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COVER ARTIST Jim Marxen "I’ve been painting on a semi-professional basis since 2007. Before that I painted or drew whenever I had the time, although I didn’t find my direction until I went to a fellow artist who is quite well known in Sacramento. She took the time with me and told me to get my act together. From there I got some wind in my sails." Marxen’s work will be shown this month at the Artistic Edge Gallery.
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s I write this column on March 10, I’m listening in the council chambers to more than 50 speakers testify about why the city council should—or should not—approve a contract with world-class artist Jeff Koons for a sculpture that would be placed outside the new downtown sports arena. The piece, part of Koons’ “Coloring Book #4” series, carries an $8 million price tag. The announcement of Koons’ selection in February set off a fierce debate about the colorful metal piece that will sit in the plaza outside the city’s new arena, now under construction. While the artist’s concept was to create a simple, colorful, playful piece based on Piglet from A.A. Milne’s tales of Winnie-the-Pooh, the story behind it is far from simple. Objections from the public were based on the piece’s high cost; the choice of New York-based Koons rather than a local artist; the piece itself; and the process by which it was selected. Sacramento’s public-art selection process is complex and often
misunderstood. Little There are three ways attention is usually in which public art can be paid to it except in selected in Sacramento: cases of a controversy. through open competition, The fiercest limited competition and opposition to this piece direct selection. Direct came from members selection is rarely used and of the local arts only under very specific community who dislike circumstances. Open calls this much cash going for competition limited to to an artist outside specific geographic areas our region, and who are most common. feel cheated by the The panel assembled selection process. This to select the arena plaza viewpoint is certainly artwork was impressive understandable. And and included a fine group the most loyal support of nine arts-oriented was from Sacramento’s professionals and the corporate class, which SMAC chair. At its is no surprise, given first meeting, the panel the players involved in decided that the plaza the donation. needed a substantial I am honored to iconic sculpture. After have been appointed a this meeting, the SMAC member of Sacramento director was given the idea Metropolitan Arts by a Kings representative Commission (SMAC) to purchase the Koons for the past three for $8 million; $4 million years and chair of of the cost would come the commission’s from private donations. Above: The $80,000 sculpture designed by East Sac artist Art in Public Places She then presented the Marc Foster for McKinley Village housing project. committee for the past proposal to the panel, Below: The $8 million sculpture by Jeff Koons for the ESC. two. The city’s public which vetted the idea over backgrounds, including community art program is based upon a 1977 the course of two public meetings. members, artists, collectors and ordinance that requires 2 percent The panel voted to approve SMAC commissioners. They meet of the cost of construction of capital the project without considering numerous times and develop a plan improvement projects to be spent on other proposals because of unique for the type of art appropriate for public art. In this case, the public circumstances: the status of the the site, given the budget. Then they dollar portion of the cost is $2.75 artist, the quality of the work and select the artist and the art itself. million. Additional matching funds the unprecedented contribution of The SMAC commissioners approve come from the Kings organization, $4 million to make the purchase. all public art, with art spending which has partnered with the city on The arts commissioners reviewed over $100,000 requiring city council the arena. the panel’s recommendation and approval. To select each public art project, approved the purchase for the same the SMAC director assembles a PUBLISHER page 10 panel of people from a variety of
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PUBLISHER FROM page 9 reason. Because the contract to purchase the artwork is worth more than $100,000, the city council needed to review and approve the purchase. That proposal included an extra $1.5 million to purchase art from local artists, including an extremely generous $1 million donation from local philanthropist Marcy Friedman, among other private donation pledges for a total of $4 million. It is a perfectly valid viewpoint that the community would have been better served by an open selection process that allowed for a wider choice of pieces and an informed debate.
It is a perfectly valid viewpoint that the community would have been better served by an open selection process that allowed for a wider choice of pieces and an informed debate. At the March 10 city council meeting, one eloquent speaker mentioned the selection process for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The selection process involved a wide variety of artists, and the decision makers reviewed the proposals “blind”—that is, the artists’ names were hidden. They chose a design by a 21-year-old college student named Maya Lin over designs by prominent architects and artists. During a visit to D.C. a decade ago, my family and I found the design breathtaking. In my own neighborhood, I was honored to be selected as a member of the panel, overseen by SMAC, to choose the outdoor artwork for developer Phil Angelides’ McKinley Village housing project. The $400,000 for that artwork will come from
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private, not public, funds. This is the first time SMAC has been hired to perform art selection services in the private sector. We recently completed a monthslong process to select the $80,000 sculpture that will grace the entrance park. We reviewed the work of dozens of local artists, then sought sitespecific proposals. Five finalists came and made their presentations using models, drawings and videos to pitch their designs. In the end, we selected East Sac artist Marc Foster and his amazingly beautiful 20-foot-tall steel sculpture called “La Feuille.” I am confident we made the best possible decision. It just goes to show that a local artist can produce an amazing creation on a limited budget. While I find the Koons piece artistically and visually compelling, many have suggested that our city may have been shortchanged by the direct selection of Koons without any other options being considered. Generally speaking, a broader choice usually results in a better outcome. And we may have been able to have had a sculpture that more visually related specifically to Sacramento. A thoughtful idea was floated at the last minute to temporarily set aside the proposal and reconvene the original panel to open up the competitive process to include other qualified artists. Then, the panel could look at the resulting work alongside the Koons proposal before making a final decision. But the council didn’t want to consider this alternative, and on March 10 it voted to accept the project as proposed. The promise of the unprecedented donations—especially the $1 million donation from local arts philanthropist Marcy Friedman— combined with Koons’ status as a world-class artist was too hard to pass up. Not to be discounted is the fact that an extra $1.5 million in projects is still to be awarded to local artists as part of the Koons proposal. Years ago, I sat on a panel to decide on the public art that graces the historic water tower in East Sacramento. It was a nearly halfPUBLISHER page 12
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PUBLISHER FROM page 10 million-dollar project, and I remember that one of the works we reviewed for consideration was an image of a macramé plant hanger! Not exactly what was needed for a complex project located 100 feet up on a water tower. About this upcoming sculpture, perhaps we should brim with excitement and not be bitter: about the art, the artist, the art panel or especially the arts commission that voted to approve the Koons deal. Like the arena itself, the choice of Koons’ sculpture is a strategic risk for the city. In my 26 years living here, I have witnessed plenty of often long-lasting bitterness over city decisions. Let’s not let the “Coloring Book #4” piece bring about any more.
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officer of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.
The sensationally oriented media is certainly to blame for openly and shamelessly mocking the criminaljustice system and accepting and promoting the myth that Officer Wilson was a triggerhappy cop going after a harmless victim while being protected by a racist justice system.
Attorney General Eric Holder announced last month that a monthslong federal investigation completely exonerated Officer Darren Wilson of any wrongdoing. In the months after the shooting, Wilson was blamed,
threatened, pilloried as a racist and eventually forced to resign. Last November, after a grand jury—having heard from some 60 witnesses—declined to indict the officer, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, with councilmembers Allen Warren, Rick Jennings and Larry Carr by his side, said, “I’m obviously disappointed by the grand jury’s verdict. We may quibble and debate about the details of what happened in Ferguson on Aug. 9. What there is no controversy about is the fact that an injustice occurred.” Johnson’s comments were actually pretty mild compared to an outraged national commentator who said the decision “openly and shamelessly mocked our criminal justice system and laid bare the inequality of our criminal jurisprudence.” The Sacramento Police Officers Association and its president, Dustin Smith, took issue with Johnson’s comment. Johnson quickly held a meeting with police officers and sheriff’s deputies to clarify his remark.
“What they needed to hear from me is that what happened in Ferguson was not an indictment of police officers everywhere and especially not Sacramento, not the intent and not the case,” Johnson said. But now, many months later, after Wilson’s life was turned upside down and entire communities destroyed by rioting in its aftermath, it turned out that what happened in Ferguson was not even an indictment of what happened that fateful night last August between Officer Wilson and Michael Brown. And the sensationally oriented media is certainly to blame for openly and shamelessly mocking the criminal-justice system and accepting and promoting the myth that Officer Wilson was a trigger-happy cop going after a harmless victim while being protected by a racist justice system. It makes one wonder where Wilson goes to get his career and his reputation back. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com n
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“We have 400 vendors selling everything from fruits and vegetables to jeans, vintage clothing, antique furniture, and collectibles,” Chamberlain said. “It’s the treasure hunt that drives people to flea markets, and that’s what we have because some vendors might not realize what they are selling.” Take the story of a man who bought a watch for $10 one Sunday morning. The next day a jeweler
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CAFE EXPANDS IN A BIG WAY How can a Sunday morning coffee shop cafe change the lives of dozens of area children? The answer is simple if you ask Cathleen Demant and Amy Smith of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd on Arden Way and Morse Avenue. On a red-hot mission to reach out to area youths, the church and its dozens of volunteers continue to launch programs designed to attract Arden area children. One such program is the “Résumé Cafe,” where kids staff a Sunday morning coffee shop at the church. Not only are the kids part of organized worship, they are on hand before and after church services, learning valuable job skills. “They find out first-hand what it’s like to run a business with food handling, money handling, and getting experience that can transfer to the job market,” said Demant. They’re interacting in a healthy way, she added. “The reality of our neighborhood is there are a lot of kids who move around from apartments to hotels,” she said. “They might change (their) address every week or get new cellphone numbers, so we try to be a stabilizing force. Sometimes we go knock on doors to get our message out or to find those who we haven’t seen in a while.” The church adds a bright spot to Arden Way with welcoming signs that beckon one and all. Its community garden has a way of drawing folks
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Arden Park resident Mark Waterman puts his creative energy to work creating oversized pieces featuring winter trees
out of their homes to enjoy the fresh fruits, herbs and vegetables, and it gets the congregation working together toward a common goal. The church is planning two Easter egg hunts beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Easter Sunday, one for younger children and another for those over age 12. For more information about services, volunteer opportunities or programs for youths, call 483-0451, go to sactownchurch.com or email info@sactownchurch.com The church is at 1615 Morse Ave.
FAITH COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE Clothes closets. Food lockers. Free meals. These are just a few of the things that churches in Arden and Carmichael provide each month to members of the community who are in need. But imagine if the various churches worked together so that free hot meals are spaced evenly throughout the month so the hungry are fed regularly and so that volunteers from one church can work side-by-side with volunteers from another. That is exactly what is happening with the Arden-Arcade Carmichael Faith Communities, a consortium of volunteers from more than a dozen area churches. Volunteers meet each month to review the needs of the community, calendar free meals and find ways to lock arms in order to
provide more help for the needy than they could each provide on their own. The collective effort breaks down barriers among church members of various denominations while also allowing the entire effort more power. It’s not just free meals and clean clothing they provide. The collective helps find housing for the homeless, financial assistance to help the working poor stay in their family homes, tutoring, backpacks, school lunches and transportation to jobs, banks and medical appointments, said Jeannie Anderson-West of St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish. “No one should be hungry,” she said. “No one should skip an important medical treatment because they don’t have a ride. We know we can do so much more by working together than we can if we work in isolation. So we joined hands to share knowledge, information and pool our energy to combat hunger in our neighborhoods.” Group members have taken to Facebook, where they communicate with each other the needs of residents across the area. They created the “Street Sheet,” a pamphlet of resources they distribute to the needy. And they’re joining forces to reach out to the community and let people know help is available, said St. Mark’s United Methodist Church volunteer Kevin Jenkins. Every month, members of more than a dozen faith communities meet to plan shared efforts. The
churches involved are Our Lady of Assumption, Sierra Arden United Church of Christ, Arden Christian Church, St. Michael’s Episcopal, St. Ignatius Loyola, Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, First Church Christ Scientist, Grace Presbyterian, Carmichael Presbyterian, St. Mark’s United Methodist, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Town and Country Lutheran, St. John the Evangelist, and Presentation. For more information, call 4829666, ext. 217, or 483-7848; or email Jandersonwest@stignatiussac. org or kjenkins@stmarksumc.com
WAFFLING ON WHERE TO EAT? Those of us who have missed the comfort food and diner feel at Marie Callender’s on Arden Way, we can rest easy. A former regional IHOP manager, Adnan Anwar, put his 20 years of management experience to work and banked on buying the old restaurant. After months of renovation, including a complete remodel of Marie Callender’s kitchen, Anwar opened Waffles Corner. Yes, it’s plural— waffles with an s. And yes, the word corner is in the name even though it’s not on a corner. “This has always been my dream, my passion,” he said. “I love breakfast food because I am an early morning person. We serve it all day with fresh strawberries, blueberries. But we also
have things like homemade soups, in October. Since then he has created turkey dinners, hamburgers, rib-eye more than a dozen pieces. For more information, go to steak, dessert waffles with ice cream www.markwatermanart.com and caramel, and milkshakes.” “We have all missed a good waffle,” said Wills Vlasek, Jesuit High School SUMMER ACADEMIES freshman. FOR HIGH SCHOOL Anwar also owns and operates Country Waffle on Truxel Road. STUDENTS Waffles Corner is open from 6:30 This summer, Sacramento State a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. will offer a series of weeklong academies to give high school students hands-on, in-depth career RODS AND REELS exploration in seven different It’s hard to know who caught the fields, including forensics, fashion, bigger fish: Kiene’s Fly Shop at the firefighting, engineering and robotics. Taylor Center on Marconi Avenue, or The weeklong classes will run June The Fly Fishing Shop at the Arden 22 to 26 and July 13 to 17 and will Town Center on Fair Oaks Boulevard. be taught by experts in the fields, The two well-respected fly shops including Superior Court Judge that cater to the serious fly fisherman Laurie Earl, who will teach civic duty, have merged. The Arden Town Center and Sacramento television reporter shop has closed doors and moved its George Warren, who will teach inventory to the Taylor Center store. multimedia journalism. The move comes just in time for To register or for more Kiene’s April 12 showcase event information, go to where international vendors will www.cce.csus.edu/acads demonstrate the latest in fly gear, Duffy Kelly can be reached at dk@ including rods, reels, fly-tying insidepublications.com n equipment, clothing, boats and trips. For more information, pay a visit to Kienie’s at 2654 Marconi Ave. or call 486-9958
ART IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD Arden Park resident Mark Waterman has a thing for trees and a way with wood. By day he sells houses and runs his owner brokerage firm, Waterman Real Estate. But come quitting time, he puts his creative energy to work creating oversized pieces featuring winter trees. He created the method by handcutting plastic, applying a special paint and resin coating, then mounting the piece on reclaimed wood. The pieces are on display at various places around town, including galleries, Whole Foods Market, Placer Title and Arden Town’s new beer and burger joint, Duke’s Pints and Plates. “I put my first piece on Facebook and somebody bought it within 45 minutes,” he said. The craziest part? Mark is selftaught and dreamed up this technique
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ince the age of 14, Lara Kong has fundraised to share theater experiences with other teenagers. When the curtain fell on the California Musical Theater’s 2014 Music Circus season, another show time began for teenage entrepreneur Lara Kong. Featured in this magazine last year, the 18-year-old had one, possibly final, season to find funds for scores of underprivileged schoolchildren to see musical shows. She accomplished that mission. By the time she graduates this June, the Country Day student will have raised more than $116,000 and shared four years of musical theater with the young Sacramentans she calls “my kids.” While still in knee socks, Kong was blessed to have parents who took their little girl to shows. As a high school freshman, she founded her “On Broadway” project to allow other youngsters to share the joys of theater. She dispatched letters to persuade friends and family to help buy tickets.
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Since the age of 14, Lara Kong has fundraised to share theater experiences with other teenagers
“It was a really hard letter for me to formulate,” she recalls. “I was only 14; I didn’t know anything about soliciting for funds. I went through so many drafts.” Apparently, she nailed it. In the first season of a project that has lasted all her high school career, sponsors provided $25,000 and Kong joined her adolescent army on the first of many dates. Ending her 2013 season, she had raised $80,000; through her
efforts, 400 teenagers enjoyed 18 shows. With over $32,000 in hand from her final campaign, her project will sponsor around 40 tickets for each 2015 California Musical Theater performance. “It’s amazing that all these kids have a chance to see how the theater works,” she says. “Each show opens your mind and changes your thinking.”
Youth entertainment was not Kong’s only aim. The dominance of gray hair in theater audiences motivates her to change that dynamic. “If you see shows at a young age,” she reasons, “you’re more likely to bring your own kids someday. It’s a domino effect.” California Musical Theater executives applaud the young benefactor. “Lara’s passion and generosity has made a difference to so many young people,” says development director Allison Cagley. “She’s also helped introduce a new audience generation to our shows. Never in my 30 years of fundraising have I seen such a young person achieve such a result. What an impact she has made!” Success does not come without sacrifice. The super-kid rises at 6 a.m. to squeeze multifarious commitments into her day. “I’ve really been pushing it,” she admits. “I do my homework during free periods at school. At home, I get on with my On Broadway work. Later I have tennis and I do my college apps. Then I practice my music (she plays flute in her school band). It’s a long day. I try to get ahead in my schoolwork at weekends.” Four years of relentless fundraising have yielded personal benefits. “My project taught me leadership and how to work with people,” she says. “It’s matured me. At 15, I was nowhere near as poised in talking to adults as I am now. I’ve learned that many people are eager to help others, if you approach them.” Knowing the healing power of music, particularly among children from troubled homes, Lara hopes
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college will prepare her for a career in music therapy. She also hopes, with or without her management, that her On Broadway project will continue. “It’s a lot of work,” says the wunderkind. “But I’d be sad to see it end. Theater has brought so much to my kids’ lives.” Lara Kong’s On Broadway program is a California Musical Theater project. To learn, call Allison Cagley at 446-5880, ext. 178
‘GREAT WALL’ REVITALIZED A community landmark, the “Great Wall of Carmichael” has inspired planned landscaping in Phase 2 of Sacramento County’s boulevard corridor plan. Breaking ground next summer, the $4.5 million phase will include traffic lights at Landis Avenue; new road surfaces, sidewalks and bike lanes; landscaped street medians;
underground utilities; and sculptures. Included in the revamp is the Fair Oaks Boulevard and Grant Avenue corner where our Great Wall stands. Commissioned for the mural project in 2002, artist Hugh Gorman portrayed the American River on its meandering path through millennia. New landscaping aims to reflect the free-flow of his design. Like the river, walkways here will adopt curving paths. River stones and a gravel mosaic, set in blue-green mortar, will form a dry creek bed in the place of some turf. Planting will echo riverside vegetation depicted on Gorman’s mural. “We want people to have a similar feeling here as when they walk near the river,” explains senior county landscape architect Jim Schubert. Drought-tolerant species such as coyote bush, blue sage and feather reed grass will be combined with colorful non-native plants. Shade
“Maus Lady” Diana Boud’s Lilliputian creations are craft fair staples
trees will include valley oak and red maple. Median art will include stone monuments similar to obelisks erected at the corner of Marconi and Fair Oaks avenues during the corridor project’s first phase. These will stand near Grant Avenue and Engle Road. In theme with the boulevard’s name, oak trees will also dot the new medians. Phase 2 work should begin in June and continue in stages for about two years. Overhead utility wires will first be buried; road resurfacing, medians and sidewalk building will come next. Landscaping is the final stage.
Traffic headaches are likely during construction. “We’ll maintain two open traffic lanes in each direction during peak hours,” pledges project engineer Steve White. “Off-peak we’ll have one lane open both ways. Yes, there will be some delays. “But the improvements are long overdue,” says White. “I believe people will like the results.”
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A mouse in nurse’s uniform and a bunny housecleaner are recent creations. A ballerina mouse twirls in pink tulle. A mommy mouse hauls a swaddled baby. From her diaper bag peeks a microscopic nippled bottle. For seasonal appeal, Boud produces Easter bunnies, broomstickriding Halloween mice, pilgrim Thanksgiving mice (yes, they landed at Plymouse Rock) and, inevitably, a Christmas Santa Maus. A macabre head-hunter mouse was once commissioned. It sported a grass skirt and a string of shrunken mouse heads. Seldom more than 4 inches high, Boud’s critter bodies are cut from felt. Tutus and frou-frou follow. As most stitching is hand-set, each creation requires more than three hours in the sewing room. Mice prices range from $24 to $34. At fairs; collectors jostle four-deep to wave credit cards with abandon. “Perhaps I should charge more,” Boud mulls. “Two of my bunnies sold for over $80 each on eBay. But I don’t like to seem greedy. And I love that so many people can enjoy my work. Hearing the ooh’s and aah’s makes up for all those lonely hours sewing.” Beginning with mice, the crafter progressed naturally to bunnies (longer ears make them an inch bigger than mice), but the menagerie stops there. “I’ve tried bears,” she laments. “But my bears all somehow ended up looking like mice. I guess I’m the Maus Lady, and that’s that.”
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A Leader With Seniority HEARTFELT DEDICATION TO THE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES
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uzanne Olson has one hectic schedule, but you wouldn’t know it to talk to her. She’s bright, chipper and sounds like she really loves her job as the executive director of sales and marketing for Eskaton, the largest nonprofit provider of senior services in the country. “I’ve always had a heart for the nonprofit world,” says Olson, a Sacramento native who made her start as the community development manager at the American Cancer Society before joining Eskaton seven years ago. “I really wanted to make a difference on a grand scale. “Also, my grandfather had a stroke 20 years ago and was in rehab at an Eskaton facility. It was a really tough time for him but he had a great experience—the staff was amazing. Ever since then, Eskaton has had a very positive reputation in my eyes.” Now it’s Olson’s job to make sure that everyone who comes into contact with her employer has a similar impression. She oversees 19 salespeople, all of the strategic marketing campaigns and all of the advertising for Eskaton’s 30-plus residential communities, and still manages to wake up early with her 14-month-old son. “He’s the reason I come to work every day,” Olson says, then laughs and adds, “And yes, I live on Starbucks.” Olson sounds perfectly perky, however, when she’s discussing
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Suzanne Olson is the the executive director of sales and marketing for Eskaton
Eskaton’s critical role in caring for America’s aging population. “Everybody, if we’re lucky, is going to experience aging,” Olson says. “It’s something that’s happening to us, all day, every day. Over the next 18 years, baby boomers will be turning 65 at a rate of about 8,000 a day. “Eskaton has offered senior services for over 45 years, but it’s our job now to figure out where we go next, to find out what this next generation wants in terms of care. About 95 percent of people in this
region want to age in place, which means they want to remain at home, so we have to continue to develop services to meet those needs.” The field of senior care has changed a lot in the past four and a half decades, both in terms of what kind of care clients want and what they can pay to secure it. “Cost is a huge factor,” Olson confirms. “People in the Silent Generation went through the Depression, so they have savings accounts and great retirement plans. Future generations are saving less
and less. Many don’t have 401(k)s. So we’re trying to figure out how to still give people the services they need at a lower price point.” Eskaton offers a variety of care options for its clients all over the Greater Sacramento region, including independent living for those who want an independent lifestyle but with the assurance of support if they need it; assisted living for those who need personalized assistance with daily living tasks in the privacy of their own apartments; memory care
for those suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s; rehabilitation and skilled nursing for those who require 24-hour care; and affordable housing options for older adults with limited incomes. “It’s been really fun to watch the industry grow and transition,” Olson says. “We’re a leader of care, but our nonprofit status is also a big deal. It allows us to really contribute our revenue back into the community. We don’t answer to shareholders, so we can make business decisions that are best for the company and our residents and participants.” Are you or a loved one trying to figure out the next step in the aging process? Contact Eskaton at 334-0810 or visit eskaton.org. The Eskaton Administrative Center is at 5105 Manzanita Ave. in Carmichael. n
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WANDERFUL TIME FOR MAGICIANS Dinner patrons did some doubletakes when spoons levitated and coins disappeared at neighboring dinner tables. It was not Harry Potter’s night out. But magic was in the air at Pasquale’s restaurant in Carmichael. Master prestidigitator Kendrick (Ice) McDonald was in Sacramento for sold-out performances at the recent Old Sacramento Magic Festival. Also president of the Society of American Magicians, Los Angeles-based McDonald was feted by Sacramento brethren at the Carmichael dinner. Tall, dark, mustachioed and immaculate, the award-winning magician performs all over the world.
Famed magician Kendrick “Ice” McDonald (center in jacket) meets fellow conjurers in Carmichael. Saluting the master were (from left) Diane and Allen Greenberg, Elaine and Dale Lorzo, and Debbie and Gary Berard.
He is a hot property in Las Vegas, on cruise ships and for movies. A “magician’s magician,” the maestro lectures and teaches internationally. McDonald attempted no illusions at the local celebration in his honor. “It was our job to entertain him,” said Sacramento performer Dale Lorzo. “Our guest of honor enjoyed a leisurely night out before three hectic days of performances in Old Sacramento. “However, like the rest of us, Ice managed to make his plate of pasta disappear.” n
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Sun Salutations SHE SAYS YOGA IS GOOD FOR YOU, INSIDE AND OUT
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hen I catch up with Erin Ross by phone at 8 a.m., she has already been up for four hours as part of her newest yoga training course. The 32-yearold, who goes by the name Sangat Preet Kaur in her practice, is the owner of The Yoga Workshop on McKinley Boulevard and, despite today’s early wake-up call, is decidedly not a morning person. “Yoga is a lot of work,” Ross admits. “You see these photos of beautiful women meditating, like on our website, but that’s not it, sister! It’s a lot of work so we can show up to life more fully, to live with more peace and love.” Though Ross may sound like she was born a yogi, it was quite a rocky road to get there. The Tracy native grew up on a farm before she moved to Loomis with her aunt to attend American River College. When she transferred to Sierra College, she decided to live in Truckee and commute. Then, when she transferred to California State University, Sacramento, she lived in a quiet part of Roseville until the travel became too much. “I was really fighting moving to the big city,” Ross says. “I like space and quiet and solitude, which is why Roseville was perfect, but when the recession hit and gas was $5 a gallon, commuting just wasn’t working. Now that I’m downtown. My husband, Joaquin, and I live in the L Street
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Erin Ross is the owner of The Yoga Workshop on McKinley Boulevard
Lofts. I love it. I walk and ride my bike everywhere.” It was while attending Sierra College, however, that the selfdescribed country girl discovered the activity that would change her life.
“I started doing yoga at Sierra when I was 18,” Ross recalls. “This was before yoga really blew up, thanks to the iPhone and Instagram, and I was really curious about it because I love a challenge.
“I grew up as a skateboarder and did extreme sports like wakeboarding in college because I love a physical game where I’m playing against myself. I remember my first yoga class was in this little portable building and my teacher didn’t say two words the whole class, just got into a pose and held it. I’d been an athlete my whole life, but here I am sweating and freaking out mentally. He was so still!” But the physical challenge had Ross hooked, so she dedicated herself to more frequent practice, which had a profound effect on other aspects of her life. “We always talk about ‘consciousness’ in yoga,” Ross says. “I didn’t realize it at first, but I was developing a consciousness about the connection between mind, body and spirit. I started making choices in my subconscious that were better for me, like becoming vegetarian. The more I kept doing it, the more I started making better choices. I was kind of a bad kid when I was younger. I smoked cigarettes. But I started to really discover myself and think about who I am, who I was dating, what I was putting in and on my body.” While yoga certainly improved her life, it may have also literally saved it. “I was having pain in my foot during my first semester, so I went to a podiatrist,” Ross says. “The X-ray didn’t show anything, but he also practiced the Bowen technique (a kind of holistic healing similar to acupressure) and I felt this intense energy in my belly. I went to my general doctor and it turned out I had Stage IV cancer cells in my cervix. I
had surgery to take them out, and my foot pain went away.” With 14 years of experience now under her belt, it doesn’t surprise Ross that yoga could have uncovered such a critical internal issue. “There are so many science and healing techniques to yoga that have been around for thousands of years that are just now coming to light,” Ross says. “The best part of this practice is that there’s always something to learn. It’s the power of perception.” While her practice took Ross to various yoga studios around town over the years, she always felt particularly drawn to Asha, a “lovely, sweet space” run by Cori Martinez, with whom Ross did her first teacher training course (200 of the nearly 800 hours she’s completed). Ross had just started teaching at the studio when Martinez broke the news. “Cori had a lot on her plate, so she decided to shut down the East Sac location,” Ross says. “She was looking for a business person to take over the lease, but for some reason, people
started coming to me and telling me I should do it, even my husband! I had no desire to take over a yoga studio, but I took a leap of faith, figuring it would be good for me to get out of my comfort zone. I couldn’t have done it without Cori’s training.” Ross opened The Yoga Workshop in the former Asha studio space on April Fool’s Day last year and has been making steady gains, despite the rather steep learning curve. With help from Joaquin, her brother Loren, other family members and a dedicated and talented staf, including studio manager Jaime Meek, Ross is making The Yoga Workshop into a local destination. “It’s been really cool to see it evolve,” Ross says. “I keep looking around and going, ‘Wow, this is really working.’ ” Even at 4 a.m. Say “ohm” at The Yoga Workshop, 3610 McKinley Blvd. For more information, go to sacyogaworkshop. com n
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he TLCS Clubhouse is a single room tucked at the back of a nondescript building on Marconi Avenue, but it represents a world of possibilities for the people who come through its door. Opened just five months ago, it provides a safe place for people with mental illness struggling with the challenges of daily living, from finding a job to having enough to eat. Most members are clients of TLCS, a private nonprofit that helps provide housing, self-care and psychiatric support. At the Clubhouse, they can connect with others, participate in activities from art to board games to tai chi, and just let their hair down for a little while. “This is a task-oriented place,” says residential programs coordinator Linda Bratcher. “It’s nonclinical. They can talk to a mentor about their mental health, but this place is really about being a normal human being.” The Clubhouse gets funding from Wells Fargo Foundation and Bank of America. “This will keep us going for a year,” says Bratcher, “so we’re applying for grants to sustain the Clubhouse on an ongoing basis.”
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The TLCS Clubhouse represents a world of possibilities for the people who come through its door, including art classes
Mentors are the glue that holds the Clubhouse together. Themselves clients of the mental health system, they provide support to Clubhouse members and help manage the day-today operations of the Clubhouse. Frank Viegas has been a mentor since the Clubhouse opened. A TLCS client for more than four years, he joined the Marine Corps after graduating from Hiram Johnson High School but was discharged after being diagnosed with a genetic disorder. His attempts at self-sufficiency were thwarted by psychiatric issues. He
now lives at a residential facility staffed by TLCS. “I kept trying to get back on my feet,” he says, “but I had a hard time keeping a job. I’ve been clean and sober for five years now. As a mentor, I help guide and serve the members in the best way that is conducive to their needs. I feel I serve an important purpose here. I’m in a leadership role, and that’s preparing me for a fulltime job.” A bonus for Viegas is the friendship that he’s formed with fellow mentor Billy Teel. “We used to see each other at TLCS barbecues and stuff,”
recalls Teel. “But here we struck up a friendship and connected on different levels. I used to be so closed off, and this helped me a lot. The Clubhouse makes me feel like I have a purpose.” Teel knows how fortunate he is to have found a place to live, as well as a mission. “I’ve seen people that when they get here, they’re completely closed off,” he says. “I’ve seen them open up, become more engaged and more outgoing. It really helps to be part of a community.”
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A Difficult Disease LOCAL EATING DISORDER PROGRAM EXPANDS TO HELP MORE PEOPLE
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HEROES FROM page 26 wheelchairs or using insulin to purge themselves. Treatment includes addiction education, acceptance and commitment therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy. Patients get individual and family therapy and education, and they participate in support groups and activities such as yoga, walking and art therapy. Why the expansion to other communities? Although there are intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs in San Francisco, there was nothing in the North Bay, so Lombardi partnered with a clinician in Marin to set up
Mentoring helps both members and mentors. “I’m one of these people,” says Teel. “I have an understanding of what they’re going through. The Clubhouse gives people a place to come and socialize and get out of their own heads for a while.” Member Jeremy Sorensen, five months clean and sober, is working on becoming a mentor. After almost losing custody of his son following a DUI arrest, he is turning his life around and plans to work in the mental health field. “This is an essential part of my recovery. I want to give back because they saved my life,” he says.
an intensive outpatient program. In Fresno, a licensed therapist provides treatment on an outpatient basis. People who need more intensive treatment can come to Sacramento, where temporary housing is available at Selby Ranch, directly across the street from the clinic. “Our goal at the outset is to stop the progression of the illness and
“Every day, as people open up and share their stories with me, I know that this is what I’ve been looking for.”
stabilize them,” says Lombardi. “We look at behaviors, such as compulsive exercising, and provide tools to overcome them.” Even with the best treatment, the relapse rate is 20 to 30 percent. “This is a difficult illness,” Lombardi explains. “They can become treatment weary or simply try to get back into things too fast.” Support doesn’t end at graduation. In addition to follow-up monitoring, patients can attend networking and after-care groups. This past August, about 70 graduates and their families took part in a retreat.
The Clubhouse has provided 22-year-old Emma Lindle an education unlike anything she learned in college. A 2014 graduate of Ithaca College with a degree in documentary film production, she came to Sacramento last August through the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, a service organization similar to AmeriCorps. She works at the Clubhouse in return for a basic living stipend. “I wanted to spend one year focusing on what’s happening in the world,” she says. “Every day, as people open up and
Jeremy shows off his artwork
share their stories with me, I know that this is what I’ve been looking for.” Lindle has already seen a connection between her studies and her mission. “I’m working with TLCS on videos to tell the members’ stories,” she explains. “The stories are important. They’re really eyeopening, really cathartic. They help us understand how complex the issues are that these people are dealing with.” Jennifer Buchanan, the sole female mentor, calls the Clubhouse “amazing.” She says, “I find myself being wanted. It’s been a great
journey since we opened. I consider them my friends, and they consider me their friend.” The TLCS Clubhouse, at 3737 Marconi Ave., is open Wednesdays through Fridays. To become a volunteer, visit tlcssac.org and click on “Get Involved.” Donations of food items and bottled water are always needed; monetary donations for the Clubhouse should be specifically designated. Terry Kaufman can be reached at terry@1greatstory.com n
For Lombardi, the most critical aspect of her job is outreach and early intervention. “We’re working to help professionals—physicians and therapists—understand this illness,”
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A Force For Nature WWII VETERAN, LONGTIME TEACHER, A TRUE FRIEND TO PEOPLE, EARTH, ITS ANIMALS
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orld War II veteran Earl (Jack) Koobs helped raise a monument that became one of the nation’s first memorials to those who fell in the Vietnam War. The community leader died in February from injuries sustained after a fall at home. He was 94. Known as “Ranger Jack” to generations of students and friends, the teacher is himself immortalized by the Earl J. Koobs Nature Area. This Engle Road oasis is held in perpetuity for environmental education; it also hosts regular veterans ceremonies. The Vietnam years traumatized Carmichael neighborhoods. La Sierra High School alone lost 15 graduates. Whether in class or via lessons in life, Koobs taught these young men and determined they should not be forgotten. Supported by their families, school students and the community, the teacher spearheaded fundraising to save 5 vacant acres beside La Sierra High from subdivision. By 1973, the land was purchased. Its hulking steel monument rose, bearing names that represent many thousands of young Americans culled by the unpopular war. Each May and November, their sacrifices are honored; a bell chimes as each local hero is announced. “We should never forget them,” Koobs told commemorative gatherings. “They were wonderful boys and I loved them all.” Born in Salt Lake City, Koobs was schooled in Long Beach. Finding work in shipyards, he joined the Navy in
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Jack Koobs reflects on fallen Vietnam service members during his final Memorial Day service in Carmichael
In the Earl J. Koobs Nature Area, Garfield Elementary pupils enjoyed a ramble with “Ranger Jack.” This picture appears in “Carmichael—Americana on the Move” by Susan Maxwell Skinner.
his teens and spent World War II on Pacific Ocean patrol boats. The G.I. Bill later enabled his education at UC Berkeley.
Armed with a degree in wildlife conservation, he was first drawn to the U.S. Forest Service and enjoyed many outdoor adventures. But his
1946 marriage to Joyce Tweedy, and the birth of son Jim and daughter Jan, required a more settled lifestyle. Koobs began his school teaching career in Marysville. The postwar baby boom heralded Carmichael’s own population explosion. By the 1950s, San Juan Unified was among the biggest school districts in California; its new La Sierra High School was hiring. For 25 years, Koobs was a popular teacher of biology, physics and driver education. After the school closed, and until his retirement, he taught at Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks. The educator fed his outdoor addiction with summer ranger jobs at Richardson Grove and Prairie Creek State parks. Sharing knowledge with thousands of San Juan District pupils, he became known as “Ranger Jack.” His own kids were fervent disciples. “He taught us to preserve the Earth and the critters on it,” says his daughter, Jan Shelton. “No matter where you hiked with him, he knew every plant, every tree and rock. At night, he showed us the constellations. Dad was always fascinating company. We never took that for granted.” The family’s Fair Oaks home became a depository for abandoned or damaged wildlife. “People brought us birds, squirrels, even a wounded raccoon,” recalls Shelton. “They all got tended and released. Dad liked to see animals in nature, not in cages.” The reserve named for Koobs hosted outdoor classes for La Sierra High and Garfield Elementary. After retiring, he continued the lessons as a volunteer. Sixth-grade students
Seated center, Jack Koobs was joined by veterans and Scouts at his final Vietnam Memorial service
reveled in camping trips to Point Bonita (Golden Gate Recreational Area), and when Ranger Jack drove their bus and led nature rambles. Whether in school or in the field, anti-littering lessons were mandatory. “He gave us wrapped butterscotch candy,” recalls former pupil Cameron Jones. “Then, after telling us not to leave trash, he deliberately dropped his wrapper. We all yelled, ‘No, Ranger Jack!’ He smiled, picked it up and put it in his pocket. He knew we’d all learned the lesson.” When La Sierra and Garfield schools were eventually shuttered, Koobs sought community help to maintain the preserve; he recruited Kiwanis volunteers to share stewardship. Their mentor was a constant inhabitant—mowing, clearing trails and enjoying bird life. Until his final months, the nonagenarian could be found chiseling withered oak limbs so his beloved birds could shelter and breed amid encroaching suburbs. “He taught me how to properly use a shovel,” recalls his friend and fellow Kiwanian Linda Jones. “But Jack wouldn’t let me use, or even carry, one in front of him. He was a true gentleman. Koobs’ mission to youths included supervising a dozen Eagle Scout projects in the nature area. Such enterprises included building benches
for veterans ceremonies and for families whose visits still allow private remembrance. A frail Koobs last year oversaw his final ceremony at the Vietnam monument. He synchronized the event with the same watch his soldier father had used to count seconds preceding the “eleventh hour” 1918 armistice in France. History repeats: A generation after this “war to end all wars,” Petty Officer Jack Koobs carried his father’s timepiece into a second world conflict. “When I wound Father’s watch,” he explained, “I thought of him. When the La Sierra boys died in Vietnam, I felt the same way my father felt about the terrible killing he’d seen in the trenches and the deaths I saw in the Pacific. “Maybe some young guys enlisted in the belief that war would be a marvelous adventure,” he philosophized. “Well, it’s never like that. Humanity has to find a better way.” A public celebration of Koobs’ life was held in the Earl J. Koobs Nature Area in March. To make a donation for the reserve’s maintenance, call Linda Jones at 944-2393.
Pictured at their 1946 wedding, Jack and Joyce Koobs raised their family in Fair Oaks and were inseparable until Joyce’s 2009 death. Picture courtesy Koobs family.
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Helmet Wars A LAW REQUIRING CYCLISTS TO WEAR BIKE HELMETS IS A BAD IDEA
BY WALT SEIFERT GETTING THERE
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hould cyclists be forced to wear helmets? Supporters and critics of mandatory bike helmet laws have engaged in pitched battles for decades. Maybe the “helmet wars” will last as long as the Hundred Years’ War. Instead of marshaling knights and archers, each side brandishes studies and statistics. Now we have State Sen. Carol Liu leading California into the fray with a bill that would require adult cyclists to wear helmets. Her bill, SB 192, also requires cyclists to wear reflective clothing at night. Who could dislike a law meant to make bicycling safer? But Liu’s proposal is not just a bad idea; it’s a terrible idea. Helmet laws have been ineffective at reducing injury risk. A California law will worsen, not improve, health. It’s a paradoxical situation in which wearing a helmet might be good for an individual, but mandating helmet wear is bad for us collectively. Having more people bike is extremely good for public health. People who bike avoid contracting many diseases and live longer. More cyclists also make roads safer (and
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less congested) for everyone else, including motorists and pedestrians. Liu’s proposed law, though, would result in fewer cyclists and therefore degrade public health. It’s simply not a good way to improve bicycling safety. Efforts to make cycling safer should be focused on preventing crashes, not making cyclists wear a helmet in case there is a crash. Unfortunately, for a long time the medical community’s sole prescription for bicycle safety has been “wear a helmet.” It hasn’t made any effort to make roads less dangerous. Cycling is not an inherently dangerous activity. Mandating helmet use makes it seem more dangerous than it is. It discourages people
from getting convenient, regular, healthy exercise. Few cyclists in the Netherlands or Denmark, where bicycling is a part of everyday life, wear helmets. Yet cyclists there are far safer than in the United States, where helmet use is much more common. They are safer because there is a more complete traffic system that includes protected bikeways, educated (and numerous) cyclists, legal provisions and a high level of respect from motorists, most of whom are cyclists themselves. Australia and New Zealand are the only two countries in the world that have national, all-age compulsory bike-helmet use. In Australia, the number of head injuries did decline
after the helmet legislation was implemented. However, the law was not effective in reducing injury rates. Injuries declined because people bicycled less. In Western Australia, cycling decreased by 30 percent. Across the globe, bike-share programs have been largely successful and their safety records good. Because of the helmet mandate, bike-share programs in Brisbane and Melbourne have struggled with some of the world’s worst participation rates. People are less inclined to rent a bike when they have to have a helmet. That’s something for Sacramento officials to consider as they embark on a local bike-share program.
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Where Sacramento Gets Engaged! I wear a helmet because it affords protection in a low-speed collision with a car and in case of a fall. But wearing a helmet offers scant protection from the massive trauma of vehicle crashes. Sen. Liu’s nephew, while riding a bike, was hit and killed by a drunk driver. Her nephew was wearing a helmet. Wouldn’t it be better to decrease drunk, distracted and high-speed driving rather than make bike riders use ineffective safety equipment? Pedestrians and car occupants have more head injuries than cyclists. If reducing head injuries is the goal, maybe we ought to mandate helmet use for walkers, drivers and car passengers. Would lawmakers and the public go along with that? The British Medical Journal editorialized that “helmets are probably very good at preventing minor injuries but evidence of any significant effect on serious injuries is hard to find.” A poll of BMJ readers (mostly physicians) showed more than two-thirds opposed a mandatory bike-helmet law. England’s Daily Telegraph quoted one respondent to
the survey saying, “Since nowhere with a helmet law can show any reduction in risk to cyclists, only a reduction in cyclists, why would anyone want to bring in a law for something that is clearly not effective at reducing risk?” That’s a question Sen. Liu and the California legislature must answer. Walt Seifert is a bicyclist, driver and transportation writer. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net n
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Remember the Marshall? PRESERVATIONISTS CRY FOUL OVER PLAN FOR LANDMARK HOTEL
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But not everyone in Sacramento is happy about the developers’ plans to tear down most the Marshall Hotel, leaving only two brick and terra cotta facades along 7th and L streets. “They’ve called it a preservation project, but it’s not,” says William Burg, president of the nonprofit group Preservation Sacramento (formerly known as Sacramento Old City Association). He dismisses the developers’ approach, referring to it as “facadism.” Preservation Sacramento claims the proposal fails to meet two state standards required of a preservation project. If construction goes forward, the group says, it will have a “significant and unacceptable impact” on the Marshall Hotel, a city landmark.
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acramento has been growing since 1850, but the city’s approval of plans to construct a new downtown arena was like a tectonic shift towards revitalization. The arena, set to open in 2016, will be the epicenter of new-look downtown—with a skyline, envisioned by developers, that has many Sacramentans looking toward the future. But amid the rumble of progress, the hundred-year-old Marshall Hotel is turning heads toward the past.
Sacramentans can again look to visions of a new Sacramento skyline. In February, the hotel’s owners came before the city’s preservation commission to present their plan to renovate the dilapidated building at 7th and L streets and turn it into a 10-story Hyatt Place hotel. They expect to break ground later this year. Built in 1911 as the Hotel Clayton, the Marshall originally offered affordable rooms without bathrooms to cater to a mobile working class. Jazz greats Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday performed in the hotel’s basement nightclub, the S.S. Clayton Club. But as downtown Sacramento lost its luster starting in the middle of the 20th century, the Marshall was turned into a single-room-occupancy
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Rendering of the Hyatt Place hotel at 7th and L streets
hotel, renting rooms to low-income tenants and parolees, and the hotel fell into disrepair and decay. Sacramento developer Peter Noack bought the Marshall 10 years ago. The building, he says, “was prime property in a prime location but falling apart.” At that time, most Sacramentans hadn’t even heard of Vivek Ranadive, and the thought of a downtown arena hardly seemed possible. Now, however, Noack and his partners, the Fairfield hotel firm Presidio
Companies, are sitting pretty. The Marshall is within hailing distance of the new downtown arena—a perfect spot for a modern hotel looking to attract well-heeled visitors. As envisioned by Noack and Presidio Companies, Hyatt Place would have about 130 hotel rooms, along with retail tenants on the ground floor and 10 to 15 apartments or condominiums on the upper floors. To make way for the project, they closed the Marshall last summer and relocated the SRO tenants.
“I don’t want it to sit vacant. I want it restored, alive, useful to the city. I want the owners to open a hotel.” But according to Noack, the Marshall has no interior historic elements worth preserving. It would be better, he says, to repurpose the interior for modern use, thereby providing the opportunity to save its exterior, and not let the building continue to fall apart. To create a functional hotel with modern plumbing, says Noack, his development group must gut the interior. (The original hotel rooms don’t have en suite bathrooms.)
According to Noack, the developers’ proposal includes sidewalk seating, which will lead to a livelier street presence outside the hotel, and a new incarnation of the Clayton Club—a renewal of spirit if not a preservation of the whole structure. “History goes beyond the physical building,” he points out. Here, the question of preservation enters the realm of Aristotelian philosophy: What’s the essence of a thing? According to Burg, tearing down all but two walls of the building will destroy what makes the Marshall the Marshall. “The property owners decided that only these two walls of the building are historic, but that’s not how historic buildings work,” he says. “It’s either historic or it’s not.” Burg offers an alternative: Revise the plan to meet state preservation standards, begin the process of a supervised preservation project, and use historic-preservation tax credits to offset the costs associated with rehabilitation projects. Burg points out that the original rooms in the Marshall are 175 square feet in size, while the Hyatt developers will create 350-square-foot rooms. “So
it seems pretty simple,” says Burg, “to consolidate two rooms into one room. Obviously, it’s still not easy to add plumbing to all those rooms, but neither is demolishing a building and building a brand new one.” There is one thing upon which all parties agree: Something needs to happen with the Marshall. “I want to see something happen with that building,” says Burg. “I don’t want it to sit vacant. I want it restored, alive, useful to the city. I want the owners to open a hotel.” Leslie Fritzsche, the city’s downtown redevelopment manager, says the project could help revitalize downtown. Hyatt Place not only will help fill the shortage of hotel rooms in the downtown area, she says, but also solve the problem of a crumbling Marshall Hotel building. The city’s planning commission is expected to take final action on the proposal this month. Then, Sacramentans can again look to visions of a new Sacramento skyline. How much of the Marshall will be a part of that skyline has yet to be determined. n
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Baseball’s Clubhouse THE LIMELIGHT HOLDS TREASURES FROM SACRAMENTO’S BASEBALL HEYDAY
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s saloons go, The Limelight on Alhambra Boulevard is legendary for cold beer and poker tables. Now it’s playing a card from Cooperstown, N.Y., home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The Limelight has always been a baseball dive, thanks to owner Pete Mikacich. In the mid-1950s, Mikacich was a baseball player, a right-handed slugger. He spent three years with the Sacramento Solons, after batting .476 at Sacramento City College. The family’s profitable saloon has nursed a baseball connection ever since. Today there’s a new touch at the old bar: historic photos celebrating Sacramento’s baseball heritage, original artifacts plucked from newspaper morgues or team files. The memorabilia is gradually filling the walls at The Limelight, offset by expensive frames and exhaustively researched captions. “This is just the beginning,” The Limelight manager Michael Kreizenbeck says. “Most of these photos haven’t been seen in decades. They tell the story of Sacramento baseball, which is an amazing story.”
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Pete Mikacich and Mugsy McNamara
The Limelight promotes the collection as “museum quality,” and that’s no foul ball. The material is rare, personal and inviting, pulling viewers forward like a full count in the bottom of the ninth. The details are delightful—look, Jackie Robinson at third base! They magically inspire and nudge viewers back to a time nearly forgotten. The era under reference is the mid1950s to early 1980s, when baseball ruled Sacramento sports. Any open lot would suffice for the city’s youngsters, from Del Paso Heights to Florin. “It was sandlot baseball,” Kreizenbeck says. “Kids would just mark out a diamond and play. They had a version of the game they called
lemon ball. When they didn’t have a real baseball, they would get one of those old plastic lemons they used to sell at the grocery store and use that as a baseball.” Kreizenbeck wasn’t around for the historic stretch memorialized at the saloon, but he has a direct connection through the Mikacich family, which apparently never threw anything away, and old-time Sacramento baseball stars, who are gently making their way to The Limelight. The Limelight is working with Sacramento Baseball Hall of Fame president Joe McNamara, who maintains contact with many of our baseball heroes. Leon Lee, Don Lyle, Greg Orr and Manuel Perry
are among the local luminaries who attended a recent Hall of Fame inductees’ event at The Limelight. Most of the material on display might be the detritus of attic trunks if not for the big-league personalities involved. The McNamara family— John McNamara managed the Boston Red Sox, Oakland A’s and Cincinnati Reds, among other teams, and was said to be the greatest third-base coach in history—contributed many of the photos, including rare shots of Reggie Jackson and Charles Finley during their freewheeling Oakland days. And there’s more to come. The chore of framing and researching SPORTS page 38
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introduced in 1883, is a favorite in the cemetery garden, a relatively thornfree shrub that nearly continuously produces sprays of perfect little apricot flowers. ‘Mutabilis,’ from before 1894, is another nearly perpetually blooming rose. Its showy single flowers start out peach colored and age to a deep rose color, looking like multicolored butterflies perched all over the shapely plant. The fourth rose All-Star is ‘Pink Gruss an Aachen,’ a relative newcomer from 1929. This rose has fragrant pink flowers that bloom in clusters throughout the spring, summer and fall. It, too, is relatively thornless. UC Davis Arboretum features other heritage roses in its gardens.
One of my favorites is ‘White Pearl in Red Dragon’s Mouth,’ an ancient Chinese rose poetically named for the red dragon that flew at night to return with pearls of wisdom for the emperor. This rose is usually covered with little bright-red flowers. The arboretum has let its plant grow tall, but we keep it lower in the cemetery and in the Sacramento County Master Gardeners’ Water Efficient Landscape at Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, where it is often the most colorful plant in the landscape. Texas A&M University is also enthusiastic about old roses. Its Earth-Kind program conducted rigorous tests, which identified 17 roses that demonstrated superior pest
tolerance and outstanding landscape performance. Most of the Earth-Kind roses date back a century or more. ‘Perle d’Or’ and ‘Mutabilis’ made the list, along with many other cemetery favorites. During the Earth-Kind tests, roses were mulched with three inches of organic material and watered deeply only when the soil was dry an inch beneath the surface, usually no more often than once a week. This is the best practice for Sacramento, too. You can prune these roses for size and deadhead them to promote repeat flowering, but it’s not necessary. You don’t need to treat them for diseases or worry about other pests. If they get aphids, just spray them off with water GARDEN page 44
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The Late-in-Life Farmer HE LEFT THE CITY TO GROW HEIRLOOM TOMATOES
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s a rule, farmers are noncommittal. Ask one if it’s going to be a good year for whatever crop is in the field and the answer will likely begin with “Depends on . . .” Are they afraid that positive thinking is a jinx? Along comes tomato grower Milt Whaley. The fellow is all positive thinking, and it seems to be working for him. We stopped by his Singing Frog Farm in Pleasant Grove a few weeks back to see how the spring planting was going. It was a cold, windy day, but he was out in his greenhouse happily planting tomato seeds into flats. What he calls a greenhouse is more like a lean-to, but that’s just fine with Whaley. He’s a fellow who likes things simple and functional. The shelter over his outdoor planting benches, for example, is made with solar cloth draped across tall poles topped with metal bowls purchased at a restaurant supply shop. The poles look like World War II soldiers standing at attention and wearing steel helmets. “The bowls keep the cloth from tearing as the wind blows it across the tops of the poles,” he explains. “My
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farming method is trial and error. Mostly error.” He turns back to his planting chore. “If I have a goal,” he says, his hands busily covering the tiny seeds with soil, “I guess it would be to grow 800 tomato plants, which would be a couple of tons of tomatoes.” When tomatoes are out of season, he grows melons, garlic, leeks, radishes, herbs and a few other things. But tomatoes are his passion. In 2008, Whaley was working as a page designer for The Sacramento Bee in 2008 when opportunity knocked in the form of a buyout offer. “Up until then, I was growing tomatoes in the backyard of my Land Park home,” says Whaley. “I actually had run out of space, so I was growing tomatoes in friends’ yards. I had plants all over the neighborhood. It was crazy. After I took the buyout, I started looking for some farm space and found this property in Pleasant Grove. The house needed some work, but the land was exactly what I had in mind: two acres with some lease space in the back. It was perfect for growing all these tomatoes.” Susie, Whaley’s wife, wasn’t thrilled about leaving their Land Park home. She was a special education teacher, with no plans to retire immediately. “I realized that if I ever wanted to see Milt again, I’d have to move to Pleasant Grove,” she says. They moved to the farm in 2011. Today, she seems perfectly at home as a farmer’s wife. “It’s a bit remote out here,” she says. “But the neighbors all look out for each other. We are really a tight community.” FARM page 46
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GARDEN FROM page 40 and wait for the beneficial birds and insects to eat the rest. Earth-Kind and Arboretum All-Star roses stay relatively evergreen throughout the winter and bloom about eight months out of the year. While these roses may be fragrant, they usually have herbal or spicy scents rather than the beloved, powerful “old rose” perfume. Many other old hybrids do have the “old rose” scent, as do some modern roses. Sniff roses such as ‘Barbara’s Pasture Rose,’ ‘Benny Lopez’ and ‘Grandmother’s Hat,’ and be prepared to swoon. These stunning roses grow in the Historic Rose Garden and will be offered for sale at the cemetery’s open garden on April 18, along with dozens of other varieties. The Historic Rose Garden was founded and is lovingly tended by volunteers. Its mission is to preserve heritage roses that may otherwise be lost forever, to educate the public about them, and to complement the cemetery. In its heyday, our city’s Victorian garden cemetery was filled
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Meanwhile, Whaley is planning a future filled with bumper crops of tomatoes. “I specialize in what people think of as heirloom,” he says. “The farm is certified organic, which takes a lot of effort, but it’s worth it for the results. My personal favorite is Pink Brandywine, but I also grow Dragon’s Eye, Pork Chop, Black Cherry, Box Car Willie, Brandywine and others. “Last year, I was able to sell a lot of tomatoes to Raley’s and Bel Air and to high-end restaurants like Masullo and Bella Bru Cafe in Natomas,” he says. “I love working with the farm-to-fork chefs who are very creative. They really know how to show off good tomatoes. Selling to local markets and restaurants is really my goal, but eventually I might like to open a farm stand. The problem is finding people to run it.” Plus, the farm is not close to any high-traffic areas, so it might be difficult to entice customers to make the trek. Meanwhile, he’s happy selling to markets and restaurants. Mondays are special at Singing Frog Farm. About a half-dozen neighbors and friends (Milt’s cheerleaders, really) meet there to check on the crops’ progress, talk about the weather, kick a few dirt clods and watch Whaley work. At noon, the Whaleys gather the group around a big farm table inside their cozy kitchen. Susie prepares dishes using whatever is growing on the farm at the time. Laughter fills the home and everyone talks at once as they pass around pictures of pets and grandkids along with big bowls of salad, steamed vegetables and freshbaked cookies.
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5133 LINDA LOU $319,000 1078 HARRINGTON WAY $470,000 4850 CAMERON RNCH DR$415,000 6738 LINCOLN $250,000 3447 GRANT PARK DR $320,000 6140 ROSY LN $985,000 6512 SAINT JAMES DR $237,500 4481 STOLLWOOD DR $260,000 5091 TONYA WAY $310,000 6617 SAINT JAMES DR $195,000 5408 HOME CT $434,000 5211 SAGEL CT $390,000 4821 GIBBONS DR $263,799 5112 MARTIN WAY $268,000 5024 NORTH AVE $270,000 4725 NELROY WAY $335,000 5112 VALE DR $348,000 4634 CAMERON RANCH $387,000 5400 VALHALLA DR $485,000 7100 STELLA #2 $106,000 5100 BOYD DR $215,000 4847 SAMIA CT $315,000 4917 CLEAR CIR $334,900 4825 OAKFIELD CIR $340,000 2000 MISSION AVE $344,950 5333 SEDONA CT $360,000 3243 CALIFORNIA AVE $402,000 26 RIVER BLUFF LN $875,000 999 RIFFLE CT $375,000 3537 DENFIELD LN $360,000 2633 WILLOW WAY $495,885 5415 CEDARHURST WAY $183,000 5029 BOWMAN OAKS CT $309,000 4744 BELLUE ST $325,000 1206 GARY WAY $435,000 5712 RAVENSWOOD LN $525,000 3337 MONTEGLEN CT $440,000 3417 LINDI CT $599,000 6032 CHERRELYN WAY $289,500 6228 VAN ALSTINE AVE $980,000
95815 WOODLAKE 2159 CANTALIER ST
$175,000
95816 EAST SACRAMENTO, MCKINLEY PARK 2522 R ST 1505 36TH ST 427 39TH ST 2501 I ST 2515 D ST 2712 T ST 1488 33RD ST
$440,000 $978,750 $450,000 $552,500 $353,750 $450,000 $315,000
95817 TAHOE PARK, ELMHURST 3330 10TH AVE 2724 30TH ST 2642 32ND ST 6358 3RD AVE 2936 43RD ST 2940 43RD ST 5935 2ND AVE 4225 8TH AVE 6100 2ND AVE 2739 35TH ST 2745 35TH ST 2531 36TH ST 2741 35TH ST 3730 1ST AVE 2541 51ST ST 6271 TAHOE WAY 4248 U ST 3786 4TH AVE 3021 PORTOLA WAY 3704 SHERMAN WAY
95818 LAND PARK, CURTIS PARK
2536 27TH ST 2164 WELLER WAY 2792 SAN LUIS CT 2440 4TH AVE 711 FLINT WAY 2107 24TH ST 1325 1ST AVE 2332 CASTRO WAY 1550 10TH AVE 1940 4TH AVE 2601 PORTOLA WAY 2509 6TH AVE 2536 2ND AVE 1207 MARIAN WAY 2808 RIVERSIDE BLVD 2720 CASTRO WAY 2107 22ND ST 1017 FREMONT WAY 2712 18TH STREET 2527 FREEPORT BLVD 1631 12TH AVE
$71,000 $330,000 $175,000 $308,900 $185,000 $200,000 $319,000 $155,000 $238,650 $339,000 $339,000 $329,000 $342,700 $220,000 $360,000 $390,000 $410,000 $150,000 $269,000 $372,000
127 51ST ST 1465 47TH ST 4812 BRAND WAY 904 47TH ST 1216 58TH ST 1732 51ST ST 1472 51ST ST 1120 56TH ST 4600 P ST 5109 L ST 222 TIVOLI WAY 257 36TH WAY 857 51ST ST 1138 JANEY WAY 5541 C ST 1317 52ND ST 5423 CAMELLIA AVE 833 51ST ST 1318 55TH ST 60 FALLON LN 4141 D ST 5401 CALEB AVE
$579,900 $665,000 $450,000 $475,000 $338,000 $315,000 $321,250 $375,000 $480,000 $690,000 $387,000 $450,000 $489,950 $535,000 $395,000 $325,000 $395,000 $716,625 $380,000 $564,000 $765,000 $460,000
95821 ARDEN-ARCADE $200,000 $325,000 $325,000 $685,000 $485,000 $430,000 $410,000 $436,000 $490,000 $360,000 $846,500 $495,000 $379,000 $600,000 $410,000 $431,850 $625,000 $489,000 $479,000 $360,000 $855,000
95819 EAST SACRAMENTO, RIVER PARK
1700 51ST ST $310,000 5031 MODDISON AVE $431,500 147 SAN ANTONIO WAY $464,900 721 53RD ST $386,825 4100 E FOLSOM BLVD #4B$515,000 904 43RD ST $909,000 5237 T ST $451,000
4013 FULLER WAY $260,000 2239 BURNEY WAY $160,000 4600 EDISON AVE $274,000 3540 BECERRA WAY $295,000 3942 IRELAND ST $220,000 2906 TIOGA WAY $380,000 4261 ALVA CT $200,000 3421 BEN LOMOND DR $425,000 2501 FULTON SQUARE LN $57,000 3104 KERRIA WAY $241,000 2256 EL CAMINO $197,000 3816 LASUEN DR $225,000 2311 TAMARACK WAY $95,000 3309 CLUB LN $339,950 4160 SILVER CREST AVE $362,500 2600 ROSLYN WAY $230,000 4104 BOONE LANE $248,000 2526 CAMBON WAY $265,000 3916 LORETO WAY $267,500 2245 TULIP WAY $210,000 3309 CHENU $227,325 3005 LETA LN $253,000 3624 MULHOLLAND WAY $339,900 3700 NORTH EDGE DR $325,000
95822 SOUTH LAND PARK 4840 MONTEREY WAY 2202 63RD AVE 7455 RED WILLOW ST 2031 MANGRUM AVE 4530 CUSTIS AVE 2225 MURIETA WAY 5880 14TH ST
$250,000 $165,000 $116,294 $118,000 $134,000 $297,000 $375,000
84 PULSAR CIRCLE 2176 50TH AVE 5821 GLORIA DR 1236 LUCIO LN 4917 HELEN WAY 6905 CAL VALLEY WAY 7560 LEMARSH 2301 KNIGHT WAY 2361 20TH AVE 2228 ARLISS WAY 4541 HILLVIEW WAY 5649 JAMES WAY 848 SKIPPER CIR 6736 HOGAN DR 7454 SYLVIA WAY 7513 HANDLY WAY 5941 ANNRUD WAY 5864 13TH ST 1711 OPPER AVE 4941 VIRGINIA WAY 2172 KIRK WAY 5843 ANNRUD WAY
95825 ARDEN
$90,000 $129,000 $226,000 $425,000 $354,000 $230,100 $210,000 $220,000 $600,000 $155,000 $439,900 $173,000 $500,000 $104,000 $145,000 $167,000 $390,000 $545,000 $325,000 $328,000 $165,700 $465,000
2292 WOODSIDE LN #16 $70,000 2472 LARKSPUR LN #364 $71,000 2315 NATIVE OAK LN $84,900 12 COLBY CT $292,000 207 ELMHURST CIR $435,000 2113 WINAFRED ST $112,000 707 DUNBARTON CIR $295,000 2236 WOODSIDE LN #10 $80,300 2408 POST OAK LN $105,000 1748 RICHMOND ST $195,000 508 DUNBARTON CIR $355,000 2104 TEVIS RD $160,000 915 FULTON AVE #451 $75,500 1505 HOOD RD #F $85,000 895 WOODSIDE LN E #2 $149,900 606 HARTNELL PL $296,500 461 HARTNELL PL $325,000 2012 ERNEST WAY $145,000 660 WOODSIDE SIERRA #5 $83,250 1326 OAK TERRACE CT #13 $90,000 521 HARTNELL PL $549,000 2280 HURLEY WAY #25 $110,000 2408 LARKSPUR LN #247 $110,247 2000 KINCAID WAY $245,000 2410 POST OAK LN $107,500 2135 COTTAGE WAY $121,000 1403 COMMONS DR $405,000 2430 PAVILIONS PLACE LN #206 $511,000
95831 GREENHAVEN, S LAND PARK
6217 N POINT WAY 607 CUTTING WAY 9 CEDAR GROVE CT 83 CACHE RIVER CIR 38 MOONLIT CIR 1112 RIO CIDADE WAY 7516 DELTAWIND DR 7507 WINDBRIDGE DR 39 BINGHAM CIR 7112 EL SERENO CIR 6525 FORDHAM WAY 7435 CASTANO WAY 6391 NORTH POINT WAY 19 ZEPHYR COVE CIR 6765 RIVERSIDE BLVD 625 BRICKYARD DR 903 ROUNDTREE CT 6616 LAKE PARK DR 6341 HOLSTEIN WAY 15 EVROS RIVER CT 1012 RIO CIDADE WAY 7602 RIVER RANCH WAY 423 BLUE DOLPHIN WAY 788 SAO JORGE WAY 689 CLIPPER WAY 6321 HOLSTEIN WAY 1142 CEDAR TREE WAY
$669,000 $288,000 $319,900 $250,000 $389,900 $445,000 $240,000 $256,000 $300,000 $339,900 $392,500 $415,000 $500,000 $350,000 $310,000 $425,500 $125,500 $428,000 $450,000 $585,000 $789,110 $442,000 $275,000 $329,800 $489,950 $598,000 $360,000
95864 ARDEN
420 ROSS WAY $739,950 3401 WEMBERLEY DR $225,000 2421 CATALINA DR $255,000 3832 ARDEN WAY $277,500 1708 DAPHNE AVE $321,500 710 CASMALIA $459,000 820 CASMALIA WAY $525,000 1157 JONAS AVE $190,000 1304 GLADSTONE DR $207,000 1100 WATT $280,000 1853 VESTA WAY $288,000 2033 NEPTUNE WAY $355,000 9 PARK SIERRA LN $399,000 3528 MAPLEWOOD LN $724,800 4555 BERRENDO DR $740,000 540 RODANTE WAY $1,190,000 4028 CRONDALL DR $750,000 1700 DAPHNE AVE $285,000 2716 BRAYNARD WAY $612,000 3316 WHITE OAK CT $980,000 900 SINGINGWOOD RD $248,600 2150 ROCKWOOD DR $700,000 4213 LOS COCHES WAY $925,000 2029 MEDUSA WAY $412,000 3444 WINDSOR DR $168,000 1418 LOS MOLINOS WAY $880,000
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Time’s Cheap Shot CHILDREN DO GROW—AND GROW FAST
BY KELLI WHEELER MOMSERVATIONS
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et me sit here a minute while I catch my breath. You go on up ahead … I’ll catch up. When you have your baby girl turning 14 punctuated with a birthday celebration where you have to have rovers checking dark corners plus your giant baby boy getting his driver’s permit all in one month, it has a tendency to knock the wind out of you when you realize how quickly time has flown in the past decade. From my February 2005 column, “Works in Progress”: “Later, when I had banished my kids to naptime despite really wanting to lock them in their rooms
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until they emerged well-mannered, polished adults, it occurred to me. They aren’t adults. A long way from it at 3 and 5 years old. When I pushed my adult expectations aside for a moment I was able to see that what I thought was unacceptable behavior for preschoolers was actually normal behavior. I didn’t have to like it, but just accept that they are works in progress.” From April 2005’s “Birthday Madness”: “My daughter is turning 4 this month and our family will mark the occasion in what has turned out to be an emerging Wheeler birthday tradition. It includes renting a twostory inflatable slide with an attached bounce house and a bazillion children and parents in our backyard. Tie it all together with whatever princess/ cartoon character/superhero theme is all the rage and throw in sugary, messy party favors and we have ourselves a little shindig.” From June 2005’s “Vacation versus Trip”: “I’ll never forget our first vacation to the same Tahoe cabin once we were
the proud parents of a 20-month-old boy and 3-month-old girl. … After the car was packed with strollers (umbrella and double), port-a-cribs, bouncy seat, booster seats, Baby Bjorn, backpack, favorite toys, favorite food, cans of formula, a half a dozen bottles and enough diapers and wipes to fill two suitcases, we decided we would buy, once we got there, the rest of the stuff that wouldn’t fit in the car. “‘Well, do you think we’re ready for our vacation?’ I asked as we drove off, the back end of the car riding low. “‘This is not a vacation,’ my husband replied tersely. ‘This, is a trip.’” From July 2005’s “The Saga of AM/ PM Kindergarten”: “The voice of reason made me put down the phone before I could dial. That would be my husband. ‘It doesn’t matter. Logan is going to have a great kindergarten experience whether he’s in AM or PM. He’s going to love his teacher no matter who they are. And if none of his friends are in his class, he’ll meet 19 other new ones. It’s just kindergarten. Let’s
save the battles for when it really does matter. And we can work something out so you can get your writing done during the day. Things happen for a reason and it isn’t until afterward that you realize it all works out for the best.’”
I’m just going to need a little longer to process that I am suddenly the mother of a teenage driver and a boy-magnet teenage daughter. From September 2005’s “Fight Night”: “Oh, but when they play together so wonderfully it is a heartbreaking work of staggering preciousness. Like
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when Logan dresses Whitney up in
perpetual gift that I feel so blessed
This beloved musical about the boy who wouldn’t grow up has
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Or when they each climb into their
save forever. I would re-gift them to
motorized jeeps and zoom around
myself when my babies’ voices turn
together playing Friend (‘Hi, friend!
deep with age and I’ve heard for
Want to come to the store with me?’
the hundredth time, ‘Yeah Mom, I
‘Sure, friend! But let’s stop at the gas
know.’”
enchanted audiences of all ages for decades. Peter, Tinker Bell and the Darling children take to the skies on a magical journey to
WEST SIDE STORY · AUGUST 4 - 9 Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins—among the greatest artists of their day—came together to create this 20th Century Romeo and Juliet and make musical theatre
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longer to process that I am suddenly the mother of a teenage driver and a boy-magnet teenage daughter. Could you leave me that box of tissues, though? Kelli Wheeler is a Sacramento mother of two and author of “Momservations—The Fine Print of Parenting.” She can be reached at Momservations.com n
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Full Circle A PRACTICING PAINTER INSPIRES NEW ARTISTS THROUGH TEACHING
BY JESSICA LASKEY
at UC Davis. Though LeCompte describes the experience as “learning by fire,” it sparked a passion for teaching that has taken the artist to college classrooms all over the greater Sacramento region. “I found that I really enjoyed the process of teaching,” says LeCompte, who’s now an adjunct professor at Sacramento City College. “Having the interaction with students is especially nice for a painter, since you work alone most of the time. It provides a wonderful connection to other people.”
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
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hen you’re kind of a shy person like I am, communication doesn’t always work verbally,” artist Michaele LeCompte admits. “But I found I could express myself best through my art.” Though LeCompte is in fact a wonderful conversationalist, her artwork speaks for itself. Her current paintings are a combination of geometric shapes, patterns and materials that entertain and engage the eye with their complexities— which is exactly what LeCompte intends. “I’ve come back to abstraction,” says LeCompte. “I love formalism with an expressionistic twist. I love patterns, though to say that you were a ‘pattern painter’ in the ’70s took a little bit of courage because you didn’t want to be lumped in with the trite description they were using for the work of women artists. But as I’ve gotten older, I’ve gotten more brave.” Though the Washington native claims to be shy, her artistic tenacity speaks to an impressive inner confidence. “I had friends who couldn’t wait to get to New York,” recalls LeCompte, whose family moved to Sacramento for her father’s bricklaying business in 1958. “But I’m a late bloomer, so that never really suited my personality. I didn’t start my formal art training until college, when I took a watercolor class at City College with Larry Welden. I just loved his style. It was so elegant and laid-back at the same time. It really opened a world to me. My mom had drawn and my dad
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“I’m teaching in the same classroom where I started. I still have the very first abstract painting I made there. That was the moment when the clouds parted and I really felt like I could do this.”
Artist Michaele LeCompte
was very handy with his hands, so I had this sense of magic attached to art, but I didn’t realize it was going to be my path. It just sort of happened.” LeCompte went on to earn a bachelor’s degree from Sacramento State University and a master’s in
painting at Oakland’s Mills College, which she attended while still living in Sacramento. (“I would sleep over in my studio,” LeCompte says with a guilty giggle.) The crazy commute paid off when she landed her first postgraduate job as a visiting artist
Teaching has brought LeCompte’s career full circle. “Ending up at City College was my desire from the beginning,” she says. “I’m teaching in the same classroom where I started. I still have the very first abstract painting I made there. That was the moment when the clouds parted and I really felt like I could do this.” ARTIST page 59
Art Preview GALLERY ART SHOWS IN APRIL
Artistic Edge will feature works by Howard Stover, Reif Erickson and Jim Marxen. Shownn: “River” by Jim Marxen. 1880 Fulton Ave.; artisticedgeframing.com
Helen Jones Gallery presents the work of Spanish master, Jose Royo including original oil paintings and limited edition serigraphs. Shown: “Rosa Y Nacar” by Royo. 588 La Sierra Dr.; helenjonesgallery.com
Elliott Fouts Gallery presents new work of Kathrine Lemke-Waste this month. Shown: “Tulips and Dots,” a watercolor by Lemke-Waste. The show runs through May 1. 1831 P St.; efgallery.com
An exhibit of the work of painter Stephen Giannetti and the mixed-media work of Eleanor Wood will be at Jay Jay Art through May 23. Shown is a collage by Wood. 5520 Elvas Avenue; jayjayart.com A exhibition of new work by Craig N. Smith and Phyllis Hayes runs at SMUD Art Gallery until May 6. Shown: “Calla Lillies” by Hayes. SMUD Gallery is at 6301 S St.
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ARTIST FROM page 56 Now it’s LeCompte’s turn to nudge the clouds apart for the next generation of artists, just as former professors did for her. “When I was an undergrad at Sac State, Oliver Jackson invited me to be part of a graduate seminar he was teaching,” LeCompte recalls. “He gave me the impression that I had something to say as an artist. It was at that point that I got very, very serious about my work. I try to impart that with my own students now that I see something in their work that they might not recognize. You have to fan that little flame.”
LeCompte’s own light continues to burn bright, thanks to relationships with galleries like JAYJAY in East Sacramento and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s Artists Gallery, a unique rental venue where potential buyers can try pieces out in their homes before purchasing. If you’d asked LeCompte years ago if she could have predicted such success, she probably would have laughed—or wept. “My husband and I have been together since we were 19—little children,” LeCompte says with a
laugh. “One time when we were driving to visit his parents, I told him I wanted to become an artist and I burst into tears. I told him, ‘I’m so sorry. We’re going to be poor forever.’ But he believed in me. He gave me a set of oil paints that year.” LeCompte believed in herself, and she continues to trust her instincts on every new project. “Painting is like finding a message in a bottle,” she says. “You don’t know where it came from, but somehow you found it and it feels like a really big event. I don’t know where my paintings will take me, but I send them out into the world and hope someone finds them. Everyone’s always looking outside for reassurance, but you already have all the information you need. Put the color down on the paper and see where it takes you.” You can see Michaele LeCompte’s work at JAYJAY gallery at 5520 Elvas Ave. For more information, go to michaelelecompte.com n
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Move-in Ready THIS WOULD-BE FLIP WAS NO FLOP BY JULIE FOSTER HOME INSIGHT
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hen Dana and Shawn Bouey purchased their 1925 two-story Curtis Park home in 2013, it was in bad shape. Now, after extensive renovations, the family-friendly Tudor is nice enough to be featured on this year’s 2015 Curtis Park Home and Garden Tour.
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“Why live in something that you created for resale value if it’s not a flip?”
Initially, the couple intended to spruce up the 2,400-square-foot house, then turn around and sell it. But as the remodel progressed, they changed their minds. Shawn, who owns Bouey Termite and Construction in Sacramento, was weary of his daily commute from the couple’s home in Roseville. Dana
initially resisted the idea of moving, until Shawn offered a carrot. “He said if we moved, I could do whatever I wanted to the interior of the house,” she says. With a few minor glitches, that is pretty much how the project worked out. Though they stayed true to the vintage feel of the home’s exterior, they gutted the interior. Worn-out carpeting was removed and wood floors were restored where possible. They kept the leaded glass windows in the front of the house and reconfigured six small bedrooms into four spacious ones. They painted the interior in shades of gray and white to create a unified, relaxed feeling throughout the house. “Our last home was all beige and brown,” says Dana. “I got so tired of it. I decided to go in a different direction.”
Because the couple had flipped five houses in as many years, Bouey had a good idea of the fixtures and finishes she wanted, including cabinets, lighting and bathroom fixtures. The couple replaced all the light fixtures except one, which was located in a cozy space off the living room that Dana now uses as an office. After cleaning it up, they installed the fixture in the front entry hall. They noticed that the living room’s brick fireplace hearth did not match the surround. When they removed the mismatched hearth bricks, they found the original matching bricks. In the kitchen, new Carrara marble countertops, contemporary light fixtures and stainless steel appliances make the space sparkle. A walk-in pantry adds additional storage space. The sumptuous master bathroom includes dual sinks, a lighted mirror and marble hexagon floor tiles.
Numerous people tried talking the couple out of putting the master bedroom on the first floor and the children’s rooms on the second, saying the configuration would be bad for resale. “But it works perfectly for us,” says Shawn. “Why live in something that you created for resale value if it’s not a flip?” At the top of the stairs, what was a landing became a daughter’s dream bathroom with a large claw-foot tub. “We let my daughter test out her design skills in the bathroom and her bedroom,” Dana says. The spacious backyard features a comfy seating area clustered around a fire pit and a wood dining table with seating for 12. “We have a large family and the dining room is small, so we opted for a large outdoor table,” she says. Tour goers should pay attention to the beautifully refinished mahogany front door, which makes a grand first
impression. In the charming front hall, note the coved ceiling and the restored light fixture as well as the mosaic floor tiles. In the living room, check out the cityscape painting by local artist Steve Memering, who thoughtfully included the couple’s two dogs, Scout and Cooper, in the piece. The Curtis Park Home and Garden Tour takes place Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For the general public, tickets are $25 in advance, $30 on the day of the tour. Sierra Curtis Neighborhood Association members get a $5 discount. For more information, go to sierra2.org or call 452-3005. If you know of a home you think should be featured in Inside Publications, contact Julie Foster at foster.julie91@yahoo.com n
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Spiritual Heroism IT TAKES COURAGE TO ASK FOR FORGIVENESS
become a real-life enactment of a Dr. Seuss poem called “The Zax.”
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a friend.” While time may heal all things, I think the tone of Jesus’
in a city near to my old nemesis. I
words favors sooner more than later,
a South-Going Zax who meet on a
mustered a small measure of the
and He definitely would not approve
narrow trail through the prairie of
heroics I’d heard in the soldier’s
of waiting 13 years.
Prax. Each refuses to step aside to
forgiveness prayer and broke my
allow the other to pass. The Zaxes
indignant silence. I emailed the
maintain their stubborn standoff
chaplain with a meeting request.
It involves a North-Going Zax and
BY NORRIS BURKES
Five years ago, my excuses faded when I accepted a speaking invitation
until eventually a highway overpass
Two weeks later, he graciously
is built around them. The story ends
welcomed me into the church where
with the Zaxes standing “unbudged in
he served as pastor. Inside his office,
their tracks.”
we shook hands and sat talking about
I was the South-Going Zax who was
the things important to everyone:
“unbudged” in my spiritual tracks.
faith, family and purpose. Gradually,
In my revised version, the other guy
the image I had created of him
uring my 2009 service as an
was the North-Going Zax, who was
shrunk—but in a good way. It shrunk
Air Force chaplain in Iraq,
not only a stubborn fool but also a big
to the size God made us all.
I saw countless examples
liar who was out to get me. He was
He told me that he had no memory
of heroism. However, the most
paranoid. He was blah, blah, blah—so
of the details of those years past.
spiritually heroic act I witnessed
went my amended view of history.
Then he said what I needed to hear:
was the prayer of a soldier who
For years, I made showy attempts
asked God to forgive the insurgents
to deal with my resentment by talking
who had killed his battle buddy.
to counselors and praying with
It was an act I also found haunting,
I’m thinking that forgiveness is the heroic choice. Norris Burkes is a chaplain, syndicated columnist, national speaker and author of the upcoming book “Finding Forgiveness in a War Zone.” He can be reached at ask@ TheChaplain.net n
Couch potato no more.
“Whatever I did, I hope you will forgive me.” Then I heard myself saying the
pastors. But I always made excuses
words I never thought I’d say: “I hope
because his prayer shamed me into
for not doing what I knew I must do:
you will forgive me, too.” And just like
facing the resentment I’d harbored
find my former colleague and confess
that, the resentment disintegrated,
for 10 years toward a chaplain
my part in what now seemed a sum
annihilated by grace, never to return.
colleague. My stubbornness had
total of banal trivialities.
There was no idealistic or dramatic ending. We simply shook hands and
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Be an Easter Bunny LOCAL FOOD BANK NEEDS HELP FILLING BASKETS FOR KIDS
BY GLORIA GLYER DOING GOOD
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pril showers? Here’s hoping. Nature would get Doing Good accolades if the weather produced April showers for May flowers. But rain might pose a challenge for organizers planning outdoor events this month. Take Twin Lakes Food Bank, for instance. The food bank will hold its annual Easter ham and children’s Easter basket event on Friday, April 3, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. You can help by donating a basket filled with goodies: candy, stuffed animals, fruit snacks, granola bars or small toys. A donation of $20 will provide Easter dinner for a needy family. For more information, go to twinlakesfoodbank. org or call 985-6232.
executive director, Lisa Culp. “A multipronged approach is critical to address the root causes of homelessness so women can meet their families’ basic needs, such as food, shelter and clothing. Through health programs and job-readiness training, formerly homeless mothers can become healthy, successful employees who provide a stable life for themselves and their children, ending homelessness for good. We are grateful to the Joseph and Vera Long Foundation for recognizing the important role health plays in ending homelessness.”
ZOO NEWS The Sacramento Zoo contributed more than $100,000 to more than two dozen wildlife conservation organizations around the world in 2014. The funding came from membership fees and zoo programs such as Quarters for Conservation. This year, the zoo plans to increase its commitment to conservation. Every time a visitor rides the zoo’s train or carousel, participates in a giraffe encounter or experiences the Serengeti Cyclone, the zoo will add a quarter to its conservation fund.
MONEY FOR HEALTH Women’s Empowerment recently received a $10,000 grant from The Joseph & Vera Long Foundation to help local homeless women improve their health. “Breaking the cycle of homelessness requires more than a house or job, and Women’s Empowerment has recognized that since Day 1,” said the group’s
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encouraged to dress like a movie star. Cocktails and appetizers will be served. For more information, go to jasac.org or call 480-2770.
TRASH OR TREASURE? Welcome Home Housing will hold its sixth annual antique evaluation day on Saturday, April 18, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2425 Sierra Blvd. Appraisers will provide oral evaluations of your stuff. The cost is $8 for one item, $35 for five. For more information, go to welcomehomehousing.org or call 5055232. The Roseville-South Placer chapter of American Association of University Women will hold an antique evaluation on Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Valley Springs Presbyterian Church, 2401 Olympus Drive in Roseville. Professional appraisers will give informal evaluations of items such as paintings, posters, jewelry, dolls and collectibles. The cost is $12 for one item, $22 for two items and $10 each for more than three. Appointments are required; call 772-6763 or email antiqueanswers@gmail.com
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Junior Achievement will hold a fundraiser called Cheers for Children on Friday, June 19, from 7 to 10 p.m. at a private home in Granite Bay. Proceeds from the event will fund economic empowerment education programs. The theme of the party is Old Hollywood; attendees are
Sacramento Children’s Home and Friends of Sacramento Crisis Nurseries will present an American Girl fashion show on Friday, April 17, at 6 p.m. and Saturday, April 18, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at The Center at Twenty-Three Hundred. Tickets are $35 for adults, $25 for children
younger than 12. The center is at 2300 Sierra Boulevard. For more information, email ajwestberg@ comcast.net or go to kidshome.org/ events
WISHFUL THINKING Make-A-Wish will hold its 27th annual Wine & Food Fest on Saturday, April 25, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Sacramento Convention Center. More than 120 wineries, breweries and restaurants are expected to take part. General admission tickets are $85 in advance, $100 at the door. VIP tickets, which include a sit-down dinner and live auction, are $185 in advance, $200 at the door. For more information, go to necannv.wish.org or call 692-3928.
HELPING KIDS GRIEVE Sutter Memorial Hospital will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its innovative children’s bereavement art group with an event on the hospital’s front lawn on Saturday, April 4, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be food, music, a memorial art activity and guest speakers. The bereavement art group, run by art therapists with backgrounds in childhood grief, provides children with a safe, creative place to express their grief over the death of a loved one. More than 11,500 children have gone through the program, which began at Sutter Memorial Hospital in 1985. In 2005, the program began
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Buddy Guy WED, APR 8 • 8PM Buddy Guy’s list of accomplishments is as profound as his signature guitar sound: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a chief influence to rock titans like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West Side sound, and a living link to that city’s halcyon days of electric blues.
Max Raabe and Palast Orchester THU, APR 2 • 8PM A Night in Berlin
Berlin’s famed crooner Max Raabe and his 12-piece Palast Orchester present their elegant collection of meticulously recreated German and American standards of the 1920s and ‘30s.
Quixotic SUN, APR 12 • 3PM Inventive electronic dance music meets Cirque.
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra FRI, APR 17 • 8PM Myung-Whun Chung, music director and conductor
Prokofiev’s suite from Romeo and Juliet and Brahms, Symphony No. 4.
Bill Frisell and Joshua Light Show FRI, APR 24 • 8PM Guitar in the Space Age! Frisell mines the catalog of guitar-based music from the 1950s and 1960s that first inspired him to pick up the instrument: Pete Seeger, The Byrds, Junior Wells, Dick Dale, The Ventures, The Astronauts, Chet Atkins, Merle Travis and others.
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Story of Your Life WANT TO WRITE A BOOK? EXPERTS AT COSUMNES RIVER COLLEGE SEMINAR CAN HELP
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re you one of those folks who feels you “have a book in you”? Do you aspire to commit some stories of your life to paper but don’t know where to start? Check out “Our Life Stories,” the eighth annual crossgenerational writers conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 18 at Cosumnes River College. Keynote speaker Perry Garfinkel— journalist, author, speaker, writing teacher, editor, content provider, media consultant, strategist and author of the 2006 bestseller “Buddha or Bust”—is one of the featured writers who will lead participants through a day of workshops and presentations focusing on bringing your stories to life and capturing your travel experiences on paper. Other presenters will include prose writers Jacqueline Doyle, Kerstin Feindert, Ginny McReynolds, Clive Rosengren and Emmanuel Siguake; poets Albert Garcia and Sacramento Poet Laureate Jeff Knorr; and storytellers Ann Rothschild and Katye Ridgeway. The conference is sponsored by the Ethel MacLeod Hart Senior
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Center and CRC. Space is limited. The conference fee, due by April 3, is $35 ($40 after April 3) and covers the workshops, materials and plenty of creative fuel (translation: morning refreshments and lunch). To register or for more information, call the Hart Senior Center at 808-5462, go to hartcrcwritersconference. org or email hartcrcwritersconference@ yahoo.com Cosumnes River College is at 8401 Center Parkway.
COMPASSION ON THE BRAIN One of the most interesting and influential people of our time is coming to Sacramento: Dr. Temple Grandin will speak about her groundbreaking work on the autistic brain and the humane treatment of animals from 8 to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, April 3 at Real Life Church. Grandin is an outspoken proponent of “the strengths of brains built differently,” which she relates not only to autism but also to animals. Her life story was the subject of the 2010 Emmy Award-winning film “Temple Grandin,” which examined her ability to visualize how animals perceive dangers and her subsequent consultation on the construction of humane cattle-holding facilities, for which she’s now advised almost 80 percent of the nation’s meatprocessing facilities.
As one of the most successful people in the world with autism, Grandin acts as a role model to change people’s attitudes toward the disorder, focusing on the attributes and unique contributions of
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PEACEFUL PIECES Looking for an oasis of artistic calm within your hectic schedule? Take a break at the Robert T. Matsui Gallery at City Hall to gaze at the stunning painting and ceramic works of Chinese artist Shimo at the “Tranquil Pursuit” exhibition, on display through July 6. A recent Sacramento transplant, Shimo was born in Shanghai in 1962 and immigrated to the United States in 2003 to settle in Sacramento. His style blends traditional Chinese techniques with modern aesthetics to achieve purity, tranquility and harmony, characteristics highly e th valued in the Chinese d writers f the feature . kel is one o ce in rf en a er culture. G nf y rr co Pe ries writer's Our Life Sto He developed a technique he calls people “multilayer dripping ink” in which with autism rather than on its social he drips, stains, pours and even mops deficits. Grandin will be joined by the ink directly onto the surface Alexis Wineman, the first person with to create his signature paintings. autism to win a state contest (in the His newest artistic exploration, Miss America pageant). Wineman porcelain, melds Chinese blue will also speak about her personal and white porcelain with Western experience with autism. expressionism. Event registration is $30 and seating is limited. To register, call PREVIEWS page 73
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imply put, there’s absolutely no substitute for Tom Stephens’ 47 years’ of experience servicing exclusively Mercedes-Benz automobiles. A little like fine wine, this Mercedes-Benz Specialist just gets better with age. Not only do the customers of Stephens Service Center on Elvas Avenue know it, but Tom was awarded five rare “Service Excellence” awards by the German automaker throughout his career. Tom even received the “Best of Sacramento” award in 2006. After growing up in a small Indiana farm town, Tom spent more than two decades working as technician and Service Manager at Mercedes-Benz dealerships in Indianapolis, Sarasota, Houston, and here in Sacramento. Twenty-Two years ago, Tom decided it was time to open his own shop. Over the years Tom has expanded his business to include selling used Mercedes-Benz. Sales became a necessity when customers wanted a newer Mercedes-Benz but didn’t want to go through the typical used car search. After decades of trusting Tom and his technicians for service, it was easy to trust Tom to find their next Mercedes-Benz. “It’s not complicated,” Tom says. “We must provide better service than what the customer expects. When a customer comes in with a problem, they expect the problem to be fixed. But as they say, the devil is in the details.” Understanding what really caused the problem is where Tom’s years of experience come into play. New customer’s frequently ask how Stephens Service Center prices compare with a
Mercedes-Benz dealer. The answer is more complicated than you would think. Most repair shops pay their technicians with a commission known as “Flat Rate”. The manufacturers have set specific amounts of time the technician will be paid to perform the repair. The problem with this system, is technicians focus on the repairs that pay them the most
money and not necessarily what’s best for the customer. When you combine commission technicians with Service Advisors that are also paid with commission, it’s easy to see how the system can be abused. This is why Tom has always paid his technicians a salary. “It motivates the technician to produce quality rather than quantity,” he said. A simple lesson Tom learned
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long ago in that small farm town was: to succeed in business, you must treat customers like they really are your friends. This could be one reason why many customers choose to drop off their Mercedes-Benz in Tom’s driveway at home. A simple note and the keys is all that’s required. Another part of Tom’s secret sauce is undoubtedly the ambience of his shop. It feels more like a Carmel cottage than an auto repair shop. Tom’s office looks like it belongs in Architectural Digest. With lots of old world charm Tom picked up during his training in Germany; you’ll find boxwood planters, fountains, and hanging flower baskets. It’s like a tiny corner of Bavaria in East Sacramento. Taking a page from Mercedes-Benz own playbook; it’s well known that seventy-five percent of the service decisions are made by women. It’s important that women feel welcome and comfortable in a place they can trust. Tom’s two main technicians are Shop Foreman Scott Stewart and Andrew Bingham who have been with Tom for almost fifteen years. Tom credits their hard work and dedication as the real reason for his success. It is their attention to detail that drives home their motto. “The guy who said not to sweat the little stuff… he doesn’t work here!” Stephens Mercedes-Benz Service Center is open Monday-Friday, 7:30 A.M. – 6 P.M. and located at 5600 Elvas Avenue in Sacramento, 95819. For more information call 452-5067 or visit www.stephensservice.com
Take a break at the Robert T. Matsui Gallery at City Hall to gaze at the stunning painting and ceramic works of Chinese artist Shimo at the “Tranquil Pursuit” exhibition, on display through July 6
Check out the new show at Archival Gallery featuring mixed media artist Sean Royal and painter Margaryta Chaplinska, on display April 2 through May 2.
PREVIEWS FROM page 70 Shimo’s pieces have been shown all over China, including in Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Zhenjiang and Beijing, as well as in Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan and New York. Now that he has set down roots in California’s capital, he has opened the Shimo Center for the Arts, where he shows his work and that of other accomplished artists. Gallery hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, and admission is free. For more information on the Robert T. Matsui Art Gallery, a program of the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, go to sacmetroarts.org The Robert T. Matsui Gallery is in City Hall at 915 I St.
MARCH IN APRIL Ready to tap your toes and march to the martial music of John Philip Sousa? Don’t miss the Sacramento Symphonic Winds performance on “Oh Mr. Sousa!” at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8 at Sunrise Event Center. This delightful musical biography will cover the life, times and music of “March King” Sousa with the help of the Winds’ rousing 60-piece band and a cast of eight singer/actors performing 37 roles. For tickets and more information, call 489-2576. For more information
on the Sacramento Symphonic Winds, go to sacwinds.org Sunrise Event Center is at 11167 Trade Center Drive in Rancho Cordova.
WALL EYED Looking for some unusual and unique art pieces to spruce up your walls for spring? Check out the new show at Archival Gallery featuring mixed media artist Sean Royal and painter Margaryta Chaplinska, on display April 2 through May 2. Sacramento native Royal’s vibrant, award-winning work featuring Pop-inspired imagery is sure to catch your eye, as are Kiev-born, Roseville-based Chaplinska’s glowing, realistic paintings that are in private collections all over the world. Meet these fascinating artists at the Second Saturday reception from 6 to 9 p.m. on April 11. For more information, call 923-6204 or go to archivalgallery.com Archival Gallery is at 3223 Folsom Blvd.
FIT FOR A KINGSLEY No April fools here: Crocker Art Museum is springing into spring with an event line-up that includes a decadent dinner, youth art shows,
beach-inspired activities, silken-voiced sopranos, dynamic dance and more. Hungry? Tuck into a delicious meal at “Dine in Decadence with Toulouse-Lautrec: Talk + Dinner” from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 2. Your fascinating tablemates will include the Crocker’s curator, William Breazeale, as well as professors from UC Davis discussing literature, music, dance and art in Paris at the turn of the 20th century over a five-course dinner curated by Matt Woolston and inspired by Toulouse-Lautrec’s decadent dining recipe book “The Art of Cuisine.” The event is co-presented with the Alliance Française de Sacramento, so if you want test your French, allez-y! Space is limited, so make sure you register by March 29. To attend the pre-dinner talk only, tickets are $10 for museum members, $13 for students and youths, and $15 for nonmembers. Tickets for the “Talk + Dinner” are $70 museum members, $83 for students and youths, and $85 for nonmembers. Call 808-1182 to reserve your seat at the table. Next up is “Kingsley Inspirations,” an exhibition from April 9 through May 24 of artwork by regional high school artists inspired by the Crocker Art Museum’s permanent collection and recent exhibitions, sponsored by the Kingsley Art Club. A reception
will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 24. In the same vein, the “High School Self-Portrait Show” (on display from April 9 through May 24) will feature self-portraits of high school artists from all over the region, in collaboration with Chalk It Up! and Christian Brothers High School. A reception will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 24. For Art Mix this month, the great outdoors is calling. Don’t miss Art Mix “Sprung” from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 9, with live music by Arts & Leisure, a special guest DJ, mix-and-mingle games, beachinspired art-making stations, and plenty of urban gardening tips to keep that green thumb thumpin’. Happy hour is from 4 to 6 p.m. and drink specials are under $5 all night. Art Mix is free for museum members, $10 for nonmembers, and college students receive a $2 discount. Looking for a lush vocal experience that will have you singing Carrie Hennessey’s praises? Snag a ticket to the Classical Concert featuring Hennessey’s stunning soprano voice at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 12. Tickets are $6 for museum and Capital Public Radio members, $10 for students and youths, and $12 for nonmembers. PREVIEWS page 74
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Space is limited, so call 808-1182 to reserve your spot. Just like all those baby birds you hear chirping in the spring breeze, dance works-in-progress will test their wings at â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hatch,â&#x20AC;? an informal evening of contemporary dance at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 30. Now in its fourth year, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hatchâ&#x20AC;? is curated by Lorelei Bayne and features new and in-progress works by noted and emerging choreographers, including a special performance inspired by the Crocker exhibition of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Nature of William S. Rice: Arts and Crafts Painter and Printmaker.â&#x20AC;? The performance is free for museum members, $8 for students and youths, and $10 for nonmembers. To reserve your tickets, call 808-1182. For information on all Crocker events, call 808-1182 or go to crockerartmuseum.org Crocker Art Museum is at 216 O St.
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in front of the picturesque state Capitol and will lead participants on a scenic path featuring the â&#x20AC;&#x153;best of Sacramentoâ&#x20AC;? neighborhoods. For all of those competitive runners out there, you can even run two races with one pair of feet: the SACTOWN10 will also serve as the Pacific Association 10-Mile Championship, so you can compete for prize money from both the PA Championship and the SACTOWN10 race itself. So what are you waiting for? Get going! To register, go to sactown10.org The Capitol is at 10th Street between L and N streets.
KIDS ON THE VERGE Are you wondering how to keep the kiddos engaged once school is out for the summer? Get their creative juices flowing at Verge Center for the Artsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Kids Summer Studio Camp, which offers sessions starting June 15 and 29. Registration is now open. Vergeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two-week art camps will introduce kids ages 10 to 13 to a variety of mediums and art-making processes, ranging from printmaking to textiles and a one-week art-making intensive. Session One will be held June 15-26 and feature an emphasis
Calling all runners! Strap on your sneakers and rev yourself up for a race on Sunday, April 12 at the fifth annual Credit Union SACTOWN10, a veritable panoply of races to benefit the UC Davis Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital. Whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a long-distance lover (the SACTOWN10 features both 10- and 5-mile races) or someone who just wants to have fun and do good (at the UC Davis Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital Miracle Mile fun run and fitness walk), you can sweat the small stuff while contributing to the big stuff: All of the races benefit the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Miracle Network of Hospitals statewide, which benefits the UC Davis Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital here in Sacramento. The flat, fast course Carrie Hennessey will be featured at Classical Concert at will start and finish 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 12
on clay. Session Two will be held on June 29 through July 10 and feature an emphasis on environmental sculpture. To register for classes or for more information, call 448-2985, go to vergeart.com/learn/classes or email iulia@vergeart.com Verge Center for the Arts is at 625 S St.
Classical guitarist Fisk is worldrenowned for his adventurous and virtuosic repertoire, as well as his effortless—nearly “bionic”— technique. Proceeds from the concert go to support future guitar virtuosos through the Sacramento Guitar Society’s community education, support and school outreach programs. For tickets and more information, go to sacramentoguitarsociety.org First United Methodist Church is at 2100 J St.
INTO OBLIVION What do you get when you cross two secular Brooklynites with a strong-willed, Christian teenager? Find out at Carly Mensch’s play “Oblivion,” playing now through April 19 for its West Coast premiere at the B Street Theatre. Über-hip parents Pam and Dixon have always prided themselves on their secular humanist approach to parenting, but when their 17-year-old daughter Julie decides to become a Christian, their open-mindedness is tested to the limit. Mensch’s wry play takes on Nietzsche, famed film critic Pauline Kael and the nature of belief in the 21st century. However, the playwright insists, it isn’t about the politics of religion. “It’s easy to reduce the play to being about the closed-mindedness of atheism,” Mensch explains. “But I think it’s more interesting to flip it and consider it a play about faith, in all forms. Faith in other people. Faith in ideas. Faith in God. Faith in family. All four characters are exploring different forms of faith, I think. And a few of those characters go through life-shattering moments where they lose or question their faith, and then somehow have to go on afterwards.” For tickets and more information, call 443-5300 or go to bstreettheatre. org The B Street Theatre is at 2711 B St.
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Get your kids' creative juices flowing at Verge Center for the Arts’ Kids Summer Studio Camp, which offers sessions starting June 15 and 29. Registration is now open.
SPRING STRINGS Don’t miss the final concert of the Sacramento Youth Symphony Premier Orchestra’s 2014-15 season coming up at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 26 at the Performing Arts Center at Sacramento City College. The program will include pieces by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Noël Gallon and Dmitri Shostakovich directed by SYS Artistic Director Michael Neumann,
GETTIN’ FISKY Wouldn’t you want to see a musician who has been described as having “bionic hands?” Don’t miss Eliot Fisk in concert for the Sacramento Guitar Society at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 12 at First United Methodist Church in Midtown.
It is well known that art can transform lives, and that’s just what the Woodlake Artists Colony is hoping to do with its special art exhibition at Gallery 2110 this month. The Woodlake neighborhood is home to a talented troupe of artists who have made it their mission to use a portion of the sales from their sculptures, paintings, drawings and photographs to fund a neighborhood environmental beautification project called Woodlake Neighbors Creating Transparency. The focus of this fundraising mission is an undeveloped parcel of land at the entrance to Woodlake; the group intends to turn the barren mound of dirt into an inviting neighborhood green space. Meet the Woodlake artist-colonists at the VIP reception from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 9 or at the Second Saturday Art Walk from noon to 9 p.m. on April 11. For more information, call 476-5500 or go to gallery2110.com Gallery 2110 is at 1023 Del Paso Blvd.
The Woodlake Artists Colony will hold an art exhibition at Gallery 2110 this month
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The festival begins at 9 a.m. each day at 1125 East St. in Woodland. Tickets are available online or at the gate. For more information, go to SacramentoScotGames.org
THE CREATIVE CLASS Where can you find the cream of the region’s creative crop all in one place? Check out the CSUS Festival of the Arts, running April 8-12 both on the California State University, Sacramento, campus and around town.
The “Awash With Color” exhibition is on display April 1-18 at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center in Carmichael
PREVIEWS FROM page 75 as well as a performance of “Crater Lake,” a piece commissioned by the SYS in 2013 and composed by Garret Shatzer, directed by guest conductor Dr. Robert Halseth. And don’t let your ears have all the fun: Take a gander around you at the Performing Arts Center that Sac City recently renovated into a state-of-the-art facility. A joy for the eyes and ears! For tickets and more information, call 731-5777 or go to sacramentoyouthsymphony.org The Performing Arts Center at Sacramento City College is at 3835 Freeport Blvd.
COLOR WASH What do you get when you gather the talented members of the Watercolor Artists of Sacramento Horizons (also known as WASH Inc.) in one room? An exciting exhibition called “Awash With Color,” on display April 1-18 at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center in Carmichael.
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More than 100 watercolors from local members will share wall space and celebrate the beauty and wow factor of watercolor. Meet the artists at the Second Saturday reception from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on April 11, nosh on refreshments and cheer them on through an awards presentation judged by Kara Castro. For more information, go to sacfinearts.org The Sacramento Fine Arts Center is locted at 5330B Gibbons Drive in Carmichael.
SCOTTISH GAMES AND FESTIVAL Who isn’t up for a little haggis hurling? Or a caber toss while drum majors pound it out and fiddlers fiddle? If that doesn’t suit you, what about a game of kick-up-your-kilt tugof-war after an afternoon of whiskey tasting? It’s almost time for one of the world’s biggest festivals celebrating Scotland. The 139th Sacramento Valley Scottish Games and Festival is set for April 25-26 at the Yolo County
Fairgrounds in Woodland. Pin up your kilt, darn those socks, pick a pipe and get ready to see some of the world’s most impassioned Scottish culture enthusiasts who travel the globe to be here. The annual event draws history lovers, performers and competitors from around the world for the two-day festival of games related to Scottish culture. You don’t have to be Scottish to watch the games unfold. Just grab a seat and root for your favorite piper or hurler or drummer as they compete in athletics, highland dance, piping, drumming, fiddling, harp and more, said Susan Scott, a longtime Scottish games lover from the Arden area. “The games offer the flavor of Scotland right in your backyard,” she said. “You don’t have to travel thousands of miles to get a taste of Scotland.” Back by popular demand are The Wicked Tinkers, who have a singalong way of getting the crowd up and dancing. The professional touring band plays a Tribal Celtic style with heart-pounding bagpipes and tribal drums.
The five-day festival is chock-full of creative performances, exhibits, lectures and master classes showcasing the region’s creative and cultural excellence. The five-day festival is chockfull of creative performances, exhibits, lectures and master classes showcasing the region’s creative and cultural excellence both inside and outside the classroom. Program highlights include U-Create! from 5 to 9 p.m. on April 9 (an off-campus street fair featuring student and faculty research projects in partnership with Verge Center for the Arts, Axis Gallery, Beatnik Studios, Insight Coffee Roasters and SactoMoFo); performances by Oakland-based “vertical dance” pioneers BANDALOOP on April 10 and 12; and Sunday Funday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 12, when students, staff, faculty, alumni and their families are invited to campus for a day of family events to experience the arts and the letters at CSUS. For more information, go to csus. edu/festival CSUS is at 6000 J St. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Please email items for consideration by the first of the month, at least one month in advance of the event. n
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Stop in Viet Ha Noodles & Grill for a noodle box with chicken!
freshly grilled meats, served alongside a panoply of shatteringly crisp veggies. In the box are packaged garnishes—hot sauce, peanuts and a soy or fish sauce vinaigrette—that you can use at your discretion. Each bite is rich with flavor, undeniably fresh and perfectly addictive. The third choice, bread, will get you a traditional banh mi sandwich with protein, veggies and dressing. You can’t go wrong with any of the choices, especially since they’re all under $10. When Viet Ha first opened late last year, I dropped by on a rainy afternoon for lunch. I returned the
next night for dinner. I haven’t gone a week without visiting since. The simple setup, the simple menu, the simple ordering all make Viet Ha a welcome spot for a diner who’s short on time but refuses to sacrifice flavor. Don’t be surprised to if you find a Viet Ha Noodles & Grill opening soon in a neighborhood near you. Viet Ha Noodles & Grill is at 2417 Braodway; phone; 391-9888; vietha.us If Viet Ha is new school (slick, minimal and fresh), June’s Cafe is definitely old school. A 10-chair counter and four tables make up the dining room. The menu takes up most
of the kitchen wall. The recipes sound like something your mother would make if she were a second- or thirdgeneration Japanese-American. Loco moco, chicken katsu, weenie royale and other hearty, saucy, ricey dishes that come from generations of Japanese-American cooking (some of these recipes, unfortunately, were created out of necessity in World War II internment camps) fill the menu and fill the nostrils. This is not light fare. This is not local-and-seasonal cooking. This is stick-to-your ribs
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March 28 - May 3 STC - Sacramento Theatre Company 1419 H St. Sac 443-6722 SacTheatre.org Set at the close of the American Civil War, April 2015 marks the sesquicentennial of Lee’s surrender at Appomattox as well as the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Both play strongly and both are commemorated into this story. “It was a gruesome part of our history, but it’s not just a play about slavery,” says director Buddy Butler. “I want audiences to not just look at the situation, but the individual characters. I want to explore those characters, their stories, and the family dynamics.” PREVIEWS begin Wed, March 25th
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PROOF Thru April 19 Chautauqua Playhouse 5325 Engle Rd. Carmichael 489-7529 Catherine is the daughter of Robert, a brilliant mathematician. Catherine, a budding mathematician herself, must give up her schooling to take care of her father. A former student of her father’s comes to examine his papers, hoping to find valuable material in his notebooks, when a romance blossoms. He also finds a notebook that contains a very important mathematical discovery and the question of whose work is in the notebook is raised.
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April 9 – April 12 Sleep Train Arena 1 Sports Parkway Sac (800) 745-3000 Deep within a forest, at the summit of a volcano, exists an extraordinary world – a world where something else is possible. A world called Varekai. The story begins as Icarus, a solitary young man, falls from the sky and lands in a lush, wondrous world called Varekai. Parachuted into the shadows of a magical forest – a kaleidoscopic world imbued with fantastical creatures – Icarus takes flight in an adventure both absurd and extraordinary.
THE CLEARNING April 4 – April 26 Ovation Stage at Wilkerson Theatre 1723 25th St. Sac 606-5050 OvationStage.com The Cleaning deals with a 17th century forerunner of “ethnic cleansing”. . . that period in Ireland when Cromwell planted the seeds of the troubles that still afflict the country today. This is a story of romance, passion and treachery.
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served in tortillas. Third, the sushi burritos do not come with salsa. A sushi “burrito” is actually just a modified hand roll shaped to look like a burrito. The burritos served at Wrap N’ Roll are filling, tasty and well priced. Each one—featuring fish, chicken or that old favorite, Spam— comes wrapped in a traditional seaweed wrapper (nori) with plenty of sauce, veg and rice to make a complete meal in your hand. Additional side dishes like Tokyo Fries and Volcano Nachos are good happy-hour foods and also easily affordable. The ambience is less than impressive, featuring bare tables, concrete floors and no serving ware made out of anything more durable than plastic. But Wrap N’ Roll is a perfect option for takeout: quick, casual, affordable and, as long as you’re not expecting high-grade sushi, quite tasty. Wrap N’ Roll Sushi Burrito is at 1801 L St.; 476-6731; wrapnrollsushiburrito.com n
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Bandera 2232 Fair Oaks Blvd. 922-3524 D Full Bar $$-$$$ American Cooking served in an all-booth setting. • Houtons.com
Bella Bru Café 5038 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883 B L D $-$$ European-style cafe serving espresso, omelettes, salads, sandwiches, dinner entres, full bar, table service from 5 p.m., patio dining bellabrucafe.com
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Lemon Grass Restaurant 601 Munroe St. 486-4891 L D $$ Full Bar Patio Vietnamese and Thai cuisine in a casual yet elegant setting
The Mandarin Restaurant 4321 Arden Way 488-47794 D $$-$$$ Full Bar Gourmet Chineses food for 32 years • Dine in and take out
Matteo's Pizza 5132 Fair Oaks. Blvd. 779-0727 L D Beer/Wine $$ Neighborhood gathering place for pizza, pasta and grill dishes
Roma's Pizza & Pasta 6530 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-9800 L D $$ Traditional Italian pizza & pasta Family Friendly Catering + Team Parties • romas-pizzaand-pasta.com
Roxy 2381 Fair Oaks Blvd. 489-2000 B L D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine with a Western touch in a creative upscale atmosphere
Ristorante Piatti 571 Pavilions Lane 649-8885 L D $$ Full Bar Contemporary Italian cuisine in a casually elegant setting
Sam's Hof Brau 2500 Watt 482-2175 L D $$ Wine/Beer Fresh quality meats roasted daily • thehofbrau.com
Thai House 527 A Munroe in Loehmann's 485-3888
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2535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 481-5225 L D $ Full Bar Made-to-order comfort food in a casual setting • Jacksurbaneats.com
The Kitchen 2225 Hurley Way 568-7171
2851 Fulton Ave. 481-9500 L D $$ Thai cusine in a friendly, casual setting
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Cabana Winery & Bistro 5610 Elvas 476-5492 LD $$ Wine tasting and paired entrees. Sunday Brunch 10 - 2. • cabanawine.com
723 56th. Street 454-5656
BLD Full Bar $$ American cuisine. HD sports, kid's menu, beakfast weekends
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L D $-$$ Thin-Crust Pizza, Deserts and Beer in an intimate setting and popular location
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Nopalitos 5530 H St. 452-8226
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DOWNTOWN Foundation
400 L St. 321-9522 L D $$ Full Bar American cooking in an historic atmosphere • foundationsacramento.com
B L D Full Bar $$$ Simple, seasonal, soulful • grangerestaurant.com
Hock Farm Craft & Provision 1415 L St. 440-8888 L D $$-$$ Full Bar Celebration of the region's rich history and bountiful terrain • Paragarys.com
Mikuni Restaurant and Sushi Bar 1530 J St. 447-2112 L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Japanese cuisine served in an upscale setting • Mikunisushi.com
Parlaré Eurolounge Chops Steak Seafood & Bar 1117 11th St. 447-8900 L D $$$ Full Bar Steakhouse serving dry-aged prime beef and fresh seafood in an upscale club atmosphere • Chopssacramento.com
Claim Jumper 1111 J St. 442-8200
10th & J Sts. 448-8960 D $$ Full Bar Relax with drinks and dinner in this stylish downtown space
Rio City Café
1110 Front St. Old Sac 442-8226 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Seasonal menu of favorites in a setting overlooking river • Riocitycafe.com
L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American in a clubby atmosphere
Ten 22
Downtown & Vine
L D Wine/Beer $$ American bistro favorites with a modern twist in a casual, Old Sac setting • ten22oldsac.com
Wine Bar, Event Center & Retail Sales, 36 wines by the glass, beer on tap • downtownandvine.com
Ella Dining Room & Bar 1131 K St. 443-3772
L D $$$ Full Bar Modern American cuisine served family-style in a chic, upscale space • Elladiningroomandbar.com
Esquire Grill
ESPAÑOL RESTAURANT
3260 J Street 449-8810
926 J Street • 492-4450
1022 Second St. 441-2211
LAND PARK Freeport Bakery
2966 Freeport Blvd. 442-4256 B L $ Award-winning baked goods and cakes for eat in or take out • Freeportbakery.com
Iron Grill 13th Street and Broadway 737-5115
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Istanbul Bistro
1200 K Street #8 228-4518
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Sacramento’s Oldest Restaurant
Asian Grill and Noodle Bar • starginger.com
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Owner Beni Feil, trusted member of the Sacramento community for over 50 years!
1213 K St. 448-8900 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Outdoor Dining Upscale American fare served in an elegant setting • Paragarys.com
Estelle's Patisserie
901 K St. 916-551-1500 L D $$-$$$ French-inspired Bakery serving fresh pastry & desserts, artisan breads and handcrafted sandwiches. EstellesPatisserie.com
Fat City Bar & Cafe 1001 Front St. 446-6768 D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine served in a casual historic Old Sac location • Fatsrestaurants. com
The Firehouse Restaurant 1112 Second St. 442-4772 L D $$$ Full Bar Global and California cuisine in an upscale historic Old Sac setting • Firehouseoldsac.com
Frank Fat’s 806 L St. 442-7092
Call 451-PETS for a rate sheet or complimentary consultation. Licensed • Bonded • Additional pets and services negotiable
L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Chinese favorites in an elegant setting • Fatsrestaurants.com
Il Fornaio 400 Capitol Mall 446-4100 L D Full Bar $$$ Fine Northern Italian cuisine in a chic, upscale atmosphere • Ilfornaio.com
L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Upscale neighborhood steakhouse • Ironsteaks.com
Jamie's Bar and Grill 427 Broadway 442-4044 L D $ Full Bar Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Dine in or take out since 1986
Riverside Clubhouse 2633 Riverside Drive 448-9988 L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American cuisine served in a contemporary setting • Riversideclubhouse.com
Taylor's Kitchen 2924 Freeport Boulevard 443-5154 D $$$ Wine/Beer Dinner served Wed. through Saturday. Reservations suggested but walk-ins welcome.
Tower Café 1518 Broadway 441-0222 B L D $$ Wine/Beer International cuisine with dessert specialties in a casual setting
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