Issue: February 04, 2010
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Fast vs. food
How the sustainable-food movement drove one busy family to the frozen-food aisle and back again.
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The wheels come off
In the middle of a financial crisis, Sacramento Regional Transit braces for yet more cuts.
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Be an environmental groupie
The Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival is on tour, so party it up conservation style.
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Letters for February 4, 2010
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Dating slut or advantageous courter
Casually dating multiple men at the same time isn’t the same as sleeping around. Or is it?
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Arena resistance
“Land swap” would turn a public commons over to private developers.
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Nasty problems
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan seeks to uproot weeds, strengthen local food systems.
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Reality in Haiti
Leisa Faulkner and her organization Children’s Hope are on the ground in Haiti making a difference.
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Not the land of P.C. pussies
The Mexican talks narcos, Juárez, political correctness and the original rodeo.
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PG&E vs. democracy
PG&E wants to put the nail in the coffin of public power in California.
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Strong mayor, RIP
K.J.: Drop the appeal and become a strong leader.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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God loves football
But the football gods frown on men kissing.
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I, the jury
Journalist passionately pleads to perform service for Sacramento Superior Court.
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Long live Zinn
A close friend reflects on the life and times of the “people’s” historian, Howard Zinn.
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Old City Cemetery Plays
SN&R reviews a new production at City Theatre.
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Better off punk
From hardcore punk in the early ’80s to the radio-friendly punk of Green Day, a couple authors document the long and often crazy history of Bay Area punk rock.
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Look at old stuff for free
Can you make it to all 26 museums on Sacramento Museum Day? Probably not, but we dare you anyway.
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Frankie’s way
California Musical Theatre pays tribute to Frank Sinatra through song, dance and jokes.
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Race, sex, infidelity
This novel about an affair in Berkeley’s rowdy ’60s uses poetry to tell it true.
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Feed the world
Who knew wheat was passionate, intriguing and heartbreaking?
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OK to be an asshole
This is what three guys in a basement, jokes about pube sandwiches and easy girls all mixed with rum will get you.
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All aboard!
A railroad theme—and possibly a railroad venue—for next year’s Local Playwright’s Festival at City Theatre.
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Novel lovers undone
Two novelists, no trust: It’s Capital Stage’s production of Fiction.
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Something familiar
Sacramento’s Orphan gives a nod to Isabel’s Cantina of Pacific Beach.
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Tea-bag the flu
Hina Soni never gets sick because she drinks so much green tea. Mmm.
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GRAS is greener
Eat at Green Restaurants Alliance Sacramento restaurants!
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The bees please
Local honeybees do their business with any plant that flowers.
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Swanky cafeteria
Mason’s Restaurant is becoming … a cafeteria?
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The hot seat
Musical Charis never rests, turning lonely Tucson bars into veritable dance halls.
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Different and weird without trying
DefEye & DJ Rise’s Prescience.
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Thurs, Feb 4, Lonely H
This young rock quartet time traveled from the 1970s to perform classic-rock inspired tunes.
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Fri, Feb 5, Citywater
Contemporary music ensemble performs unnerving, yet soothing compositions for a Furlough Friday Concert Series.
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Sun, Feb 7, Jimmy Pailer
Saints will win the Super Bowl, Colts sing the blues.
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Tues, Feb 9, Chris Shiflett, Tony Sly
Foo Fighters meets No Use for a Name.
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Better than Atari shoegaze
Sacramento Electronica Music Festival, Midtown’s TownHouse Lounge, Mochipet, the New Humans, Tycho, Dusty Brown, MothSpyEros, Homo Erectus, the MookieDJ, DJ Mupetblast, Night Night, Tha Fruitbat, Two Playa Game, Paper Pistols, Ira Skinner, Jessie Damiani, Sister Crayon, Scott Hansen, Tycho, Dusty Brown, Jessica Brown, Dimple Records, Arden Way, Mix & Burn, Dilyn Radakovitz, Beach House, ’80s new wave, Victoria Legrand, Sigur Rós, Stevie Nicks.
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Pocket Kurosawa
They sure do. I mean, they can watch The 400 Blows on their phone!
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Hava nagila
Jonathan Kiefer’s preview of the Sacramento Jewish Film Festival.
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Last Cup: The Road to the World Series of Beer Pong
A film featuring unapologetic douche bags.
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Soul Power
Jeffrey Levy Hinte follows the boring formula of one song per artist.
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Zombieland
Jesse Eisenberg and cowboy zombie-killer Woody Harrelson are a legit comedy team.
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