Issue: May 06, 2010
Frontlines
This week, Bites catches up with Queen Meg at her campaign stop in Folsom. Or was it Fresno? Then, read Stephanie Rodriguez’s report on Proposition 17. Sounds like one auto-insurance giant wants to take voters for a ride. Also this week: Mayor Kevin Johnson figures out that strong mayors in world-class cities love the environment. Get the rundown on K.J.’s “green initiative” in our (award-winning) Green Days section. Plus, our publisher Jeff vonKaenel wonks it up in D.C., Alastair Bland goes on a mulberry mission impossible, and the U.S. birthrate balloon goes pop.
Feature story
We were astounded by the depth of energy, emotion and intelligence revealed in the more than 350 college-entrance essays that flew into our e-mail box from local high-school seniors this past month. And we are thrilled now to present the winning essays in SN&R’s 2010 College Essay Contest. Read here the first-, second- and third-place essays (a three-way tie for third!) as well as excerpts from some that made it into our pool of finalists.
Arts&Culture
Every year, the summer-movie season start date creeps even earlier into spring. Thankfully, though, SN&R’s movie critics Jonathan Kiefer, Jim Lane and Daniel Barnes are here to keep Hollywood in check; it isn’t time for summer blockbusters until they friggin’ say so, all right? Also this week: Rachel Leibrock celebrates 50 years on the pill, Greg Lucas digs cafeteria food, Jim Lane goes Freddy Krueger, John Phillips talks rock and haircuts, and Jeff McCrory ponders the new M.I.A. video.
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The most important thing you will ever write
SN&R’s 2010 College Essay Contest winners.
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The deepest cut
Medical experts say circumcision is unnecessary, but the longstanding debate over the issue roils on.
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Mercury rising
Insurance giant’s initiative could cost low-income drivers the most.
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Pick of the crop
Winters Farmers Market is open for the season.
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K.J. goes green
Mayor Kevin Johnson preps for Sacramento’s big green push.
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Letters for May 6, 2010
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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The favorite child
Parents often secretly favor one child. You know it’s true.
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The candidate wears Prada
Meg Whitman regards California as a business—but it’s not.
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Sacramentans lobby for more federal money
Three hundred Sacramento residents fly to Washington, D.C., to present the case for Sacramento spending.
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Across the border, over the line
Amid the controversy surrounding Arizona’s new immigration bill, the Mexican reminds who the state’s good guys are.
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Meg-a-bites
Wherein Bites attempts to get a rise out of Meg Whitman.
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From the SN&R blogs.
The return of Ray; K Street: Sacramento’s mixed-up chameleon.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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The pill’s 50th
Half a century later, the birth-control pill is as important as ever.
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Berlin to Broadway:A Kurt Weill Cabaret
SN&R reviews a new production at City Theatre at the Sacramento City College Art Court Theatre.
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Pedal power
May is bike month, so get your butt on a bike—or a unicycle.
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Try some walkin’ after midnight
If you’ve got leaving on your mind, Patsy Cline will help you think it over.
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May art picks
Owen Smith at the Richard L. Nelson Gallery in Davis.
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Plant a tree
Super sustainable: Local novelist, local press, and We’re Getting On is printed on seed paper, too.
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Reality lives
With an online self and an offline self, how do we know which one is real?
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Better yuks than yaks
Will Durst for governor—because it can’t get any worse.
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In the flesh
What do dead people, a dirty magazine and fine art have in common? Painter Rogelio Manzo.
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Toe-tapping country night
Jackson hits up Fox & Goose for a lil’ Sacto alt-country.
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Classic act
A pair of classics take on a pair of classics: Mitch Agruss and Ed Claudio do Beckett and O’Neill.
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Not your childhood cafeteria
Cafeteria 15L is not a traditional cafeteria.
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Persnickety pastry problem
Where is our macaron store, Sacramento?
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Mulberry mecca
Shopping for mulberries may be impossible; experts have other suggestions.
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No song and dance
Tandoori Nights serves great halal meat, thanks.
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Rock the style
Jake Desrochers does more than take a little off the top.
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Eruptions of rainbows
Sigur Rós frontman, Jónsi, releases a vibrant solo album.
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Thurs, May 6, Circa Survive
A prog-metal band with heart and soul comes to Sac State.
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Fri, May 7, Kepi Ghoulie
It’s time for Friday Night Concerts in the Park, baby.
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No love, born free, red dawn, all gone
M.I.A. “Born Free” video, Democrats, Republicans, Tolkien, Middle East, Romain Gavras, Los Angeles, Iraq, Baghdad, gingers, YouTube, Arizona immigration law, George W. Bush, Colbie Caillat, Adam Carolla, Dr. Drew, Loveline, Task1ne, Mr. Lingo, Mad Flows, the Digital Martyrs, Live Manikins, Another Rap Group, MC Cookbook, Eminem, “Bubbly.”
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Schmoes and Phish-heads
Daniel goes to watch Phish in 3-D in Folsom!
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Dream date
Reimagining Freddy Krueger doesn’t really require that much reimagining.
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