Issue: February 14, 2013
Thanks for reading this week's SN&R.
On the cover: David Watts Barton always wanted to move to New York City. Last year, after half a century in Sacramento, he finally did. And, of course, he bumped into dozens of former 916ers living in the 212; this weeks' feature story profiles former Sacramentans in NYC--and what both city's can learn from each other.
Also this week: Cosmo Garvin profiles Sacramento's astronaut, Raheem F. Hosseini looks at Sacramento city school district's plan to shut down 11 elementary schools, Jonathan Mendick goes noodle for ramen, and Andrew Bell hangs with up-and-coming woman emcee Century Got Bars.
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I heart New York, I heart Sacramento
David Watts Barton, who for more than a half a century lived in Sacramento, dishes on former 916ers in New York City—and what the cities can learn from each other.
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NYC to 916
An SN&R staffer riffs on his move from Brooklyn, New York, to Midtown Sacramento.
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Improbable journey
Retired NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson reflects on a lifetime of flight—and future star tours.
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Sacramento city school-closure vote set for next week
Sacramento's struggling neighborhoods feel bullied by city district's school-closure plan.
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The long haul
SN&R's co-editor hearts NYC but stays rooted Sacramento.
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Letters for February 14, 2013
Readers weigh in on the state of education, the downtown arena proposal and gun control.
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This is your brain on lust
Joey advises readers to kiss Cupid goodbye.
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Tinge of pink
Harbingers of spring bring pleasure … and sadness.
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I love senior discounts
Who should really be getting a discount?
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Futuristic tomfoolery and retro shenanigans
Lon Lee and the Sacramento Steampunk Society mash up history, genres, fashion and technology for their first swap meet.
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Like a good neighbor
The Mexican advises on what to do if you find out you’re part-Mexi at age 39, and why your immigrant neighbors fiesta on the driveway.
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What they don’t tell you
A little arithmetic to consider before closing Sacramento neighborhood schools.
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No gun fantasies
The National Rifle Association-backed notion that America can shoot its way out of the national problem with gun violence needs to be dismissed as a right-wing fantasy, and quickly.
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McKinley Village returns, neighborhoods fight back—Sacramento bans marijuana
Dumb growth, the neighborhood activist's bad rap debunked—and marijuana madness.
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The cult of ramen
An SN&R writer tries to figure out why there are so many new ramen places in Sacramento and uncovers a semireligious obsession for the dish.
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String theory
Capital Stage’s stage manager Matthew Compton ensures that the show will go on.
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Going lunar
Slither to one of these celebrations to help ring in the Lunar New Year (hint: It’s the Year of the Snake).
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Wait, what’s that about chickens?!
Sacramento comedian Keith Lowell Jensen takes on God, family and feathered friends on his new album Elf Orgy.
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Words on walls
The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission teams with the Del Paso Boulevard Partnership to create a literary art project.
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Not at all weird
This Kickstarter-funded Ostrich Pillow is totally something you need.
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Wish you were here
The World Heritage List makes your next trip educational.
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Man vs. bull vs. buzzer
One writer learns—from a safe distance—what it means to take the bull by the horns.
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Buzzworthy
Blue Moon Cafe and Karaoke serves up Hong Kong- and Pan-Asian-style cuisine with a side of karaoke.
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Words to devour
The Tasty Books series, which pairs a prix fixe dinner with cookbooks, debuts Wednesday, February 27, at Mulvaney's Building & Loan.
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Hip-hop's beef
KRS-One's old group Boogie Down Productions had a beef with the addiction to eating meat.
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All guts, no glitter
Sacramento rapper Century Got Bars battles misogyny, major labels and illness to emerge as one of Sacramento's fiercest emcees.
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Fri., Feb. 15, Brett Shady
This singer-songwriter brings nostalgic folk music to the Naked Lounge Downtown.
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Fri., Feb. 15, the Dollyrots
These punks will help you bash out a bad week at Bows & Arrows.
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Fri., Feb. 15, Groovin High Band
Locals conjure the psychedelic rock music of the ’60s and early ’70s.
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Fri., Feb. 15, In the Silence
Local metal band takes you on a journey filled with dark, heavy power chords and atmospheric sections of music.
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Zelda’s 35th anniversary party
If you don’t like Zelda’s, that’s fine—but you’re an idiot.
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Sun., Feb. 17, Boyz II Men
Legendary ’90s R&B group—and former dabblers in New Jack Swing—to perform at Cache Creek just three days after Valentine’s Day.
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Mon., Feb. 18, Camper Van Beethoven
Alternative rock group brings inventive arrangements and worldly influences to Odd Fellows Hall in Davis.
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Thurs., Feb. 21, Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet
Jazz quintet plays a tribute show to honor the fight against segregation.
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Oscar's mea culpa
This year’s Academy Award-nominated batch of live-action documentary short films is big on pathos and consciousness raising.
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Identity Thief
Jason Batemen loses his identity—while viewers lose precious minutes of their life—in this tiresome so-called comedy.
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Safe Haven
Julianne Hough’s legs and behind star with Josh Duhamel this Nicholas Sparks-worthy romantic murder mystery.
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Warm Bodies
Zombies get the Shakespeare treatment in this not-so-guilty-pleasure flick.
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Pathway to legalization
Ngaio ponders the pathway to federal legalization of marijuana.
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