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23 26 Our Mission: To publish great newspapers that are successful and enduring. To create a quality work environment that encourages employees to grow professionally while respecting personal welfare. To have a positive impact on our communities and make them better places to live. Editor Eric Johnson News Editor Raheem F. Hosseini Arts & Culture Editor Rebecca Huval Associate Editor Mozes Zarate Staff Reporter Scott Thomas Anderson Calendar Editor Kate Gonzales Contributing Editor Rachel Leibrock Contributors Daniel Barnes, Ngaio Bealum, Alastair Bland, Rob Brezsny, Aaron Carnes, Jim Carnes, Willie Clark, John Flynn, Joey Garcia, Lovelle Harris, Jeff Hudson, Dave Kempa, Matt Kramer, Jim Lane, Michael Mott, Luis Gael Jimenez, Kate Paloy, Patti Roberts, Steph Rodriguez, Ann Martin Rolke, Shoka, Bev Sykes

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No girl left indoors Add this to the growing list of reasons Sacramento is one of the most awesome places: At this week’s huge cyclocross race-party in West Sac, the women’s cash prize package is equal to the men’s. That is probably partly thanks to Emily Kachorek, pictured (at left) on this week’s cover. Emily is co-owner of Squid Bikes, design-manufacturers of custom aluminum bike frames and sundry cycling goods. She is also a world-class cyclocross racer who recently returned from a trip to China, where she stood on the podium at the prestigious Qiansen Trophy event. Darcy Hargrove also deserves some credit for the West Sacramento Cyclocross Grand Prix’s strong commitment to female athletes. As you will see in Steph Rodriguez’ articles previewing the event, Darcy is a member of the local all-women’s cyclocross posse Dirt Birds; her husband Matthew is WSCXGP’s race director. Emily Kachorek, Darcy Hargrove, the Dirt Birds and the dozens of women and girls who will be pumping and sweating this weekend are furthering a movement that dates back at least 45 years, when a bunch of female athletes and their friends pushed the U.S. Congress to include a piece of language called Title IX in the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX outlawed discrimination, on the basis of sex, from “any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” Since then, Title IX has had its most profound impact in school sports. In 1972, fewer than one in 25 girls played sports in school. Two out of five girls do so now. Girls who want to play hard and compete now have role models. We got a reminder this week that athletics can play a powerful role in our political culture. The inverse is also true.

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Growing evidence touts cannabis as possible answer to opioid crisis by Ken Magri

ccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, prescription and illicit opioid overdoses killed more than 33,000 Americans in 2015. The over-prescribing of these painkillers and their potential for addiction have contributed to an opioid addiction crisis that kills 91 people in this country every day. Could cannabis be the inevitable solution? Because of its potential to act on pain receptors, many people think so. But the “Schedule I” ban on cannabis research means little clinical evidence exists to prove its eﬀectiveness in treating chronic pain. There is, however, a growing body of indirect evidence. A 2014 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed opioid deaths in states with medical cannabis are down by 24.8 percent. Earlier this year, a survey conducted by UC Berkeley and HelloMD, an online cannabis prescription service, found that 92 percent of patients favored cannabis over opioids to treat their condition. Last November, a JAMA editorial written by three Oregon doctors concluded, “There is a growing body of evidence to support the use of medical cannabis as an adjunct to or substitute for prescription opiates in the treatment of chronic pain.”

“There is a growing body of evidence to support the use of medical cannabis as an adjunct to or substitute for prescription opiates in the treatment of chronic pain.” Doctors Esther K. Choo, Sarah W. Feldstein-Ewing and Travis I. Lovejoy There’s also anecdotal evidence from locals who have used cannabis as an alternative to painkillers. Sacramentan Cyndi Spencer was living on opioids in advance of spinal-fusion surgery. “When you read about people having my surgery, who take Oxycontin, they’re going into rehab after,” Spencer said.

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After surgeries from a car accident, local student Eric Leetham quit opioids and endured the pain, but with debilitating results. So last summer he turned to medical cannabis. “It just relaxes my whole body and lets me focus.” Leetham says that the pain relief helps him concentrate on his college studies. Even television’s Dr. Oz surprised “Fox & Friends” hosts recently, saying, “People think it’s a gateway drug to narcotics, [but] it may be the exit drug to get us out of the narcotic epidemic.”

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Don’t jail rappers Re “Rap stars behind bars” by Raheem F. Hosseini and Bansky Gonzalez (News, September 14): Life in Sacramento is a hard one. Being surrounded by poverty, fights and just the general environment can mislead one on the path to righteousness. Now these rappers in Sac are doing the best they can to make money; simply, in Sac it’s hard to make a living because of the stereotypes that surround us. Rappers like Lavish D, C-Bo and Mozzy grew up in the toughest areas of Sac, and with no way out we did the only thing that we can do: adapt. With this adaptation, the rappers have found a way to be in the focus of what Sacramento is about. Now my question is, what is putting the rappers in jail going to do? Yeah it keeps them out of trouble, but it gives more leeway to rhymes other rappers can use to diss them. And when a diss track comes out there is no telling how someone is going to act. It’s a never-ending cycle as long as people still find rap relevant, because rap isn’t just a song, it’s a story of how someone lived or how their living currently.

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Re “A noble act” by Eric Johnson (Editor’s Note, September 14): It is way past time to start being honest with ourselves about the homelessness problem in Sacramento. At some point, we need to stop blaming society for not feeding and housing those unwilling to help themselves and finally offer that hand up vs. another failed handout. It is a crime against humanity that the ACLU and Ronald Reagan shut down/ outlawed institutionalizing these individuals. They simply should not be roaming the streets where they are a danger to themselves and the community. As for those that choose to be homeless—and yes, there are many and it is a choice—we need society to provide the proper motivations with this lifestyle. Remember when the city was going to open up ground at the fairgrounds and none of the tent city people would move there because

there were restrictions on drugs, alcohol and behavior? Well, that is when I stopped feeling sorry for these people. Bill BixBy S a c r a me nto v i a ne w sr e v ie w.c o m

Credit is overdue Re “Review: Patience” by Bev Sykes (Stage, September 14): Thanks so much for your highly complimentary review. Hard not to notice, however, that Anne-Marie Endres, my daughter in law, who labored long and hard as our choral and orchestra director, was not given credit as our musical director. Troy Turpen, who was on stage as a Dragoon and Solicitor, did not direct the orchestra. Thanks again for your continuing support. Mike Baad

Clarification The winner of the 2017 Best of Sacramento in the Food & Drink / Best Thai category is: The Coconut on T (formerly The Coconut Midtown, as it appeared in last week’s paper).

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The empty Johnston Park in north Sacramento has been a possible site for an outdoor homeless encampment since January. Photo by Raheem F. hosseini

Field of dreams Allen Warren’s tent city plan is dead. Long live tent city. by Raheem F. hosseini

A dry wind rustles over Johnston Park, a flattened yellow expanse surrounded by three working class neighborhoods in north Sacramento. A little girl makes a swing set whine nearby as her mother watches, while an occupied car idles in the parking lot of a closed community pool bordering the field. Except for a small party seated on the crabgrass lawn, the park itself is empty on a late weekday afternoon—empty, except for the vapors of a dream. In January, this area’s elected representative, Councilman Allen Warren, announced his desire to fence off the barren field and stock it with enough 8 | SN&R | 09.28.17

modest dormitories and basic services to swiftly get 150 homeless people off the drenched streets and flooded riverbanks, and into an outdoor community that didn’t make them choose shelter over their partners, pets or possessions. In a county where homelessness soars above 13,000, according to food stamp data, Warren’s plan wouldn’t solve the problem so much as acknowledge its toll. It was a populist—and provocative—idea, especially in a place that makes it illegal to sleep outside, and especially from a sitting politician as mercurial as Warren. The professional baseball prospectturned-developer-turned-council member

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was known more know for his flirtation with the majors, bankruptcy lawsuits and council meeting absences when his about-face on homelessness policy made him an instant ally of the dogged Right to Rest movement and a sharp outlier on the Sacramento City Council. Suddenly, Warren’s council colleagues were being shoved toward an uncomfortable ultimatum: Either align with the humanitarian, housing, public health and faith-based communities that have been urging politicians to stop sanctioning the ticketing of homeless campers, or side with the business interests that fear scaring away investors and

tourists if the true scale of Sacramento’s homelessness epidemic becomes visible. Only Councilwoman Angelique Ashby picked Option A. Warren’s public lobbying for a safe ground upended the carefully planned narrative of Mayor Darrell Steinberg, in particular. A former star lawmaker inside the Capitol, Steinberg ran for mayor promising to use his legislative connections to pull in major funding to address homelessness. He also said during his campaign that he “probably” wouldn’t support the city’s anti-camping ordinance if it came up for another vote. The newly elected mayor made good on his first promise in June, when the city landed $32 million in matching funds through a federal health grant that usually only goes to counties. Steinberg punted the second when Warren called for an end to the anti-camping law in January, shortly before the District 2 council member started calling for a safe ground at Johnston Park. A lot has happened on the homelessness front since then.

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cloGGed tunnelS? In recent weeks, both city and county leaders have adopted stricter enforcement policies targeting homeless individuals along the river banks and around vacant buildings, while also seeding the ground for expanded emergency shelter operations this winter. Warren’s colleagues were hoping that the city’s plan to create 300 new beds by December 1 would quell his appetite for a prettied-up “tent city” where homeless adults could access shelter, medical aid and social services. At the September 12 council meeting, Warren made it known that wasn’t happening. “Let me just say I’m not prepared to take the tent city off the table,” he said to audience applause. “Ideally, we would have a place indoors for everybody, but I just don’t think that’s achievable. Until I do believe that it’s achievable, I will continue to advocate for all options being on the table, including the tent city option.” daniel Savala is Warren’s anger

translator. Technically, Savala works as a field representative in the council member’s District 2 office. But where Warren has expressed general disappointment that his colleagues won’t give his safe ground proposal an up-or-down vote, Savala is more precise about why that’s happening: The mayor is making unrealistic demands, he says. First, a quick timeline. After Warren proposed his idea in January, Steinberg told him to come back with a plan. Warren did in March. The mayor asked for an in-depth plan. Warren and his staff returned with one the following month, when they revealed that nonprofit First Steps Communities had agreed to operate the outdoor camp, outlined what services would be provided, listed the costs and named Johnston Park as their preferred site. Steinberg commended the progress Warren’s team had made, but indicated the plan wasn’t ready to come out of the oven. At the end of July, Savala described the requests the mayor was making as “administerial,” intended to bog down the proposal and prevent a controversial vote. “‘Where’s the fire hydrant going to be?’” Savala quipped. “That’s frustrating.” When the mayor and his City Council have pushed back on the outdoor triage idea with new requests and questions, Savala has been the one responsible for finding answers. He said no other city project gets asked for this level of administrative detail. For example, Savala said, the mayor wants specifics on how the physical tents will be mounted, something he says doesn’t happen for ceremonial

weather,” Harris said during a September occasions where tents are displayed. 12 council meeting. “What’s the point?” “These things happen daily,” Savala While the city says 1,385 people got said. “But no one’s telling Concerts in some measure of respite during the previous the Park it can’t happen without a direct calculation of where the tents are going to year, the annual winter shelter tradition has its flaws. Among them, the city notes be held down.” that people can’t enter without showing Steinberg bristled at the suggestion identification, verifying their assets (or that he was deliberately trying to kill lack thereof) and appearing sober. They Warren’s plan with a thousand adminalso have to be OK with leaving their pets istrative cuts. He insisted he was taking “Council Member Warren’s proposal very outside, and be able to make it to the shelter within a certain window of time. seriously,” but said there was more work Addressing the council, homeless to do. Like most of his council colleagues, services coordinator Emily Halcon the mayor acknowledged he wasn’t a fan outlined a host of options to rework of an outdoor encampment. that system before Christmas. “No. 1, I don’t believe the They add up to 300 new tent city direction would “No low-barrier beds by be the way to go,” he one’s telling expanding existing said. “And No. 2, yes, city-funded shelters that would be an Concerts in the Park and creating a brand enormous diversion it can’t happen without a new 24/7 winter from the amount of direct calculation of where operation. work that has to be “Winter is just done.” the tents are going to be.” around the corner,” Steinberg was Daniel Savala Halcon told council referencing his bold field representative, Sacramento members, echoing play for the Whole City Council District 2 Game of Thrones. Person Care waiver, a In case there was any $34 million federal grant doubt about why city leaders that is somewhat contingent were entertaining an emergency on the city’s ability to raise shelter build-up now, Harris erased it. matching funds and work with elected “The fact of the matter is I owe a debt county leaders who have felt lectured to of gratitude to Council Member Warren. by their City Hall counterparts. If all goes With his proposal for a tent-sheltered city, well, Steinberg says, the federal aid will it really pushed us to move forward,” help move 2,000 homeless people into Harris volunteered. housing within three years. He believes If Harris was hoping to neutralize his that taking his eye off that prize to wade fellow council colleague’s nine-month into the polarizing debate surrounding campaign for a vote, it didn’t seem to camping laws and tent cities would risk work. that long-term goal. “I’m prepared to do my part,” Warren “The focus needs to be, what can we said. “But I just want to be clear that do to get people off the street in much until we see victory … I will continue to larger numbers?” he said in an interview advocate for all options.” with SN&R at the end of July. “That’s No real action was taken at the meetwhere I want to put my political capital.” ing. The City Council voted to free up Behind the scenes, Steinberg was $2.9 million in anticipation of a formal working on an emergency shelter plan that he hoped would be less controversial. proposal being made by early November. By that time, the council may also hear councilman jeff Harris didn’t mince words more about a permanent triage shelter for about City Hall’s current approach to upward of 200 people that the city hopes sheltering homeless people between to open by the summer of 2018. Thanksgiving and April Fools’ Day. That’s too long to wait for many Calling seasonal shelters “a tremendous council critics, especially when it looks to waste of money,” Harris noted that 60 them like Warren’s proposal is sitting on percent of the city’s share goes to transa shelf gathering dust. portation while none goes to services. “The tent city, yeah, it’s not a perfect “My definition of dysfunction is the idea,” said homeless rights’ activist James way we’ve done winter shelter in the “Faygo” Clark. “But it’s something that past—where we pick up people at Loaves can happen now.” & Fishes in the evening, take them to the In the meantime, city and county faith-based communities, let them sleep leaders have moved more swiftly to create … and then take them back to Loaves & Fishes in the morning, regardless of the “field of dreams’ continued on page 11

The water project that north Delta communities fear will end their way of life may have met its own ending, after the plan to finance it collapsed unexpectedly in a Central California boardroom last week. News of the twin tunnels’ setback came September 20, when the Westlands Water District, which serves farms in Fresno and King counties, voted not to participate in financing its share of the $17 billion project. The WWD’s manager told the Sacramento Bee that signing on would cause too much monetary pain. The district was expected to pay roughly $3 billion. Officially called the California WaterFix, Gov. jerry brown’s pet water project would install at least three massive, industrial intakes on the Sacramento River between Clarksburg and Courtland, extracting huge volumes of fresh water and channeling them through underground conveyors to central and southern California. In addition to the scientific debate surrounding the project’s impacts on farming operations and fishing businesses throughout the Delta, an SN&R review of state documents found previously unreported environmental impacts that could turn the Delta into “a saltwater marsh.” These include major air, sound, traffic, groundwater and seismic impacts for towns from Freeport to Isleton. (Read “Why save the Delta?” Feature, August 31, 2017.) A spokesman for the governor issued a statement last week that California Waterfix is not dead, but didn’t elaborate. Some north Delta residents feel there’s too much big money and political cache already invested in the project to believe it won’t happen. “We’ve got guarded optimism, with a plus sign,” said Tim Newharth, a Courtland pear farmer and owner of the restaurant Steamboat Landing. “But we know the governor still sees it as a viable project. We know it’s still out there.” (Scott Thomas Anderson)

a premiere tHey remember A group of Sacramento-area vietnam war veterans gathered last week for an advanced screening of a new documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick about the bloody conflict that changed their lives. The 10-part series, The Vietnam War, is airing now on PBS. The early screening was held at the KVIE television studio in Sacramento. KVIE staff invited regional veterans for a special preview and discussion. After watching more than 45 minutes of footage from the 18-hour documentary, former Air Force combat pilot Gene Hamner told those gathered that he hoped the film would convince fellow veterans to finally open up about their war experiences—and seek help if they need it. UC Davis professor Carolee GiaoVyen Tran was one of those terrified children who escaped the fall of Saigon. Tran and her family barely made it onto a U.S. naval boat as North Vietnamese forces raided their neighborhood. Being an immigrant and former war refugee, Tran said that Burns and Novick’s documentary made her think even more about the xenophobic rhetoric of the Trump administration. If Tran was focusing on the present, the screening left Vietnam veteran Ed Laird, another Air Force combat pilot, more worried about what’s on the horizon. “It brought back a lot of memories,” Laird told SN&R. “But it’s also important because of what’s happening right now with North and South Korea, and everything that could happen. I think a film like this reminds us of what a war will do, both for those fighting and those at home.” (STA)

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new laws to police homeless people in their jurisdictions. Collin “C.J.” Jackson is in good spirits. In a week’s time, the lanky 20-year-old will no longer be homeless, thanks to a dramatic set of circumstances that nearly proved tragic. As Jackson tells it, he was visiting his disabled sister, who lives on Broadway, when her husband came home drunk and attacked her after the two siblings confronted him about his drug use. Jackson intervened, but not before the man fractured a couple of his sister’s ribs. Jackson says the man is on his way to prison, his sister is nearly out of the hospital and he will soon move in with her to serve as her caretaker. This is what passes for a break to someone like Jackson, who says he lost his Starbucks job because authorities enforcing the city’s anti-camping law kept pushing him farther and farther from work. He’s currently staying near a dog park outside the downtown grid and making headway on a municipal debt that almost reached $1,200. “I’m at the $400 range,” he said. “I keep getting tickets because no matter where I go, it’s illegal.” Jackson, a Ripon High School graduate who is the son of a cop, says he doesn’t blame authorities for enforcing a law they didn’t create. Those same officers came to his sister’s aid when he called, after all. “I have no problem with cops,” Jackson said. “It’s their job.” And they didn’t create the law. Politicians did. Under the city’s anti-camping ordinance, law enforcement officers from multiple agencies handed out 1,185 citations last year, according to Sacramento Superior Court records. Through July 24 of this year, the city’s ordinance inspired another 770 tickets. Those figures are down from 2015, when the city law was cited 2,280 times. But they’re still so high that Mayor Steinberg initially didn’t believe them when told by a reporter. He asked multiple times whether those were countywide figures. They weren’t. “That surprises me,” he said. In a follow-up phone interview, Steinberg stressed that less than a third of this year’s camping citations came from the city’s Police Department. Reminded that all 770 citations were issued using an ordinance created by the Sacramento City Council—meaning City Hall is responsible for all of them—Steinberg said he understood. But, he added, “to repeal that ordinance, I fear, would potentially make the homeless problem worse. Because it would send a signal that, you know, people can camp wherever they want to camp here. And I think that signal would go far and wide, even beyond the city and county of Sacramento.” Civil rights attorney Mark Merin said the real reason the city and other jurisdictions insist

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on keeping their camping bans is to hide their shame. If homeless people no longer felt persecuted, they might be a little more likely to make themselves visible. And then Sacramento would have to actually confront its legacy of neglect. “It’s the key to dealing with the problem,” Merin argued. Local politicians have gone the other direction. After committing an extra $6.2 million to future relief for unsheltered individuals over the summer, the county Board of Supervisors approved a $5 million plan last month to raid camps along the American River Parkway all day, every day. Meanwhile, City Hall is considering separate proposals to further restrict panhandling, make it a misdemeanor to refuse to leave a public park and seal off the alcoves of vacant buildings, where homeless people sometimes congregate to get out of the rain or sun. Bob Erlenbusch, of the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness, called the new laws “mean spirited” and said they “only serve to further criminalize homeless people.” As for Savala, the field representative in Warren’s office, he’s tired of doing things the way they’ve been done. “Imagine a person who is homeless who no longer has to worry about where they are on a given day,” Savala said, referring to Warren’s plan. At a sanctioned outdoor encampment with case workers and medical personnel, that person, Savala said, would be able to concentrate their energy on other things, like obtaining identification or finding work, or simply working though the physical and mental traumas that pile on after days, weeks and years on the streets. “A lot of that population hasn’t even been given that opportunity because they’re being rousted or moved,” he said. “How long can you keep telling people to go if they have nowhere to go to?” Ω

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Debt race Sacramento police get pay raises as state’s retirement fund is projected to reach an unprecedented deficit by Scott thomaS anderSon

A week after Sacramento leaders tried to fix morale issues in their police department by boosting pay and compensation, economists gathered at Stanford University to discuss a darkening cloud over California’s long term pensions. Specifically, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, which government workers depend on, has a staggering shortfall in its ability to make future payments. Meanwhile, Sacramento’s $363 million portion of that unfunded liability could be rising, depending on what happens in upcoming contract negotiations. The twinned fortunes of the state retirement system and local governments became painfully clear during the 12 | SN&R | 09.28.17

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recession. In the years since, cities and counties have struggled to scale back the overly generous pension obligations they made during the boom times. According to Sacramento Police Officers Association President Timothy Davis, before the new police contract was enacted September 11, city officers earned 22 percent less pay than their counterparts at surrounding agencies. Davis said the $8.4 million increase to the contract brings Sacramento officers to just 3 percent under the regional average. Compensation is one of several factors officials have cited to explain an exodus of men and women wearing the badge.

According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime pretty much out of things you can do.” Reporting Program, the Sacramento But San Jose’s pension reform Police Department had 652 officers on the came with a cost, according to current payroll in 2016, six more officers than the Councilwoman Dev Davis, who told previous year. That’s still down roughly the conference a large number of police 60 officers since before the recession. officers quit when the measure passed. “This is the first contract the city “The measure was necessary to reign and SPOA have collaboratively negotiin costs,” Davis said, “but there were ated together since 2005,” Davis said unintended consequences. … Workers publicly. “It took trust and a leap of wanted to go where the benefits were faith for both sides.” better, regardless of whether or not they Prior to voting, Mayor Darrell were sustainable.” Steinberg praised “a balanced and San Jose has been on a campaign to fair contract” he said did right by the hire cops ever since. officers. He also called the two-year, $20 million contract “fiscally smart for Retaining police officers was a main the city.” motivator behind Sacramento City Steinberg didn’t mention pension Council’s agreeing to the new contract, at liabilities, which will go up $5 million least four council members told SN&R in this year. But the specter of them was the months leading up to the vote. the main topic that elected officials Finance Director Leyne Milstein said from around the state were talking about the question of whether the contract will days later at Stanford’s Institute for impact the city’s pension shortfall will Economic Policy Research, or SIEPR. be clearer once negotiations end with Four prominent economists agreed that four other employee unions. The city’s CalPERS’ self-reported $150 billion budget has a built-in assumption of 3 unfunded liability is actually far higher, percent salary growth. If the police and especially when calculated with more other contracts add up to more than 3 realistic assumptions. percent, it will push the pension liability “We put the number, on a market in the wrong direction. A new Fire basis, at about a trillion dollars for Department contract next year will also California,” said Stanford professor be a factor. Joe Nation, a SIEPR researcher. “And CalPERS officials informed the City I’m not counting retiree health Council in June it can expect a obligations. … You add that three-tiered rate hike over in, the number grows the next eight years. even more.” “With or without “If they don’t Another key the salary change, speaker was former pension costs are start to get better San Jose Mayor skyrocketing and returns, it’s going to be Chuck Reed, who it’s unsustainable,” calamitous.” led a battle to Milstein told overhaul that city’s SN&R. Steve Hansen pension system in Councilman District 4 representative, 2012. Steve Hansen Sacramento City Council Reed described the acknowledged the saga as an exhaustive city is going to have to process that resulted in a make incremental adjustballot measure approved by ments in its future budgets to San Jose voters. The measure called for keep up with the growing contribution smaller pensions and higher retirement demands from CalPERS. Whether or ages. Reed said San Jose leadership felt not that crowds out services, Hansen the need to take action because of what said, will depend on how CalPERS’ economists call “pension crowd-out,” investments fare. So far, Hansen’s not meaning a local government has to spend impressed. more and more of its annual budget on “The returns on their investments pension contributions, while it spends have been embarrassingly small,” less on providing services in real time. Hansen stressed. “It’s seems like they’re “We had 10 years of cutting services, horribly off the mark on managing the every year, to balance the budget,” Reed retirement funds. If they don’t start recalled. “We’d reached the end of the to get better returns, it’s going to be line in cuts. You know when you’re calamitous.” Ω laying off cops and firefighters you’re

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have been aware of this problem since 1997, The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has blamed the year the TCD was installed at a cost of $80 drought and technical failures at Shasta Dam for million. In 2015, the bureau even draped a huge the second lowest return of endangered winterrun Chinook salmon in 20 years, but environmen- tarpaulin over the face of the box to slow the leakage. Yet the bureau now says the device is talists say the federal agency has itself to fault. supposed to leak. Now, a species that historically consisted of “The TCD is not designed to form a complete hundreds of thousands of adult spawners each seal,” said Erin Curtis, a Bureau of Reclamation year in the Sacramento River is on the brink of spokeswoman. “The TCD is working properly.” extinction. Just 1,123 of the adult fish returned to Jon Rosenfield, a conservation biologist with the Sacramento River system to spawn in 2017, The Bay Institute, says the bureau knew everyaccording to the California Department of Fish thing it needed to know to protect Lake Shasta’s and Wildlife. cold water pool in 2014 and 2015. He says the The population crash is hardly a surprise. agency drafted a temperature maintenance plan in In the summer of 2014, virtually every egg the spring of 2014 but later abandoned it. laid and fertilized by that year’s generation of “I wouldn’t let the Department of Fish and spawning fish was killed by warm water flowing Wildlife and the State Water [Resources out of Lake Shasta, the state’s largest Control] Board off the hook, either,” reservoir. These conditions he said. “They knew the bureau developed several months after has a terrible track record when the Bureau of Reclamation “They knew it comes to protecting these rapidly released cold water fish, but they just accepted from the reservoir so it the bureau has a the bureau’s assurances could be used by farmers. terrible track record that they would protect the By the time the winter-run when it comes to cold water supply.” fish arrived to spawn, there The current low fish was not enough cold water protecting these fish.” numbers could result left to keep their eggs alive, Jon Rosenfield in a partial closure of which requires temperatures conservation biologist, The Bay the ocean salmon fishing below 56 degrees fahrenheit. Institute season to protect the winterScientists estimated at least 95 run Chinook. percent of the eggs died. While many farmers saw their The agency received much water allocations during the drought criticism for its failures that year from cut to zero, requiring them to pump it from the fishery advocates who say the disaster was ground, those with senior water rights received as avoidable. Then, one year later, the Bureau of much as 75 percent of their contracted irrigation Reclamation did the exact same thing, flooding supplies, even as millions of salmon eggs died. the spawning fish with warm water that cooked In a September 14 press release, Mike their eggs. Aughney, vice chairman of the Golden Gate The feds claimed their temperature monitorSalmon Association, a conservation group ing systems weren’t working. largely supported by fishermen, accused There was also a problem with their temperafederal agencies of prioritizing agricultural ture control device, or TCD—a building-sized water users over salmon. steel box that is bolted to the lakeside face of “The economic damage to our salmon runs Shasta Dam. This box is designed to allow dam and ocean salmon fishery didn’t seem to match operators to draw water from varying elevations the concern federal water managers showed for of the reservoir. Opening the intakes near the top other competing interests when drought forced lets warmer water leave the lake, while opening hard choices,” he said. Ω lower intakes releases cold water. The lower intakes are meant to be opened during the salmon spawning months of summer and fall. But the box leaks, making it less effective This story was made possible by a grant from Tower Cafe. at preserving the lake’s cold water. The feds

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& ROCK ROLL The party’s on at the West Sacramento Cyclocross Grand Prix by Steph rodriguez

ruising down the American River Bike Trail behind Cal Expo in August of 2012, Matthew Hargrove and his then 8-year-old son Jack heard the distant sounds of punk rock blaring from an empty field. A small group of people was gathered there with bicycles. Intrigued, the father and son decided to check out what the group was up to out in the middle of nowhere. As they rode up to the fellow cyclists, Hargrove recalls, they were greeted with, "Hey! You're here for cyclocross!" Having never heard of “cyclocross,” a sport that blends road- and mountain-biking with criterium racing, Matthew and Jack decided to stick around. “Before we even stopped our bikes, we had people who were happy that we were joining them,” Hargrove says. “That was how this all started. That small group was putting together free cyclocross races just to get people excited about it.” The following week, Hargrove and his son were back out in the field with their new friends. Soon they were volunteering during newly organized cyclocross events, known then as GHETO

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races, which stood for “Go Hard Every Time Out.” As an avid record collector, Hargrove began bringing his favorite vinyl to spin for the cyclists during the dusty competitions. Six years ago at the GHETO races, Hargrove met professional cyclocross athlete Emily Kachorek, her husband Pete Knudsen and race organizer Marty Woy. Together, the four would later form the Northern California Cyclocross Association and organize the first West

Sacramento Cyclocross Grand Prix, a homegrown cycling race now in its fourth year that has developed into one the largest cyclocross races on the West Coast. “That little core group of people are part of this huge international race we’re putting on,” says Hargrove, now WSCXGP race director. Jack occasionally takes over DJ duties. “It was DIY,” Hargrove says. “We weren’t in a garage putting a band together, but we were out in a field putting races together. As we get to higher levels, we’re trying to figure out ways to keep that spirit alive within our race. So, we’re insistent that we have local music playing there, and that’s a nod to our DIY roots.”

cyclocross tracks, this course makes use of the park’s natural features, so riders will race through the difficulties of fine sand, speed up on paved roads, adjust to the track’s many loose and hairpin turns, and overcome obstacles—a cyclocrosscourse component where riders hop off their bikes and carry them over barriers

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CyCle Culture Heard from a distance across the Tower Bridge, echoes of upbeat punk rock music battle against the rowdy sounds of cowbells as they swell and fade to a steady stream of boisterous cheers. What sounds like an all-out party happening down by the river is actually last year’s WSCXGP. Each year, hundreds of cyclocross athletes from across the country are invited to suit up and pedal hard on a 2-mile mixed-terrain course right along the city’s River Walk Park. As with all

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before hopping back onto their saddles to brave the course ahead. Cyclocross tests the aerobic endurance of each rider throughout its course. It’s a sport for men and women, amateurs and professionals. Even kids even get in on the fun during WSCXGP. Organized and co-hosted by the city of West Sacramento, the Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates and, of course, the Northern California Cyclocross Association, the WSCXGP kicks off cyclocross season, which runs from September through January. For the first time this year, the WSCXGP is recognized as one of 22 Union Cycliste Internationale-sanctioned races in the United States, and it’s one of few that provide an equal prize package for women and men—with the largest women’s cash prize in California. It’s also the first year it’s recognized as a USA Cycling Pro Cyclocross race. These two official titles mean professional athletes can now earn points to improve their international ranking when competing at other UCI or USAC races around the country and abroad. As this grassroots race gears up for the weekend, professional cyclists from Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and throughout California have already registered to compete.

How SHe RideS On a warm Sunday evening at Squid Bikes’ headquarters located on 14th Avenue, co-owner and pro-rider Emily Kachorek sits comfortably on a gray couch inside her shop as she cracks open a cold La Croix. Kachorek and her Squid team, which also has members in Texas and Massachusetts, just returned from competing for the Qiansen Trophy in China, where she placed third both race days out of 35 female competitors who represented countries including Belgium, Japan and Latvia. Kachorek, who’s been an active cyclocross racer since 2011, is currently ranked No. 64 in the world. Having traveled from the East to West Coast and around the globe, Kachorek is proud to see how quickly the WSCXGP race has grown in four years. “This is one of the top events in the country, and I’ve been to a lot of them,” she says. “In terms of it really being a celebration and a party that’s more than just a bike race, it’s one of the best in the country.” This year, Kachorek will represent her Squid team at the WSCXGP and compete in the Women’s Elite race to scoop up some UCI points before the crew travels to compete in Boulder, Colo., and then off to Japan.

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Emily Kachorek is ranked 64th in the world in her sport.

With years of training, traveling and competing on a national and international scale, Kachorek says the sport never ceases to present new challenges, such as adjusting her tactics during cold weather races (she was born and raised in sunny San Diego). For Kachorek, the ultimate reward is motivating and inspiring others to hop on a cross bike and try their best. “It’s hard no matter what,” she says. “Just riding around the course is hard. The professionals are going to ride it faster and may look prettier when they do it, but everyone has the experience [that] cyclocross is a hard thing to be doing. Everyone’s there to cheer you on and it’s perfectly acceptable to stop and rest—and someone might even grab you a beer.”

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Five years ago, Ashley Fruhwirth jumped right into cyclocross without any prior experience, she admits. The energetic, bright-eyed 28-year-old, who sports fuzzy cat ears on her bike helmet, loves to take any woman or child with an interest in the sport on a ride through some of her favorite trails, because that’s just how she rolls. “Serious guys on the trail will crack a smile. The ears brighten people’s days,” Fruhwirth says. “I want people to know you can take your sport seriously and have fun, and that’s where I’m coming from. That’s what I want people to know about cyclocross.” But Fruhwirth says she wasn’t always the motivated go-getter. She speaks openly about her darkest year, in 2015, when she fell into depression and turned to alcohol to cope. When she decided to get sober and healthy again, cyclocross was her conduit. “It was February 2016 when I got sober and I said, ‘my goal is to podium at cyclocross,’” Fruhwirth says. “I kept this goal in my head, and everyone was so supportive and really there for me through the darker times, even when I didn’t ride my bike.” She set a couple more goals for herself that year, including a vow to ride 3,000 miles, which she surpassed by the thousands. She also accomplished her initial target to podium, or place, at a cyclocross race by tying for third place during a Sacramento cyclocross competition. Ultimately, there was a tie-breaker and Fruhwirth says she

was bumped to fourth place, but it didn’t matter—she did it. “I didn’t stand up there at the award ceremony, but I worked so hard and I was so proud, and points-wise it was a tie for third,” Fruhwirth says. “I have changed so much emotionally and as a person, and even in my weight. I was so happy. So it didn’t matter that I wasn’t standing up there—I felt like a winner.” Throughout her years competing in cyclocross, Fruhwirth usually races in the women’s C category, where riders go hard on the multi-terrain course for 30 minutes. This year at the WSCXGP, she wants to up her game, so she registered for the women’s B category, which races for a total of 45 minutes. As for new goals, instead of upping her mileage even further or vying for a solid podium spot, Fruhwirth, who rides for River City Velo on a bike she calls “Black Widow” because of its black and red colors, says her goal is simply to continue to have fun. “I wish that everyone could find their own version of cyclocross because it really has changed my entire life,” she says. “I think there are people who have never even heard of it, and I want everyone to be involved if they want to be. I think a lot of people would benefit from it.”

Down By The RiveR High-pitched feedback fades in and out before loud and fast beats blast from behind a drum kit, drowning out the cowbells in the hands of cyclocross fans who cheer on passing competitors. The sun beats down on Sacramento hardcore band RAD as vocalist Lory Gil shouts into her microphone, at times pointing to cyclists as they whiz past a stage set directly in the middle of the course at WSCXGP. Fans vie for shade underneath the Bike Dog Brewing Co. beer tent and listen to the music, or huddle next to one of many large outdoor fans to cool down. Toddlers run in circles during the next performance, by the band Pets. With a set filled with energetic and effectsdriven guitars, Pets’ catchy beats are fit to motivate the swarms of cyclists as they start the next race. By the end of this race day, Katherine Nash, a former Olympian originally from the Czech Republic, will take No. 1 in the Women’s Elite race, followed by Kachorek. Nash is currently ranked No. 2 in the entire world, and when she’s not splitting time between living in the Bay Area and Truckee, depending on the

Women Who WIn Cyclocross promotes equality on the track

Women go hard. And that’s true for those who participate in the world of cycling, a sport that’s been male-dominated since the ’80s. The simple truth is there are just more male riders than women who sign up each year to compete, whether it’s road, mountain or cyclocross. But times change, and a few Sacramento women are carving a path for future generations. Kicking up dust as a professional mountain bike and road cyclist since the late ’80s, Stace Cooper recalls a time when she’d participate in Saturday morning training rides alongside about a hundred men as the only woman on the road. “It was pretty much me for a long time,” Cooper says. “But training with the guys made me really strong and fit in the field. You’ve got to train with people that are better than you to be the best. But it seems like there’s more women participating now because there’s more opportunities and there’s more categories.” Cooper says her biggest accomplishment in road cycling was placing No. 1 at the Nevada City Classic in 1995. Now, Cooper rides bikes because she enjoys the activity, and every year she participates in a variety of cyclocross races, including this weekend’s West Sacramento Cyclocross Grand Prix. Back when Cooper was training with the guys, cyclocross wasn’t even its own sport yet. Instead, it was something she and others did to stay active and fit during the winter season. Now, cyclocross is an internationally recognized sport with professional women racers carrying the torch.

weather, she enjoys supporting local races like WSCXGP. “For somebody who has to pack up a bike and fly places with it, it’s nice to load it up in the car and just drive,” Nash says. “This year, I had a choice to go to the East Coast and race in a bigger event, but I really wanted to be part of this UCI event. We only have two weekends of UCI racing on the West Coast versus every weekend on the East Coast. So this is a really big deal. I’m excited to be a part of it again.” Nash, who placed No. 3 at the Worlds races last year, said she looks forward to scoring UCI points in the United States

Today, Sacramento’s only all-female cyclocross team is the Dirt Birds, a flock of 20 women strong that formed in 2015. Darcy Hargrove, original member of the Dirt Birds, enjoys riding with her husband Matthew Hargrove, but says there’s just something special that comes from riding alongside her fellow birds. “It’s nice to have a connection with people who you’re out there on the course with,” Hargrove says. “We ride hard. I just think it makes the whole thing more fun when it’s social on top of the fitness part of it.” Hargrove says when she first started cyclocross four years ago and participated in a Sacramento Cyclocross series, there were only about 20 women total over three categories: A, B and C. Men’s categories were always much deeper competitor-wise. “Now, [in] the biggest race I’ve been in, there were about 70 women,” Hargrove says. She even recruited her neighbor and fellow Dirt Bird Christine Foster, who joined the team in April. Foster, who also likes to ride road and mountain bikes, says she enjoys cross because it’s not pretentious or “bitchy;” it’s fun for everyone. And with a steady increase of women cross riders year after year, it makes it that much sweeter. “It’s in the same realm as skateboarding,” Foster says. “It’s an alternative sport. As long as you’re out there having fun and giving it your all, nobody cares.”

before trotting off to Germany, Denmark, Belgium and—if everything works in her favor—the UCI Cyclocross World Championships, hosted in the Netherlands in January. Still, riding bikes in Sacramento is just as enjoyable, she says, because of the community that follows. “It’s something that you can relate to with a lot of friends because cycling is accessible at different ages, and people can do it their whole life,” Nash says. “It’s not some form of exercise that only some elitists get to do. “Everybody can ride and race a bike, and that’s what’s cool about it. Another thing is that feeling of accomplishment,

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See the races and listen to a rockin’ six-band lineup that includes RAD, Pets, Garble and more during this year’s West Sacramento Cyclocross Grand Prix at River Walk Park on Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1. Visit www.norcalcx.org for info on registration fees for cyclists and race times for fans.

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related to the use of volunteers in staffing the Cafe, which has the feel of a neighborhood diner crossed with a punk collective. Within one month of establishing a payroll, the writing was on the wall, Marrujo said. That same month, a PA speaker blew out. There isn’t a ton of money to be made hosting shows for up-and-coming bands with limited name Two neighboring music recognition, but Cafe Colonial and The Colony reguspaces fight to stay afloat larly provide that crucial service. “There are only a few all-ages venues left in Sacramento, and Matt opens his doors to everyone,” by JusTin Cox said Sean Hills, who books shows under Punch and Pie Productions and plays in Bastards of Young. “Without venues like Cafe Colonial, there wouldn’t be a place By July of this year, Matthew Marrujo had all but for a lot of young people to play music, and the local conceded that he would have to shut down Cafe music scene can’t survive without young people having Colonial and The Colony, the two Stockton Boulevard that kind of an incubator.” all-ages venues he owns and operates. A half-dozen already-planned shows have been A confluence of financial blows had drained his converted to benefits. The recent reunion show bank account. He could not envision a path for Pounded Clown fully funded the to survival for the venues, which have renewal of the business’s permits, and been hubs for the city’s punk scene “I’ve the two-day Bat Guano Fest earlier for the past four years. always had a this month served as a fundraiser. This was right before Naked Three more are planned for problem asking for Lounge, Starlite Lounge and The October 6, 7 and 21. help, but this place Red Museum all announced their A sustainable plan is the next has grown beyond just closures, so the usual “The scene step, and that will likely involve myself.” is dying!” panic was already more benefit shows, possibly on making the rounds. (The Red the first Friday of every month, Matthew Marrujo Museum has since reopened after according to Marrujo. The business owner, Cafe Colonial and getting up to code.) By the time news is also launching a Patreon account The Colony of Cafe Colonial’s potential shutdown that will enable fans to support the rippled through the city, several local venue in exchange for tickets, gift certifipromoters came to Marrujo to better understand cates and merch. the issue and to contemplate a plan. “The Cafe and The Colony have always been about “We sat down and we came to the conclusion that the people,” said Marrujo. “I could care less about the we needed to do something,” said Marrujo, who quit money, but that’s what keeps it open.” Ω his job last year to dedicate himself full time to the venues. “I know it sucks to say, but it just comes down to money. I’ve always had a problem asking for help, Check out these upcoming benefit shows: 8 p.m. october 6 at Cafe but this place has grown beyond just myself. It’s kind Colonial (3520 stockton boulevard) with Pug skullz, Dead Is better and of bigger than I ever imagined it would be.” more; and 8 p.m. october 7 at blue Lamp (1400 Alhambra boulevard) The troubles started in earnest after Marrujo was hit with Monster squad, the Abuse and remnants. with a fine from the California Labor Commissioner

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Sacramento has a number of iconic dishes. I’m referring to the hype and lore surrounding the lasagna at Biba, the banana cream pie at Frank Fat’s, the fried chicken at South or the sweetbreads at The Waterboy. You wouldn’t necessarily think that a dish as iconic as any of the aforementioned would emerge from an establishment fronted by a potholed parking lot that frequently hosts dueling crawdad vendors. But I would remind you that many of Sacramento’s finest dishes spring from similarly humble surroundings (think: Quan Nem Ninh Hoa’s roll-your-own nem nuong spring rolls, Lalo’s Restaurant’s weekend barbacoa or Yang’s Noodles’ beef roll). At Co Do Deli, the mi quang noodles ($6.75$9.75) is one such dish. It originates from the central Vietnamese province of Quang Nam. The bowl of wide turmeric-infused rice noodles is topped with chopped peanuts, tender pork, shell-on shrimp and scallion. It’s nestled on the side by a large rice cracker. The accompanying dishes are a plate of shredded banana blossom, cabbage and mint, and a small, warm bowl of broth. Doctor up the noodle bowl with the ingredients you’ve been given, and then pour over the broth that covers the bottom of the bowl by a couple of inches, wonderfully flavoring and lightly cooking the greens and wilting the layer of lettuce tucked under the noodles. The result is an addictive 22 | SN&R | 09.28.17

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dish where each bite yields some slightly different combo of rich, savory, crunchy, fatty, herbaceous, slippery, toothsome, slurpy, uh … shrimpy—I could keep going. In fact, I struggled to write this review because when I visit Co Do (frequently), I rarely want to order anything else. But lucky for you, dear reader, there is much else that’s good here, starting with a solid banh xeo ($6.95). Many people often mistake the Vietnamese crepe for an egg dish due to its omelet-like appearance (turmeric makes it golden). A seemingly simple dish, restaurants struggle with the texture, and it’s often quite soggy. Co Do serves an ultra crisp and thick version, studded with shrimp and fatty pork cuts. As for other appetizers, the nem cuon rolls ($3.95) pack a ton of garlicky pork flavor into each roll, although the meat is thinly sliced, and they mostly contain rice-noodles and herbs. In an era when many of us are trying to reduce meat consumption, Vietnamese cuisine serves as a wonderful example of how to use meat as a condiment. The hen xuc banh trang ($6.95), or tiny stir-fried baby clams, are skippable and not as good as some other spots serve. Do not skip some of the other soups besides mi quang. The cloudy pho is light on the spice for those of you who enjoy a more subtle pho, and the bun rieu has soft pork meatballs that bring to mind an Italian wedding soup. It’s so good, it could make a Vietnamese—or Italian—grandma cry. As for me? I’ll have the mi quang. Ω

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Persephone’s fruit Pomegranates Imported to California with the Spanish missionaries in the 1700s, pomegranates look beautiful, but the unopened fruits often serve as a décor more than a dessert. Crack into one, though, and you’ll discover hundreds of ruby jewels. They have a slightly tart flavor reminiscent of cranberries and add balance to salads, parfaits and pastries. Scatter them over a chocolate cake for a gorgeous presentation or stir them into stews for a welcome pop of juice with each bite. Afraid of staining your hands? Carefully dislodge the arils underwater and rinse them free of pith.

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Grilling and chilling During the grand opening party for Burly Beverages in May, owner and craft soda master Gabe Aiello learned from attendees that their neighborhood lacked family-friendly events. As a result, he’ll be hosting the first Burly Backyard BBQ on Saturday, September 30, from 4:30 to 11 p.m. At the free party, Aiello will be discounting floats—boozy or otherwise—while also serving barbecued sausages, vegan meals and four craft cocktails (courtesy of a one-day liquor license). There will be live music headlined by electro-indie rapper Sparks Across Darkness, as well as art installations by the neighboring Never Board Graphics Co. and Graffiti4Good, which gives kids a legal place to practice their craft. Aiello plans to host these barbecues on a quarterly basis to demonstrate his commitment to bringing more than just fancy soft drinks to the community. “We’re not going anywhere,” he said.

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Wear pajamas around llamas by Shoka If you ever had a desire to spend a night around llamas, your moment has arrived. Blackberry Creek Farm, an animal sanctuary in Colfax, is hosting its third annual Llamas and Pajamas event on Saturday, October 7. Humans are invited to slip into their sleepwear for this family-friendly gathering and take a tour of the sanctuary to meet its 75 residents, including llamas Ernie, Violet, Winifred and Llarry Pepperpants. Wind down in your nightgown for story time and a preview of a relevant book by Blackberry Creek

executive director and co-founder Danielle Hanosh, What are Llamas For?, which is to be released next year. Then, relax in your robe under the stars to watch Charlotte’s Web with complimentary (and vegan, of course) popcorn and blackberry gelato, courtesy of Conscious Creamery and Blackberry Creek. Llamas in Pajamas is from 3:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at 1170 Pinecroft Road in Colfax. Llama lovers can snag tickets for $10-$15 at www.blackberrycreek. org.

Beer hounds: Two months ago, Bike Dog Brewing Co.’s co-owner Sage Smith quit his day job as a graphic designer to oversee the homestretch of construction on his brewery’s second taproom (915 Broadway). At the soft-opening on September 17, locals packed the minimalist addition to the edge of the grid. “We see ourselves on the outskirts of truly happening places,” Smith said. “We want more of a chill vibe. We’re in our late 30s, early 40s. We close at 11 on Saturdays. We’re not looking to stay up till 2.” The co-owners decided to expand the 3-year-old business beyond its original West Sacramento location when their friend Josh Nelson of Selland’s Market-Cafe invited them to be neighbors in their renovated building. This mutually beneficial arrangement allows the taproom to

offer a simple menu of the cafeteriastyle restaurant’s crowd-pleasers—like grilled cheese sandwiches ($6.50), vegan, roasted beet salads ($5.25) and pizzas topped with prosciutto, fontina and caramelized onions ($17). In the buildup to the grand opening party on October 13, Smith hopes to add another bar to create distinct regions within the space: a patio for dog owners, a communal area for minglers and booth seating for those seeking a bit of privacy. Design-wise, the taproom earns novelty points for forgoing the industrial chic look for quirky awnings that line the interior’s sides. “We wanted to do something different,” he said. “We know some people are going to be like, ‘What the hell are those things?’ It’s not going to be everybody’s favorite, but I’d rather have them have a reaction to it than be like, ‘Meh, it’s there.’”

The taproom swivels around a rainbow of 18 bike-handle topped taps that pour fresh beer as well as kombucha and nitrogen-bubbled cold brew coffee. On September 20, it introduced the Eukuanot Touch This, a “hazy hibiscus IPA” that’s a solid addition to the diverse array of hoppy ales that comprise most of the draft list, along with the crisp Bici Perro Mexican lager and a coffee-infused, English-style pale ale, the Statewide ESB. And while the beer’s ready, Smith still has a finishing touch: tapping into his artsy side to adorn the bare white walls with graphics. The design is TBA. “I’ve been hitting my head just because I’ve been doing construction for the last three months, which has made it hard to be creative,” he said. “But it’s a nice little relief to be open.” Ω

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Detroit ’67

Scenes from a marriage By Jim Carnes

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It’s eerie how much of the dialogue and plot points in Detroit ’67 resonate during these turbulent times. Dominique Morisseau’s play takes place in a Detroit basement during the city’s late ’60s civil unrest—though the story is basically about siblings trying to cope with changes in finances and family. The plot can be gripping, but sometimes is overburdened with too many issues and convenient plot lines. The cast is a mix of veterans and comingups, all committed to their characters and the story.

8pm, Sa 2pm and 8pm, Su 2 pm, W 7pm. Through 10/1. $28-$40.

Capital Stage, 2215 J Street, (916) 995-5464; http://capstage.org. B.S.

SHREW! A Jazz Age Musical Romp

Th, F, Sa 8pm, Su 2pm. Through 9/17. $10-$15. Celebration

This original musical transfers Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew to 1930s Paris with all the attendant fashion, financial dealings— and, of course, romantic intrigue. F-Su 8pm. Through 9/17. $6-$18. Veterans Memorial Amphitheatre, 7991 California Avenue; (916) 966-3683; www.fairoakstheatre festival.com. J.C.

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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

8 p.m. thursday and friday, 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. saturday, 2 p.m. sunday, 6:30 p.m. tuesday and 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday; $27-$39. B street theatre, 2711 B street; (916) 443-5300; www.bstreettheatre.org. through october 29.

Edward Albee’s searing drama Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is about a middle-aged couple’s marriage that is careening toward a cliff, driven by alcohol and a mutually agreed-upon deception that unravels late one night in the presence of a younger, seemingly more innocent couple. It is loud, profane, provocative and presents a bitter take on love and life in America in the 1950s. In the hands of B Street Theatre actors Kurt Johnson, Elisabeth Nunziato, Jason Kuykendall and Dana Brooke, as directed by Dave Pierini, it is devastating and breathtakingly brilliant. George (played by Johnson) and Martha (Nunziato, dripping with vitriol) are the older couple. He’s an academic stuck in the middle of his department’s faculty—not the head of it despite being married to the daughter of the school’s president (a fact she never lets him forget). Nick and Honey (Kuykendall and Brooke) are new additions to the faculty, and Martha invites the pair to a late-night party at her home, intent upon humiliating George by seducing Nick right in front of him. When Martha reveals to Honey that she and George have a son—a secret that was not to be shared—a long-standing tension between the couple rises to the point of violence. No one is exactly as he or she appears here, and the revelation of their true selves is harrowing for all concerned, including the audience.

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There is just one word to describe City Theatre’s adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters, directed by Christine Nicholson: zany. From the bizarre opening scene—which should be a surprise for everyone, but somehow just works—to the madcap chase scene through multiple doors across the 1987 Jersey Shore beach, this is a nonstop laugh fest. While the plot is incidental to all the craziness, it centers around the fortunes and misfortunes of the servant Truffaldino, an opportunist who sees the possibilities of double dipping by hiring himself out to two masters at once, neither of whom knows of his employ with the other. As Truffaldino, who’s described in the script as “an enigma wrapped up in a conundrum wrapped up in … an idiot,” Bert Anderson could not be better cast. His energy is unstoppable, his timing impeccable and his energy exhausting. He is a real gem. The mix up of characters, identities and plotlines is enough to make one’s head spin at times, even with the expositional asides from time to time. This production relies heavily on local humor, barbs pointed at the current administration, visual comedy and a heavy dose of snake oil elixir fricandeau, the cure for everything from bunions to baldness. Those who like slapstick humor will love this hilarious farce. —Bev SykeS the servant of two Masters; 8 p.m. friday; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. saturday, 2 p.m. sunday; $10-18. art court theatre, city college; http://www.citytheatre.net. through october 15.

The Tempest

This post-modern reworking of a 19th century melodrama has all the necessary elements of a melodrama with a very modern, often offensive dialogue that will have audiences surprised at what makes them laugh. An inspired cast makes this a memorable, if not always comfortable, play. Th 7pm, F

Director Ed Claudio stages Shakespeare’s tale of shipwreck, love and forgiveness on “Trash Island,” which is cluttered with discarded plastic bottles and other detritus carried by the waves. Tygar Hicks—Claudio’s protege and onetime B Street Theatre intern, now a professional actress in New York—plays the sprite Ariel, zooming about on skates. Claudio, the veteran, plays the old conjurer Prospero, of course. Other cast members are less experienced, but it’s an interesting show. F, Sa 8pm, Su 2pm. Through 10/8. $20. California Stage, 1723 25th Street; (916) 501-6104; www.actinsac.com. J.H.

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Midsummer in autumn The Davis Shakespeare Festival’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the best rendition of this classic Shakespeare comedy seen hereabouts in years. The story is moved to Athens, California—a fictional university town brimming with romantically inclined 20-somethings on bicycles, falling in and out of love (Sound familiar?). The show, which runs through October 15, boasts solid concept and execution, rendered with charm and wit by director Rob Salas. 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday; $15-$25. Veterans Memorial Theater, 203 East 14th Street in Davis. (530) 802-0998; www.shakespearedavis.org.

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years after the events of Mrs. Brown, beginning in India in 1887, when the country was still ruled by the British Empire. In India, a prison clerk named Abdul Karim (Ali Throughout the 1970s and ’80s, craggy male actionFazal) gets tasked with traveling to England and stars like Clint Eastwood and Charles Bronson found delivering a ceremonial coin to Victoria, mainly new life in a series of hyper-conservative revenge because of his ample height. Accompanied by films. The antagonists were generally “hippies” and a shorter and less enthralled companion named “punks” and “perverts,” avatars for an out-of-control Mohammed (Adeel Akhtar), Abdul is strictly younger generation desperately in need of a good instructed not to engage the ailing queen. But when whupping, one that could only be delivered by a Victoria takes a liking to the handsome and marginalized but righteous older man. charming Abdul, his stay gets extended For all their petticoat trappings, Judi indefinitely, making mouths gape and Dench costume dramas resemble the monocles pop in horror all over the classic 1970s exploitation-film model palace. Insanely, the film in one crucial way—the entire Dench keeps the toothless appeal is based on the octogenarsympathizes with one-liners coming: When ian actress eviscerating every Queen Victoria as a Karim complains about his simpering middle-aged panderer scratchy Scottish garb, Victoria wilting symbol of and disrespectful dark-skinned replies, “Everything in Scotland person in her way. The only equanimity. is scratchy.” Take that, wool! difference is that Dench does the Unfortunately, Frears can’t figure eviscerating with her acid tongue and out what to do with Abdul. He was impatient glare instead of a pocket knife. apparently a pocket liner in real life, but I tend to like indefensible 1970s the film chalks his dewy-eyed devotion up to a revenge films, repulsive politics notwithstandgenuine and uncomplicated love of service. It’s sort ing, while gauzy Judi Dench costume dramas are of like Driving Miss Daisy, only way more racist. almost as unappealing to me as The Human Centipede Insanely, the film sympathizes with Queen franchise, so obviously these movies are simply not for Victoria as a wilting symbol of equanimity and me. In Stephen Frears’ mealy, creaky, cranky biopic cultural exchange, while vilifying her cooks and Victoria & Abdul, Dench is as relentless as the clown from It with her barbs and burps and eye rolls, perpetu- dressers as symbols of the morally bankrupt British Empire. It even suggests that the friendship ally shocking a series of younger stuffed shirts. between Victoria and Abdul got the ball rolling on Victoria and Abdul opens with a title card stating the Indian independence finally achieved decades that it is “Based on a True Story … Mostly,” a sure after their deaths. That’s a revenge fantasy even sign that the film would be terrible. It stands as a sort Judi Dench can’t sell. Ω of unofficial sequel to John Madden’s Mrs. Brown, a 1997 costume drama that also starred Dench as Queen Victoria, and that also concerned her close relationship with a devoted servant. Frears’ film takes place a few

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American Assassin

When his fiance is murdered in a terrorist strike, young Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’Brien) launches a one-man vendetta. This brings him to the attention of a CIA exec (Sanaa Lathan), who recruits him for training under a veteran cold warrior (Michael Keaton). Directed by Michael Cuesta and adapted by Stephen Schiff, Michael Finch, Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz from the novels of Vince Flynn, the movie is an efficient intro to a new franchise, though it can’t avoid a sense that no matter how well it’s all done this time—the globe-hopping, the explosive set pieces, the we’re-not-sodifferent-you-and-I villain, the apocalyptic climax—we’ve seen it all before. Still, O’Brien has an acceptable (albeit modest) level of charisma, Keaton adds gritty gravitas, and Cuesta keeps it all clipping along. J.L.

Battle of the Sexes

Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine; Ruby Sparks) direct this cardboard biopic about the nationally televised tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, a circus-like exhibition viewed by tens of millions and hyped as the “Battle of the Sexes.” King is played by a sorely miscast Emma Stone, and her lack of athletic credibility forces the film to show all her tennis action in long shots and shaky closeups. Still, Stone’s wide-eyed soulfulness is the closest thing to a human element here, and the self-discovering love story between the married King and a free-spirited female hairdresser (Andrea Riseborough) offers a brief respite from the sitcom-phony dialogue and wafer-thin characters that otherwise dominate Simon Beaufoy’s clanging screenplay. Meanwhile, Steve Carell plays the loudmouth hustler Riggs as exactly the one-note, surface-level caricature you would expect, and the film veers chaotically from googly eyed comedy to sincere drama as a result. D.B.

Dolores

Peter Bratt directs this passionate but by-the-numbers documentary about Dolores Huerta, the labor leader who helped form the nation’s first farm workers union in the 1960s. Although frequently misidentified and dismissed as Cesar Chavez’s “assistant” or even his “girlfriend,” the twice-divorced mother of eleven was just as instrumental as Chavez and the rest of the movement’s male leaders in organizing workers and forming the union. The story of such a bold and brave human being deserves a similarly bold and brave documentary treatment, but Dolores rarely strays from its prosaic template, offering little more than a rote, bullet-point biography of a Great Woman. There are some genuine moments courtesy of Huerta’s children, many of them still emotionally raw from a childhood spent on her sidelines, but despite (or perhaps because of) the cooperation and participation of Huerta, the film only occasionally feels personal. This is more a monument than a movie. D.B.

Friend Request

A popular college student (Alycia Debnam-Carey) accepts the social media friend request of a freaky loner (Liesl Ahlers), but soon finds herself in the clutches of an evil force killing off all her friends (Sean Marquette, Brooke Markham, Brit Morgan, Connor Paolo) one by one. As usual with this kind of garbage, the only suspense comes from wondering who’ll get it next, and how. Written in a cliche flurry by Matthew Ballen, Philip Koch and director Simon Verhoeven (whose pacing is as limp as his writing), the movie is an unacknowledged ripoff of 2014’s Unfriended—which may explain why it sat on the shelf for months before finally being released (or escaping) into theaters. As with its predecessor, the cast and crew here are all hungry nobodies looking for their big break. They should keep looking. J.L.

Home Again

Recently turned 40 and separated, a woman (Reese Witherspoon) moves back to Hollywood with her two daughters. Complications arise when three aspiring

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The LEGO Ninjago Movie

In the city of Ninjago, young Lloyd (voiced by Dave Franco) is scorned and bullied because his deadbeat dad is the evil Lord Garmadon (Justin Theroux); nobody knows that whenever Garmadon attacks the city, it’s Lloyd, disguised as the Green Ninja, who leads the counterattack. When Garmadon conquers the city, Green Ninja and his band embark on a quest to retake the city—and bridge the chasm between father and son. The LEGO movie franchise may be reaching a point of diminishing returns. Cranked out by an unruly mob of three directors and nine writers, this third outing is of interest only to kids ages five to seven—and any parents with serious daddy issues. MVP goes to Jackie Chan, who introduces the story in a live-action framing sequence, voices Lloyd’s guru and choreographs the LEGO martial arts fights. J.L.

filmmakers (Pico Alexander, Nat Wolff, Jon Rudnitsky) move into her guest house and her husband (Michael Sheen) turns up looking to reconcile. Writer-director Hallie Meyers-Shyer, the daughter of Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer, turns out exactly the kind of slick, shallow comedy that Mom and Dad used to make—glib rather than funny, coy rather than subtle, leaning heavily on the kind of talent it needs but doesn’t deserve, and all sparkling with a spotless gleam that makes the Hallmark Channel look like film noir. The story moves with the predictable monotony of a Swiss clock that cuckoos every five minutes, and cheap jokes and wasted actors abound. J.L.

If nothing else, Andy Muschietti’s relentless coming-of-age horror film It delivers the goods. Unfortunately, those goods are awful. The posters promise you a child-eating clown, the trailers promise you a child-eating clown, the TV commercials promise you a child-eating clown, and holy crap, do you ever get a child-eating clown. Bill Skarsgård plays the pivotal role of Pennywise the Dancing Clown, a shape-shifting demon who emerges from the sewers to prey on the helpless children of Derry, Maine. But rather than focusing on the children and allowing their relationships to develop, Muschietti single-mindedly lurches from jump-scare sequence to jump-scare sequence, lazily relying on ear-splitting soundtrack spikes to provide most of the “horror.” D.B.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

When a massive missile strike all but wipes out the Kingsman super-secret service, the lone surviving agent (Taron Egerton) and support tech (Mark Strong) investigate, leading them to Statesman, an allied American agency, and putting them all on the trail of a megalomaniacal, 1950s-nostalgic drug trafficker named Poppy (Julianne Moore) deep in the South American jungle. This sequel to 2014’s Kingsman: The Secret Service is even more enjoyable than the original—though like that fun-filled spy-fest, it could profit from trimming 15 or 20 minutes. The best news: Colin Firth’s Harry is back from

the dead, and the Statesman staff includes Jeff Bridges, Halle Berry and Channing Tatum. Director Matthew Vaughn and his co-writer Jane Goldman expand on the Mark Miller/Dave Gibbons comic books in high style. J.L.

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Promoter Nikki Knight openly shares that she lives with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition she says stems from being sexually assaulted in the past. She says she uses humor to fight her monsters, and she’s helped by the music of shock rock band GWAR and, as contradictory as it sounds, “rape-rock” outfit the Mentors. “I have flashbacks all the time, so when I make my monsters look like bumbling idiots, like the Mentors look like idiots on stage, it’s this whole menagerie of images that make me feel stronger ... smarter and [more] confident than my rapist,” Knight says. Knight, an independent promoter with SpewLine Productions, originally booked the Mentors at On the Y on Labor Day, September 4—but she canceled the show due to threats that the venue would be set on fire if the show persisted. The show’s protestors made it known that rape jokes aren’t funny anymore and certainly not welcome in their city. Before the scheduled performance, about 50 demonstrators across the street from the venue chanted, “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA” between speakers stating statistics about rape in America. The group included surf-punk band Las Pulgas and activists such as Mone’t Ha-Sidi, a local burlesque dancer and founder of BlackArtsMatter. 28 | SN&R | 09.28.17

Formed in the late ’70s, the Mentors claim to be the founders of the “rape-rock” genre. The group launched its “Anti-Antifa Tour” at the start of September with dates booked in Oakland, Portland, Modesto—and Sacramento. Under the Trump administration, clashes with similar themes have come to a head across the country. Right-wing groups protest under the banner of free speech, while leftist movements aim to quash racist values. This debate once again came close to home last Sunday at UC Berkeley: A conservative student group re-invited ultra-conservative commentator Milo Yiannopoulos to the Northern California campus, amid protests. That’s after demonstrators at UC Davis shut down a scheduled speech from Yiannopoulos in January before it even began. The protesters blocked the entryway to the venue and chanted, “Say it loud, say it clear, racists are not welcome here.” The Mentors’ controversy predates current cultural divides: Its vulgar and sexually violent lyrical content has upset listeners on the left and right. The group gained mainstream attention in 1985 when Tipper Gore’s Parents Music Resource Center worked to censor lyrics laced with violence, drugs or sex. The band’s ditty titled “Golden Shower” sports lyrics like, “Listen little girl; it’s near

the hour / Come with me and take a golden crazy. That was in the first five minutes,” shower / Listen little slut, do as you’re told Thompson says. / Come with daddy for me to pour the gold Twitch Angry bassist Marzariez Medlock …” These words were read aloud on the says the Mentors still hadn’t arrived after his Congressional floor and ultimately band’s first set of the evening. He walked put the founders of “rape rock” across the street with his bass guitar. front and center within the He says when he told the protesters music censorship debates that the Mentors weren’t at the of its time. venue, he was also met with slurs “Rape rock is Back in Sacramento, like “n*gger” and to his surprise, not OK.” it wouldn’t be the first “klansmen.” time a controversial “A klansmen? I’m a black Natalie Thompson shock-rock band stopped guy. Last time I checked, I can’t drummer, Slutzville by. During heavy metal join the Ku Klux Klan,” he says. band GWAR’s notoriously “When I had this confrontation, graphic stage shows, the musithe Mentors weren’t even there yet, cians dress up as large, otherand I told them that and that’s what worldly monsters with names like Beefcake started the yelling and everything at me. So the Mighty and Jizmak Da Gusha, oftentimes I went back across the street and we played spraying audiences with copious amounts of a second set.” fake blood, urine and semen. GWAR is set to The protest at On the Y was shut down perform at Ace of Spades in mid-November. by police around 9:30 p.m. Slutzville was Ultimately, threats to the venue the only band that didn’t perform. paired with the tour’s name—labeled as Still, the debates rage on about genres “anti-Antifa”—stirred up Knight’s second like shock rock. In Portland, the Mentors thoughts about the overall intentions of a performed at a metal festival called Sickness band she says she once enjoyed. On the Y’s in September that was also followed by owner Steven Valdez says he was confused protests. as to why people were so upset. He’s hosted Steve Broy, bassist and founding member the Mentors in the past with no qualms, so of the Mentors, eventually emailed SN&R he made the final decision that the show to comment: “First of all I’m not a white must go on. nationalist or redneck of any kind. Nor a “None of us condone any of that stuff,” racist. My band has Hispanics and blacks it. Valdez says. “To me, if you start listening I support Antufa [sic] in protesting against to these people, then they control the type of Nazis like in Charlottesville. But when they music that’s out there, and that’s not fair to try to censor my band I object but I do agree anybody. I’ve had ’em here plenty of times with their right to protest.” and never had a problem.” After the protest, the rest of the evening For Natalie Thompson, drummer of the was pretty standard, Valdez says. He says queer-punk band Slutzville and participant he sees the Mentors as a gimmick—a in the evening’s protest that took place group of men pushing 60 who wear black, across the street from the venue in an empty executioner-style hoods and sing about field—rape isn’t funny. peeing, raping and binding women. “Rape rock is not OK. Rape’s not someNonetheless, when asked if he would thing to joke about. It’s still not being taken book the Mentors on their next Antiseriously,” Thompson says. “It’s time to what-have-you tour, he says, “I probably grow up and stop joking about stupid shit.” wouldn’t do it again. It already happened. While Thompson protested among the It’s over. Quit living in the past and dragcrowd, she says members of Twitch Angry ging up old shit.” Ω and bar patrons walked up to the protesters and started yelling slurs like “faggot” in their faces. Check out Slutzville and Las Pulgas on Saturday, October “The bigotry, the ignorance … Twitch 14 for A Breast Cancer Benefit Show along with Bavmorda, System Assault, Years of Aggression, Death Glam and Angry was standing outside the venue Spitting Roses. The show will be held at The Colony, 3512 before the protest started and were threatenStockton Boulevard, 8 p.m. Call for cover. ing us and getting in our faces and it was

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FESTIVALS AVERY SUNSHINE: Atlanta-based R&B and soul

singer. 5:30pm, $25-$30. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

THE TROUBLE MAKERS: With The Jackets, The Darts, Celestion. 8pm, $10. Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St.

THE WHITE ALBUM IN ITS ENTIRETY: See event

description on page 32. 7:30pm, $29.50-$48. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

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The freakiest of film fests THE COLONIAL THEATRE, 4 P.M., $20-$25 Audiences beware: This film festival is not for the faint of heart. The annual Sacramento Horror Film FestiFILM val returns for its 11th year of delivering thrills to a horror-loving audience. Films range from very short—some less than five minutes—to full-length features, all with nightmarish qualities guaranteed to make you scream. Or at

least squirm a little. Enjoy live burlesque and other performances between the films. When else can Sacramento’s horror geeks spend two days on the edge of their seats, their sweaty hands gripping popcorn as blood and gore flash on the big screen? 3522 Stockton Boulevard, www. sachorrorfilmfest.com.

IRMA THOMAS: The Grammy-winning soul queen of New Orleans performs with The Blind Boys of Alabama and the Preservation Hall Legacy Quintet. 2pm and 7pm, $12-$54. Three Stages at Folsom Lake College, 10 College Parkway in Folsom.

LUKE PELL: Country out of Texas. 7pm, $15. Goldfield Trading Post, 1630 J St.

ROMAN PILOT: With Buried Heart, Late Night

District, City Mural. 8pm, $10. The Colony, 3512 Stockton Blvd.

TRAPPED UNDER ICE: Hardcore band out of Maryland with Forced Order, Gag, Ingrown, Primitive Blast and Plead the Fifth. 7pm, $12-$17. Fair Oaks VFW, 8990 Kruitof Way in Fair Oaks.

MONDAY, 10/2 Steve Homan on guitar, Joe Gilman on piano, Rob Lemas on bass, Jeff Minnieweather on drums and Francisca Homan on vocals. 7pm, $25. CLARA Auditorium, 2420 N St.

THE MUSIC OF CLIFFORD BROWN: Evening kicks off with the David McKissick Group, followed by musicians paying homage to American jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown. 7:30pm, $10. Luna’s Cafe & Juice Bar, 1414 16th St.

TUESDAY, 10/3 THE BROTHERS COMATOSE: With The Lil Smokies

and Mipso. 7pm, $18-$23. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

But Losers. 6:30pm, $20. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St.

MUSIC

drinks from local vendors for sale. 5:30pm, $5-$10. Davis Arts Center, 1919 F St. in Davis.

THURSDAY, 9/28

FRIDAY, 9/29

MARK FARINA: EDM DJ/producer. 9pm, $10-

IRIE ROCKERS: Humboldt reggae/rock group

BEAT BOMBTASTIC: First performance of the new

XOCHITL: Singer-songwriter performs an

with South Bay Dub Allstars. 8pm, $10. Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd.

SLAVES: With Secrets, Out Came The Wolves,

Picturesque. 7pm, $13-$15. Goldfield Trading Post, 1630 J St.

THE POLYORCHIDS: With Greg Rekus,

Freature. 8pm. $7-$10. The Press Club, 2030 P St.

RAKIM: Hip-hop artist performs with

Sacramento’s Live Manikins. 8pm, $25$30. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

LYDIA PENSE AND COLD BLOOD: Funk and R&B group closes out the free Thursday Night Live at the Plaza concert series.

musical group, Beat Bombtastic. 8pm, $7. Shine, 1400 E St.

CALISCOPE: With Sunday School, Name the Band, Lather Machine. 8pm, $7. Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St.

THE COPYRIGHTS: With Success, The Enlows, HotBods. 8pm, $10. Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd.

THE ENGLISH BEAT: English ska/reggae

group. 7:30pm, $20. Powerhouse Pub, 614 Sutter St. in Folsom.

FALL MUSIC FESTIVAL: One Eyed Reilly and the Element Brass Band perform to raise money for the Davis Schools Foundation. Food and

$20. Vanguard, 1415 L St.

all-ages show with art on display. 7pm, no cover. Urban Hive, 1931 H St.

SATURDAY, 9/30 BANDS AND BEER ON THE RIVER AT THE CYCLOCROSS RACE: Punk bands at a bike race! Garble, Pets, RAD, The Globs, Monster Treasure and Cardboard Houses perform. Beer garden and food trucks. 11:30am, no cover. West Sacramento Cyclocross Grand Prix, 651 2nd St. in West Sacramento.

MORGAN HERITAGE: Grammy Award-winning reggae family band. Northern Roots opens. 8pm, $25-$30. The Center for the Arts, 314 W. Main St. in Grass Valley.

traditional Vietnamese costumes, a lanternmaking contest, a Vietnamese talent contest and more. 5:30pm, no cover. Vietnamese American Community of Sacramento, 6270 Elder Creek Road.

2017 SACRAMENTO REPTILE SHOW: See event 1400 J St.

ANNUAL FAMILY FEST AND FUNDRAISER: Sacramento Children’s Museum hosts a night of activities for kids, food vendors, music and more. Fundraiser for Welcome Home Doula Services, a nonprofit that delivers labor support and education to under-served families in the region. 5:30pm. $5-$18. Sacramento Children’s Museum, 2701 Prospect Park Drive, Suite 120 in Rancho Cordova.

CARMICHAEL FOUNDERS DAY CELEBRATION: The Carmichael Recreation and Parks District hosts a celebration of 108 years of Carmichael. An early pancake breakfast ($3$5) kicks off the day of cool cars, live music, food and an apple recipe contest. 10am, no cover. Carmichael Park, 5750 Grant Ave. in Carmichael.

GEARFEST 2017: Bands Deadbolt, Mansfields,

MUSIC OF BRAZIL: Bossa nova performed by

DOPE: Metal. With HED PE, Glug, D-One, Nothing

7pm, no cover. Heritage Plaza, 701 Main St. in Woodland.

2017 MOON FESTIVAL: A family event with

description on page 30. 10am. $9-$20. Sacramento Convention Center,

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SATURDAY, 9/30

The Woolly Bandits and more perform. The Swanx Car Club hosts a car show. Ms. Gearhead Rosie the Riveter Contest at 10pm. Fundraiser for Friends of the River. 6pm, $10-$20. Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd.

GLOBAL LOCAL MERCADO: Artisan goods, food and music. Noon, no cover. Sol Collective, 2574 21st St.

HOLI FESTIVAL OF COLORS: Live music, top-ofthe-hour color throws, yoga, crafts and vegetarian dishes. 11am. $6. Southside Park, 2115 6th St.

ROMANIAN FESTIVAL: Romanian food, folk music and dancing, instrumentalists, art and more. Noon, no cover. Royer Park, 190 Park Drive in Roseville.

ROSEVILLE FAMILY FEST: Kids zone, food trucks,

JANET JACKSON: The pop icon performs on

her State of the World Tour. 8pm, $26$122. Golden 1 Center, 500 David J Stern Walk.

family services booths and more. 11am, no cover. Vernon Street Town Square, 311 Vernon St. in Roseville.

UKRAINIAN FAIR: A celebration of 26 years of

WEDNESDAY, 10/4

Ukrainian independence. Live entertainment, activities for kids, contests, Ukrainian food and gifts. 2pm. Gibson Ranch Park, 8556 Gibson Ranch Park Road in Elverta.

BORIS: Experimental/doom metal band from

Tokyo with Endon. 7pm, $17-$20. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

THE FLATLANDERS: Longtime alternative

country group out of Texas. 7:30pm, $47$52. The Center for the Arts, 314 W. Main

St. in Grass Valley.

IMAGINE DRAGONS EVOLVE TOUR: Alternative pop/rock group on its Evolve Tour. $1 per ticket goes to the Tyler Robinson Foundation. 7:30pm, $56-$100. Golden 1 Center, 500 David J Stern Walk.

SUNDAY, 10/1 2017 SACRAMENTO REPTILE SHOW: See event

description on page 30. 10am. $9-$20. Sacramento Convention Center, 1400 J St.

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL DAVIS: See event

description on page 31. Noon, no cover. International Festival Davis, Central Park, 4th and C Streets in Davis.

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FridaY, 9/29 Food truCK mania: Party cover band Enfuzion and a bunch of food trucks. 5pm, no cover. Tahoe Park, 3501 59th St.

satUrdaY, 9/30 burLy baCKyard bbQ: Family-friendly party

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with art installations, a graffiti wall, craft cocktails, live local music and barbecued sausage sandwiches (w/vegan-friendly options). 4:30pm, no cover. Burly Beverages Gift Shoppe & Tasting Room, 2014 Del Paso Blvd.

wHisKers & wine: Dinner, drinks, dessert and more to support the animals at Bradshaw Animal Shelter. 5:30pm, $75. Sacramento County Animal Care, 3839 Bradshaw Road.

Film tHUrsdaY, 9/28 wiLd & sCeniC FiLm FestivaL on tour in saCramento: Films addressing local issues including water quality and conservation, energy, food and agriculture. Benefits the local California Heartland Project. 6pm, $15-$20. 24th Street Theater at the Sierra 2 Community Center, 2791 24th St.

29. 6pm, $20. The Colonial Theatre, 3522 Stockton Blvd.

satUrdaY, 9/30 11tH annuaL saCramento Horror FiLm FestivaL: See event description on page

29. 6pm, $20. The Colonial Theatre, 3522 Stockton Blvd.

autism-FriendLy FamiLy movie—tHe LeGo batman movie: Autism-friendly screening of the 2017 movie, with lights turned slightly up, sound slightly down and freedom for kids to get up and move around while watching. Healthy snacks and fidget toys provided. 10am, no cover. Arden-Dimick Library, 891 Watt Ave.

sUndaY, 10/1 tHey Live: Campy John Carpenter film about aliens, capitalism and the cost of seeing the truth. 7pm, $8-$10. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

tUesdaY, 10/3 Let’s PLay two: Concert film chronicling Pearl Jam’s legendary Wrigley Field during the Chicago Cubs’ historic 2016 season, and the band’s relationship with the city, team and venue. 7pm, $10.50. The Tower Theatre, 2508 Land Park Dr.

wednesdaY, 10/4 LiFe aFter LiFe: Documentary that follows three San Quentin prisoners and their families over the course of 10 years. Film followed by a reception and a healing circle. 6pm, no cover. Sol Collective, 2574 21st St.

comedY CsZ saCramento: ComedySportz Improv Comedy. Two teams compete for laughs by creating scenes based on audience suggestions. Similar to the show Whose Line Is It Anyway? 8pm Friday and saturday. 2230 Arden Way, Suite B.

Comedy sPot: Short Cuts. Fast-paced, shortform improv similar to Whose Line Is It Anyway? 10:30pm Friday, 9/29. $5. The Friday Show. Variety show with improv, stand-up

satUrdaY, 9/30 & sUndaY, 10/1 20th annual sacramento reptile show SACRAMENTO CONVENTION CENTER, 10 A.M., $9-$20

Want to see a lotta lizards? Pet an alligator? Wear a snake as a PHoto coUrtesY oF lUcY camacHo scarf? There’s one place in Sacramento where you can make all this happen, and it’s this weekend. Bring the whole family animaLs to the 20th Annual Sacramento Reptile Show, a display of thousands of reptiles, amphibians and other critters. Stop by the conservation corner, take in a lecture and visit the venomous reptile display to learn about these creatures. Maybe you’ll find your new scaly best friend to take home! 1400 J St., www.sacreptileshow.com.

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SuNdAy, 10/1 International Festival Davis CENTRAL PARK, NOON, NO COVER

The sights, sounds and tastes of cultures from around the world will be on display during this year’s International Festival Davis. With ongoing tensions over borPHOTO COuRTESy OF JuAN MIRANdA FESTIVAL ders, culture and ethnicity, could this colorful celebration come at a better time? Try a Hungarian meal, pick up a handmade gift from Africa or Mexico and marvel at vibrant music and dance performances in this event hosted by the nonprofit International House Davis. 401 C Street in Davis, www.internationalfestivaldavis.org.

and musical. 9pm Friday, 9/29. $12. AntiCooperation League. Improv scenes based on an on-stage interview with a special guest. This week’s guest is Michelle Petro, Comedy Spot performer and youth theater director. 9pm Saturday, 9/30. $12. 1050 20th St., Suite 130.

LAUGHS UNLIMITED COMEDY CLUB: Smile Out Loud—Headliner Mike Betancourt. Featuring Chris Teicheira, Sydney Stigerts, Aja Glasco, Nick V. and hosted by Curtis Newingham. 8pm Thursday, 9/28. $10$20. Sean Peabody. Featuring Charlene Mae. 8pm. Through 10/1. $10. LoLGBT with Sampson McCormick. Featuring local comics Sydney Stigerts and Diana Hong and hosted by drag princess Suzette Veneti. 8pm Wednesday, 10/4. $10. 1207 Front St.

PUNCH LINE: Jessimae Peluso. Former cast member of MTV’s comedy series Girl Code and host of the Sharp Tongue podcast. Featuring Dan Gabriel, hosted by Jane Harrison. 8pm. Through 9/30. $15-$20. There Goes the Neighborhood. A rotating cast of diverse comics including headliners, touring comedians and up-and-coming locals. 7pm Sunday, 10/1. $15. Free Space! Comedy Bingo. Party comedy show, part bingo night, hosted by Daniel Humbarger and Jason Bargert and featuring Dejan Tyler, Alfonso Portela, Sydney Stigerts and Tayo Morgan. 8pm Wednesday, 10/4. $15. 2100 Arden Way, Ste 225.

ON STAGE ART COURT THEATRE: The Servant of Two Masters. Carlo Goldoni’s comedy follows Truffaldino, who outwits masters, mistresses, lovers and lawyers in this precursor to the modern farce. Set in 1980s New Jersey. Through 10/15. $10-$18. 3835 Freeport Blvd.

B STREET THEATRE: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee’s award-winning dark comedy reveals a middle-aged couple’s volatile relationship over the course of an after-party. Through 10/15. $9-$39. 2711 B St.

CAPITAL STAGE: An Octoroon. The award-winning play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is an adaptation of Dion Boucicault’s melodrama about slavery. Through 10/1. $17.50-$40. 2215 J St.

DAVIS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY: Jekyll & Hyde The Musical. A thrilling musical take on mankind’s dual nature and the potential for

evil. Through 10/1. $16-$18. 607 Pena Drive in Davis.

SACRAMENTO CONVENTION CENTER COMPLEX: Paw Patrol Live. The adventure dogs from the Nickelodeon television show Paw Patrol take to the stage to entertain a family audience. Through 9/30. $22-$133. Sacramento Speaker Series presents George Takei. See event description on page 33. 8pm Wednesday, 10/4. 1400 J St.

THE BENVENUTI PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: Spring Awakening. This theater-concert hybrid addresses teen suicide, sexuality and identity. Based on the 1892 play by Frank Wedekind. Through 9/29. $10-$12. 4600 Blackrock Drive.

ART CROCKER ART MUSEUM: Kingsley Inspirations High School Art Show Reception. An exhibit of art by local high school students, inspired by the museum’s permanent collection and recent exhibits. Reception on 10/1. 1pm. Through 10/1. $5-$10. 216 O St.

GANG OF 5 STUDIO AT ARTHOUSE ON R ST: Shirley Hazlett Featured. Closing reception for the exhibit showcasing the work of Shirley Hazlett and other artists. Noon Sunday, 10/1. No cover. 1021 R St.

SACRAMENTO FINE ARTS CENTER: Visions 2017 (Call to artists). Artists are invited to submit for annual open-juried photography show that takes place from October 31 to November 21 this year. Enter work online at www.sacfinearts.org/entry. Accepting entries in a number of categories. Through 9/30. $15-$50. Bold Expressions Exhibit. Features international art pieces. Show juried by artist David Lobenberg. Through 11/29. 5330-B Gibbons Drive in Carmichael.

SHIMO CENTER FOR THE ARTS: Borderless Contemporary Art Exhibition. An exhibit representing all mediums of contemporary artwork including painting, experimental film, sculpture and more. Aims to encourage communication about art, culture and creativity between Chinese artists living in the Bay Area and local Sacramento artists. Through 9/30. 2117 28th St.

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see more events and submit your own at newsreview.com/sacramento/calendar caLiFornia state raiLroad museum: Off The Clock. This playful exhibit focuses on the variety of sports clubs, teams and athletic competitions that attracted Southern Pacific employees in the early- to mid1900s. through 6/1. $10 - $15. Story Time with Good Day Sacramento’s Tina Macuha. Guest reader Tina Macuha of Good Day Sacramento reads children’s books. 11am monday, 10/2. $6-$12. 111 I St.

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sketch event where the audience creates the art. Burlesque performer Patty Le Melt models. You drink and draw. Costumes encouraged. 6:30pm saturday, 9/30. $8-$10. 2107 L St.

crocKer art museum: New on View Tour. Never the same tour twice, the New on View Tour dives into the Crocker’s latest special exhibitions and newest works of art 6:30pm. through 9/28. $5-$10. 216 O St.

uc davis desiGn museum: Instinct Extinct: The Great Pacific Flyway. A multidisciplinary art installation celebrating the beauty and biology of the Pacific Flyway. through 11/12. no cover. 1 Shields Ave. in Davis.

sacramento Zoo: Red Panda Day. An interactive, educational event around Red Panda awareness and conservation. Face painting, flag decorating and more children’s activities. Proceeds go toward the Red Panda Network, a conservation organization. 10am saturday, 9/30. $9.95-$14.95. 3930 W. Land Park Drive.

museums caLiFornia museum: Light & Noir Exiles & Émigrés in Hollywood, 1933-1950. Highlights the history of émigrés in the American film industry who fled Europe as refugees of Nazi persecution and their legacy in American cinema through the film noir genre. The exhibit features rare artifacts and memorabilia from 16 iconic films. through 10/15. $9. Patient No More: People with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights. Chronicles the lives and legacies of the courageous Californians whose activism launched the American disability rights movement. Through 11/15. $9. Unity Center. A permanent exhibit within the California Museum that celebrates California’s history of diversity and promotes activism. ongoing. $9. 1020 O St.

sPorts & outdoors tHursday, 9/28 FaLL PLantinG day: Volunteers welcome to help with landscaping. Bring a hat, work gloves and gardening tools, if you have them. Snacks provided. 8:30am, no cover. Spiritual Life Center Sacramento, 2201 Park Towne Circle.

nationaL PubLic Lands day: Celebrate and preserve our public spaces during this trail and river clean up. 10:30am, $0-$5 entry fee. Effie Yeaw Nature Center, 2850 San Lorenzo Way in Carmichael.

out oF tHe darKness community waLK: A walk to support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s local and national education and advocacy programs. 9am, no cover. State Capitol, West Steps, 10th St.

west sacramento cycLocross Grand PriX: Cyclists race around West Sacramento. Day includes a festival with beer, live music and more on the riverfront. 8am, no cover. River Walk Park, 651 Second St.

sunday, 10/1 FaLL FLinG FinaLs draG race car sHow: Drag Racing and Car Show for all foreign and domestic sports compacts. 10am, $17-$20. Sacramento Raceway Park, 5305 Excelsior Road.

run 4 Her LiFe breast cancer race: Having to choose between surviving cancer and financial survival is unacceptable. Funds from this one-mile/5K run and walk will provide assistance to low-income breast cancer patients for medical treatment, supplies and transportation. 8am, $20. 1315 10th St, 1315 10th Street.

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saturday, 9/30 the white album “in its entirety” Crest theatre, 7:30 P.M., $29.50-$48

Any major fan of The Beatles knows the band’s self-titled PHoto courtesy oF Jason visertana album, AKA the White Album, front to back. But they don’t know it like this. The Sacramento Preparatory Music Academy will play these 30 songs, arranged for a rhythm section, woodwinds, music strings, brass, percussion and choir. Hear favorites like “Blackbird” and “Revolution” as played by more than 40 professional musicians. Ticket sales will support The SPMA Guitar Project and the iHeartMusic.Org Scholarship Fund, which brings music education to Sacramento City Unified School District’s underserved schools, building up the next generation of musicians. 1013 K Street, http://sacprepmusic.com.

Cyclists race around West Sacramento. Day includes a festival with beer, live music and more on the riverfront. 5pm, no cover. River Walk Park, 651 Second St.

monday, 10/2 sacramento KinGs: Preseason game against the San Antonio Spurs. 7:30pm, $12-$125. Golden 1 Center, 500 David J Stern Walk.

lGBtQ Friday, 9/29 banned booKs weeK: A conversation about censorship in children’s LGBT literature with Sacramento author Dr. Gayle Pitman. Snacks and light refreshments will be served. 6pm, no cover. Lavender Library, Archives, and Cultural Exchange, 1414 21st St.

saturday, 9/30 sePtember snuGGLe: New and experienced cuddlers invited to enjoy a nurturing, nonviolent, nonsexual touch. Consent and boundaries are emphasized to foster a safe space. 4pm, no cover. Gender Health Center, 2020 29th St.

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sUnday, 10/1 ONE NIGHT ONLY W/LATRICE ROYALE & VANESSA VAN CARTIER: RuPaul’s Drag Race star Latrice Royale is joined by guest Vanessa Van Cartier. 8pm, $10-$15. Badlands, 2003 K St.

QUEER CRAFTERNOON: Share projects, skills, techniques and space with likeminded artists and crafters. Donations/ suggestions for supplies welcome. 2pm, no cover. Lavender Library, Archives, and Cultural Exchange (LLACE), 1414 21st St.

sUnday 10/1 SAC 4 MEXICO FUNDRAISER: Mexican rock band Riesgo de Contagio performs, along with Sacramento musicians and dancers. Food and drink available for sale. All money raised will be donated to the earthquake victims in Mexico. Noon, donations accepted. Casa de Español, 1101 R St.

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SOCIALIST ROUNDTABLE: Join the effort to build an independent, nonsectarian socialist organization. 6pm, no cover. Colonial Heights Library, 4799 Stockton Blvd.

saTURday, 9/30 IDA B. WELLS—A PASSION FOR JUSTICE: A discussion about Ida B. Wells’ place in American history for a family audience. Cooking demonstration, brunch, crafts, activities and learning. 11am, no cover. Providence Place Apartments, 5700 Mack Road.

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discussion on feminist knowledge on the historical imposition of economic systems that has set the stage for current oppressive structures. Hosted by the Women’s Resource Center at Sacramento State University. 5pm, no cover. Sacramento State (The Well), 6000 J St.

Wednesday, 10/4 WELLSTONE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: Monthly membership meeting hosted by the Wellstone Progressive Democrats of Sacramento. 7pm, $10-$20 membership fee. Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th St.

SACTRU (SACRAMENTO TRANSIT UNION) WEEKLY MEETING: Help improve public transit in Sacramento County and beyond and learn

saTURday, 9/30 CURRY IN A HURRY WORKSHOP: Learn to make and enjoy a vegetarian curry dish in this cooking demonstration and take home the recipes. 3pm, $35. Sierra 2 Center, Room 12, 2791 24th St.

GARDENING WISDOM: Get advice, tools and confidence to become a successful gardener. 9am, $25. Soil Born Farms American River Ranch, 2140 Chase Drive in Rancho Cordova.

HOW MUCH WILL YOU SAVE? CARBON VS. COST: Examine the cost savings and carbon reduction of solar energy, electric cars and green energy appliances. 9am, no cover. SMUD Customer Service Center, 6301 S St.

INTRODUCTION TO BASIC CERAMIC TECHNIQUES WORKSHOP: The first of two sessions covering basic ceramic techniques including pinch pots, slab and coil-building. Some scholarships available. 11am, $20. Sol Collective, 2574 21st St.

sUnday, 10/1 EMBODY YOGA IN THE PARK: Guided breathing and yoga positions suitable for everyone, taken at an individual pace. 10am, no cover. Curtis Park, 3349 W. Curtis Drive.

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Rita Hosking with Sean Feder, 7pm, $15

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Poetry Unplugged Open-Mic, 8pm, $2

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Shiner, 9:30pm, no cover

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FOR THE WEEk OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Conceptual artist

Jonathon Keats likes to play along with the music of nature. On one occasion he collaborated with Mandeville Creek in Montana. He listened and studied the melodies that emanated from its flowing current. Then he moved around some of the underwater rocks, subtly changing the creek’s song. Your assignment, Aries, is to experiment with equally imaginative and exotic collaborations. The coming weeks will be a time when you can make beautiful music together with anyone or anything that tickles your imagination.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Some newspapers

publish regular rectifications of the mistakes they’ve made in past editions. For example, the editors of the UK publication The Guardian once apologized to readers for a mistaken statement about Richard Wagner. They said that when the 19th-century German composer had trysts with his chambermaid, he did not in fact ask her to wear purple underpants, as previously reported. They were pink underpants. I tell you this, Taurus, as encouragement to engage in corrective meditations yourself. Before bedtime on the next ten nights, scan the day’s events and identify any actions you might have done differently—perhaps with more integrity or focus or creativity. This will have a deeply tonic effect. You are in a phase of your astrological cycle when you’ll flourish as you make amendments and revisions.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It’s high time to allow your yearnings to overflow . . . to surrender to the vitalizing pleasures of nonrational joy . . . to grant love the permission to bless you and confound you with its unruly truths. For inspiration, read this excerpt of a poem by Caitlyn Siehl. “My love is honey tongue. Thirsty love. My love is peach juice dripping down the neck. Too much sugar love. Sticky sweet, sticky sweat love. My love can’t ride a bike. My love walks everywhere. Wanders through the river. Feeds the fish, skips the stones. Barefoot love. My love stretches itself out on the grass, kisses a nectarine. My love is never waiting. My love is a traveler.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): One of the oldest

houses in Northern Europe is called the Knap of Howar. Built out of stone around 3,600 B.C., it faces the wild sea on Papa Westray, an island off the northern coast of Scotland. Although no one has lived there for 5,000 years, some of its stone furniture remains intact. Places like this will have a symbolic power for you in the coming weeks, Cancerian. They’ll tease your imagination and provoke worthwhile fantasies. Why? Because the past will be calling to you more than usual. The old days and old ways will have secrets to reveal and stories to teach. Listen with alert discernment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The United States has a

bizarre system for electing its president. There’s nothing like it in any other democratic nation on earth. Every four years, the winning candidate needs only to win the electoral college, not the popular vote. So theoretically, it’s possible to garner just 23 percent of all votes actually cast, and yet still ascend to the most powerful political position in the world. For example, in two of the last five elections, the new chief of state has received significantly fewer votes than his main competitor. I suspect that you may soon benefit from a comparable anomaly, Leo. You’ll be able to claim victory on a technicality. Your effort may be “ugly,” yet good enough to succeed.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I found this advertise-

ment for a workshop: “You will learn to do the INCREDIBLE! Smash bricks with your bare hands! Walk on fiery coals unscathed! Leap safely off a roof! No broken bones! No cuts! No pain! Accomplish the impossible first! Then everything else will be a breeze!” I bring this to your attention, Virgo, not because I think you should sign up for this class or anything like it. I hope you don’t. In fact, a very different approach is preferable for you: I recommend that you start with safe, manageable tasks. Master the simple details and practical actions. Work on achieving easy, low-risk victories. In this way, you’ll prepare yourself for more epic efforts in the future.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Be realistic, Libra: De-

mand the impossible; expect inspiration; visualize yourself being able to express yourself more completely and vividly than you ever have before. Believe me when I tell you that you now have extra power to develop your sleeping potentials and are capable of accomplishing feats that might seem like miracles. You are braver than you know, as sexy as you need to be, and wiser than you were two months ago. I am not exaggerating, nor am I flattering you. It’s time for you to start making your move to the next level.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In accordance with

the astrological omens, I invite you to take extra good care of yourself during the next three weeks. Do whatever it takes to feel safe and protected and resilient. Ask for the support you need, and if the people whose help you solicit can’t or won’t give it to you, seek elsewhere. Provide your body with more than the usual amount of healthy food, deep sleep, tender touch, and enlivening movement. Go see a psychotherapist or counselor or good listener every single day if you want. And don’t you dare apologize or feel guilty for being such a connoisseur of selfrespect and self-healing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A queen

bee may keep mating until she gathers 70 million sperm from many different drones. When composing my horoscopes, I aim to cultivate a metaphorically comparable receptivity. Long ago I realized that all of creation is speaking to me all the time; I recognized that everyone I encounter is potentially a muse or teacher. If I hope to rustle up the oracles that are precisely suitable for your needs, I have to be alert to the possibility that they may arrive from unexpected directions and surprising sources. Can you handle being that open to influence, Sagittarius? Now is a favorable time to expand your capacity to be fertilized.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’re ap-

proaching a rendezvous with prime time. Any minute now you could receive an invitation to live up to your hype or fulfill your promises to yourself—or both. This test is likely to involve an edgy challenge that is both fun and daunting, both liberating and exacting. It will have the potential to either steal a bit of your soul or else heal an ache in your soul. To ensure the healing occurs rather than the stealing, do your best to understand why the difficulty and the pleasure are both essential.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1901, physician

Duncan MacDougall carried out experiments that led him to conclude that the average human soul weighs 21 grams. Does his claim have any merit? That question is beyond my level of expertise. But if he was right, then I’m pretty sure your soul has bulked up to at least 42 grams in the past few weeks. The work you’ve been doing to refine and cultivate your inner state has been heroic. It’s like you’ve been ingesting a healthy version of soul-building steroids. Congrats!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): There are enough

authorities, experts, and know-it-alls out there trying to tell you what to think and do. In accordance with current astrological factors, I urge you to utterly ignore them during the next two weeks. And do it gleefully, not angrily. Exult in the power that this declaration of independence gives you to trust your own assessments and heed your own intuitions. Furthermore, regard your rebellion as good practice for dealing with the little voices in your head that speak for those authorities, experts, and know-it-alls. Rise up and reject their shaming and criticism, too. Shield yourself from their fearful fantasies.

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Bike warrior Professional bicycle racing is nearly a year-round sport. Fall months are known as the transfer season, with riders scrambling for contracts for the following year. Availability on high-level teams, with their revolving, fickle sponsors, is uncertain. Evan Huffman of El Dorado Hills knows the team shuffle as well as any rider. His team is sponsored by Rally, a digital health company in Minnesota. It’s his third employer in five seasons. Huffman, 27, who grew up competing in mainstream sports at Elk Grove High School, recently completed the best of his seven pro seasons with a stage win and the overall title at the four-day Tour of Alberta. Huffman also won two stages of the Tour of California in May, the weeklong race that began in Sacramento. With his stellar season, Huffman, a skilled climber and individual time trialist, had an opportunity to return to the WorldTour, cycling’s highest level. But he opted for a two-year contract to remain with Rally. The team is increasing its status in 2018 from Continental to Pro Continental, one level below the WorldTour. Huffman’s world is expanding off the bike. Last October, Bike Dog Brewing Co. in West Sacramento introduced a limited draught called Huff Dog Passionfruit Session. More importantly, Huffman and long-time girlfriend Heather Hammond are getting married on October 6.

You likely had the opportunity to compete in the recent world championships in Norway, but you’ve decided not to go. How did you come to that decision? In the early part of the season, I said that I wanted to do it. I didn’t tell USA Cycling, just my team’s directors. But it’s been a long year, and I just decided it was much too close to the wedding. In my head, I was just thinking I could go over there and do that one race. But talking to my coaches, I realized it was 270 kilometers (168 miles). You just can’t fly over there and race jet-lagged. It was kind of bad planning on my part, but had I really wanted to do it I should have gone to Europe for a month and pushed the wedding back two weeks. But we discussed it and getting married is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. The world championships will be a goal for next year.

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How did you decide to stay with your current team? Sometimes, you can wait too long and then an opportunity isn’t there. I looked at this team and what it’s meant for me and where it’s going and it was a sure thing. There’s a lot to lose by leaving or waiting.

How is racing in the United States different than in Europe? In North America, it’s still hard to win, but it’s a lot easier to finish a race. You see more select groups and guys get dropped. In Europe, there are more and more guys who can make it deeper and deeper into a race. It becomes more critical for positioning and things like that.

You competed for the controversial team Astana for two years. Many of its riders were suspended for doping violations. What are your thoughts on doping in the sport? It was just never part of me when I was growing up. I was kind of oblivious to it. I try not to dwell on it too much now. Once you tell yourself other guys are cheating, then you kind of lose motivation. That’s not a good place to be. I guess I give everyone the benefit of the doubt because at the end of the day, you really can’t control it.

Early in your pro career, you twice competed in Paris-Roubaix, generally considered cycling’s most difficult race. You didn’t finish either time. What was that experience like? It was cool to do, but it wasn’t a race I enjoyed. It’s not suited to me. Once you get dropped, you get to the point where you know you’re not going to get back in the race. You just say, “Is it worth it just to finish, or do I want to stop and save it for the next race?”

With your team competing at a higher level next season, will it change your racing schedule? I really don’t know what our schedule

is going to be like next year. It’s cool to do the Tour of Algarve in Portugal. It’s a pretty nice place to race in February. But probably something we need to look at as a long-term goal is to go to Europe and actually target results instead of the last two years, when we’ve gone there just to get some racing in to get ready for the North American season. Maybe in the next year or two, we pick a race, maybe just off the top of my head, a race like the Tour of Austria in July, and make it a target event. It depends on how the roster fills up and what invites we can get. But I think we will have some more opportunities to get into bigger races.

You have Christian-themed tattoos. How is faith involved in your cycling? Faith is part of my cycling career in that it’s not cycling. It gives me something else to focus on. One of the things I figured out last year is that performance-based identity is an issue for a lot of riders. [Faith] is a good thing for me. When I have a bad day or things aren’t going well, it’s not the end of my world. I don’t feel like I am less valuable as a person because of what I don’t do on the bike. Somehow, ironically that makes me a better rider. It kind of gives you the freedom to fail.

You’ve talked openly in recent years about some of your shortcomings as a cyclist, like a fear of crashing. How have you learned to overcome that? There are some really experienced guys on the team who are good at that stuff and they know I have a legitimate fear of crashing. I’ve always said it of myself, and probably always will, that it’s my biggest weakness. But they all see the potential I have to get over that fear. They push me in positive ways to improve that. I think I’ve done better, and it goes hand-in-hand toward with my overall confidence now.Ω

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