Issue: November 21, 2013
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The feature story this week: The forgotten news: a look at Project
Censored's Top 10 stories the mainstream media neglected to cover this
year.
Elsewhere in the issue: Art of the Mall: Upstart artists have turned
retail wasteland Downtown Plaza into a cool, creative hub. So what
happens when construction starts on a new Sacramento Kings arena? Nick
Miller, Jessica Rine and Lovelle Harris talk to these artists about
their future. Also, Daniel Barnes finds /The Hunger Games: Catching
Fire/ leaves him cold, Brian Palmer interviews singer-songwriter Vienna
Teng, Ngaio Bealum explains why marijuana should be legal, and more.
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The forgotten news
Project Censored ranks the top-10 stories ’corporate' media neglected to cover.
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SN&R’s interview with former federal prosecutor Todd Leras
The Sacramento district-attorney candidate on crowded prisons, rehab and the war on drugs.
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After years of budget cuts, Sacramento’s again training new law-enforcement officers
Police academy ’13 graduates.
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Spy vs. spy
Do networking sites like Nextdoor make us better neighbors—or nosy busybodies?
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Letters for November 21, 2013
Readers respond to stories about food-stamps budget cuts, and strong mayor.
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Where have all the good men gone?
Joey advises a reader to recognize her self-sabotaging habits.
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Chairman of the (electric) board
A Sacramento native invented the ZBoard electric skateboard during college, and now builds them out of a warehouse in Modesto.
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Half-brown grandkid destiny
Mexicans are following the same assimilation and financial achievement patterns as previous immigrant groups.
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Forget arenas and mermaid bars and nightlife. What Sacramento needs is more housing.
Historian William Burg says the downtown population needs to crawl back up to 58,000.
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Art of the Mall
These upstart artists turned retail wasteland Downtown Plaza into a cool, creative hub. So, what happens when construction starts on a new Sacramento Kings arena?
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Culture jammers
How the artists behind Exhibit S transformed part of a shopping mall into an upstart creative collective.
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Scenes from a mall
The creators chime in on the future of art in the city—and their craziest Downtown Plaza memories.
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Who knew what? And when?
SN&R reviews a production by Big Idea Theatre.
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Tommy J & Sally
SN&R reviews a production by Celebration Arts.
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Sing stars
Opera performance at the Crest Theatre stars tenor Frank Lopardo and soprano Ruth Ann Swenson.
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Che Guevara and the Dispossessed
SN&R reviews an original multimedia production by Sacramento State University theater professor Roberto D. Pomo.
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Beauty and the Beast
SN&R reviews a B Street Theatre show for kids.
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Crazy Horse and Custer
SN&R reviews a production by the Sacramento Theatre Company.
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The Sunset Limited
SN&R reviews a production by the Actor’s Workshop.
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A real bounty
The Plant Based on a Budget Challenge offers free meal plans for a healthier, more frugal diet.
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Future tense
Nearly two decades after its release, Tank Girl’s look at a post-apocalyptic future is still kitschy fun.
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Unrest and motion
Lucy Corin’s latest short-fiction collection pushes at literature’s conventions.
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The poor get poorer
Sacramento-based journalist Sasha Abramsky mixes data with personal stories in this examination of America’s new poverty class.
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Think beyond the hummus
Darna, a new Palestinian restaurant, has highs, lows and baba ghanoush worth a return trip.
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Ramen update
Ramen & Rice and Hokkaido Noodle House change owners, and Sakura Gakuen Japanese School hosts its second Ramen Feast event.
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My little dismembered pony
Take action to prohibit the inhumane slaughter of horses in the United States for diners in China and France.
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Educating Vienna
Why singer-songwriter Vienna Teng walked away from her music as a way to love it again.
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Everybody’s sweet talkin’
Drake charms the ladies (and the fellas), and Waka Flocka uses twerking for good, not evil.
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Catching hell
Francis Lawrence directs Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson in this plodding sequel to the original dystopian flick.
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Great Expectations
Director Mike Newell’s take on the Charles Dickens classic is good, if not quite…well, great.
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Dallas Buyers Club
Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto electrify this true story about a 1980s-era AIDS pharmaceutical collective.
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The Best Man Holiday
Malcolm D. Lee's latest picks up where his 1999 film The Best Man left off.
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Justification of legalization
Ngaio explains why legalization of marijuana makes sense.
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