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A friend in need This week’s feature story was a blast to write (See “These bands are your life,” page 13), in part because it felt like taking a trip through the Sacramento music scene’s colorful past. Last week, I had a more sobering reminder of the scene’s history when music promoter Jerry Perry was hospitalized after a stroke. Jerry is one of the rock scene’s most well-known figures, with an influence that dates back to the Vortex dance club in the ’80s and the Cattle Club in the ’90s. Throughout, his support of local bands has never wavered. In addition to publishing Alive & Kicking, a music pub that folded in 2008, he’s also booked acts for venues and events including Concerts in the Park, the annual Chalk it Up! festival and the SAMMIES awards show. As news spread on social media about Jerry’s health, the music community jumped into action. Supporters posted well-wishes and a friend launched a GoFundMe to offset expenses for Jerry and his wife, Linda. As of press time, the campaign had topped $14,000. There were some notably large donations, including $2,000 each from Deftones and Cake. Those big gives are amazing, but it’s the numerous smaller donations—$25, $50, $100— that testify to Jerry’s stature. He is universally beloved, and for good reason: He’s passionate, works hard and is quick with a smile and a hug. If you’ve ever enjoyed a show Jerry has booked, please consider donating (gofundme.com/help-for-jerry-andlinda-perry). If you’re unable, please send good wishes and healing vibes. Jerry Perry has done so much for this community—it’s time to return in kind.

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See for yourself Re: “Vice mayor blues” by Scott Thomas Anderson (Beats, August 2): Sorry SN&R—the only people violating anyone’s rights at City Council meetings are the very people who cry their Brown Act rights are being violated. They demand “respect,” but they don’t give it. They demand “accountability” but not for their own behavior. They swear and insult the council and citizens, make threatening gestures and talk about killing police. They are easily triggered and scream nonsense, interrupting other citizens using their two minutes. The lack of self-control is a joke. It’s very sad because the vitriol is so toxic any message that has value is not heard. Watch the City Council meetings online and see for yourself.

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Nestlé’s K.J. connection Re: “Nestlé’s secret water deal” by Steph Rodriguez (News, August 2):

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The cost of corruption Re: “A dark development” by Scott Thomas Anderson (Feature, July 19): Thanks for your article about development in Folsom. Land use planning is the nexus of local corruption, with corrupt local officials selling their public experience to the highest bidder. The public is completely oblivious to this, but the stakes couldn’t be higher. It’s worth remembering that the land speculators bought North Natomas land—20 feet under water floodplain surrounded by weak levees— for roughly $2,000 an acre, and sold it to builders, once they

got the entitlements to develop, for $200,000 an acre. In any case, the Germans have the right solution: have developers sell the land to local government at the agricultural land price, then buy it back at the up-zoned price. Germans have single-payer health care, good jobs, free tuition at their colleges even for foreigners, and the arts budget for the City of Berlin exceeds the National Endowment for the Arts for the U.S. of A. Land speculators will continue to do this until the public wakes up to the cost of this corruption. Mark deMpsey orangevale via sactoletters@newsreview.com

The issue of Folsom Ranch is not about the greed of the developers (obvious) or the agent they hire to promote the venture. Such a project would only be assumed if the investors were confident that the result would be a successful sale of the homes to buyers willing to pay the price of the lifestyle offered. The ultimate responsibility for the impact (positive/ negative, on the infrastructure, environment or tax benefits to the community) is with those who purchase the end product. The reality is [that] the movie line applies,” If you build it they will come.”

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Branded by a mugshot in the digital age Online mugshots can live forever—whether the subject was innocent, guilty or just poor and brown by Howard Hardee

In May, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced charges against four out-of-state defendants for alleged extortion, money laundering and identity theft. The individuals in question—Sahar Sarid, Kishore Vidya Bhavnanie, Thomas Keesee and David Usdan—are owner-operators of Mugshots.com, which mines police department websites for booking photos, names and charges, then reposts the information and charges victims exorbitant fees to take it down. Such information is easily up for grabs. Mugshots are taken upon arrest, not conviction, and from that point forward the details of the arrest become a matter of public record. An unflattering photo taken during one of the lowest moments of a person’s life may then appear in newspapers, on TV or on social media to be seen by friends, family and coworkers. In the digital era, the photo can circulate forever, effectively preventing

the individual from turning a new leaf and finding a job or housing. It doesn’t matter whether police drop the charges or made the arrest erroneously. It doesn’t matter whether the arrest leads to a conviction for a petty offense or a serious crime. In many cases, the mugshot lives on, amounting to a scarlet letter or a permanent brand. It happened to a Sonoma man identified as “Jessie T.” in an affidavit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court as part of the Mugshots.com case. In September 2013, he was arrested and booked into the Sonoma County Jail. Police fingerprinted him and took his photo, but released him several days later without bringing charges, citing insufficient evidence. His arrest wasn’t even an official arrest; it was considered a detention only. Jessie T. told investigators with the state that he applied to dozens of jobs in the construction, electrical and manufacturing fields following his arrest, but received zero responses. A possible

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explanation came when his friend called to say she was surprised to find out he had been arrested, and asked whether he was in jail. “Jessie T. was astounded and embarrassed and asked her what she was talking about,” the affidavit reads. “She told him to Google his name.” He found his photo, along with his full name, address and the charge for which he was arrested on Mugshots.com. Nowhere did it mention that the case was dropped, or that he was not convicted of a crime. There was, however, a link to another website: Unpublisharrest.com. That page demanded $399 to delete the posting. Jessie T. called the provided phone number several times and attempted to explain that he could prove his innocence, but whoever answered kept hanging up, the affidavit states. Eventually he got a call back from an unlisted number. He turned on his recorder. According to the affidavit, this is how the conversation went:

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Jessie T.: “Hello.” Unknown man: “This third time [sic] tell you fucking bitch we’ll never answer your calls again you’ve been permanently published fucking faggot bitch.” Jessie: “Hey, I’d like my stuff removed.” Another hang-up. Unable to find work, Jessie T. was forced to explain his internet mugshot numerous times to family and friends. He believes it even hurt his romantic life: After a new relationship with a woman abruptly ended without explanation, he suspected it was because of the mugshot. Jessie T. told the investigator “he has been humiliated and it has ruined any reputation he may have had.” Mark Fujiwara knows all about ruined reputations. He is a communications coordinator for the San Francisco-based Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, or LSPC, an organization that advocates for sweeping criminal justice reforms, including to “release incarcerated people, to restore human and civil rights and to reunify families and communities.” In his experience, a mugshot can be as personally damaging as an actual conviction. “Once somebody sees your mugshot, you’re automatically a criminal, a bad person. You must be bad, because the cops got you,” he said, laughing bitterly. “But you’re still a person and you need a job, food and housing.” Mugshot exploitation websites use those basic needs as leverage, he says. “It’s a whole industry, and they make bank,” Fujiwara said. “They say, ‘These are public documents, we can

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mOtOr vOte do whatever we want with them.’ They meta-tag them so they pop up during people’s Google searches and to get them taken down, you have to pay a fee. Usually, one company will have five or six different websites, so they’ll take the mugshot down from one and leave it up on another.” In 2014, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1027, prohibiting mugshot exploitation websites, but the law is difficult to enforce—particularly across state lines. In the case of Mugshots.com, the owners have been extradited to California and await arraignment later this month. According to a media release, the defendants allegedly extorted some $64,000 from 175 California residents over a three-year period, and about $2.4 million from more than 5,000 people nationwide. The AG’s office declined to comment on the active case. To Fujiwara, mugshot exploitation is just another—albeit illegal—aspect of the for-profit criminal justice system, right alongside bail bonds, background checks and private prisons. Websites such as Mugshots.com are distinct, however, because they snare people like Jessie T., who are innocent in the eyes of the law. In any case, a mugshot doesn’t mean the individual was convicted of a crime. And if they were found guilty, it doesn’t necessarily follow that justice was served. Case in point: People of color, as well as gay, lesbian and transgender people, are disproportionately represented in a recently digitized archive of Sacramento-area mugshots dating from 1860 to 1940. some of the crimes sound old-timey, but befitting of Sacramento’s beginnings as a gold-rush town: safe-cracking, horse thievery and stagecoach robbery.

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However, what really intrigues Kim scrolling through the social media feeds of Hayden, an archivist for the Center for local law enforcement agencies, it’s evident Sacramento History, isn’t why people that many of the same types of marginalwere arrested, but who was arrested. ized people are getting arrested today. For “It’s interesting to see who was perpeexample, the Facebook page for Sacramento trating the crimes,” she said, “or at the very State University’s Police Department least who was getting arrested for them. … mostly posts mugshots of seemingly homeYou’ve got a lot of Chinese laborers and less people, people with mental illnesses or immigrants getting arrested and prosecuted substance-abuse issues, and people of color, more than white people. It’s just the same most of whom have been accused of petty as you see today, so they are interproperty crimes and quality-of-life esting from a sociological offenses, such as bike theft, research perspective.” public intoxication, illegal In another parallel, camping and drugthe most impoverrelated crimes. ished residents Sacramento were among State Police those most Chief Mark frequently Iwasa didn’t incarcerated. immediately “There make himself were a lot available for of arrests for an interview. Mark Fujiwara vagrancy and The communications coordinator, Legal Services drunk in public, Sacramento for Prisoners with Children just like today,” Police she said. “A lot of Department, on people were arrested the other hand, posts for vagrancy without mugshots on Facebook a real reason. They just only when the associated wanted to get them out of town.” crimes are of high public interHistorical preservation was the main est—involving homicides, sexual assaults, impetus behind the effort to digitize the fatal hit-and-runs and the like—or when mugbooks of local law enforcement agenthey serve a greater investigative purpose, cies. The books themselves are in fragile says Sgt. Vance Chandler, a department condition. As a window to the past the spokesperson. records have high historical value. But “We feel that these serious crimes are Hayden recognizes that some people would of great public interest to our community prefer not to dredge up their family history. and we want to provide the facts,” he For privacy reasons, Hayden says she would said. “You could say, ‘They haven’t been be ethically concerned about publishing convicted.’ Well, the fact is that they’ve more recent arrest photos. been arrested and we want to be transpar“We do have records from people who ent about who we have. We believe it’s are still alive,” she said. “We just don’t post important that the community gets it from them online for everyone to see.” us versus other sources.” Like Chandler and Hayden, Fujiwara believes there is a clear public benefit in knowing who’s being arrested. But in this age of sentencing reform, he argues 2018 that personal records should be sealed or expunged upon the completion of a sentence; if charges are dropped; or an arrest was made due to police error. Otherwise, mugshots will continue sending weighted messages about who deserves a second chance. “There’s this underlying assumption that you deserve to have your mugshot represent you for the rest of your life,” he said. “It’s crap.” Ω

“Once somebody sees your mugshot, you’re automatically a criminal, a bad person.”

A joint effort between California Secretary of State Alex Padilla and the Department of Motor Vehicles managed to get 250,000 new registered voters on the rolls between April and June, according to the government watchdog group Common Cause. But the effort to push more people to the ballot box in California is far from over. On July 24, the American Civil Liberty Union’s Northern California chapter sued Padilla for allegedly providing insufficient voter registration locations for low-income and disabled individuals, the sorts of people who might have a hard time getting to DMV offices where the secretary’s lauded program was happening. “California, of all places, really should, in this day and age, be doing everything that we can to make sure that these groups are able to exercise their right to vote to the fullest,” said ACLU staff attorney Shilpi Agarwal. Kathay Feng, executive director for California Common Cause, estimated that 4-to-6 million people in the state aren’t registered to vote, despite being eligible. Feng’s hopeful about the new DMV program, which was mandated nationally in the 1990s but took a lawsuit and state legislation to finally implement. “I think we’re going to be able to get a few million people who are added to the voter registration rolls … fairly soon,” Feng told SN&R. Of course, registering voters in California’s just half the battle. Jonathan Stein, an attorney for Asian Americans Advancing Justice, noted some abysmal voter participation stats. These include 18 percent of eligible Latinos and 17 percent of eligible Asian-Americans voting in California’s 2014 midterms. (Graham Womack)

makiNg Water Last Scientists convened in downtown Sacramento last week to discuss technological advances that might help California achieve a sustainable water strategy for the future. On August 1, leading researchers from the Lawrence berkeley National Laboratory said developments in conservation and desalinization are being carefully developed for the state’s specific needs. The lab is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has produced research that’s led to 13 Nobel prizes. Among the speakers was Peter Nico, who works in its Resilient Energy, Water and Infrastructure program. “As California whiplashes back and forth between drought and floods, what can we do to balance out those humps?” Nico posited. “We over-draft 1- to 2 million-acre feet of water a year in California.” One answer to Nico’s question, he said, is a new sensor technology that his lab is developing to scan and monitor farm soil, identifying which areas of subsurface naturally hold large amounts of groundwater and which ones don’t. Nico said this image-viewing technology can give California farmers more ability to access groundwater on their lands. Nico later acknowledged that convoluted water rights and general concerns about over-drawing underground aquifers could complicate using the tech. Another speaker, Berkeley lab chemist Chinmayee Subban, says she has been in constant contact with central and coastal California growers as she develops charge-based desalinization methods for brackish groundwater. Subban called brackish flows under the surface an almost entirely untapped water source in California. Dr. Dan Miller of the lab’s Chemical Sciences Division said another desalinization technology, reverse osmosis, is also advancing. Miller observed that this process for cleaning water has become dramatically less energy consumptive in recent years, particularly if the water is coming from ideal soil conditions. (Scott Thomas Anderson)

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The CarMax dealership in Roseville is advertising at least one recalled car for sale. Photo by Dylan SvoboDa

Fire risk on wheels Sacramento-area dealerships are selling used cars that are on active recall lists for safety defects by Dylan SvoboDa

Four years ago, Angela Davidson bought a used 2010 Dodge Ram from a CarMax in Irvine. Days later, Davidson learned the vehicle had been recalled more than a year prior due to a defect predisposing it to fire. After a quick fix at a local Chrysler dealership, Davidson and her family made their way to Las Vegas. Halfway through the trip, the car burst into flames. The family escaped, but the fire burned several acres of the Mojave Desert. In spite of Chrysler’s faulty repair, Davidson places the bulk of the blame on CarMax for selling her what was supposed to be a “great quality car,” according to the company’s mission statement. CarMax’s website shows that the company continues to sell used cars that are on official safety recall lists, including for having fire-causing defects, though consumers will only learn this if they look up the cars’ VIN numbers on recall sites. CarMax does provide 8 | SN&R | 08.09.18

customers with a written disclosure of the defects prior to a car’s sale. SN&R found three examples of cars that had been recalled specifically due to a fire risk for sale at CarMax’s South Sacramento dealership, among several other recalled cars for sale. The company’s dealings may or may not be legal, depending on who’s asked and where the cars are sold. Currently, federal law prohibits dealers from renting out or selling new cars on recall lists—but doesn’t explicitly prohibit the sale of recalled used cars if the buyer is notified of the defect. Still, argues Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, state regulators do have avenues available to them if they want to restrict the sale of defective used automobiles. “At the state level, there are regulatory provisions that arguably make CarMax’s actions with respect to the

sale of an unrepaired recalled vehicle There’s concern over whether the in violation of those parts of the code, fact that used cars—and not new or which range from unfair or deceptive rental cars—can be sold while on acts or practices and the fact that you recall lists is discriminatory toward can’t sell an unsafe car,” Levine said. those on the lower end of the economic “Not only do we need new laws, but spectrum. some of the existing authorities can “Low- to moderate-income consumbe brought in to reign in CarMax’s ers are the ones who are buying these practices.” cars,” Shahan said. “If you can’t afford Even if there are laws on the a new car, you still ought to get the consumer’s side, Rosemary Shahan, same level of safety.” president of Consumers for Auto Davidson said she felt targeted after Reliability and Safety, says the used she opted for the cheaper option in car business is just not an enforcement CarMax. priority for officials at the moment. “Would the CEO of CarMax put Shahan said CarMax’s corporate his kid in the back seat of one of those influence and the reluctance from the cars?” Davidson asked. “I couldn’t go California DMV, attorney general’s to a new dealer. It’s too expensive.” office and district attorneys up and down Levine points to what happened to the state have allowed the company to the Davidson family, as well as a 2013 continue selling recalled cars. fire near San Diego, which burned Federal law requires car manufactur7,000 acres, destroyed 22 homes and ers to provide consumers and dealerships 66 vehicles after a defective 2009 Jeep with free, timely repairs to recalled cars. caught fire, as examples of what could Yet, rather than take recalled vehicles to keep happening if state officials don’t their respective manufacturers for fix-ups step in. prior to sale, CarMax states that the “The state of California shouldn’t car buyer is in a better posihave to wait until an open tion to take it to the car’s recalled car is sold and manufacturer for the someone dies or hits free fix. a school bus with “Our experia whole bunch of ence shows us kids because of a customers are defective vehicle in the best before we figure position to out how to best act on recall regulate these information practices,” directly with a Levine said. Angela Davidson manufacturer“Unfortunately, CarMax customer authorized dealer,” this is one of said CarMax spokesthose circumstances woman Catherine where it’s going to take Gryp in an email. “We something tragic to grab have found that dealers are people’s attention.” often more likely to provide timely The Used Car Safety Recall Repair recall repair to customers rather than Act, from Sen. Richard Blumenthal to a competitor, like CarMax, so we of Connecticut, has stalled in the U.S. encourage customers to have recalls Senate for over a year. If passed, the repaired at a manufacturer-authorized bill would “require auto dealers to fix facility.” outstanding safety recalls before sellShahan speculated that the company’s ing or leasing a used passenger motor reluctance to get the cars fixed themvehicle.” selves has to do with their motivation to Until used car dealerships are get cars on and off their lots as quickly as required to repair recalled cars prior to possible. sale, Shahan encourages mindfulness “Their stock price is based on profit when doing business with used car per unit and units sold,” Shahan told dealerships. SN&R. “They don’t want to waste time “Always check the VIN number taking it to the manufacturer, waiting for and read all the paperwork,” Shahan repair. They leave it to the buyer.” warned. Ω

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Sacramento police officers push protestors away from the ICE office July 31.

The ICE fan cometh At a demonstration for separated families, a mysterious state worker badgers peaceful protestors and steals sign By Scott thomaS anderSon

From police ripping down protest camps to activists starting hunger strikes, the demonstration against a Trump-led Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has been causing plenty of tension on Sacramento streets the past two weeks. Now, with hungry protestors still staked out in front of a federal immigration building on Capitol Mall, some are wondering whether a mysterious state government worker who’s allegedly harassed and intimidated them will be back for another round. The Occupy ICE movement started July 26 at the corner of N and Seventh streets, where activists lined up a number of tents in front of the fenced office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which staffs local ICE agents. Police and protesters clashed immediately, with authorities warning demonstrators they were in violation of the city’s ban on urban camping and demonstrators tying the local policy and national family separation debacle to historical injustices. Multiple demonstrators reported bizarre runins with a California Employment Development Department employee incensed by their civil disobedience. Longtime activist David Andre was among the first to make contact. On July 27, Andre started videoing four men who were standing around the encampment in plain clothes, some of whom appeared to be armed. “I noticed one guy had a holster on, and we don’t allow any weapons here,” Andre recalled, “so I was trying to figure out are they with Homeland Security or are they some kind of alt-right guys who are going to come in here and shoot up the place.” Andre was still filming when a fifth man in a handlebar mustache and Moto Guzzi T-shirt entered his frame, stopping near Andre’s shoulder to inspect the protest camp. “Are they impressing you?” one demonstrator can be heard asking the unknown man. “Well, I can’t do this, I can’t just go stand on public property, put a tent up, start shitting everywhere,” the man replies in the video, “putting up stupid signs that are offensive to everybody.”

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“I didn’t realize there was shit everywhere,” the protestor responds. “Well you are—you’re here,” the man quips. At that point, Andre started filming the exchange, which he was legally entitled to do in public. “Get that thing out of my face,” the man barks as he thrust his palm in Andre’s face, forcing him backwards. At that point, Cres Vellucci, a legal observer for the National Lawyers Guild’s Sacramento chapter, steps between the two and tells the stranger, “You realize that’s assault.” The man appears to walk away as two police officers approach. But the drama wasn’t over. According to four witnesses, the stranger returned July 30 to the anti-ICE encampment. Sioux Collumbe, another lawyers guild observer, saw him steal one of the protestor’s signs, hurrying over to the EDD office with it. Officials from Cal EDD declined to identify the employee or comment on having stolen property on state premises. The next day, the ICE protestors heard a whiz in the air as around 15 police officers on bicycles swiftly turned the corner, dismounted and formed a Roman-style phalanx with their 10-speeds. “Cameras on!” one officer shouted as they tapped their chests in unison. Seconds later they were pushing the protestors back as different officers dismantled their camp for violating the city’s anticamping ordinance. For Randy Simonsen, who’d been protesting at Sacramento’s ICE office for days in his wheelchair, it’s that common thread of shared humanity that’s kept him outside in the heat. “It’s never come to a head in any of the 64 years I’ve been on the planet, so I can’t figure out why it’s come to a head now, to where we’re separating mothers and children,” Simonsen said of U.S. policy. “This is simply about cruelty to people.” Ω Web extra: an extended version of this story is available at newsreview.com/sacramento.

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While there’s a lot of talk about how Americans pay almost twice as much for health care as people in other wealthy countries, there are few examples of people who are able to reduce their organization’s health-care costs while improving health-care outcomes. Ken Stuart, Smart, the administrative manager and chief financial officer of the San Diego Electrical Health and Welfare Trust, is such an individual. For the past 28 years, he has been overseeing the health benefits for roughly 5,000 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union members. He’s had tremendous success at reducing health-care costs for his union. Per member hour worked, they pay $6.91 for health care. Other California IBEW unions pay as much as $17.41 per hour. According to Stuart, Sacramento’s IBEW pays about $11.63 per hour. These figures, which include both the employee and employer contribution, are impressive, and so with the recommendation of California Labor Federation health policy wonk Sara Flocks, I set up a meeting with Stuart Smart at a diner in San Diego. Smart lived up to his billing. Stuart Familiar with the work of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, or CalPERS, which offers a value-based health-care plan with reduced costs for evidence-based behavior, Stuart Smart has also had the practical experience of representing a selfinsured union, where every bill, every extra procedure and every overcharged service comes out of the union fund. He acts as if it was his money. At lunch, Stuart Smart agreed with other experts who say that one of the biggest factors driving up health-care costs is “fee for service” health care, where the health providers making the diagnosis are often the same ones doing the procedure. Heart surgeons overprescribe heart surgery. Orthopedic surgeons are often too enthusiastic about joint replacement. Physicians like to do

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things and are paid to do things. Some may not be necessary; some may even be harmful. Smart’s organization uses Best Stuart’s Doctors, a company with 50,000 medical experts, to consult with a patient who is facing a major medical procedure. With access to the patient’s medical history and records, Best Doctors consults with the patient’s physicians to determine the best recommendation. In 62 percent of the cases, the original treatment plan is revised. The end result is, according to Stuart, Smart, better and less expensive care. (PinnacleCare (PinacleCare and the Cleveland Clinic’s MyConsult Online Medical Second Opinion are among other companies providing a similar second opinion service.) Smart is also focused on health-care Stuart billing procedures. Instead of paying for each individual procedure separately, Stuart, Smart, like CalPERS, advocates for bundled pricing. With bundled pricing, the health-care insurer would agree to pay a set negotiated price for all the procedures that go into a medical event such as a knee replacement, or the birth of a baby. This seems like common sense. Unfortunately, the words “common sense” and “health care” are rarely found in the same sentence. This lack of sense is expensive. In America we pay $5,000 more per person per year for health care than other wealthy countries. For 328 million Americans, that adds up to 1.64 trillion dollars. It’s enough to make you sick. In addition to his union work, Stuart Smart is the head of the California Health Care Coalition, which includes different organizations working to together to develop common sense solutions to deal with our trillion dollar problem. Smart has shown that this effort can Stuart make a major difference. We need more people like Stuart. Smart. Ω Jeff vonKaenel is the president, CEO and majority owner of the News & Review.

TO THE CURRENT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 2018 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Somewhere along the line you have forgotten that the United States of America is a democracy not a dictatorship! You have gone out of your way to destroy everything that President Obama had done to make our country better! You have divided our once united country with your hatred and bigotry. Your administration breeds hatred! You have fired all who disagree with you, or don’t give you 100% loyalty. You run the White House like your TV show. AMERICA WAS FOUNDED BY AND FOR IMMIGRANTS! ALL IMMIGRANTS! Just in case you have forgotten, even your family were immigrants! Your wives! Maybe even some of your hookers! You have alienated all our allies! You have greeted communist countries run by dictators with open arms. They have played you and you have fallen for it! You and your family have shown that you care nothing for the average American who isn’t in the 1%. Your wife’s motto should be “Let Them EAT Cake,” since we know she doesn’t care about immigrant children! Do you? Her war on bullies should begin with you, Trump! Now you are kicking out immigrants from the military who are willing to fight for our great country and sacrifice their lives for it. Has any of your family served in the military or do they all also have bone spurs? What kind of person enjoys tearing families apart? Those families come to us for help and a better life. They risk their lives to get here. And this is how you treat them. God Bless AMERICA! Here’s an idea for you … since you already have the camps and the people in them and running them with our tax dollars, start the legalization process there in the camps for all immigrants, give them a starting chance. Show them that AMERICA REALLY DOES CARE! Turn this bad situation into a good one, you can take the credit for it, just DO IT! You cut health care, social security, started a tariff war, still trying to build a wall, you are against Roe v. Wade, LGBT, you never showed your taxes, you started internment camps, concentration camps, and holding camps. You use I.C.E. like Nazi Gestapo to do your dirty work. THIS IS NOT OUR AMERICA, TRUMP! You must learn from the mistakes of past history. Do not repeat them! As Americans we should all be proud of our country and the person voted to be our President. But you Trump, have embarrassed us throughout the whole world. I am sorry to say that you represent us. YOU DON’T REPRESENT US! OUR CONGRESS, BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT, SHOULD STAND UP TO YOU WITHOUT FEAR OF LOSING THEIR JOBS! HATS OFF TO THOSE WHO DO, FOR YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Regretfully by an American citizen whose family was also immigrants!!

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Bands come and go. But, sometimes, they endure, evolving from friendship and gigs into something more akin to a family, rich in history. The Knockoffs, the Trouble Makers and the Four Eyes have all hit that milestone, surviving crappy bars, weird gigs and the inevitable lineup changes. This weekend, the three legendary local bands celebrate 25 years of music and friendship with an anniversary show at Old Ironsides. In a freewheeling interview that reads like a who’s-who of Sacramento rock, Joel Goulet (the Four Eyes; representing for absent bandmates Dave Ninja and Jay Baker) joined Tom Hutchison, Dan Reynoso and Bobby Jordan (the Knockoffs, minus drummer Bear Williams) Tim Foster, Stan Tindall, Rodney Cornelius and Brian Machado (the Trouble Makers) to reflect on a quarter century of “budget rock,” fist fights and life on the Sacramento music scene.

Stan Tindall (left) and Tim Foster essentially learned to play their instruments when they started the Trouble Makers 25 years ago. Photo courtesy of the trouble Makers

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hell was that?” and it was Tim; he came in maybe two or three days to do all the graphic posters and … I said, “Dude, did you put that on?” and he said, “Yeah, I love that stuff … I’d love to be in a band.” I told him, I’ll show you how to play “Louie, Louie.” … and then I showed Stan the low E string on the bass. Foster: Back then I had the bass, I had the bass amp. I was ready to roll and Stan was going to be the lead singer, but at our first practice Stan was so uncomfortable singing, he couldn’t sing at practice … I sold Stan my bass amp.

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Trouble Makers bassist Stan Tindall catches air. Photo courtesy of the trouble Makers

Foster: Stan and I had gone to high school with Brian [Machado], who was a semi-pro drummer with gigs. Then he hit the ripe old age of 23 and, you know, your rock ’n’ roll career is over if you haven’t signed by the time you’re 23, so he sold his drums and became an insurance salesman ... I called him out of the blue because I knew he was a Who fanatic. Bobby Jordan: I was going to ask, because seeing Machado’s old stuff—how you knew he could transition from the slick rock, U2-ish ...?

How did tHe KnocKoffs come about? Tom Hutchison: I was in a band called Captain 9’s & the Knickerbocker Trio in Pennsylvania, and after I moved out here, [local musician] Tim White somehow became a fan and came up to me … and said, “I want to start a band with you,” and I said, “Yeah, sure, whatever.” I don’t know how Rodney became involved, but he was our first bass player at our first show. Tim Foster: Tim White was the lead guitar player for the Trouble Makers for a nanosecond ... I’m sure that was the connection.

How did tHe trouble maKers start? Foster: Stan and I had been trying to start a band, but neither of us could sing … I worked with Rodney at Tower [Records on the K Street Mall] ... Rodney Cornelius: I was the receiving clerk and they always played Top 40 and smooth jazz. One day I heard some garage rock and said, “What the 14 | SN&R | 08.09.18

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Foster: There was a touring band called The Key. They were a mod band, and their drummer quit midtour and they were playing Sacramento, and somebody called Brian knowing he was a Keith Moon fan and … [asked] him to sub. He practiced with them for an hour and played a show with them that night. Stan and I ran into him the next day and he was like, “I had the best experience of my life playing rock ’n’ roll and I only practiced for an hour, but I got to be Keith Moon.” That always stuck with me.

wHere did tHe four eyes come into all of tHis? Joel Goulet: We were from Santa Cruz; we’d been in a band in high school and … I was home from college and the singer took a walk [during practice] and never came back ... So we decided to practice on our own. The idea was to do a power-pop trio. The whole Estrus Records thing was happening and we thought, “Maybe we could do that”—and we couldn’t, but we tried.

How did you end up in sacramento? Goulet: Los Huevos, the Yah Mos and the Bananas played in Santa Cruz, and somehow we managed to book a show for the Bananas and the Four Eyes

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singer-songwriter, the Knockoffs and rode their coattails as long as we could. I don’t remember if it was Dave or Jay who moved here first, but they both ended up moving here; it took me another four years to follow suit.

Back to the knockoffs— do you rememBer your first show? Hutchison: It was the Garage Sale-A-Go-Go. Foster: That was maybe three months after [the Trouble Makers] played our first show at Ironsides. Stan and I were always yard sale-obsessed, buying and selling crap. Tindall: We still are. Foster: We had invited Anton Barbeau to play a yard sale a couple of years before that, so I thought, “What if I invite every band I know?” and made it a music festival. I went down to the city to get a street closure permit to close the alley next to our house. Eleven bands said yes. The only band that said no was Far and Jonah [Matranga] was enthusiastically in favor of playing but their bass player said, “I’m not playing a yard sale,” and I was like, “What, you’re too big to play a yard sale now?” And he was like, “No, I would have never played a yard sale.”

Tindall: Gang of nerds. Foster: They bought some musical equipment from Tim White at a yard sale, and then when he played bass in the Trainspotters and I remember that, it was like the moment of all those guys first talking, and they started the Tiki Men right there at the Garage Sale-A-Go-Go. Big Tom [Amberson] came to that show because I worked with his wife at Tower and she … told me he was looking for something to do and two days later at work she told me, “Oh my god, my husband won’t shut up about that party and now all he talks about is wanting to play drums in a punk band, and he hasn’t played in a punk band since he was 15—what band would want that?” And I said, “I know just the band [the Knockoffs].”

There are three sets of eyes in the Four Eyes, a Santa Cruz-based band that eventually relocated to Sacramento. From left to right: Joel Goulet, Jay Baker and Dave Ninja. Photo courtesy of the four eyes

Hutchison: I remember the Knockoffs did quite a few covers, we didn’t have any songs yet. I remember Rodney not being familiar with the songs so he just watched my hands. If you look at pictures, Rodney’s looking at my hands playing bass. I remember it sounding not so great, but it was a blast.

how many variations have the knockoffs gone through over the years? Hutchison: There was [Skirts drummer] Wendy Powell and Bear Williams, who’s our drummer now, did a stint. Jordan: [Danny and I] joined in ’96 or ’97. I cut my hair and then Dean Seavers asked me to be in the [Decibels]. I was like, “That’s what it takes?” And then Tom and Dan and Big Tom said, “You should join.” Reynoso: My three favorite local bands were the Knockoffs, Lizards and Groovie Ghoulies. After Wendy and Tim White were in the band, I was brought in on bass and I said, “I’ll play bass until you find someone permanent.” Then, when they found someone, I didn’t want to leave the band so I moved over to second guitar.

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Once upon a time, the Knockoffs were so big they had their own Cadillac—pictured here with founding member Tim White. Photo courtesy of the KnocKoffs

what do you rememBer aBout that show? Tindall: We were completely out of tune by the end. Foster: It was great because it was a weird mix. We had friends from San Francisco drive up who still talk to me about that show 25 years later. These guys that we didn’t know at the time … the three guys who started the Tiki Men rolled up on vintage bikes and cool sunglasses; it was like a gang.

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Hutchison: Big Tom and Tim White got into a fistfight on the way across the [Yolo] Causeway after a show. Big Tom was driving and they just started wailing on each other. The next day, Tim said, “I can’t be in a band with that guy,” so I said, “OK, why don’t we get Wendy?” After about a year of that, Wendy wanted to start the Skirts and then Tim [left]. So I called Dan and told him I thought the Knockoffs were over and he said, “Why don’t we get Big Tom back and I’ll play bass?”

What Was the first four eyes shoW in sacramento? Goulet: I want to say 1995 at the Loft with the Yah Mos because Tristan [Tozer] borrowed my guitar and broke it. That was an opening of a whole new world to us. The scene was so inviting and so expressive.

is there one shoW that stands out in 25 years? Foster: We played a festival in Atlanta, [and before that] I drove all the equipment out and the other guys flew out and I picked them up in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and I had picked up a horrible stomach flu. I was literally sleeping on a piece of cardboard on the ground next to the car … Football is really big [in Tuscaloosa] and we were playing on the first night of the home team’s first game. There were 11 people [at the show], maybe. And we couldn’t have played better. We couldn’t make a mistake. By the time we were done, I felt 100 percent, like I’d never been sick in my life. Brian Machado: Then we played the big, sold-out festival and shit the bed ... We left it all in Tuscaloosa. Cornelius: The few times we’ve played in rock clubs with these sound guys and these sound systems and all these fucking monitors are probably our crappiest shows, because we can actually hear what’s going on, which unnerves me. Foster: There was a thing in the early ’90s called “budget rock” … The idea that you didn’t want to sound pro and you wanted to use crap equipment and put out vinyl ... and I was aware of that and Tim [White] was acutely aware of that because he loves Supercharger and they were a huge inspiration for him wanting to do the early iteration of the Knockoffs. Hutchison: [The Knockoffs were] supposed to be an extension of Captain 9’s … [but] I played guitar in Captain 9’s, and 16 | SN&R | 08.09.18

I didn’t want it to just be a clone, so I said I’d play bass. After Dan and Bobby came in and started playing, I figured, “Oh, we can actually sound fairly good. We don’t have to sound like crap.” Jordan: There was backlash over it. Most people that were fans of the Knockoffs, liked them for the songs [but also] for that reason, I’m speculating. Dan and I joined, Tom got a Marshall and it was no longer that. We’re playing those songs—energy and chaos still—but there was a division. We weren’t welcome as that, which surprised me because—it wasn’t from other bands.

the backlash Was from fans? Jordan: Yeah, and what I think Tim was talking about, the aesthetic of the gear and the sensibility of the ’60s garage, simple sound—and not that we were not simple. We were simple, it was just loud and big. That’s what Tom and Big Tom wanted to do. And then once I came in and … we were figuring out these three-part harmonies, and it just took on this different life. There was this was this division and this [sentiment] of, “Oh, well, Tim [White’s] not in the band.” But we just took it and ran with it, and we played with all the bands. Foster: The Knockoffs as they sound today is exactly what you wanted them to sound like back in 1993, from talking to you back then … Hutchison: Yeah, I just couldn’t do it.

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Reynoso: I knew about [the backlash], but I didn’t care. I liked the Ramones and I liked the Trouble Makers and garage bands and things that were lo-fi … I liked big, loud guitar. It’s just the way the band—I hate to say the word “evolved” because I think that speaks down to that lo-fi sound. The songs changed. You can’t expect a band to sound the same when a band has had as many lineups as the Knockoffs has.

With that idea of budget rock— hoW has the four eyes sound changed, if at all? Goulet: I think we’ve become a bit more polished; I know I’ve become more aware of the concept of tone in achieving certain sounds rather than just going with whatever comes out. Our songwriting has also definitely changed. It’s more complicated, more complex [although] sometimes we still just throw things into the fire to see what burns. Foster: Every year they do the Christmas show, which lasts three sets and it’s all covers and it’s completely insane.

When did that tradition start? Goulet: 1999—the year I moved here. [S.S. Records founder] Scott Soriano said, “I have an idea: It’s a Four Eyes Christmas party. You’ll play for three hours, all covers.” He meant Christmas covers but if we knew that, we didn’t want to do that. We just did whatever we wanted; we did a couple of Christmas songs, which were terrible. All the rest of the songs

were probably terrible, too. But it went over well and we did it again the next year, which was even worse. I think the third year, we hit rock bottom and realized maybe we needed to work on this a little harder, and then we started writing things down and had notes. Hutchison: The bass player for Captain 9’s came out here to play, and we played with the Four Eyes and I’ve never seen anyone blown away as much as he was by the Four Eyes. He still talks about it. He’s an art professor at a university in Pennsylvania, and he had all of his students listen to Four Eyes CDs, and they each picked a song and did a piece based on a song and ... we showed them for a month at Phono Select [Records]. Goulet: It was a tremendous honor. Jordan: I was out on tour with another band I’m in and we played with Teenage Bottlerocket and they told us, “We’re doing a Four Eyes song on our next cover record.” The Four Eyes have a reach, and I’ll talk to someone, time and time again, who I don’t think has a clue about what we’re doing here, and I’ll hear about the Four Eyes or the Trouble Makers. Reynoso: Or, you’ll be on tour back east and find out someone’s a huge Bananas fan. The

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and going and going. The problem is when people think they’re in a band and they’ll automatically become famous and rich, and then when doesn’t happen those bands don’t last 25 years. … As weird as it sounds, it’s going to be about the experience of sleeping across the street on a piece of cardboard. Those are the stories that you remember. The shows are important, but I think when people start realizing it’s more about the experiences—those bands tend to stick around for 25 years. Ω

How Has tHe scene cHanged in tHe last 25 years? Jordan: Most people our age stopped doing it. Foster: Most young people go see other types of music. Really sloppy, trashy rock ’n’ roll is not a thing with kids these days. There are less places to play and a smaller and older crowd.

do you still feel like tHere’s a place for you in sacramento? Foster: For us, the place used to be playing in some crappy coffee shop or bar, and now it’s festivals. Older people with disposable income … no one from the crappy little bar calls anymore. That’s a really weird shift.

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T South of Sacramento, a Native Alaskan dance group uncovers its lost heritage

here are only 500 people left on Earth who hold the key to Jay Silva’s ancestral language, Tlingit. In California, the number is closer to five. But deep in the San Joaquin River Delta, a spark has ignited a wave of Alaskan Native pride set on keeping the culture alive. Isleton, a town with roughly 800 residents some 2,000 miles away from their clan’s homeland, is the birthplace of the Southern Winds Dance Group. A chorus of voices and swaying red and black wool capes are the rallying cry for rediscovered Alaskan Native identity in Sacramento’s backyard. “We’re just a group that’s trying to assimilate our ancestors; what’s left,” said Jay, one of the group’s founders. But dancing is not only a rich tradition in Tlingit and Haida culture. The songs that accompany it are a way of preserving the fading language.

For the Haida—another of the three clans that dance in the Southern Winds—16 elders are alive who speak the language. Haida doesn’t use written word, so preserving its language—and the winding mythologies and family histories that follow it—comes down to using it. On a sunny Isleton afternoon in May, about 20 dancers—among a rotating group of 50 members—donned capes hand-sewn with portrayals of thunderbirds, bears, seals and wolves. With the nod of a few wood-woven caps, the group joined in a chorus of Tlingit and Haida lyrics. After an introduction spoken in Tlinglit, then English, a rush of movement and calland-response lyrics echoed out throughout the community center where the group showcased its latest songs. Alongside a line of women who called out lyrics to the singular cadence of handmade drums, the rest of the ensemble swayed and filled the room with a unified energy. When the group traveled to larger Native American meet-ups, including a powwow in Reno, the Southern Winds Dance Group immediately stood out with its thick woolen regalia and lyrical styles. “We’re not crow hoppers, we’re not bird hoppers,” Jay said, with a smile. Instead, the group is bringing a lesser-seen Alaskan style onto the Native American scene,

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Jay Silva, the founder of the Southern Winds Dance Group, introduces a new dance with a telling of Tlingit history. Photos courtesy of jeri murPhy

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breaking past igloo stereotypes to tell stories of love, bravery and the vivacious family lines that mark themselves by animal names. In Sacramento County (where Isleton lies at the very southwest tip) the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that only 153 individuals are identified as specifically Alaskan Native out of the county’s 1.4 million residents. Even though Native Alaskans comprise just a sliver of California’s population, the state has the second largest number of Native Alaskans outside of the Last Frontier. The Census Bureau estimates that 6,400 people of Native Alaskan origin call California home, about 3.6 percent of the total Native Alaskan population. The Southern Winds dancers made their debut in October 2016. At an annual picnic for Alaskan Natives in the Bay Area—a family barbecue of sorts—Jay half-jokingly tossed around the idea of reconvening for a dance. Two weeks later, a dozen dancers gathered. Since then, the group had its heart set on returning to Alaska’s lush cedar shores, to the largest dance of all, Celebration, which brings upwards of 20,000 Native Americans back to Juneau. This year, they went.

Going home On the drive into Isleton, the road rides atop of the levees that bank the Sacramento River until it feeds into the Delta. I wondered how Native Alaskan families came to call this place home, thousands of miles away from their original lands. As it turned out, a few people were just as perplexed as I was, as the meeting place and location of the day’s festivities just happened to be the midpoint between the Bay Area and Sacramento area cities where the families reside. That, and a family stronghold of Tlingit people lived along a few blocks of town. Much of that story began when Shirley Silva—the eldest in one family branch—left the dark winters of Alaska for California at age 12. Now 82, Shirley is a celebrated matriarch of this hub of Tlingit and Haida, sharing songs and wisdom with the dance group. “My mother was the last tattooed princess,” Shirley said, describing the Tlingit tradition. When Shirley’s sister was set to marry a Filipino fisherman who worked summers in Alaska and winters in Isleton’s canneries, Shirley and her mother traveled south with them. She recalled that moving to California saved them. It meant leaving the strife and, at times, the drug

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and alcohol abuse, that came with the north’s never-ending winters. In their new home in California, her family grew. Marriages connected Portuguese immigrants and Hawaiians to the Alaskan Natives, businesses were started and their Alaskan lives receded into the dark. “As our children grew, mother never had anything to share,” she said. That was the old way, as described by several members, where discrimination and stereotypes saturated 20th century perceptions of Native Americans. In 2018, the Southern Winds dancers are reclaiming that heritage, and exploring what the Tlingit or Haida identity means to them. “A lot of the young people were adopted out or sent to boarding schools,” Jay said. “It wasn’t cool to be native in the ’70s … a lot of them didn’t know about their heritage.” Kellie Bliss, a middle-aged mother from Auburn, recalled that her grandmother, fearing stigma, didn’t detail that she was Native American until the end of her life. “My dad said he never knew he was native until he was 15,” Bliss said. Joining the Southern Winds has not only allowed her to further explore her Haida heritage, but share it with the new, extended family she has found within the group. Each lyric she learns is a step toward reclaiming pride and a sense of heritage that had stayed hidden. While her college-age Sacramento friends might not understand it, Savanna Silva nearly pulled an all-nighter to layer a Tlingit wooden cap that she wore to her graduation from Sacramento State. “It’s been good for me, ’cause now I want to get to know the history more … It’s

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opened more doors, and I want to learn more of the language,” Savanna said. Each member is in a different place in their journey of exploring their Tlingit or Haida heritage. With a tickled smile, Shirley describes one of the taller men, who she sometimes needs to remind to bend and sway with more ease. “I think what I have passed on to them is: You know who you are. You know who our people are.

Be proud, because I was walking with my head down,” Shirley said. Celebration, the largest gathering of Alaskan Natives, brought an annual heritage festival to Juneau from June 6 through 9. And the Southern Winds was chosen this year to take part in that pride. For Jay, being chosen as one of 45 groups wasn’t just the peak of their journey so far. It was also a test, he said. Fellow Native Alaskans could tell if they’ve mastered the songs of their ancestors correctly. While Jay approached his elders to receive their blessing to share the lyrics with the group, performing in Alaska meant critiques of their pronunciation and style. There was no question in Shirley’s mind, however, that Celebration was in their future. Since the group’s inception, Shirley had dreamed of returning to the lush cedar shores of her childhood. Despite a bit of rheumatoid arthritis, she climbed aboard a plane with hope in her eyes for her new Southern Winds family. “I’m going home to dance one more time,” Shirley said, before the momentous trip. Ω Check out the Southern Winds Dance Group’s performance at Elk Grove Regional Park Sunday, August 19, at noon, as part of a heritage picnic.

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Gunther’s Ice Cream is a pretty obvious stop for refreshment when the summer heat starts getting you down, with its house-churned ice cream and huge array of frosty desserts: sundaes, floats, ice cream sandwiches, you name it. These days, locals are forming a line out the door waiting for the 50/50 ($4.15 for a small). It’s a cup filled with two huge scoops of your favorite fresh-fruit sorbet flavor, paired with Gunther’s creamy vanilla ice cream. The tart, icy sorbet contrasts beautifully with the sweet, creamy vanilla, giving the 50/50 a dreamlike quality that battles the heat on every possible level. Dig right in with a big spoon, or do as the kids do and stir it until it becomes a creamy, fruity mash, then eat it like a milkshake. 2801 Franklin Boulevard, gunthersicecream.com.

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Ethnic restaurants pose a challenge for restaurant critics, because there are two different scales by which to judge them: their authenticity and their contextual likability, which are sometimes at odds in a place like Sacramento. Should ethnic restaurants stay true to their traditional culinary culture, even though it may alienate everyday diners unfamiliar with the flavors of their region? Or do they eschew their traditional flavor profile for a more Americanized experience? This challenge reappears whenever I review an ethnic restaurant. As a world traveler, I want cooking that stays true to a cuisine’s roots, while many others prefer less “foreigntasting” dishes. Either way, diners deserve an accurate review to decide if a restaurant is worth eating at. Chefs and restaurateurs deserve a review that meets them without bias. Critics ultimately deserve nothing, because it’s easy to sit back and smugly criticize someone else’s work from the sidelines, where they’ve got no skin in the game. There’s only one thing a critic needs: perspective. As such, when a new Thai/Lao place opened in Fair Oaks, locals were excited. Thai Lao Cuisine beckons diners from Antelope to Rancho Cordova, but I was not terribly impressed by the food. Still, rankled by the need for fairness, I started talking to the people I was writing for. While waiting for a prescription, I asked the pharmacist what she thought. She said she loves the place and takes her family 22 | SN&R | 08.09.18

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there twice a week. A kind woman waiting at Jiffy Lube also greatly enjoys the food there. No one I spoke to didn’t like Thai Lao Cuisine. So, I returned to the restaurant with a new perspective. I sat down in the large open dining room, staffed with smiling servers and outfitted with colorful, yet tasteful decor and tried to see it through everyone else’s eyes. Even though the food isn’t close to traditional Thai or Laotian cuisine, I enjoyed it for what it was: ethnic food made for Americans. The spring rolls ($8.99) were crisp and fresh, filled with iceberg lettuce and served with a very sweet peanut sauce. My pad see ew ($9.99) was also quite sweet, but the noodles had a lovely tenderness to contrast the perfectly cooked pork. The pineapple fried rice with chicken was surprisingly expensive at $13.99, but also sweet, tart and satisfying. One questionable dish, the sweet and sour chicken ($8.99), failed to impress, despite my new outlook, with its one-note, canned-broth flavor. Other visits were equally enjoyable, revealing a massaman curry ($9.99) that had some real heat to it, as well as a rich peanut-y foundation to its sweetness. I ordered a heaping plate of pad Thai ($8.99) because every other person in the restaurant had. It was sweet, tart and comforting, hitting all the notes an American diner would hope to find in that dish. My first thought is that I wanted more. More tart, more fish sauce funk, more counterbalance to all that sweet; but I’m in the minority. Every diner sitting down to eat was 100 percent enjoying his or her meal, and that’s the impression I’d like to leave you with: 20 or so smiling Fair Oaks residents, loving their dinners, being doted on by an incredibly friendly wait staff. What more could I wish for you? Ω

Heavenly refresher Stawberry baSil lemonade, Julian’S PâtiSSerie and Café Julian’s Pâtisserie and Café is where former Las Vegas pastry chef Julian Perrigo-Jimenez turns out epic French pastries, show-stopping desserts and sweet and savory crepes. To celebrate the hot weather, Julian’s mixes up one of the most refreshing summer drinks I’ve ever had: strawberry-basil lemonade ($3.75-$6). While lemonade is a sweet, tart requirement on a hot day, adding fresh strawberries gives you an ambrosial concoction worthy of the gods. Julian ups the ante even further with the addition of gentle, minty herbal notes of freshly chopped basil that blasts this drink straight out of the stratosphere and into heavenly ascension. 6610 FolsomAuburn Road, Suite 7 in Folsom; julianscafe.com.

—StePhanie Stiavetti

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Desert island vegans Dear omnivores, which cliché do you say to vegans the most: “Yeah, but would you eat meat if you were stranded on a desert island?” or “I’d be vegan, but I can’t give up cheese”? For those in the desert island camp, stop. It sounds desperately “gotcha,” and no one is going to reply, “Oh, yeah, that’s a feasible situation. I’m totally team meat now.” For those in the can’t-quit-cheese camp, that’s understandable. The stuff is literally addictive, but the addiction can be cracked. Dr. Bettina Chrysofakis-Baiduc will shine a light on the topic at a Sacramento Vegan Society meetup called, “I’d Be Vegan if [it] Weren’t for the Cheese!” It happens at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 26, at Zest Kitchen (2620 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 1 in Rocklin). There is no cost to attend, but why not order vegan brunch while in Rome? Maybe a Tiger Mountain Mushroom Burger—it’s so full of flavor, you won’t miss the cheese.

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Drinking a nonalcoholic beer sometimes seems like the right thing to do. But consuming something called beer that doesn’t include alcohol and doesn’t taste like beer is problematic. It’s an insult to beer. Jessica Lahey, mother, wife, journalist, educator and New York Times best-selling author, was in the legion of frustrated former beer drinkers. She wrote an essay about the lack of nonalcoholic beverages that are beer-worthy of the designation primarily for three reasons. Lahey loves beer. She was raised in a family where beer was important. And she’s an alcoholic. The essay, published in April in The Washington Post titled, “The search for a non-alcoholic beer that’s actually worth drinking,” was republished in many newspapers. Lahey not only discussed her alcoholism, but how in her quest to discover a drinkable, nonalcoholic beer, she provided a boon to two small breweries now besieged with business. About two years ago, Bravus Brewing Company in Santa Ana and Wellbeing Brewing Company in Maryland Heights, Miss., became the country’s first craft breweries making only nonalcoholic beer. Lahey and her husband, both home brewers, rejoiced. They’d found nonalcoholic beer drinkers’ nirvana—on tap and in bottles and cans. Low-alcohol beer is defined at 3.5 percent or less alcohol by volume (ABV). Nonalcoholic beer has less than 0.5 percent ABV. Sacramento’s Capitol Beer and Tap Room in University Village has among the most diverse beer selections in the region. It’s a rare combination of a tap room and a retail sales location. “From what I’ve seen, people who drink [nonalcoholic beers] are usually pregnant ladies who come in, or it’s older people who can no longer drink,” said

Capitol Beer bar manager Nik Cvetich, whose only nonalcoholic beer is the bottled Erdinger, the German wheat beer. “It’s just a comfort thing. I would say we don’t sell a lot of them, but it’s enough to keep bringing them back.” Lahey’s forthrightness prompted vast and varied reactions. “I received a lot of email … from readers with opinions of every sort,” she said via email. “I got lots from people who do not drink but, like me, miss beer and have been desperate for better non-alcoholic options that allow them to be at a party and not have to explain why they are not drinking.” Bravus Brewing has also been bombarded with phone calls, letters and emails—and demand for its nonalcoholic beer. While still only available regionally, brewery owner Philip Brandes says he believes Northern California distribution will begin by the end of the year, most likely in BevMo! or Total Wine & More. “I think the article struck a chord with a lot of people,” said Brandes, whose brewery offers an Oatmeal Stout and India Pale Ale. “Our demographic tends to be older people who can no longer drink alcohol for one reason or another, maybe it doesn’t mix well with their medication or some other health reasons.” Despite the quickly rising interest in his beer, Brandes said he has received complaints. “There are a certain number of people who still have this vitriol,” he said. “People come in and say, ‘I’m drinking this, I still have to go the bathroom and I don’t get a buzz. Why are you doing this?’” Ω For more about nonalcoholic craft beer, visit bravus brewing Company at bravus.com and Wellbeing brewing Company at wellbeingbrewing.com.

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as a-dork-able Wilhelm, Ashley Jeffers as the love interest, Scott Mino as her father Bertram, Stephanie Hodson as his wife and Sierra Nevin and Levi Fuentes in a variety of roles. Adding to the quirky charm is that this production is being staged in Westminster Presbyterian Church’s 1920s auditorium while Green Valley works on their new permanent theater space in West Sacramento. This means an old-fashioned proscenium-style stage framed with red-velvet curtains that elevate both the set’s and this production’s eccentricity. Ω

“We’re here to entertain you—weirdly!”

The Black Rider

fri 8pm, sat 8pm, sun 7pm. through 8/25; $18; Westminster Presbyterian church hall, 1300 n street; greenvalleytheatre.com.

Beat poet William S. Burroughs, eccentric singer/songwriter Tom Waits and creative theater director Robert Wilson walk into a bar (or writer’s room) … and emerge with a creative, peculiar, morose and wickedly bizarre avantgarde musical: The Black Rider. Or as Green Valley Theatre Company director Christopher Cook warns the audience before unveiling his production of this musical adaptation of the German folktale Der Freischütz, “It’s weird as hell.” Yes, it is—but The Black Rider is also intriguing, clever and theatrically mesmerizing, thanks to the talented cast, a five-member live orchestra and the beautiful costumes, sets and props designed by Cook. Be forewarned, though: The storyline about a pact-with-the-devil is dark, stark and a bit convoluted, with lyrics at times hard to decipher. But if you put all that aside, the end result is a memorable theatrical experience. The plot is classic folktale—rival lovers want the approval of dad for his daughter’s hand in marriage. On one side is a talented hunter with impressive marksmanship—on the other side is the clumsy clerk with a heart of gold. Enter the devil with a deal that everyone knows is not going to end well for anyone. This production comes across as an intriguing blend of operetta, cabaret, camp, carny and pantomime—with winning performances by Victoria Timoteo as Pegleg the Devil, Kevin Borcz as the experienced hunter Robert, Kyle Welling 24 | SN&R | 08.09.18

Sun, 7:30pm. Through 8/26.

$30-$99. Sand Harbor in Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park; 1-800-74-SHOWS; laketahoeshakespeare. com. J.H.

Lake Tahoe Shakespeare’s handsome production of this bloody Shakespeare tragedy, staged outdoors at night with a large professional cast, is the leanest, meanest and most traditional interpretation we’ve seen in years. Excellent performances by Lynn Robert Berg in the title role and Erin Partin as Lady Macbeth. Macbeth alternates with Beehive. Thu, Fri, Sat,

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This jukebox musical at the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival is a tribute to songs made famous by girl groups in the early 1960s. It’s sweet and sunny, and the frothy music is enjoyable. But it doesn’t have a plot, or

characters, so it’s closer to a lounge act than a play, which will disappoint some (though not all) theatergoers. Beehive alternates with Macbeth. Thu, Fri, Sat,

Sun, 7:30pm. Through 8/26. $30-$99. Sand Harbor in

Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park; 1-800-74-SHOWS; laketahoeshakespeare. com. J.H.

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5 Dance dance, baby Proof of the vibrancy of the Sacramento arts scene—and the ingenuity of the city’s dancers— is no further than the Crest Theatre this Friday and Saturday. Capital Dance Project, an independent collective of Sacramento’s professional ballet dancers, will present its fourth annual Behind the Barre: Made in Sacramento! The show is an eye-popping congregation of dance, art, tech and live music, featuring all Sacramento-based choreographers, dancers, artists and musicians from the city’s diverse art scene. Eight dancer-choreographers, plus the group as a unit, chose collaborators to create a new work. Some, like choreographer Dylan Keene and musician Schuyler Petersen (aka Makebelief), worked closely together on a dance that combines music and movement. Each dance is interesting and exciting in its own right. Among other highlights: Choreographer Kaori Higashiyama created a modern ballet based on a Japanese feud between two ninja clans, the black-clad dancers becoming “shadow ninjas” against a striking backdrop by artist Raphael Delgado. Choreographer Christopher Nachtraub solicited 200 drawings from Sacramento students (billed as Youth of Sacramento) to accompany his dance inspired by a 1997 hypothetical commencement speech by Mary Schmich (“Wear Sun Screen”). —Jim Carnes

Behind the Barre: made in sacramento!: fri 7:30pm, sat 7:30pm. through 8/12; $25-$30; crest theatre, 1013 K street; (916) 4763356; capitaldanceproject.org.

James Morgan stars as shrek, Ryan Kevin-Patrick allen as Donkey.

Ogreat! Once upon a time, the odious Lord Farquaad decided to marry a princess so he could become a king. He commanded the scary ogre, Shrek, to capture the princess from her tower and bring her to his castle. Along the way, Shrek reluctantly acquired a BFF in Donkey, and the two rescued the princess. The trip back revealed several surprises. This take on the popular DreamWorks film has stellar performances, wonderful choreography, vibrant costumes and a seven-piece orchestra. The script pokes fun at most of the familiar nursery stories and is a delight for adults and children alike. A real winner. Fri 7:30pm, Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2pm. Through 8/26; $12-$25; Woodland Opera House, 340 Second Street in Woodland; woodlandoperahouse.org.

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The Meg As imminent doom approaches, Statham seems to reconsider whether he should’ve accepted the lead role.

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After a farewell tea with his pals Winnie-the-Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet et al., young Christopher Robin (Orton O’Brien) grows up to be a dull workaholic schlub (Ewan McGregor) who neglects his family (wife Hayley Atwell, daughter Bronte Carmichael); it takes a visit from Pooh and the gang to set him straight. Earnest acting, brilliant CGI and a few good lines (from Brad Garrett as the voice of Eeyore) can’t conceal that the script (by Alex Ross Perry, Tom McCarthy, Allison Schroeder, Greg Brooker and Mark Steven Johnson, all working separately) is a half-hour’s worth of stale whimsy dragged out to 104 minutes, directed at a plod by Marc Forster and murkily photographed by Matthias Koenigswieser. The result is, essentially, Mary Poppins without Walt Disney, Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, songs or charm. J.L.

Jon Turteltaub wrote and directed his first feature film in 1989 at the age of 25. The movie was called Think Big, and it starred musclebound twins David and Peter Paul (aka the Barbarian Brothers) as toxic waste-toting truck drivers sheltering a runaway teenage genius. Turteltaub followed it a few years later with 3 Ninjas, a family-oriented film about three white kids who are Japanese ninjas, and over the next quarter century, he produced a steady output of exactly that kind of lowbrow, brain cell-killing crud. As B-movies became the new Hollywood blockbusters, however, Turteltaub suddenly found himself working with A-list actors and bigger budgets. Three Nicolas Cage collaborations later, we get Turteltaub’s latest forgettable trifle: The Meg, a Crackle-worthy monster shark movie starring the always monotone Jason Statham. Essentially a PG-13 version of Alexandre Aja’s Piranha 3D with fewer jokes and even less of a point, The Meg is a faceless, lifeless, workmanlike, unimaginative, lowest common denominatorcourting, movie-like substance. In other words, it’s infused with that Turteltaub magic. Statham plays Jonas Taylor, a scowling and growling deep-sea rescue diver who escapes the titular Megalodon (i.e., a giant, ancient shark) in the film’s opening scene. Even though he saves 11 men from an exploding nuclear submarine, no one on the surface believes his story about a prehistoric shark, so a disgraced Jonas goes into hiding at a coastal village in Thailand, as you do. Jonas gets pulled out of his drunken exile when a group of deep-sea explorers get trapped on the ocean floor following an encounter with the same mammoth underwater beast. From there, Turteltaub and his screenwriters Dean Georgaris and Jon and Erich Hoeber

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(adapting the novel Meg by Steve Alten) roll out a grim parade of inane archetypes, robotically contrived monster movie storybeats and poorly executed action set pieces. Naturally, one of the scientists trapped in the crashed submersible is Jonas’ ex-wife Celeste, and naturally, she’s working out of an underwater station staffed with the medical officer who discredited Jonas in the first place. How thematically convenient! The cast is rounded out by Rainn Wilson as the wacky billionaire funding the underwater lab, Cliff Curtis as a guy named Mac who barks plot information, Page Kennedy as a sassy black man who can’t swim (i.e., the Turteltaub comedy gold standard) and Ruby Rose, scowling and growling like a female Statham as computer expert Jaxx Herd. For all the winking, semi-satiric comedy scattered amongst the shark-related carnage in The Meg, the cast appears to be having a miserable, paycheck-cashing time. Chinese actress Li Bingbing gets the most thankless role of this sad ensemble as Suyin, a fiercely independent scientist whose fierce independence consistently puts her in life-threatening situations that require the life-saving assistance of Jonas. Worse, she’s proffered as a love interest for Jonas by her own nauseatingly precocious 8-year-old daughter, even though both actors have more chemistry with the CGI shark. The Meg doesn’t even threaten the legacy of Lake Placid, much less Jaws. Ω

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After a disease wipes out 90 percent of America’s children, the survivors all have mutant powers that make them a threat to adults; they are to be either sent to concentration camps or killed. If you’ve seen The Hunger Games, Divergent or The Maze Runner, there are no surprises in this low-rent X-Men knockoff (from Alexandra Bracken’s novel), just the usual tale of bravely “special” teenagers bent on saving the world from treacherous adults. Chad Hodge’s script is top-heavy with confusing exposition, and the whole thing is hopelessly derivative, but director Jennifer Yuh Nelson keeps things moving right along, and the cast—led by Amandla Stenberg, Harris Dickinson and Mandy Moore—is OK. Bracken’s book was the first of a trilogy, so the movie’s makers clearly harbor hopes of a franchise. Fat chance. J.L.

A varied group of people living in and around Los Angeles have various adventures with canine companions, eventually coming together at a pet shelter benefit. Directed by Ken Marino and written by Elissa Matsueda and Erica Oyama, the movie is a bit of a shaggy dog itself, wandering hither and yon almost at random. Marino’s direction is haphazard—he has trouble even matching shots—but he gets sincere performances from his large (and largely unfamiliar) cast, with top honors going to Vanessa Hudgens as a coffee-bar barista, Eva Longoria and Rob Corddry as over-eager adoptive parents, and Ron Cephas Jones and Finn Wolfhard as a lonely retired professor and his pizza delivery boy. The movie’s heart is in the right place, and like a good doggie we forgive it if it doesn’t always know what it’s doing. J.L.

Eighth Grade

A teenage girl (Elsie Fisher) faces her last week of middle school. It’s as simple as that, but writer-director Bo Burnham, making his first feature, never puts a foot wrong. His script has the sublime, often excruciating ring of truth, and he draws spot-on performances all around. (For once, all these teenagers actually look like they’re under 25.) Elsie Fisher is an absolute revelation, playing a sweet, sensitive girl who makes friendly, upbeat online videos (which we sense nobody ever watches), then slouches through real life wishing someone would be her friend. She’s nothing less than brilliant, and you read it here first: She’d damn well better get an Oscar nomination for it. Right behind her (in every sense), and almost as good, is Josh Hamilton as her loving, supportive, but often clueless father. J.L.

and Andy Garcia as the manager of the hotel she’s building on that Greek island. Meryl Streep’s character has died and appears only in a ghostly cameo. In flashbacks, Lily James plays her younger self, with Jessica Keenan Wynn and Alexa Davies as younger Christine Baranski and Julie Walters (all good matches). Never mind the story, the ABBA songs are the point, and they’re as irresistible as ever, welldelivered with clever transitions and spirited choreography to cover the fact that songs are shoe-horned in where they don’t always fit. As with Mamma Mia 1, the best number is under the closing credits, but this time people will stay to see it: a full-cast curtain call to “Super Trouper.” J.L.

Mission Impossible—Fallout

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies

This year’s summer release schedule is crammed with limp, sad, flavorless, nobody-asked-for-this-shit sequels. There are now two The Equalizer movies, three Hotel Transvylvania movies and four The Purge movies. Any new hope for a Star Wars comeback fades further away with each passing release. Marvel movies remain as insipidly anonymous as ever, no matter the director. The Harry Potter extended universe is running on the fumes coming off Johnny Depp’s mustache. Ben Affleck is Batman. All of this is to say that while Mission: Impossible has become arguably the best and certainly the most reliable blockbuster movie franchise in circulation, it certainly doesn’t have a lot of competition for the titles. Still, that’s not a knock against Christopher McQuarrie’s vigorously entertaining Fallout, the sixth movie starring Tom Cruise as indestructible superspy Ethan Hunt. It’s as polished, precision-tuned and effective a piece of filmmaking as you’re likely to see all year long. D.B.

The title says it all in this intermittently amusing spoof of ordinary-personcaught-in-dangerous-adventure movies. The “me” played by Mila Kunis, Justin Theroux is the spy ex-boyfriend, and Kate McKinnon plays Kunis’ best friend. Like a straight spy flick, the movie globe-hops without ever bothering with airport security, shooting up countries and moving on, leaning on clichés while seeming to poke fun at them. The most amusing joke gets lost in the shuffle: Kunis and McKinnon wear different clothes in every scene, even though they never carry so much as a fanny pack with them. Kunis has a nice flair for comedy, but she gets shoved aside by McKinnon—who, like the movie at large, is obnoxious and funny in a roughly 60-to-40 ratio. Director Susanna Fogel’s control of the action is dicey at best. J.L.

The Teen Titans—Robin the Boy Wonder (voiced by Scott Menville), Beast Boy (Greg Cipes), Cyborg (Khary Payton), Raven (Tara Strong) and Starfire (Hynden Walch)—decide that the way to get respect as superheroes is to star in their own movie. The animation of directors Aaron Horvath and Peter Rida Michail makes The Flintstones look like Fantasia, and the script (by Michael Jelenic and Horvath) has similarities to the far superior Incredibles 2 that may not be coincidental. On the other hand, there are some pretty clever turns along the way, the look is bright and shiny enough to keep toddlers from getting restless, and there are enough self-referential in-jokes to amuse their older siblings and parents. All in all, it’s an enjoyable enough time-killer—even if you can see something just as good on TV for free. J.L.

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Hip-hop flip-flop How the final hip-hop show at the Boardwalk managed not to be canceled by Maxfield Morris

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“I’m approaching it as if it’s any other show, but with a special attention to detail,” the15th said. “I want this to be memorable. I want to show the owners there’s a new wave of kids coming through.” The co-owner of the Blue Lamp, Gabriell Garcia, has always kept doors open for hip-hop artists. She feels that the blame for violence at shows doesn’t fall on one specific genre. “I think you can have problems with any kind of music,” Garcia said. “A problem is that people don’t know who they’re working with, as far as promoters or the artists.” from now on, the Boardwalk is sticking to rock and Taylor, an EDM artist who often DJs country—say goodbye to hip-hop. for Awells, feels shutting out a huge portion of the Sacramento music scene doesn’t solve the problem. Friday marked the last hip-hop show at the “It depends on who you’re bringing in, Boardwalk in Orangevale for the foreseeable honestly,” Taylor said. “There are artists like future—and it very nearly didn’t happen. Wells, where nothing gets super rowdy or crazy. The performers: Awells, the15th and Aaron There’s never been a fight break out or anything.” Taylor, booked the show a few months ago to That’s still frustrating for local hip-hop educator debut their new albums. It was the15th’s first live and artist Paul Willis, who finds that all too often, performance in the Sacramento area, and everyincidences of violence get unfairly linked to the thing was going swell until a June 22 shooting musician. outside the venue left two people injured. Mark “Likely, those artists had nothing to do with Earl, the longtime owner of the Boardwalk, made a it,” Willis said, “but that’s all they’re going to talk snap decision that night. about.” “We canceled all the hip-hop shows,” Earl Earl listed off hip-hop artists he’d had said. “The crowds were difficult to work no problems with—E40, Baby Bash, with … once guns came out, it wasn’t Andre Nickatina—but he says he worth it.” doesn’t have the time to sort “We need Former Ace of Spades owners through problematic artists. more spaces to be Bret Bair and Eric Rushing—who “I have nothing against the are also behind Goldfield Trading type of music,” Earl said, “but open and available to Post and Holy Diver—ran booking the crowd, you can’t anticipate hip-hop.” operations for the Boardwalk until what they may or may not do.” 2016, when Earl took the reins According to Willis, people Paul Willis again. often don’t distinguish between Hip-hop artist Ian Mackey, the manager for rap and hip-hop—it’s all lumped the15th, says the show was downinto one group and judged the same, played. It wasn’t on the marquee, it was despite huge differences. He also said removed from the website—it was a ghost show. Sacramento hip-hop artists have to work Earl tried to cancel the performance, but a incredibly hard, often investing their personal conversation with artist Awells changed his money and facing discrimination at the same time. mind. Earl kept the event off the website because “Walking into places, they say, ‘Oh, no, we only it’s not the type he wants to promote, which he want acoustic open-mics. We only want a certain type described as more of an R&B show than a hipof demographic,’” Willis said. “We need more spaces hop one. to be open and available to hip-hop.” For the15th, it’s a bizarre introduction to the “What can artists do?” he asked. “Where else music scene, being “literally the last hip-hop act are we supposed to go when places like that shut ever” at the Boardwalk. down?” Ω

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MUSIC THURSDAY, 8/9 Landon CuBE: With Suigeneris and HBK Kamrin Houser. 7pm, $18-$50. Holy Diver, 1517 21st St.

SECurE SoundS: With Sid Kingsley. 7:30pm, $7. Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St.

SuMMEr SLauGHtEr tour: Between the Buried and Me, Born of Osiris, Veil of Maya, Erra, the Agony Scene, Allegaeon, Entheos and Soreption. 3:30pm, $27.50. Ace of Spades, 1417 R St.

FRIDAY, 8/10

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THE SMASHINg PUMPkINS Come relive the beautiful, angry ’90s. 8/28, 7pm, $32.56-$128.56, on sale now. Golden 1

Center, ticketmaster.com.

ROD STEWART With Cyndi Lauper,

who I’m more excited about. Sorry, Rod. 8/29, 7:30pm, $30-$199.50, on sale now. Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, livenation.com.

J. COLE Young Thug joins J. Cole for a

marvelous night in the capital city. 9/4, 7:30pm, $64.95-$309, on sale now. Golden 1 Center, ticketmaster.com.

JERRY LEE LEWIS If you only know

Jerry Lee Lewis from his song “Great Balls of Fire,” you’re like me. 8/31, 7pm, $42.95$99.95, on sale now. Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, ticketmaster.com.

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BrEndan StonE: With Bobby Jordan, Erik Hanson, Josh Lacey and Graham Vinson: Graham Vinson. 9pm, $5. Fox & Goose, 1001 R St.

duStBoWL rEVIVaL: Get some hot, swinging blues in your ear holes. 9pm, $17.50$20. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

$110. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St.

SATURDAY, 8/11 BaCK In tHE daY: An old-school hip-hop show

Roseville FaiRgRounds, 10am, $5-$8

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Jones! 7pm, $55. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts, 2700 Capitol Ave.

J StaLIn: With Husalah and Dubee. 7pm, $22-

Kittens unleashed Make sure you bring your cat-breed bingo card and your borderline obsession with all things feline, SportS and outdoorS because it’s cat show season. The CFA Championship Cat Show is everything that a cat show should be—full of intrigue, a variety of kitties and a complex system of cat rankings and classifications. If you’re

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Meet Bono, a beautiful Maine Coon cat. He’s fierce.

BooKEr t. JonES: Yes, that Booker T.

to benefit victims of the Carr fire. 10pm, no cover-$10. Momo Lounge, 2708 J St.

lucky, you’ll get to see a grand champion cat (a cat that has beaten 200 other cats), but you’ll definitely see champion cats (cats that have been approved by at least six judges). Take time out of your stressful life to spend a few hours in the glamorous, unbridled world of cat competitions. 800 All America City Boulevard, cfa.org.

dJ QuIK: With Suga Free and Hi-C. 9pm, $35$40. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

FoGHat: Take a slow ride. 6pm, $30-

$110. Quarry Park, 4000 Rocklin Road in Rocklin.

I’M a SouL Man: Take a trip through the “sexiest vocals” in Sacramento R&B, with Marcel Smith, Ricky Ricky and more. 9pm, $15-$20. Country Club Lanes, 2600 Watt Ave.

tHE KnoCK oFFS: With the Trouble Makers and the Four Eyes, in a crappy punk rock extravaganza. Check out the feature story on them; page 13. 8:30pm, $8. Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St.

Tickets are a girl’s best friend.

MICHELLE LaMBErt: No, not Mary Lambert;

NELLY Along with Busta Rhymes, Salt-N-

Pepa, Faith Evans and more. It’s a big deal. 9/2, 3pm, $35-$149.50, on sale now. Concord Pavilion in Concord, livenation.com.

FOO FIgHTERS Come

together to fight some good, old-fashioned foo. 9/12,

7:30pm, $82-$364, on sale now. SAP Center in San Jose,

ticketmaster.com.

BOz SCAggS It’s Boz Scaggs! OK. 9/13, 7:30pm,

$38-$103, on sale now. Community Center Theater, purchase. tickets. Never com.

stop being you, Gambino.

BILLY IDOL How long can a punk-rock

act stay relevant? As long as they want, apparently. 9/14, 7pm, $44.95, on sale now. Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, ticketmaster.com.

FALL OUT BOY Do you have a

whole bunch of emotions to work through? Come do it here. 9/30, 7pm, $51.50-$211, on sale now. SAP Center in San Jose, ticketmaster.com.

CHILDISH gAMBINO Gambino

takes center stage, like he does in all things. 10/2, 7:30pm, $49.50-$200, on sale now. SAP Center in San Jose, ticketmaster.com.

Michelle Lambert. 6pm, no cover. 948 Lincoln Way in Auburn.

pLanES on papEr: With Josiah Johnson,

from The Head and the Heart. 9:30pm, $7$10. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen, 129 E St. in Davis.

tHE roa BrotHErS Band: See another unique blend of rock and punk! There sure are a lot of unique bands. 9pm, $5. Fox & Goose, 1001 R St.

Wand: With the Sheen and Nicholas Merz. 9pm, $12-$14. Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd.

SUNDAY, 8/12 WILd CHILd: It’s the Austin-based band with the “infectious blend of indie-pop and infectious melodies.” Consider wearing a facemask. 7pm, $15-$20. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

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ZIGGY MarLEY: See highlight on page 31. 8pm,

$48-$58. Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 255 South Auburn St. in Grass Valley.

TUESDAY, 8/14 JoHn pIZZarELLI: Get a slice of John Pizzarelli. Heh. Pizza. 7:30pm, $45. The Sofia, 2700 Capitol Ave.

WEDNESDAY, 8/15 aLICE CoopEr: The evening is described

as paranormal, so expect that. 8:30pm, $75. Jackson Rancheria, 12222 New York Ranch Road in Jackson.

GEoFF tatE: That dude who used to be the frontman for Queensrÿche celebrates the 30th anniversary of Operation: Mindcrime. 7pm, $35. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts, 2700 Capitol Ave.

FESTIVALS THURSDAY, 8/9 GatHEr oaK parK: It’s always a good night to share some good food and good fun with good people and good goods. 5pm, no cover. Broadway Corridor, 3433 Broadway.

FRIDAY, 8/10 SaCraMEnto poW WoW: Celebrate traditional Native American singing, dancing and food at the 24th year of this event. It’s a three-day affair celebrating the rich culture, starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. 6pm, no cover. O’Neil Park, 715 Broadway.

GEM FaIrE: If you’ve been trying to find the right kind of tasteful jewelry for either yourself or your world-class show poodle, this is the place to find it. The faire runs through Sunday. 12pm, $7. Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 6151 H St.

SATURDAY, 8/11 audIo SunSEt FEStIVaL: See the onset of a new music festival in Sacramento—with acts Keys N Krates, Bailo and several more. 2pm, $25-$60. Sacramento Outdoor Location, 2200 Front St.

Banana FEStIVaL: Get yourself to one of the banana-est festivals in town, with live jazz music, banana cuisine and all the other kinds of festival goodness you’ve come to expect from festivals. The second day starts Sunday at 10 a.m. as well. 10am, $6-$10. William Land Park, 1401 Sutterville Road.

WaLK tHE BouLEVard LIVE: Music will be playing, art will be inspiring, food will be consumable; come walk along the boulevard at this original Second Saturday event. 3pm, no cover. Old North Sacramento, Del Paso Boulevard and Arden Way.

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Thomas Edison said that genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration—think of all the people that laid the Food & drink groundwork for beer yoga; all the people who toiled in endless poses, focusing their breathing without the promise of a cold brewski. Truly, those are the heroes, the innovators who experimented and PHOTO COuRTESy OF BIG STuMP BREWInG invented. Bring a mat to this Hatha yoga class, and enjoy a beer or kombucha included in the ticket price. 1716 L Street, summer-ward.myshopify.com.

FOOd & dRInK THuRSday, 8/9 FABULoUS 50TH FiESTA: For the Woodland Food Closet’s 50th birthday, it requested a marvelous fundraising dinner, with catered enchiladas and a youth mariachi band. The closet’s wishes were respected. 6pm, $50. Hotel Woodland, 436 Main St. in Woodland.

SaTuRday, 8/11 CoFFEE SoUrCinG SEMinAr: Learn where your coffee comes from, and how different countries’ flavor notes manifest. noon, no cover. Insight Coffee Roasters, 1901 8th St.

in A View to a Kill to an exploration of her private life. 7:30pm, $5-$7. Verge Center for the Arts, 625 S St.

SPiriTEd AWAY: This is also a hauntingly beautiful animated work of art. If you’ve seen it, maybe bring someone who hasn’t. You know, how friends hang out and share interests? 11am, $10.50. The Tower Theatre, 2508 Land Park Drive.

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series about talking cars that had critics out of their seats. 5:30pm, no cover. North Natomas Regional Park, 4989 Natomas Blvd.

SaTuRday, 8/11 CLUELESS: See the ’90s comedy the way it was

Sunday, 8/12

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BEEr+YoGA: See event highlight above. 11am,

$25. Big Stump Brewing Company, 1716 L St.

EL dorAdo HiLLS FArMErS MArkET: Buy some produce, and bring your own bag, because that’s a good habit to build. 8am, no cover. El Dorado Hills Town Center, 4364 Town Center Blvd. in El Dorado Hills.

MOnday, 8/13 PoLiCY And A PinT GAME niGHT: Compete in trivial pursuits with real people who don’t share your political leanings! Have a drink, discuss some politics, play some games. Win. 7pm, $10. Federalist Public House, 2009 Matsui Alley.

walls of a restored historic fort. 8pm, no cover. Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park, 2701 L St.

TuESday, 8/14 SACrAMEnTo Food FiLM FESTiVAL: Learn about the farmers that are growing the food we eat in this documentary, Farmers of America. Send in an RSVP to get a spot at this can’t-miss event. 5:30pm, no cover. Sacramento Central Library, 828 I St.

WEdnESday, 8/15 HoWL’S MoVinG CASTLE: Relive the magic of this animated triumph. 7pm, $10.50. The Tower Theatre, 2508 Land Park Drive.

TuESday, 8/14 CHEF’S dinnEr AT ZÓCALo: Get a three-course meal made of local ingredients made for you by Chef Palacios, from Zócalo. 6pm, $30. The UV, 466 Howe Ave.

WEdnESday, 8/15 ProdUCE For ALL: Come and get some produce. That’s all there is to it—anyone can come get free produce. 11am, no cover. One Community Health, 1500 21st St.

FILM THuRSday, 8/9 GrACE JonES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI: The Verge’s film series brings Jones to the screen, highlighting the pop-culture icon’s unique performances; from playing May Day

COMEdy BLACkToP CoMEdY: Szeles, ComedianHypnotist. If the occasional hypnotist at corporate retreats just isn’t fulfilling your thirst for hypnosis, come see Szeles at this adults-only show. Saturday 8/11, 8pm. $10. 3101 Sunset Blvd., Suite 6A in Rocklin.

CoMEdY SPoT: Strip-prov. See the tantalizing event highlight on page 30. Saturday 8/11, 10:30pm. $10. 1050 20th St, Suite 130.

HiGHWATEr: David Liebe Hart. Absolutely unpredictable and probably genius comedian-musician-puppeteer Hart is coming to perform his impressively bizarre body of work. Friday 8/10, 8pm. $10-$12. 1910 Q St.

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LauGHS unLimited: Butch Escobar. Highenergy and comedian-esque are two hyphenated adjectives that describe Escobar. through 8/11. $10. K-von. The very same K-von who has performed with Russell Peters is swinging through to do comedy. wednesday 8/15, 8pm. $15-$20. 1207 Front St.

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PunCH Line: Moshe Kasher. Come see the comedian whose website claims “people really seem to like him.” through 8/11. $25. The Future of Comedy Showcase. Kabir Singh will headline the night of “upand-coming guest comedians,” which is better than a night of passé-andboring guest comedians. Sunday 8/12, 7pm. $16. Sacramento Comedy Showcase. Take in the sights and smells of Sacramento comedy. wednesday 8/15, 8pm. $10. 2100 Arden Way, Suite 225.

Stab! Comedy tHeater: Thursday Open-Mic. STAB! Comedy Theater has some of the most reserved, accurate descriptions of their comedic offerings, so go check out the “assortment of some of the best and some of the rest stand-ups in town.” thursday 8/9, 9pm. $5. April Richardson. Richardson is from Georgia, has kept a blog since 1997 and hopefully her 2017 reel isn’t an accurate representation of her humor. wednesday 8/15, 8pm. $10. 1710 Broadway.

SerPentine FoX ProHibition GriLLe: Fem Dom Com. Instead of a token female comic, there’s a token male comic. Get some comedy from the other side. 7pm. through 8/11. no cover. 2645 El Camino Ave.

on StaGe biG idea tHeatre: Bootycandy. This piece of theater details the journey of Sutter and his life growing up gay and black. through 9/8. $18. 1616 Del Paso Blvd.

CreSt tHeatre: Behind the Barre: Made in Sacramento. This vivacious showcase showcases local choreographers collaborating with local artists and musicians. Check out our review on page 24. Friday and Saturday 8/10 and 8/11, 7:30pm. $25-$30. 1013 K St.

oLd SouL at 40 aCreS: Black Summer Open Mic. Take in the experience of black folks across the city at this one-of-a-kind open-mic. Friday 8/10, 7pm. no cover. 3434 Broadway.

tHe briCKHouSe GaLLery & art ComPLeX: Second Saturday Poetry. Don’t miss out on the poetry and good vibes at this open-mic unless you’ve got a pretty serious commitment that conflicts at the same time, like a wedding or an anniversary dinner. Saturday 8/11, 7pm. $5-$10. 2837 37th St.

tHe GuiLd tHeater: We Need To Talk. This theatrical event aims to empower women based on principles discussed in a book by the same name. It also promises to “awaken the viewer’s mind’s eye,” so if that is your deal, watch away. Friday 8/10, 7:30pm, call for cover. 2828 35th St.

teatro eSPeJo: Summer One Acts 2018. See some one-act plays that delve into issues of historically marginalized groups through 8/19. $8. 1721 25th St.

Green vaLLey tHeatre: The Black Rider. Deals with the devil that provide magic bullets? Read our review on page 24. through 8/25. $18. 1300 N St.

wiLLiam a CarroLL amPHitHeatre: Fire Spectacular. In the wake of all the uncontrolled fires hitting California, come see some humans who’ve got such mastery of fire that they can dance with it. Saturday 8/11, 6pm. no cover-$15. 3901 Land Park Drive.

art CaPitaL PubLiC radio: Second Saturday Artist Reception. Stan Padilla, the painter and acclaimed Stan, will be participating in Wide Open Walls as well as this discussion. Nick Brunner will curate a soundtrack to the afternoon. Saturday 8/11, 4pm. no cover. 7055 Folsom Blvd.

GroundSweLL: Off the Wall. Wide Open Walls is coming to Groundswell, with artistic guests Micah Crandall-Bear, Jose Di Gregorio and more, along with musical guests Poor Majesty, Bru Lei and Sene. Friday 8/10, 5pm. no cover. 2508 J St.

Saturday, 8/11 Strip-prov Sacramento comedy Spot, 10:30pm, $10

It’s not technically a strip show. Technically speaking, it’s an improv Comedy comedy show that might cause performers to lose articles of clothing. You will definitely see some comedy if you stop by, no promises on anything else. They claim that the show is perfectly legal, so rest easy. Bring an appetite for comedy, your best pair of dress socks and $10, because that’s how much the show costs. 1050 20th Street, Suite 130, saccomedyspot.com/strip.

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Sunday, 8/12

Ziggy Marley Veterans MeMorial auditoriuM, 8pM, $48-$58

The first track of Ziggy Marley’s new album, Rebellion Rises, sounds like a classic reggae song, with all Music the requisite instruments, vocalizing and message of love, but there’s also the occasional air horn added in for good measure. It’s a bit like Marley’s career, a smattering of interesting things. There’s his performance of the theme song to PHOTO COuRTESy OF TIM CadIEnTE Arthur, his cookbook, his children’s book— he’s got a lot going on, and the music is still good. 255 South Auburn Street in Grass Valley, thecenterforthearts.org.

PuBLic LAND: Down to Earth. See the second exhibition at Public Land, featuring the art of Maxwell McMaster. The former Sacramentan is coming from Los Angeles for his first solo show. He’s got a bunch of California landscapes, often employing the image of a palm tree. Through 8/16. No cover. 2598 21st St.

THE cOLONY: Life’s Illustrations Vol.3. Do you remember the ’90s? Well, you don’t have to. Just come check out this night of live music, art and foot, along with a collaborative painting. saturday 8/11, 8pm. $10-$20. 3512 Stockton Blvd.

SPORTS & OuTdOORS SaTuRday, 8/11 cFA cHAMPiONsHiP cAT sHOW: See event

highlight on page 28. 10am, $5-$8. The Grounds, 800 All America City Blvd. in Roseville.

cHuNKY DuNK: To quote the body-positive swim event page, “Chunky Dunk celebrates all bodies. Fat bodies, queer and trans bodies, wrinkled bodies, young and old, stretch marked and scarred, all bodies are beautiful.” 5:30pm, no cover-$15. Glenn Hall Pool, 5201 Carlson Drive.

MiDTOWN GARDEN TOuR: Instead of just ogling gardens from the sidewalk, take a legitimate tour of six backyards and one community garden. It’s a day guaranteed to have plants. 9am, $10. New Era Community Garden, 204 26th St.

sAcRAMENTO cLAssic DOMiNO TOuRNAMENT: When your friends meet up for a wild night of dominoes, do you always clean up? Then quit the small-time stuff and get entered in this free tournament with $500 in prizes up for grabs. 10am, no cover. WSS Shoes, 4440 Florin Road.

susAN B. ANTHONY WOMEN’s 5K: Ladies, bring your running shoes and best Susan B. Anthony wig, because it’s that time of year where you get to hit the streets of River Park in a delightful run. 8am, $20-$35. Glen Hall Park, 5415 Sandburg Drive.

WHAT’s WRONG WiTH MY HORsE?: So your horse has issues—don’t worry. We’ve all been there. Come spent a few hours with Tom Mayes, and let him diagnose your horse’s problems. 9am, $50. Hearts Landing Ranch, 8902 Quail Lane in Granite Bay.

LGBTQ WEdnESday, 8/15 BENT LAuNcH PARTY: Raise money for the BENT LGBTQ Film Festival and get the insider information about the program for the festival before anyone else. 6pm, $10$60. House Kitchen & Bar, 555 Capitol Mall.

TaKE aCTIOn SaTuRday, 8/11 LABOR 101 ciTiZEN & cANDiDATE AcADEMY: Learn about labor and its relationship with government. 9am, no cover. Sacramento Central Labor Council, 2840 El Centro Road, Suite 111.

WEdnESday, 8/15 FRiENDsHiP PARK HOMELEss BREAKFAsT: Bring 12 cheese sticks, 12 hardboiled eggs and 12 bananas to help people living without homes in the area. 7am, no cover. Friendship Park, 1321 N. C St.

CLaSSES SaTuRday, 8/11 KiDs’ suMMER PiZZA MAKiNG cLAss: See if your child has what it takes to be a pizza maker in this class for chefs ages 5-10. At the end of the class, pizzas will be eaten. 10am, $20. Federalist Public House, 2009 Matsui Alley.

TuESday, 8/14 sPRiNG ROLL WORKsHOP: Summer is winding down, so spring into fall by taking a spring roll-making class. 6pm, $45. Community Learning Center & Cooking School, 2820 R St.

ZiNE MAKiNG WORKsHOP: Make some zines, drink some tea or coffee, watch a documentary about zines and have a good old time. 5:30pm, no cover. Sacramento Public Library, 828 I St.

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FOR THe WeeK OF AuguST 9, 2018 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Palestinian American

writer Susan Abulhawa writes that in the Arab world, to say a mere “thank you” is regarded as spiritless and ungenerous. The point of communicating gratitude is to light up with lively and expressive emotions that respond in kind to the kindness bestowed. For instance, a recipient may exclaim, “May Allah bless the hands that give me this blessing,” or “Beauty is in the eyes that find me beautiful.” In accordance with current astrological omens, I propose that you experiment with this approach. Be specific in your praise. Be exact in your appreciation. Acknowledge the unique mood and meaning of each rich exchange.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to my

analysis of the astrological omens, you need this advice from mythologist Joseph Campbell: “Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.” He says it’s “a rescue land … some field of action where there is a spring of ambrosia—a joy that comes from inside, not something external that puts joy into you—a place that lets you experience your own will and your own intention and your own wish.” Do you have such a place, Taurus? If not, now is a great time to find one. If you do, now is a great time to go there for a spell and renew the hell out of yourself.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When he was 20 years

old, future U.S. President Thomas Jefferson had an awkward encounter with a young woman who piqued his interest. He was embarrassed by the gracelessness he displayed. For two days afterward, he endured a terrible headache. We might speculate that it was a psychosomatic reaction. I bring this up because I’m wondering if your emotions are also trying to send coded messages to you via your body. Are you aware of unusual symptoms or mysterious sensations? See if you can trace them back to their source in your soul.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): There’s a zone in your

psyche where selfishness overlaps generosity, where the line between being emotionally manipulative and gracefully magnanimous almost disappears. With both hope and trepidation for the people in your life, I advise you to hang out in that gray area for now. Yes, it’s a risk. You could end up finessing people mostly for your own good and making them think it’s mostly for their own good. But the more likely outcome is that you will employ ethical abracadabra to bring out the best in others, even as you get what you want, too.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You probably gaze at

the sky enough to realize when there’s a full moon. But you may not monitor the heavenly cycles closely enough to tune in to the new moon, that phase each month when the lunar orb is invisible. We astrologers regard it as a ripe time to formulate fresh intentions. We understand it to be a propitious moment to plant metaphorical seeds for the desires you want to fulfill in the coming four weeks. When this phenomenon happens during the astrological month of Leo, the potency is intensified for you. Your next appointment with this holiday is August 10th and 11th.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In her poem

“Dogfish,” Virgo poet Mary Oliver writes, “I wanted the past to go away, I wanted to leave it.” Why? Because she wanted her life “to open like a hinge, like a wing.” I’m happy to tell you, Virgo, that you now have more power than usual to make your past go away. I’m also pleased to speculate that as you perform this service for yourself, you’ll be skillful enough to preserve the parts of your past that inspire you, even as you shrink and neutralize memories that drain you. In response to this good work, I bet your life will open like a hinge, like a wing—no later than your birthday, and most likely before that.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran fashion writer

Diana Vreeland (1903-1989) championed the beauty of the strong nose. She didn’t approve of women wanting to look like “piglets and kittens.” If she were alive today, she’d be pleased that nose jobs in the U.S. have declined 43 percent since 2000. According to journalist Madeleine Schwartz writing in Garage magazine, historians of rhinoplasty say there has been a revival of appreciation

for the distinctive character revealed in an unaltered nose. I propose, Libra, that in accordance with current astrological omens, we extrapolate some even bigger inspiration from that marvelous fact. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to celebrate and honor and express pride in your idiosyncratic natural magnificence.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Maybe happiness is

this: not feeling like you should be elsewhere, doing something else, being someone else.” This definition, articulated by author Isaac Asimov, will be an excellent fit for you between now and September 20. I suspect you’ll be unusually likely to feel at peace with yourself and at home in the world. I don’t mean to imply that every event will make you cheerful and calm. What I’m saying is that you will have an extraordinary capacity to make clear decisions based on accurate appraisals of what’s best for you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I’ve compiled a

list of new blessings you need and deserve during the next 14 months. To the best of my ability, I will assist you to procure them. Here they are: a practical freedom song and a mature love song; an exciting plaything and a renaissance of innocence; an evocative new symbol that helps mobilize your evolving desires; escape from the influence of a pest you no longer want to answer to; insights about how to close the gap between the richest and poorest parts of yourself; and the cutting of a knot that has hindered you for years.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “It has become

clear to me that I must either find a willing nurturer to cuddle and nuzzle and whisper sweet truths with me for six hours or else seek sumptuous solace through the aid of eight shots of whiskey.” My Capricorn friend Tammuz confided that message to me. I wouldn’t be surprised if you were feeling a comparable tug. According to my assessment of the Capricorn zeitgeist, you acutely need the revelations that would become available to you through altered states of emotional intelligence. A lavish whoosh of alcohol might do the trick, but a more reliable and effective method would be through immersions in intricate, affectionate intimacy.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Not even 5 percent

of the world’s population lives in a complete democracy. Congratulations to Norway, Canada, Australia, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Denmark, New Zealand, Switzerland and Sweden. Sadly, three countries where my column is published—the U.S., Italy and France—are categorized as “flawed democracies.” Yet they’re far better than the authoritarian regimes in China and Russia. (Source: The Economist.) According to my astrological analysis, you will personally benefit from working to bring more democracy into your personal sphere. How can you ensure that people you care about feel equal to you, and have confidence that you will listen to and consider their needs, and believe they have a strong say in shaping your shared experiences?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Mystic poet Kabir

wrote, “The flower blooms for the fruit: when the fruit comes, the flower withers.” He was invoking a metaphor to describe his spiritual practice and reward. The hard inner work he did to identify himself with God was the blooming flower that eventually made way for the fruit. The fruit was his conscious, deeply felt union with God. I see this scenario as applicable to your life, Pisces. Should you feel sadness about the flower’s withering? It’s fine to do so. But the important thing is that you now have the fruit. Celebrate it! Enjoy it!

The five-year mural Tucked in a sliver of quickly receding shade, Noah Kocina sits cross-legged on a blue rolling board with a pair of headphones on and a paintbrush in his hand. That’s just how the art teacher spends his summer mornings: using acrylic house paint to make murals on the walls of the Montessori Children’s School in Carmichael. And he loves it. He’s painted a large mural—about half the surface area of a buffalo— each summer for the last five years. In total, that comes out to roughly 2,300 square feet of artwork. The half-a-decade-long project started as a revamping of a decrepit mural of an American flag, and it’s defined a sizable chunk of Kocina’s time in Sacramento. SN&R met Kocina out in the field to get the scoop on the man behind the mural.

How long had you painted before this project? I’ve been painting murals since I was in high school, I’m 43 now. I painted a bunch of murals in San Jose, that’s where I used to live. And then, when I moved up here about 14 years ago or something, I found a couple murals here and there, but nothing to this scale, just doing, y’know, rooms and peoples’ kitchens. … I ended up living right behind the guy that owns Flaming Grill, so he got me to do the murals in there.

How do you see the art culture in Sacramento developing? I love it. When I first moved here, I was really stoked because I heard there was this art community going on here ... and I was really adamant about trying to get into the art scene here, and it felt like it wasn’t open to anybody that wasn’t already established. Like, all Del Paso pretty much shut down, there were a bunch of art galleries down there when I first moved here—those are all gone. I went to a bunch of Second Saturdays, and it just seemed like there was this … I don’t know, it just seemed like it wasn’t open to new ideas.

How long have you been the art teacher at the school? This is my third year.

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own art room here before I was even the art teacher. They were just like just like, “You need a place to store all of your stuff,” so they gave me this art room, and I was doing the after-school classes for several years. And then, when the idea for having an actual art teacher came up, I was kind of first in line for that.

Has the project changed over five years, or have you changed at all? When I was painting this one, that’s when I got my divorce, so that definitely sort of opened up my summer a lot. Changed quite a bit of just my view on life and everything.

Are all the designs pretty much true to what you submitted five years ago? No, not at all. The original ones were really basic. ... The American flag one was the first one I decided there should be someone in it … and since then, I just keep adding more and more people. And these are all people that I know, or teachers that work here or kids that I’ve taught. There’s kind of this idea that there’s a curse on the murals, ’cause every time I paint you in the murals, you either quit or get fired.

So pretty much every teacher I’ve put in these murals—this teacher down here, all these other teachers on those ones—have pretty much all left right after I put them in the mural.

So what’s next, after this is done? I really would like my summers to be filled with just painting, like it’s been so far … I tried applying to that Wide Open Walls thing, and I just didn’t make it for some reason, I don’t know why. I was hoping that would be my next thing.

Did you have a proposal for Wide Open Walls? My idea was, I really want to paint a huge, gigantic, three-story version of my chihuahua. She sticks her tongue out a lot … and it’s just the funniest thing to me. I don’t know why, it just really puts me in a good mood. It kind of lit a fire under my ass when I didn’t get accepted. I was like, “Woah! How could I not be accepted? This is what I do, I know how to do this really well. I would have kicked ass at this.” Ω See the mural’s unveiling at 7 p.m. Saturday, August 11 in the lawn behind the Sacramento Fine Arts Center, 5330 Gibbons Drive, Suite B in Carmichael.

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