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This all must stop “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Martin Luther King Jr. delivered that profound and hopeful sentence less than a year before he was assassinated, 50 years ago this week. I’ve been thinking about these words in recent days, contemplating the terrible facts revisited by Alan Pyke in the story on page 16. Online, that article was headlined “The long, painful history of the Sacramento neighborhood where Stephon Clark was killed.” The specifics of the story were news to me, as they might be for most readers. I did not know about J.C. Carly, a developer who “wrote racially restrictive language into contracts governing the subdivisions he was planting in the innermost portions of Sacramento’s abundant farmlands.” I didn’t even know about the West End, a racially and economically diverse community that sat near what is now the DOCO District, until it was systematically destroyed. I did, however, know that the US Federal Housing Administration, for decades, explicitly denied mortgages based on race and ethnicity, thereby institutionalizing segregation and racism. Without being aware of the details, I knew why neighborhoods like South Sacramento and Del Paso Heights have fewer parks and libraries than Midtown or East Sac. As Pyke’s article reminds us, we live in a culture that was driven, in much too-large part, by racist ignorance and hatred. The FHA ended its racist practices in 1968, the year MLK died, partly thanks to his work. That was not the end of institutionalized racism. There is a lot of work left to be done, nationwide and here in Sacramento. If the arc of history is to bend, it’s going to be because we bend it.

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Posting while female Re “Reporting While Black” by Kris Hooks (Essay, March  29): Kudos for publishing Kris Hooks’ beautiful and crushing  piece. I’m a white lady visiting your fair city from out of state. Like the  clueless and harsh commenters Hooks mentions, I am cushioned from the  horrific and unconscionable reality of American police officers’ repeatedly  murderous, racist actions. However, I too reported on wrenching subjects that affected me  personally back in the earliest days of social media (back when we called it  “virtual community,” circa 1992). Many of us are privileged in many ways.  Nevertheless, my people are also murdered for being who we happen to  be, often by partners or family members. We are beaten, discriminated  against in the workplace, and over and over, we are sexually attacked. Back in the day, we comprised a mere 10 to 15 percent of internet users.  You can imagine how ugly the dogpiles got when the ladies dared discuss  our experience, publish work about it, bring it up online much less demand  equality. To Kris Hooks, I just want to say: I’m sorry the commenters are such  shits. Your piece made me cry. You’re doing important work. But if you need to step back to recharge: Take a break. Self care,  solitude, walking beside a river—these seem like luxuries in desperate  times, but if we let the commenters and 24/7 social media cycle consume  our hearts and minds, we lose our ability to fight the good fight long term.

Re “The whole world is watching” by Eric Johnson (Editor’s Note, March 29): We have reached the point now where knuckleheads from outside Sacramento are here to use #StephonClark to create trouble and derail what is emerging as rare constructive dialogue about a very real and intractable problem. They are here to perpetuate a racial divide, NOT to fix a goddamn thing, just to keep it broken. Furthermore, I truly believe that their actions are as transparent and as concerning to the community, law enforcement and political officials sincerely working to find a solution. Sadly, the media will again make the knuckleheads’ false narrative the totality of the story. Very sad. Mark WilliaMs

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Attorney Benjamin Crump, who represents the relatives of Stephon Clark, discusses the findings of a private family autopsy March 30. Photos by Raheem F. hosseini

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At the moment of the great revelation, two poster boards were turned like sacred tablets to show the truth of what had been done to Stephon Clark’s body. As the digital cameras shuddered, Dr. Bennet Omalhu, a forensic pathologist with a reputation for taking David-versus-Goliath stands against the National Football League and San Joaquin County sheriff, approached the podium, ready to deliver another grim sermon about the violence the state inflicts upon individuals. One day earlier, several hundred people turned out on a blue-sky morning 8   |   SN&R   |   04.05.18

to memorialize Clark, a 22-year-old father of two, gunned down in his grandparents’ backyard by two police officers acting on tragically wrong assumptions. On March 18, officers were chasing down reports of a suspect breaking car windows in the south Sacramento neighborhood of Meadowview. A sheriff’s helicopter flying overhead directed Officers Terrence Mercadal and Jared Robinet to a man hopping a fence into a backyard. The officers jogged around the side of the house to find Clark holding a cellphone they say they mistook for a gun. Video footage released by the

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Police Department shows that Mercadal and Robinet didn’t identify themselves as police before unleashing 20 rounds. On Good Friday—24 hours after his burial—Clark’s obituary was still being written: The unarmed black man had his back turned to officers when they opened fire, Omalhu said during a leaden press conference inside the lobby of the Southside Christian Center. “There were a total of eight gunshot wounds,” Omalhu said. “Six of the bullets … exhibited gunshot wound entrances of the back, meaning he was shot in the back six times. The seventh

gunshot wound was slightly to the side of his body, but to the back of the side of his body. So that you could reasonably conclude that he received seven gunshot wounds from his back. He was shot from the back.” Over a generic illustration of the male anatomy, eight red dots marked where the bullets entered. If you looked just right, you could mistake the dots for a constellation that has long overlooked the fate of black men in America. Community activist Berry Accius describes it as a dark inheritance, passed on from one generation of AfricanAmericans to the next. Standing outside Clark’s memorial service last week, Accius said it is time to rewrite that fault in our stars. “The thing about this one, we’re not gonna just let it be passed onto them where they bear that burden,” Accius said of the next generation. “It’s like, no, we’re going to fight together to dismantle it, to create such an impactful change that Sacramento could actually be a model of what policing looks like nationally. Imagine that.” As Sacramento ends a third week of unrest over Clark’s death, rumblings of those changes are trembling the halls of power. Police Chief Daniel Hahn has already promised reforms as a result of this incident. More changes are afoot. This is a moment. And Stephon Clark and the unarmed black men whose deaths preceded him are prophets of an unwritten future. According to Omalhu’s review, the first bullet punched through the left side of Clark’s back, near his vertebrae, and spun him around. The next six shots came in rapid succession, snaking down the right side of his back from the neck to near his spine. Clark was already down on the ground when a final round made his left leg jump into the air. Any of the first seven bullets could have killed Clark, Omalhu noted, and wreaked major damage on his body, perforating the walls around his heart, collapsing his lungs, and splintering bones and shredding major blood vessels in his right shoulder. “Upon opening up his body, he received injuries to his aorta, the biggest vessel in the body, and he bled massively,” Omalhu said. Still, Omalhu said, it took between three and 10 minutes for Clark to perish. “Death was not instantaneous,”

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controvErsial gEnius Omalhu said. Omalhu said he couldn’t say whether quick medical attention could have spared Clark’s life. Clark lay on the ground for approximately five minutes as Mercadal and Robinet reloaded their weapons and waited for backup units to arrive. When those units did, Clark was handcuffed and provided medical care. But it was too late by then. The physical damage reportedly prevented Clark, a Muslim convert, from receiving a ritual washing of his body before burial, said Imam Omar Suleiman on Twitter. “#StephonClark was massacred,” wrote Suleiman, who spoke at Clark’s March 29 memorial service at Bayside Boss Church in south Sacramento. “His body was in such bad shape that we couldn’t do the ritual washing (ghusl). The brothers did a substitute ritual (tayammum) and are horrified by the sight. We cannot allow this to keep happening.” Omalhu and Clark family attorney Benjamin Crump made clear that the findings of this independent autopsy contradicted the Police Department account that Clark was advancing toward officers. “His back was facing the officers,” Omalhu said. “So the proposition that has been presented, that he was assailing the officers, meaning he was facing the officers, is inconsistent with the prevailing forensic evidence, as documented at autopsy.” The Police Department released a statement Friday saying it would be inappropriate to comment before the official coroner’s report is released and the county district attorney’s office completes its review of the shooting. That could take a while. The district attorney’s office has yet to release a single review of an officerinvolved shooting or in-custody death that occurred during the 2017 calendar year. The Clark family autopsy is adding fuel to calls for criminal charges against the two officers responsible for Clark’s death. Such prosecutions are extremely rare. The local DA’s office last prosecuted an officer-involved shooting during Bill Clinton’s first term. In 1992, an ATF agent was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the accidental shooting of a fellow agent. Before that, in 1988, the DA’s office prosecuted a Folsom Prison guard for the nonfatal shooting of an inmate. The guard was acquitted. Law enforcement officers are judged

by a different legal standard when it the gathering to announce new legislation comes to using force. Past court rulings intended to curb law enforcement’s use have made it so that the facts matter less of deadly force throughout California. than the officer’s perception of danger, A copy of their bill wasn’t immediately which is why so few officers are prosavailable for review, but the lawmakers ecuted and even fewer are convicted of described the measure as a long-coming unjustified killings. update to use of force policies, one they A bill last year to take investigations believed would benefit communities of of use of force cases away from districts color the most. attorney and make them the purview “I think we all know that this is of the California Department of Justice not a new issue in African-American died in committee after meeting heavy communities,” said Weber, a member opposition from law enforceof the California Legislative ment groups. The bill’s Black Caucus. “There is a author, Assemblyman special treatment that Kevin McCarty, occurs when an officer “Sacramento hasn’t responded to meets an AfricanSN&R’s requests American. I’ve could actually be a about whether he known it all my model of what policing is considering life.” bringing the The San looks like nationally. measure back. Diego Democrat There were indicated that Imagine that.” several gasps male family Berry Accius and groans during members had been founder, Voice of the Youth last Friday’s press unfairly treated by conference, which law enforcement and was attended by Africanpointed to the 1943 poem American community leaders “Black Mother Praying in the who are part of the new Build. Summer” as one example of how Black Coalition. Before the press confer“deeply rooted in this society” the issue ence started, Pastor Les Simmons led has been. attendees in a prayer for the Clark family, A media release from the lawmakers calling this “a lean-in moment” for all of said that law enforcement officers shot Sacramento. and killed 162 people in California last After Omalhu’s sobering briefing, year—half were armed with guns. people milled through the Southside The bill is at the start of a long legislaChristian Center’s lobby in a daze. An tive road, but that didn’t stop reporters African-American man stood staring at from asking whether a possible legal chalone of two poster-boards illustrating the lenge could reach the Supreme Court. eight gunshot wounds to Clark’s body. Weber rooted her answer in the black Standing and staring for a long moment, American experience. he finally turned away with red eyes. “I think we’re all aware that when the Outside, Pastor Simmons’ mother Constitution was written, it didn’t include a Deborah Simmons took the air. She said lot of people that looked like me,” she said. she was not prepared for what she saw “So African-Americans have never been inside that room. afraid of challenging the Constitution.” “Just speechless,” she said softly. Other interventions have already “Surprise and anger.” happened. A button on her coat signaled the new Unlike in past officer shooting inquicoalition she and others have created to ries, the California Attorney General’s drive political and financial investment in Office is peering over the shoulder of DA long-neglected communities of color. The Anne Marie Schubert, who is responsible “Build. Black” button conveyed a promise for determining if criminal charges will be of a more equitable future not yet here. filed against the officers who killed Clark. Then, eyes still glistening, Deborah Noah Phillips, a local homicide Simmons smiled and walked away. prosecutor challenging Schubert’s reelection bid, said DAs should be leading the four days later, many of the same charge to ensure independent reviews of community leaders appeared beside police shootings. McCarty and Assemblywoman Shirley Weber for a press conference inside the nEws continuED on pagE 10 State Capitol. The lawmakers convened

The famed “homeless hacker” Adrian Lamo, an American River College graduate, died of unknown causes March 14. He was 37 years old. News of his death was first shared by his father, Mario Lamo, on Facebook. “A bright mind and compassionate soul is gone—he was my beloved son,” Mario wrote. The Wichita Police Department told SN&R the cause of death didn’t appear to be suspicious. An official coroner’s report is still weeks from release. Lamo came to prominence in 2003 after his hacking of the new York times, Microsoft and Yahoo!. He was convicted of cyber crimes, fined $65,000 and put on probation for two years while living in Carmichael. Lamo is best known for his involvement in the chelsea Manning case. In June 2010, Manning, then an army intelligence analyst known as Bradley Manning, was arrested after Lamo turned her into the FBI. Lamo’s information helped convict Manning of leaking U.S. Army combat footage and classified State Department records to WikiLeaks. In 2010 and 2011, WIRED published a series of chats between Lamo and Manning, in which lamo assured Manning their conversations would never be published. In one interaction, Manning admitted she couldn’t believe what she was confessing to Lamo. Lamo would later admit that he regretted outing Manning to the FBI. For years, Lamo has been criticized for “snitching” on Manning, but Catherine Fitzpatrick, author of Privacy for Me and Not for Thee, thinks Lamo should be remembered as a patriot. As part of his 2003 hacking conviction, lamo attended court-ordered classes at american river college and spent over two years working on the American River Current, the campus newspaper. College spokesman Scott Crow said the campus sends its thoughts and condolences to Lamo’s family. Matthew Keys, a former news reporter for FOX40 and friend of Lamo, indicated that Lamo was one of the smartest people he ever met, despite his ethical flaws. (Dylan Svoboda)

cannabis carvE-out? The Sacramento Planning and Design Commission came out decidedly against an ordinance to ban commercial cannabis growing on parts of Del Paso Boulevard and Arden Way. But the ban could still move forward under the City Council, leaving the possibility that Sacramento’s landmark 2016 legalization ordinance is something neighborhoods can opt out of. On March 22, the commission voted against forwarding a recommendation to the council to prohibit cannabis cultivation on the major thoroughfares within the Del Paso/Arden Way Special Planning District. The ordinance has been brewing at least since January 23, when the council voted 8-0 to block cannabis cultivation near Power Inn Road. On that night, Councilman Allen Warren attempted to loop in a prohibition for his district. David Plag, executive director for the Del Paso Boulevard Partnership, told commissioners that big things were happening in his North Sacramento corridor, such as the development of a new Grocery Outlet, and that “cultivation is just not going to work because it doesn’t add anything.” Meanwhile, attorney Mitch Abdallah, representing a prospective business at 1001 Del Paso Boulevard, argued in favor of the ordinance as it currently stands. The City Council is expected to vote on the Del Paso-Arden prohibition in late April or early May. (Graham Womack) This story was made possible by a grant from Tower Cafe.

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Berry Accius reflects on the legacy of Stephon Clark outside the slain man’s memorial at Bayside Boss Church in Sacramento on March 29.

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“Why does another young man of color have to die for us to get independent investigations?” Phillips said. “We should be in front of this.” Standing on a strip of lawn outside the Bayside Boss Church last Thursday, Andre Young thought of Clark, the cousin he last saw two months prior. “Wherever he at, he probably watching us right now, going ‘Damn, this is crazy,’” Young reflected. “They out here showing this much love for him.” All around the church, the question of what black men could possibly do to not get shot by the cops was being posed in myriad ways. As a scrum of media raced to cover the Clark family’s emergence from the church, two men in graphic-print tees stood off to the side, on a little dirt embankment rimming the asphalt, speaking frankly like two friends bellied up to a bar. “Until we do like the cartels do, this gonna keep happening,” Rosencrantz said. “Mmm-hmm,” Guildenstern agreed. “You don’t see them killing Mexicans now, do you?” Rosencrantz said. “Nuhn-uh,” Guildenstern agreed. “‘Cause the cartel’d chop they heads off,” Rosencrantz said. “Mmm-hmm,” Guildenstern agreed. Those extreme viewpoints have their origins in 10   |   SN&R   |   04.05.18

deep-rooted frustrations and long-ignored pleas for help. Back in 2014, Accius and others were warning local leaders that the ingredients for what was unfolding in Ferguson were present here, in Sacramento. Accius says those warnings fell on apathetic ears. “Every major murder that police did from Tamir Rice to Sandra Bland to Eric Garner, right, to Alton Sterling, every one just got closer and closer and closer and closer to home,” Accius said. “Freddie Gray, closer and closer and closer to home. … All these are tipping points. “So I always go back to 2014. I came to you guys and said we are one major moment to be national, and we are no different than Ferguson.” And now? “Now here we are,” Accius said. Young said he won’t be able to stomach anything short of a conviction for the two officers who took his cousin. “They didn’t have to shoot that man. They didn’t have to shoot my cousin 20 times. Empty the clip and then you reload again. C’mon man. Stop playing with me man,” Young said. “We ain’t waiting to go crazy, we waiting to hear the truth.” Standing with Young, Accius said he had the young man’s back “100 percent. If not 200. “Because, at the end of the day, it’s something that I’ve dealt with. And it’s something that my ancestors dealth with,” he said. “So he’s just a prodigal of what it is.” Ω

as low estimates of the true scale of homelessness. Even still, Davis’ homelessness rate rose more than two points in two years, to 21.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents. In all, 146 homeless people were counted last year, 63 of whom were unsheltered. California’s homeless population rose 13.7 percent between 2016 and 2017, according to a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development assessment out in December.

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The mayor of Davis is losing a public battle to treat his city’s growing homeless population with more services instead of more tickets. On March 20, the Davis City Council was the latest in the region to adopt an ordinance making it illegal for people to ask for money in many public spaces. The ordinance is said to target “aggressive” panhandlers who don’t take no for an answer, but goes beyond legislating behavior. The council pushed the ordinance through on a 4-1 vote over the objections of Mayor Robb Davis. In casting the only dissenting vote, Davis argued the policy’s true intent was to push the city’s homeless residents out of sight. “I know that homelessness is not mentioned in this ordinance,” Davis said at the meeting. “But this does, I

think, spring from a desire to remove from our downtown certain people. This is about homelessness. This is about a look. This is about a way of being in the world. We’re not dealing with the issues here. Yes, panhandling is not homelessness, but why are people panhandling?” The city of Davis hasn’t been immune to rising homelessness across California. The city’s homeless population grew by 28 percent between 2009 and 2017, even as Yolo County’s homeless population dropped 6.3 percent over the same period, according to the Yolo County Homeless and Poverty Action Coalition, which conducted a survey of homeless in January of last year. These biennial point-in-time counts, required by the federal government and conducted over the course of a single winter night, are seen by experts

Davis isn’t the first jurisdiction to target panhandlers. In November, the city of Sacramento adopted a similar ordinance based on anecdotal complaints from business operators in the downtown core. Sacramento County restricted panhandling in 2014, as did the city of Woodland a year earlier. Davis’ ordinance prohibits soliciting within 15 feet of an ATM or door to a financial institution; blocking or disrupting vehicular, pedestrian or cycling traffic; and certain activities in the median strip of a road. It also requires individuals to leave private property upon request of a police officer, the property owner or the property owner’s representative; and doesn’t allow individuals to block a sidewalk from general passage or entrance to a building. Mayor Pro Tem Brett Lee insisted that the ordinance is targeting behavior, not homeless people. Others who spoke to SN&R say the ordinance is tackling a nonexistent problem. “I know every panhandler in town,” said Lawson Snipes, founder and editor of the Spare Changer, a street newspaper in Davis. “We don’t have any aggressive panhandlers. The real problem is [how] homeless look. Businesses don’t like, and families don’t like, to be reminded of the symbols of poverty everywhere they go. It’s disingenuous to use that word [aggressive].” For the most part, Christian Reed, an unhoused Davis resident and Yolo County local since 1974, said he doesn’t need to ask for money or food to survive. “The people here are nice,” Reed told SN&R. “They take care of [the homeless]. Sometimes, I need to ask for a couple dollars. That’s it.” Jon Adler, who lived on the streets of Davis for five years and now works with Sacramento’s homeless population, said there can be small perks to being

homeless in a liberal college town like Davis. “This is a fucking great town,” Adler said. “Everyone recycles. I can make $20 an hour recycling here. … When I was on the street, I could eat like a king. I could go to sleep and not worry about getting my head kicked in, which is not the reality in Sacramento or San Francisco.” The city of Davis is bucking the policy norm in one way. Currently, downtown Davis has no restrooms open to the public. At the March 20 meeting, the council approved two public restrooms in the E and G Street Plazas, which are expected to be installed this summer. Providing homeless residents with a dignified way of answering nature’s call has been a hot-button issue in other jurisdictions. The city of Sacramento pilot-tested an attendant-staffed portable restroom last year, but has yet to expand the program over concerns about the expense. Based on his experience working with non-governmental organizations in Africa, Mayor Davis believes ending homelessness is achievable. Davis spent more than 20 years combating HIV/ AIDS and malaria with NGOs, and says those epidemics are largely under control today. “It took political will and money [in Africa],” Davis said. “That’s all it took. And we have the money. We just don’t have the political will to apply the money to these problems.” In December, the mayor advocated putting a $50 annual parcel tax before voters. The tax was intended to create a continuous revenue stream to provide services for the growing homeless population, rather than relying on county and state grants. But community pushback was so intense that the council decided against placing it on the June ballot. “I’m tired of people saying it’s the federal government, the county, or the state’s responsibility,” Davis said. “These people live in our town. Sixty percent of the chronically homeless population counted in our last census have been in Davis more than seven years. These are our residents. They are not being dumped here. People who are chronically homeless are living in a city for the same reason you or I live in a city—because it’s home.” Ω

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For Fernando Nadal, the fight to bring rent control to Sacramento is personal. The retired nurse says he and his wife were evicted from their retirement community by a property manager who, among other things, claimed that a small gathering of acquaintances and journalists to discuss his son’s fatal drug overdose constituted having “a party” inside his rental unit. When Nadal received a 60-day eviction notice last year, he filed a complaint with the state Department of Fair Employment and Housing, which sided with the property manager. Nadal says he and his wife were able to find a new place one day before their eviction last March, but are paying more and are in a less safe neighborhood. “There’s gunshots and home invasions around here. I still count my blessings,” Nadal said. “I won’t talk down my blessings.” Now, Nadal is being trained as an organizer for the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, or ACCE, a social justice nonprofit that works with low- to moderate-income neighborhoods. Nadal also spoke at a March 22 press conference announcing the signature drive to bring rent control to the city of Sacramento, which has suffered some of the highest year-to-year rent increases in the nation. Tenants, community groups and advocates for the disabled pleaded for a year with the Sacramento City Council for action on the housing crisis. With the City Council reluctant to enact rent stabilization, tenants rights’ advocates—aided by a populist groundswell for price controls—are bypassing politicians to make their case to the voters. The initiative they want to place on the November ballot would restrict rent increases in the city to a yearly percentage tied to the consumer price index; prevent tenants from being evicted without cause; establish an elected rental board; and exempt small landlords with secondary rental units. Powerful lobbying interests are already lining up against the package. The California Apartment Association, which reportedly spent large sums of money in failed attempts to defeat rent control in Richmond

and Mountain View, is actively moving against Sacramento’s proposal. “Rent control is the wrong solution to our shortage of affordable housing in the region,” association vice president Jim Lofgren said in a written statement. “We need to attract more investment in housing, and rent control only scares it away. It’s counterproductive.” Another critic, Region Business CEO Joshua Wood, said that the new rental board the measure aims to create would have “unchecked power and the ability to artificially stymie the rental housing market with new regulations.” According to the language of the ballot measure, the board would be tasked with holding public hearings and meting out enforcement for noncompliance. It would be comprised of local residents elected to four-year terms. Sacramento’s ballot measure comes on the heels of Richmond and Mountain View voters successfully bypassing their own city councils to cap escalating rent prices. In the case of Sacramento, advocates must secure 50,000 signatures by September 4 to qualify for the November ballot. That goal was announced at the March 22 event at which Nadal spoke. Looking on was Quiana Harkless, a single mother of five who’s lived in the city for 20 years. She was recently served an eviction notice, but managed to defeat it by taking her property manager to court. That’s not the way it goes for most people facing the streets. In January, an SN&R analysis of court records found that tens of thousands of Sacramento County residents had been forcibly evicted in the past three years, but those numbers only count the small percentage who fight their landlords in legal proceedings. Harkless told SN&R that she has no idea where her family would have gone if the hearing hadn’t resulted in her favor. “I can’t go anywhere,” Harkless said. “So, to just put me out … it’s not OK for people to do that.” Ω

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Sutter Health: Bad medicine for your wallet by jeff vonkaenel

On Friday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed an antitrust lawsuit against Sacramentobased Sutter Health alleging that the nonprofit hospital system has engaged in “anticompetitive practices that result in higher health care costs for Northern Californians.” The action aims to restore competition in the California health care market. In a remarkable 49-page brief, Becerra argues that Sutter has used its market power to eliminate competition, increase rates and use the proceeds to finance acquisitions of health care providers. Then, after achieving market dominance, Sutter adopts procedures that limit competition. The end result? Significantly higher health care costs in Northern California. The Sacramento Bee quoted Becerra saying, “The cost of the average in-patient hospital procedure in Northern California is $223,000-plus, compared to the average cost ... in Southern California of $131,000plus.” According to Becerra, a typical patient has to fork out an extra $90,000 for essentially the same services in areas where Sutter Health has market control. Sutter Health claims that its charity care warrants its nonprofit status. Obviously if you charge an extra $90,000 for a hospital visit, there should be some money left over for charity work. But Sutter’s critics, and there are many, have claimed that Sutter’s charity donations do not even match its nonprofit tax savings. In fact, the California Nurses Association reported that Sutter Health in 2010 provided $191 million in charity care but received $479 million in tax savings. In her brilliant book, An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back, former New York Times reporter Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal writes that Sutter Health was willing to spend $1.1 billion more in charity care after San Francisco passed 14   |   SN&R   |   04.05.18

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a Charity Care Ordinance, which revealed how much charity care hospitals spend in exchange for the benefits they receive from their taxexempt status. In explaining how, “In a few decades, the medical system has been overrun by organizations seeking to exploit for profit the trust that vulnerable and sick Americans place in health care,” Dr. Rosenthal points to Sutter Health as the national poster child for an out-of-control nonprofit hospital system. According to Rosenthal, other hospitals are copying the practices of Sutter Health. The attorney general’s lawsuit will have to play out in court. There may be fines. Sutter Health may have to change its practices. Many lawyers will make a lot of money. But there are bigger issues. What does it mean that one of the largest organizations in our community cannot be trusted? What should we do to protect ourselves from price gouging? Should hospitals be required to reveal their prices so that people can make informed health care decisions? Should Sutter Health be allowed to continue as a nonprofit? And can we expect real change from the current leadership? What was the possible justification for paying former CEO Patrick Fry $7.5 million to oversee the tactics that dramatically increased health care costs? This was clearly not to “Enhance the well-being of people in the communities we serve through a not-for-profit commitment to compassion and excellence in health care services”—from the Sutter mission statement. We need a Sutter Health board of directors and leadership who believe in their mission statement. The current leadership has not shown this to be the case. Ω

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The roads protesters blocked for Stephon Clark were the frontline of Sacramento’s segregation wars.

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hen thousands of angry Sacramento residents stepped out last Thursday night in protest of the police killing of Stephon Clark in his grandmother’s backyard, they didn’t walk the streets near where he died. They mustered about 10 miles away outside City Hall, then took a move the city police chief acknowledged was unexpected— up onto Interstate 5 at the height of rush hour, locking up traffic for a mile in every direction, then wheeling around off the freeway to coagulate at the Golden 1 Center about an hour before the Sacramento Kings planned to play the 73rd game of their NBA season. The protesters returned to the same chosen ground repeatedly in the week since that first freeway takeover and arena shutdown. Subsequent actions have skipped the freeway ingredient but followed a similar route, choking access to a second game earlier this week but leaving the arena alone after police ratcheted up their presence there following Clark’s funeral. The routes protesters chose have taken them past ghosts of a particularly charged history—although not one many outside the area would have any reason to know. Shouting for change as they walked, they traced the outline of Sacramento’s laboratory of segregation: the old West End. The basketball arena sits just a block north of it. The short strip of a 1,400-mile “mAPPing rAcism” continued on page 18

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terms to know American Housing Act of 1949 The American Housing Act of  1949 (Title V of P.L. 81-171) was a  landmark, sweeping expansion  of the federal role in mortgage  insurance and issuance and the  construction of public housing.  It was part of President Harry  Truman’s program of domestic  legislation, the Fair Deal.

President Harry Truman’s “Fair Deal” housing program During the Truman years, the  role of the federal government in  the field of housing provision was  extended, with one major reform  in particular (the Housing Act of  1949) passed with the support of  the conservative senator Robert  A. Taft.

Redevelopment agency A redevelopment agency is a  government body dedicated to  urban renewal. Typically it is a  municipal level city department  focused on a particular  district or corridor that has  become neglected or blighted  (a community redevelopment  agency or CRA). Gov. Jerry  Brown eliminated redevelopment  agencies in California in 2012, and  revived them in a new form in  2015.

Urban blight Urban decay (also known as  urban rot and urban blight) is the  process by which a previously  functioning city, or part of a  city, falls into disrepair and  decrepitude. It may feature  deindustrialization, depopulation  or changing population,  restructuring, abandoned  buildings and infrastructure,  high local unemployment,  fragmented families, political  disenfranchisement, crime and a  desolate cityscape.

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superhighway connecting Mexico to Canada where they walked crushed its westernmost edge. It’s a fairly short walk from City Hall to I-5 to the arena, if you consult a simple street map. But the history the marchers charted in that informal parade is long and ugly, diagramming a nearly 100-year story of willful division, economic repression, and divide-and-conquer white capitalism. Every time the Kings play, crowds flock unwittingly to the epicenter of the racist housing policy and public works experiments that shaped the city where Stephon Clark was born and, on Thursday, buried. I-5’s pavement and the downtown areas adjacent were once home to a thriving multiethnic enclave of working-class families of color, intentionally destroyed six decades ago in the name of progress. Today, the city’s demographic map looks like a big X to researchers like Jesus Hernandez of UC Davis. The eastwest axis is overwhelmingly white, and the city’s minority populations cluster in the north and south ends of the metro area, a dotted line bissected by that white branch. “You can use that X to measure every single social ill in the city. Where the schools are, where the poverty is, who doesn’t have health insurance, who’s out of work. You name it, you can map it by this,” Hernandez said. “There’s an importance to the geography where this guy was shot. Nobody wants to understand or admit how this has taken shape.” The knot of highways, restaurants, shops, office complexes and sports sprawl in Sacramento’s downtown today is the fruit of a slow, semi-secret crusade that city leaders spent generations pursuing. The crusaders won long before protesters chose to make a stand here in 2018. Their victory spawned communities like Meadowview, where Stephon Clark was shot down for the sin of holding a cell phone in his grandma’s backyard. “That neighborhood was entirely pushed out and destroyed in the 1950s and ’60s. It was very deliberate,” local historian William Burg said. “It came from a longstanding desire from the city to reclaim those areas for the white business class.” It’s a story common to American cities. In Charlotte, St. Louis, Los Angeles and dozens of others, intentionally isolated communities of color that found prosperity and the beginnings of intergenerational upward mobility—the main thread of the American Dream—were eventually torn down or paved over in the name of highways, stadiums and public attractions. The closing couplet of those rhyming American stories is always the same: The same neighborhoods that policy and racism created have become the most deprived, and the most heavily policed. “This is a lot bigger than the Kings or than one guy getting shot. This is an intergenerational process of how we separate race and space. And this is why the Clarks end up in Meadowview,” Hernandez said. “The last guy that got shot [by police] here, he was up in the north end of this same geography.

You can predict where everything’s going to happen by this geography.”

The only option they had The West End, where Hernandez’s parents met in the 1940s, used to look very different. California’s capital city was then more of a cow town, with railways and two rivers sewing together an early urban core ringed with vast acres of farmland. In the post-frontier days, the West End was where immigrant workers laid down community networks. First, it was Japanese and Chinese laborers who dominated a few dozen square blocks between the state capitol and the river. Later migrations—sparked in particular by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s executive order opening military industry jobs to African-Americans and by the 1942 Labor Importation Program colloquially known as the Bracero Act—would bring waves of black and Latinx families to the city. They, too, ended up calling the West End home— because it was near the canneries, military factories and field labor pickup hubs where they’d come for work, sure, but also because nowhere else in town would let them in. White Sacramento was determined to stay that way. City leaders made racial segregation in housing a standard, almost automated practice as far back as the 1920s, when a real estate developer named J.C. Carly wrote racially restrictive language into contracts governing the subdivisions he was planting in the innermost portions of Sacramento’s abundant farmlands. “Sacramento became this magnet for migration, and they all get stuck downtown,” Hernandez said. “They were thriving communities. But because race was related to property value, it means all the property values downtown were low.” When Roosevelt’s new federal housing finance system came online a decade after Carly started building out from downtown, the new system replicated the same kind of racial barriers nationwide. Maps from the 1930s document the use of “redlining” in Sacramento—a conscious choice to refuse federal insurance for home loans in areas deemed too risky to back. Those neighborhoods were overwhelmingly black, driving housing finance into white communities and keeping it out of reach for everyone else. The West End pops out in Sacramento’s redlining map from 1938, a rectangle with one corner cut out where the Capitol complex juts into it. Over the decade after that map was drawn, the city as a whole saw what passed for boom times in that era.

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Overall property values jumped by 46 percent across the city from 1938 to 1949. But not in the West End. In that isolated pocket, where no one could get a loan to fix up a house or buy a new one, they dropped by 30 percent. The combination put a “bulls-eye” on the neighborhood, Hernandez said, in the post-war period when politicians around the country started looking to overhaul inner cities they’d long neglected. By the 1950s, the West End was ripe for redlining’s grim twin, that other vital tool to America’s racist housing history: urban renewal.

‘Blight,’ and a West End exodus In 1950, the West End was home to seven out of every 10 non-white Sacramentans. The year before, Congress had passed the American Housing Act of 1949, aimed at raising living standards in a wide range of housing types across the country with federal assistance. The squallor, noise and crowding

common to working-class life was supposed to be stamped out, replaced with space, safety and security. A city that wanted to raze a block of slums could get federal help to do it, provided the plan included replacement housing of a better caliber. Sacramento’s white leaders had another idea. What if the West End could be torn down and replaced, but with retail space and office blocks instead of new housing? Congress soon gave leeway to the original rules of President Harry Truman’s “Fair Deal” housing program. Amendments in 1954 opened the door to revitalization projects that made little or no attempt to re-accommodate the people they displaced from neighborhoods deemed “blighted.” It’s a loaded word, “blight,” though its ideological freight was long ago blanched into neutrality by the casual professionalism of development jargon. “The term comes out of eugenics, it comes from biology,” local historian William Burg said. “All ‘blight’ means is this property isn’t worth as much as we think it should be. And an inherent property of redlining is “mapping racism” continued on page 20

Last week, the first waves of protests in response  to the police murder of Stephon Clark hit the pavement.  I left the SN&R offices to support and document the  protests. I filmed the police, updated the SN&R instagram,  saw friends and hugged them tightly. I was moved by  the movement that is demanding change. This time feels  different. This time feels worse. Together we mourn the  unnecessary and gruesome death of Clark at the hands  of the state that is supposed to be protecting people,  not property. I chant his name and know that black lives  matter, and that racist systems continually disregard  black bodies. The protests continue.  One morning last week, after an exhuasting text  exchange about the protests with a friend the night  before, I pulled out my phone. I received a lengthy email  from my friend. Subject line, “Educate me.” This friend is  a white male. The email goes on at length about watching the  helicopter video, watching the bodycam video, listening to  the 911 call. My friend said that prior to 20 rounds being  aimed to kill Clark (what else would happen?), the color  of his skin was unknown. All of this I already knew from  researching for myself. My friend concludes that this  appears to be a case of excessive force, and is confused  as to why the subject of race has protesters in the street  imploring, “Black lives matter.” “Why is this a race issue?” he concludes. I take a deep breath and roll my eyes. Moving my phone  away from my face, I recall all the memes and Twitter  rants online from black and brown people tired of having  to educate white people about racism. How, even when  black and brown people do break it down, white people  still don’t believe them. I’m half brown and half white; a kind of mixed-up ethnic  mutt. On race and ethnicity surveys, I check a bunch of  boxes—or when I feel like it—“other.” When people pass  me on the street, they’re unable to assume a great many  ethnic stereotypes about me. All they can tell for sure is  that I am not a white person (even though, I kind of am).  What this means for me though, is that when white people  (or ignorant people in general) don’t get it right away,  I get it. My mother’s body that I came out of is white.  Mine is not. The world treats us very differently. She will  never know what it feels like to be a minority in a white  supremacist structure. We will never fully know what it’s  like to navigate the world in the bodies of others. But what  we can do is listen and believe folks when they say they  are suffering. And we all have to learn and understand the  disgusting, sordid institution of racism is still very much  alive and working today. The system of racism aims to keep us separated. To  keep us controlled. To profit where, when and off of whom  it decides. To divide us up and keep us distracted from  who is ultimately benefiting from tearing communities  apart. To make black and brown people feel crazy and  scared, and make white people feel crazy and scared. But  we are all here together, and we have the power to make  it how we want. Break it, burn it, tear it up and rewrite it. Educate one  another if you love them and want to make change real.  Love without boundaries. Do work. This is not a fad. If you  can’t get in the street, talk to a friend about the history of  racism. Send this article by Alan Pyke to your white friend  who sees this as an excessive force issue and not a race  issue. Then get in the street. Because they’re killing black  people. And it takes all of us to make it stop.                       Ω

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that if a neighborhood is non-white in its population then it’s worth less. The only way to remove that blight is to remove the population.” When Sacramento leaders asked residents to approve a bond program and associated tax hikes in 1954, it wasn’t

geographer at Sacramento State. “But of course they did spend some of that redevelopment money on housing that was not affordable for the existing population.” Just as tax-increment financing let Sacramento leaders bypass West End resistance, Congress gave cities across the country another cheap tool to tear up the “blighted” pockets of black and brown family life they’d created generations earlier through redlining: Interstate highways. For every dollar California spent build“The good thing in Sacramento ing I-5, 90 cents would come from Washington. Easy. is our city council is progressive Sacramento already had a couple major state roads enough to recognize the climate cutting up its core, built to and really do something historic, move people and goods between downtown and the change the quality of policing suburbs. I-5 would connect them to a new major artery in a way that could be modeled of commerce running the entire height of the West elsewhere. What does a reform Coast. The simplest place to put the new infrastructure in to police systems look like Sacramento—both logistically and politically—was the West across America?” Accius said. End. The same strip of busy highway where protesters put their bodies in the way of traffic last Friday was a key tool in the redevelopment scheme.

billed as part of a racial purge of the West End. It was to combat blight. “You can’t say we’re destroying this neighborhood because it’s black or because the people there are Japanese, so you say, ‘Oh we’re destroying this neighborhood because it’s blighted.’ It becomes a euphemism,” Burg said. The sales pitch didn’t quite work. The 1954 bond issue got voted down after torrid activism from West Enders. But the ballot win would only delay the “progress” city fathers had in mind, not stop it. California’s legislature approved a clever new financing gimmick for renewal projects called “Tax Increment Financing.” Again, as former deputy state treasurer Mark Paul explained in a 2012 article, that word “blight” was crucial. “A city redevelopment agency could declare a particular area to be blighted—and then cap the property taxes that flowed from that area to other local governments like schools and counties. The agency could keep for itself any property tax growth above that cap,” Paul wrote. “This changed the game. Suddenly, redevelopment could be financed with the property tax money that otherwise would have gone to the schools and counties. Other people’s money. Sacramento picked up the weapon, and the fight was on.” The willful eviction of Sacramento’s non-white populace from the neighborhood it had built for itself was still sub-rosa in the city’s planning pitch, even after the new financing tools took away ballot box resistance. “Certainly the rhetoric was more about creating an appropriate setting for the state capital, making it more attractive for shopping, for visitors,” said Robin Datel, a 20   |   SN&R   |   04.05.18

The diaspora that built Clark’s neighborhood With the new financing systems circumventing populist opposition to West End redevelopment and federal money gushing into the roads project, the area’s doom was sealed. A forced exodus of West End residents had begun. The families that had once been pushed into that square half-mile of racial and financial isolation were now expelled from it with haste. Their searches for new homes took them to a handful of suburban areas that had been built without the racial restrictions Carly baked into earlier neighborhoods. The two decades after Truman’s “Fair Deal” saw drastic demographic shifts in neighborhoods that had been as lily-white as anywhere else outside the West End. Oak Park, for example, had been 93.5 percent white in 1950. Two decades later, 48 percent of Oak Park residents were non-white. Today, the neighborhood— which was just about the closest to Sacramento’s core of any of the areas where West End redevelopment exiles landed—is the locus of gentrification as tech firms bring in new-money professionals who disdain the suburban lifestyle. Most of the black, Latinx, Japanese and Chinese families who needed to make new homes after their old ones were torn down ended up much farther out than

Oak Park. Their legacies extend a dozen miles either way from downtown, scraping out that sociologist’s X that Hernandez sees reflected in everything from school graduation rates to subprime lending. You can see the same change 30 minutes south in Meadowview, once you drive past a Walmart and a library named for Martin Luther King Jr. and a school named for the guy who invited a blight-proof potato to cure famine in Ireland. At the closest zoom possible from census data, the neighborhood where Stephon Clark died was roughly 47 percent white in 1980. By 2010, that share had dropped in half. That census tract was then 45 percent Asian-American and 23 percent black, according to figures in the University of Minnesota’s IPUMS NHGIS database. “Because there were no race covenants out there, this was a place minority families could move to,” Hernandez said. “Meadowview was first a suburban white space, but then it was one of the very few places where minorities could buy decent housing starting in the 1960s.” People of color were pushed south away from the core census tracts where development was still bound by the race covenants from J.C. Carly’s era. It’s tough to capture a precise comparison to the time before Sacramento blew up the West End, because census boundaries have shifted dramatically with population growth since then. But in 1950, the area of south Sacramento that includes Meadowview had about 5,300 people living in it—and about 4,700 of them were white. That shift—from 90 percent white before the urban renewal schemes vivisected Sacramento’s ethnic downtown melting pot, to less than one quarter white in 2010 — is evidence of how a century of racist development policymaking yielded the environment that drives Sacramento policing to be at its twitchiest and most fearful in places like Meadowview where crime is relatively high and opportunity is relatively low. Public investments in schools, infrastructure, new business activity all cling to the whiter east-west axis of the X where Hernandez says most of the city’s investments in the future go. “Most? Damn near all,” said Berry Accius, a community activist who’s helped lead the protests that followed Clark’s killing. “Say this, they don’t invest in the black community. As far as the AfricanAmerican community, all you have is liquor stores, food deserts and churches. And if it’s not gentrified now, it’ll be gentrified later.” The shifting sands of segregation, diaspora and gentrification that have shuffled Sacramento’s minority population around aren’t magic or happenstance. Hernandez emphasized that they happen by deliberate design. “This is a story of racial interventions in the marketplace. All the things it takes for a market to work, we intervened. We created racial rules for a marketplace. This is why you have poverty, why you have no jobs there, why you have freeways cutting off these neighborhoods,” Hernandez said. “That’s the story of Sacramento, and it’s not a story of diversity.”

Policing’s racial geography Policing in Sacramento today reflects the same racial divides that the city’s public policies and services have imposed for a century. Roughly half of the 316 jaywalking tickets issued in 2016 were to black people, the Sacramento Bee reported last year, even though they make up just 14 percent of the city’s population. The stats prompted the paper’s editorial board to wonder, “Are people being rousted for walking while black?” The year before, the city police reported that 41 percent of its 137 separate use-of-force incidents on record had involved a black civilian. Sacramento’s police force is dramatically whiter than the populace it serves, with the fifth-largest such disparity of any major city as of a July 2016 analysis from Brookings. Three out of four cops are white in a city where two thirds of the people aren’t. That’s a fairly reliable predictor of fatal police violence against black people, as academics have long understood. The Sacramento Police Department has had a few of these incidents in recent memory. City officers shot and killed a homeless man named Dazion Flenaugh in April 2016, then killed Joseph Mann under similar circumstances three months later. In both cases the dead man had a knife, a stark difference to Clark’s death. Those are just two of the more than half-dozen black men shot by law enforcement for the city, county and neighboring towns since 2015. None of those stories are as simple or as baffling as Clark’s death, with 20 shots fired in a matter of seconds based on a cell phone somehow mistaken for a pistol. Encountering a police officer while black is perilous anywhere in Sacramento, Accius said, but there is still a tangible geography to those interactions. “African-American communities are heavily policed, overly policed, and then you have this certain attitude from police officers,” the organizer said. “They really want you to believe, hey, they can’t do anything wrong! But the only person that’s going to get killed in their community by the police are the black people in the black communities. Because they are looked at as savages. Animals get better treatment than black people out here.” The intangible perceptions and attitudes that individual police officers carry with them on the job have a massive influence over how they conduct themselves in tense situations. Some police agencies around the country have begun to take seriously the concept of “implicit bias,” a well-founded sociology principle which holds that we all internalize stereotypes and act on them unconsciously. The common cultural image of black men as particularly dangerous makes police more likely to use force against a black person than they might be in a similar interaction with a white person or a woman. Neighborhoods, too, influence these unspoken biases of behavior. The areas where Sacramento’s century-long land management practices have pushed its black, Latinx and Asian populations have reputations of their own. “Go to random people in Sacramento and mention the words Oak Park or Del Paso Heights or Meadowview, and there will be instantaneous perceptions, particularly if they’re older. They’re perceived as dangerous, impoverished, socially alienated places, especially if they’ve never been there or interacted with anyone who lives there,” said Sacramento State’s Datel. “I would find it hard to believe that the images that the word ‘Meadowview’ conjures up in anybody’s mind, including police, are not a part of the emotion that they bring to what happened, to the decision to shoot.” It’s precisely such bias that the organizers behind the Clark protests hope to combat—a first step of many toward reversing the neglectful tide of public investment in non-white residents the city’s ridden for a century. “The good thing in Sacramento is our city council is progressive enough to recognize the climate and really do something historic, change the quality of policing in a way that could be modeled elsewhere. What does a reform to police systems look like across America?” Accius said. “Envision that, where it’s truly about protecting and serving everyone, everyone. Where it’s, OK, police are going to do what they do, they have their biases like everyone else,” he said, “but it’s not going to lead to a death.” Ω Reprinted with permission from ThinkProgress (thinkprogress.org).

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Reggie Graham jams out at his music school, The Piano Lab.

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been gigging at churches, restaurants and nightclubs around Sacramento, on and off, since 1969—the year Neil Armstrong walked on the moon and the Beatles dropped Abbey Road. Over the decades, he’s become an accomplished pianist versed in styles as diverse as R&B, rock and even a little Latin disco, but he’s most recognized by peers and students for his blues-tinged style of jazz.

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Graham admitted he sounds like a blues player sometimes, handwritten [sheet music], or by listening to records. but he’s too jazzy to be considered a true blues pianist. It can I learned most of the stuff by ear.” be confusing, he acknowledged, but the two traditions often Having played at nearly every music venue in Sacramento overlap. “I don’t know what to do but be me,” Graham told since graduating high school in 1969, Graham has a panoramic SN&R. perspective on how the local jazz scene has waxed and waned. “When I was coming up and learning how to play, the For instance, in the late 1960s and early ’70s, a few jazz clubs old guys used to tell me, ‘Jazz is blues and blues is jazz,’” emerged around town—but they were segregated. he said. “I never quite understood that until I got older.” “It was more of a black thing,” Graham said. “There Graham is highlighting the music of legendary jazz weren’t any white clubs playing jazz in Sacramento.” pianist Gene Harris on Sunday, April 8, as part of the In his early 20s, as he started incorporating a mix of jazz Midtown Vanguard Jazz Series at CLARA. As players, and classical influences into his piano style, his playing took Graham and Harris are cut out of the same cloth. off. After moving to the Bay Area, he was handpicked as the “I humbly agree that there’s a strong similarity,” keyboardist for the Latin-rock group Santa Esmeralda (best Graham said. “We’re very close in a lot of ways. We’re known for the four-to-the-floor disco arrangements of “Don’t both based in the blues, but don’t have any problem playing Let Me Be Misunderstood” and “House of the Rising Sun”). straight-ahead jazz. That’s where we’re connected. I’m They toured the world, playing for huge audiences from looking forward to [the show], but it’s a challenge because Kuwait to Brazil. he’s a really great pianist.” “It was pretty exhilarating, playing in front of 35,000 Plenty of younger artists around the Sacramento area people, looking out and seeing all these cigarette lighters must feel the same way about Graham, who serves as an waving in the air,” he said. “It was like, wow. That’s a whole adjunct professor of music at Sacramento City College different feeling.” and runs his own music school, The Piano Lab. One of In 1984, following his mother’s death, Graham returned to his students, 23-year-old Patrick Sacramento, which had about five Kiley, said that watching Graham swinging jazz clubs by then. But he pull up to the piano bench never had quit playing music professiongets old. ally. Tired of the music industry, “He just instantly belts out he worked as a businessman for something you’d hear on a about eight years, and the finances record,” he said. “You can feel were good for his family. And the passion for it coming out, in when he got back into gigging, he both the music and his approach had a much sharper acumen when to music.” And their relationship negotiating with club owners. isn’t limited to lessons. “I talk to But then the audience for jazz him about life and how things are fell off and long-running venues going,” Kiley said, adding that faltered. “All of the sudden, all Graham’s daughter, Reanna, is of the jazz clubs started shutting helping with his post-college job down,” he said, “and the jazz art in search. Sacramento started to die.” They Kiley is learning piano casuwere completely gone by 1995. ally—purely for personal enrichIt’s still nothing like it used ment—but Graham has helped to be, Graham said, but jazz ReggIe gRaham countless other players hone has bounced back somewhat in Jazz pianist professional-grade chops and, in Sacramento. These days, he credits some cases, become masters of venues like Off Broadway Blues the craft. and Jazz Cafe, Mangos, the Crocker “I’ve taught some of the Art Museum, The Brickhouse best young cats in town,” Graham said. “I look at them Gallery & Art Complex and a handful of restaurants with sometimes and say, ‘You guys are way better than I keeping the jazz scene alive. And he holds out hope for a am.’ I mean, they’re doing stuff I would never think broader resurgence: “Looking to the future, it’s possible that of, because my brain doesn’t work that way. But it’s we have a rebirth of jazz clubs. I think Sacramento could all good. They had the spark of creativity and I showed support it.” them how to develop it; not to follow my footsteps, but On a personal level, Graham’s thankful that people still to develop their own voice.” want to hear him play after all these years. Amid the vast Graham was born in San Antonio, Texas, but, as the ocean of memories, he said he takes the most satisfaction in son of a U.S. Air Force serviceman, his family moved having made so many musical connections. every two or three years—to Montana, England, France, “It’s just been really good to groove with people,” he said. California. After a stop in Monterey, they moved to “It was really fun to watch the young cats to develop over the Sacramento in 1967, when Graham was 15 years old, and he years and develop into really outstanding musicians. I started went to Roseville High School for his freshman year. a jam session at Graciano’s that got really popular and lasted He first got acquainted with the keyboard at age 13, for about four years. Those young cats used to say, ‘This is our which is fairly late for someone who became so musically school, playing here.’ I’d say, ‘No, you need to go to school. fluent as an adult. After taking classical lessons for about a This is just for fun.’” Ω year, he immersed himself in a form of music that was, at the time, far more edgy. Check out Reggie Graham at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, “Back when I was in high school, jazz was a bad word,” April 8 at CLARA, 1425 24th Street, Sacramento. he said. “There wasn’t a jazz department at all; it didn’t Tickets are $10-$20. Learn more at exist. We learned jazz from other musicians who gave you www.sacprepmusic.com/midtown-vanguard.

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Vapid? No, mostly cute Matt and Kim kicked off their set at Ace of Spades on Monday  with Matt informing the audience that they’d start the show  “fast and hard,” much in the way that “Kim likes it in the  bedroom.” Then they jumped into a manic performance of  their hit single “Hey Now,” and the crowd of roughly a thousand people went crazy. And that was a good bellwether for what followed. Matt  and Kim’s music is almost purely celebratory: It’s all about  putting your hands in the air, shaking your ass, singing along  and not thinking too much. That last part is important. Matt  and Kim commonly express such basic sentiments as “Can you blame me for just being alive?” and package them with  equally elementary instrumental hooks.  On paper, it seems vapid. In practice, it’s really fun.  Matt and Kim is a dance-pop duo out of Brooklyn, New  York, made up of Matt Johnson (vocals, keyboards) and  Kim Schifino (drums, booty dancing). Since forming in  2004, they’ve evolved from a cute DIY indie

project to an enduring and chart-friendly festival act despite relatively modest musical talents. (Matt is not  the world’s strongest singer.)  They’re a party band, albeit one  with a strongly devoted fan base  and a host of recognizable tunes  from various commercials, TV  shows and video games. They played Sacramento in support of their forthcoming sixth album,  Almost Everyday, due out in May. Framed  by lights, lasers, balloons and confetti, the duo went plum crazy for about an hour and a half. Throughout the set, Kim  regularly left her drum kit to twerk her tail feather and  tell everyone about the vastness of her, uh, lady region.  Meanwhile, Matt did handstands on his keyboard and, at one  point, encouraged collisions in the tightly packed crowd.  “I want you to run into each other for our enjoyment,”  he said. Sonically, everything sounded fat. They made heavy use  of synthetic horns found in so much EDM these days and  employed the sort of bass that vibrates your sternum. In  addition to a slew of original hits, they playfully spliced in a

It was—how do you say? Ah, yes. Adorable.

keyboard version of the fret-tapping intro to AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck,” as well as a brief cover of Rihanna’s “Umberella”  and the iconic synthesizer intro to Van Halen’s “Jump.”  For me, the highlight of the night came when Kim jumped  onto the keyboards and, with her feet dangling about six inches above the floor, attempted a rendition of “I See Ya”—a rare  slow and somber number off the duo’s 2015 album, Day Glow.  Matt warned that they’d performed the song only a few  times before, and that his singing “might sound like Fergie  at the [NBA] All Star Game.” They indeed proved to be a little  shaky, mostly because Kim can hardly play keyboards. Matt  kept shooting her disapproving looks when she hit bum notes. It  was—how do you say? Ah, yes. Adorable.  The song’s crescendo is Matt singing, “I really miss you  / I really do.” And despite the lullaby-level of simplicity, it  somehow hit hard emotionally. Maybe there’s power in the  basics. Or maybe I’m thinking too much.

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To the Current Trump Administration: We all know about the opioid pandemic and how it was started. Here are a few solutions that we need in order to move forward and help those in need! Richard Alcala, Clinic Manager

Over 200,000 Deaths Since 2000

Let’s work on changing the stigma of opioid dependence. Let’s do education on all levels, from elementary students to other doctors, nurses and pharmacists. All people should know this is a chronic disease, just like diabetes, and that taking medication every day is OK. It is not to be ashamed of; you shouldn’t feel like you’re hiding a dirty secret from your friends, family or bosses! Let’s do education on all levels about buprenorphine and Suboxone and how it works and relates to a person getting their life back. People who are in the police force, the military, firefighters and many other lines of work could lose their jobs if it was found out they were on buprenorphine or Suboxone, just because it is an opiate. Again, we need education on all levels to the powers that be.

Over 64,000 Deaths Since 2016

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Can you imagine if we had a buprenorphine clinic and a psychiatric clinic set up in every hospital in the U.S.? Since we have doctors, nurses and medication already in place, how many more people could we help even faster? Emergency rooms are open 24/7, so should the buprenorphine clinic. All doctors should have DATA WAIVER 2000 certification.

Mr. Trump: You want to give drug dealers the death penalty. What about the Big Pharma companies who started this opiate crisis over 20 years ago, who knowingly made the opiate and synthetic opiate drugs? They bribed doctors, lobbyists and Congress, not to mention 56 DEA agents in the past 20 years, in order to change the language and pass a bill sponsored by Tom Marino in 2016, which made it harder for the DEA to enforce drug companies pumping opioids into communities. No questions asked by anyone. That same year over 64,000 deaths were attributed to opiate overdoses. They should be held accountable for what they have done to us knowinglyp - they planned every step. And they continue to invent new dangerous addictive drugs to sell.

Mr. Trump: You want to ask Congress for billions of our hard-earned tax dollars to fight this opiate crisis. Why has Congress not passed a bill to tax Big Pharma on 1 percent of

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all sales of opiate and synthetic opiate drugs from all pharmaceutical companies on a yearly basis? They make billions of dollars! Use that money to help all the opiate-addicted people in the U.S. pay for health coverage costs. Congress can pass the bill just as fast and easy as they did the Marino law in 2016. No questions asked.

Mr. Trump: You want to build a wall. Why not use all that money to build low-income housing in the U.S. and create thousands of jobs?

Mr. Trump: You want spend money on your hookers. Why not give that $130,000 to help the homeless? Not knowing how many others you have paid off and how much, I’m sure that could have helped the homeless.The homeless crisis has spiraled out of control due in part to mental illness and drugs, as well as a lack of institutions to address these issues. Harm reduction organizations can only do so much. We need transitional housing programs and health coverage. We just can’t put everyone in jail or prison! That’s not a solution.

Mr. Trump: We here at our clinic are here to help people. ALL PEOPLE! Every race, creed or color! Black Lives Matter! ALL LIVES MATTER! We support LGBT, transgender, DACA, Muslims, all immigrants. We believe in this great country of dreamers and immigrants who founded it, risking their lives to get here and have a better life and the freedom to live. Sincerely, Richard Alcala Transitions Clinic Manager (I’m exercising my First Amendment right to free speech)

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Every spoonful of the hu tieu nam vang yields rich ground pork, Chinese celery or chewy rice noodles.

Clusterf—fried rice seaFood & KiMcHi FRied Rice, yoyo caFe The new YOYO Cafe in South Sacramento bills itself as a Cantonese diner—offering porridge, Hong Kong-style toast and fish balls—but there are also Thai curries and, yes, Seafood & Kimchi Fried Rice ($11.95). Let’s be honest, the best part of fried rice is the essence of egg throughout, and this rendition doubles the quotient by topping it off with a gooey fried egg. Bits of octopus and shrimp give it oomph, and fermented sauerkraut lends personality to the otherwise simply savory comfort food. Next time, I’m curious to find out what the Fashion Salmon Fried Rice ($12.95) is all about. 8136 Gerber Road, (916) 689-5968.

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Sometimes a restaurant location just seems cursed. Case in point: the space on 18th and L that in recent years has been home to L Wine Lounge (during Sac’s regrettable “lounge” phase), Capital Dime (which once served me an overpriced meal that made me very, very angry), and most recently, Saddle Rock (which served me a chicken schmaltz biscuit and stuffed trout that I still think about). More recently, it has hosted popular pop-ups from vegan spot The Burger Patch, and if they move into the space, I wish them the best of luck. A less hyped example, but one I always pay attention to on my way to the legendary Quan Nem Ninh Hoa, is the current location of the new Pho Sacto that opened in early January. It previously housed Basil Noodle House (also Vietnamese), Long Sandwich (one of the three Sacramento branches of the banh mi chain) and briefly, Pho Aroma, which made Jonathan Mendick’s roundup of the top 10 pho restaurants in the pages of SN&R. Which is all to say that the deck may be stacked against this promising newcomer, and the constant flow of sketchy action in the parking lot due to a nearby liquor store is not going to help. Last time I was there, my husband and I were keeping a vigilant eye on a parked car in which the twitchy owners kept changing places without apparent reason; when one of them donned a pig mask, my heartbeat skipped a few beats.

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Luckily, I was sipping from a bowl of the best hu tieu nam vang ($9.50) that I’ve had outside of Vietnam, so I knew if some shit went down, I’d go out living my best life. The car eventually left with no incident, and the inside of Pho Sacto is a fake-foliage-festooned oasis of calm. “Nam Vang” is the Vietnamese word for Phnom Penh, and this complicated soup is of Cambodian-Chinese origin. Pho Sacto serves a dry version as well, but the star of the hu tieu was the deeply savory broth; I preferred the soup to the dry noodles. Each sip and bite yielded bits of rich ground pork, verdant Chinese celery (can tau) or chewy rice noodle. The serviceable but ultimately boring pho ($7.95-$9.75) is heavily spiced by star anise, with unpleasantly clumped noodles that had to be separated with chopsticks. The tendon lacked the preferred gummy texture, and calling the steak “rare” was a stretch. The bun bo hue ($8.25) has a strong fish sauce and shrimp paste flavor, but lacked the traditional lemongrass notes. As for the non-bowl-based dishes, the bland, rice paper-wrapped spring rolls ($5.25) somehow managed to be lettuce forward, despite the shrimp-and-pork filling, and the com tam dac diet (specialty broken rice plate, $13) couldn’t rival that of Com Tam Dat Thanh, a restaurant that specializes in broken rice dishes. The sweet-glazed and lightly chewy pork chop in the com tam plate at Pho Sacto was good enough that it is a close second. I won’t be going back for the pho—Pho Xe Lua is my current go-to—but the hu tieu nam vang is not to be missed. Ω

There’s a new place to get craft cocktails on R Street. And guys, they also have tacos. The recently opened Mas Tacos Bar (see story on page 25) has a drink that will take you straight to the beaches of Mexico: the Horchata Colada ($11). This dangerously delicious drink is made with Fugu Horchata, coconut, pineapple juice and Meyer’s rum, served in a coupe glass with a rim t nS pho Si dipped in toasted coconut, fine to Via @maStaco sugar and a touch of salt. While I could go for a few more splashes of the pricey cocktail, it’s easy to get lost in this little slice of tropical bliss. 1800 15th Street, Suite D; (916) 706-1330.

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A sprout of springtime Fava beans You might eat them with a nice Chianti and a census taker’s liver, as Hannibal Lecter did in Silence of the Lambs. But fava beans are also a vegetarian’s delight, packing in protein while tasting sweetly of grass and springtime. Blanch the beans in boiling water for 90 seconds to easily remove them from their skin. Then add them to an avocado mash or dip to make that ’cado toast more filling, sprinkle them on a salad to give it some heft or enjoy them alone after steaming and tossing with oil, salt and lemon juice and paired with chardonnay—hold the Chianti.

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When the Earth comes alive with neon green and yellow, and Easter reminds us that the cycle of life goes on, regardless of where we are in our own personal evolution, it must be spring. For wine-lovers, two events on Sunday offer excellent opportunities to celebrate. A tasting party at Beatnik Studios will feature zinfandels from all the major Foothill regions (read more on page 27). Meanwhile, Sutter Creek, always brimming with Gold Rush history, is particularly golden when the wine is flowing and the hillsides are flowering. Twelve wine tasting rooms are now tucked into every corner of this beyond-charming downtown, and they are teaming up for a one-day event devoted to art, wine, music, gourmet food and wildflowers. Bouquets of flowers on wine barrels will brighten downtown, while locals flaunt flower crowns and boutonnieres. Stations will be set up where visitors can make their own wildflower crowns (with help). Each of the Wine On 49 tasting rooms will pour specialty wines paired with gourmet bites by local chefs: 1850 Wines: 2016 viognier paired with herbed chèvre on toasted crostini; grenache paired with spinach-andcheese stuffed mushrooms. Baiocchi Wines: 2013 del Maggio Red Blend and Roussanne paired with pork rillettes crostini with wildflowers.

Bella Grace Vineyards: Bella’s rosé paired with goat cheese, berry and balsamic crostini. Feist Wines: barbera and viognier paired with farmto-fork wood fired pizza. Le Mulet Rouge Vineyard and Winery: sauvignon blanc and syrah paired with chicken tagine and couscous. Matthew Gibson Winery: 2014 nebbiolo and 2013 cabernet, paired with three-mushroom bruschetta (shitake, oyster and crimini) with goat cheese, lemon zest and baby chives. Miller Wine Works: 2015 grenache blanc (Naked Vine Vineyard) paired with prosciutto and pear on grapefruit crisps with cider crème; 2014 zinfandel (Shake Ridge Vineyard) paired with orecchiete with spring asparagus, leeks and shiitake, blueberry-bacon jus. Sera Fina 2: 2015 malvasia bianca paired with sliced parmesan cheese drizzled with honey; 2014 primitivo paired with spinach and cheese tortellini skewers. Scott Harvey Wines: 2017 Jana rosé paired with tomato risotto with edible flowers (Pansies, Nasturtiums, Violas, Chervil, Micro Arugula, Tarragon); 2014 barbera paired with California cassoulet. Ω

Zinfandel: Stories from the Sierra Foothills; Sun april 8, 3pm-6:30pm, beatnik Studios, 722 S St; $40 for ZaP members; $45 for non-members. Sutter Creek’s 3rd annual Wildflowers and Wine event, various locations; Sun april 8, 1pm to 4pm; $40 in advance, $50 day-of; wineon49.com.

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Reds and their raconteurs Wine tasting often inspires drinkers to drive tipsy to the next location for another glass—unless they’ve found a hapless DD. Not so at the upcoming event at Beatnik Studios, Zinfandel Stories from the Sierra Foothills. On Sunday, April 8, from 3 to 6:30 p.m., the gallery will gather roughly 30 wineries—hailing from Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Placer and Nevada counties—to pour zins under the same roof. Winemakers will be on hand to tell the story of their vino’s making. To heighten the flavors, food pairings will be served by Dedrick’s Cheese of Placerville and Bella Familia Pizza of Rocklin, with the latter tossing its organic pies made of local ingredients. Tickets are $45 for nonmembers of Zinfandel Advocates & Producers, the organization that’s putting on this zinful storytime. 723 S Street, https://zinfandel.org.

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Turnt up tacos by Rebecca huval

Celebrating the cherry blossoms by Shoka When the cherry trees bloom in Japan, it’s a big, beautiful deal. The phenomenon is called hanami, or the cherry blossom festival, and people gather to admire the blooms, share food and drink and music to welcome spring. The Sudwerk Dock Store (2001 Second Street in Davis) brings the tradition here with the Davis Cherry Blossom Festival. The all-ages, free vegan-friendly event on Saturday, April 7, 12-10 p.m. and Sunday, April 8, 12-8 p.m. features Sudwerk brews (all vegan), obviously, including its

new “floral and fruity” Cherry Blossom Sakura beer. Several food trucks will serve vegan options, including Chickpeas (falafel, shawarma, side salads; $8-$12); Street Cravings (nopales and tofu tacos; butternut squash, corn, zucchini and Brussels sprouts tacos); Koizora (inari, kappa maki cucumber rolls; $6); and Smokers Wild (apple cider slaw tacos; $12). Musicians Bakuhatsu Taiko Dan, Cal Raijin Taiko and Ross Hammond will play and Sudwerk is taking donations for Puerto Rico hurricane relief during the event.

Island casual: While there are plenty of taquerias serving humbly delicious tacos, Sacramento now has a battalion of trendy fusion ingredients on tortillas and steamed buns: duck confit, korean fried chicken, steak and egg, beer-battered fish, fried oyster. Funky options proliferate at the new Mas Taco Bar (1800 15th Street, Suite D) that opened for business on March 22 with a fullservice restaurant and bar where Dos Coyotes Border Cafe once served walk-up counter burritos. The tacos go for $3-$3.75. Hip and festive, the decor includes a patterned interior mural by artist Irubiel Moreno, fishing baskets from the Philippines that serve as light fixtures and handwoven lampshades from Colombia. “These choices go beyond your authentic taqueria—we’re not trying to compete with taquerias at all,” says Marc Nuevo, director of operations at MAC Hospitality. “We just

wanted a fun menu that was interactive and to feature flavors from all around the world.” Nuevo and the owners of MAC Hospitality—brothers Mason, Alan and Curtis Wong, hence the acronym, who own Iron Horse Tavern and other restaurants—traveled to Florida, Texas, San Diego and San Francisco to scout for the best taco and Mexican fusion concepts. The result is a restaurant that feels current and urban, with updated twists such as a dim sum-style ordering card that allows you to tally up your tacos on paper. Mostly curated by Nuevo, the drinks are designed to pair well with the casual vibe and international influences. “I lived in San Diego seven years, and I’m also Filipino, so I’m an island boy at heart, and I wanted to bring the nostalgia of having a drink by the water,” Nuevo says. “We feature cocktails that are classic cocktails that you would find near a

body of water. We just threw a little bit of a twist on it so it would match the tacos.” California craft beers in cans add to the dressed-down feel. Nuevo is especially proud of the Mas Margarita ($9) that elevates a silver margarita with aged Dobel Diamante tequila. The bar makes all margaritas fresh, which can be a challenge for high-volume restaurants. “We figured why not, people are willing to wait an extra 10 seconds for a margarita that’s made in front of you, fresh right out of the lime every time,” he says. Deja vu, Las Vegas: Seasoned chef

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The Arsonists

The Arsonists pulls the audience into the deep, dark recesses of Florida swamps and introduces us to father-daughter arsonists-for-hire. It’s an intense 70-minute play full of family relationships, secrets, losses and binding love, with memorable performances by the two-member cast. Thu

7pm, Fri 8pm, Sat 2pm & 8pm, Sun 2pm, Wed 7pm. Through 4/15; $28-$45;

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Bachelorette

A very black comedy about a bachelorette party gone terribly wrong. The play features lots of drugs, alcohol and sex, with crude and offensive language. Directed by Chloe King and performed by six talented actors. Thu 8pm, Fri 8pm,

Sat 8pm. Through 4/7; $18-$22; Big Idea Theatre,

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thu 8pm, fri 8pm, sat 5pm & 9pm, sun 2pm, tue 6:30pm, Wed 2pm & 6:30 pm. through 4/29; $27-$46; B street theatre at the sofia, 2700 capitol avenue; (916) 443-5300; www.bstreettheatre.org.

Playwright Sarah Burgess calls her play Dry Powder a comedy. B Street Artistic Director Buck Busfield, who also directs this play, calls it a drama akin to the shows presented on the B3 Stage at its old location: Funny, yes, but thought-provoking. Leveraged buyouts, limited partnerships, Dodd-Frank and Goldman Sachs—the dialogue is a lot of financial speak, but you soon get the gist of it. Dave Pierini is Rick, head of a Wall Street private equity firm in the midst of a public relations nightmare as one of its holdings laid off a ton of workers, just as Rick held a milliondollar engagement party in Bali, complete with elephants. “Just one!” he insists. Still, it’s a problem desperately in need of a fix. Seth (Jason Kuykendall), a managing director of the firm, brings a potential solution—equitable and ethical—but rival manager Jenny (Melinda Parrett) suggests a more cutthroat approach. The characters are stereotypical, but the acting is superior. Pierini is apoplectic as the flummoxed boss; Kuykendall engenders sympathy as the lone voice for the little guy; Parrett is ice-water-in-her-veins calculating as a woman who crushes opponents as easily as she crunches numbers. As Jeff, the little-guy rep of the proposed acquisition, Jahi Kearse could be victim Ω or villain.

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Balm in Gilead

heart-tugging production that takes place all in one long scene. Thu 7pm, Fri 8pm,

Oddly compelling play set in a sleazy bar in New York, populated by drug addicts and dealers, prostitutes (male and female), lesbians, transvestites and thieves. Overlapping dialogue makes it difficult to get into, but the electricity makes it worth the work.

Sat 2pm & 8pm, Sun 2pm, Wed 7pm. Through 4/30; $15-$38; Sacramento Theatre Company, Pollock Stage, 1419 H Street; (916) 443-6722; www.sactheatre.org. P.R.

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A Time to Kill

The John Grisham courthouse drama is brought to life by playwright Rupert Holmes. An African American man, distraught at the rape and near death of his 10-year-old daughter, shoots the perpetrators. His attorney goes for an insanity plea. Very good performances by most of the cast. Fri 8pm, Sat 8pm,

Fri 8pm, Sat 8pm. Through 4/7; $15-$20; Wilkerson

Theater, 1723 25th Street; (916) 491-0940. B.S.

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Mothers and Sons

This 90-minute play by award-winning playwright Terrence McNally traverses many decades as well as many issues, pains, battles and triumphs of the gay community. It’s a story of a mother’s long-stemming resentment of her deceased son’s gay relationship and ultimate death from AIDS decades ago, played out by her unexpected and uninvited visit to her late son’s widower. The Sacramento Theatre Company cast works well together to create believable characters in this compact,

Sun 2pm. Through 4/22; $19-$21; Chautauqua

Playhouse, 5325 Engle Road, Suite 110 in Carmichael; (916) 489-7529; http://cplayhouse.org. B.S.

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Bike City Theatre Co. launching

A new theatrical venture—featuring several familiar names—launches this month. The Bike City Theatre Company will stage its first production, Gutenberg! The Musical! as a “pop-up show” in breweries and other nontraditional venues in Davis. The show features two actors playing multiple roles wearing distinctive hats (Kyle Stoner, Romeo in Davis Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet last year) and Kevin Gish (recently in the Sacramento Theatre Company’s Macbeth.) They will be accompanied by pianist Alicia Hunt (who gave a stellar performance in the one-woman show Grounded at the B Street Theatre several years ago). Bike City Theatre’s organizer J.R. Yancher (Mr. Darcy in Capital Stage’s Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberly) will direct. The company will be focusing on doing newer plays, selected by the company members (who are mostly in their 20s and 30s). —Jeff Hudson

Gutenberg! the Musical!: april 26, 7pm and april 27, 8pm at sudwerk Brewing; april 28, 8pm at root of happiness Kava Bar; april 29, 7pm at sudwerk Brewing; May 3, 7pm, May 4 and May 5, 8pm at Watermelon Music; May 6, 8pm at super owl Brewing; May 13, 7pm at the Pence Gallery. $15 general, $10 students/seniors, www.bikecitytheatre.org.

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Director Saul Dibb’s Journey’s End resurrects R.C. Sherriff’s 1928 play about life in the trenches of World War I. The play is virtually forgotten now outside of English lit or theater history classes; Dibb’s movie makes a strong argument that the play’s obscurity is unjustified. Not that the movie is stagey or theatrical; on the contrary, Dibb and scriptwriter Simon Reade, along with a uniformly superb cast, transfer the play to the screen resolutely and completely, even to a fault. We first meet 2nd Lt. Raleigh (Asa Butterfield), a boyish, naïve young officer making his first tour at the Western Front. Through family connections, he’s able to get himself assigned to the company of Capt. Stanhope (Sam Claflin), an old chum three years ahead of him at school, who was courting Raleigh’s sister Madge before going off to do his bit. Arriving at the front, Raleigh meets Lt. Osborne (Paul Bettany), a schoolmaster in civilian life whom the other officers call “Uncle”— Osborne is in his 30s, while the others are in their 20s or younger. Osborne warns Raleigh that he’ll find Stanhope changed, and Raleigh does. Stanhope is not pleased by him and gets angry when Raleigh addresses him by his first name. The grinding stresses of the war, and of sending men to inevitable and futile death, have driven Stanhope to drink; he’s never sober, yet he never shirks his duty. The British pronunciation of his name is something like “Stannup,” and it’s impossible not to hear “stand-up” in that. Stanhope is a stand-up guy, no error, but the effort of standing up, even when he’s drunk, only makes him drink more.

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Barely managing to function in this vicious cycle, Stanhope reacts with anger at the intrusion of Raleigh into it; Raleigh is a relic from another life, one he must forget if he’s to cope with the life he has now. Worse, he fears that Raleigh will write to Madge and tell her what he’s become. Stanhope need hardly fear; Raleigh sees only that his old friend Dennis is an officer loved by his men and dealing manfully with almost unimaginable pressure. Like the British public at large (an analogy that R.C. Sherrif surely intended), Raleigh’s naïvete about the war dies hard. But die it does, not only in the mud, lice and bad food of the trench dugouts, but in two chaotic and harrowing combat scenes that open up the action of Sherrif’s play. Dibb’s hyper-realism at times becomes a liability. The intense-whisper school of acting makes sense for once, in a setting where characters fear being overheard by other soldiers or the enemy, but it means that the hearing-impaired, or those who have trouble with regional British accents, might want to wait for the subtitled DVD. And the nightmarish confusion of the combat scenes fails to convey that major characters have been killed; we don’t know until later, when we notice with shock that they’re no longer there. Then again, maybe that was the point. Ω

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7 Days in Entebbe

Here’s a nutty idea: What if they made a based-on-a-true-story historical drama that didn’t end with images of the real-life people portrayed in the film? Dare to dream. Brazilian director José Padilha (Elite Squad) instead dutifully continues this unfortunate trend in 7 Days in Entebbe, splicing actual footage of Israeli hostages returning home into the ending of his workmanlike political thriller. Of course, that moldy grace note is hardly the only shopworn element in 7 Days in Entebbe, a competently crafted and acted but largely unoriginal take on a story that has already been filmed several times (once in Israel and twice for American television). In fact, the only unique element that Padilha brings to the film is an unexpected obsession with politically charged interpretive dance. It’s not exactly what I was hoping for, but you take what you can get. Despite the film’s many shortcomings, it remains watchable. D.B.

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Isle of Dogs

While many of the other major directors of his generation mutated over time, the cinema of Wes Anderson often feels hermetically sealed. For example, the youthful explosiveness of Paul Thomas Anderson’s early work has grown increasingly internal and terse with each new release, yet it still feels like Wes Anderson is making different versions of the same immaculately constructed cuckoo clock. That’s not to say his films don’t vary in quality, but if the Russian nesting doll narratives, diorama-inspired visuals and overall tone of droll melancholy in Anderson’s work haven’t charmed you before, then his latest film Isle of Dogs will do nothing to change your mind. However, if Anderson’s blend of clinical skill and warming sadness has always hit your cinematic sweet spot, then the “stop-motion animated” (although that term doesn’t do this intensely tactile film justice) Isle of Dogs is another elaborately embossed tchotchke for you to treasure. D.B.

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Midnight Sun

A teenager (Bella Thorne) with xeroderma pigmentosum, a rare genetic disorder in which exposure to sunlight can be fatal, finally meets the neighbor boy she has loved all her life from the safety of her bedroom window (Patrick Schwarzenegger). Directed by Scott Speer and written by Eric Kirsten (adapted from a 2006 Japanese film), the movie—basically a moony, rather maudlin teen tearjerker—gets off to a rocky start, mainly due to Thorne’s jittery, mannered acting. In time, though, both she and the movie settle down, and even manage to become endearing. Young Schwarzenegger, son of Arnold and Maria Shriver, has inherited his mother’s chiseled Kennedy looks and his father’s ease on camera, and his presence seems to exert a calming influence on Thorne, as does Rob Riggle as her devoted father. J.L.

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Pacific Rim: Uprising

I was largely left cold by Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water, but I remain an unabashed fan of his 2013 monster mash Pacific Rim. That story of human-controlled robot “jaegers” defending the planet against enormous “kaiju” beasts was everything I ever could have wanted from the Transformers movies, offering a thoughtful and progressive take on the genre without skimping on the action and destruction. The monster mush sequel of Steven S. DeKnight’s Pacific Rim: Uprising is more in line with what the Transformers movies already are: a brainless orgy of bad jokes and PG-13 violence that never stops cutting to the chase. Set 10 years after the original as those pesky kaiju invaders launch another attack, Uprising strips away del Toro’s cinematic zest and humanity in favor of non-stop robot punching. It certainly satisfies on a base level, even though Uprising often feels like a straight-to-VOD fugitive. D.B.

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The Leisure Seeker

Italian director Paolo Virzi makes his English-language debut with this story of an elderly married couple taking one last road trip in their beloved RV. Helen Mirren plays Ella Spencer, a steely Southerner married to Donald Sutherland’s John, a Yankee professor with rapidly advancing dementia. About to be separated by their dopey children (every character under 70 years old is seen as a simpering, stammering gargoyle), Ella and John steal away from their Boston home to visit the Hemingway House in Florida, revealing the usual big secrets along the way. Set in 2016 on the eve of the Trump presidency, The Leisure Seeker wants to be an elegy for the compassion, intelligence and cultural curiosity symbolized by Ella and John, but the lowbrow humor and easy targets undermine any noble intentions. There are a handful of nice, intimate moments between Mirren and Sutherland, but this is largely an exercise in rancid quirk. D.B.

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The Party

Writer-director Sally Potter (Orlando) roped in a solid cast for this blessedly brief yet utterly annoying black-and-white drama set during a disastrous gathering of friends and secret lovers. Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas) has just been appointed to a high government position, but the party to celebrate her promotion is demolished by unexpected news from her mopey husband Bill (Timothy Spall). Meanwhile, a lesbian couple (Cherry Jones and Emily Mortimer) learn that they are having triplets and a cocaine-snorting lawyer (Cillian Murphy) secretly plots revenge, while Janet’s acidtongued best friend (Patricia Clarkson) spews toothless one-liners. The writing is even more annoying than the lackluster visuals, just a series of lowbrow, laugh track-ready putdowns wrapped in the trappings of academia. Cramped and predictable and far less clever than it thinks, The Party feels like it was based on a play that I would also dislike, rather than an original screenplay by Potter. D.B.

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Ready Player One

In 2045, people take refuge from dystopian reality in a mega-level video game called the OASIS—where its late, eccentric creator (Mark Rylance) has hidden the secret to inheriting his vast fortune, including the OASIS itself. Two Columbus, Ohio, teenagers (Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cook) embark on the virtual-reality quest, which is more real-world dangerous than they know. Director Steven Spielberg is back in fun mode—which may be what he does best, and is certainly what he does better than almost anybody. The script by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline (from Cline’s novel) provides ample fodder for a dazzling display of CGI; a mere mortal would instantly lose control, but not Spielberg—he keeps the action focused on Sheridan and Cook (and their digitized avatars) and the sweet romance blossoming between them. J.L.

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Sherlock Gnomes

The Someone is stealing the garden gnomes of London—but never fear, Sherlock Gnomes (voiced by Johnny Depp), Dr. Watson (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and lovers Gnomeo and Juliet (James McAvoy, Emily Blunt) are on the case. The sequel to 2011’s borderline-wretched Gnomeo & Juliet takes the wretchedness way beyond the border, lining up a stellar cast of voices (others include Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Ozzy Osbourne, Julie Walters, Mary J. Blige) and giving them not one interesting syllable to say. Even with five credited writers (Ben Zazove, Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil, Emily Cook, Kathy Greenberg), the movie has nothing—no story, no wit, no excitement, no ideas, no suspense, nothing but a lame pun for a title (come to think of it, just like Gnomeo & Juliet before it). How did such drivel ever get a green light? J.L.

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already thinking far ahead— specifically to the six songs they’ve already finished for the next record. “We see this album as the cherry on top of these songs we’ve been working on the past four years,” Cunningham said. Let’s back up a bit: Sipes first started gaining a following when she was a teenager in Placerville. While performing at a summer camp talent show, she drew the attention of a counselor, Andrew Heringer, who was part of the The glorious crash after studying for finals. Los Angeles-based pop band Milo Greene. They collaborated on songs at a distance before Sipes formed the band Later this month, singer-guitarist Madi Sipes will with two of her high school friends and Heringer graduate from the University of San Francisco. became their formal producer. Those songs make up Finally. It’s a huge deal for her bandmates, bassist Privacy, and that’s why they feel so old to the band. Nick Cunningham and drummer Caleb Koehn, For the next batch of songs, meanwhile, the who both live in Sacramento. They’ll live in the band and Heringer worked in a room together at same place for the first time since forming Madi the same time. Sipes & The Painted Blue. “It feels more representative of what we want to “It feels like a strange family reunion,” bring to the table,” Cunningham said. Cunningham said, explaining how the They also sound more cohesive, group has grown accustomed to gatherhe added. While Privacy jumps ing a couple of days before every back-and-forth from more “We see this gig to practice. “It has seemed to R&B-tinged tracks to warm work out so far. Hopefully when album as the cherry folk harmonies to fullwe’re living together, we can on top of these songs fledged pop, the future songs take it to the next level.” sound more firmly rooted we’ve been working on the Around the same time, in their influences of Frank the band will also drop its past four years.” Ocean, Ryhe and Drake. long-awaited debut full-length, The group will start slowly Nick Cunningham Privacy. The group will celereleasing those tracks in June, bassist, Madi Sipes & The brate with an album release party but before that in May, they’ll Painted Blue at Holy Diver on Friday, April 6. also drop a remix EP of Sex & A few songs off of Privacy have Sadness with versions made by a already been released via the group’s few of their music friends, including 2017 EP Sex & Sadness, a collection of five San Francisco’s Geographer. moody, jazz-inflected electro-pop tracks. With Clearly, this is a team of planners. Sadly for deep, sultry vocals, Sipes sings of love and longing Sacramento, they said they’ll probably move to Los over dreamy, bluesy, and at times strikingly sparse Angeles to be closer to their producer and the rest of soundscapes. The band cites Ella Fitzgerald, Frank the industry. Cunningham imagines getting out on the Ocean and Fleet Foxes as influences, and despite road, going anywhere at any moment, free at last. how disparate those artists seem, they can all be “And chase the dream,” he said. Ω heard in bits and pieces across the EP, along with Photo courtesy of Madi siPes & the Painted blue

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soulful indie songstresses like Feist. A few unreleased songs will round out Privacy, which drops April 20 on Dawson/AWAL, and Madi Sipes & The Painted Blue will play them all at Holy Diver. Even though it’s an exciting time, the band is

catch Madi sipes & the Painted blue at their album release party friday, april 6, at holy diver, 1517 21st street. doors are at 8 p.m. tickets are $10 presale, and $15 on the day of the show.

THE 2018 SAMMIES

Hall of Fame A nother year, another set of Sacramento musicians are getting inducted. The rules for qualifying have changed over time. In 2018, artists were chosen if they won a SAMMIE, in any category, in three different years past. Inductees were previously barred from being nominated in future SAMMIES, but last year, in celebration of the award show’s 25th anniversary,

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2007: Critics’ Choice: Artist of the Year 2008: Readers’ Choice: Pop 2009: Readers’ Choice: Pop

2015: Readers’ Choice: Pop-Rock 2016: Readers’ Choice: Pop-Rock 2017: Readers’ Choice: Pop

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2010: Readers’ Choice: Release of the Year 2010: Readers’ Choice: Screamo/ Post-Hardcore 2011: Readers’ Choice: Melodic-Hardcore 2012: Readers’ Choice: Release of the Year

2001: Critics’ Choice: Keyboards/ Synthesizer Player 2002: Critics’ Choice: Female Vocalist 2005: Critics’ Choice: Female Vocalist

1996: Readers’ Choice: Blues 1998: Readers’ Choice: Blues 1999: Readers’ Choice: Blues

Damon Wyckoff 2001: Critics’ Choice: Male Vocalist 2002: Critics’ Choice: Songwriter 2003: Critics’ Choice: Male Vocalist

Dinorah 2012: Readers’ Choice: Latin 2016: Readers’ Choice: World 2017: Readers’ Choice: World

Erik Kleven 1996: Readers’ Choice: Bassist 2004: Critics’ Choice: Bassist 2006: Critics’ Choice: Bassist

Forever Goldrush 1999: Readers’ Choice: New Artist 2000: Critics’ Choice: Release of the Year 2001: Readers’ Choice: Country/ Americana/Alt-Country 2002: Readers’ Choice: Country/ Americana/Alt-Country

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that restriction was lifted. Some of these Hall-of-Famers should have been inducted long ago, like Way Out West. One artist is being inducted posthumously: Bassist Erik Kleven passed away in 2006. Last week’s 2018 SAMMIES award winners mean that new artists will join the Hall of Fame next year. For now, look up these artists and enjoy some of Sacramento’s music history: Ω

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Milestones, the Torch Club House Band and others. 3pm, call for cover. Torch Club, 904 15th St.

CHRoMeo: With Phantoms. 7pm, $33.50-$118.50. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St.

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UnderRage MusicFest #3 Cafe Colonial/The Colony, 3 P.M., $5 Young’uns to the front—this show is for you. UnderRage MusicFest returns for its third iteration, showcasing 12 underage Sac bands in one day across MUSIC two venues. But don’t worry, you won’t need to pack your friends in a car to bounce between the two concert spaces. Bands will be playing at

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monthly Concert in the Parkway series at Camp Pollock features Na Aikane. 5:30pm, no cover. Sacramento Valley Conservancy, 191 Lathrop Way, Suite D.

ConCeRtS In tHe paRK lUnCH + laUnCH: Bring a lunch, listen to DJ Joseph ONE play top hits and get the first look at the 2018 lineup for Concerts in the Park. 11:30am, no cover. Cesar Chavez Plaza, 910 I St.

Mad JUdY: With Dead Dads, Lightweight, Tim

Williamson, Jen & Ilya and more. 8pm, $7$10. Cafe Colonial, 3520 Stockton Blvd.

MICHael RaY: Album release show. 9pm, $8. Torch Club, 904 15th St.

tRIpple tRIBUte SHoW: Three tribute bands (U2, Van Morrison and Creedence Clearwater Revival) perform. 9:30pm, $12. Opera House Saloon Roseville, 411 Lincoln St. in Roseville.

don CaRloS: Reggae artist and former

member of Black Uhuru. 8pm, $25-$30. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

IRon MaIdenS: With MECHANIZM, Dave Friday

Band, Arminius. 7pm, $20-$25. Holy Diver, 1517 21st St.

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SATURDAY, 4/7 KoRean FIRe dRIll: With Optimiztiq, Among the First, Sammy Karlin, Trikome 7pm, $10-$12. Holy Diver, 1517 21st St.

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CIRCa SURVIVe: With Foxing, Hail the Sun.

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neighboring Cafe Colonial and The Colony— venues on Stockton Boulevard known for hosting kick-ass all ages shows. See bands like Free Candy, Fat Lizzy, Gone to Sofia (pictured) and a bunch others before they become the next big thing in Sac. 3520 Stockton Boulevard, www.facebook.com/ UnderRageMF.

California a cappella showcase, with groups including The Spokes, On The Rocks, Dil Se, UC Berkeley Men’s Octet and more. 7:30pm, $17-$30. Mondavi Center, 1 Shields Ave. in Davis.

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SaBRoSo FeStIVal: Music by the Offspring, Pennywise, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, the Vandals and more. Plus, tacos and hella beers. 12pm, $49.50-59.50. The Park, 1116 15th St.

MONDAY, 4/9 lIon BaBe: NYC-based duo. 6:30pm, $25-$30. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

TUESDAY, 4/10 alVVaYS: With Frankie Rose. 7pm, $18-$20. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

WEDNESDAY, 4/11 pRISM tatS: With Wild Powwers. After-party

with sessworld. 9pm, no cover. Golden Bear, 2326 K St.

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Gone to Sofia is one of 12 bands to perform.

combine their talents in a recital featuring Shubert’s “Fantasy in F Minor” for piano four-hands and Tchaikovsky’s “Waltz from Sleeping Beauty” arranged for four-hands by Rachmaninov. 3pm, no cover. Pioneer Congregational United Church of Christ, 2700 L St.

A celebration of one of the most celebrated composers of South India, Muthuswamy

Dikshitar. 7pm, $10-$20. Mondavi Center, 1 Shields Ave. in Davis.

nIna dIaZ: Nina Diaz (from Girl in a Coma) with

Wild Moccasins. 9pm, $12.50-$15. Blue Lamp Sacramento, 1400 Alhambra Blvd.

SaCRaMento CHoRal SoCIetY and oRCHeStRa: A continuation of SCSO’s exploration of European masterworks with Mozart’s “Requiem.” Guests can stay for a postconcert reception with the artists. 8pm, $53. Sacramento Community Center Theater, 1301 L St.

UndeRRage MUSICFeSt #3: An all-ages music festival featuring only underage punk, rock and metal bands. Fundraiser for the DMK Creative Youth Foundation which creates opportunities in music and arts for kids. 3pm, $5. Cafe Colonial & The Colony, 3520 Stockton Blvd.

SUNDAY, 4/8 BlUeS In tHe SCHoolS BeneFIt SHoW: An inaugural fundraiser for educational programs featuring the Zach Waters Band, Ranell Carpenter Band, Ryder Green, the Austin Mo Xperience, Tommy Miles and The

Red SUn RISIng: With Them Evils, California Child. 6:30pm, $12-$14. Holy Diver, 1517 21st St.

FESTIVALS FRIDAY, 4/6 BanJo-JaM-a-RaMa: The Sacramento Banjo Band presents the 52nd banjo music festival, three days of stellar banjo and ragtime performers and jazz pianists. There will also be opportunities to jam—bring your banjo! 8am, $20-$50. Courtyard By Marriott, 1782 Tribute Road.

SATURDAY, 4/7 2018 BUtteRFlY ReleaSe: A day to release a butterfly in honor of a loved one who has died. Butterflies are available for $5 each. 8am, no cover. Capitol Park World Peace Garden, 15th St. and Capitol Ave.

aRtFeSt 2018: High Hand Art Gallery’s annual festival, featuring more than 50 local artists and their work, demonstrations, live music and classes. 10am, no cover. High Hand Art Gallery & Historic Fruit Shed, 3750 Taylor Road in Loomis.

BanJo-JaM-a-RaMa: See event listing for 4/6.

8am, $20-$50. Courtyard By Marriott, 1782

Tribute Road.

FIeSta de aBRIl: Enjoy an exclusive sneak peek performance of Sacramento Theatre Company’s upcoming production, Man of La Mancha. The night will also include drinks, dinner and appetizers and the announcement of STC’s new season. 6pm, $150. Sacramento Theatre Company, 1419 H St.

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HealIng aRtS FeStIVal: More than 65 exhibitors including psychics, energy healers, crystal vendors, aura photography, chiropractors, massage therapists and more. Free presentations both days. Workshops are held at an additional cost. 10am, $8-$10. Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 6151 H St.

SUNDAY, 4/8 aRtFeSt 2018: See event listing on 4/7. 10am, no cover. High Hand Art Gallery & Historic Fruit Shed, 3750 Taylor Road in Loomis.

BanJo-JaM-a-RaMa: See event listing on 4/6.

8am. $20-$50. Courtyard By Marriott, 1782

Tribute Road.

HealIng aRtS FeStIVal: See event listing on 4/7. 10am, $8-$10. Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 6151 H St.

SaCRaMento antIQUe FaIRe: More than 300 vendors from California, Nevada and other neighboring states present unique, vintage finds including military antiques, art, jewelry, glassware and more. 6:30am, $3. 21st and X streets.

MONDAY, 4/9 gReenIng tHe golden State: A summit to support the state’s efforts to reduce emissions includes information, education and resources to public and private sector professionals. 7:30am, no cover-$335. Sacramento Convention Center Complex, 1400 J St.

TUESDAY, 4/10 gReenIng tHe golden State: See event listing

on 4/9. 7:30am, no cover-$335. Sacramento Convention Center Complex, 1400 J St.

FOOD & DRINK FRIDAY, 4/6 BoCK BeeR WeeK: Kick off nine days of

celebrating Bock beers. 3pm, no cover. Midtown BierGarten, 2332 K St.

SATURDAY, 4/7 eaRtH & VIne: Heavy appetizers, desserts, drinks, silent auction and more in support of Alice Birney Waldorf. 6:30pm, $55. Beatnik Studios, 723 S St.

MIdtoWn FaRMeR’S MaRKet: Weekly farmer’s market expands with more vendors and activities. At 11am, there will be a cooking demo presented by a chef from The Waterboy. 8am, no cover. Midtown Sacramento, 20th Street, between J and K streets.

SUNDAY, 4/8 ZInFandel StoRIeS FRoM tHe SIeRRa FootHIllS: Tour surrounding wine regions with sips and stories from area winemakers. See event highlight on page 36. 3pm, $25-$45. Beatnik Studios, 723 S St.

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THURSDAY, 4/5

The Newest Americans california MuseuM, 10 a.M., no cover-$10

We live in interesting (read: pretty scary) times. As 45 has claws at the progress we’ve made around issues like climate change and immigration (hello again, early 20th-century attitudes), MUSEUMS and some might wonder why would folks want to come here now? This new exhibit at California Museum lets immigrants to the U.S. answer this question for themselves. In a chronicle of two 2017 naturalization ceremonies, this exhibit features the portraits and interviews with the newest Americans. 1020 O Street, www. californiamuseum.org/newest-americans.

THE BRICKHOUSE GALLERY & ART COMPLEX: MoD Artists performs “The Spirits, Convergence II”. See event highlight below. 3pm Sunday, 4/8. $10 suggested donation. 2837 37th St.

VEG SPEED DATE: Do you like dating and a meatfree diet? Get to know fellow veg singles and make a dating or friendship match. 7pm, $29.99. Capitol Garage, 1500 K St.

WEDNESDAY, 4/11 2018 SACRAMENTO FOOD FILM FESTIVAL: A celebration of food and drink paired with informative films about the food systems most of us utilize. This evening includes a multi-course meal paired with the film Wasted! The Story of Food Waste. Proceeds benefit the Food Literacy Center. 6pm, $65. Lucca Restaurant & Bar, 1615 J St.

FILM THURSDAY, 4/5 CALIFORNIA FRESH FILM SERIES: A screening of Grab A Hunk of Lightening—the story of the passion, vision and drive that made Dorothea Lange one of the most important photographers of the 20th century. A Q&A will follow the screening with Lange’s granddaughter (who narrated and directed the film), Dyanna Taylor. 6:30pm, $6-$12. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St.

FRIDAY, 4/6 THE WIZARD OF OZ: Join Dorothy, Toto and the rest as they follow the yellow brick road to a magical wizard and a life lesson. 7:30pm, $7.50-$9.50. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

TUESDAY, 4/10 THE OCCUPATION OF THE AMERICAN MIND: A film analysis of Israel’s decades-long battle for the hearts, minds and tax dollars of the American people in the face of widening international condemnation of its increasingly repressive, militaristic and anti-democratic policies. 6:30pm, no cover. Sactown Union Brewery, 1210 66th St.

WEDNESDAY, 4/11 WE ARE NOT STRANGERS TO THIS LAND: UNTOLD STORIES OF AMERICAN DREAMERS: This documentary features four former Sacramento City College Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA) recipients, who tell their stories of isolation, deportation and lack of health care. 6pm, $5-$15 suggested donation. Sol Collective, 2574 21st St.

Anderson. 8pm Saturday, 4/7. $10. 3101 Sunset Blvd., Suite 6A in Rocklin.

CREST THEATRE: Capitol Steps—Orange is the New Barack. The 36-year-old political comedy troupe provides comedy—because it’s cheaper than therapy—in its new vaudeville-like show. 8pm Saturday, 4/7. $47-$67. 1013 K St.

HARLOW’S: Comedy Burger. With Ngaio

Bealum. 6:30pm Sunday, 4/8. $10. 2708 J St.

LAUGHS UNLIMITED COMEDY CLUB: “Chicago Steve” Barkley. Featuring Julian Michael. Through 4/7. $10. 1207 Front St.

PUNCH LINE: Steve Byrne. Comedian/actor who created and starred in the Sullivan & Son series. Through 4/7. $22.50. Rap Battle Roast Championship. Sixteen comics battle it out in eight rounds. 7pm Sunday, 4/8. $16. Sacramento Comedy Showcase. Top area comedians and up-and-coming pros take the stage. 8pm Wednesday, 4/11. $10. 2100 Arden Way, Suite 225.

SACTOWN UNION BREWERY: The Brewery Comedy Tour. Touring comedians including James Myers and Cody Woods perform in a brewery. 8pm Sunday, 4/8. $15. 1210 66th St., Unit B.

ON STAGE B STREET THEATRE: Dry Powder. This comedic drama is set in the world of high finance, where the CEO of an enormous private equity firm desperately needs a deal to come through to save him from a public relations nightmare. Through 4/29. $9$41. 2700 Capitol Ave.

BIG IDEA THEATRE: Bachelorette. A decade after their high school graduation, three young women crash their best friend’s bridal suite and cause a night of debauchery. Through 4/7. $12-$22. 1616 Del Paso Blvd.

CALIFORNIA STAGE: Balm In Gilead. The bleak world of young exiles and outcasts in New York’s upper Broadway region is illuminated in this story centered on two people—Joe and Darlene—who seem to have the strength to persevere. Through 4/7. $15$20. 1723 25th St.

CAPITAL STAGE: The Arsonists. A fatherdaughter duo who are singers, storytellers and arsonists must run from the law and set their final fire. Through 4/15. $23$45. 2215 J St.

CHAUTAUQUA PLAYHOUSE: A Time to Kill. The

COMEDY BLACKTOP COMEDY: Lit Up Shenanigans. A mash-up of improv, authors and more, featuring author Angelique S.

drama based on the bestselling John Grisham novel about race, crime and family in small-town America. Through 4/21. $19-$22. 5325 Engle Road, Suite 110 in Carmichael.

LAUGHS UNLIMITED COMEDY CLUB: The Kings & Queens of Poetry. A showcase of Northern

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WILLIAM J. GEERY THEATER: Julius Caesar & Macbeth (Two Plays/One Show!). See event highlight on page 36. Through 4/7. $25. 2130 L St.

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singular style. Through 5/13. No cover. 254 Old Davis Road in Davis.

California talent, including Moni the Poet, Deanna Clark, Brandy Bowers and Chris Griffin. 8pm Thursday, 4/5. $10. 1207 Front St.

SACRAMENTO COMMUNITY CENTER THEATER: Finding Neverland. This award-winning musical based on the critically acclaimed film tells the incredible stories behind the beloved character, Peter Pan. Through 4/15. $25-$82. 1301 L St.

SACRAMENTO STATE: Dreamy Comedy. The supernatural denizens of the forest play with the emotions of four young lovers in Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Through 4/22. $18. The Vagina Monologues. Eve Ensler’s show of monologues exploring intimacy, vulnerability and sexual self-discovery. Fundraiser for My Sister’s House nonprofit. 7pm Thursday, 4/5. $5-$10. 6000 J St.

SACRAMENTO THEATRE: Mothers and Sons. A grieving mother sets off on a treacherous path toward forgiveness and reconciliation. Through 4/29. $34-$38. 1419 H St.

SIERRA 2 CENTER: Baila Flamenco Sacramento. Dance performance to live music by Sacramento Arte Flamenco’s students and dancers, solo and ensemble choreographers and more. 4pm Sunday, 4/8. $25-$30. 2791 24th St.

SIERRA COLLEGE: The Importance of Being Earnest. Oscar Wilde’s best-known play, this farce has identity confusions, back-handed courtships and double lives. Through 4/22. $10-$15. 5100 Sierra College Blvd. in Rocklin.

ACC ART GALLERY: The Asian-American

Rebellion—Sacramento’s Customs & Hot Rods. An exhibit that demonstrates the culture that fueled the desire to customize and hot rod cars, the relationship between customs and hot rods and their connection to racing. Through 9/3. $5-$10. 2200 Front St.

CALIFORNIA MUSEUM: And Still We Rise—

Experience. A depiction of folks pursuing the American Dream through photography. Through 5/4. No cover. 7334 Park City Drive.

BEATNIK STUDIOS: Still in the Streets. An exhibit of four generations of street photography from the 1930s into today. Works by Kent Lacin, Marion Post Wolcott, Jeff Landi, Richard Hughes and Alexis Wilson. Opening reception will be at 6pm Friday, 4/6. Through 5/21. 723 S St.

CROCKER ART MUSEUM: E. Charlton Fortune— The Colorful Spirit. Works by the late California plein-air painter. Through 4/22. No cover-$10. Hopes Springing High Gifts of African American Art. An exhibit of recent acquisitions and promised gifts of art by African-American artists. Through 7/15. $10. Power Up: Corita Kent’s Heavenly Pop. This vivid exhibit bridges aspects of Corita Kent’s life as a nun, artist and activist. Through 5/13. $10. 216 O St.

Race, Culture and Visual Conversations. Hand-crafted quilts made by artists from the Women of Color Quilter’s Network chronicles 400 years of significant events that have transformed social justice for African-Americans. Through 5/27. $9. The Newest Americans. See event highlight on the left. Through 7/8. $9. Passion & Perseverance—A Year at Encina. Based on a yearlong series produced by Capital Public radio, this exhibit highlights the stories of dedicated teachers in a low-income school and their students, whose resilience is impossible to be measured by test scores. Through 4/22. $9. 1020 O St.

CALIFORNIA STATE ARCHIVES: California Memoirs The William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection. Explore nearly 3,000 photographs that depict early-20th century travels through California and beyond. Through 4/27. No cover. 1020 O St., Fourth Floor.

CALIFORNIA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM: Center

GALLERY AT 48 NATOMA: What Came First? Artists Loretta Armstrong, Karen Hunziker and Mihalko Harbert display works relating to the chicken or egg question in this whimsical show. Through 5/3. No cover. 48 Natoma St. in Folsom.

JAYJAY: Monumental. An exhibit of largescale works by artists including Suzanne Adan, Roger Berry, Anne Gregory and more. Through 4/28. No cover. 5524 B Elvas Ave.

KENNEDY GALLERY: Conversations in Abstract.

CALIFORNIA AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM: Crafting a

for Railroad Photograph & Art’s 2016 John E. Gruber Creative Photography Awards Program. In part celebration of photography month, this exhibit showcases the awardwinning photographs from this year’s competition. $6-$12. Weekend Excursion Train Rides. History-rich weekend excursion trains riding six miles along the levees of the Sacramento River. Appropriate for all ages. Through 9/23. $6-$24. 111 I St.

SACRAMENTO HISTORY MUSEUM: Old

Artwork by Michael Misha Kennedy. Through 4/7. No cover. 1931 L St.

Sacramento Underground Tours. A unique opportunity to explore what’s been hidden beneath the city for more than 150 years,

MANETTI SHREM MUSEUM OF ART: Wayne Thiebaud 1958-1968. Trace the iconic painter’s emergence as a mature artist with a

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SUNDAY, 4/8

Convergence II: The Spirit Brickhouse Gallery, 3 P.M., $10 suGGested donation

It’s easy to forget what a neighborhood was like five, 10, 30 years ago, but through art and oral history, we can keep those memories from fading. Convergence II is a three-part look at ON STAGE Oak Park history through music, art, dance and film. MôD Artists, made up of Sacramento and Davis-based musicians, will perform original music inspired by Oak Park with Sacramento Ebony Chorale and children from Capitol Heights Academy. This second part of Convergence II, titled “The Spirit,” focuses on the neighborhood from the 1960s through the 1980s. 2837 36th Street, www.facebook. com/thebrickhousegallery.

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Thursday, 4/5

neXt drag SuperStar: Following an 8pm screening of RuPaul’s Drag Race, drag queen Mercury Rising will host a competition for drag queens of all skill levels and ages to compete for the title of Capitol Garage’s Next Drag Superstar. The winner of a weeks-long competition gets a one-month residency for the weekly Dinner and a Drag Show. 8pm, no cover. Capitol Garage, 1500 K St.

TaKE aCTiOn tOwn Hall witH u.S. SenatOr kaMala d. HarriS: The senator will speak directly with

welcome. 9am, no cover. Countryside Park, 8210 Meadowhaven Drive.

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Adventure Game. A family-friendly escape game set in an 1850s Gold Rush era hotel saloon/gambling parlor complete with mindbending twists. through 4/14. $28. 900 Second St.

saTurday, 4/7 nOr Cal teaM beaCHbOdy Super Saturday april 2018: Build your tribe and your brand as a bodybuilder. Light breakfast bar provided. 8am, no cover-$30. Maidu Community Center, 1550 Maidu Drive in Roseville.

falun dafa MeditatiOn: See event listing on 4/6. 9am, free. Countryside Park, 8210 Meadowhaven Drive.

uC daviS deSign MuSeuM, CrueSS Hall: It’s Bugged—Insects’ Role in Design. A fascinating exploration of the creative relationship of people and insects that shows how designers, architects and artists draw on nature’s patterns. through 4/20. no cover. 1 Shields Ave. in Davis.

priMping party: Pull weeds and tidy up cemetery plots in preparation for the spring tour events. 9am, no cover. Sacramento Historic City Cemetery, 1000 Broadway.

SaCraMentO rOller derby gaMe 3: The BEASTars will play the Hella Organic Rollers followed by the Kodiak Attack taking on the Growlers. 6pm, $5-$20. SRD Warehouse, 1501 North C St.

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gem located on the lower American River Parkway with weekly volunteer days every Saturday. Online registration required. 9am, no cover. Camp Pollock, 1501 Northgate Blvd.

JaMeS C. SCOtt and aManda g. dewilde leCture: A librarian and an archivist present a lecture on World War I and the Sacramento Valley. 3pm, no cover. University Library Gallery, Sacramento State, 6000 J St.

wakaMatSu Open farM dayS: A self-guided walking tour of the farm that includes on-site interpreters to share information and answer questions about the farm’s human and natural history. Suitable for all ages and capabilities. 10am, $10. American River Conservancy, 348 State Highway 49 in Coloma.

Friday, 4/6 CritiCal MaSSeS—eXpOSÉS Of a CatHOliC nuClear pHySiCiSt: Davis-based author and nuclear physicist Thomas A. Cahill presents his autobiography, which covers some of his scientific findings and the implications for public health. 7:30pm, no cover. Avid Reader, 617 Second St. in Davis.

sunday, 4/8 pOppy walk: Robin Center, a longtime American River Conservancy supporter and Coloma river-front property owner will lead this annual poppy walk, with orange fields overlooking the South Fork of the American. 2pm, $25. Contact ARC for meeting location (Coloma/Lotus area).

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Friday, 4/6 beer & rOSeS: Hang out with local leftists and labor activists to talk about politics, activism, local issues and bad bosses over food and drinks. 7pm, no cover. Streets Pub and Grub, 1804 J St.

sunday, 4/8 aClu Of CalifOrnia COnferenCe & lObby day: Join hundreds of ACLU activists at the State Capitol to work on local and statewide campaigns that will advance a progressive agenda in 2018. Sunday workshops will include fighting transphobia, voter outreach and solidarity vs. savior complex. 10:30am, $25-$75. Sacramento (register for exact location).

CLassEs Thursday, 4/5 appraiSal and inSpeCtiOnS: A class on the real estate appraisal and the typical inspections required for a purchase or refinance, taught by seasoned Mortgage Loan Officers. 6pm, no cover. 806 Bidwell St, 806 Bidwell St. in Folsom.

italian One ClaSSeS: A series of weekly classes covers the basics of Italian. Each class moves at a slightly different pace to meet the needs of individual students. 7pm, $215. Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th St.

JOb COaCH: Meet one-on-one with a trained job coach who will help you spruce up your resume, build better job searching techniques, learn how to ace the interview and more. Reservation required. 4pm, no cover. Sacramento Public Library, 6700 Auburn Blvd. in Citrus Heights.

law SCHOOl adMiSSiOnS wOrkSHOp: CSUS College Democrats and Blueprint LSAT Prep hosts a workshop about the law school admission process—from the personal statement and letters of recommendation to an application timeline. Pizza provided. 5pm, no cover. Sacramento State, 6000 J St.

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fast course starts and finishes at the capitol and leads runners through the best of Sacramento. 7:30am, no cover-$70. California State Capitol.

speaking English in a friendly, small group led by a trained facilitator. Discussion topics include everyday life, news, local things to do and more. Children are welcome. noon, no cover. Sacramento Public Library—North Sacramento-Hagginwood Library, 2109 Del Paso Blvd.

SHOrt filM prOduCtiOn tipS: Learn the team sport of film and television production, including efficient planning, selecting the right case and crew, pulling different schedules together and more. This series of four 4-hour classes will teach you how to complete a short movie. 11am, $50. Access Sacramento, 4623 T St., Suite A.

SOil bOrn farMS Spring gardening CliniC & plant Sale: Learn how to grow vibrant, tasty, and healthy plants from Soil Born Farm’s staff and community educators. There will be gardening advice, farm tours, walks and talks, an organic plant sale and more. 9am, no cover. Soil Born Farms American River Ranch, 2140 Chase Drive in Rancho Cordova.

sunday, 4/8 plantS & pOtiOnS | terrariuM wOrkSHOp: Make a living masterpiece for your home with guidance from an experienced event and wedding designer during this workshop. 10am, $165. Ames Haus, 328 Lincoln St. in Roseville.

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Songwriters in the Round, 7pm, $5

Pauline & Jerry De Jesus, 7pm, $5

The Professional Voice Students, 6pm, call for cover

Ukulele Jam and Singalong, 11am, no cover

Open-Mic Wednesday, 6:30pm, W, no cover

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PopRockz ’90s Night, 9pm, no cover

Blair St. Clair Live, 9pm, $15-$25

Spectacular Saturday, 8pm, call for cover

Sunday Tea Dance & Beer Bust, 4pm, no cover

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Nina Diaz with Wild Moccasins and Verno, 9pm, $12.50-$15

North Shore, Clouds Rest, Max Breakfast, 8pm, $10

Vetstock Festival 2018 Battle of the Bands Showcase, 8pm, $10

Capitol Fridays, 10pm, no cover before 10:30pm

Dinner and a Drag Show, 7:30pm, $5-$25

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Steelin’ Dan: A Nevada County Benefit for Music & Memory, 8pm, $26-$30

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The Wizard of Oz, 7:30pm, $7.50-$9.50

The Capitol Steps, 8pm, $47-$67

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360 Radio Showcase, 9pm, call for cover

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Capitol Garage’s Next Drag Superstar, 9pm, no cover

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Que Bossa, 9:30pm, no cover

101 MAIN ST., ROSEVIllE, (916) 774-0505

Ru Paul’s Drag Race All Stars, 5pm, no cover

2000 k ST., (916) 448-7798

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Hold Close, Crooked Teeth, Southpaw, 8pm, $12 Veg Speed Date Sacramento, 7pm, T, $29.99-$34.99

Ruben Studdard Sings Luther Vandross, 7:30pm, $35-$55

Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent, 6:30pm, M, $15-$20 Every Damn Monday, 9pm, M, no cover; Noche Latina, 9pm, T, no cover

Absolut Fridays, 9pm, call for cover One Eyed Reilly, 6pm, no cover

Ma Barker, 7pm, no cover

Irish Jam Session with Stepping Stone, 8pm, no cover

Kevin and Allyson Seconds, David Houston and more, 9pm, $5

Western Spies & The Kosmonaut, Wesley Rose, 9pm, $5

Don Carlos, 8pm, $25-$30

Tainted Love (Best of the 1980s Live), 8pm, $18-$20

Tainted Love (Best of the 1980s Live), 8pm, $18-$20

Roy Wood$, 6:30pm, $25-$30 (sold out)

Lion Babe, 6:30pm, M, $25-$30; Alvvays, 7pm, T, $18-$20 (sold out)

Total Recall (1990s cover band), 10pm, $5

HOF Top 40 Dance Party, 10pm, call for cover

Island Vibes, 10pm, call for cover

The Trivia Factory, 7pm, M, no cover; Geeks Who Drink, 7pm, T, no cover

Madi Sipes & The Painted Blue, 8pm, $10-$15

Korean Fire Drill, 7pm, $10-$12

Local Showcase Sundays, 6:30pm, $5

The Igors, 6:30pm, T, sold out; Red Rising Sun, 6:30pm, W, $12-$14

Kupros Quiz, 7:30pm, no cover

Open-Mic, 8pm, T, no cover; Ross Hammond, 7:30pm, W, no cover

435 MAIN ST., WOODlAND, (530) 668-1044 1001 R ST., (916) 443-8825

The Goddamn Gallows and more, 7:30pm, T, $20; Soft Kill, 8pm, W, $12

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FRIDAY 4/6

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Toy Called God, Anarchy Lace and more, 9pm, $10

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RJ Mischo, 9pm, $10

You Front the Band Karaoke, 8pm, no cover

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Tonic Zephyr, Zigtebra and more, 8pm, W, call for cover

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An extraordinary difference, actually. Your mom would have to dismantle her belief system around what it means to be good: a good mother, a good wife and a good human being. Much of what we learn about goodness is rooted in the beliefs of ancient tribal religions and the work of those religions to build communities and nation-states. As citizens, we agree to learn and abide by the rules and laws of our communities. Through spirituality, we understand that circumstances occasionally require us to hold rules and laws lightly—or ditch them completely. Here’s a rule your mom must reconsider: Marriage is forever. Now, a lighter perspective: When marriage is no longer a union of two lives into one, or when marriage is a container for abuse, addiction or adultery, try counseling or begin divorce proceedings. Many people have been conditioned to believe that the death of a marriage means they have failed at something important. My perspective is that a divorce is a life experience. It contains stress, anxiety, relief, freedom, trauma and healing, as do many other life experiences. Securing a divorce or being divorced does not mean that a person is good or bad. Being married does not mean that a person is good or living right. Marriage is not a life achievement that signifies success. Marriage is

a life experience and a lifestyle choice. Choose it, or don’t. It’s valuable for you to understand these deeper issues so you can date and experience intimate relationships without repeating the pattern your parents have forged. Ah, yes, your parents. Trying to convince them to divorce seems exhausting. Instead, why not use their crisis for your own spiritual evolution? As a teenager, you are an adult-in-training. That means it is acceptable to practice addressing your mother as an equal, as long as you are respectful and compassionate. Like this: “Mom, if you are staying with dad because you believe it’s better for me, please stop. You are unhappy. Dad is unhappy. What is it that you want me to learn from you about marriage?” Have the same conversation with your dad. Then, look around you and tune into adults in healthy relationships, the kind of commitments you might like to experience someday. Notice the skills that make those relationships work. Then pour your energy into developing in yourself the skill set that your parents lack. Ω

Trying to convince them to divorce seems exhausting. Instead, why not use their crisis for your own spiritual evolution?

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FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 5, 2018: ARIES (March 21-April 19): Eighty-three-year-old

author Harlan Ellison has had a long and successful career. In the course of publishing hundreds of literary works in seven different genres, he has won numerous awards. But when he was in his 30s, there was an interruption in the upward arc of his career. The film production company Walt Disney Studios hired him as a writer. During his first day on the job, Roy Disney overheard Ellison joking with a co-worker about using Disney characters in an animated pornographic movie. Ellison was fired on the spot. I am by no means predicting a comparable event in your life, Aries. On the contrary. By giving you this heads-up, I’m hoping you’ll be scrupulous and adroit in how you act in the early stages of a new project—so scrupulous and adroit that you will sail onto the next stages.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you an evolving

Taurus or an unevolving Taurus? Are you an aspiring master of gradual, incremental progress or a complacent excuse-maker who secretly welcomes inertia? Will the theme of your next social media post be “The Smart Art of Compromise” or “The Stingy Glory of Stubbornness”? I’m hoping you will opt for the former rather than the latter in each of the three choices I just offered. Your behavior in the coming weeks will be pivotal in your long-term ability to animate your highest self and avoid lapsing into your mediocre self.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you fly in a

passenger jet from New York to London, the trip usually takes more than six hours. But on January 8, 2015, a powerful jet stream surging across the North Atlantic reduced that time significantly. With the wind’s extra push, several flights completed the trip in five hours and 20 minutes. I suspect you’ll have comparable assistance in the course of your upcoming journeys and projects, Gemini. You’ll feel like the wind is at your back.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Actor Keanu Reeves’

career ascended to a higher level when he appeared as a lead character in the film Speed. It was the first time he had been a headliner in a big-budget production. But he turned down an offer to reprise his starring role in the sequel, Speed 2. Instead he toured with his grunge band Dogstar and played the role of Hamlet in a production staged by a local theater company in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I admire him for being motivated more by love and passion than by fame and fortune. In my estimation, Cancerian, you face a choice that in some ways resembles Reeves’, but in other ways doesn’t. You shouldn’t automatically assume that what your ego craves is opposed to what your heart yearns for and your soul needs.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A Leo sculptor I know

is working on a 40-foot-long statue of a lion. Another Leo friend borrowed $30,000 to build a recording studio in her garage so she can pursue her quixotic dream of a music career. Of my other Leo acquaintances, one is writing a memoir of her time as a black-market orchid smuggler, another just did four sky dives in three days, and another embarked on a long-postponed pilgrimage to Slovenia, land of her ancestors. What about you? Are there any breathtaking challenges or smart gambles you’re considering? I trust you can surf the same astrological wave.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): How sexy is it

possible for you to be? I’m referring to authentic soul-stirring sexiness, not the contrived, glitzy, counterfeit version. I’m alluding to the irresistible magnetism that wells up in you when you tap into your core self and summon a reverent devotion to your life’s mission. However sexy it is possible for you to be, Virgo, I suggest you unleash that magic in the coming weeks. It’s the most reliable strategy for attracting the spiritual experiences, material resources and psychological support you need.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to my

analysis of the cosmic omens, your impact is rising. You’re gaining influence. More people are tuning in to what you have to offer. And yet your stress levels also seem to be increasing. Why is that? Do you assume that having more power requires you to endure higher tension? Do you unconsciously believe that being more worried

is the price of being more responsible? If so, banish that nonsense. The truth is this: The best way to manage your growing clout is to relax into it. The best way to express your growing clout is to relax into it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The immediate

future will challenge you to revisit several fundamental Scorpio struggles. For best results, welcome these seeming intrusions as blessings and opportunities, and follow these guidelines: 1. Your control over external circumstances will increase in direct proportion to your control over your inner demons. 2. Your ability to do what you want will thrive to the degree that you stop focusing on what you don’t want. 3. Your skill at regulating and triumphing over chaos will be invincible if you’re not engrossed in blaming others.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I’m about

to say things that sound extraordinary. And it’s possible that they are in fact a bit overblown. But even if that’s the case, I trust that there is a core of truth in them. So rejoice in their oracular radiance. First, if you have been hoping for a miracle cure, the next four weeks will be a time when you’re more likely than usual to find it or generate it. Second, if you have fantasized about getting help to address a seemingly irremediable problem, asking aggressively for that help now will lead to at least a partial fix. Third, if you have wondered whether you could ever retrieve a lost or missing part of your soul, the odds are more in your favor than they’ve been in a long time.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The French

government defines books as an “essential good,” along with water, bread and electricity. Would you add anything to that list of life’s basics? Companionship? Stories? Deep sleep? Pleasurable exercise and movement? Once you identify your “essential goods,” I invite you to raise the level of reverence and care you give them. Take an oath to treat them as holy treasures. Boost your determination and ability to get all you need of their blessings. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to enhance your appreciation of the fundamentals you sometimes take for granted.

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

Palace is the home and office of the Queen of England. It has been the main royal residence since Queen Victoria took the throne in 1837. But in earlier times, the site served other purposes. The 17th-century English lawyer Clement Walker described the building occupying that land as a brothel, a hotbed of “debauchery.” Before that, the space was a mulberry garden where silkworms turned mulberry leaves into raw material for silk fabrics. I see the potential for an almost equally dramatic transformation of a certain place in your life, Aquarius. Start dreaming and scheming about the possibilities.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Poet Carolyn

Forché is a role model for how to leave one’s comfort zone. In her early career, she earned writing degrees at placid universities near her childhood home in the American Midwest. Her first book mined material about her family; its first poem is addressed to her grandmother. But then she relocated to El Salvador, where she served as a human rights advocate during that country’s civil war. Later, she lived and wrote in Lebanon at the height of its political strife. Her drive to expand her range of experience invigorated her poetry and widened her audience. Would you consider drawing inspiration from Forché in the coming weeks and months, Pisces? I don’t necessarily recommend quite so dramatic a departure for you, but even a mild version will be well rewarded.

Ladybird: a dog story The film Lady Bird didn’t take home a gold statue at the Academy Awards, but Greta Gerwig’s homage to Sacramento is still winning in more ways than one. Kelsey McFadyen and her boyfriend Joe Klein had the sweet coming-ofage story in mind, after all, when they rescued Ladybird, a Labrador retriever-pitbull mix found roaming their neighborhood. McFadyen documented the couple’s rescue efforts with her camera phone, and when she heard about the Paws 4 Love contest sponsored by RedRover, a Sacramento-based animal charity, and Russell Stover Chocolates, she decided to give the dog a starring role. Talk about a big break: Ladybird’s film debut earned her a third-place win. Who needs an Oscar, anyway?

How did you meet Ladybird? We first spotted her on the streets [in] December. We had one of our other dogs in our front yard and noticed there was a loose dog. We went out there to try to catch her, and she just took off. She was super scared, a super timid dog. So I called 311 and then saw her again the next night and a couple of nights after that. Finally, I just started calling animal shelters and they [told me that for] skittish or timid dogs, [they relied] on the community to help. We knew her routine, so we [decided] to make a trap and train her to eat out of it. It took about four weeks.

Four weeks? Wow. Yeah, and we’d set up a little hidden camera, so every night I was watching her on my phone. She’d run up and look around, eat some food and dart away. She was coming back probably three to four times a night. Finally, after four weeks, it got to the point where she was going into the cage for up to a minute at a time, long enough for us to be able to close it. We tied a rope to the cage, and we were watching from the living room, and [Joe] pulled the string and the latch stuck, and she just spun in circles and she just howled; she was so sad.

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Alligator rolling? Have you ever tried to catch an alligator? It just rolls. They just start rolling and thrashing. Throughout this whole thing, she never showed one ounce of aggression. We decided to bring her to Front Street [Animal Shelter] to have her evaluated. I told them I was willing to foster her. We went and visited her a few times, and they got her to the point where she could walk on a leash and come up to humans—so they did the base work.

How did that meeting go?

street, and she kind of prances around like a little lady. So I thought, “Oh, she’s a lady. Oh, Ladybird.” And she’s an adolescent dog on the streets of Sacramento and Lady Bird was an adolescent girl.

Who is trying to break free. It’s a coming-of-age story, a coming-of-dog story.

How old is Ladybird? We think she’s 1 or 2 years old. When we caught her, she was in heat. Dogs her size are in heat usually after a year.

Have you fostered before?

Honestly, having her and our three dogs interact, she probably learned the most from them. Just how to be a dog.

How did you feel like you connected to her? She was just so sweet and docile—someone who deserved a chance. And it doesn’t sit well with me coming home every night and seeing this dog darting in the streets back and forth. And I thought, “One time, I’m going to come home and it’s going to be her body lying here, or she’s going to get so sick that no one’s going to see her again.”

So, are you keeping her?

This was the first time, and I was very nervous about it and pretty hesitant because we have dogs of our own… but she ended up being the perfect [dog] for it, and she got along great with my other dogs. Although my lab’s a little jealous, but that’s just him.

There wasn’t a love story there? There was, but she was in heat initially! And, typical male, he was all into her and all about her. And now that’s she not, he’s like, “Oh, she’s still here?”

It sounds a lot like the movie, actually. Yeah, exactly. They really follow the plot closely.

We’re finding the right home. A couple of friends are interested. Legally, we can’t have more than three dogs in the county. The second we caught her, I thought, “This is something we have to see through to the end to make sure she has a good home.”

Will you have trouble saying goodbye? I’m already kind of going through the grieving process. I go through periods when I’m crying and I cuddle with her every night. When she was first here, it was like spending two hours a night in the cage just sitting with her, hand-feeding her. When you devote that much emotion to something ...

What made you decide to enter the contest? I saw a post on Facebook about it, and I’d been [shooting] footage this entire time and had footage that showed progression from night one until now. So I thought, “I’ll put it together; it’s a cute story.” She’s a Sacramento girl; a hometown girl.

I imagine this beautiful Lady Bird ending where she calls you one day.

That brings me to her name. Yes! I saw [Lady Bird] over Thanksgiving and I watched her on the camera from afar on the

I know, right? I’d be happy, but it dawned on me that we have three really loud, rambunctious dogs, and she needs a mellow environment. It’s not fair to her and it’s not fair to our dogs. Ω

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