Issue: May 03, 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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Music and the city
As Sacramento finally turns its head toward local arts, can a grassroots festival shine a big enough light?
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The lineup
Discover some of First Fest 2018’s highlights and headliners.
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Ghost of a chance: Battle brews over new anti-ghost gun bill at the state Capitol
Assemblyman Mike Gipson says murders at the hands of those wielding ghost guns need to stop.
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Majoring in couch surfing
Spiking rents in the Sacramento region are forcing college students into their cars, or onto the streets, in pursuit of a university education.
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A serial killer by many names
Suspected Golden State Killer caught in Sacramento more than 40 years after his reign of terror began.
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Renters take to the streets
Sacramento voters likely to face rent control ballot measure thanks to populist support.
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Wayward stewardship
California lawmakers, water districts spar over whether state council is a pawn for Gov. Brown’s controversial tunnels project.
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Letters for May 3, 2018
One reader cracks wise about the East Area Rapist; another disses the left-wing daily; and we are reminded that Native Americans once lived here.
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Going beyond rules
It’s prom season for middle and high schoolers. Have you talked to your kids?
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Rent control conundrum
Housing shortage and skyrocketing rents require comprehensive solutions.
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Art at the intersection
Meet artist Raul Mejia, who painted the mural at Chando’s Cantina, and another at Cantina Alley.
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The Hellenic connection
Local quartet honors the music of legendary Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis.
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Review: An Ideal Husband at Big Idea Theatre
Directed here by Kevin Adamski and Nina Dramer, this fine-tuned 1895 comedy revolves around blackmail, political corruption, the status of women in society and questions of public and private morality.
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Press freedom
Two actors play some 20 characters during 90 minutes of zaniness about the inventor of the printing press (or not).
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Give big for Big DOG
There will be plenty of ways you can donate (and engage with) your favorite charities on May 3.
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Free Comic Book Day
Dress as your favorite character, pick up a free comic book and meet local artists.
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Stage Pick: The Merchant of Venice, CA
City Theatre transposes Shakespeare’s classic from Renaissance Italy to contemporary California… specifically that LA beachside community.
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South Pacific
SN&R previews a new production from Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra.
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Man of La Mancha
SN&R reviews a new production from Sacramento Theatre Company.
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New soul star at Holy Diver
NoMBe brings woman-love and joy to the stage.
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Spicy saucy Sichuan
Wing’s Restaurant offers steamy, saucy late-night delivery of Hunan and Sichuan specialties.
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Wine & fire in Amador
Fire-roasted Mediterranean cuisine pairs well with Amador County’s Mediterranean-rooted wines at the Four Fires Festival this Saturday in Plymouth.
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Sac Chefs shine in Pebble Beach
‘Sacramento’s Farm-to-Fork All Stars’ event at the world-famous Pebble Beach Food & Wine festival wowed 120 guests.
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Midday sipper
Modern Times Red Wine BA Transit of Venus at Hop Garden is juicy.
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Gallic goodness
The Roasted Sirloin Dip sandwich ($14.95) at 33rd Street Bistro is a superb example of the form.
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Vegan cheese born from bad news
A cancer diagnosis for a Davis resident led her to switch to a vegan lifestyle and start a business of making Brie out of cashews.
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Nanny knows best
The movie has its surprises that aren’t all that surprising, but it has a sweetness that makes us hope every mother finds her own personal Tully.
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Avengers: Infinity War
As a longtime detester of the MCU machine, I must admit that it brought me some joy.
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Finding Your Feet
Writers Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcroft and director Richard Loncraine whip up the kind of middlebrow, middle-class feel-nice comedy that has been a stock-in-trade of British movies since the coming of sound, as comfy and enjoyable as it is formulaic.
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Lean on Pete
The kind of wandering, navel-gazing indie movie that critics charitably describe as “austere” or “stark” or “exquisitely observed.”
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Marijuanathon
What’s the most that you’ve ever smoked on one day, and how did it make you feel the next?
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VAPE REVIEW: Legion of Bloom Monarch and Terapen vape cartridges
Using clean extraction, sustainable cultivation and high-quality cannabis, Legion of Bloom takes vapes back to the future.
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