Issue: February 03, 2005
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Schooled in spirituality
The Waldorf charter schools tend toward the metaphysical in approach, but is that religious teaching? A federal-court judge will decide.
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Mission implausible
Republicans launch a piecemeal reform movement to capture California’s electoral votes.
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Not through my backyard
Already plagued by juvenile escapees, a conservation camp’s neighbors fear the arrival of 110 adult male felons.
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Magnet for controversy
Religion in schools is always a contentious issue, but the real fight happens in the courts, in interpreting the Establishment Clause of the Constitution.
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Letters for February 3, 2005
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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Life post-partner
A doctoral student explores the issues surrounding multiple midlife widowhood.
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Pumping irony
Arnold gets sanitized, and Goethe gets vilified.
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Arnold’s veracity problem
The script calls for some honest deal brokering, not an actor who promises the moon and backs out.
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Spies R Us
The CIA might be fraught with problems, but starting a secret spy agency is not the solution to our intelligence problems.
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Lights, camera, taxation
Coach Carter is a great movie, but its high school, like many in California, is critically underfunded.
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Venice, New York City, Davis
A quick look at notable exhibitions.
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A major in ones, with a minor in zeros
UC Davis’ technocultural-studies program teaches students to analyze technology’s impact on society (and make digital music while wearing a mouse costume).
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My big, fat, hip wedding
Susan Jane Gilman’s latest is as funny as it is authentic.
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Send in the clowns
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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The city’s poster pulse
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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American River Review
The American River Review has been winning awards since 1990, and it’s not about to start slipping.
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Escape to Sketchfest
San Francisco’s Sketchfest is funny while it lasts.
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Comedy fit for a king
After 350 years, Tartuffe is still a hit.
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Jack and Jill
The bickering in the Delta King Theatre’s Jack and Jill will make you glad you’re single.
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The real honest pizza
Mamma Susanna’s makes its own pizza dough, salad dressings and desserts—and it delivers!
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Thirteen conversations about Richard Thompson
If you don’t already have tickets for Richard Thompson’s local performance of 1000 Years of Popular Music, you may be out of luck. At least you can still read about him.
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All that jazz
The Sacramento jazz scene is returning, one night at a time.
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Orlando Consort
The Orlando Consort revives the melodious compositions of a violent French chaplain.
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Midnight Movies
It took Midnight Movies about a year to have all of Los Angeles kissing their drumsticks. Let’s see if they can charm Sacramento.
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iPod, you pod
A weekly selection from the ever-expanding music scene.
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We Are Scissor Sisters … And So Are You
Bet you didn’t know you were part of a Grammy-nominated rock band!
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