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Rogue state Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland and UN high commissioner for human rights, may have said it best, as reported by The New York Times: “The U.S. reneging on its commitment to the Paris Agreement renders it a rogue state on the international stage.” She’s referring, of course, to the fact that some 195 nations—led by the world’s two greatest polluters, the United States and China—had signed on to the agreement, marking a truly international consensus to work cooperatively to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to save the planet from climate meltdown. President Donald Trump’s decision to abandon the agreement was based on a fallacious notion that it was a threat to the American economy and our sovereignty. Economically, the opposite is true: The fast-growing industries springing up to meet the global climate challenge will do far more for the economy than the increasingly outdated carbondependent industries that he seeks to prop up. And the agreement is entirely voluntary and therefore no threat to American sovereignty. This was a purely political decision. The president, whose approval ratings are in the tank, sought only to solidify his base. In doing so, he turned his back on America’s allies in Europe and elsewhere and ceded international leadership to a country, China, ruled by communist autocrats. The good news is that, so far, no other nations have pulled out They understand that climate change is a planetary phenomenon, one in which we are all both perpetrators and victims, and that we must deal with it together. As someone has suggested, our motto going forward should be, “Making the planet great again.”

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In explaining why he withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, President Donald Trump said, “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.” Picking Pittsburgh was not a smart move. The mayor of Pittsburgh, whose city voted 75 percent for Hillary Clinton, immediately tweeted that “Pittsburgh stands with the world & will follow Paris Agreement.” Pittsburgh, unlike many other Midwestern manufacturing towns, is doing fairly well in the new economy. Trump should have chosen a town like my former hometown, Vermilion, Ohio. Vermilion is not doing well. Its citizens, unlike their counterparts in Pittsburgh, voted for Trump. Until 1964, my family lived in Vermilion. It’s a working-class town on Lake Erie, 40 miles west of Cleveland. When I lived there, it was sandwiched between the Ford assembly plant in Lorain and the General Motors bearing factory in Sandusky. Back then, Vermilion had about 10,000 people, almost all white. College diplomas were rare, and fast cars were common. Today, in 2017, Vermilion still has about 10,000 people, almost all white. College diplomas are still rare, and Vermilion’s population is aging. And now there’s no Ford or GM plant, or any major manufacturing presence. Vermilion is in Erie County, where citizens voted overwhelming for Trump, 52.3 percent vs. Clinton’s 42.7 percent. But in 2012, Erie residents supported Obama 55.3 percent over Romney’s 43 percent. My old classmates had a problem with Romney because he was management. He stripped companies and screwed workers and then boasted about it. In their eyes, Hillary was not much better. She was not someone you’d want to have a

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On June 1, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg On June 1, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg announced a tentative $100 million agreement with announced a tentative $100 million agreement with Verizon to broadly improve the technology capability Verizon to broadly improve the technology capability in in Sacramento. Should it be approved by the council Sacramento. Should it be approved by the council on June 6, the agreement will provide free Wi-Fi in 27 on June 6, the agreement will provide free Wi-Fi in 27 public public parks, opportunities for public school students parks, opportunities for public school students to to work toward careers in STEM and innovations in work toward careers in STEM and innovations in transportation transportation to improve public safety, decrease to improve public safety, decrease congestion congestion and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In 2011, the United Nations declared access to the inter2011, the United Nations declared access to the internet net a a human right.. Good on the mayor. Good on the mayor.

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Tai Hackett, Griffin Starr and Ansel Tucker, three Sacramento middle schoolers, took second place in a nationwide model-bridge contest for seventh- and eighth-grade students. The trio designed and built a balsa-wood-and-glue bridge weighing only 13 grams (the weight of 13 small paper clips) that withstood 67 pounds of pressure before cracking. For their structure that could support 2,337 times its own weight, the boys were awarded $900. It’s uncertain what this will mean for their allowances going forward.

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Memories from I Sacramento’s music yearbook

t’s been 25 years since the first SAMMIES award show but, of course, the local scene dates back decades before SN&R started handing out awards to area musicians. Still, we wanted to celebrate the SAMMIES’ quarter-century achievement and quickly realized no retrospective could do it justice. Instead, we turned to some of the people who helped make the scene what it is today, asking them to share memories as well as thoughts on how it’s changing. Their answers aren’t just steeped in nostalgia—they’re insightful and revealing of a tightknit community built on camaraderie, talent and hustle.

Sacramento muSicianS reflect on tHe last 25 years—and beyond

Abe CunninghAM, DeftoneS MeMories: I remember [Deftones guitarist] Steph [Carpenter] and I riding our bikes to The Cattle Club, buying our first batch of Thursday night ticket [wristbands for a show we were playing]. We got back to [Steph’s] house and I wrote on our wristbands “Def-tones.” And he was like, ‘No, it’s one word, no dash.’ Those were magical times—the late ’80s and ’90s.

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How it’s evolved: It’s a trip, I still look back at when [we] were all

coming up; it was a special, amazing time, but quite honestly the fact is that we were gone for so many years on the road. Now, we’re aging rockers. This is my town. … People are doing amazing things in town now … [but] I hope the town will retain some of its funk, its mojo. TERRA LOPEZ

terrA Lopez, rituALS of Mine First local sHow: I remember first attending Agent Ribbons shows back in the day at Luna’s Cafe. I spent a lot of time at Luna’s before I even started making music and really loved Agent Ribbons, Two Sheds, Spider Silk Dress, etc. I also spent endless hours at the openmic night at True Love Coffeehouse and also so many nights at shows at Fools Foundation. How tHe scene sHould evolve: I’d love to see the city continue to improve on working on supporting its artists. I think we have a way to go, but I feel like the city is making great strides in working on providing more resources to its artists, and that’s encouraging.

JonAh MAtrAngA, fAr MeMories: The first Far show was sometime in ’91, so … 26 years? Wow. Photo by JIro SchneIder

How it’s cHanged: It’s never been the same since The Cattle Club shut down. It was small enough that smaller bands could play there and it wouldn’t feel too empty, and big enough that big local bands or touring bands could come through and play a decent show. contInUed on PAGe 19

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Noah NelsoN, las Pesadillas MeMories: My first show was probably 1993, so 24 years. It was in The Guild blue room. The drummer kicked the drum kit over and headed toward the door while removing his clothes. How it’s evolved: I don’t get out much and I’m older,

autumN sky First local sHow: Sam Stern at The Coffee Garden.

Everyone was really beautifully lit under Christmas lights, and the people all huddled together clutching warm coffee with their friends. It was one of the first places where I learned that an intimate musical experience like that can sometimes top the most crowded arena.

heNry robiNett First local sHow: This goes way back. The Chocolate Chips [at a] Sam Brannan [Middle School] dance. They were a trio. How tHe scene sHould evolve: I’d like to see a lot more support for live music. I’d love to see people spend more supporting recorded music too. Of course, I’d like to see more venues for jazz and more people coming to experience it. We have great musicians here—more musicians than we have places for their talent.

MeMories: One of my favorite musical moments ever was the first-ever SAMMIES. … It was the first time all the musicians got to hang out and meet each other. Bands played a lot and rarely got to go to each others’ shows. … It was a way to acknowledge each other and form new bonds.

allysoN secoNds First local sHow: At least one of the very first shows I remember seeing was at Cafe Montreal, blown away like everybody else by Wood Is Good with Herbie Kritzer and Mike Urbano. It had to be the very late end of the 1980s. MeMories: The first time I ever sang in public was with [Christopher Gabriel Nelson] at the open-mic that Dr. Aud hosted at Melarkeys, probably ’91 or ’92. I sang harmony with Gabe. We did gigs together soon after, opening up for the likes of Andra Dare and [Cake’s] John McCrea solo at Cafe Montreal, before Gabe joined Cake. In 1993 I met Kevin [Seconds] and we sang together fairly immediately, followed by teaming up with Anton Barbeau to add harmonies to his songs as well. Kev and I lived above Rick’s Dessert Diner next to Cafe Montreal and could hear Daisy Spot or Cake coming through the windows before we headed downstairs.

toNy brusca, the brodys How tHe scene’s cHanged: I feel like the scene

hasn’t changed much in 25 years. Bands, promoters, concert series and venues have come and gone, but new ones have filled their void. There continue to be many opportunities for bands in Sacramento. Bands that write great songs, put on entertaining shows, promote like crazy and connect with a fan base, have always driven the Sacto scene. As long as there are hard-working bands with a good product out there, the scene will stay alive.

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[but] I’m positive there’s a younger group of kids out there doing some new great thing. Oh, and man, the Croissants, to me, are bringing it all back home. They put my midlife crisis into high gear.

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bobby JordaN, the kNockoffs, the mr. t exPerieNce First local sHow: The first Sacramento band I really got into was Phallucy after seeing them at The Cattle Club. MeMories: I played my first Sacramento show in 1989 for $5. I have a show in Sacramento next month; the cover is $5. How it sHould grow: Gentrification of Downtown

and Midtown will force the scene elsewhere, but art always finds a way to survive. It might get pushed to the edges and forced underground, but artists make art and will continue to rise above.

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omen and nonbinaryidentifying musicians in Sacramento have noticed that the way audiences treat them before and after they perform can feel like the difference between night and day. Oftentimes, an air of acceptance comes only after sharing their kickass musical talents, they say. SN&R asked five artists about their experiences in the local music scene, and their responses just might raise some eyebrows. Even so, the musicians pay it forward to their community: As a bonus, they also shared with us their favorite local albums or musicians of 2016.

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onnie Marquez’s house is nearly identical to the other suburban homes lining his quiet Folsom neighborhood. That is, until you get inside and notice the portraits of monsters from films such as Bride of Frankenstein and Creature from the Black Lagoon hanging on the wall like esteemed family members. These nearly flawless paintings are his own handiwork. He sells them on eBay, his primary income stream, where he also sells comic books that he draws and writes with a similar fantasy and sci-fi aesthetic. This is the world Marquez is most comfortable in. “I’m 100 percent convinced that aliens are watching us and intermingling with us. It just seemed like that’s worth mentioning,” Marquez says in a calm, low-key voice—everything that escapes his mouth has this same soothing, low-frequency energy to it. The topic of aliens comes up because we’re talking about his band The Twinkeyz, a late ’70s Sacramento weirdo punky psychedelic band that played maybe 10 shows, recorded a couple of singles, an LP—and somehow earned a cult following that’s stronger now than it’s ever been. Back then, Marquez was known as Donnie Jupiter. Last year, Sacramento label S.S. Records reissued his band’s 1979 LP Alpha Jerk on vinyl. The initial pressing of 500 copies sold out in three months. Most important, the Twinkeyz had an impact on the scene far beyond any cult status they earned. Since they formed 40 years go, The Twinkeyz have always been associated with aliens. Their first and best known song is the quirky “Aliens in Our Midst.” It’s an odd pop song with doo-wop harmonies, drunken, noodling guitar licks and bizarre sci-fi lyrics, which operate on multiple levels. “The song’s about alienation and being alienated. It’s also about aliens coming to Earth from other planets,” Marquez says. When the Twinkeyz released the “Aliens In Our Midst” single in 1977, there wasn’t a scene for underground rock bands in Sacramento, whether it be punk, New Wave, power-pop or anything outside of the mainstream stadium rock or disco world that was popular in town. Scott Soriano, who runs S.S. Records, describes Sacramento at this time as “that really suffocating hippie dippy culture … like cocaine cowboy country rock like the Eagles.” The fact that Twinkeyz existed and that their single was getting reviewed in fanzines around the world was an inspiration for other bands to create a small scene in Midtown and Davis in the late ’70s. The movement predated the punk scene but was open to stripped-down subgenres of rock with whatever

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Behind an acoustic guitar, Lauren Wakefield belts original compositions while doing justice to the likes of Etta James and Smokey Robinson. Her music delves deep into blues, soul and rock ’n’ roll, and her powerful, full-bodied vocal range earns her respect. But sometimes, that respect isn’t received until after she unplugs her guitar. “I do think that women do have to prove themselves to be good musicians because apparently genitals have something to do with what talent you have,” Wakefield says. “Promoters, bookers or audience members will come up to me afterward and tell me, ‘I didn’t think you were going to be that good.’ I nod and smile, but it’s a little bit insulting. I’ve been hearing that my whole career from all kinds of people and I still hear it to this day.”

LocaL aLbum pick of 2016: Michael Ray’s Live at Old I EP. “Michael Ray has raw style and skill. I just love the raw passion and everything that he has to offer when it comes to his music.”

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odd flairs the members wanted to give it. Bands included Ozzie, The Mumbles, The Suspects, Permanent Wave, Labial Fricative and Alternate Learning. A couple of these musicians would go on to have a farranging impact. Davis’ Steve Wynn, from The Suspects, moved to LA in the ’80s, starting Dream Syndicate, which helped shape the Paisley Underground scene and influenced bands like Galaxie 500 and the Feelies. “I heard ‘Aliens in Our Midst’ and couldn’t believe how great it was. I thought, ‘Wow these guys are freaks, but they’re cool freaks,’” Wynn says. “The big thing I remember was that they got reviewed in the NME. Wow, a band from this area got reviewed in the NME. It was a great review.” Scott Miller, who played in Alternate Learning, would form cult bands Game Theory and Loud Family and influence ’90s indie rock acts like New Pornographers and Aimee Mann. He absolutely loved the Twinkeyz; Game Theory even covered “Aliens in Our Midst.” In Miller’s biography, Don’t All Thank Me At Once, author Brett Milano describes a critical moment for Miller: learning that Marquez received a royalty check for record sales in Holland. “The idea that you could make a record and have it heard in far-away places was inspiring to Scott,” says Miller’s longtime friend Joe Becker in the book. Nothing stylistically linked the late ’70s Sacramento bands to one another, but among all of them, the Twinkeyz were by far the strangest. The group doesn’t even sound like the era they came from. Marquez’s primary influences were The Velvet Underground and early ’70s glam rock bands like Roxy Music. Yet his band’s disheveled rhythm, seemingly improvised vocals and bare-bones recordings gave their sound a quality that hinted at the burgeoning punk movement, despite the fact that Marquez says punk was not an influence on his songwriting. “It was a time when no one was talking about psychedelic music, and they were the trippiest,” Wynn says. “They continueD on PaGe 22

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Musician and traveler Hannah Mayree released the folk-driven debut album Thoughts of the Night in February, capturing Mayree’s experiences during years of cross-country travel. Mayree, whose preferred pronouns are “she” and “they,” says it’s important to connect with efforts like Sac LadyFest and Please Ask Pronouns. The latter Mayree describes as a modern day women’s circle that supports people who identify as women, trans and nonbinary. The group uses song, dance and storytelling to share experiences and build community, and they meet the Sunday before each full moon every month at Addison’s Bicycle Repairium. “I think it’s really great that there are people making sure that more marginalized groups are heard. In terms of music scenes, not just singling out Sacramento, but they are all predominantly dominated by white, cis dudes—everything from having the knowledge passed on to having the gear to people assuming if you’re capable,” Mayree says. “I feel like myself and a lot of folks in town are trying to do what we can to affect certain changes in our community by not assuming people’s gender based on what they look like or what we know about them.”

LocaL musician picks of 2016: “SpaceWalker, The Philharmonik and Sunmonks. They’re my peers and I always feel inspired by my local community and what others are doing.”

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were way ahead of their time and way behind their time at the same time.” Back then, their reach was limited to the handful of folks who hung out at small record stores, read fanzines and happened to catch one of their very few shows. They were popular with people who knew them, but that was a really small group. “People didn’t really care,” says Rick Daprato, who ran various record stores through the years and played in Labial Fricative. “There was a little underground following that would hang out at my record store that knew about him and liked him.” The fact that they were unable to develop much of a following likely had more to do with their inability to gain momentum as a group. When they recorded the first single, they weren’t even a band. It was a recording project between Marquez and his friend Walter Smith. Their friend Keith McKee, who was a professional touring drummer for a Patsy Cline tribute show, did them a solid and played on the record. “We both were guitarists. Neither one of us had much equipment. I don’t think either one of us had an amp that you could go take and play a gig. We didn’t have a drummer or bass player,” Marquez says. Interest in the record prompted them to form a live band. They recruited guitarist Tom Darling, drummer Marc Bonilla and backup vocalist Wit Witkowski. Their first gig was a house show in San Francisco, which went over well. After that Smith would leave, and with the exception of Darling the lineup would forever be unstable. That first show, Darling says, was the best. He imagined if they’d kept this lineup intact, they would have made a bigger impact. “Some of the songs were hysterical. Others were good rock ’n’ roll,” Darling says of the first show. “We could have had the right personnel and still been together because something about the chemistry—that was euphoria then.”

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Donnie Marquez, Steve Bateman, Walter Smith and Wit Witkowski.

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playing with four different drummers and several bassists. Sometimes he played bass. McKee would play when he could, but he was too busy with his own project to commit 100 percent. He did manage to play on all the Twinkeyz recordings. (“That’s me on all the records. I’m a Twinkey,” he tells me.) The other consistent factor in the band was David Houston, who recorded all of their songs and added keys and other sounds to the records, particularly on Alpha Jerk.

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LocaL aLbum pick of 2016: “Good People by The Philharmonik. Honestly, it makes me think of if John Legend and Chance the Rapper had a baby, that would be Philharmonik. He’s very soulful and funky. There’s a lot of feel-good music on [the album], for sure.”

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SpaceWalker

The lack of venues for musicians in Fairfield drove hip-hop artist SpaceWalker into the arms of Sacramento. Since developing her genre-fluid music style, SpaceWalker says mostly received genuine respect and support, but she’s also been told that she looked like a lost girl before she stepped on stage. “It’s funny to watch people interact with me before I perform and afterward. They see me perform, and I’m a big personality and very dynamic, so it’s always really interesting to see,” SpaceWalker says. “I feel like there are times on stage when my presence is very strong or masculine, if you will. It’s strange going from someone’s little sister lost at a bar to singing David Bowie and Prince. I’ve received a lot of support in the city, but I’ve also received a lot of skepticism, but it doesn’t usually last very long.”

“They seemed like a psychedelic punk band, almost before the punk scene was the punk scene. That’s why it stands the test of time because that’s where so many people were heading,” Houston says. “They weren’t thinking about, ‘Hmmm, let’s pull this together and try to make something.’ That’s just the way they were. There wasn’t any thought behind it.” Part of what makes Alpha Jerk still sound fresh is the mixture of these key four people. There’s Marquez’s oddball yet palatable sci-fi and fantasy-influenced pop songwriting, Darling’s crazy beyond-Hendrix guitar playing (“I played everything different each time I was performing. Not predictable.”), McKee’s solid, precise drumming, and Houston’s attention to detail and penchant for unusual noises. In the couple of years the band played, there was never a moment when they had a solid lineup. “It always seemed like we were trying to teach someone new the songs,” says Marquez. Even by the time they’d finished Alpha Jerk, which got released on Dutch label Plurex Records in 1979, they struggled to get anything going. Later that year, it got to be too much work. They called it quits. “I found it exhausting and frustrating trying to keep a band going with the constant changes in lineup,” Marquez says. Prior to S.S. Records’ vinyl reissue last year, there have been two Twinkeyz anthologies releases: Aliens In Our Midst – Complete Recordings 1977-1980, released on CD in 1998, and Cartoon Land, released on various formats in 2002. S.S. rereleased the album in the exact same order, with the original (and previously lost) cover and a proper remix. There’s never been a Twinkeyz reunion, and it’s unlikely there ever will be one. Most of the members don’t really talk to each other anymore. (“It’s sort of like ex-wives,” Darling says.) Marquez devotes all of his creative energy to art these days. The last time he played guitar was when he had dial-up internet, he says. He’d fiddle around while it loaded up. But Marquez doesn’t mind talking about the band. He’s surprised anyone still cares about it. “We did that music a long time ago,” Marquez says. “It could have totally been forgotten, but it kind of has a life of its own.” Ω

“i thought, ‘wow these guys are freaks, but they’re cool freaks.’” Steve Wynn former band member, the Suspects

donnie Marquez and tom darling, looking fly. Photo courteSy of Donnie Marquez

Nezumi ONNa

Members of the SAMMIE-nominated, now-defunct teen band Cresca Brianna Carmel and Luis Quintero both identify as nonbinary. Together, they formed a new project called Nezumi Onna. The two also organized an LGBTQ+ Pride house show last year to showcase the talents within this tightknit community. “I’ve never noticed a lack of respect in particular, I just think they don’t know what to expect from me,” Carmel says. “I’m really small. I’m not even 5 feet tall. They don’t expect me to have a powerful voice sometimes, but I feel like every time I perform, it’s always received pretty well.” Quintero shares the same sentiment. “I haven’t had too many difficulties being nonbinary, but I have to acknowledge that it’s a little different because I’m perceived as male,” Quintero says. “I feel like we are just playing music in a community that is a really good fit for us, and we’ve found an audience who is respectful. We’re really happy about that.” Ω

“Promoters, bookers or audience members will come uP to me afterward and tell me ‘I dIdn’t thInk you were goIng to be that good.’” Lauren WakefieLd singer-songwriter

LocaL aLbum picks of 2016: Devoted by Rituals of Mine and Reanimate Ore by Gentleman Surfer.

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“There’s a loT happening righT now ThaT is really Turning The Tides for sacramenTo, and in Turn everything else should go up, too. especially music.” James Cavern singer-songwriter

henever James Cavern hears “Let’s Get It On,” he chuckles. It all started during his blind auditions for The Voice, when the Sacramento soul-pop singersongwriter performed Marvin Gaye’s song and got his last lesson in a music-industry crash course. He was rejected by the entire panel of season six hosts, which included Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, R&B singer Usher, Latin pop star Shakira and country singer Blake Shelton. During Cavern’s performance, none of the hosts pressed their big red buttons to twist their thrones toward him, which would have demonstrated an impulsive, honest interest in his talent. You can find a clip of Cavern’s 2014 audition online, but there is a brutal video critique relayed by a total stranger, a fedora-wearing YouTuber. “James Cavern,” he begins. “His parents are from Vietnam and they are not supportive of his singing … They want him to be a doctor or a lawyer … so that he could take care of them. Or, maybe they just heard him sing.” Three years later, Cavern recounted The Voice experience as a wakeup call. It grounded his perspective on what the music industry demands, which includes a level of self-awareness he doesn’t think is pervasive enough in Sacramento’s music scene. His newly formed label, Tree Tone Records, is Cavern’s remedy to what he views as a stagnant, soft music culture in the city. He envisions Tree Tone as a curation and networking tool to elevate the artists he respects. The label’s mantra is simple: “Support local music because it’s good, not because it’s local.” So, as the SAMMIES celebrates its 25th year at Ace of Spades next week, Cavern, who’s a Hall of Famer, doesn’t plan on being there. Instead of attending the awards show, he’ll be at a gig in a Rocklin suburb supporting Inland, an indie-rock duo signed to his label. “It’s about not wasting people’s time,” he said. “You can pump someone up about being a great singer when they’re actually not, and they’re probably going to pursue that for 10 years. And when they didn’t make it anywhere because people weren’t pushing them or giving respectful critiques, now they’ve just wasted a decade of their life.” It’s not that he thinks Sacramento’s music scene is brimming with mediocre artists he’d rather not courtesy clap for. Cavern said sees plenty of talent around the city.

Photo by FeliPe Silva

James Cavern, seen here at Concerts in the Park, says sacramento’s music scene needs a real competitive spirit.

Instead, it’s a culture of mediocrity that he’s concerned about. Maybe too much rah-rah Sacramento. Not enough respectful competition and honest criticism about what the city has to offer, especially as it’s changing. “We’re leveling up as a city when it comes to food, the beer scene and the arena,” Cavern said. “There’s a lot happening right now that is really turning the tides for Sacramento, and in turn, everything else should go up, too. Especially music.” Cavern thinks it’s due time that Sacramento was frank about the general caliber of its talent. In his opinion, the SAMMIES don’t perpetuate the honesty he craves with so many awards holding equal weight, and neither do shows like last month’s First Festival, which garnered around 3,500 attendees at River Walk Park. He said the majority of the artists didn’t belong on the raised stages with grandiosity that emulated larger fests like Outside Lands and Coachella. The label is off to an impressive start with a small lineup, which includes Inland, Sacramento rapper emcee Soosh*e! and Las Vegas-based R&B-soul artist Cameron Calloway. Through Tree Tone, Calloway recently released his debut EP and Inland, a single. More music will continue to trickle throughout the year and a Tree Tone-hosted art block party is planned for Labor Day weekend in September. Like many independent labels, Tree Tone doesn’t operate with a heavy cash box. Instead, in Tree Tone’s coffer is Cavern’s Rolodex, nearly seven years of experience in the music industry, and perhaps more importantly, exacting standards for music. Cavern said The Voice defeat doesn’t haunt him. Instead, it’s made him reach higher, and he wants his hometown to do the same. “I basically got rejected on national television in front of millions of people,” Cavern said. “And what’s funnier is that some people will never know what that will feel like, or even come close to it. They’ll never even come close to being rejected. That’s such a weird way of thinking, but it’s something that’s been instilled in me for a while. You shoot for the sky, and if you fall short, you’ll still be a lot higher than the average dreamer. That’s the type of mentality that I hold myself to, and I want to hold the rest of the city to that level.” Ω

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June picks by shoka

Bleed into each other Most of Jennifer Warpole’s paintings are untitled, and her figures live in impressionistic energy. Viewers of her work feel like they were just spun around in a chair and stopped to see a frame of life where the lines are blurred and the colors bleed PaINtINgS into each other. The Pennsylvania artist paints in kinetic swaths of earth tones. Although her subjects are often engaged in seemingly unremarkable, unposed movements, they are midsentence of a story. Warpole paints just enough tension to keep the viewer hooked, as if their patient stare will be rewarded by the figures completing their movements and the story.

Where: B. Sakata Garo, 923 20th Street; (916) 447-4276; www. bsakatagaro.com.

Second Saturday reception: June 10; 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Through July 1.

Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m.

“Untitled” by Jennifer Warpole, oil.

Not-so-traditional printmaking Vinay Sharma is an electrical engineer by profession who moonlights as a painter and abstract printmaker. Curator can be added to that list because the Indian-born Sacramentan and Arthouse studio artist enlisted printmakers from the Bay Area—Tesia PrINtmakINg Blackburn, Ellen Markoff and Tina Pressler—and the Sacramento area— Taylor Gutermute and Katherine Venturelli— for Arthouse’s June show thINK, where the artists were prompted to “defy traditional printmaking norms.”

In pursuit of happy accidents The pursuit of Zen manifests in Jane Olin’s photographs, thanks to exposure to Buddhist aesthetics on visits to Japan and embracing happy accidents in the creative process. Olin’s photographs are sometimes overexposed, underexposed or out of focus, and sometimes they look more like charcoal drawings PHotograPHy than photographs, such as her series Thirteen Crows. This month, her On the Edge of Chance series is at Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, which stemmed from photographing dried plants against a wall, and the results are abstract, like blades of grass on melted film. Olin shows with Jerry Berry in the main gallery, and Anna Skacel’s Faces of Ethiopia is in the Step Up Gallery.

Where: Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, 2015 J Street; (916) 441-2341; www.viewpointgallery.org.

Second Saturday reception: June 10, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Through July 1.

Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.

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“Space Memory” by Tina Pressler, print on paper, 2017.

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Winding up by John Flynn Vision for vino: After deciding not to become an engineer, Stacy Schwarz purchased Cafe Vinoteca (3535 Fair Oaks Boulevard) this May. Schwarz got hired as a cashier at 18, then moved up the ladder at Pete’s Restaurant & Brewhouse (2001 J Street). She had to choose between remaining in the restaurant business or heading to UC Davis to complete her degree in engineering. Then, James Wells told her he wanted to open a Pete’s in Woodland with her as the general manager. “I was doubtful that I wanted to be an engineer, that I wanted to get out of being in a social atmosphere, to work for a corporation, to have bosses,” she said. “So because I had all of those doubts, it was really, really easy, to be like, ‘This

opportunity doesn’t come along for everybody—seize it.’” After three years, she had developed enough credit to purchase Cafe Vinoteca with some assistance from her mother. Now, Schwarz will be running and co-owning the restaurant with her wife, Carla, whom she plucked away from a “corporate job” to learn the ropes at Pete’s before they both went to Vinoteca. Schwarz sees her climb from cashier to owner as proof that the American dream isn’t “just a fable.” And with experience working as a line cook, a server and a manager, she understands each element of running a restaurant intimately. “I get my hands dirty,” she said. “I’m not just bossing people around.”

At the moment, they’re employing a painter to freshen up the walls at night while they’re closed and planning to expand the bar from 9 seats to 15. Schwarz will keep the chef of 13 years, Arturo Ramirez, and add a brick oven to make Neapolitan-style pizzas. “I love thin-crust pizza myself,” she said. “The brick oven crisps the pizza up and gives it a flavor you can’t get anywhere else. But I’ll still offer the thick crust for customers that want it. I’m a yes person.” Couple closings: On Facebook,

Magpie’s Ed Roehr announced that Nido (1409 R Street) closed on June 1. On the same day, Taka Watanabe announced that his second location, Taka’s Sushi (11773 Fair Oaks Boulevard), would be closing at the end of the month after 16 years of operation. Remaining open: Magpie Cafe (1601 16th Street) and Yellowbill Cafe and Bakery (1425 14th Street)—both under the same ownership as Nido—as well as Watanabe’s original, Ju Hachi (1730 S Street). Ω

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Seafood House Quan Oc serving from beer, the bar mixes funky drinks like lychee martini and green tea cocktail. For those put off by shelled creatures, there’s Cajun shrimp, seafood hotpots, garlic noodles and other shell-free 6471 Stockton Boulevard, (916) 399-4918 dishes. Meal for one: $15 - $25 But really, it’s all about those mollusks. The Good for: Late-night eats and decadent karaoke with friends grilled blood clams with green onions ($11.95) Notable dishes: Steamed obtuse horn shells, grilled blood compose a counterpoint of textures. Spiked with clams with green onions and razor clams with tamarind sauce scallion oil, the supple clams are topped with a sprinkling of peanuts and fried shallots—two kinds of crunch—and crisp green onions. The steamed obtuse horn shells ($9.95) sit in It’s fun to say the word “mollusk” over and over a decadent pool of coconut milk that’s infused again. One new eatery in town that offers the with the earthy flavors of the snails. You might opportunity to do so, with a variety that rivals a forget that you’re eating your rainy-day sidewalk coral reef, is Seafood House Quan Oc. neighbors because the broth is so fatty, warm and The Vietnamese restaurant in South Sacramento sweet, and the viscous texture is a fitting vehicle serves richly seasoned razor clams and conchs, for the luxurious sauce. But don’t try these on a oysters and “obtuse horn shells”—not beachside first date: You have to slurp hard to get them out blow horns, but tiny snails. In America, we tend to of their shell. think of Vietnamese food as banh mi sandwiches, The razor clams with tamarind sauce ($15.95) pho and vermicelli bowls, but with the country’s are firmer, but still soak up their surrounding vast coastlines, its cuisine also dazzles with scores tamarind, chili and fish oil. The chewy spindles of seafood dishes. gush with flavors that are sweet, sour, Now you might be thinking, astringent and rich all at once, “Holy escargot! I remember a showing off Vietnamese cuisine’s certain snail-eating country tendency to contrast tastes. colonized Vietnam, so The stir-fried conch with You might forget that must be where this sate chili oil ($12.95) nestles that you’re eating mollusk-eating originated.” bits of conch back inside Not quite. In the North their former homes: conch your rainy-day sidewalk Vietnamese region of Nghe shells. Sharply piquant An, piles of hollowed out neighbors because the and citrusy, the soft slivshellfish have been found ers come with a sprig of broth is so fatty, warm that date back more than Vietnamese coriander. 10,000 years—long before As an appetizer, the and sweet. the French colonized it in the baby clams ($8.95) allow you late 1800s. However, France to forget about the origins of introduced ingredients like the the food—they arrive sans shell. onions and butter found on Seafood Peanuts, herbaceous onions, fried House Quan Oc’s menu. shallots and Vietnamese coriander generously The restaurant’s name harkens to snail blanket a mound of warm, small clams. Pile the eateries—quan oc—that are part of Vietnamese thoughtful mix onto crunchy black-sesame rice nightlife. They host social gatherings where crackers, and it shimmers on the tongue with friends can dirty their hands and slurp on snails in garlic oil and a deep, meaty flavor. between sips of beer; the meal lingers as pals fish Also tasty: the delicately fried cod, the out morsels from inside shells, enabling lengthy hefty Cajun shrimp or the seafood hot pot with catch-up sessions. its bounty of lemongrass-flavored mussels, In that nightlife spirit, Seafood House Quan fish balls and veggies. But if you’re headed to Oc is open only from 3 p.m. to midnight or later Seafood House Quan Oc, and you aren’t afraid (except Wednesdays), and it offers karaoke rooms to suck a shell, those aren’t the only dishes you for a minimum $400 food-and-drink tab. Aside should order. Ω

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Munchin’ at Reichmuth After its 10th and final Food Truck Mania on April 29, SactoMoFo wants to focus on more frequent, smaller scale pop-ups in a broader array of neighborhoods. So, on June 9, they’ll set up shop in South Land Park from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Reichmuth Park (6135 Gloria Drive) near the skate park. There’ll be six local favorite trucks, including Buckhorn Grill, OMG! Yogurt, Wandering Boba and Rudy’s on the Roll. This is the second in a series of four stops at the park; the next two will be on July 14 and August 11. And for local residents looking to rep their home base, the South Land Park Neighborhood Association will have a booth where they’ll offer South Land Park T-shirts. There will also be live music, balloon they want to animals and face painting for guests to enjoy when they want to take a break from practicing nollie backside flips.

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extensively reimagined on Broadway in 2013, winning several more Tony Awards. The retooled production nods toward the popular Cirque du Soleil stage spectacles, with flourishes including jugglers, acrobats doing stunts with hoops and a bit of trapeze work. Local theatergoers may recall a touring production of Pippin, based on the 2013 revival, that visited Sacramento at the tail end of 2015, playing the 2,400-seat Sacramento Community Center Theater. This weekend’s touring production was organized by a different company with a different cast, and began touring earlier this year—it will be presented in the 850-seat main theater at the Harris Center. Whatever the size and scope, expect a wondrous, metatheatrical scene. Ω

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The Harris Center for the Performing Arts, on the Folsom Lake College campus in Folsom, will host a touring production of the musical Pippin this weekend with five performances spread over three days. Pippin is a fable about a medieval French ruler and his somewhat wayward son Pippin— with the story modernized and presented as a playwithin-a-play by a theatrical company on tour. The music and lyrics are by Stephen Schwartz, who also penned music for 1971’s Godspell and 2003’s Wicked. The energetic songs reflect 1970sera ideas with lots of songs about finding oneself and one’s place in the world. They also draw stylistically on Broadway musicals and Motown. The ’70s vibe isn’t by accident, of course. Pippin originally ran on Broadway from 1972 through 1977, winning Tony Awards for danceractor Ben Vereen, director-choreographer Bob Fosse and others. The show was revived and 32 | SN&R | 06.08.17

Early June marks a tipping point in the performance calendar, with many companies wrapping up their regular season and the summer festivals yet to kick in. As such, there are only a limited number of new events happening this week. One worthy mention is Ovation Stage’s Brilliant Traces, a quirky, claustrophobic one-act play set in a remote cabin in the wilds of Alaska. It runs from June 10 to July 9. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. at the Three Penny Theatre (1721 25th Street). Tickets are $15-$20. For more information, call (916) 606-5050 or visit www.ovationstage.com. Or, check out the B Street Theatre (2711 B Street) when it previews Hand To God, a black comedy about a young man and his demonpossessed sock puppet. The previews kick off this Saturday, June 10, at 5 p.m., with another performance at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 11. The show officially opens later that night at 7 p.m. Tickets are $26-$38. For a complete schedule, call (916) 443-5300 or visit www.bstreettheatre.org. Finally, next week in Folsom, the Sacramento Ballet makes a visit to the Harris Center (10 College Parkway in Folsom) with Modern Masters, a program featuring George Balanchine’s “The Four Temperaments” (a classic from 1946) and artistic director Ron Cunningham’s brand new piece The Seven Deadly Sins. It opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 16, with performances through June 18. Tickets are $56-$71. For a complete schedule, call (916) 608-6888 or visit www.harriscenter.net. —Jeff Hudson

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“You can’t come back into my house like some big war hero!” And finally, as Megan and Rex are honored for their service during a Yankees Megan Leavey, about the bond between a real-life ballgame, there’s Mom in the stands beaming Marine corporal (Kate Mara) and her bomb-sniffing with pride. What the hell kind of character arc is canine partner, is an effective heart-tugger, well that? How did Falco work it out for herself? Were acted by Mara and an ensemble that includes Bradley scenes shot and cut out or never written in the first Whitford and Edie Falco as Megan’s parents, place? Either way, something’s missing. Common as a tough gunnery sergeant, Matt Morales Megan talks about her best friend who died of as a fellow Marine and Geraldine James as an icea drug overdose on a binge with her, going pill cold veterinarian who makes it her mission in life to for pill. Is it survivor’s guilt that drove her into see Megan’s dog Rex put down. It’s so watchable, the Marines to straighten out her life? Maybe. The and Mara’s performance in particular is so movie doesn’t say. It just raises the idea then strong, that it seems almost churlish to drops it. This happens over and over suggest that the movie feels somehow again, and it’s frustrating to watch. incomplete. Even Megan’s six-year campaign It’s the script, I think, credited to adopt Rex is telescoped down Were scenes shot to Pamela Gray and Annie until it feels like a few weeks, as Mumolo & Tim Lovestedt. The Megan solicits petition signatures and cut out or never “&” is Writers Guild shorthand with the help of (apparently) for a collaboration, whereas written in the friends we’ve never seen before “and” indicates a writer who and don’t see again. first place? contributed but didn’t work with All that said, director Gabriela the other two. And since Gray is Cowperthwaite (like Mumolo and credited first of the three, it appears Lovestedt, relatively inexperienced) that she did a major rewrite on a script delivers the goods in the scenes of by Mumolo and Lovestedt (both of whom Megan and Rex in the field, sweeping roads, have far fewer writing credits than Gray). This is all buildings and vehicles for explosives. It’s hard to speculation, but it could explain why Megan Leavey muff surefire scenes like that. feels so choppy, with so many story threads hinted at, Megan Leavey is pretty good, and Mara is then undeveloped or left hanging. really terrific. It’s just that there seems to have Take Falco’s character: She plays Megan’s mother been a much better movie in Megan’s story, one Jackie, surely one of the least supportive mothers that never even got off the drawing board. Ω in movie history. She bitches at Megan for joining the Marines in the first place, haranguing her on the phone even as Megan’s bus pulls into boot camp. When Megan comes home from two tours in Iraq after nearly being killed by an IED, Mom barks at her, 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.

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.

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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It Comes at Night

As a strange, virulent plague decimates the human race and ravages civilized society, a man (Joel Edgerton), his wife (Carmen Ejogo) and their teenage son (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) eke out a precarious living in their secluded house; then the arrival of a desperate young couple (Christopher Abbott, Riley Keough) seeking refuge with their toddler son upsets the tenuous equilibrium of the household, leading to fear, distrust and paranoia. Writer-director Trey Edward Shults’ second feature is an unusual mix of horror movie (it seems about to devolve into a zombieapocalypse flick any minute, though it never does) and masochistic survivalist fantasy. It’s grim, bleak, uncomfortable and certainly no fun—but the performances are excellent and Shults’ atmosphere of soul-corroding terror is hard to dismiss. J.L.

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Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

My stepfather has a term for the films aimed at our inner idiot adolescent boy: “jerk gene movies.” David Soren’s Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, with its literal toilet humor and multiracial, fourth wall-busting prankster heroes (voiced by Kevin Hart and Thomas Middleditch), wants to be your child’s first jerk gene movie experience. Besties George and Harold first bonded in first grade over the inherent hilarity of a planet named Uranus, but their egg-shaped principal (Ed Helms) seeks to tear their friendship apart. When a plastic hypno-ring places the principal in their powers, George and Harold convince him that he’s the underwear-clad superhero from their comic books. Captain Underpants bursts with anarchic energy, and I still laugh out loud when I remember the villain voiced by Nick Kroll revealing his full name as Professor P. P. Diahrreastein Poopypants. Did I mention that the jerk gene is dominant, immutable and incurable? D.B.

The Lovers

Paris Can Wait

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.

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.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

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Don’t get snookered by that misleading title—dead men monologue almost nonstop throughout this fifth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise. Everywhere you turn, some ghost or ex-ghost starts blathering about their tortured and confusing back story, while also providing answers to questions that you couldn’t possibly be boring enough to ask. One of the major reveals in Dead Men Tell No Tales: the origin story of Captain Jack Sparrow’s disgusting dread jewelry. Seriously. Of course, Johnny Depp returns as Captain Jack, still a shambling alcoholic with a surprising zest for derring-do, still barely hanging on to his ragtag band of snarling idiot pirates, but the effete drunk shtick feels utterly mirthless and obligatory. In its ability to spin mindless fun into heavy-handed bombast, the Pirates franchise is matched only by the Transformers films, and Dead Men Tell No Tales doesn’t have the guts to be an exception. D.B.

Amazon princess Diana (Gal Gadot) is lured away from her island home by the distant thunder of World War I, joining the fight against Germany and Austria, in whose aggression she sees the hand of the evil god Ares. This latest comic-book movie’s chief asset is the charismatic Gadot—no wait, scratch that, she’s its only asset. The back story is a subliterate garbling of Greek mythology, while the foreground story is all but nonexistent; there are too many villains, none of them dramatically strong enough to be much of a threat, and the most interesting characters get killed off too soon (to say more would enrage the Spoiler Police). Director Patty Jenkins is hopelessly out of her depth; her first and biggest mistake was in not telling Allan Heinberg, Zack Snyder, and Jason Fuchs that their script stinks. J.L.

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MONDO DECO: Sacramento retro-power pop band that released an album in March, called “Rattle Rock Roll.” Also performing: The Family Bandits and Chat Room. 5:30pm, $40 - $45. The Press Club, 2030 P St., www.mondodecomusic.com

ONE EYED REILLY: The Sacramento Celtic rock band plays the first two Thursdays of every month on the Delta King River Boat for the cruise’s Irish Night. 6pm, no cover. Delta King, 1000 Front St, (916) 390-7666, https://deltaking.com.

THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE AT THE PLAZA IN WOODLAND: Free June concert series at Heritage Plaza. This week’s band: old school funk, R&B octet Grooveline.

6pm, Free. Heritage Plaza, 701 Main

FRIDAY, 6/9 CONCERTS IN THE PARK: Free summer concert series/food fair every Friday at Cesar Chavez Plaza. This week’s lineup: Del the Funky Homosapien, Soosh*e!, The People’s Revolution and DJ Epik. 5pm, Free. Cesar Chavez Park Plaza, 9th and J streets, (916) 287-9956, www.godowntownsac.com/cip.

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Pigs all the way down GOLDEN 1 CENTER, 8 P.M., $51.50-$350 After it was announced last October that Roger Waters would make a stop at the Golden 1 Center for his 2017 ROCK “Us + Them” tour, several Jewish leaders called for a boycott of the show. One even urged the city to bar him from performing at the arena. The Pink Floyd co-founder has long been accused of displaying anti-Semitism on and offstage. During his set at the Desert Trip Festival in Indio last fall, Waters voiced support for students in the pro-Palestine boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, and during the Pink song “Pigs (Three Different Ones),” a hog-shaped balloon tattooed with the Jewish Star of David bounced along the audience. In response, CitiBank and American Express withheld millions of dollars in sponsorship money for the tour.

Bumptet play cosmic jazz and funk. 9pm, $10. Burgers and Brew Station 1, 317 3rd St., (916) 572-0909, www.facebook.com/ thebumptet.

DEATH PARTY AT THE BEACH: Depressing but upeat surf rock with 1980’s nostalgia. Also performing: Coyote Mustache, Tire Iron and Infinite Souls. 9pm, $10. Harlow’s, 2708 J St., https://deathpartyatthebeach. bandcamp.com.

THE PICTUREBOOKS: The German duo come stateside with rock ‘n’ roll fit for skateboards, American deserts and motorcycles. 7pm, $10-$12. Goldfield Trading Post, 1630 J St., www. thepicturebooks.com.

THURSDAY, 6/8 2017 SAMMIES AWARDS SHOWCASE: A night of Sammies emcee nominees: The Philharmonik, Paul Willis, Optimiztiq, Charlie Muscle, Chuuwee, Cam and Aye Tee. 8:30pm, $10. Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd., (916) 498-1234, https:// thephilharmonik.bandcamp.com.

rockabilly, ska and surf and country rock. 7pm, $10. Goldfield Trading Post, 1630 J St., www.gamblersmark.com.

SATURDAY, 6/10

HIROYA TSUKAMOTO, ROSS HAMMOND: Hiroya is an internationally touring acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter from Kyoto, Japan. Sacramento guitarist Ross Hammond plays jazz, folk, blues and world music. 8pm, call for cover. Gold Lion Arts, 2733 Riverside Blvd., www.rosshammond.com.

MARCO ROBLEDO AND ECHO THE NATIVES: The Fig Tree house musician like to mix sounds, particularly electronic, tribal and rock. 7:30pm, no cover. Fig Tree Coffee, Art & Music Lounge, 222 Vernon St. in Roseville, www.figtreecoffee.com.

host and perform in Graciano’s Soulful Saturday’s open mic. The open mic is held every Second Saturday. 9pm, Free. Graciano’s Speakeasy, 1023 Front St. www.zyahbelle.com

SUNDAY, 6/11 CLASSICAL CONCERT ANDREI BAUMANN: Part of the Crocker’s monthly concert series, famed pianist Andrei Baumann will perform Beethoven’s final three sonatas (Op. 109, 110, and 111). $6 Members $10 Student/youth $12 Nonmembers 3pm, $6$12. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St., www. crockerart.org.

DAMIEN ESCOBAR – THE HEART & SOUL TOUR AT CREST THEATRE: Emmy award winning violinist who meshes hip-hop with classical string melodies. CLASSICAL CONCERT ANDREI BAUMANN: Part of the Crocker’s monthly concert series, famed pianist Andrei Baumann will perform Beethoven’s final three sonatas (Op. 109, 110, and 111). $6 Members $10 Student/ youth $12 Nonmembers 3pm, $6-$12. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St., www. crockerart.org. 8pm, $35-$115. Crest, 1013 K St., http://dameesco.com.

MONDAY, 6/12

BLUE OYSTER CULT: ’70s hard rock legends known for more than just the song “Don’t Fear The Reaper,” or its cowbell. 7pm, $35. Jackson Rancheria Hotel and Casino, 12222 New York Ranch Rd. in Jackson, www.blueoystercult.com.

DESARIO: R.E.M.-esque alternative rock band from Sacramento. Also performing: Sad Numbers, Starry Eyed Cadet and Buildings Breeding. 8:30pm, $7. Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St., www.desario.net.

JOAN OSBORNE: For this show, the famed folk rock, R&B singer covers Bob Dylan tunes.

at District 30 featuring Sacramento EDM duo Joyzu. Life guard vests, wet suits and champagne. 10pm, Free. District 30, 1022 K St., https://soundcloud.com/JoyzuMusic.

Sacrament Bicycle Kitchen featuring 50 Watt Heavy, Panther! & Bear Fight and The Brangs. 6pm, Free. Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen, 1915 I St, (916)538-6697. www. sacramentobikekitchen.org.

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5:30pm, $40 - $45. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.,

JOZYU: Beach attire-themed dance party

duo famous songs like “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” and “Unchained Melody.” 7:30pm, $45-$75. Cache Creek, 14455 State Highway 16 in Brooks, http:// righteousbrothers.com.

two popular Sacramento post-hardcore bands: Dance Gavin Dance and A Lot Like Birds. 7pm, $12. Goldfield Trading Post, 1630 J St., www.facebook.com/ events/457173014629826.

Merced-based Hmong record label is on a national tour to present its posse of rappers and singer songwriters, which include: David Yang, Deathrhyme, Kassie Chang, Lily Vang, Maa vue, Tee Vang, Tsabmim Xyooj and Vue Peter. 8pm, $30-$50. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., www. yellowdiamondrecords.com.

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GAMBLER’S MARK: This evil trio plays a mix of

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In April, Bee columnist Foon Rhee joined Mayor Darrel Steinberg in defending Waters’ right to free speech, despite the mayor expressing his distaste for Waters’ views on Israel and concerns with violent protests erupting before the show. The Israel-Palestine conflict isn’t the only target Waters’ live shows. Also during “Pigs,” a giant wall medleys emasculating, anti-Trump pop art; the president superimposed holding a dildo, the infamous micro-penis mural and Baby Trump hissing at a cat. Expect a show that’s half rock concert, half theatrical production, all from Waters’ not-so-subtle political lens. 500 David J Stern Walk, www.rogerwaters.com.

& The Heartbreakers. 10pm, $12. Powerhouse Pub, 614 Sutter St. in Folsom, www.pettytheftrocks.com.

ZYAH BELLE: The local soul-funk singer will

St. in Woodland, (530) 665-3174, www. historicdowntownwoodland.com.

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters will perform old Pink tunes and songs from his newly released solo album, Is This Really the Life We Want? on Monday night.

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fest in wine country. Performing Saturday afternoon: Peabo Bryson, Regina Belle, Peter White and more. while Sunday’s finale features The Whispers, Pieces of a Dream, Eric Darius and others. Sterling James from KBLX Radio hosts and Jazz Getaway founder Brian Culbertson performs at both concerts. 1pm, $109 $219. Oxbow Commons, 1268 McKinstry St. in Napa, www.jazzgetaway.com.

THE BODY: The Body is an American sludge metal duo from Rhode Island. Also performing: Lingua Ignota and Muslin. 8pm, $10-$12. Starlite Lounge, 1517 21st St., https://thebody.bandcamp.com.

HEATH WILLIAMSON: Singer/songwriter Heath Williamson, performs original and covers of Beatles, Dylan, Dead, Young, Prine, Waylon Jennings and more. 5:30pm, Free. Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St., (209) 745-0335, www.facebook.com/hewmusic.

ROCK THE NIGHT & SUPPROT LLS: Rock concert featuring cover band Thunder Cover, where all proceeds benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). Also features a silent auction. 6pm, $0-$25. Harlow’s, 2708 J St., www.harlows.com/ event/1497457-rock-night-support-llssacramento.

TUESDAY, 6/13 MOVE BEYOND LIVE ON TOUR: Dancing with the Stars, Emmy-Award winning duo perform a large-scale dance show. 8pm, $49.50 -

PETTY THEFT BAND: Petty Theft is a San Francisco-based tribute to Tom Petty

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sUndaY, 6/11 CaLendar ListinGs Continued From PaGe 37 $125. Community Center Theater, 1301 L St., www.moveliveontour.com.

wednesdaY, 6/14 eLeCtriX siX: The 20-year-old Michigan-based six piece fuses rock, disco, punk, new wave and metal. 7pm, $15. Goldfield Trading Post, 1630 J St., www.electricsix.com.

Front Country: An progressive bluegrass band from the East Bay that hops between eletropop, jazz and acoustic rock. 8pm, $15. Harlow’s, 2708 J St., www.frontcountryband. com.

Future: The Atlanta rapper will perform in Wheatland for his “Nobody Safe” tour. 7pm, $26 - $89.50. Toyota Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd. in Wheatland, http:// freebandz.com.

Gordon LiGHtFoot: Longtime Canadian folk pop singer known for songs like “For Lovin’ Me,” “Early Morning Rain” and “Steel Rail Blues.”. 8pm, $39-$69. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., www. gordonlightfoot.com.

HeLLyeaH: Heavy metal supergroup featuring Mudvayne vocalist Chad Gray and former Pantera/Damageplan drummer Vinnie Paul. Also performing: Sons of Texas, Righteous Vendetta. 6:30pm, $25. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St., www.facebook.com/hellyeahband.

Festivals

42nd Annual CBA Father’s Day

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Bluegrass Festival

Loomis FamiLy Fest: Local vendors, food, beer and wine, and kids activities like bounce houses, face painting, and arts & crafts. 6pm. Free. Loomis Train Depot, 5775 Horseshoe Bar Rd. in Loomis, (916) 652-7252, www.loomischamber.com/friday-nightfamily-fest.

Check out this year’s lineup!

Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Bobby Osborne & Rocky Top X-Press Molsky's Mountain Drifters Tony Trischka Territory Becky Buller Band Mipso Piedmont Melody Makers Sawmill Road The Freight Hoppers Darin and Brooke Aldridge Barefoot Movement

auburn brewFest: The ninth rendition of this annual fest features 15 brewers, live music and food. 4pm. $10-$40. Gold Country Fairgrounds, 1273 High St. in Auburn, www. auburnbrewfest.com.

maHoGany FestivaL: Celebration of black culture, unity, natural hair, music, black businesses, black economics, black education and black people. Live performances, guest speakers, vendors and activities for all ages. 10am. Free. William Lee College Prep, 3300 Stockton Blvd., www. facebook.com/MahoganyUrbanPoetry.

Plus: CA Showcase Bands: Crooked Jades The Brombies David Thom Burning Heart Bluegrass Matt and George and their Pleasant Valley Boys

As always, there will be mulƟple stages, Luthiers’ Pavilion, great food and drink, craŌs, workshops, plenty of acƟviƟes for youths (including Kids on Bluegrass!), and of course nonstop jamming beneath the pines!

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mini bLues FestivaL: Featuring Tim Noxon’s Rock’n Blues Band, Val Starr & The Blues Rocket and Roharpo the Bluesman Band. 5:30pm. $15 - $20. McConnell Winery, 10686 West Stockton Blvd. in Elk Grove, www. mcconnellestates.com.

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The Crocker’s new exhibit pools together the best of the international lowart brow art magazine, Hi-Fructose. A decade’s PHoto coUrtesY oF aleXander BodecKer worth of curated pieces will be showcased, like the battle between man, yeti and snow giant pictured above, by painter Todd Schorr. It’s titled “The Last Polar Expedition of Commander Peary.” I’m assuming Peary retired? 216 O Street, www.crockerart.org.

yourself in games, theater, and a splendid Renaissance village and marketplace. Pirate and barbarian hordes invade the festivities. $8 - $36. Camp Richardson Resort & Marina, 1900 Jameson Beach Rd. in South Lake Tahoe, (530) 205-3313, www.valhallafaire.com.

sUndaY, 6/11 barrio marKet at tHe Center: Family-friendly market filled with vendors selling art, jewelry, krafts, plants and food. 11am. Free. The Washington Neighborhood Center, 400 16th St., www.facebook.com/WNC916.

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saCramento antiQue Faire: 300 vendors from California, Nevada and neighboring states will sell vintage clothing, military antiques, art, jewelry, lighting, glassware, silver, toys and furniture. Held every Second Sunday of the month. 6:30am, Free. 21st & X streets, 2350 21st St., (916) 600-9770, www.sacantiquefaire.com.

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promotes cultural inclusivity for spiritual practice through presentations, live music, demonstrations, vendors, food and more. Free admission and free parking. 10am. Free. Veterans of Foreign Wars Township Post 6158, 8990 Kruitof Way in Fair Oaks, www. facebook.com/pangaiafestival.

vaLHaLLa renaissanCe Fair: A weekend of entertainment, feasting, arts and crafts, theater and battles set in a Renaissance village and marketplace. Come in costume, or come as you are, and immerse

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A wide range of Japanese food will be available, along with snowcones and raffle prizes. The bazaar will also feature a rummage sale that includes an eclectic assortment of donated items. All proceeds from the bazaar go to support the operation of the Nichiren Buddhist Church, which organizes the event. 11am, free. Sacramento Nichiren Buddhist Church, 5191 24th St., www.sacramentonichirenchurch.org.

art & wine tour at vannatta winery: 23 artists in a variety of media will be showing/ selling their art at the tour. Wine tasting included. If you buy a bottle of wine, the ticket is refunded. 10am, $5. Vannatta Winery, 8718 Grant Line Rd. in Elk Grove, (916) 685-5992, www.vannattawine.com.

tHe worLd’s Greatest iCe Cream soCiaL: 1950s themed. All-you-can-eat. The event is meant to raise funds for KOV Children’s Charities. Funds will be to purchase iPads for the kids. 6pm, $0-$15. California Automobile Museum, 2200 Front St., Http://kovcc.org.

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tHUrsdaY, 6/8 GatHer - oaK ParK: Gather is a take on the city as a dining table. Set in a familiar but unusual setting, this unique food event includes communal tables for outdoor dining, a craft beer area, artisanal food vendors, designers, food demos, interactive art, live music and a modular kids park. 5pm, Free. The Park, 1116 15th St., www. gathernights.com.

roseviLLe Food truCK mania: Chow down in downtown with SactoMoFo, every second Thursday of the month. Located at Vernon Street Town Square. Includes a kids zone. 5pm, Free. Vernon Street Town Square, 311 Vernon St. in Roseville, roseville.ca.us/ events.

FridaY, 6/9 sunset siPPin’: Kick back and relax with friends every Friday night on Boeger Winery’s divine picnic grounds. Featuring music by Johnny Mojo. 6pm, $0-$10. Boeger Winery, 1709 Carson Rd. in Placerville, (530) 622-8094, www.boegerwinery.com.

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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. 7:00pm. every thursday. $0-$10. 3101 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 6A in Rocklin. www.blacktopcomedy.com.

CsZ saCramento: ComedySportz Improv Comedy. Comedy played as a sport. Two teams compete for your points and laughs by creating instant sketches based on your suggestions. Also similar to the show “Whose Line Is It, Anyway?” 8:00pm. through 7/29. $10 - $12. 2230 Arden Way, (916) 2438541, www.comedysportzsacramento.com.

Comedy sPot: Comedy Exchange. blend of stand-up and improv. Invites comedians to perform 5-minute sets, and then our cast of improvisers perform comedy scenes inspired by the comedians’ jokes. 8:00pm. through 1/11. $8.50; AntiCooperation League. Each week the comedians of ACL interview a special guest and then create comedy scenes inspired by the interview. 9:00pm. Through 6/10. $12.50. 1050 20th St, Ste 130. www. saccomedyspot.com

FoX & Goose: Fem Dom Com (Female Dominated Comedy). A night of female comedians, hosted by local funny people

MONDAY, 6/12 Orlando massacre anniversary vigil STATE CAPITOL, 7 P.M., NO COVER Marking one year from the Pulse Nightclub shooting, this candlelight vigil pays tribute to to TAKE ACTION the 49 victims lost in lost in shootings in one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history. A local LGBTQ anti-hate #KissAwayHate, and campaign formed days after the massacre, called #KissAwayHate, and immediately got to work protesting last year’s anti-gay sermon from from pastor Roger Jimenez. The group promises a night of entertainment and speakers accompanying the moment of remembrance. 1315 10th Street, www.kissawayhate.com.

Jaime Fernandez and Emma Haney. 9:00pm. Through 6/10. $5. 1001 R St. foxandgoose. com.

LUNA’S CAFE & JUICE BAR: Open Mic Comedy. Hosted by Jaime Fernandez. Sign-ups at 7:30 p.m. Show begins at 8 p.m. 7:30pm. Every Tuesday. Free. 1414 16th St., www.lunascafe. com.

ON THE Y: Open Mic Comedy. Hosted by

Robert Berry. 8:30pm. Every Thursday. Free. 670 Fulton Ave., www.facebook.com/ ontheysacto.

PUNCH LINE: Scott Thompson. Most known as a member of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall. Thompson also appeared on The Larry Sanders Show, Politically Incorrect, The Late Show with David Letterman and was a regular fixture on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. 8:00pm. Through 6/10. $15 - $20. 2100 Arden Way, Ste. 225, www.punchlinesac.com.

ON STAGE HARRIS CENTER: Pippin. This classic Broadway musical about a young prince longing for adventure melds circus acrobatics and magical illusions with acting, singing and dancing. 7:00pm. Through 6/11. $49$85. 10 College Parkway in Folsom, www. harriscenter.net.

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. 8:00pm. Through 7/1. $37 - $72. 1601 Civic Dr. in Walnut Creek, (925) 943-7469, www.centerrep.org.

ART SACRAMENTO FINE ARTS CENTER: 6th Annual Focus on Fiber. Exploratory exhibit on fiber arts, which involve processes like dyeing, painting, printing, stitching, embellishing, quilting, weaving, knitting, felting and paper making. 11:00 AM. Through 6/25.Free; Korean Voices in Fiber. A Korean fiber art exhibit. A reception a demonstration will be held on Saturday June 10 at 4 p.m. 11:00am. Through 6/25. Free. 5330B Gibbons Dr. in Carmichael, (916) 971-3713, www.sacfinearts.org.

THE BRICKHOUSE GALLERY & ART COMPLEX: Poetry Cake. Every Second Saturday, dope poets, food and wine and musical guests perform for the gallery’s open mic. 8:00pm. Saturday 6/10. $15. 2837 36th St., (916) 4751240, www.facebook.com/poetrycake.

VERGE CENTER FOR THE ARTS: Opening Reception for The Brightsiders. The exhibit brings together paintings and sculptures from eighteen artists based in Los Angeles. Many of the works selected for the exhibition consist of soft materials and fabrics, or make reference to soft forms such as textiles and clothing. The exhibit opens Saturday, June 10. 6:00pm. Through 8/20. Free. 625 S St., (916)448-2985. www. vergeart.com.

VIC’S CAFE: California Landscapes in Watercolor and Pastels. Vic’s Café is featuring he artists Elaine Bowers, Linda Clark Johnson and Ruth HoltonHodson. Bowers paints aerial views of the Sacramento Delta, Johnson paints local scenes/landscapes, and HoltonHodson uses pastels to capture area landscapes. 7am. Through 8/4. Free. 3193 Riverside Blvd., http://cafevics.com.

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QUARRY PARK AMPHITHEATRE: The awardwinning theater company Take Note Troupe stages Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” Bollywood style. 7:30pm. 6/10. Free. 4000 Rocklin Road in Rocklin, (916) 765-8596, www.takenotetroupe.org,

SHOWBIZ THEATRE COMPANY: Heaven Can Wait. This comedy-fantasy by Harry Segall tells the story of boxer Joe Pendleton, who’s taken from his body sixty years before his death date by an over-eager angel named Mr. Jordan. Unable to return to his own body, Joe is given the body of a recently murdered millionaire tycoon. 7:30pm. Through 6/11. $15-$20. 1744 Pacific Ave. in Stockton, http://showbiztheatre.org.

MUSEUMS CALIFORNIA MUSEUM: 10th Annual California Hall of Fame Artifact Exhibit. Notable artifacts include: Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones costume from “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” George Takei’s Hikaru Sulu costume from “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” and Isabel Allende’s Presidential Medal of Freedom for Literature awarded by President Barack Obama in 2014. 10:00am. Through 9/10. $0 - $9; Light & Noir Exiles & Émigrés in Hollywood, 1933-1950. The

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CALENDAR LISTINGS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 40 exhibit highlights the history of émigrés in the American film industry who fled Europe as refugees of Nazi persecution and their legacy in American cinema in the film noir genre with films such as “Casablanca,” and “Sunset Boulevard.” Rare artifacts and memorabilia from16 iconic films reveal the history of Hollywood’s formative era through the lens of the émigré experience. 10:00am. Through 10/15. $0 - $9. 1020 O St., (916) 653-7524. www. californiamuseum.org

CALIFORNIA STATE ARCHIVES: California Memoirs: The William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection. This exhibit will showcase selected images from the William M. McCarthy photograph collection, donated to the State Archives in 1996. William and Grace McCarthy, native Californians born in the late-19th century, pursued their passion for both photography and travel for many years. The end result is a collection of nearly 3,000 photographs mounted in eleven albums that provide rare pictorial documentation of the couple’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.

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CALIFORNIA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM: A World on Wheels Exhibit. The display will highlight how innovative train technology and design paved the way for the emergence of the automobile that quickly surged in popularity for passenger travel. The five automobiles on loan from the California Automobile Museum will include the following: 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

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aerobatic performances in classic planes, the weekend airshow promises gourmet food, activities like flight simulation, a silent art auction and more. 6:15pm, $15-$65. Lincoln Airport, 1480 Flightline Dr. in Lincoln, http://lincal.net/airfest.

METALCLOAK ULTRA4 STAMPEDE: Weekend Off-road racing competition. Part of the Trail Gear Ultra4 Western Championship Series. Expect high speed rock racing action with drivers tackling a course riddled with crazy jumps and punishing rock obstacles. 12:30pm, $20 - $30. Prairie City SVRA, 13300 White Rock Rd. in Rancho Cordova, (916) 924-3836, https:// ultra4racing.com.

WESTERN STATES HORSE EXPO: Weekend fair for horse enthusiasts and riders. Extensive training on topics like cowboy dressage and riding, with a Poker rodeo, choreographed horse dances and competitions. 9am. $10-$45. Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Blvd., https://horsexpo.com.

SATURDAY, 6/10 BEERS & GEARS CAR SHOW: A day of live music, games and cool rides. Enter your vehicle (car, motorcycle, scooter, whatever) or just enjoy the show and vote your favorite ride. 11am, $20 per vehicle. Yolo Brewing Company, 1520 Terminal St., (916) 379-7581, www.yolobrew.com.

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SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS VS. RENO ACES: Wear pink in honor of breast cancer awareness and enjoy themed fireworks at every Saturday game. 7:05pm, $10 - $63. Raley Field, 400 Ball Park Dr., www.milb.com.

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Said to tune their guitars down for the pleasure of Satan’s fevered ears, Sacramento’s Chrch will perform METAL two songs at Starlite that night, including a new 20-minute epic, to be released in a split LP with doom trio Fister later this year. Sharing the bill with Chrch: Portland sludge troupe Graves at Sea and Chico funeral doom brewers Amarok. 1517 21st Street, https://churchdoom.bandcamp.com. PHOTO cOURTeSY OF cHRcH

SATURDAY, 6/10 Our Town SUTTER STREET THEATRE, 8 P.M., $15-$23 Narrated by an ageless and omniscient stage manager and usually depicted with minimal set pieces and props, ONSTAGE Thornton Wilder’s Pullitzer Prize-winning metaplay follows the children of two families, the Gibbs’ and Webbs, through life, marriage and death in the fictional small town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire. 717 Sutter Street in Folsom, http://sutterstreettheatre.com.

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ZUDA 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: Free yoga classes, including children’s yoga, acro yoga and Thai massage. Zuda Yoga founder Anne Marie Kramer will lead a free community class at 8 a.m. and hip hop inspired teacher MC Yogi will headline a free class at 10 a.m. 8am, Free. Zuda Yoga Studio, 1515 19th St. #104, (916) 441-1267, zudayoga.com.

SUNDAY, 6/11 FIRST ANNUAL TRAP SHOOT COMPETITION: Leadership Citrus Heights 2017 presents a Team Trap Shoot to benefit the Citrus Heights Police Activities League. Open class competition. BB Gun competition for kids, raffle prizes and silent auction. BBQ lunch free for guestss. 8am, $150-$500. Coon Creek Trap & Skeet Club, 5393 Waltz Road in Lincoln, www.shootcooncreektrap.com.

LINCOLN AIRFEST: See Friday description.

BEGINNING IMPROVISATIONAL TRIBAL STYLE BELLY DANCE CLASS: A breakdown of the raw basics of belly dance, ending in a short choreography lesson. 6pm, $12. Hot Pot Studios, 1614 K St. #1, (505) 699-7908, hotpotstudios.com.

festival supporting the work of women, femmes and queer folks. The campout will feature workshops and discussion circles during the day and music in the night, with collaborative art projects and vendors throughout. Lasts the whole weekend. 12pm, $5-$20. The Nugget Campground, 7900 South Fork Road in Placerville, www. sacladyfest.com.

FRIDAY, 6/9 THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LADYFEST CAMPOUT: See Thursday description.

SATURDAY, 6/10 THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LADYFEST CAMPOUT: See Thursday description.

SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS VS. RENO ACES: See Saturday description. 1:05pm.

TOUGH MUDDER SACRAMENTO: See Saturday description.

WESTERN STATES HORSE EXPO: See Friday description.

LGBTQ THURSDAY, 6/8 ARTMIX PRIDE: The Crocker Museum’s annual celebration of Pride Month. Mix with local groups and artists to learn how you can get involved, be an active ally and connect with members of Sacramento’s LGBTQ community. 6pm, $0 - $10. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St., www.crockerart.org.

CAPITOL LGBTQ MIXER: A night of networking and community building organized by the newly formed LGBT Capitol Association. Held every first Thursday of the month. 5pm, Free. Empress Tavern, 1013 K Street., https://lgbtcapitol.wordpress.com.

THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LADYFEST CAMPOUT: Ladyfest is an international multidisciplinary feminist arts and activism

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Delaine Eastin. Davis city councilmember Lucas Frerichs will moderate. 2:30pm, Free. Davis Senior Center, 646 A St. in Davis, (530) 304-6360, www.facebook.com/ GatheringsInitiative.

TUESDAY, 6/13 CA DISABILITY CAPITOL ACTION DAY: An annual event coordinated by The Disability Action Coalition as an opportunity for people of cross disabilities and their allies to come together in solidarity for learning, resources, unity and to share the current issues that affect their daily lives. 9am, Free. Cesar Chavez Park Plaza, 910 I St., www.facebook.com/ DisabilityActionCoalition.

SUNDAY, 6/11

WEDNESDAY, 6/14

THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LADYFEST CAMPOUT:

ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY: First 5 Solano is

See Thursday description.

PANSEXUAL PANCAKE BREAFAST: Are you Pansexual? Do you love pancakes? Looking for a place to meet other pans and build a community? If so, this breakfast is held every second Sunday of the month, 11am, Free. The Sacramento LGBT Community Center, 1927 L St., (916) 442-0185, http:// saccenter.org.

SACRAMENTO CYCLEFEST BIKE SHOW: Annual bike exhibition with a best of show competition, raffle, vendors and kids playground. 10am, $0-$20. Fremont Park, 1515 Q St., www. sacramentocyclefest.com.

THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIER: Professor of History

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thick muddy fields under low-hanging barbed wire. And at the end of it all are the rewards: an ice-cold beer shared with filthy new friends. 7am, $239. Gibson Ranch County Park, 8556 Gibson Ranch Park Rd. in Elverta, https://toughmudder.com.

SUNDAY, 6/11

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partnering with Solano County Health & Social Services and the Government Alliance on Race & Equity to offer training addressing racial inequities in health, community engagement, employment and other issues in Solano. Welcome to all levels of staff, from line staff to supervisors, managers, and executive directors. 8:30am, Free. Solano County Events Center, 601 Texas St. in Fairfield, www.co.solano.ca.us/ depts/first5.

SAC ACTIVIST SCHOOL BOOK CREW: A discussion

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 Street Sacramento, 916-588-5463, tabcat.org.

TEEN RUBIK’S CUBE CLASSES: Cube master Will Morris will help guide you out of the confusion. Classes every Thursday evening. Ages 11 to 17. Bring your own cubes, or buy one there. $3.50 - $7. The Silver Orange, 922 57th St., (916) 228-4169, https:// thesilverorange.com.

SATURDAY, 6/10 BACKYARD BEEKEEPING: This class will guide you through the secret life of pollinators and the ins and outs of raising bees for honey. The presentation includes a demonstration on essential bee equipment and a Q & A. 10:30am, Free. Arden-Dimick Library, 891 Watt Avenue, (916) 264-2920, www.saclibrary.org/events.

at Chapman University Jennifer Keene, PhD, presents a lecture on African American soldiers in the War To End All Wars. She is the author of World War I: The American Soldier Experience. 1pm, Free. Sacramento Public Library - Central Library, 828 I St., (916) 264-2795, www.saclibrary.org/Locations/Central.

MONDAY, 6/12 BRAZILIAN CAPOEIRA AND BRAZILIAN DRUM CLASSES: See Thursday description.

WEDNESDAY, 6/14 IN THE WEEDS - NAVIGATING LEGAL MEDICAL MARIJUANA: A attorney experienced in medical, housing, employment and discrimination claims, will provide an overview of California’s medical and recreational marijuana laws as well as the options that employers have to deal with new potential workplace challenges. 11am, $45-$55. Brookside Country Club, 3603 St. Andrews Dr. in Stockton, www.fisherphillips.com.

FILM SATURDAY, 6/10

INTRO TO BELLY DANCE: See Thursday

CAPPS CROSSING: Premiere for indie horror

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INDIE FILM DISTRIBUTION SEMINAR: The Sacramento Video Industry Professionals are holding an interactive seminar, which includes lessons on distribution strategy, audience building, budgeting, the indie film market, pitching to Netflix and more. 11am, $25-35. The Art Institute of California, 2850 Gateway Oaks Dr., www.accesssacramento .org/sacramentovips.

film by Folsom writer/director Mike Stahl. It’s one of those camping-out-in-thewoods slasher flicks. A widowed boyfriend loses his mind after a group of of geocaching campers desecrates the site of his dead girlfriend, called Capps Crossing. 7pm, $15-$25. Palladio 16 Theater, 240 Palladio Parkway in Folsom, www.cappscrossing.com.

INTRO TO BELLY DANCE: See Thursday description.

on the book, “Freedom Is A Constant Struggle” by Angela Y. Davis. 6pm, Free. Sol Collective, 2574 21st St., www. solcollective.org.

PROJECT PRIDE - OPENING RECEPTION: In honor of Pride Month, the Sol collective exhibit focuses on art defined by an atmosphere of social unrest and violence across the country, and its impact on LGBTQ artists. There will be music and wine at the reception. 5pm, Free. Sol Collective, 2574 21st St., www.solcollective.org.

ROSEVILLE NO HATE, NO FEAR!: Stand in solidarity and against the scapegoating or targeting of immigrant communities. 9:30am, Free. Fountains at Roseville, 1013 Galleria Blvd. in Roseville, www.answercoalition.org/ sacramento.

RUN TO CLOTHE THE HOMELESS: A 5K charity run to help Sacramento area homeless. The organization Run To The Clothe The Homeless is seeking other nonprofits to partner with in hosting this and future 5K runs. 9am, $20-$75. The Park, 1116 15th St., www.facebook.com/ runtoclothethehomeless.

SUNDAY, 6/11 WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR COUNTRY?: A community form on equity and social justice featuring journalist and author of “The American War on Poverty” Sasha Abramsky and Gubernatorial candidate and former

THURSDAY, 6/15 SAMMIES 2017 Awards Show ACE OF SPADES, 7 P.M., $5-$10. Support local music. Because it’s good. For those that have glossed over every page of this issue, here is your last MUSIC chance to know: The SAMMIES is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year! That means a bigger itinerary for SN&R’s annual Sacramento music award show. On top of the usual live sets and victory speeches, 2017’s bill has nominee newcomers like Hobo Johnson (pictured) sharing the spotlight with legacy SAMMIES hall-of-famers, including Las Pesadillas and The Brodys. 1417 R Street, www.newsreview.com/ sacramento/2017_sammies/event.

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FRee will aStRology

by Michael Mott

by Rob bRezsny

FOR ThE WEEk OF JUNE 8, 2017 ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you chose me as

your relationship guide, I’d counsel you and your closest ally to be generous with each other; to look for the best in each other and praise each other’s beauty and strength. If you asked me to help foster your collaborative zeal, I’d encourage you to build a shrine in honor of your bond—an altar that would invoke the blessings of deities, nature spirits, and the ancestors. If you hired me to advise you on how to keep the fires burning and the juices flowing between you two, I’d urge you to never compare your relationship to any other, but rather celebrate the fact that it’s unlike any other in the history of the planet.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Milky Way

Galaxy contains more than 100 billion stars. If they were shared equally, every person on Earth could have dominion over at least 14. I mention this because you’re in a phase when it makes sense for you to claim your 14. Yes, I’m being playful, but I’m also quite serious. According to my analysis of the upcoming weeks, you will benefit from envisaging big, imaginative dreams about the riches that could be available to you in the future. How much money do you want? How much love can you express? How thoroughly at home in the world could you feel? How many warm rains would you like to dance beneath? How much creativity do you need to keep reinventing your life? Be extravagant as you fantasize.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “When I grow up, I’m

not sure what I want to be.” Have you ever heard that thought bouncing around your mind, Gemini? Or how about this one: “Since I can’t decide what I want to be, I’ll just be everything.” If you have been tempted to swear allegiance to either of those perspectives, I suggest it’s time to update your relationship with them. A certain amount of ambivalence about commitment and receptivity to myriad possibilities will always be appropriate for you. But if you hope to fully claim your birthright, if you long to ripen into your authentic self, you’ll have to become ever-more definitive and specific about what you want to be and do.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): As a Cancerian

myself, I’ve had days when I’ve stayed in bed from morning to nightfall, confessing my fears to my imaginary friends and eating an entire cheesecake. As an astrologer, I’ve noticed that these blue patches seem more likely to occur during the weeks before my birthday each year. If you go through a similar blip any time soon, here’s what I recommend: Don’t feel guilty about it. Don’t resist it. Instead, embrace it fully. If you feel lazy and depressed, get really lazy and depressed. Literally hide under the covers with your headphones on and feel sorry for yourself for as many hours as it takes to exhaust the gloom and emerge renewed.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the early days of the

internet, “sticky” was a term applied to websites that were good at drawing readers back again and again. To possess this quality, a content provider had to have a knack for offering text and images that web surfers felt an instinctive yearning to bond with. I’m reanimating this term so I can use it to describe you. Even if you don’t have a website, you now have a soulful adhesiveness that arouses people’s urge to merge. Be discerning how you use this stuff. You may be stickier than you realize!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Ancient Mayans

used chili and magnolia and vanilla to prepare exotic chocolate drinks from cacao beans. The beverage was sacred and prestigious to them. It was a centerpiece of cultural identity and an accessory in religious rituals. In some locales, people were rewarded for producing delectable chocolate with just the right kind and amount of froth. I suspect, Virgo, that you will soon be asked to do the equivalent of demonstrating your personal power by whipping up the best possible chocolate froth. And according to my reading of the astrological omens, the chances are good you’ll succeed.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Do you have your visa

for the wild side? Have you packed your bag of tricks? I hope you’ll bring gifts to dispense, just in case you’ll need to procure favors in the outlying areas where the rules are a bit loose. It might

also be a good idea to take along a skeleton key and a snake-bite kit. You won’t necessarily need them. But I suspect you’ll be offered magic cookies and secret shortcuts, and it would be a shame to have to turn them down simply because you’re unprepared for the unexpected.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’re like a prince

or princess who has been turned into a frog by the spell of a fairy tale villain. This situation has gone on for a while. In the early going, you retained a vivid awareness that you had been transformed. But the memory of your origins has faded, and you’re no longer working so diligently to find a way to change back into your royal form. Frankly, I’m concerned. This horoscope is meant to remind you of your mission. Don’t give up! Don’t lose hope! And take extra good care of your frog-self, please.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): People might

have ideas about you that are at odds with how you understand yourself. For example, someone might imagine that you have been talking trash about them—even though you haven’t been. Someone else may describe a memory they have about you, and you know it’s a distorted version of what actually happened. Don’t be surprised if you hear even more outlandish tales, too, like how you’re stalking Taylor Swift or conspiring with the One World Government to force all citizens to eat kale every day. I’m here to advise you to firmly reject all of these skewed projections. For the immediate future, it’s crucial to stand up for your right to define yourself—to be the final authority on what’s true about you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “God doesn’t

play dice with the universe,” said Albert Einstein. In response, another Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Niels Bohr, said to Einstein, “Stop giving instructions to God.” I urge you to be more like Bohr than Einstein in the coming weeks, Capricorn. As much as possible, avoid giving instructions to anyone, including God, and resist the temptation to offer advice. In fact, I recommend that you abstain from passing judgment, demanding perfection, and trying to compel the world to adapt itself to your definitions. Instead, love and accept everything and everyone exactly as they are right now.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Lysistrata is a

satire by ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It takes place during the war between Athens and Sparta. The heroine convinces a contingent of women to withhold sexual privileges from the soldiers until they stop fighting. “I will wear my most seductive dresses to inflame my husband’s ardor,” says one. “But I will never yield to his desires. I won’t raise my legs towards the ceiling. I will not take up the position of the Lioness on a Cheese Grater.” Regardless of your gender, Aquarius, your next assignment is twofold: (1) Don’t be like the women in the play. Give your favors with discerning generosity. (2) Experiment with colorful approaches to pleasure like the Lioness with a Cheese Grater, the Butterfly Riding the Lizard, the Fox Romancing the River and any others you can dream up.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take your seasick

pills. The waves will sometimes be higher than your boat. Although I don’t think you’ll capsize, the ride may be wobbly. And unless you have waterproof clothes, it’s probably best to just get naked. You WILL get drenched. By the way, don’t even fantasize about heading back to shore prematurely. You have good reasons to be sailing through the rough waters. There’s a special “fish” out there that you need to catch. If you snag it, it will feed you for months— maybe longer.

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Green growth Malaki Seku-Amen strode down Balsam Street in Del Paso Heights, decaying couches on one side and an abandoned auto shop across the way. He used to live a block from here. When he was 8 years old, his mom received public assistance before becoming a nurse. Seven years ago, he returned. Nothing changed. “That’s what gave me my epiphany: Far too many residents in neighborhoods like this don’t get the opportunities my mother did,” Seku-Amen said. After directing lobbying for the California NAACP, attending Harvard and creating economic strategies for the California Black Caucus and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Seku-Amen became CEO of the California Urban Partnership. He works to improve economic security in communities of color. His latest aim? Using marijuana regulation to bring economic justice to communities victimized by the prosecutions of the drug war.

Cities and governments are trying to cash in on pot regulation. What’s your role in this process? The Urban Partnership got involved with pushing for equitable policies in this growing marijuana industry because there’s a history of how the war on drugs has devastated families and communities of color. The typical story is a parent who was locked up can’t get housing, a job or tuition, because of a record. Children in Del Paso Heights, South Oak Park, Meadowview, suffered from long-term underinvestment. That’s why we see vacant lots, boarded up, substandard properties and housing. We got involved to prevent the transfer of wealth from an underground economy into the hands of rich, white investors without addressing the impacts. … We’ve brought together over 25 organizations, leaders and activists to work with us to move this forward. It’s drug war reparations—that’s what we want.

What should city leaders do differently to bring that equity? We’re asking for three things as marijuana regulation gets rolled out in the city of Sacramento: We’re asking for data on what the marijuana arrests have been along the lines of race and ethnicity—we already know over 50 percent of them have been African-American, second is Latino; we want there to be equity in terms of who gets licenses to do business; thirdly, we want the tax and the fee revenues to not get lost in the general fund. We want the tax and fee revenue to be directed to economic

photo BY MIChAEL Mott

development, affordable housing, job training and programs for young people with an emphasis on drug prevention and life skills. We’re past the second meeting with the city. … We’re making progress, but there’s still a ways to go. … We’re hoping to send a proposal to the legislative committee in a couple months before the council takes it up.

Would the growth only come from marijuana businesses? We don’t want to have property values drop because of marijuana businesses. That’s not the highest value for properties in these areas. … We want the industry to have diverse participation, but it lends itself to supporting other business growth opportunities in the neglected areas we care about. We would like to identify small businesses, entrepreneurs of color, and have started to profile them on Arize.org, our community resources site. We’re focused on food business incubation, construction business clusters and technology entrepreneurs. Ideally, we would like to see these resources and the wealth from marijuana and other sources of funding support these projects.

Looking back from where you are now, what words of wisdom would you give to your 8-year-old self? Dream big. To understand that every action you take is going to lead to the result you want to see. To be the change you want to see in the world. It’s totally within your grasp and your abilities. All you have to do is paint that picture that you want to see. And see yourself inside that picture. It’s OK to

be afraid. Fear can make you stronger and more determined.

You were once second place as Mr. Black Sacramento. What was that like? We need to see strong images of black men as successful entrepreneurs, as doctors, as lawyers, as superheroes on TV. I love Superman, I love Batman, but I’m like, damn, can I see myself as a superhero? I gave a speech in front of the community about the importance of education. I was also working on Sacramento’s first black business directory at that time. And I sang. My friends and family were there and the newspaper covered it. It was awesome to be uplifted and supported by a community. It was an incredible boost.

What’s your No. 1 priority in life now? Living up to my name: Being a messenger, a warrior for life, for truth, for love and the ability to create prosperity. Malaki is Hebrew, loosely translated it means “messenger”; Seku is a West African name, which loosely means “defender,” “warrior”; and Amen is also Hebrew and is an affirmation of what is good. Ω

Learn more about the California Urban partnership at www.californiaup.org.

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