S-2013-03-28 by News & Review

Gay marriaGe

vs. science see editor’s note, page 3

An ArenA-sized

hole see Frontlines, page 10 see Bites, page 13

Lady SaLamanderS

Be Ballin’ see Frontlines, page 9

darn tree!

w r i t te n by Robert Gammon and Nick Miller pa g e # 16 p r o j ec t From dumb decisions to CEQA, two writers explore what's holding back Sacramento's sustainable future Sacramento’S newS & entertainment weekly

Volume 24, iSSue 50

thurSday, march 28, 2013

Goodbye, HanGar see sound advice, page 35

LAKE TAHOE OUTDOOR ARENA AT HARVEYS 2013 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

STEVE MILLER BAND

RASCAL FLATTS

PHISH

NICKI BLUHM AND THE GRAMBLERS

THE BAND PERRY

TUESDAY, JULY 30

FRIDAY, JULY 19

SATURDAY, JUNE 22

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

TICKETS ON SALE THIS THURSDAY!

BRAD PAISLEY CHRIS YOUNG

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND

LEE BRICE

GARY CLARK JR.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

FUN.

WITH VERY SPECIAL GUESTS

TEGAN & SARA TUESDAY, AUGUST 27

THE HENNINGSENS

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

FRIDAY, AUGUST 30 TICKETS ON SALE THIS FRIDAY!

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

Ticketmaster.com or ApeConcerts.com

TotalRewardsTahoe.com

#TahoeConcerts

2 | SN&R | 03.28.13

Love vs. science This week the Supreme Court of the United States listened to arguments on Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California in 2008, as well as the federal Defense of Marriage Act, enacted in 1996. It’s likely the court won’t hand down a decision until June, which means months of speculation on how exactly the judges will rule. In the meantime, legal experts and pundits are already speculating that Roe v. Wade, which in 1973 established a woman’s constitutional right to a first-trimester abortion in the United States, may impact the ruling. By not allowing states to rule individually on abortion, the Supreme Court ultimately complicated the process, argues John C. Eastman, the chairman of the National Organization for Marriage and a law professor at Chapman University. Eastman told The New York Times that the “lesson [the Supreme Court judges] should draw is that when you are moving beyond the clear command of the Constitution, you should be very hesitant about shutting down a political debate.” Actually, no. Regardless of one’s feelings on Roe v. Wade, one of the main reasons abortion remains a contentious issue isn’t just for so-called moral values, but because people—lawyers, scientists, theologists, et al.—continue to debate when, exactly, a life becomes viable. When it comes to love and marriage, however, there’s no need for science unless we’re discussing the physical chemistry that attracts two people to one another. For legal guidance, the Supreme Court need look no further than its decision in Loving v. Virginia, the 1967 case that invalidated all state laws outlawing interracial marriage. Marriage is an issue of civil rights, not science—with only the most technical of parallels to Roe v. Wade. The decision should be easy. —Rachel Leibrock

rac he ll@ n ews r ev i ew . com

March 28, 2013 | vol. 24, Issue 50

05 06 09 15 16 20 22 25 29 30 32 34 51

STREETALK LETTERS NEWS + BITES EDITORIAL FEATuRE STORy ARTS&CuLTuRE NIgHT&DAy DISH ASK JOEy STAgE FILM MuSIC + Sound AdvIcE 15 MINuTES COVER dEsign BY haYlEY dOshaY

Our Mission To publish great newspapers that are successful and enduring. To create a quality work environment that encourages employees to grow professionally while respecting personal welfare. To have a positive impact on our communities and make them better places to live. Co-editors Rachel Leibrock, Nick Miller Staff Writers Raheem F. Hosseini, Dave Kempa Copy Editor Shoka Shafiee Calendar Editor Jonathan Mendick Editorial Coordinator Deena Drewis Contributing Editor Cosmo Garvin Editor-at-large Melinda Welsh Contributors Christopher Arns, Ngaio Bealum, Rob Brezsny, Joey Garcia, Becky Grunewald, Mark Halverson, Jeff Hudson, Jonathan Kiefer, Jim Lane, Greg Lucas, Garrett McCord, Kel Munger, Patti Roberts, Ann Martin Rolke, Steph Rodriguez, Seth Sandronsky

Design Manager Kate Murphy Art Director Priscilla Garcia Associate Art Director Hayley Doshay Design Melissa Arendt, Brian Breneman, Vivian Liu, Marianne Mancina, Skyler Smith Contributing Photographers Steven Chea, Wes Davis, Ryan Donahue, Taras Garcia, William Leung, Shoka, Justin Short, Anne Stokes Director of Advertising and Sales Rick Brown Senior Advertising Consultants Rosemarie Messina, Joy Webber Advertising Consultants Josh Burke, Teri Gorman, Dusty Hamilton, Brian Jones, Dave Nettles, Lee Roberts, Julie Sherry, Kelsi White Senior Inside Sales Consultant Olla Ubay Ad Services Coordinators Melissa Bernard Operations Manager Will Niespodzinski Client Publications Editor Michelle Carl Client Publications Managing Editor Kendall Fields Client Publications Writer/Copy Editor Mike Blount Client Publications Writer Natasha vonKaenel Director of First Impressions Alicia Brimhall

Street Team Jolynn Conrad, Charissa Isom, Matt Kjar, Anna Lovas, Ashley Ross, Colton Stadtmiller Distribution Manager Greg Erwin Distribution Services Assistant Larry Schubert Distribution Drivers Mansour Aghdam, Walt Best, Daniel Bowen, Nina Castro, Danny Cladianos, Jack Clifford, Lydia Comer, Lob Dunnica, Chris Fong, Ron Forsberg, Joanna Gonzalez-Brown, Wayne Hopkins, Brenda Hundley, Wendell Powell, Lloyd Rongley, Duane Secco, Lolu Sholotan, Jack Thorne President/CEO Jeff vonKaenel Chief Operations Officer Deborah Redmond Human Resources Manager Tanja Poley Business Manager Grant Rosenquist Credit and Collections Manager Renee Briscoe Business Mary Anderson, Tami Sandoval, Zahida Mehirdel Systems Manager Jonathan Schultz Systems Support Specialist Joe Kakacek Web Developer/Support Specialist John Bisignano

1124 Del Paso Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95815 Phone (916) 498-1234 Sales Fax (916) 498-7910 Editorial Fax (916) 498-7920 Website www.newsreview.com SN&R is printed by The Paradise Post using recycled newsprint whenever available. Editorial Policies Opinions expressed in SN&R are those of the authors and not of Chico Community Publishing, Inc. Contact the editor for permission to reprint articles, cartoons or other portions of the paper. SN&R is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts. All letters received become the property of the publisher. We reserve the right to print letters in condensed form and to edit them for libel. Advertising Policies All advertising is subject to the newspaper’s Standards of Acceptance. The advertiser and not the newspaper assumes full responsibility for the truthful content of their advertising message.

CASH FOR YOUR FASHION 2101 01 L Stre Street Sacramento 916.441.3733

6412 Tupelo Drive Citrus H Heights 916.725.37333

850 E Bidwell, Folsom (next to Trader Joes) 916.985.3733

OUTLET STO ORE RE 911 Washing gton o Blv on Blvvd.. Roseville, 9116.777733.3373 733

CASH FOR YOUR CLOTHES!

BUY / SELL / TRADE MEN’S & WOMEN’S FASHION BEFORE

FRONTLINES

F E AT U R E

•

STORY

FREESTYLECLOTHING.COM |

A RT S & C U LT U R E

• |

FACEBOOK.COM/FREESTYLECLOTHING AFTER

03.28.13

SN&R

License# OE8656 69

7LWDQ ,QVXUDQFH 6DOHV DQG GHVLJQ DUH VHUYLFH PDUNV RI 7+, +ROGLQJV 'HODZDUH ,QF 7LWDQ SROLFLHV XQGHUZULWWHQ E\ 7LWDQ ,QGHPQLW\ &RPSDQ\ DQG $I¿OLDWHG &RPSDQLHV +RPH 2I¿FH &OHYHODQG 2+ 6XEMHFW WR XQGHUZULWLQJ JXLGHOLQHV UHYLHZ DQG DSSURYDO 3ULFH EDVHG RQ 0DUFK DQDO\VLV RI DYDLODEOH QDWLRQDO GDWD IRU OLDELOLW\ RQO\ SROLFLHV 3URGXFWV DQG GLVFRXQWV QRW DYDLODEOH WR DOO SHUVRQV LQ DOO VWDWHV $OO FRYHUDJHV DUH VXEMHFW WR WKH GHGXFWLEOHV H[FOXVLRQV DQG FRQGLWLRQV LQ WKH DFWXDO SROLF\

Tickets? Accident s We can h ? elp!

)OH[LEOH %LOOLQJ 1R ,QVXUDQFH ,QVWDQW 65 V 0RWRUF\FOH %RDW 5HQWHUV

4 | SN&R | 03.28.13

&RPPHUFLDO 9HKLFOH & L O 9 KL O 0DMRU &UHGLW &DUGV $FFHSWHG 2SHQ (YHQLQJV :HHNHQGV (DV\ 3URFHVVLQJ %\ 3KRQH

1-855-53-Titan Call toll free

1-855-538-4826

“Girls were dancing everywhere—on tables, popping bottles.”

Asked at 16th and K streets:

What’s your most epic spring-break story, bro?

Breann Watt

Brandon Schaffer

political-science major

It was [in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico], and we saw Joe Jonas. We got the smackdown from his bodyguard because we walked up to him and asked if he gets it a lot—that he looks like Joe Jonas—when, in fact, he really was Joe Jonas. He said, “Yes, I do get that a lot.”

sociology major

I was in Chico, and we were playing beer pong during the day. We went to the bars, and the last thing I remember [was waking] up in some bushes. I didn’t know where I was. My shirt had a rip in it. I had to walk 4 miles to get back to my house. It was hours later, but I made it home. It was a good time.

$5 OFF THE “LUCKY DUCK” CAR WASH PACKAGE Cannot be combined with any other offer. Expires 04-30-13.

Tom Jones

Eddie Rakthay

Philip Babere

criminal-law major

communications major

[A] buddy of mine went to Cancun ... to hang with some buddies. ... They are all in a hotel room hanging with this one girl, and they are doing what they do. One of the guys ended up being [my buddy’s] girlfriend’s cousin. When they got back, the pictures were turned over to his girlfriend, [and he] lost his girlfriend.

Went to [Lake Havasu in Arizona]. I got a ride with some buddies. Greatest three days in my life. Booze in the morning and some Cocoa Puffs. We kept having a great time. We partied; it was too much fun. I smiled way too much—my cheeks hurt!

We went to [Las] Vegas. ... There were a lot of females. There were a lot of drinks. Girls were dancing everywhere—on tables, popping bottles. Champagne just pouring everywhere. We call it freak dancing. I [talked to] this one girl from England, and that was a good connection I made. I love Vegas.

now only $19.99 ($40 Value) SPEND $20 IN THE GIFT SHOP & GET A

Additional fee for light trucks or SUV types. Prices may vary on any size and condition. Please present this coupon with payment. Not valid with other offers, specials or coupons. Expires 04/11/13 • Coupon Code 0209 SACRAMENTO BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD 2008

BEFORE

FRONTLINES

2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

1901 L Street

MON-SAT: 7AM – 7PM SUN: 9AM – 7PM • (916) 971–3274 |

general-education major

I went to San Diego with my friends, and we went to [do] the whole “Boardwalk” thing. We assumed it was a boardwalk, and apparently, it wasn’t: It was just the dock. We were the only fools sitting there with a blanket on a little patch of sand. … Afterward, we found where the clubs were.

50% OFF MANAGER SPECIAL

INCLUDES: Full Service Car Wash, Air Freshner, Sealant, Clear-Coat Protectant, Underbody Flush & Rust Inhibitor, Triple Coat Protectant

Visit DontDriveDirty.com or download our Mobile App for location address & directions.

Melissa Bettencourt

business-management major

VOTED BEST OF THE BEST 10 TIMES BY SACRAMENTO 08 MAGAZINE

FREE EXTERIOR WASH UNTIL 04/ 08 04/13

916.446.0129

08 www.harvscarwash.com

(on the corner of 19th and L)

F E A T U R E S T O R Y | A R T S & C U L T U R E | A F T E R | 03.28.13 08

SN&R

Email your letters to sactoletters@newsreview.com.

Homelessness is not a choice

THIS MODERN WORLD

TOM TOMORROW

Re “Cat and ‘river rat’ game” by Dave Kempa (SN&R Frontlines, March 14): Park ranger David Henry doesn’t feel sorry for most of the campers, who he thinks gets lots of services. He thinks “their lifestyle is a choice.” Some more likely choices that unsheltered homeless people make letter of the week are: choosing not to commit crimes in order to pay rent, choosing to escape a violent domestic situation, choosing to not stand in the line for a shelter known to have 200 people on the waiting list, choosing to not complain of their situation and appear proud, choosing to not be separated from loved ones. Homelessness is caused by the lack of housing, not by people choosing to be homeless. Give every unsheltered homeless person a key to their own room or apartment to prove my point. Paula Lomazzi

S a c ra m e nt o

Public has right to know Re “Tuesday night live!” by Nick Miller (SN&R Frontlines, March 21): This article, regarding restoration of the three-minute rule for speakers before the Sacramento City Council, exhibited a lack of understanding of how city business is currently conducted by the city council, which is far removed from the way it was conducted 20 and more years ago, when the city was quite efficient and quite effective, and had no fiscal problems. First, thanks to Gov. Jerry Brown, open government has been gutted in California by removing funding for the [Ralph M.] Brown Act and the California Public Records Act. The amount of money involved doesn’t buy paper clips for the state. This evisceration of the public’s right to know has gone almost unnoticed in the press. Government without public input and oversight is government out of control. Second, a large number of very complicated public-policy issues will come before the Sacramento City Council in the coming months, and highly technical matters take more than 120 seconds to lay out, especially when one must effectively refute and debunk “facts” rendered by a city staff which, at times, has had its own agendas. Thirdly, city staff has been known to leave out important facts or distort them in staff reports. In the early 1980s, I led the drive to save the 1850s E.B. Crocker mansion from city plans to demolish and replace it with a tilt-up concrete structure. We were able to prove the city staff engineering report was absolutely not true in public testimony before the council, and the mansion is now restored. ... Only through public testimony can these abuses be put before the city council and the public. It is important that the council and the public be aware that staff reports should not be blindly accepted as

accurate and complete. This also can spur city staff to render only the best work, as was the general course in decades past. Rick Stevenson via email

Why pick on BarWest? Re “A trivial pursuit” by Nick Miller (SN&R Midtown&Down, March 14): Being a resident of Midtown, I can tell you that I knew what I was getting myself into by moving into this part of the city. With the J and 28th streets block having bars and music venues for over the last 20 years, I find it hard to believe that the residents had no idea of the situation that they were moving into. I have been frequenting the restaurants, bars and music venues on this block for the last eight years and think it’s very unfair to target BarWest for violence and crime. I have witnessed firsthand countless altercations and excessive drinking at every venue on that particular block. Also, [I’m] confused as to why there is uproar regarding BarWest’s application for an entertainment permit. Blue Cue, Harlow’s [Restaurant & Nightclub] and [The Momo Lounge] have live music and deejays, so I find it a little concerning that the local residents would have a problem with another venue having the same permit that three other venues on the same block already have. When you have six restaurants, bars, clubs and music venues compressed into a one-block radius, it seems only logical that one would not be surprised to see violence or crime from time to time. It seems as though the Marshall School/ New Era Park Neighborhood Association has unfairly chosen one venue to crucify for the proverbial sins of all of the venues located on the J and 28th streets block. Matt Novak Sacramento

ON WHaT SHOuLD bE DONE abOuT cRIME IN MIDTOWN:

ON WHaT caN bE DONE TO IMpROvE DOWNTOWN:

I’ll start by carrying bear spray with me. Nothing like bear spray in the evening!

Downtown needs to hold more community events and weekend daytime activities. @revolutionsp

v ia Twitte r #downtownarena will revive the city .. And everything around it

@volpenhagen

@DREK916

v i a T w i t te r

v ia Twitte r

ON SacRaMENTO’S $258 MILLION SubSIDy fOR a NEW KINgS aRENa:

ON THE bRO-TaSTIc ST. paTRIcK’S Day K STREET KRaWL ON MaRcH 17:

I’m curious how the city council and @KJ_MayorJohnson justify this number, what’s the return on investment.

Wow, not quite the Mid-Town I left in 2005. Brainless hipsters raised by suburban robots.

@joseph_drew

Richard Selleseth

v i a T w i t te r

v ia fa c e b o o k

1) Does the city get a % of the team or revenues for that investment? 2) Revenue backfill? @EastSacPatrick

v i a T w i t te r

its the corporate bars pandering to the idiots… and for fucks sake, quit calling downtown midtown…huge distinction if you ever actually lived there Steve Steven Stevenson

v ia fa c e b o o k

SN&r

03.28.13

@SacNewsReview

Facebook.com/ SacNewsReview

@SacNewsReview

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Sweepstakes ends on 5/31/2013. Open to legal residents of CA, IN, KY, MI AND OH who are 21 years of age or older. Multiple entry deadlines apply. For complete details including method of entry, please see the Oﬃcial Rules: bighousemug.com/rules. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. Sponsored by Underdog Wine and Spirits, Livermore, CA. Big House Straight Bourbon Whiskey: Alc. 45% by Vol. (90 proof). Big House Tupelo Honey: Alc. 35% by Vol. (70 proof). ©2013 Underdog Wine & Spirits, Livermore, CA.

those r o f y e W h is k side. n i e h t on

03.28.13 | SN&R | 7

OMG, YOU WERE

A TEEN DRIVER ONCE, TOO. Here’s your chance to redeem yourself. Join us to see some improv by Chicago’s world famous Second City Communications. Come out to the Drive It Home Show and have a little fun while you learn how to help your teen be a safer driver. This event is brought to you by The Allstate Foundation, in partnership with The National Safety Council, and is hosted by your local Sacramento Allstate Agents.

Jean Runyon Little Theater April 4 at 7:00 p.m. 1515 J Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Seating is limited; reserve yours for free at driveithome.org

8 | SN&R | 03.28.13

PHOTO by wiLLiam Leung

Goal keepers Local soccer team rescues women from addiction, homelessness It’s a Sunday afternoon, and Angelina Lowney is sitting, sweating in the bleachers next by to a soccer field at the Mather Sports Dave Kempa Complex. Just a few hundred yards away stands the building in which three d a vek@ newsr evie w.c om years ago, the 37-year-old mother of five decided to abandon her meth habit and clean up once and for all. Her younger children chase one another across the field as she rests, exhausted from an afternoon of spirited practice. “For me, joining the team was about being able to show [my children] something different, and being accountable,” she says. “I was addicted to methamphetamines. But I also am addicted to street life. Gangs, drugs, money. All that kind of stuff.” Today, she is clean. Lowney plays for the Sacramento Lady Salamanders, one of six street-soccer teams across the nation geared toward helping homeless women transform their lives. Here in Sacramento, the program is taking on a style and energy all its own. It has grown into an outfit dedicated to serving women as they recover from both homeless situations and addiction, teaching them to respect and care for each other while also providing a safe haven and outlet for their children. The Lady Salamanders Initiative functions as part of Street Soccer USA, a program started in North Carolina in 2004. Over time, founder Lawrence Cann independent has expanded his program to 20 cities reporting for this across the country, with the Sacramento story is funded by a grant from Mohawks team coming to town in 2009. But as SSUSA grew and men’s Sacramento emergency Foodlink. participation expanded, volunteers found women’s participation in decline. Sacramento was no exception. “It started to expose more and more that these women needed their own space, a safe place,” says Sacramento Lady Salamanders’ coach Tiffany Fraser. Many of the women coming to practice, Fraser says, often carried several children in tow, and others were formerly mired in abusive relationships. With this in mind, Fraser and the team’s other coach, Lisa Wrightsman, started the women’s-only offshoot of the city’s Mohawks team two years ago, and last December, they officially took up the name of Sacramento Lady Salamanders. Sacramento’s women’s street-soccer team is unique. It is the only team of its kind in the nation solely consisting of BEFORE

FRONTLINES

drug- and alcohol-free players. A majority intramural soccer league. She invited her of recruitment takes place at local rehato come check out the program, and after bilitation centers and transitional-living just one practice, Fraser was hooked. communities. In 2011, they coached the United In fact, before Wrightsman began States’ women’s team in the Homeless coaching for the Lady Salamanders, World Cup in Paris. When their players she too was addicted to meth. In the started getting down because they weren’t early 2000s, she enjoyed a career as a winning, the two coaches called a meeting forward for Sacramento State University’s in a park, making sure that the beauty of women’s soccer team and worked her way Paris was visible to the team. into the semi-pros before addiction took over, and things began to devolve. “One girl was shooting “It took about five years before I’d leveled out everything I had in my life,” up in a closet six says Wrightsman. “Opportunities I’d had, months earlier, and gone to nothing.” now she’s sitting It was a time marred with bad decisions and broken bonds. Two DUIs. in front of the Relationships tested. She was kicked out Eiffel Tower.” of her best friend’s wedding. Finally, sitting in a Sacramento jail cell Tiffany Fraser three years ago, Wrightsman decided she coach had to either turn things around or die. She Sacramento Lady Salamanders entered a rehabilitation program, and after successfully completing treatment, moved into the Mather Community Campus “Do you know what’s really going transitional-living program, where she on here?” Fraser asked. “One girl was learned about the Mohawks. shooting up in a closet six months earlier, At the time, Wrightsman says, she and now she’s sitting in front of the Eiffel associated her addiction and bad choices Tower.” with soccer, and was reluctant to join Today, the team consists of a core the team. Still, she decided to give it one group of 10 women who regularly attend more shot. and take part in the SSUSA curriculum, She thrived. That year, Wrightsman which includes focusing on one particular played in the Street Soccer USA Cup in life skill each practice, and also a book New York City, and then represented the club on Thursdays. The team regularly United States in the 2010 Homeless World hosts one or two additional women, Cup in Brazil. invited by teammates to come down and “Ultimately,” she says, “it just try the program out. reminded me that I loved something The Salamanders hold a ladies-only before I’d gotten involved in drugs.” practice on Tuesday nights, as well as Wrightsman soon met Fraser, another an open practice on Sunday afternoons, former Sac State player, at a local F E A T U R E S T O R Y | A R T S & C U L T U R E | A F T E R |

The Sacramento Lady Salamanders help women in recovery learn life skills through soccer and allow them to bring their children to open practice on Sundays.

which almost always includes members of the Mohawks men’s team, as well as any number of the women’s 30 or so children. They are currently preparing to play other homeless women’s street-soccer teams in the West Coast Cup next June in San Francisco. After that, they hope to raise enough funds to bring the team to New York City and compete in the national finals, held in Times Square. They also plan to send one or two players to represent the United States in the Homeless World Cup, held this year in Poland. Lowney refers to life on the streets for women as “degrading.” “Now, I’ve learned to develop these relationships with these women and to appreciate them. Not try to beat them up or degrade them. I love them. It’s different.” Lowney, also president of the Serna Village transitional-living community, was hospitalized last month due to complications associated with a lung condition, developed from smoking cigarettes and meth. And while her teammates came to the hospital with a soccer ball and held practice with her there, running through the hallways, still hooked up to the IV, Lowney says she was determined to get back on the field and be with her team on the day they tried out the new inflatable court. “I don’t have time to lay around and be sick,” she says. In the end, coach Wrightsman says, it’s about self-worth. “A lot of it is about having a purpose,” she says, “having something to give to somebody else. “Also, sports are just fun.” Ω

03.28.13

SN&R

n o s l a e d t s e t e e w s e h t

Ticke t

Tickets & Events et

k Tic

MAR 30 Hot Buttered Rum @ Harlow’s

$15 tix for $7.50

APR 02 Tech N9ne @ Ace of Spades

$35 tix for $17.50

APR 05 David Wilcox @ CSA Event Center

$25 tix for $12.50

APR 06 Mud Factor Sacramento Mud Run @ Cal Exp

$100 tix for $40

APR 13 Save Ourselves 2nd Annual Walk for Breast Health @ American River

$35 tix for $17.50

APR 13 Toad the Wet Sprocket @ Harlow’s

$35 tix for $17.50

APR 14 Alt-J @ Ace of Spades

$20 tix for $10

APR 22 An Evening with Queensryche @ Ace of Spades

$25 tix for $12.50

APR 28 Yolo County Children’s Alliance Fun Run @ UC Davis Arboretum

$25 tix for $12.50

newsreview.com 10

SN&R

03.28.13

What those outside the Sacramento bubble say about the city’s new arena proposal When Kevin Johnson tweeted this past Saturday afternoon that, finally, an arena deal was struck, he also posted a photo: the mayor, talkby Nick Miller ing on the phone, pumping his fist in the air. Local Sacramento Kings fans took the bait and ni c k a m @ began tweeting their own photos mimicking ne w s re v i e w . c o m the mayor’s move. Quickly, it was trending. An online meme was born: “#KJing.” Indeed, for Kings fans and City Hall brass, Saturday was all about back patting, kudos and “selfie” pics. Later that evening, a couple dozen members of a pro-arena group called Crown Downtown cheered at a press conference announcing the Kings plan. This latest “term sheet,” which city council was sure to greenlight this week (SN&R went to print on Tuesday before the scheduled vote), would develop a $448 million “entertainment and sports complex”—with the city kicking in nearly a quarter-billion dollars—plus upward of 1.5 million square feet of new housing, retail, a hotel and office space on and near the Downtown Plaza mall site. ILLUSTRATION COURTESY OF ThE CITY OF SACRAMENTO

up To 60% oFF

Tale of two deals

An illustration of the proposed new Kings arena, which would take over a large swath of the existing Downtown Plaza mall.

City leaders and supporters say the nonbinding agreement protects taxpayers and the general fund, is an improvement over last year’s pact with the Maloofs, and—in addition to the city’s other lobbying efforts—will surely persuade NBA owners to keep the Kings in Sacramento. Meanwhile, critics of the term sheet, many outside the Sacramento bubble, are baffled. Some reaffirmed that Seattle still has a far better deal—for both the NBA and the Emerald City’s taxpayers—and that Sacramento taxpayers are getting, well, screwed. The city of Seattle, for instance, is only paying for 25 percent, or $125 million, of its $490 million arena; Sacramento will foot 58 percent, or $258 million, for arena construction. A bigger sticking point, however is how the two cities plan to finance their contributions. Sacramento cobbles its nut together with $38 million in land, including the 800 block

of K Street, which will be given to the investors, plus $212.5 million in bonds, which are backed by future revenue from its parking cache. More than $9 million of this parking money goes toward the general fund each year; city brass say that parking revenues, ticket surcharges and at least $1 million in arena profit-sharing will backfill the generalfund loss. If the numbers don’t add up, though, Sacramento will have to tap into hotel-tax revenue. So, basically, taxpayers will be accountable for the deficit. In Seattle, however, it’s a different story. As writer David “Goldy” Goldstein wrote on The Stranger’s blog last Monday, Seattle will pay off its bonds with new arena revenue—and, if there’s a shortfall, investors Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer are “contractually obligated to make up the difference.” Taxpayers are off the hook, unlike in Sacramento. Other Seattle reporters (no surprise) were quick to point out the Sacramento deal’s disadvantages. Chris Daniels, with Seattle’s KING5 TV, reminded that Hansen/Ballmer are much further along. The arena-financing was approved in October 2012, and the city’s design board has given it preliminary approval, too. He also noted that Seattle’s unemployment rate is now 5.9 percent, while Sacramento’s hovers above 10, which draws into question this city’s revenue projections, since they are based on ticket surcharges and parking dollars during Kings gameattendance heyday. Many Sacramentans’ beef with the new Kings arena proposal is, again, the city subsidy to pay for construction. They altogether disprove of a public dollars being used to pay for an arena; as SN&R contributor Cosmo Garvin has reported in the past, a telephone poll last year by EMC Research found that 51 percent of those queried did not want a publicprivate arena partnership (see “Poll shows Mayor Kevin Johnson not invincible”; SN&R Frontlines; February 2, 2012). Eye on Sacramento, a local watchdog group, argued that the actual Sacramento contribution is upward of $334 million if you count revenue from digital billboards and free parking spaces. Even those who can stomach multimilliondollar public subsidies, however, questioned the math in this year’s term sheet. Neil deMause, co-author of 1999 book Field of Schemes, blogs about sports-arena and stadium deals, and in particular whether public subsidies make sense, at www.fieldofschemes.com. He characterized the latest Sacramento plan as lacking details and

D I S C O V E R T H E N I G H T O N A W H O L E N E W L E V E L â€œnot the safest deal in the world.â€? Specifically, he argued that the cityâ€™s strategy to take out $212.5 million in bonds, via forming a nonprofit corporation to oversee its publicly owned parking spaces, to pay for part of its share is very risky and still leaves the Sacramento vulnerable to revenue shortages, which would force it to dip into its general fund. â€œThe only way the city could magically pay for everything using parking revenues â€Ś is if the arena itself more than doubles the amount of money the city earns from each of its downtown parking spaces,â€? he concluded.

amend the â€œsunshine rule,â€? which would make it mandatory for the city to post items such as contract negotiations and budgets at least 10 days before a council vote. The arena term sheet likely would have been included in this 10-day â€œsunshineâ€? period. Councilman Steve Hansen, whose district would house the proposed new arena, wrote on Facebook on Monday that more time to dissect the plan is needed, and that the city â€œshould have at least until Thursday to decide,â€? which would have given everyone five days. The the general consensus at SN&Râ€™s deadline was that it will

â€œThe only way the city could magically pay for everything â€Ś is if the arena itself more than doubles the amount of money the city earns from each of its downtown parking spaces.â€?

H A R R A H â€™ S

L A K E

T A H O E

Neil deMause author, Field of Schemes pass well before before Mayor Johnsonâ€™s meeting with select NBA owners in New York City on April 3. If, a few weeks later on April 18, the NBA shoots down the Seattle investorsâ€™ bid, which includes a binding contract to purchase the Kings and move them to the Emerald City (theyâ€™ve already given the Maloofs $30 million as a deposit), then the Maloof family has the option of selling to the Sacramento investor team. If this does happen, supporters will be KJing in the streets. Opponents, however, will be preparing for lawsuits and referendums. ÎŠ

N I G H T C L U B W E â€™ R E

B L O W I N G

T H E

L I D

O F F

T H E

N I G H T

I T â€™ S T H E U LT I M AT E I N T R E N D S E T T I N G E N T E R TA I N M E N T. F R I D AY â€“ S AT U R D AY DOORS OPEN 10:30PM

PHOTO BY NICK MILLER

NomiNees oN page 48

The entire 18-page term sheet is a lot to digest. In fact, itâ€™s the biggest redevelopment proposal in the cityâ€™s history. Some, including some council members, questioned whether three days was enough time for the Sacramento public and city staff to read, understand, debate and get feedback on the deal, which was made public only a few hours before the 72-hour deadline. Those who say three days isnâ€™t enough time to process it point out that the City Managerâ€™s Office recently put the brakes on a proposal brought forward by Councilman Jay Schenirerâ€™s office in February, to

CALL NOW FOR BOOTH AND BOTTLE SERVICE 2 % 3 % 2 6!4 ) / . 3 s 0 % % + . ) ' ( 4 # , 5 " # / -

CELEBRIT Y SATURDAYS APRIL 6

The entrance to the mall, shown here, could be gone by September 2016 if Sacramento builds a new arena a few blocks away at K and Fifth streets.

# P e e k Ta h o e Must be 21 to enter. Management reserves the right to change or discontinue this offer without notice. Restrictions apply. Must be 21 or older to gamble. Know When To Stop Before You Start.ÂŽ Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-522-4700. ÂŠ2013, Caesars License Company, LLC. T1600-13-32

03.28.13 â€ƒ â€ƒ | â€ƒ SN&R â€ƒ â€ƒ | â€ƒ 11 2/22/13 3:58 PM

ANNIVERSARY 2012–13

“Spinning and stamping before a simple backdrop of white silk curtains, she was more like a one-woman commedia dell’arte troupe, shifting among various characters, time periods, moods and manners.” —The Washington Post

SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA Gamaka

5)6o4"5 "13 o t 1.

Bobby McFerrin spirityouall FRI, APR 5 LIMITED AVAILABILITY Paul Dresher Ensemble Double Duo SAT–SUN, APR 6–7 The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain FRI, APR 12 LIMITED AVAILABILITY

10TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON SPONSORS

Tickets and more: mondaviarts.orgÊUÊ866.754.2787 12

SN&R

03.28.13

Small = glorious Why can’t Europe-adoring vacationers bring a lesson home? I find it fascinating that so many people from Sacramento and elsewhere across the United States love going to Europe, by Todd Walton because so much of what used to be a writer, musician and true about America is still true there. longtime contributor Small towns, little farms, ancient to SN&R ways of life ongoing; cities with crooked streets, winding roads, trains going everywhere; all kinds of different kinds of people and ways of living and existing side by side; so many people walking and riding bicycles and buying bread at local bakeries, every loaf unique. Lovely shops and bookstores and villages, old picturesque churches, little museums and art galleries, and fabulous food found in marvelous pubs and cafes and restaurants and inns, no two alike—richness and diversity!

Why don’t these people, some of them my dear friends, make the connection between where we buy things and the ongoing ruination of America and the world? Then, these millions of Europeadoring people come home to the United States and shop at big-box stores and chains, because why pay $1.49 for that can of tomato sauce at your neighborhood grocery store when you can get the same can of tomato sauce at Walmart for 99 cents? Why pay $14 at your local bookstore for the same book you can get on Amazon.com for 30 percent less? Why shop at your local stationery store if you can get 500 of those same-sized envelopes at Office Depot or Staples for practically nothing? And these Europe-loving folk never seem to make the connection between the way they buy things in Europe and what they love about Europe—variety, surprise, depth, small, unique, locally grown, fresh! Nor do they connect the way they buy things in America and what they hate about America—sameness, blandness, stale, shallow, plastic,

made somewhere else. Why, I wonder, don’t these people, some of them my dear friends, make the connection between where we buy things and the ongoing ruination of America and the world? Perhaps because we have become so enslaved to convenience and the illusion of paying less for more, that to admit our actions are the cause of the problem and then change our behavior would be too painful for us, too inconvenient, too costly. After leaving my Sacramento home, I made my way to a new home in Mendocino on California’s coast, a popular tourist destination largely because there are no chain restaurants, no big-box stores, no Starbucks or McDonald’s or Taco Bell adorning the bluffs overlooking the mighty Pacific Ocean. The houses and storefronts are old and quaint, relatively speaking, and to fully enjoy the town and discover her secret charms, one must walk around. Imagine. The best way to experience the European feel of the few square blocks in Mendocino is to leave the car behind and stretch those legs. What a concept! I actually think walking around, that act alone, is a big part of what people like about coming here. “Paris!” countless people have said to me. “We walked everywhere! It was glorious.” “England! They have trains and buses that go everywhere. So many wonderful villages and small towns and winding country roads. Glorious!” “Holland! We walked and rode bicycles everywhere! And the cheese! The bread! Glorious!” Ditto Sweden, Spain, Italy, Germany, etc. So, the next time you pull into Walmart or Staples or Costco, any of those places you go to save a few bucks, think about the Buddhist idea that we are the owners of our own karma, that we create our happiness and unhappiness through our actions and the choices we make, both as individuals and collectively. Then we might better understand that choosing to shop locally at one-ofa-kind stores is how we can help create a happier and more interesting reality right here at home. Ω

Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra PRESENTS

Risk and referendum

April 11 - May 4, 2013

Bites looks at holes in the proposed Sacramento Kings arena plan—and what’s up next

Mary Zimmerman

DIRECTED BY

Diane Fetterly

A fascinating adventure story, based on a Chinese classic, about the pilgrimage to enlightenment in search of sacred Buddhist scriptures. Originally produced by the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL on May 8, 1995.

If you count measures Q and R from 2006, it’s safe to say voters flat-out hate arena subsidies. “If the council is fixated on this subsidy, they should give the public an opportunity to vote it up or down,” says Patrick Soluri, a local attorney fighting against the subsidy and pushing for a public vote on any arena plan. Sure, it’s still a long shot that the NBA owners will approve the sale of the Kings to the team of local whales—nixing what appears to be a solid offer from a group of Seattle investors. But if that happens and the Sacto whales strike a final, legally binding agreement with the city, then expect a campaign from Soluri’s group or someone else to gather signatures and put the plan to a referendum in a special election. The main problem with Soluri’s group is that it won’t say where it gets its money. Is it Seattle money? Soluri just says, “It’s a purely local coalition. All of the money is local, and we are pursuing local goals.”

COMING TO THE NEVADA THEATRE

www.catsweb.org

20 OFF %

Best Places for Facials - 2012 -

any one service Book by 4/10/13. For new clients only. facial treatments • microdermabrasion acid and enzyme peels waxing • eyelash & eyebrow tinting

Good Day Sacramento

4136 Pennsylvania Ave Fair Oaks 916.276.5887

Sacramento citizens have been trying for some time to tell City Hall they don’t like arena subsidies.

Photo: MARLA VERDUGO

Soluri is a land-use attorney. In fact, he once represented the Westfield Group, recent owners of Downtown Plaza, in challenging the city’s plans to develop the downtown rail yards. Coincidence? How do we know he’s not getting money and support from some other local development interest, pursuing their own angle? We don’t, and that will be a point for arena supporters to attack. But that doesn’t mean a referendum isn’t a good idea. Mark Paul, a former Sacramento Bee opinion writer, former California deputy state treasurer, and co-author of the great book California Crackup, makes an eloquent argument for a public arena vote on his blog, The California Fix. “The referendum is about holding a conversation,” he wrote. “Our representatives make decisions and through the referendum we voters tell them whether they got it right, or should go back and try again.” Sounds reasonable. Healthy, even. Sacramento citizens have been trying for some time to tell City Hall they don’t like arena subsidies and have other priorities for public money. Ultimately, they may resort to the referendum in order to be heard. Ω

www.anniehill.com anniehill62@gmail.com BY APPT ONLY

recycle your

fashion

CURRENT STYLES

•

WOMEN'S & MEN'S

PHOTO: Jeff Shanes

Bites assumes the Sacramento City Council jammed through a nonbinding deal with the whales to build a new Kings arena on the site of Downtown Plaza. The term sheet was released on Saturday, the vote scheduled for Tuesday. If they didn’t approve it Tuesday, they will Thursday or next week. Aside from the woefully, unforgivaRvin ably late release of the deal terms by CoSMo G and the rushed vote, it’s clear that the cosmog@ newsrev iew.c om proposed arena plan has some major risks. As you know, it diverts about $9 million in public-parking money away from the general fund and into a newly created parking authority to pay the bonds for a Kings arena. The money is supposed to be backfilled by several sources, the biggest being a 5 percent ticket surcharge, which the city estimates will bring in $3.7 million a year. That same number was used in last year’s arena deal with the Maloofs. The team owners hired Beacon Economics to assess the plan, and Beacon blasted it, noting the revenue projection is based on rosy attendance numbers from years ago, way above what Sleep Train Arena is currently drawing in. You can object that Beacon’s analysis was paid for by the Maloofs, who wanted out of the deal, anyway. But it’s at least as trustworthy as any of the glowing economic reports you’ll see generated by the mayor’s Think Big Sacramento organization. A more conservative estimate would count on current attendance, but then the deal wouldn’t pencil out. Another $3 million will be generated by a little maneuver described thus in the city’s term sheet: “The Public Parking Financing model will be structured in such a way to provide $3 million annually to backfill the City’s portion of the General Fund revenue.” Short a few mil? Just “structure” your model to spit out more money. No further explanation needed. It appears that the plan is to borrow a little extra when the bonds are issued and to use that to partially pay back the general fund. It’s basically borrowing money to pay for cops and other basic services, at least in the early years. But don’t be nervous: Later on, the parking system is supposed to generate a lot more revenue—what with all the revitalization going on. But a lot of things have got to go right; otherwise, this thing blows a hole in the general fund. Bites doesn’t get the impression that the public is clamoring to get this deal done. Past polls done of city residents have indicated everything from apathy to antipathy for public participation in any arena scheme.

ADAPTED BY

buy / sell / trade / consign

SACRAMENTO: 2935 arden way • 916.972.9900 ROSEVILLE: 1850 douglas blvd • 916.781.9900 STOCKTON OUTLET: 5756 pacific ave.#26 • 209.476.1300 www.crossroadstrading.com

BEFORE

FRONTLINES

FEATURE

STORY

ARTS&CULTURE

AFTER

03.28.13

SN&R

dollars. The good news is that each and every one of these mistakes is entirely preventable. In answer to this issue, industry insiders have prepared a free special report entitled “The 9 Step System to Get Your Home Sold Fast and For Top Dollar”. To order a FREE Special Report, visit www.916SellerCostlyMistakes.com or to hear a brief recorded message about how to order your FREE copy of this report call toll-free 1-800-507-9208 and enter ID # 1000. You can call any time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Get your free special report NOW to find out how you can get the most money for your home.

pAID ADvERTISEMENT

LOSE FAT NOT MUSCLE! Lose up to ONE POUND of REAL FAT per day DAY 1

DAY 30

100 O

FF SPRIN G HCG SPECIA L

As seen

on Dr. O

TYPICAL RESULTS

99%

SUCCESS RATE

Medically Supervised

MELT STUBBORN FAT • EXTREMELY AFFORDABLE • NO SURGERY OVER 25 YEARS PROVEN SAFE BY DOCTORS

ReNew Me

9075 Foothills Blvd, Suite 3, Roseville, CA 95747 916-774-0484 • www.2renewme.com Se Habla Español 14 | SN&R | 03.28.13

YOU’RE WELCOME, TREES.

Sacramento Homeowners - A new report has just been released which reveals 7 costly mistakes that most homeowners make when selling their home,and a 9 Step System that can help you sell your home fast and for the most amount of money. This industry report shows clearly how the traditional ways of selling homes have become increasingly less and less effective in today’s market. The fact of the matter is that fully three quarters of homesellers don’t get what they want for their homes and become disillusioned and - worse - financially disadvantaged when they put their homes on the market. As this report uncovers, most homesellers make 7 deadly mistakes that cost them literally thousands of

RECYCLE THIS PAPER.

7 Things You Must Know Before Putting Your Home Up for Sale

Adult schools threatened Don’t dismantle adult-education programs Imagine that you have recently moved to the United States, and you do not speak English. You cannot converse with your neighbors. You have a hard time shopping at stores. You are constantly misunderstood and made to feel like a fool. It is humiliating that your 8-year-old child has to speak for you. Or imagine that you did not finish high school. For some reason, you dropped out. But now, you are ready and willing to apply yourself. You need that high-school diploma before you can take college classes, or to qualify for the job that will take you and your family out of poverty. l by Jeff VonKAene Or, perhaps, you have a dead-end, mind-numbing, just-over-the-minimum-wage job. You know you j e ffv @ne wsr e v ie w.c o m can do better. But you need training and skills. How and where to get them? Now imagine that in your own neighborhood there is a school. Not a school with little kids or teenagers. But a school with grown-ups. Adults like you who are struggling with English or who need a high-school diploma or training. And there are teachers who want to help you. If Gov. Jerry Brown This is what we once had in California. For 150 years, has his way, these California built up one of the numbers are going country’s best adult-education Just a few years ago, to get worse still. systems. we had more than 1 million students attending 300 adult schools. It is hard to calculate how much our society and economy have benefited from our wonderful adulteducation program. But now, we are destroying these programs. School districts used to have separate funds for the K-12 and adultschools programs. Starting with the 2008-2009 school year, Go to the state Legislature allowed them to mingle funds. And in www.california most communities, the adult schools suffered. adultschools.org In 2012, the Little Hoover Commission found that to find an adult between 2006 and 2010, the number of adult students had school in your neighborhood. dropped from 1.2 million to 770,000. The numbers are likely lower now. And if Gov. Jerry Brown has his way, these numbers are going to get worse still. In 2007-2008, California earmarked $750 million for adult-education courses. Now, the governor wants to dismantle the adultschool infrastructure and give the community colleges $300 million to run core classes such as English and vocational programs. This is a gigantic mistake. Education is more than budgets and classrooms. It is Jeff vonKaenel also about love and teachers who care deeply about their is the president, CEO and students. Teachers who could earn more elsewhere but who majority owner of choose to work with adult students. the News & Review In the last few months, as SN&R’s publisher, I have newspapers in been designing outreach publications for the adult schools Sacramento, in Sacramento and the Bay Area. I have seen this love over Chico and Reno. and over again. I do not believe these adult learners would get the same respect or attention at the community colleges. To make adult education a secondary task for the community colleges will not work. Instead of destroying our adult-school programs, we should be expanding them. Ω

DINNER from 3pm to 7pm

No to hate Two recent acts of violence in the region have us pondering the legendary Rodney King question: “Can we all get along?” It was Sunday, March 17, when two young men attacked a man in his 40s at 20th and D streets in Midtown. One made anti-gay slurs while the other clobbered him in the leg with a baseball bat. The victim’s name was not released. And as of press time, the assailants have not been found. This incident was shocking, especially since it happened only a week after a brutal anti-gay attack in Davis. On March 10, Lawrence “Mikey” Partida, a 32-year-old Davis resident, was jumped and beaten bloody and savagely for being gay. Police arrested a 19-year-old Davis resident on suspicion of this crime; an arraignment is set for April. The incidents herald back to 1998, when Matthew Shepard, a gay 21-year-old student from the University of Wyoming, was tied to a fence, tortured and left in a coma to die. Shepard’s tragic death sparked a national movement to extend hate-crime legislation to protect gays and lesbians. But the law has not yet removed the hate. In Davis, 300 people showed up at a candlelight vigil held a few days after the assault on Partida. The victim, still in recovery, felt cheered up by the gathering and also when his mother read to him the hundreds of support messages posted on the Mikey’s Justice Fund Facebook page. “I never thought I’d be that big of a movement,” he said. But you are and should be, Mikey. Local hate crimes like the Midtown and Davis ones should not be tolerated. Silence is not an option. We must all unite around a resounding no to hate. Ω

SINCE 1969 www.nationwidefreezermeats.com

444-3286 • 1930 H Street Downtown Sacramento You Can’t Taste a Picture “Taste For Yourself”

Just remember H 20 we’re on the corner of H & 20th

$6.99 offer applies to Single French Buerger meal only Closed on Sunday and Monday Offer expires 4/30/13 Must present coupon

alth e H t s a re B r fo lk a W l a u n n 2 A nd

Saturday, April 13th

| Check-in: 8 - 8:45am Along the American River, Sacramento

Learn how Lawrence “Mikey” Partida is faring in recovery by checking out the Mikey’s Justice Fund Facebook page that was launched after his attack.

Live Music & Raffle Prizes To benefit local support services that include a 24-hour hotline, support groups, educational programs, and more.

To Register: 916.786.HOPE(4673) www.save-ourselves.org $35 early registration thru 4/12/13 $40 day of event

daylong retreat

Predatory practice The practice of payday lending—where short-term loans are offered at sky-high interest rates to people who run short of cash before payday—has been getting more scrutiny these days. It’s about damn time. The industry has always been an exploitative one because it tends to snare those (especially low-income and young people) who don’t understand that high-interest rates are likely to trap them in a never-ending cycle of debt. Increasingly, state governments have attempted to shield people from these lenders by imposing caps on interest rates or by banning the practice outright. Fifteen states now have bans—California is not one of them, though it has placed limits on loan amounts. Unfortunately, Sacramento has more payday-loan storefronts than most cities in the state. Recently, we’re seeing a new development in this saga: Payday lenders have increasingly been setting up shop online from bases in the Bahamas or other foreign locales. As recently revealed in The New York Times, major banks—like Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo—have actually helped these Internet-based lenders do a regulations runaround by allowing online payday lenders to tap borrowers’ checking accounts regardless of state rules or bans. Early this month, Assemblyman Roger Dickinson, now chairman of the Assembly’s Committee on Banking and Finance, held information hearings on the subject. Good questions were asked; much was revealed about a business in need of serious inquiry. Let’s hope the hearings lead to closure of unlicensed online lenders, a clampdown on the banks that have been aiding and abetting them, and more scrutiny, in general, on this predatory practice. Ω

Buy a French Burger, French Fry and Fountain Drink Meal at regular price and get a Single French Burger Meal for only $6.99

Contact: retreats@sbmg.org www.SBMG.org/RC.htm Date: Saturday March 30, 2013 at 9:00-4:30 (arrive 20 minutes early) Cost: $25.00 plus Dana (Donation borne of generosity) Location: Fellowship Room: Pioneer Congregational Church 2700 L St Sacramento, CA 95816 Parking: Free parking at the Sutter Community Parking Structure on 28th Street between Capitol Ave. and N St.

Norman Fischer

Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group presents bestselling author Norman Fischer. He will lead a daylong meditation and educational retreat dedicated to the subject of his most recent book “Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong”. Compassion is the basis of love and happiness. Caring for others and sharing their sorrow is the best way to find resilience for your own suffering, and to rest in a full and confident joy. This daylong retreat will offer practical teachings and exercises for developing compassion.

➤ CUSTOM TEES FOR YOUR EVENT, BUSINESS OR PROMOTION ➤ 100% 6.1 OZ. HEAVY COTTON WHITE TEES SIZES YOUTH SMALL - ADULT XL The California Reinvestment Coalition advocates for the right of low-income communities and communities of color to have fair and equal access to banking and other financial services. Find more information at www.calreinvest.org.

➤ 96 PC. MINIMUM ➤ INCLUDES ONE COLOR PRINT FRONT & BACK ➤ DARK TEES, ADDITIONAL COLORS & LOCATIONS, LARGER SIZES AVAILABLE

916-388-9344 5430 florin perkins road suite 100 sacramento, ca 95826

screenprinting embroidery vehicle lettering vehicle wraps signs banners design

03.28.13 | SN&R | 15

BERT O R y B ON GAMM

CEQA needs reform because it doesn’t address threats on the environment posed by climate change

The state Legislature adopted the California Environmental Quality Act more than 40 years ago. But today, anti-growth activists are now using the landmark environmental law to stymie projects that would help fight climate change. In the past few years, a consortium of business and some labor groups in California has pushed for sweeping reforms of the law. And this year, they hope to convince legislators in Sacramento to overhaul it. They already have a powerful ally in Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown. As mayor of Oakland, Brown witnessed firsthand the use of CEQA to block smart growth and has called reforming the law “the Lord’s work.” Although many environmental groups recognize that CEQA is sometimes misused, they staunchly oppose the most recent calls for reform out of fear that the law will be gutted. They correctly note that CEQA still plays a vital role in protecting California’s numerous endangered and threatened species, and provides an important check on suburban and rural growth projects, highway expansions, and 16 | SN&R | 03.28.13

proposals for new refineries and fossil-fuel power plants. Over the years, CEQA also has helped protect low-income communities from toxic incinerators and landfills. From that perspective, the law does not need to be overhauled. But there is ample evidence that it does need reforming, particularly when it comes to smart growth and transit-oriented development. “It has gotten in the way of projects that arguably should be considered environmentally sustainable,” noted Jeremy Madsen, executive director of Greenbelt Alliance. “Climate change has changed the whole game.” Indeed, the numerous threats posed by climate change prove definitively that aspects of California’s signature environmental law are woefully out-of-date. According to a 2009 report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the nation’s transportation sector produces 28 percent of all greenhouse-gas emissions in the country, and that figure rises to as much as 40 percent in some states, including California. According to a 2010 UC Irvine study, rural and suburban residents in California consume up to nearly three times as many gallons of fossil fuel each year as city dwellers.

“Environmental law”continued on page 18

ph ot o by Nic k Mi ll er

La Valentina Stati on downtown light- , a mixed-use retail-housing co mplex overlookin rail stop, is cons ga idered a model of smart-growth ur ban infill.

By NICK

nickam@

MILLER

newsrevie

w.com

CEQA is the least of Sacramento’s problems Mother Nature or the almighty dollar—what’s the bigger obstacle to smart growth in Sacramento? Listen to the rumblings from under the Capitol rotunda dome, and you’d surely finger the environment and, specifically, an oft-tossed four-letter word: CEQA. For the acronym averse, it stands for California Environmental Quality Act, or the state’s oldest law protecting the Earth’s goods. Basically, CEQA makes it mandatory for local governments to evaluate a project’s ecological impact well before a shovel ever hits dirt. The law keeps the air and water clean and emissions to a minimum, and restricts noise and traffic, among other protections. Lately, though, a bipartisan contingent says that CEQA victimizes smart growth—a sustainability-minded catch term for high-density, mixed-use, walkable and transit-friendly urban development. CEQA lawsuits stall projects for months, even years, which can cost developers hundreds of thousands of dollars, critics argue. Sometimes, the law discourages lenders from financing certain projects altogether. Now, these groups want to see the law not just tweaked, but reformed. The catch is that here in Sacramento, CEQA is but an anthill when it comes to the undulations that forestall smartgrowth development. A more real culprit: money, money, money.

“It’s financing,” explained Bay Miry, developer with D&S Development, who specializes in urban-redevelopment projects such as the 700 block of K Street downtown and 1409 R Street (the building with Shady Lady Saloon and Magpie Cafe). “It’s always the toughest obstacle, making sure the lenders that are out there believe in those type of projects.” Smart growth is a relatively new concept to banks and lenders. Previously, moneymen weren’t confident that sustainable urban-infill projects could be profitable. And, until the last 15 or so years, cities and local groups like the Sacramento Area Council of Governments didn’t include sustainability goals in their general plans or blueprints. But many say the pendulum is now swinging, and banks are starting to grasp that smart growth is a new wave. “Lenders are starting to really see the movement that more and more generations … want to live in the urban core,” Miry said. So, urban-infill projects are moving dirt in Sacramento. La Valentina, a mixed-use residential-retail complex located at a light-rail stop, opened this past summer. The 7th & H Street Housing Community for lower-income residents opened late last year. And “netzero” luxury apartments 16 Powerhouse complex should break ground this May. But that’s hardly the 45,000 units worth of residential housing that was either in the pipe or being built in the region some 10 years ago, according to Mike McKeever, SACOG’s executive director.

“In the near term, the economics of development of all kinds are very, very severely challenged,” is how he put it. This steep, wild decline and subsequent bumpy ride is not just the economy’s fault, either. “The abolishing of the redevelopment program in the state has taken away, at least for now, a very critical part of what helped those projects work,” McKeever reminded. Over at the Capitol, however, there’s little discussion of the future of redevelopment and more movement to sate the anti-CEQA contingent’s thirst. Earlier this year, for instance, Democratic state senator from Bakersfield Michael Rubio kicked off the legislative session with big chatter about exempting local agencies from CEQA review. He argued, essentially, that cities and counties today boast sufficient environmental protections as part of their general plans, so CEQA in many ways is redundant. Rubio spent years building coalitions to reform CEQA. He had business and labor interests in his corner. 2013 was going to be the year the decades-old law lost its teeth. But then Rubio resigned from the statehouse—to go work for Chevron Corp. Critics erupted at the chutzpah of his departure, and this unexpected move has stalled talks of significant CEQA reform. For now. Still, some 20 bills that would pinch CEQA remain in the mix this session.

“ continued head tK” continued on page xx

“Get smart”continued on page 19

03.28.13 | SN&R | 17

“Environmental law”continued from page 16 And while many Republicans still claim that climate change is a hoax, a new study released earlier this month revealed that global temperatures are higher now than at any time in the past 4,000 years. Even Wall Street is betting on the fact that climate change is going to unleash serious impacts on the environment. Recently, Bloomberg Businessweek reported that Wall Street hedge funds and other firms are pumping loads of cash into financial ventures that hope to profit from the severe effects of global warming. But CEQA, because it was adopted more than four decades ago, is not designed to adequately address the multiple threats on the environment posed by climate change. Many smart-growth projects, for instance, do not receive proper credit for supplying housing close to jobs so that people can walk, bike or take mass transit to work. Instead, the law, and the anti-growth activists who use it to block smart growth, still treat all development—be it urban, suburban or rural—as essentially the same. “The fact that development can be done that is environmentally beneficial is a new paradigm,”

noted Madsen of Greenbelt Alliance, which supports modest reforms to CEQA to encourage more smart growth. According to a recent study by the law firm Holland & Knight, 59 percent of the development projects challenged under CEQA in state appellate courts or the California Supreme Court from 1997 to 2012 involved infill development. In addition, the prospect of spending years in litigation sometimes prompts developers to just give up on their projects—which is exactly what people often referred to as NIMBYs (short for “not in my backyard”) want to happen. “The law has become so dysfunctional,” said Jennifer Hernandez, an attorney for the Holland & Knight firm, who advocates for broad reforms of CEQA. “To call this environmental protection anymore ... it’s really about quality-of-life” issues. Although CEQA was patterned after the National Environmental Policy Act, it has unique characteristics. Similar environmental laws in other states only allow bona fide environmental groups to sue to block development, said Hernandez. But that’s not the case in California. Here, virtually anyone can file a

lawsuit under the state’s primary environmental law. California also does not require transparency. Groups who sue to block development do not have to disclose the identities of their members or who funds them, Hernandez said.

The numerous ThreaTs posed by climaTe change prove definiTively ThaT aspecTs of california’s signaTure environmenTal law are woefully ouT-of-daTe. And sometimes, businesses just do it openly. The CEQA Working Group, a coalition of business and labor organizations that wants to broadly reform the law, has been chronicling instances in which CEQA has been

misused. One example involves the owner of a San Jose gas station, Andy’s BP, who filed a CEQA lawsuit in 2010 against his competitor across the street, Moe’s Stop gas station, because the owner of Moe’s wanted to add three gas dispensers to his business. The owner of Andy’s BP cited “traffic impacts”—and won in court, forcing the owner of Moe’s to conduct a full-blown environmental impact report. Ultimately, the owner of Moe’s completed the EIR and installed his gas dispensers. But the whole process cost him $525,000 more than it would have had he not been sued. “That’s not allowed in any other state,” Hernandez said of environmental lawsuits filed by one business to block a competitor’s project. California legislators, however, are unlikely to change the law to require transparency in CEQA lawsuits or limit the filing of them to environmental organizations. The reason, Hernandez explained, is that unions sometimes file CEQA litigation—or threaten to do so—when a project does not guarantee that it will employ union labor. As a result, there’s no appetite in the Democratic-controlled Legislature “for even requiring disclosure,” Hernandez said.

Before he resigned last month to take a job with Chevron Corp., Michael Rubio, a moderate Democratic state senator from Bakersfield, had been leading the charge for a sweeping overhaul of CEQA. But Rubio’s reform proposals were not limited to smart growth in cities, and likely would have paved the way for more suburban and rural projects as well. Understandably, many environmental groups responded with concern. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg is an advocate for smart growth and is expected to take a more cautious approach to reform now that Rubio is gone. Steinberg is the author of Senate Bill 375, a landmark climate-change law enacted in 2008 that is designed to increase urban density in California. Nonetheless, several prominent environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity, still oppose the push for CEQA reform this year out of concern that the Legislature will render the law toothless. However, fears that the Legislature will gut CEQA this year appear to be overblown—precisely because some environmental and labor groups (the labor community is divided over whether to reform the law) fervently oppose such a plan. It seems far-fetched to believe that Democrats will vote for proposals that substantial portions of their two main constituencies don’t want. And that’s a good thing. CEQA still has a vital role to play in protecting our environment, as it should. One would be hard-pressed to make a case for reforming an environmental law so as to green-light more suburban development or more pollution-causing projects. California also still needs environmental protections in urban areas for industrial projects that put people’s health at risk. But for urban centers and areas on or near major transit corridors, there’s still plenty of room for reform. City dwellers who don’t want more traffic in their neighborhoods shouldn’t be able to use the state’s main environmental law to block projects that actually help the environment overall. And this misuse of the law likely won’t stop as a result of incremental reform. Instead, the only sensible solution is to exempt all smart growth— urban transit-oriented development projects that are designed for housing or a mix of retail or commercial space and housing—from CEQA lawsuits. The primary environmental law should protect the environment against the greatest threat it faces—climate change—and not make it harder to implement solutions that help fight that threat. Ω A longer version of this story was published in the East Bay Express; read it at www.eastbayexpress.com.

18 | SN&R | 03.28.13

photo s by nick miller

need cash for

college? EntEr Sn&r’S 2013 CollEgE ESSay ContESt! It’s time again to reward local highschool seniors for their writing skills with SN&R’s annual College Essay Contest. Seniors, we want to read your college-application essays—and we’ve got cash prizes to help with school. We’ll give a $2,013 first-place award, a $750 second-place award and a $250 third prize. We’ll also print the winners in a May issue of SN&R.

shovelp) says the strip is block of K Street (to anwhile, are 700 me the ds, of yar l per rai elo The . The dev just needs financing cleanup. but , ing ted ain mit rem per the for ready and r who is responsible ove e put dis a in embroiled

“Get smart”continued from page 17 Some of these proposals embrace smart growth, such as Sacramento Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg’s Senate Bill 731. It won’t get a push until next year, according to those inside the building, but Steinberg’s bill would surgically streamline certain CEQA projects and financially incentivize local governments to update their smart-growth plans. Steinberg and others call this the modernizing of CEQA, and it’s not a new effort. SACOG even helped pass Senate Bill 375 last year, which accomplished similar smart-growthfriendly goals. And the year before that, the senator passed a law that gives the governor power to cherry-pick blue-chip projects for CEQA exemptions (the proposed new Sacramento Kings arena, for instance, might qualify for such immunity). “We need to take advantage of the opportunity to improve and strengthen this great law by making the process more efficient, timely and effective,” Steinberg said in a written statement. Environmentalists argue that these and other CEQA bills are less prudent, or unnecessary.

Republican state Sen. Tom Berryhill, for instance, introduced Senate Bill 787 last month; critics say it would offer carte blanche for exemptions and make it easier for municipalities to greenlight sprawl and polluting projects. Meanwhile, the irony is that urban developers aren’t too worried about CEQA. “The nice thing about doing urban infill is that there aren’t a lot of environmental issues,” Miry responded, when asked if the law was an impediment. Indeed, a 2012 survey by Gov. Jerry Brown’s Office of Planning and Research quizzed 540 state planning departments and discovered that infrastructure constraints, lot issues, a lack of funding or bad economy and NIMBYs were the biggest deterrents to urban infill. CEQA was 12th on this list of concerns. So, while modernizing the state’s oldest environmental protection law will continue, Sacramentans want to see a focus on other priorities—such as persuading investors, reviving redevelopment, and updating city and county codes. “The real challenge,” McKeever said, “is doing things fast enough to catch this next economic wave.” Ω

rUlES: This contest is open to high-school seniors graduating in 2013 only. If you’re heading to college but did not write an essay for your application, feel free to do so now. Only one entry is allowed per student, and you must live in the Sacramento region to apply. Essays will be judged anonymously. No SN&R employees or their relatives may enter. Include this information with your entry: Your name; title of essay; your address, email and phone number; high school attended; college you applied to with this essay; and college you’ll be attending. DEaDlinE: Email your essay to collegeessay@newsreview.com by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 19. tHanK yoU to oUr SPonSorS: Second place: InterWest Insurance Services Inc., www.iwins.com third place: Sacramento Credit Union, www.sactocu.org

03.28.13 | SN&R | 19

photo by ryan donahue

Jerry Perry (left) and Jim Bailey say they can’t remember who came up with the idea for Alive & Kicking TV.

the

It’s

a quiet Friday night in May 2012 at The Refuge, an all-ages music club in Midtown, and Sacramento indie rockers the Kelps have taken the stage to play for a crowd of about 40 people. Before the band starts, local promoter Jerry Perry breaks in to remind the audience to move in closer and to, again, up the noise level—louder, more enthusiastic, more energy.

Mu s i c p romote r Jerry Perry pair s w i th Access Sacramento e mployee Jim Bailey to sh owcase local bands for a n ew, freewheeling cable -access sh ow by AARON CARNES

20 | SN&R | 03.28.13

It’s not typical for Perry, who’s been booking bands in town since the ’80s, to prod the audience, but this is no ordinary performance; rather, it’s the first taping of Alive & Kicking TV, a new Access Sacramento cable show that he co-produces with Jim Bailey, a television crew member at the Sacramento-based media-production company. The show’s inaugural episode aired in January, and in the months since, the pair has learned that staging a television show comes with a unique set of considerations. For example, during the recording of that first episode (which also included singer-songwriter Parie Wood and the band Walking Spanish), Perry instructs a cameraman to be sure to zoom in tight enough to make the audience look like a packed club—the kind of thing he never had to think about while booking regional or touring acts.

A side order of Johnny Cash See DISH

Vintage bits and boozy baubles See COOLHUNTING

Bad BFF See ASK JOEY

Goodbye, Hangar See SOUND ADVICE

SCENE& HEARD “We’re trying to create good TV, and it’s different than a good concert. It’s not like a regular show, deliberately so,” Perry says. “[During the shoot, we] were really manipulating shots to have a good energy to them. I would tell the bands, ‘Oh, could you stand here? Don’t stand there.’ Just ridiculous directions, like, we had applause signs.” The operation for each show is usually the same: Each episode is filmed using three or four cameras— tripod-mounted and handheld. In between performances, Perry and Bailey scramble to conduct interviews with the artists, the results of which will be interspersed between live shots once the final episodes are assembled. The process is sometimes a bit chaotic, fitting perfectly with that anything-goes late-night-cable vibe, really. “We’re trying to squeeze as much out of the moment as we can. We’re trying to get a lot done in a finite chunk of time. I want it to feel like we [just] went in and shot this band, but in reality, while we were shooting one band, we were interviewing another,” Perry says. Before the shoot, the two set up a custom audio feed with Bailey placing microphones around the room to capture the ambience of The Refuge.

“Everyone involved worked very hard. Jerry’s doing a really great thing for local music with the show,” Barringer says. Perry, of course, has been supporting the Sacramento music scene since the early ’80s, when he first started promoting shows at venues such as the Vortex and, later, the Cattle Club. At the Cattle Club in particular he placed a heavy emphasis on local bands, booking Sacramento acts in the opening slots for big names such as Nirvana, NOFX, Weezer, the Cranberries and No Doubt. Back then, he says, if a band’s manager didn’t want a regional act on the bill, he simply wouldn’t take the show. In 1991, Perry launched a music-related newspaper, also called Alive & Kicking, which published on and off for 17 years. Not surprisingly, the paper’s focus was local, with Sacramento bands dominating the cover. The paper folded in 2008, but even before its demise, Perry says he’d been thinking about branching out into other mediums. “I wanted to do TV, but I wasn’t sure how,” he says. And then, Perry met Bailey. The two first encountered each other a couple years ago at one of Perry’s events. Bailey had been attending shows regularly, taping artists he liked and then cutting the footage together for

Guns, gear and glory Inside the largest roving gun show in all of Amurrica, there’s a whole table devoted to women’s pumps. Candy-pink slingbacks, cheetah-print peep-toes, mid- and low-heel versions in basic black. It’s an island of WTF confections amid sleek, phallic death metal. Why there are women’s shoes for sale at the Crossroads of the West Gun Show at Cal Expo, I do not know. Maybe someone’s trying to appeal to whoever casts those lowrent fetish videos of women in bikinis blasting Uzis. Whatever the reason, these pumps ain’t moving. There are only 90 minutes to go on this particular Sunday before Crossroads packs up its guns, gear and glory, and moseys on to its next show. A Huntington Beach vendor with a leathery bosom bemoans the nine-hour drive ahead of her to Southern California. On her table lay the remnants of her biggest seller: a $2 paper target of President Barack Obama made to look like a ghoulish, green zombie. “You gotta have at least one Obama,” she chirps. I buy one for my editor, who’s not really into guns or political assassinations, and then go hunting for myself. As sleepy-eyed vendors stare into space, the crowd wanders the pavilion and jams the line to purchase ammo. Unsurprisingly, the militia contingent is representing, draped in camo hunting jackets, wispy facial hair and those wireless eyeIt’s not just the glass frames that make the white liberty wearer resemble one out of every five police sketches. crowd trawling But it’s not just the this cavernous white liberty crowd trawling this cavernous maze maze glutted with glutted with death-dealing death-dealing hardware. There are also young minority couples hardware. of black and brown skin, mousy churchwomen, kids, and at least one reporter who doesn’t know a gas-powered M4 carbine rifle from a Super Soaker CPS 3000. A man in a floral shirt talks up surgical-elastic handgun holsters that slide down the front of your pants. Now that crotch-bulge can make babies and obliterate them. “I have a hard time convincing women to buy those,” he admits. At another table, a tubby vendor strokes a .45-caliber Glock. “Oh, I’m not selling that one,” he explains. “That thing has more sentimental value than my old lady.” It wouldn’t matter. These guns are all way beyond my price range. A Colt Single Action Army revolver with a buttery handle is priced at $5,200. Even a single-shot pistol tinier than my palm is $200. I wander past tables cluttered with action figures, electrode hand massagers, an exploding SpongeBob SquarePants piñata, toy swords, real knives with comfy grips (for your stabbing pleasure) and all kinds of firearm-related minutiae only a true gun nut could appreciate. I finally spot a man selling a simple, wood-handled rifle so ancient and rickety it looks like it went to school with George Custer’s gun. Even this black-powder boom stick is $180, but because it’s more than 50 years old, the state requires no paperwork on it. It’s untraceable. I wonder why there aren’t more gang shootings involving muskets. I scurry to find an ATM and ask my editor whether the paper will let me expense a gat. You know, for journalism. I am repeatedly shot down. So, this is what it feels like to have one’s Second Amendment rights trampled upon. Meh, I’ll live.

“I’m not booking these bands because they’re the popular thing in town; it’s because I think they’re good. ... I’ve got to be able to say, ‘I like these guys. I’m not embarrassed to have them on my show.’” Jerry Perry producer, Alive & Kicking TV

During the shoots, however, Bailey typically isn’t in the club with Perry. Rather, he and the remainder of the crew are stationed inside the Access Sacramento van— essentially just an old recreational vehicle that someone donated to the station. The vehicle’s been gutted and turned into a mobile television studio with monitors, audio equipment, a switcher and everything else needed for recording. Here, Bailey typically works the audio, while the director watches the monitors and gives the cameraman directions via headsets. Ultimately, the performances, taped over the course of a couple hours, yield three episodes—one per band. It’s all a lot of work, considering that there’s no money in it for Perry or Bailey—or the bands. This is, after all, public-access television. The first season, shot through late 2012, produced 12 episodes, and the pair hopes to shoot 20 episodes for the second season, set to start production later this year. The new episodes will be taped at Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub, according to Perry. All the acts are local, but moreover, Perry says, they fit a particular consideration. “I’m not booking these bands because they’re the popular thing in town; it’s because I think they’re good. They just have to be bands that Jim and I like,” he says. “We’ve got to be able to stand by it. I’ve got to be able to say, ‘I like these guys. I’m not embarrassed to have them on my show.’” The Kelps’ lead singer Cory Barringer says he found the experience rewarding.

BEFORE

FRONTLINES

Songwriter Sacramento, a short-lived Access Sacramento program. As he worked on that show, he started volunteering at other shoots, and eventually landed a job with the cable TV-production company. Now, neither Perry nor Bailey remember whose idea it was initially to work on a TV show, but at some point, it dawned on Perry to use the Alive & Kicking name. “It’s got some branding, and it gives people an idea of what we’re about from the get-go,” Perry says. Their working relationship proved copacetic. Perry had the connections with the bands and could set up shoot days at The Refuge, while Bailey brought not just technical expertise, but also a crew of friends and co-workers willing to volunteer. Now, they say, part of what makes filming in a club such as The Refuge so appealing is that they maintain total control. Eventually, the team hopes to expand beyond live music—perhaps adopting some of Perry’s regular Alive & Kicking newspaper features, such as accompanying a band to the drive-in theater for a movie review or, similarly, eating with musicians at a local greasy spoon. “The idea of taking that to a TV level, that would be really fun, do segments like Entertainment Tonight programs, but that’s very ambitious,” Perry says. “Right now, getting live performances and documenting them the way that we are, I’m really happy and excited about that.” Ω Check out Alive & Kicking TV on Access Sacramento Comcast and SureWest channel 17 at 11 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month and at www.facebook.com/AliveAndKickingTV?fref=ts.

F E AT U R E S T O RY

A RT S & C U LT U R E

—Raheem F. Hosseini

r a h e e mh @ ne wsr e v ie w.c o m

AFTER

03.28.13

SN&R

NIGHT&DAY 28THURS 29FRI DON’T MISS! SACTOMOFO’S FOOD TRUCKS FOR FIDO: The City of

Sacramento’s Animal Shelter, the California Auto Museum, Purina and SactoMoFo are partnering to organize a dog adoption drive. The goal is to find a home for 30 dogs. Join for delicious food, doggie treats for your furry friends and live music by the Bathtub Gins. Th, 3/28, 5pm. Free. California Automobile Museum, 2200 Front St.; (916) 442-6802; www.calautomuseum.org.

List your event! Post your free online listing (up to 15 months early), and our editors will consider your submission for the printed calendar as well. Print listings are also free, but subject to space limitations. Online, you can include a full description of your event, a photo and a link to your website. Go to www.newsreview. com/calendar and start posting events. Deadline for print listings is 10 days prior to the issue in which you wish the listing to appear.

Comedy JOSH WOLF: Comedian, actor, and New York Times best-selling author Josh Wolf will be in town on his latest comedy tour. He is currently a regular guest and writer on Chelsea Lately. Th, 3/28, 8pm. $20. Punch Line Comedy Club, 2100 Arden Way; (916) 925-5500; www.sac.punch linecomedyclub.com.

DON’T MISS! STORIES ON STAGE: This edi-

tion of reading series Stories on Stage will feature work by Marci Nault, author of the forthcoming novel The Lake House, and emerging fiction writer Alex Russell. The series features short fiction by established and emerging writers from the Sacramento and surrounding areas on the final Friday of each month. The work is introduced by the authors and read by actors. F, 3/29, 7:30pm. $5. Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th St.; (916) 441-7395; http://sacramentopoetry center.org.

Special Events INSIDE THE DIRECTOR’S STUDIO: Tall, elegant and commanding, Ilana Goldman distinguished herself as one of Sacramento Ballet’s favorite dancers. With her eclectic background in ballet and modern dance, see her now in

another context as an up-andcoming choreographer of the next generation. F, 3/29, 6pm. $15. The Sacramento Ballet Studios, 1631 K St.; (916) 552-5800, ext. 2; www.sacballet.org.

WRESTLING: Total Wrestling Federation presents Rio Mania 11, with matches featuring Movez, Matt Fury, Steel Johnson, Carnie Craig, Paulie Denali, Antrhax and more. F, 3/29, 6:30pm. $10. Jackson Sports Academy, 5209 Luce Ave. in McClellan; (916) 317-9999; http://thetwf.com.

Film AMERICAN MEAT: There are a lot of problems with meat production in our country, but is it possible to overcome those problems without swearing off the stuff completely? American Meat is a pro-farmer look at chicken, hog, and cattle production in America. It looks at the industrial feedlot system, and alternative models based on rotational grazing and local distribution. F, 3/29, 6:30pm. $5. Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op Community Learning Center & Cooking School, 1914 Alhambra Blvd.; (916) 455-2667; www.sacfoodcoop.com.

30SAT

DON’T MISS! FAMILIES AND BOOKS CENTER CELEBRATION: The

Sacramento Public Library will host a community celebration of the new Families and Books Center. The library branch’s children’s room will become the new Families and Books Center. The renovated area will feature a colorful play space, more room for young kids to explore ageappropriate books, child-friendly book bins, and iPads with supportive literacy applications. Sa, 3/30, noon. Free. Fair Oaks Library, 11601 Fair Oaks Blvd. in Fair Oaks; (916) 264-2920.

Special Events VELOBALL: Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates’ second VeloBall includes an auction, food, speakers and music by Mumbo Gumbo. Plus, there’s a VIP pre-party with appetizers, wine and great views from atop

the Elks Tower. More than 200 of SABA’s top financial, political and volunteer supporters will gather to celebrate a new vision of bicycling. Sa, 3/30, 5:30-10pm. $50-$75. The Elks Tower, 921 11th St.; (916) 444-6600; www.sacbike.org/veloball.

EARLY BLOOM IN THE ROSE GARDEN: Join cemetery volunteers in the Sacramento Historic Rose Garden in the Old City Cemetery as they show off rare old roses climbing up trees, extending along fences and surrounding the graves. Assemble in the front cemetery parking lot. Sa, 3/30, 10am. Free. Old City Cemetery, 1000 Broadway; (916) 715-7294; www.cemeteryrose.org.

GHANA FUNDRAISING CULTURAL GALA: Enjoy authentic Ghanaian cuisine, high energy African music and cultural performances while supporting the worthy cause of malaria prevention and eradication. Sa, 3/30, 6pm-midnight. $45-$50. Citrus Heights Community Center, 6300 Fountain Square Dr. in Citrus Heights; (916) 230-3951; www.gascal.org.

I’M COMING OUT EXPO 2013: This event features a fashion

showcase (hair stylists, barbers, makeup artists, fashion designers), talent showcase (music, singers, dancers, poets, artists) and a business showcase (retail, clothing, shoes, accessories, food). Guests include comedian Lance Woods and Olympic gold medalist, author and former Sacramento Monarchs star, Ruthie Bolton. Sa, 3/30, 11am-5pm. Free. Clarion Inn, 1401 Arden Way; (916) 583-0432; http://imcoming outintlexpo.vpweb.com.

Art Galleries SOL COLLECTIVE: Passion, more than 30 artists presenting their visual interpretation of the word “passion.” Come out for an interactive experience and enjoy art, music, and culture. Sa, 3/30, 6pm. Free. 2574 21st St.; (916) 832-0916; www.solcollective.org.

Dance Q-RATED: This dance event will feature a wide variety of routines, such as sexy rumbas and steamy Argentine tangos and electrifying hip-hop numbers. Proceeds will go to the Sacramento Gay and Lesbian Center. Sa, 3/30, 8pm. $25-$45.

BASEBALL IS TOO SLOW.

And every game seems like a toss-up, with most teams’ records never venturing far from the .500 mark. But I always have fun attending baseball games—especially the Sacramento River Cats. Whether it’s the newness and cleanliness of the field, the first-rate food, or the electric atmosphere, Raley Field always impresses. And, if only for a few hours, the community collectiveness at this fan-friendly ballpark seems to transcend the grinding repetition of the sport. So, to preview the Cats’ upcoming season—opening night at Raley Field is Thursday, April 4, at 7:05 p.m.—here are five cool things you can do at a game that have absolutely nothing to do with baseball.

SN&R

03. 28.13

THE MAVERICKS: The country-

Guild Theater, 2828 35th St.; (916) 768-9015; www.saccenter.org/q-rated.

Kids’ Stuff KIDS’ HISTORY TOUR: Tales of old Sacramento pioneers, trappers, railroad men, society women, heroes and villains come to life on this cemetery tour specifically designed for kids in fourth grade and older. Sa, 3/30, 10-11:30am. Free. Old City Cemetery, 1000 Broadway; (916) 448-0811; www.oldcitycemetery.com.

steeped garage band with a Cuban-American lead singer that emerged from Miami in 1980s—with a sultry debut that blended innocence, intensity, and vintage influences— reunited in 2012 after an eight-year hiatus. Sa, 3/30, 8pm. $45-$55. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.; (916) 442-7378.

01MON

DON’T MISS! APRIL FOOLS’ SACRAMENTO HISTORY: The Royal

31SUN

EAST-WEST GUITAR SUMMIT: Hear Matthew Montfort and Matthew Grasso, two unique master guitar players with unusual approaches to combining Indian and Western traditions. Montfort and Grasso are both extremely versatile musicians and composers, who bring years of experimentation and unusual modifications to their instruments. This concert will be their first collaboration. Sa, 3/30, 7-9:30pm. $13-$15. Village Homes Community Center, 2661 Portage Bay East in Davis.

HAGGIN OAKS EASTER EGG HUNT: Join for a free pancake breakfast and Easter-egg hunt for kids ages 10 and younger. Breakfast is served at Haggin Oaks beginning at 9:30 a.m., and the egg hunt starts at 11 a.m. All eggs are filled with candy, and a few special prize eggs will have free golf clubs, stuffed animals and other prizes for children 10 and younger. Su, 3/31, 9:30am. Free. Haggin Oaks Golf Complex, 3645 Fulton Ave.; (916) 808-0952; www.hagginoaks.com.

A professor at the University of Texas, Arlington, Pool has performed concerts and recitals throughout North and South America and Europe and has been featured on National Public Radio. Tu, 4/2, 7:30pm. $5-$10. Sacramento State Music Recital Hall, 6000 J St.; (916) 278-5191; www.csus.edu/music.

Call for Artists

Sacramento Lyceum and Hall of Antiquities, Curiosities, Rare Tomes and Manuscripts invites you to attend the illustrated lecture “Incredible Occurrences in Sacramento History,” which will be delivered by resident historians James Scott and Amanda Graham. As is the custom, all subjects shall contain wild fabrications, and guests are encouraged to invite friends of a trusting disposition. M, 4/1, 6-7:15pm. Free. Sacramento Public Library (Central Branch), 828 I St.; (916) 264-2770; www.saclib.org.

Kids’ Stuff

Concerts

Building. The lecture is sponsored by American River College’s James Kaneko Gallery. M, 4/1, 7pm. Free. American River College, 4700 College Oak Dr.; (916) 484-8399; www.arc.losrios.edu.

ARTISTS FOR PEACE: Celebrate the life and accomplishments of ambassador J. Christopher Stevens with live jazz and an exhibit of original art with an emphasis on Middle Eastern artists and themes. Chris loved the land and cultures and of the Middle East and North Africa; he went beyond the walls of the Embassy to learn first hand the concerns of the people. M, 4/1, noon-5pm; Sa, 4/20, noon-5pm. Free. John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First St. in Davis; (530) 756-3938; www.natsoulas.com.

ARTS LECTURE: Hear a lecture by

Concerts

Kyle Monhollen, visual artist, designer amd senior preparator at the Richard L. Nelson Gallery. The lecture will be held in room 547 of the Music & Theatre Arts

SCOOT POOL PLAYS BASSOON: Scott

HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY BURGERS Raley Field serves up some great food options. Standouts include doughnut cheeseburgers (which features doughnuts in lieu of buns), vegetarian black-bean burgers and locally coveted Merlino’s Freezes—always a refreshing treat. Pro tips: Value Tuesdays feature $1 hot dogs and $1 desserts, and Throwback Mondays offer 50 cent peanuts and popcorn.

Comedy Club hosts its monthly New Faces Showcase. Top local comedians and Sacramento’s hottest rising stand-up stars take the stage, breaking new boundaries and inventing new ways to make you laugh. Every showcase is different, featuring various styles, stories and wit. W, 4/3, 8pm. $5. Punch Line Comedy Club, 2100 Arden Way; (916) 925-5500; www.sac. punchlinecomedyclub.com.

DON’T MISS!

Poetry

AN EVENING WITH GROUCHO:

DRESS UP WITH FELLOW NERDS

Wait, there’s more!

INDIGO MOOR: The Poetry Box

Witness a fast-paced twoact comedy that includes some of the best Groucho one-liners, anecdotes and songs—including “Hooray for Captain Spalding” and “Lydia, the Tattooed Lady.” The audience literally becomes part of the show as Ferrante ad-libs his way through the performance in grand Groucho style. W, 4/3, 7:30pm. $25-$35. Three Stages Peforming Arts Center, 10 College Pkwy. in Folsom; (916) 608-6888.

presents Verse on the Vine, a bimonthly poetry series, hosted by Shawn Aveningo, featuring talented and highly acclaimed poets from the Northern California region, and the opportunity for the audience to share their poems or stories during an open-mic. Indigo Moor was born in 1964, in Charlotte, North Carolina and currently resides in Sacramento. W, 4/3, 7pm. Free. Petra Vineyards Wine Gallery, 627 Sutter St. 627 Sutter Street in Folsom; (530) 409-0721; www.verseonthevine.com.

Pool brings his bassoon to Sacramento State University.

Looking for something to do? Use SN&R’s free calendar to browse hundreds of events online. Art galleries and musems, family events, education classes, film and literary events, church groups, music, sports, volunteer opportunies—all this and more on our free events calendar at www.newsreview.com. Start planning your week!

great way to shed a winter coat, so to speak, for the hot days of summer—plus, mohawks are totally “in” right now. Rally Mowhawk Nights are on Friday, May 3; Wednesday, July 3; Friday, July 12; and Thursday, August 29.

NEW FACES SHOWCASE: Punch Line

03WED

02TUES

Special Events

Comedy

DRINKING, DUH Baseball games always go by faster when drinking is involved. Options include two Beers of the World carts (section 109, section 121), a wine cart (section 115), a Mixed Drinks cart (section 109), and a Coors Light cart (section 106). Miller and Miller Light are on sale every Thursday, a.k.a. Thirsty Thursday. A special Tecate Tuesday happens on Tuesday, May 21.

Star Wars Night is Saturday, June 15. Said enough has this author. Forget not: Come dressed up, young Jedi.

4 FIREWORKS There’s literally a fireworks show after every Friday and Saturday game at Raley Field. You don’t even really have to attend a game to see it. Sutter Health sponsors the shows, which begin at 11 p.m.

GET A MOHAWK Supercuts returns as a sponsor of Rally Mohawk Nights, where fans can get free mohawks and (optional) red hair dye. It’s a

BEFORE

FRONTLINES

FEATURE

STORY

A RT S & C U LT U R E

AFTER

03.28.13

SN&R

24 | SN&R | 03.28.13

spring has sprung! enjoy some grub in the su n!

Save up to

Put another dime in the jukebox

50%

The Hideaway Bar & Grill

OFF

2565 Franklin Boulevard, (916) 455-1331, www.facebook.com/sactohideaway Everyone wants something different in a bar. Looking for a dive? How about the Flame Club by (2130 16th Street)? Or if you really want Becky Grunewald to dive deep, the Chambers Room (701 J Street). A place to appreciate craft beer? How ’bout Pangaea Two Brews Cafe (2743 Franklin Boulevard)? Want to get a little dressy and hang with people in their 20s? LowBrau (1050 20th Street) is your spot. Want to see what the really cool millennials are up to (dubstep? Trap? Who knows?)? Go to Bows & Arrows (1815 19th Street). Are you gay and looking for something rating: strong (both the drinks and, possibly, the guys HHH 1/2 and gals)? Hit up the wonderful Mercantile Saloon (1928 L Street). Are you a wine aficiodinner for one: nado who maybe wants to delve into European $10 - $15 wines? Go to San Francisco. If you are, however, in search of a very casual bar with late-night, greasy, satisfying food to assist you in metabolizing some booze, look no further than The Hideaway Bar & Grill. The Hideaway fills a niche that Sacramento might not have known it lacked: It’s got a vague rockabilly vibe, with a lot of greased hair on the men, brightly dyed hair in retro styles and cat-eye glasses on the ladies, and an abundance of black H clothes and tattoo sleeves for all. Flawed It’s grungy inside, with a jukebox that seems HH to default to Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” has moments during any break in selections, pool tables, HHH concrete floors and tattoo flash art on the walls. appealing The bar’s liquor selection is basic, and craft cocktails isn’t its thing—you won’t find anyone HHHH authoritative spanking basil here. A boilermaker made with draft Olympia Beer will kick the night off right. HHHHH epic If you’re not a smoker, the cramped patio will be unbearable on a weekend night. If you are a smoker, you’ll be stoked. Smoke up, Johnny! The menu contains a selection of fried appetizers, salads, burgers and sandwiches. Fried pickles are a gimmicky food, and the ones at Hideaway would be better if they were from pickles that were truly brined rather than the Still hungry? limp, yellowish ones here, but they are served search sn&r’s hot and crisp with a dill dippin’ sauce on the “dining directory” to find local side. Big, sweet clumps of garlic cling to the restaurants by name garlic fries, but the fries themselves are overly or by type of food. oil-saturated and shriveled. On another visit, sushi, mexican, indian, the fries with my burger have just emerged from italian—discover it all in the “dining” the fryer and arrive pepper-dusted and crisp. Side salads topped with parmesan cheese section at www.news are an alternative to fries as a small concesreview.com. sion to health. The beets in a red-beet salad are paired with feta, well-dressed and have bread-crumb crunchies sprinkled on them. The only drawback is the cinnamon-sugar glazed walnuts: Save this flavor combination for Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

The burgers at Hideaway are architectural, towering assemblages. Happily, the fluffy charred buns are sturdy enough to hold up when the tower is squeezed to a more realistic height. A burger with an excess of salt (it’s topped with both salty bacon and salty blue cheese) keeps a perfectly medium-rare burger just short of excellence. A meaty veggie burger (one of three veggie sandwich options) gets crunch from fried pickles and sweet heat from barbecue sauce. The fish sandwich is more like a crunchy batter sandwich with a little bit of fish, but the dill tartar sauce brings the whole thing together. The juicy slabs of breast in the fried-chicken sandwich are dripping with a spicy, vinegary hot sauce that tingles the taste buds, and just enough coleslaw.

with these sweetdeals th feature outdoor seating! at yay!

The burgers at The Hideaway Bar & Grill are architectural, towering assemblages. A friend from the Northwest holds a particular fondness for the Hideaway because it makes her feel at home. She said what she wants from a bar is cheap beer, adequate bar food and a comfortable place to hang with her friends. The Hideaway has all this, plus the food is quick, the employees are friendly and “Ring of Fire” will probably be playing on the jukebox. Ω

$20 gift certificate for $10

$10 gift certificate for $5

Sorry to play the enabler to any sugar junkies, but if one can avoid consuming sweets this week, that’ll make the saccharine hit from the petite baked goods at 1000 Vegan Cupcakes for Charity next weekend even more intoxicating. And, hey, like the name says, it benefits charities, including Animal Place, St. John’s Shelter Program for Women & Children, and A Well-Fed World. Miniature-cake dealers—er, bakers—on hand are 24K Chocolate Cafe, Dalila’s Cupcakery, Sassy Sweets by Monique, Sweet Stuff Cakery and others. Score some at the Tower Bridge Bistro (100 Capitol Mall) on Saturday, April 6, from 2 to 5 p.m. Check out http://sacveganchallenge.com/ 1000-cupcakes-2013 for more info.

FRONTLINES

F E AT U R E S T O RY

A RT S & C U LT U R E

$20 gift certificate for $10

50% F OF

Sal’s Tacos

50% F OF $10 gift certificate for $5

Power Inn Rd $10 gift certificate for $5

% 40 F F O

$50 gift certificate for $30

newsreview.com

—Shoka

BEFORE

$25 gift certificate for $16.25

50% F OF

Detox, relapse, cupcakes

50% F OF

35% F OF

50% F OF

AFTER

03.28.13

SN&R

Where to eat?

Here are a few recent reviews and regional recommendations by Becky Grunewald, Greg Lucas, Ann Martin Rolke and Jonathan Mendick, updated regularly. Check out www.newsreview.com for more dining advice.

tables and light wooden chairs, there’s an airy atmosphere, casual and cozy. Estelle’s offers an espresso bar and a wide assortment of teas and muffins and rolls for the breakfast crowd as well as sweets, including DayGlo macarons. For the lunch-inclined, there are soups, salads, sandwiches and meat or meatless quiche. One of the authentic touches is the spare use of condiments. The smoked salmon is enlivened by dill and the flavor of its croissant. Its tomato bisque is thick and richly flavored, and, in a nice touch, a puff pastry floats in the tureen as accompaniment. There’s a lot to like about Estelle’s—except dinner. Doors close at 6pm. French. 901 K St., (916) 551-1500. Meal for one: $5-$10. HHH1⁄2 G.L.

Grange Restaurant & Bar You won’t find any “challenging” dishes on this menu—just delicious local and seasonal food such as the Green Curry & Pumpkin Soup, which has a Southeast Asian flair. A spinach salad features ingredients that could be considered boring elsewhere: blue-cheese dressing, bacon, onion. But here, the sharply cheesy buttermilk dressing and the woodsy pine nuts make it a salad to remember. Grange’s brunch puts other local offerings to shame. The home fries are like marvelously crispy Spanish patatas bravas. A grilled-ham-and-Gruyere sandwich is just buttery enough, and an egg-white frittata is

Midtown 24K Chocolat Cafe This cafe, located in a labyrinthine Spanishcolonial-style structure that also houses meditation classes, a gift shop heavy on the crystals and clowning workshops, serves a solid, if very limited, brunch and lunch menu. One offering is a firm wedge of frittata with a strong tang of sharp cheddar that almost but doesn’t quite jibe with the slightly spicy mole sauce on the plate.The spinach curry, made creamy by coconut milk rather than dairy, comes topped with cubes of tofu and tiny diced scallion and red bell pepper and rests atop a smooth potato cake. A side of garbanzo-bean salad is well-flavored with the surprising combination of mint and apricot. The place, located inside Ancient Future, has “chocolat” in the name, and chocolate is everywhere: for sale, along with tea and coffee in the small boutique area, and in the form of truffles plated on a side table. It’s also in many of the menu offerings, including a tiny cup of hot Mexican drinking chocolate, and chocolatecherry scones served crisp and hot, studded with big chunks of bittersweet chocolate and tart dried cherries. American. $10-$15. 2331 K St., (916) 476-3754. HHH B.G.

Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Co. The restaurant, by the same owners as Midtown’s The Golden Bear, sports a firefighting theme (a ladder on the ceiling duct work, shiny silver wallpaper with a ratand-hydrant motif, et al) and a bar setup that encourages patrons to talk to each other. An interesting wine list includes entries from Spain and Israel; there are also draft cocktails and numerous beers on tap. The brunch menu is heavy on the eggs, prepared in lots of ways. One option is the Croque Madame, a ham-and-Gruyere sandwich usually battered with egg. This one had a fried egg and béchamel, with a generous smear of mustard inside. The mountain of potato hash alongside tasted flavorful and not too greasy. The menu also features pizzas and house-made pastas, but one of its highlights includes an excellent smoked-eggplant baba

charcuterie board is more like a groaning board, stocked with abundant regional meats and cheeses. The pickle plate looks like Peter Rabbit’s dream, all teeny turnips and tangy carrot chunks. Generally excellent, the saloon’s cocktail list veers from the classics with a list of bartender-created drinks with unusual, but wisely considered flavor combinations: cilantro and tequila, blackberry and thyme, and the surprisingly sublime mixture of celery and pineapple. American. 1409 R St., (916) 231-9121. Dinner for one: $10-$20. HHH1⁄2 B.G.

ganoush, which is smoky and garlicky and served with warm flatbread wedges and oil-cured olives. The bananas foster bread pudding is equally transcendent, accompanied by very salty caramel gelato, pecans and slivers of brûléed bananas. American.1630 S St., (916) 442-4885. Dinner for one: $20-$40. HHH1/2 A.M.R.

Shady Lady Saloon So many bars

dT IS SA AR eN ON BY M eL

Estelle’s Patisserie With its marble

more than a bone thrown to the cholesterol-challenged; it’s a worthy dish in its own right. American. 926 J St., (916) 492-4450. Dinner for one: $40-$60. HHHH B.G.

IL LU ST RA TI

Downtown

try to do bar snacks, and so many fail. Shady Lady, however, nails it. The fried green tomatoes are punched up with a tarragon rémoulade and the huge

BRUNCH BUFFET: 10AM-3PM

These days, a business owner can’t just put 8 million beers on draft and expect brew lovers to come sprinting through the doors. The Yard House model is done. Even in suburban Sacramento, where two relatively new beer destinations are making their mark. Final Gravity (9205 Sierra College Boulevard in Roseville) leads the charge: It specializes in American beers, with an emphasis on local (Track 7 Brewing Co., Knee Deep Brewing Co., Berryessa Brewing Co., Auburn Alehouse). This is changing, though, as I recently saw a bottle of Freitgeist gose by one of my new favorite breweries outside of Cologne, Germany, on Final Gravity’s Facebook page. Boneshaker Public House (2168 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 104 in Rocklin) plays a similar American-ale game, with beers by Allagash Brewing Company, The Bruery and Ballast Point in regular rotation. —Nick Miller

*Can’t be combined w/ other offers Dine-in only

EASTER BRUNCH

SACRAMENTO’S SACRAMENT SACRAMENTO’SBE MENT TOS BEST BE EST ES

FAMILY BRUNCH SERVED TIL 2pm!

SALADS, AND MUCH MORE... $32 INCLUDES: BOTTOMLESS MIMOSAS, COFFEE, JUICE, SODA $12 CHILDREN UNDER 13

w/ DOG FRIENDLY PATIO

*OPEN MIC Every Friday 9pm All Ages & No Cover

RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED

26 | SN&R | 03.28.13

Hokkaido Noodle House

1 7 2 4 B roadw ay • 916. 492. 2250

b a l l e r z

{up to 2 names}

57th & Jst 916-457-5600

Happy Hour M-F 3-6 pm & Thur 9-1am

i n k

HAPPY HOUR ALL DAY Draft Beer $2.75

2 0 1 3

t a x

s e a s o n

tattoo sale name tattoos

HAPPY HOUR: MONDAY ALL DAY, TUES-FRI 12-6PM

1217 21st St | 916.440.0401 | KuprosBistro.com

of equal or lesser value

ASSORTED FRESHLY BAKED MUFFINS, FRENCH TOAST KUPROS BREAKFAST POTATOES, A VARIETY OF

Thai and Lao food, but go for the Lao specialties, which rely on flavoring staples such as fish sauce, lime juice, galangal and lemongrass, lots of herbs, and chilies. One of the most common dishes in Lao cuisine is larb, a dish of chopped meat laced with herbs, chilies and lime. At Asian Café, it adds optional offal add-ons—various organ meats, entrails, et al—to three versions of the dish: beef with tripe, chicken with gizzards, or pork with pork skin. The beef salad offers a gentle respite from aggressive flavors, consisting of medium-thick chewy slices

BUY ANY ENTREE GET 5 % OFF ND ENTREE

BUFFET WILL FEATURE: W/ BOURBON MAPLE SYRUP, BISCUITS AND GRAVY,

Asian Café Asian Café serves both

Burbs beer boom!

BOUNTIFUL GOODNESS EASTER SUNDAY MARCH 31

North Sac

artist wanted

best friends

buy 1 get 1 half off piercings

call for inquiries

palm size rose {color, group discount available}

dermals {buy 2, get 30% off}

ballerz ink 5290 fruitridge road 916.736.2782 All offers expire 04/15/13

South Sac Bánh Xèo 46A Bánh Xèo 46A is named for its signature dish, a Vietnamese egg crepe. Each one completely fills an oval-shaped platter and is served shatteringly crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. Bánh Xèo also offers nem nuong, or grilled pork sausages on skewers, and chao tom, a grilled-shrimp dish that arrives as a flamingo-pink paste melded into a sausage shape around juicy sugarcane. Vietnamese. 7837 Stockton Blvd., Ste. 700; (916) 476-4895. Dinner for one: $10-$20. HHHH1⁄2 B.G.

Blue Moon Cafe and Karaoke In Sac, most people equate Hong Kong-style cuisine with dim sum, but this restaurant, which also features private karaoke rooms, serves up tasty, familiar food by way of rice plates, sandwiches, noodle bowls, soups and stirfries. A few random Japanese (ramen, fried udon), French (sweet or savory crepes), Russian (borscht), Korean (beef and kimchi hot pot)

and Italian (various pastas) foods add to the feeling that whatever your cultural background, you’ll find a comfort dish from your childhood to wrap its arms around you and give you a hug. Cultural diversity aside, one of Blue Moon’s best dishes is the braised pig ear with soy sauce and peanuts. Asian. 5000 Freeport Blvd., Ste. A; (916) 706-2995. Dinner for one: $10-$20. HHH J.M.

Tacos & Beer This is one of the area’s best Michoacán restaurants. Of its regional dishes, the enchiladas Apatzingán are unusual, filled with only a smattering of sharp cheese and diced onion, soaked in a vinegary sauce, and smothered in very lightly pickled, shredded cabbage with raw hunks of radish and avocado slices. Another specialty is the morisqueta—the ultimate comfort dish due to the unique texture of the white rice, which is as soft as an angel’s buttock. Mexican. 5701 Franklin Blvd., (916) 428-7844. Dinner for one: $10-$20. HHH1⁄2 B.G.

Arden/ Carmichael El Pollo Feliz For a restaurant dubbed “the happy chicken,” El Pollo Feliz sure smokes a lot of birds. These chickens get one heck of an afterlife: Their parts are rubbed with earthy Mexican spices and then slow-cooked in a smoker for hours. Their flesh becomes

fall-off-the-bone soft and infused with an aromatic wood-chip flavor. The restaurant’s signature dish is barbecue chicken, and customers can purchase wings, breasts, drumsticks and thighs in a variety of amounts—from as few as two to 12 pieces. An eight-piece combo is basically an entire chicken. You can also order it covered in a chocolatey and peppery mole-poblano sauce; shredded and scattered atop a plate of nachos; on top of a salad; inside a torta-style sandwich; or stuffed into a burrito. There’s a friendly neighborhood vibe here, and much of the cooking happens in the parking lot directly in front of the mom-and-pop joint. 4717 Whitney Ave., Carmichael; (916) 485-4446. Mexican. Dinner for one: $5-$15. HHHH J.M.

IllustratIon by Mark stIvers

of eye of round with red bell pepper, chopped iceberg and hot raw jalapeño. The single best dish here is the nam kao tod, a crispy entree with ground pork that’s baked on the bottom of the pan with rice, then stirred and fried up fresh the next day with dried Thai chilies and scallions. Thai and Lao. 2827 Norwood Ave., (916) 641-5890. Dinner for one: $10-$15. HHHH B.G.

rice. Much better was the Hot Spicy Bean Curd—a large portion of silky tofu in a zingy sauce with peas and carrots. Asian. 3212 Fulton Ave., (916) 779-3353. Dinner for one: $5-$10. HHH A.M.R.

Land Park/ Curtis Park Pangaea Two Brews Cafe Tables, tall and short, are large and communal, fostering that casual camaraderie that should be the goal of any selfrespecting brewpub. There’s a fairly extensive menu, including breakfast items. Not to put too fine a point on it: Pangaea’s offerings are not beers that will be found at a Save Mart Supermarket or even Nugget. They are nuanced. Brewed with artisanship. In some cases, for hundreds of years. There’s the usual panoply of French dip, hot pastrami, Reuben and so on. Among the signature offerings is The Gobbler. Turkey, natch. Cranberry sauce, natch. Then red onion, several roma tomato slices, a thicket of green leaf and pepper jack cheese, all shoehorned into a big baguette. Brewpub. 2743 Franklin Blvd., (916) 454-4942. Dinner for one: $10-$20. HHH1⁄2 G.L.

Jin Men The restaurant bills its itself as Chinese, but it actually specializes in KoreanChinese food. The most popular Korean specialty dish is its ja jang myun, based on the Chinese dish zhajiangmian (fried noodles with sauce). Jin Men’s rendition is made with little squares of chewy pork and tiny shrimp mixed with lots of sweet sautéed onions and slightly salty black-bean paste. This addictive dish is served in a bowl just the right size to keep all to yourself. The jambong is a spicy seafood soup nicely spiked with chili and perfect for curing a cold. Chinese-style offerings include mu shu chicken and a ho-hum vegetable fried

Yippee for Yogurtland Sacramento already has plenty of fro-yo places: Yogurtagogo, Mochii Yogurt and Yummy Yogurt Cafe, to name a few. In January, the city saw the addition of the Irvine, Calif.-based chain, Yogurtland (2381 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Suite 5). The company also plans to open nine more franchised locations in the Sacramento area in the next few years, according to a press release. This might be bad for other yogurt businesses, but not for customers. Prices at Yogurtland (currently 35 cents per ounce) are less than most of the other stores. Plus, it offers approximately a dozen flavors, which rotate regularly; copious fresh-fruit topping options; and a bright, ultramodern interior. With more Yogurtlands (and warm weather) on the way, local yogurt shops will need to step up their game to compete. Because stepping into Yogurtland is like entering another country—a cheap, new and delicious country. Visit www.yogurt-land.com for more information. —Jonathan Mendick

3 hours 3 bucks 3 fires 3pm – 6pm monday – friday • all well drinks $3 • all domestic beer $3 • house champagne, cab, chard & white zin $3 •small plates & flatbreads half off

1501 L St, Sac | 916.443.0500 www.3FiresLounge.com BEFORE

FRONTLINES

F E AT U R E S T O RY

A RT S & C U LT U R E

AFTER

03.28.13

SN&R

Contact Ad Services for advertising information in this special section (916) 498-1234

FIND OF THE WEEK

FREE Diagnostic Inspection

10 Off

Any SERVICE

Smog InSpectIon Bmw & volvo eXPert COMPLETE REPAIR ON ALL MAKES & MODELS

5681 Franklin Blvd #C, SaCramento m–F 8–6, Sat 9–5 916-422–5522 www.SaCPreStigeautoworkS.Com

Contact Ad Services for advertising information in this special section (916) 498-1234

Your Downtown Service Shop

SMOG CHECK

2575

OIL

FREE

CHANGE

EMISSIONS DIAGNOSTIC

2399

(reg 49.75) most cars. Call for details. Same day. Fast In/Out $

w/repairs at time of service. (reg $120) most cars. For renewal reg. only. Call for details.

Call for details.

916 554-6471 2000 16th St Sacramento M-F 7:30 -5:30 Sat 8 -4 sacsmog.com Bring in any competitor’s smog check coupon and we will match it - plus give you an additional $5 OFF

Use your smart phone QR reader for more specials

Operation revenge the cApe: 1969 A dark revenge fantasy set in the Vietnam War, The Cape: 1969 (IDW, $21.99) was adapted by Joe Hill from GRAPHIC NOVEL his short story. Here, Gordon Chase, Marine doctor and medevac pilot, is shot down and captured by a Viet Cong cadre led by an officer who once lived in America and now hates Americans. A naked, tattooed Vietnamese man that the guerillas call a witch is also captured. When Chase kills the witch in a forced death match, something happens—Chase suddenly gains extraordinary powers. The drawings by Jason Ciaramella and Nelson Daniel are as dark and violent as the story. Although it’s supposedly Chase’s love for his two sons driving his survival, that’s quickly overwhelmed by an urge to punish his captors. —Kel Munger

What about eight-tracks? ion Duo Deck ultrA-portABle usB turntABle with cAssette Deck Still hoarding a stack of vinyl in your closet or a box of old cassettes in the attic? For those who’ve been meaning to get those relics converted to digital files, Ion sells a new portable system that does both. Considering how easy it is to transport, after you’ve converted all your old records and mixtapes, you can toss it into your backpack, go to your buddy’s house and record all of his records. GADGET It’s battery powered and even has built-in speakers. It retails for $79.99, but—just a hint—Amazon.com sells it for much less. www.ionaudio.com.

Bookmark it We offer complete automotive service & repairs

Lube, Oil & Filter

1598

$3 addition for multi-grade oil Good at Fulton location only Most vehicles savings of $7 1700 Fulton at Arden Way, Sacramento

Brake Special

3000 OFF

481-1192 OPEN MON-SAT 8-6 • SUN 9-4

www.ardeneconolube.com

28 | SN&R | 03.28.13

Call for details Good at Fulton location only

—Aaron Carnes

the olD reADer Bummed to learn that Google will discard its Google Reader tool come July? Don’t fret about keeping up with your favorite blogs and news sites—there are plenty of alternate readers from which to choose. The Old Reader in particular manages to WEBSITE stand out amid the digital hoopla with a clean interface that echoes Google’s version—as well as the option to log in and import your current RSS feeds via your Google account. There’s also a Facebook log-in option, easy content-sharing functions and the ability to follow friends’ subscription feeds. Digital stalking made easier! www.theoldreader.com. —Rachel Leibrock

Salvaged swank Bunker’s Attic Way before Macklemore & Ryan Lewis advocated rocking your Grandma’s coat, 45-year-old Missippi transplant Vicki Bennett has been turning old-timey bits and baubles into jewelry for the fashion-forward set. It all started back in high school, when she and her best friend came across a trove JEWELRY of antique clothing and jewelry in the attic of a family named Bunker and started forming an aesthetic for the one-of-a-kind pieces that are now sold exclusively at local shops Sugar Shack Boutique and Krazy Mary’s Boutique. Bennett’s pieces are whimsical and playful. Among my favorites is a necklace made out of a pewter decanter label that reads “vodka.” But for those who don’t wish to advertise their drink of preference, necklaces and bracelets more often feature repurposed brooches depicting flora and fauna. Bennett scours estate sales, garage sales and the closets of friends and family in order to find the right materials. “I am always looking for impractical, weird items to make something unusual,” she says. And Bennett doesn’t limit her crafty prowess to just jewelry, either; her Facebook page welcomes inquiries for custom wall murals, canvas art and window displays. “Basically,” she says, “I can do anything within reason. If it’s not within reason, I may consider it anyway.” Prices for her jewelry typically range from $18-$75. Sugar Shack Boutique, 2425 J Street; (916) 447-4435; and Krazy Mary’s Boutique, 3230 Folsom Boulevard; (916) 442-6279 ; www.facebook.com/bunkersattic. —Deena Drewis

An imperfect life Iâ€™ve had the same best friend for 12 years, ever since junior high school. We still hang out, but she has really changed. She parties a lot and hooks up with skeezy guys. Thatâ€™s her business. The problem is that my parents think she is perfect. They seem embarrassed by my job at a nonprofit (which I love, by the way) and annoyed by my refusal to go to church. They talk about seeing her at church with her parents by Joey ga and her career success. They rcia wish I would be more like her. I want to scream that they a s kj oey @ ne wsreview.c om have no idea what she is really like. What should I do? Ditch the double standard. You Joeyâ€™s want your parents to see your friendâ€™s imperfections, and that Honda is free of dog hair, thanks to desire is one of your imperfections. Harvâ€™s Car Wash. (Thatâ€™s a sentence worth rereading. No worries. Iâ€™ll wait.) Wanting to expose your friend is evidence of an ongoing covert competition. Itâ€™s evidence that, in some ways, your relationship never graduated from junior high school. Your parents unconsciously nurture this competition and your insecurity. When they compare you to your friend, it triggers the deeper reality of your emotional estrangement from them.

Wanting to expose your friend is evidence of an ongoing covert competition. Itâ€™s evidence that, in some ways, your relationship never graduated from junior high school.

Got a problem?

Write, email or leave a message for Joey at the News & Review. Give your name, telephone number (for verification purposes only) and questionâ€”all correspondence will be kept strictly confidential. Write Joey, 1124 Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95815; call (916) 498-1234, ext. 3206; or email askjoey@ newsreview.com.

I do wish that your parents could appreciate you as you are, but thankfully, you are an adult and can parent yourself. Hereâ€™s proof: continuing in a career you love despite parental criticism. In the process, you are forging your identity, one that is separate from your parents. I am also grateful that your self-worth protects you from abusing your body and soul with alcohol, drugs and hookups. What concerns me is your lack of compassion for the person you call your best friend. She is spiraling into darkness while you stand idly by. Why? Well, if she falls flat on her face, you get the satisfaction of being right. And if your parents were wrong about her, they are

Saturday, May 18 State Capitol, West Steps

wrong about you, too, correct? Yes, but that doesnâ€™t mean you are now perfect. When the expectation of perfection is projected onto a person, he or she is being seen as incomplete. A whole person has failings, annoying habits and emotional challenges in addition to gifts, talents and beauty. It is damaging to insist on someoneâ€™s perfection as much as it is to insist that someone else is a monster. The human personality is usually more complicated than the goodor-evil split conveys. Growing up includes the realization and acceptance that human beings contain a mix of qualities, and we are called to guide each other to act from the best. Every religion reminds us of this responsibility. The journey to maturity also invites us not to reject religion, but to reflect on faith and make choices inspired by our spiritual development. Your parentsâ€™ behavior might be hypocritical in light of their religion, but donâ€™t let that stop you from participating if your heart yearns to do so. When I try to kiss my wife, she pushes me away and says I have bad breath. I canâ€™t stand being rejected. No one else complains, so I wonder if she is just trying to avoid me. Itâ€™s possible that your wife is the only person honest enough to confront you about your breath. One way to uncover the truth is to visit your doctor and your dentist. Chronic bad breath often points to a medical or dental issue. And remember, scent is inextricably linked to attraction. Your wife might be particularly sensitive to this reality. Itâ€™s helpful to acknowledge that she is rejecting an odor, not you. If you care for her and yourself, you will take care of the problem. No, that doesnâ€™t mean masking the odor with mints or mouthwash. See a medical professional immediately. ÎŠ

Make Arthritis Unacceptable! Register today

sacarthritiswalk.org

Get moving, keep moving! More kids have avvee juve hri ritiss juvenile arthritis than have juvenile venile il diabete diabetes, muscular dystrop dystrophy and cerebr cerebral palsy combi combined!

Join J oi us May 18th For more information call

916-368-5599 Arthritis WalkÂŽ National Sponsors

ÂŽ

THE EYECARE STORE NEXT DOOR.

/&& ! #OMPLETE 0AIR

of Eyeglasses

0LUS ND 0AIR FREE!

0ROGRESSIVE .O ,INE -ULTIFOCALS

/&&

:EISS OR /THER $IGITAL 0ROGRESSIVE ,ENSES

Meditation of the Week â€œItâ€™sâ€ƒdiscouragingâ€ƒtoâ€ƒthinkâ€ƒhowâ€ƒmanyâ€ƒ peopleâ€ƒareâ€ƒshockedâ€ƒbyâ€ƒhonestyâ€ƒandâ€ƒ howâ€ƒfewâ€ƒbyâ€ƒdeceit,â€?â€ƒwroteâ€ƒNoĂŤlâ€ƒ Coward.â€ƒStillâ€ƒstandingâ€ƒinâ€ƒthatâ€ƒriverâ€ƒinâ€ƒ Egypt?â€ƒ(Yeah,â€ƒdenial.)

SiteForSoreEyes.com .EW !IRPORT 2OAD !UBURN .EXT TO 7ALGREENS s &AIR /AKS "OULEVARD 3ACRAMENTO ,OEHMANN S 0LAZA s

Comprehensive Eye Exam Only $59 - Book An Appointment Online Today. Eye examination enrollment available by Sterling VisionCare, a California-licensed Vision Health Care Service Plan.

/FFER VALID ON THE PURCHASE OF FRAMES AND LENSES &REE SECOND PAIR OF PRESCRIPTION EYEGLASSES CAN BE CHOSEN FROM OUR LARGE SPECIAL FRAME SELECTION WITH SINGLE VISION CLEAR LENSES 3EE STORE FOR DETAILS .OT COMBINABLE WITH INSURANCE 3OME RESTRICTIONS MAY APPLY /FFER EXPIRES

7ITH PURCHASE OF COMPLETE PAIR FRAMES AND LENSES &LAT TOP LINED BIFOCALS OR STANDARD PROGRESSIVE LENSES INCLUDED .OT COMBINABLE WITH INSURANCE 3EE STORE FOR DETAILS 3OME RESTRICTIONS MAY APPLY /FFER EXPIRES

03.28.13 â€ƒ â€ƒ | â€ƒ SN&R â€ƒ â€ƒ | â€ƒ 29

33%9% s 3AC .EWS 2EVIEW s # s X s %'# 'ROUP

NEED ATTENTION?

STAGE In cold blood The Mountaintop

THERE MUST BE A BETTER WAY.

(916) 498-1234

ADVERTISE WITH

THREE STAGES AT FOLSOM LAKE COLLEGE PRESENTS

LORD OF THE DANCE

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy remains one of the most vivid examples of a person who preached nonviolence—only to be murdered. by Maxwell McKee Along with fellow peace-loving martyrs (think the big J and Mohandas), he became a symbol for the hatred that must be experienced before change can happen for a people. Capital Stage presents Katori Hall’s play about MLK’s final night on Earth in The Mountaintop, directed by Anthony D’Juan, where the civil-rights leader battles himself and fate as a beautiful angel ushers him into the special light. Beethovan Oden takes on the part of King and depicts him majestically, as ZZ Moor plays the cussin’, drinkin’ angel Camae. Both have moments of extreme passion, something the script offers well. The dingy Memphis, Tenn., motel room outside of which an escaped convict will assassinate King serves as the set, and stage designer Jonathan Williams’ work here is minimal, serving its purpose well. Oden grapples with King’s

THU 4/11 – SAT 4/13 It’s “fascinating, rewarding, and above all, entertaining,” (New York Post) and “a showpiece extravaganza” (Los Angeles Times). Based upon mythical Irish folklore, 40 dancers perform over 21 scenes with precision dancing, dramatic music, colorful costumes, and state-of-the-art staging. THU: 7:30 pm; FRI: 3 pm & 8 pm; SAT: 2 pm & 8 pm Stacy Sullivan

A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee

FRI 4/5 – SUN 4/7 An elegant

portrayal of a legend, from her tragic childhood in North Dakota to becoming one of the most successful singersongwriters. “Ms. Sullivan reveals herself with a sincerity every other singer could learn from... a beautiful voice, a refreshing treat, unblemished and tender” (Backstage). FRI: 8 pm; SAT: 2 pm & 8 pm; SUN: 2 pm

Pillow fights are a good, safe way to express anger.

Keyboard Conversation® with Jeffrey Siegel

WED 4/10 “He may just be a musical Carl Sagan” (Los Angeles Times). Mixing virtuosic performance with lively commentary, Jeffrey Siegel returns with the final of four classical concerts this season, focusing on the dance, from waltzes to tangos. 7:30 pm

Three Stages

The Mountaintop, 7 p.m. Wednesday; 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; $22-$35. Capital Stage, 2215 J Street; (916) 995-5464; www.capstage.org. Through April 21.

at Folsom Lake College

Harris Center for the Arts www.ThreeStages.net 916-608-6888 30

SN&R

03.28.13

The telltale puppet The Raven and Other Images of Edgar Allan Poe

It takes a pretty creative mind to blend Edgar Allan Poe, poetry and puppets together. That imagination belongs to Sacramento State University professor emeritus and renowned puppeteer Richard Bay, who has made a name for himself in the puppet world for the last 30 years. Bay has resurrected and revised a show he first produced at CSUS in 1979 —The Raven and Other Images of Edgar Allan Poe—for a current production at the Chautauqua Playhouse. It’s an evening with Poe that explores both the writer and his works by using live actors who examine Poe’s life and a range of puppets that act out scenes of Poe’s greatest writings. The puppets used are Japanese Bunraku style, with two people controlling one puppet by manipulating it through rods and gloved hands for gestures. The results are often mesmerizing and breathe new life into the poems and stories we think we know, including The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart and Annabel Lee. Because the puppets lack facial expressions and the puppeteers stand onstage, it takes a few minutes to become engrossed in the characters. But thanks to the skilled puppeteers’ fluid gestures and talented dialogue delivery, the figures soon become animated and believable. The two live characters are Poe, with Jon Jackson doing a memorable portrayal of a distraught and disturbed writer, and a narrator (Kara Ow) giving background on Poe’s life. The narration is a nice addition, though as written, she doesn’t quite have the intensity to match Poe and the seven puppeteers. PHOTO COURTESY OF CAPITAL STAGE

– CREATED BY MICHAEL FLATLEY –

where the play falls flat. It seems to set out to say that King would have been scared to accept his inevitable death. But in doing so, it casts him as a cog in a divine plan, when in reality he was murdered in cold blood by a hatemonger, just as many peaceful martyrs before him. To say it is part of a divine plan, however, is only an attempt to soften the blow and almost seems to undermine what happened as a result of his death. God didn’t have Martin Luther King Jr. killed; James Earl Ray murdered him. Ω

more human desires vs. the ones we’ve all read in the history books. The impressive changes from the “I need some coffee” King to the “I have a dream” King work well to show a more realistic side of the historical giant. Moor has to fight to keep up with Oden at times, and with only the two of them onstage, it makes for occasionally jarring moments. However, she has a vivacity that is a treat to watch and makes those moments forgettable. The story is a strange amalgam made from something like an Edward Albee version of Touched by an Angel and The Last Temptation of Christ. King is told he will be killed in the name of his cause, and that he should accept this fate as being part of a larger divine plan. He resists, but ultimately understands his place and accepts his death with ethereal dignity. In fact, that’s

FOUL

FAIR

GOOD

WELL-DONE

SUBLIME-DON’T MISS

—Patti Roberts

The Raven and Other Images of Edgar Allan Poe, 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; $17-$19. Chautauqua Playhouse, 5325 Engle Road in Carmichael; (916) 498-7529; www.cplayhouse.org. Through April 21.

RECYCLE

THIS PAPER.

Now Playing

AS YOU LIKE IT

Adapted by Brian Harrower, under the inspired direction of Benjamin T. Ismail, this must-see pastoral comedy makes its mark by bringing the French duchy and Forest of Arden to Sacramento—literally. Rosalind (Jamie Kale, in a standout performance) flees the court to live a life of banishment in the strange Forest of Arden and encounters odd characters that show her a life devoid of time and embellishments. Other notable peformances include Mary Katherine Cobb as the devoted cousin, Celia; Casey Worthington, who brings the fire in his flaming Touchstone; and Matthew Donaldson, who shows off perfect deadpan timing as the lovelorn Silvius. Most memorable, however, is Kirk Blackinton as Jacques—usually played as a pompous “melancholy gentlemen.” Here, the character’s depicted as a mentally ill vagrant. Th, F & Sa 8pm. Through 3/30. $10-$15. Big Idea Theatre, 1616 Del Paso Blvd.; (916) 960-3036; www.bigideatheatre.com. M.M.

AVENUE Q

Runaway Stage Productions gets frisky and risky with this raunchy musical comedy. A talented cast runs riot with the innuendo, sex jokes and politically incorrect humor of this grown-up version of Sesame Street. Scott Bolt (in the dual roles of Princeton and closeted investment banker Rod) leads the cast, with Amanda Goldrick (as the virtuous Kate Monster and loose Lucy) and Andy Hyun (as Nicky and Trekkie). But two songs present the show’s big problem: While preaching tolerance, acceptance and avoidance of stereotyping (“Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist”), it takes too much joy in making fun of the Asian character Christmas Eve (“The More You Ruv Someone”). Th, Fr 8 pm; Sa 2 & 8 pm; Su 2 & 7pm. Through 3/31. $18-$25. Black Box Theatre at the West Sacramento Community Center, 1075 W. Capitol Ave. in West Sacramento; (916) 207-1226; www.runawaystage.com. J.C.

Encounter God & Come Alive Spiritually SATURDAY SERVICE: 5:10pm Casual Yet Sacred SUNDAY SERVICES: 7:30am Classical Language 9:00am Contemporary Organ & Piano 11:15am Classical Music

rs e d n e t ! d n Bar a m De n i e r a N|

HAVE FU

2620 Capitol Ave. tvrbaker@trinitycathedral.org trinitycathedral.org

YOU’RE WELCOME, NATURE.

Special

$ (916)995-6518

Reverend Dr. Brian Baker

Dealer!

ATTENTION TRAVELERS

Learn to be a

If you have made reservations with any of a large number of hotels in the last 18 months, or called certain other tollfree numbers, you may be owed money damages for privacy violations. To learn more, call now:

Scot Bernstein Law Of fices of Scot D. Bernstein, A Professional Corporation 1(800)916-3500 toll free Free Confidential Consultation

Classes Featured:

Poker ◆ Blackjack Pai Gow ◆ Roulette Mini Baccarat

Special

916-638-3322 www.ideal21.com

C a l i f o r n i a

Job Placement Assistance

S t a g e

P r e S e n t S

GeorGe Bernard Shaw’S hilariouS comedy aBout Social climBinG

Widowers’ Houses

NEWS & REVIEW BUSINES DESIGNER St

arr

ISSUE DATE

inG : AL Jessica 06.18.09 FILEGNAME oldman TRINITYCATHEDRAL061809R1 Laskey

USP (BOLD SELECTI PRICE / ATMOSPHERE / EXPE

PLEASE CAREFULLY REV ADVERTISEMENT AND VERIFY T

AD SIZE (COLUMNS X INCHES)

ROBYN IS HAPPY

SPELLING

B Street Theatre hosts the world premiere of playwright Michael Elyanow’s look at the unspoken code of honesty and loyalty among girlfriends—when is it appropriate to butt in when friends are making questionable choices in love or life? Three lifelong pals judge and battle with and against each other with biting humor, captured by good performances by all three actresses, Amy Kelly, Elisabeth Nunziato and Melinda Parrett. The problem lies in inconsistencies with the play’s tone and intent. Over-the-top raucous, mean-spirited humor runs rampant. Th, F 8pm; Sa 5 & 9pm; Su 2pm; Tu 6:30pm; W 2 & 6:30pm. Through 4/14. $23-$35. B Street Theatre, 2711 B St.; (916) 443-5300; www.bstreettheatre.org. P.R.

NUMBERS & DATES

CONTACT INFO (PHONE, ADDR AD APPEARS AS REQUESTED APPROVED BY:

March 30 – April 28 at the R25 Arts Complex • 2509 R St Fri & Sat 8pm • Sun 2pm $25 Gen. Admission | $20 Students & Seniors $15 for groups of 6 or more. FREE PARKING!

Short reviews by Jim Carnes, Jeff Hudson, Maxwell McKee and Patti Roberts. FRONTLINES

Exp 4/3/13 or first 22 students

9529 FOLSOM BLVD STE. E SACRAMENTO

ORDINARY DAYS

CASINO COLLEGE

FINDING OUR VOICE: SUSAN B. AND THE WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT

BEFORE

Exp 4/3/13 or first 22 students

www. ABCBartending .com

New York City is the fifth character in this four-person musical about people who come to the city with hopes and dreams, some which are realized, some that are altered along the way. New Helvetia Theatre gathers some of its talented regulars to portray two couples—one romantic pairing, one a budding friendship, with New York both as a backdrop and as a central theme. Wonderful nuanced performances by Connor Mickiewicz (who also directs), Tristan Rumery, Kiera Anderson and Courtney Glass, backed up by the talented pianist Erik Daniels. Th, F, 8pm; Sa 2 & 8pm;. Through 3/30. $30. New Helvetia Theatre, 1028 R St.; (916) 469-9850; www.newhelvetia.org. P.R.

OPLE

MEET PE

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL

Writer David Pierini’s play for young audiences provides a timely reminder that American women had to protest for decades before they got the right to vote—and it was by no means an easy battle. Acting intern Sarah Clancy plays a determined 20-year-old who takes up the cause, Jamie Jones plays feisty old Susan B. Anthony in her final years. Sa, Su 1 & 4pm. Through 4/14. $18-$27. B Street Theatre, 2711 B St.; (916) 443-5300; www.bstreettheatre.org. J.H.

ONEY | MAKE M

FEATURE

STORY

A RT S & C U LT U R E

To reserve, call (916)451–5822 or go online www.CalStage.org SN&R AFTER | 03.28.13 |

•

2 5 0 8 L A N D PA R K D R I V E L A N D PA R K & B R O A D WAY F R E E PA R K I N G A D J A C E N T T O T H E AT R E

STOKER

“A THRILLER OF SAVAGE BEAUTY.” - Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE

WED-TUES: 10:20AM, 12:35, 2:55, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55PM

Without merit Admission

“ONE OF THE BEST SELECTIONS AT CANNES.” - Manohla Dargis, THE NEW YORK TIMES

WED-TUES: 10:50AM, 1:35, 4:15, 7:00, 9:35PM

“FLUSHED WITH HUMOR AND TENDERNESS.” - Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE

QUARTET

WED-TUES: 10:30AM, 12:45, 3:00, 5:10, 7:30, 9:40PM NO MON/TUES 5:10, 7:30, 9:40PM

F O R A D V A N C E T I C K E T S C A L L FA N D A N G O @ 1 - 8 0 0 - F A N D A N G O # 2 7 2 1

RECYCLE

THIS PAPER.

The first sort-of joke in Admission is actual Harvard University alumnus Wallace Shawn playing Princeton University’s dean of admissions, by Jonathan Kiefer wielding a freshly published best-colleges guide and deciding that a slip in rank from No. 1 to 2 is grounds for his retirement. Ah, well, how droll. Plotwise, this could be a promotion opportunity for one Portia Nathan, played by Tina Fey as a prim woman who, by now, is starting to seem like an admissions-office lifer anyway. All that stands in Portia’s way toward deandom is a rival colleague (Gloria Reuben)

YOU’RE WELCOME, NATURE.

“Well, you’re no Jack Donaghy, but ...”

1 Poor

win a chance to own the academy award-winning film

Les MiserabLes

2 Fair

Blu-ray dVd & Soundtrack!

Enter to win by sending an email to tickets@newsreview.com and put “SN&R Les Mis” in the subject line. Please include your first and last name, address and phone number in the body of the email. Or enter the contest by visiting our SN&R office at 1124 Del Paso Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95815.

Good

SN&R must receive email or drop-in entries by 10 am Monday, April 8th, 2013. Limit one entry per person.

4 Very Good

5 excellent

www.newsreview.com 32 | SN&R | 03.28.13

with the same goal, and, of course, Portia’s own unawareness of how unfulfilled she really is. Pointedly childless, she has Michael Sheen for a tenure-track professor boyfriend who pets her like a dog and reads Chaucer aloud in bed, another of those sort-of jokes, but soon enough, he’s more or less lost to a lazy subplot anyway. But Portia gets to work, making her recruitment rounds at high schools. And unlike all the eager young dynamos in the usual preparatory feeder schools, students at the alternative Quest School—where all the buildings look like architect-designed sustainable treehouses, and Paul Rudd teaches a Third World development practicum—tend to greet Portia with bemusement, saying things like, “Princeton is a corporation, no different than an oil company,” or “I’ll tell you what I’d like to know: Why should I apply?” One student, however, cleverly inquires about her Shakespeare-heroine namesake and makes a slightly odd but generally good impression. This is Rudd’s star pupil, played with very plausible eccentric smarts by Nat Wolff. And what follows is somehow a romantic comedy, between two other people, about whether or not he’s Princeton material. Did we mention Portia’s childlessness? Well, the movie does, also dwelling awkwardly on the idea that her career stability is a kind of stasis. Not that moving around a lot would be any better: Rudd’s character, having made a life

of humanitarian travel to forsaken places, once adopted an African boy who now yearns for rootedness and a little bit of undivided parental attention. Speaking of being a parent—which, again, Portia isn’t—Lily Tomlin plays her mom, a feminist scholar much admired in rarified academic circles for a book she wrote called The Masculine Myth. So, now we have a romcom, a sort-of parable about one unconventional young genius’s quest to penetrate America’s exclusive higher-education system, and, most excitingly, a chance to behold Tina Fey and Lily Tomlin onscreen together, pluckily working their way through what Tomlin’s character calls “all this mother-daughter role-playing crap.” Regrettably, it turns out just to be another of those lazy subplots. Given the movie’s title and its milieu, a raging satire would have been a brave and interesting alternative, but Karen Croner’s script, from Jean Hanff Korelitz’s novel, didn’t seem to allow it. Not that director Paul Weitz, most recently of Little Fockers and Being Flynn, would go there anyway. And, of course, ruthless contempt really wouldn’t be right for Fey, who’s so winningly immune to its chill; nor for Rudd, who can show a vicious streak but seems lately to have played up his own warm fuzzies in order to ascend in Hollywood. Together they seem a little stranded in a movie which, if we’re really making decisions based on merit here, doesn’t quite deserve them. If anything, it highlights the limits of their respective ranges.

Tina Fey and Paul Rudd seem stranded in a movie which, if we’re really making decisions based on merit here, doesn’t quite deserve them. As romantic and comedic and dramatic and parental complications ensue, false notes tend to ring out from Portia’s predicament. But there are, too, some right-seeming small details, like the quaint yet oppressive smugness of ivy-league a cappella groups. And Weitz does at least allow us a chance to behold the admissions team fielding student and parent reactions to their decisions, including rejoinders such as “I hope you get rectal cancer.” If Admission teaches us anything, it’s that movies can be like universities: Some are hard to get into. Ω

by JONATHAN KIeFeR & JIM LANe

A Good Day to Die Hard

Tough cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) flies to Russia to check up on his son (Jai Courtney) who has landed in jail—only to learn that Junior is really CIA, and it’s all part of his mission to spirit a political prisoner (Sebastian Koch) out of the country. Now Daddy is in the middle of things and about to either ruin everything or save the day—or both. This series ran out of gas with the first sequel and has been on life support ever since; writer Skip Woods and director John Moore fail to revive it here, but they cram in all they can think of, with Willis and Courtney surviving concussions, broken bones, explosions and outrunning machine-gun bullets. Is Courtney being groomed to take over when Willis finally has enough? What’s next? Never Say Die Hard? Do or Die Hard? Who cares? Die hard, already! J.L.

The Call

A 911 operator (Halle Berry) loses her nerve when she feels responsible for a kidnap and murder; six months later, she fields a call from a victim in a car trunk (Abigail Breslin) who may have fallen into the clutches of the same killer. The artless sadism works for a while, thanks to Berry’s strong performance and support from Roma Maffia as her sympathetic boss and Morris Chestnut as her cop fiancé. Alas, Richard D’Ovidio’s script (from a story by himself, Nicole D’Ovidio and Jon Bokenkamp) runs out of ideas; the killer’s contrived backstory takes over, and the movie degenerates into a low-rent The Silence of the Lambs, turning Berry into a low-rent Jodie Foster. Director Brad Anderson, short on ideas himself, can only tighten the screws on the audience, and the movie becomes more unpleasant by the minute. J.L.

Emperor

Greedy Lying Bastards

Activist Craig Scott Rosebraugh steps into the documentary game with this directorial debut, unfortunately, just another one of those smarmy, quasi-journalistic, sign-this-petition spiels. Rosebraugh’s Al Franken-style title only highlights his comparative humorlessness, without even elaborating what the movie’s really about, which is the pernicious political influence of moneyed climate-change deniers (and their big-energy benefactors). It’s the usual talking heads and peppy infographics, and it’ll be catnip for viewers already inclined to indignation about the greedy lying bastards who value profits over planet health. But Rosebraugh’s narration seems more smug than sincere—like a borrowed voice, or one synthesized from those of all the similar documentaries whose style he apes. Worse, his appetite for ironic scenes of weather-wrought catastrophe verges on its own kind of insensitive opportunism. J.K.

BEFORE

AN ELECTRIFYING MASTERPIECE!” -Harry Knowles,

AIN’T IT COOL NEWS

SELENA LENAA VANESSA LE HEL JAMES ESSAA ASHLEY LEYY RACHEL LE GOMEZ MEZ HUDGENS GENS ENS NS BENSON SON KORINE INE FRANCO “Relax, this will be over fast.”

A FILM BY HARMONY KORINE Olympus Has Fallen

Album featuring new score by Skrillex and Cliff Martinez available on Big Beat Records/Atlantic Records

Terrorists seize the White House and the president (Aaron Eckhart), virtually annihilating the Secret Service; only one agent (Gerard Butler) remains—the one who sacrificed the first lady (Ashley Judd) to save the president in an auto accident 18 months earlier. Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt’s script is soaked in post-9/11 nightmare images and mayhem to cover all the whoppers along the way (a garbage truck that converts into an assault vehicle? Really?), and they get away with it more than they have a right to expect. Director Antoine Fuqua hammers the action out with all the breakneck abandon and CGI $70 million can buy, and there’s a good supporting cast to sell it: Angela Bassett as Butler’s boss, Morgan Freeman as the acting president, Robert Forster as a trigger-happy general are some. J.L.

NOW PLAYING AT THEATERS EVERYWHERE! CHECK DIRECTORIES FOR SHOWTIMES • NO PASSES ACCEPTED

REEL

REVIEWS.

4 COLOR

SACRAMENTO NEWS & REVIEW

As the United States occupies Japan after World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur (Tommy Lee Jones) assigns Gen. Bonner Fellers (Matthew Fox) to investigate whether Emperor Hirohito should be prosecuted for war crimes—with a broad hint that he should not. This could have made a good movie, but writers Vera Blasi and David Klass and director Peter Webber largely botch it. The two stars are miscast: The handsome Fox is a poor match for the stolid Fellers, while Jones plays MacArthur the way he played Thaddeus Stevens in Lincoln—though his last scene with Hirohito himself (Takatarô Kataoka) has the ring of truth. The movie also gives Fellers a fictional prewar romance with a Japanese woman (Kaori Momoi) and makes his efforts to find her in the ruins of Japan appear more important than the investigation at hand. J.L.

DANGEROUS AND SUBVERSIVE! “

The Croods

A prehistoric family is forced to face the outside world when their teenage daughter (voiced by Emma Stone) meets a handsome stranger (Ryan Reynolds). It’s recycled Flintstones, only without even the meager inspiration of that oldie-but-not-very-goodie. At least William Hanna and Joseph Barbera ripped off The Honeymooners; writer-directors Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders can only think to rip off some of the worst animated features of all time: Rio, Ice Age, Madagascar—distended shorts that mistake frantic activity for energy and flailing invention for ingenuity. With negligible characters and a threadbare story, there’s nothing to pass the time but identifying the voices. Nicolas Cage is dad, Catherine Keener is mom and Cloris Leachman is grandma. There now, I’ve saved you the trouble of seeing it at all. J.L.

THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT MOVIE OF THE YEAR IS ALSO

Revisiting the 1988 plebiscite by which Chile shook off a terrible dictatorship, director Pablo Larraín’s film nicely subdues feel-good instincts in favor of nuanced, stoic insight. It depicts the surreally historic moment when international pressure forced a referendum on the Pinochet regime, and pro and con campaigns sprang up to duke it out on Chilean TV. Gael García Bernal stars as a hotshot ad exec who takes charge of the risky bid to rally fellow citizens against eight more years of official brutality. Told he needs an anthem, he shrewdly insists on a jingle instead—“Chile, happiness is coming!”—and the battle for freedom takes shape as a contest between callow, too-chipper “advertising language” and duplicitous fear-mongering propaganda. Daringly, the whole movie was shot on U-matic video, for that visually parched, late ’80s look. With the TV imagery and the jean jackets looking equally washed out, Larraín’s aesthetic cleverly enlists the audience in yearning for a more beautiful future. It also illuminates a moral intelligence that’s rare among retrospective election movies: something beyond just black and white. J.K.

Oz the Great and Powerful

As Tim Burton took on Lewis Carroll, so Sam Raimi has a go at L. Frank Baum: under the deadening influence of Disneyfication. It’s not Raimi’s fault that never again will any movie have the cultural staying power of The Wizard of Oz, but still his quasi-prequel seems to lack perspective. Before becoming the man behind the curtain, he was James Franco, as a Kansas con man with a two-bit carnival magic act. Good idea, theoretically, but Oz as protagonist needs more than the nonpersonality of a perpetually stoned, spread-thin performance artist. Too much CGI doesn’t help. Over the rainbow and abetted by an orphaned broken-legged porcelain doll and a servile flying monkey with the voice of Zach Braff, he tangles with a trio of variously meddlesome witches (Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams). The thing about Oz-related entertainment properties, which indeed have become abundant over the past century, is the spirit with which they’re carried off. Some tornadoes are stronger than others. J.K.

Phantom

be fine to credit Robinson with an imaginative fabrication, had he used more imagination. But for all its suspense-stoking theatrics, his movie has the lethargy of a lazy mash-up, like every grave-situation-on-a-submarine film of the past 20 years, plus maybe a couple of Star Trek episodes, rolled into one unabashedly corny and somewhat budget-challenged chamber drama. Sometimes it is solid in a no-nonsense way, like some workmanlike B-movie from a bygone Hollywood. Most times, it’s stilted as hell. J.K.

THUR: 3/28 2 COL. (3.9") X 3.5" ALL.SPB.0328.SNR

EVERY THURSDAY. VV/RT

YOU’RE WELCOME, FILM GEEKS.

Spring Breakers

Four pals (Ashley Benson, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Rachel Korine) rob a restaurant to finance spring break vacation in St. Petersburg, Fla., where they get busted for cocaine and are bailed out by a lowlife dealer and pimp named Alien (James Franco, almost unrecognizable with his braids and flashy gold teeth), who relishes the fresh young meat. Writer-director Harmony Korine (remember when he was hot?) doesn’t push the envelope, he rips it to shreds, and the movie takes on the enervating negative energy of Alien’s slurring, addled monologues. Korine dares us to look away, and he’s right, we can’t—but that’s not necessarily a compliment. Only Franco and Gomez (whose character bails out early) manage to stand out amid the sun-soaked delirium; Hudgens, Benson and Korine’s wife Rachel remain indistinguishable. J.L.

Stoker

A teenage girl (Mia Wasikowska), grieving for her father killed in a car crash, sees an uncle she didn’t know existed (Matthew Goode) suddenly moving in with her and her mother (Nicole Kidman). Korean director Chanwook Park has never made a movie in English before, and writer Wentworth Miller has never written a screenplay at all, and it shows—their movie is a ridiculous crock of hopeless hooey. With his teenage-girl-and-Uncle-Charlie setup, Miller rashly invokes the memory of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic Shadow of a Doubt, and it’s a mistake; he and Park have a long way to go before they’re anywhere near that league. Park imbues the movie with visual folderol in lieu of style, but can’t conceal the implausibilities of the far-fetched script. Kidman’s role amounts to little more than a diva cameo. J.L.

In writer-director Todd Robinson’s waterlogged thriller of Cold War brinksmanship, Ed Harris plays a Russian submarine captain with an unexpected chance to save the world. All that stands in his way is a fellow Russian played by David Duchovny. Weird, right? The true events from which Phantom jumps off are fewer than its opening titles imply. It would

FRONTLINES

F E AT U R E S T O RY

A RT S & C U LT U R E

AFTER

03.28.13

SN&R

GET FIT OUTDOORS!

Darkness, then light Singer-songwriter Hans Eberbach on how he returned from the brink of depression and got his groove back

4 wEEk TRaInInG pROGRamS $10 a class at mckinley park

• 3 times a week • experienced trainers • consultation & performance training

Watching Hans Eberbach perform—be it with his eight-piece soul band Joy and Madness or the rock-dance hybrid Hans! and the Hot Mess— by Aaron Carnes it’s hard to picture him mired in depression. Yet, between 2004 and 2009, the singer says he found himself living through the darkest time of his life. It started after a near brush with fame. His rock band Sweet Vine had signed to Columbia Records, but broke up shortly thereafter in 1999. Eberbach continued to play music, but never achieved quite the same level of success. Then in 2004, he became a father and decided to take a full-time clerical position with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department. Long work hours coupled with parenthood made for tough times.

(415) 676-1774

PHoTo by weS dAviS

See us on Sweetdeals!

BODY FOUnDRY Ver Lorega

The release of the album wouldn’t have been possible were it not for two key things that happened in 2009. Both would change the singer’s life. First, a friend told him how he’d been able to quit his day job by playing regular paid acoustic gigs, covers mostly—an idea he found intriguing. Then, the Nibblers, a local soul cover band, asked Eberbach to join as the lead singer. Eberbach hesitated to accept. “I honestly felt a bit queasy about being in a cover band because I considered myself an ‘artist,’ but at that point, I was barely playing out live, I had no real band and I had grown so tired of endlessly working out this record in solitude,” Eberbach says. Eventually, he says, he realized the band did the songs justice—and not in a gimmicky fashion. “[When] it became obvious we were not going to be learning ‘Brick House’ and donning Afro wigs, I began to release myself into it, and performances started getting bigger and wilder,” he says.

“ I was sick of chasing the rabbit down the hole for yet another solitary, highly technical experience.” Hans Eberbach on forming a band

Hans Eberbach: No exclamation point needed here.

Catch Hans! and the Hot Mess on Friday, March 29, at 8:30 p.m. at Assembly, 1000 K Street, Suite 100. Tickets are $10; visit www.hansrocks.com for more info.

34 | SN&R | 03.28.13

“I was exhausted all the time and felt like a complete asshole because I had this beautiful family, a nice house and a solid job, but I hated my life,” Eberbach remembers. “I gained weight, smoked a lot of pot and started drinking. ... I felt like the light and magic in me had been snuffed out. I began breaking down periodically.” Music, however, didn’t completely disappear from his life. During that period, Eberbach says he worked in solitude for hours on end, writing and recording the songs that ended up on his first solo album, 2010’s Up Is the Only Way Out. “As much as I had given up on a lot of my dreams [when] I was writing and recording this record, it was also my lifeline,” Eberbach says. The final result is a well-recorded, cohesive batch of songs that sound like a cross between Maroon 5 and Jamiroquai, neatly balancing heartfelt expression, cerebral ponderings and groove.

Still, he didn’t give up the singer-songwriter ghost. After releasing Up Is the Only Way Out, he tried playing solo shows by building prerecorded loops on his guitar and using keys and drum machines to back him. This approach, however, proved challenging, so he formed Hans! and the Hot Mess. “I was sick of chasing the rabbit down the hole for yet another solitary, highly technical experience,” Eberbach says. In 2012, however, disagreements among key members of the Nibblers resulted in the band firing Eberbach. In return, he, along with a significant portion of the original Nibblers’ lineup, reformed as Joy and Madness, which, like its predecessor, plays originals and soul covers. The change, Eberbach says, suits him well. He’s quit his day job, and these days, in addition to playing numerous gigs, he’s also recording a new batch of songs with local producer David Houston. “In one lifetime I can’t cover enough ground in music,” he says. “There is so much out there, I just want to gorge myself. … I need fresh stimulus.” Ω

JHL8I<G<>:FE:<IKJ%:FD

Last days of The (old) Hangar

—Rachel Leibrock

rac hell@ n ew s r ev i ew . com

Of tassels, glitter and hip-hop: For the initiated, Paid Dues is an independent hip-hop festival (www.paidduesfestival.com) started by Living Legends pioneer Murs in BEFORE

ÈK?< ><EKC< >@8EKÉ

2006. As the festival, happening on March 30, in San Bernardino, Southern California, approaches, The Road to Paid Dues tour is taking over cities along the way—including a stop in Sac. The real story of the March 21 show at Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub, featuring Murs along with Prof and Fashawn, existed in emcee Prof’s innate ability to move a crowd with a crazy fusion of styles that ran the gamut from poetic to crunk. The real story that cannot go untold however, exists in the magical tale of the chance meeting between underground hip-hop and some burlesque dancers. As we walked up to the venue, two women swaggered out of Harlow’s. Clad in costume lingerie, one sported a skimpy police “uniform.” Either this was the going to be the best hip-hop show ever or the Sacramento entertainment police had drastically changed its image to appeal to a younger, sexier generation. As it turned out, the Sizzling Sirens Burlesque Experience had just finished its set—just in time for the hip-hop show. And so, after a brief layover in the club’s upstairs Momo Lounge as the Harlow’s staff cleaned the tassels and glitter off the floor, it was time for the music. Fashawn played the opener, starting the show off with his signature style of hard-hitting, personal raps. The Fresno phenom ran through classic verses from his critically acclaimed Boy Meets World album before dropping some fresh, new material. Up next was Prof, who used the crowd as a sixth man, whipping them into a frenzy, so he could fuel off of its chaotic energy. His set was both hyphy and conscious at times, reminiscent of a white Tech N9ne without the face paint. The wiry, mustached Minnesotan jumped around, spitting lyrics like Atmosphere on an intravenous Red Bull drip. Murs closed the show with his typical high-energy performance, but sans dreadlocks. Newly clean cut, he performed all the classics, including “Whatuptho.” Murs patented the no-frills, California-underground style, and he’s just as good at it today as he was a decade ago. Paid Dues boasts a killer lineup that includes Black Hippy, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and Sacramento’s own First Dirt. The only thing that could make it any better is if it opened with a burlesque show.

FRONTLINES

=I@;8P 8GI@C )- :I<JK K?<8K<I ('(* B JK × J8:I8D<EKF# :8 × .1*'GD J?FN × 8CC 8><J K@:B<KJ 8M8@C89C< =IFD K@:B<KJ%:FD × :?8I>< 9P G?FE< ($/''$)),$))..

N8K:? K?< 8CC E<N :8IKFFE DFM@< N@K?

B<M@E JD@K? A8JFE D<N<J

8E; JK@:B 8IFLE; =FI K?< I@G$IF8I@E> GF;:8JK H 8

KL<J;8P 8GI@C *' :I<JK K?<8K<I

('(* B JK × J8:I8D<EKF# :8 .1*'GD J?FN × 8CC 8><J K@:B<KJ 8M8@C89C< =IFD K@:B<KJ%:FD :?8I>< 9P G?FE< ($/''$)),$))..

NomiNees oN page 48

Goodbye, hello: You know how it feels after you give notice at a job? Like, suddenly, there’s nothing more urgent than packing up and moving on already. Yeah, that’s exactly where The Hangar owner John Baccigaluppi’s head is at these days.“I think I’m already past the emotional-grief stage, and I’m on to the anger stage,” Baccigaluppi said with a laugh recently as he finished packing boxes. Yes, The Hangar studios, which has seen artists as varied as Wild Flag, Sea of Bees, Two Sheds and Kanye West, has finally closed up shop. Long story short, the landlord needed to make costly repairs that would’ve forced the crew to shut down for six months—and then return to higher rent. But you know the saying: When one door shuts, another one opens. In this case, make that two doors: In Sac, Baccigaluppi and Chris Woodhouse will operate a new studio located in the General Produce Co. building on North B Street. Meanwhile, Baccigaluppi will also run a studio in Marin County, where the location should serve as something of a mecca for touring acts. “Don’t forget my chair.” The Sac space should be operational by May with the Marin locale following suit sometime this summer. In the meantime, Baccigaluppi’s been involved in a media goodbye tour of sorts, sharing stories about the studio’s ramshackle accoutrements (skateboard ramp, stacks of Heckler magazines, etc.) and famous guests. Kanye’s chair earned a lot of ink this month, you know? But now, it’s time to move on. For reals. And the whole thing’s more than a little bittersweet, Baccigaluppi says. “I’m bummed we lost our space— the [original] Hangar was so unique … but it evolved into something more complex with more out-of-town bands, more freelance engineers, and we started catering more to that,” Baccigaluppi says. “Now, in the new [Sacramento] location, the goal is to get a rock band up and running. You can just walk in the door, and an hour later start hitting tape.” Onward.

Ed IWb[

=I@ ('1''8D

N<;E<J;8P D8P (, :I<JK K?<8K<I

('(* B JK × J8:I8D<EKF# :8 .1*'GD J?FN × 8CC 8><J K@:B<KJ 8M8@C89C< =IFD K@:B<KJ%:FD :?8I>< 9P G?FE< ($/''$)),$))..

—Andrew Bell |

FEATURE

STORY

ARTS&CULTURE

AFTER

03.28.13

SN&R

29FRI

30SAT

The Bar Fly Effect

Crystal Bowersox

Grant-Lee Phillips

George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic

Luigi’s Fun Garden, 6:30 p.m., $5 If there’s one thing local band the Bar Fly Effect loves to do, it’s drink. That and mosh and party—pretty much anything having PUNK to do with old-school ’90s punk rock. The group combines meaty punk-rock licks and power-pop songwriting with plenty of lyrics about imbibing. What else is there to do at a punk-rock show other than drink (besides getting in on the circle pit, of course)? Bar Fly’s been around since 2007 but has been gaining more momentum these last couple years. And while this fivepiece is getting wassailed and wild onstage, it still manages to play some solid, tight tunes in the process. 1050 20th Street, Suite 150; www.facebook.com/thebarflyeffect.

—Aaron Carnes

Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub, 6:30 p.m., $25

Miners Foundry Cultural Center, 8 p.m., $18-$22

Crystal Bowersox sings from the place where blues and gospel reside. She melds blues, country, folk and rock, and she probably could have been a torch singer in a different era. She placed second in the ninth season of American Idol, where she belted out “Midnight Train to Georgia,” “Me and Bobbie McGee,” and the song that brought many—including herself—to tears, “People Get Ready.” Don’t label her, though. She’s also an actress and will play the role of Patsy Cline on Broadway. This singer-songwriter BLUES has one album behind her and her sophomore release, All That For This, drops three days before her first tour stop at Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub on Friday. 2708 J Street, www.crystalbowersox.com.

Stockton native Grant-Lee Phillips first received national attention in the 1980s for his post-punk band Shiva Burlesque, but it was the 1990s-era band Grant Lee Buffalo that garnered acclaim for Phillips’ smartly emotional pop-centric songwriting. In the 2000s, ALTERNATIVE Phillips mined solo territory and played out one of the best (and longest) indie-rock cameos in television history, appearing as the wandering town troubadour on Gilmore Girls. Phillips’ newest album, Walking in the Green Corn, explores the singer’s Native American roots. Here, 10 tracks delve into Phillips’ Muskogee lineage, marrying not just the past and the present, but also the political and the personal. 325 Spring Street in Nevada City, www.grantleephillips.com.

—Trina L. Drotar

Ace of Spades, 7 p.m., $10 George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic will always be the eccentric band tearing up a stoner frat house in the 1994 movie PCU with a sold-out concert. All shenanigans aside, Clinton—with his signature rainbowcolored dreads—is widely known as a main innovator of funk alongside Sly & the Family Stone and James Brown. Oddly enough, Clinton started his musical career not as a funk master, but with a doo-wop group inspired by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers. He even spent time as a staff songwriter for FUNK Motown. To add to his résumé, Clinton also produced the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ second album, Freaky Styley. 1417 R Street, www.georgeclinton.com.

—Steph Rodriguez

—Rachel Leibrock

RESTAURANT ss BAR BAR CLUB ss RESTAURANT COMEDY COMEDY CLUB

THURSDAYS

Mar 29 6:30PM $25aDV

crystal bowersox Mar 29 10PM $15aDV

cheeseballs

Apr 4 8pM $20ADV

Patteron hood

(sinGer of driVe-by truckers)

Apr 5 9:30pM $12ADV

lord huron PaPa

Apr 6 10pM $10ADV

Mar 30 10PM $15aDV

hot buttered rum

Mar 31 8PM $15aDV

heartless bastards

conflict minerals doGfood and allinaday

Apr 9 7pM $25-65 Passion & PurPose w/ sPecial Guest

DaviD GaribalDi

(info at hiGherPurPoseeVents.com)

jonny fritza

Coming Soon mar 31 heartless bastards / jonny fritz apr 04 Patterson hood (singer of drive-by truckers) apr 05 lord huron apr 06 conflict minerals / dogfood / allinaday apr 10 snarky Puppy / zuhG apr 11 Polica / night moves apr 13 toad the wet sprocket apr 18 sizzling sirens apr 20 Good nights w/ dj anothony Vincent apr 25 yonder mountain string band apr 26 built to spill apr 27 tom rigney apr 28 blame sally may 07 infamous stringdusters / the brothers comatose may 08 todd snider may 10 Petty theft and zoo nation may 11 steelin’ dan may 12 yo la tengo may 13 man or astro man? may 17 tainted love may 22 atlas Genius may 23 relic 45 may 25 foreverland jun 05 beth orton jun 14 dean-o-holics

Dress CoDe enforCeD (Jeans are oK) • Call to reserve Dinner & Club tables • all times listeD are showtimes

2708 J Street • Sacramento • 916.441.4693 • www.harlows.com 36 | SN&R |

03.28.13

ROCK ON LIVE BAND KAR AOKE

VOTED BEST COMEDY CLUB BY THE SACRAMENTO NEWS & REVIEW!

APRIL 3 & 7

2 FOR 1 ADMISSION!! (WITH THIS AD)

ROCK-N-ROLL // 9PM // FREE

THURSDAY 3/28 FROM CHELSEA LATELY AND AFTER LATELY!

JOSH WOLF

FRI 3/29

VAL STARR & THE BLUES ROCKET BLUES/ROCK // 8PM // $5 SAT 3/30

UNMATA

DJ/DANCE/BENEFIT // 7PM // $10 TUES 4/2

GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLD TRIBUTE // JAM // 7:30PM // FREE WED 4/3

SADIE & THE BLUE EYED DEVILS THE LEXINGTONS WEST NILE RAMBLERS GYPSY BLUES/RIVER-RAGTIME/GANGSTAGOSPEL-BLUES // 8PM // $5

TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR THESE UPCOMING SHOWS AT WWW.MARILYNSONK.COM

UPCOMING EVENTS:

TALLBOY TECATE

4/5 SAM ELLIOT & THE MARKET CLUB GANG SUNMONKS HONYOCK 4/6 OH! THE BAND

908 K STREET • SAC 916.446.4361

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

FRIDAY 3/29 - SATURDAY 3/30 FROM WEEDS AND SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE!

KEVIN NEALON

2 FREE TIX WITH THIS AD!

WEDNESDAY 4/3

NEW FACES SHOWCASE THURSDAY 4/4 - SATURDAY 4/6 WINNER OF LAST COMIC STANDING!

JOSH BLUE

STEVE MAZAN, NICK ARAGON THURSDAY 4/11 - SUNDAY 4/14 FROM SHOWTIME, BET AND THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON!

STEVE TREVINO

TONY BAKER, JESUS TREJO THURSDAY 4/18 - SUNDAY 4/21 EMMY AWARD WINNING WRITER FOR THE DAILY SHOW!

PAUL MECURIO

LEE LEVINE, LYNN RUTH MILLER

WWW.PUNCHLINESAC.COM

CALL CLUB FOR SHOWTIMES: (916) 925-5500 2100 ARDEN WAY s IN THE HOWE ‘BOUT ARDEN SHOPPING CENTER

2 DRINK MINIMUM. 18 & OVER. I.D. REQUIRED.

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE CLUB BOX OFFICE WITH NO SERVICE CHARGE.

Zuhg

Blue Lamp, 9 p.m., $7

Heartless Bastards

Luigi’s Fun Garden, 7:30 p.m., $10

Former Sacramento-based electronic-rock duo Playboy School is back in town for a show at the Blue Lamp. After making the move to Los Angeles in January, the pair is back to show what the SoCal sunshine has done to it. Judging by a recent crop of videos, it’s been a good thing. Playboy School’s marriage between heartfelt folk, electronic dance music and power pop has become more eclectic and seamless. Even though it tends to play as a quartet more these days (which leans live shows toward a rock direcELECTRONIC ROCK tion), it’s still the same core of Liani Moore and Mackenzie Knoester— both multi-instrumentalists and genre tinkerers. 1400 Alhambra Boulevard, www.facebook.com/pbsmusic.

You never really know what to expect from Sacramento band Zuhg. One minute, the group is releasing funky reggae-influenced ROCK rock albums. Next, it’s performing a Dr. Dre tribute show at Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub or laying into some deep funk grooves with Downtown James Brown at Friday Night Concerts in the Park. So it’s not too surprising that its latest album, Calm & Clear, shows off a more stripped-down acousticfolk-rock side of the group. With dyanmic vocals from both Bryan Nichols and Jesi Naomi, the album’s packed full of love songs and occasional moments of regular rockin’ Zuhg. Catch the album release party this Saturday. 1050 20th Street, Suite 150; www.facebook.com/internetgodz.

—Aaron Carnes

31SUN

PHoTo By NATHAN PRESLEy

Playboy School

30SAT

PHoTo By DENNiS SCoTT

PHoTo By jUSTiN SHoRT

30SAT

02TUES Phoenix

Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub, 8 p.m., $15

Freeborn Hall at UC Davis, 8 p.m., $39.50

Let’s count the reasons Erika Wennerstrom of Heartless Bastards deserves a spot on everyone’s list of cool musicians: 1. She named her band Heartless Bastards because she thought it was funny. 2. Her voice is like the moody offspring of Lucinda Williams and Nina Simone. That’s only two reasons, but they’re more than enough. Wennerstrom, the frontwoman of the band originally from Ohio and now based in Austin, Texas, comROCK mands the bluesy, grungy and folksy group with a mournful swagger. Seldom these days do you hear vocals used as an instrument—wielded with precision and for a purpose—rather than simply a tool for carrying a melody; Wennerstrom never lets you forget. 2708 J Street, www.theheartlessbastards.com.

—Jonathan Mendick

It’s been almost four years since French alternative rockers Phoenix unleashed its breakout album, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and boy did we eat it up. From the jangly, driving pop-rock hooks and ROCK dance-inducing chorus of “Lisztomania,” to the groovy and insanely catchy “1901” that record was full of knockout numbers which helped make it arguably the best summer album of 2009. Fans have been eagerly awaiting another record for a while now, and with Bankrupt! due out Tuesday, April 23, the wait is nearly over. The lead single, “Entertainment,” could be an indicator that we’re in for a more a synth-heavy dance-rock collection, and that would be dandy. 1 Shields Avenue in Davis, www.wearephoenix.com.

—Deena Drewis

—Brian Palmer

UPCOMING SHOWS CRYSTAL BOWERSOX MARCH 29 đ 6:30PM JAMES CAVERN MARCH 29 đ 9:00PM HOT BUTTERED RUM MARCH 30 đ 10PM

THE MAVERICKS MARCH 30 đ 8PM THE CREST THEATRE

K.FLAY MARCH 30 đ 10PM ROGER CLYNE APRIL 2 đ 9PM THE PARLOTONES APRIL 4 đ 10PM DAVID WILCOX APRIL 5 đ 7:30PM CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS APRIL 5 đ 9PM CRASH KINGS APRIL 12 đ 9PM

TOAD THE WET SPROCKET APRIL 13 đ 8PM HARLOWS NIGHTCLUB

N’DAMBI APRIL 19 đ 10PM TOM RIGNEY & FLAMBEAU APRIL 27 đ 7PM HAPA APRIL 28 đ 7PM BLAME SALLY APRIL 28 đ 7PM TODD SNIDER MAY 8 đ 7PM STEELIN’ DAN MAY 11 đ 7PM

MARSHALL TUCKER BAND JUNE 20 đ 8PM COLONIAL THEATRE

MAN OR ASTRO MAN? MAY 13 đ 8PM JEANNE ROBERTSON MAY 19 đ 7:30PM

FOR ALL TICKETS VISIT SBLENTERTAINMENT.COM twitter.com/SBLConcerts đ facebook.com/SBLEntertainment

KFLAY

MARCH 30 10PM

ROGER CLYNE & PEACEMAKERS MARCH 30 9PM

PARLOTONES MARCH 30 10PM

CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS MARCH 30 9PM

1000 K STREET, DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO r FACEBOOK.COM/ASSEMBLYSACRAMENTO

03.28.13 | SN&R | 37

NIGHTBEAT

THURSDAY 3/28

ASSEMBLY List your event!

BLUE LAMP

Skratchpad Sacramento, 9pm, no cover

THE BOARDWALK

ABYSMAL DAWN, ARKIAK, KENNEDY

1400 Alhambra, (916) 455-3400

9426 Greenback Ln., Orangevale; (916) 988-9247 VEIL, EXTIRPATE, ELIPSIS; 7pm, $12-$14

BURN HALO, WITHOUT CONCLUSION, FOR ALL I’VE DONE, ALLINADAY; 8pm

PHILTHY RICH, PLAYAH K, YOUNG LANDRY, ODG; 8pm, call for cover

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 4/1-4/3 ROGER CLYNE AND THE PEACEMAKERS, 8pm Tu, $18

PLAYBOY SCHOOL, THE CARLY DUHAIN BAND, THE THREE WAY; 8:30pm, $7

BOB WAYNE & THE OUTLAW CARNIES, 9pm Tu, call for cover CONDITIONS, LIONS LIONS, DANGERWITHIN THE RUINS, CONTORTIONIST, KIDS, K SERA, STAND OUT STATE; 6:30pm I DECLARE WAR; 6:30pm Tu, $12-$15

WIDOWSPEAK, SNEEZE ATTACK, YEA-MING; 8pm, $6

Fred Hoffman and Debbie Arrington lecture on gardening, 8pm W, no cover

CENTER FOR THE ARTS

STEVE KIMOCK, BERNIE WORRELL, WALLY INGRAM, ANDY HESS; 8pm, $30

OLIVER MTUKUDZI AND THE BLACK SPIRITS, 7:30pm W, $15-$20

MIKE BLANCHARD AND THE CALIFORNIOS, LOVELORN; 9pm, $5

Open-mic, 7:30pm M, no cover; Pub Quiz, 7pm Tu, no cover

1815 19 St., (916) 822-5668 314 W. Main St., Grass Valley; (530) 274-8384

THE COZMIC CAFÉ

Open-mic, 7:30pm, no cover

CHRIS ZANARDI & HIS HIGH BEAMZ, JAMES WHITON; 8pm, $8-$10

FOX & GOOSE

THE MIKE JUSTIS BAND, 8-11pm, no cover

SAM ELIOT, THE BRADFORDS, JEORDIE; 9pm, $5

G STREET WUNDERBAR

MIKE DIAZ, DRIVE THRU MYSTICS, THE LURK, TOKYO RAID; 10pm, no cover

594 Main St., Placerville; (530) 642-8481 1001 R St., (916) 443-8825

HARLOW’S

GROOVIN’ HIGH, 10pm-1:15am, no cover CRYSTAL BOWERSOX, 6:30pm, $25; CHEESEBALLS, 10pm, call for cover

2708 J St., (916) 441-4693

HOT BUTTERED RUM, 10pm, call for cover

HEARTLESS BASTARDS, JONNY FRITZ; 8pm, $15-$18

LUNA’S CAFÉ & JUICE BAR

Joe Montoya’s Poetry Unplugged, 8pm, $2

THE LAST ATTRACTION, THE SIGNIFIERS, DAVID HOUSTON & STRING THEORY, KILO & PEPPER; 8pm, $6 RICKY BERGER; 9pm, $6

Nebraska Mondays, 7:30pm M, $5-$20; Comedy night, 8pm W, $6

MARILYN’S ON K

“Rock On” Live Band Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

VAL STARR AND THE BLUES ROCKET, 8pm, $5

Unmata belly dancing, 7:30pm, $10

Greatest Stories Ever Told live music series, 7:30pm Tu, no cover

NAKED LOUNGE DOWNTOWN

World’s Worst Doctors Comedy Improv, 8:30pm, $5

FOUR DAYS OUT, KARLEE AND CONNOR, ERIN JARVIS; 8:30pm, $5

QUINN HEDGES, CHAD WAGONER, DUPRE; 8:30pm, $5

Jazz session, 8:30pm M, no cover

OLD IRONSIDES

1901 10th St., (916) 442-3504

Jamming 101, 6-8pm; NO SMALL CHILDREN, THE TAYLOR CHICKS; 9pm, $5

William Mylar, 5pm; BRODYS, JET BLACK EVENT HORIZON, POPES, INFERNO OF JOY; 9pm, $5 MONOMYTH INCEPTION; 9pm, $5

ON THE Y

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

FACINOROUS, APOCRYPHOS, FRIENDS Karaoke, 9pm, no cover AT FEAST, EMBODIED TORMENT; 9pm, $7

1414 16th St., (916) 441-3931

Hey local bands!

SUNDAY 3/31

BOWS & ARROWS

228 G St., Davis; (530) 756-9227

Want to be a hot show? Mail photos to Calendar Editor, SN&R, 1124 Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95815 or email it to sactocalendar@ newsreview.com. Be sure to include date, time, location and cost of upcoming shows.

SATURDAY 3/30

JAMES CAVERN, RELIC 45, GOLDEN CADI- K. FLAY, YOUNG AUNDEE, DJ Whores; LLACS, HANS & THE HOT MESS; 9pm, $10 9pm, $12-$15

1000 K St., (916) 832-4751

Post your free online listing (up to 15 months early), and our editors will consider your submission for the printed calendar as well. Print listings are also free, but subject to space limitations. Online, you can include a full description of your event, a photo, and a link to your website. Go to www.newsreview.com/calendar and start posting events. Deadline for print listings is 10 days prior to the issue in which you wish the listing to appear.

FRIDAY 3/29

908 K St., (916) 446-4361 1111 H St., (916) 443-1927

670 Fulton Ave., (916) 487-3731

THE PALMS PLAYHOUSE

THE PARK ULTRA LOUNGE 1116 15th St., (916) 442-7222

502 29th St., (916) 446-3624

PINS N STRIKES

Karaoke, 9pm Tu, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm-1:30am, no cover

DJ Graham Funke, DJ Eddie Edul, 9pm, call for cover

DJ Peeti V, 9pm, $15

Asylum Downtown: Gothic, industrial, EBM dancing, 9pm, call for cover

Karaoke, 9pm-1:30am, no cover

BP & PRADUH, 8pm, no cover

Battle of the Musicians, 9:30pm Tu; Trivia, 9-10pm W, no cover

MERCY ME, 9pm, $10

NOmiNees ON page 48

3443 Laguna Blvd., Elk Grove; (916) 226-2625

Open-mic comedy, 9pm, no cover

JIMMY THACKERY & THE DRIVERS, 8:30pm, $20

13 Main St., Winters; (530) 795-1825

PINE COVE TAVERN

Karaoke w/ Sac City Entertainment, 9pm Tu; Open-mic, 8:30pm W, no cover

SN&R

03.28.13

THURSDAY 3/28

FRIDAY 3/29

SATURDAY 3/30

PISTOL PETE’S

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

THE MENACE, 9pm, $5

DYER MAKER, 9pm, $5

PJ’S ROADHOUSE

DJ Old Griff, 9pm, no cover

ROADHOUSE RATS, 9pm, $5

LOW TIDE RIOT, 9pm, $5

POWERHOUSE PUB

FOLSOM PRISM, NORTHERN HEAT; 9:30pm, call for cover

8 TRACK MASSACRE, 10pm, $10

NOTORIOUS, 10pm, $10

Top 40 w/ DJ Rue, 9pm, $5

Top 40 Night w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9pm, $5

BUMP CITY, 9:30pm, $10

URGENT, 9:30pm, $10

140 Harrison Ave., Auburn; (530) 885-5093 5461 Mother Lode, Placerville; (530) 626-0336 614 Sutter St., Folsom; (916) 355-8586

THE PRESS CLUB

2030 P St., (916) 444-7914

SAMMY’S ROCKIN’ ISLAND

THE FUNK ROCKERS, 5:30pm, no cover

SHENANIGANS

Comedy Night and DJ Selekta Lou, 9pm, $5

238 Vernon St., Roseville; (916) 773-7625 705 J St., (916) 442-1268

SOPHIA’S THAI KITCHEN 129 E St., Davis; (530) 758-4333

SUNDAY 3/31

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 4/1-4/3 Karaoke, 9pm Tu, W, no cover

Country Karaoke, 9pm M, call for cover; DJ Alazzawi, DJ Rigatony, 10pm Tu, $3 Sunday Night Soul Party, 9pm, $5

URBAN WOLVES, SUCCESS, POKE DA SQUID, THE COMMUNITY; 8pm M, $5

Bump City 9:30pm Friday, $10. Sammy’s Rockin’ Island Soul and funk

BLOSSOM ROCK, SKIN OF SAINTS, GORGEOUS GEORGE; 9pm, $5 SANDS, GENTLEMAN SURFER; 9pm, $5

CATHERINE FEENY, SAMA DAMS; 9pm, $5

STONEY INN/ROCKIN’ RODEO

THE CHRIS GARDNER BAND, 9pm, $5

Country dancing, 7:30pm, no cover, $5 after 8pm

Country dance party, 8pm, no cover

TORCH CLUB

904 15th St., (916) 443-2797

X TRIO, 5pm, no cover; JASON KING BAND, 9pm, $5

PAILER AND FRATIS, 5:30-7:30pm, no cover; MR. DECEMBER, 9pm, $7

JOHNNY KNOX, 5pm, no cover; THE BANG, 9pm, $7

Blues jam, 4pm, no cover; JERAMY LEW FRATIS, 9pm Tu, $5; Open-mic, NORRIS & DANGEROUS MOOD, 8pm, $5 5:30pm W; HOWELL DEVINE, 9pm W, $5

TOWNHOUSE LOUNGE

Wild w/ DJ Billy Lane, 9pm, no cover

1320 Del Paso Blvd., (916) 927-6023

1517 21st St., (916) 613-7194

Comedy open-mic, 8pm M; Bluebird Lounge open-mic, 5pm Tu, no cover

Open-mic, M; Fame-Change, DJ Whores, 9pm Tu, $5; DJ Crescendo 9pm W

DJs Fame Change and X-GVNR, 9pm, $5

All ages, all the time ACE OF SPADES

VALU FA, TEKI, FINN THE GROOVAH, UNITED DISTRICTZ, SAMU; 6:30pm, $25

AB-SOUL, 8pm, $20

1417 R St., (916) 448-3300

BEATNIK STUDIOS

GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC, 7pm, $35

SEVENDUST, COAL CHAMBER, LACUNA COIL, CANDLELIGHT RED; 6pm, $32

TECH N9NE, BROTHA LYNCH HUNG, KRIZZ KALIKO; 6pm Tu, $35

ROOK FAMILY, ORION WALSH, MUSICAL CHARIS, AUTUMN SKY; 8pm, $5

2421 17th St., (916) 443-5808

CLUB RETRO

LANCE MISHLEAU, ALI K, KYLE MCHARGUE, SHIPWRECK PEDRO; 6pm, $5

1529 Eureka Rd., Roseville; (916) 988-6606

COFFEE GARDEN

Open-mic, 8-10pm, no cover for paying customers

2904 Franklin Blvd., (916) 457-5507

LUCREZIO, 8pm W, no cover

DOWNTOWN PLAZA (LOWER LEVEL) ORION WALSH, JEORDIE; 6pm, no cover

OAK STREET BLUES, NOAH PETERSON; 1pm, no cover

547 L St., (916) 822-5185

LUIGI’S SLICE AND FUN GARDEN

FFG, FLIP THE SWITCH, THE O’MULLIGANS, THE BAR FLY EFFECT; 6:30pm, $5

1050 20th St., (916) 552-0317

Little Mix 6pm Monday, call for cover. Club Retro Pop

LITTLE MIX, 6:30pm M, call for cover

BRIAN JENNINGS, JESI NAOMI, ZUHG; 7:30pm, $10

ZUHG LIFE STORE

ORANGE MORNING, 1pm, no cover

545 Downtown Plaza, Ste. 2090, (916) 822-5185

buy 1 ReNewalS * get 1 free $40

Get Your Recommendation! North Of Hwy 50 @ Bradshaw & Folsom Blvd

oNly 1 week left!

w/ couPoN exP. 04/10/13 SNR

New PatieNt

GOLDEN HEALTH & WELLNESS

• $20 & $25 1/8THS select strains

Mon - Sat 10am - 7pm Sun closed

ld D

Arden Mall

nfe

Blu

Joellis Way

• free pre-roll

- Physician Evaluations - 24/7 Online Verification

Blvd om Fols Bradshaw

Arden Way

Sun 11am-5pm

w/ couPoN exP. 04/10/13 SNR

916.646.6340

• Now offeriNg orgaNic

- Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

1030 Joellis Way, Sac

• meds for every budget

Voted 2nd Best 420 Physician in Sac 2012

- Walk-Ins / Appts - Cultivators Welcome

Routier

*Donate for an 1/8th at the reg. price, get 1 free (house choice). Exp 4/3/13. Top Shelf Only.

Photo ID Available for $15

160

• over 20 straiNs

caNN-Medical

• tiNctures, hash, capsules, kief, edibles BEFORE

FRONTLINES

FEATURE

STORY

A RT S & C U LT U R E

AFTER

9719A Folsom Blvd. Sacramento, CA 916-822-5690 • www.cannmedical.org |

03.28.13

SN&R

WHAT’S ON YOUR

HORIZON? Join Horizon Non-Profit today for safe access to a wide variety of high quality medical cannabis. Whether you prefer flowers, extracts, edibles or topicals, indica or sativa, we have the right medicine for you. Whatever your medical condition or employment situation, you can come to Horizon knowing that we respect and hold your

HEALTH, WELL–BEING & PRIVACY AS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY. OPEN TO ANYONE 18 OR OLDER WITH VALID CA I.D. AND DR’S RECOMMENDATION FOR MEDICAL CANNABIS

HORIZON NON-PROFIT COLLECTIVE Mon-Thur 10am - 7pm | Fri-Sat 10am - 9pm | Sun 12pm - 7pm 40 | SN&R | 03.28.13

3600 Power Inn Rd Suite 1A Sacramento, CA 95826 916.455.1931

More than meets the high I haven’t done any smoking for more than 40 years. I do, however, have an old cane that converts into a pipe/hash pipe. Due to the residues and my lack of knowledge of para paraphernalia laws, I would be afraid to offer it on eBay or even keep it in my house anymore. Any suggestions? —Model Citizen Cane You have a cane that transforms into a pipe? That’s cooler than a sword cane. I will buy it from you BEALUM right now. For real. by NGAIO Since your name and location are withheld, I can’t comment on any local laws that may apply to your situation. My advice would be to give the pipe a sk420 @ n ewsreview.c om a thorough cleaning, using a product like Grunge Off or Formula 420. Rubbing alcohol and salt also work very nicely. Then you can sell it as a “tobacco” pipe. Remember, federal laws prohibit the sale of marijuana paraphernalia, which is why you can’t say the word “bong” in a head shop. You could also look to donate the piece to a worthy organization, such as the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws or the Marijuana Policy Project, that may auction it off at a fundraiser. But seriously, talk to me first before you accept any offers. What do you think of that New York politician who voted against medical pot but got busted with it? —Upstate Nate In case you missed it, N.Y. Assemblyman Steve Katz, a Republican, was stopped for going 80 mph in a 65 mph zone. Katz was then found to be in possession of a small bag of marijuana, ticketed and sent on his way. This would be funny if Assemblyman Katz weren’t a member of the chamber’s Committee on Alcoholism You have a cane that and Drug Abuse, or if he transforms into a hadn’t voted against a medical-marijuana bill in pipe? That’s cooler New York last year. It’s just and hypocritical. What? than a sword cane. sad He can smoke weed, but sick people can’t? For shame. I firmly believe that no one should ever, ever go to jail for marijuana. However, this guy should spend a night or two in the hoosegow for being a two-faced asshat. Help! I accidently got way too stoned on my way to school today. I am in college, so don’t lecture me. Ngaio Bealum is a Sacramento comedian, activist and marijuana expert. Email him questions at ask420@ newsreview.com.

—Higher Ed No lectures. I will snicker at you a little bit. Was it from an edible? You have to be careful with edibles. It’s hella easy to get overmedicated. If it was just from smoking, now, you know how many is too many. It happens to cannabis users every once in a while. A couple extra puffs and whammo! You are too high to function in a professional or collegial setting. My advice is to have a big glass of water and something to eat. Unless your eyes are flaming red, most people won’t be able to tell that you are higher than Grandma’s bloomers. By the way, no one is sure whether or not marijuana helps you study. Do any of my users, er, readers have any opinions on this? Ω

Bring in any competitor’s coupon and we’ll beat it by $5 Must present competitor’s ad. Some restrictions apply.

VOTED 2ND BEST 420 PHYSICIAN IN SAC!

Sacramento

420 Doc MEDICAL MARIJUANA EVALUATIONS

MARCH COMPASSION SPECIAL

34 44

RENEWALS

NEW PATIENTS

Must bring ad. Limit one per patient. Some restrictions apply.

916.480.9000 2 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU

YOUR INFORMATION IS 100% PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO BOOK YOUR APPOINTMENT ONLINE 24/7 AT

www.Sac420Doc.com

03.28.13 | SN&R | 41

WAX BOGO

buy one get one half off s el ec ted wax / o il s / b u dder

Renewal

$10 clOnes

SPECIAL

$45 cAp on all 1/8ths $10 top-shelf grams

4 FREE GIFts for new patients

Renewals By Appointment Only

7725 Stockton Blvd., Ste. N • Sacramento 95823 5637 North Pershing Ave., Ste.G17 • Stockton 95207

(916) 525-1100

Girl scout Cookies

Sacramento Only Not Valid With Other Offer Exp. 4/8/13

FREE dElIvERy for orders with $70 minimum $45 MINIMUM

A Compassionate Collective

$40 1/8ths Al’s Purple AK-47 Al’s Burganberry hindu skunk strawberry trawberry Cough Green Crack hindu Kush sour Grapes

lable

s Avai I.D. Card

Heavens 2 Betsey

DElIvERIEs oNly

MedRxC.com

$30 1/8ths $20 1/8ths

NOW THROUGH APRIL 30TH

30 OFF %

REGULAR PRICE*

NEW PATIENTS & RENEWALS *WITH PURCHASE OF LAMINATED I.D. CARD FOR $20. REGULAR PRICE: $60 FOR NEW PATIENTS, $50 FOR RENEWALS. MUST PRESENT THIS AD. EXPIRES 04/30/13.

CA Licensed Independent Physician Evaluations for the use of Medical Marijuana

seeDs

Al’s sierra sour Al’s Purple Mango strawberry Cough Cheese

Also AvAilABle

P:(916)484-1200

Ent

NEW HOURS

Hurley rise erp

Howe

CARE CENTER

ear Wax hash edibles

EGAL GET L W NO

“No evaluation, no charge”

BEST 420 936 Enterprise Drive Sacramento 95825

sour Diesel

Better Service. Better Value. Better Care.

OPEN MON- SAT 11- 6

7 Days a week 10am - 9pm

A1 ProPAgAtor CooPerAtive inC.

916-381-1036

Dr. recommendation & CA ID required

Northrop

REDDing & SACRAMEntO

FREE GIFT

FoR NEw MEMbERs w/DoNATIoN

ABove All diSPenSAry

delivery 9AM-11PM DAILY We take your medicine seriously

Must Present Ad • Expires 04/30/13 • ID Cards Available

WE’VE MOVED

• 2614 El Camino Avenue Now open Saturdays 11am – 3pm Monday thru Friday • 916.973.1766 • 877.563.4156

Corner of Fulton & El Camino, Sacramento

•

BEWARE O IMITATIO F NS!

1647 Hartnell Ave Ste 13, Redding 96002

420 party bus on 4/20, 2013!

a $275 value for only

130

Heavens 2 Betsey is hosting a party bus to san jose’s hempcon!

$20 off purchase of $100 or more. Exp. 04.30.13

no fee for delivery *Minimum order $45

Roseville, Rocklin, Loomis, Folsom, N. Highlands, Citrus Heights, Orangevale, Carmichael, Fair Oaks, Rancho Cordova

package Breakfast at Perkos Sacramento | Seat on our 26 passenger Party Bus | FREE Vape & Edible Bar includes: Games & Prizes | Goodie Bag/Meds | Entrance for Hempcon 2013 all fOr $130!!! seating is limited! call & reserve your space today! 855.422.9656

SN&R

03.28.13

VOTED BEST EDIBLES!

PROFESSIONAL, DISCREET, SAFE

(916) 342-4130 WWW.ABOVEALLDISPENSARY.COM

ABove All DISPENSARY

CLOUD 9 medical cannabis collective NO W AC CE P TI NG NE W PA TI EN T S !

Simply the BeSt! Winner 2 years in a row! Best medical marijuana clinic - Sacramento News and Review Readers’ poll -

NeW pAtieNtS

55 with copy of ad.

ReNeWAlS

45 with copy of ad.

Will mAtCh ANy lOCAl ADS fROm CliNiCS thAt ARe CA meDiCAl BOARD StANDARDS COmpliANt

BEST PRICES IN SAC! $ 35 CAP ON 1/8THS $ 5 GRAMS $ 10 GR A M S | W IDE VA RIE T Y O F E DIBL E S L A R G E S EL E C TI O N O F S ATI VA | IN DIC A | H Y BRID

Get AppROveD OR NO ChARGe! 24/7 verifications! hipAA Compliant 100% Doctor/patient Confidentiality be seen by a real m.d. the way SB 420 intended. no skype b.s.!

DOWNtOWN SACRAmeNtO

2015 Q Street, 95811 • (916) 476-6142 Open Mon-Sat 11am - 6PM • valid through 04/30/13 B E F O R E | F R O N T L I N E S | F E A T U R E S T O R Y |

F RIE N DLY, K N OW L E D GA BL E S TA F F

5711 FLORIN PERKINS RD | SACRAMENTO, 95828 916.387.8605 | OPEN 10AM – 8PM 7 DAYS A WEEK ARTS&CULTURE

A F T E R |

03.28.13

SN&R

Good Massage Grand Opening

w/ad

This is a model

run a printed advertisement.

ANNA

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ADVERTISING WITH US, PLEASE CONTACT CLASSIFIEDS AT 916-498-1234 EXT. 1338.

MASSAGE

/hr

new staff

Thai • Swedish

Rainbow Massage Therapy

3000 Arden Way #3, Sacramento (Near Morse Ave) 916-979-1188 • 10am-10pm daily

GRAND OPENING

Showers Available Walk-ins Welcome Gift Certificates Available

SN&R

free table shower

deep tissue swedish gentle massage reflexology pain treatment

Free Table Shower

Accepting all Credit Cards

Chinese Style Massage 7 days a week • 10 am to 9 pm

(916) 726–1166

916.429.7270

1355 Florin Rd, Ste.13 Sacramento, CA 95822

march madneSS

GREEN JADE

10% discount with ad

THIS ThisISisA MODEL a model

03.28.13

6910 65th St #103, Sacramento 95823 10:30am - 10pm daily

MASSAGE THERAPY

NEW

STAFF

ACCUPRESSURE DEEP TISSUE SWEDISH

2860 FLORIN ROAD SACRAMENTO 95822 DAILY 9AM-9PM 916.231.9498

*this is a model

Good day Spa 916.395.7712

Sacramento 95823

7271 55th St. #D

All Credit Cards Accepted

Massage Therapy Combination Massage Open Daily 10am - 10:30pm Walk-Ins & Couples Welcome

New Massage Therapist $ OFF w/ ad 5

SHOWERS

916.393.2268

H e av e n ly m a s s ag e

7530 Auburn Blvd Ste D • Citrus Heights

ENJOY YOUR RELAXING MASSAGE WITH A NICE MASSUESE

This is a model

1730 Santa Clara Dr #3 | Roseville 95661 10am – 10pm Daily | 916.781.2828

PRIVATE ROOM

{with this ad}

FULL BODY OIL MASSAGE

1241 Alamo Dr Ste #3 Vacaville, CA 95687 Open 10am–7pm daily (707) 452–0818 |

M-F 9am-9pm Sat/Sun 11am-9pm Closed Wednesdays

LILY MASSAGE

BEST ASIAN MASSAGE 44

This is a model

13405 Folsom Blvd #140 | Folsom, CA 916.985.9888 | 9:30am – 10pm Daily

10% off

• 7 Days a Week 10am–10pm • Sauna & Shower Available • Free Chinese therapies • Reflexology • Deep Tissue • Swedish

Free Table Shower Combination Massage Couples Room Avail. Chinese Cupping

This is a model

Violet Massage 3260 J St #A Sacramento 95816 (916) 442-1888

Flamingo Massage 2264 Fair Oaks Blvd #102 Sacramento 95825 (916) 646-1888

XT MASSAGE SpA 1 hr = $40 ½ hr= $30 garfield

odels

These are m

by either the 18 city or county in which they are operating in in order to 916-8 51-11 916.487.8241

This is a model

1 hour

gr a n d open ing

39 for 1hr

current business license or somatic establishment permit issued Maggie 11275 Folsom Blvd. #201valid • Rancho Cordova Certified Massage Practitioner

Near VIC’S Supermarket

Massage

you’ll find what you need here! All massage provide News & Review a fashion Massadvertisers age are required to3210 Fulton Ave

LAND PARK SPA

1192 35TH AVE • SACRAMENTO 916.395.6789

BH SPA

MASSAGE THERAPISTS

auburn

916.688.9626 • 8876 Vintage Park Dr #103, Sacramento 7 days a week 10am -10pm Access • Mastercard • Visa • American Express • Discover

/60min

New Massage Therapist

/HR

THIS IS A MODEL

Swedish Deep Tissue • Healing Integrated Herbal Oil for Pain Relief • Feet Reflexology

IF YOU PAY WITH CASH. MUST PRESENT COUPON.

Full body massage • Deep tissue • Swedish • Hot stone • Hot oil • Back walking 9am-10pm 7 days a week /30min

5 OFF

in Folsom

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ADVERTISING WITH US, PLEASE CONTACT CLASSIFIEDS AT 916-498-1234 EXT. 1338.

NEW CMT

Table Shower

All massage advertisers are required to provide News & Review a current valid business license or somatic establishment permit issued by either the city or county in which they are operating in in order to run a printed advertisement.

SPECIAL

MASSAGE Free THERAPISTS

MASSAGE THERAPISTS

GRAND OPENING

madison

★

fr E E TA b lE S h ow E r 5412 Madison ave #160 • sacraMento 95841

916.331.6188 • 10am–10pm daily

russian massage

MASSAGE THERAPISTS

Swedish • Deep Tissue Body Shampoo Shower Available Walk-ins Welcome www.TherapyHeaven.net

Therapy Heaven

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ADVERTISING WITH US, PLEASE CONTACT CLASSIFIEDS AT 916-498-1234 EXT. 1338.

5372 Sunrise Blvd. • Fair Oaks (corner of Sunrise & Madison)

(916) 904–2557

GRAND OPENING $ 5 off

SPRING SPECIAL

00 OFF

MASSAGE THERAPISTS

Exp. 3/31/13 Regular price $40/1hr Must present coupon

1 Hr. Massage

10 types of massage including Swedish, Deep Tissue & Hot Stone

Pkwy

Sheldon Rd

Power Inn Rd

r Cente

Bruceville Rd

★

Massage Spa

With this ad.

Eastern Therapy

2030 28th St.

456-8886

DIVORCE Before you list your home, order Free special report that reveals what happens to your matrimonial home before, during, and after a divorce. Free recorded message 1-800-507-9208 id# 1009

BODY Therapeutic

• Additional Parking in Rear

Massage at Land Park

Open 7 days a week 10AM-11PM

Coupleses 916.448.5315 & eLlcaodmie! We accept:

Lulu

3401 FREEPORT BLVD #5 SACRAMENTO CA 95818 916-326-5600

This is a model

$10 OFF

NEW MANAGEMENT $10 OFF 1 HOUR MASSAGE Free Table Shower

SWEDISH • DEEP TISSUE REFLEXOLOGY • SHOWERS STEAM ROOM • GIFT CERTIFICATES WALK-INS WELCOME

Free Dry Sauna Relaxation

OPEN MON–SAT 10-9 • SUN 1-8

Swedish

8075 GREENBACK LANE 916.726.0451

Deep Tissue

WWW.MASSAGEALWAYSPERFECT.COM

This is a model

green spa

Always Perfect Massage

916.722.9090

★ 80

Auburn

Grocery Outlet

6039 Greenback Lane Citrus Heights, CA 95621

Greenback

dre Lic 10845576

FRONTLINES

A Job with Freedom & Flexibilty MCA can offer you both. It’s worth your time to allow me to send you this information. reply: urontarget@gmail.com AIRLINE CAREERS Become an Aviation Maintenance Tech. FAA approved training. Financial aid if qualified - Housing available. Job placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance 888-242-3214 ATTEND COLLEGE ONLINE from Home *Medical, *Business, *Criminal Justice, *Hospitality. Job placement assistance. Computer available. Financial Aid if qualified. SCHEV authorized. Call 800-481-9472 www.CenturaOnline.com (AAN CAN) ATTN: Local People Needed Work from home online $500-$4500/mo FT/PT, full training, tools & support. Call Kathy at 1-888-248-6783 Help Wanted! Make extra money in our free ever popular homemailer program, includes valuable guidebook! Start immediately! Genuine! 1-888-292-1120 www.easywork-fromhome.com (AAN CAN) Live like a popstar Now hiring 10 spontaneous individuals. Travel full time. Must be 18+. transportation and hotel provided. Call Loraine 877-777-2091

FEATURE STORY

Real Estate Sale Reps Lochan Real Estate needs licensed sales reps to assist in growing business. Great income potential. Telemarketers New licensed sales representatives welcome. No experience necessary. Buyers Agents Must have at least 1 year or equivalent experience and be a self-starter. Call Pa Vang at 800-510-2815 Ext. 202 PAVK@LRE4U.COM Lochan Real Estate LIC 01845576

*IN THE MOOD* HOT OIL w/ SEXY HOTTIE Pleasurable & Irresistible Massage. Softest hands ever. Strawberry blonde 31 yr old, 5’6” 135 lbs, slender, very pretty CMT. 3pm-11pm Incall/Outcall Holly 916-910-8907 by appt. Mon-Fri

Lovely & Clean Apts in a small, quiet complex near school, park & shopping. 1 bd $575 & $595. 2bd @ $639. Central heat & air, dishwasher, fireplace. $10 credit ck. Small pets welcome Strong management 916-971-1283

Men! Having problems talking to women? Lots of us do. I can help. For more info & to arrange a free consultation email me at george@drghadams.com or call me at 916-783-9631

New & Upscale 1/1 2/2, CH&A, washer/dryer, frplc, 6544 Auburn, Citrus Heights www.sacramento-rentals.com 916-726-6100

UP TO $1,375 in compensation for participation in clinical trials and FREE study-relat4ed care by LOCAL DOCTORS. Arthritis, Chrhn’s, Gout, COPD, Low Back Pain & Pediatric Depression. 1-888-3755 (AAN CAN)

Urban Gardening in Midtown Large 1 bd, off-street parking. $1000/mo. 916-706-2950 SENIOR HOME FOR RENT 2bd/2 full bath, large kitchen & dining area, 1135 sqft home, 6 years old. In gated community, beautiful million dollar clubhouse, pool, jacuzzi, BBQ area, pool room. Senior complex for 55 & older. $1195/mo + deposit. 916-233-7701

Notice of caution to our Readers! Whenever doing business by telephone or email proceed with caution when cash or credit is required in advance of services.

Jason Shimomura CMT 601-1292 (9am-9pm daily)

MAGICAL MASSAGE

Private Connections Try it free! 1-708-613-2101 Normal LD Applies 18+

916-372-7334 916-599-9588

FREE PARTYLINE! 1-712-432-7968 18+ Normal LD Applies CALL SEXY SINGLES ON QUEST! Live Local Chat Try us FREE! 18+ 916-282-2300 530-760-1010 www.questchat.com

adult ESCORTS

Get a Great Massage! Sauna & Spa

ARTS&CULTURE

CALL QUEST & MEET SOMEONE TONIGHT! Connect with more than 5,000 local men and women. FREE trial! 18+ 916-282-2300 530-760-1010 1-888-257-5757

Cash for Cars Same day free pick up. Cash on the spot. 916-992-5447

The Cabin

Learn Sax or Clarinet from experienced professional player and CA credential teacher. Positive no-pressure method. Any age, any level. Horn rental avail. 530-889-2310.

WHERE MEN MEET MEN Send Messages FREE! 916-340-1414, CODE 7929, 18+

PARTS, SERVICE AND REPAIR

Drift away to a place of peace and tranquility. Tame the wild beast within. The roaring lion will become a purring kitten. In & Out Calls. 9am-9pm $35/hr

Private upscale home w/ shower. By appt only in Fair Oaks (Sunset & Minnesota). Special rates for seniors *82-916-961-3830

KEEP IT REAL, Special $500 Record your band’s next project completely LIVE in the studio & truly capture your sound in a fraction of the time. For booking call Brian Poole 916-224-3552 www.sketchpadrecording.com

FIND LOVE LOCALLY ON LAVALIFE! Instant live phone connections with local women and men! Try it FREE! 18+ 916-374-8333 www.lavalifevoice.com

Impound Cars for Sale ‘97 Pontiac Grand Prix $1950 ‘96 Nissan Altima $2650 ‘06 Chevy Trailblazer $9800 ‘94 Toyota Camry $1250 ‘01 Chrysler Sebring $3950 ‘91 Honda Accord $1350 ‘98 Ford Windstar $1450 www.T-RexTowing.com 916-332-6995

Oriental Magic Hands

Sexy Hottie Young, petite beauty 5’4”, 118 lbs, 34C. Let me show you what I can do for you. Don’t hesitate to call. 916-286-9454

916-729-0103

A HEALING TOUCH

Relaxing Full Body Massage With Stress & Pain Relief. Call Sherri

SENSUAL TOUCH Upscale Exclusive & Skilled Super sexy Portuguese & Hawaiian licensed CMT. If you are seeking the most pleasurable sensual toe-curling relaxing massage of all time, well look no further. I’m only 1 call away. Ask for Lisa 916-678-9926

530-403-6425 $40 1-hour

Chinese full body massage. Natomas area (916-706-4890) appt only. YOGA CLASSES Mon/Thu Night. Beginning-Intermediate 916-729-0103

*HIPPITY HOP OVER*

AFTER

03.28.13

new hours!

Come enjoy a relaxing full-body massage with me at my home.

916-628-8217

36GGG

916-277-3520

Elegant Massage with delightful Russian Beauty. Massage Service. Pretty Winter Specials, Attractive Staff, Therapeutic Massage. Melanie’s Hideaway 916-236-7602 Available mornings & afternoons until 6pm. Incall Only

PHONE ENTERTAINMENT

AUTOS

Head to Toe Massage & Waxing. www.head2toecatering.com Daisy 916-752-4782

FULL BODY MASSAGE Come spend some time with a petite sensual blonde in my serene discreet home. Convenient location. Ask for Specials 916-812-5330

Be touched! She puts the Mmm in Sensual Massage. Upper thigh massage included. Daily/Nightly appts until 3am 916-256-7093

FILTERED CIGARS Better Than Cigarettes. Only $12.99+ per carton. Large cigars. Pipe tobacco. $5 off your first order. 800-613-2447 Coupon code: “ALT” www.cigartiger.com (AAN CAN)

FREE Movie Night Screening Food Matters April 7 2-4pm @ the Cabin 916-729-0103

Coco Nice, slow FB massage, B shamp, Nice cozy home. $35 special. 916-681-5573

Tub & Rub $30+ 9-9 Daily $60/hr 916-722-7777 Ann

ITEMS FOR SALE

Delightful massage!

Wanted Older Guitars! Martin, Fender, Gibson. Also older Fender amps. Pay up to $2,000. 916-966-1900

Absolute Deluxe Massage Red Crystal Red Lace Massage. $70 for 2 hours, Incall also, outcalls always. Great hands with a great girl. Marvelous lemon or plain oils. In call special $38. Call til late 916-256-7093

E Sac Treehouse Lg room over double DDL garage, kitchenette/shower/TV/ Non smoker, no pets, no drugs. Refs req. $595+ 916-443-2180

www.divorcerealestatemistakes.com

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ADVERTISING US, PLEASE CONTACT CLASSIFIEDS GRANDWITH OPENING AT 916-498-1234 EXT. 1338.

The

Midtown Sacramento, 95816 Between K St. & L St.

FREE!

paid advertisement

• Swedish Massage • Deep Tissue Massage • Pain Relief • Backwalking • Chinese Therapies • Shower Available • Walk-ins Welcome

1116 24th St

STILL

*Nominal fee for adult entertainment. All advertising is subject to the newspaper’s Standards of Acceptance. Further, the News & Review specifically reserves the right to edit, decline or properly classify any ad. Errors will be rectified by re-publication upon notification. The N&R is not responsible for error after the first publication. The N&R assumes no financial liability for errors or omission of copy. In any event, liability shall not exceed the cost of the space occupied by such an error or omission. The advertiser and not the newspaper assumes full responsibility for the truthful content of their advertising message.

7431 W. Stockton Blvd are #150required to provideU News All massage advertisers & Review a St •Midtown Sacramento, CA 95823 current valid business license or somatic establishment permit issued www.headtotoemassagespa.com by either the city or county in which they are operating in in order to Open:10am-11pm 916.681.8888 run a printed advertisement.

A1 Feeling

BEFORE

Phone hours: M-F 9am-5pm. All ads post online same day. Deadlines for print: Line ad deadline: Monday 4pm Adult line ad deadline: Monday 4pm Display ad deadline: Friday 2pm

Online ads are

Tired? In pain? Let us massage your troubles away.

massage

Calvine Rd

Print ads start at $6/wk. www.newsreview.com or (916) 498-1234 ext. 5

FREE SPIRITUAL READINGS By Cittorah Will answer all you questions. Specializing in love, business, marriage, health & family. Chakra balancing, psychic readings & tarot card readings. 323-630-3424

Open 7 days a week 9am – 10pm

SN&R

COME SEE THE NEW & IMPROVED

FANTASY REMODEL

Antelope

Ann, CMT

USE FREE

sarah vandella over 230 xxx movies

CODE

2465 GAY & Bi LOCALS

9am-9pm Daily • $80+

916-722-7777

FRE

COVEE R 3P M-4PM D

*w/drink pu AI LY ! rchase

SACRAMENTO MAD MONDAYS

$5 topless table dances every hour 2-4-1 TUESDAYS

2–4–1 Cover after 7pm $10 Lapdances all night WEDNESDAYS COLLEGE /MILITARY NIGHT

$10 cover 8pm–11pm with college or military ID

Zero Tolerance Contract Girl wed10pm, 12:30am frinoon, 9:30, 11:30, 1:30am thurs 10pm 12:30am sat 9:30, 11:30,1:30am

store signing fri & sat 6-8pm everyday - 11:30am - 7pm • sun mon Tue wed Thur open To close • all vip dances $10 w/ $5 vip wrisTband

THURSDAYS

Top 40 Video Mixing Open pool table no charge for pool FLASHBACK FRIDAYS

80’s Pop & Old School Music SEDUCTIVE SATURDAYS

Live top 40 DJ mix

Sacramento

5 O F F 8PM-11P $

DAILY!

(916) 340.1414 For other numbers call:

SpA & BoDy ShAMpoo

1-888MegaMates

SUNDAY

Industry Night $5 cover with proof FOOD SERVED

All day & night

NEW DANCERS

1 month no stage fees!!! GROUP RATES

USE FREE

Call in advance for Bachelor/ B-day/Weddings/Divorce/ Grad Parties

CODE

2465 GAY & Bi LOCALS

Must present ad to recieve discounts. Discounts may be discontinued without prior notice.

Sacramento

851 RICHARDS BLVD. DOWNTOWN SAC • 916.447.4475 | SUN-THURS 3PM - 3AM • FRI-SAT 3PM - 4AM FACEBOOK.COM/CLUBFANTASYSAC | WWW.GENTLEMENSCLUBFANTASY.COM CONVENIENT LOCATION: 5 MINS FROM SLEEP TRAIN ARENA, 10 MINS FROM SAC INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 5–10 MINS FROM ALL MAJOR DOWNTOWN HOTELS

(916) 340.1414 For other numbers call:

1-888MegaMates

lunch specials WeD March 27th – Sat march 30th

great food

TotallyNude Totally

Vibrational Tantric Massage

MEET HOT LOCAL MEN!

www.Goldclubcenterfolds.com

amateur contest/auditions every monday

9:30 pm - $450.00 caSh prize

friendly attractive dancers hired daily call 349-7166 for sign up info

free admit w/ad $5.00 value

WARNING HOT GUYS!

valid anytime With Drink purchase

25,000

adult dvds

Sacramento

916.340.1414 Davis

(530 530 30) 760.1011 760 76 760. 0.1011 0.1011 0. 01 011 1

$0.49 - $9.99 birthdays: Outf its

t free admission, drinks star&t avip $13.95 + – 5 DaYS OF BirthDaY

We BuY uSeD aDult DvDS BachelOr / DivOrce partieS 916.484.4774 Full Service reStaurant Open 7 DaYS a WeeK

SpOrtS actiOn On Our Giant Screen tv

Tell-AFriend

REWARDS

FREE to listen & reply to ads!

FREE CODE :

11363 Folsom Blvd, rancho cordova

Sacramento News & Review

858-0444

For other local numbers call:

(Between Sunrise & hazel)

M-Th 11:30-3 • Fri 11:30-4 • Sat 12-4 • Sun 3-3 Gold club centerfolds is a non-alcohol nightclub featuring all-nude entertainment. adults over 18 only.

46 | SN&R | 03.28.13

1-888-MegaMates

GET HIM ON THE LINE.

puregold showgirls r u o y o t Give in TOTALLY NUDE ! s ie s a t n a f t STORE OPEN 10AM s e wild Club OPEN 5PM

Fanotoasy B th

open 2pm

admission TRY FOR

TRY FOR FREE!

916 - 4 80 - 6210

FREE

916.480.6200 mbers: More Local Nu 666 1.800.700.6 com hotdatelin 18+ w w w.red

18+

...& try GuySpy.com

BEtwEEN 5pm–7pm EVERy DAy

FREE TRIAL

Discreet Chat Guy to Guy

916.480.6215

5 pack dvds

43 chann

ARCA el DE

9.69

w/cOUpON Reg. $12.69 AD EXpIRES 04-15-13 1 pER cUSTOmER

dancer

you at the auditions see sacramento

daily

raceway sunday, april 7

3000 SUNRISE BLVD. #2 RANCHO CORDOVA, CA

916.631.3520

PRIVATE

CONNECTIONS

Meet Real Sexy Singles In your Area 1-708-613-2100 HOT LOCAL CHAT

1-888-404-3330

*now hirinG dAncerS*

☛

GAY & BI CHAT

1-708-613-2103 LD RATE APPLY

www.newsreview.com

militArY mondAY $5 admission with Military I.D.

$5 off After 6pm with this ad

coupleS tueSdAY 2 for 1 admission

totAllY nAked retro wedneSdAY beSt lAte niGht food in SAc Tues-Sat nights

5809 Auburn blvd. SAcrAmento, cA 95841 Get diScount pASSeS online At www.citylimitsonline.com facebook.com/citylimitsshowgirls B E F O R E | F R O N T L I N E S | F E A T U R E S T O R Y |

ARTS&CULTURE

A F T E R |

03.28.13

SN&R

Best of Roseville SN&R BeSt of the BuRBS NomiNeeS foR the gReateR-RoSeville aRea

Best restaurant

Baagan Hawks La Huaca Restaurant Mikuni Kaizen Paul Martin’s American Grill

Best Burger

California Burgers Five Guys Burgers and Fries The Habit Burger Grill Smashburger Squeeze Inn

Best sandwich

Beach Hut Deli Better Foods Deli Granite’s Famous Cheesesteaks & Wings Knucklehead Hot Dog Diner Milo’s Greek Food Mr. Subs

Best Breakfast or Brunch

Four Sisters Cafe The Original Pancake House Pacific Street Cafe Venita Rhea’s Waffle Barn

Best sushi

Blue Nami Ichiban Sushi Izumi Sushi Kenro’s a Taste of Japan Mikuni Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar Raku Sushi Sushi House Sushi Mon by Sky

Best indian

Bombay Bistro India Oven Mehfil Indian Restaurant Namaste Nepal Tandoori Nights

Best coffeehouse Bloom Coffee & Tea Edwin’s Coffee & Tea Extreme Java Jungle Cafe Lollicup Coffee & Tea Shady Coffee and Tea

Best spot for cocktails

Basic Bar & Kitchen The Boxing Donkey Irish Pub Crush 29 The Onyx Club Owl Club Perfecto Lounge The Place Sammy’s Rockin’ Island Bar & Grill Sports Page Restaurant and Bar The Station The Trocadero

Best place for a Beer

Boneshaker Public House The Boxing Donkey Irish Pub Final Gravity Taproom & Bottleshop Pete’s Restaurant & Brewhouse Roseville Brewing Company Yard House

Best place to get your hair lookin’ good

Avalon Day Spa & Salon The Garage Hair & Skin Lounge Gloss Salon The Headgame Naveah Shades Hair Color Bar and Salon Sola Salon Studios Willo Aveda

Best yoga spot

Aerie Yoga East Wind Yoga Purple Moon Hot Yoga ShriKula Yoga Veera Yoga Zuda Yoga

Best golf course

Diamond Oaks Golf Course Morgan Creek Golf Club Sunset Whitney Golf Club Whitney Oaks Golf Club Woodcreek Golf Club

Best of folsom SN&R BeSt of the BuRBS NomiNeeS foR the gReateR-folSom aRea

Best restaurant

Back Wine Bar & Bistro Bamiyan Afghan Restaurant Chez Daniel LO: Land Ocean New American Grill Sergio’s Steak & Seafood Sienna Restaurant Sutter Street Grill Sutter Street Steakhouse

Best Burger

Bidwell Street Bistro Burgerocity Folsom Sports Garage, Sports Bar and Grill Relish Burger Bar Samuel Horne’s Tavern

Best sandwich

Beach Hut Deli The Black Rooster Dominick’s NY Pizza & Deli Great Harvest Bread Co. Jacks’ Urban Eats Mama Ann’s Italian Market, Deli & Bakery Mr. Pickle’s Sandwich Shop San Francisco Sourdough Eatery Selland’s Market-Cafe

Best sushi

Aloha Sushi Blue Nami Chiyo Sushi Ginza Sushi Bar & Grill Jinju Sushi Sky Sushi Sushi Kuma Suishin Sushi Sushi Unlimited Taiko Sushi

Best chinese

Folsom Palace Folsom Sunny Garden Hop Sing Palace Rice Express T2Yan Yummy Kitchen

Best pizza

The Cellar Wine Bar Chicago Fire Ciro’s Pizza Cafe Dominick’s NY Pizza & Deli Girasole Pizza Pete’s Restaurant & Brewhouse Pizzeria Classico Pronto’s New York Pizzeria Skipolini’s Pizza

Best coffeehouse

Bella Bru Cafe The Black Rooster Coffee Republic Folsom Grind The Hub Coffee House & Cafe It’s a Grind Coffee House Karen’s Bakery Café & Catering Karma Cafe & Lounge Le Bon Beignet

Best spot for a drink The Cellar Wine Bar Folsom Hotel Saloon Hampton’s on Sutter Mooney’s Restaurant & Bar PowerHouse Pub The Purple Place Bar & Grill Sutter Club Sports Bar

Best place for a Beer

36 Handles The Fat Rabbit Public House Lockdown Brewing Co. Manderes Pete’s Restaurant & Brewhouse Samuel Horne’s Tavern Sudwerk Riverside Restaurant & Brewhouse

Best yoga spot

Bikram Yoga Folsom Broadstone Racquet Club GoTa Yoga Hot Yoga at Sunrise Kevala Yoga Leap Yoga Radiant Yoga Zuda Yoga

votiNg BegiNS thuRSday, maRch 28, at www.NewSReview.com. 48

SN&R | 03.28.13

Best of elk GRove SN&R BeSt of the BuRBS NomiNeeS foR the gReateR-elk gRove aRea

Best restaurant

Boulevard Bistro Silva’s Sheldon Inn Thai Chili Restaurant Happy Garden De Vinci’s Delicatessen & Catering Yoshi Japanese Restaurant Red Chopstix Loving Hut Todo Un Poco Brick House Restaurant & Lounge Mikuni Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar

Best place to get a Burger

Boulevard Bistro Brick House Restaurant & Lounge Cheese Steak Restaurant Coach’s Classic Bar & Grill Elk Grove Sports Bar & Grill The Habit Burger Grill Sheldon Bar & Grill Silva’s Sheldon Inn Stagecoach Restaurant Superb Subs

Best sandwich

Baguettes Deli Beach Hut Deli Cheese Steak Restaurant De Vinci’s Delicatessen & Catering La Bou Mr. Pickle’s Sandwich Shop Nugget Markets Pho Huy Hoang’s banh mi

Best Breakfast or Brunch

Boulevard Bistro Brick House Breakfast Restaurant & Lounge Stagecoach Restaurant Mr. Perry’s Original Perry’s Mimi’s Cafe Berts Diner The Original Mike’s Diner Mel Dog’s Cafe Jah Cafe

Best sushi

Crazy Sushi Fuji Sushi Buffet Kame Japanese Seafood Buffet Kintaro Sushi Bar Mikuni Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar Osaka Sushi Japanese Restaurant Satori Sushi & Teriyaki Grill Suki Sushi Wasabi Japanese Steak House Yoshi Japanese Restaurant

Best pizza

Cool River Pizza Fat Mike’s Pizza Laguna Pizza Lamppost Pizza Master Pizza New York Pizza Old Town Pizza & Tap House Original Pete’s Paesanos Pizza Bell

Best cheap eats

Baguettes Deli Chandos Tacos Truck De Vinci’s Delicatessen & Catering The Habit Burger Grill L&L Hawaiian Barbecue Pho Le Savory Fried Chicken Sunflower Chinese Cuisine Super Taco Mexican Restaurants Taqueria La Estrella

B E F O R E | F R O N T L I N E S | F E A T U R E S T O R Y |

ARTS&CULTURE

A F T E R |

03.28.13

SN&R

50 | SN&R | 03.28.13

by LoRy GiL

ARIES (March 21-April 19): I was too

lazy to write your horoscope this week, so I went to a website that hawks bumper stickers and copied a few of their slogans to use as your “advice.” Here you go: 1. Never follow a rule off a cliff. 2. Have the courage to honor your peculiarities. 3. It’s never too late to have a rebellious adolescence. 4. Criticize by creating. 5. Never make anything simple and efficient when it can be elaborate and wonderful. 6. Complex problems have simple, easy-to-understand, morally clear, wrong answers. April fool! I lied. I wasn’t lazy at all. I worked hard to ensure that all the suggestions I just provided are in strict accordance with the astrological gestalt.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It’s a

perfect time to watch the cult classic film Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead. It will provide you with just the right inspiration as you deal with your own problems. April fool! I lied. Don’t you dare watch any horror movies. You’re in a phase when you can make dramatic progress in transforming long-standing dilemmas—but only if you surround yourself with positive, uplifting influences.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The coming

week will be an excellent time to wash dishes, clean bathrooms, scrub floors, vacuum carpets, wash windows, do laundry and clean the refrigerator. The more drudge work you do, the better you’ll feel. April fool! I lied. The truth is, you now have astrological license to minimize your participation in boring tasks like the ones I named. It’s high time for you to seek out the most interesting work and play possible.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You know

what would be a really cool prank to pull off this April Fools’ Day? Arrange to have rubber tires airlifted into a dormant volcano, then set them on fire. Smoke will pour out the top. Everyone who lives nearby will think the volcano is getting ready to explode. Don’t forget to videotape the event for YouTube. Later, when you reveal the hoax, your video will go viral, and you’ll become a celebrity. April fool! I don’t really think you should try this prank. It’s old hat. Back in 1974, a guy named Porky Bickar did it to Alaska’s Mount Edgecumbe. Here’s my real oracle for you: It is a good time to boost your visibility by doing something funny. Or to build your brand by being mischievous. Or to demonstrate your power by showing off your sense of humor.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the animated

TV show The Simpsons, 10-year-old Bart is constantly getting into trouble because of the monkey business he loves to perpetrate. His teachers punish him by compelling him to write corrective declarations on the classroom blackboard. It so happens that some of those apologetic statements should be coming out of your mouth in the coming week, Leo. They include the following: “I will not strut around like I own the place.” “I am not deliciously saucy.” “I will not instigate revolution.” “I will not trade pants with others.” “I will not carve gods.” “I will not Xerox my butt.” “I will not scream for ice cream.” April fool! I lied. The truth is, you should consider doing things like that. And don’t apologize!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The sport of

ferret legging is an endurance contest. Participants vie to determine who can last longest as a live ferret runs loose inside their pants. The current record is five hours and 30 minutes. But I predict that a Virgo will soon break that mark. Could it be you? April fool! I misled you. I don’t really think you should put a ferret in your pants, not even to win a contest. It is possible, however, that there will soon be a pleasurable commotion happening in the area below your waist. And I suspect that you will handle it pretty well.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Risk being

a crazed fool for love, Libra. Get as wild and extreme as you’ve ever been if it helps you rustle up the closeness you’re hungry for. Get down on your knees and beg, or climb a tree with a megaphone and profess your passion. April fool! I was exaggerating a little. It’s true that now is an excellent time to be aggressive about going after the intimate connection you want. But I suggest you accomplish that by being ingenious and imaginative rather than crazy and extreme.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): British

comedy team Monty Python did a sketch in which a policeman apprehends a criminal. The bad guy says, “Yes, I did it, but society is to blame.” And the cop says, “Right! We’ll arrest them instead.” You should adopt this attitude, Scorpio. Blame everyone else but yourself for your problems and flaws. April fool! I lied. In fact, the truth is the opposite of what I said. It’s time to take more responsibility for your actions. Bravely accept the consequences of what you’ve done— with your sense of humor fully engaged and a lot of compassion for yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Banzai skydiving is a step beyond ordinary skydiving. To do it, you hurl your folded-up parachute out of the airplane, wait a while, and then leap into midair yourself. If all goes well, you free-fall in the direction of your parachute and catch up to it. Once you grab it, you strap it on and open the chute, ideally before you hit the earth. This is the kind of beyond-ballsy activity that would be perfect for you right now. April fool! In truth, I don’t recommend banzai skydiving now or ever. Plain-old skydiving is fine, though. The same principle applies in relation to any adventurousness you’re considering: Push yourself, yes, but not to an absurd degree.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Should you relocate to Kazakhstan and grow sunflowers? Is it time to think about getting a job in Uruguay and living there for the next 10 years? Can you see yourself building your dream home in Morocco on a bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean? I suggest you spend some quality time thinking way, way outside the box about where you belong on this Earth. April fool! I went a bit overboard in my recommendations. It is true that you should brainstorm about the kind of home you want to create and enjoy in the future. But that probably means revising and refining your current situation, rather than leaving it all behind and starting over.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your

brain has a bigger capacity than you realize. According to professor of psychology Paul Reber, it can hold the equivalent of 3 million hours’ worth of television shows. As I’m sure you know, your brain is not even close to being full of that much data. And in accordance with the current astrological omens, I suggest you cram in as much new material as possible. April fool! I told you a half-truth. While it’s correct that now is an excellent time to pour more stuff into your brain, you should be highly discerning about what you allow in there. Seek out the richest ideas, the most stimulating information, the best stories. Avoid trivial crap.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): July 2012

was a sad time in the history of mythic creatures. The National Ocean Service, a U.S. government agency, made a formal proclamation that there are no such things as mermaids. But I predict those stuffy know-it-alls will soon get a big shock when a Piscean scientist presents evidence that mermaids are indeed real. April fool! I was exaggerating. I don’t really foresee the discovery of a flesh-and-blood mermaid— by a Pisces or anyone else. I do, however, suspect that your tribe is now highly adept at extracting useful revelations and inspirations from dreams, visions and fantasies—including at least one that involves a coven of Buddhist ninja clown mermaids.

You can call Rob Brezsny for your Expanded Weekly Horoscope: (900) 950-7700. $1.99 per minute. Must be 18 or older. Touchtone phone required. Customer service (612) 373-9785. And don’t forget to check out Rob’s website at www.realastrology.com.

BEFORE

PHOTO BY ANNE STOKES

by Rob bRezsny

For the week of March 28, 2013

FRONTLINES

Might as well jump On the first Tuesday of every month, Sky High Sports (11327 Folsom Boulevard in Rancho Cordova) hosts a Special Days for Kids With Special Needs event. For three hours, parents and therapists can bring their special needs child to a bounce fest in one of Sacramento’s first trampoline gyms. The music is turned off and the ruckus kept to a minimum so that each kid may play at his her own pace. Owner Jerry Raymond says he knows how important it is to have time dedicated to play and interaction in a safe and welcoming environment—he’s raising a specialneeds child and says he appreciates those moments when happiness and understanding go hand in hand. Raymond and his brother, Ron, own several Sky High Sports trampoline gyms across the country, with several more in the works to open soon. Raymond’s dedication to exercise, family and fun are what keep him going in an economy that is trying to hold him back.

How did you get into the trampoline business? Every day, my kids wanted to go to work with my wife because she was the manager of movie theaters. I owned a computer-consulting business, which didn’t interest them much. My brother Ron and I agreed that we wanted to own a business where we could spend more time with our families; something we could all enjoy together. It’s great to be able to share [this] affordable family fun and fitness with other health-conscious families around the country.

Why do you think it’s been successful? Even during a bad economy, we’ve been able to grow. I think it proves that parents place a priority on family time even when budgets are tight. We now have 15 locations across the [United States] with three more opening soon. We are fortunate.

How did you end up opening a franchise in Sacramento? I live in the Bay Area with my wife, Yvette, and two of our three children. My brother Ron and I opened our first Sky High Sports in Santa Clara, [and] Sacramento was the obvious next choice because it’s a terrific city and a great community to raise a family. Plus, we have lots of family there.

F E AT U R E S T O RY

Tell us a little bit about your son.

getting a workout. Exercise is important for all kids—including special-needs kids.

When he was very young, my son was diagnosed to be on the Asperger’s [syndrome] spectrum. He’s very highfunctioning, so we’ve been very fortunate. During grade school, he attended a private school that specialized in learning differences. Our main goal was making sure that he was always included with other kids—all kinds of kids. As long as his ability allowed him, he went out for team sports, which allowed him to be more integrated and socially adept.

Why did you decide to have a trampoline day reserved for special-needs kids? Accommodating the special-needs community was always part of my business plan. Here’s the thing: “Special” families need more places to play together. I’m filling a need that I understand as a parent. I’m really happy to be able to do that. My family has been jumping together since we opened our first Sky High location. Both of my younger boys took to it right away. Jumping … is terrific exercise and develops balance and coordination. It also helps in the development of social skills. It’s good exercise for everyone, but it’s so much fun, most kids don’t even realize they’re

A RT S & C U LT U R E

AFTER

What kind of changes do you make on those days? On any weekend day, the atmosphere at Sky High might make some kids uncomfortable, so on these special afternoons, we turn off the music, limit attendance and dial down as many distractions as we can. One of our trampoline courts is designated “especially quiet” for kids with sensory issues and kids with physical challenges. During our special hours, families can relax and have fun with other like-minded families. We enjoy the camaraderie. While it’s important for the kids to have an atmosphere where the distractions are dialed down, this is also fun and relaxing for the “neurotypical” siblings and parents. When you’re here for special jump, no one has to explain why their brother “plays differently” than other kids. Parents can enjoy some regular time—I’m all about giving parents a break, too, because being a parent—of any child—can be exhausting. Ω Sky High Sports hosts its Special Days for Kids With Special Needs event on the first Tuesday of each month from 3 to 6 p.m. Admission is $5 per jumper; an accompanying parent or therapist gets in free. For more information, visit http://sacramento.jumpskyhigh.com.

03.28.13

SN&R

ACE OF SPADES SATURDAY, MARCH 30

SUNDAY, MARCH 31

1417 R Street, Sacramento, 95814 www.aceofspadessac.com

ALL AGES WELCOME!

TUESDAY, APRIL 2

SATURDAY, APRIL 6

GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS FRIDAY, APRIL 12

A SINGLE SECOND SATURDAY, APRIL 13

SATURDAY, APRIL 20

FRIDAY, APRIL 19

COLD ESKIMO – DESARIO MONDAY, APRIL 22

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24

ALEX CLARE PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS

SATURDAY, JUNE 8

COMING SOON 03/28 03/29 04/04 04/05 04/11 04/14 04/17 04/24 04/25 04/26 04/27 05/03 05/04 05/08 05/09 05/10 05/17 05/18 05/22 05/31 06/01 06/17 06/18 07/27

AB-Soul Valu Fa YG Jonny Craig The Rocket Summer ALT–J The Selecter & Lee “Scratch” Perry IAMSU! Katchafire Taj He Spitz Newsted Oleander Some Fear None Machine Gun Kelly Rehab Mushroomhead Tyler, The Creator Dillinger Escape Plan Turbonegro Capital Cities Finch We Came As Romans Memphis May Fire Y&T

Tickets available at all Dimple Records Locations, The Beat Records, and Armadillo Records, or purchase by phone @ 916.443.9202