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Grab the mic If you manage to get your hands on  an early copy of this paper, then you  may still have a chance to attend one  of the coolest events in Sacramento  this year. On September 12, Harlow’s  Restaurant & Nightclub is hosting a  triple-barreled coming-out party— for a new record label, for said label’s  first album and for the artists who  turned their experiences surviving  the streets into some of the realest  music you’re likely to hear. The label, Creation District  Records, only seemingly blinked into  existence, but reflects eight months of  breakneck hustle by Grace Loescher,  a force of DIY creative philanthropy.  The indie label spun out of Loescher’s  work at The Creation District, an art  studio for young people experiencing  homelessness. Along with artist  Hobo Johnson, Loescher and a  small team spent months setting up  mini-recording studios wherever  they can find marginalized young  people—shelters, sidewalks, vans,  etc.—and helped them turn their  notebook confessionals into mixedand-mastered recordings. I’m not sure how to describe the six  tracks I sampled except to say they’re  like neo-hip-hop diary entries, told  through simple, moody hooks and raw,  plainspoken poetry. Consider these  bars from J Kcharmz’ “What They Call  You?”: “Little boy at school / He considered a fool / ‘Cuz he stealing food  / He is so confused / ‘Cuz he hungry /  But they think that shit is funny.” The kid’s story gets harder from  there, but the song doesn’t beg for  sympathy. It’s told with such thickskinned humanity that you just feel,  well, more human having heard it.  That’s headphone rap of the highest  order. And a reminder that picking  up the mic can be even bolder than  dropping it.

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Honestly that’s too hard to say because there’s so many great artists that are in Sacramento and I think everyone [here] that’s doing their thing is a great artist. … Art is everything to me.

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David … wasn’t that guy from Sacramento? David Garibaldi. It’s just cool. He paints upside down; you never know what he’s painting until he flips the whole painting. It’s always a surprise, you never know even though it’s right there in front of you.

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Well, my sister Chelsea [Paez]. She does really great art using all types of different materials. This chalk stuff is amazing. She actually is getting me out in the art world in Sacramento, so I appreciate her for that.

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Phil Teefy. He’s a glass artist out at [Rainbow Glass Inc.] on Auburn Boulevard. He and Chihuly worked together when they were growing up and studying the glass world. … He’s been there 35 years, and I used to work there.

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Wayne Thiebaud is my favorite artist that came out of Sacramento. I managed to get to take an art class from him when I was a sophomore at UC Davis back in the 1960s, and it was a really special experience.

My daughter, Jasmine Alleger. She’s got an MFA in studio painting and she’s awesome. She’s out of Philadelphia right now.

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Money versus housing Re: “Start the press,” by Mark Heckey (News, September 6): The median income of tenants in Sacramento is $37K. Only a tiny  minority would be able to afford these units. Further, the people  moving from other places in California are not rich, and can’t afford  these units either.

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Whither, John Callahan? Re: “SN&R’s fall movie preview,” by Daniel Barnes and Jim Lane (Feature, September 6): No mention of Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot starring Joaquin Phoenix

as the quadriplegic cartoonist John Callahan, whose work appeared in various alt-weekly publications (including SN&R) in the late-1990s? S tev e W a n t a b e S acr a m e nt o v i a F ac e b o o k

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Re: “Labor mayday,” by Raheem F. Hosseini (Editor’s Note, September 6): Heaven forbid the unions actually represent their rank-andfile memberships—as if [Local 1000 SEIU president] Yvonne Walker and her cabal have cared [about] anyone but their ruling clique. Workers walk away from union memberships that do nothing of value for them.

Re: “Escalating hostilities” by Raheem F. Hosseini (News, August 30): I am disappointed to see that this has happened. I think this is more than an unjust arrest; this is depicting the larger public issue at hand of the rights of illegal immigrants. I believe that the Bill of Rights should apply to anyone who steps onto U.S soil, whether they are illegal immigrants or not. Thus, in the case of OntiverosCebreros, he should have the right to be protected by the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments. ICE agents have violated these rights by not only arresting Ontiveros-Cebreros without a warrant, but possibly creating a bias towards Ontiveros-Cebreros now that others are aware of his illegal status, taking away his right to a fair trial. Furthermore, my belief that immigrants should be protected by the Bill of Rights has been held up in Court. For example, in Fong Yue Ting v.

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U.S., it was determined that Chinese laborers and other “illegal aliens” alike are entitled to the protections guaranteed under the Bill of Rights. Therefore, Ontiveros-Cebreros is entitled to the protection of the Amendments. The violation of immigrant rights, such as OntiverosCebreros’s arrest and the internment of immigrant children, will continue to happen if we don’t do anything about it. It’s our duty to speak up and use our power to protect these immigrants who are unable to do it themselves, assuming they wouldn’t know the rights they are entitled to. If you were in their shoes, wouldn’t you want someone to stand up for you?

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Pitch city Just what do public-private partnerships like the  Greater Sacramento Economic Council do anyway? by Graham Womack

On a brisk October morning last year, local leaders gathered outside Golden 1 Center in Sacramento to make a pitch. The ask: Get Seattle-based tech giant Amazon to build a second headquarters in the region, bringing 50,000 highpaying jobs and potentially reshaping Sacramento’s economy for decades. The event included speeches from Rep. Doris Matsui, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, Kings owner Vivek Ranadive and the effort’s leader, Greater Sacramento Economic Council president and CEO Barry Broome. In the nearly three years he’d been in town, since arriving from Arizona after a decade-long stint leading the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, it was by far Broome’s highest-profile effort in Sacramento. And to support it, no shortage of public subsidies were quietly on the line. 8   |   SN&R   |   09.13.18

A proposal GSEC submitted that day to Amazon—but didn’t release publicly at the time—lists 12 regional sites and hundreds of millions in potential subsidies. Elk Grove alone offered $100 million in infrastructure financing, $110 million in job creation grants and $71.5 million in impact fee deferrals. The region’s proposal wasn’t among 20 finalists, Amazon announced in January. Within GSEC, a source close to the proposal said, no one expected Sacramento to have a serious chance of landing the headquarters. Regional leaders have openly described the effort as more of a practice run—a blueprint for future recruitment efforts. But the proposal, which GSEC released to The Sacramento Bee in February and also provided to SN&R for this

story, is a revealing sign of a tectonic shift that’s occurred locally in recent years. Public-private partnerships like GSEC wield much influence in the Sacramento region. These groups have the go-ahead to sometimes play fast and loose with public money. There’s just some question, beyond all the hype, of what the public is really getting. One thing’s clear: The services of GSEC’s leader don’t come cheaply. The most recent Form 990 for the organization, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, shows Broome receiving annual compensation totaling $635,280 for the 2016-17 fiscal year. By contrast, most city managers and county executives in the region make between $300,000 and $400,000. Leaders

of other local nonprofits are generally lucky to draw a third as much as Broome. Just since January, Broome told SN&R, he’s turned down three opportunities to leave. “I’m the top guy in the country,” Broome said of his economic development prowess. “I get called all the time.” In a more-than 20-year career in his field, spanning from the Midwest to Phoenix to Sacramento, Broome has seemingly never lacked for confidence or the ability to bullishly pursue his own vision of things. A 2003 Chicago Tribune profile noted that, at economic development outlet Southwest Michigan First, a sign taped to Broome’s office door read, “Bull, China Shop.” A few years later, after Broome went to Phoenix, Craig Harris of the Arizona Republic reported that the newcomer had “ruffled feathers with a brash, no-nonsense style.” “He’s quick to criticize those who should be partners, like the state Department of Commerce, and his secretary reminds him before meetings that he needs to let others talk,” Harris wrote. Sometimes, Broome’s style has seemed to cost him. After he arrived in Sacramento in 2015, he helped merge the newly-created GSEC with the 40-year-old Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization. As part of the merger, approximately seven SACTO staffers went to GSEC. All have

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dueling on rent control since departed, said past SACTO executive and GSEC vice president Bob Burris. Burris described Broome as “very harddriving. Expected a lot … from his employees and kind of was someone that expected full attention and that he was really the face of the organization.” Burris, who said he’d been No. 2 at SACTO for a decade, lasted only a few months at GSEC before departing to form his own economic development organization. “When a CEO comes in and [it’s] someone that’s not necessarily from the region or California, it kind of makes your head pop up and say, ‘Maybe I should be doing something a little bit different,’” said Burris, now president and CEO of Solano EDC. Another former employee, who didn’t want their name used, said GSEC has had high turnover. “There were internal pressures,” the former employee said. “But I think externally there were a lot of pressures as well, just because if you do something wrong, or something goes bad and you’re in the public eye, you have the potential that the organization will be defunded. I think just in general, it was like a pretty high-pressure environment.” Both the public and private sector have a stake in GSEC, with its board offering a mix of public officials and business executives who helped found the group, such as McClatchy CEO Pat Talamantes, auto dealer Roger Niello and developer Kyriakos Tsakopoulos. Board members pay $100,000 annually for seats. And the public representatives don’t get a discount, said the former employee, who estimated the current split for public-private support of GSEC at 50-50. There has been no shortage, incidentally, of local companies and governments willing to pay for seats, with 59 board members listed in GSEC’s Form 990 for the 2016-17 fiscal year and the organization having $11.7 million in net assets. Revenue included $916,000 in governmental grants. The money goes to fund operations and a local staff of 15 people doing marketing, communications and analytics. Meanwhile, the board seems to serve a largely symbolic purpose. “In all honesty, it’s not like there was a lot of voting or anything like that,” said Gary Bradus, one of three former SACTO board members who served negotiated terms on GSEC’s board. “In my mind, it was almost more kind of just [GSEC] letting everybody know what’s going on.”

Broome said he doesn’t look to build consensus. “I always got people a little upset with me on my board,” Broome said. “When they call me, like, ‘Why are you doing this or why are you doing that?’—which is not often, but they do—it’s just like, ‘Go get your business plan.’ We build business plans, we build metrics and then we execute the business plan.”

“Government cannot and should not do it alone,” Steinberg said. “It is about harnessing the best of the public sector and the best of the private sector to create more jobs, to build more housing, to create more opportunities for young people in our neighborhoods and tackle the myriad of challenges that we face in our city. And I think Barry and GSEC have been a gamechanger here.”

the approach differs from that of there’s a question of transparency and predecessor organization, SACTO. how much oversight the public really Barbara Hayes, who served as president has with GSEC and other public-private and CEO of SACTO for 14 years, partnerships. While these groups said her former organization have publicly available board had many big wins. This minutes and tax forms, “I’m the included helping land former Metro Chamber top guy in the regional locations for CEO Peter Tateishi said companies like Apple, the forms can lag as country.” Intel, Siemens and much as two years with Barry Broome Kikkoman. IRS extensions. president and CEO, Greater “I think SACTO Janelle Scott, a UC Sacramento Economic got great credit for what Berkeley professor who’s Council it did,” said Hayes, who studied public-private earned less than half as much partnerships in education, said annually as Broome does now. lack of transparency can be by “And really, that wasn’t the important design. part. The important part was just the “Fundamentally, many of the partnersuccess. We weren’t really getting into it ships arose out of the idea that they didn’t for getting out front and getting credit and want centralized oversight,” Scott said. standing on the center stage.” Other nearby public-private partnerships A GSEC staffer said the organization have drawn scrutiny for their secrecy. In has helped bring 46 companies, $470 June, Placer County’s grand jury cited a million in generated payroll and approxinonprofit run by city leaders, the Roseville mately 6,500 jobs to the region. Community Development Corporation, But its list of big-name successes is as essentially being a privatized wing small thus far. Some of its highest-profile of a public entity and having spotty efforts, aside from Amazon, have been a bookkeeping. 32-page spread that GSEC paid to run last “The public does not know the full year in American Airlines’ inflight magaextent of city resources that are being zine on the Northern California megaregion devoted to RCDC,” the grand jury noted. and helping recruit medical supply giant Shutting the public out has its drawMcKesson to build a distribution facility in backs, though. Newsha Ajami, director of Roseville. urban water policy at Stanford University, GSEC remains powerful, nevertheless, said equitability in public-private partnerwith Broome saying he talks with Mayor ships helps keep the public from assuming Steinberg twice a week and that they meet too much risk. for coffee every two weeks. The mayor “For the ones that end up being speaks of Broome as a close ally. problematic, that’s what often happens,” “He has had my back and continues to, Ajami said. “That’s why it’s very important and it’s a partnership that I view as vital to to make sure these contracts are negotithe city,” Steinberg said. ated strategically and fair to all parties Steinberg said Sacramento is close [involved].” to locating its first Fortune 100 company For better or worse, though, GSEC headquarters, Centene, guaranteeing 5,000 seems to be Broome’s show. If his close new jobs. The mayor said that while he, associates have concerns, they aren’t Councilwoman Angelique Ashby and city voicing them publicly. Broome envisions a staff negotiated incentives with Centene, 10-year run in Sacramento. Broome “made the first overtures” to the “Right now, all these investors are firm. re-upping their investment,” Broome said. In general, the mayor supports public“And they’re doing it on the condition I stay private partnerships. the CEO.” Ω

Shawna Thrower-Low raised five children in Del Paso Heights. Now young adults, some of those children are struggling to make it in the neighborhood. “My younger sons are 21- and 22-years-old, they can’t afford to live on their own,” Thrower-Low said. “Where it used to be $900 for a two bedroom apartment, it’s now hard to find a single bedroom for that price.” Thrower-Low, who’s recently seen the rent of her Elk Grove home jump by nearly 40 percent, said something needs to be done. What that something should be is being debated in the city of Sacramento. On September 4, at the second of three housing workshops, Mayor Darrell Steinberg outlined a temporary rent stabilization strategy, while three fellow council members presented a watereddown alternative in front of a capacity crowd. Steinberg proposes capping annual rent increases to 5 percent on units built before 1999 and implementing an informed notice requirement to “reduce unnecessary evictions,” it said on his blog. Steinberg’s program would sunset three years after implementation, as he does not believe rent control is a long-term solution for the city. Councilmen Eric Guerra, Rick Jennings and Steve Hansen presented a competing proposal supported by Citizens for Affordable Housing, a coalition funded by the California Association of Realtors, Region Business and California Apartment Association. The proposal provides no guaranteed rent caps. Instead, it would allow for a nonmandatory mediation process for renters whose rents increase more than 6 percent in a year. Steinberg stressed that any possible rent stabilization ordinance would have to wait until after the November midterm election. That’s when voters will decide whether to repeal costa-hawkins, thus loosening local governments’ ability to enact rent control. (Dylan Svoboda)

Sex propaganda SellS A coalition with the stated mission of disrupting human trafficking in the Sacramento region touted the results of a crackdown on the men who pay for sexual favors. But the press release from the county district attorney’s office, which created the Sacramento Together coalition in 2015, omitted one crucial detail: Way more women are arrested for prostitution-related offenses. According to a press release from District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert, five local law enforcement agencies conducted “john” stings at motels scattered around the county on August 27 and 29. The second annual Operation: Hot Spots reportedly nabbed 16 men, all for soliciting prostitution, though SN&R could only verify booking records for 14. What the DA’s press release left out is that 25 women were also arrested for prostitution-related crimes during this period. Nineteen of the arrests occurred in the week following the two-day operation. Some who work with sex workers criticized Hot Spots for failing to work as advertised. “You can’t even wrap that up as a good statistic,” said Kristen DiAngelo, director of the local chapter of the Sex Workers Outreach Project, or SWOP. DiAngelo, who says she’s been alarmed at the exploding numbers of young, homeless sex workers living along the river and sharing stories of rape, challenged authorities to focus on apprehending violent predators and actual traffickers instead of the workers she says are struggling to survive. “There’s real people being hurt,” she said. “But they’re so busy playing these goddamn games.” (Raheem F. Hosseini)

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Hot wheels In Sacramento, Jump bikes are all the  rage—in both senses of the word by James Raia

The Sacramento region already had more than a dozen public transportation offerings before Jump came to town four months ago. The region’s latest spin on the evolving bikeshare model isn’t its first attempt at uniting capitalist entrepreneurs and socialist consumers, but it may be the most ambitious. Brooklyn-based Jump was founded in 2010 as Social Bicycles, which originated the concept of charging people to share rented recumbents. The company now has more than 30 global bicyclesharing services. It was purchased by Uber in April but will continue to operate with the Jump name. (A few Social Bicycles are still visible in Sacramento.) The bikes feature an electric motor in the front wheel and a battery concealed in the frame. When a rider pedals a little, the bike senses the effort and supplements it up to 15 mph. “Using it on the way to work is a little less work,” said Austin Heyworth,

the public affairs manager for Uber in California, who lives in West Sacramento. “We’re hopeful that it will encourage folks who might not consider riding a bike.” The bright red bikes appeared abruptly around the region on May 17, the same day the Amgen Tour of California arrived for the first of its three dates in Northern California. Within its first month, the system received both high praise and collected its share of detractors. Jump’s regional rollout began with 300 bikes in Sacramento, Davis and West Sacramento, though most were dispatched around the capital city, saturating East Sacramento and Midtown in clusters, called hubs. Another 200 bikes were recently added to the fleet, with another 400 scheduled for distribution throughout the three

cities by the end of the year. Heyworth Advocates, said he views the unique notes the average Jump user pedals parking habits of some Jump users as between two and three miles. the result of a lack of bike racks in key “These bikes help bridge the gap locations and not an issue with lazy between cars and regular bikes,” renters. he said. “Riders aren’t going to be Bikeshare programs in Seattle laboring along like they would be on a and Baltimore have failed as have regular heavy bike share option in the similar programs in several counsweltering Sacramento summer day.” tries. Vandalism, abandonment and Using the bikes costs $1 for the programs that didn’t require adherence first 15 minutes and 7 cents for each to a “locked-to” policy were the additional minute, or $4.15 per hour. primary culprits. Other membership options include Jump isn’t the region’s first bikea monthly rate and low-income and share effort. Ride Your Now Way was student plans. Users can download the initiated in June 2001. A few dozen Jump or Uber-associated apps on their bikes were available at two Midtown smartphones. Account holders can kiosks. Theft and credit card fraud locate bikes and unlock them via the were immediate problems. The bikes Jump app and pin code. Helmets are also had to be returned to two kiosks. not provided and cyclists have to be 18 The program was short-lived. years old to rent a bike—although that Sacramento is also home to the free policy is difficult to enforce. State Employees BikeShare Ideally, a Jump user program. It’s available should return their only in the Sacramento “We’re bike to where it region and to 230,000 hopeful that it will was rented, to a state employees. The traditional bike bikes are available encourage folks who rack or to one or for use 8:30 a.m.-5 might not consider riding more artwork-style p.m. Mondaya bike.” racks increasingly Friday. Practical available. But Cycle, based in Austin Heyworth users haven’t fully Folsom, has several public affairs manager, complied. Jump bikes rental options, includUber are scattered around ing electric bikes and Sacramento, locked on children’s bikes. utility poles, against buildRad Beauton, manager ings and benches, and in other of Peak Adventures bike shop at creative but unthoughtful fashions. Sacramento State University, is Since Jump bikes are registered to encouraged by the Jump program. users, a $25 fee can be assessed for ille“It’s a nice resource for us as a gal parking or distributing a bike outside shop because if someone drops off the company’s regional boundaries. GPS their bike for repair and they still need tracking devices are installed on Jump to get home, there are enough Jump bikes. On August 13, city spokeswoman bikes around here that people can tag Amy Williams said that callers to the one of those and ride it back. It’s a city’s 311 help line have complained 61 pretty affordable cost,” Beauton said. times about Jump bikes, including for “So far, so good. I really don’t have improper parking. While fines can be any beef with them [Jump], other than directly charged to renters’ accounts, the whole lockup situation. Ideally, none have, she added. they’re supposed to be locked to a bike It didn’t take long for followers rack. But some people are just locking of the social media app Next Door them up to street poles, but other than to express strong, varied opinions. that I think it’s great.” Accompanied by an image showing Heyworth reports the program a Jump bike parked next to a fire tallied about 10,000 rides during hydrant and partially blocking the its first three months in the region. sidewalk, one poster sarcastically The availability of helmets, recompraised the bike renter’s parking skills mended on the app, and expanding the and inquired, “Who would block a fire boundaries of the program are under hydrant?” consideration. Ω Jim Brown, executive director of the Sacramento Area Bicycle

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It is easy to get discouraged. Global The Radical Right, led by the Koch warming. Tax cuts for the rich, and brothers and their ilk, have effectively social services cutbacks for the rest of us. planned a path for America that leads A court system that props up the rich and us to a polluted world, with little worker powerful. Labor unions weakened by a protection, run-down schools, limited partisan court ruling. And, then there’s health care and an ever-increasing gap our commander-in-chief. between the haves and have-nots. The system is rigged. It seems like However, we can organize, vote and the worst of times. But throughout take America down a different path. In American history, it has often seemed the upcoming November election we will like the worst of times until it wasn’t. have an opportunity to make positive Starting with Valley Forge, where choices. In Sacramento, we need to the only thing that stopped American support Measure U to fund much-needed soldiers from deserting in a seemingly city services. In our region, we can help impossible situation was their lack take back the House by sending Tom of shoes, Americans have repeatedly McClintock back to his home in Elk found themselves in impossible Grove. We can fix our broken situations. The War of roads by supporting the 1812, the Depression statewide gas tax. of 1893, the Great Government still Depression of the has the power to Government still ’30s and World make our lives War II. The list better. Here in has the power goes on. California many to make our lives My parents good things are lived through the occurring that need better. Depression and World our support. Child War II. My father, Protective Agencies are who worked in the steel developing foster parent mills before the war, went to programs that work with the college and became a doctor on biological parents. The state is the GI Bill. During the post-war period, reforming bail and sentencing protocols Americans experienced a thriving middle which will put more justice in the crimiclass. The Greatest Generation of my nal justice system. CalPers is working parents believed in the power of governto make health care more affordable and ment to make their lives better. rational. CalRecycle is adopting ways In 1973, when I first started workto handle our trash that will do much to ing for an alternative paper, we felt it protect our environment. was our job to report that there were We can make change. We can make problems in paradise. We wrote about things better. Throughout American how our political leaders were lying to history, people believing they could us about Vietnam. We wrote about civil create change have done so. We have rights, how black Americans were not outlawed slavery, enabled unions, even allowed to vote in the South. We expanded the number of people with wrote about the environment and how access to health care, created environleaded gasoline was destroying the air we mental protections and instituted gay breathed. We believed that if we could marriage. reveal the problem, we could fix it. We need to organize. We need to In 2018, everyone is aware that there vote. We need to act. Ω are problems. What needs to be revealed is that we have the power to fix it. There are really good people currently working Jeff vonKaenel is the president, CEO and majority to make things better. And they need our owner of the News & Review. help.

Inside the home Cordero shared with his wife, Stacy McConnen. Cordero often incorporated cigarettes and unique, carved letters in his work.

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Sacramento mourns the loss of artist Nathan Cordero— what path did he forge in this rising creative city?

tacy McConnen opens the door to her East Sacramento home, her oversized T-shirt marked with long-dried paint stains. She moves through the first floor, passing a white wooden canvas depicting a smoking man with a spider crawling up his face. Then a bright collage; another carving, another collage; and a crutch transformed into art and hung on the wall.

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Cordero, in front of his piece titled “I will not write on other peoples property, I will. “ Metal detecting became a recent obsession, satisfying his thirst for discovery.

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Strings of origami cranes hang from the ceiling. Unlike the other pieces, that’s her handiwork. “I made those for our wedding,” McConnen says. “Supposedly it’s good luck, it’s a Japanese tradition.” She folded the cranes with her sisters and friends until they reached 1,000 for the at-home ceremony three years ago. There’s still at least one strand of cranes in each room. The dining room’s baby grand piano is covered in cards with sympathetic phrases like, “I’m here for you.” The cards surround a framed photo of McConnen and her husband, the man whose art spans the house. Nathan Cordero wasn’t afraid to take up space. He branded the city with small wood carvings of cigarettes and bleeding fingers, which he transformed into stickers using carpet tape. He blasted music in his 16   |   SN&R   |   09.13.18

backyard art studio. He trekked for miles while metal detecting. He occupied spaces with remarkable warmth and authenticity. Put him in a room, and Cordero made friends. His generosity with time and his welcoming nature is captured in a recurring phrase he used in his work: “Stay awhile.” He would slice this reappearing phrase into paper, carve it into wood and etch it into glass. “Nate just had an ease in his own environment and the way he interacted with people,” said his friend Liv Moe, founding director of Verge Center for the Arts on S Street. “One of our friends mentioned that he had a very untroubled mind, and I think that’s a really good way to put it.” Cordero, a Sacramento artist who was a staple at local shows and had a history of exhibiting at museums throughout Northern California, died on August 15 from complications following a seizure. He was 43. As Cordero developed artistically, the city where he lived grew with him. In recent years, shiny displays of Sacramento’s changing art scene have come in many forms, including through Instagram-worthy temporary art experiences and events that draw artists with international name recognition.

The city recently committed to providing support and grants for local arts projects through its Creative Economy Pilot Project, and crowdsourced a longterm arts and culture vision with its Creative Edge plan. As Sacramento aims to make its mark as a creative city on the rise, what path did Cordero forge, and where was he headed next?

Always curious As a kid, Cordero explored Yolo County’s hills and fields in search of treasures,

collecting arrowheads and arcane tools. His uncle, a graphic designer, spurred his interest in art, and Cordero was in a high school art class in Woodland when substitute teacher and famed figurative painter Troy Dalton noticed him. “Troy somehow knew right away that Nathan was an artist,” said Andrew Patterson, a professor at Shasta College in Redding and close friend of Cordero’s. They previously lived together in Sacramento. Dalton hired Cordero as his studio assistant, or, as Dalton jokingly called him, “studio bitch.” Cordero got hands-on experience prepping canvas and expanded his network, as Dalton introduced him to other artists. Dalton died in 2010. “That kind of shaped the direction that Nate went in, not necessarily aesthetically … but I think in terms of where Nate was aspiring to and what he thought a professional artist looked like,” Moe said. Like many artists today, Cordero started with street art. Throughout his career, he stenciled letters and words, including in his large 2008 piece titled, “I will not write on other peoples property, I will.” The phrase repeats in thick block letters, flowing from line to

“He liked that idea that you could be going about your day and something would stop you and remind you that life’s pleasant.”

line recklessly. He used discarded chalkboard to make it, and in 2013, it was part of an exhibit that showcased Sacramento sculptors at the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art in Napa. Cordero recently sold it to Canon East Sac, where it hangs in the restaurant’s private dining room. Another piece by Cordero, a vertical, multimedia collage made of small tan pieces of wood, pieces of found photographs and pops of colorful painted materials, is displayed in the main dining room. His street art sensibility came through in many ways, like using DIY stickers to spread an image or message. But instead of sticker paper, he found thin slabs of wood, which he often painted white and then carved. Always holding the razor with his bare hand, he’d often cut his finger, then carve a gashed finger, dripping with blood. Cordero created images that were like journal entries. When a co-worker at an old job was bitten by a spider, he gifted his colleague with a personalized carving of an arachnid with the word “Sorry.” He made funny gifts for friends, like a piece that said, “puberty,” carved into wood in thin, wiry, hair-like lettering. He’d made the piece for Patterson, who laughed as he thought of people getting close enough to understand the pun.

LIV MOE Founding director, Verge Center for the Arts Many of Cordero’s pieces still fill McConnen’s home.

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“He was doing it so frequently that it was like sketching,” Moe said. “To come out of street art and then push it into something that’s yours is amazing.” Cigarettes were another ubiquitous image. He carved single smokes onto his wooden stickers, or a worn pack of Marlboros, sometimes using leftover floorboards. Sometimes he unfolded, deconstructed and displayed the actual Marlboro cardboard packaging. He tagged high-traffic areas like Sacramento State University and the Warehouse Artist Lofts on R Street with these wooden stickers. “He liked that idea that you could be going about your day and something would stop you and remind you that life’s pleasant,” Moe said. It was his whimsical way of engaging people he’d maybe never meet. After more than a decade knowing Cordero, Moe said the past few weeks have given her time to recall cherished memories. Their friendship began in 2008, around the time Verge launched its original iteration. She thought Cordero’s easy-going nature would be a good addition to Verge, but he moved to New York. She figured their short-lived friendship was over—until she started receiving postcards. “He’d be like, ‘Hey, I think about Verge a lot. I’m really bummed I didn’t get to be part of that community, it was really neat getting to know you and Tim [Moe’s husband]. I’m sad we’re not friends,’” Moe said. “And I remember thinking, ‘God, you know, people don’t do that. They’re just not that thoughtful.’” Around 2011, Cordero returned to Sacramento and rejoined the Verge community. They’d moved into a larger space at S and Sixth streets, but all 37 artist studios were occupied. When Moe offered the only room left—a shared kitchen space—Cordero happily took it. He eventually shared a studio space with Patterson, but not before he’d destroyed the kitchen’s linoleum floor with razor blades and spoiled a few refrigerators full of food in the name of art. “Myself and a couple other artists here used to joke about Nate being like a goldfish,” Moe joked. “You know, he would go to fit the size of his pond.” Around the time Cordero returned, he experienced a series of hardships: he was going through a divorce, his mother Susan had died and he was hit by a car in Midtown. But from the outside, he didn’t slow down. “During those three or four months,” Patterson said, “he continued to explore, make art, meet new friends, spend time with old ones, and work. … Some friends recently

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told me they didn’t know he was going through such a hard time.” At Cordero’s funeral, McConnen told the crowd that they tried to live without fear of his epilepsy. Moe said the same reality that made him such a consistent worker ended up taking him away. “I feel like Nate had this dimension of his life that impacted him in a way that just was so fucking unfair,” she said. “And it just makes me … angry.” The word “obsession” comes up when talking about Cordero. McConnen’s own creative leanings in photography and graphic design were fueled by her husband’s enthusiasm. She included support for his art in her vows, but admits it wasn’t always an easy promise to live up to. “He could be kind of frantic about it and super messy and always bringing materials that he saw as potential for art,” she said. “But he also had that unique ability to share that passion and bring it alive for other people ... When he got into something, he just got so into it. And I envied that.” Cordero found his next major obsession in McConnen’s step-father’s garage: a metal detector. He began scanning Midtown and set out to make friends who shared his appetite for discovery. Ryan Lambert regularly hunted the hills of Sacramento’s surrounding towns with Cordero. Because of his epilepsy, Cordero couldn’t drive, so he got rides to spots like Colfax and El Dorado Hills. He could spend hours researching mining camps in old Gold Rush towns. “That’s the whole kind of key to finding good stuff,” Lambert said. “So he’d do the research and I’d do the driving.” Cordero extracted cans, bottles, pipes and diamond rings, countless items he’d often use in his art. One of Lambert’s favorite Cordero pieces is simple. “[It’s] just a smashed aluminum can, from maybe the ’60s era, and it’s framed,” Lambert said. “It might not be amazing for other people, but it’s just a personal thing for me, especially because it was gifted.” Forgotten objects were part of Cordero’s artistic toolkit. His 2014 show at Shasta College, called “We Will Explore and Take What We Can,” featured art created from his finds. He made a video to show students his process: from the detecting to the extraction, and ending with the neatly organized found items. His di Rosa show also highlighted found objects, and a Napa newspaper clipping shows him searching the museum grounds—detector in hand—during his exhibit there.

“Everything he did was some sort of inspiration or fodder for the content of what he was developing,” Moe said. “It was so interesting to see where Nate has gone in the last 11 years that I’ve known him. … It just makes me wonder where he was going.” At JayJay Gallery, Cordero’s pieces from a July-August show recently came down off the wall. They are simple and abstract, reflecting his work as a house painter. One piece is a used painter’s drop cloth stretched across canvas; another is a thin, abstract self-portrait he created, using his work shirt and pants. “The pieces that he was showing there started to look an awful lot like art,” said Chris Daubert, an artist, educator and curator. His work appeared alongside Cordero’s at di Rosa, and he also invited Cordero to exhibit at Sac City College’s Kondos Gallery. He said Nate’s recent pieces were more fitting for what galleries like JayJay show and sell. It’s not so much a reflection of maturity, he said, but Cordero working with his environment as he’d always done. “He was making beautiful abstractions out of drop cloths and painters pants.” Daubert said. “Since he was kind of untethered to traditional structure … everybody was wondering what’s he going to be doing in five years.” Gallery owners Beth Jones and Lynda Jolly have known of Cordero’s work for a decade and a half, but got to know him personally when he started helping them install exhibitions earlier this year. The gallery had just started representing Cordero, which could have opened up opportunities for him to connect with collectors and further market his work. Daubert said the absence of an art market in Sacramento has created a scrappy, ground-up approach. “It’s always been a do-it-yourself environment,” he said. “Nate fit into that really well. … He was recognized both in museum and gallery settings but also on the street.” That DIY work ethic was behind the capacity-pushing M5 Arts projects Art Hotel and Art Street. Organized by the nonprofit M5 Arts, the exhibits gave local artists large, temporary spaces to showcase their work. Cordero was included in both. The downtown landscape is now dotted with works by prominent contemporary artists. Two years ago, an 18-foot sculpture by pop artist Jeff Koons was unveiled outside Golden 1 Center, just a block down from a 41-year-old mural painted by the Sacramento-based Royal

Chicano Air Force. This summer, street artist Shepard Fairey painted a giant mural of Johnny Cash that overlooks L Street as part of Wide Open Walls. At the same time, the city and county have teamed up with arts organizations to bolster support for Sacramento creatives. The city enacted its Creative Edge initiative—a seven-year plan to invest in efforts like arts education and artist opportunities. In early 2017, Sacramento City Council green-lit the Creative Economy Pilot Project, a grant program which funded 57 local arts and cultural efforts, including the homegrown, all-local First Festival. And later this month, an effort led by Sacramentans Jay Siren and Jay Sales to highlight the city’s visual and performance artists will kick off with the first of a series of pop-up events at the California Automobile Museum. As the city continues to see new opportunities for artists to create and show their

work to a larger audience, it’s impossible to know exactly the direction Nate was headed. “He was very well thought of, very active and when that spirit goes away there’s an empty spot,” Daubert said. “But I’m sure Nate hopes someone’s going to fill it, and we all do.”

Alone in the pond Back at McConnen’s house, wooden Trumps line a wall in the hallway. The yellow hair, black suit, white shirt and red tie is painted onto several slender planks of wood, each three to six feet high. Cordero had posted pictures of his Trumps on Instagram in late July, using punny captions like “Dumb as a plank of wood,” and #dumbasastump. McConnen sorts through the Trumps. “We didn’t care for Trump,” she said. “It’s just like a caricature.” He had added a white square at the base with a red X inside to one of the Trumps, to

indicate the art wasn’t necessarily posted in support. On the last Monday of Cordero’s life, the couple had dinner with friends at Shoki Ramen House, kitty-corner to Warehouse Artist Lofts. He came equipped with a Trump, posting it nearby, where the fourfoot depiction stood for about three weeks before it was removed. But more will be up soon. McConnen just needs to paint the red X at the base of the rest of them before she plants them around town. That was Nate’s plan. McConnen said there’s an overwhelming amount of artwork to go through in the house. Folks have asked about purchasing his work, but she’s not there yet. “First, I want to just take stock of it all,” she said. “[There are] definitely pieces I’m going to keep.” Cordero often gifted his art, and McConnen said she knows he would have loved for people to have it.

“I think I’m going to sit with it all for a while,” she said. In the living room, McConnen handles the last few of Nate’s wooden cigarette slap stickers. She holds them out, runs her fingers over the “RIP” she’s carved above the single smoke. “Being close to someone who’s an artist and watching how they work and think, it’s just amazing,” she says. “I’m so glad to have been so close to that, for the little time that I was.” She’s going to post the few remaining cigarette stickers around town—a little higher than Nate normally would, to dissuade folks from taking them. Or at least make them work for it. She recently posted one at 10th and L streets, facing the Golden 1 Center. It’s still there, inviting folks to look up for a moment, maybe light up a smoke and stay awhile. Ω

Cordero stands with his sister-in-law Megan Batty in front of his piece, “Stay Awhile,” at the downtown show Art Hotel in 2016.

Photo courtesy of Stacy McConnen

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ummer albums are just as important as sunscreen. They set the mood at neighborhood barbecues and provide relaxing vibes during a lazy day spent floating down the river. They’re for hanging with friends and enjoying good vibes. Whether the tunes are upbeat-and-catchy or lyrically dark, the criteria is simple: As long as the album resonates with a particular moment in the listener’s life (and it’s released between the months of June and September), it’s summer-worthy. And while we can’t deny how eternal Will Smith is, summer jams aren’t just the kingdom of the Fresh Prince. Here, in Sacramento, local artists are pumping out summer soundtracks like metaphorical Neutrogena. SN&R cheers to the albums that got us through months of heatwaves and scorched skylines to send off the last days of summer.

SuN Valley GuN Club The Water, The Stars (June 8, 2018)

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As constant sunshine withers away, celebrate with new Sacramento hip-hop, punk rock and rock ’n’ roll

Despite its van getting stolen  in Sacramento three days after  completing a summer tour through states like Texas,  Oklahoma and Colorado, Sun Valley Gun Club members  Ashley Maiden (bass/vocals) and Evan Bailey (guitar/ vocals) say they’re just glad none of the band’s equipment  was in the vehicle.  “It did turn up. It apparently got stolen by some Satan  worshippers,” Maiden says. “They tore a bunch of stuff  apart and stole parts out and decorated the inside with  some pentagrams and whatnot. There was also this weirdass painting where the devil is doing some weird shit.” Looking on the bright side, at least Satan-loving van  thieves make for an entertaining story. And luckily, Sun  Valley Gun Club still have all of its equipment to build on its  summer release The Water, The Stars. The album isn’t a typical summer album in that it’s not  entirely upbeat or pop-driven and the lyrical content describes somber moments of despair and also explores feelings of loneliness. Yet, in spite of all these darker themes,  Sun Valley Gun Club’s approach encompasses influences  from early 2000s indie rock like Modest Mouse or Death  Cab For Cutie—so it’s dark, but still fun. It’s relatable. Not  everything is sunshine and rainbows and The Water, The  Stars is an unapologetic glimpse into the real issues most  of us keep hidden from the world.  “We’re probably the least summer jam, summer album,”  Maiden says. “[We’re] your summer downer, to keep everything in perspective.” (Laughs.) For Bailey, who co-wrote most of the album with sometimes drummer John Allen, one of the catchiest songs on

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the record, “You’re Falling  Apart” simply describes  the wax and wane of  everyday life. It’s  pepped up with a  little moog and  slightly overdriven guitars  to lift the song’s  vibe.  “There’s this  feeling that is  apropos to the  ashley maiden content of the rebassist, vocalist, Sun Valley Gun Club cord, especially for  artistic people like  when you’re playing a  show, things are going well  and the next day you can be  in a dark pit,” Bailey explains. “It can  switch really quickly where you go from highs to lows. Being  able to perform in front of people is always a high. That’s  what ‘Falling Apart’ is to me.”

“[We’re] your summer downer, to keep everything in perspective.”

The CRoiSSaNTS Summer School Again (July 13, 2018)

Facebook.com/leCroissants No matter the grade,  summer means  freedom for many  students. No more  tests, homework  or shuffling from  class to class. But  for those chosen  few, there’s always  summer school, and  no album quite sums  up the dreadful feelings  of being trapped in academia quite like The Croissants’  latest album, Summer School Again. “I think what makes a great summer album is when you’re  able to tie it back to a time in your life,” says bassist Hans  White. “Our songs are all about how much we don’t like going  to summer school and I think we can all relate to that.” The album is eight catchy, punk rock tunes that take on  the alternative perspectives of loathing school, hoping not  to get your ass kicked, wanting to walk someone special  home and bonding with fellow freaks in the hallways.  “I had just a terrible time in school. I was a real bad  student,” says vocalist/guitarist Chris Sabatoni. “I went  to summer school every year since like junior high. I guess  more so than relationships and more so than anything else  I relate to struggling in school. It makes up so much of who  I am.” Sabatoni says not liking school is one of those timeless concepts that most people can get behind, but it’s open for interpretation. Use Summer School Again as a metaphor for other  things that are lame to you. The title track with its catchy,  Ramones-like tempos will stay with the listener for hours on  end while the lyrics just may never leave the memory.  “Summer is ruined / I’m stuck inside / All my friends are  hangin’ out in the driveway/ Summer school again /   Summer school again / Summer school again …”

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PooR MajeSTy Summer singles: “Roses,” “Patience,” “Broadway” Run For Your Money (Fall 2018)

Facebook.com/poormajesty Summer singles are just as prevalent as  full-scale summer LPs. In the case of hip-hop artist POOR  Majesty, his album Run For Your Money may have a fall  release date, but he released three singles paired with  individual music videos this summer, and its gained him  instant, widespread attention in Sacramento.  His video for the song “Broadway” has more than 1,000  views on Facebook and touches on issues like gentrification, a struggle he sees occurring in Oak Park, a neighborhood where he lives with his family. “I live off Broadway and I see a lot of the changes that  are happening there, and I thought it would be something  important to talk about that a lot of people could relate  to,” Majesty says.  Another single Majesty released this summer was one  dedicated to his late grandfather M.C. McCarter called  “Roses,” which received more than 3,000 views on Facebook. It’s a hip-hop ballad with lyrics that give you the feels  immediately. “My grandfather had to work harder than the next  man / Cause his black skin / He was workin’ at the dam  / Working with hands and working on the fam / I know it  wasn’t easy, but now I understand … / I want to follow my  grandfather, I’m a fan …” The black-and-white music video opens with Majesty’s  grandmother telling stories from the past sitting next to  her husband. Five days after shooting the video, McCarter  passed away at 98 years old.  “I really love my family and my grandparents are definitely the cornerstone,” Majesty says. “I really wanted to  write a song that showed my appreciation for them. I just  wanted to tell him I loved him before he passed on, and  thank God I did it in time … I feel really blessed that I was  able to do that. It was really special to me.”

DRoP DeaD ReD AirRaid (July 13, 2018)

Facebook.com/ dropdeadRedmusic Right after the rock group  Drop Dead Red released  its album Inside Fires in  2015, vocalist/musician  Carly DuHain says she  immediately wanted to get  started on the band’s next  album, AirRaid.   Drummer Coday Anthony  describes the album as one of activism,  lyrically, but it also touches on a lot of social concepts and  ideas. The vocalist and musician at the helm of Drop Dead

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Red, DuHain, very much shares that sentiment. “There were so many things that I wanted to  talk about that soured in my heart and in my gut  over the past couple of years, and it seemed  that our country was going into a massive  demise, especially politically and culturally,”  DuHain says. “I needed to get them out somewhere, and luckily the band was 100 percent,  completely on board with being a little more  political this time around.” The first track, “Blame Me,” is the perfect  song to start the album. DuHain’s voice is so sultry  and inviting. She’s also backed by such a full-bodied,  powerful band whom truly command their instruments.  Musicians Gabe Aiello and Stephen Hendry on guitars,  Chad Benzel on bass and Anthony on drums bring the right  amount of grit to match DuHain’s authoritative vocals that  shakes listeners to their core.  “That was one of the first songs we wrote together as a  band with this lineup,” Anthony says. “It’s just a fun song to  play and I think it feels the most like what our band is like  these days. Sonically, the vibe of AirRaid is old-school rock with  a modern feel and they dance the line well. The band’s  influenced by ’90s music, ’60s and ’70s rock ’n’ roll, with a  little blues and jazz thrown in for good measure. If there is  one feeling DuHain wants listeners to take away from this  album: “Resistance. To resist. Fight back.”

SaD GiRlz Club Membership Dues (August 10, 2018) Facebook.com/ sadgirlzClubBand

Sad Girlz Club had  put together their  demo Membership  Dues in a matter  of months before  they booked a  show opening for  The Ataris at the Blue  Lamp just a few weekends ago. The four-piece  punk rock group made of up  musicians from Sacramento to San Francisco like Lys Mayo  (lead guitar), Shelby Murray (guitar/vocals), Travis Dunbar  (bass/vocals) and Eric La Febre (drums) are stoked on how  well they gel together both musically and as new (and old)  best buds.  “I think it’s really cool how much we get along for such  the short amount of time,” Dunbar says. “We’re like the  best friends club and it’s fucking rad.” Murray wrote most of the songs on the demo, which  projects an overall pop-punk vibe, but listen closely  and her words make this band one that is emotionally driven with Murray’s honest, heart-wrenching  experiences about past relationships, inner struggles  and turning to whiskey to mask the pain. All of this under  the guise of simple, upbeat chord progressions that are  dance-y, but with candid feelings behind them makes for an  album worthy of repeat plays to send off summer. “I feel better at the end of playing every single set, every  time we’ve played. I think it’s therapeutic for me,” Murray  says. “It’s OK to be sad sometimes and you can be in our  club if you’re sad, too.”  Ω

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If a new Chicago-themed pit stop in the heart of Fair Oaks seems a little out of place to you, you’d be right. Awkwardly hedged between a grocery store and an Indian restaurant, Marley’s Hot Dogs is easy to miss—but you definitely don’t want to miss out on its faithful rendition of the classic Chicago Dog ($3.95). A Vienna beef frankfurter in a fresh, poppy-seed bun, dressed in all the essential fixings (two tomato slices, two pickled Vienna sport peppers, a kosher-dill pickle spear, neon-green sweet relish, diced white onions and a pinch of celery salt). It’s a tasty dog that tickles the palate. Pair it with some piping-hot Chili Cheese Fries ($4.59) and pull up a chair amid the kitschy ChiTown décor. If you use your imagination, it’s almost like spending a lazy day at Wrigley Field. 8121 Madison Avenue, marleyshotdogs.com. —rachel mayfield

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Shanghai soup dumplings are a craving of epic proportions. Also known as xiao long bao, they compel diners to drive long distances and wait hours for perfectly pleated pockets filled with hot soup and a quarter-sized morsel of pork. So when I-Shanghai Delight opened last year in a hidden basement in Old Sac, promising handmade dumplings, it didn’t take long before the place was mobbed. My first visit to I-Shanghai Delight was a good one. After making our way down a mysterious staircase and ending up in what looked like a giant broom closet, we were surprised to find a large, brightly lit restaurant and a bank of women making dumplings behind a glass window. The Pork Soup Dumplings ($8.95 for eight) were the first thing we ordered, and we were not disappointed. The dumpling skin was delicately thin and the soup perfectly seasoned. The Shrimp Pork Dumplings ($12.95) were equally solid. The Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs ($8.95) were on the sweet side but the texture was spot-on, complete with nibbly little bones that required sucking for every bit of meat. While we came for—and loved—the dumplings, the surprising winners of the night were the Fried Turnip Pies ($8.95), deep-fried balls of shredded turnip that hit all the right salty, savory veggie notes without being greasy. A second visit to I-Shanghai Delight wasn’t as successful. The Beef Soup ($10.25) was good, with

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a generous amount of beef, though the “handmade” noodles tasted like store-bought spaghetti. The Fried Rice ($10.95) was pretty tasty, but the meat was overcooked. The soup dumplings were still thin-skinned but weren’t pleated well, leaving a pointy hat of twisted dough at the top that got stuck in our teeth. Soup dumplings are supposed to be pleated in such a way that there’s a small hole near the top to reduce excess dough, but these were twisted like a kid twists a straw wrapper. Hopeful for another stellar dumpling experience like the first, I made one more trek back to I-Shanghai Delight. This time a quarter of the menu was crossed out with a sharpie, because the restaurant was closed the day before and they apparently did not have time to prep. (Mental note: Don’t eat here on a Wednesday, since they’re closed Tuesdays.) The dumplings now had so much twisted dough that the tops were inedible; a glance around the restaurant showed many diners had left a mound of uneaten dumpling tops on their plates. The Hot and Sour Soup ($3.95) was neither hot nor sour. My once-beloved turnip pies were now deep-fried balls of mush, which the server comped, because they were terribly unappetizing. The one saving grace of that final meal was the plate of Fried Noodles Shanghai-Style ($8.25) which were incredibly meaty and had a lovely toothsome quality. What’s the final word on I-Shanghai Delight? It’s tough to say. That one amazing meal continues to give me hope, but the following two were disappointing enough that I have my reservations. If you’re madly craving soup dumplings, it’s worth a stop. If you’re picky about your dumplings, though, go somewhere else. Ω

Sophisticatedly sour Sour plum juice, Taiwan beST marT During the scorching summer months, families line up for the heaping snow cones at Osaka-Ya. But an equally refreshing, more adult-y, sophisticated treat can be had mere steps away; the sour plum juice, or suanmeitang, at Taiwan Best Mart ($2). As you sip in, your mouth waters with lightly tart, juicy plum flavor, and then you’re hit with a smoky, peaty flavor on the exhale. This beverage is made by boiling smoked plums and rock sugar and is sometimes touted as having health benefits. The clear benefit is access to a surpassingly delicious, cold treat. 2219 10th Street, taiwanbestmart.com. —becky Grunewald

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Members-only vegan food court Everybody’s favorite members-only warehouse store and cheap-ass food court is vegan friendly now. Costco, famous for its inexpensive pizza, hot dogs and ice cream, cut some unhealthier items from its food court menu, like its Polish hot dog, and added the vegan Al Pastor Salad and Acai Bowl. The Plant Based Foods Association reported the plantbased-food industry is generating $13.7 billion in sales annually, so it’s a smart move for Costco to jump on this money-making wagon. The new menu items are surprisingly good for food court food. The Al Pastor Salad ($5)— which was already prepared—was large and contained romaine lettuce; black olives; black beans; carrot shreds; red and orange bell pepper; pickled onion; and a generous amount of slightly spicy seasoned soy protein; with creamy, Thousand Island-ish dressing. The Acai Bowl ($5) was soft serve with granola, dried banana and fresh berries. Definitely not fancy, but great for food court grub. —Shoka

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t’s called epidiolex and comes directly from the marijuana plant. in a decision that should spell the end of marijuana’s federal prohibition, the Food and drug administration approved epidiolex for treating two forms of child epilepsy: LennoxGastaut syndrome and dravet syndrome. in a June 25 press release, Fda Commissioner scott Gottlieb signaled a new attitude, saying “programs that properly evaluate active ingredients contained in marijuana can lead to important medical therapies.”

Developed by British company GW Pharmaceuticals, Epidiolex is a highly purified prescription version of cannabidiol (CBd), an important non-psychoactive cannabinoid within cannabis. Clinical tests published in the new england Journal of medicine (www.nejm.org) showed their 98 percent CBd to 2 percent tHC ratio significantly reduced childhood epileptic seizures when compared to a placebo. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome strikes children in early childhood, and is marked by loss of muscle tone, sudden “drop-seizures” and uncontrollable contractions. Canadian mom Sandra Wilkinson successfully used CBD on her daughter, Mia. The 9-year old went from 100 seizures a day to being seizure-free for 18 months. Cannabis-based Epidiolex was recently approved by the FDA for treatment of childhood epilepsy.

“Programs that properly evaluate active ingredients contained in marijuana can lead to important medical therapies.” scott gotleib, Commissioner, us food and Drug administration

Dravet syndrome is a genetic condition that appears in the first year of life. It also causes seizures, impairs language and motor skills and can be life-threatening. toronto 10-year old Liam mcKnight was diagnosed with dravet as a baby. after experiencing over a thousand seizures, his mother Mandy started giving him cannabis oil five years ago. Within 24 hours he was walking, reading and eating, seizure-free.

Colorado estimates a regular dispensary supply of CBd from $1,200-$7,200 annually. Danny Kress, manager at Sacramento’s A Therapeutic Alternative dispensary, estimated the yearly cost at $500-$5,000. “CBds produced by pharmaceutical companies do not contain the entire cannabinoid/terpene profiles found in cannabis,” said Kress. “That unique combination provides the entourage effect we are after therapeutically.” Nevertheless, the FDA approval of Epidiolex signals a step toward the normalization of cannabis-based medicines, especially CBd. With other pharmaceuticals in the approval pipeline for common ailments like sleep disorders, the future for breakthroughs looks bright.

parents with epileptic children began experimenting with CBds before GW pharmaceuticals got into the game. Gottlieb said part of the reason for approving epidiolex so quickly was because of “illegal marketing of CBd-containing products with serious, unproven medical claims.” The FDA is also expected to recommend eliminating CBd as a schedule i drug within the next 60 days.

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Neighborhood farmers markets donned a strikingly different look over the last few weeks as a majority of farmers selling a sundry of ripe fruits and vegetables now cover their wares with sheets of plastic or large tarps, instead of displaying them outright. This precaution is due to a recent Oriental fruit fly infestation, which has 123 square miles of land quarantined from the north near El Camino Avenue to the south near Laguna Boulevard. The Sacramento Agricultural Commissioner’s Office, along with the California Department of Food and Agriculture, are working together to eradicate the problematic fly, which is attracted to more than 230 different “host plants” like cucumbers, summer and winter squash, tomatoes, eggplants and peppers. Juli Jensen, Sacramento Agricultural Commissioner & Director of Weights and Measures, told SN&R that the county runs a detection trapping program every year looking for infestations for a number of different exotic and invasive insect pests. The Oriental fruit fly is one they specifically trap for. Jensen says

the county found its first fruit fly on July 30, but have since logged 15, one being female. Finding a female fruit fly in the mix tipped off experts that a breeding population exists. “There are a couple of different treatments being made from the Department of Food and Agriculture on the properties and the adjacent properties where the flies were trapped,” Jensen says. She added that several treatments are being sprayed like the MAT Treatment (Male Attractive Treatment), which is sprayed in a 200-meter radius around each of the finds. When the male fruit flies are attracted to that spot, they die. For small farmers growing produce within the quarantine area like Randy Stannard and Sarah McCamman, who co-own a one-acre farm located in the Tallac Village neighborhood called Root 64 Sacramento, the infestation prevents them from selling certain produce at the Oak Park Farmers Market, one of the couple’s biggest income makers. “That’s the biggest impact for us. There’s a program that we’ve entered

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There’s a lot of smack talk in The Wolves—Capital Stage’s new play about the dynamics of a teen soccer team. As expected with a group of teens, the locker room-style conversations are raw, silly, nasty, supportive, mean, playful, sexual, sometimes inappropriate and at times quite revealing. Just like teens—totally. In a refreshing surprise, the girls speak frankly, using language usually associated with male teams. All the action takes place during a series of indoor soccer match warmups, complete with physical drills. The language and subject matters are a bit jarring at first—the “fucks” fly fast and furious, the talk is about competition, good plays, bad scores, teammates, friends, foes, family, periods, gossip and sex. The authentic voice that resonates throughout this 2017 Pulitzer Prize play finalist comes from 28-year-old playwright Sarah DeLappe—just a couple years older than her protagonists. And DeLappe truly captures the confusing and exhilarating time of life when teens are exploring their boundaries, limits, their inner dramas, dreams and disappointments. The characters are identified by their jersey numbers instead of by name—a decision that the playwright chose because she wanted the audience to respond to them as athletes instead of daughters or friends. It works—though it can be a bit confusing. This is a stellar cast of nine talented young actors, each displaying their distinct personality as well as coordinated teamwork, all under the tight direction of Nancy Carlin—who also orchestrates the challenges of overlapping dialogue and realistic warmup drills. The set and props are streamlined—an Astro Turf field, soccer balls, gym bags and water bottles—nothing to distract from the dialogue, dramas or drills. Ω

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4 Worth the taking There’s nothing quite like a good old-fashioned comedy for an enjoyable night out. You Can’t Take It With You is one of those. It has a big, busy set, a large cast (18 members) and writing that is smart, not just “clever.” Written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, the show debuted on Broadway in 1936 and won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for drama. (A 1938 film version directed by Frank Capra won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director.) The action all takes place in the home of the quirky Sycamore family where a playwright, firework makers, a snake collector and so many more do pretty much what they love, consequences—and the IRS—be damned. It’s the kind of household where a milkman makes a delivery one day and stays five years (until he dies). Penny (Karen Ward) oversees the madness, happy as long as the family is. It’s only when daughter Alice (Alyssa Tanner, in a role Jessica Chastain played here 20 years ago) falls in love with the rich and handsome young Tony Kirby (Eric Fawcett) that the sweet flow of life goes awry—until love and Grandpa (Rodger Hoopman) prevail. —Jim Carnes

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A teenage motocross racer (Alex  Neustaedter) bonds with a robot dog,  an escapee from a government contractor that  is developing canine weapons for the military.  As ridiculous as it sounds, that summary of  this dim teen romance/sci-fi hybrid is more  credible than the finished product. Writerdirector Oliver Daly expanded his script from a  seven-minute short, but the added 93 minutes  were too much for him. Didn’t anyone notice  that the story made no sense, that it was just  remnants of Short Circuit, E.T., WarGames and  other better movies, strung together more  or less at random? What did the movie’s 10  producers actually do? Despite the money  and effort lavished on the CGI pooch, the only  redeeming feature is some good racing footage  in the opening scenes—about seven minutes’  worth, come to think of it. J.L.

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The Jennifer Garner revenge flick Peppermint begins with a sick joke: director Pierre Morel’s overhead camera moseys down one night, zeroing in on a car in an empty parking lot. The car is rocking, with muffled grunts and gasps coming from inside. Is some couple having an extremely energetic round of sex? No, they’re fighting, viciously, slashing with knives. The woman (Garner) shoves a gun under the man’s chin and blows his brains all over the driver-side window. Then the scene dissolves to “Five years before…” Where to begin with this piece of junk? It’s lousy and it’s lazy, and it’s hard to say which is worse. The script is by Chad St. John, who has seen (and stolen from) more movies than he’s written. His only other credits are a 10-minute Punisher short (2012) and 2016’s almost-as-awful London Has Fallen. That one at least had a strong cast for us to sympathize with (and be embarrassed for). Peppermint just has Jennifer Garner, and the movie’s only suspense comes from wondering why she signed on to stuff this turkey rather than leaving it to some hungry nobody desperate to be in a hit. Garner plays Riley North, whose husband and daughter were murdered five years ago by a gang of Hispanic drug-thugs straight out of one of Donald Trump’s ugliest speeches. The killers are freed by a corrupt judge and district attorney, and when Riley protests, the judge has his bailiff hit her with a taser. (Another Trumpian touch, perhaps?) That 2012 Punisher short is the key. Peppermint is Marvel Comics’ Punisher (who becomes a

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murderous vigilante when his wife and kids are killed by gangsters) with a gender swap and a more feminine title. That title, by the way, is one of the movie’s many stupidities, evidently chosen because it’s Riley’s daughter’s almost-last word before the baddies blow her and her ice cream cone away. To pad things out to 102 minutes, St. John hauls in tropes and clichés from the full range of revenge movies, both male and female divisions: Death Wish, Taken (which Morel also directed), John Wick, Kidnap, Breaking In—some of which were pretty bad but all of which were better than this. I won’t dwell on Peppermint’s disgusting racism—except to mention that it’s there and it’s disgusting. St. John even has these tattooed villains running their drugs out of a piñata factory. A piñata factory, for God’s sake. Were the tortilla bakeries and taquerias not photogenic enough? Let’s get to Peppermint’s laziness. The movie passes in a few seconds over the five years Riley spends transitioning from sugarand-spice soccer mom to grim, gun-toting martial artist and avenging dark angel. That’s the real story here—not all the bloodshed—and Garner could have played it. But she would need a writer and director with intelligence and imagination, not a couple of shameless rip-off hacks who don’t know the real story when it’s staring them in the face. They couldn’t even come up with a decent title. Ω

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In an L.A., where puppets live side-byside with humans (albeit as despised  second-class citizens), a puppet private eye  (performed by Bill Barretta) investigates  the murders of the stars of a 1980s kiddie  show, uneasily reunited with the cop (Melissa  McCarthy) who was his partner before he  was kicked off the force. The premise may  sound like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but  don’t bring the kids to this raunchy, doggedly  profane spoof of film noir. Director Brian  Henson seems determined to shake off the  shadow of his late father Jim by going hard-R  adults-only, aided by Todd Berger’s cleverly  derivative script. The puppet work is brilliant,  the jokes (however tasteless) are often funny,  and McCarthy and Barretta have a strong  chemistry. Maya Rudolph all but steals the  show as Barretta’s faithful gal Friday. J.L.

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The curator of a small-time English  museum (Rose Byrne) breaks up with  her neglectful, philandering boyfriend (Chris  O’Dowd)—then, as luck would have it, strikes  up an email flirtation with the reclusive  American rocker (Ethan Hawke) who is the  focus of her ex’s internet obsession. The  script by Evgenia Peretz, Jim Taylor and  Tamara Reynolds (from Nick Hornby’s novel)  is a bit aimless, perhaps, but amiable, and we  enjoy this look at small-city English life. Jesse  Peretz’s direction smooths out any wrinkles  in the text, and the movie draws a nervous,  energetic charm from Byrne’s performance  (she somehow makes her character humdrum  and luminous at the same time). In fact,  all three leads are in good form, especially  O’Dowd, who gives the discarded boyfriend’s  pathetic fixation a kind of hangdog dignity. J.L.

In post-World War II England, a young  doctor (Domhnall Gleeson) becomes embroiled in the lives of a once-proud family (Ruth  Wilson, Will Poulter, Charlotte Rampling) in the  crumbling manor house he once visited as a  child during its glory days. Directed by Lenny  Abrahamson and written by Lucinda Coxon  (from Sarah Waters’ novel), the movie is moody  but slow-moving, low-key and unsatisfying,  one of those movies that simply stops without  notice. Neither a horror movie nor a ghost  story, it’s just a lot of atmosphere and earnest  acting looking in vain for a story. The movie  invites comparison with Robert Wise’s classic  The Haunting (1963), where the house itself was  the evil spirit, but ultimately it falls flat. Despite  this, Liv Hill does contribute some nice   moments as the family’s timorous maid. J.L.

Director Chris Weitz and writer Matthew  Orton solemnly dramatize the Israeli  Mossad operation to sneak into Argentina and  kidnap Nazi fugitive Adolf Eichmann (Ben Kingsley), one of the masterminds of the Holocaust,  taking him to Israel for trial. Unfortunately, the

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movie lacks the ring of truth because much of  it isn’t—for example, making the leader of the  mission (Oscar Isaac) the ex-lover of the doctor who drugged Eichmann (Mélanie Laurent)  when the real doctor was a man. And that’s the  least of it; false details abound, clouding the effect of decent performances (though Kingsley  does chew the scenery a bit; Weitz dropped  that ball too). The role played by the blind  immigrant Lothar Hermann (Peter Strauss)  and his daughter (Haley Lu Richardson) is also  distorted. All in all, a disservice to history. J.L.

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As a producer, Marc Turtletaub has  been cranking out one drippy and formulaic indie film after another since 2004, but  the jumbled Puzzle is only his second stint in  the director’s chair.  Like so many drippy and  formulaic indie films before it, Puzzle centers  on a repressed and depressed person and  their quirky obsession, and most of the movie’s pieces feel like they were borrowed from  other boxes. Only a couple of likable actors  keep the film from completely falling apart.  Kelly Macdonald stars as the repressed and  depressed Agnes, a sheltered Catholic housewife with a clueless husband and two growing  sons ready to leave the nest. Ever since her  debut role in Trainspotting, Macdonald has always been a welcome onscreen presence, and  Puzzle offers the actress maybe her meatiest  movie role yet. She finds the honesty amongst  the inauthenticity of the script, even when  her Scottish accent peeks out. D.B.

Evangelicals were outraged when  Angelina Jolie’s 2014 film adaptation  of Laura Hillenbrand’s bestselling biography  Unbroken omitted the details of subject Louis  Zamperini’s post-WWII life, which saw him  struggle with alcoholism and PTSD until he  found Jesus at a Billy Graham revival. Leave  it to Christian-themed production company  Pure Flix and God’s Not Dead director Harold  Cronk to fill in those blanks with this clunky  biopic, a film of such cornball earnestness that you almost long for the fetishized  torture of Jolie’s film. Samuel Hunt takes over  the role of Zamperini, an Olympic athlete who  survived a plane crash, spent 47 days floating  in shark-infested waters and endured over  two years of nightmare-inducing torture in  various Japanese POW camps before getting  sent home in 1945. Unbroken: Path to Redemption follows Zamperini from his homecoming  through his conversion, and even manages to  keep the naked proselytizing and ham-handed  dream sequences to a minimum for the first  twenty to thirty minutes. D.B.

In Swedish director Ingmar Bergman’s  1957 classic Wild Strawberries, an elderly professor reexamines the compromises  and disappointments of his life while traveling  to receive a career-capping honor from his  old university. Since then, many movies have  reused the road trip-as-psychotherapy trope  of Wild Strawberries, including several films  from Woody Allen alone (most notably Stardust Memories and Deconstructing Harry),  but rarely have the strawberries been less  wild than in The Wife. Directed by Björn Runge  (Happy End) and adapted by Jane Anderson  (The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio) from Meg  Wolitzer’s novel of the same name, The Wife  returns the trope to its native Sweden, as  a revered writer (Jonathan Pryce) and his  oft-overshadowed wife (Glenn Close) travel to  Stockholm to accept his Nobel Prize. However,  the quasi-august The Wife contributes little  else to the subgenre besides two very good  performances and a multitude of credibilitystraining plot twists. D.B.

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from Juilliard to come watch our show and go, ‘Woah.’” That blend of raw and masterful is apparent on their debut release, I’ll Take It. The four-track EP was showcased at Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub last fall, and it’s a terse but terrific offering that begs repeat-play. The best track is “Wearing Thin”—a winding and willful tune that overlays a pop-jazzy piano riff on a soundscape akin to an overhead cloud. Downpour comes in the form of a crisp and gripping guitar solo, and soulful lyrics connect with anyone who has experienced inner struggles. “It was the first time we melded ideas,” says Hedges. Therein lies the origin of their name. They’re the surprising result of Dibben marrying Hedges’ Bassist Mike Strickland and guitarist/vocalist Quinn Hedges sister, working with Sizemore at Apple and staying make half of The outcome. The other half? The answers are friends with Stickland since meeting him at Valley somewhere in this story. High School. Musically, the band’s a different flow than each brings on their own. Hedges has put out four records as a solo artist, and Sizemore has fronted Surprises come in all shapes and sounds. In the several bands, while Dibben and Strickland have case of The Outcome—a dynamic new-age bluespreviously been more laid back with their musical rock band from Sacramento—the jolt occurs in endeavors. But, with this group, they want to collaboration. explore a new sound together. The Outcome combine creative flows to come “Everyone has an equal voice,” Strickland up with a sound that “stretches” toward different says. “We all understand that each of us brings genres, as guitarist Quinn Hedges puts it. Once something unique to the table.” he and multi-instrumentalist Jesse Sizemore Hedges and Sizemore, who share share melodic and lyrical offerings, singer-songwriter responsibilities, drummer Andy Dibben and bassist each have degrees in jazz. Dibben Mike Strickland add a rhythm the “I want you to and Strickland criss-cross other two often don’t expect. between blues and hard rock. In other words, Sizemore be totally musically Together they make for a live likens the group’s process to a clueless and absolutely show that elicits echoes of painting, groupthink-style. love what we do.’” Led Zeppelin. “Now that the picture of Since forming The a landscape looks like what Jesse Sizemore Outcome, the group has played you intended, what you didn’t multi-instrumentalist, local venues like Shady Lady, intend is this majestic moose The Outcome Powerhouse Pub in Folsom, drinking out of the river right Harlow’s and—regularly—Torch here,” Sizemore says. “Now that the Club. They rocked Raley Field for majestic moose is there, this picture is a River Cats fireworks night in May and way more freaking badass.” performed at the outdoor, all-local music weekend What emerges is a sound that smoothly meshes First Fest this year. mellow with invigorating, but pinning down their But The Outcome’s future plans are to go with musical style is an exercise in variation. “Wellthe flow, creative surprises and all. rounded” and “grooving” are the descriptions The “We have a good thing going now,” Outcome say they most often hear from fans. Their Strickland says. “Let’s just roll with it.” Ω unique mix of rock, blues and soul plays right into Sizemore’s vision for the band. “I want you to be totally musically clueless and Join the outcome at torch club for a happy hour show friday, september 21 absolutely love what we do,” Sizemore says, “and at 5:30 p.m. No cover. 904 15th street. for show info, visit torchclub.net. I want someone who just graduated with honors

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Collins, the former “S” of CS&N is opened  for by Joe Purdy. 9/27, 7:30pm, $52-$88, on sale now. Harris Center in Folsom,  harriscenter.net.

IRON & WINE Prepare to get folky and  lowkey. 9/28, 7:30pm, $45.50-$65.50, on sale now. Crest Theatre, ticketfly.com.

THE CARTERS Jay Z and Beyoncé

are on the run for the second time.  Catch them! 9/29, 7:30pm, $20-$350, on sale now. Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara,  ticketmaster.com.

DEEP PURPLE Together with Judas  Priest at long last. 9/30, 7pm, $40-$150, on sale now. Toyota Amphitheatre in

Wheatland, concerts.livenation.com.

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music-maker is back from Berlin, where he  was. Alex Walker also joins.  9pm, $5. Fox &  Goose, 1001 R St.

JaKe OWeN: The country musician is on the

birds go wherever they please and please  wherever they go. Celebrate the cluckers  with a chicken-impersonation contest,  vendors, chicken art, a pancake breakfast,  beer tasting, kids’ entertainment, lots of  live music and all the other quality poultry  entertainment you’ve so rightfully come to  expect from your chicken festivals.  7003 Park Drive in Fair Oaks, forpd.org/263.

JOURNEY See Def Leppard on  Leppard on

tour with the band known for  known for “Separate Ways (World Apart).”  Apart).”

10/4, 7pm, $50-$180, on sale now. Golden 1 Center,   ticketmaster.com.

ST. LUCIA The indie band  band

competing with the island  island nation of Saint Lucia is playing  playing with rock band The Night  Game. 10/13, 8pm, $29.50-$90, Spades, on sale now. Ace of Spades,  eventbrite.com.

ICE CUbE Exploring How The  How The West Was Won with Cube are  are Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Too  Too Short, Warren G and  more. 10/13, 5:30pm,

Bey, Beyoncé. Bey.

“Life’s Whatcha Make It” tour, which is  largely performing at baseball stadiums  across the nation, because nothin’ is  more country than that.  7:30pm, $34.50$69.50. Raley Field, 400 Ballpark Drive in  West Sacramento.

KeNNY WaYNe sHePHeRD: Yes, Mel Gibson’s  son-in-law is performing his bluesy music  in our city.  7:30pm, $39-$79. Crest Theatre,  1013 K St.

MURDeR BY DeatH: The indie rock band with a  full-time cellist and a great sound should  take some new promotional photos.  7pm, $20. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St.

OttMaR lieBeRt: The German guitarist who

Get tickets or become a social outcast.

$19.50-$115, on sale

aNtON BaRBeaU: The psychedelic Sacramento

playthings, but Idol’s hands are Billy  Idol’s playthings, which he uses to play  music.  7pm, $44.95-$179.95. Thunder Valley  Casino, 1200 Athens Ave. in Lincoln.

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FRIDAY, 9/14

BillY iDOl: Idle hands are the devil’s

Chicken town There’s a little village, Fair Oaks / where  chickens run wild like yolks. / They often  block traffic / they’re the  Festivals main demographic / and  usually, they’re treated like folks. Limerick  over—the Fair Oaks Chicken Festival is  a big deal. It’s an all-day affair devoted  to the most popular domesticated fowl  in history, the chicken. In Fair Oaks, the

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“Bawk bawk. Celebrate me.”

Gilliam movie. No, not the 1980s Dutch  band. It’s the Solano-based concert  band performing at Thursday Night Live  at the Plaza. Music is there, but so are  food, folks and fun, in that order.  5pm, no cover. Heritage Plaza, 701 Main St. in  Woodland.

Shoreline now.. Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain  View, View, concerts.livenation.com. concerts.livenation.com.

FERRON Most musicians are

Canadian, Canadian, and the talented, raw  Ferron is no exception. 10/14, Ferron 8pm, $30, on sale now now. Harlow’s,  ticketfly.com.

ALLEN STONE

What to  expect: expect: soulful rhythm and blues  music music and Nick Waterhouse 10/14, 7pm, $24, on sale now now. Ace of Spades,  eventbrite.com.

bEATLES VS. STONES For

the the 75 percent of Californians who  75 weren’t alive when the Beatles were  weren’t on tour, this is a unique chance to  on tour, live live out a fantasy.  out 10/17, 7:30pm, $26-$55, on sale now. Crest Theatre,  ticketfly.com.

specializes in Spanish music is playing with  Luna Negra.  7:30pm, $40-$75. Three Stages  at Folsom Lake College, 10 College Parkway  in Folsom.

PONCHO sÃNCHeZ: All careers that begin with  a vibraphonist inviting you onstage are  destined for greatness. It’s a Latin jazz  experience that’s Grammy-winning.  7pm, $60. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts,  2700 Capitol Ave.

SATURDAY, 9/15 BOMBaDil: Folk-pop plus Tolkien reference  equals OK in my book.  9:30pm, $10-$12.   Sophia’s Thai Kitchen, 129 E St. in Davis.

BUilt tO sPill: Indie rock ‘n’ roll from Idaho  is the only real indie rock ‘n’ roll.  7pm,

$30. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St.

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the event highlight on page 32.  2pm and 7pm, $54-$84. Harris Center, 10 College Parkway  in Folsom.

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tHe GlOBs: The Comedians and Coast Office  join one of the globbiest bands in town for  an evening of glob.  two Rivers Cider, 4311

attawa ave. suite 300.

JOHN Waite: Famous for his hit song “Missing  You,” Waite is going to bring the music, just

as many musical acts do at shows.  7pm, $50. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts,  2700 Capitol Ave.

NiCKY JaM: The reggaeton superstar is like the  Pete Sampras of reggaeton.  7:30pm, $49.95$179.95. Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens  Ave. in Lincoln.

SUNDAY, 9/16 tHe alaN PaRsONs live PROJeCt: Relive the  magic of the first time you heard APP, in  your mom’s basement after a night of  bowling with your high school debate team  after you didn’t make it to state.  7:30pm, $45-$85. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

TUESDAY, 9/18 BlU: The Los Angeles rapper with the  misspelled color name is bringing lyrics to  say through a microphone. It’s hip-hop,  baby!  7pm, $15. Momo Lounge, 2708 J Street.

CRis WilliaMsON: Along with Barbara Higbie  and Teresa Trull, Williamson will be bringing  a lifetime of progressive music-making  to the stage.  7pm, $35. Sofia Tsakopoulos  Center for the Arts, 2700 Capitol Ave.

eaGles: Fish can swim, but eagles soar—but  eagles can’t give a great rock ’n’ roll show,  only the Eagles can do that. Well, so can  other bands, but the Eagles are doing it this  week.  8pm, $45.94-$395.94. Golden 1 Center,  500 David J Stern Walk.

tHe sOFt WHite siXties: The bilingual,  glamorous-funk, Black Keys-esque band  is playing with Yip Yops. Yip Yops is also a  band.  8pm, $12-$14. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

WEDNESDAY, 9/19 RaYlaND BaXteR: As far as oft-mustachioed  alt-country musicians go, Baxter is not  only one of them, but a good one of them  with a nice voice and mustache.  8pm, $13$15. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

FESTIVALS THURSDAY, 9/13 aRtMiX CROCKeRCON: Take in the Crocker the  way it’s meant to be appreciated—while  dressed up in cosplay. This evening features  50 vendors—strike that, more than 50!  There are comic book creators, musics by  Be Brave Bold Robot, panel talks and more— and even more than that first “and more”  implied!  6pm, $6-$20. Crocker Art Museum,  216 O St.

GatHeR OaK PaRK: Gather up your posse of  going-out folks and bring them to GATHER,  a place for people to gather together  and gather food and culture into their  craws and minds, respectively.  5pm, no cover. Broadway Corridor, 3433 Broadway.

MeXiCaN iNDePeNDeNCe DaY CeleBRatiON:  Check it out—Mexico is independent from

Saturday, 9/15

The Great American River Cleanup Various locations, 9am, no coVer

Do you care about the American  River and want to clean it up? No?  Well, your courtTAke ACTion ordered community  service hours aren’t going to complete  themselves, so come volunteer anyway.  With over 20 spots along the river to  choose from, this is a great way to take  PHOtO COurtESy OF antHOny BEntO care of the greatest natural resource  Sacramento has, aside from the life-supporting troposphere. Grab a  friend, pick a spot and get cleaning. Arpf.org/volunteer.

Spain. Has been for nigh on two centuries,  if you can believe it. The Banda Rorros La  Perrona De Sacramento will be performing  traditional Mexican music.  7:30pm, no cover. Sacramento State, 6000 J St.

Saturday, 9/15 13TH AnnUAL FAiR oAkS CHiCken FeSTiVAL:  Chickens run free at this festival featured  on page 30.  10am, no cover. Village of Fair  Oaks, 10219 Fair Oaks Blvd. in Fair Oaks.

Sunday, 9/16 enCHAnTinG BRiDAL SHoW: There are a million  and one ways to waste your time and  money—why not choose this one? Come see  all the wedding options under the sun, even  though the concept of a fancy wedding is  outrageously wasteful and ridiculous. There  are fashion shows at noon and 2 p.m.! Spend  enough money on a white dress to feed a  family of four for a year!  10am, $15. Cal  Expo, 1600 Exposition Blvd.

MR. BLACk SACRAMenTo CoMPeTiTion: Witness  the competition of humor, fashion, talent  and charisma that will culminate with  the crowning of the newest Mr. Black  Sacramento. It’s an event to celebrate the  resilience of Black men, their legacy and  positive visibility.  4:30pm, $10-$15. Colonial  Theatre, 3522 Stockton Blvd.

BLACk AnD WHiTe BALL: It’s the second year  of the Black and White Ball, benefiting the  Sojourner Truth Multicultural Arts Museum.  With music, dancing and more music and  more dancing, it’s the don’t-miss event  of the season.  6pm, $25-$190. Valley Oak  Ballroom, 9014 Bruceville Road in Elk Grove.

VeTSToCk FeSTiVAL: Calling all veterans  with musical backgrounds! This festival  celebrates bands with military ties while  promoting Vet-Traxx, a project that  works with disabled veterans to pursue  music production in studios. It’s in Galt,  and has live music by Oleandar, FLAW and  more.  11am, $25-$65. Veteran’s Field, 900  Caroline Ave. in Galt.

CALiFoRniA BReWeRS FeSTiVAL: Boasting less  than 100 breweries, this festival brings  together a bunch of competitors to the  same place as they vie to provide you with  samples of their beverages. There’s also a  limited supply of wine, apparently, for the  kind of people who go to a beer festival and  ask for wine. Some of the proceeds benefit  WEAVE.  1pm, $10-$70. Discovery Park  Sacramento, Natomas Park Drive.

FOOd & drInK tHurSday, 9/13 FiRe FoUnDATion’S DRiVe-THRU DinneR: Have a  plate of fajitas and all the fixings in support  of First In, Relief For Evacuees, a nonprofit  that helps victims in the aftermath of  natural disasters. I don’t think you get to  eat the meal at the fire station, but who  knows.  4:30pm, $40. Willlow Oak Fire Station  7, 18111 County Road 94B in Woodland.

HoPPY HoUR in THe GARDen: Join the  Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services  for a night of good food, good beer, good  wine and even better company in the  Demonstration Garden, which is used to  educate the community about growing their  own food from plants.  5pm, no cover. SFBFS’  Demonstration Garden, 3308 3rd Ave.

Saturday, 9/15 8TH AnnUAL BARBeRA FeSTiVAL: Love all things  Barbera? Know what Barbera is? Well, it’s  a type of Italian-grape red wine. Come  celebrate the wine, whether you know it or  not, with samples from over 70 different  winecrafters. As always, this event has  food for your hunger and music for your  ears.  11am, $25-$65. Terra d’Oro Winery,  20680 Shenandoah School Road in Plymouth.

kVie kiDSFeST: Stop by and meet adults  pretending to be the characters from  children’s TV shows. There are two hour  sessions that include live performances,  ranging all the way from Clifford the large,  red dog to Mr. Steve the Music Man.  10 am, noon & 2pm, $15. Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition  Blvd.

SACRAMenTo WoRDCAMP: Care about  WordPress? Well, you should, because it’s  30 percent of the internet, and if you do  care, you should probably care a little  more. Come celebrate and learn about the  wide, wild, wacky world of WordPress.  9am, $40. Sacramento Convention Center  Complex, 1400 J St.

FILM FrIday, 9/14 CoFFee, DonUTS AnD A MoVie: Eat a donut.  Drink a coffee. Watch an Orson Welles film:  The Magnificent Ambersons. Can it get  better than this? Only if they raffle away a  copy of the movie on a digital video disc— they will.  1:30pm, no cover. Sylvan Oaks  Library, 6700 Auburn Blvd. in Citrus Heights.

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tueSday, 9/18 banFF mountain FiLm FestivaL worLd tour: You can’t make it to Canada for this mountain sports film festival? Well you’ve got no excuse now—the world tour is bringing the festival to you. Stop by for film watching. There’s no film list, so go in with an open mind to watch whatever they decide to screen. 7pm, $18. Brunelle Performance Hall, Davis Senior High School in Davis.

comedy LauGHs unLimited Comedy CLub: Justin Rivera featuring Brent Pella. Rivera is a magician-comedian, while Brent Pella, who’s also performing, is just a regular comedian. That’s fine, I guess. through 9/16. $10. SF Comedy Competition SemiFinals. Want to see the inappropriately named San Francisco Comedy Competition that has shows all over California? I’m not over the name thing yet. Call it something else. tuesday 9/18,+ 8pm. $15-$20. 1207 Front St.

PunCH Line: Dan Soder. See how comedy is performed today with Dan Soder. Soder tells stories to make the audience laugh. I was underwhelmed by some of his stuff, but I was in a bad mood at the time. through 9/15. $17.50-$22.50. Ramon Rivas. Seems like a funny guy. Check him out, he’s from Cleveland! through 9/16. $17.50. 2100 Arden Way, Suite 225.

tommy t’s Comedy CLub: Mo’Nique. See what it’s all about, as the multiple talents of

Mo’Nique will be displayed on stage. through 9/15. $50. 12401 Folsom Blvd. in Rancho Cordova.

avid reader: Davis Shakespeare Festival Reading-As You Like It. Want all the words of Shakespeare but without all the frills like costumes and sets? Come to this reading of

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CaPitaL staGe: The Wolves. Soccer, teens,

discussion. through 9/30. $22-$47. 2215 J Street.

Howe avenue ParK: The Viewing Room. A man dies, then he comes back—to his wake, to tell his family a thing or two! Oh, yes, it’s that kind of a show. through 9/30. $17.50. 2201 Cottage Way.

woodLand oPera House: To Kill a Mockingbird. The classic story by Harper Lee comes to the stage. through 10/7. $7-$25. 340 Second St. in Woodland.

art Kennedy GaLLery: Feathers and Tails Exhibit. There are so many animals out there, though we humans tend to glom onto the ones that have spines and that keep their skeletons on the inside of their bodies. Come to this exhibit that celebrates all animals, in theory. through 10/6. no cover. 1931 L St.

downtown davis: 2nd Friday Art About. Walk around downtown Davis, exploring artwork and receptions at local businesses. Take a second, just one second to talk to the artists who make art for you instead of just throwing your money at them. But also throw your money at them (no coins, please). 5pm. through 12/14. no cover. E Street Plaza in Davis.

JoHn natsouLas GaLLery: International Figurative Biennale. Italian names are sure artful-sounding. Biennale means biennial, which corresponds with how often this show occurs. Stop by before the art depicting the human figure is gone for two years. through 9/22. no cover. 521 1st St. in Davis.

PenCe GaLLery: Art Auction 2018. Want to buy

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the pastoral comedy by the Bard. thursday 9/13, 7:30pm. Call for cover. 617 Second St. in Davis.

Saturday, 9/15

Four Phantoms Harris Center, 2pm & 7pm, $54-$84

Everyone loves the misunderstood phantom from Phantom of the Opera—but what if we could watch four prior on staGe portrayers of the phantom on Broadway, all at the same time, singing the musical’s hits? Well, we can. We can, and it’s a gimmicky miracle, bringing together a quartet of Phantoms plus a Christine for good measure. Hopefully we’ll see similar tours in coming years, perhaps an army of former Jean Valjeans or a pride of just Simbas. 10 College Parkway, harriscenter.net.

some art, like a regular Hollywood-type hotshot? Someone with big pockets and even bigger artistic taste? Come to this gala and silently bid on works of art. Don’t worry, the art is locally sourced. saturday 9/15, 6:30pm. $40-$45. 212 D St in Davis.

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Hot Chili & Cool Cars Rocklin Road and QuaRRy PaRk, no coveR

The modern combustion engine was  invented by Nikolaus Otto in 1876. Chili  stands became  Food & drink popular in San  Antonio, Texas in the 1880s. Coincidence?  PHOtO COurtESy OF HaLLdIN PuBLIC rELatIONS Possibly—but possibly not. This event  explores the connection by providing a car show along with a chili  cook-off. If you pay $10, you’ll get a tasting cup to try all of the  competitors’ chilis. You can look at cars, participate in a cake walk,  listen to music—and several more activities. 4060 Rocklin Road,  rocklin.ca.us/event/hot-chili-and-cool-cars.

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SACrAMEnTo STATE, r.W. WiTT GALLErY: Josh  DeWeese. Ceramicist Josh DeWeese’s work  has a whole variety of ceramics. You want  vases? He’s got vases. Pitchers? Not even  a small problem. Plates are also doable  for DeWeese. Come see an exhibition of his  work.  Through 10/5. no cover. 6000 J St.

VErGE CEnTEr For THE ArTS: Sac Open  Studios. It’s the second weekend of open  studios across this town and other towns,  also. See what artists have got cooking in  their studios—here’s hoping that it’s more  art!  Through 9/16. no cover. 625 S St. and  other locations.

MuSEuMS CALiForniA STATE rAiLroAd MUSEUM: Weekend  Excursion Train Rides. Take a trip on a  train.  Through 9/23. $6-$24. 111 I St.

CAPiToL MAnSionS HiSToriC diSTriCT: Historic  Home Tour. Six homes are opening up in the  Capitol Mansions Historic District. These  stately manors boast woodworking as  delicate as 10,000 butterflies, staircases as  spirally as 10 million fusilli noodles, and glass  windows so tasteful you’ll lose your freaking mind as you tour them by foot. It’s the  perfect lazy Sunday.  Sunday 9/16, 10am. $30$35. 2131 Capitol Ave.

CroCkEr ArT MUSEUM: Mayan Art, Artifacts  and Chocolate! Adults only: Meet a former  chocolatier and current anthropology professor, Dr. Michael J. Grofe, who’s basically  Willy Wonka mixed with Indiana Jones. This  lesson will give you insight into Mayan culture, including chocolate tastings.  Sundays through 9/23. $70-$90. 216 O St.

FAirYTALE ToWn: Talk Like a Pirate Day.  Pirates: the oddly romanticized thieves  and murderers that still operate across  the world to this very day. Anyway. Pirates  are taking over Fairytale Town, with lots  of fun pirate-themed activities! Okay, seriously, they literally only steal things. Pirates  shouldn’t be glorified. Let’s glorify someone  who doesn’t build a career off of crime, like  dog walkers, maybe. That wouldn’t be fun.  Let’s stick with pirates.  Wednesday 9/19, 9am. $5. 3901 Land Park Drive.

roCkLin BrAnCH LiBrArY: Waterproof that  Roof! Want to challenge your 6-to-12-yearold kid with a practical problem that begs  creative solutions? Register in advance  and bring them to this event that makes  them face a leaking roof. With the current  rental climate in Sacramento, it’s likely  they’ll be faced with this situation in real

life.  Saturday 9/15, 10:30am. no cover. 4890  Granite Drive in Rocklin.

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Dead Winter Carpenters, the Golden Cadillacs and MerryGold, 9pm, $13-$15

Tomorrows Bad Seeds and Mike Pinto, 7:30pm, $15

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State Controller Betty Yee is taking on the weed industry after being injured in a car crash involving a driver suspected of being under the influence of marijuana. Photo by trevor eischen For cALmAtters

State Controller Betty Yee to cannabis industry: Grow up and deal with stoned drivers by Judy Lin

California Controller Betty Yee, injured in July in an auto collision suspected to have been caused by a 25-year-old driver under the influence of marijuana, used sharp language last month to demand that the state’s nascent cannabis industry “step up” and address pot-related traffic accidents. In an interview with CALmatters, Yee said pot growers and retailers “grousing” about taxes and regulation need to accept that the legalization of recreational weed carries social obligations, including a need to do something about the increased risk to public safety. “I want to have the industry step up and be responsible,” she said. “They have an adversarial relationship with law enforcement, so it’s not the easiest conversation to have, but people are getting hurt. So deal with it.”

The controller, a Democrat campaigning for a second term, detailed how she lost consciousness on the afternoon of Friday, July 13, when the state car in which she was riding was rear-ended by a driver allegedly high on marijuana in the Posey Tube connecting Alameda and Oakland. Yee told CALmatters that she, her husband and their driver, a California Highway Patrol security officer, were in standstill traffic when their vehicle was hit by a Nissan sedan moving 40-55 mph. The CHP later reported that the 3:25 p.m. crash shoved the state vehicle into the back of a nearby Toyota. “The last thing I remember seeing before losing consciousness was the floor of the car as if I were suspended looking down,” said Yee, recalling how the state vehicle was lifted from behind.

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The driver, identified as Aaron in their system, up from 28 percent in George of West Oakland, suffered 2006. major injuries and was booked in Yee cited research from other states Alameda County on a charge of drivthat showed an uptick in the number ing while intoxicated and causing an of crashes involving drivers who injury, the CHP said. He has since tested positive for marijuana. Colorado bailed out of custody. Yee said that reported 51 cannabis-involved fatalities after the initial impact, he tried to in 2016, up from 19 in 2014 and 2015. maneuver out of the tunnel, only to hit However, the reports were only made Yee’s vehicle a second time. uniform in 2016. “I don’t want to be a poster child,” “It’s like, you know what, this is the controller said, but she noted that part of being responsible,” Yee said. one reason she opposed Proposition 64, “If you’re going to be in this business, the 2016 initiative that legalized recreyou have to deal with all the implicaational marijuana, was that she felt the tions of the business, from cultivation regulatory framework was incomplete on down to public safety issues.” and lacked a test to determine whether a She said she was badly bruised in user was too stoned to drive. the crash and continues to suffer back She said the cannabis industry should spasms and headaches and has to limit work with law enforcement to develop her time in front of computer screens. a test for unsafe levels of marijuana for While California does not have a motorists, and wondered whether the defined cutoff level for drugs in a drivhassles of legitimacy were giving the er’s blood as it does for alcohol, the industry second thoughts about state does rely on officers to use legalization: “There might their observations, perform be a move to get this all field sobriety tests and pushed underground blood tests to prove “The last again because they impairment. The thing I remember don’t want to deal CHP has estimated seeing before losing with it,” she said. the Bay Area could A spokesman see a 70 percent consciousness was the for the industry increase in driving floor of the car as if I were says that’s under the influence suspended looking down.” simply false. of marijuana if the “Our industry current rate of DUI Betty Yee wants to be arrests continues California Controller regulated,” said Josh through the end of the Drayton, communicayear. tions director at the The highway patrol is California Cannabis Industry working with the Center for Association, which represents pot Medicinal Cannabis Research at the growers and retailers. “There is no University of California, San Diego desire within the industry to go back to evaluate the effects of cannabis on underground … The industry wants to drivers. “The CHP hopes this research, be legitimized and regulated across the and other ongoing research, will state, across the country and around provide additional insights into how the world.” cannabis impairs driving,” said agency The trend in some states toward spokeswoman Fran Clader. cannabis legalization has generated There’s no time frame, however, national concern about the potential for for finishing that study. Ω impaired driving. A study released this year by the Governors Highway Safety cALmatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture Association found that some 44 percent explaining california policies and politics. of drivers killed in crashes in 2016 cALmatters reporter ben christopher contributed to this who were tested afterward had drugs report.

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FoR THe Week oF SePTembeR 13, 2018 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Author Anne Carson

describes part of her creative process in this way: “Sometimes I dream a sentence and write it down. It’s usually nonsense, but sometimes it seems a key to another world.” I suspect you might be able to benefit from using a comparable trick in the coming days. That’s why you should monitor any odd dreams, seemingly irrational impulses or weird fantasies that arise in you. Although they may not be of any practical value in themselves, they could spur a train of thought that leads you to interesting breakthroughs.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “The idea of

liberation through the suppression of desire is the greatest foolishness ever conceived by the human mind,” wrote philosopher E.M. Cioran. I agree that trying to deny or stifle or ignore our desires can’t emancipate us. In fact, I’m inclined to believe that freedom is only possible if we celebrate and honor our desires, marvel at their enigmas and respect their power. Only then can we hope to refine them. Only then can we craft them into beautiful, useful forces that serve us rather than confuse and undermine us. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to engage in this spiritual practice, Taurus.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Remember that

sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck,” said the Dalai Lama. Ain’t that the truth! When I was 22 years old, there were two different women I desperately yearned for as if they were the Muse Queens of Heaven who would transform me into a great artist and quench my infinite passion. Fortunately, they both rejected me. They decisively set me free of my bondage to them. Later, when I was older and wiser, I realized that blending my fortunes with either of them would have led me away from my true destiny. I got lucky! In a similar but less melodramatic way, Gemini, I suspect you will also get lucky sometime soon.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’ts for Boys or

Errors of Conduct Corrected was an advice book for boys published in 1902. Among many other strictures and warnings, it offered this advice: “Don’t giggle. For the love of decency, never giggle.” There was additional counsel in the same vein: “Don’t be noisy. The guffaw evinces less enjoyment than the quiet smile.” Another exhortation: “Don’t tease. Be witty, but impersonal.” In accordance with astrological omens, I hereby proclaim that all those instructions are utterly wrong for you right now. To sweetly align yourself with cosmic rhythms, you should giggle and guffaw and tease freely. If you’re witty—and I hope you will be—it’ll serve you well to be affectionate and personable.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Simplicity is about

subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful,” writes designer John Maeda. “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak up,” says artist Hans Hofmann. “Simplicity strips away the superfluous to reveal the essence,” declares a blogger named Cheo. I hope these quotes provide you with helpful pointers, Leo. You now have the opportunity to cultivate a masterful version of simplicity.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your keynote is the

Japanese word shizuka. According to photographer Masao Yamamoto, it means “cleansed, pure, clear and untainted.” One of his artistic practices is to wander around forests looking in the soil for “treasures” that emanate shizuka. So, in his definition, the term isn’t about being scrubbed or sanitized. Rather, he’s interested in pristine natural phenomena that are unspoiled by civilization. He regards them as food for his soul. I mention this, Virgo, because now is an excellent time for you to get big doses of people and places and things that are cleansed, pure, clear and untainted.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran blogger

Ana-Sofia Cardelle writes candidly about her relationship with herself. She keeps us up to date with the ever-shifting self-images that float through her awareness. Here’s one of her bulletins: “Stage 1. me: I’m the cutest thing in the world. Stage 2. me, two seconds later: no, I’m a freaking goblin. Stage 3. me,

two seconds after that: I’m the cutest goblin in the world.” I’m guessing that many of you Libras have reached the end of your own personal version of Stage 2. You’ve either already slipped into Stage 3, or soon will. No later than October 1, you’ll be preparing to glide back into Stage 1 again.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “There’s no such thing

as love,” said Scorpio painter Pablo Picasso, “there are only proofs of love.” I’m tempted to believe that’s true, especially as I contemplate the current chapter of your life story. The evidence seems clear: You will thrive by engaging in practical demonstrations of how much you care. You’ll be wise to tangibly help and support and encourage and inspire everyone and everything you love. To do so will make you eligible for blessings that are, as of this moment, still hidden or unavailable.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): According to

a Pew Research study, nearly 75 percent of Americans say they talk to God, but only 30 percent get a reply. I’m guessing the latter figure will rise dramatically for Sagittarian Americans in the next three weeks, however. Why? Because the astrological indicators suggest that authorities of all kinds will be more responsive than usual to Sagittarians of all nationalities. Help from higher powers is likely to be both more palpable and more forthcoming. Any communications you initiate with honchos, directors and leaders have a better-thannormal chance of being well-received.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): One day in

October 1926, author Virginia Woolf inscribed in her diary, “I am the usual battlefield of emotions.” It was a complaint, but also a brag. In fact, she drew on this constant turmoil to fuel her substantial output of creative writing. But the fact is that not all of us thrive on such ongoing uproar. As perversely glamorous and appealing as it might seem to certain people, many of us can do fine without it. According to my analysis, that will be true for you in the coming weeks. If you have a diary, you might justifiably write, “Hallelujah! I am NOT a battlefield of emotions right now!”

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

Margaret Mead had definite ideas about “the ways to get insight.” She named them as follows: “to study infants; to study animals; to study indigenous people; to be psychoanalyzed; to have a religious conversion and get over it; to have a psychotic episode and get over it.” I have my own list of ways to spur insight and inspiration, which includes: to do walking meditations in the woods on a regular basis, no matter what the weather; to engage in long, slow sex with a person you love; to spend a few hours reviewing in detail your entire life history; to dance to music you adore for as long as you can before you collapse from delighted exhaustion. What about you, Aquarius? What are your reliable ways to get insight? I suggest you engage in some of them, and also discover a new one. You’re in the Flood of Radical Fresh Insights Phase of your astrological cycle.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Stanley Kubrick

made masterful films, but most of them bore me. I regard John Ashbery as a clever and innovative poet, but I’ve never been excited by his work. As for painter Mark Rothko, I recognize his talent and intelligence, but his art leaves me empty. The music of Nora Jones is pretty and technically impeccable, but it doesn’t move me. In the coming weeks, Pisces, I invite you to make the kinds of fine distinctions I’m describing here. It will be important for you to be faithful to your subjective responses to things, even as you maintain an objective perspective about them and treat them with respect.

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For the love of laughs Valentine’s Day is about showing love,  so one year, comedian JR De Guzman  decided to show his love for comedy.  He performed for the very first time  to an intimate audience at an openmic at the Sacramento Comedy Spot;  intimate meaning it was comprised  of a few people and a sea of empty  chairs. As the small crowd broke into  laughter during his five-minute set,  however, Guzman realized he’d found  his calling. “It went well in my mind,  and that’s all I needed,” he said. A few  months later, Guzman grabbed a guitar—another one of his loves—and  added music to his set. Now, seven  years later, he is making more people  laugh in the Netflix original series The Comedy Lineup: Part Two, during which  up-and-coming comedians perform  15-minute sets. Guzman took time  from the jokes to chat with SN&R  about how his family feels about  being included in his material and the  magical comedy of, well, farts.

How did you get into comedy? When I was in high school, I would come home after school and watch Comedy Central. There were a few shows I watched like Premium Blend, that showed different comedians all in one 30-minute show ... like Dave Chappelle and Zach Galifianakis, who are my two big favorites.

What makes you laugh? In general, I like really embarrassing, surprising, but humanizing things, so the perfect package that has all of that are farts. Some farts are funnier than any joke I could ever write. I am like, “Damn, I was spending all this time owning this joke and you just farted and made me laugh so much harder.” It’s the same when somebody is slipping or falling in public, and things you aren’t supposed to laugh at. It makes me laugh harder.

Any subjects you won’t joke about? There is nothing that I wouldn’t joke about if it was a good joke. I will probably joke about anything. There are things that are harder for me to joke about, like it probably would be harder for me to make a racist joke funny. But for me, nothing is off limits if you can make it funny or find the right angle.

How did music end up a part of your set? I wanted to be a musician since forever, like when I was kid all the way to college, but the first time I brought my guitar into my act was [at] this comedy class in

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UC Davis [that] had all forms of comedy like improv, stand-up and musical comedy. When I did the musical comedy it made me realize, “Wow, I’m actually good at this.”

Your family is part of your standup routine—how do they feel about you making jokes about them? It depends on the person in my family. My dad loves being in my stand-up, but my mom doesn’t want to be in it at all. It all depends who I am talking about, but I always get permission. I won’t put anyone in my stand-up if I feel like they couldn’t handle it.

How did you end up on The Comedy Lineup? Netflix reaches out to managers or agents who they know who have good comedians to submit a tape, so my manager was like, “Hey, Netflix is looking for comics to do a 15-minute special. Do you have a tape you want to submit?” The funny thing is that I submitted to Comedy Central for their half-hour special for two years in a row and I didn’t get in—which is OK, because it’s really hard to get into these things—then the first time I submitted to Netflix they said yes, and it has been amazing onward.

Have streaming services like Netflix and Hulu made it easier to break into the comedy world? It helps audiences find comedians. For example, if I was a great comedian in Idaho, somebody in [Los Angeles] or New

York wouldn’t have heard of me, but if Netflix, Hulu or Amazon showcase me on there, then I have a bigger platform.

What was it like on the show? It’s one of my favorite experiences in my entire stand-up history, besides performing in the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium. The experience leading up to it, I prepped by doing a bunch of warm-up spots in Atlanta, like 20-plus shows. Me and a few other comics like Jak Knight, who is on The Comedy Lineup: Part One, ran our sets throughout Atlanta. Taping itself, we did two shows and the first show was electric even though I was nervous at first, then the second show was like the second chance, but I didn’t feel any pressure, just comfortable.

What’s next? I would like to be like Donald Glover and do a little of everything. In the near future, I would like to produce a TV show, which is in the works. I would love to reach a global crowd with my stand-up and tour around the world. I also want to release a music EP because I also do music regularly. Overall, if I could just connect with people and make them feel understood in some way, that would be really cool. Ω

Check out JR De Guzman on The Comedy Lineup: Part Two, now streaming on Netflix.

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