Issue: March 06, 2014
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The feature story this week: Tech U. Melinda Welsh delivers SN&R's MOOC
report card: Are the online courses just hype, or will they transform
the future of education?
Elsewhere in the issue: Cosmo Garvin interviews the candidates for the
upcoming City Council District 3 election, Greg Lucas considers the
proposal to split California into six states, Janelle Bitker
investigates the mainstreaming of geek culture on the eve of the Wizard
World Sacramento Comic Con, Shoka uncovers the best Second Saturday
exhibits, and more.
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MOOCs: High-tech hype, or the future of education?
Sacramento-area professors and more chime in on massive open online courses.
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East bound but not downtown: A look at Sacramento’s District 3 city council race
From McVillages to forgotten neighborhoods, candidates vie to succeed Steve Cohn.
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Sacramento County looks to ban dozens of recycling centers
Tweaked law could run cargo recyclers indoors or out of business.
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Time to make Sacramento city-council members full-time employees
We'll be voting on “strong mayor” in November: What better time to promote city council to full-time.
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Letters for March 6, 2014
SN&R's readers chime in on California's population “problem,” Sacramento's arena addiction, plus atheism, and Oak Park.
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Sins of the family
Joey advises a reader to forgive her family—and herself.
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Talking tall
Bob Huggett tells SN&R about the Sacramento Tall Club.
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The desegregation movement and Mexicans
Mexican-Americans not only suffered a lot of the same discrimination as African-Americans, but they were also at the forefront of the legal battle to overturn such pendejo laws.
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Sacramento needs to update its sports policy, which says arena subsidies can only be approved by voters
The public's right to vote was never a nuisance. It's a legitimate policy that has been on the books for years.
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Six ways to California
Splitting the state isn't just a bogus idea—but the proposed names also bite.
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Repeal ‘new Jim Crow’
After prison, people of color face many barriers that prevent a return to full citizenship, including disenfranchisement laws that deny them the right to vote.
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Splitting California into six states is six times the crazy
The way forward is in working for consensus, not encouraging divisiveness with fantasies of splitting California.
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Nerds! Nerds! Nerds!
Does the upcoming Wizard World Sacramento Comic Con signal the democratization of nerds—or the profit-hungry mainstreaming of geek culture?
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Between poetic and potboiler
SN&R reviews a production of Romeo and Juliet by the Sacramento Theatre Company.
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Wild gold-rush women
SN&R reviews a production of The Merry Wives by Big Idea Theatre.
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Into the groove
The Camellia International Folk Dance Festival offers dancing lessons and performances from a variety of cultures.
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Cannery Row
SN&R reviews a production of Cannery Row at City Theatre.
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The Wild Party
SN&R reviews a production of The Wild Party at the Green Valley Theatre Company.
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Wrong for Each Other
SN&R reviews a production of Wrong for Each Other by B Street Theatre.
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Murky puzzle
Avery Palmer's fantastic surrealist artwork is at John Natsoulas Gallery during the month of March.
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Illustrations on drugs
Abigail VanCannon and Jean-Marc Brugeilles are just two of the artists showing at the Sacramento Temporary Contemporary gallery during the month of March.
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Total recall
Axis Gallery presents a group show about memory during the month of March.
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Ready? OK!
Bring It On: The Musical delivers plenty of pom-poms, blackflips and snark.
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Stay classy
Keep it classy and trashy with Union Wine Co.'s wine in a can.
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Behind the laughter
So this is what B.J. Novak was writing during his downtime on The Office set.
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A sign from God
The Church Sign Maker lets anyone make their own fake church-sign messages online for any denomination.
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Old Sacramento's tinier, tamer Mardi Gras
At Old Sacramento's take on the New Orleans festival, nudity is optional.
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Year of the cheese
The Melt is the epitome of 21st-century comfort food.
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Chef's choice, your decision
Check out Mother's daily “chef's choice” menu, and decide for yourself if the new vegetarian restaurant is all that and a bag of kale chips.
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Fat Tuesday buffet
Hungry vegans, head to Peacock Indian Restaurants in Folsom for a $10 vegetarian buffet.
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Sacramento singer-songwriters recreate a living-room vibe to get that down-home sound
During The Living Room Sessions, music is made, stories are shared and mistakes are welcome.
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Sound Advice: Soundscapes and early summer soundtracks
Mother Falcon redefines chamber music while El Ten Eleven and Classical Revolution push instrumental music into fresh, modern territory.
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Dutch treat
A new documentary about the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer explores the intersection between technology and artistic temperament.
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Stalingrad
This Fedor Bondarchuk epic wears its war-time influences well.
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Son of God
Diogo Morgado plays Jesus Christ in this low-watt Biblical drama.
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The Wind Rises
Hayao Miyazaki's latest film is a biopic about Jiro Horikoshi, an engineer who developed World War II Japanese fighter planes.
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ABCs of MMJ
Ngaio on proper cannabis terminology, and lingo dos and don'ts.
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