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February 28, 2019 | Vol. 30, Issue 46

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Jasmine Tobin, with her son Vincent, is an occupational therapy assistant at UC Davis Medical Center and a member of AFSCME Local 3299.

Over the last several years, the University of California has insisted that it is not trying to privatize the nation’s premier public university system and our state’s third largest employer. It outsourced UC workers and the university’s has claimed that it is not outsourcing what were relentless efforts to create more of them. once middle-class jobs in favor of lower-wage Beyond hollowing out its workforce of contractors. professional health care providers, the university I’ll be blunt: UC is lying. is doing the same to campus jobs. Look no further For the past six years, I have served as a certithan UC Berkeley, where years of outsourcing its fied occupational therapy assistant at UC Davis groundskeeping staff left it ill-equipped to stop Medical Center in Sacramento. I help patients an entirely preventable loss of life on January 6, as young as 6 months old suffering from brain when a tree uprooted by a violent storm fell on a and spinal cord trauma, strokes and other serious car and killed the 32-year-old driver. injuries recover and relearn the skills they need to Instead of addressing the trail of poverty and lead a normal life. human tragedy that its race to the bottom is creatI chose to move my family to Sacramento for ing, UC’s leadership has repeatedly pleaded this job not only to provide for my two ignorance about these practices and young children, but to build a career issued blanket denials. of public service. My colleagues My children and my and I are highly skilled at what colleagues know the truth. We know that the we do, helping to rebuild lives We know that the only thing shattered by tragedy. worse than kicking dedionly thing worse than But now, we’re having our cated care providers to the kicking dedicated care own lives shattered—by the curb is to somehow pretend providers to the curb is University of California. you are not. Last May, UC Davis As a taxpayer-funded to somehow pretend informed me and nearly 60 employer entrusted with you are not. fellow therapists, nurses and molding the next generation support staff that it would be of California leaders, UC is not closing our clinic as part of the practicing the principles of fairuniversity’s new $60 million Aggie ness, dignity and equality it professes Square development. to teach in the classroom. Our supervisors told us our jobs were being For workers like me and my colleagues, UC’s eliminated and we could apply to work for dishonesty comes at a very high cost. Kindred Healthcare, the private contractor But we are not powerless to stop them. Tens being brought in to operate the new rehab of thousands of workers, students and others have clinic. already raised their voices to demand that UC There is no guarantee that Kindred will treat its workers fairly and stop outsourcing our hire us, and at best, we’ll see lower pay, fewer jobs. benefits and even less job security. Now is the time for California’s elected leadWe’re not alone. The last few years have ers to join us. Ω seen a steady stream of scandal and outrage over the deplorable conditions faced by 6

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Last fall, I asked some members of the citizenship question to better enforce the California Endowment team, who had Voting Rights Act. In January, a federal just completed their excellent work on judge in New York ruled against U.S. voter registration and previously had done Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, saying outreach for Covered California, what their he “failed to consider several important next big project would be. They told me: aspects of the problem; alternately ignored, “The census.” cherry-picked, or badly misconstrued the The census? Frankly, I thought the evidence in the record before him; acted census was like eating your vegetables— irrationally both in light of that evidence and something good, but not one of the most his own stated decisional criteria; and failed significant issues of our time. I was wrong. to justify significant departures from past Census data determines the number policies and practices—a veritable smorgasof U.S. House representatives each state bord of classic, clear-cut ... violations.” receives. Census data controls the size of You’d think this strongly worded decistate and local election districts. And census sion would be the last word. But no, the data is used to allocate about $675 billion a Trump administration is appealing the case year—about $20,000 per person—in federal to the conservative majority on the U.S. funds for housing, transportation, schools Supreme Court, which is expected to make and more, over the decade that its ruling by the end of June. follows the census. This is a ton Much is at stake. One of money. government estimate is that Adding If all people were 6.5 million residents may a citizenship counted, as they should not participate in the question to the be, this would be a great census if the citizenship system. But not all question is included. standard census populations are counted What would form will mean a lower equally. happen, I wonder, if count in minority The Census Bureau the commerce secretary estimates that the 2010 wanted to add a quesand immigrant census had overcounted tion on gun ownership? communities. non-Hispanic whites by 0.08 That question might percent, while undercounting suppress the census count African-Americans by 2.1 percent among those individuals who did and Hispanics by 1.5 percent. And these not want the federal government to know problems occurred before President Donald that they had guns. And gun-toting states Trump and the fear he has instilled in the such as Wyoming, Alaska and Montana immigrant community with his rhetoric. would risk losing large amounts of federal Now the same people who brought funding. The citizenship question makes you voter suppression and a tax bill that as much sense as the gun question. Neither penalized Democratic-voting states includshould be on the census. ing California are working on census The census should be not be manipusuppression. lated for political gain. We have enough of By adding a citizenship question to that already. the standard census form, we will see a The census fight is a political fight. It lower count in minority and immigrant is a revenue fight. And it is a fight for the communities, which will decrease political soul of America. Ω representation and federal revenue for areas that have a high percentage of these populations—California, for example. Jeff vonKaenel is the president, CEO and majority In a bizarre legal defense, the Trump owner of the News & Review. administration said it needed to add the

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What was new this year? This year we introduced film, which I wasn’t too sure about, but it seems that it went really well. There are so many different filmmakers in Sacramento, and we really want to focus on people, particularly African-Americans, contributing to making films in Sacramento. Lady Bird was an amazing feat, and it really was important to me to have stories of African-Americans being told on film as well.

How is putting on an event in Sacramento different than other places? I feel like sometimes there’s a fine balance. I definitely put the emphasis on trying to showcase local talent. I want it to be 75 percent showcasing who’s in Sacramento, who’s doing what, and not only who’s doing what, but who’s doing something new. So Deborah Pittman, who redid her Small Shoulders/Big Dreams production, she had recently received a creative economy grant from the City of Sacramento to revamp that and to engage students in the whole history of Ruby Bridges, and I thought it was really important to show what Deborah was doing recently in the last year. … And then I actually really try to think of ways to introduce groups from out of the area so that the reach doesn’t feel so localized, that we feel part of California or part of the country.

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What kind of stories do you like to tell in educating people? Generally, I like to sort of focus on how art plays a role in our everyday life, and I think that’s what I really love about the Jacob Lawrence exhibition, is that he was really trying to show the beauty of some of the simpler creative forms, so he was looking at the carpenters and the construction industry. And so we had hair stylists and people working with natural hair [with the] 100 Nappy Hair Tales showcase. It was just sort of the artistry in something as simple as hair styling, in that it’s not just something that happens. Within AfricanAmerican culture, and even going back to Africa with cornrows and different haircuts, [people] have really accentuated hair to a higher art form.

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Donis, right, and Angelica Whaley’s family has already been the target of eminent domain twice during their time in the Delta, and now their neighbors are facing the same threat for the California WaterFix project. Photo by Scott thomaS anderSon

Under the Delta’s domain Gov. Newsom’s one-tunnel pivot doesn’t change likelihood of eminent domain seizures throughout the Delta by Scott thomaS anderSon

Donis Whaley woke up one recent night and realized it was all happening again. Whaley was born and raised in Port Chicago, a shipping town on the banks of Suisun Bay just west of the SacramentoSan Joaquin Delta. Her grandfather’s family were Italian immigrants who owned the port’s coal and ice plants. Her grandmother’s family were Greek immigrants who farmed, baked and spun their clothes from wool. Whaley and her cousin Vesta Zwakenberg can still envision Port Chicago’s quaint cottages and Victorian 10

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homes along the water. But in 1965, the federal government decided Port Chicago could no longer exist because it needed to add a secured riverfront to the Concord Naval Weapons Station. The town’s families were informed the government was starting an official condemnation process on their lands. By 1969, naval authorities had demolished nearly every trace of Port Chicago. It was the erasure of a place—and an example of eminent domain. Deja vu came in 2016, when the California Department of Water Resources

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pumping intakes along the Sacramento River. According to attorneys representing Delta counties, the recent announcement that Gov. Gavin Newsom favors a onetunnel conveyance system does nothing to eliminate the threat of government seizures. “It’s an insidious process when the government wants to take your land, and it doesn’t just happen overnight,” Whaley said. “I feel it’s something you can never get back. They take what your family worked for, what they earned, what they built. They take what your family thought it would have for generations. … It’s heartbreaking. It changes of the lives of everyone.” It didn’t take long for the applause to die. When California’s new governor announced during his February 12 State of the State address that he didn’t support WaterFix as a two-tunnel behemoth, he received a loud burst of applause. Yet, in the next breath, when Newsom added he supported a onetunnel version, no applause followed.

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shariNg the Work That’s partly because the one-tunnel announcement hasn’t alleviated fears of people living on the north side of the estuary. Hood, Clarksburg and Courtland property owners still face the very real possibility of being hit with eminent domain, said Tom Keeling, an attorney representing four Delta counties in two separate lawsuits against DWR. “No matter if it’s one tunnel or two, the state of California is going to need right of way on some properties and to fully acquire other related interests,” Keeling said. “It would be an intense need for private property.” Project design documents from DWR’s Environmental Impact Report show that not only will any tunnel system need massive pumping intakes, but to build them the state will also have to acquire additional acreage for construction yards and geotechnical exploration zones. DWR’s concept maps suggest that the department would need to take control of the majority of land along a 6-mile stretch of the river’s east bank. Last week, spokeswoman Erin Mellon said that her department has not decided if its new version of WaterFix will now have three or two intakes. She said that DWR does not intend to start a new Environmental Impact Report or seek new permits for WaterFix because its position is that it adequately analyzed “a staged approach” to the project last year that included a one-tunnel opening phase. That data wasn’t included in the project’s final environmental review. “We expect to provide supplemental information including new modeling,” Mellon wrote in a statement. From Keeling’s perspective, regardless of whether DWR tries to build two intakes or three, the department will likely have to initiate numerous eminent domain proceedings. Keeling bases that view on recent history. Between 2009 and 2017, Keeling represented landowners in five Delta counties in a lawsuit meant to block DWR from entering private properties to conduct soil and other scientific tests related to the twin tunnels. He said more than 125 property owners in the Delta didn’t even want DWR to set foot on their land. After battling all the way to the California Supreme Court, only a half dozen residents were ultimately ordered to allow DWR access to their properties. Keeling believes that’s a weather vane. “Given the devastating consequences of the tunnel scheme for the community, economy and agriculture of the Delta, I suspect you’ll see a lot of landowners digging in their heels and fighting tooth

and nail,” he said. “I don’t expect to see a Matney added it’s hard to imagine lot of voluntary sales.” businesses like hers or the Whaleys’ being Osha Meserve, an attorney who is able to function with the documented coordinating 17 different lawsuits against construction impacts for the intakes. Those DWR under the California Environmental include major excavations, deep dredging, Quality Act, also said the department is on steel pile-driving, levee dismantling, welltenuous legal ground if it doesn’t restart draining, dust debris and nonstop truck its EIR and permitting processes from convoys. scratch. That issue will first be ruled on in Delta families worrying about eminent Sacramento Superior Court and then likely domain recently saw a few developments in end up before higher courts. their favor. In November, staff for the Delta “Whether or not it’s one tunnel or Stewardship Council, a government overtwo, the impacts to the environment sight body, determined WaterFix had would still be enormous,” not met an important legislative Meserve said. threshold to move forward. “It’s Keeling is also getting Then on February 1, state an insidious ready for more legal Senator Bill Dodd introprocess when the duels, especially if duced Senate Bill 204, DWR gets far enough which would give the government wants to along to start trying Legislature direct overtake your land.” to buy or condemn sight over any contracts properties. DWR attempts to sign Donis Whaley “If that happens, it related to WaterFix. A few Hood businessowner will be a battle royal,” he days later, U.S. Senators said. Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris introduced the Sacramentoon a sunny morning in the Delta, San Joaquin Delta as a National Heritage Angelica Whaley wandered through Area Act, which would establish much of Hood’s pear-packing plant and talked the Delta region as a special zone managed about its future. She and her mother, by the Delta Protection Commission. That Donis, have been renovating this historic agency has been protesting WaterFix. landmark along the river for nearly a While those legislative moves cast doubt decade. In 2016, they unveiled it as a on the project’s future, attorneys for the new business, the Willow Ballroom and Delta counties are quick to stress that none Events Center. The venue offers a spacious of the developments, including Newsom’s maze of white curtains and garden lights announcement, have slowed down the work mingling with the Stillwater’s old, crimson of two little-known joint powers authorities brickwork. So far, the setting has been a set up by former Gov. Jerry Brown. The hit for weddings and nonprofit galas. Delta Conveyance Design and Construction “A lot of them are not familiar with this Authority and the Delta Conveyance beautiful Delta region,” Angelica Whaley Finance Authority have been meeting every said. “They love coming here and they month at Sacramento’s downtown library— love being in this repurposed space.” including last week—to initiate investment Restoring antiquated buildings along strategies and sign contracts to move toward the Delta has injected some economic breaking ground on WaterFix. excitement in the small towns. That Brian Thomas, executive director of includes the Hood Ranch Kitchen, which is the Delta Conveyance Finance Authority, anchored in a store from the 1920s that is confirmed that both agencies are tasked directly across the street from the Willow with keeping the project moving forward, Creek Ballroom. though he acknowledged Newsom’s Like the Whaleys, the Hood Ranch’s announcement has raised a lot of questions. owner, Vonne Matney, doesn’t know “We don’t know what the project would if DWR will ultimately try to condemn be and what other processes would need to the entire town of Hood, which sits in occur,” Thomas said. “We’re still working the footprint of one of the intakes under with our lawyers to figure it out.” WaterFix’s current design. What is clear During public comment at the agency’s from the project’s EIR is that even if Hood February 21 meeting, Meserve called out is allowed to remain, Matney will have Thomas and his board of directors for many neighbors to her north and south that continuing with their work without waiting will have to sell or face condemnation. to see where the Legislature and courts are “Eminent domain is a situation where going. there is just nothing you can do about it,” “It seems wasteful and reckless to move Matney said. forward on this path,” Meserve told them. Ω

With millions about to be spent on public works projects in the city of Sacramento, local leaders don’t want the related opportunities to bypass neighborhoods already suffering from generations of disinvestment. On February 12, the City Council approved a $100,000 contract with the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency, or SETA, to coordinate a new program that recruits skilled laborers from struggling neighborhoods to work on upcoming renovations of the Sacramento Convention Center, the Community Center Theater and the Memorial Auditorium. While the contract was passed on the consent calendar, it was nevertheless brought up during a presentation on the black child legacy campaign’s progress in South Sacramento, North Sacramento and the Arden-Arcade neighborhood. The campaign is a broad coalition of volunteers, health care providers and faith organizations working to reduce the black infant mortality rate. In laying out the details of the SETA contract, Assistant City Manager Fran Halbakken wrote that “the objective is to develop increased numbers of local skilled construction workers and provide employment opportunities for emancipated youth, women, former offenders, veterans, persons receiving public assistance, youth interns and residents of targeted zip code areas.” (Scott Thomas Anderson)

Nature morgues Another year, another bad break for trees in California: Some 18 million trees died in 2018, adding to an epidemic of tree mortality that is already the worst in the state’s recorded history. A total of 147 million trees have died statewide since 2010 due to unprecedented wildfires, drought and bark beetle outbreaks, according to a press release from the U.S. Forest Service. Millions of dead trees—mostly conifers—are posing problems on the western side of the sierra Nevada, where homes, roadways and power lines could be damaged by falling limbs. Multiple local, state and federal agencies have worked together to remove a total 1.5 million dead trees since 2016, “primarily those posing the highest hazards to life and property,” the release stated. In response to California’s rapidly changing forest ecosystems, state officials are stepping up restoration efforts to promote more resilient forests that pose fewer risks to people, says John Exline, the U.S. Forest Service’s director of ecosystem management for the Pacific Southwest Region. “It’s about getting out on the landscape and doing treatments that not only reduce wildfire risk,” he said, “but also the risk of insect and disease outbreak, and improve watersheds, wildlife habitat and recreational opportunities—all of that stuff.” The U.S. Forest Service just set a benchmark by treating a total of 313,000 acres of California forestland last year, including 63,000 acres of prescribed fire; the latter figure is the most since tracking began in 2001. The agency’s goal is to eventually treat 500,000 acres a year. “Some people say we haven’t been fast enough, but we’ve been ramping up over the last four years,” Exline said. “We’re not going to burn our way to 500,000 acres, and we’re not going to mechanically harvest our way to 500,000 acres. It’s going to be a balance between the two.” Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is also aiming to treat about 500,000 acres of state forestland each year. In the wake of the deadliest wildfire season in california’s history, Newsom is calling for a five-year, $1 billion forest management plan. (Howard Hardee)

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“May” surveys her homeless camp, located in the south city district of Councilman Larry Carr, who has resisted the mayor’s idea to put temporary shelters in all eight districts. Photo by Raheem F. hosseini

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Before the storms pounded her homeless village, “May” stood on a bluff overlooking her encampment of Southeast Asian immigrants and asked if a shelter was coming any time soon to this part of Sacramento. Short answer: No. On February 21, Councilman Larry Carr, the area’s elected representative, told SN&R the camp’s existence along a floodprone creek hadn’t made him any more receptive to the mayor’s idea to install temporary shelters in all eight council districts. “No decisions have been made at this point,” the District 8 councilman said last week. Carr, who represents South Sacramento, and Councilwoman Angelique Ashby, who represents Natomas, have emerged as the most vocal skeptics to Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s idea for 100 shelter beds in each district. Councilmen Jay Schenirer and Jeff Harris have already stuck their necks out |

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by volunteering possible sites while other council members have indicated they were considering locations, but Carr and Ashby have remained noncommittal, which led to an airing of diverging philosophies at the February 12 City Council meeting. Steinberg’s request that his council colleagues put some skin in the game is part of a broader strategy to sharply reduce homelessness in a city that has watched the visibility of the crisis— and its death toll—explode in recent years. According to county coroner data compiled by the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness, 127 homeless people died in 2017, a 75 percent increase from the year before. At the most recent interfaith memorial honoring people who died while unsheltered last year, 120 names were read aloud, said Bob Erlenbusch, the coalition’s executive director.

The mayor, who was recently appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to lead a statewide commission on homelessness and supportive housing, has been wrangling government and private commitments to flood the city with tens of millions in aid intended to make long-term and permanent gains on the vexing humanitarian crisis. In the meantime, however, City Hall is feeling continued public pressure to do something now. While Steinberg has resisted critics’ demands that he expend political capital to end a city policy against sleeping outdoors, his call to council members to scatter 831 low-barrier shelter beds across their districts—at the cost of $37 million over two years—was intended to be a down payment on an ambitious promise. Both Ashby and Carr spurned the mayor’s request to move quickly by identifying sites in their districts, and instead asked the city manager to present the council with alternatives at an

upcoming meeting. While Carr requested the presentation, he said he didn’t know what those alternatives might look like. “We have people who do this for a living,” he said. Carr said he had three primary concerns with the mayor’s temporary shelter proposal, including whether it was actually temporary and should be anchored around Measure U revenue. “After the triage, where do they go from there? Are there 5,000 vacant units for them to go to?” Carr said. “What happens when the money runs out?” Asked if he saw any scenario in which he would support a temporary shelter in his district, Carr took a long beat before answering. “I think it’s possible amongst many other scenarios,” he said. “I’m not presupposing shelters as a requirement to the solution. I’m saying solve for X.” Steinberg contended that shelters are the best bridge to answering for X. “We gotta get the most number of people off the city’s streets and off the riverbanks as possible,” he said at the council meeting. “Then once they’re in, we find ways [to get them permanently housed].” Cha Vang, one of Carr’s constituents and the executive director of Hmong Innovating Politics, a grassroots civic engagement organization, said she was frustrated by his reluctance. Back at her camp, May (whose real name SN&R is withholding due to the woman’s immigration status) made peace with the news that there would be no immediate shelter from the storms. Born in Thailand and raised in Sacramento, May said the dozen or so Hmong people she has camped with for the past five years have been homeless even longer than she has. They have been a roving community for almost three years, relocating again and again under the threat of arrest. That pattern has made them less trusting of city and county officials, more reliant on each other and more willing to risk their safety by setting up camp on the banks of a teeming creek to avoid detection. Gesturing to the inventive tree houses and newly tilled vegetable garden, May explained that they had gotten this far on their own. “We can’t just get things free. We have to do it for ourself,” she said. “We’re not expecting them to put us in a shelter or give us a house because we don’t deserve it.” She almost sounded convinced. Ω

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12:40 p.m. friday, february 22— Hyatt regency banquet Hall “Hello everyone, are you ready to take California back?” John Cox paces the banquet hall stage in downtown Sacramento’s Hyatt Regency, prowling and shouting in a bid to whip up the crowd of 150 early attendees at the 2019 California Republican Party convention. “In 2020, we are gonna win back the House of Representatives and we are going to reelect President Donald J. Trump!” The lunch crowd’s applause crescendos to something akin to fervor. But given the state of the California GOP, it’s difficult to tell if the faithful are genuinely elated or

if they’re just putting off the cold reality they’re destined to face this weekend— that their party might be as good as dead. Last November, Cox suffered a humiliating 24-percentage-point defeat to Democrat Gavin Newsom in the race to become California’s next governor. He wasn’t the only big loser. Democrats swept elections in all statewide offices. They won a super-majority in both the state Senate and Assembly. And, astoundingly, they won all but seven of California’s 53 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Put simply, it’s a dark time for the party of Lincoln.

“We have a challenge in this state,” Cox says. “We’re outnumbered.” But the party has a plan, he says. And that is to reach out to the state’s millions of registered independent voters—who now outnumber the withering roll of Republicans—“that agree with us on so many issues.” The aging delegates nod and erupt once more into cheers as Cox extols the Grand Old Party’s virtues: Free markets and free people. But they keep losing. They’re low on funds. And party membership is down. All this while the Democrats rule the state outright. Can California’s GOP find its way this weekend? Or is this, at long last, the end of the end?

6:40 p.m. Friday, February 22— capitOl viewinG rOOm There is a war brewing for the soul of the California Republican Party. That’s the dramatic hook, at least, for this weekend’s state chairperson’s race as Jim Brulte, a longtime party leader, prepares to step down after six years. Two outsider candidates have gone all-in on President Donald Trump’s fiery MAGA base and border wall enthusiasts, while a third is running a tempered campaign appealing to the moderate establishment. Here at the welcome reception on the Hyatt’s 15th floor, the war manifests in kitschy stickers, T-shirts and ill-fitting hats. Patti Murphy, a real estate agent and lifelong Sacramentan, says she’s backing Travis Allen, a flashy upstart who has expanded his Trumpfriendly following after his gubernatorial run sputtered out before last June’s primary. “We need someone that’s honest,” Murphy will later say. “We need someone that’s gonna make a change.” Allen’s biggest threat is 38-year-old Jessica Patterson. As CEO of California Trailblazers, an organization that has dedicated years to getting California Republicans into office, Patterson has earned the respect of the party elite. But to the grassroots followers of Allen and Steve Frank—a third candidate and longtime party activist who will attend a “Build the Wall” dinner Saturday evening—Patterson represents an establishment that only knows how to lose and has forgotten the ideals and platform of its right-leaning base. Murphy says she was an Allen supporter during his run for governor, and if this sprightly 69-year-old is any indicator, his base is fervent. It’s also wide-reaching. California’s big business interests no longer contribute to Republicans like they once did. Why would they when the few GOP lawmakers in the state Capitol are unable to get bills passed? Instead, these interests now bet on businessfriendly Democrats. When Republican businessman Doug Ose dropped out of the governor’s race in February 2018, he lamented that donors who once freely wrote $25,000 checks to GOP candidates are now pressed to contribute just $1,000. Allen, however, has tapped into the state’s small but vocal band of Trump acolytes, boasting some 25,000 donors to his gubernatorial campaign. Also like Trump, he favors social media in reaching his base, with nearly half a million Facebook likes and 25,000 Twitter followers. In a party deeply in need of income and outreach, these outsiders see Allen as the man who can turn things around.

Supporters of Travis Allen rally at the state Capitol on Saturday, one day before the California Republican Party elects its new chairperson.

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“I believe that Jessica will be nothing more than a Jim Brulte 2.0,” says Karen Turgeon of Fresno. “And after the last shellacking, we need change.” It’s the final 24-hour push before the chairperson election, and the Hyatt halls echo with last-minute appeals for delegate votes. Among the candidates’ tables are pop-up shops for Trump 2020 memorabilia, political consulting firms, handmade jewelry and purses. One man hosts a raffle for a painting of Trump enjoying himself in a tavern alongside Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford. Turgeon reaches for a flier on the table for Frank’s campaign, titled “An Open Letter to Jessica Patterson.” “Most of the delegates have been instructed by our appointer (elected officials) to vote for you; like good little boys and girls,” reads the anonymous letter. “As if there is no other option; positioning us to be completely beholden to the few who control the purse strings [sic].” Anonymous fliers like this, some playing loose with facts, have circulated all weekend, urging delegates to vote against Patterson. In a last-ditch bid to keep the establishment candidate from winning, Frank and Allen announced days before the convention that, should one of them end up in a runoff with Patterson, the third-place nominee would encourage his base to support the other MAGA candidate. Supporters of this initiative unironically sport black-and-white RESIST stickers.

When Patterson detractors talk about “Brulte 2.0,” they are in part referring to the state party’s abysmal voter registration rates over the outgoing chairman’s tenure. When Brulte took office in March 2013, Republicans represented 28.9 percent of the state’s registered voters. In six years that has shrunk to 24 percent, with party registration dropping by 500,000. According to polling expert Paul Mitchell, 2018 was the first time in the modern era in which more No Party Preference voters took part in a California election than registered Republicans. This is awful news when one considers the 2018 Public Policy Institute of California report revealing the state’s independent voters are more likely to lean Democrat (43 percent) than Republican (29 percent). Signs of a divided party abound at a convention where headliners include disgraced White House press secretary Sean Spicer, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney and Ben Carson, fifth-place finisher in the 2016 Republican presidential primary. A dozen neo-fascist Proud Boys spend the afternoon among party delegates at the Hyatt bar. Later this evening, a band of anti-fascist protesters will demonstrate against Tea Party delegates as they hold a “Build the Wall” dinner at Claim Jumper. It is a Saturday in which “lock her up” chants converge with the classic GOP imagery of tailored suits and fiscal conservatism. All told, a challenging ecosystem to understand.

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9:18 p.m. Saturday, february 23— Log Cabin/CaLifornia young repubLiCan Luau Republicans have long been derided by the left as being mostly pale, male and stale. But a circuit around the luau-themed mixer hosted by the Log Cabin Republicans and California Young Republicans challenges the old trope. The room is younger and more diverse. Tables throughout the room are decorated with miniature American flags and Reagan masks. Nearby, an older white woman holds a mini flag to her chest. “I’ve never been to an LGBT event,” she says to a young man. “Our acceptance level within the party keeps going up,” says Gina Roberts, a trans woman who is a leader in the Log Cabin Republicans. Roberts says she’s been adamant about attending the party’s more conservative Tea Party functions. And while both groups hosting tonight’s event support Patterson for chairperson, Frank makes a cameo appearance at the party and exchanges greetings with Roberts. “A lot of the old stereotypes are crumbling,” she says. Roberts’ friend Lorin Meeks-Harris, a black woman from Sacramento, says that the Log 16 | SN&R | 02.28.19

Cabin Republicans have stood up to help other minorities in the party. Still undecided in the chairperson race, Meeks-Harris stresses that what’s important is “somebody who is willing to be a team player.” Roberts admits that the groups decided to co-host this bash because they both represent small organizations within the party. The Log Cabin Republicans just rechartered with 238 members across 10 state districts. And the youth vote has always been a challenge in the party. Pre-registration figures show just 9.9 percent of 16- and 17-year-olds joining the GOP, compared to 31.7 percent choosing the Democrats and 52 percent selecting no party at all. Morgan Murtaugh is one young Republican who bucks the youth trend. Last year, she was the youngest person in the nation to run for Congress, at 25. “This branch,” she says, “we see the party a little differently. We are welcoming.” Murtaugh is a strong Patterson supporter. And as a top-two candidate last year, she’s able to bring three more delegates to participate in the vote. Murtaugh says she’s been disappointed by what she views as mudslinging by Patterson’s opponents. “It definitely is a race for the soul of the party,” she says.

California Republican Party delegates gather in a Hyatt Regency ballroom to hear Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming speak on Saturday.

It’s over. And not everyone is happy. Earlier this morning, Patterson made history by becoming the first woman (and first Latina) elected chairperson of the California Republican Party. She dashed her MAGA challengers’ hopes of a ‘RESISTANCE’ push by winning outright in the first round with 55 percent of the delegates vote. This is, in fact, the most diverse slate of leadership the party has seen, with TaiwaneseAmerican Peter Kuo winning vice chairman. Four Frank supporters from San Luis Obispo reflect on the results at the nearby bar. “Hard to believe that she had what she got,” says one woman of Patterson’s win. “It was an inside job,” adds another. A line of delegates snakes through the nearby lobby during the checkout rush. Raymond Perez, 31, of West Sacramento is more upbeat about the Patterson win. “She’s a Latina, she’s a woman,” says Perez. “That’s the direction I want to see the party going.” Many delegates at the convention agree that despite the financial and registration woes, and despite the demographic disasters and California’s 2018 blue tsunami, the party’s message is still sound. To them, it’s not about changing the platform, but getting the word out. Perez sees the party suffering from PR woes. The night before, Roberts said the state GOP never reinstated its state-run registration program after cutting it six years ago when the party was in debt. In her acceptance speech, Patterson asked Allen, her rival, to lead a state registration initiative. In sticking to its platform, the state GOP is betting that its ideals are not a thing of the past, that it can not only survive a Trump presidency in a state where two out of three voters reject him but can thrive in the years beyond his rule. They’re betting the farm, and praying they don’t lose. Ω

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But as Allen and Frank spent the entire weekend pointing out, that hands-off approach has not been working. “We face an existential decision,” Allen said during a moderated discussion on Saturday. “Will we change to fight to win again or will we continue the failing status quo?” Republicans now make up 24 percent of the California electorate. In last year’s election, they lost half of their congressional delegation and saw their minorities in the state Assembly and Senate reduced to near political irrelevance. Both Allen and Frank argued that the party’s core problem was not its association with President Trump, whose approval numbers hover around one-third, but its failure to adequately fund voter registration efforts. After winning, new party chairperson Patterson invited Allen Jessica patterson and Frank to lead a newly shakes hands with created “voter registration a delegate task force.” “We can only hope that the Republican Party starts fighting again for the good of all Californians,” Allen said after the results of the vote were broadcast to the convention center auditorium. Patterson’s victory represents a break from that status quo in one very obvious way. She is the first woman to hold the position of chair and the first Latina. That may be a notable achievement in and of itself. The Republican Party has struggled with white, educated women and Latino voters in the Trump era. Photo by CALMAtters

hat hissing emanating from Sacramento is the sound of the entire California Republican Party establishment breathing a sigh of relief. At the party’s weekend convention, state GOP delegates selected Jessica Patterson, a millennial Latina with a lengthy resume as a behindthe-scenes party operator, as their new chairperson. Depending on whom you ask, Patterson’s election offers a ray of hope for a struggling party, marks the continuation of a failed strategy or is bound to make absolutely no difference for a party tethered to an unpopular president. Travis Allen, the Trump-supporting firebrand from Huntington Beach and former candidate for governor who had vowed to take on a party establishment came up short. So did longtime Republican activist Steve Frank. They both lost despite entering into a political alliance to “resist” Patterson. “I think we did dodge a bullet,” said Assemblyman Chad Mayes from Yucca Valley, a regular critic of the party’s fervent Trump-leaning base. Prior to the chair’s race, he had warned that an Allen election would lead elected Republicans to leave the GOP. “This will make a huge difference,” said Luis Alvarado, a consultant, adding that the election of Patterson gave him “hope” for the future of the party. George Andrews, a party delegate and chief of staff to Assemblyman Tom Lackey, went even further, saying Patterson’s “saved the party.” Allen’s singular appeal to Trumpsupporting diehards had little draw outside of California’s few remaining red districts, he argued. “She can do the math,” Andrews said. “If you can’t do math you probably shouldn’t be chair of the party.”

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Not aNti-trump Patterson is hardly a moderate. She is unequivocally opposed to abortion, is backed by the House minority leader and noted Trump whisperer, Kevin McCarthy, and spent the convention referring to Democratic legislators as the “enemy.” After winning, the president’s eldest son congratulated Patterson on Twitter. “She’s not anti-Trump,” Andrews said of Patterson, “But she knows how to campaign.” Unlike Allen, her closest competitor in the race, Patterson did not make her political views or her loyalty to the president the centerpiece of her campaign. That’s a continuation of the approach adopted by Jim Brulte, her immediate predecessor, who viewed the chair position as an operations and logistics manager, not a spokesperson. “There are too few of us to continue to push people out of the party,” Patterson said the day before the vote. “We are not going to shut people out. We are going to be inclusive.”

addiNg some diversity The party delegates also elected Peter Kuo, a Taiwanese-born Silicon Valley businessman, as its vice chairman. Greg

Gandrud, an openly gay man from the Santa Barbara area, was elected party treasurer for the second time. Lest anyone accuse the new leadership team of championing multicultural diversity for its own sake, Gandrud recently formed a nonprofit to sue the Santa Barbara public school district for, according to his website, a “curriculum that is racist against white people and teaches students that white male Christian capitalists are oppressors.” Contrary to the party’s national image, Patterson joins a long list of women in leadership positions within the California GOP, including Sens. Pat Bates and Shannon Grove, the current and incoming minority leaders in the Senate, and Assemblywoman Marie Waldron, the top Republican in the Assembly. “In the legislative bodies that have supported me, I am so incredibly grateful for the leaders—having three women on the legislative side,” Patterson said at the convention hall. “Senator Grove, Senator Bates and Assemblywoman Waldron: Let’s go out there and do this.” “This” presumably refers to new efforts to expand the allure of the state GOP. But that broader ideological appeal was not reflected in the line up of speakers at this weekend’s convention. They included former White House press secretary Sean Spicer, Wyoming congresswoman Liz Cheney and Housing and Urban Development secretary Ben Carson. It’s unclear whether the events of the convention—including the election of Patterson—will resonate with California voters outside the most fervent Republican activists. But according to Mayes, Patterson’s election is a good step in the right direction. “We still have an incredible amount of work to do,” he said. “Having a new chair is not going to solve our problems. We have to be inclusive, we have to start reaching Californians where they’re at … they’re not going to come to us, we’ve got to go to them. I think Jessica knows that and understands that.” Ω

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decade ago, Andru Defeye woke up in his bathroom covered in blood and surrounded by empty liquor bottles. He was surprised he woke up at all. It had been a long, awful night—heavy binge drinking and an attempt to take his own life. “I had slit up both wrists. It wasn’t attention cuts. It was, ‘I don’t want to be here cuts,’” the local poet, rapper and activist says now. Today, Defeye is on the other side of that experience. On March 3, he’s set to release his first record in a decade, Ultraviolet, which documents his journey over the past 10 years. But first back to that night: He’d recently moved to Sacramento and was a mess. Tangled in a toxic romantic

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relationship, Defeye had just quit a musical career that had yielded a couple albums and a relentless touring schedule. He says a producer, whom he considered a friend, took money from him on their last record. “It ruined a lot of the fun of making an album,” Defeye says. “I resigned myself to the fact that I would never do another rap album.” Even before he quit, he’d been masking childhood traumas with drugs and alcohol, but his self-destructive behavior worsened after the producer’s betrayal, Defeye says. On top of that, his partner got so fed up she left, telling him that she didn’t want to watch him kill himself. “At the time I was hopeless and felt powerless,” Defeye says. “I imagine there was a power to feeling in control of death. I felt like I would go out on my own terms, numb.”

Surviving that awful night marked the beginning of his new life. On his first day of sobriety, he started at the communitybased non-profit Sol Collective, where he still works. Now, he writes grant applications and mentors kids. Over the years, he’s also become active in Sacramento’s music and politics, pushing to make busking legal, for instance. He’s also worked to bolster the voices of artists, especially people of color. Local emcee Radioactive calls Defeye “The Oracle” for the experience and insight he brings. “Community cred is important, and that is not something [he] needs to acquire,” Radioactive says. “[He’s] who I ask when I want to validate anyone’s street and community cred in Sacramento.” Now, Defeye is finding his own validation.

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Fourteen-thousand fans scream as the clock hits zero. The Golden 1 Center goes dark, then purple lights shine on panic! at the disco dramatically emerging from below the stage. A center spotlight welcomes Brendon urie, who springs from a trap door. Sporting a gold dinner jacket and microphone, the frontman and his “Sinners” (Panic! fans) sing the opening song, “(Fuck A) Silver Lining.” In a sold-out show at the downtown arena on February 20, the Grammy-nominated alternative rock band ended the second North American leg of its pray for the Wicked tour with fluid dances moves, a killer light show and a nine-piece band that got everyone moving the entire night.

last summer, and since the song’s release in 2013, it’s become an anthem for the bisexual community. Fans put together an interactive project for its performance. In every cup-holder were colored paper hearts. Placing them over cellphone flashlights created a colored beam, and pointing made for a crowd-sourced, rainbow light show. From a post-drum solo backflip to a cover of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the night was filled with take-the-cake moments. But the cherry on top was when Urie returned for an encore. As soon as the famous harpsichord plucks began, the crowd cheered for “I Write Sins not tragedies,” Panic! at the Disco’s 2006 debut single, made all the more magical when Urie let audience members sing into his gold-plated mic.

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After a decade of only releasing a song here or there, he recorded Ultraviolet with The Philharmonik. “I feel like for a long time I didn’t have shit to say,” Defeye says. “I don’t want to waste people’s time.” Five years ago, he nearly released a record, Villain, that he recorded as he and several poets and emcees were forming ZFG, a collective of artists who felt ignored by other local rappers and snubbed by the venues that weren’t open to hip-hop out of fear of violence—despite its positive messages. So ZFG worked to create its own guerrilla arts scene that others wanted to join. All that tension and frustration got channeled into Villain, but when the time came to release it, Defeye realized he didn’t want to put its vibe out into the world. “I was like ‘Yo, this isn’t the energy that the city needs,’” he says. Making Ultraviolet was also very therapeutic, but in a more personal way, as Defeye digested everything he’d accomplished in the past decade. As much as Villain was about outward frustration, Ultraviolet was about inward growth. “I woke up one day and realized that I talked a lot about self-love and realized I

take some time for some heavy healing, but I hadn’t really acknowledged it yet,” Defeye says. “These songs became my own soundtrack to personal growth and the commitment to it.” On his return to Sacramento, he sat down with the ZFG crew and told them he needed to step back for a while. He was scared they’d be disappointed, instead they supported him. “A lot of people were like it’s OK to take care of you and to feed your soul,” Defeye says. One aspect of self-care he came to understand was that it was OK for him to be selfish and release his own music, not just lift everyone else up around him. Still, he had doubts whether the new album would be healing for others, too. Those in the arts community, however, recognize its value. Local poet “-i-” (pronounced “eye”), for example, says the first time she heard his song “Water or Gasoline” she was really struck by the lyrics: “You’re on fire, do you want water or gasoline?” For Defeye, the song touches on his role as a public artist who faced having people running up to him with “buckets of water or gasoline”—with unclear intentions of whether they were opportunistic or actually cared about him as a person. Poet “-i-” took away her own powerful message from the song. “I realized that my problem was that I was saying I wanted to change while also complaining about the changes happening. I sat in the car and I said, ‘I want to be gasoline!’” she says. “I told him, ‘You do realize you’re not the only one going through this, right?’” andru defeye This kind of encouragement was just what Defeye needed to finally put the album out into the world. “I get up and look in the mirror, and I’m like, ‘You’re so dope,’ and didn’t [love myself],” Defeye says. “I loved I really feel that way,” Defeye says. “That’s what other people loved about me.” what I want to give to people. That’s the Defeye wrote most of the songs for medicine. I get excited for life. I get excited Ultraviolet on a Thanksgiving weekend trip for every day magic. And it’s all because of to Pismo Beach with his family. ZFG had that work.” Ω been adding more members, busy with art and activism projects. But he’d burned out, over-extending himself in other people’s projects. He was also going through the loss of some friends and family members. The songs came out of him almost like his future self was speaking to him. “I’d Check out Andru Defeye’s Ultraviolet release party, 8 p.m., Friday, March 8 at the Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Boulevard. been knowing deep down that I needed to

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Urie, in particular, put on a great performance, wading through the Sinners during his 2016 song “Death of a Bachelor,” his first release as the last remaining original member of the band. Elton John may have ridden his piano like a lawnmower when he stopped at the Golden 1 last month, but Urie played the keys suspended in midair, floating through the arena over a pit of cell phone flashlights as he sung “Dying in LA” and a cover of Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me.” During “Girls/Girls/Boys,” Urie wrapped himself in rainbow pride flags that fans threw onstage. The 31-year-old came out publicly as pansexual during an interview with Paper Magazine

Before the final tune, “Victorious,” a song with themes of perseverance and building selfconfidence, he hyped up the crowd by telling them how essential they are by simply existing. The singer, who battled depression after the band’s founding members left in 2009 and 2015, was experiencing a winning moment. “You all are more important than you may or may not know. ... I just want you guys to understand your importance in the vast scheme of everything,” Urie said. “you had to beat billions of tadpoles in order to be here on planet earth. ... We are all winners tonight, baby.”

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Most bands break up. Members get married, have families or just change as humans do, and the common project that once brought musicians together stops being fun. It takes a certain kind of animal to stay together, and the 14-year-old Sacramento Latin band Sol Peligro is that kind of zoo. Frontman Sam Miranda says he is committed to the band for life, and the eight other players are committed to giving audiences a good time. Together, they fill a void as one of the few bands providing original Latin jams to Sacramento. “It’s more common to see a band not last too long,” Miranda says. “We’re celebrating that it’s a feat to do nowadays. How sometimes it’s hard to keep things together.” This could be Sol Peligro’s biggest year yet. The band is riding a high after opening for Los Lobos at Ace of Spades in September. There, it caught the eye of Latin music producer and Los Lobos keyboardist Steve Berlin. Following an anniversary show Friday at Old Ironsides, the venue where the band began, Sol Peligro will return to the studio to finish its second album, an unnamed followup to the 2005 debut, Los Gritos de mi Pueblo (“Screams of My People”). The first single, “Paraiso,” will be released in the spring or summer, Miranda says. Spanish for “Paradise,” it’s a tune about the morning after a romantic night. Warm guitar twang, outer-space wah-ed keyboard and a reggae-cumbia rhythm are the soundtrack to Miranda’s plea for a special someone to stick around. “No te vayas mi hermosa nena,”

he repeats, with a voice inspired by Juan Gabriel and Sergio Curbelo, the former lead singer of the Puerto Rican salsa-metal band Puya. “It’s like the phrase, ‘You only live once,’” Miranda says. “I don’t like that, though. I like the phrase, ‘You die once, but you gotta live every fucking day.’ Tomorrow’s not guaranteed, so go for it.” Miranda says the lyrics will mostly stick to lighthearted topics, such as trying to cure a hangover, but political messages are welcome. Supporting migrant farmworkers (Miranda’s late mother was a labor advocate), and, maybe, discussing the president will be hidden throughout songs. “I like to use that as undertones. You’re going to listen to cumbia, you’re going to dance, and I’m just gonna slide something in there, to where it’s not going to be totally standout-ish,” Miranda says. “But that’s not going to be the overall concept or theme.” Miranda formed Sol Peligro in 2005, after family life pushed the former Raigambre frontman to start a new band. He secured a gig with longtime promoter Jerry Perry at Old Ironsides, and the band cycled through members throughout the years. The turning point was in 2015, when the band opened for Los Angeles Latin rockers Ozomatli at The Fillmore in San Francisco. “To me, that’s like an athlete playing Madison Square Garden,” he says. “To top all that off, they liked us.” Since then, the underrepresentation of Latin music in Sacramento hasn’t changed much, Miranda says. The genre is mostly overlooked, and few bands, such as La Noche Oskura, play original tunes. “Sacramento is known for its Deftones, its Cakes, for its Brother Lynch Hungs,” Miranda says. “We’re here, too. Don’t skip us. ... It’s still a struggle, but it’s a struggle I don’t mind being a part of.” Ω

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The sitar is prominently featured in “Entrance,” the first track on their 2018 album Masana Temples, self-released on Guruguru Brain. Album producer Bruno Pernadas, a Portuguese musician and composer, pushed them to create a raga-like feel on the track. Kurosawa says they initially resisted, knowing that the sitar, with its aura of ’60s nostalgia, can overtake a song. “The instrument is so strong,” he says. “It can create a mood very easily, but it is easy to take away from a song because it’s so powerful.” This band opted for the sitting-on-a-rock picture. what kind of music do they play? Hint: same word, different It turned out to be the right meaning. gateway to start the journey on which Masana Temples leads the listener, from psychedelia to fuzzed-out, driving guitar, to gentle, bouncy Stereolab-like jams. It ends With Guruguru Brain, Go Kurosawa made a with “Blanket Song,” a folky, finger-picked tune dream reality. The Japanese drummer started that harkens back to the heavier folk influence the record label in 2015 to showcase Asian on Kikagaku Moyo’s earlier albums. This bands to Western audiences, and with sonic trek is intentional on the part success. Acts such as Khana Bierbood of this oft-touring band, who from Thailand, which recently consider Masana Temples to completed its first European “I think be a concept album about tour, have sold out on vinyl. travel. people are ready “We want to change Kurosawa says he the dynamics of the music to experience the rock likes to think of an and bands that people album as calling up that is available from listen to or consume,” sensory images for the Kurosawa said. “Rock is different countries and listener. In the case of a very Western thing, but this latest, he hopes it’s 2019. I think people areas.” listeners are thinking of are ready to experience the being in “different locaGo Kurosawa rock that is available from tions: rainy, sunny, cloudy, drums/vocals, Kikagaku Moyo different countries and areas cold and warm, different … I want to contribute to that. climates, different smells.” We wanted to question this very “If you’re from the West Coast, English-oriented industry.” and you’re in Asia, you realize it’s Enter Kikagaku Moyo, a Tokyo-based going to smell different, and have a different psychedelic rock band gearing up for a series of energy,” Kurosawa says. “You might feel familtours to Europe and the United States, landing iar even though you’ve never been there. That them in Sacramento on March 8. sense is important so that you can connect.” Ω Kikagaku Moyo was formed in Tokyo in 2012

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by friends Kurosawa (also a vocalist) and guitarist Tomo Katsurada, who started out busking. Enigmatic, virtuoso guitarist Daoud Popal and bassist Kotsu Guy were added, and Kurosawa and his brother Ryu rounded out the lineup with sitar and keyboards.

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Shakespeare’s play about forest sprites and teenage hormones is an audience favorite for a reason. So it’s no surprise that Sacramento Theatre Company’s latest production, directed by Casey McClellan, opened to a full house and big laughs. Designer Jessica Bertine’s set frames the action with lush curves and textures, letting the actors make the most of the moonlit forest floor. Costume designer Jessica Minnihan’s fairy togs seem coaxed from forest material like Twiggy found poetry, though the Athenian garb lacks cohesion. Ian Hopps plays a hobgoblin, Puck, with the head of a man, body of a goat and brain of a golden retriever. His excellent chemistry with Ben Muller’s Oberon drives the play’s theme of disorder against the stylized choreography of Titania’s (Gail Dartez) fairy corps. Tight direction and choice sound design by Emma Bramble make the magic in this production, but things truly shine in the mechanicals’ scenes, where pie tin footlights illuminate American Conservatory Theatre alum Lawrence Hecht as a perfect Nick Bottom paired with Janet Motenko’s exquisitely reedy Quince. McClellan’s most direct intervention in the play is his expanded vision of the Indian boy Oberon demands of Titania. Rather than cut this problematic conflict, as many productions do, McClellan opens with the boy (Lorenzo Lopez; Miriya Yeung) stolen from his bed by fairies and dropped into the world of Midsummer. Although the dream-as-framing device is a little on the nose, I quite liked the use of “changeling” lore to solve the play’s textual proble ms for modern audiences. Ω

Oh, Freedom! is currently playing at the Sacramento Theatre Company as part of their youth series. Focusing on the story of the Underground Railroad, the play’s ensemble narrates the early days of the slave trade and its devastating impact before turning to the secret organization of routes, safe houses and abolitionists who worked to help slaves escape the South. Featured are prominent figures who fought against slavery, including William Still, Jonathan Walker and Harriet Tubman, who helped guide more than 70 slaves to freedom by herself alone. It’s an important part of our country’s history and serves as a reminder that unity and collaboration are vital to ending injustice. Wed 2/27, 7pm; Thu 2/28, 7pm; Fri 3/1, 7pm; Sat 3/2, 2pm & 7pm; Sun 3/3, 2pm; Through 3/3; $12-$14; Sacramento Theatre Company, 1419 H Street; (916) 443-6722; sactheatre.org

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Celebration Arts follows up its outstanding production of the pre-Civil War drama Abolition with a strong showing of the post-Civil War drama The Whipping Man. The play takes place in Richmond, Virginia in April 1865. The war has ended, the slaves have been freed and former Confederate soldiers are returning home to a very different way of life than they left. The fact that the family—and its slaves—are Jewish adds an intriguing element to the story. A severely injured Caleb DeLeon (Kyle Peck) returns to what is left of his family’s home, where only former family slaves Simon (Tory Scroggins) and John (Tarig Elsiddig) remain. How the former slave master and the newly free men negotiate their way in their new world tells us much about guilt and shame, retribution and forgiveness and what it takes to redeem ourselves. This is playwright Matthew Lopez’s first play, premiering in 2006. Its off-Broadway debut in 2011 starred Andre Braugher as Simon. Scroggins and Elsiddig, who showed great chemistry co-starring in Blue Door, work that same stage magic here. Scroggins is serious while Elsiddig is freer; he “finds,” “liberates” and, OK, “steals” supplies for survival. Peck’s inexperience as an actor shows, as his speech is too studied. Thankfully, no one attempts a Southern accent. Director James Wheatley paces the play expertly and brings a potentially gruesome scene right to the brink before stopping.

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A mother’s love The Academy Awards happened. Let’s have a moment of silence. Great, now let’s talk about a glaring Best Actress snub—Toni Collette in Hereditary. Writer-director Ari Aster’s first feature film is a skincrawling horror flick that portrays the unsettling nature of familial bonds. Collette plays an overprotective mother who frequently hints at the strife between her own recently deceased mother. The more she uncovers about her family history, the more unhinged she becomes, possessing increasingly repulsive personas with each new act. Sure Glenn Close, Olivia Colman and all the other Best Actress nominees were great, but Collette repeatedly stabs herself in demonic fury for her art. We have to respect that.

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Vegan delicious Mendocino Farms 1610 R Street, Suite 125; (916) 368-5400 Good for: Vegan sandwiches, soups and sides Notable dishes: Vegan Banh mi, impossible Taco Salad

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Mendocino Farms is not the only business in Sacramento that has life-size cattle in front of its store, but it’s the newest. While this sandwich shop, which opened in December 2018 in the Ice Blocks building, does serve the milk and flesh of the real-life counterparts of its blue-andwhite “Mendo the Cow” mascot—as well as Mendo’s fowl and swine farmyard compatriots—it sports a vegan section on its menu. And this review is only about the vegan goods. And the vegan goods, as it turns out, are good. Mendocino Farms is a franchise fast-casual eatery that started in Los Angeles in the mid-2000s. There are now more than two dozen locations in Southern California, Texas and the Bay Area. Diners order at the counter, where service is friendly, but can be disorganized. The vegan sandwiches are the Vegan Banh Mi ($9.95), Enlightened Falafel Wrap ($9.95) and Mendo’s Smokehouse Tempeh Sandwich ($10.45). During the first bite of the banh mi, I already decided to come back to order it again. Like all of Mendocino’s sandwiches, the banh mi is panini pressed, and in between the crispy ciabatta shell are cubes of baked tofu, a creamy aioli and classic banh mi fixings—pickled daikon and carrot shreds, cucumber, jalapeño, cilantro. The flavors and textures were perfect. Inside the whole-wheat-tortilla falafel wrap (also pressed), cucumber and pickled red onion add a lilt to the 26

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hummus-and-tzatziki-sauce-slathered innards. It’s too bad the falafel wasn’t crispy, though. The tempeh sandwich was the least impressive. The barbecue sauce saturating the tempeh was too sweet, and the tempeh had a plasticchemical taste. But these sandwiches aren’t the only options for plant munchers here. The Impossible Taco Salad ($10.95) is a colorful trough of kale, lettuce, red onion, jicama, cilantro and black beans, topped with half an avocado—which is enough to sell it to 95 percent of the vegans I know. Just kidding: It’s 100 percent. Sprinkled in the shreds of greens are taco-seasoned Impossible “meat” crumbles and crispy quinoa, adding prodigious crunch. It comes with the house vegan chipotle ranch dressing, which may have been the dressing that was missing from the La Reina Impossible Burger during one January visit—a seasonal burger for Veganuary. See? So vegan friendly. But wait, there’s more. The Mama Chen’s Chinese Chicken Salad ($11.45) can be veganized by request, using baked tofu instead of chicken. It was good with its sesameginger dressing, but the taco salad was superior. The staff said there are usually two to three vegan sides daily. The potato salad ($3.50 as a side), with red potatoes and just enough vinegar for a pleasant bite, was great. The spicy curried couscous ($3.50) was good, but not amazing. On other visits, cauliflower soup and mushroom soup ($7.50 for a bowl) were on the menu. Some people say it’s hard to eat out as a vegan. It’s not. More places than ever have plant-based options, but not all of them warrant another taste. Mendocino Farms makes it easier not just by having vegan offerings, but making them full of flavor and texture, so that herbivores (and nonmilitant meat eaters) will return for another bite. Ω

Few IPAs are as drinkable as King Cong Brewing Company’s King Ape With Apricot. A smooth, ambercolored New England-style triple IPA, the King Ape ($3 for a taste or $7 for a goblet) is both sweet and fizzy. But don’t let the lightness fool you. At 10.2 percent alcohol by volume, it’s no slouch and sure to tingle the back of your jaw and warm the pit of your stomach as it slowly lulls you into a slurred trance. The apricot notes are especially prominent, making this the lightest, most accessible triple IPA. It’s like drinking three IPAs at once, but instead of drowning in an IPA’s pungent hoppy-ness, the King Ape is light like a caffeinated tea. Drink enough and you’ll definitely ape out. 1709 Del Paso Boulevard, kingcongbrewing.com. —Jeremy WinsloW

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Davis gets a burger battle Burgers are the most iconic American food. Being such a familiar dish is partly why putting a new twist on an old favorite was so successful for the Great Sacramento Vegan Burger Battle in June 2018, which the organizer said resulted in the sale of more than 16,000 vegan burgers at the 30-plus participating restaurants. And for March, Davis-based vegan outreach organization Cool Cuisine wants a bite of that plant-based action. Cool Cuisine’s Anya McCann said, “We’re following the same model as [the SCBB]” for the Cool Cuisine Burger Battle. It runs March 1-31, and there are about a dozen participating eateries, including Bistro 33, Chay Corner, The Hotdogger, Redrum Burger, Solomon’s Delicatessen and UC Davis Dining Services. Diners may rate them at coolcuisine. net, and the scale is kept positive, ranging from “OK” to “awesome” in categories such as presentation and similarity to real meat. “The goal is to have omnivores have more plant-based food,” McCann said. —shoKA

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My friend places two paper cups on the table. One has a murky, dishwater-like liquid. The other is a glistening yellow-white, like milk. Chunks of pineapple pierced by a large toothpick perilously hang like a tightrope walker atop the two cups. He points to the dishwater. “This one you sip,” he says. “And this one,” he motions to the milk, “You chug fast, to feel it. The pineapples are chasers.” What feeling it means will be a recurring question as I visit the Root of Happiness in Rancho Cordova several times to drink its traditional kava. Kava, translated as “bitter,” is a shrub found in Polynesia, whose root has been used within Pacific Island cultures for more than 3,000 years to make a drink with sedative, anesthetic and euphoric effects. Or, as far as what I could get the bartender at RoH to commit to, “It relaxes you.” Kava has traditionally been a drink for special occasions but is on the rise in the South Pacific and beyond for recreational use. We first try the murky one, called a High Tide. It tastes like cucumbers that have been sliced and left to wither in the refrigerator for several days. We grimace through a few sips and move on to the milky one. The Cloudbreaker tastes like actual root—earthy, ashy, bitter. We down our portions and quickly grab pineapple chunks to suck on. Kava is so caustic it instantly neutralizes the tart citrusy goodness of pineapple and renders it moot. We sit back and wait to be relaxed. My tongue goes numb in a way that reminds me of smoking cloves in high school. I say this to my friend and

realize I can’t get the words out without a goofy grin. Am I relaxed? The background music that made me roll my eyes when we walked in now hits me in all the right feels. My head gets a little tingly. My friend says he might be feeling kinda like, spacey, dude. “But are you relaxed?” I ask. He shrugs. We leave, unsure whether we had, in fact, felt it. RoH goes out of its way to emphasize that kava is not an intoxicant nor a stimulant. It acknowledges mood-altering effects, but hedges on actual descriptions of said alterations, instead sticking with vague references to relaxation and a sense of well-being. Obviously, if I want to feel it, for certain, I need to go big, so I vow to one day gulp down the strongest drink. For Science! On our last visit, the bartender knows what I want, even though we talk in a weird code to get there. “You know,” I say, “Whatever is gonna get me there. Whatever is gonna make me feel it.” He sets us up with the Outrigger: a Cloudbreaker, a High Tide and a kava concentrate flavored with lemonhoney. Chug the first, dissolve the concentrate under the tongue and sip the High Tide at leisure. This time, there’s no doubt we’re feeling something. My head spins and ambles as it does on weed, but with none of the mental fogginess. My words escape slower like on liquor, but with no slurs. My face feels flushed and mentholated, but not like on cloves. And as my friend and I go from talky to quiet contemplation, I finally feel it, like it has been there all along: a great sense of well-being. Ω

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MUSIC THURSDAY, 2/28 BOB seGeR & tHe silveR BUllet BaND: Its The Final Tour for Seger and the gang. Have you noticed that a whole bunch of bands are doing farewell tours? 7:30pm, $55-$95. Golden 1 Center, 500 David J. Stern Walk.

CitY OF tRees BRass BaND: Catch the monthly performance from the local New Orleans jazz band. 9pm, $7. Torch Club, 904 15th St.

the great Camellia contest Elks lodgE #6, 3pm, no covEr If you’re a fiercely competitive individual, here’s a fun way to blow off some steam: Find the most beautiful Festivals Camellia bloom you can and bring it to the Camellia Show, now celebrating its 95th year. It’s a subtle contest, one with distinct challenges. To get a sense of the level of competition, read Don Lesmeister’s exhaustive tips on

tiCKet WiNDOW LOVERbOY Catch the hit 1980s group as

they really begin to hit their stride. 3/29, 7:30pm, $60-$70, on sale now. Thunder Valley Casino in Lincoln, ticketmaster.com.

SNOOP DOgg Playing with E-40, Too

Short, DJ Quik and more, Snoop will be performing in Oakland. 4/19, 8pm, $40$200, on sale now. Oracle Arena in Oakland, ticketmaster.com.

the show’s website. You have to prepare the flower, preserve it, strategically place the bloom amid competitors and plan out your route to the show—if it’s starting to sound daunting, you can always just come enjoy the show, featuring plants for sale, a raffle and more fun. 6446 Riverside Boulevard, camelliasocietyofsacramento.org.

sale now. Concord Pavilion in Concord, ticketmaster.com.

bOTTLEROCk This festival features

Imagine Dragons, Neil Young, Mumford & Sons and more—Pharrell Williams, Logic, Santana and more. 5/24-

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star. 6/9, 7pm, $37.50-$85, on sale now. Crest Theatre, crestsacramento.com.

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5/26, various times, $159-$359, on sale now. Napa Valley Expo, bottlerocknapavalley.com.

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Escamilla will be bringing the sounds of the world to the Crocker by way of Mexico and Canada. 6:30pm, $10-$20. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St.

JiGO: The acrononym/band JIGO stands for Jazz Influenced Groove Oriented, and that’s your hint into the genre of this show. 8pm, no cover. Fox & Goose, 1001 R St.

FRIDAY, 3/1 nominee Life of the Afterparty, Dead Poet Society and Self Continuum. 6:30pm, $10. The Boardwalk, 9426 Greenback Lane in Orangevale.

CURtis salGaDO: Salgado was named artist of the year by the Blues Music Awards and will sing, play harmonica and be joined by Alan Hager. 7:30pm, $25. Goldfield Trading Post, 1630 J St.

tHe HOt ClUB OF saN FRaNCisCO: The gypsiest jazz you’ve ever heard is coming to town in the form of this band. 7pm, $40. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts, 2700 Capitol Ave. is comprised of Tim Perkis and Tom Djll. Jon Raskin will also perform. 8pm, $10-$20. Gold Lion Arts, 2733 Riverside Blvd.

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Joined by Christine and the Queens, Florence Welch will be raging with the machine. 5/15, 7:30pm, $40-$120, on

Rattigan will perform as Current Joys. 7pm,

$12-$14. Holy Diver, 1517 21st St.

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ticket to spend an evening with Danny Glover. He’ll be on stage lecturing and will do a Q&A. 4/29, 7:30pm, $12-$68, on sale now. Harris Center, harriscenter.net.

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CURReNt JOYs: Reno-based musician Nicholas

Lane and Riley Green; get your Paisley on. 6/6, 7:30pm, $40-$90, on sale now. Toyota Amphitheater in Wheatland, ticketmaster.com. Colleen Ballinger as she goes on stage as Miranda, the incredibly confident YouTube Always stay

tickets now to the band named after and featuring Dave Matthews Matthews. 9/7, 8pm, $47$110, on sale now now. Golden 1 Center, ticketmaster. com.

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Performing on the It’s Jester Joke tour, the recent winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race is coming to town much later this year. 11/17, 8pm, $42.50$189, on sale now now. Crest Theatre, crestsacramento.com.

COlD sHOt: 2019 SAMMIES nominee Cold Shot will perform the music of many different icons of song. 6pm, no cover. The Davis Graduate, 805 Russell Blvd. in Davis.

v101 OlD sCHOOl HOUse PaRtY: Javi Lopez and Manuel C. put the school in old school house party. 7pm, $18. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St.

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Network. 4pm, $20. Colonial Theatre, 3522 Stockton Blvd.

GeNtleMaN sURFeR: The band is resurfacing and playing with PG13 and Invasive Species. 8pm, call for cover. Red Museum, 212 15th St.

HeaRiNG Miles: Subtitled The Life, Times and Music of Miles Davis, this guided listening session is hosted by local musicologist Jimi Michiel. 7pm, $10 suggested donation. The Library of MusicLandria, 2181 6th Ave.

JeNN ROGaR aND sKYleRs POOl: This show benefiting SacSafeSpace features performances from SAMMIE-nominated Jenn Rogar and Skyler’s Pool. 8pm, $8. Shine Cafe, 1400 E St.

sPiCe WORlD W/ROBBie & BlUe: It’s a Spice Girls-themed party. 8pm, $18. Ace of Spades, 1417 R St.

SUNDAY, 3/3 asHleY all DaY: The southern Los Angeles

rapper will perform. 7pm, $15-$18. Momo Sacramento, 2708 J St.

JaCK GallaGHeR: The evening is billed as potentially the final performance of Jack Gallagher’s musical show, The Joke’s on Me. 4pm, $20. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts, 2700 Capitol Ave.

COMMUNitY siNGiNG CiRCle: Come join the Library of MusicLandria for an evening of singing. Lift up your own voice, participate in improvised compositions and mean some people with voices. 2pm, $10 sliding scale. KOH Library and Cultural Center, 2300 Sierra Blvd.

siDHU MOOseWala: The pop singer will be performing with Byg Byrd and Sunny Malton. 7pm, $45-$140. Ace of Spades, 1417 R St.

tRavis HaYes: Hayes will perform along with

Madi Sipes and the Painted Blue. 7pm, $10-

$15. Holy Diver, 1517 21st St.

MONDAY, 3/4 GORDON liGHtFOOt: The Canadian singersongwriter is comes to the Crest after 80 years of preparation. 8pm, $39-$79. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

TUESDAY, 3/5 RUBeN stUDDaRD: Studdard will lay down some of the smooth sounds of Luther Vandross. 7:30pm, $35-$55. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

Best OF BROaDWaY: The Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera share this evening of Broadway’s best bets. If you like hearing the best music that the collective musical minds of this country could come up with, this is your night. 8pm, $18-$82. Sacramento Community Center Theater, 1301 J St.

DRUMs OF tHe PaCiFiC 2019: Hear some drums and benefit the Children’s Miracle

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FESTIVALS THURSDAY, 2/28 CaRRiaGe RetURN, tHe aRt OF tYPOGRaPHY: With more than 60 typewriters in attendance, this art show features clicking, clacking and dinging. You can write a 10word short story, learn about typing and

SATURDAY, 3/2

Dr. Seuss’ Birthday Celebration FAiryTAle Town, 11Am, $6

The doctor is in, though he’s not an M.D.—he’s a poetry surgeon, and it’s his B.D. It’s the Seussiest MUSEUMS birthday at Fairytale Town, meaning Dr. Seuss stories and costumes abound. Celebrity readers will get your feet dancin’, with Donna Apidone of Capital Public Radio and City Councilman Steve Hansen. With Seussical crafts and other manners of fun, this here’s your weekend, your planning is done. 3901 Land Park Drive, fairtytaletown.org.

meet artists. 5:30pm, no cover. 10191 Mills Station Road in Rancho Cordova.

SATURDAY, 3/2 95TH ANNUAL CAMELLIA SHOW: Check out

the event highlight on page 28. 3pm, no cover. Elk’s Lodge #6, 6446 Riverside Blvd.

MARDI BARK PARADE: Take to the Old Sacramento Waterfront for a veritable parade of dogs. These pooches will be decked out in Mardi Gras flair and adorned to the gills with outfits outside their normal purview. Come out for the parade, stay for the after-parade festivities. Funds raised go to Front Street Animal Shelter. 11am, no cover. Old Sacramento Waterfront.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EGGSTRAVAGANZA: Some folks look at eggs and see breakfast. The folks at this festival see something else entirely: artwork waiting to be. There will be international egg artists talking about egg art, making egg art, selling egg art and more egg art-related eggtivities. 10am, no cover. Crowne Plaza NortheastSacramento, 5321 Date Ave.

FOOD & DRINK THURSDAY, 2/28 FARM TO FORK LIVE FARM FORECAST 2019: What in the Sam Hill is going on with California’s agriculture? Well, that’s the very question this roundtable discussion seeks to explore. 8am, no cover. Downey Brand LLP, 621 Capitol Mall.

FRIDAY, 3/1 CHEESE & BOURBON TASTING: Bourbon and cheese go together like bacon and bananas, so come try some of both in the presence of a living, breathing cheese sommelier. 7:30pm, $40. Brickyard Kitchen and Bar, 1474 Eureka Road, Suite 120 in Roseville.

SATURDAY, 3/2 CAPITOL BEER FEST: It’s beer o’clock somewhere—specifically, on Capitol Mall at noon. Yes, more than 122 brewers will fill up the space and your cup—and don’t worry about your stomach’s fullness, because, of course, there are more than 19 food trucks. Other entertainment will ensue. Noon, $45. Capitol Mall Greens.

SACRAMENTO MARDI GRAS PARTY AND PUB CRAWL: Finally, a Mardi Gras event that’s not dog-themed. Come down to the waterfront and hang out in some pubs, including River City Saloon and O’Mally’s Irish Pub. 8pm, no cover. Old Sacramento Waterfront.

7th annual competition. Meet the artists, meet the judge and have a competitive time. Saturday 3/2, 4pm. No cover. 9683 Elk Grove-Florin Road in Elk Grove.

instead. Through 3/9. $12-$15. 4700 College Oak Drive.

HARRIS CENTER: Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Take in the musical story of Ariel, the small fish person, as she tries to become a similarly sized non-fish person. Have a great time “beneath the sea” with all of the fish creatures and their zany tunes. Friday 3/1, 7pm. $36-$45. 10 College Parkway in Folsom.

SACRAMENTO STATE: More Than Just

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BEHIND THE RESTAURANT DOOR: The world runs on Dunkin’, and that famed donut store began as a restaurant. You could be the next Dunkin’ Donuts, but for whatever kind of restaurant you want, not just donuts, if you attend this panel about getting started in the restaurant business. Bobbin Mulvaney hosts an all-female panel of food movers and shakers. 2pm, $10. Mulvaney’s B&L Next Door, 1215 19th St.

FILM THURSDAY, 2/28 THE FAVOURITE: Check it out—England and France are duking it out, right? And the queen of England has some stuff going on, interpersonal drama ensues. Come check it out—it was nominated for an Oscar. 7pm, $8. Auburn State Theatre, 985 Lincoln Way in Auburn.

FRIDAY, 3/1 GENERATION ZAPPED: This showing of a documentary highlights what spending vast swaths of time on electronic devices is doing to children these days, and how the world is becoming increasingly tangled up with antennas. 7pm, $5 suggested donation. Elk Grove Public Library, 8900 Elk Grove Blvd. in Elk Grove.

WEDNESDAY, 3/6

Names Comedy Showcase. Get some comedy from people who have names in this oneof-a-kind showcase. Every comedian that performs has a name, guaranteed. Friday 3/1, 8pm. $7. Keith Carey. Keith Carey, of Comedy Central and a podcast, will take the stage. Friday 3/1, 8pm. $10. Lights Out (Comedy in the Dark). Check out the highlight on page 30. Saturday 3/2, 9pm. $7. 1710 Broadway.

SACRAMENTO COMEDY SPOT: LGBTQ Comedy Showcase. Host Melissa McGillicuddy shares this evening of LGBTQ comics doing comedy. There’s Chey Bell, Sergio Novoa, Mike Whitaker and Shahera Hyatt. Friday 3/1, 9pm. $12. 1050 20th St., Suite 130.

SACRAMENTO COMEDY SPOT TRAINING CENTER: POC Improv Space. People of color are invited to perform some improv in a welcoming environment with instructors Justine Lopez and Betsaida LeBron. Sunday 3/3, 5pm. No cover. 1050 20th St., Suite 130.

What in the Dickens? Lots of loveable characters, powerful stories and more. Oliver, an orphan, takes center stage as we, the audience, listen in wait in London. Through 3/23. $20. 607 Pena Drive in Davis.

MIDTOWN BARFLY: Midtown Moxies Burlesque. Take in some burlesque from the folks with the most moxie around, the Midtown Moxies. Through 6/1. $15-$40. 1119 21st St.

ON STAGE AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE THEATRE: The Twilight Zone. Take in some of the oddest stories ever to grace American TV sets—but on the stage

SOL COLLECTIVE: The History of the Frontera Collection. Juan Antonio Cuellar’s work features his efforts to digitize Mexican and Mexican American recordings. Friday 3/1, 6pm. No cover. 2574 21st St.

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SACRAMENTO CONVENTION CENTER COMPLEX: Tiffany Haddish. Check out Tiffany Haddish on her non-recordable comedy tour. You will have to place your phone in a sealed bag, not to be touched for the entire show. Thursday 2/28, 7pm. $83-$150. 1400 J St.

SACRAMENTO RIVERTRAIN: Sacramento RiverTrain Steampunk Murder Mystery. Get steampunk’d for one night only. There’s a murder afoot, and it’s time to solve murders like it’s 1899. Friday 3/1, 6:30pm. $100. 400 N. Harbor Blvd.

WYATT PAVILION THEATRE: Flora The Red Menace. UC Davis’s theater department shares this Kander and Ebb musical set in Manhattan with fashion on the mind. Through 3/9. $12-$18.50. UC Davis, Old Davis Road in Davis.

Economy Meeting. Meet with some creative folks about Sacramento365’s creative profiles, and with Sacramento Metro Arts, who will also be in attendance. Thursday 2./28, 5:30pm. No cover. 7300 Folsom Blvd.

TIM COLLOM GALLERY: A Visual Life. Michael Dunlavey gets the nod this month for his watercolor and photography of old stuff. Through 4/4. No cover. 915 20th St.

MUSEUMS CROCKER ART MUSEUM: Barbara Earl Thomas on Jacob Lawrence. Barbara Earl Thomas will give a guest lecture on Jacob Lawrence, who she knew as her student. Sunday 3/3, 2pm. $14. 216 O St.

FAIRYTALE TOWN: Dr. Seuss’ Birthday

TOMMY T’S COMEDY CLUB: Tag Team Comedy. Comedy comes in pairs at this night of comedy. Myles Weber and Chelsea Bearce act as the tag team of the evening. Thursday 2/28, 7:30pm. $10. 12401 Folsom Blvd. in Rancho Cordova.

Scribbles. See what literal children are doing to advance the state of art creation in Sacramento. There’s work from up-and-coming new infants, toddlers and preschoolers from the Children’s Center. There’s more complexity going on than you might expect. The reception is on Thursday at 6 p.m. Through 3/14. No cover. 6000 J St.

ART ART STUDIO: Second Bite The Wisdom of the Apple Art Installation. This exhibit supported by the City of Davis features about 100 Apple computers paired with music and pictures. Through 5/31. No cover. 1930 5th St. in Davis.

Celebration. It’s a very Seussy birthday at Fairytale Town. Come celebrate with his stories read non-stop, featured on page 31. Saturday 3/2, 11am. $6. 3901 Land Park Drive.

POWERHOUSE SCIENCE CENTER: Family Workshop Hacking 101. Want to get started hacking your life? Come join this class to put computers to work in aspects of your life,

ELK GROVE FINE ARTS CENTER: 7th Annual Fine Arts Competition. Seven years have nearly passed, and that means it’s time for the

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THE APOLOGY: This free showing of the documentary The Apology tells the story of women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II. 6pm, no cover. 5770 Freeport Blvd., Suite 48.

COMEDY B STREET THEATRE: Maximum Occupancy. Long-form improv meets a tantalizing prospect: If the show is sold out, everyone gets pizza. Sunday 3/3, 6:30pm. $12. 2700 Capitol Ave.

CREST THEATRE: Iliza Shlesinger. Shlesinger will perform comedy. She was the youngest comedian to win Last Comic Standing. Come check out the exciting laughter that will reverberate through the theater. Friday 3/1, 7pm. $35-$135. 1013 K St.

PUNCH LINE: James Davis. You may know Davis from his show, Hood Adjacent with James Davis, or perhaps you know him from a coffee shop. Either way, come laugh at him. Through 3/2. $22.50. 2100 Arden Way, Suite 225.

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The Twilight Zone AmericAn river college TheATre, vArious Times, $12-$15

You’re about to enter a theater—a theater where time and space are limited only by the imagination of director and adapter Jason Sinclair Long and the performances of the cast. It’s a space in which earthly matters formerly reserved only ON STAGE for quality television programming enter the realm of the stage. Mixing stories of the fantastic with the innermost workings of Rod Serling’s mind, this is American River College’s production of … The Twilight Zone. 4700 College Oak Drive, arctheatre.org/productions.

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aimed at children 5 years and up. saturday 3/2, 9:30am. $10-$25. 3615 Auburn Blvd.

BooKS Saturday, 3/2 autHOrs On tHe mOve: Beth Ruyak hosts the 17th year of Authors on the Move. There will be speakers, books and more. David Lawrence Jr. is the keynote speaker. 5pm, $250. Hyatt Regency, 1209 L St.

lGBtQ tHurSday, 2/28 Queer netwOrKinG miXer: Mix and mingle with other local professionals in the LGBTQ community. The Lavender Library and the LGBTQ Young Professionals host. Bring business cards. 6pm, no cover. Lavender Library, 1414 21st St.

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SPortS & outdoorS Saturday, 3/2 DOnut DasH: It’s beyong high time to get competitive with your donut eating. Check out the event highlight on page 31. 8:30am, $18-$45. William Land Park, East Park Road.

FuLtOn-eL CaminO rPD’s trOut FisHinG Derby: It’s time to fish in the city. Join the Recreations and Park District for this derby contest. You could win big, catch a huge trout and go home with an incredibly large smile. 8am, $4. Howe Park Pond, 2201 Cottage Way.

Sunday, 3/3 street2traCK saCramentO: It’s drag racing time, with food, vendors and fun car action. 11am, $20. Sacramento Raceway Park, 5305 Excelsior Road.

vernaL POOL Critter waLKs: Take to the vernal pools in Mather Field and see what kind of exciting creatures are living in the muck. Shrimp, birds and plants will be seen. 10am & 1pm, $5. Splash Education Center, 4426 Excelsior Road in Mather Field.

tueSday, 3/5 yOGa witH tHe KinGs: Get onto the Kings court with Yoga Seed Collective. Reno Gorman leads the Vinyasa yoga class, and you’ll get to stand, lean or downward dog on hallowed

brunch. No, time for a drag show. No! Time for both at the same time. Enjoy the Sac LGBT Community Center’s annual fundraiser garden party. 11am, $65-$110. 1215 J St.

taKe action tHurSday, 2/28 emerGinG mObiLity eXPLaineD: What does the future of transportation in California look like? Trains pulled by bicycles? Donkeys pulling decommissioned Teslas in the California Aqueduct? However it looks, this discussion goes over potential futures. Register in advance. 11am, no cover. California State Capitol, 10th and L Streets.

Let’s taLK abOut FOOD: Come talk about food potential in this public forum. How can Davis make food insecurity go away? Sustainability will be discussed, and professors of agriculture will share their expertise. 7pm, no cover. Davis Community Chambers, 23 Russell Blvd. in Davis.

reCOverinG tHe western mOnarCH butterFLy POPuLatiOn wOrKsHOP: The monarch butterfly seems to be going the way of the Monarchs basketball team—come see what options there are to help the butterflies make a buzzer-beater comeback. Check for space. 9am, no cover. Putah Creek Lodge in Davis.

Saturday, 3/2

Lights Out (Comedy in the Dark) STAB! Comedy TheATer, 9pm, $7

Did you know that some 30 percent of a comedy venue’s operating cost comes from powering the lights and providing makeup for the talent? STAB! Comedy Theater eliminates both of COmeDy those expenses with this night of comedy in the dark. It’ll turn the lights down and commence with the jokes, letting you focus just on the sounds and smells of comedy. Come join Ray Molina to experience funny in the way of the ancient Greeks at night: poorly lit and outside of your comfort zone. 1710 Broadway, stabcomedytheater.com.

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Donut Dash William land Park, 8:30am, $18-$45

Do you feel like running two miles, then scarfing down four donuts at Marie’s Donuts, then SportS & outDoorS running two miles again? It sounds like a recipe for disaster, but the proceeds benefit hospitalized children through Beads of Courage and other programs that make life a little less stressful for kids diagnosed with diseases. It’s time to take your charitable, competitive consumption of donuts and running to the next level. 3901 Land Park Drive, fairtytaletown.org.

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FIrSt FrIDAY DIALoGuE oN rACE: Join Center Pointe Initiative to discuss the topic of the month: reparations for slavery in the United States. 7pm, no cover. 1047 46th St, 1047 46th St.

SuNday, 3/3 urBAN rootS GArDEN BuILD DAY!: Join Urban Roots to build a garden in the Oak Park community. Once you register, you’ll get the address to meet at. Bring the things you need to build, dig and garden—and to learn. 9am, no cover. Oak Park.

WEdNESday, 3/6 2019 CALFrESH ForuM: Join California Food Policy Advocates and the California Department of Social Services to talk about CalFresh and how it can be improved. There will be workshops, lessons, discussions and talks. 9:30am, $50. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

CLaSSES tHurSday, 2/28 CrEAtIVItY+ rEINVENtIoN: Meghan Phillips and David Sobon lead this class on “marketing” and “mural activation.” As the event description belies, this day will explore “various interpretations of reinvention” in Sacramento. Come learn about how reinvention lets you change things about your life, and how to use reinvention as a tool to jumpstart your business marketing and other buzzwords. 5:30pm, no cover-$10. Warehouse Artist Lofts, 1108 R St.

EDGEuCAtIoNAL ForuM ENVISIoN Your SuCCESS 2019: Metro EDGE shares this first of four forums in 2019. How have things changed in the last 10 years? This forum aims to answer that question. There will be food, also. 5:30pm, $5. Hacker Lab, 2533 R St.

CANNABIS For WoMEN’S SEXuAL WELLNESS: Ellementa Women’s Wellness Gathering shares this conversation about cannabis and CBD for sexual health. Come talk with this group about developing a healthier sex life with cannabis. 6:30pm, $10$20. Highwater, 1910 Q St.

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roAStING VEGGIES CooKING CLASS: Have you heard about vegetables and tried them only to discover that they’re very hard? Crunchy, even? Try roasting them. You’ll be instantly shocked by what a different food experience you get from cooking your vegetables. Additionally, if you come to this class, you’ll learn about the health benefits of roasting various vegetables. 5:30pm, $35$45. Lifestyle Center, 4921 Golden Foothill Parkway in El Dorado Hills.

YHD DANCE FEVEr AFro rHYtHMZ EDItIoN: Come learn how to dance to Afro Beat & Rhythm Movement, and let fuji music take over your feet. 7:30pm, $8. Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th St.

Saturday, 3/2 ADorNMENt pAINt AND CoFFEE WorKSHop: Take a nice, long sip of coffee and get painting. You will paint your torso, then add your favorite necklace to the painting to finish it off, all under supervision and advisement from an instructor. 9am, $35. Ebony London Art Studio.

FrEE BoNSAI WorKSHop: Want to make some bonsai trees? You should get started with this free workshop with Timm Johnson. You’ll learn all about the tiny trees and what it takes to maintain them. Here’s a hint: It doesn’t involve hiring specially trained mice that have exhibited gardening traits and for generations have been artificially selected by humans. Noon, no cover. Exotic Plants Ltd, 1833 Howe Ave.

MooDMENt DANCE WorKSHopS: Your inner goddess is coming. Be ready to embrace that goddess as you start to dance. Music flows and you feel the glow of inner power and self-discovery. Dance. Dance! 2:30pm, $10-$0. Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th St.

tHE WoNDErS oF FuNGI AND MuSHrooMS: Fungi are great, and mushrooms are also great. Come out and get the information you need to start using fungi and mushrooms to get your garden absolutely jacked, swole and shredded. Step aside, Mary Mary—the eukaryote we often disdain is the secret key to making your garden grow. Matthew Trumm leads the workshop. 1pm, $10$30. Soil Born Farms American River Ranch Schoolhouse, 2140 Chase Drive in Rancho Cordova.

Clevenger brings the knowledge about South African plants. See what the scoop is with Clevenger—known for managing the Old City Cemetery Rose Garden. 7pm, no

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Nova Sutro, Blackwater Ryzn and Wendell & the Puppets, 8pm, $10

Aenimus, Interloper, Nihil Futurum, Kaidan and more, 7pm, $10

A Perfect Being, Lucrecia, Without Hope, Nail the Casket and more, 7pm, T, $10

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Boot Scootin Sundays, 8pm, $5

Geeks Who Drink, 8:30pm, W, no cover

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Iliza: Elder Millenial Tour, 7pm, $35-$135

The Goonies, 7:30pm, $7.50-$9.50

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Journey’s Edge, 9pm, $10

Courtlin Jabrae, Lake Stovall, Deano, Malcolm and more, 8pm, $15-$20

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Gordon Lightfoot, 8pm, M, $39-$79; Ruben Studdard, 7:30pm, T, $35-$55

Every Damn Monday, 8pm, M, no cover; Noche Latina, 9pm, T, no cover

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Open-Mic, 7:30pm, M, no cover; Pub Quiz w/ Kevin, 7pm, T, no cover

Houses, 7:30pm, M, no cover; Sam Riggs, 7:30pm, W, $10

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Token and more, 7:30pm, T, $15-$18

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The Marías, Katzu Oso and Nicotine, 7pm, $15-$17

Travis Hayes, Madi Sipes & the Painted Blue and RIVVRS, 7pm, $10-$15

AzChike and 1TAKEJAY, 7pm, T, $17

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As a cannabis enthusiast, one thing i love about the stuff is how varied it is. Perky sativas get me going for exercise and creative brainstorming. Heavy indicas are awesome for savoring every last bite of a homemade meal and then drifting off to sweet sleep. I’m into flower, vape, edibles, tinctures and lubes. And while I save most of that stuff for evenings and weekends, when I heard about cannabis products designed to enhance focus, my interest was piqued in part because I work at home and can get distracted by dishes, or my dog, but mainly because focus is, generally speaking, a good thing that everyone could use a little more of now and then. My budtender recommended two products: OLO’s Focus ($45 for 12

strips), which comes in 5 milligram sublingual strips, and Level’s Stimulate ($50 for 15 tablinguals), which comes in the form of sublingual tabs containing 1 milligram of THC, 1 milligram of THCV and 1 milligram of CBG. The terpene profiles of both products are proprietary, but presumably both blends are crafted to enhance concentration. I should preface this by stating that my THC tolerance level is rather low. It’s gotten, ahem, higher over time, but bear in mind that I’m a frequent, not heavy, user and that my cannabinoid receptors might be on the sensitive side. I tried the OLO product first. The taste was minty and pleasant, and the strip dissolved quickly. Within

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Weed and flu don’t mix Hello! I have the flu. It’s a mild case and I will be OK, But I want to know if I can still smoke weed while I’m sick. —H1N1 iN cHarge

You could, but why? Give your body a break. First of all: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. OK, now that we have that out of the way, let’s talk. Using cannabis while you have the flu (or even a cold) might make you feel better, because of the mild euphoria and the anti-inflammatory pain relief and what not, but smoking cannabis can irritate the lungs. So unless you are looking to cough even more, I would say leave it alone. Also, there is some research that says cannabis can suppress your immune system just a little. I am thinking when you have the flu, you would probably want your immune system to be as robust as possible. So I would tell you to leave the weed alone until you are healthier. Instead of a weed bowl, have a bowl of pho. Pho is my go-to secret weapon when dealing with the flu. Get well soon.

Hey what’s a good recipe for a cannabis tincture? I have a lot of shake left over from the harvest and I want to put it to good use. —WasteNot WaNtNot

Tinctures are awesome. They don’t bother your lungs, and they take effect faster than an edible. The first thing you need to do is decarboxylate

your cannabis. That’s a fancy way of saying heat your cannabis up a little, which will turn the THCA in the plant into THC, which is the stuff that gets you high. About 25 to 30 minutes in a 250 to 275-degree oven should do the trick. Then dump your grass into a strong grain alcohol. Most people use Everclear. You could also make a tincture with glycerin if you don’t like alcohol. Let it sit for a long time in a cool dark place. A long time, like a few weeks. Shake the jar once a day or so to make sure you extract all the THC goodness. I have heard that you can skip the sitting in a dark place step by shaking the cannabis and alcohol mixture vigorously for a good three minutes or longer. So if you are in a hurry, try that method first. The proportions are really up to you. If you want a stronger tincture, use more weed. If the weed you have is really strong, maybe use less. One ounce of shake to 16 ounces of alcohol is a good rule of thumb. Once your tincture is done, try it out. A teaspoon of tincture should get you going. Most people take their tinctures sublingually—that is, they place it under their tongue and let it soak into the bloodstream through their gums. The Cannabis Gourment Cookbook author and longtime activist Cheri Sicard has a good recipe. Let me know how it turns out. Ω

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My boyfriend asked me to send his mom a photo from his phone. afterward, I was looking at his photos of us, feeling really happy. then I clicked on a video and saw him having sex with his exgirlfriend. why does he still have a video of her? Does he watch it? was she better at sex than me? My mind is going crazy, but I’m afraid to tell him I saw the video. advice? The longer you delay taking responsibility for being curious, the more distress you create for yourself. So tell your man the truth. Explain that seeing him with his ex stirred your insecurities. Admit that you began to worry, but not about him. You trust him. Let him know that old worries returned about whether you are sexually appealing. How do I know worries existed in you long before you saw that video? Your mind slings fear with far too much ease. That’s a sign it’s had plenty of practice. We all worry to some degree, but when worried thoughts run unchecked, we are training ourselves to become skilled worriers. Here’s a new direction to try: Confront negative thoughts with honesty. Remind yourself that an amazing sexual connection is part of a healthy relationship, but not the only reason for loving someone or staying with that person. When worries arise, focus on trusting yourself to manage whatever lays ahead. Trust is the opposite of anxiety and worry is a low-level form of anxiety. And please stop competing with your boyfriend’s ex. She’s over. He’s with you. When you obsess about her, you are spending time with her, instead of with your man, or other people and things in the world. Don’t be that girl. My girlfriend had this list of questions people should ask each other to get closer. basically, I learned that she wants to get married, quit practicing law and raise kiddos. well, paying her bills forever is not what I want. Long story short, 42 | SN&R | 02.28.19

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I cheated because part of me wanted break up. I feel bad because I do love my girlfriend, but I feel like she’s using me because I make a good living. She went to law school to impress her parents and basically hates her career. I’d like your take on this because your advice is solid. thanks. Your girlfriend wants a traditional marriage (one spouse works outside the home, the other stays home and raises their kids). You don’t. If a committed relationship is your goal, what form would you like it to take? One option is a partnership in which both individuals contribute equally to the health of their relationship, to mutual household expenses and chores and to care of children produced through the union. If that’s a future you can embrace, be aware it requires a consistent habit of reflection, appreciation and willingness to grow. The next step is to decide if you love your girlfriend enough to break up with her. Sound harsh? It’s not. Hanging on, hoping she will change is a waste. We can love someone and recognize that person isn’t the one, at least not anymore. Sound familiar? Ω

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Diego was suffering through a drought. City officials hired a professional “moisture accelerator” named Charles Hatfield who promised to make it rain. Soon, Hatfield was shooting a secret blend of chemicals into the sky from the top of a tower. The results were quick. A deluge began in early January 1916 and persisted for weeks. Thirty inches of rain fell, causing floods that damaged the local infrastructure. The moral of the story, as far as you’re concerned, Aries: When you ask for what you want and need, specify exactly how much you want and need. Don’t make an openended request that could bring you too much of a good thing. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Actors Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges are brothers born to parents who were also actors. When they were growing up, they already had aspirations to follow in their parents’ footsteps. From an early age, they summoned a resourceful approach to attracting an audience. Now and then they would start a pretend fight in a store parking lot. When a big enough crowd had gathered to observe their shenanigans, they would suddenly break off from their faux struggle, grab their guitars from their truck and begin playing music. In the coming weeks, I hope you’ll be equally ingenious as you brainstorm about ways to expand your outreach. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): According to Edward Barnard’s book New York City Trees, a quarter of the city is shaded by its 5.2 million trees. In other words, one of the most densely populated, frantically active places on the planet has a rich collection of oxygen-generating greenery. There’s even a virgin forest at the upper tip of Manhattan, as well as five botanical gardens and 843-acre Central Park. Let’s use all this bounty amid the bustle as a symbol of what you should strive to foster in the coming weeks: refreshing lushness and grace interspersed throughout your busy, hustling rhythm. CANCER (June 21-July 22): As a poet myself, I regard good poetry as highly useful. It can nudge us free of our habitual thoughts and provoke us to see the world in ways we’ve never imagined. On the other hand, it’s not useful in the same way that food and water and sleep are. Most people don’t get sick if they are deprived of poetry. But I want to bring your attention to a poem that is serving a very practical purpose in addition to its inspirational function. Simon Armitage’s poem “In Praise of Air” is on display in an outdoor plaza at Sheffield University. The material it’s printed on is designed to literally remove a potent pollutant from the atmosphere. And what does this have to do with you? I suspect that in the coming weeks you will have an extra capacity to generate blessings that are like Armitage’s poem— useful in both practical and inspirational ways. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1979, psychologist Dorothy Tennov published her book Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love. She defined her newly coined word “limerence” as a state of adoration that may generate intense, euphoric and obsessive feelings for another person. Of all the signs in the zodiac, you Leos are most likely to be visited by this disposition throughout 2019. And you’ll be especially prone to it in the coming weeks. Will that be a good thing or a disruptive thing? It all depends on how determined you are to regard it as a blessing, have fun with it and enjoy it regardless of whether or not your feelings are reciprocated. I advise you to enjoy the hell out of it! VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Based in Switzerland, Nestle is the largest food company in the world. Yet it pays just $200 per year to the state of Michigan for a permit to suck up about 210 million gallons of groundwater, which it bottles and sells at a profit. I nominate this vignette to be your cautionary tale in the coming weeks. How? 1. Make damn sure you are being fairly compensated for your offerings. 2. Don’t allow huge, impersonal forces to exploit your resources. 3. Be tough and discerning, not lax and naïve, as you negotiate deals.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Sixteenth-century Italian

artist Daniele da Volterra wasn’t very famous for his own painting and sculpture. We remember him today for the alterations he made to Michelangelo’s giant fresco The Last Judgment, which spreads across an entire wall in the Sistine Chapel. After Michelangelo died, the Catholic Church hired da Volterra to “fix” the scandalous aspects of the people depicted in the master’s work. He painted clothes and leaves over genitalia and derrieres. In accordance with astrological omens, I propose that we make da Volterra your anti-role model for the coming weeks. Don’t be like him. Don’t engage in cover-ups, censorship, or camouflage. Instead, specialize in the opposite: revelations, unmaskings and expositions. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): What is the quality of your access to life’s basic necessities? How well do you fulfill your need for good food and drink, effective exercise, deep sleep, thorough relaxation, mental stimulation, soulful intimacy, a sense of meaningfulness, nourishing beauty and rich feelings? I bring these questions to your attention, Scorpio, because the rest of 2019 will be an excellent time for you to fine-tune and expand your relationships with these fundamental blessings. And now is an excellent time to intensify your efforts. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Michael Jackson’s 1982 song “Beat It” climbed to number three on the charts in Australia. On the other hand, “Weird Al” Yankovic’s 1984 parody, “Eat It,” reached number one on the same charts. Let’s use this twist as a metaphor that’s a good fit for your life in the coming weeks. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you may find that a stand-in or substitute or imitation will be more successful than the original. And that will be auspicious! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The Space Needle in Seattle is 605 feet high and 138 feet wide—a tall and narrow tower. Near the top is a round restaurant that makes one complete rotation every 47 minutes. Although this part of the structure weighs 125 tons, for many years its motion was propelled by a mere 1.5 horsepower motor. I think you will have a comparable power at your disposal in the coming weeks—an ability to cause major movement with a compact output of energy. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1941, the Ford automobile company created a “biological car.” Among its components were bioplastics composed of soybeans, hemp, flax, wood pulp and cotton. It weighed 1,000 pounds less than a comparable car made of metal. This breakthrough possibility never fully matured, however. It was overshadowed by newly abundant plastics made from petrochemicals. I suspect that you Aquarians are at a phase with a resemblance to the biological car. Your good idea is promising but unripe. I hope you’ll spend the coming weeks devoting practical energy to developing it. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Cartographers of Old Europe sometimes drew pictures of strange beasts in the uncharted regions of their maps. These were warnings to travelers that such areas might harbor unknown risks, like dangerous animals. One famous map of the Indian Ocean shows an image of a sea monster lurking, as if waiting to prey on sailors traveling through its territory. If I were going to create a map of the frontier you’re now headed for, Pisces, I would fill it with mythic beasts of a more benevolent variety, like magic unicorns, good fairies and wise centaurs.

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