Issue: August 07, 2008
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Sacramento’s unlikely gamers
Game systems are showing up in area bars, clubs and, yes, nursing homes.
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The shrinking Bee
What the repackaged Sacramento daily means for local journalism.
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Stranger in the motherland
Vietnamese-American Judith Le makes an uneasy peace with her parents’ homeland.
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July 2008: Iraq War timeline
Look for SN&R’s updated timeline at the beginning of each month.
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400 penguins dead
Climate change may be to blame for penguin die-offs.
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Letters for August 7, 2008
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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America’s underlying longing for kings
Our worship of monarchy would make us court jesters if there were anything to laugh about.
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Hold your lengua
The Mexican on Spanish-speaking and spandex.
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Budget memento
Someone’s always blaming someone else for the budget mess.
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Editorial cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Busting the budget
Arnold Schwarzenegger will not survive the budget crisis. Will you?
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Mass production
Enjoy the breathtaking music at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
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Trolling the Capitol
Josh wanders the halls of the state Capitol building.
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Still rocking the boat
American to the bone, Gore Vidal is at his best when he’s angry.
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Short Center North’s Surreal Estates art show
Short Center North students and teachers create some beautifully lowbrow art.
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Shane Grammer at the Artisan Gallery
Star Wars meets urban hip-hop?
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Turning Japanese
Buddhist Church Bazaar features Japanese food and culture.
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It’ll be a knockout, technically speaking
Show them you’re a Tiger.
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Another Farrago of Boilerplate Clichés
A poem by Michael J. Shepley of Davis.
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SN&R slaughtered, Slaughter busted
Shaun Slaughter knows how to fill a space.
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Foothill Theatre Company hits financial trouble
A last-ditch fund-raising effort is in the works to save this local stage.
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Artistic Differences brings it all with Bare
Think West Side Story, but at a rave with Catholic school students.
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How ya doin', buddy?
Apparently there’s a restaurant under Kiefer’s old apartment.
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Talkin’ about a revolution
From Lima, Peru, to Harlem, New York, to prison to Sacramento.
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Beats on the grill
Marcia Ball at The Palms Playhouse on Friday.
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Hoot night for hooters
Jackson on gingham, cat litter and jugs.
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Sacramento International Film & Music Festival
Documentaries take over. But do they keep it real?
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Comedy Central’s TV Funhouse
It’s not called Must See TV Funhouse.
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Brideshead Revisited
Hints of the novel’s depth, but only hints.
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Rachel Weisz, wisely absent.
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Do all of these girls still wear the same size? Really?
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