties trying to navigate the system. Many new enrollees are facing wait times for appointments or enrollment activation. And residents who are new to the country can face unique barriers — cultural beliefs and a lack of formal education are obstacles that can influence health choices and how easily an individual can access needed care. But navigators at the Southeast Asian Assistance Center (SEAC) in South Sacramento are working to break down some of those barriers. Navigators work mainly with Vietnamese, Cambodian and Mien populations. The center’s navigator program is a pilot program funded by the California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities initiative. The program’s unique philosophy, “Do for, do with and cheer on,” guides the center’s staff as they work to strengthen their clients’ confidence in the health care system and ability to navigate it. The SEAC’s program manager, Fahm Saetern, began working at the center more than three years ago. Her own experiences of guiding her parents through the American health care system prepared her to support immigrants who sometimes lack education or don’t understand the impact that their lifestyle has on their health. “With the terrain comes a new kind of health battle,” Saetern says.

Navigators at the Southeast Asian Center help South Sacramento residents find doctors, schedule appointments, fill medications and provide interpretation services. Fahm is proud of the work the navigators are doing. “The greatest strength that [the navigators] have is that they are so embedded in the community,” she says. Navigators also help dispel certain myths, such as the pervasive suspicion among many Southeast Asian immigrants toward Western medicine, working to educate clients about illnesses and treatments. But navigators also make it a priority to maintain the trust of clients who might remain reluctant, at least at first, to fully embrace Western medical practices.

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“What we are seeing now with doctors and clinics, other nonprofits and the Capital Health Network is that we are able to build relationships and make appointments to accommodate folks within 10 business days,” Saetern says.

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.

But the biggest impact of the navigator program is the education component, which has lasting effects, according to Saetern. “It makes a difference in people’s lives,” she says.

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Fahm Saetern is a program manager at the Southeast asian assistance Center. navigators with the Southeast asian assistance Center help community members in South Sacramento cut through the complexities of the health care system. Photo by louise mitchell.

Fahm Saetern Southeast Asian Assistance Center program manager

Navigators are also responsive to the realities of a health care system adapting to a surge in new patients. County enrollment in MediCal increased by 122,000 in 2014, which has resulted in a shortage of doctors — especially in those facilities that accept Medi-Cal. Due to the extended wait times — including processing times for coverage and appointment delays — SEAC has extended each client case

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I know from an interview you did for the Onion’s AV Club about your love of metal and that you’re a Tesla fan. Bass player Brian Wheat’s house is less from a block from where you’re playing. I think it was [the woman] who runs the Punchline [Comedy Club] in San Francisco who told me—hasn’t he won architectural awards or design award [for his house]? We can make this whole interview about Tesla if you want. I’ll take a roll by the house. Are you an Internet, tech-y guy? I know you have a big Twitter following and that’s kind of necessary in comedy today. I almost started shopping for flip phones recently. This is getting real “Andy Rooney old man speech.” I’m getting to the point where I agree more with my parents. Where I see a table out to eat and they’re all looking at their phone and I think, “Yeah, that’s kind of sad.” It’s the way the world is going and I’m eternally grateful that I at least got to have a youth without that. I didn’t get a cellphone until I was 20 or something,

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so I got to have a childhood that wasn’t spent staring at tiny screens. I know how much of an old man that makes me sound. I know there are amazing benefits. I’m talking to you and using a map on my phone right now on a road trip. We used to have atlases all over the car and still continually got lost. There are things to be said about getting lost and seeing parts of the world, though, too. I’m waiting for the psychological diagnosis of people who can only be validated through their online presence and don’t live for experience in the real world. I’d love to see an Instagram contest where the winner of the best picture gets to go on an amazing vacation but they cannot document it at all and see if they still will accept it. If you post one photo, you will be charged for the whole thing and see what happens. “But if I can’t put it online, how will people know I went on this trip?” Exactly! It’s only for you. You have to know for yourself. You said in the Grantland article that you have an interest in cults? I’m a little more lenient to the idea of them now. I have gone a little bit more California and I’m glad that I have. It’s a subject that interested me to try and make jokes about it. I am always curious. I live by the Scientology center and you can’t see a massive building of people all in their weird little uniforms and not think, “What did they tell you that got you on board with this? Who did you meet, so charming, that they convinced you to go along with these ideologies?” It’s inherently interesting to me. Did you see The Source Family documentary about the ’70s Los Angeles cult? That was what spurred my new interest in cults! It kind of seemed like not bad, until

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the end. “We’ve just got a fun vegetarian restaurant. We all split the rent on a mansion.” The band’s actually not bad. I mean, it’s not a good band, but it’s a good band for a cult. You like to ride bikes? Just mountain bikes. I used to like to ride BMX bikes when I was little and when I was a teenager. I was never good at it. And now that I’m older and I’m more susceptible to injury, I’m trying more things. Maybe it’s the idea of how short life is. It’s like, “Yeah, you can get hurt now. It’s alright.” I live in California and there’re mountains and I have to try that. It’s the same reason I got into comedy. I have to see if I can do that. I’ve got to try that. I can’t just sit back and enjoy. I need to attempt it. In the AV Club piece you quoted David Lee Roth saying, “I might not have kids, but I’ve got a pretty awesome looking passport.” Does that resonate with you? He’s a fascinating guy. He was a paramedic in New York after Van Halen. Then he mountain climbs. The guy is like, “This is what I want to do in life. I want to have adventures.” And also that he’s not documenting it—going back to people needing to document everything they do. Just a fascinating fountain of stories is what David Lee Roth is. And he’s still singing tunes once in a while. I feel bad saying that I see children putting an end to that life. I can say that because I don’t have kids. And will I ever have kids? I don’t know. Maybe when I’m done running around telling jokes and falling off my bike and doing all this stuff maybe my attitude will change. But right now it’s much more David Lee Roth’s attitude.

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“Barbie Burger” by Mel Ramos, artist proof print, 1971.

The Three Graces and porn It’s hard to forget when an art history professor tells his class that so many MIXED MEDIA of those classic paintings of the masters and their nude Three Graces were basically ancient porn. And Sacramento’s Mel Ramos’ paintings of young, beautiful women draped over or straddling massive packages of brand-name products is its own kind of obscenity. Ramos shows at Archival Framing with Eric Dahlin, a former art student of his who is also a retired art

“Pray” by Pete Eckert, photograph, 2014.

The blind can lead the blind—even to climb up a 60-foot tree—as long as there are no expectations put upon them that they cannot. That was the lesson from a This American Life episode that aired in January. Pete Eckert, PHOTOGRAPHY a Sacramento photographer who happens to be blind, has been defying expectations for years with his painting-by-light shots, exhibiting them in fine-art galleries and even doing commercial work—Playboy and Swarovski jewelry, to name a couple. But in the dusk of the recent social-media meme and accompanying debate over a blue-and-black

dress being perceived as white and gold, it’s a little easier to understand how seemingly “normal” sighted people can perceive the same thing differently. The mere act of a blind person taking photographs may be enough to challenge some sighted folks’ perception, but just because Eckert can’t “see,” it doesn’t mean he doesn’t know what he’s doing when he’s creating an image.

Where: Archival Framing, 3223 Folsom Boulevard; (916) 923-6204; www.archivalframe.com. Second Saturday reception: March 14, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Through March 28. Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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teacher. Dahlin is known for his cartoonish ceramic sculptures of crows and rabbits, and in this exhibition, called Teacher/ Student/Teacher, he injects some humor into their connection by replicating Ramos’ sexy ladies with Dahlin critters.

The Iron men Ben Alexy studied photography in college, and although the PAINTINGS Bay Areabased artist found his stride in painting instead, his representational work does have a photographic feel to it. He shows this month at Axis Gallery with paintings by Justin Marsh in What Weighs the Iron?

Where: Society for the Blind, 1238 S Street; (916) 452-8271; http://societyfortheblind.org. Second Saturday reception: March 14, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Through March 14.

“Phil Tiger #3” by Ben Alexy, acrylic and graphite on paper, 2013.

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es, St. Patrick’s Day started out as a religious holiday; but the only praying a lot of people will be doing on Tuesday, March 17, is in front of the porcelain god after too many pints of Guinness. There are certainly some good options for binge drinking this week (including a pair of pub crawls), but there are also some other ways to celebrate the holiday—for example: running in a St. Patty’s Day-themed half-marathon, listening to Irish music and joining thousands in the streets for a parade. Let’s begin with a breakdown of the pub crawls: The first one is hosted by the 5hundy Social Club (free, 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 14, starting at the Zebra Club, 1900 P Street; www.5hundy.net). It hits a new spot every half hour—including Pour House, Alley Katz and the Golden Bear—before arriving at the Pine Cove Tavern at 11 p.m. The second crawl, the firstever Off The Chain St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl ($45, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17; http://sactownbikebus.com), is run by Off the Chain Bike Bus Tours, stops at three to-bedetermined pubs, and includes drinks.

Two good options if you want to stand on your feet and spectate—or even go for a run—are: the Old Sacramento Business Association’s 19th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, and Fleet Feet Sports’ Shamrock’n Half Marathon. The parade (free, 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 14, Second and L streets in Old Sacramento; http://oldsacramento.com/special-events/st-patricksday-parade) features hundreds of marches, dancers, bagpipes, drum bands and more. The Shamrock’n Half Marathon takes place over two days, with a 5K and kids run on Saturday, March 14, and the half-marathon on Sunday, March 15. Head to www.shamrocknhalf.com for specific event times, prices and more information. Finally, for some traditional Irish dance and music, head to the Harris Center in Folsom (10 College Parkway) for the Trinity Irish Dancers ($20-$49, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Friday, March 13) and An Irish Hooley ($12-$39, 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 15). The former is a progressive Irish dance troupe and the latter features Irish band Slugger O’Toole joined by the Kerry Dance Troupe.

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At the third annual Brazilian Carnaval in Clarksburg, attendees will rock to the Afro-Brazilian percussion-driven sounds of SambaDa. San Diego-based Super Sonic Samba School dancers will samba with funk, reggae and Rio influences. Brazilian and Argentinian food, FESTIVAL accompanied by Brazil’s national cocktail, the caipirinha, will be available. Arrive on time for free samba lessons. $15-$20, 6 p.m. at the Old Sugar Mill, 35265 Willow Avenue in Clarksburg; www.oldsugarmill.com.

Quick witted, spontaneous and with a brilliant sense of comedic timing, veteran comedian Paula COMEDY Poundstone returns to Sacramento to make Friday the 13th a laughing matter. Typically sporting a baggy suit, garish tie and big smile, Poundstone is adept at presenting her worldview in a manner that we wish we could enunciate. She’s also a regular on NPR’s hit weekly game show Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! $29.50-$52, 7:30 p.m. at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K Street; www.paulapoundstone.com.

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Family Concert Series Sunday, March 15 Now that virtually everything is available online, nearly everyone gets books, visual media and music via a website. CONCERTS Those who prefer the old-school method of hard-copy books and the like will be happy to know local libraries also host a plethora of free live events for the public. This Sunday’s concert starts with a special instrument petting zoo followed by a one-hour concert by the Camelia Symphony Orchestra. Free, 1 p.m. at the Sacramento Library’s Central Branch, 828 I Street; www.sac library.org/Locations/Central.

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Pickle me this Pickle Plate, caPital DiMe It’s odd but I know so many people who don’t like anything pickled. People like my husband who absolutely hate pickled food, in fact. Weird, but fine because that just means more for me—I always steal his pickles when we order deli sandwiches, for example. Or, it’s awesome those times when I order Capital Dime’s pickle plate ($9) and get to devour all the vinegary yum. This small plate assortment includes thinly cut pickled vegetables, pickled eggs and a generous heaping of Dijon mustard for dipping. There’s also a slice of artisan bread included but it is, sadly, not pickled, so why bother? 1801 L Street, www.capitaldime.com.

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fixins, or Nutella and bananas. Pastries—croissants, danish, muffins—come from Village Bakery in Davis. Follow Wicked ’Wich on Facebook for more information about a grand opening celebration, probably happening any day now.

R Street attractions: I strolled through the Warehouse Artist Loft’s public market recently. Well, the by Janelle bitker Janelleb@newSreview.coM construction site that will soon be the public market. It’ll host Fish Face, the take-out sushi concept from Billy an espresso bar. There are four small Which ’wich: Wicked ’Wich is back, Ngo of Kru, and Metro Juice Kitchen tables right by the counter, but also the and Eatery, the second-place winner brick-and-mortar style. rest of the community center for other The food truck kicked off the of last year’s Calling All Dreamers seating options. Broderick Roadhouse empire, which competition. Note the “Kitchen and Old ’Wich truck fans won’t see also encompasses Capital Dime and Eatery,” not just “Company,” which any familiar sandwich names, and they means health-conscious food on top of Trick Pony, back in 2011. Then it might find the current menu tame. No held a brief stint in Sacramento’s juice cleanses. Downtown Plaza. Then Wicked ’Wich banh mi fries, or fries stuffed in sandThere will be glass storefronts for a wiches, for example. But flavors still stopped rolling last summer—its feeling of openness, and a layout prime sound robust. One sandwich offers social media accounts grew inactive, for special-event adaptability. Plus chipotle- and coffee-rubbed beef with its website eventually disabled. the combination of edible attractions, jack cheese and chimichurri. A spin The next phase of Wicked ’Wich art, vintage fashions and crafts in one on a Cuban features citrus-marinated softly opened last Wednesday, as a space? A destination spot, for sure. pork loin, ham, house-made mustard, small cafe located inside the West Warehouse Artist Lofts hosts Swiss cheese and bacon relish. Most Sacramento Community Center its grand opening celebration at sandwiches go for $8-$10. (1075 West Capitol Avenue). Now 4 p.m. Thursday, April 9, at 1108 R For breakfast, think steel-cut open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, the Street. According to developer Ali oatmeal or breakfast panini—stuffed cafe offers breakfast, sandwiches, Youssefi, “The public market might with an egg frittata and other savory salads, soup and pastries along with take more time.” Ω B E F O R E | N E W S | F E A T U R E S T O R Y | A R T S & C U L T U R E

It’s a Thursday afternoon at SN&R headquarters and I’m buzzed on E-40’s Sluricane. Don’t tell HR, but I started hitting a bottle of the rapper’s New Orleans Hurricane knockoff at a staff meeting. Plastic cups, laughs—it was like a dorm party, except at the J-O-B. Unfortunately, turns out pounding Sluricane at work is maybe ill-advised, as the rumand-grenadine cocktail gets you turnt up in less than 11 minutes. My cheeks turned as scarlet red as the potion itself. Then, dumb things emerged from my piehole. To wit: Should Nicolas Cage be featured on the cover of our annual Summer Guide issue? Damn you, Sluricane, and your suntan coconut rum magic, your Robitussin-y sugar-smack seduction. Find Sluricane at, you know, liquor stores, for around $20. www.earlstevensselections.com.

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A zingy unicorn Daikon If you walk through a market and see something resembling a unicorn’s horn, it may be a daikon. Also known as a white radish, this Asian root vegetable has quite a zing to it. Look for bunches sold with the leaves, which should be dark green and not wilted. You can steam or stir-fry the greens, but cut them off the roots right away to keep the daikon crisp. Shred or slice the root and make a quick pickle with vinegar, sugar and salt, or use it in stir-fries and soups. Daikon is rich in vitamin C, potassium and fiber.

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The fourth annual Sacramento Food Film Festival (www.sacfoodfilmfest.com) is back this year, taking place from March 19 to March 29. Founded in 2012 by Catherine Enfield (blogger at www.Munchie Musings.net, creator of the Have an Offal Day event and co-founder of SactoMofo), this year the festival has been handed over to the Food Literacy Center to become part of that organization’s programming. The FLC’s mission is “to inspire kids to eat their vegetables” and “teach low-income elementary children cooking and nutrition to improve our health, community and environment.” The Sacramento Film Festival will certainly do that—and also entertain the public with a bunch of food-related films (documentaries, feature-length films and shorts), pop-up dining events, parties, panel discussions and more. Some of the festival’s events are free, and some cost money (up to $70) to attend. Purchase tickets to individual events online at http://foodliteracycenter. queueapp.com/events—quick, before everything’s sold out.

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Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, Tournée du Chat Noir (Tour of the Chat Noir), 1896. Color lithograph, 55 7/8 x 39 3/8 in. Stichting Het Kattenkabinet, Amsterdam.

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Birdwoman A controversial history The LefT Side of hiSTory The history of communism in Bulgaria is the subject of Kristen Ghodsee’s The Left Side of History: World War II and the Unfulfilled Promise of Communism in Eastern Europe (Duke University Press, $23.95). Ghodsee Book focuses on Communist Party member and British Army intelligence officer Maj. Frank Thompson, who fought with the partisans in Bulgaria during World War II, and on Elena Lagadinova, a teenager during the war who opposed the Nazi-allied Bulgarian monarchy. Ghodsee’s narrative is filtered through personal stories of those in Thompson’s and Lagadinova’s circles. Her claim is that the standard of living and the status of women were better under communism, and she seems to have facts on her side. —Kel Munger

Live long and prosper Trek Core In recent years, social media has played a significant role in how people think about celebrity death. Before Facebook, most B- and C-list actors’ passings went largely unnoticed—at least in the bigger pop culture arena. Of course, Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock on the original Star Trek series, was top-shelf material. Still, while Nimoy’s February 27 death was big on Facebook and Twitter, hardcore Trekkies visited Trek Core. WEBSitE The website is a must-visit for all things Star Trek-related. Currently, there’s a special section devoted to rare and unseen photos of Nimoy—with and without his trademark pointed ears. www.trekcore.com. —Eddie Jorgensen

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Bats are pretty awesome—and a little scary. It’s not often most of us get the chance to see one up close. This weekend, the Sacramento Public EvENt Library’s Pocket-Greenhaven branch will give people that opportunity with an educational live bat presentation. Educational, great, but let’s be honest—this is all about getting to see the creatures’ little vampire faces. The bats for this program will be provided by the Northern California Bat Rescue and Education Center, a group that rescues and rehabilitates injured and orphaned bats. Free; 1:30 p.m., Saturday, March 14; 7335 Gloria Drive; (916) 264-2700; www.saclibrary.org.

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Swan Lake In its 60th season, the Sacramento Ballet undertakes one of the most famous ballets of all time, Swan Lake, for the first time in 15 years. Even if you’re about as good a dancer as Taylor Swift, it’s nearly impossible that you haven’t been exposed to elements of the ballet in some form, whether it’s the parallel portrayal of the ballet in Black Swan, the swelling drama of the Tchaikovsky score (I’m still waiting for a baseball DANCE player to use the meaty part of “Swan’s Theme” as his walk-up song) or the allusion in the “Shake it Off” video by none other than T-Swift. Ahead of the actual production during the last weekend of March, catch “Inside the Director’s Studio: Timeless Beauty Revealed” with artistic director Carinne Binda (1631 K Street; Friday, March 13; 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., $20), during which she will delve into the history of the ballet and how she went about adapting it for the Sacramento Ballet. The following night, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., the studio opens its doors for rehearsal during Second Saturday—an excellent opportunity to see the iconic choreography close up (and for free!). The production itself is about as serious as classical ballet gets—gorgeous white tutus everywhere, choreography that’s breathtaking in its precision and zero smiling. There’s a princess that gets turned into a swan, an evil doppelganger that tries to steal her man, an owl sorcerer that is super pissed for no discernible reason—so much drama! (No one is stabbed with a shard of mirror at the end, but it’s tragic nonetheless.) $19-$57; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26, through Saturday, March 28, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 29; 1301 L Street, www.sacballet.org. —Deena Drewis

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Dia De Los Cuentos B Street Theatre’s newest Family Series production, Dia De Los Cuentos, showcases four fables with Latin flavors. It also shows off the theater’s by Patti Roberts strong storytelling skills—both in the staging and in the writing, since all four tales are scripted by current company members. The four fables, highlighting cultural stories found in Spain, Mexico and New Mexico, may be familiar to those who know the general tales, but are given life and humor by B Street playwrights and directors Jerry Montoya, Buck Busfield and Dave Pierini.

the Firewood skillfully and creatively brings to life a familiar Hispanic folk tale of New Mexico. Ω

Celebrations of Harold Pinter Audiences will have two opportunities in coming weeks to explore the work of the late British playwright Harold Pinter (1930-2008), who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005, among other honors over a long career. Pinter’s plays, while internationally acclaimed, have rarely been mounted in Sacramento during the past 20 years. On Saturday, March 14, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 15, at 2 p.m., British actor Julian Sands will present a one-man show titled A Celebration of Harold Pinter at the Mondavi Center at UC Davis (9399 Old Davis Road). Sands is best known for film work including roles in The Killing Fields, A Room With A View, Ocean’s 13 and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Tickets for Sands’ performances cost $52, and can be purchased at www.mondaviarts.org or (866) 754-2787. In 2005, Sands was asked by Pinter to prepare a selection of Pinter’s poems for a special presentation in London. Pinter and Sands spent many hours together, with Pinter describing how his words should be delivered—when to pause, when to speak with a nuanced tone and so on. Based on this intense communication between writer and performer (and the friendship that developed), Sands and director John Malkovich developed a solo show that Sands performed at the Edinburgh Festival, and later toured to New York (where Sands was nominated for the 2013 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance), Chicago, San Francisco, Paris and elsewhere. Among those attending Sands’ shows at Mondavi will be local actress and director Janis Stevens (herself a nominee for the 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance, for her role in Vivien). Stevens will direct the upcoming Capital Stage production of Pinter’s play The Homecoming, which won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1967. The Capital Stage (www.capstage.org) production will run April 29 through May 31.

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Local playwright Leslie Lewinter-Suskind wrote Italian Opera as a graduate student in the late 1990s. The story of two well-to-do couples and a wisecracking maid is presented as an operetta with numerous ingenious references to famous, classical operas—though appreciated even by those with a passing familiarity of the musical art form. Director Ray Tatar gathers together a talented five-member cast that hits all the right notes, both dramatically and musically. F, Sa 8pm; Su 2pm. Through 3/22. $15-$20. California Stage, California Stage Theatre at the R25 Arts Center, 1721 25th St.; (916) 451-5822; www.calstage.org. P.R.

A superb cast (Matt K. Miller in the title role, Jeb Burris as Brutus and Ryan Snyder as Marc Antony, for starters) and an inspired adaptation (by co-directors Kirk Blackinton and Brian Harrower) make Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy about political intrigue and manipulation most timely. W, Th 6:30pm; F, Sa 8pm; Sa, Su 2pm. Through 3/22. $34-$38. Sacramento Theatre Company, 1419 H St.; (916) 443-6722; www.sactheatre.org. J.C.

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The Lyons is a sly, clever and very dark comedy that explores the explosive dynamics of family faced with the finality of the patriarch’s death. Gathered around a hospital bed, the Lyons—dying father, nonplussed mother, a daughter and an issueladen son—finally spill out secrets and pent-up resentments with not a filter in place. The play is the first of Resurrection Theater’s 2015 season, and showcases the theater’s continued fearlessness in dramatic choices. Director Kellie Yvonne Raines makes sure the talented cast stays true to play’s darkness and truth. F 8pm, Sa 8pm. Through 3/21. $15-$20. Resurrection Theatre, at the Wilkerson Theater, 1723 25th St.; (916) 223-9568; www.resurrection theatre.com. P.R.

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Dia De Los Cuentos is billed as a children’s theater selection, but it’s presented with such fun, flair and talent that adults can thoroughly enjoy the play alongside the younger audience members. The five actors (Nestor Campos Jr., Amy Kelly, Joel Ledbetter, Dena Martinez and Armando Rivera) work in perfect unison to bring their acting skills and enthusiasm to the fascinating fables—all working on a wonderfully colorful and clever stage. Adding to the overall imaginative presentations are the vibrant costumes and makeup, including ancient Mexican tribal wear, beautiful village attire and humorous animal costumes like a rascally rabbit, a kooky coyote, an imaginative parrot and a streetwise mouse. The scripts seamlessly dot the dialogue with Spanish words and phrases, effortlessly intermingling two languages, as well as mingling humor and drama to make the stories sing. The first is Pepito the Mouse, a Spanish version of the tooth fairy, and in this version it’s a streetwise rodent who navigates garbage cans, mouse-hole houses and a girl who loses her tooth. The Legend of Popocatepl and Itzaccihuatl recreates the ancient legend of crossed lovers and how Mexico City volcanoes were formed. The Rabbit and Coyote presents the familiar mythical trickster character to explain why the coyote howls at the moon. And finally, The Parrot and

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Julius Caesar

City Theatre stages a fine production of this controversial Federal Theater Project musical from 1937, directed by Christine Nicholson. As business titan Mister Mister (Luther Hanson) tightens his grasp on “Steeltown, USA,” workers threaten his power by trying to form a union. Interestingly enough, the union organizer (played with charisma and charm by Roderick Hickman) isn’t the main focus; instead, the spotlight’s on the suffering of working people and the frightened middle-class enablers who keep Mister in power. F, Sa 8pm; 2pm Su and 3/21. $10-$18. Through 3/22. City Theatre, Main Auditorium, Sacramento City College Performing Arts Center, 3835 Freeport Blvd.; www.citytheatre.net. K.M.

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The Marvel-ous universe If you’ve followed Marvel Comics and always wanted to see your favorite superheroes in action, this is the place to be. Expect no less than 25 different characters amid a flurry of spectacles including motorcycle action, breathtaking special effects, martial-arts displays and, of course, lots of things that blow up on site. And while the Marvel universe as we know it is soon ending, this two-hour long show will still keep fans entertained from beginning to end. Whether you’re a fan of Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Spider-Man or the Hulk makes little difference. Feld Entertainment—which has been responsible for Disney On Ice, the Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus, Monster Jam, Monster Energy AMA Supercross and more—is producing the event, so expect the unexpected, on a grand scale. Marvel Universe Live; 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12; 7 p.m. Friday, March 13; 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, March 14; 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday, March 15; $49.25-$185.75. Sleep Train Arena, 1 Sports Parkway; www.marveluniverselive.com.

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drawn by Frank Thomas and voiced by Eleanor Audley in 1950. The stepmother is the most loathsome and frightening of all Disney’s villains because she’s the most completely human—no magic or witchcraft, just wickedness and cruelty. Blanchett pays tribute to Audley while making this stepmother her own. The movie’s revelation is Lily James as Ella (here, the character’s true name). James will be familiar to viewers of Downton Abbey, where she plays the flighty, irresponsible cousin Rose. Cinderella showcases a feature of James that gets little play in Downton Abbey—she has what must be the most radiant smile in movie history. “Have courage and be kind,” Ella’s dying mother (Hayley Atwell) tells her early on, and James’ Ella radiates that courage and kindness. She’s simple without being simple-minded, long-suffering without being a doormat. It’s an expert performance, and James’ Cinderella deserves to make her a star the way Mary Poppins did for Julie Andrews. The most brilliant stroke of Disney’s animated Cinderella was the idea of telling much of the story through the eyes of the mice who magically become the horses on Cinderella’s pumpkin coach. Branagh and Weitz nod to that with Ella’s little mouse friends. They don’t talk or sing, however, and this new version never quite rises to the sublime, exquisite sweetness of those mice building “a lovely dress for Cinderelly.” But it compensates in other directions, fleshing out the characters of the Prince (Richard Madden), the King (Derek Jacobi) and Ella’s father (Ben Chaplin).

Lily James’ Cinderella deserves to make her a star the way Mary Poppins did for Julie Andrews. Some may miss the songs. The Fairy Godmother (Helena Bonham Carter) says “bibbidi-bobbidi-boo,” but she doesn’t sing it. And yet the one song we hear (besides “A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes” under the closing credits) is from a different Disney movie entirely: “Lavender Blue (Dilly-Dilly)” from So Dear to My Heart (1949). It’s a surprising choice, but curiously right. This lovely, charming movie can never replace the 1950 Cinderella (which, after all, was perfect), but it stands beside and complements it. Next up, reportedly, is Beauty and the Beast in 2016 with Dan Stevens (also of Downton Abbey) and Emma Watson. They’ve got a helluva hard act to follow. Ω

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Given the tendency of technological advances to accelerate over time, the visual effects of Neill Blomkamp (District 9 ; Elysium) will someday look old-fashioned and ridiculous. Until then, I can’t help but be a little dazzled by his films, and a little charmed by his pompous ineptitude—he’s a Michael Bay who really, really believes he’s a Stanley Kubrick. Blomkamp muse Sharlto Copley provides the motion-capture performance and voice of the titular robot, a South African police android installed with artificial intelligence. Reborn as the childlike Chappie, he is forced to choose between the moral teachings of his creator and the questionable influence of his “parents,” a couple of slimy criminals. Think Short Circuit meets Robocop meets American History X meets 58 other things. It’s a scrap heap of undeveloped ideas and conflicting tones and Hugh Jackman mini-mullets, but I was never bored. Insulted, confused, embarrassed, sure … but not bored. D.B.

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odds, even more slovenly than they were the first time, tailored to appeal to sniggering 11-year-old boys (who, because of the nonstop profanity, nudity and sex, can’t get in to see the movie) and entirely laughless. The first movie was fun but instantly forgettable; the idea that we’ve spent five years wondering what happens next is downright insulting. J.L.

The Lazarus Effect

A group of medical researchers develops a way of bringing dead animals back to life; when one of the researchers (Olivia Wilde) is accidentally electrocuted in the lab, her partner/fiancé (Mark Duplass) uses the experimental process on her. The premise has the makings of a thoughtful thriller, but not in the fumbling hands of director David Gelb and writers Luke Dawson and Jeremy Slater. Instead, they provide an incoherent catalog of worn-out horror movie clichés with a story that makes no sense and goes nowhere. It’s rare that established actors like Wilde, Duplass and (in a tiny role) Amy Aquino turn up in trash like this (maybe they lost a bet); usually it’s just eager nobodies desperate for a foot in the Hollywood door—which pretty much describes the rest of the cast: Sarah Bolger, Evan Peters, Donald Glover. J.L.

After a solid decade of dreck, the seductive con man rom-com Focus allows star Will Smith to slip into a little suave adult sophistication, while rehabbing his image by playing the familiar part of the brash, smooth-talking charmer. The con game genre also offers him an opportunity to investigate and penetrate his celebrity facade, but writer-directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa are all about facades, and Focus is a film that exists entirely on its enticing surfaces. In the moment, it’s an entertaining enough hustle, but scratch the paint and a lot of formulaic chintz starts to show. All of the cinematic “glamour” on display—the lounge-pop soundtrack, the subdued sky bar lighting, the Out of Sight jump cuts—is part of Ficarra and Requa’s con, just osmosis of style from dozens of better movies. The whole film unravels the second you step away. D.B.

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a two-hour long catnap, affable and picturesque enough to remain watchable between long, slow blinks, but also about as pointless and dull as a movie can get. Director John Madden and screenwriter Ol Parker spell out every dramatic problem and its obvious solution in the film’s precredits sequence, and then they spend 122 minutes obstinately sticking to that plan, laying only the most hackneyed narrative roadblocks in the path. In one of the ensemble storylines, Judi Dench’s hardnosed spinster and Bill Nighy’s dizzy divorcee nurse an attraction to each other that they’re afraid to act on. Will they conquer their fears and find love together? Um … yes. For all of the lip service paid to exploring new horizons, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a film designed for people who never want to be surprised or challenged again. D.B.

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Two of the stars of the 2010 movie (Rob Corddry and Craig Robinson; John Cusack wisely dropped out) plunge back into that time-traveling spa (with Clark Duke, back as Corddry’s dorky son) to thwart an attempted murder, but they wind up in the future instead of the past. The first movie was a stupid mess but a guilty pleasure; this one is stupider, messier and no pleasure at all. Director Steve Pink’s direction and Josh Heald’s script are, against all

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Written, directed by and starring Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, the uneven but uproarious mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows mines a vein of deadpan, observational goofiness that recalls previous Clement-Waititi collaborations like Eagle vs. Shark and the TV show Flight of the Conchords. Along with Jonathan Brugh and Ben Fransham, Clement and Waititi play vampire roommates trying to have fun in urban New Zealand while dealing with the realities of modern undead life (they can’t get into most nightclubs because they need to be formally invited to enter) and the difficulties of shared living situations (the chore wheel hasn’t moved in five years). The film excels at finding comedy in those mundane details, and although it never recaptures the comedic momentum of its opening minutes, and the mockumentary format mostly becomes a narrative crutch, there are enough big laughs to forgive a few shortcomings. D.B.

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The E.L. James bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey is famous for bringing BDSM sex into the trash-novel mainstream, but this adaptation from director Sam TaylorJohnson (Nowhere Boy) is just a sleek and dull piece of lifestyle porn. Taylor-Johnson seems far more interested in fetishizing sports cars and tailored suits than whips and chains, and the vanilla sex scenes quickly become monotonous and familiar, offering the same oblique, candlelit tracking shots of undulating body parts that we’ve been getting for decades. This isn’t the next Basic Instinct; it’s the next Sliver. Dakota Johnson stars as virginal lip-biter Anastasia Steele, and Jamie Dornan plays the mysterious Christian Grey, a Seattle tech billionaire who entices Anastasia to become his sexual submissive. Both actors are trapped by the rigid banality of their characters, and they fail to manufacture any chemistry—without that heat, this is just a story about a contract negotiation. D.B.

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That’s “Designated Ugly Fat Friend” —and while our heroine Bianca (Mae Whitman) is neither ugly nor fat, she still serves to make her best friends (Skyler Samuels, Bianca A. Santos) look better. So she reluctantly enlists the neighbor boy she can barely stand (Robbie Amell) to coach her out of her DUFF-hood. Josh A. Cagan’s script has some cornball gimmicks and it cuts the sex in Kody Keplinger’s novel to preserve a PG-13 rating. But it also (with a big help from Whitman, finally ready for her close-up) softens the edges of Keplinger’s snotty, full-of-herself Bianca. As in any romantic comedy, star chemistry is essential, and this movie’s got it: Whitman and Amell have an easy rapport that probably makes Cagan’s dialogue sound snappier than it is and smooths Ari Sandel’s sometimes jittery direction. J.L.

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A distinguished Columbia University linguistics professor (Julianne Moore) finds herself suddenly forgetting simple words, getting lost on her own campus and suffering other baffling lapses. At the age of 50, she is developing early-onset Alzheimer’s—worse yet, it’s hereditary, and she may have passed it on to her adult children (Kate Bosworth, Hunter Parrish, Kristen Stewart). Writer-directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland (adapting Lisa Genova’s novel) avoid the weepy melodrama of diseaseof-the-week TV movies in favor of low-key naturalism, anchored by Moore’s subtle, textured performance and strong support from her screen family (including Alec Baldwin as her loving but flawed husband). It’s a quietly harrowing portrait of a family losing the woman they know—and a woman losing herself. J.L.

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A mistreated employee (Vince Vaughn) quits his job at a big agency and forms his own business with two other misfits (Tom Wilkinson, Dave Franco); after a year of struggle, he finds himself desperately vying with his vicious former boss (Sienna Miller) for a make-or-break account. The most important unfinished business here is Steve Conrad’s slapdash script, with its shifting tones, forced jokes and gaping plot holes, moving the action from Boston to Berlin for no better reason than to give the cast and crew a working European vacation. Vaughn and Wilkinson invest the goings-on with what conviction they can muster, while Franco manages to shine sweetly as their mentally-challenged associate (rising above a borderline-offensive stereotype). Ken Scott’s direction plays along with the general coarseness. J.L.

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A homecoming Hardcore band Trash Talk finally plays a hometown gig There’s a misconception that Trash Talk never played Sacramento. That the hardcore three-piece formed here, utilized DIY practice spaces, wrote by Blake Gillespie the song “Sacramento Is Dead” and then moved away to become a worldwide touring phenomenon that broke the devout hardcore mold by aligning with aggro-rap-turned-millennial-teenangst ambassadors Odd Future.

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“Every human should step out of their hometown, their own comfort zone,” he said on a call from Los Angeles. “You don’t know if there’s other stuff out there that’s your shit if you don’t go look for it.” At 26, Spielman has now fronted Trash Talk for 11 years. The band’s current incarnation also includes Garrett Stevenson on guitar and Spencer Pollard on bass. When Spielman was 13, he hung around Westcoast Worldwide, an artist warehouse with “Post No Bills” signs on the front. There he caught the bug for live shows. He admired locals like Hoods, 7 Seconds and Killing The Dream. Before forming Trash Talk, he and his best friend were left in charge to watch over Worldwide while Hoods toured. “It was crazy because we were kids in high school and we’re opening up a venue every day, cleaning it, doing the sound, wrapping up cables, fucking paying bands,” he says. “Figuring out all that stuff. ... It helped me organize how I run my life.” The band didn’t perform much locally. Once, Trash Talk played the Boardwalk as an opener. Spielman said the leapfrog over Sacramento was never personal. Instead, most local friends and fans make the trip to Bay Area shows. That’s how it’s been since he was a teen. “Even when I was doing shows as a kid people wouldn’t skip Sacramento on purpose. It was kind of out of your hands. San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley are more centrally located so it’s easier to do it there.”

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Now, frontman Lee Spielman appears on Tyler the Creator records and posts Instagrams with Ghostface Killah and Blake Anderson of Workaholics. Buncha fame chasers that left us in the dust, right? Even Mike Hood of famed-Sacramento hardcore band Hoods, who partially gave Spielman his start as an assistant at Hoods’ former downtown DIY venue Westcoast Worldwide, does not mince words on the cold shoulder. “I think they should have stayed in Sacramento and worked hard here and claimed their city,” he wrote in a Facebook message. “Instead they took off south and I feel they forgot their hometown.” Hood’s words echo a sentiment that seems to permeate the entire city. He’s not entirely serious, however, later offering, “Lee is a good kid. He’s like my son, so I’m hard on him.” On Monday, March 16, Trash Talk is scheduled to end the drought with a show at Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub that also features fellow Sacramento expatriate Lee Bannon and New York rap trio Ratking. Bannon, like Trash Talk, was widely underappreciated here and upon relocating to Brooklyn linked up with rap prodigy Joey Bada$$ and signed to Ninja Tune for his drum ’n’ bass debut Alternate/Endings. Both artists could have remained here like Hood, but opted to take the perceived easy route in large-market cities. This said, neither act has removed their hometown from press bios. Spielman describes the decision to leave as necessary, not just for an aspiring band but as a personal growth philosophy.

“ Every human should step out of their hometown, their own comfort zone.” Lee Spielman singer, Trash Talk No matter the opinion on Trash Talk, the Harlow’s show is a homecoming. Spielman’s mother has yet to see him perform and the Midtown club offers plenty of partitioned VIP lounge space to remain clear of the inevitable mosh scrum—a rare annex in the traditional hardcore venue. “No one in my family has ever seen us play, which is crazy because it’s such a big part of my life,” he says of his relatives, including his mother in particular. “It’s not on her at all. It’s mostly been shows where it’s no place for a mother,” he said. “I have nowhere to put [her] and I don’t want some kid fucking diving on and hurting my mother.” Ω

is getting two healthy doses of Sacramento. Yes, the organizers behind TBD Fest are curating the largest unofficial showcase coinciding with SXSW, TBD Austin. But it’s Sol Collective that’s getting the royal treatment: after three years attending SXSW, the people behind Sol Collective earned an official showcase with two stages in a 500-person capacity venue on Saturday, March 21. Hip-hop and global music styles will dominate, with three local artists—Native Children, Dre-T and World Hood—as well as a mix of national and international musicians. The Sol stage will offer tropical, Afro-Latin and other experimental, cross-cultural rhythms, while the Life stage will primarily showcase honest hip-hop. But most excitingly, it’ll launch Sol Collective’s record label Sol Life. You might be thinking, “But hasn’t Sol Life been around a while?” Yes, it has. Local rappers Dre-T and Luke Tailor dropped their albums last year via Sol Life, but with this launch, the label will be an official thing on an international level. Dre-T, Luke Tailor, World Hood and Seti X, a Los Angeles-based hip-hop artist, comprise Sol Life’s current roster. The next wave will be announced this summer. Sol Collective director Estella Sanchez says she expects to sign four or five artists—some local, some not—every few months or so. Already, Sol Life has piqued the interest of musicians as far as New York and Toronto. Why is Sol Life so exciting? In Sanchez’s words, it’s “reimagining the record label through the eyes of the artist.” That means the artist’s needs come first—like, actually come first. It’s a co-op style of business, with the artists having real input and decision-making powers. Traditional roles are gone, and instead, it’s all hands on deck for booking, managing and developing artists. “Everybody is working on everybody’s projects—shared resources, shared contacts, shared networks,” Sanchez said. In terms of sound, Sanchez said Sol Life is drawn to music that shares the artist’s cultural heritage and spreads empowering social and political messages. “We really want to promote voices we feel are important to our communities, and amplify them,” she said.

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The members of local group Soul Shine Band love the blues—and why shouldn’t they? Blues is pretty much the foundation of every ROCK/BLUES popular style of music. The group’s influences include a bit of funk, some Delta Blues pain and lots of classic rock. Essentially different shades of the blues, isn’t it? Singer Jeff Lockwood wails with the power and grit of the Fabulous Thunderbirds’ Kim Wilson. SSB was originally a raw, groove-intensive fourpiece, but later expanded to include horns and two female backing singers. It’s as rough and working-class as it was in the early days, but now has a lot more layers to the music. 1400 E Street, www.facebook.com/ TheSoulShineBand.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd was already playing the guitar at age seven when he met the late blues guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan. Afterward, he got serious. By the time he was 18, he was touring with the likes of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. Now at age 37, he’s an accomplished blues veteran with eight albums under his belt, the latest being 2014’s Goin’ Home. Shepherd’s wicked vibrato and flair for passionate playing inspired Fender to create a Stratocaster bearing his name. Bonus: SRV’s exceptional BLUES drummer Chris Layton has now been in Shepherd’s band for almost a decade. 1013 K Street, www.kennywayneshepherd.net.

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Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub, 10:30 p.m., $10-$12 Who in Sacramento doesn’t know who Zuhg is at this point? The reggae-rock-jam-funkhip-hop ensemble is a local institution, even if they’re now Oregon residents. They’ve put on their own annual local festival in town though (what other local band would be ROCK/JAM bold enough to do that?). Even on small stages, they make every show a big event. This time around, Zuhg comes equipped with a new record, Field Trip. Based off the couple of tracks available online, it’s as eclectic and funky as you’d expect. Also on the bill is local funk outfit Groovincible and jazz-funksters Dank Ocean. Should be a fun dance-yer-assoff fest. 2708 J Street, www.zuhgmusic.com.

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Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub, 10:30 p.m., $20-$24 Alynda Lee Segarra (a.k.a. Hurray for the Riff Raff) is an authentic voice. Her folksy style is honest and true. This young New Yorican (born in Puerto Rico, raised in the Bronx) with the soulful voice left home at 17 and rode around on freight trains before she joined a band in 2007. That wanderlust and hobo mentality is reflected in songs like “Small Town Heroes”: “Well, all these FOLK places, and all these towns / What’s the point in settling down? / We might not be here when next year comes / You better live it like you’re on the run.” This will be one of the best shows this year. 2708 J Street, www.hurrayfortheriffraff.com.

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It may be a Sunday but that is no reason to not venture down Fulton Avenue to one of the coolest little watering holes in these parts. Santa Cruz’s Inanimate Existence are fully submerged on a tour with WRVTH and have appropriately dubbed the tour The Enter Into Atonement Tour 2015. If you’re into fast-paced, technical death metal and aren’t one of those curmudgeons who thinks all death metal sounds the same, you’re in for treat. Expect IE to play many tracks from the fabulous 2014 release on Unique Leader METAL records, A Never-Ending Cycle Of Atonement. Also on the bill are WRVTH, the Kennedy Veil and Goaded By A Spirit Of Hierarchy. 670 Fulton Ave, www.facebook.com/TheInanimateExistence.

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Saint Patrick’s Day is often a harbinger of spring. Though this winter in the Sacramento area has felt like spring all along, Danú, a CELTIC traditional Irish music ensemble with an unparalleled pedigree, brings to town its 20th anniversary tour—and the reels, jigs, waltzes, ballads and marches that go with it. With virtuoso instrumental performances augmented by stunning vocals, Danú’s spirited performance promises to perfectly befit the holiday. The Irish Times called the band “a spirit-raising concoction,” and, as luck would have it, people 21 and older with tickets for the show can enjoy a local-beer tasting event an hour before the show in the Corin Courtyard. 9399 Old Davis Road in Davis, www.danumusic.com.

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Cincinnati’s Walk the Moon takes its name from a Police song. After forming six years ago, the group’s debut single “Anna Sun” was featured on The Vampire Diaries and in American Eagle Outfitters stores. The punchy power-pop energy recalls OK Go and the textured thrum of the Fray’s swirling synth-laden modern rock on tracks like last year’s alt-rock chart topper, “Shut Up and Dance.” By comparison, Aussie quartet ROCK the Griswolds’ 2014 debut Be Impressive is more dance-rock with bright, treble-y, reverb-laden melodies and brittle snare beats. They’re almost British in their penchant for lush, airy theatricality and overwrought emotionality, and they’ll round out the bill on this night. 1417 R Street, www.walkthemoonband.com.

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Seatraffic is such a San Francisco band. You can easily imagine listening to its ethereal, dreamy pop on an overcast San Francisco day, at a perpetually foggy San Francisco beach. It’s cold, it’s gray, it’s time for chillwave. DREAM POP Luckily with Seatraffic, nods to the band name come in the form of not-distracting water and coastal motifs instead of silly fish-related lyrics. Indeed, Seatraffic boasts subtlety. Live, the duo features one drummer and one vocalist/ synthesizer-manipulator, who together create impressively textured, accessible and at times psychedelic soundscapes. Such sounds recently earned Seatraffic a spot in Noise Pop, which is fittingly such a San Francisco festival. 1050 20th Street, http://seatrafficsounds.com.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): As soon

as a baby loggerhead turtle leaves its nest on a Florida beach, it heads for the ocean. It’s only 2 inches long. Although it can swim just one mile every two hours, it begins an 8,000-mile journey that takes ten years. It travels east to Africa, then turns around and circles back to where it originated. Along the way it grows big and strong as it eats a wide variety of food, from corals to sea cucumbers to squid. Succeeding at such an epic journey requires a stellar sense of direction and a prodigious will to thrive. I nominate the loggerhead turtle to be your power animal for the coming weeks, Cancerian.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1961, 19-year-old Bob Dylan began doing solo performances of folk songs at New York clubs. To accompany his vocals, he played an acoustic guitar and harmonica. By 1963, his career had skyrocketed. Critics called him a creative genius. Pop stars were recording the songs he wrote, making him rich. But he still kept his instrumentation simple, relying entirely on his acoustic guitar and harmonica. That changed in 1965, when he made the leap to rock ’n’ roll. For the first time, his music featured a full drum set and electric guitar, bass and keyboards. Some of his fans were offended. How dare he renounce his folk roots? I wonder if it might be time for you to consider a comparable transition, Leo. Are you willing to risk disorienting or disturbing those who would prefer you to stay as you are?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Whoever

travels without a guide needs 200 years for a two-day journey.” That’s an old Sufi saying sometimes attributed to the poet Rumi. I don’t think it’s accurate in all cases. Sometimes we are drawn to wander into frontiers that few people have visited and none have mastered. There are no guides! On other occasions, we can’t get the fullness of our learning experience unless we are free to stumble and bumble all by ourselves. A knowledgeable helper would only interfere with that odd magic. But right now, Virgo, I believe the Sufi saying holds true for you. Where you’re headed, you would benefit from an adviser, teacher or role model.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There’s a

meme rolling around Tumblr and Facebook that goes like this: “Everyone wants a

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magical solution for their problems, but they refuse to believe in magic.” Judging from the astrological omens, I think this Internet folk wisdom applies to your current situation. As I see it, you have two choices. If you intend to keep fantasizing about finding a magical solution, you will have to work harder to believe in magic. But if you can’t finagle your brain into actually believing in magic, you should stop fantasizing about a magical solution. Which will it be?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I have

taken a passage from a letter that Henry Miller wrote to Anais Nin, and I have chopped it up and rearranged it and added to it so as to create an oracle that’s perfect for you right now. Ready? “This is the wild dream: you with your chameleon’s soul being anchored always in no matter what storm, sensing you are at home wherever you are. You asserting yourself, getting the rich varied life you desire; and the more you assert yourself, the more you love going deeper, thicker, fuller. Resurrection after resurrection: that’s your gift, your promise. The insatiable delight of constant change.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

One of your important assignments in the coming week is to get high without the use of drugs and alcohol. Let me elaborate. In my oracular opinion, you simply must escape the numbing trance of the daily rhythm. Experiencing altered states of awareness will provide you with crucial benefits. At the same time, you can’t afford to risk hurting yourself, and it’s essential to avoid stupidly excessive behavior that has negative repercussions. So what do you think? Do you have any methods to get sozzled and squiffed or jiggled and jingled that will also keep you sane and healthy?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Singer Gloria Gaynor recorded the song “I Will Survive” in 1978. It sold more than two million copies and ultimately became an iconic disco anthem. And yet it was originally the B-side of “Substitute,” the song that Gaynor’s record company released as her main offering. Luckily, radio DJs ignored “Substitute” and played the hell out of “I Will Survive,” making it a global hit. I foresee the possibility of a similar development for you, Capricorn. What you currently consider to be secondary should perhaps be primary. A gift or creation or skill you think is less important could turn out to be preeminent.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I’m

tempted to furrow my brow and raise my voice as I tell you to please, please, please go out and do the dicey task you’ve been postponing. But that would just be a way to vent my frustration, and probably not helpful or constructive for you. So here’s my wiser advice: To prepare for that dicey task, lock yourself in your sanctuary until you figure out what you first need to change about yourself before you can accomplish the dicey task. I think that once you make the inner shift, doing the deed will be pretty easy.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In the fairy

tale “The Ugly Duckling,” the young hero suffers from a peculiar case of mistaken identity. He believes that he is a duck. All of his problems stem from this erroneous idea. By duck standards, he is a homely mess. He gets taunted and abused by other animals, goes into exile and endures terrible loneliness. In the end, though, his anguish dissolves when he finally realizes that he is, in fact, a swan. United with his true nature, he no longer compares himself to an inappropriate ideal. Fellow swans welcome him into their community, and he flies away with them. Is there anything in this story that resonates with you, Pisces? I’m guessing there is. It’s high time to free yourself from false notions about who you really are.

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Firing blind Janice Walth’s skill in archery sets her apart. She constantly works to improve her excellent form, and the records she hits prove it. Even more impressive? Walth is legally blind. A medical records transcription supervisor, she also serves on the board of directors of Sacramento’s Society for the Blind and coaches junior blind archers, as well as blinded veterans in the Wounded Warrior program. Walth took some time to discuss competitive archery, the limitations of technology and her special technique.

How do you hit the target? Instead of looking through a regular sight, I orient myself with a tripod. I touch the back of my extended hand to an adjustable bar and position my feet at special markers. Once I have my body lined up and start shooting, it’s a matter of making small adjustments until I get the results I want.

But you can’t see the results. A sighted assistant, or spotter, always helps a blind archer set up, score and stay on top of safety issues. For instant gratification I can always have a milk carton at the bull’s eye and listen for the sound of the arrow hitting it.

Does the spotter help you take your shot? No. A shot depends on how the arrow leaves the bow and I have complete control over that. ... If I am getting a vertical or horizontal line up, I adjust my tactile sight accordingly.

How did you get into archery? My husband Courtney was an archer. After work I often crocheted, but about 10

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years ago I got curious about how I could practice archery myself. I contacted British Blind Sports in the U.K. and they explained how tactile sighting worked. They sent me the specs for making a tripod and now Courtney and I shoot together. He does his rounds and also acts as my spotter.

Couldn’t technology be of more use? Technology tends to fail you when you need it the most. Imagine getting your gear to a competition and then having a dead battery or some problem like that. How frustrating.

So you compete to win. Of course. People often think the disabled are just happy to participate, but we are as competitive as anyone else. Besides, I want to gauge my progress. It’s not fun if I’m not improving.

How do blind archers compete with so many degrees of visual impairment? We used to be grouped together and had to wear ‘blackouts,’ blindfolds or glasses with blacked-out lenses, but recently the regulations changed and now archers are divided between B1, B2 and B3 categories. I only see a little peripheral light so I’m a B1 and in the only group that still wears blackouts. B2s and B3s are legally blind but can take advantage of what partial light and color they see.

What if sighted people volunteered to wear blackouts in order to compete along with the visually impaired? I don’t know if I would want that. Archery is not about how well you see, but how well you execute your shot. Form is what brings legitimacy to the sport and that legitimacy is important to me. |

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Do you only compete when there’s a category for blind contestants? No. With the help of an assistant, blind archers can always attend regular competitions. I was just at the 2015 Vegas Shoot where there were about 2,500 archers. I shot Freestyle Unlimited and got 404 points out of a possible 900. Jeff Fabry is not blind but can’t use his right arm and yet he won his category shooting with a mouth tab release. Everyone can shoot together.

How long have you been blind? Since childhood. I have a genetic condition known as retinitis pigmentosa. My older brother inherited it too, but my younger brother and sister did not. No one else in my family has it.

How did it affect your family activities? It didn’t. We hiked, swam and water-skied all together. You will always have to work through some kind of limitation in life no matter who you are. Archery can help with that. The feeling you get when you hit your target translates into possibilities in all parts of your life. Blinded veterans have told me that with archery they feel their stress leaving them. Courtney and I are coaching some very special people.

Does archery lower your stress levels? (Laughs.) I have a great life and a great husband and I don’t feel like I have any stress at all, but who knows, maybe I owe that to archery. Ω For more information, visit http://seenolimits.org and http://societyfortheblind.org.

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