Issue: March 11, 2010
This week, SN&R’s staff writers tackle the big one: How do you know you’re really a Sacramentan?
Here’s a clue: If you graduated from high school in Roseville, boy, you are not a Sacramentan. But if you think a “cool summer day” is 99 degrees, you don’t think MARRS is a misspelling of the name of the fourth rock from the sun, and you’ve got a favorite Star Trek band, you might really be from Sacramento.
Also this week: That weird laugh at the beginning of surf classic “Wipe Out”? That’s a guy from Sacramento. Stephanie Rodriguez finds out more. And Greg Lucas reviews Hoppy Brewing Company; Kel Munger reviews Altar Boyz; and Jim Lane reviews Our Family Wedding.
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You know you’re a Sacramentan when …
100 miscellaneous things that define us and the Sacramento region.
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Education demonstration
The first shot in the battle to save California’s public higher-education system has been fired.
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Unfriendly skies
Sacramento International Airport uses federal stimulus money to upgrade security for passengers.
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Felonious chunk
Medical-marijuana patients combat illness, law enforcement and the exotic history of hashish.
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Feeling a bit parched
Sacramento Water for People works to bring clean, well-managed drink supplies to people across the world.
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Fruit servings
How to know what the hell to do with a pummelo.
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Life after death
Promise of jobs may aid passage of new laws to require toxic-product manufacturers to steward “afterlife” recycling.
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Letters for March 11, 2010
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Mother of a dilemma
One woman wants to put herself first, but feels guilty about kicking her 30-year-old daughter out of her house.
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To pee or not to pee?
There are 12 million leaks per day in the city, and here’s one of them.
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Forward thinking
Breakthrough Sacramento gets kids the smarts.
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Fuzzy math at Twin Rivers
Basic math eludes Twin Rivers Unified School District.
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Protest? Yes.
The devolution of California’s higher-education system is finally being recognized.
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How to save a billion
Convert the death sentences to permanent imprisonment.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Private eyes
Rachel urges everyone to take a second look at the price of their digital souls.
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An unforgettable laugh
The man behind the cackle on “Wipe Out” lives in Sacramento.
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Almost, Maine
SN&R reviews a new production at Big Idea Theatre.
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Becky’s New Car
SN&R reviews a new production at the B Street Theatre.
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Beyond Therapy
SN&R reviews a new Kookaburra Productions show at the Geery Theatre.
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From the Mississippi Delta
SN&R reviews a new production at Celebration Arts.
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Drink like the Irish
It’s the international holiday of green beer—and gross green tongues.
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Groundhog weekend
It’s the last weekend of winter, so be a movie-seat potato.
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Arranged for charm
The Sacramento Theatre Company reprises—and expands—its production of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s short story Arranged Marriage.
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The tape guy
Danny Scheible’s tree of “Gnowledge” at Fe Gallery for the month of March.
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Danger, Will Robinson!
A legendary computer geek warns that we’re in danger of becoming “locked-in” by software design.
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Falling into light
Nevada City resident Molly Fisk’s newest collection of poetry offers “bittersweet, sobering hope.”
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Don’t go there!
Henning Mankell’s latest mystery-thriller, The Man From Beijing, takes a bit of its influence from slasher flicks.
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It’s collaboration time
Local theater’s best and brightest just love to mix it up.
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Secret’s out
The deeply secretive Deeply Superficial People craft graffiti crew have their first show.
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Sunset, Garden of the Gods, Lanai
A poem by Jan Haag of Sacramento.
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Just lurking
Lurk Hard, Rob Mason, Jack Mansfield, Tower Theatre, 19 Years Young, Salvador Dali, Rollie Fingers, Omar Salazar, B and 28th streets, Sutter’s Landing, Andrew Dice Clay, Gardnerville, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Isley Brothers.
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It’s all about soul … saving
Runaway Stage puts cute Catholic boys and pop music together. Something’s gotta give.
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Beyond brewskis
The quest for the best Philly cheese steak continues.
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It’s the cheese
Felicia Johnson, Taylor’s Market’s cheesemonger, squeezes the cheese dish.
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Brasserie dealing, brisket corning
Ella Dining Room and Bar is offering steals—with wine!
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Get pummelo’d
The rare, subtropical fruit makes a brief cameo this winter in the Sacramento Valley.
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Life’s a Brees
New Orleans’ Trombone Shorty rides a Big Easy high.
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Joanna’s triptych
Nevada City’s Joanna Newsom breaks through big with a big three-part release.
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Sat, March 13, Moonshine Bandits
Go for the Shiner Girls, stay for the whiskey.
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An exclusive peek at K.J.’s iPod
Mayor Kevin Johnson, The Beat in Midtown, Uncle Kracker, “Follow Me,” 2012 election, Jammies, James Cameron, SN&R, Crest Theatre, A1, steak sauce, Jerry Perry, Danny Secretion, One Eyed Rhyno, Julianna Zachariou, Joe Johnston, Pus Cavern, Simpl3Jack, Hotwire, Dog Party, Stephen Malkmus, Gwendolyn and Lucy Giles, Sol Collective, Pancake Circus, Sister Crayon, Nice Nice, Adventure Playground, Del Paso Boulevard, 21st Street cemetery, Battles, Explosions in the Sky, Mark Shirazi, Warp Records, Manimal Vinyl.
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Getting remade up
Daniel Barnes tells Hollywood what films to remake.
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Black, brown, bad all over
There’s at least one joke. A Viagra knee-slapper.
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Gentlemen Broncos
It should be dissected and examined like a cadaver.
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Brooklyn’s Finest
At 133 minutes, Antoine Fuqua is long-winded.
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The Ghost Writer
It’s so frustrating to know that Roman Polanski makes great movies at least in part because he’s such a creep.
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North Face
Benno Fürmann and Florian Lukas play two purportedly good-natured but nonetheless extreme!
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