Issue: April 19, 2018
Thanks for reading this week’s SN&R. Feel free to click the links below, but don’t forget to pick up a newsprint version of the newspaper for exclusive event picks, columns and cartoons.
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Ngaio’s top 10 for 420
SN&R’s weed writer’s top 10 strains of 2017, written on his phone from Berlin at a weed conference.
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Blazing ahead
Two canna-biz accelerators look to help green entrepreneurs.
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420 Comics
Behold these smokin’ illustrations by local artists. Which Keanu Reeves are you?
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Sutter vs. the people
This attorney’s lawsuit could impact hospital care nationwide.
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Health war: Price-fixing lawsuits mount against Sutter Health amid mysteriously shredded documents
California’s attorney general is just the latest to officially accuse heath care giant of wrongdoing.
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The music ends: Rapper Lizk sentenced to 30-years-to-life for simple gun possession
Like other rappers before him, Deandre Rogers blurred the line between gang life and musical ambitions.
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Elk Grove mom took daughter on an ‘educational’ vacation to Mexico. Now she’s failing social sciences.
Student activism revives California’s truancy debate.
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The cult of forgetting
This year’s 420 Issue is packed with budbound content, as always, to sate your curiosity, your intellect and your giggle bones.
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Letters for April 19, 2018
Our readers care about the separation of church and state, fiscal responsibility and accuracy in naming federal lands. And one, we hope, is being sarcastic.
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Mother yourself
Do I owe it to my mother to take care of her, even if it ruins my life?
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Gaming visionaries
Sacramento startup builds digital games for the visually impaired.
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Project Runway contestant Richard Hallmarq opens a new studio at WAL Marketplace
The designer went from high school sewing in Meadowview to the pinnacle of fashion, and he’s staying in Sac.
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Do you even ultra spirit, bro?
YouTuber and ultra satirically spiritual JP Sears and stoner comic Doug Benson come to Punch Line during 4/20 weekend.
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Review: Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical at Harris Center
There are only three more opportunities to catch the tribe vibe.
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Preview: South Pacific at Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra
This World War II classic puts the shoe on the other foot—it’s the white characters from distant lands who are coming to grips with unfamiliar cultural traditions.
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Feed your wild and untamed self during a shadow-cast performance/screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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Sacramento Jewish Film Festival 2018
Explore Jewish culture through film and discussion.
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Gambatte! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit
Witness the impact of the forced detention of Japanese Americans.
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Preview: B Street Theatre Family Series’ The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
The B Street Theatre Family Series visits Narnia with The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, a 55-minute version of the C.S. Lewis parable.
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Short review: Uncle Vanya
SN&R reviews a new play from the Actor’s Theatre of Sacramento.
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Fleet Foxes, a decade apart
The Fleet Foxes came to play in California for the first time 10 years ago and to Sacramento for the first time a few days ago.
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Poke on point
Poke Noke is one of the better places in Sacramento to exercise some healthy hedonism; feel free to stuff yourself silly.
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Craft beers at The Shack
East Sac landmark since 1931 has featured one of the best tap-and-bottle selections for 13 years.
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An experiment in B.I.Y.
My first weed-butter-infused lava cake looks bad but works.
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Spicy sisters
Generous piles of sauteed squash, onions mushrooms, bell peppers and spinach are stuffed into a tortilla and smothered in a breathtakingly spicy green sauce.
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Booze and stews
The seventh annual Sacramento Beer and Chili Festival Cook-Off brings out the competitive chefs.
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Foraging for fungi
Even beloved by some mushroom haters, morels are mostly handpicked.
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Not yo regular fro-yo
A vegan and sugar-free soft serve? It exists—and it’s good—at Pressed Juicery.
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Meme-worthy rise
Internet jokes aside, Alt-J thrives with new high-brow, weird rock.
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Jazz against violence
Trumpeter-composer Terence Blanchard brings his electric band to Davis to defend black lives.
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Stoners who rock
Ruby the Hatchet, American Killers and others play tokeable show.
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Super Troopers 2
The forgotten-but-not-gone “comedy” troupe Broken Lizard is back, and they’re just as unfunny and talent-free as they were back then.
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EDIBLE REVIEW: Kushy Punch Recover Gummies
These gummies show that THC and CBD are stronger together than apart.
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