Issue: January 12, 2017
The cover story this week: Self-improvement is important, but equally as important is self-care and that's why this week's issue, in all its resolution-breaking glory, is dedicated to pointing you towards a variety of vehicles you can use to escape the stresses of the new year, be it through a meditative float, a bucket of alcohol or a series of hours laid out on a couch binge-watching, we've got you covered.
Elsewhere in the issue: The green rush has arrived as the state gears up to begin handing out licenses to sell recreational marijuana in January of next year, but what are the complications and concerns prospective prospectors can expect? Bansky Gonzalez reports; Two Sacramento card rooms are hoping to block Casino Royale, the subject of previous license suspensions and state investigations, from transferring its gaming license to a new owner, Scott Thomas Anderson has the story. Elsewhere, in December SN&R was denied a motion to recoup $112,000 in legal expenses used to battle former mayor Kevin Johnson in court on the grounds that both were "partially successful in meaningful ways," Nick Miller has the scoop. Also in the book, Mayor Darrel Steinberg has a vision for ending homelessness in Sacramento, but he will need community support, Jeff VonKaenel has the story.
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A guide to vice and escapism
All the drunken, gluttonous and lazy tips for a better 2017.
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Little Saigon day vacay
Stuff yourself with an escape to the land of milk and honey.
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Go big (and bloody) or go home
Why you should order that giant slab of rare meat.
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Giving up the ghost
Joey Garcia’s guide to making that relationship escape smarter, not harder.
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Better living through binging
Curl up on the couch and gorge on these smart screen options.
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In the spirit
Drink your troubles away with these local boozy retreats.
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Drown your angst
Try flotation therapy, contemplate the futility of everything.
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High expectations: Marijuana legalization draws get-rich-quick prospectors to California’s other green industry
Recreational cannabis promises state billions, but will wannabe entrepreneurs pop the bubble?
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Stacked deck: Lawsuit charges Sacramento made ‘secret’ deal with Casino Royale
City officials say they acted within policy.
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Storm of shame: Social media criticism prompts Sacramento officials to open ‘weather refuge’ for homeless residents
City and county had no protocol in place to protect most vulnerable during extreme weather event.
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Defending the double-dip: Steinberg holds firm on chief of staff hiring despite groups’ fiscal objections
Sacramento mayor plucks former SACOG executive to steer ambitious agenda.
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Letters for January 12, 2017
Readers weigh in on Mayor-elect Darrell Steinberg and more.
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Future tensed
A reader doesn’t get why all of the planning for the future isn’t working out.
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Winning at a price
Judge’s ruling in K.J. vs. SN&R lawsuit sets alarming precedent for freedom of the press.
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Homes for the homeless
Darrell Steinberg’s vision requires full community support.
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Kristy Fortes, fire spinner
The performance artist discusses joyfulness, Burning Man and being a woman of color in a predominantly white community of fire spinners.
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Review: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
SN&R reviews a new production from the Sacramento Theatre Company.
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Review: 42nd Street
SN&R reviews a new show from the Davis Musical Theatre Company.
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Crank up the creativity
Dive into your creative impulses with various events around Midtown this week.
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Imperfect just the way you are
Robert Arneson, Maija Peeples-Bright, Stephen De Staebler and Stephen Kaltenbach are among the artists in B. Sakata Garo’s January art show Wabi Sabi.
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Don’t call it a comeback
Leisel Whitlock’s explores perception and distance with this mixed-media series at Arthouse Gallery & Studios in January.
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Fair elections
Axis Gallery members get to curate one piece from another artist for its January show.
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Comedic chemistry
Comedians Cory Barringer and Jaclyn Weiand mine awkward gold in their monthly special.
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Feminist AF
Teen Vogue smartly balances beauty tips with politics.
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Mind and prejudice
Two professors examine the links between racism and mental disorders.
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Eat all-American
Is there anything more American than hot dogs?
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Beer and noodles
Sacramento gets a fancy new beer collaboration—and a fancy new ramen cart.
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Sugar and salt
Nosh on Carmazzi Caramel Corn’s buttery, salty goodness, whatever the weather.
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Prix fixe dining for all
Dine Downtown Restaurant Week is back.
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Vegan in, vegan out
Pushkin’s Restaurant opens in Midtown with many vegan options, and plant-based eatery Garden to Grill on the grid closes.
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Vinnie Guidera & the Dead Birds turn election grief into action
Trump’s win first gutted the band—and then inspired a Planned Parenthood benefit show.
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Eight Gigs: Pine Street Ramblers
The Pine Street Ramblers album Hazy Shade of Gold showcases the four-piece string band’s quick, finger-pickin’ styles.
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Eight Gigs: Butterscotch
Multi-instrumental wonder Butterscotch heads to Davis for an intimate evening of performance.
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Eight Gigs: Itzhak Perlman
Take in a little light music in the key of glee.
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Eight Gigs: Cities You Wish You Were From
Check out the new project from Eli Jenkins of Eli and the Sound Cult.
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Eight Gigs: Stick Men
With unusual instruments and endless musical variation, prog-rock shines with the trio Stick Men.
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Eight Gigs: Cardboard Swords
Let Cardboard Swords dump all of their feelings into you with the group’s intensely emotional punk-rock emo-pop tunes.
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Eight Gigs: Gazebos
Bring that existential crisis and let it lose control.
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Eight Gigs: Entombed A.D.
The legendary Swedish death metal band comes through for a night of HM-2 worship.
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Tempest in a nightclub
Lil Wet storms Sacramento, West Sacramento gets a new jazz club and TK.
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This is living?
Ben Affleck adapts a critically acclaimed gangster novel and ends up with an utterly phony film.
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Law of the landlord
A reader wants to know if their landlord’s new lease agreement that keeps pot out of the apartment is legal.
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