Issue: December 10, 2009
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Pacers 4 life
Can football change these teenagers’ chance for success in the outside world?
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No more Mr. Nice Guy?
Sordid allegations, the strong-mayor initiative and other highlights of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson’s first year in office.
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Dog-food fight
Locals create vegan dog meals; others prefer meat and bones.
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Letters for December 10, 2009
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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True lies hurt family ties
A woman’s soon-to-be-ex-husband drains the bank account, and then her sister asks for a repayment contract for borrowed money. What is this world coming to?
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Warm thing of beauty
Bringing harmony to chaos with a triangle of hot metal.
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$6 per gallon
Could the rise in gas prices actually change our lives for the better?
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Safety net
The River City Food Bank keeps people on their feet.
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So far from God, so close to the United States
The Mexican on God and Mickey Mouse.
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Suit to kill
Did K.J.’s opponents just hand him a strong-mayor victory?
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Americans try to help kill gay Ugandans
Gathered from the SN&R blogs.
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Rule of law rules
Why Khalid Shaikh Mohammed should stand trial in New York.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Tale of two districts
SN&R is moving to Del Paso Boulevard, and at least one person is happy about it.
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An art aquatic
Like the Greeks’ Trojan horse, local sculptor Terrence Martin hopes his massive whale will help him break into the world of public art.
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The Nun Crashers
SN&R reviews a new production at the Lambda Players.
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Peter Pan: A British Panto
SN&R reviews a new production at the Sacramento City College Art Court Theatre.
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Snoochie boochies
Sacramento’s Comic, Toy and Anime Show is more fun than a night over at your moms, nooch!
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Twist and twirling without ever hurling
Whirling dervishes spin and spin and spin—without losing their lunch.
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Holiday cabaret
Here’s a holiday show for grown-ups: December Songs at California Stage.
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Worldly woman
Photographer Shannon Ledford’s exhibit will show how she and women around the world truly live.
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Written in clay
Notable art to see for the month of December.
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Ch-ch-changes
Tall and gray, short and red, or just so fat they can’t move: What happens when humans become something else?
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Lights, cops, action
A new Hollywood cops novel from the dean of, uh, Hollywood cops.
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Capitalist American idol
If What’s the Matter With Kansas scared you, To Serve God and Wal-Mart will have you quaking in your boots.
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Straight on for you
Ted Cox spills the secrets of the “pray away the gay” crowd.
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Jungle gym
Watch out for Mr. Incredible and the pantsless gray-haired lady.
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Smooth operators
The only edges are the creases in the men’s pants, but this show by Artistic Differences is smooth in the right way.
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Just like home
An original play by P. Joshua Laskey kicks things off for new local theater company Fourth Stage.
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Only two chews
With 19 different kinds of cookies, Sacramentans have been flocking to Goodie Tuchews for going on 30 years.
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Mandarin magic
Locally grown satsumas, coming to a produce section near you.
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Brunch for a lady
There’s nothing but breakfast goodness during Shady Lady’s weekend brunch.
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Young emcee
Fresno’s 21-year-old Fashawn busts a move on the national scene—by rapping to Joanna Newsom.
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Eddie Vedder almost ruined the ’90s. Almost.
Thankfully London’s Blow Up club gave music and fashion a much-needed style injection.
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Thurs, Dec 10, The Hot Club of Cowtown
Cowtown makes their own hot spot.
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Fri, Dec 11, Appetite
Learning about the local bands at http://terroreyes.tv.
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Sat, Dec 12, Dismal Lapse
Cookie Monster meets rad guitar tapping and riffage.
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Mon, Dec 14, Melt-Banana
Japan’s art punk grindcore comes to Alhambra Boulevard.
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Love sounds
The Clash, soul mates, Jerry Perry, Old Ironsides, the Secretions, the Kelps, The Refuge, all-ages Sacramento, Bertolt Brecht, Final Summation, Mick Jagger, 20,000, Favors, Dan Deacon, Erlend Øye, the Impotent Ninja, IDM techno.
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Animation nation
Cartoons are taking over Daniel Barnes’ Blu-ray player.
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Dressed in drag
Clint Eastwood directs Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela.
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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Not a remake of the Abel Ferrara film, if only because Werner Herzog wants it to be laughable.
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Everybody’s Fine
Director Kirk Jones appears clueless about many things.
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