Issue: May 04, 2006
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Return to New Orleans
A Sacramento photographer journeyed to his boyhood home and found mile after mile of abandoned streets and a widespread uneasiness about the upcoming hurricane season.
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Additional images of New Orleans
A local photographer’s trip back home.
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Race for your life, Charlie Brown
Could ex-Republican Charlie Brown be the one to beat Doolittle?
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Crying Kelo
Property rights revolt blurs the lines between the use and abuse of eminent domain.
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Letters for May 4, 2006
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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Revolution begins at school
Danielle Fodor’s training camp for culture jammers.
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It ain’t funny anymore
Why George “W” jokes are going unlaughed at these days.
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Clean money, nurses and you
“Clean money” will help heal our sick electoral process.
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In the eye of the molder
The annual California Clay Competition, at the Artery in Davis.
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Unreal life
When San Francisco memoirist Michelle Tea got sick of her own voice, she started writing fiction.
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Practical magic
Michelle Tea shares hard-won wisdom on writing and touring.
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True confessions
Maybe some secrets are too painful for the conscience to contain.
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Synchronicity
It’s sync and swim for the Sacramento Synchronized Swim Team.
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Vegan with a Vengeance: Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-Free Recipes That Rock
Urban punk meets animal-free cooking in an accessible and funny new cookbook.
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An open letter to the lady who leaned out her car window to tell me I was fat
As a pedestrian, I am frequently the beneficiary of shouted comments from passing vehicles.
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New Studs and Rafters
A poem by Robert M. Stanley of Sacramento.
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Racism: a comedy
Spinning Into Butter pokes fun at racial prejudice—even yours.
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Kudos from New York
Our own Janis Stevens is up for a Drama Desk Award.
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Hold the mayo
The rolls at Taro’s by Mikuni contain everything except the kitchen sink, but if you’re lucky, you can sit near it.
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Duck soup—or salad
Duck behind the Tapioca Express for delicious roast duck.
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Visionary youth
The Dirty Feet tread toward a ‘70s rock sound.
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Fire in the Library
A weekly selection from the ever-expanding music scene.
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Funk uncut
Mr. P Chill, Crazy Ballhead and A.R.G. hip-hopped until they had to stop.
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Farewell my creativity
Chinese mega-budget Oscar bait seems a little iffy.
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Justice League: Season One
First Batman, then Superman—now it’s just a bunch of damn superheroes.
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The Complete Mr. Arkadin
Orson Welles’ lost classic survives the scalpel.
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Insensitive artists
Portrait of the artist as a dirty old man.
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