Issue: November 27, 2003
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Santa’s got a brand-new bag
Sick and tired of the usual holiday theater? This season offers some new productions and some innovative updates of the old chestnuts.
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From Pyongyang with love
Citrus Heights’ own Chris Springer goes inside North Korea, the most isolated country in the world.
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Pumping hydrogen
Can Terry Tamminen’s hydrogen visions make Arnold Schwarzenegger the environmental governor?
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Letters for November 27, 2003
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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Ain’t no mountain high enough
At age 58, Randy Peeters wants to be the oldest person to climb the “seven summits.”
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No environment. No impact. No problem.
Pete Knight’s birthday present and the razing of Ron Mandella.
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Bam session
The Republicans started it. Oh yeah? Well, the Democrats made it worse …
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The money pit
Bonds to fix the budget? Say it ain’t so, Governator!
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Let body art be art embodied
Good tattoos are not cheap, and cheap tattoos are not good.
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Painting the Tuscan sun
Joseph Bellacera and Paula Wenzl, now a married couple, show the result of a Tuscan vacation at the Barton Gallery.
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Money does grow on trees
A quick look at notable exhibitions.
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Mojo still workin’
Though a PBS video series that commemorated 2003 as the Year of the Blues was a mixed blessing, three blues gems were released on DVD this year.
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Lies, lies, lies
Stuff the stockings this year with Bush-bashing books!
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A few of our favorite things
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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Dribbleglass.com
Dribbleglass.com: plenty of funny stuff here.
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Wednesday, Wednesday
Eleni Mandell, and other items from this upcoming week.
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Broadhurst’s broad horizons
Local playwright Richard Broadhurst wins a Kansas winter in the childhood home of Pulitzer-winning writer William Inge.
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A Devil Inside
A Devil Inside combines impressive acting with nearly impenetrable plot twists for one exciting evening.
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Not so fondly
The Melting Pot brings the fondue craze to Sacramento, 25 years after its peak.
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A band of sidemen
Three former sidemen make up the Miles, a showcase for Sac-pop songwriter Dave Brockman.
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Retro casualties and micro mode
Local duo Casualty Park, bigger in Germany than it is here, brought its retro D-Mode act into Harlow’s.
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Anonymous 4
Anonymous 4, a vocal quartet, sounds on this Yule set like four anonymous village girls gone caroling.
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Joss Stone
Big-voiced, blue-eyed English soul singer Joss Stone is 16? This debut is a real surprise.
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The Pleased
Gloom-pop purveyors the Pleased get, well, gloomy.
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Making a list, checking it twice
Uh-oh, it’s the holidays: three things to do.
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Naughty, naughty
Billy Bob Thornton plays Santa—but in a bad way.
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