Issue: November 30, 2006
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The agitator
B.L. Kennedy—self-made Sacramento legend and self-described urban shaman—launches his most ambitious and most contentious project documenting the city’s poetic history.
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None dare call it sprawl
But just because you call it smart growth doesn’t mean it is.
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Signs of the times
Crop circles, weeping Madonnas and the strange esoteric world of Benjamin Creme.
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Song of his self?
B.L. Kennedy’s soon-to-be released film is shaking up Sacramento’s poetry scene.
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Letters for November 30, 2006
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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Living with joy
Acknowledge sorrow, but choose to live in joy.
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Pin me down
When a neurological disease hijacks your body, it’s time to go bowling.
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An agenda for the majority
Here’s an agenda for the new majority party to work from.
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Sure you can afford it
The Asylum Gallery’s second annual Nothing Over $200 print show.
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Present company
Channel your holiday gift budget into supporting local artisans and culture-makers. Do it!
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Dave & Deng
Dave Eggers and Valentino Achak Deng talk with SN&R about the book the former wrote in the voice of the later.
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Have you no decency, Jimmy?
Jimmy Stewart conducts an Anatomy lesson.
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Jeffrey Goldberg
One Zionist’s memoir of the quest for “friendship with my enemy.”
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Miracle on K Street
Mall Christmas tree less cheesy than Hard Rock Café's revolving guitar, columnist reveals.
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I’m gonna get you so laid-back
For one night at least, these were to be kinder, gentler Secretions.
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Holiday sweets
As yuletide fare goes, the Foothill Theatre Company’s Gift of the Magi is a little too sugary.
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The Princess and the Pauper
The Children’s Theatre of California updates Mark Twain’s classic tale with female protagonists and plenty of burp jokes.
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Blink and you’ll miss it
Super Vision is a serious offering for those who’ve tired of light holiday fare.
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More of Mas!
Healthy Mexican food in Roseville—what a pleasant surprise!
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Raise the bar
Skip the milk and cookies—Santa’s headed for these cocktails.
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Sweet persimmons
Otow Orchards features seasonal vodka persimmons.
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You see your gypsy
Gogol Bordello roams with Roma and beats the marketing boneheads.
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Yeah, sing a song, bros
The Blood Brothers redefine noisecore at Empire.
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Dan Samborski
Of course he’s a genius. He digs the Shatner-Rollins duet.
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What would Dio do?
Even setting a fake rock ‘n’ roll museum in Sacramento can’t help.
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Thou Shalt Laugh
Why would God allow something so unfunny to happen?
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Second chances
Criterion brings out Krzysztof Kieslowski’s The Double Life of Veronique.
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