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REMODELED LARCHMONT BUTTERFIELD Beautiful huge open kitchen with island and lots of storage cabinets. Remodeled master suite has room-sized walk-in closet. Solar tubes, whole house fan, dual pane windows, tank-less H2O heater. Mature garden areas, drought tolerant plants, automated water saving drip system. Multiple patios! $339,000 JAY FEAGLES 204-7756
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GARDEN OF THE GODS Garden of the Gods! Great opportunity to live in this 3 bedroom 1½ bath light and bright home with dual pane windows, whole house and ceiling fans, freshly painted. Swimming pool in back yard not ¿lled. Seller has a bid for future buyer. This home is located on a great street with wonderful neighbors. $325,000 ANGELA HEINZER 212-1881
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Creative Energy ART STREET AIMS TO REPLICATE SUCCESS OF LAST YEAR’S ART HOTEL
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ast February, art lovers were treated to an extraordinary experience with the success of Sacramento’s Art Hotel. The former Jade apartment building—less than a block from Golden 1 Center, which was still under construction at the time—was the temporary exhibit space for many of our region’s most talented painters, sculptors, muralists, historians and sound makers. The exhibit, in which 130 artists participated, took place before the aged building was scheduled for demolition to make way for a new Hyatt hotel. Art Hotel emerged after up-andcoming Sacramento muralist Shaun Burner was approached about doing something to the exterior of the Jade apartment building. M5 Arts, the event’s nonprofit organizer, was overwhelmed by the community’s response. The building faced occupancy limits and block-long lines, so the organizers put strict time limits on viewing and created a timed ticket system, although the tours were free. Because of this, 13,000 tours were taken in the 10-day exhibit run. As much as I think I am on top of things happening in the arts community, I only heard about the exhibit during the first few days it was open. I acted fast and stood in
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Seumas Coutts and Shaun Burner are shown working in the industrial space that opens as Art Street this month. line for several hours to get tickets for my husband and stepdaughter to attend with me later that day—the last day of the exhibit! It was an extraordinary and unforgettable experience for all of us. So I was excited when I heard that the team behind Art Hotel was planning another short-term exhibit this year, called Art Street. Art Street will take place Feb. 3-25 on 3rd Avenue, just south of Broadway, in a much larger 65,000 square feet of interior and exterior space. This much larger space will allow viewers to move at a pedestrian’s pace, organizers said.
“You will never hear, ‘You have 10 minutes,’” said Seumas Coutts, a lead curator of Art Hotel and Art Street. “We want people to hang out and experience.” Even with Art Street having more space and a longer run, the organizers still promise a gritty, multidimensional, noninstitutional art experience. The new project will add food and alcohol to the mix to create a European plaza atmosphere. Coutts, who spent much of his career in art in Germany, said the “street” theme will explore transportation, connectivity, pathway and community in all the
selected artworks, “even if it is not immediately obvious,” he said. The organizers had a goal of raising $100,000 in donations to cover the costs of the project, including stipends to all artists. My husband and I attended a fundraising event last fall and became project sponsors because of the sense of artistic community it develops, which is a major mission of our publishing business. As we went to press, they look to have reached their goal. Besides private donations, both Visit Sacramento and the new PUBLISHER page 13
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Treats and Greeks DELI MARKET IS A PIPELINE TO HIS BELOVED GREECE
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Kostas Panayotakopoulos of Greek Food Imports Deli Market. in Panayotakopoulos’ Sacramento shop, an image that burned its way into his heart and memory since childhood. He knows that photo so well he didn’t need to study it in order to create a modern-day version of his ancestors’ hot spot. Panayotakopoulos was born and raised in Sacramento, attended Sacramento High School and Sacramento State University, before becoming a marriage and family therapist. He and his wife of 25 years, Sutter General Hospital registered nurse Julia, have two children: Panayotis, 14, and Aristotle, 17. The boys attend Capital Christian middle and high schools. The family has spent time living in Greece but are
rooted in the River City and live in East Sacramento. “My grandfather bought some property in Greece and sat on it for over 50 years until it became the Beverly Hills of Greece,” Panayotakopoulos said. That property and his appreciation for his heritage lured Panayotakopoulos to Greece, where he nurtured his passion for everything Greek. “Once I was back in Sacramento, I would talk to my Greek friends and tell them to open a Greek market,” he says. “Nobody ever did, so I said, ‘Why don’t I do it?!’ “Timing was just right to where I could help the Greek country by importing their products to
Sacramento. For every dollar I spend on Greek imports, I am helping somebody in Greece during their economic crisis.” And import he does. Greek cheeses, meze appetizers such as kasseri, dodoni, kefalograviera, manouri, halloumi, myzythra, and specialty items such as tzatziki, melamakarona, bougstsa, koulourakiai and Kalamata olives can all be found. Panayotakopoulos insists on all local and organic meats and produce. Top it off with, Greek coffees and imported wines or beer, and you have yourself a party. In the spring, Panayotakopoulos will open his 2,000-square-foot Greek garden patio adjacent to the deli where guests can dine al fresco or enjoy a reception, event or party. Live Greek music plays on the weekend. “Greeks are known for two things: their food and their ability to make beautiful music,” Panayotakopoulos says. “There are many fabulous Greek musicians who live in Sacramento who will play here on the weekends.” Yes, the food is delicious. But what’s even better is the hospitality. Somehow, Panayotakopoulos’ genuine affection for people has a connective quality to it, making you feel like you’re old friends with him and the others at the deli counter. Why is that, I ask? “Life is short,” Panayotakopoulos says. “We have to live it well. We have to encourage each other. It’s so important. If you need to talk to somebody, you know where to come, right?” I needed to talk to somebody on the day I went in to see him. I had a very ARDEN page 14
Scenes from the 2016 Art Hotel project. PUBLISHER FROM page 11
Mayor’s Creative Economy Pilot Project made grants to the project. In early January, the city council approved $500,000 in grants for various local art projects with this pilot project. The exact makeup of the creative projects it intends to fund has not been yet determined. But the program’s aim is to build new economic ecosystems around art, food and technology. The money comes from the existing Innovation and Growth Fund, created by former Mayor Kevin Johnson. For several years, our city and regional leaders have been looking for ways to create the cool image that attracts millennials to stay and relocate here. At the January council meeting, Mayor Darrell Steinberg said that part of his forward-looking agenda is “talk and act around making
Sacramento a destination city that is for and about youth.” He went on to add that “the creative economy involves arts, food and technology— things that are tangible, but not necessarily a fixed structure.”
“The creative economy is a driver of significant economic impact. It helps attract business and talent to our community and gives us a competitive edge.”
“The creative economy is the confluence of arts, culture, business and technology. It is a diverse collection of artists, chefs, small business owners, galleries and creative places—everything that makes Sacramento cool,” said Clay Nutting, a restaurateur and one of the organizers of Art Street, in his testimony at the council meeting. “The creative economy is a driver of significant economic impact. It helps attract business and talent to our community and gives us a competitive edge.” Projects like Art Street are a perfect example of an organically grown experience that goes a long way toward shedding the bureaucratic, government-driven image of our city’s past. This new pilot project fund is about investing in our own homegrown talent. While the government often has a terrible track record of picking winners and
losers, I am eager to see this play out. The experience of the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission definitely needs to be tapped for this effort to be successful. In creating our book, “Inside Sacramento: The Most Interesting Neighborhood Places in America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital,” I was exposed to the breadth and depth of the creative places in our city neighborhoods. I surprised even myself while selecting and documenting all our city has to offer. Please make sure to visit Art Street this month. My description can only go so far. You need to experience it firsthand to understand what is at work here. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com. n
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ARDEN FROM page 12 important question: “Baklava doesn’t have any calories if you eat it for breakfast, right?” Right! Panayotakopoulos’ deli and adjacent Greek garden patio also offer catering. The location also becomes a venue for events such as receptions, parties or corporate functions. Deli hours are from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (Fridays and Saturdays until 8:30 p.m.) except Sundays. For more information, call 489-1350.
GETTY OWL FOUNDATION She’s only 6 years old but has crept into the hearts of thousands and is helping countless more cope with a devastating diagnosis. And all just by smiling, laughing and, yes, hooting like an owl. Getty Emelia Storm of Sacramento was born in March 2010. It was love at first sight for her parents. They watched her grow and coo and smile. They listened to her soft, sweet
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noises, took in her bright blue eyes and adored the little noise she made that sounded like an owl’s hoot. They admired her calm demeanor, thinking she was born a wise and kind soul. “Our Little Owl” was a most fitting nickname they had for her. But at 3 months old, Getty was not lifting her head or meeting other critical milestones for her age. A month later, it was all too clear. Getty could not sit up without help. Doctors diagnosed her with spinal muscular atrophy, the No. 1 genetic killer of young children. Doctors said Getty would not live much longer than age 2. SMA is a hereditary disease that causes weakness and muscle wasting because of the loss of lower motor neurons controlling movement. The FDA has just approved the drug Spinraza for use across the range of spinal muscular atrophy patients. Maybe Getty will be one day try that drug. Despite the tragic news of her diagnosis, Getty’s sweet demeanor is the same as when she was an infant. The diagnosis has never kept her
Getty Emelia Storm has been diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy. Her parents started the Getty Owl Foundation to help raise awareness and funds to find a cure. from smiling or laughing every day. Her parents will tell you that while their dreams for Getty were crushed instantly, Getty has no clue and is living her life happily. Her parents determined the disease is not going to define their daughter’s life. “We decided to do everything in our power to make sure Getty has the best life possible,” they said. And so the Getty Owl Foundation was born in the child’s name and in her honor. The foundation helps families coping with SMA by assisting with equipment, resources and support. The foundation also raises funds to fight SMA and will be hosting its sixth annual Getty Owl Foundation Run/Walk beginning at 8 a.m. on Feb. 26 at Crocker Park. Proceeds from the run will help expedite finding a cure as well as help support all those diagnosed with SMA.
For more information or to register for the run/walk, go to gettyowl.org.
NATIONAL MOVEMENT SPARKED Animal lover and Realtor Kim Pacini Hauch might be Sacramento’s hardest-hitting residential real estate professional, but put her anywhere near an animal and she melts like a chocolate lab. She called her latest effort to help animals Home for the Pawlidays and put all her marketing savvy into it, complete with publishing in this paper a poem written by an orphaned pup. Perhaps you heard about her plan to empty the Front Street Animal Shelter of all animals during the month of December? CBS News heard about it. So did Bravo, Ellen DeGeneres, “The Today Show,”
Disney, Reddit, The Washington Post, and hundreds of television stations and newspapers around the world, as well as umpteen untold clickers, tweeters and likers of the mobile set. Pacini Hauch struck a chord with animal lovers worldwide, even receiving gifts of thanks and letters of gratitude from folks in foreign countries for her effort to help orphaned and abandoned animals find a home for the holidays.
Tickets are $60 in advance. Get together a group of eight people and purchase a VIP table for $520. These special VIP tables will have a dedicated wait staff, complimentary tickets for beverages, a special dessert, preferred seating, extra door prize tickets and a special gift. There will be only 10 VIP tables year, so start getting your group together! This year’s theme is “Classic Hollywood,” so come dressed for the red carpet as your favorite actor or movie star. A photo booth will help you capture the evening. For those wishing to donate an item to the auction, or donate their time or beverages, please contact St. Mark’s Church. Suggested items to donate include gift cards, vacation properties, antiques, artwork, ballgame tickets and the like. All proceeds benefit the mission and ministries of St. Mark’s Church.
The city, and then the world, fell in love with the idea. Her plan was ambitious to begin with but grew exponentially, morphing into a copycat movement in other cities as word quickly spread. She intended to pay for the December adoptions of a few hundred animals who had not found a home and were living at the Front Street Shelter. She planned to donate about $10,000 to do so. She quickly doubled her donation while also using her resources to spread the news and promote the animal drive. The city, and then the world, fell in love with the idea. Blake Snider of Elk Grove Toyota jumped on the bandwagon and donated $10,000. Sponsors stepped up at other local shelters while donors in other cities called Pacini Hauch for tips on how to launch similar drives at their shelters. In total, 1,097 animals at the Front Street shelter were adopted in just 32 days. One of those went to Pacini Hauch herself, meaning her two “Mexi-mutts” (as she calls them because she adopted them from a shelter in Mexico) had to make a little space in the family dog house. “I couldn’t help it, I fell in love with another dog and just had to adopt her,” Pacini Hauch says. “She was sitting on my lap for about 1½ hours while I was waiting to go on the air live at Channel 31. I said, ‘Uh oh, I’m taking her home. I had to call my husband and say, get ready, I’m bringing home another one!’
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Kim Pacini Hauch paid for all adoptions in the month of December at Sacramento’s Front Street Shelter. Photo courtesy of Robin Hagy Photography. “Christmas is such an important time because people give pets as gifts. We say, ‘adopt, don’t shop.’ The shelters have baskets of adorable puppies as well as amazing dogs that are just waiting for a home. “We have a good thing started and I have many great marketing ideas for the shelter and hope to do more work for them this year and beyond. I’ve had dozens of messages from all over the world and it just warms my heart to think something so simple could go so large.” On that list of ideas, Pacini Hauch wants to help promote the Spay It Forward program for those who would like to help animals but cannot take in a new pet. Donors help pay for the spaying and neutering of stray animals, thereby helping eliminate
the problem of overcrowding in animal shelters and too many unwanted animals.
CRABBY FOR CRAB Get that butter melted and don your best crab bib. The St. Mark’s Annual Crab Feed goes Hollywood style on Saturday, Feb. 25, at La Sierra Community Center in Carmichael. This is an all-you-can-eat crab extravaganza, live and silent auction. It serves as one of the church’s biggest fundraisers. Enjoy the company of good friends and community members while dining on pasta, salad, delicious bread and a dessert. Beverages will be available for purchase.
The Wildlife Care Association would like to know if you are nuts or berries? To find out, check out the association’s Nuts & Berries Raffle at WCA, 5211 Patrol Road, McClellan Park, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4. The event used to be a silent auction but now is a raffle, offering the community a way to help save wildlife. With more than $12,000 in raffle prizes, including a 10-day cruise to Alaska, tickets are $75 each, two for $140 or three for $200. There is no limit on the number of tickets you may purchase, with all money supporting the nonprofit mission to save regional wildlife. Other Nuts & Berries Raffle prizes include birdseed for a year donated by Wild Birds and Gardens, a California Wolf Center tour for four people, Pier 39 Fun Packs, sport packages including Oakland Athletics tickets, wildlife coin sets, and gift certificates to Outback Steakhouse, Olive Garden and Garcia’s. Raffle tickets are available at the door. For more information, go to wildlifecareassociation.com. Duffy Kelly can be reached at dk@ insidepublications.com. n
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Choral Society, Grantham-Style LONG LIVE HIGH-QUALITY SINGING ‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ THEME CONCERT
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ritannia will undoubtedly rule a March 18 performance by the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra. Echoing America’s unquenched passion for the Edwardian TV saga, the 160-voice choir will present “Music of Downtown Abbey.” Leading the program is veteran director Donald Kendrick, himself a “Downton” addict. “Right from its first episode,” he recalls, “I was captivated by its music, acting and historical authenticity. As a Commonwealth (Canadian) citizen, I easily identified with Edwardian mannerisms.” Previously performed by Pittsburgh and Minneapolis ensembles, the program comes to Sacramento Community Center in a West Coast premiere. Selections showcase composers such as Edward Elgar, Gustav Holst, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry and George Frideric Handel. Because “Downton” plots are set against grand post-Victorian backdrops, the choral program recalls events of Edward VII and George V’s reigns. Commissioned for Edward’s 1902 coronation, the hymn “I Was Glad” echoes national optimism for a new reign. Then the choir offers a 1922 wedding song composed for Edward’s granddaughter, Princess Mary. Evoking Matthew Crawley’s snow-
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Don Kendrick strikes an Edwardian pose with a friend. bound proposal to his beloved Mary, Elgar’s “In the Snow” should coax many hankies from reticules. The patriotic “I Vow to Thee My Country” was Princess Diana’s nuptial choice, sung again at her 1997 funeral and now included in the Sacramento concert. “Jerusalem” has
long called Britons to full-throated melody and famously united the nation at Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding. Parry’s “My Soul There Is a Country” equates World War I Britain to a heavenly fortress, prevalent in battle. Still glorious after several centuries, “Rule
Britannia” is the ultimate we-are-thechampions chant. “Music often reminds us of historic events,” says Kendrick. “But for a contemporary touch, we’ll include John Lunn’s Emmy-winning tunes from the ‘Downton’ series.” The Sacramento show includes actors to set songs in Edwardian context. “Rule Britannia” choruses are flag-waving opportunities. Kendrick hopes concertgoers will dress to suit. Dowager, debutante and dinner dress is encouraged, and even butlers and chauffeurs have their place. “We’ll have photo opportunities with a ‘Downton Abbey’ backdrop and other surprises,” promises Kendrick. A post-concert tea will reward special supporters. “The choir usually does more classical stuff,” explains Kendrick. “But we still look for programs that offer a more theatrical experience. This performance will be more fun than anyone should be allowed at a concert.” The March 18 performance begins at 8 p.m. at the Sacramento Community Center. Tickets cost between $35 and $63. Student discounts are offered. The “Downton Abbey” program is produced in partnership with KVIE, which aired the TV series. For information, go to sacramentochoral.com
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FROM page 16 2016. Yet together, the firefighter and real estate broker have raised $6,000 to aid Sacramento children. Williams was inspired seeing engineer/paramedic Alamo with buddies Mike Mora and Chuck Godferson run the 2015 California International Marathon in full fire gear. The trio’s effort raised $3,400 for the Sacramento Children’s home. Due to domestic upheavals, Alamo himself lived on Los Angeles streets as a teenager and now mentors kids in similar plights. To bring Christmas cheer to Receiving Home residents, he persuaded fellow officers to collect sponsorships and run the 2015 marathon in fire kit. “By the halfway point in Carmichael,” he recalls, “our gear was soaked in sweat and probably weighed 40 pounds. What kept me going was a mental picture of arriving at the children’s home in a fire engine, with Santa, and giving out gifts to the kids. That’s exactly what we ended up doing in 2016, and we plan to do it again next year.” When Williams and her husband, Richard, saw the marathon on TV, they marveled at the weighed-down firemen slogging 26 miles for bruised youngsters. “I saw how they would impact children’s lives,” says the broker. “They inspired me to pledge part of my 2016 income to help. I’m a mom. When I see what my three kids have compared to some others, I’m crushed. No child should have to suffer.” Her recent check for $2,600 was the result. Alamo, 40, joined Williams for the presentation and their first meeting. “She’s inspired me to do the marathon again in 2017,” Alamo says. “I’d hoped our run would motivate other kind acts. Thankfully, Stephanie got our message.” Receiving Home officer Danielle McGarrity praises the two benefactors. “Having community members care about our work is the most valuable thing we could ask for,” she says. “After all, our kids are the community’s kids.”
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Fireman Richard “Mo” Alamo and real estate broker Stephanie Williams (center) and her family are joined by Sacramento Children’s Receiving Home supporters. Learn about the Sacramento Children’s Receiving home at crhkids. org
A PLAQUE TO REMEMBER A long-lost memorial plaque recently was recovered and displayed
during veteran observances in Carmichael. Installed in the 1970s at La Sierra High School lobby, the panel named 17 former students who fell in Vietnam War years. Due to the conflict’s unpopularity, some parents lobbied for the memorial’s removal. It
was relegated to a back hall and later, to a dark closet. La Sierra alumni spokesman Tony Asaro explains its provenance. “Our student council had it made,” he says. “Their friends died in the war and they felt like they’d lost family. They wanted to show they cared.” Following the school’s 1983 closure, much student memorabilia was thrown away “Coach George Souza saved our plaque from the dumpster,” says Asaro. “He later gave it to another La Sierra coach, Boyd “Bergie” Berggren, who kept it safe. “One night I was having dinner with Bergie. Hs wife pulled the plaque out of a closet. I’d been looking for it for 33 years. That it came back to us just days before Nov. 11 gave me goosebumps. Our Vietnam veterans are in their 60s and 70s now. They were thrilled to see our plaque and to remember their childhood friends.” The relic predates a steel edifice where veterans and families honor Vietnam heroes in Carmichael’s Koobs Nature Area. Young men remembered by the annual ceremony were students of the late Earl Koobs. A World War II veteran, the teacher spearheaded establishment of Carmichael’s Vietnam Monument and presided over tributes until his 2014 death. The memorial is dedicated to the following men: Robert D. Anderson, Mark W. Burchard, Robert S. Byrnes, Jerry Cowsert, Kenneth R. Escott, Gary R. Field, Herbert Frenzell, Frank Thornburg, Ralph Guarienti, Larry H. Morford, Thomas C. Pigg, Randall B. Rainville, Kim Richins, Jeffry Tharaldson and Robert A. Willis. Two more names are included on the recently-recovered plaque: Michael C. Whiffen and Philip A. Lotta. Koobs Nature Area is near the intersection of Engle Road and Garfield Avenue in Carmichael. For visiting information, call Linda Jones at 944-2393.
ART WITH HEART Teenage potters from St. Michael’s Episcopal Day School in Carmichael
A recently recovered plaque recalls 17 La Sierra High School alumni who died in the Vietnam War.
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FROM page 18 have produced bowls to serve good food for a good cause. The eighthgraders are among many school artists who will this year donate platters to the Empty Bowl gala supper and luncheon. The will also volunteer as event servers. Held at the Sacramento Convention Center, the two feasts annually raise upward of $200,000 for the River City Food Bank. Attendees sup on gourmet soups, beverages and desserts and take home bowls crafted by hundreds of budding, professional and celebrity artists. Admission is $70 for the March 13 supper; $30 for lunch on March 14. “Making bowls for this fundraiser has long been a tradition at St. Michael’s,” says St. Michael’s art teacher Leslie Hackard. “My students love the process of creating a bowl, knowing someone might choose it. They put their hearts and souls into the project because they know their work is helping their community.” For more information, go to rivercityfoodbank.org
HOOKED ON BUTTONS Button up your overcoat on March 4 and head for Carmichael’s La Sierra Center. At the Sacramento Button Club’s bi-annual bazaar, fasteners will be more eulogized than when Bob
Hope yearned for “Buttons and Bows” in “The Paleface.” Feminine fandangles evidently stirred cowboy hearts. But buttons began as no-nonsense accessories. Cavemen contrived bone toggles to secure animal skin cloaks and buttons probably evolved quickly from that stroke of genius. Much later, kings and courtiers affected such attachments with baroque abandon. Louis XIV ensured mirrors of Versailles glittered with boutons in bulk. Many were tooled from gold, pearl, ivory and precious stones. Such antiques are now internationally traded and exhibited. The March 4 bazaar will delight collectors and history buffs. Exhibits span the epochs from ancient China to modern years. With Gainsborough detail, Georgian “picture” buttons offer landscape or portraits—even pet likenesses. Plucked from battlefields or rotted tunics, military buttons are much traded. Vintage plastic buttons demonstrate how mass-manufacture took over an artisan trade once protected by guilds. “We often look at old buttons and imagine the stories they could tell,” says Button Club member Susan Rhoades. “You learn so much about history, art and manufacturing from these items.” Experts will be on hand to assess and appraise whatever emerges from the button box.
St. Michael’s Episcopal Day School students show ceramic bowls made by classmates. Their teacher (second right) is Leslie Hackard.
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Thousands of intriguing buttons can be admired or purchased at the Sacramento Button Club Bazaar. Serious collectors, crafters and dressmakers haunt button sales. Price tags range from picayune to gobsmacking and customers often rub shoulders with celebrities. Elton John and John Malkovich have fancied these mini-antiques; Ali MacGraw had a collection of Scottie dog buttons. At a Los Angeles sale, Barbra Streisand selected four vintage rosepainted pieces for $35 each. “For years, I kept Barbra’s check as a souvenir” recalls the dealer. “I cashed it in the end. After all, she had my buttons …” The Sacramento Button Club bazaar runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 4. Admission is by $2 donation. For more information, call 489-1785.
TREASURED PARK CELEBRATED Barrett Hills residents last year celebrated a park whose establishment was likened to a Midwest barn-raising. Five years before, neighbors teamed with the Carmichael Park District to save a 13-acre reserve, part of an old Carmichael farm, from subdivision. More than 700 mixed-income families now enjoy Jan Park. Anniversary celebrations included free hot dogs for supporters. “We’re as involved as ever,” confirms neighborhood association president Robyn Yankie. “Volunteers walk the paths every morning, picking up trash. We’ve had fires; we’ve dealt with the homeless problem; we’ve painted over graffiti. TO page 22
The 2011 ribbon cutting was attended by park district VIPs and Barrett Hills neighbors.
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FROM page 20 Our park remains the treasure of our neighborhood.” Because Carmichael Park District lacked funds, district and neighbors struck a cost-sharing deal to develop Jan’s acres. In labor and cash, each footed half the $400,000 bill. Barrett Hills Association founder Joyce Carroll spearheaded a drive to raise the residents’ share with brick sales, a rummage meet and thousands of volunteer hours.
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At the ribbon-cutting, Sacramento County Supervisor Susan Peters praised the process. “Neighbors did everything imaginable to build this park from the ground up,” she said. “Their effort illustrates the spirit of Americana that makes Carmichael such a special place to live.” Most of Jan’s acreage remain au naturel, with woodland spaces supporting wildlife. A mile of winding paths make the reserve popular for dog-walkers, joggers and nature
watchers. Playground areas allow family recreation and picnics. The park is between Jan Drive and Salmaan Avenue. For more information, call 485-5322.
TOWERING MOVE FUNDS GYM REVAMP After a $220,000 refit, Carmichael Park District’s Johnson and Villareal gymnasiums reopened last year. Renovation costs were met from the district’s sale of a cell tower lease in La Sierra Community Center campus. The botanically disguised structure allows transmission for thousands of wireless phones in surrounding areas. By a recent arrangement, a 30-year lease with T-Mobile garnered a lump sum to boost the district’s ailing budget. The deal financed new floors for 18,000 square feet of sports courts. Original floors were installed in the 1950s for La Sierra High School students. When San Juan School District shuttered the campus in 1983, Carmichael Park District acquired the facility for public use.
Hundreds of basketball and volleyball players regularly use La Sierra gyms and decades of thumping feet inevitably took a toll. Floor replacement was completed over three months last summer. Beyond the La Sierra work, T-Mobile cash will assist other district projects. “We could not have afforded these improvements without the sale of the lease,” said CRPD administrator Tarry Smith. “The loss of new funding opportunities (resulting from a legal challenge to the property-owner approved 2014 special assessment), has curtailed many potential CRPD projects. We must now be creative with finding ways to pay for improvements. Selling the tower lease was a step in that direction.” La Sierra Community Center is at 5325 Engle Road. For information on amenities, go to carmichaelpark.com Susan Maxwell Skinner can be reached at sknrband@aol.com. n
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Patricia Sturdevant FINDING A USE FOR A SURPLUS OF CITRUS
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f you’ve ever taken a stroll through Land Park (or if you’re one of the lucky ducks who live there), you’ve no doubt noticed the beautiful array of foliage from the hundreds of mature trees that line every street and avenue. You may have also noticed that at certain times of year, citrus fruit hangs heavy on the branches of these gorgeous trees and either litters the sidewalk with squelchy, slippery bits of fruit flesh or is voraciously attacked by squirrels and other creatures. Patricia Sturdevant noticed this seasonal fruit phenomenon and decided to do something about it. The Land Park resident is a retired consumer protection and health care lawyer who didn’t mean to land here but fell in love with the area after growing up in far northern California and living in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., before moving to Sacramento for work. Since Sturdevant loves to take walks in her neighborhood, she started noticing that the citrus fruit was not only hazardous but could also be the solution to an endemic problem that she’d spent her career—and countless volunteer hours—fighting. “There are 245,000 hungry people in Sacramento,” says Sturdevant. She knows that figure because of
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was making a difference—and the donation was tax deductible!”
“It makes me feel really good and I get to meet really interesting people. ”
Patricia Sturdevant her work spearheading Food From the Sac Bar, a program of the Sacramento County Bar Association that benefits Sacramento Food Bank. “I noticed that so much of the fruit from the area’s mature trees goes to waste, so it seemed like a great combination of supply and demand to link hungry families with Land Park citrus owners.”
Sturdevant brought her observations to Land Park Community Association. When her own trees gave her an overabundance of fruit two years ago, Sturdevant had called upon Senior Gleaners (which merged with the food bank in 2015). She recalls that “all ages had a great time picking and I felt good because the trees were clean and I
At Sturdevant’s behest, LPCA decided to partner with Harvest Sacramento, a program of Soil Born Farms that harvests extra citrus fruit around town and donates it to local food assistance agencies. Though volunteers can lend a hand harvesting any time during the year, LPCA will partner with Hollywood Park Neighborhood Association on Feb. 18 to host an all-day picking extravaganza complete with a free lunch put together by Biba Restaurant’s chef, Brenda Ruiz. “It’s going to be a major logistical effort,” Sturdevant says. “Dominic Allamano (who coordinates Edible City for Soil Born Farms) is going to help us put everything together, and students from McClatchy High School and Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High School as well as members of Matt Guzaitis’s Boy Scout troop will help us spread the word. It will be perfect timing, too—the early crops will still be on the trees and the oranges will just be ripening. It’s prime picking time.” Sturdevant is not just excited about the quality fruit the volunteers will be gathering for hungry Sacramentans.
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Going to the Dogs NEW ‘BARK PARK’ WILL BRING DOG LOVERS TO MIDTOWN
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t’s interesting about development.
Hansen, who asked to see a concept
People talk. They take action.
and plan.
They position themselves for all
Kolokotronis, developer John
possibilities. But economic headwinds
Hodgson and Wendy Saunders,
can slow you down, or tailwinds send
executive director of Capitol Area
you sailing. This is happening in areas
Development Authority, recruited
of Midtown, downtown, Oak Park and
Quadriga, a landscape planning and
even Del Paso. More specifically, the
architectural firm, for some pro bono
southern edge of Midtown is being
design work.
reshaped from the ground up with an explosion of development. It was a neglected area around R, S
“This is going to be the coolest park in Sacramento,” said Hodgson. “Not just the coolest dog park but the coolest park.”
and P streets between 16th and 21st streets. A cornerstone of the area was The Sacramento Bee headquarters, a corporate powerhouse and major employer that has seen better days. The area has been home to vacant lots, old auto repair facilities and abandoned buildings. But developers like Sotiris Kolokotronis, Mike Heller and Mark Friedman are fast-tracking new housing, retail and offices that will
“We needed Councilmember
ignite the community with activity, excitement, people … and a few dogs.
Hansen’s help to modify the city’s
Development started in the area
master plan,” said Saunders. “He
The recent groundbreaking took place at Truitt Bark Park. Photos courtesy of Chantel Elder of Eleakis & Elder Photography.
before the Great Recession, but it hit a wall and nothing much happened. The Safeway still served a local clientele. The Zebra Club still opened at 6 a.m. for those needing a stiff one after the graveyard shift or before the day began. Some business ventures
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held their own, while others faded away. Heller and Friedman are
Then there’s the empty field surrounded by a chain-link fence about a block from the Safeway
building The ICE Blocks, a mixed-
at 19th and S. It was supposed to
use development of residential,
become a city park, but money got
commercial and retail space. A little
tight after funds were needed to clean
to the north and east, Kolokotronis
up the site.
has plans to construct the Q19
Community leaders held a public
apartments at Q and 19th streets,
meeting. The few people who
the 20th/PQR townhomes a half
attended advocated for a dog park
block away and Press Building on
and community garden versus a
the corner of Q and 21st, where The
traditional neighborhood park. They
Sacramento Bee parking structure
approached Councilmember Steve
stands today.
helped us secure about $800,000 for the park. CADA is investing another $100,000 and managing the construction. There are a lot of new tenants and residents coming to that area, and this will be very nice for them.” While it’s officially a dog park, those behind the park are more inclined to call it a “people park” with amenities for dogs. One thing is for sure: It will attract a lot of activity, because people moving to Midtown have dogs, love dogs and love to be around others who love dogs.
A rendering of the new Truitt Bark Park in Midtown.
“This is going to be the coolest
The park is scheduled to open in
park in Sacramento,” said Hodgson.
June. While the park will be filled
“Not just the coolest dog park but the
with trees, it’s going to take some
coolest park.”
time for them to mature. “Eventually,
Truitt Bark Park (named for a
we will have a park full of shade,
community advocate Brooks Truitt)
but it will take a couple years for
will feature two fenced-in runs: one
the foliage and trees to grow,” said
for big dogs and one for small dogs.
Saunders. “People will just have to be
The very contemporary design will
patient.”
include lighting, trees and public art. It will have a public plaza feel with enough space for residents to congregate, whether they have a dog or not. Brooks Truitt was often referred to affectionately as a curmudgeon. He showed up at meetings and advocated to keep R Street’s industrial flavor
The very contemporary design will include lighting, trees and public art.
intact rather than building large state office buildings. He was 25 years ahead of his time. “This park is going to get a lot of use,” Hodgson predicted. “The park isn’t a large dog park. It’s the type of park you’d find in urban areas, but that’s a good thing because it promotes socialization for dog and people.”
A centerpiece of the park will be a large concrete statue with letters spelling out BARK. It’s part of the city’s Art in Public Places Project. Saunders said they will raise money from the public to fund the project.
But the sense of neighborhood will
Empty nesters and millennials want
not be accomplished by a dog park
an urban lifestyle, but we have to do
alone.
more about getting jobs downtown.
“We have the potential for a very pedestrian-friendly area,” explained
If not, many people will have to leave the urban core for work.”
Kolokotronis. “Something special is happening in the core. There’s pentup demand for multifamily housing.
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The Divorce Whisperer HE HELPS COUPLES SPLIT RESPECTFULLY
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law attorney who specializes
to go to court and win is the best
in collaborative divorce. We
thing, but that’s not the case here.
recently spoke with him about the
Our job is to assist the couple, not
benefits of collaborative divorce.
have a judge tell them what to do.
al Bartholomew is a family-
As an attorney, you’re taught that
Each party has a divorce coach (a You have a very impressive
mental health professional) to help
background in family law. You
deal with the emotional issues that
were the managing partner with
arise during the process. Divorce
the firm of Desmond, Miller,
often is 95 percent emotional, 5
Desmond and Bartholomew for
percent legal. This helps the couple
15 years and you co-founded
communicate better.
the firm of Bartholomew and
The financial professional is there
Wasznicky with fellow family
as a financial “neutral” to collect
law specialist Diane Wasznicky
information and make the process
in 1989. But you’re particularly
more efficient.
interested in something called
The final person on the team is
collaborative practice. What is
the child specialist, who meets with
that?
the children and reports back to
It’s a team approach to helping
the couple how their kids are doing.
couples navigate the divorce process.
Are they having age-appropriate
The couple works to resolve disputes
responses? This helps the couple
respectfully, without going to court,
understand what’s best for the child
with a team of trained professionals,
and how they can make that happen.
which includes attorneys, child specialists, divorce coaches and
Hal Bartholomew
financial specialists. How did the idea of a collaborative (instead of litigious) process come about? Collaborative practice wasn’t “invented,” so to speak, until 1990. An attorney in Minneapolis, Stuart Webb, was tired of going to court and being successful but having unhappy
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clients and feeling like he wasn’t
negotiation. (A lot of people laugh
necessarily helping the family as a
when I say “attorney” and “good
whole. He decided to only participate
faith” in the same sentence.) It just
in the negotiation stage of the divorce
means that an attorney is hired to
and he found that within the first
help resolve issues, not to throw
two years of this new approach, 98 of
Molotov cocktails into the mix.
his 100 cases were resolved without
If the attorney doesn’t help to
going to court. He realized he had
resolve things amicably, and the
something. Then a team in the Bay
parties need to resort to the court
Area developed protocols to maintain
system, then he or she is disqualified
consistency in the process.
from being further involved. This also includes the entire professional team.
How does collaborative practice work? Each party has an attorney and each attorney agrees to a good-faith
This disqualification tells the clients that we are here to help you resolve issues and for no other reason.
That sounds much more humane than some traditional divorce proceedings; it sounds like it’s founded on respect. The hardest-working people in the process are the couple. As the attorney, you’re more like an ally. You’re not standing up at the ramparts telling the other side what your client demands. The team forms a kind of corral around the couple to help them work together in a protected space. Everything is done face-to-face, there are no nasty letters going back and forth. Collaboration takes away the escalation. How are you spreading the word about this legal option?
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I co-founded the Sacramento Collaborative Practice Group in 1997 and was its first president, and I’m
trained. You can’t just say, “I’m a collaborative lawyer.” There’s a major paradigm shift
What’s the number one
doing this? Almost everyone answers,
reason someone might consider
still president! We now have 100
from being an advocate for a client to
I always ask, “Do you want to be
members from various professional
allowing the collaborative process to
able to dance with your former spouse
disciplines and we have a training
work. As an attorney, you’re trained
at your child’s wedding?” I try to get
team; we’re about to do our 16th two-
that if there’s silence, you fill it. You
clients to focus on the future. What
day basic interdisciplinary training.
learn in mediation training that
does this process mean to you?
I was also the first president of Collaborative Practice California, a
silence can be very important because it allows your client to think.
“For my children.”
collaborative practice?
What are your priorities?
statewide organization of about 22
I have couples set out goals as
practice groups that I helped found
intention statements. Why are we
12 years ago. We need people to be
If you’re considering a collaborative practice divorce—or if you need legal assistance in the areas of divorce mediation, same-sex family law and child advocacy—contact Hal Bartholomew at 455-5200 or hal@ divorcewithrespect.com. Bartholomew and Wasznicky LLP is at 4740 Folsom Blvd. For more information, go to divorceoption.com. n
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Ticket to the MLS SACRAMENTO AIMS TO PROVE ITS WORTHINESS TO SOCCER LEAGUE
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ike a bright and eager high school senior sending her application package to Stanford or the University of California, Sacramento Republic Football Club is facing a moment of truth. The soccer team began the new year by delivering its formal bid for membership in Major League Soccer. The MLS doesn’t care about inspirational essays, grade point averages and standardized test scores. The league wants to know about money. How will you finance your new stadium? How many founding corporate sponsorships and suites can you sell? What’s your premium season ticket benchmark? How much are your naming rights worth? Those are the real questions. The Republic insists it has the right answers. Assuming the team is correct, Sacramento should be guaranteed one of two 2017 expansion slots in the booming MLS. Acceptance letters are due this summer. “For over two years, Sacramento has methodically built our case as an MLS-caliber city,” says Kevin Nagle, Republic managing partner. Once membership is approved (and after the Republic pays the MLS a $150 million entry fee), work can begin on a 20,000-seat soccer pitch in the northeast corner of the downtown railyards, just off Richards Boulevard. The $226 million stadium will be finished in time for the 2020 MLS
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Future location of Sacramento Republic's new field. season, which runs March to October and places the Republic directly in competition with the River Cats baseball club. The Republic has done the heavy lifting, building a textbook marketing program, engaging fans and setting attendance records while dwelling in the minor leagues of U.S. professional soccer. The team produced a compelling argument for MLS entry. But the real heroes are Sacramento sports fans. When a team applies for league membership, it’s the community that’s put on trial. Sacramento soccer fans may take the community’s worthiness as a pro sports market for granted, but the MLS makes no such assumptions. When a pro league looks at
Sacramento, it sees lots to like, but also potential problems. Two major categories for concern were identified early by the Republic. In a 2015 market analysis, the Republic listed “premium seating” and “corporate base” as “potential challenges” that could harm Sacramento’s chances for financial success in the MLS. Those two troublesome areas have long been questioned by sports promoters interested in Sacramento. In 2010, Major League Baseball sent a reconnaissance mission to explore the feasibility of a baseball stadium in the railyards. No specific team was highlighted, but the candidate was the Oakland A’s, which is still looking for a new home in Oakland.
At the time, the A’s hoped to jump to San Jose—territory that A’s ownership had years earlier given to the San Francisco Giants. Major League Baseball wanted an alternative site near the Bay Area. MLB crossed Sacramento off the list when the scouting party decided the capital market lacked the corporate heft to support premium seat sales and founding partnerships. And there was zero evidence Sacramento taxpayers would help pay for a $1 billion ballpark. Around that time, the NBA was in a panic over the financial viability of the Kings. The Maloof family still
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seats, naming rights, sponsorships and partnerships. “We’ve proven the strength of our market,” Nagle says. The Republic has demonstrated an ability to pack Hughes Stadium and the temporary bleachers at Bonney Field. But the MLS won’t care about the sheer number of warm bodies at the pitch, especially if fans walked in with discount tickets. Premium season tickets, sponsorships and suite sales are the name of the game. That’s where the Sacramento market must prove itself. Nagle and his crew understand what the MLS wants to see in gilded economic terms. If the Republic demonstrates long-term, top-dollar commitments from the region’s corporate leaders, Sacramento will tower above the pack of discountdriven cities seeking a ticket into the MLS. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com. n
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AT THIS FAMILY FARM, THE ANIMALS LIVE GOOD LIVES
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ay hello to Denise, Esther, Falla, Hedda and Marigold. Check out Kameo, Khan, Kona and Kettle Bell. They are the cutest cattle I’ve ever seen.
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These are heritage-breed cattle— Scottish Highland, Dutch Belted and Irish Dexter primarily. You can reach through the fence and touch their shaggy winter coats. Marvel at their massive horns and gentle faces. Listen to them talk to one another in drawnout moos and throaty bellows. Long Dream Farm is a 90-acre farm and creamery located on beautiful but hilly terrain in the Sierra Nevada foothills outside of Lincoln. There’s another 280 acres used for grazing on the Bear River. Andrew and Krista
Abrahams established the farm in 2012. Humans and heritage-breed cattle aren’t the only creatures that live here. There are approximately 1,500 chickens, making a cacophony of chicken noises, nine prehistoriclooking emus, fiercely protective alpacas, equally protective and massive Pyrenean mastiffs, including one named Truck, donkeys, various regular-sized dogs, an Icelandic horse and others. All the animals have names. The female calves born this year will be
given names starting with the letter C, and the males will have names that start with an L. That way, the Abrahamses can keep track of when their animal charges were born. Long Dream Farm is one of only two dairies that show up in search results when I Google “dairies in Placer County.” According to Krista, the county once had a number of thriving dairies, but by the 1970s most had closed. Long Dream Farm stands out for another reason. The Abrahamses focus on the welfare and happiness of
the animals under their care, which is why the farm is Animal Welfare Approved. That label on a product indicates that it “come[s] from farm animals raised to the highest animal welfare and environmental standards,” according to AWA. “They’re meant to thrive outside,” Andrew explains. “It is possible to do [this] in a way where the animals have good lives.” By facilitating a low-stress, natural environment and maintaining family and social bonds, among other practices, the couple helps ensure that their animals are, well, happy. Most people believe that all dairy cows live in a green pasture, Andrew says. There usually aren’t any calves in that scenario, and there’s not a lot of verdant pasture, either. It is part of “greenwashing,” the type of information some companies use to present an environmentally responsible image. It is marketing spin that helps us feel good about the food we buy and consume. Andrew believes that people should care about animals and how they are treated, and
they should expect to pay more for Long Dream Farm’s products because they cost more to produce. The Long Dream Farm dream started back when the family was living in New York. The Abrahamses were concerned about the food they were eating and how it was produced. About six years ago, they left the East Coast and settled out west on the farm. Andrew has a Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Illinois. He co-founded Aviso, a software company, in 2012. His degree and impressive career seem slightly out of place in this rural environment, but he’s adapted to his surroundings. He manages the farm’s Instagram account and often posts cameos of the photogenic Denise and her bovine friends and family. With a couple of part-time employees, the Abrahamses and their children handle the never-ending list of chores, including early-morning milking, egg gathering and making fresh Greek yogurt, several cheeses and ice cream in the creamery. Add
to that guiding farm tours, training milk cows (yes, cows), selling their products at local farmers markets, educational outreach and farm stays—overnight stays in the farm’s guesthouse. The 12-year-old is a natural at marketing, her 8-yearold brother likes to work with the chickens, and the 3-year-old enjoys giving tours. There’s also a heritage cattlebreeding program. Heritage cattle aren’t usually found in commercialsized dairies. According to The Livestock Conservancy’s website, “These are the breeds of a bygone era, before industrial agriculture became a mainstream practice. These breeds were carefully selected and bred over time to develop traits that made them well adapted to the local environment and they thrived under farming practices and cultural conditions that are very different from those found in modern agriculture.” Some, like the Dutch Belted and Dexter, were in danger of extinction and remain on the organization’s Conservation Priority List. Yet they might be
models for “survival and selfsufficiency” in the modern dairy. The Abrahamses do things differently. Cows are only milked once in the morning. They can even take days off. Calves stay with their mothers and continue to nurse until they are weaned naturally, which strengthens family bonds. The cattle live outdoors and graze on grass. The chickens hang out with the cattle, which helps cut down the fly population. But these aren’t new ways of doing things, as Krista is quick to point out. They are a return to old ways, with some new twists. This family-run farm in Placer County might be a long shot and a dream, but it is a model for better treatment of the creatures that provide us with so much. Go see it for yourself. For more information about Long Dream Farm, visit longdreamfarm. com or call 543-0758. Angela Knight can be reached at knight@mcn.org.- n
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Growing Online THE WEB IS A FULL OF INFORMATION ON GARDENING
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othing is more hands-on than gardening. You can’t grow a watermelon on the World Wide Web or prune a rose with a cellphone. But you can, in fact, learn a lot about how to garden. I rarely refer to the many gardening books on my shelf. When I want to learn about a plant or a pest, it’s easier to go online. Things were different when I trained to be a UC Master Gardener 15 years ago. We were armed with excellent University of California information that the public couldn’t readily access. My most treasured possession was a binder holding a complete set of Pest Notes, which told how to control weeds, bugs, vertebrate pests and plant diseases. I put it next to my desk, along with my classroom handouts and notes and university publications, including the California Master Gardener Handbook. If somebody asked me a question or I needed information for an article, I thumbed through the pages for the answer. UC has put much of that information online, along with many other tools to help you identify weeds, calculate water needs or select plants. A few years back, I recycled my Pest Notes and training materials. People are still encouraged to call the Master Gardener office for advice, but when I answer the phone, I make sure that
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they know about the Integrated Pest Management website (ipm.ucanr. edu) and our local Master Gardener site (sacmg.ucanr.edu) before helping them sort through and interpret the information. One thing hasn’t changed. During my training, we were warned to be very cautious about providing information from nonuniversity sources. Master Gardeners are part of the Cooperative Extension system, designed to help people use researchbased knowledge. Just as there is fake news on the internet, there is a lot of bogus gardening information. UC sites are trustworthy, but others
may be unreliable, outdated or just trying to sell you a product or service. It’s also possible that the information simply does not apply to our soil types or climate. Not many places in the world have our many months of seasonal drought, mild winters and intense summer heat. All gardening is local. Farmer Fred Hoffman has compiled a wealth of Sacramento-area information on his website (farmerfred.com). Sunset magazine emphasizes regions, dividing the west into many zones based on temperature and coastal influence. The magazine first produced its “Sunset Western
Garden Book” in 1954 and continues to update new editions every few years. I still refer to the book, although climate zone maps and other information are on their website (sunset.com). Sunset has produced a Plant Finder app for the iPhone, although there doesn’t seem to be an Android equivalent. There are many garden apps, but I haven’t run across any that seem particularly useful. However, the cellphone is a great tool for looking up information and taking photos in the garden or at nurseries. You can look up plants, products or tools online and find where they are offered
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gardening chat groups, too. These sites have given me a chance to communicate with gardening friends around the world. Closer to home, Nextdoor has been a good place to exchange gardening information and to buy, swap or give away plants and produce. There is a variety of online sources to help you design your landscape and choose appropriate plants. Sacramento County Water Agency lists many design resources with sample landscapes, design templates and plant lists on its Cash for Grass page. At some point, we need to tear ourselves away from our devices, pick up our tools and get to work. Ideally, we can do it better with all of the electronic information that we’ve gleaned. Gardening hasn’t changed. The way that we learn about it has. Anita Clevenger is a lifetime Sacramento County UCCE Master Gardener. If you can’t find your answers online, call the Master Gardener office at 876-5338. n
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Living Large CREATING A MURAL FOR GOLDEN 1 CENTER
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steban Villa is the most accessible artist in Sacramento. He can be found most every
night at Simon’s bar on 16th Street, seated in the far corner, facing the door, his back to the hallway that leads to the patio. A pint of beer typically stands within reach, but beer isn’t the point. Notice the rainbow array of pens and pencils neatly laid out along alongside the beer glass, and the compact notebooks that contain Villa’s latest drawings. Don’t touch. The ink’s still wet. Look closely at the newest drawing and recognize the woman seated across the horseshoe bar. She’s talking to a friend. And she’s only vaguely aware that her flattering image has been interpreted and preserved by a renowned artist and muralist whose work is monumental in scope, size, irreverence and longevity. In some ways, Villa is Sacramento’s contemporary version of ToulouseLautrec. Our cafe artist celebrates
Artist Esteban Villa
the bohemian spirit and captures the swirl of nightlife as everyday citizens enjoy themselves. Of course, Simon’s is not the Moulin Rouge, circa 1890. Midtown is not Montmartre. And still going strong at age 86, Villa has seen 50 more birthdays (and counting) than the self-destructive French
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postimpressionist master, who died
bar-top studio, he has bigger things
5. His portfolio includes the state’s
at 36.
in mind. Not long ago, Villa received
East End campus, two blocks from
Still, the comparison fits. To
a six-figure commission to participate
Simon’s, and Southside Park. Villa’s
witness a respected artist working
in a high-profile project: the Royal
vivid folkloric inspirations are all
nightly in a saloon, where he finds
Chicano Air Force legacy mural
around us.
inspiration in the festive environment
at Golden 1 Center. RCAF artists
disdained by other artists, that’s
Juanishi Orosco and Stan Padilla are
experiences I’ve had, and the work
something special.
also at work on the piece.
I’ve been able to do, I stop and think,
“People ask me if I’m slowing down
The soaring K Street wall in the
now that I’m 86,” Villa says. “I tell
new arena is a perfect canvas for
them no, I’m just getting started.”
Villa, who loves to work large. He has
He means that literally. Despite
“When I think about the great
that’s not bad for a dirt-poor kid from Bakersfield,” he says. There are many reference points
enlivened numerous buildings around
in Villa’s long life and success, but
the satisfaction Villa gets from
California. He helped create the
his biggest impressions involve
creating postcard-sized art at his
sprawling artworks in the K Street
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and inclusive. Humor sustained their
Force.
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Villa taught art classes for three
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decades at Sac State. He helped
messages, a talent inevitably on
inspire the pioneering crew of
display in Villa’s work. Years from
professors who established the
now, people will study the Golden 1
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piece and learn some old RCAF tricks.
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Villa is studiously vague and cagey
retirement, he maintains the title of
when describing his work. Always the
professor emeritus.
teacher, he invites interpretation and encourages his audience to see beyond the obvious.
In some ways, Villa is Sacramento’s contemporary version of Toulouse-Lautrec.
When I ask him about the themes for the Golden 1 mural, he smiles and deflects the question. He says, “It’s been done for years. We’ve just been waiting for the right place to install it.” His artistry extends beyond murals and cafe sketches. Villa is a singer, guitarist and songwriter, leading a loosely affiliated band of seven or
As for the RCAF, an artists collective that exquisitely expanded into the political realm to promote social justice though creativity, imagination and mysticism, Villa was a co-founder. He and the late Jose Montoya started the RCAF in 1970. The RCAF became one of the most enduring instruments of Chicano Power during the political upheavals of the 1970s. Today, UC Santa Barbara’s Donald C. Davidson Library maintains many pieces from the group’s work in an internationally recognized collection. RCAF artists—sadly, few have
eight musicians. His compositions are generally inspired by his rural childhood around Bakersfield, where he enjoyed traveling bands that played for farm workers. Villa sings about love and money troubles and nights with too many drinks. He carries batches of his latest CD, “Habanero Honey,” in a satchel with his art supplies. He gives copies to anyone who shows an interest. The music is like Villa’s art, a
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armichael native Benjamin Schwartz has a natural eye for style. He always has. It was evident at age 12 when his father took him to a local tailor to purchase his first suit. The haberdasher was so impressed with his young client’s fascination with suit fabrics and styles, he sent him home with a professional trade catalog to encourage further
study. It worked. Now, 20 years later, Schwartz uses the world’s finest wool flannel and cashmere suiting fabrics in his own Sacramento shop, Benjamins, where he creates handcrafted shoes that have attracted an international following. A graduate of Del Campo High School and Sacramento State
University, Schwartz, who now lives in East Sacramento, originally steered his visual talents and innate sense of style into filmmaking and studied at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara. While in college, he interned with the state of California film crew that documents official news and events of the governor and other state officials. “It may sound exciting to be filming in the middle of all the action,” says Schwartz, “but lugging 500 pounds of photo equipment around Sacramento on a hot summer day was a different reality. When I graduated, I opted for a position with the State Treasurer’s Office and worked on affordable housing issues for seven years, which was rewarding but not particularly creative.” In 2015, he left his state job and opened Benjamins in the new Warehouse Artist Lofts on R Street. Schwartz can be found most days in his workshop—the nerve center for his global headquarters and his sole brick-and-mortar store. Orders for his shoes roll in from both his website (Benjamins-shoes.com) and local customers. At WAL, curious passersby can watch him create shoes by hand with beautiful and unusual fabrics. The process is from another era. Even his specialized hand tools—awls, knives and hammers—seem foreign. Schwartz is generous with his time and amiably conversant as he cuts, carves and stitches his custom orders. He fell into the custom shoe business while working in his spare time on a pilot for a TV show about custom-made men’s suits. “I met some shoe company guys and explained my interest in footwear and textiles,” says Schwartz. “They gave me some shoe lasts and said, ‘Here, practice on these.’ So I got my mom’s sewing machine, a used pair of Vans, some scraps of Robert Talbott fine cloth, a master shoemaker’s manual, and I started experimenting.” The television pilot didn’t go forward, but Schwartz did. His shoe experiments brought him full circle from his childhood interest in suits and fabric to trending footwear. It took him more than two years to wade through Australian Tim Skyrme’s “Bespoke Shoemaking: A Comprehensive Guide To Handmade Footwear.” During
that time, he formulated the idea that launched his business. “As I was learning the process, cutting soles, stitching uppers by hand and pattern making, I kept thinking about a classic, comfortable dress slipper on a sneaker sole,” says Schwartz. “With unique fabrics instead of leather, I wanted to create the ultimate in comfort with a welltailored, streetwear style—all in one shoe.” For the uppers, he uses exquisite fabrics Loro Piana cashmere from Milan, fine wool flannel from the legendary Fox Brothers in England and Ralph Lauren’s rugged outdoor polypropylene and upholstery fabric. Schwartz has a steady flow of customers who appreciate his unique shoes. There is a four-month lead time on all orders. Schwartz has grown his team to four people to help meet demand, and their goal is to produce about 40 pairs of shoes a month. Five clocks on their workshop wall— Sacramento, New York, London, Milan
and Tokyo—keep them conscious of their global commitments. They are always on the lookout for new fabrics and technological advancements for increased durability. Another attractive feature of Benjamins footwear is an organic charcoal bamboo lining that kills odorcausing bacteria. All shoes are made to order for men and women in sizes from 5½ to 16, and they range in price from $185 to $350. A linen bag and cedar shoe trees are included with each order. Next on Schwartz’s style horizon: a new hiking boot and an English-cut shop jacket for men and women in unlined wool flannel or natural linen. “I wanted to create a quality, goodlooking, tailored shoe that is versatile, ahead of its time and feels like your favorite slipper,” says Schwartz. “We’ve done that, and now the jacket is a natural progression from our shoes. It’s classic, it’s inspired by traditional British workwear—and, importantly, it’s comfortable.” n
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Striving Toward Thriving WHERE THE WINDS WILL TAKE ME IN 2017
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hen I was a young whip of a preacher, my 80-year-old seminary professor gave me two pieces of advice I’ve never forgotten. First, he said, “Stop trying to sound like Billy Graham. God has one syllable, not two.” OK, that’s important. Second, “Forget retiring in a big house. Use your money to travel.” In 2015, I took his advice by shedding our 2,800-square-foot McMansion. Since then, many readers have asked about my future plans. How long will I continue my little “downsizing experiment” in our dilapidated mobile home rental?
I’m trying to live the best life I can live, no matter where that is. If you’ll allow me a personal indulgence, I’d like to share our tentative plans for 2017. Soon, I will start classes at the Art Institute of California, where I hope to earn a culinary arts degree and prove I-told-you-so to my wife, Becky.
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write here and there ... I will write anywhere. As I share all of this, I am trying to keep in mind the most important lesson I’ve learned as a chaplain: Don’t count on the future. I say that because I’ve seen many folks breathe their last breath before cashing their first retirement check.
In the meantime, she’s driving across town to begin her second semester of French at Alliance Francaise de Sacramento. We are doing this to prepare for the second piece of my professor’s advice: travel. By July 1, we’ll retire from our jobs, shed the mobile home, sell our RV and put our household goods in storage. Our first stop this summer will be Belgium, where Becky’s French lessons should prove handy and my cooking skills shamefully inadequate. But we have made connections with a Brussels church where I promised to “preach for food.” After Thanksgiving, we will join our daughter in Honduras, where she runs a charity called Chispa, helping to bring children’s libraries to local schools (chispaproject.org). Then, in early 2018, we will turn our attention to Central or South America. Probably Ecuador. I say Ecuador because we went there in 2015 to see the Galapagos Islands
and explore the idea of overseas retirement. We drove 8,200 feet into the cool Andes to find beautiful Cuenca and its population of 700,000. It was there we found an English community of 5,000 expats who’d sold their belongings to rent furnished homes for half the cost of an American home. We also started an ongoing conversation with a church about how we might help when we returned. By the end of this decade, we will likely end our gypsy life and return to the States for a more permanent home—preferably a small house with a picket fence in a town with a little snow, but rarely a scorching day. And yes, to answer your last question, I will keep writing my column as long as my editors keep taking my copy. I’m a lot like Dr. Seuss’s Sam-I-Am who conquered his aversion to green eggs and ham. That means I will write in a box, with a fox, in a house, with a mouse. I will
I’m a lot like Dr. Seuss’s Sam-I-Am who conquered his aversion to green eggs and ham. I’m praying I won’t become like the greedy farmer in Jesus’ parable who told himself, “Self, you’ve done well! You’ve got it made and can now retire. Take it easy, and have the time of your life!” If you know that story, you’ll know that God took the old fool’s soul on the following morning. I’m doing everything I can to not become that old—and quite dead— fool. I’m trying to live the best life I can live, no matter where that is. With that caveat, email me at comment@thechaplain.net to tell me how you will spend 2017. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to start my cooking lessons. Norris Burkes is a chaplain, syndicated columnist, national speaker and author. He can be reached at norris@thechaplain.net. n
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Save a Tree CITIZEN SCIENTISTS KEEP AN EYE ON THREATENED ELMS
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acramento became a “city of trees” thanks to 19th-century residents who, desperate for shade, planted elms—graceful, fastgrowing, long-lived trees ideal for city life. Tens of thousands of elms able to grow more than 100 feet tall kept the city cooler in the summer and provided a beautiful canopy that still defines Sacramento’s older neighborhoods. Today, the magnificent elms of our urban forest are at risk. According to Pamela Sanchez, a certified arborist with Sacramento Tree Foundation, Sacramento may have had 25,000 elm trees in the past. Now we’re down to about 2,000. Many elms have died of old age and were replaced with a different type of tree, or not replaced at all. Others were casualties of major storms in the mid-20th century. But starting in 1990, Sacramento’s stately elm trees faced a deadly new threat: Dutch elm disease. Dutch elm disease is caused by a fungus that probably originated in Asia. Both European and American elm species are susceptible. The disease came to North America from Europe via infected logs around 1930. (The modifier “Dutch” refers to a group of scientists who studied the fungus, not where it came from.) The disease marched across the continent, slaying tens of millions of trees, and reached Sacramento in 1990.
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The fungus infects the tree’s waterconducting (vascular) system. The tree tries to protect itself by blocking off the affected tissue, but this clogs the tree’s “pipes.” Water can’t reach the crown, and the tree dies. Elms catch Dutch elm disease in two ways: bark beetles and root grafts. Bark beetles tunnel into elm wood under the bark and lay their
eggs. The eggs hatch, the larvae mature into adults, and adult beetles exit the tree. If the tree is infected with Dutch elm disease, spores from the fungus stick to the beetles, which then carry the disease to healthy elms. Trees infected in this manner will show wilting, curling or browning of the leaves on the infected branch. The leaves will often drop
prematurely. The disease will steadily progress through the entire tree, one branch after another. The elm can survive for several years before perishing. The fungus can also spread via the roots. Elm trees planted in a row along a city street, for example, have roots that cross each other in the soil. Eventually the roots grow together, or “graft.” This means the trees now share a vascular system, and if the Dutch elm disease fungus is in one tree, it can flow into other trees in the row, too. Elms infected via root grafts will die rapidly (weeks to months rather than years), causing neighborhoods to lose entire stretches of big old trees at once. This has been a lesson to urban foresters. Sanchez says, “There used to be less variety in the urban forest. Now we try to manage away from monoculture [planting only one kind of tree] on a single street.” Dutch elm disease is incurable, so the goal of management is to prevent transmission. Once a tree is infected, its root grafts to neighboring trees must be severed and the tree must be cut down as soon as possible, before the bark beetles emerge. In the 1990s, when many elms were dying, Sacramento launched an early detection program. The program itself died of budget cuts but was resurrected in 2016 by Sacramento Tree Foundation and the city of Sacramento. The new Save the Elms Program relies on citizen-scientist volunteers to monitor public elm trees. These trained volunteers visually inspect their assigned trees at least three times each summer, looking for signs of ill health.
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According to Matthew Van Donsel of Sacramento Tree Foundation, in this first year they trained 50 volunteers who monitored a total of 750 elms. “At the training session, we walk people through how to identify English and American elms. We teach them how to identify symptoms of Dutch elm disease, and generally help people get used to looking at trees.” Citizen scientists record their observations in an app called Greenprint Maps, which has records of all the city’s public elms. They use binoculars to examine the tree’s crown, and if they see anything amiss, they take a photo and alert the foundation. The foundation passes the information to the city’s Urban Forestry Department for follow-up. “It’s hard to tell the difference between drought, DED and squirrel damage,” Van Donsel admits, “but people get better as they do it.” The more eyes on the elms, the better. “If you live in Midtown or downtown and have an elm on your street, look at your tree every few weeks, especially in the summertime when DED shows
itself,” he says. “Take a walk, save a tree.” The most important thing you can do to keep your elm tree healthy is water it deeply in the summer. Avoid unnecessary pruning of elms in the spring or summer, because at that time of year the “wounds” may attract bark beetles. Chemical fungicides can suppress Dutch elm disease spread by bark beetles. But the treatments are expensive, unreliable and can shorten the tree's lifespan, so the city does not use them on the general elm population. “Some private residents of Curtis Park have elected to pay for fungicides themselves,” Sanchez says. “It’s worth it to them to try to protect their trees.” Sanchez argues that saving Sacramento’s elms is worth a lot. “Their significance can’t be overstated.” She says. “They provide many benefits: shade, beauty, cleaning the air. They’re not replaceable.” Training sessions for new citizen scientists begin in April. Learn more at sactree.com/STEP. n
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Slice of Paradise DEL RIO TRAIL WOULD BRING MANY BENEFITS
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outh Land Park residents have embraced, with open arms and open minds, the idea of a Del Rio Trail. The abandoned right of way of the old Sacramento Southern Railroad Walnut Grove Branch line would be reanimated and repurposed. The trail would stretch a full four and a half miles from Sutterville Road to Meadowview/Pocket Road. In a South Land Park Neighborhood Association survey, 83 percent of the respondents supported having the trail. No doubt some of that trail support is related to strong opposition to a defunct California State Parks plan. Parks wanted to have steam locomotives chugging through the corridor, belching billows of black smoke. The city will start trail planning in earnest this year, funded with a $2 million grant from the Sacramento Area Council of Governments. There are no funds yet for land purchase or construction but, optimistically speaking, shovel work could begin in 2019. The corridor is owned by Sacramento Regional Transit, which bought it for its light rail South Line, then picked a different route. Usually when a bike trail or multiuse path is proposed for an already-developed area, opponents emerge, raising the specter of horrible consequences. They fear crime, vandalism and homeless camping.
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The proposed Del Rio Trail would stretch for a full four and a half miles. While the fears may be real, the dire consequences are not. Trails typically bring benefits, not problems. More “eyes on the street” actually decreases crime and other bad behavior. Homeowners who live nearby are happy to learn that trails not only improve their quality of life;
they substantially increase property values as well. Trails provide pleasant places to walk, jog and bike. Trails are a favorite place for cyclists, offering a peaceful, natural setting away from vehicle traffic. Trails make getting
places by foot or bike easier and safer. They allow people to relax, to interact with nature and with each other. Trails aren’t just about recreation and transportation. Trails bring business opportunities and economic benefits. Some people already use the Del Rio corridor for recreation. Ron and Joanne Dick were walking their Dalmatian, Sparky, on a sunny December Sunday when I asked them if they had heard about trail plans. They had. Joanne expressed “mixed feelings.” They love the site as it is and cherish its hidden, natural beauty and community feeling. Ron described how a corridor neighbor had installed a bench for trail users and set out water for Sparky. While a bit wistful, they understand it would be good to have more people enjoying a formal trail. The Del Rio corridor, despite its rusting rails and rotting ties, is bursting with potential for more widespread enjoyment. After 40 years of abandonment, the sterile rail right of way has naturalized. It’s surrounded by backyard trees and ornamental plantings. In the winter, it’s lushly green and quite attractive. A trail is not the only possible corridor use. By folding adjacent land (a former federal site and offered private property) into plans, there would be room for community gardens, sports courts, dog parks and more. The city will consider creative ideas during planning. In a novel approach, the neighborhood association suggested a UC Davis landscape architecture class propose corridor uses. Associate instructor Prashant Hedao said students
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on Arnold hates the term “diet.” “A diet is so temporary,” he explains. “Instead, we should all shoot for healthy eating.” Arnold is the poster child for attainable, healthy eating habits. As the founder of Fit Eats, a locally based business that cooks balanced, flavorful meals in a commercial kitchen on Kiefer Boulevard and delivers them to your door or to retail storefronts in Midtown and Roseville, Arnold has made it his mission to get healthy food to the masses. Growing up in Cottonwood (near Redding) and attending Chico State, Arnold was always “big into health and fitness” and even worked as a personal trainer in college. After working for health supplements giant GNC, Arnold decided to open his own chain of sports-nutrition stores to capitalize on his stay-fit philosophy. But a healthy meal service company in Texas piqued Arnold’s interest even more than supplements and led him to found Fit Eats in 2014. “The company in Texas had a good foundation, but the food was mediocre,” says Arnold, who loves to cook. “I liked the concept, but the menu never changed. For Fit Eats, I envisioned something similar but with a rotating menu and with delivery. The big thing now is instant gratification and convenience, so
to create exciting dishes from all over the world in the perfect portions so you know exactly what you need to consume.” The meals proved so popular that Arnold and his team started scouting brick-and-mortar storefronts so customers could select meals in person instead of ordering online. The Midtown storefront on 16th and P streets opened in 2015, and the Roseville outpost followed a few months later. Expansion to the Bay Area is in the works.
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why not bring healthy meals right to people’s doors?” After securing a commercial kitchen, the 32-year-old got to work on recipes that would provide flexibility and interest while still
adhering to a healthy lineup of seasonal, local ingredients. “It’s not like Round Table Pizza,” Arnold says. “Healthy foods for the everyday person don’t have to be just brown rice and chicken. We wanted
“We have a huge variety of customers,” says Arnold, who lives in West Sacramento. “During tax season, we’ll have tax offices order in for all their employees. We have elderly customers or those who can’t drive to the store because of a disability who love the fact that the food comes right to their door, and the Bay Area is a very viable market. People with disposable income is our target market. You’re paying for the convenience factor of not having to go shopping or cook or clean up. You have to ask yourself, ‘What is my time worth?’” If Fit Eats’ success is any indication, time is money, which is why Arnold is working on completing
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out of season, I’ll switch it up and try something new, which allows me to be creative with menu items. In business, you have to have to be innovative, you can’t stay stagnant. Every day is a learning experience. That’s why I love Fit Eats: The fact that I like to cook and stay in shape fits all my interests into one.”
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Wishing for Walgreens CHERISH THOSE ANNOYANCES OF BUYING VALENTINES FOR YOUR GRADE-SCHOOLER
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ou think you’ve got it bad, impatiently standing in the holiday aisle at Walgreens the night before Valentine’s Day with a child who can’t decide between a 32-count box of Star Wars or Captain America valentines—and why the heck do they sell a 32-count box anyway when everyone knows class sizes are topping out at 34 plus the teacher? You think raising 8-year-olds is so hard when you finally finish cursing Valentine’s Day card manufacturers and pony up for both boxes because you need three more dang cards and say, “OK? Good? Can we go now? Do you have a list of all your classmates so we don’t forget someone again like last year and I have to get the stink eye at the gym from Cynthia’s mom until she passive aggressively confronts me about her daughter being the only one not to get a Valentine’s Day card from you?” You think it’s not the picnic you imagined raising grade-schoolers when first your kid starts begging for an overpriced bag of more air than candy against your protests because, “Everyone puts candy in their valentines, Mom, please!” and then when you give in starts whining because all the good candy is gone before finally crying because you make this long, drawn-out, apparently monumental Valentine’s Day decision
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for him by throwing the cheapest candy in the cart to protests of “But sweet tarts are lame!” Oh, sister, you just wait. You’ll be begging for tears and sweet tarts in Aisle 6 of Walgreens when you realize it’s time to have the talk because you just found out through the soccer practice/Little League practice/ swim team practice grapevine (or any congregation of gossipy adults watching their kids do something recreational) that there’s a group of middle-school kids at your child’s school providing pro-bono sex education—with photographic proof circulating. “OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!” you’ll say, covering your
eyes to the mental image of these kids you served cookies and punch to at the Valentine’s Day party in kindergarten doing things that should only happen in a Mature Committed Relationship. “But I’m not ready yet! They’re not ready yet!” Oh yes. Oh yes they are. So you finally accept that your Aisle 6 days are over and your Aisle 3 days—feminine products and family planning needs—are staring you right in the face. You’ll lose sleep practicing what you’re going to say and when you’re going to say it and you’ll become jumpy like a cadet waiting for the move-out command wondering, Now? Is now a good time?
Then on that stuck-in-traffic ride to practice day you’ll take a deep breath and rush in with the talk. “You know how I said you couldn’t watch R-rated movies with mature themes and sexual content until you were comfortable having a frank talk about sex with me?” you’ll begin trying to start light. “Well, I think it’s time we had that talk.” Then for the next half-hour you’ll try to cover all the bases (pun intended) in a way you hope will resonate with your teen, including the reiteration that sexual activity of any kind should be reserved for a Mature Committed Relationship, adding, “Teenagers, and a surprising number of adults, don’t normally fall into the Mature Enough for Sex category,” in case it wasn’t clear. And then when you finally get to your destination and have the courage to look your teen square in the face while holding your breath to see if you’ve completely horrified and mortified them (for their own good), you’ll say, “Is there anything you want to ask me?” Your middle-school daughter, the one who you swear you were just having an Aisle 6 hurry-up-andpick-already fight over Barbie versus baby animals valentines, and where you desperately wish you were still standing now, will turn to you and calmly say: “So does this mean I can watch ‘Bridesmaids’ now?” Hang on to the holiday aisle at Walgreens as long as you can, people. There’s no rush where you’re headed. Kelli Wheeler is an author, family columnist and freelance writer. For weekly Momservations or to contact her, go to Momservations.com. n
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errie Kelly understands collaboration. An award-winning interior designer, author and multimedia consultant, she founded Kerrie Kelly Design Lab in 1995. Her new business venture, 42nd Street, came about through plenty of teamwork. Last year, Kelly and her husband, Vinny Catalano, met with a custom cabinetry and millwork manufacturing team in New York. They couple wanted to integrate the features of luxury kitchen cabinetry, such as self-closing drawers, dovetail joinery, and custom hardware, stains and finishes, into a line of wood furniture. The more ideas Kelly and her husband put on the table, the more the New York team agreed. “They never said no to anything we suggested,” she says. “In those couple of hours, the conversation evolved from needs
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Kerrie Kelly (in front wearing green) and her design team.
we had for cabinetry to sketches and walking through ideas about furniture pieces,” she says. “We knew we were on the right track. Then we wondered what we were going to call the company.” Kelly’s husband suggested the name 42nd Street, after the street where they live in Sacramento and the notorious New York thoroughfare. The tagline they developed for the business is “Make Your Statement.” “We typically say that our designs are by designers for designers,” Kelly explains. So far, 42nd Street has produced 40 pieces, including the Taylor Console, the Katelyn Bookcase, the Bernard Desk, the Vincent Secretary and the Ramona Buffet. (All are named after family members.) The furniture is made by Amish craftsman. The company’s signature piece is the Mary
Lou Jewelry and Lingerie Chest, named after Kelly’s grandmother. The piece embodies her grandmother’s personality. “She was a woman whose every action spoke to quality,” Kelly explains. The piece is similar to a bedroom dresser. But it is topped with a piece of glass, so you can see your jewelry at a glance and pick out pieces to coordinate with your outfit. “For me, it is out of sight, out of mind,” Kelly says. “I go shopping in my Mary Lou every day.” Every six months, a designer will be selected as a Tastemaker to create one piece under the 42nd Street brand. “Pieces are licensed and carry the individual’s name. When the piece is sold, they get a piece of the action,” says Kelly. “It allows us promote our
pals in the business and make it not all about us.” 42nd Street will be exhibited this spring at the largest furniture design show in the country: High Point Market in North Carolina. “Our brand partner, Wesley Hall, which does all of our private-label upholstery for the Design Lab and 42nd Street Design, has asked us to feature the line in a boutiquelike portion of their two-story showroom in High Point,” Kelly says. “It is also where we launch/announce our Tastemakers each market.” Kerrie Kelly Design Lab remains the hub of activity for Kelly. The East Sacramento location offers interior design and consultation services, indoor and outdoor furnishings, upholstery, casegoods, floor, wall and window coverings, and antiques and artwork.
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“Our team will always design pieces for Sacramento, and while 42nd Street is being feathered in, we are the foundation,” she says. Kerrie Kelly Design Lab is at 5704 Elvas Ave. For more information about Kerrie Kelly Design Lab, go to kerriekelly.com. To see Kelly’s 42nd Street line of furnishings, lighting, artwork and rugs, go to 42ndstreetdesign.com. If you know of a home you think should be featured in Inside Publications, contact Julie Foster at foster.julie91@yahoo.com. Correction: The homeowners in the story 'Nod to the Past' were incorrectly identified as Chris and Amy Cookson, rather than Chris and Amy Wood. (Home Insight, January 2017) n
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Art Preview GALLERY ART SHOWS IN FEBRUARY
JAYJAY presents “What JAYJAY Loves” Feb. 14 to March 25. Valentine’s Day reception 5 to 7 p.m. Shown above: “Before We Count Up What This Will Cost,” mixed media on paper by S.R. Jones. 5520 Elvas Ave.; jayjayart.com
Tim Collom Gallery shows works by painter Miles Hermann in February. Shown above: “City Rain,” oil by Hermann. 915 20th St.; timcollomgallery.com
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The KVIE Gallery features the work of Bob Miller through March 17 in a show called “Bob Miller: Local Impressions.” Shown above: “Golden Fields,” oil by Miller. The KVIE Gallery; 2030 West El Camino Ave.; kvie.org
Sparrow Gallery presents “Heat 2017” through Feb. 27. This regional show features works done in encaustic (hot wax layers with pigments burned in). Shown above: “Field of Vision,” encaustic by Barbara Nilsson. 2418 K St.; sparrowgallerysacramento.com
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Beautiful single-story three bedrooms, three bath home in Arden Park on .53 acre.The home was built in 1990 with a dramatic, contemporary interior. $849,000 Kathy Applegate 916-997-7795
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Country living in the city! Beautifully updated, large ranch home near prestigious Del Paso Country Club on quiet, Private Street. 5bd, 3ba, large kitchen, formal dining and separate family room. $799,000 Christine Dariotis 916-412-8112
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Well Designed Floor Plan Features Formal Dining and Living Room with Marble Fireplace; Family Room and Master Suite Overlook Half Acre Lot. $575,000 Hilary Devine 916-425-9384
Extra spacious and gracious Moss & Moss Tri-Level - Four bedrooms - Dual glass throughout - Nearly brand new HVAC Vaulted ceilings in bedroom & living room w/den area $449,000 Barbara Frago 916-425-3637
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Features include a remote master suite, a covered patio and deck perfect for entertaining and even an updated garage! Home backs up to a Sheriff’s station. $319,000 Kris Quigley 916-607-0035
Moss & Moss Loft Model - New Carpeting - New Water Lines Throughout Home - Updated HVAC With Gas Heater - Great Location Backing To Extra Parking Spaces $310,000 Barbara Frago 916-425-3637
Great tile Áooring throughout with granite tile counter tops in an excellent location and community! $139,000 Brenda Siravo 916-300-4996
Sought after gated community in a wonderfully convenient area of Sacramento. Clubhouse, pool/spa, BBQ area and gym. $535,000 Brenda Siravo 916-300-4996
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The Attic Architect SHE GIVES NEW LIFE TO OLD CITY HOUSES
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rchitect Laura Macaulay has never done things the easy way. She grew up in the heart of East Sacramento, on 46th Street, comfortably ensconced in a well-established Sacramento dynasty. Her father was a city councilmember and the owner of the local Mayflower moving and storage franchise at 20th and J streets (Carmichael’s Macaulay Circle is named in his honor), and her home had been in the family for more than a generation. The street on which she lived was wide and tree-lined (“The trolley cars went down our street, out to Oak Park,” she says), and the neighborhood was a bastion of history and community. Macaulay’s parents went to high school in an era when Sacramento had just one (her dad) or two (her mom) high schools. She herself attended high school at St. Francis. Nevertheless, when she graduated from UC Davis, having studied planning, landscaping, interior design and architectural history, she couldn’t wait to leave. She applied to, and was accepted into, the graduate architecture program at Miami University of Ohio. “I never wanted to come back,” she confesses. “I grew up in my mom’s childhood home. They moved into it in 1932, and it was built in 1927. My mom loved to go for walks, but we couldn’t go for half a block without stopping to
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Architect Laura Macaulay. chat with someone. It would take an hour to walk two blocks.” Macaulay was determined to break the mold. She chose to enter a male-dominated profession that was both personally and professionally demanding. She was also committed to living in a different time zone and seeing the world. To her surprise and
bemusement, she ultimately found herself back in Sacramento, this time as a trailblazer. She cut her teeth doing conventional projects, both large and small, and these continue to be her bread and butter. Her company, Macaulay + Architects, housed on 19th Street in Midtown, has done work for St.
Francis, as well as the remodel for her brother’s alma mater, Jesuit High School, and it designed the senior cohousing development in Davis. What Macaulay is now passionate about is repurposing unproductive attic space in older homes, primarily in East Sacramento, to create additional bedrooms or other living space. For years, she had creatively reimagined these attics, having grown up in a house blessed with just such a space. “Most of these houses were built in the mid ’20s to ’30s,” she says. “They have high peaks, they’re neo-Tudor, and they have a nice presence.” The challenge is superimposing current building codes onto these historic structures. “Every bedroom requires two means of egress. That’s usually a door and a window. The code requires a certain size and height for the windows,” says Macaulay. “You’re looking at at least 1,000 square feet of storage space up there, but some houses don’t even have access to that space.” Once she can get up there, Macaulay has to look at the specific features of the attic. The minimum wall height can be no less than 5 feet, and at least half the room must have a height of 7. Additionally, the floor must be brought up to code so that it can support the added weight of walls and residents. It’s a complicated process. “The owner, the contractor, the building department: They all want different information,” she grouses. “I need to appease all three of them.” At the same time that a structural engineer is analyzing stress tolerance, Macaulay is measuring everything in the space from every conceivable angle. “You have to have a strategy so that
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or Tim Collom, it’s all or nothing—whether in his job as one of the top real estate agents in town or as an in-demand painter. “If I love something, it becomes an obsession,” the 39 year-old says. “Real estate is my job—and I love it—but painting is my passion. It’s not a hobby, but it’s also not just a talent. It takes practicing over and over again. I don’t need to be the best, but I am driven to get better.”
“Why do I paint?” he says. “I want people to smile.” “Driven” doesn’t even begin to describe Collom, who was something of a wunderkind in real estate when he passed the licensing exam when he was only 21 at the behest of one of his strength and conditioning clients. At the time, Collom was training the Sacramento State tennis team after growing up around trainers who worked with greats like Jerry Rice. (Collom is a Bay Area native.) His interest in art was sparked early on by his computer programmer father,
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Realtor and painter Tim Collom. who would sketch and paint in the evenings to relax after a long day at companies like Oracle and Apple. But Collom didn’t give his artistic tendencies free rein until about 10 years ago. “I showed interest in art in high school, but I was more interested in being a teenager,” Collom says. “It
was also seen as somewhat unnatural to be interested in art as a male, so I pursued sports training instead.” After following a roommate from Long Beach State to Sac State to finish his degree, Collom found himself face-to-face with local art luminaries like Wayne Thiebaud (whose late son Paul was a close
friend) and Gregory Kondos. “I couldn’t help but be influenced by them because I was around them a lot,” Collom recalls. “I would watch and see what they did. I even played tennis with Wayne a few times.” But Collom’s rekindled creative instincts took a back seat to a real estate career that started to skyrocket fairly soon after he received his license. The clever businessman knocked on doors and introduced himself to neighbors to get his name out there at the start of his career—a move he credits for his success as a real estate agent and as an artist. “I knocked on 8,000 doors a year as an agent, so I did the same thing with galleries as an artist,” Collom says. “I’m not afraid of rejection. In fact, it drives me more.” His perseverance clearly paid off, considering he routinely sells his colorful paintings depicting vibrant California landscapes and other relatable scenes for $2,000 and beyond here in Sacramento and in Carmel. Tim Collom Gallery, the industrial gallery space he runs on 20th Street, was originally intended as a place to exhibit his own art when he bought
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money from your art. Money is the easy part. Creating is the difficult, more important part.� Collom uses social media to market his real estate and his art. “The internet is both your best and worst friend,� he says. “You can post a picture of a piece and sell it immediately, which is great until you run out of pieces, since there’s more demand than supply right now. But you’re also letting people in on the process. They can see your evolution.� Collom has evolved a great deal over his past 17 years in real estate,
decade of painting and four years as a gallery director. But you can chalk it all up to his enviable drive and, ultimately, his desire to make the world a little bit brighter.
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Sacramento Ballet is presenting "Beer & Ballet" this month at CLARA in Midtown.
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Pints En Pointe “Beer & Ballet” presented by the Sacramento Ballet Feb. 3-19 Fry-Paoletti Stage at CLARA Midtown (E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts), 2420 N St. sacballet.org Get a glimpse inside the minds of the Sacramento Ballet dancers as they unleash their creative power with bold new works of choreographic imagination. Discover the next generation of visionary dance makers and enjoy a variety of brews while you do so. It’s a win-win!
Exhibitionism at the Crocker “JapanAmerica: Points of Contact, 1876-1970,” on view Feb. 12 through May 21 “Two Views: Photographs by Ansel Adams and Leonard Frank,” on view Feb. 19 through May 14 Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. crockerart.org Check out two exciting new exhibitions opening at the Crocker this month. “JapanAmerica: Points of Contact, 1876–1970”, a major exhibition organized by the Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, surveys the role that international exhibitions and world’s fairs have played in artistic exchanges between Japan and the United States. Focusing on Japan’s place in major international exhibitions held on the American continent from 1876 onward, finishing with a look at the first World’s Fair held in Osaka in 1970, this beautiful and diverse assembly of more than 100 works examines the influence of Japanese aesthetics on painting and printmaking, ceramics and metalwork, graphic design, advertising, bookbinding and illustration. “Two Views: Photographs by Ansel Adams and Leonard Frank” opens Feb. 19, 75 years to the day after former President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 during World War II, authorizing the Secretary of War to designate certain areas as military zones and clearing the way for some 120,000 Japanese Americans to be incarcerated in camps throughout the American West. This compelling collection of photographs—40 by Ansel Adams and 26 by Leonard Frank—presents two views of internment and incarceration in the early 1940s, providing an opportunity to reflect on the nature of reactionary politics, racism, forced separation and the resulting effects on victims.
Stormy Weather “The Tempest,” presented by the Sacramento Theatre Company Feb. 22 through March 19 Sacramento Theatre Company, 1419 H St. sactheatre.org Teeming with shipwrecks, fairies and magic, “The Tempest” is considered by many to be William Shakespeare’s finest romance. The deposed Duke Prospero and his daughter, Miranda, have been stranded for 12 years on a small island where nothing is quite as it seems. But as they separate fantasy from authenticity, they eventually triumph in a new world of love, harmony and redemption.
The Sound of Love “Love Songs in Feb.: From Nat King Cole to Diana Krall—And A Whole Lot of Lovin’ In Between,” a concert featuring the Valerie V Quintet Saturday, Feb. 25 from 6:30-9 p.m. Nepenthe Clubhouse, 1131 Commons Drive 205-4001, valsvocals.com. To reprise the mood from V Day, crooner Valerie V and her talented quintet will perform sultry standards sure to delight the ear and inspire some amorous admiration. A percentage of profits from the concert will go to Community Resident Services Broadway Senior Center, Sacramento.
"Sex With Strangers" is playing at William J. Geery Theater.
Strange Bedfellows “Sex With Strangers,” a play by Laura Eason presented by EMH Productions Feb. 2-18 William J. Geery Theater, 2130 L St. emhpros.weebly.com When star sex blogger and memoirist Ethan Kane, aka Ethan Strange (played by magnetic local actor Tory Scroggins), tracks down his idol, the gifted but obscure novelist Olivia (played by Elise Hodge, founder of EMH Productions), he finds they each crave what the other possesses: her brilliance as a serious writer and his notoriety as a hit on The New York Times best-sellers list for five years in row. As they inch closer to getting what they want, both must confront the dark side of ambition and the near impossibility of reinventing oneself when the past is only a click away. “Sex with Strangers” had its world premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago and its New York premiere at Second Stage Theatre in June 2014 under the direction of David Schwimmer (yes, of “Friends” fame).
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Rutherford Chang is exhibiting at the Verge Center for the Arts through March 19.
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Crocker Classical Concert featuring Jacqueline Hairston, Henrietta Davis and Laurel Zucker Sunday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m.
Verge Center for the Arts, 625 S St. vergeart.com Back by popular demand, this craft workshop will help guys who want to impress their significant other this Valentine’s Day with something other than chocolate and roses (though you might want to include some of those, too). Valentine expert Gioia Fonda, a Verge Studio artist, will lead participants of all skill levels through the steps of making a valentine that “doesn’t suck.” And to get the creative juices flowing, Verge is offering a free beer for workshop participants who are age 21 and over. While you’re there, enjoy the ongoing exhibition “Rutherford Chang: We Buy White Albums,” which continues through March 19. For the duration of the exhibition, the gallery will function as a record store stocking only numbered copies of The Beatles’ 1968 self-titled double-LP, popularly referred to as the White Album. But rather than selling albums, the anti-store will solicit additional albums for Chang’s collection of more than 1,600 copies. For the past decade, Chang has been collecting numbered copies of the White Album. The original pressing featured serial numbers stamped on the covers, alluding to a limited edition—though ironically, that initial release was in excess of 3 million copies! Chang’s interest in collecting the White Album lies in how every copy has aged uniquely. Like a blank canvas, the nearly half-century-old albums have accumulated doodles and graffiti from previous owners (along with discoloration and mold), turning each album into a one-of-a-kind object. The discs themselves have become warped and scratched over time, creating slight variations in playback. Over time, these albums have become uniform yet unique artifacts. Visitors are invited to browse the albums, listen to the vinyl and, of course, contribute their copies of the White Album to the collection.
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Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. crockerart.org In honor of Black History Month, renowned composer/arranger and pianist Jacqueline Butler Hairston presents a program of works by female African American composers. Interpretive soprano Henrietta Davis and recording flutist Laurel Zucker join Hairston to offer compelling renditions of works that include Hairston’s own song trilogy “On Consciousness Streams.” The influence of African American jazz and spirituals, as well as European classical music, will be explored in this gorgeous concert, which will also include lyrical renditions of poetry by Alice Walker, author of “The Color Purple.”
Flutist Laurel Zucker will perform at Crocker Art Museum.
Roll Over, Beethoven Two-Week Beethoven Festival presented by the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera Saturday, Feb. 25 (and Saturday, March 4)
Crocker Art Museum will host the Mexico City Woodwind Quintet.
Woodwinds in the River City Crocker Art Museum hosts the Mexico City Woodwind Quintet Thursday, Feb. 2 at 6:30 p.m. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. crockerart.org The Crocker Art Museum is honored to host the Mexico City Woodwind Quintet during its brief stint in Sacramento. Considered one of the most important chamber music groups in Mexico today, the quintet is dedicated to performing music that reflects contemporary Latin America. Performances with the National Symphony Orchestra and the Mexico State Symphony Orchestra gained the group widespread international acclaim, and its members draw on diverse musical backgrounds to infuse their instrumentalism with astounding artistry. Space is limited and advance registration is recommended.
We All Live in a Yellow Submarine Ron Campbell, legendary animator/director, at Beatnik Studios Tuesday, Feb. 14, from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Community Center Theater, 1301 L St. sacphilopera.org Lend an ear to some of your favorite Ludwig van Beethoven pieces (including his beloved Symphony No. 7) as well as other classics such as Toru Takemitsu’s “Quotation of Dream” and Johann Sebastian Bach’s Double Keyboard Concerto featuring Peter Serkin and Julia Hsu on piano. Guest conductor Andrew Grams has led orchestras throughout the United States, including the Philadelphia, National and Baltimore symphony orchestras and the Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Dallas and Houston symphonies. He has also worked with orchestras abroad, including the Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver symphony orchestras, the Orchestre National de France, BBC Symphony Orchestra London, Sydney Symphony, Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecillia, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra and Oslo Philharmonic. Talk about world-class conducting!
Forney Play “Darrell Forney: Playing Around,” presented by Beatnik Studios Feb. 3 through March 23 Opening reception on Friday, Feb. 3 from 6-9 p.m. Beatnik Studios, 723 S St. 400-4281, beatnik-studios.com In this exhibition, Beatnik Studios celebrates the work of late multimedia artist Darrell Forney, who made a significant imprint on the Sacramento community for decades through his paintings, films, photography, writing and music. His artwork ranged from large abstract oils to collage to acrylics to archival sketches and block prints. (He was perhaps best known for his paintings featuring crows, his sewing pattern paintings, his collages and abstractions and his paintings of large lettered postcards.) Beatnik will be showing a range of his work, much of it on loan from Sacramento City College, where Forney joined the faculty in 1966. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n
Beatnik Studios, 723 S St. 400-4281, beatnik-studios.com Ron Campbell, animation director of the Beatles’ 1960s Saturday morning cartoon series and animator of their 1968 film “Yellow Submarine,” will be making a rare personal appearance at Beatnik Studios to offer original cartoon paintings for sale from his 50-year career in animation, including work from “Scooby Doo,” “The Smurfs,” “Rugrats,” “Winnie the Pooh,” “The Flintstones,” “The Jetsons,” “George of the Jungle,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and more. During the show, Campbell will also be creating new pop art paintings, including a special piece entitled “All You Need Is Love,” which can be personalized for that special someone for Valentine’s Day. The exhibit is free and all works will be available for purchase.
Animator Ron Campbell is stopping by Beatnik Studios.
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Romance Is in the Air THESE SPOTS ARE A SUREFIRE WAY INTO THE HEART OF YOUR VALENTINE
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hen the calendar turns to February, one can’t help thinking of Valentine’s Day. It’s a spot of warmth in an otherwise short and often dreary month. It’s an especially bright spot for those in the restaurant trade. Valentine’s Day is one of the busiest dining-out nights in the country. For some, it’s a highpressure date night; for others, it’s a cozy renewal of years of partnership. Wherever couples are in their romantic arc, Valentine’s is a night when many go out on the town and toast to their love. We offer a few ideas for romantic dining. Whether on V-Day itself or any old weekday night, these spots should help kindle the flame. Ella Dining Room and Bar Maybe it’s the profusion of gauzy curtains, the soft lights swinging from the wood-paneled ceiling, or the gorgeous dishes coming from the kitchen, but Ella has a bit of a transportive quality to it. A night spent surrounded by the indulgent luxury and leisurely service at Ella can move a diner away from the everyday and into a dreamy, languid space. It’s hard to imagine that Ella, a jewel in the Selland restaurant group, has been open nearly a decade. It was one of the first businesses to take a
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Take your valentine to Ella Dining Room and Bar for a romantic dinner. chance on a revitalized K Street and, despite nearby openings of eminently romantic restaurants like Mayahuel and Brasserie Capitale, it still ranks as the street’s premier dining destination. The elegant duck, a simple but gorgeous plate, is a feast for the senses. The old-fashioned seafood tower is a charming way for a party of two to get their hands dirty cracking crab and slurping oysters. The cocktails are expertly crafted, and the happy hour is still one of the best in town.
Ella is at 1131 K St.; 443-3772; elladiningroomandbar.com. The Firehouse Restaurant For half a century, The Firehouse Restaurant has put out exquisite food while surrounding diners with Victorian luxury. Still the grand poobah of Old Sacramento dining, The Firehouse has hosted every California governor since its opening in 1960. During the spring and summer, the ridiculously charming courtyard is a place to dine among twinkle
lights under a canopy of lazy shade trees. But in the cold month of February, the velvety dining room, with its heavy lacquered woods and sumptuous colors, is a space whose warmth doesn’t come from the boiler in the cellar. Every plate that comes from the award-winning kitchen is a piece of art. It’s hard not to be romantic during an evening at The Firehouse. The Firehouse Restaurant is at 1112 2nd St.; 442-4772; firehouseoldsac.com.
Taylor’s Kitchen It’s easy to overlook this little neighborhood dining room attached to Taylor’s Market, but the low lights, rich menu and bustling open kitchen make it a romantic getaway any night of the week. It’s a small, intimate room, and the limited but attentive staff makes every diner feel like friends of the house. It’s impossible not to bond with nearby tables of fellow diners and shout out “bravos” to the kitchen staff. Depending on the night, the room can be wryly rowdy or soothingly relaxed. Either way, it’s imbued with a convivial romanticism that no diner can escape. Taylor’s Kitchen is at 2924 Freeport Blvd.; 443-5154; taylorskitchen.com. Aioli Bodega Espanola The large-windowed space on the corner of L and 18th streets makes Aioli’s medium-size dining room seem huge. During the spring and summer, the small, charming patio is a treasure. But in the winter, the warmth of the dining room, with its windows on the world, beckons. The menu, filled with expertly made Spanish tapas, allows a couple a
chance to share and chat and stretch out the night with a plate of this and a bowl of that. The service is cheeky and charismatic and definitely helps make the evening special. Aioli Bodega Espanola is at 1800 L St.; 447-9440; aiolibodega.com. Moxie One simply does not discuss romantic dining without Moxie making its way into the conversation. The narrow, old-fashioned dining room on H Street is still as invisible from the street as it was when it opened nearly two decades ago. The menu is still a mere suggestion, with the rotating specials list being the star of the show. The mere presentation of the laundry list of specials is always a rabbit-from-thehat trick by the owner. The dim lights and closer-thanfamily service are unmatched for creating a romantic dining experience. There is literally nowhere you can eat in Sacramento and feel as special and adored as you do at Moxie. Moxie is at 2028 H St.; 443-7585; moxierestaurant.com.
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5038 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883
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B L D $-$$ Full bar, casual, locally owned European style café with table service from 5 pm and patio dining • bellabrucafe.com
Sam’s Hof Brau
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571 Pavilions Lane 649-8885
2500 Watt 482-2175
Cafe Bernardo Pavilions Shopping Center B L D $$ Full Bar Outdoor Patio Seasonal, European-influenced comfort food • Paragarys.com
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Thai House 427 Munroe in Loehmann’s 485-3888 L D $$ Wine/Beer Featuring the great taste of Thai traditional specialties • sacthaihouse.com
3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 487-1331 L D $$ Full Bar Italian bistro in a casual setting • Cafevinoteca.com
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Willie’s Burgers 5050 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-5050 L D $ Great burgers and more • williesburgers.com
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DOWNTOWN Cafeteria 15L
116 15th Street 551-1559 L D $$ Classic American lunch counter with a millennial vibe • cafeteria15l.com
650 Fulton Avenue 489-1350
The Kitchen 2225 Hurley Way 568-7171 D $$$ Wine/Beer Five-course gourmet demonstration dinner by reservation only • Thekitchenrestaurant.com
La Rosa Blanca Taqueria 2813 Fulton Ave. 484-6104 L D Full Bar $$-$$ Fresh Mexican food served in a colorful family-friendly setting
Luna Lounge 5026 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883 B L D $-$$ Full neighborhood bar serving dinner nightly. Open at 11am daily. Weekend breakfast. • bellabrucafe.com
Matteo’s Pizza
L D Full Bar $$ Family-run authentic Irish pub with a classic menu to match • deverespub.com
Downtown & Vine 1200 K Street #8 228-4518 Educational tasting experience of wines by the taste, flight or glass • downtownandvine.com
Ella Dining Room & Bar 1131 K St. 443-3772 L D $$$ Full Bar Modern American cuisine served family-style in a chic, upscale space Elladiningroomandbar.com
Esquire Grill 1213 K St. 448-8900 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Outdoor Dining Upscale American fare served in an elegant setting • Paragarys.com
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Firestone Public House
4321 Arden Way 488-47794 D $$-$$$ Full Bar Gourmet Chineses food for 32 years • Dine in and take out
Pita Kitchen 2989 Arden Way 480-0560
Roxy 2381 Fair Oaks Blvd. 489-2000 B L D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine with a Western touch in a creative upscale atmosphere •
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DeVere’s Pub
1132 16th Street L D $$ Full Bar Sports bar with a classical american menu• firestonepublichouse.com
Frank Fat’s 806 L St. 442-7092 L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Chinese favorites in an elegant setting • Fatsrestaurants.com
R STREET Café Bernardo
1431 R St. 930-9191 B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Casual California cuisine with counter service
Ma Jong’s 1431 L Street L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Cuisine from Japan, Thailand, China ad Vietnam. • majongs.com
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Iron Horse Tavern 1116 15th Street
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L D $-$$ Full Bar Gastro-pub cuisine in a stylish industrial setting • ironhorsetavern.net
1415 L St. 440-8888
Old Soul & Pullman Bar
L D $$-$$ Full Bar Celebration of the region’s rich history and bountiful terrain • Paragarys.com
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B L D $ Full-service cafe with artisan coffee roasts, bakery goods and sandwiches • oldsoulco.com
South 2005 11th Street 382-9722 L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Timeless traditional Southern cuisine, counter service • weheartfriedchicken.com
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Fat City Bar & Cafe 1001 Front St. 446-6768 D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine served in a casual historic Old Sac location • Fatsrestaurants.com
1601 16th Street
L D Wine/Beer $$ Bistro favorites with a distinctively Sacramento feeling in a riverfront setting • riocitycafe.com
The Firehouse Restaurant 1112 Second St. 442-4772 L D $$$ Full Bar Global and California cuisine in an upscale historic Old Sac setting • Firehouseoldsac.com
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Nido Bakery
1409 R Street Suite 102
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1201 R Street
1110 Front Street 442-8226
From 5 pm Dine In or Take Away
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1801 L Street #40 441-7463 L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Cheese-centric menu paired with select wine and beer • therindsacramento.com
Zocolo 1801 Capitol Ave. 441-0303
Ten 22 1022 Second St. 441-2211 L D Wine/Beer $$ American bistro favorites with a modern twist in a casual, Old Sac setting • ten22oldsac.com
Willie’s Burgers 110 K Street L D $ Great burgers and more. • williesburgers.com
L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cuisine served in an authentic artistic setting • zocolosacramento.com
MIDTOWN Biba Ristorante
2801 Capitol Ave. 455-2422 L D $$$ Full Bar Upscale Northern Italian cuisine served a la carte • Biba-restaurant.com
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Evan’s Kitchen
2115 J St. 442-4353
855 57th St. 452-3896
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L D $-$$ Wine/Beer/Sangria Spanish/world cuisine in a casual authentic atmosphere, live flamenco music - tapathewworld.com
B L D Wine/Beer $$ Eclectic California cuisine served in a family-friendly atmosphere, community table for single diners • Chefevan.com
2730 J St. 442-2552
Thai Basil Café
Formoli’s Bistro
L D $$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cooking served in a casual atmosphere • Paragarys.com
2431 J St. 442-7690
Centro Cocina Mexicana
Federalist Public House 2009 N Street L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Wood-fired pizzas in an inventive urban alley setting • federalistpublichouse. com
Hot Italian L D Full Bar $$ Authentic hand-crafted pizzas with inventive ingredients, , Gelato • hotitalian.net
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L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio Housemade curries among their authentic Thai specialties Thaibasilrestaurant.com
The Waterboy 2000 Capitol Ave. 498-9891 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Fine South of France and northern Italian cuisine in a chic neighborhood setting • waterboyrestaurant.com
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3839 J St. 448-5699 B L D Wine/Beer $$-$$$ Mediterranean influenced cuisine in a stylish neighborhood setting • formolisbistro.com
Hawks Public House 1525 Alhambra Blvd. 558-4440 L D $$-$$$ Familiar classics combined with specialty ingredients by chefs Molly Hawks and Mike Fagnoni • hawkspublichouse.com
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3145 Folsom Blvd. 551-1559 L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Raw and refined, traditional Japanese cuisine and sushi • krurestaurant.com
3301 Folsom Blvd. 455-2233
L D Full Bar $$$ Modern American cuisine in an upscale historic setting
B L D $$ Full Bar Patio Pacific Northwest cuisine in a casual bistro setting • 33rdstreetbistro.com
Red Rabbit
Burr’s Fountain
1215 19th St. 441-6022
Opa! Opa! 5644 J St. 451-4000 L D Wine/Beer $ Fresh Greek cuisine in a chic, casual setting, counter service
2718 J Street
4920 Folsom Blvd. 452-5516
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L D $$ Full Bar All things local contribute to a
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5530 H St. 452-8226
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Paragary’s Bar & Oven 1401 28th St. 457-5737 L D $$ Full Bar Fabulous Outdoor Patio, California cuisine with a French touch • Paragarys.com
L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Urban winery and tasting room with a creative menu using local sources • rwwinery. com
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Cabana Winery & Bistro 5610 Elvas 476-5492 LD $$ Wine tasting and paired entrees. Sunday Brunch 10 - 2. • cabanawine.com
Clubhouse 56 723 56th. St. 454-5656 BLD Full Bar $$ American. HD sports, kid's menu, breakfast weekends, Late night dining
OBO Italian 3145 Folsom Blvd.
D $$ Inventive Japansese-inspired seafood dishes • skoolonkstreet.com
L D Full Bar $$ The rustic, seasonal, and nourishing flavors of Italy. Counter service and patio • oboitalian. com
Suzie Burger
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29th and P. Sts. 455-3300
5723 Folsom Blvd. 457-3679
L D $ Classic burgers, cheesesteaks, shakes, chili dogs, and other tasty treats • suzieburger.com
L D Full Bar $-$$ Classic Italian cuisine served in a traditional family-style atmosphere
B L $ Wine/Beer Southwestern fare in a casual diner setting
Roxie Deli & Barbeque 3340 C St. 443-5402 B L D $ Deli sandwiches, salads & BBQ made fresh. Large selection of craft Beer • roxiedeli.com
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This Month @ the Market
A LOOK AT WHAT’S IN SEASON AT LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS IN FEBRUARY
BROCCOLI
CABBAGE
MEYER LEMON
This healthful cruciferous vegetable is available much of the year, from September through June. It’s a member of the cabbage family. To eat: Steam or roast at high heat in the oven with olive oil and salt.
This leafy green-, purple or white-colored plant is low in calories and can be pickled, fermented, steamed, stewed, braised or eaten raw. To eat: For a fresh slaw, slice thinly and toss with poppy seed dressing.
This citrus fruit is yellower and rounder than a regular lemon, and its flavor is much sweeter. To eat: Use the juice to make a sweet curd or a nicely flavored vinaigrette.
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SWEET POTATO
These are grown locally year-round, but they are particularly crisp, juicy and mild in flavor when grown in cool weather. They come in multiple varieties, including daikon, watermelon and white icicle. To eat: Serve with butter and salt for a French-inspired hors d’oeuvre.
This large, starchy, sweet-tasting root vegetable is a great source of beta-carotene. To eat: Roast the flesh and use instead of pumpkin for a delicious Southern pie.
BLOOD ORANGE
This lovely orange has beautiful crimson flesh and a pitted skin. It makes a spectacular juice for drinking plain or adding to cocktails. To eat: Segment and use in a salad.
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