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Reinvesting in Communities is a Priority for Sacramento Voters by A n n e S to k e S
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astor Dee Emmert remembers when she first met her 12-year-old stepson Matthew — his goal in life was to be a drug dealer.
leads to recycling people through prison,” Emmert says. “Prisons are expensive. And the cost of human life is expensive.”
“The drug dealers up the street had the money and the girls and the cars, and that’s what he wanted,” she says.
According to a recent survey funded by The California Endowment, many Sacramento County voters agree.
For nearly six out of the next 15 years, Matthew was in and out of juvenile hall and prison. Now 32, he’s out of prison and working hard to build a life for himself. Emmert says she’s proud of his determination to stay out of prison, but admits he struggles to find employment with his background.
“Prisons are exPensive. and the cost of human life is exPensive.”
Through her activism with Sacramento Area Congregations Together (ACT), Emmert has seen how mass incarceration tears at the fabric of entire communities, just as her stepson’s experience in the criminal justice system affected her own family. ACT, one of several organizations in the Sacramento Reinvestment Coalition, works with The California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities initiative to promote increasing preventative services like mental and health care (including substance abuse treatment), schools, housing and economic opportunities, especially for communities of color and the formerly incarcerated. The coalition advocates for the allocation of funds resulting from cost-saving measures, including Prop. 47, be reinvested into vital community services rather than back into the criminal justice system. “It’s clear to me that locking people up does not stop the issues we’re trying to stop, it just
Pastor Dee Emmert, leader, Sacramento Area Congregations Together (ACT)
The poll, conducted in March 2017, found that 64 percent of voters surveyed supported community reinvestment funding over law enforcement as a more effective way of making their community safer. Additionally, 53 percent of those surveyed agreed that more Prop. 47 dollars should be going to such reinvestment policies rather than jails. “There’s support in the community to use funding to address the underlying causes instead of just locking them up and throwing away the key,” Emmert says. “They want to reduce the rate of incarceration and use those funds to address homelessness, to address lack of jobs, to address education, to address drug treatment and mental health treatment.”
Pastor dee Emmert, leader with the Sacramento area Congregations Together (aCT), advocates for reinvestment programs that would reduce incarceration rates in Sacramento County. Photo by anne Stokes.
of Supervisors to make budgetary choices that benefit reinvestment policies — instead of pumping funds back into jail facilities, prison staff and probation officers — and to remember that’s how voters want it.
For Sacramento ACT, that means keeping the pressure on Sacramento County’s Board
your ZIP code shouldn’t predict how long you’ll live – but it does. Staying healthy requires much more than doctors and diets. Every day, our surroundings and activities affect how long – and how well – we’ll live. Health Happens in neighborhoods. Health Happens in Schools. Health Happens with Prevention.
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, communitybased organizations and public institutions will work together to address the socioeconomic and environmental challenges contributing to the poor health of their communities.
For more information, visit www.sacact.org or call 916-389.8990.
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“OpiOids and alcOhOl shOuld be illegal.”
asked at the saCramento Convention Center:
What legal drugs should be made illegal?
Chris Palileo counselor
Your Vicodins, your Norcos, dare I say Oxycontin. I used to work as a pharmacy clerk. I do have a lot of family who work in the medical industry. A lot of people, through no fault of their own, because they get a back spasm or something, get on these drugs and just can’t get off of them.
dave roBinson market manager
My uncle was killed in a drunk driving accident. Alcohol is one. Some FDA-approved drugs have caused people to have issues. The drug for ADHD was given to my nephew and it alleviated his personality to the point where he just wasn’t there.
riCk y tinny purchasing clerk
Marijuana has been proven to be medicinal. Both the opioids and alcohol are much more dangerous than marijuana. I work with the elderly. They are being given prescription after prescription. In my opinion, marijuana would help them a lot more. I’m not a doctor, though.
krystal Bell project manager
Most opioid painkillers like fentanyl and stuff like that should be illegal. ... I had a back injury and I explored a bunch of different methods. It was a life-changing injury. I refused pills. I did yoga nidra which works on your brain waves. I ended up doing meditation and, with exercise, I am well.
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legal secretary
There are a lot of really good benefits from marijuana. It can be taxed to make money for the city and the county. Hemp oil can be made. I know a lot of people who suffer from anxiety and they smoke a blunt. It clams them down very well. I don’t really view it as a drug.
What I do not like is that they tried to legalize marijuana. People think it is an herb; it is a plant and it caused problems. I know some of the Native Americans use it to heal. It is a good idea to allow them to use it that way in the sweat lodges. I am for using it in that manner.
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are you part of the problem? Re “California submerged” by Julie Cart (Feature story, May 18): With all due respect to Julie Cart on her comprehensive and well-researched article, we don’t need another eminently reasonable article detailing how our climate is in crisis. We know it is. So any discussion of the issue without placing blame where it lies and advocating for real solutions comes off, in effect, as either obfuscation, a tactic of delay (whether or not it is intended), or just plain whining. To quote Robert Speer on page 3: “As a resident +of planet Earth, I can’t help but think there is only one story that matters on an existential level: climate change.” He’s right. And unless you drive a vehicle powered by internal combustion only in life-threatening situations or consume the products of animal agriculture in amounts only necessary to sustain health, you can, well, shut the fuck up—until you are no longer a part of the problem.
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Where is the humanity? Re “Rousted once again” by S. Anderson and R. Hosseini (News, May 4): Thanks for highlighting the size of the homeless issue around Sacramento and that it is much larger than previously acknowledged. It is the biggest social and community issue of our city and region, far exceeding any need for new sports facilities. The problem and its magnitude are made more glaring by the fact that K. Johnson and his allies did nothing effective to solve it. Now we have higher parking prices, more congestion, more restricted buses and a financial obligation that is unlikely to be profitable for the city. And we have a growing homeless population with no solution in sight. Where is the humanity in that?
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Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks with a crowd after serving ice cream to California Democratic Convention attendees on Saturday, May 20. Newsom is running for governor in 2018. Photo by Dave KemPa
Ice cream and loathing At the California Democratic Party Convention, it’s all about beating each other by Dave Kempa
Raheem F. hosseini contributed to this report.
California Democrats have four words for their fiery, insurgent newcomers: Shut the fuck up. It’s Friday, May 19. I’m nursing a beer on a balcony at the 2017 California Democratic Convention in Sacramento, considering the crowd below—an amalgam of nerd-ass wonks, pink-clad Berniecrats, smarmy electeds and granola activists—and reflecting on the scene a few minutes before. To kick off the weekend’s events, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg was slated to deliver a few words to newly arrived state delegates and politicos. But a gaggle of young protesters interrupted
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proceedings with chants for single-payer health care, leading grizzled outgoing party leader John Burton to nab the microphone from Steinberg and shout, “Hey, shut the fuck up or go outside.” He would offer the same crass words to nurses on Sunday. Boasting a supermajority in both the Assembly and Senate, as well as control of statewide federal elected offices, California Democrats have exhausted their Republican adversaries. By and large, the party is posturing against a Trump-and-Republican-run Washington, D.C., but the battles back home aren’t quite over. This weekend they’ll face an
army of purist, populist Berniecrats crashing the party and working to wrest control from within. “This guy press?” a man behind me asks. Two middle-aged delegates flank me and start to discuss the success of their party, expressing mock outrage at the audacity of the convention’s belligerent newcomers. I ask if they’re really so surprised. Democrats are now the central powerbrokers of state politics. Of course someone was going to fill the void to their left. We discuss the Bernie Sanders
phenomenon and touch on why folks my age and younger refuse to join political parties. Last March, the California secretary of state reported that “no party affiliation” voters were up 400,000, while Democrats and Republicans saw registration drop by almost 300,000. The delegates tell me they support Eric Bauman for chair. I already knew that. This war for the soul of the party is encapsulated by the weekend’s race to replace Burton at the helm of state Democrats. When Burton announced his retirement, folks saw the position going to Bauman, a Los Angeles insider and Burton’s vice chair of eight years. But then Kimberly Ellis, a Bay Area activist and head of Emerge California—which works to get women and people of color into elected office—threw her hat in the ring. Suddenly, Ellis had the support of California nurses and a sea of former Bernie supporters who scored big wins in state delegate elections months before. The race was on. Everyone in state politics is a coward.
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it’s refreshing when I meet 20-year-old Antonio Rafael Robles at the Progressive Democrat party on the seventh floor of the Citizen Hotel. Inspired by Sanders’ run for the presidency, Robles decided last year to run for the school board of Fallbrook Union High School District in a conservative, rural town off I-15 between San Diego and Los Angeles. He lost, but he’s already gearing up for 2018. Robles and I are joined by a group of young women with backpacks and pink Ellis T-shirts. The conversation turns to Burton’s F-bomb. “You don’t want to end your legacy like that,” Robles will later say. Listening to insurgent Ellisistas and insider Baumanites talk of each other, one starts to hear the same accusations. “They” are responsible for Trump. “They” refuse to listen. As obstinate and disruptive as the young leftists can be, the beltway business Democrats rival them with dismissive tones and demands for silence. It’s the same impasse the party is seeing on a national level between deeply entrenched supporters of Sanders and Hillary Clinton. On Saturday, the Democrats hold a panel on reaching young folks called “#EngageBeyond: How Gen-X and Millennials are reimagining civic & political party participation.” It’s an immersive discussion with folks like Brittany Packnett of Black Lives Matter fame and upstart Los Angeles operative Kenya Parham. But since the weekend was scheduled by octogenarian Burton, the panel starts at 8 a.m. It’s also competing with Nancy Pelosi’s speech in the raucous women’s caucus next door. One audience member notes on Twitter that there are very few millennials in attendance. And they’re right. There are more baby boomers in this sparse crowd than there are folks under 30. As Saturday’s round of delegate voting and candidate speeches kicks off, I run into one of the middle-aged delegates from the night before. “You gotta write something that brings the party together,” he says. Those words will ricochet through my cranium as I take in the absurdity of the rest of the weekend. Glow sticks shilling for charter schools at a Cyprus Hill concert. Insider Democrats arguing against divestments from Big Oil. A future party leader with ties to Big Pharma in Bauman. in a convention of wonks, weirdos and
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A 2018 gubernatorial hopeful, Bauman and company briefly took Newsom has spent much of his career in communications operative Steve on the progressive side of the issues and Maviglio to help during the Bauman-Ellis the right side of California history. He’s ballot review this week, irking numergood-looking. Folks who talk with him ous Ellis-friendly unions. Maviglio is say he really listens. But he sticks out at a representing management at AT&T as the convention full of human beings. telecommunications behemoth battles the Newsom scoops ice cream for conven- Communication Workers of America—a tion attendees at an outdoor party he’s major union that launched a strike the thrown at the intersection of K and 13th day the convention began. When union streets. With his pristine style and attire, leadership approached the party about it, he reminds me of the Sesame Street Maviglio was released. sketch in which Weimaraners in human Maviglio says Bauman asked his help clothing use human hands to knead dough to field press inquiries at party headquarat a kitchen table. It looks real, but someters during the Ellis-requested recount, thing’s off. but that the gig was always tempoNewsom’s biggest rary, ending after three days. rival in the governor’s “I’m done there,” he race is John Chiang, says. a respected man A few days who has held such later, on May nerd offices as 24, Consumer state controller Watchdog asks and treasurer. the California Fair Newsom’s speech Political Practices Saturday morning Commission to brought the house reopen an investigaJenny Bach down. Chiang, tion into whether newly elected secretary, California meanwhile, speaks top Democratic Democratic Party to a cavernous hall aides profited from during lunch as delegates their bosses’ punting a wander away, drawn outside fracking ban in 2015. Those by Newsom’s sweet, sweet ice aides are Nancy McFadden, who cream. still works in Gov. Jerry Brown’s office, Saturday evening, Newsom hosts a and Maviglio, who used to be the chief concert on the street outside the state communications deputy for John Perez, Capitol. The rapper Common delivers a then the Assembly speaker. brilliant, emotional performance. In the The public interest nonprofit claims Sheraton Grand’s basement ballroom, that McFadden and Maviglio “owned Cypress Hill lead man B-Real fires up to $1 million in the same oil and gas up a blunt and a wild crowd of young company that benefited financially when Democrats with glow sticks advertisthey used their posts to blunt tough reguing the California Charter Schools lation of fracking in the Legislature.” Association—a special interest embraced It’s the kind of smoke that drives the by business Democrats and reviled by progressive base nuts, even as the FPPC the progressive bloc—follows suit. Down takes no action on the request. at Simon’s Bar & Cafe on N and 16th On Tuesday, Bauman announced streets, Bauman hosts a karaoke party. that the party had officially selected a Bauman has won as chair, squeaking new interim firm to handle its media by Ellis at a margin of 62 delegate votes. communications. Ellis will request a recount and review. I One possible bright spot for mainstay wonder what this portends for party unity. and insurgent Democrats alike is 25-yearBauman’s longtime friend and old Jenny Bach, the newly elected party former caucus director for the California secretary. She kind of straddles the Assembly Democrats, Charu Khopkar, conflict between the quibbling factions. will later tell me he’s not worried. Even She’s a young woman whose parents after outgoing chair Burton cussed immigrated from Vietnam. The Wellstone out Ellis supporters Sunday, and they Progressive Democrats of Sacramento marched in protest to Cesar Chavez Plaza, endorsed her on the same bill with Ellis, he sees party unity ahead. “I know Eric but party reps of all stripes have rallied well enough to say he will listen to them, around Bach—though she’s still trying he will work with them and changes will to figure out what they mean when they be coming,” Khopkar says. mention her as a unifier. But wounds are still fresh. And if lead“I think all of us on the board want to ers want to establish themselves as a party unify,” says Bach. for the people, they’re off to a rough start. Easier for some than others. Ω
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! ! ! sNoWiNg iN city hall The snowflakes on the Sacramento City Council are making it prohibitively difficult for real people to address them in public. On May 23, council members voted 8-1 to continue an “experiment” that will limit the off-script interactions they have with their constituents. The two-pronged approach means weekly meetings will start an hour earlier, at 5 p.m., and that public comment on nonagenda items will be taken at the beginning of meetings, rather than at the end. That means people just leaving work in most cases will be unable to address their elected representatives on subjects the council isn’t voting on that day. In the past, that’s meant topics as random as resident concerns about problem businesses, genial statements about upcoming community events or whatever happens to be on the mind of serial public commenter Mac Worthy. But ever since the advent of the local right to rest movement in December 2015, it’s also meant a constant chorus of pleas for elected representatives to lift an unlawful camping ordinance that targets homeless people. “This is another obvious attempt at silencing us,” James Lee Clark, a homelessness activist better known as “Faygo,” told council members last week. Clark noted the council’s other moves to quiet public criticism, like prohibiting applause and forbidding speakers from addressing their elected representatives directly. Fittingly, council members considered this latest rule-change at the new earlier start time—and during a portion of their agenda that is rarely discussed. Even so, approximately two dozen residents spoke out on a measure they condemned for subverting the democratic process. The official rationale for the changes was that the mayor and council “wish[ed] to review council meeting protocols for better interaction with the city residents and constituents.” (Raheem F. Hosseini)
freeloaders BeWare The Sacramento Regional Transit Authority is putting a stop to motorists illegally hogging its ride-and-share parking spaces. In the past, the agency struggled to issue enough citations to make moochers feel the pain. But that will change now that RT is contracting its parking enforcement out to the most merciless ticketwriters in the region—meter-readers for the city of Sacramento. “Once [Sacramento employees] start their enforcement, we’ll have a 30-day warning period to let drivers know,” said Devra Selenas, an RT spokeswoman. Sending a cautionary note to commuters is paramount, as Sacramento’s parking enforcement team is renowned for its ability to issue $65 tickets just seconds after a meter expires. The mercenary enforcers will be stalking light-rail stations at Watt/I-80, Watt West, Roseville Road, Meadow View, Power Inn, Florin and Franklin under the agreement. Rather than have RT pay a fee for the city’s services, Sacramento’s parking authority is entering into a headhunter-style contract that allows it to keep the net revenue for every ticket it writes. In a staff report to the City Council, the Sacramento Public Works Department wrote that this exchange “will be sufficient to cover all operational expenses incurred under the proposed agreement.” Selenas said RT’s main interest in the contract is getting more public servants circulating through its parking lots. “On our end, the real benefit is having a greater presence in those areas for our riders,” Selenas noted. “It makes the parking lots generally more safe.” (Scott Thomas Anderson)
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Billion or bust Critics warn that $1 billion spending plan could be too rich for Sacramento’s future by Scott thomaS anderSon and raheem F. hoSSeini
An extended version of this story is available at www.newsreview .com/sacramento.
The Sacramento City Council is preparing to vote on a $1.03 billion spending plan that looks promising—or frightening—depending on the angle from which it’s viewed. On the Dr. Jekyll side of the equation is a plan that improves police response times, outfits more patrol officers with body cameras, bolsters affordable housing projects, stabilizes park programs, creates paid youth internships and pushes a citywide effort on economic development. But, according to outside experts, Mr. Hyde looms in the heavy reliance on an expiring sales tax and a lack of preparedness for pension costs that are poised to skyrocket. This could mean elected officials’ recent efforts to draw a line between the
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Trump administration and their most vulnerable populations could evaporate before they even materialize. Mayor Darrell Steinberg is proposing $7.2 million in one-time spending on paid youth internships, anti-gang initiatives, bike path improvements and economic development. There are still other initiatives, like a legal defense fund for the city’s undocumented residents and the $5 million of city money that Steinberg is staking in a planned expansion of permanent housing for homeless residents. This progressive wish list isn’t guaranteed, according to Independent Budget Analyst John Silva. In his highlevel review, Silva rated the budget as generally “prudent,” but stressed that $59 million of it relies on Measure
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U revenue, a 1 cent sales tax increase scheduled to expire in 2019. Making it rain with Measure U money may not be a problem this year, but it will be soon. According to Silva’s analysis, the city’s expenditures will begin outpacing its income by approximately $4 million next fiscal year. In an open letter regarding the city’s spending plan, Craig Powell, president of the fiscally conservative group Eye on Sacramento, wrote that it was “a dangerous political strategy” to gamble on Measure U’s renewal. But Powell is more concerned with the city’s unfunded obligations to its retiring workers, a huge debt that’s expected to grow faster than expected. Finance Director Leyne Milstein told SN&R that the city has set aside $25.5
million thus far to chisel down a $363 million liability in long-term retiree benefits—figures that contradicted an even worse assessment by Silva. An extra $5 million cushion is all that’s called for this year, though it wouldn’t go into the same trust fund. On top of that, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System is asking local governments to start kicking in more money to the pension fund due to its underperforming investment portfolio. This is particularly bad timing, as nearly all of the city’s labor contracts are about to expire. Police officials have already been grumbling that their employees are leaving due both to low pay and morale. Last Tuesday, CalPERS representatives Ted Eliopoulos and Wylie Tollette told the council that the annual bill could demand as much as an additional $20 million a year by 2025. (The payment this year was $36 million.) Reflecting on how the pension development could get in the way of their plans, Councilwoman Angelique Ashby told the CalPERS team, “I think it’s fair for us to push back on you and say we need you to be more aggressive [with your investments], because we can’t shoulder this burden. We can’t.” Steinberg asked staff if the city’s expected revenues from recreational marijuana could offset the CalPERS conundrum. Joe Devlin, head of the city’s Office of Cannabis Policy Enforcement, responded that he was predicting only $9 million in new marijuana revenues until the industry expands. The shadow of the CalPERS deficit, and the lack of a backup plan if Measure U expires, were both on the mind of Councilman Jeff Harris when he offered his own thoughts on the budget. “We have to be realistic about what this means,” Harris observed. “I think it’s very important for our constituents to understand that things don’t look real rosy now.” Steinberg didn’t like hearing that and scolded Harris for “making an impression” that might cause the public to think all is not right in Kings town. But numbers don’t spin, and Silva’s budget analysis shows the city plummeting into the red with or without another round of Measure U money by the 2021 fiscal year. With the sales tax, the hole is estimated to be $15 million deep; without it, $70 million. In short, Sacramento will need much more than marijuana or Measure U to save its future. Ω
Bee-leaguered Newsroom layoffs cut arts, sports coverage to the bone by Raheem F. hosseini
Arts coverage is getting a lot less vibrant around the capital region. The Sacramento Bee cut ties with six editorial staffers last week, rocking a newsroom already weary of staff reductions and sending ripples through the local media landscape. The slashing was expected to bleed into this week with another halfdozen departures crimping The Bee’s local news, sports and opinion coverage, SN&R learned. According to Ed Fletcher, a Bee reporter and labor representative, as many as 12 employees may be displaced following the May 22 shakeup, including managers and other personnel not covered by the Pacific Media Workers Guild, a labor union representing more than 1,000 industry professionals. Among those who exited the newspaper last Monday were features writer Blair Anthony Robertson, deputy sports editor Vic Contreras, theater critic Marcus Crowder, criticat-large Chris Macias and lifestyle reporter Allen Pierleoni. “Nobody seems to have a clear picture,” Fletcher wrote in an email Tuesday. As the Poynter Institute reported, The Bee’s parent company “has laid off staffers from several of its newsrooms in recent weeks,” including eight newsroom employees at the Fresno Bee on May 2. Two days later, a gloomy financial forecast showed the McClatchy Co. lost $95.6 million during the first quarter of 2017. Layoffs and staff buyouts have been a semiperennial occurrence at McClatchy papers since the company purchased the Knight Ridder newspaper chain for $4.5 billion in 2006. A global recession followed and print revenues spiraled, never to recover. McClatchy has worked to transition
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The Bee into a digital media platform, but online advertising revenues have yet to match what the paper has accrued in debt and lost in declining circulation and print ad sales. Reporters in the newsroom were taken aback by the latest developments. Senior reporter Brad Branan wrote last Monday that he was “exhausted” by the cycle of attrition on Facebook. “I’d get out, but I love what I do and still believe it is essential, perhaps more than ever,” he wrote. Fletcher suggested that readers who cared about local news coverage could show their support by signing up for paid digital subscriptions. “I hope the downsizing is a wake-up call for people who enjoy the news but don’t want to pay for it,” he said. McClatchy has put a positive spin on its current transitional period. On the webpage devoted to careers, McClatchy boasts that the company “is experiencing the most transformative period in its history. We’re growing rapidly in the digital space and delivering award-winning journalism in innovative ways.” On the day he was dismissed, Macias was still being advertised on the webpage as a member of “the McClatchy family,” with a smiling photo of Macias and the following quote: “I feel very lucky to work for a company that’s not only allowed me to hone my creativity and journalism skills, but provided me with a fantastic career that’s enriched my life.” That profile was replaced with another employee’s some time over the next three days. Ω
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Fried fish Most native salmon, trout dead in a century, report says by Michael Mott
Legislators could also prioritize fish pathways California native salmon, steelhead and trout to spawning grounds by removing dams and could be mostly dead in a century if current trends other barriers, and pursue strategies to improve continue, according to a new UC Davis report. diversity by restoring habitats and creating highly Researchers said last month that up to 74 managed ecosystems. percent of the fish species could be gone in 100 “These fish have gone through earthquakes, years—or 45 percent in 50 years—due to climate climate change and isolation,” said Rob Lusardi, change and human activity eliminating habitats one of the UC Davis report authors. “The reason throughout the state. they’ve been able to is because of diversity. We “In the Sacramento River, winter-run chinook need to protect that.” salmon is one of the most critically endangered Moyle said the governor’s proposed twin species,” said Patrick Samuel, conservation tunnels, which would bring water from the program coordinator at CalTrout, which commisSacramento River to the San Joaquin Valley and sioned the study. “They swim right by downtown Southern California cities, might be essential for on their way home.” the future of fish in the delta. The report is the second from conservation He expects levees around islands will give nonprofit CalTrout and UC Davis’ Center for way at some point, changing the delta’s water Watershed Sciences. It predicts the decline of 32 dynamics and threatening the ability of large species while providing recommendations to pumps to export fresh water. If that save them. The first report, released in happens, Moyle said, political pres2008, showed five species that were sure will mount to reconnect the likely to be extinct over the next “These Sacramento River to pumping five decades. Thanks to five fish have gone plants on an emergency basis. years of drought, that figure through earthquakes, That, in turn, would create a nearly tripled to 14 species system of canals that would with the new report, released climate change and be the worst situation for fish May 16. Scientists stressed isolation.” to migrate through. that their estimation is a Instead, the twin tunnel warning bell to support native Rob Lusardi entrances would include fish fish diversity in general. researcher, Center for screens and water exports “They’re the most charisWatershed Sciences would be kept at a similar level matic members of stream fauna in to what they are now, reducing the California,” said lead researcher Dr. possibility of fish being sent to unfavorPeter Moyle of UC Davis. “If you protect able habitats in the central and south deltas. them, you’re protecting a host of other birds and However, questions remain on how effective fish that help ecosystems and people.” the tunnel screens would be, Moyle said. The warming climate is reducing the cold The Sacramento River’s chinook salmon are water habitat that salmon, steelhead and trout critically vulnerable due to a high dependence need. For the Sacramento River, multiple dry on cold water. Shasta, and Keswick Dam near years reduced the amount of releasable cold Redding, prevent access to all historical spawnwater from Shasta Reservoir, causing warmer water downstream and a more harmful habitat for ing areas and most nurseries. Nearly a third of the species are now spawned in hatcheries, likely young salmon and eggs. That likely devastated accelerating the extinction of wild salmon. the population, the report stated. Asked whether hatcheries could produce the The report cited other threats to the fragile fish if their natural habitats become uninhabitecosystems, like dams that block access to able, CalTrout Executive Director Curtis Knight historical spawning grounds and agricultural said cultivating such boutique populations pollution. wouldn’t ensure long-term survival. The researchers urged farmers and environ“We need to have a genetic reservoir for mentalists to work together. Fields of rice and changes we expect to come,” he said. Ω other crops could be turned into floodplains in off-seasons to support rapid growth of young salmon. That’s already happening on the This story was made possible by a grant from Tower Cafe. Yolo Bypass between Davis and Sacramento.
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Democrats must hang together by jeff vonkaenel
While the hottest theater ticket in the country may be Hamilton, founding father Benjamin Franklin has the best advice for California Democrats in 2017. Writing to members of the Continental Congress in 1776, where the political differences between the revolutionary delegates were far greater than those between the California Democratic delegates recently assembled in Sacramento, Franklin wrote, “We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.” Good advice. Just as the fear of King George’s noose brought people together in 1776, King Donald and the Republican Congress should bring Democrats together in 2017. Yes, there is, and there should be, disagreement among Democrats. And it’s good to have a hotly contested election. Longtime party activist and party insider Eric Bauman, who was aligned with Hillary Clinton’s supporters, competed for Democratic Party chair against political organizer Kimberly Ellis, aligned with Bernie Sanders’ supporters. During the campaign, divisions within the party were openly debated. This was a good process. But once the votes were counted and Eric Bauman was elected, the party should have come together. Instead, a group of Kimberly Ellis supporters walked out in protest after their candidate lost. I think I speak for most Californians: We are worried. Many of us are worried about our health care. Some worry about being deported. Parents worry about their children’s schools. We worry about global warming. Will we be able to find affordable housing? Can we make enough money at our jobs to pay our bills? Most worried California Democrats want the Democrats to pick a party leader, unite and get to work. In contrast to Donald Trump, Paul Ryan, the Koch brothers, or Tom 14 | SN&R | 06.01.17
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McClintock, the difference between Eric Bauman and Kimberly Ellis seems small. The election was very close. Bauman edged out Ellis 1493 to 1431. But now it’s time to support Bauman in his efforts to resist Trump and to build up the Democratic Party. He won. I can’t support the divisive political tactics of the powerful California Nurses Association, who led the protests and walkout at the convention. The CNA endorsed Ralph Nader in 2000 and did not endorse Clinton after Sanders lost the nomination, largely because Clinton did not support single-payer health care. The CNA is now attacking Democrats who have not taken a pro position on single-payer legislation. The CNA seems to agree with the Republican national leadership that legislators should vote in favor of major health care bills before a plan for financing those bills has been worked out. This is wrong in Washington, and it is wrong in Sacramento. The CNA needs to do less hanging of Democrats and more hanging with Democrats. They should start by supporting the newly elected Democratic Party chair, Eric Bauman, who, ironically, is a nurse. After his election, Bauman reached out, saying his opposition “gave voice to a vast and growing segment of the party that hasn’t always felt listened to or valued. And to their supporters, I want to say directly that you will have a seat at the table in the California Democratic Party. My fellow officers and I are committed to working with you to make our party representative of our grass-roots base and ensure we stand up for those most in need.” Franklin would have approved. Ω
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hen Eric Johnson puts a tab of LSD on his tongue or sips tea brewed with psychedelic mushrooms, the pain in his muscles is replaced by a warm, honeylike feeling and his mind finally comes to rest. “It’s pure relief,” he said. Johnson, 50, lives alone in a small apartment in Citrus Heights, amid the suburban sprawl northeast of Sacramento. He doesn’t get out much. He can drive, but walking even modest distances is difficult because of a condition that affects his appendages most severely. His feet, like his hands, are weak and atrophied. His pinkies and big toes are useless. Gripping forks and coffee mugs can be troublesome, as can chewing and swallowing food. At times, he is too fatigued to hold his head up. He was born with hereditary motor-sensory neuropathy, also known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder, an incurable condition that damages neural tissue. “You have to continuously say goodbye to abilities,” he said. “I’m getting better at some things, but it’s a progressive disease.” The slow deterioration of his dexterity has resulted in a long-term grieving process, he said. Periodically throughout his adult life, Johnson has used psychedelic drugs for physical, mental and spiritual release. A growing number of people are taking psychedelics for healing. Advocates say drugs like LSD, psilocybin, MDMA, DMT, ayahuasca and ketamine provide a kaleidoscopic array of potential applications, from treating eating disorders to helping terminal cancer patients find peace. Most scientific research in the field is focused on the potential of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy—more or less traditional, sit-down therapy with one or two psychiatrists, except the patient is tripping and sessions can last up to eight hours. Test results are preliminary and sample sizes are small, but the approach looks promising for treating severe depression, anxiety, PTSD and substanceabuse disorders. All of these conditions are often rooted in traumatic experiences. Scientists still don’t know exactly how psychedelics help people process trauma, said Brad Burge, director of communications for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, a nonprofit organization based in Santa Cruz that is conducting clinical trials of psychotherapy assisted by MDMA, a.k.a. ecstasy. “We do know there’s something deeper going on,” he said. “Psychedelics are not just treating symptoms. They are helping people reconfigure their emotional relationship to their trauma.” If psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy were made legal and accessible (it is neither), Johnson said he would be among the first to sign up for a session. As an experienced user—and someone exposed to severe childhood trauma—he believes the potential for healing and transformation is real. “I know if I could accurately describe how brilliantly [psychedelics] make me feel,” he said, “nobody would ever deny them from me.”
Psychedelic stars For three days in April, more than 3,000 people attended the Psychedelic Science Conference, hosted by MAPS in downtown Oakland. The conference was like a cross between TEDx and Burning Man: The Oakland Marriott City Center was overtaken by policymakers, advocacy groups, academics
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in tweed jackets, flower children, fairy-people on stilts and hippies who smelled righteously of weed and body odor. All the while, in multiple conference rooms, dozens of scientists, psychologists and other medical professionals expounded on the various health benefits of ingesting psychedelics. It was apparent that psychedelic enthusiasts have formed a cultural subgroup complete with its own historic figures and celebrities. In one of the hotel’s elevators, a young woman, seemingly star-struck, asked a psychiatrist for an autograph; he declined. Psychedelics are in the public eye more than ever. Earlier this year, the idea of microdosing was popularized by novelist, essayist and activist Ayelet Waldman’s topselling memoir, A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life. Waldman, who lives with bipolar II disorder, describes taking miniscule amounts of LSD to manage her volatile moods and improve her relationships with her husband and son. In the working world, microdosing has become a trendy practice among Silicon Valley techies and creative professionals. “There’s a lot of research that shows psychedelics can help otherwise normal, healthy people lead more meaningful and productive lives,” said Jag Davies, a spokesman for the Drug Policy Alliance, a national organization that advocates for decriminalizing drugs and moving toward a health-based approach. “It helps enhance creativity and problem-solving,” he said. “People are using psychedelics not to drop out of, but to engage with mainstream society.”
into the Past Using hallucinogens to open the mind to broader vistas is an ancient practice. For thousands of years, indigenous peoples all over the world have used hallucinogenic plants, fungi and animals (like poisonous toads) in healing rituals and spiritual rites of passage. Starting in the early 1950s, early researchers such as Timothy Leary and Humphry Osmond began looking at LSD for a variety of purposes, including treating alcoholism. (Osmond coined the term “psychedelic,” which means “mind-manifesting.”) By 1970, however, psychedelics had become synonymous with the hippie counterculture movement, prompting Richard Nixon to sign the Controlled Substances Act and put most psychedelics on Schedule I: outlawed drugs, including heroin and cannabis. LSD research ground to a halt. The renaissance of psychedelic science started a little more than a decade ago, as researchers started focusing on psilocybin, a compound found in more than 200 types of psychedelic mushrooms. Like LSD, psilocybin is listed as a Schedule I drug, but is considered less controversial to study. Researchers must get a special license from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to do so. In 2006, Roland Griffiths, a professor of neuroscience and psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University, published a landmark article titled “Psilocybin Can Occasion Mystical-Type Experiences Having Substantial and Sustained Personal Meaning and Spiritual Significance.” Of 36 volunteers who participated in the double-blind study, half were given a pill containing psilocybin and half were given an active placebo. More than two-thirds of the participants who took the psychedelic ranked the ensuing trips to be among the most spiritually significant experiences of their lives.
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“When administered under supportive conditions, psilocybin occasioned experiences similar to spontaneously occurring mystical experiences,” Griffiths concluded. Now there’s a whole field of research focused on peak mystical experiences. Leor Roseman is a Ph.D. student of neuroscience at the Beckley/Imperial Research Program in London. During the Psychedelic Science Conference, he presented the results of his research on fMRI brainimaging before and after patients underwent psilocybinassisted therapy for depression. Roseman monitored patients who were given 10-milligram and 25-milligram doses of psilocybin during therapy sessions separated by one week. He found that strong trips and low levels of anxiety predicted positive clinical outcomes. In those cases, patients reported alleviated symptoms of depression several months after their last treatment. How is it that just two doses can influence long-lasting changes in thought patterns and behaviors? Again, researchers aren’t sure. A working theory is that acute psychedelic experiences make changes to the brain’s functional connectivity, linking previously disconnected areas and allowing it to “become more entropic, more
flexible,” Roseman said. That may allow rigid, treatmentresistant conditions to loosen and break free. Here is where science and spirituality intersect and the mystery goes deeper. Patients often report losing their sense of self during peak mystical experiences, Roseman said. The ego dissolves and patients’ sense of individuality is replaced by “oneness” with the universe. By way of example, conference speaker David Lukoff—a licensed psychologist and professor at Sofia University in Palo Alto—described his first LSD trip, which he took more than 30 years ago at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. As he watched the waves roll in, hypnotized, he was overcome by a sense of connection to everything. “The ocean is me; I am the ocean; the waves are me,” Lukoff recalled thinking. “I experienced past, present and future as unity.” To put it nonscientifically: The patient’s mind is blown, sense of self is shattered and it all comes back together as a stronger whole—recalibrated. “This relates to Eastern philosophies,” Roseman said, “that losing oneself momentarily allows for a kind of stronger self.”
Facing Fears Johnson took mushrooms for the first time during a Crosby, Stills & Nash concert in 1983, when he was 16 years old. It was a blast. Colors were more vivid; the air smelled sweeter; the music became transcendent. The experience led to experiments with LSD and Pink Floyd, to equally dazzling effect. “It was just incredible, the way they made me feel,” he said. “Whenever I heard mushrooms or LSD was around, I wanted to get some because they made me feel so good.” At the time, they provided a much-needed respite, he said. Johnson’s childhood in Reno, Nev., had been difficult. As his body grew, his musculature did not develop accordingly, and he became clumsy. He couldn’t keep up with the kids who played sports, rode bicycles and went hunting and fishing, and his physical limitations made him vulnerable to bullying—and more damaging abuse. In the summer of 1974, when he was 7 years old, Johnson was raped multiple times by a 15-year-old boy in his neighborhood, he said.
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Leor Roseman is a Ph.D student specializing in the neuroscience of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.
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There is plenty scientists don’t yet know about psychedelics, says Brad Burge, communications director for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.
“Unfortunately, when you’re in my position, what you are is prey,” he said. Johnson’s experiences have reverberated throughout his adulthood, manifesting later as anxiety and depression and interweaving with his chronic pain. He describes two kinds of pain—an ache in his bones and another sensation “that feels like being crushed inward from all directions.” To manage both, he wears a patch on his shoulder that time-releases fentanyl, a strong opioid painkiller, and he takes one 64-milligram doses of ketamine twice a day. Ketamine is commonly used for sedation and treating chronic pain, and it also has strong psychedelic effects that make it a sought-after recreational drug. Johnson doesn’t find ketamine to be as beneficial—or as fun—as LSD or psylocybin, but he doesn’t seek out those drugs because they’re illegal. “I’m afraid of the cops,” he said. For his psychological distress, he’s tried traditional treatments. He’s seen a psychotherapist for years, and he’s been on and off various antidepressant medications, otherwise known as SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors). The drugs have been effective at times, he said, but they have limitations. “Prozac, for example, can put you in a place where you’re psychologically muted,” he said. “It’s great not to experience the real lows, but it also keeps you from
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“Psychedelics are not just treating symptoms. They are helping people reconfigure their emotional relationship to their trauma.”
experiencing the super-highs. It narrows the range of psychological states you might be in.” While patients on SSRIs often report a general emotional blunting, it’s just the opposite with psilocybin, Roseman said. In his research, a day after patients took mushrooms—in the “afterglow” period—brain scans showed a notable increase of sensitivity in the amygdala, the brain’s emotional processor, which suggested that patients were experiencing and tolerating a wider range of emotions. As MDMA is an entirely different compound, the amygdala’s response to it is different, Burge said, but it does share an important quality with psilocybin. “They both encourage a greater awareness on the part of the patient,” he said. “For example, one of the hallmarks of PTSD is that people try to repress the memory; the memory is something they are unable to face because it causes such fear activation. In the context of psychedelic-assisted therapy, people can talk about their difficult memories of sexual assault, military battles or natural disasters, or whatever event the trauma is based in. “They can face their fear more directly.” Roseman offered a quote from a patient: “I see … my dad abusing me again—something that has flashed into my head now and again ever since it happened—but rather than pushing the image to one side and avoiding the situation, I look him in the eyes
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Jag Davies, a spokesman for the Drug Policy Alliance, says public opinion will determine whether psychedelics are made accessible for therapy.
“With the way everything is going with health care,” he said, “it’s unlikely that health insurance is going to cover psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.” Burge agreed that the health care landscape could be much different in four or five years, but said MAPS is already considering strategies for getting insurance companies to cover the treatment. One point in their favor is that, in the long run, psychedelics would be less expensive than antidepressants. “With MDMA-assisted psychotherapy, you’re looking at just a couple of sessions, and then you don’t need the treatment anymore,” he said. “So, insurance companies might prefer to pay for that rather than pay for ongoing [SSRI] treatment.”
“Everything opens up and flows out. You make connections and see things in away that you might not otherwise. You have experiences that change your outlook in a positive way.” Eric Johnson
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Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy remains inaccessible to the general public, but putting it into clinical practice may not be so far out. Thanks to private donors and an enormously successful crowdfunding campaign, MAPS is entering the final phase of a roughly $25 million plan to make MDMA a federally approved prescription medicine by 2021. In June, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve the protocol for MAPS’ last series of clinical trials, which will involve more than 200 patients at 12 sites around North America. Interestingly, the FDA does not require the researchers to determine how psychedelics actually work before giving them the OK, Burge said. “For approval, the FDA doesn’t need to know anything about mechanism of action,” he said. “They only need to know that a treatment works and that it’s relatively safe; that the ratio of benefit-to-risk is sufficient.” Davies, the spokesman for the Drug Policy Alliance, said the future of psychedelic therapy depends on public opinion and political will. Though attitudes are shifting, polls show the public currently favors legal access to hallucinogens only slightly more than methamphetamine. “There are these myths, these vestiges of the drug war, that if you take a hit of acid, you’re going to go crazy,” he said. “The evidence does not bear that out.” Davies pointed to a meta-analysis conducted by the Norwegian University of Science. After combing data on more than 130,000 Americans who participated in the 2001-2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the study’s authors concluded that lifetime use of LSD, mushrooms, mescaline or peyote was not associated with an increased risk of developing mental health problems. Other big data studies have found just the opposite. This is not a consensus. The National Institutes on Drug Abuse, for instance, says that “little is known about the long-terms effects of hallucinogens” and warns of rare cases of drug-induced psychosis and flashbacks. Even if the treatment is approved, Davies said, it will remain inaccessible to most people.
learning from the triP Psychedelic therapy is not a miraculous cure-all, Burge emphasized. If patients have a seemingly life-changing epiphany during a session, it’s still up to them to put it into practice. “Oftentimes, the participants in the studies say the therapy itself did immediately help reduce symptoms, but a lot of the work came after that,” he said. “Which is to say, the drug is not doing the work for people. Rather, it’s providing a window for people to make changes.” Johnson knows healing isn’t found only in a substance. Lately, he’s been trying to retain dexterity by practicing yoga, and he’s tapered off his regimen of antidepressants. At the encouragement of his psychotherapist, he recently went to a meeting of the Psychedelic Club of Sacramento. It was his first social outing in some time. Reflecting on his experiences in the psychedelic state, Johnson said they provided different perspectives on his condition, his trauma and the traditional life markers he felt he was missing out on—getting married, having children, buying a house and pursuing a career. “Everything opens up and flows out,” he said. “You make connections and see things in away that you might not otherwise. You have experiences that change your outlook in a positive way.” He doesn’t know when he’ll take his next psychedelic trip, but he knows what to expect when the occasion arises, he said: “When pain is replaced by a sweet, candylike feeling in your muscles and you get that relief—that absolute relief—you want more of that.” 3
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Summer hope
springs eternal Valerian and the city of a Thousand planets
Dunkirk
D a n i e l B a r n e s ’ pa n o r a m i c e s c a p e s
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he summer movie season is always eagerly anticipated and even more eagerly forgotten, but the shitshow known as the summer of 2016 will leave a lasting scar in the shape of Ghostbusters; Suicide Squad; Independence Day: Resurgence; people tweeting about Ghostbusters; The Legend of Tarzan; and let’s not forget about Ghostbusters. At their best, summer movies offer guilt-free fun, but these were our worst ideas and impulses projected in IMAX 3-D. But summer hope springs eternal, and ever-optimistic film critics Daniel Barnes and Jim Lane still managed to find 10 highly anticipated films that might just make for the best … summer … ever. Probably not, but you never know.
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It Comes at NIght
(June 9)
Almost nobody watched Trey Edward Shults’ brilliant debut Krisha, a film that starred the director’s friends and families and was shot in his parents’ house. But it seems that the right nobodies watched it, because the singular domestic drama won the 28-year-old a two-picture deal with respected indie outlet A24. This follow-up film that stars Joel Edgerton—and was not shot in anyone’s parents’ house—is billed as a horror movie. After seeing Shults turn a Thanksgiving family dinner into hell on earth, it will be fascinating to watch him plant two feet in the genre.
the BeguIled
(June 30)
I’m not usually stoked about remakes, especially a remake of a good film like Don Siegel’s kinky 1971 Civil War drama The Beguiled, and yet I’m very curious to see a female filmmaker take on this somewhat misogynist material. If writer-director Sofia Coppola can snap out of her long funk, maybe she can invest the film with some of her old Lost in Translation spark. Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning star as sheltered Southern women driven to emotional extremes by the presence of a Union soldier (Colin Farrell, who is no Clint Eastwood, but you knew that).
atomIC BloNde
(July 28)
A longtime stunt coordinator and one of the creative forces behind John Wick, David Leitch officially steps behind the camera with Atomic Blonde, adapted from a graphic novel by 300 screenwriter Kurt Johnstad. The film stars Charlize Theron as an undercover agent kick-punching her way through a buffet line of Cold War-era stooges. If Atomic Blonde merely delivers on the promise of Theron kicking
ass and looking amazing, this will be the feel-good film of the summer; story and style would be gravy. Leitch has Deadpool 2 lined up for next year, so hopefully we get one decent actioner out of him before that assured abomination kills us all.
detroIt
(August 4)
Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow reteams with the screenwriter of The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, Mark Boal, for her first film in five years, a visceral ensemble piece about the 1967 Detroit riots featuring John Boyega, Anthony Mackie and John Krasinski. Sparked by racial injustice and inflamed by police brutality, the riots seem like the sort of historical event tailor-made for Bigelow’s brand of compellingly problematic cinema. After Bigelow and Boal took heat for playing loose with the facts in Zero Dark Thirty, you can already sense the “think piece” crew warming up their glibbest hot takes. But if anyone can both embrace the exploitative nature of the project, as well as find moral quandaries in the middle of violent chaos, it would be Bigelow.
logaN luCky
(August 18)
It turns out that Steven Soderbergh is very bad at retirement. He claimed to call it quits following the 2013 double feature of Side Effects and Behind the Candelabra, but he has been working nonstop ever since, most notably as a creative force on the Cinemax show The Knick. And now Soderbergh even manages to beat the already overhyped Ocean’s Eight to the punch with his own star-heavy heist movie, starring Channing Tatum and Adam Driver as brother thieves pulling off a job at a NASCAR race. Next time, maybe try bingo nights?
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Wonder Woman
(June 2)
The portents for this one aren’t entirely auspicious: Zack Snyder had a hand in the script (seldom a good sign), and the trailers bristle with the usual array of patently impossible action and CGI so hyperrealistic that both are oddly unconvincing. Still, Israeli actress Gal Gadot—virtually the only survivor of the mess that was Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice—may be the best thing to hit American movies since Marion Cotillard. Her new vehicle has the kind of period setting (in this case, World War I) that added historical texture to Captain America: The First Avenger, and having Chris Pine along as sidekick Steve Trevor can only help.
Paris Can Wait (June 2 in Sacramento)
This one has been playing the boutique-festival circuit for months and is set to open June 2 at Sacramento’s Tower Theatre. Writer-director Eleanor Coppola proved herself as a documentary filmmaker years ago; this is her fiction-film debut. It stars Diane Lane and the French countryside between Cannes and Paris—so far, so good—and the Frenchman Arnaud Viard, a bit of an unknown quantity. Having Lane play the wife of a driven, dedicated, inattentive movie producer (Alec Baldwin) gives the film a naughty whiff of autobiography. (Coppola’s own husband is Francis Ford Coppola.)
BaBy driver
(June 28)
Writer-director Edgar Wright seems to have his finger on the pulse of something or other—maybe it’s the “youth zeitgeist,” or maybe it’s just that he makes really fun movies. Anyhow, the components here all add up to eager
anticipation: There are fast cars, a nifty cast, a major heist and a pop-music soundtrack—all combined with Wright’s track record (Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The World’s End) and what just might be a starmaking turn by Ansel Elgort in the title role.
dunkirk
(July 21)
Writer-director Christopher Nolan comes back down to Earth from Interstellar, out into the real world from Inception, and into history from the Dark Knight trilogy for this retelling of the “Miracle of Dunkirk” in the early days of World War II. Nearly 350,000 Allied troops, surrounded and cut off by the advancing Nazi hordes, were somehow evacuated and saved to fight another day. A miracle, yes, but also a colossal military disaster. Even darker days lay ahead for Britain before the war turned in their favor. Nolan seems just the guy to give the drama its due, as long as he can avoid the kind of dreary soap opera that sank 2001’s Pearl Harbor (but then, that was Michael Bay).
valerian and the City of a thousand Planets (July 21)
Director Luc Besson is one of the loosest cannons that ever rolled around the deck of world cinema, but even when he misfires—say, with Lucy or Arthur and the Invisibles— he’s never dull. This one may turn out to be a companion piece to his guilty-pleasure The Fifth Element—and the pleasure may not even be all that guilty. At least the trailers look stunning (but then, so did Jupiter Ascending). Ω
Los Angeles-based gallery owner Adam D. Miller has curated the art show he always wanted to see as an undergrad at Sacramento State, and he’s bringing it to Verge Center for the Arts. “I was trying to think about who I was when I was in Sacramento,” he said, “and what kind of exhibition would have been beneficial to me.” In the early aughts, Miller got his creative kicks in Sac by playing in power-pop trio The Mallrats and designing cartoonish T-shirts and gig posters for local bands, including pop-punk legends The Groovy Ghoulies. But to satisfy his cravings for contemporary art, he traveled all the way to San Francisco. Now, Miller’s upcoming show at Verge (June 10-August 20) gathers 18 accomplished artists from Los Angeles— some of whom show their work internationally. The exhibit’s title, Brightsiders, calls out that ever-present LA reputation: overly sunny and aloof. “I thought it was fun to embrace the stereotypes,” he said. Taken together, the artworks capture a moment in the West Coast’s fashion capital. “There is a huge influence of textiles in art in Southern California,” Miller explained. Crafts take center stage in Brightsiders, elevated from their grandmotherly associations into the lofty zone of fine art. Contemporary artists have cried foul on male-dominated museums for sidelining traditionally feminine practices such as weaving. Which brings up an important point about Miller’s show, one that he intentionally avoided turning into the focus: All 18 of the artists in Brightsiders happen to be women. “When [curators] make it about who the artists are as opposed to the work, it can be a disservice to the artists,” Miller said. Their works across media reveal LA’s sunshiny outlook as well as its ironic humor. You’ll find the variegated colors of a SoCal sunset in Laura Owens’ paintings and the desert motifs of Joshua Tree in Rebecca Morris’ large-scale abstractions. Of course, LA is not all natural beauty. The artists skewer the city’s consumer culture, as in Aiko Hachisuka’s neon clothing sculptures and in Lara Schnitger’s tongue-in-cheek work. In one of Schnitger’s creations, high-heeled legs wear a spectrum of clashing prints. The disembodied limbs splay outward from a sign that insists with a hint of desperation, “We Are Sexy.” For all the city’s superficial flaws, Miller still cherishes his home base for the opportunities it has given him, like opening his own gallery, The Pit. But the way he’s survived the cutthroat LA art market—using tactics like selling zines, tote bags and T-shirts—he credits to coming of age in Sacramento’s punk scene, where artists were proactive about finding their audiences. He also learned from opening for progressively larger acts. “Similarly to how we did it in the music scene, we got bigger and bigger artists,” he said. “Pretty soon, curators from all the famous museums were coming to our shows.” And now, some of those artists are coming along with Miller back to where it all started.
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Power-up QuinoA power Bowl, Metro kitchen + Drinkery Wildly popular in seemingly every other big city, grain bowls remain a rarity in Sacramento. Metro Kitchen + Drinkery’s Power Quinoa Bowl ($11.95) helps fill the local void. The protein-rich grain is paired with chickpeas and seasonal veggies—a recent order included roasted carrots, ruby red beets and pickled cabbage. Dressed in a creamy avocado sauce, it’s topped with pickled red onion and pepitas for a satisfying crunch. It all makes for a Pinterest-worthy meal that’s filling, healthful and visually appealing. 1104 R Street, www.metrojuicecompany.com.
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Public living room: The newly opened Selland’s Market-Cafe (915 Broadway) may be one of the most accessible restaurants in the Sacramento region. Located a few blocks from the off-ramp of the area’s major freeway interchange, it’s a short drive from River Park, Pocket, Greenhaven, Davis, Natomas, West Sacramento and Midtown. “You’re basically 10 minutes or less from everywhere,” said Josh Nelson, stepson of restaurateur Randall Selland. After significant renovations to the roughly 7,000-square-foot building, the local family’s newest restaurant gleams with a full-service bakery, kitchen and cafe that can cater to pizza parties, date nights or lunchtime
takeout. Since opening in late April, the location has seen lines out the door. Nelson likes the walk-up counter and ample indoor and outdoor seating space—shaded by 30 olive trees— because he wants to create a “living room,” meant literally. “If you want to come here and hang out on the patio and sip a soda all day, that’s fine,” he said. “It’s all your terms. We’re not coming to your table bothering you.” Rotating on a weekly basis, the dinner for two and bottle of wine is a good deal at $25. But with a menu of 120 items, ranging from a pizza with chicken, bacon and goat cheese ($16) to the vegan Super Greens salad ($7), their offerings run the gamut from healthful to gluttonous.
When the family opened their first restaurant in 1991, farm-to-fork wasn’t at the forefront of their vision. They just wanted to craft the tastiest food possible. But now, located only a couple of blocks from the under-the-freeway farmers market, that original vision aligns with eating local. “If you’re seeking the best product, it’s going to come from right here,” he said. “And that’s because of our Mediterranean climate. From Bakersfield to Redding is the largest piece of class-one soil in the world.” The recipes made from those ingredients mostly come from the family dinner table. And with 30 new dishes, Nelson looks to keep the menu fresh because, well, he’s often eating from it. “My sister and I have kids,” he said. “And if it works for us, then we feel it’ll work for everybody else.” Special delivery: The food-app revolution is vying for a slice of Sacramento. On May 18, UberEATS announced its foray into the area, partnering with 150 local restaurants to serve food on demand. Ω
This weather is the worst. Somebody needs to go destroy the sun so we can be done with this. Until that glorious day-into-eternal-night, I’m turning to alcohol, and the Bittersweet Symphony ($10) is a particularly good choice for brutal heat. Mango, lemon, grenadine, bitters, blended scotch and Saint Archer IPA come together in an uplifting yet dense combination of refreshing flavors. The beer’s carbonation works wonders to lighten what could be an overly syrupy blend. A perfect complement for that unexpected sunburn you’ve been nursing the last few weeks. 1120 R Street, https://bottleandbarlow.com.
—Anthony siino
Chilled out fruits BlueBerries While we grow practically everything in California, blueberries usually evoke colder climes like Maine and Michigan. In fact, we’re one of 10 states that make up the majority of U.S. commercial production. Blueberries are just appearing in markets locally. They’re packed with powerful antioxidant anthocyanin, so it’s wise to eat them frequently. Luckily, that’s easy to do. Put blueberries in baked goods, over cereal and yogurt, swirled into ice cream, blended into smoothies and pureed into sauces for meat and fish.
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Ohana Poke Bar 1809 S Street, Suite 103; (916) 376-7603 www.facebook.com/ohanapokebarsacramento Meal for one: $10 - $15 Good for: fast-casual customized poke Notable dishes: Big Island poke box, mini cup
Two years ago, most people had never heard of poke, and they rhymed it with “toke” instead of the proper “poh-kay.” Then Fish Face Poke Bar opened on R Street, predating even trend-savvy San Francisco’s poke restaurants. Now, poke is a legitimate food phenomenon, borrowed from its native Hawaiian roots and turned into a fancified fare-thee-well. Aside from Fish Face, it’s rare to find the traditional pareddown versions of pristine raw fish with nothing but seaweed, nuts and salt. Americans like customizing, so Ohana Poke Bar is the natural result of the poke trend. Opened three months ago as the second outpost of a San Francisco business, it sits on the corner of the Safeway shopping center in Midtown. Ohana offers a seemingly narrow set of choices: three predetermined poke combos or customize-your-own mini cup ($8) or regular box ($12). But really, the options overwhelm you immediately. These are no simple appetizers of cubed fish, as they’re commonly served in Hawaii. Instead, the dishes are like chef salads: chock full of rich ingredients that may or may not complement each other. Of the set mixes, the Big Island ($15) lists ahi tuna, hamachi, albacore, mango and beet with Ohana’s “original” garlic-sesame sauce. Seems straightforward, but no. First you choose a base of white or brown rice, mixed greens or kale and orange salad. Next, the server adds a scoop of imitation-crab salad and garlic edamame, then proceeds to pile together the fish, sliced cucumbers, onions, avocado cubes, seaweed, masago (fish eggs) and various other add-ons.
At the end, they squirt on the sauce and you choose even more toppings, such as fried garlic or onion, almonds and furikake. It’s like watching a kid top their frozen yogurt—both fascinating and slightly terrifying. The result is not quite as overwhelming as I feared, with an abundance of textures and flavors interacting. The seafood, allegedly the star of poke bowls, gets lost in the maelstrom of addons, though. While I’d never had poke with fruit before, the acidic mango and pineapple cubes (another option) did add a welcome respite from the richer, saltier flavors. Another preset box, the Kauai ($13), goes a step further with a “tropical” sauce of avocado and pineapple pureed with sea salt. It veered a bit too sweet for me, when combined with the albacore, prawns, hamachi and mango, et al. If you attempt the make-your-own route, know there are six steps involved, each with multiple choices. First the base, then the sides (definitely try the garlic edamame, which are outstanding), then protein (including tofu, if you don’t eat seafood), add-ons, toppings and sauce (of which there are four). The mini cup ($8) actually isn’t very small, and works well as a single serving. I shared a regular box ($12) twice and found it plenty for two if you aren’t ravenous. Prices seem similar to those at Coconut’s Fish Cafe and Fish Face, although the quantities skew larger at Ohana. An employee named Sunh Fish Co. as the restaurant’s primary source of seafood, which indicates high quality. With all the toppings, though, it’s hard to discern just how good it may be. Hawaiian shave ice should be available there soon. That will be a very welcome summer treat, and relatively rare in the area. With Ohana, the block becomes even more of a food mecca, alongside Ryujin Ramen House and Raijin Ramen House, plus Ju Hachi across S Street. Now that there are several poke restaurants in town, try them all and decide whether you’re a traditionalist or a modernist. Ohana fulfills the modern trend of more flavors and large quantities. Ω
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Taco extravaganza The fourth annual Sacramento Taco Festival will take over Del Paso Boulevard on June 3 with a full-on celebration of the universally beloved street food. Rest assured that if a cuisine can be contained in a smallish tortilla, it will be. Returning vendors include traditionalists like Masa Guiseria and Jimboy’s Tacos, and newcomers feature the inventive Louisiana Heaven and Kado’s Asian Grill. The best taco will be given the Sacramento Critics’ Choice Award, and the taco eating contest ($5 entry fee) will be broken into adult and youth (13-17-years-old) divisions. The most absurd feature of the fest will be the Chihuahua Beauty Contest, emceed by local comedian Stephen B. Live music will be supplied by Lele, The Sweet Bones and La Noche Oskura. Hosting duties will also be picked up by journalist and Sacramento Kings dancer Isela Perez and the district’s city councilman, Allen Warren. Tickets are $10. More at www.sactacofest.com.
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Marijuana Use and PTSD
VETERAN HOPES TO REDUCE STIGMA AROUND MEDICAL CANNABIS by Anne Stokes
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t 19, Benjamin Bradley was eager to see the world. He enlisted in the Army in 2003 and began combat medic training in San Antonio, Texas.
“I wanted to meet other people and see what it’s like around the world and be able to help at the same time,” Bradley says. He served on humanitarian missions in Honduras and was deployed to Korea’s demilitarized zone for a year. He finished his term in 2007 at the age of 23. His military service had indeed shown him the world, but at a cost. After returning from Korea, Bradley suffered from anxiety and insomnia and was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), stemming from the long periods of stress he experienced being stationed in the demilitarized zone. He was prescribed multiple medications, which he says helped, but again, there was a cost. “They made me numb and I felt I lost my appreciation for things, highs or lows,” he says. “It kept me right in the middle, which took away the joy of life.” It wasn’t until 2010 that Bradley discovered medical cannabis as a treatment option. “I could still wake up and be excited about my day,” he says of using cannabis. “I could still function at the same time.”
“There are so many veterans who have wounds that aren’t seen — big issues there that people aren’t even aware of.” Benjamin Bradley, veteran and Chief Operating Officer of the California Cannabis Industry Association According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, PTSD affects 20 percent of veterans who served in Iraq and 11 percent of veterans who served in Afghanistan. Many have reported finding relief through medicinal marijuana. However, there have been no controlled studies evaluating the effectiveness of cannabis on veterans with PTSD. A clinical trial of 76 veterans is currently being conducted by California-based nonprofit Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) in hopes of establishing dosage, benefits and side effects of marijuana therapy for PTSD. Meanwhile others, including the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, suggest that marijuana may in fact be harmful to those with PTSD.
Veteran Benjamin Bradley found relief from PTSD in medical cannabis. In 2013, he and his brother founded the California Cannabis Industry Association with the purpose of changing attitudes about medical cannabis. Photo by Anne Stokes.
Bradley says he knows of other veterans — many who he says are suffering a lot more than he did — who have negative associations with cannabis.
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With its title, you know that this modern adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s classic play The Seagull is going to be irreverent and quirky. And it is. Posner’s existential play about Chekhov’s existential play is funny, biting and a bit cynical while generously incorporating “fuck” throughout the dialogue in the form of nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. However, the surprise is how much we are emotionally drawn into its plot and characters even when the theater’s “fourth wall” is constantly being broken— with actors addressing the
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As Duncan Macmillan’s play, Lungs, opens, M has just asked W if it’s finally time to talk about starting a family. “A baby!” she replies, launching into a long diatribe about how this is the wrong time to bring up the subject up and how she’s not ready. She’s a pingpong ball bouncing off the walls, and we learn that the two of them are standing in line at Ikea—definitely making this not the proper place or time to start this serious discussion. Lungs, currently playing at B Street Theatre, stars the incredible duo of Jahi Kearse as M and Dana Brooke as W. The latter’s angst is palpable as she worries about the problems of bringing a child into the world, with its political unrest, climate change and myriad other problems that a child will only add to. But then, perhaps, that child will be the one to solve things. And then there are the in-laws to consider. The yin and yang of this 100-plus minute argument between the two is fascinating and exhausting, and is kept moving at a fast clip by director Lyndsay Burch as we follow M and W through life. It’s an unusual love story that becomes deeply personal. The couple’s relationship may be more recognizable to millennials than to older audience members, but the intensity of their feelings is undeniable. Though most of the action occurs indoors and the script dictates that there be no set, designer Samantha Reno’s pastoral scene, with rocks, tree branch and other signs of nature, is intended to evoke the circle of life. Ω
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4 The Open House Will Eno’s The Open House, now on stage at Big Idea Theatre, is familiar, yet different. It’s a drama about a dysfunctional family, but it doesn’t just show how that unhappy tribe self-destructs; it suggests there’s something more. Janis Stevens provides inspired direction of the script with its hints of Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter and Edward Albee. Language matters; words hurt; life is impermanent. Members of a family, identified only by their position in it—Father (the frighteningly authentic Lew Rooker), Mother (the mostly silently suffering Linda Montalvo-Carbone), Daughter (Alexa Slater), Son (Kevin Adamski) and sad sack Uncle (Don Hayden)—are gathered for a celebration. “Why did I get up this morning?” Father asks. “It’s our wedding anniversary,” Mother says. “No. That’s not it,” Father responds. Confined to a wheelchair as he recovers from a stroke, Dad is a mean, sarcastic, cruel human being—and always has been. No one’s really happy to be there, and through a series of accidents and happenstances, each gets an opportunity to leave, only to reappear later as different characters, surrounding Father with strangers who confuse the hell out of him as they make a much happier “family” in his home. —Jim Carnes the open house; 8 p.m. thursday-saturday; $16-$20; $12 on thursdays. Big idea theatre, 1616 del Paso Boulevard; (916) 960-3036; www.bigideatheatre.org. through June 24.
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Study in complexity Veteran actor Martin Moran brings his acclaimed Obie Award-winning solo show The Tricky Part to the Mondavi Center’s Vanderhoef Studio Theatre. Moran, an established Broadway performer who has appeared in musicals such as Cabaret and Spamalot, performs this autobiographical monologue as an intensely personal account of youth and adulthood. It covers aspects of Catholicism, desire and human trespass as the 40-something Moran locates and confronts an older man who, as a summer camp counselor, abused the 13-year-old Moran decades earlier. 7 p.m. Thursday, June 1, through Saturday, June 3, $10-$20. Mondavi Center, 1 Shield Avenue in Davis; (530) 754-2787; www.mondaviarts.org.
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Not that Dead Men Tell No Tales lacks for annoying CGI. Far from it! CGI-smeared Javier Bardem enters the Pirates-verse as Captain First, don’t get snookered by that misleading title— Salazar, a cursed ghost captain whose swirling dead men monologue almost nonstop throughout hair and charred skin make him look like he’s this fifth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean simultaneously submerged and smoldering. film franchise. Everywhere you turn, some ghost or Salazar needs Jack Sparrow’s magical compass ex-ghost starts blathering about their tortured and (don’t ask, it’s super lame), and he’s joined on the confusing back story, while also providing answers to Sparrow hunt by Henry Turner, who seeks to lift questions that you couldn’t possibly be boring enough the curse keeping his father Will (Orlando Bloom) to ask. One of the major reveals in Dead Men Tell chained to The Flying Dutchman. No Tales: the origin story of Captain Jack Sparrow’s Brenton Thwaites plays Henry, and boy, if you disgusting dread jewelry. Seriously. thought Bloom defined blemish-free callowness for a Of course, Johnny Depp returns as Captain generation of automatons, wait until you get a load Jack, still a shambling alcoholic with a of this kid. He makes Bloom look like Dog surprising zest for derring-do, still barely Day Afternoon-era Pacino. Every charachanging on to his ragtag band of snarlter is ultimately after Poseidon’s trident, ing idiot pirates. Let this sink in for which serves as both a McGuffin and No amount of a second: Depp was nominated for a a deus ex machina, although all that Best Actor Oscar for his performance CGI can disguise matters here is the nonstop chaos and in the first Pirates film. As recently the occasional twinge of Iraq War-era his dead eyes. as early 2004, this effete drunk shtick nostalgia. felt not only fresh … it felt like good In its ability to spin mindless acting. That’s shocking, especially given fun into heavy-handed bombast, the Depp’s utterly mirthless and obligatory Pirates franchise is matched only by the turn in Dead Men Tell No Tales. Transformers films. Until Depp’s next major But islands aren’t going to pay for themselves, legal settlement, we’re probably done with this and so here’s Depp-as-Jack falling face first in mud, franchise, saving us from such abominations getting pooped on and taking repeated punishment as Pirates of the Caribbean: Yo Ho Ho and a to the groin. Since Depp is the star of a billion-dollar Bottle of Rum, Pirates of the Caribbean: Shiver franchise and theme park attraction, and because Me Timbers and Pirates of the Caribbean— he’s made the right people a ton of money, we’re all Arrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!: International Talk Like a Pirate supposed to politely forget that his abusive behavior Day, Presented by Dave Barry. New pirate law: toward ex-wife Amber Heard became public knowlTell no tales unless you have a tale to tell. Ω edge last summer. Depp probably made a mint to sleepwalk through this dud, but he clearly hates every second of it, so cool. No amount of CGI can disguise his dead eyes. Poor Fair Good Very excellent
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Baywatch
Technically, Baywatch is a spin on the 1990s syndicated staple starring David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson as lifeguards with a curious interpretation of jurisdictional prudence, but the only influence that really matters here is the Jump Street franchise. The mission statement is the same—turn an outdated cheeseball TV drama into a soft-R, nostalgia-tickling bro-buddy action-comedy— and so is the formula. Zac Efron and Dwayne Johnson were hired as mismatched stars, key cameos were secured, nudge-nudge selfreferences were sprinkled throughout. Add in the requisite roster of bathing beauties led by Alexandra Daddario, and you have an airtight package that seems to write itself. Instead, the screenplay is credited to Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, a team whose last produced script was the 2009 remake of Friday the 13th, a film that’s both funnier and less disturbing than Baywatch. There are low-budget, softcore, straightto-late-night-cable, bikini-car-wash-company movies with sharper comedic chops. D.B.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Wimpy Greg Heffley (Jason Drucker), his harried parents (Alicia Silverstone, Tom Everett Scott), garage-rocker big brother (Charlie Wright) and the family infant set off on a cross-country road trip. The Law of Diminishing Returns kicks in big time on this franchise based on Jeff Kinney’s books, even though Kinney himself provides the script. It’s been five years since the last installment, and the cast that made the first three worth watching have either outgrown their roles or moved on: Zachary Gordon, now 19, is replaced by the charmless Drucker, while Rachael Harris and Steve Zahn give way to Silverstone and Scott, who look like they know they’ve seen better days. Jokes are lame, David Bowers’ direction is tired and the handful of stickfigure animation scenes are cleverer than the live-action. J.L.
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Everything, Everything
Every generation gets the drippy, star-crossed teenage romance that it deserves, and so here comes Stella Meghie’s self-conscious, phone-obsessed Everything, Everything, a story of sensitive souls falling in love over text messages and stolen glimpses, perfect for the swipe-right age of emotional disaffection and technological intimacy. Too bad, then, that the film is so slipshod and creaky, so devoid of energy, so dependent on hoary clichés and conventions instead of anything fresh and new. Everything, Everything stars Amandla Stenberg and Nick Robinson as Maddy and Olly, young lovers separated by immunodeficiency. Fresh air is Maddy’s sworn enemy, but she’d risk it all for an emo-lite skater boy with dreamy hair. Enter Olly, who moves in next door with his family and their fuzzily sketched dysfunctions. For most of its blessedly brief running time, Everything, Everything is cute, disposable drivel, but the film flushes away any goodwill in the closing minutes. D.B.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The motley crew of space buccaneers from the 2014 original are back: Peter Quill, the half-alien leader of the pack (Chris Pratt); green-skinned Gamora (Zoe Saldana); Drax, the hulking comic relief (Dave Bautista); and the wisecracking varmint Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper), all on the run because of Rocket’s incurable kleptomania. Writerdirector James Gunn inserts a new wrinkle in the form of Quill’s long-lost father Ego (Kurt Russell) and his servant Mantis (wonderful newcomer Pom Klementieff)—but the family reunion comes with ulterior motives. It’s all a barrel of fun, as delicious as a bag of meltin-your-mouth cotton candy—albeit just as insubstantial, temporary, and lacking in any real nutrition. As in the first movie, Gunn spices up the soundtrack with a killer playlist of ’80s pop tunes. J.L.
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The Wedding Plan
American-born writer-director Rama Burhstein delivers this Israelset romantic comedy, an extremely low-energy analog to Hollywood rom-coms, especially comparable in the way that it validates self-destructive narcissism as heroic. Noa Koler stars as Michal, a stubborn oddball and eager bride-to-be whose fiancée dumps her weeks before the wedding. Rather than cancel the wedding, though, Michal confidently keeps the date, insisting that God will provide a husband even as she waves away one suitor after another. It’s common for a rom-com protagonist to become obsessed with an unobtainable and even impossible idea of love, but it’s intriguing to see that obsession reflected through Michal’s faith. As an anthropological view of the Orthodox Jew dating scene (the omnipresence of religion, the men who refuse to look their dates in the eye, meet-cutes in the Temple, etc.), The Wedding Plan is intimate and occasionally fascinating, but as an entertainment it’s trite and frequently sleep-inducing. D.B.
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The Lovers
Writer-director Azazel Jacobs (Momma’s Man; Terri) delivers this mostly smart, mostly snappy, deeply romantic anti-romance about a philandering married couple rediscovering their spark. Michael (Tracy Letts) and Mary (Debra Winger) are deep into the “passionless roommates” phase of their union, each secretly canoodling with a needy younger partner (Melora Walters and Aiden Gillen, respectively), and each secretly preparing to call the marriage quits. But as their illicit sex partners begin to feel more like domestic obligations, Michael and Mary find a new thrill—sneaking around with each other. Jacobs uses the juxtaposition between his colorless style and composer Mandy Hoffman’s insistently swooning score to great effect, and he’s blessed with strong performances in the lead roles. (It’s great to see a showcase role for the always underused Winger.) Unfortunately, the pace frequently lags, and the final third gets especially gummy; overall, The Lovers feels too much like an overextended short. D.B.
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Paris Can Wait
At the age of 81, Eleanor Coppola makes her narrative feature directing debut with the lightweight Paris Can Wait, starring Diane Lane as a 50-something woman unhappily married to a film producer (Alec Baldwin). While her husband jets from Cannes to Budapest, Lane’s Anne accepts a ride to Paris from one of his associates, a cuisine-obsessed Frenchman named Jacques (played with a conspicuous absence of charm by Arnaud Viard). Instead of driving straight to Paris, Jacques takes Anne on a Manic Pixie Dream Pierre food-and-wine tour of the French countryside, constantly diverting from the main road to walk among ruins, visit cheese shops, dawdle in museums and hold impromptu picnics; meanwhile, Anne gently contemplates her place in the world. There’s very little imagination on hand, so naturally Jacques is the sort of walking cliché who drools lines like “We French have a different idea of marriage than you Americans.” D.B.
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Snatched
When her boyfriend dumps her just before their big South American vacation, a young woman (Amy Schumer) drags her timid mother (Goldie Hawn) along, having no other friends to invite. Long story short, absolutely everything goes wrong, and they wind up abducted and lost in the trackless equatorial jungle. Katie Dippold’s episodic script is a bit of a mess, but at least it’s funny—pretty funny most of the time and very funny some of the time. Schumer and Hawn make a great team, their comic chops meshing nicely (a sequel looks all but assured). Jonathan Levine directs at a merry clip, and the supporting cast doesn’t hurt: Ike Barinholtz as Schumer’s slacker brother; Wanda Sykes and a mute, unrecognizable Joan Cusack as fellow vacationers; and a hilarious Christopher Meloni as a wannabe Indiana Jones. J.L.
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The Wall
Compact, blunt and borderline exploitative, Doug Liman’s lean military thriller The Wall largely plays like a Max Fischer stage adaptation of American Sniper. Aaron Taylor-Johnson and John Cena play American soldiers in “post-war” Iraq sent to the middle of nowhere to investigate the murders of a group of civilian contractors and security workers. Soon enough, Taylor-Johnson is dodging bullets behind a crumbling stone wall, taunted by the unseen gunman over his radio while a mortally wounded Cena slowly bleeds out in the crosshairs. At a fat-free, mostly real-time 81 minutes, The Wall never becomes boring—it’s the sort of punchy, self-contained, midsized genre picture that they truly don’t make anymore. With a more dynamic actor in the lead role, The Wall might have even had an opportunity to bust through the low ceiling of expectations established in the opening scenes, but Taylor-Johnson is strictly serviceable, and so is the film. D.B.
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feel-good reggae-pop, heartfelt, somber singer-songwriter ballads and funky get-on-your-feet dance tunes. The album wasn’t the only reason he declined the service trip. He’d withdrawn a bit from playing with others after his band Izabella broke up in 2010. “There were too many cooks,” Rogers says. The six-piece jam band played with a funky flair and toured the states relentlessly, but lasted only three years. After Izabella dissolved, riffs so charged, his hair is electrified. Rogers switched gears and focused exclusively on working solo. But gradually, a passionate musician inspired Local singer-songwriter Brian Rogers was at him to actively seek out other collaborators: Joe Starbucks last year when he got the seemingly Kye, who was new to town in 2014 and playing casual text: “Do you want to play the Bernie with everyone who would let him. Sanders rally tomorrow?” “This guy is excited,” Rogers says. “He just The message came from friend and local musiquit being a teacher. That open mind space he had cian Joe Kye, who’d been growing in popularity really resonated with where I was coming from. It with his amazing violin skills. Kye was invited to was almost like being born again. We connected.” play Sen. Bernie Sanders’s Sacramento rally and In 2015, NUSAM founder Joe Baker called wanted Rogers to join him on percussion. Rogers’ Rogers again, determined to get him to join one answer was an immediate yes. of his projects, this time in Nicaragua. Rogers was As excited as Rogers was, he had no idea the in a completely different head space and ready Sacramento rally would have such an enormous to just say yes. Now, he’s proud of turnout. The duo played on the main the work that they did to help the stage right before actor Danny Glover residents of Peñas Blancas, but introduced Sanders. more importantly, the experi“It was like Woodstock,” ence confirmed for Rogers Rogers says. “It wasn’t even just how he wanted to live political. It was spiritual.” his life. Had Rogers gotten the Rogers’ former sixtext a few years earlier, he piece band Izabella will be might have declined. But in playing a reunion set at the late 2015, he’d gotten back upcoming Another Family from a transformational trip Affair. to Peñas Blancas, Nicaragua, Brian Rogers “I think I took away an with nonprofit Nicaraguan United singer-songwriter attitude of community—as States of American Musicians that cheesy as that sounds, it really brought school supplies to kids who does mean a lot to me because I tend desperately needed them—and music. to be an isolationist,” Rogers says. “We Rogers was part of the band (called NUSAM, were just with each other every moment, really same as the group’s acronym) that played with and paying attention. That changed me. I want more of recorded many local musicians over the two-week this. The best thing that can happen, even for one period. second, you can jam with someone or write a lyric But just a few years earlier, in 2012, the multithat changes the course for all of us.” Ω instrumentalist could have gone to Jamaica and Haiti with the same organization. He declined Check out brian Rogers on saturday, June 3, at another Family affair at because he was in the middle of recording his McFarland Ranch, 8899 orr Road in Galt. tickets are $35 for Friday and debut solo album, Single. The tracks show off $45 for saturday. For more information go to www.brianrogersmusic.com Rogers’ mind-boggling musical diversity. They and www.arealpurpose.org/nusam. jump around between Michael Franti-esque Photo by shoka
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Sacramento death metal band Wastewalker is shooting a music video for its song, “Fleshwounds” at Friday’s Starlite show.
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MUSIC THURSDAY, 6/1 BUBBA SPARXXX & STRUGGLE JENNINGS: Struggle Jennings is the grandson of country legend Waylon Jennings. Sparxxx and Struggle rap, but their rhymes are accompanied by fiddles, keys and steel string twang. 7pm. $20. Goldfield Trading Post, 1630 J St., www.facebook.com/strugglejennings.
DINORAH (SOLO CONCERT): The SAMMIES winner will perform renditions of traditional Latin/American music. 6pm. No cover. Mesa Mercado Restaurant, 6241 Fair Oaks Blvd. B, Carmichael, (530) 3834581, www.dinorahmusic.com.
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ANOTHER FAMILY AFFAIR 2017: Sacramento ventures to Galt for this annual music fest on the countryside. Friday’s lineup: Broken and Mended, Drunken Kung Fu, Johnny Mojo Band, Ideateam, Dylan Crawford and Devin Farren. 4pm. $35-$75. McFarland Ranch, 8899 Orr Rd, Galt, https:// squareup.com/store/anotherfamilyaffair.
CRACKER: This longtime country/alternative
starlite lounge, 7:30 P.m., $10 Though you probably can’t tell through all of the blasphemous screaming, Wastewalker’s song “Fleshwounds” could METAL be a reference to the Black Knight scene in the comedy Monty Python And The Holy Grail. During a sword fight with King Arthur in the film, the knight repeatedly denies defeat as he’s torn limb from limb. “It’s just a flesh wound,” he insists, and continues to egg the king on, even as he’s dismembered. The song is more serious for John Abernathy, Wastewalker’s lead guitarist. He said it’s about his own resilience despite naysayers who shun working artists and dreamers. In his 30s, Abernathy’s dealt
Fans of Dance Gavin Dance: meet the band’s bastard children. Friday’s Concerts in the Park features ROCK two projects by former and current members of Sacramento’s PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL REx post-hardcore pioneers. Former lead singer Kurt Travis fronts the soul-pop rock trio Eternity Forever, but if you’re looking for that classic DGD sound to go with your skinny jeans, Secret Band offers a similar Rubik’s Cube of guitar and drum flurries with adolescent growls from folks who have been in and out of the group, including DGD’s co-founder and lead guitarist Will Swan. Also performing are another post-hardcore outfit, Lost Things, alternative rockers A Foreign Affair and DJ Billy Lane. 910 I Street, https://secretband.bandcamp.com.
with a few of those, particularly when his last band, Conducting From The Grave, separated for good two years ago. After about a decade as a band, all of its members except Abernathy decided to separate permanently to get degrees, start families and kill dreams. But months later, Abernathy formed Wastewalker, and its first album, Funeral Winds, released last November. Wastewalker’s filming a music video at Friday’s show for “Fleshwounds.” Expect shots of fans braving moshpits, sharing a pint with the band and, at least figuratively, dusting off a severed arm. 1517 21st Street, https://wastewalker.bandcamp.com
JAH9, IRAE DIVINE: With Jah9, old school blues improvisation and jazz meets reggae and dub rhythms from Jamaica’s West Coast. 8pm. $18-$20. Harlow’s, 2708 J St., www.jah9.com/#page9.
LOS LONELY BOYS, LISA MORALES: Grammywinning “Texican” trio Los Lonely Boys melds Chicano rock and roots with blues and Tex-Mex music. 7:30pm. $35-$55. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., https://loslonelyboys. com/videos.
PRISM TATS, GRILL CLOTH, GRAVE LAKE: Though its live shows appear to sport a full band, indie rock headliner Prism Tats, signed to Anti-Records, is the creation of “one-man rock ’n’ roll machine” Garett van der Spek. 8pm. $8. The Press Club, 2030 P St., https://prismtats.bandcamp.com.
TRIBE OF THE RED HORSE: A Neil Young tribute band will perform for the weekly Thursday Night Live at the Plaza. 6pm. Free. Heritage Plaza, 701 Main St., Woodland, (530) 6653174, www.historicdowntownwoodland .com.
TWISTED INSANE & NO MUTINY CLIQ: Think impressively nimble rhymes cast from the mind of an ax murderer. The notorious San Diego rapper will be joined by Lodi rap troupe No Mutiny Cliq. 8:30pm. $17. Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd., https:// soundcloud.com/twisted-insane.
rock band performs with Victor Krummenacher of Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker vocalist David Lowery’s old band. 7:30pm. $22. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St., http://pavementpr.com/artists/ cracker-2.
fronting and founding roots rock band The Blasters in the late ’70s. Expect a night of ZZ-Tops-esque Southern blues with this project. 9:30pm. $27.50-$30. Harlow’s, 2708 J St., www.davealvin.net.
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Female Vocalist and the co-founder of the music youth nonprofit Girls Rock Sacramento, Bryski brings her powerful classic rock voice to The Boardwalk, joined by fellow solo singer/guitarist Samantha Valentine. 8pm. $10-$12. The Boardwalk, 9426 Greenback Lane, Orangevale, www.larisabryski.com/violet. duo hails from Davis and Petaluma and mixes ’60s-esque folk rock and roots music. 8pm. $20. Palms Playhouse, 13 Main St., Winters, http://misnerandsmith.com/ listen.
MOUNT KIMBIE WITH SPECIAL GUESTS ASH KOOSHA AND TIRZAH: London-based “postdubstep” trio Mount Kimbie blends mellow organic sounds like bells, gothic organs and upright bass with low fi synth. 8pm. $15-$17. Harlow’s, 2708 J St., www.mountkimbie.com.
brings New Orleans style hot jazz and classic swing with an array of exotic musical elements, sometimes referred to as “Swingxotica.” Hot Club of Cowtown mixes western swing and cowboy ballads. 5:30pm. $20-$25. Harlow’s, 2708 J St., www.hotclubofcowtown.com/listen.
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WTF 2016 DEAD ROCKSTARS SHOWCASE: Ghost Town Rebellion and other Sac bands pay tribute to music legends lost in 2016: David Bowie, Prince, Maurice White, Glenn Frey, Merle Haggard, Leonard Cohen and more. 8pm. Call for cover. Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St., http://theoldironsides.com.
SATURDAY, 6/3 11TH ANNUAL SHANNAPALOOZA MUSIC FESTIVAL: This year’s line-up: Be Brave Bold Robot, B-Side Players, JIGO, Soul Heir, Inside Story and The Heartbreak Time Machine. 12pm. $8-$10. Swabbies on the River, 5871 Garden Highway, (916) 256-9895, http://shannapalooza.com. description. Saturday’s lineup: Honey B & The Cultivation, Be Brave Bold Robot, Sandra D. Swandfelt, Element Brass Band, Five Eyed Hand, Izabella, Jelly Bread, Justin Farren and more. 12pm. $35-$75. McFarland Ranch, 8899 Orr Road, Galt, https://squareup.com/store/
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featuring members of Will Haven and Chelsea Wolfe. Also playing: Whores, Wrong and Bummer. 8pm. $12-$15. Starlite Lounge, 1517 21st St., https://horseneck .bandcamp.com.
the 1980s pop nostalgia: Paula Abdul and Boys II Men. 7:30pm. $41.45-$452.86. Golden 1 Center, 500 David J Stern Walk, www .nkotb.com.
SUNDAY, 6/4 2017 SAMMIES AWARDS SHOWCASE: Reggae rockers The Scratch Outs and DJ Larry Rodriguez play that night, presented by Jerry Perry and hosted by Alive and Kicking. 7pm. $5. The Press Club, 2030 P St., https://soundcloud.com/ scratchouts916.
ANOTHER FAMILY AFFAIR 2017: See June 2 description. Sunday’s lineup: headliner Homesick Hitchers. 11am. $35$75. McFarland Ranch, 8899 Orr Road, Galt, https://squareup.com/store/ anotherfamilyaffair.
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WE DON’T NEED TO TOOT OUR OWN HORN. OTHERS WILL DO IT FOR US. For the second year in a row, the California News Publishers Association honored the SN&R with the coveted General Excellence award among large weekly newspapers in California:
★ FIRST pLacE ★ GENERaL ExcELLENcE cONGRaTULaTIONS TO OUR INDIvIDUaL 2016 WINNERS: Janelle Bitker, first place, enterprise news story or series: “Art, race and money” (August 25) Dave kempa, first place, writing: “Bros gone wild” (July 7) alastair BlanD, seconD place, environmental reporting: “California’s war on bugs” (October 13) raheem f. hosseini, seconD place, Breaking news: “The Nazis are coming” (June 23)
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death metal from Portland. 8pm. $10$12. Starlite Lounge, 1517 21st St., https:// heresiarchofficial.bandcamp.com.
STRAWBERRY GIRLS: Salinas-based aggressive, progressive groove band rocks Cafe Colonial alongside: Comrades, Belle Noire, Anime Aliens and Rex Means King. 7pm. $12. Cafe Colonial, 3520 Stockton Blvd., https:// strawberrygirls.bandcamp.com.
MONDAY, 6/5 HEATH WILLIAMSON: Singer/songwriter Heath Williamson performs originals and covers with 2017 SAMMIES nominee William Mylar and others. Beatles, Dylan, Dead, Young, Prince and more. 5:30pm. No cover. Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St., www.facebook.com/ hewmusic.
MÜNECHILD: Sleepily paced experimental rock melancholia. Also performing: experimental upright bassist/singer CJ Boyd and Nezumi Onna. 8pm. Call for cover. Cafe Colonial, 3520 Stockton Blvd., https://soundcloud.com/ munechild_ncr.
TUESDAY, 6/6 JESSICA MALONE: Jessica Malone is a Northern California folk singer. Joining her for her birthday show is gospel-folk singer Tavia, Americana band Sister Speak, and Portland indie rockers The Cabin Project. 5:30pm. Call for cover. The Torch Club, 904 15th St., http://jessicamalonemusic.com.
LIVE AND UNPLUGGED: SCOTT STAPP OF CREED: Born-again hard rock by the former front man of Creed, featuring Creed songs and solo tunes. 6:30pm. $35-$40. Harlow’s, 2708 J St., http://scottstapp.com.
POPTONE: “Retrospective” music project by members of ’80s goth rock bands Bauhaus, Love and Rockets & Tones on Tail. 7pm. $32. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St., www .poptonetheband.com.
WEDNESDAY, 6/7 DAVID ARCHULETA: Archuleta is best known for being a finalist on Fox’s American Idol. For fan of acts like Josh Groban, The Piano Guys or Lindsey Stirling. 6:30pm. $49 -$59. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., www.davidarchuleta.com.
alastair BlanD, seconD place, environmental reporting: Drought/fire: “Burned out” (July 14)
PEACE KILLERS: Peace Killers are local stoner rock. Also on the bill: Oakland rock ’n’ roll band Owl and Montana stoner rock band Wizzerd. 8pm. $8. Starlite Lounge, 1517 21st St., https://peacekillers.bandcamp.com.
SAC LADYFEST BENEFIT SHOW FOR THE CAMPOUT: Featuring Dolores 5000 and Temple K. Kirk of Katmonkeys. Proceeds will go to the costs of the annual Northern California Ladyfest Campout, which occurs on June 8th-11th. 8pm. $5. The Press Club, 2030 P St., https://dolores5000.bandcamp.com.
TIGERS JAW: A night of soft-spoken indie rock with Scranton, Pennsylvania duo Tigers Jaw, Ohio rockers Saint Seneca and Missouri indie rock dude Smidley. 7pm. $16-$18. Goldfield Trading Post, 1630 J St., https://tigersjaw.bandcamp.com.
WOLF & BEAR: The Sacramento progressive rock band is joined by hip/rap duo Kill Gang, Subtlety and alternative-emo rockers Lonely Avenue. 7pm. $10. Cafe Colonial, 3520 Stockton Blvd., https://wolfandbearmusic. bandcamp.com.
FESTIVALS FRIDAY, 6/2 FIRST FRIDAY IN ROSEVILLE: A night of shopping, games, music, a classic car show, food tents and more. Featuring more than 30 new artisans and crafters. 6pm. Free. Fountains at Roseville, 1013 Galleria Blvd., Roseville, (916) 786-2679, www.fountainsatroseville. com/play.
SATURDAY, 6/3 THE 4TH ANNUAL SACRAMENTO TACO FESTIVAL: Featuring taco-eating contests, professional wrestling, live music, pony rides, a youth stage, children’s activities and a chihuahua beauty contest. 10:30am. $10. Del Paso Blvd., www.sactacofest.com.
OPEN FARM DAY & WAKAMATSU ANNIVERSARY OBSERVANCE: Kite festival and minicelebration honoring the first Japanese colony of immigrants in America. Bring your own kite, or make your own kite to fly at Wakamatsu. Proceeds from this event will be used to care for the historic Keyaki tree planted by the Wakamatsu colonists. 10am. $10. 941 Cold Springs Road, Placerville, http://www.arconservancy.org/events.
Brian Breneman, seconD place, front page Design: Summer Guide 2016 (May 26) raheem f. hosseini, honoraBle mention, investigative reporting: “Cops’ license-plate readers keep their eye on you, Sacramento” (April 7) serene lusano, Brian Breneman, honoraBle mention, illustration: “The grinch who stole 2016” (December 22)
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TUESDAY, 6/6 Doombird Red MuseuM, 9 p.M., $10 Imagine synthesizers as nonintrusive as hilltop fog, punchy low-fi backbeats, drowsy vocals SYNTH-POP filling a hollow cavern. PhOTO cOURTESY OF RAOUL ORTEgA PhOTOgRAPhY And psychedelics. That sort of captures songs from Doombird’s debut album, Past Lives, released last December. Also on the bill: Dusty Brown, J GRGRY, Waterstrider, DJ Sam I Am. 212 15th Street, https://soundcloud.com/doom-bird.
FRIDAY, 6/2 62 Hues 1810 Gallery, 6 p.m., no cover SUNDAY, 6/4 5TH ANNUAL WOODLAND HIPPIE FEST: A day of live music (reggae, oldies, rock ’n’ roll, alternative and more), beer, food, art, games, activities, crafts, decorated hippie cars, contests and guest speakers. 11am. $10-$20. Nelson’s Grove, 15285 Country Road, 99E, Woodland, https://visitwoodland.com /event/5th-woodland-hippie-fest.
FOOD & DRINK FRIDAY, 6/2 NEVADA CITY VEGAN FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL: For a weekend, local bars, restaurants, wineries and retail shops will celebrate plant-based living by showcasing vegan offerings. Kicks off June 2 with a vegan wine-and-cheese fundraising soirée hosted by cheesemaker Miyoko’s Kitchen and local vegan winery Clavey Vineyards and Winery. 5pm. Free. Nevada City Odd Fellows Hall, 225 Broad St./212 Spring St., Nevada City, (530) 955-1308, www.facebook.com/ NevadaCityVeganFoodandWineFestival.
SATURDAY, 6/3 22ND ANNUAL WINE AT TOWN CENTER: Festive evening of wine tasting, sampling foods from local restaurants, local craft beers, a silent auction, live music and more. 6pm. $50. El Dorado Hills Town Center, 4364 Town Center Blvd., El Dorado Hills, www.wineattowncenter.org.
FARM-TO-FORK TASTE OF SUMMER: Festivities include the Save Mart Grand Tasting and the return of the Sunday Brunch on K Street downtown. 4pm. $49-$89. 13th and K streets, www.farmtofork.com/events/ tasteofsummer.
FIRST SATURDAY WALKING WINE TOURS: Occurs on the first Saturday of each month. Tours last about 45 minutes to an hour. Old Sugar Mill is a community of 13 California wineries and their award-winning signature wines: Todd Taylor, Three Wine Company, RendezVous Winery, Perry Creek Wines, Merlo Family Vineyards, Heringer Family Estates & Vineyards, Elevation Ten, Due Vigne di Famiglia, Draconis Vineyards, Clarksburg Wine Company and Carvalho Family Wines. 11:45am. $10. Old Sugar Mill Wineries, 35265 Willow Ave., Clarksburg, (916) 744-1615, http://oldsugarmill.com.
NEVADA CITY VEGAN FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL: See June 2 description. All day. The festival is capped off by a pop-up vegan dinner in the evening. 10am. Free.
SACRAMENTO AFRICAN MARKETPLACE: Every first and third Saturday is the African Marketplace located at 2251 Florin Road inside of the Sojourner Truth Museum. 10am. Free. Sojourner Truth Museum, 2251 Florin Road, (916) 730-6386, www.facebook.com/ sacramentoamp.
SUNDAY, 6/4 FARM-TO-FORK TASTE OF SUMMER: See June
3 description. 10am. $49-$89. 13th and K streets, www.farmtofork.com/events/ tasteofsummer.
COMEDY BLACKTOP COMEDY: Game Night Improv for Everyone. Have you seen the show, “Whose Line is it Anyway?” and wished you could play those games? Now you can. 7pm. Through 6/29. $10; Your Fked Up Relationship. Audience members dish out their most horrifying relationship nightmares, and it’s up to the cast to transform them into 60 minutes of hilarity. Rocklin’s Blacktop Comedy Theater. 8pm. Through 6/16. $5-$10. 3101 Sunset Blvd. Ste 6A, Rocklin, www.blacktopcomedy.com.
COMEDYSPORTZ SACRAMENTO: Improv Comedy. Interactive fun for all ages. Two teams compete for your points and laughs by creating instant sketches based on your suggestions. 8pm. Through 7/29. $10-$12. 2230 Arden Way, www.comedysportzsacramento.com.
ON THE Y: Open Mic Stand-up Comedy. Every Thursday night, hosted by Robert Berry from 8:30pm to 10pm, followed by Karaoke. 8:30pm. Through 8/24. No cover. 670 Fulton Ave. www.facebook.com/ontheysacto.
PUNCH LINE SACRAMENTO: Comedian Mike E. Winfield. Winfield has appeared on NBC’s “The Office,” “The Late Show,” Comedy Central’s “Live at Gotham,” Showtime’s “Comics Without Borders” and BET’s “Comic View.” 8pm. Through 6/4. $15. 2100 Arden Way, www.punchlinesac.com.
ON STAGE CAPITAL STAGE: Stupid Fking Bird. An aspiring young director rages against the art created by his mother’s generation. A nubile young actress wrestles with an aging Hollywood star for the affections of a renowned novelist. Everyone discovers just how disappointing love, art and growing up can be in this comedic remix of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull. 7pm. Through 6/4. $28$38. 2215 J St., www.capstage.org.
JILL SOLBERG PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE: Lifted. A contemporary dance concert designed to raise awareness regarding human trafficking, locally and internationally. Proceeds will benefit the fight against human trafficking. Subject matter may not be suitable for those under the age of twelve. 7:30pm, Through 6/2. $20. 1655 Iron Point Road, Folsom, www.brownpapertickets.com.
LESHER CENTER FOR THE ARTS: Altar Boyz. A musical parody about a heavenly guy-group, including a mix of songs convincing enough to be played on MTV and lighthearted fun. 8pm. Through 7/1. $37-$72. 1601 Civic Dr., Walnut Creek, www.centerrep.org.
MCLAUGHLIN STUDIO THEATRE: MTC’s 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Tony Award-winning comedy musical where six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. 5pm. Through 6/2. $35. 3470 Swetzer Road, Loomis, http://theatre.mclaughlinstudios.com.
SACRAMENTO COMMUNITY CENTER THEATER: Magician David Blaine. Over the last two decades, Blaine’s nine televised specials have seen him being buried alive in New York City for a week, encased inside a six-ton block of ice for three days, standing atop a 100-foot tall pillar in Bryant Park for 36 hours without a safety net and more deathdefying acts. 8pm. Fri, 6/4. $35-$75. 1301 L St., www.davidblaine.com
THE GEERY THEATER: Dark Road. A young girl living in Nazi Germany reads that the nearby women’s concentration camp is hiring guards. She heads further and further down the dark road laid by the Third Reich. 7pm. Through 6/4. $15-$20. 2130 L St., www.facebook.com/sdoorproductions.
TOWER THEATRE: Bonnie & Clyde, The Musical. At the height of the Great Depression, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow went from two small-town nobodies in West Texas to America’s most renowned folk heroes and Texas law enforcement’s worst nightmares. A musical with a nontraditional score, combining blues, gospel and rockabilly music. 7pm. Through 6/4. $8-$20. 417 Vernon St., Roseville, http://standouttalent.org/ bonnie-clyde.
WAREHOUSE ARTIST LOFTS: Boxed Up: The Musical, Episode 2. An episodic romantic musical telling the story of Marion, a lovable shut-in who fears going outside because she can order anything she needs for her life straight from the internet. Each episode is 15-30 minutes long and will premiere four times per First Friday, showing every Friday until the end of the month. 6pm. Through 6/30. Free. 1108 R. St., https://boxedupmusical.com.
ART 35TH AND BROADWAY IN OAK PARK: 4th Annual Sacramento Black Book Fair. A host of authors share their books with the Sacramento community. There will be a kick-off “Parade of Books” that will begin at the Women’s Civic Improvement Center, a Kid’s Zone at The Brickhouse Gallery & Art Complex and vendors along 36th Street with entertainment & food trucks. 10am. Sat, 6/3. Free. The Historic Center of Oak Park, 35th Street and Broadway, www.sacramentoblackbookfair.com.
PENCE GALLERY: Art After Dark Pop Up. Art After Dark is series of First Friday events that mix live music, performance and interactive art, with food & drink. 10pm. Fri, 6/2. $35-$45. 212 D St., Davis, www.pencegallery.org.
SACRAMENTO FINE ART CENTER: Art Where the Wild Things Are. The American River Natural History Association and the Sacramento Fine Arts Center will present the eighth annual Art Where Wild Things Are, an art show, auction and gala celebrating interpretations of the natural world. Exhibit open at the Sacramento Fine Art Center through June 4. The auction and gala will be on June 10 at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center in Carmichael. 11am. Through 6/4. Free. 5330B Gibbons Dr., Carmichael, www.sacnaturecenter.net.
VIC’S CAFE: California Landscapes in Watercolor and Pastels. Vic’s Café is featuring the artists Elaine Bowers, Linda Clark Johnson and Ruth Holton-Hodson. The show features California landscapes in watercolors and pastels. Bowers paints aerial views of the Sacramento Delta, Johnson paints local scenes/landscapes, and Holton-Hodson uses pastels to capture area landscapes. 7am. Through 8/4. Free. 3193 Riverside Blvd., http://cafevics.com.
MUSEUMS CALIFORNIA MUSEUM: 10th Annual California Hall of Fame Artifact Exhibit. Notable artifacts include Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones costume. 10am. Through 9/10. $9; Light
The 1810 Gallery is a new-ish art space also located at the Warehouse Artist Lofts. They’re boastART ing their biggest group show yet, showcasing pieces by more than 30 local artists, including this oil on wood painting (see above), titled PhOTO COURTESY OF COREY BERNhARDT “Quiet Houses” by Corey Bernhardt. If you’re downtown on First Friday, hue should definitely check it out. 1810 12th Street, www.facebook.com/1810gallery.
& Noir: Exiles & Émigrés in Hollywood, 1933-1950. Highlights the history of émigrés in the American film industry who fled Europe as refugees of Nazi persecution and their legacy in American cinema and culture. 10am. Through 10/15. $0-$9. 1020 O St., www.californiamuseum.org.
a variety of supplies will be available to decorate babies, kids, moms, dads, allies and friends—not to mention strollers, bikes, and wagons. Meet at Crocker Park, across from the Crocker Art Museum. Presented in partnership with Sacramento Rainbow Families. 9:30am. Free. Crocker Park, 211 O St., www.crockerart.org.
CALIFORNIA STATE ARCHIVES: California
VOYAGE TO MARS!: See what it is like to
Memoirs: The William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection. Rare pictorial documentation of William and Grace McCarthy’s early-20th century travels through California and beyond. 9:30am. Through 8/31. Free. 1020 O St., 4th Floor, (916) 653-7715, www.sos.ca.gov/archives/public-events.
work for NASA on this simulated space mission while performing hands-on science experiments, operating robotic arms, building a probe and supporting the astronauts from Mission Control. Reservations are required. Ages 9 and up. 5:45pm. $15-$20. Powerhouse Science Center, 3615 Auburn Blvd. https:// powerhousesc.org/challenger-missions.
CALIFORNIA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM: A World on Wheels Exhibit. Exhibits include a 1914 Stanley Steam Car, a 1932 Ford Model B Station Wagon, a 1937 Cadillac Series 60 Sedan, a 1940 Lincoln Zephyr and a 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air. 10am. Through 9/4. $6-$12. 111 I St., www.californiarailroad. museum.
SPORTS & OUTDOORS SATURDAY, 6/3
SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY-CENTRAL LIBRARY: American Women and the First
1ST ANNUAL CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT: Proceeds
World War. A lecture presented by Professor Emerita of History at Occidental College Lynn Dumenil, Ph.D. She is the author of the The Second Line of Defense: American Women and World War I, published this year. 3pm. Sun, 6/4. Free. 828 I St., www.saclibrary.org.
BUBBLE RUN: Like a traditional 5k, except
FIlM ThURSDAY, 6/1 SUMMER FILM SERIES: THE THIRD MAN: Starring Joseph Cotton as an American writer in Allied-occupied Vienna and Orson Welles in a captivating performance as the mysterious Harry Lime, The Third Man won the Grand Prix at the 1949 Cannes Film Festival and the British Academy Award for best film. 6:30pm. $6-$12. The Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St., www.crockerart.org
SUNDAY, 6/4 CLOSING THE PALMS PLAYHOUSE – THE END OF AN ERA IN DAVIS: A documentary by Davis filmmaker Alvin Remmers makes its world premiere. The film chronicles the Palm Playhouse’s 28-year history in Davis. A portion of the proceeds will benefit nonprofit community media center Davis Media Access. 4pm, 7pm. $20. Veterans Memorial Center Theater, 203 E. 14th St., Davis. www.palmsmovie.eventbrite.com.
All AGES SATURDAY, 6/3 RAINBOW FAMILIES PRE-PARADE PRIDE PARTY: Streamers, bells, crowns, face paints and
benefit the UC Davis Children’s Cancer Center. Family-friendly event with food trucks, bounce houses, beer & wine. Cost is $80 per team of two: includes entrance fee, beer from local brewers, wine, water and soda, or $30, for those who just want to enjoy adult beverages. 11am. $30$80. Bertha Henschel Park, 160 45th St., http://www.sac2030.org. through a course reminiscent of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. Once past the finish line, enjoy dancing to live DJs and colored foam. 11am. $15-$30. Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Blvd., www.bubblerun.com.
ClASSES ThURSDAY, 6/1 BRAZILIAN CAPOEIRA AND BRAZILIAN DRUM CLASSES: Learn Brazilian Samba rhythms and Capoeira, which combines music, acrobatics and movement. First class is free. 7pm. Free. Kennedy Gallery/Casa de Brazilian Folkloric Arts of Sacramento (Downstairs Studio), 1931 L St., (916) 5885463, www.tabcat.org.
SUMMER PIES: Covers all the basics. Practice making and rolling out dough, as well as decorating the top to make a work of art. Each student will create a full-sized seasonal fruit pie. 6pm. $59-$65. Community Learning Center & Cooking School, 2820 R St., https://sacfood.coop/cookingschool.
TEEN RUBIK’S CUBE CLASSES: Cube master Will Morris will help guide you out of the madness. Classes every Thursday evening. Ages 11 to 17. Bring your own cubes or buy
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TRIBAL STYLE BELLY DANCE CLASS: Improvisational belly dance class for beginners. 6pm. $12. Hot Pot Studios, 1614 K St. #1, (505) 699-7908, www.hotpotstudios.com.
SATURDAY, 6/3 CANNABIS 411: Gives you all the facts and guidelines to legally start your own pot business in California. An opportunity to meet and make connections with leading industry professionals. 10am. $75$199. Octavia Wellness, 1910 H St., www.octaviawellness.com.
SUNDAY, 6/4 SONGWRITING GROUP CLASS: Learn contemporary songwriting techniques in a casual and fun group setting. Helpful critiques of your song at every session. 2pm. $60. Skip’s Music, 2740 Auburn Blvd., http://skipsmusic.com/lessons.
LGBTQ FRIDAY, 6/2 BADLANDS ANNUAL SACRAMENTO PRIDE KICKOFF: Featuring Shea Couleé, a contestant from Season 9 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, who will also perform at the Pride Festival downtown on Saturday. 8pm. Free. Badlands, 2003 K St., www.sacbadlands.com/events.
STONEWALL-WHERE PRIDE BEGAN: An interactive lecture and discussion on The Stonewall riots and their lasting impact, led by Sacramento City College History Professor Sherri Patton. 6pm. $5. Sol Collective, 2574 21st St., www.solcollective.org/event/ stonewall-where-pride-began.
THE MARCH FOR EQUALITY: Join Equality California, The California Endowment, and a coalition of community groups to stand in solidarity and march for equality before Sacramento Pride. 9am. Free. Crocker Park, 201 O St., http://saccenter.org/events/ marchforequality.
SATURDAY, 6/3 SACRAMENTO PRIDE PARADE: The parade starts at 3rd and N streets, ends at 10th and N streets. Emceed by radio host Oprhan Andrew of 106.5 The End and LGBT Center board member Patrick Harbison. 11am. Free. Crocker Park, 201 O St., www. sacramentopride.org.
SACRAMENTO PRIDE FESTIVAL: Live music, a dance pavilion, an activity-rich kid’s zone and food trucks are some of the many attractions at this day-long festival. Among some the performers are Glee actor and multiplatinum pop artist Alex Newell, RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant Shea Couleé and the Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus. 11am. $10. Capitol Mall, between Third and Seventh streets, www.sacramentopride.org.
TAKE ACTION SATURDAY, 6/3 NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION TRAINING: Training for non-violent activism. Some of the training included: Argument for direct action, power mapping, legal and jail considerations and support, threat assessment, tech security, media and messaging, action planning and deescalation. Bring a sack lunch. 12pm. Free. The Washington Neighborhood Center, 400 16th St., www.facebook.com/WNC916.
MONDAY, 6/5 NORCAL RESIST PUBLIC MEETING: Join a resistance movement that fights oppression and racism in the community at its first public meeting. Families welcome. On-site childcare will be available. 6pm. Free. 681 W. Capitol Ave., www.facebook.com/ NorCalResist.
WEDNESDAY, 6/7 SPEAK OUT! SACRAMENTO: An open mic community that partners each month with a local nonprofit highlighting a cause relevant to Sacramento, educating patrons, raising money and providing opportunities to get involved. 7:30pm. No cover. Shine, 1400 E St., http://speakoutsacramento.org.
WEDNESDAY, 6/7 Bastards of Young Blue lamp, 8 p.m., $10
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When music producer Patrick Hills isn’t laying down the bulk of Sacramento’s doom metal records at Earthone Studios, he plays with his brother in a longtime faPhOTO BY ELMER MARTINEz PUNK vorite of Sacramento punk: Bastards of Young. But those Bastards won’t get so loud for this show: It’s an acoustic bill, which translates to toned-down, Americana-esque versions of their songs. Also slotted are Allyson and Kevin Seconds (of 7Seconds fame), Vinnie Guidera & the Dead Birds and Minnesota alternative punk group Off With Their Heads. 1400 Alhambra Boulevard, https://bastardsofyoung.bandcamp.com.
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Pride Kickoff Feat. Shea Couleé from RuPaul’s Drag Race, 8pm, no cover
Spectacular Saturdays, 9pm, no cover
Sunday Tea Dance & Beer Bust, 4pm, no cover
Karaoke, 8pm, Tu, no cover; Trapicana, 11pm, W, no cover
Stephen Yerkey, 9:30pm, no cover
Comedy Night: Roast Wars, 9pm, no cover
Trivia & Pint Night, 6:30pm, M, no cover; Open Mic, 7:30pm, W, no cover
TKstayRokkin Album Release Show, 8:30pm, $10 - $12
Mac Mall, 8:30pm, $20
Bastards of Young, Kevin & Allyson Seconds and more 8pm, W, $10
Larisa Bryski, 8pm, $10 - $12
Tigers Jaw, Saint Seneca, Smidley, 7pm, W, $16 - $18
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Pushin Too Hard: The Seeds LIVE and on screen, 6pm, $52 - $55
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Cornhole tournament, 6pm, $7
DJ Nazreen- $5 Vodka Redbull & Crown Specials, 9pm, no cover
Take The Money & Run “ and “Cherry Bomb”, 8pm, $5
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Absolut Fridays, 7pm, no cover; Western Line Dancing, 7pm, no cover
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The Young Dubliners, 8pm, $15
One Eyed Riley, 7pm
The Nickel Slots, 7pm, no cover
Trivia Night, 6pm, M, no cover
Marty Cohen and the Sidekicks - First Thursday in Mid-Town, 8pm, no cover
KEVIN & ALLYSON SECONDS, NOLAN, AND JULIE BRUCE, 9pm, $5
RED SKY SUNRISE, JENN ROGAR, 9pm, $5
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Bubba Sparxxx & Struggle Jennings @ Goldfield Trading Post, 7pm, $20
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Halftime Idol Karaoke Contest, 7pm, $5
The Usual Haunts, 9pm, $7
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JAH9, Irae Divine, 8pm, $18 - $20
Hot Club of Cowtown, Hot City, 5:30pm, $20 - $25
Mount Kimbie with special guests Ash Koosha and Tirzah, 8pm, $15 - $17
Grumbler, Garble, Wolfhouse, 9pm, $7
Beerlords, Pug Skullz, AtomBomb, 9pm, $5
Total Recall & Funk in the Trunk, 10pm, no cover
Salty Saturday, 9pm, no cover
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If you are just a regular, law-abiding citizen over the age of 21, you may carry up to an ounce of cannabis and or up to 4 grams of concentrated cannabis product (like hash or wax) on your person without fear of reprisal. If you have a letter of recommendation, you may carry up to 8 ounces of cannabis and concentrates. You are allowed to grow at least six plants, but different cities have different limits. If you are growing more than six, check you local statutes. Of course, if you grow plants, you are gonna end up with more than an ounce (if you do it right), so you are allowed to store more than an ounce at home. Just don’t take it all outside at once. Ω Ngaio Bealum is a Sacramento comedian, activist and marijuana expert. Email him questions at ask420@newsreview.com.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your body is holy
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “The most intense moments the universe has ever known are the next 15 seconds,” said philosopher Terence McKenna. He was naming a central principle of reality: that every new NOW is a harvest of everything that has ever happened; every fresh moment is a blast of novelty that arises in response to the sum total of all history’s adventures. This is always true, of course. But I suspect the phenomenon will be especially pronounced for you in the near future. More than usual, you may find that every day is packed with interesting feelings and poignant fun and epic realizations. This could be pleasurable, but also overwhelming. Luckily, you have the personal power necessary to make good use of the intensity.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Nobody likes to be
scrutinized or critiqued or judged. But we Crabs (yes, I’m one of you) are probably touchier about that treatment than any other sign of the zodiac. (Hypersensitivity is a trait that many astrologers ascribe to Cancerians.) However, many of us do allow one particular faultfinder to deride us: the nagging voice in the back of our heads. Sometimes we even give free rein to its barbs. But I would like to propose a transformation of this situation. Maybe we could scold ourselves less, and be a bit more open to constructive feedback coming from other people. Starting now.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “What does it matter
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): From my study of the
lost prophecies of Nostradamus, the hidden chambers beneath the Great Pyramid of Cheops, and the current astrological omens, I have determined that now is a favorable time for you to sing liberation songs with cheeky authority … to kiss the sky and dance with the wind on a beach or hilltop … to gather your most imaginative allies and brainstorm about what you really
want to do in the next five years. Do you dare to slip away from business-as-usual so you can play in the enchanted land of what-if? If you’re smart, you will escape the grind and grime of the daily rhythm so you can expand your mind to the next largest size.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “On some hill of
despair,” wrote poet Galway Kinnell, “the bonfire you kindle can light the great sky—though it’s true, of course, to make it burn you have to throw yourself in.” You may not exactly feel despair, Scorpio. But I suspect you are in the throes of an acute questioning that makes you feel close to the edge of forever. Please consider the possibility that it’s a favorable time to find out just how much light and heat are hidden inside you. Your ache for primal fun and your longing to accelerate your soul’s education are converging with your quest to summon a deeper, wilder brilliance.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A typical
Capricorn cultivates fervent passions, even to the point of obsession. Almost no one knows their magnitude, though, because the members of your tribe often pursue their fulfillment with methodical, businesslike focus. But I wonder if maybe it’s a good time to reveal more of the raw force of this driving energy than you usually do. It might humanize you in the eyes of potential helpers who see you as too strong to need help. And it could motivate your allies to provide the extra support and understanding you’ll need in the coming weeks.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In accordance
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “If you want a
puppy, start by asking for a pony,” read the bumper sticker on the Lexus SUV I saw. That confused me. Would the owner of a Lexus SUV be the type of person who didn’t expect to get what she really wanted? In any case, Pisces, I’m conveying a version of this bumper-sticker wisdom to you. If you want your domestic scene to thrive even more than it already does, ask for a feng shui master to redesign your environment so it has a perfect flow of energy. If you want a community that activates the best in you, ask for a utopian village full of emotionally intelligent activists. If you want to be animated by a focused goal that motivates you to wake up excited each morning, ask for a glorious assignment that will help save the world.
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Overheard in prison San Quentin State Prison may not be as bad as you think. Despite housing death row, most of the infamous prison is medium security. So, many incarcerated men spend their days working and taking classes— giving the institution a vibe vaguely similar to a “community college,” said Nigel Poor, a digital artist and professor at Sacramento State, who first went to the prison in 2011 to teach photography classes. She became fascinated by prison life after browsing through the prison’s archives, so, along with two incarcerated men, Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, she started producing a podcast recorded within San Quentin’s walls called Ear Hustle (slang for eavesdropping), which launches in June.
What’s in the San Quentin archives? It’s an incredible collection of thousands and thousands of photographs that range from things that are really difficult to look at to funny images. Like guys playing basketball on donkeys to murders and suicides and weddings. It’s just such a mix.
How do you feel about San Quentin’s lingering perceptions? It’s an infamous prison. People are shocked to find out that it’s not maximum. But in some ways, I think that works for us. It still carries that stigma so I think it will surprise people to learn about what it’s actually like there.
How long will most of the men be incarcerated? A majority of the men are serving life sentences. But they’ve worked their way down from maximum security. So a lot of them are three-strikers. They’ve committed murder. They’ve done some pretty difficult crimes. But they’ve also been incarcerated for 10, 20, 30 years. So they’re very different people than they were when they were 18.
So for a lot of them, San Quentin is their home? Exactly. And everyone wants their home to be a safe place and a place where you work, where you have hobbies. You do all those things that people do on the outside, it’s just inside a cloistered society. I had the same assumptions that a lot of people do: that prison is going to be all violence. And everyone you meet is going to be horrible. But it’s just not the case. It’s like anywhere. There’s all types of people inside. And there’s a lot of people who are
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So not all prison stories are dark?
It’s super important. I’m not incarcerated. I don’t want to speak for them. I think that would be very wrong. What’s really interesting to me is that incarcerated and nonincarcerated people can have a really respectful, professional relationship. And to me, that’s one of the coolest parts of it.
What do you want people to think about when they hear these narratives? I’m hoping that it will add to a conversation about what do prisons mean in our country. What do we want out of them? Do we believe in rehabilitation? Can we see people who commit crimes as more three-dimensional people? Can we have some kind of empathy, while, at the same time, not letting people off the hook for what they’ve done? We don’t let them get away with minimizing their crimes or their victims. I know a lot about what they’ve done. So I try to just think about the person they are in front of me at that time.
One episode is about pets in prison. What types? Birds, mice, lizards, fish, all kinds of insects, gophers, rabbits. It’s wild. This guy that we’re doing a story on, he came in the lab the other day and he brought me this box that had like 50 snails in it. And they
Exactly. We have a story about a guy whose specialty is making birthday celebrations for his friends in prison. So he has to try to figure out, using what he can find in prison, how to make decorations. I just didn’t expect that these guys who you think are going to be so hard are caring about somebody needing a special day. And the other thing about that story is it touches a little on race. Because race is an issue in prison, and this guy does birthday parties for both white and black guys. And that’s a little bit unusual. I don’t know how much guys like to talk about it. But there are unwritten rules about how races interact.
Are people surprised you’re part of this project? There’s challenges around why am I, as a [54 year-old] white woman, doing this? Why should I be in a prison? And it’s funny, when I talked to Erlonne and Antwan about it, they always say, “It’s such a weirdly racist thing to say because it means people assume everyone in prison is black.” I hadn’t thought about that. They have great answers for things. Ω
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