Issue: March 01, 2012
This week, our feature reports on the assorted Occupy the Capitol protests that are planned throughout California this coming week, complete with mock funerals for public education, a 99-mile protest march from the UC Berkeley to UC Davis to Sacramento, and even a proposed “occupation” under the rotunda dome. Protesters say it all marks a new era of collaboration between college students and labor-union members – all of them headed for the Capitol on March 5.
In Frontlines, Cosmo Garvin chimes on the latest Sacramento Kings arena news as citizens weigh out the city-Maloof deal and city council waits for an official term sheet. Also this week: high-speed rail gets a reboot and the head of the Department of Fish & Game needs to resign.
In Arts&Culture, local graphic novelist Aaron Nelson drew on Joseph Conrad’s 1903 novella Heart of Darkness for his theme in Marlow, released this week and illustrated in bold, punchy frames by Dario Carrasco—an example of which graces SN&R’s cover. Who is Nelson and how did he come up with this novel and its loyal band of allies and soul-dead zombies? Also this week: Greg Lucas bails out suburban Greek eats, Knock Knock drops a new album on Jackson Griffith, Nick Miller talk about Death Grips signing to Epic Records, and Patti Roberts says Resurrection Theatre’s 90-minute Romeo & Juliet is just punk enough.
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Occupy the Capitol?
Monday may see student and other protesters occupying the Capitol.
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Rebooting high-speed rail
Meet Dan Richard, the guy trying to save California’s high-speed rail.
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Sports feud: The Sacramento Bee vs. KHTK 1140
Did a Team Scoopy editor really call in and curse out the screener at Don Geronimo’s radio show?
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A tale of two occupations
What happens when you mix Occupy Oakland and white supremacists? Also, Sacramento sends more juveniles to adult court than most of the state.
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Happy (green) trails
Folsom Lake RV debuts a new line of “green” travel trailers made by EverGreen Recreational Vehicles.
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SN&R Letters 2012-03-01
Reader chime in on the Sacramento Kings arena plans, gas prices, gay marriage, contraception and county pay hikes.
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Ask Joey: Ditch the victim act
Joey advises a reader to peel off the victim persona.
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Why do I spy?
Technology is making snoops out of people like me.
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Lightbulb apocalypse
Michael Burgess and other members of Congress fought to delay the implementation of new, energy-efficient bulbs.
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UC Davis scientist turns comedian
Tim Lee is a scientist turned comedian, with a Ph.D. from UC Davis.
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Arizona banning Mexicans in American history
The Mexican addresses the ongoing turmoil over learning in Arizona.
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Think Big survey shows barely half support Kings arena plan
Think Big doesn’t share its whole poll in its media release, and the whirlwind week ahead in arena-pocalypse.
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Time to get methyl iodide away from strawberries
Note to new state pesticide czar Brian Leahy: Ban methyl iodide.
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Richards needs to leave Fish and Game after hunting video
Daniel Richards must resign as head of California Fish and Game Commission.
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No fear, just water
Let’s invest in our water system and keep pace with our needs.
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Girl Scout cookies encourage rise of feminazi socialist indoctrination
Republicans go after the Girl Scouts of America—you’re darn tootin’!
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Art of Darkness
Local graphic novelist Aaron Nelson creates a square-jawed anti-hero in Marlow.
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Anarchy in Verona
Resurrection Theatre punks the bard in their new production of Romeo & Juliet.
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History in music
Legacy II: We Come From Greatness offers Sacramento a musical panorama of the African-American experience.
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It is a sin to kill a mockingbird
American River College Theatre presents an American classic about injustice and lost innocence.
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All I wanna do is bicycle
The North American Handmade Bicycle Show rolls into Sacramento for the first time.
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Who’s your sugar daddy?
How do you afford your confectionery lifestyle?
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Grape expectations
A three-week wine-appreciation course in Folsom with Donal Smith.
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Hunger Games companion book
A new Hunger Games companion book sifts through the ashes at the end of the world.
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Sacramento Kings phone home
Attendance may be down at a Kings game 3,000 miles away, but downtown D.C. shows life.
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A yin to the yang
Greek food worth that extra notch on the treadmill incline.
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Discover the wonders of sugar cane
Oh what to make out of sugar cane.
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Beer and chili in Sacramento this weekend
Some of Sacramento’s best papaya salad can be purchased in Hmong video stores.The inaugural Sacramento Beer & Chili Festival will happen this weekend at Southside Park.
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Kick-ass vegan baking online
Veganbaking.net is a kick-ass collaborative website for cruelty-free baking.
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Knock Knock still knocking
It’s an election year, so of course the Sacramento foursome Knock Knock has a new album.
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It gets better?
How to be a queer teenager of color in today’s striving lower-middle-class Brooklyn, New York—with the authority of empathy.
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Film Clip: Act of Valor
Reality meets theatricality when a team of U.S. Navy SEALs take leading roles.
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Film Clip: A Separation
This Oscar-winning foreign language film is about Iranians, but with a profound decency anyone can understand.
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Film Clip: Wanderlust
If you leave your prudery at home, you won’t see a funnier movie all year.
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Congressional cannaphobia
California’s lawmakers in D.C. still don’t want to touch marijuana.
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