Issue: November 25, 2010
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Trouble on the line
California Youth Crisis Line is facing troubles of its own.
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Don’t eat the snow?
Cloud seeding in the Lake Tahoe area is a regular practice to create more snow.
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Dead in the water
A rising tide of abandoned boats in Sacramento County.
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What’s up, doc?
Filming for a documentary featuring Mayor Kevin Johnson in Sacramento. Tea party candidates spend a lot for those votes.
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Meet the watermaster
A new sheriff in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
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Letters for November 25, 2010
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Financial incest
Our expert’s advice: Don’t put the kids in the middle of the money.
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It gets better …
A Sacramento poet writes about her decision to come out as a lesbian.
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Kids lead the way
Sacramento students recycle, plant trees and look forward to the 1 million kids at iMatter March.
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Boulevard ship
At Box Brothers on Del Paso Boulevard, they give a ship.
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Leprecanos do exist
The Mexican on ethinc mutts, Morrissey and meringue.
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Talking ’bout a devolution
Senate leader Darrell Steinberg says California government needs a makeover.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Saturday night special
Nothing beats a Duraflame, snuggly cats and a Fashion Police marathon.
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Still yanking your crank
On Loveline, Adam Carolla was millions of teenagers’ proxy father. Today, he’s a New York Times best-selling author who’s about to pit-stop in Sacramento for some holiday cheer.
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Northport Cottage
SN&R reviews a new production at the B Street Theatre.
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The Owl and the Pussycat
SN&R reviews a new production at the Sacramento Theatre Company.
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Nyob zoo xyoo tshiab
New Year’s festival celebrates Hmong culture.
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Elk Grove chooses you, Pikachu
Pokémon card game seeks new champion.
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Much ado about damn near everything
Big Idea Theatre kicks up their heels between the wars in Much Ado About Nothing.
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Say you want a revolution
Ted Rall’s not kidding; he thinks we need a new government.
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Tahoe blue
An all-around history of our region’s aquatic jewel, Lake Tahoe.
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Gilgamesh redux
The Arabic-language poet Adonis’s selected works are available in a new English translation.
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Warm up your pipes
It’s Handel’s “Messiah” in DIY mode at Oak Park’s Bethany Presbyterian Church.
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Hard-boiled eggs in the fridge
A poem by Jan Haag of Sacramento.
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Stay Loko forever?
Matthew Craggs riffs on the good and bad on the popular, and soon to be extinct, energy drink.
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Naughty and nice
A line-up of Sacramento holiday shows for the nice, the naughty and the nutcrackers.
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Bad service, bad meal
Food for the Thoughtless’ Michael Procopio discusses bad service.
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Hit the feijoa jackpot
Pineapple guavas went out of style—then blew up.
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Fur’s no fun
Fur Free Friday, an anti-fur-industry demonstration by Arden Fair mall.
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Go it alone
Former Sacramento lead singer Shannon Curtis overcame her stage fright and became a successful solo artist.
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Sun, Nov 28, Dark Star Orchestra
If you like the Grateful Dead, you’ll love this show at the Crest—but Eddie Jorgensen won’t.
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Tues, Nov 30, The Queers
Joe Queer is still stubbornly trudging forward with a new album and a new tour—with a stop at the Blue Lamp in Sacramento.
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Thurs, Dec 2, Peter Case
Check out his latest, Wig!, and then head to this show, Winters.
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The real deejays of Sacramento
Who Cares? drops a new release, DJ Arnold leaves one 21st Street club for another.
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No arm, no foul
Jonathan Kiefer reviews Danny Boyle’s Best Picture follow-up.
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Gilda (1946)
Flaming redhead Rita Hayworth is a testament to Hollywood’s power to both transform and mutilate.
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Crap-lousy ad campaigns vs. the domestic box office.
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Kings of Pastry
Quite unlike your average food-contest cable show.
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Love and Other Drugs
A slacker ladies’ man with a smooth line of bedroom patter (Jake Gyllenhaal) goes to work selling pharmaceuticals for Pfizer.
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Tamara Drewe
A young Englishwoman (Gemma Arterton) returns to the country home where she grew up, and her presence disrupts the settled routine among the locals.
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Local gifts for lovely people
SN&R’s annual gift guide urges you to shop local this holiday season, Sacramento.
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Awful gifts for annoying people
Holiday shopping for loved ones is challenging enough. Let SN&R find gifts for the people you can’t stand.
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Best gift ever
Is 20 years too long to wait for a Barbie Dream House?
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Best gift ever
Celebrating Christmas in India with Jesus, Santa and far too many bananas.
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Best gift ever
A fresh carp and an empty plate make for a merry little Christmas.
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Worst gift ever
It’s a passive-aggressive Christmas when your friend makes a donation to a charity you’d never support—in your name.
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