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hen the tragic death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., hit the national news in August, our son was staying at our home while in a twoweek law enforcement class. Alex, 24, is a deputy sheriff in central California. As we watched the news coverage, we began to feel pretty outraged at some of what we were hearing from journalists covering the shooting and the riots in its aftermath. I was glad Alex was here, because he helped us understand a side of the story that was clearly not covered— the point of view of the officer and the concept of justified force. Alex told us there are three things the public needs to know about contacts with police. For most people I know, they are obvious: remain courteous, cooperative and compliant. According to Alex, police officers are trained to pursue criminality, not skin color. Officers must have a reason to make contact with an individual. They must be able to

explain later in court that they had either a reasonable suspicion or probable cause to believe the individual had committed or was about to commit an offense. “The fact is that more than 95 percent of police contacts are handled without rising above the level of dialogue,” Alex said. “This is because most people are cooperative and compliant. This is the way it should be, because it is unlawful to resist and/or obstruct an officer while in the performance of their duty.” He added that if a person disagrees with a stop or an arrest, the place to argue the case vigorously is in a court of law, not on the street. “When an officer meets resistance, officers are trained to use a level of force justified by the specific threat or resistance presented,” he said. For example, if a person pulls away from an officer making an arrest and snaps, “Don’t you touch me,” the officer can choose to apply a “compliance hold” to that person. “These holds are designed to convince the person to comply,” he said. Alex said police are taught that when a suspect is actively resisting, the officer can use a Taser or pepper spray to overcome that resistance. “People are surprised to discover that when a suspect strikes an officer, or even acts as if he or she is about to strike an officer, that officer can legally deliver impacts with what we call personal body weapons,” he said. Alex also explained that officers can punch, kick or strike with elbows or knees to defend themselves and make an arrest. Officers can deliver baton impacts to targeted areas on

the body. Officers can strike a suspect more than once if the suspect doesn’t stop threatening the officer. If a suspect tries to hit an officer, don’t be surprised when that officer hits back. “I’ve never heard an officer say at the beginning of a shift, ‘I hope that today I get to shoot someone,’” Alex said. “That is utterly ridiculous!”

There are three generally held misconceptions about deadly force that continually arise and that the public—and journalists—need to understand. While the vast majority of officers never fire their weapons in the line of duty, Alex said that some have to. “When an officer is faced with the threat of death or great bodily injury—or someone they are sworn to protect is faced with that same imminent threat —an officer is justified in using deadly force,” he said. There are three generally held misconceptions about deadly force that continually arise and that the public—and journalists—need to understand. The first is that an officer can shoot an unarmed person under certain conditions. “An officer may have to

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cooperative and compliant, there would never be a need to employ force. The reality is, however, that although most people will cooperate, some people will resist arrest. Alex reminded us that police work is a contact sport, but for cops there is no second place. If someone in the public sees a cop struggling with a suspect and decides not to give a hand, they should at least give them the benefit of the doubt. He said cops are not asking for citizens to get into the arena with them. They would just like the public and journalists to stop appearing to cheer for the other team.

ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS I want to encourage readers to vote on Nov. 4 for a number of candidates I know personally and have great confidence in.

Michael Alcalay is running for San Juan Unified School District board of education. I’ve known Michael for many years and seen him in action as a community leader. He will make an excellent school board member. Gregg Fishman is running for the SMUD board in Ward 3. He is seeking the seat held masterfully for 20 years by my friend Howard Posner. Howard endorses Gregg, which means a lot to me. We’ve covered Greg’s community work in Arden in our publication for years. I also wholeheartedly recommend Brian Holloway, who is running for re-election on the American River Flood Control Board District board of trustees. I’ve worked alongside him for years in the East Sac Chamber of Commerce and on land-use projects. He deserves re-election. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com n

Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art SEPTEMBER 21, 2014 – JANUARY 11, 2015 Drawn from the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the exhibition explores the varied contributions of Latino artists to American art and culture from the mid-20th century to the present. Featuring nearly 100 works the exhibition will examine how their works express an evolving and particular American experience. Oscar R. Castillo, ‘47 Chevy in Wilmington, California, 1972, printed 2012, inkjet print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment. © 2012, Oscar R. Castillo. Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Generous support for the exhibition has been provided by Altria Group, the Honorable Aida M. Alvarez; Judah Best, The James F. Dicke Family Endowment, Sheila Duignan and Mike Wilkins, Tania and Tom Evans, Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino, The Michael A. and the Honorable Marilyn Logsdon Mennello Endowment, Henry R. Muñoz III, Wells Fargo and Zions Bank. Additional signiﬁcant support was provided by The Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center. Support for Treasures to Go, the museum’s traveling exhibition program, comes from The C.F. Foundation, Atlanta.

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Going Once, Going Twice... JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL’S FUNDRAISER AUCTIONS OFF WORKS BY LOCAL ARTISTS

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alling all art aficionados, Jesuit High School invites you to an event Oct. 3-4 that presents an opportunity to enjoy and purchase works of art by some of Sacramento’s most talented artists, including pieces by David Komar, Gregory Kondos, Christy Spoto, Tim Collom and a host of others. The event is open to the community and admission is free. Guests will also enjoy light appetizers and beverages. Half of the proceeds benefit the school. The event allows the community to experience some of riches of Sacramento’s art community and an opportunity to own some very highquality pieces of art. Other artists represented include Vicki Asp, Mark Bowles, Eric Dahlin, Raphael Delgado, Kay Evans, Debbie Gualco, Shirley Hazlett, Miles Hermann, David Hodapp, William Ishmael, Phyllis Kress, Barbara Legacy, Pat Mahony, Steve Memering, Patris Miller, Anthony Montanino, Ed Novinsky, Alan Post, David Post, Helen Post, Richard Ratcliff, Joe Strickland, Leslie Toms, Brooke Walker-Knoblich, Kathy

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Leatherby’s Family Creamery is getting ready to undergo a major remodel

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A CHERRY ON TOP FOR LEATHERBY’S For three decades Leatherby’s Family Creamery has been leasing

its ice-cream parlor location at Arden Way. Waiting, waiting, waiting for the day it could buy the building and remodel the store. That day has finally come. “After 30 years of leasing, we could have bought that store many times over,” said Alan Leatherby. “We want to do a brand-new store. We don’t want to change the flavor,

just update it and get it ready for the next generation of families. We’re excited to take a store that’s done really well for many years and make it great.” The Leatherby family bought not just the building they are in, but the entire center as well as a lot behind the center. The family has been busy looking for just the right mix of tenants to move in and share the Arden Way frontage address. Kelly Moore Paints and Sacramento Uniform are scheduled to open Nov. 1. A ceramics store has already moved into the center, attracting kids for things such as birthday parties, field trips, or Girl Scout events. “It’s a great fit to have a family-oriented business in our center,” Leatherby said. Plans call for the new ice cream shop to offer outdoor patio dining along Arden Way covered by bright red- and white-striped awnings. With more seating, there will also be 40 more parking spaces in the back. Windows will face Arden Way, opening the store up with light. “This is going to be the bestlooking center on Arden Way,” Leatherby said. “We had a few sleepless nights worrying about what would happen to us when Farrell’s moved in at Watt Avenue. But our sales are actually up.” Sally and “Daddy Dave” Leatherby started the ice creamery. She still works at the Arden Way store five days a week, and “Daddy Dave” still makes the rounds, taste testing and doing other necessary jobs. The couple has 10 children, 30 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. If any of

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those kids don’t work at one of the family’s Sacramento area stores, they stop by regularly for a double scoop or a juicy burger. “Every day can be a family reunion right here on Arden Way,” Alan Leatherby said. He’s convinced that Sally works as often as she does for a very good reason. “Throughout the day the kids and grandkids come in and my mother gets to sit down and visit with them,” he said. “We joke that she wouldn’t get to see her kids, grandkids and great-grandkids nearly as much unless she worked here. So she just keeps on coming to work.” Renovation at the new store should be completed in the spring.

THE CONVERSATION PROJECT Death. The inevitable. We’ll all experience it. Some of us suddenly, some of us after an illness, some of us expectedly after a long life. But how much do we know about our loved ones’ wishes for the end of their life? The idea of thinking about death is hard enough, let along talking about our end-of-life wishes with family and friends. But a national effort is underway advocating “kitchen table” conversations about wishes for end-oflife care. That effort is heating up in

Sacramento at Ray Stone Properties’ various housing communities, where Stephanie Foster is teaming up with area business leaders Rita Gibson and Stephen Fatula to help spread the message of the value of The Conversation Project. The project was co-founded by Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Goodman and made increasingly popular by ABC news Diane Sawyer’s coverage. Its goal is to make sure every person’s wishes for end-of-life care are expressed and respected. It offers organized guidelines for discussion and a “starter kit” so families can begin those conversations. Care providers at Stone Properties are embracing the project and are helping promote the concept to the Sacramento community, Foster said. She believes these important conversations will help families avoid the potential confusion, pain and chaos associated with making decisions for loved ones when it’s too late or when the loved one is in the intensive care unit. She stresses the conversations aren’t just about medical or housing wishes. “People are outliving their money,” Foster said. “It’s not just about your power of attorney, medical or burial. Our conversations are beyond that. How do you plan on all fronts for this time? This is a conversation we

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should all have when money, assets and children are involved. “So we’re taking a deeper dive, explore things like selling the house, investing so you won’t outlast your money. In cases where one family member dies before the other, how do we transition?” Foster has organized a group of Sacramento experts who will be presenting two plays and workshops for The Conversation Project. The events are open to the public and offer a live demonstration of how to start these conversations in your own kitchens. Presenters will also provide an array of resources, including the starter kits. The events will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 16 at Winding Commons, 6017 Winding Way in Carmichael; and at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 23 at Roseville Commons, 275 Folsom Road in Roseville. Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 786-2751 or go to theconversationproject.org

SACRAMENTO CENTURY Registration is open for the Oct. 25 Sacramento Century, a bike ride of varying distances to benefit Sacramento’s affiliate of Habitat for Humanity. The ride was founded by the Rotary Club of Sacramento. It will start and stop on Capitol Mall and wind through the Delta’s wine country. Those interested in riding the full 100 miles will begin at 7 a.m. Shorter-distance riders take off hourly throughout the morning. The event concludes with an Octoberfest featuring the music of Mumbo Gumbo. Riders begin by crossing over the Sacramento River on the Tower Bridge before heading south toward Isleton. Proceeds will help build a family home for Ong and Tou Vang and the couple’s four children. The family has moved numerous times over the past several years. Habitat for Humanity has built 100 homes for Sacramento area residents ARDEN page 15

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HEIFER INTERNATIONAL Sacramento’s Heifer International volunteers are busy getting ready for the group’s 70th anniversary event from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18, at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, 2391 St. Mark’s Way. The event is open to anyone interested in learning more about the nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, which works with communities worldwide to end hunger and poverty. Hosted by Heifer Sacramento, a local volunteer affiliate, the event will feature presentations about the various programs and recognize members for their roles in ending worldwide hunger. A range of speakers are on tap. Rosa Rodriguez, the director of Heifer projects in Ecuador, will address farming and natural resource management from a campesino perspective. Bill Beck will discuss the early years of Heifer International following World War II. Jill Kilty Newburn will present information on a program in Arkansas and Appalachia. And the group will present a short film about their August 2013 trip to Ecuador. While there is no charge for this event, a major supporter of Heifer International has offered an $8,000 challenge grant leading up to the event itself. To donate, make your check out to “Heifer International” and mail it to Linda Eisenman, 2401 American River Drive, Suite 150, Sacramento, CA 95825. For more information, go to heifer.org

CRISIS NURSERY FUNDRAISER The Friends of the Sacramento Crisis Nurseries invite the community to Viva L’Auto Gala, a fundraiser benefitting young children in crisis. The event will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. on Oct. 3 at North Ridge Country Club in Fair Oaks. Guests will enjoy a preview display of cars of the Niello Concours at Serrano as well as live music, dinner, live and silent auctions and cigar, vodka and bourbon bars. All proceeds benefit the nonprofit Crisis Nursery Program of the Sacramento Children’s Home. The program helps support families in crisis by providing temporary housing and support services for children from infancy to age 5. Parents can bring their children to the nursery for emergency child care or overnight care during stressful or difficult times. Care is voluntary, confidential and free and is provided year-round, 24 hours a day. The program provides age-appropriate play and learning activities for children as well as intervention services and support for the family. Families are welcome for any reason, including illness, homelessness, domestic violence, emotional distress or drug or alcohol treatment. The program also provides help with transportation, job-seeking and resource contacts for health, wellbeing and legal needs. The organization welcomes donations of household goods and food. For more information about the nursery program, email info@ kidshome.org or call 679-3600 or 384-2000. For more information about the Viva L’Auto Gala, email rmiotke@ aol.com or call 798-0094; or email mcslagle@comcast.net or call 7193233.

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She Was In ‘Line’ BROADWAY DANCER STARS IN MUSIC CIRCUS SHOW AND FAMILY REUNION

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fter Sacramento performances of “A Chorus Line,” an elite gang awaited Kate Levering. Cousins, nieces, nephews, mom, grandmamma— and flocks of old dancing chums— bolstered the dancer’s stage-door fans. Indeed, hometown connections spurred the Los Angeles-based star to take her summer Music Circus role. “It was more about my family than a professional choice,” she said. “I want my 90-year-old grandmother and my nieces and nephews to see me on stage before I get too old.” After a year’s maternity leave, prepping for the principle female role of Cassie was no holiday. Her son Holden’s premature delivery took Levering and her financier husband, Reza Jahangiri, by surprise last July. Since then, the 35-year-old mom has struggled to balance career, baby care and poundage. “I try not to obsess about it,” she said. “But having an incentive to lose weight was another reason to take the role. I did what it took: I worked with a personal trainer; I did a ‘Cassie boot camp.’ ”

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Four generations of Carmichael’s Levering family include Broadway star Kate Levering (right), her 11-month-old son Holden, grandmother Cathy Levering and mother Lisa Levering

In the glittering “Chorus Line” finale, Levering (center) dances with the Sacramento Music Circus chorus. Photo courtesy of Charr Crail.

Arriving in Sacramento with her 11-month-old, the star faced more challenges. “I had to learn my part in this iconic show (the 1976 musical has earned nine Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize) in 10 days,” she explained. “After rehearsals, I wanted to ice my legs or work on my lines. But it was always baby’s dinner or bath time.” Her own mom, Lisa Levering, observed: “Often it was 12 hours from when Kate left for rehearsals till the time she got home. She always put baby first; but a performer can’t let the team down.” In “Chorus Line’s” dramatic “Music and the Mirror” dance, Levering nightly nailed hundreds of kicks, spins and leaps during the longest dance solo ever crafted for a Broadway Show. “The stamina it takes is no joke,” she reported. “I can never get through it without huffing and puffing. A circular stage makes it even trickier. You’re doing all those spins without landmarks. I got completely lost in the dress rehearsal.” The nine-minute vignette was nevertheless flawless by opening night. Levering’s grandmother, Cathy Levering, watched every step of the solo that almost stopped the second act. “She was wonderful,” said the nonagenarian. “I wanted to see it again.” Tickets to the final matinee granted that wish. A show-biz professional since she was 13, granddaughter Kate feels kinship with the desperate, dancedriven character she portrayed in “Chorus Line.” During El Camino High years, Levering was regularly hired for Music Circus choruses.

Her passion led her to New York at 18; she immediately scored a part in “Chicago.” Her jackpot was the ingénue role in the Broadway revival of “42nd Street.” This performance garnered a Tony nomination and a Fred Astaire Award for the tapping wunderkind. Television later called, offering many cameo parts. As ruthless lawyer Kim Kaswell, Levering channeled an inner vixen to snarl and snap through six seasons of “Drop Dead Diva.” Following its 2014 cancelation, her return to dance roles represented a grand jeté back to the future. “Like my ‘Chorus Line’ character, Cassie,” she explained, “I was the sweetheart of Broadway for a bit. Like Cassie, I later acted on TV. Then, like Cassie, I returned to the stage where it all began. “Is this the beginning of my stage comeback? We shall see. Performing takes all your time and energy. Holden should have a sibling; I must have another baby, soon. When you have a family, you think carefully about how you invest your time. I would consider annual returns to the Sacramento stage—if they wanted me.” Despite Sacramento’s inevitable adoration, the performer never feels like a returning celebrity. “I’m just a working actor,” she insists. “I’ve been blessed since I was 13 to have had the job I love.” Carmichael is memory lane. Kate Christine Levering was born at Mercy San Juan Hospital; she took tap lessons at the La Sierra Community Center and danced on the Carmichael Park stage each Founders Day. Dave MacDonald’s Broadway Academy (Robertson Avenue) was another classroom. Carmichael Presbyterian was her church. The North Ave DMV issued her driver’s license. “In Carmichael,” she says, “I am back in the suburbs. I can go out without makeup. I can pawn my baby off on my sister or mom and sleep in. Carmichael feels like being on vacation.” Learn about the Music Circus at calforniamusictheater.com

Carmichael volunteers will put muscle behind the second annual Beautify Carmichael Day on Oct. 11

to apply for grants, for upgrading frontages with painting or replanting. We will provide labor and some plants.” Promoters also hope citizens will roll up sleeves. Says Snow: “Apartment dwellers can band together to pull weeds. Homeowners can tidy frontages. If you live near a vacant lot, call the owners and have them clean it up. “Most Carmichael people are proud of our community,” she continues. “Prettier neighborhoods enhance property values and keep small businesses profitable. Everybody needs to get on board to achieve this. It really is a matter of pride. Anyone can show up at Carmichael Park by 9 a.m. on Oct. 11. We’ll give them a job to do.” Beautify Carmichael Day sponsors include Sacramento County, the Chamber of Commerce, Home Depot, Kiwanis and many other service and neighborhood groups. To get involved, call the chamber at (916) 481-1002.

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Twelve-year-old Placerville magician Miles Tresser (center) took Stage Magician of the Year title at the Mission Oaks Community Center. Master Magician Dale Lorzo (left) welcomed contestants, from left, Pepe Puglisi, David Wright, Tresser, John Iacono, Great Scott and Joe Chez.

CARMICHAEL COMES CLEAN Oct. 11 is earmarked for the second annual Beautify Carmichael Day. Chamber of Commerce director Cathryn Snow again heads the town tidy-up. Her project encourages merchants and residents to take pride in their territory. Based at the Grant Avenue end of Carmichael Park, clean-up leaders will assign a multitude of projects. “Our corridor and shopping centers are being beautified, but another step is simply to pull weeds and pick up trash,” says Snow. “It’s good for the

community; visitors form impressions from our streets.” The housekeeping goal is shared by county Supervisor Susan Peters, whose staff has assisted project planning. The Department of Transportation will advise on landscaping problems. With sponsorship from Lawnman landscaping, a 2013 beautification effort replanted a problematic triangle at Fair Oaks Boulevard and Manzanita Avenue. “This year, we have a budget from a yard sale we did in May,” Snow reports. “We’re inviting businesses

Prestidigitators recently vied for the prestigious Stage Magician of the Year title at the Mission Oaks Community Center in Carmichael. An annual tradition, the contest is run by the Society of American Magicians and the International Brotherhood of Magicians. Prizewinners have the opportunity to join a cast of magicians in the annual Mysteries of Magic show at Mission Oaks on Oct. 11. A panel of entertainment industry judges chose Miles Tresser for the 2014 title. The 12-year-old Placerville performer wowed his audience with a magical smile, junior-size tuxedo and slick card routines. Competing against adult professionals, Tresser became the youngest SAM member to take the prize. His passion began at age 6, when he mastered simple tricks purchased from Sacramento magic stores. “Miles is a super achiever,” beamed his father, Alan Tresser. “He’s a champion swimmer and wrestler. He TUNE page 18

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TUNE FROM page 17 does well at school and also likes to play the saxophone and sing. He did his first magic contest—competing with adults—when he was 7. He’s fearless about competing.” Tresser’s win at Mission Oaks was augmented by a People’s Choice audience vote. “It’s great to see a young fellow studying so hard to improve his skills,” said SAM President Dale Lorzo. “With his talent, Miles could take magic to new heights.” Second place in the contest went to Pepe Puglisi; David Wright took third prize. The Mysteries of Magic event is a tribute to Harry Houdini, who died in October 1926. At the time, the legendary escapist was national SAM president. The hey-presto fest begins at 7 p.m. Before curtain time, strolling conjurers will entertain. A fundraiser, the event splits proceeds between SAM and Mission Oaks programs. Admission is $5. For information, call Lorzo at 481-2595 or go to www. morpd.com

Archimedes the owl is an esteemed teacher despite his interrupted education. The raptor and other wild animals are coming to the Effie Yeaw Nature Center.

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NATURE FEST WOOS WILDLIFE Archimedes the owl, Spirit the bald eagle, an elk named Tule and a lynx with the moniker of Mukluk will journey to Carmichael’s Effie Yeaw Nature Center on Sunday, Oct. 5. Their sagas—along with those of bats, snakes, Radar the raccoon and various raptors—are aimed at educating visitors during the center’s annual Nature Fest event. Celebrity presenter is Gabe Kerschner, a regular guest of NBC’s “Tonight Show.” Kerschner runs Wild Things Inc., an animal sanctuary in Placer County. He and 60 species of rescued animals present school programs geared to educate and entertain. Nature Fest supporters will view a regional cast of Kerschner’s ménage: an elk, a rattlesnake, a raccoon and a lynx. The bald eagle is Alaskan and, with a 6.5-foot wingspan, larger than those normally found in California. The 2014 Nature Fest will be a homecoming for another wild ambassador. Kerschner’s great

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going,” he says. “You want people to experience a full range of emotions; it makes learning memorable.” Kerschner’s critters are not the only educators billed for the 2014 Nature Fest. Effie Yeaw resident birds will interact with visitors. As a bracing “Game of Thrones” touch, West Coast Falconry will fly raptors over the heads of seated crowds. The Ancil Hoffman Park facility is also a resource for Native American studies. Nature Fest demonstrations will include fine basketry and abalone pendant-making. Children’s crafts and walks through the 80-acre wildlife preserve are supervised activities during the Nature Fest event. Food will be available for purchase. The fundraiser runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is $5 for visitors ages 13 and up; free for children. For more information, go to sacnaturefest. com or call (916) 489-4918.

Internationally noted grocer Darrell Corti will discuss Italian food for an Oct. 12 Olive Oil Celebration in Carmichael. The event will herald Columbus Day.

horned owl was rescued six years ago at American River College. “He broke a wing falling from a nest in the oaks on campus,” says the naturalist. “We figured he must be an extra wise owl;

he went to college. So we called him Archimedes.” Kerschner’s talks promote serious issues, but punch lines fly thick and fast. “A laugh keeps interest

“Choosing an olive oil is like choosing a wife,” advises Sacramento grocer Darrell Corti. “You must be careful with your choice. Unlike a wife, though, you can have more than one kind of oil.” In fact, he advises plural purchases. “One oil does not do everything,” he explains. “For a good experience, you need at least three kinds: light, medium and one of intense fruitiness.” The second-generation purveyor of all things delicious at Corti Bros grocery store is, like many of his wines, subtle and somewhat dry. Yet his lifelong efforts persuaded the Italian government to bestow a cavaliere order (the equivalent of an English knighthood) on Corti for opening the American market to many Italian wine and food producers. In his trademark blue grocer’s coat, “Sir Darrell” will be the main attraction during the Italian Cultural Society’s Columbus Day festivities. The Oct. 12 Olive Oil Celebration is an 8-year tradition cooked up by the society’s director, Bill Cerruti. But to the honored guest, olive oil is just the tip of the focaccia. TUNE page 20

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TUNE FROM page 18 “I’ll spend more time talking about family cooking and the need to write down your mother and grandmother’s recipes,” Corti says. “For dinner tonight, I’m preparing a recipe

from my grandmother’s old friend Caterina.” This boned veal marvel from northern Italy, he explains, is cooked with celery, wine broth and herbs. “It’s delicious,” confirms the gourmet. “But if I hadn’t written it down, the recipe might have been lost forever.”

Anyone may Darrell Corti’s presentation on Oct. 12. Californian olive oil makers will provide products for tasting; “Pasta Queen” Susan Korec will cook sauces for an al fresco meal. The program begins at 2 p.m. Admission is $25 per person. The Italian Cultural Center is at 6821 Fair Oaks Blvd., Carmichael. For more information, go to italiancenter.net

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Triple Ace pilot Clarence “Bud” Anderson (center) was saluted at the California Capital Airshow by an honor guard in vintage uniforms. World War II aircraft performed a fly-past. Rep. Ami Bera (second from left) presented commendations to the 92-year-old.

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Arriving at Mather Field by airplane and vintage jeep, ace pilot Clarence “Bud” Anderson was guest of honor at the recent California Capital Airshow. The event saluted more than 100 World War II veteran attendees, whom Congressman Ami Bera

called “the greatest nation’s greatest generation.” Among hundreds of contemporary aircraft, prop-powered fighters from the European and Pacific theaters were soaring war birds. Over two days, their fly-pasts and barrel rolls delighted 100,000 observers at Mather Airport. The Oakland-born Anderson, 92, scored 30 aircraft “kills” in 1940s missions against the German Luftwaffe. Hailed a “Triple Ace,” he remains one of the most highly decorated officers in our military history. Brigadier General Chuck Yeager once called Anderson “the best fighter pilot I ever saw.” In contrast with the brace of WWII aircraft at Mather Field, this year’s headliner was an Air Force F-22 Raptor whose capabilities include supersonic flight and vertical takeoff. Presented by Sacramento County, the nonprofit event donates profits to scholarships and educational programs for young people who aspire to careers in aviation, science and aerospace. Learn more about the California Capital Airshow at californiacapitalairshow.com n

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What’s Next? FOR PARENTS OF SPECIAL-NEEDS KIDS, AGE 18 IS A SCARY TURNING POINT

BY TERRY KAUFMAN LOCAL HEROES

here is probably nothing more exciting—or scary—than the moment your child turns 18. He or she may be an adult in the eyes of the government, but few parents really buy that. They know their kids are a long way from adulthood: holding jobs, managing finances, owning property, even doing their laundry. But most kids negotiate the passage with relative ease, thanks to high school guidance counselors, college and career resources, and the ability to translate what they’ve been taught over the years into real-life skills and experience. How much harder must it be for the parents of children with special needs? They must navigate a whole different planet, where even basic living skills are a huge challenge. Without a road map and a strong support network, these parents can feel overwhelmed and helpless. Rigorous programs that provided a safety net through the formative years with interventions, special accommodations and resources are suddenly gone, and parents find themselves back at Square 1. “The period between 17 and 22 years old is really a gray area,”

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Cheryl West, Patty Salcedo, Deborah Gonzalez and Peggy Blincoe with Shoshanah Salcedo (front)

says Deborah Gonzalez, a speech therapist and co-chair of The Jewish Federation’s Committee on Inclusion and Disabilities. “You have kids with all forms of disability, from severe physical and cognitive issues to highfunctioning kids who want to be able to live independently. You have to look at how their disabilities impact their siblings and their families and how to provide financial and other forms of support so that they can live the best lives they can.” Gonzalez and co-chair Peggy Blincoe, whose daughter Sarah uses a walker but bristles if called disabled,

are the guiding lights behind My Child With Special Needs Is Turning 18—Now What? The event will take place Sunday, Oct. 26, at Capital Public Radio on Sac State’s campus. Speakers will include professionals, parents of special-needs kids and special-needs kids. “Families are dealing with switching systems,” explains Elissa Provance, who heads up The Jewish Federation’s family service program. “They need information about conservatorships and trusts, school systems, the regional center. Jewish institutions mirror the general

community in the struggle with access and educational support. Disability awareness is important across the faith community.” Although one speaker will focus on the Jewish community, the majority—including an attorney, a regional center counselor and a school district representative—will address issues that affect all special-needs families. “This is information that will be useful to everybody,” says Provance. Patty Salcedo’s daughter was born with craniofacial and brain damage that affected her sight, hearing and speech. She struggled with blindness, hydrocephalus and seizure disorder, requiring numerous hospitalizations throughout her childhood. Says Salcedo, “We were pretty scared about school ending because we had no idea what to do with her.” With an additional year in the school district’s transition program, her daughter acquired important living skills, then moved to a day program where she learned to do simple volunteer work. When the regional center refused to pay for supported living, Salcedo spent months fighting for coverage. Today, her 31-year-old daughter lives on her own with around-the-clock assistance. Though the worst is behind them, Salcedo says, “It’s ongoing. It’s never done.” “We were looking at what we’d done so far, and the discussion turned to what do families need? What are they struggling with?” says Provance. “That’s where the idea for a transition panel was formed.” For Capital Public Radio, it was a perfect fit. “We’re a community radio station, and this is one of the things

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Class Act BROOKFIELD POISED TO BRING ITS HIGH-ACHIEVING APPROACH TO NEW SITE

BY JESSICA LASKEY SHOPTALK

f all the things that Dr. Jo Gonsalves, the principal of Brookfield School, expected to be doing at the start of this school year, moving school sites was not one of them. “It feels a little like Camp Brookfield,” Gonsalves admits. “We hoped the new campus would be done before the start of the new year, and it was close, but not quite. It’s been an interesting summer transitional period, but it will be a very exciting day for the kids.” It will be equally thrilling for the administrators, once the dust has settled, considering the school has occupied the same site in Land Park for 51 years. “We wanted room for the kids to grow,” Gonsalves says, who’s now in her seventh year overseeing the tightknit independent kindergartenthrough-eighth-grade school. At the new campus on Riverside Boulevard, she said, “there will be more classroom space, a real science lab and specialist rooms. It was a major move to build our own site, but it meant we could make the facility as energyefficient and kid-friendly as possible. “We wanted to leave a ‘gentle footprint’—the rooms are very spacious but heavily insulated, with skylights for natural lighting and an air circulation system that’s designed to circulate natural air so we don’t have to use the air conditioning very much. “The lead architect, Nate Sebok, is actually a school parent, so I think he was emotionally invested in the

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Dr. Jo Gonsalves, the principal of Brookfield School, is looking forward to having some more space for her students to grow

design so his two little girls would be proud.” It wouldn’t be surprising if he also wanted to impress “Dr. Jo,” as she’s lovingly known on campus. The Los Angeles native, who considers herself a Sacramentan, now that she’s lived here for nearly 40 years, came to Brookfield after serving as the assistant principal of academics at St. Francis High School. She’s a credentialed administrative professional, science and English teacher (prior to becoming an administrator, she taught both subjects) and she has her doctorate

in educational leadership from St. Mary’s College. Yet despite her varied and impressive educational background, she ended up at Brookfield almost by accident. “I didn’t know Brookfield existed until my daughter attended St. Francis and brought home some lovely, accomplished young women she’d made friends with” who had graduated from Brookfield, Gonsalves says. “Then, when I started working as the dean of academics at St. Francis, I could always peg Brookfield students: They were mature, polished and knew how to argue their point.

They would approach me like little attorneys—they had notes, looked me in eye, shook hands. “When the opportunity to lead the school came up, it made good sense. As an educator, I’ve always tried to be an advocate for kids who are motivated learners but unfortunately don’t get a lot of attention in public education.” Brookfield turned out to be a perfect fit, where class sizes are small (they’re capped at 18) and kids get the individual attention they desire. “Brookfield is a very wellkept secret,” Gonsalves says. “It SHOPTALK page 26

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everything from flowers to chair rentals to photography.) It’s a far cry from the modest business her parents started nearly 40 years ago. “My mom and dad started out selling just plants first,” WoodwardMcLean recalls. “Then my mom went to school and became a floral designer. We all design, actually. I took some different classes, but I learned more hands-on. I’d take a class but end up knowing more than the instructor! “I was earning my anthropology degree at UC Davis and working at the shop when my grandma passed away. Because my mom had to take care of my grandpa, I started working full time 12 years ago.” Having a hectic schedule early on perhaps prepared Woodward-McLean for the juggling act she does now: running a booming business and being a new mom to her 15-month-old son. “I get to take him to work with me every day,” Woodward-McLean says brightly. “Some of our customers come in just to see him!”

They also clearly come in for Arden Park Florist’s impressive inventory of plant life, which Woodward-McLean restocks every day with No. 1-grade flowers and tropicals, as well as silk arrangements, gift baskets, greeting cards, jewelry and any custom bouquet you can dream up. “Florists are kind of a dying trade,” Woodward-McLean says. “We’re competing with grocery stores and online retailers who aren’t even real

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for births, graduations, funerals—we see the whole spectrum of life, from birth to death. Every day is something different. “We have a chair at the front counter where people end up sitting and venting, getting neighborhood gossip. …We’re like a local therapist.” Not surprisingly, however, Woodward-McLean loves it. “I want to be the face that helps people,” she says. “I’m doing this to help others.” Woodward-McLean and her family—her parents still work every day, as does her brother, Nykolas, who also runs an event photography business out of the La Sierra storefront—do just that on a daily basis, handling anywhere from 50 to 70 daily deliveries all over the region, from Lincoln and Roseville to Granite Bay, El Dorado Hills, Elk Grove and Davis, not to mention walk-in customers and special events like weddings. (They coordinate

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respect books too much to damage them.” Of around 30 little libraries in Sacramento, few are as well located as Lee’s Hesper Lane spot (near Coyle Avenue in Carmichael). “I’m on a corner and close to a school,” she explains. “Lots of parents and kids walk by.” After filling her shelves, Lee watched from behind her living room curtain as her first customer arrived. “It was a mom with a stroller,” she recalls. “She chose a book and gave it to her baby. The baby was admiring the book as they walked away. I thought: Wow, this works.” Memory loss has not ended teacher Marianne Rayburn’s educational outreach. Every day, young visitors occupy the wooden bench in her Cayente Way yard in the Arden Garden neighborhood. “We came home once to see three teenagers on the lawn,” says her husband, Richard. “They were so totally engrossed in our books; they hadn’t even turned their car engine off.” More than 1,700 children’s titles are a legacy of Rayburn’s 28 years with the San Juan Unified School District. Explains her husband: “Our library was a way to get Marianne’s books back into young peoples’ hands.” Since its installation, another Little Free Library in Auburn was dedicated to the 64-year-old. “Her friends still regard Marianne as the finest teacher they’ve ever come across,” says Richard Rayburn. “During her career, she didn’t just teach children to read. She did

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LIBRARY FROM page 30 everything she could to make them love reading.” Carmichael artist Dianne Van de Carr, 60, read about Little Free Libraries and convinced her retired doctor husband to build one for their Dell Road home in Carmichael. “Phil found an old cabinet and repurposed it,” she says. “We used books that had belonged to our children and we found others in yard sales or thrift stores. “The library has contributed a great sense of community to our street,” Van de Carr continues.

“Walkers stop by every day. Our local Montessori School brings children here on foot; it’s a field trip for them. Sometimes I hear laughter in my yard and I look out and see children; chuckling at something they’re reading. “People are so used to their electronic devices. But I say nothing beats sharing a good old-fashioned book.” Learn more about the Little Free Library program at littlefreelibrary. org n

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festival is to engage the public with architecture and architects.” Other activities during the 10day festival include the region’s first “canstruction build” in which structures will be built using full cans of food for a competition, then donated to Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services; two architecture tour bike rides; a presentation at Crocker Art Museum; and a speakers series. Almond and Whitehead organized the residential architecture open house. Since founding Sage Architecture in 2001, the couple has designed homes and wineries throughout the region, including in Davis, Fair Oaks, El Dorado Hills and Amador County. They’ve designed a

900-square-foot house in Lake Tahoe and an 8,000-square-foot home in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their office shows their style and vision: Originally a racquetball court, the space is now a naturally lit gallery and workspace loft. The couple also incorporated their own vision into crafting the Experience Architecture Week open house. They wanted an informal, welcoming environment for the public, rather than a formal setup, to better encourage conversation among potential clients and architects. After all, selecting the right architect is all about personality and communication, according to Whitehead, because

each residential project is unique and tailored to the client. “The only thing we know about a client is they are different from every other client,” Almond says. Architects learn about the client’s lifestyle, personality and goals for the house in the process of completing their designs. According to Whitehead, AIA conducts quarterly surveys that give some insight into evolving trends in home design. “The questions we’re seeing and the results coming back are starting to show that the residential market is finally—finally—going into a more modern direction with cleaner lines,” BUILDING page 37

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Sacramento Fine Arts Center presents Bold Expressions, Northern California Arts Annual International Open Juried Art Exhibition. The show runs through Oct. 25. Shown: a painting by Bruce Leavitt. 5330B Gibbons Drive; sacfinearts.org

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Elliott Fouts Gallery features “ Color Stories,” new landscapes by Central Valley painter John Karl Claes, shown above. The show runs through Oct. 31. 1831 P St.; efgallery.com Artwork by 14 Sacramento artists exploring the generations runs at SMUD Art Gallery until Dec. 10. Shown right: a painting by Leslie DuPratt SMUD Gallery is at 6301 S St.

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ews reports tell of a white cobra hiding in a woodpile near Los Angeles, a mountain lion roaming through East Sacramento and West Nile virus-bearing mosquitoes buzzing through the air around us. Scary creatures are getting close to home. Is it safe to go out into your garden? We don’t have to worry about cobras, and the mountain lion risk shouldn’t keep you awake at night. However, West Nile virus is a real hazard, especially for the young, old and immune-suppressed. There are more mosquitoes bearing this potentially deadly virus in California this year than ever before. The season extends through October, so you need to continue to avoid being outside at dusk and dawn, apply repellant and make sure that there is no standing water nearby. Look for areas that collect water, not forgetting saucers under plants. Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District will inspect your property and put mosquito fish into ponds and fountains at no expense. To ask for their help, go to fightthebite.net or call (800) 429-1022.

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You’ll see spooky spiders in Halloween decorations this month. Don’t forget that they are beneficial arachnids, not bad bugs. There are several kind of spiders that can bite, but the black widow is the only Northern California spider that poses a serious threat. (There are no brown recluse spiders here.) Black widow bites may be painful but are rarely fatal. These spiders hide in dark, enclosed spaces. Protect yourself by wearing gloves if you are moving wood, separating a stack of garden pots or reaching into a corner of your garage. Learn to recognize the black widow’s thick, sticky white web. An insecticide spray may kill a black widow that’s been directly hit, but it won’t kill the young in the egg sacs. Crushing the adults, vacuuming them up along with their eggs and clearing out clutter are the best ways to control them.

Protective gear is wise for some gardening tasks. Wear gloves if you are handling fertilizer or compost. Many people are afraid of bees and wasps. Only one or two people out of a thousand are hypersensitive to stings. A meter reader ran shrieking from my yard years ago, screaming, “There are bees in your yard!” He didn’t have a bee sting allergy, he told me. He was just terrified of them. I read the meter

for him and tried to convince him that bees were focused on gathering nectar and pollen and would sting only if trapped or swatted. Yellow jacket wasps (sometimes called meat bees) can be the aggressive exception. I’m happy to have bees and most kinds of wasps in my yard, but will contact Mosquito & Vector Control if I find a nest of yellow jackets. In California, we tend to garden in shorts, flip-flops and tank tops. My Australian gardening friends live on the continent with the most poisonous and dangerous creatures in the world. They advocate gardening armed with gloves, long pants, boots and a stick to poke in the underbrush, which is a good idea in California if you live in rattlesnake country. Another reason

that the Australians cover up is for sun protection. We should do that, too. Slop on sunblock and slap on a hat when going outside, slip on a shirt at midday, and wear sunglasses. Protective gear is wise for other gardening tasks. Wear gloves if you are handling fertilizer or compost. If you use a lawnmower or other power equipment, closed-toe shoes and ear and eye protection will help keep you safe. Protect your eyes if you are trimming branches or pruning roses. It’s recommended that you wear long sleeves and pants, gloves and shoes when applying any pesticide. Read the labels and follow their directions carefully. The most dangerous thing in your garden—and in your house, for that

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Who’s Got the Button? LOCAL COLLECTORS ARE INTRIGUED BY THESE TINY LITTLE FASTENERS

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here’s a basket on my dresser where I toss unattached buttons. You know the ones: They come with new clothes in case you need a replacement, or you discover them on the floor of the closet, stashed in a pocket or bouncing around in the dryer and you have no clue which piece of clothing they belong to. I tell myself that someday I’ll spend an afternoon doing repairs and finding places for all those buttons. I know that’s never going to happen. Faye Wolfe, a member of Sacramento Button Club, has hundreds of buttons, maybe thousands. All are sorted, cataloged and stashed in professional-size file cabinets. Some are framed and hanging on the walls of her Carmichael home. Others are displayed on poster board and sorted by category, materials and age. This lady could teach a lot of us some organization skills. “I didn’t get started collecting buttons until about 20 years ago,” Wolfe says. “My mother had a little

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Faye Wolfe is a member of Sacramento Button Club

button club with her friends. They weren’t really an organized club, but they called themselves ‘crafty ladies.’ They would buy big bags of buttons.

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CLUB LIFE from page 44 then on, I became a dedicated button collector and joined the Sacramento Button Club.” Right about now you are probably asking yourself, “What in the world would someone do at a button club meeting?” Play the kids’ game Button, button, who’s got the button? Try to find a missing button? Sit around and do mending? Try to guess how many buttons are in a big jar? Meetings are nothing like that. “There’s a lot of history and artistry to buttons,” says Wolfe. “We always have a program on some aspect of button collecting or value. Often a speaker shows a particular type of button, like Bakelite, and explains the history. Sometimes a speaker talks about proper storing or how to determine the age or materials used. It’s very educational. Plus, we often have a dealer showing buttons for sale or buying buttons.” One of the highlights of belonging to a button club is attending conventions, which take place annually all over the country. Most conventions include button collection competitions and juried shows. “Most have themes or specialized categories such as materials or subject matter,” says Wolfe. “For example, a show might have a competition for the best collection of hand-carved wood buttons or buttons with animal pictures. It’s really fun to see the themes. I might think I have a wonderful grouping of carved buttons, but then I see a collection that is much more detailed and that gives me

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something to strive for. That makes it fun.”

If you are intrigued by buttons, mark Saturday, March 7, 2015 on your calendar. The Sacramento club has 30 members. Some are antique dealers; others, like Wolfe, are just fascinated with the topic. If you are intrigued by buttons, mark Saturday, March 7, 2015 on your calendar. Sacramento Button Club will host a Button Bazaar at La Sierra Community Center, 5325 Engle Road, Carmichael. Collectors and dealers will buy, sell and trade all sorts of buttons. And, if you’ve got some old buttons you think might be valuable, bring them along and dealers might be able to help you identify the materials, decade and current value. Sacramento Button Club meets the second Tuesday of each month at North Natomas Library, 4460 Via Ingoglia. For more information, send an email to Faye Wolfe at fwolfe@ surewest.net You will find more information about buttons at nationalbuttonsociety.org or cabutton. org. But don’t go there looking for a missing shirt button. You’re on your own solving that problem. If you know of an interesting club in the area, contact Gwen Schoen at gwensclubs@aol.com n

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Alice Mentelos, manager of the Discovery Shop

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Reinventing the Wheel HE TURNS OLD BIKE WHEELS INTO ILLUMINATING WORKS OF FUNCTIONAL ART

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artin Swanson figured no object could be more beautiful than a perfectly aligned bicycle wheel, spinning true on its hub, without a sparrow’s breath of wobble or shimmy. Then, in a philosophical leap that bridged an electrical circuit deep inside his heart, Swanson realized that warped bike rims and bent spokes could be beautiful, too. Especially if they were fashioned into home furnishings. For this inspiration, he had some help. “It was the strangest thing,” Swanson says. “I was working on a bicycle wheel with a bunch of greasy parts sitting on the floor at home, like always, right next to where my wife was working at her desk. I went to start picking up my stuff, and she shouts, ‘Wait! Don’t touch anything!’” From that matrimonial warning shot was born a remarkably unique, highly creative Sacramento company, Straight Gauge Studios, which takes bent bicycle wheel rims and old spokes and turns them into highconcept custom lighting fixtures. In that “don’t touch anything” instant, Swanson’s wife, Genesis Duncan, saw the symmetrical

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Martin Swanson turns bent bicycle wheel rims and old spokes into high-concept custom lighting fixtures.

patterns of gently curved spokes and beheld a new design form. Her husband, who already loved the mysteries of crossing patterns, Westwood rims and tire tubes, slipped into the draft almost immediately. Today, Swanson, a professional bicycle mechanic and wheel builder extraordinaire, has added about 150 lighting fixtures to his portfolio. His

creative illuminations are bringing vintage sparkle to grand homes and fine addresses. At least three of his rim-and-spoke lights can be seen in the front window of Hot Italian, the cycle-themed pizza bistro at 16th and Q streets. “They’re gorgeous,” says Andrea Lepore, co-founder of Hot Italian. One recent morning, Lepore showed up for

work and found Swanson and a writer peeking through the restaurant’s windows, admiring light fixtures made from bike parts. “Martin’s work is brilliant,” Lepore says. It helps that Swanson hates to throw things away. At any moment, about 60 bent bicycle rims can be found around his home studio in Midtown, plus countless spokes and other assorted bike parts. When it comes to bicycles, Swanson figures he can always find a use for a component that’s ridden its last mile. “When you repair a wheel, some guys will just cut the spokes off and remove them,” he says. “Those half spokes, I’ll pick them up and save them for something. I’ve always been that way. Now that I’m building lights, saving old stuff has become a good thing.” Flanges, hub shells, nipples, seat posts, saddle rails: He throws nothing away. Not content to create from the horde of leftovers and remnants found at his workshop, Swanson scours garage sales and used bike stores. Of special interest to Swanson are remaindered chunks of children’s bikes. “An old child’s bike opens up a whole new set of options when it comes to designing lights,” he says. “With adult bikes, you’ll notice that spokes come in basically two colors: silver or black. There are many more options with children’s bikes: pink, green, yellow. The same goes for rims, which come in sizes and colors that can be really cool for lights.” The problem with children’s bikes—at least from Swanson’s standpoint—is they rarely find their way to bike shops for repairs. Kids

ride them, outgrow them, pass them down to siblings or friends or throw them away. There’s another elusive reality with kids’ bikes, says Swanson: “Adults are big and heavy and they break bike wheels. Kids aren’t heavy. They don’t break their wheels.”

Swanson’s eyes light up when he finds an old kid’s bike to cut to pieces. Swanson’s eyes light up when he finds an old kid’s bike to cut to pieces. His bright eyes reveal the flash of inspiration that will cause the wheels to turn and the lights to burn. The marriage of lighting design and bicycle repair has made for a perfect balance within Swanson, the balance of mechanical tune-ups perfectly applied, of artistic applications with parts that have become exhausted.

The artist has his limits. He doesn’t do electrical wiring on his lighting creations. A friend trained in electronics hooks up the wires, white to white, black to black, green to ground. Then there’s the marketing part. Here’s where husband and wife make serious collaborations. Duncan is a graphics designer, a specialist in type fonts. She likes things clean and simple. She’s in charge of Swanson’s promotional website images and marketing. “I’ve told her I won’t sell out or lose my creative soul,” Swanson says. “But she has a great eye. And where I like these complicated patterns, she’s always reminding me of the KISS rule: Keep It Simple, Stupid.” From a simple kiss and the detritus of a broken wheel, the team of Swanson and Duncan is lighting a path to success. Martin Swanson sells his light fixtures at Hot Italian, Delta Workshop, Beatnik Studios and through his website, straightgauge.com n

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New Home ASSISTANCE LEAGUE BUYS PROPERTY, PLANS TO RENOVATE

BY GLORIA GLYER DOING GOOD

fter 46 years operating as a nonprofit in the community, Assistance League of Sacramento decided the group needed a home of its own to better operate its eight philanthropic programs. The league purchased 2751 Fulton Ave. to house its center, administrative offices and retail business. There, Assistance League will have adequate space to operate its programs, which service local school districts, hospitals, senior residences, and emergency and youth social service. The larger space for retail sales will generate revenue, which represents more than 60 percent of the funding of services. One of the league’s programs is to provide school clothing for more than 5,000 children in four local school districts each year. The league is partnering with Wells Fargo Bank to renovate the property and anticipates a 2015 move-in date.

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Sacramento Children’s Home, which means the Friends group raises money and volunteers to support the home. One big event on the calendar is Viva L’Auto Gala from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, at North Ridge Country Club. The gala is a preview of the automobiles to be on view at Niello Concours at Serrano on Sunday, Oct. 5, in El Dorado Hills. The gala will feature Kitty O’Neal as emcee, music by Proxy, cigar, vodka and bourbon bars, strolling dinner, wine and beer tasting, and auctions with Gary Wendell as auctioneer. The gala is $75 per person ($50 tax deductible). For more information, go to kidshome.org.

SURGE SUCCESS More than $300,000—make that $310,000, to be exact—was raised for Serotonin Surge Charities at the annual Spring Surge fundraiser. Proceeds will be distributed to local clinics and health centers. Go to serotoninsurge.org for information about the next Surge as well as the golf tournament.

OH-OH-OH THE OBELISK At the entry to Sacramento Crisis Nursery North (4355 Pasadena Ave.) is an artistic obelisk designed to welcome families. It’s covered with 416 tiles decorated with personal messages. Angela West came up with the idea as a fundraiser, and Vi McNally and Abby Hewitt contacted businesses for design and

construction. The late Evie Palumbo chaired the obelisk project. At the official Tiles for Tots unveiling, she was honored with her husband, Frank. Visitors are invited to peruse the tiles for the messages. The office has a complete list of who donated which tile to help viewers find a special message or artwork.

ONWARD Soroptimist International of Sacramento has given back to the community through volunteer time and financial aid for more than 90 years. The organization recently celebrated its 92nd installation of officers with Phyllis Hayashi receiving the presidential gavel from Mary Kobane, who served as president when Soroptimist International marked its 75th anniversary. “Many hands, one mission—making a difference in the lives of others” will be Hayashi’s theme for her presidential reign. Professionally, Hayashi is a real estate agent with Lyon Real Estate. She has been a member of Soroptimist International since 2011.

GETTING STARTED Starting a nonprofit takes more than a desire to help others. It takes some know-how. That’s where Nonprofit Resource Center can help. The center will hold a grant proposal boot camp from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1, and Thursday, Oct. 2. A five-week grant proposal master series will begin on Friday, Oct. 10, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For

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NO BULLYING Reflective of the times: Bully Busting Clinics are held regularly at Robinson’s Taekwondo. The clinics offer assistance in conflict avoidance, role playing and practical self-defense. Tips to remember: Encourage friendships—bullies are often loners seeking recognition by others. Teach children self-respect and nurture confidence, talk with children about the consequences of confrontation for both victim and aggressor, raise awareness of the pain caused by ridicule, scorn, name calling and intolerance, teach children it’s OK to report when they or another have been bullied, allow children to learn self-defense. For more information, go to robinsonstkd.com

GOOD ADVICE Sacramento Junior League offers advice for parents taking children to a theatrical production: Be on time. Sit still and quietly. Keep hands to yourself. Enjoy food outside the auditorium. Smile, laugh and applaud without bothering your neighbor. Enjoy the show.

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ately I’ve been collecting a disturbing number of indications that I’m officially middle-aged: •You have to go get your reading glasses when you get something in your eye and then try to get whatever is in your eye out from behind your reading glasses. •You own reading glasses. •You can no longer safely demonstrate a cartwheel without grievous injury to yourself. •Swings give you a headache. •The list is getting shorter for good reasons to stay up past 10 p.m. •You can now give experienced parenting advice from toddlers to teenagers. That last one just hit me the other day because my much younger stepbrother and cousin are both new parents. It’s been so wonderful to watch these young men blossom into doting, loving, proud fathers. It’s been entertaining to see them go through their paces of panicking when they realize they don’t have any more diapers in the diaper bag, nervously scanning an unbaby-proofed house before setting their toddler down, and

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gratefully slumping into a chair, a moment off duty, while someone takes their turn holding the baby. It’s also strange to hear myself giving reassuring parenting advice on this early stage of child development like it was no big deal, like it was a piece of cake. It is surreal to hear myself laugh as I recount sleepless nights with a fussy baby and teething toddler unable to articulate their needs. Who am I to wave off concerns of everything going in the mouth, hyperactivity, finicky eating, television allotment, and day-care anxiety? Wasn’t it just yesterday these were the very things that had me crying on my husband’s shoulder the second he walked in the door? It’s almost like an out-of-body experience hearing myself recount to Nick and Annie and also Chris and Melanie the exact same experiences they’re having—the ones that had me white-knuckle riding through the early trials in parenting—like it had all just been a hot fudge sundae on a warm summer night. Strange. One day you’re buying diaper rash cream and the next you’re in the look-back-and-laugh years and buying wrinkle cream. Of course, I don’t tell these young families yet why I can smile, laugh and fondly remember those days that I thought would break me or reveal a horrible truth: This woman should not have been given a child! She’s winging it! She doesn’t know the first thing about being a good mother! I don’t tell them because I don’t want to scare their already shellshocked, sleep-deprived selves: Oh,

just wait. This will one day seem like nothing in comparison. Babies are nothing compared to teenagers. These early trials in parenting that make you feel so overwhelmed, unprepared and inadequate? These experiences are simply the exhilarating, slow, click-clacking up to the top of the parenting roller coaster. The real drop-off that makes your stomach roil with a thousand snakes … keeps you up in anxious, vibrating sleepless nights … makes you really wonder if you have done enough to be a good mother … that makes you obsess over whether you have laid a strong enough foundation for keeping your kids safe and prepared for the world has yet to come? That scream-ripping plunge comes when you realize this parenting ride just got serious, with the twists and turns of peer pressure, sex, drugs, alcohol, social media, driving, parties and potential mistakes that can send a young life veering off the tracks. What I really want to say to the wet-behind-the-ears young parents as I nuzzle their babies and play with their toddlers: Six Flags has nothing in their amusement parks that will terrify you more than riding the rails with teenagers. Just when you think you’ve put the hardest part of raising kids behind you and you might actually be ready to throw your hands in the air, confident in this thrill ride, you hit middle age and you have teenagers and you suddenly realize this just got real. OK, another sign you’re middleaged: You become a bit cynical and overdramatic. Really, what I meant to say is each stage of raising kids comes

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King of Kings LASALLE THOMPSON LEFT HIS HEART IN SACRAMENTO

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ard to believe that’s really LaSalle Thompson sitting all by himself at Cafe Bernardo’s enjoying a plate of bright-red heirloom tomatoes. But it surely is Tank Thompson, the original King, still pleased to play unofficial ambassador for the NBA team he loves and the city he calls home. “I’m on a low-carb diet,” he says, explaining his fresh but meager brunch. “And I’ve got lunch a little later today at the Sutter Club, so I don’t want to wreck my appetite.” As the Kings prepare for their 30th season in Northern California,

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LaSalle Thompson, the original King, is still pleased to play unofficial ambassador for the NBA team he loves and the city he calls home

Thompson stands unique in several categories. He was a high-profile player on a high-profile team, the

inaugural 1985 Kings squad that relocated from Kansas City. He was popular, a 6-foot-10 giant whose big personality brightened any room. And while he eventually bounced around the league in a manner typical among journeyman centers, he always returned to Sacramento. Thompson followed his homing instincts this summer after losing his job as a coach with the New York Knicks. He was on the first plane west. “Sacramento is a great town,” he says. “There’s a lot to be said for New York, and I love being in L.A. But I’m always glad to get back to Sacramento.”

Which presents an opportunity: As the franchise wraps up three decades in Sacramento, who better to ask about the unique relationship between the team and its town than the original King, LaSalle Thompson? “I think back to when we were in Kansas City, and we first heard that a group from Sacramento was buying the team,” Thompson says. “They said they would keep the team in Kansas City if we averaged 10,000 fans. Eddie Johnson and I did the math, and by that time, it was impossible for us to average 10,000. So yeah, we knew we were moving.” Sacramento, circa 1984, was not exactly on Thompson’s list of mustsee places—“I had to get a map and look up where it was,” he says—but it quickly became a place of heady, positive anticipation. “There wasn’t one person in the organization who didn’t want to move to Sacramento,” Thomas says. “Even though Reggie Theus told the media that Sacramento wasn’t California, it was California, and we knew it would be better for us than Kansas City.” Thompson is 53 now, but he was only in his third NBA season when the team moved. He attended the University of Texas after growing up in Cincinnati, a city filled with racial hatreds that he has never forgotten. And there was the weather. Thompson never liked the cold. “Kansas City was like Cincinnati, except I didn’t know anybody there,” he says. “I would always look forward to the last game of the season, because the next day, I would be gone.” Sacramento meant a fresh start. Fans were thrilled by the major league affiliation brought by the

Kings. For several years, every game was sold out. Players were treated as heroes. “Sacramento was proud of their team, even when we weren’t very good. They treated us like family,” Thompson says. “That’s the difference between Sacramento and other places. These days, players realize it’s OK to play in a small town, like Oklahoma City or San Antonio, where they’ve had success, and Sacramento, where they have support.” Thompson was traded to Indiana in 1989. He played in Philadelphia and Denver before retiring in 1997, and later he coached in Charlotte and New York. While Thompson never stopped traveling, he encouraged his mother to settle in Sacramento. Today, they share a home here. Recent years were especially challenging for Kings fans, as the team seemed poised to move again. But the original King kept his faith, despite threats from the owners, the Maloof family, to sell and move.

“I didn’t think they would move,” Thompson says. “I knew there were buyers who would keep the team in Sacramento. And I knew how hard Kevin (Mayor Johnson) was working to line up buyers.” As for the current team, Thompson feels center DeMarcus Cousins can be “a real force,” provided Cousins is matched with guards who can get him the ball and play to his skills. And Thompson is supplementing his own skills, embarking on a career in executive coaching and motivation. He is friendly with many business executives and has many stories to tell. On this day, relaxing at Bernardo’s before lunch at the Sutter Club, Thompson interrupts his own story to watch a guest devour bacon and toast. “Man, that bacon looks good. I’m going to get some,” Thompson says, heading to the counter. He knows a plate of bacon doesn’t seem like much next to a 6-10 King. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com n

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Movin’ on Up A RETIREE FINDS HIMSELF A DELUXE APARTMENT IN THE SKY

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merit award from the Central Valley chapter of The American Institute of Architects in 1968. One of Smith’s goals after retiring in 2012 was finding a new home. He specifically wanted a home with just one level and without any yard maintenance, one of his least favorite activities. He had a good idea where he wanted to live and in what size home. “It had to be within a mile or two of the central city, have at least two bedrooms and two bathrooms,” he says.

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aving lived in Sacramento since 1974, Talbott Smith had driven by 4100 Folsom Blvd. in East Sacramento many times. At street level, the condominium building is largely hidden from sight due to its deep setbacks and plenty of large old trees, though its 10 stories tower over the neighborhood. Smith had always wondered about the building.

By repainting in a palette of neutral gray, Smith highlighted his impressive collection of artwork and Lalique crystal along with his furniture.

He specifically wanted a home with just one level and without any yard maintenance, one of his least favorite activities. He had a good idea where he wanted to live and in what size home. Built on the site of the Breuner family mansion, the precast concrete luxury building was erected in the mid-1960s at a cost of $2 million. The building was designed and built with the intention of preserving the original garden layout and as many trees as possible on the 2.5-acre parcel. Developed by ContinentalHeller Construction, it earned a

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“Moving is at the top of my ‘things I hate doing’ list, so I am hoping that this move will be the last for me.”

Smith’s real estate agent suggested he look at a condominium at 4100 Folsom Blvd. Though the apartment was decorated in midcentury modern style, Smith recognized the potential of the 1,720-square-foot space. He was able to look beyond the color scheme: a rainbow of saturated colors including bright orange, lipstick red, turquoise and lime green. “I liked the openness of the combined living/dining area and the open kitchen,” he says. “And the view into the trees is also great.”

Smith confronted an abbreviated timeline for his move from his former home into his new condo in the sky. He closed escrow on June 30 and moved in on July 23. During that short period, Smith completed a host of modifications to his new home, including the installation of new carpeting and more substantial baseboards and crown moldings. He cleaned the wooden shutters and repaired and installed retractable shades in the office. He put new toilets HOME page 63

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By repainting in a palette of neutral gray, Smith highlighted his impressive collection of artwork and Lalique crystal along with his furniture. “My furnishings are wood, glass and various shades of gray,” he says. Smith’s artwork and impressive collection of about 500 pieces of Lalique crystal invite the eye to linger. A few notable items in his art collection include a signed and numbered screen print by Andy Warhol, two photos by the American fashion photographer Francesco Scavullo, a photo of Tower Bridge by local photographer Kenny

Rapadas and three Salvador Dali prints made from wood engravings. Two balconies—a large one off the living/dining area and a smaller one off the master bedroom—offer close-up views of East Sacramento’s luxurious tree canopy. Smith loves spending time on the larger balcony sipping coffee and reading the morning newspaper. In addition to the building’s many outdoor amenities (a large swimming pool and lounge area, dog run, barbecue and ping-pong table), the tower provides a sense of community. “My neighbors—the ones I have met so far—are very nice people,” Smith says. “The people in this building are very mindful that we all have a shared responsibility for the living conditions in this great building.” What has surprised him most about his new home? According to Smith, the building’s design makes the condominium very quiet. “I am very happy with how this new place turned out. I feel very at ease and at home here,” he says. “Moving is at the top of my ‘things I hate doing’ list, so I am hoping that this move will be the last for me.” If you know of a home you think should be featured in Inside Publications, contact Julie Foster at foster.julie91@yahoo.com n

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This Art Is Unreal BROADWAY EXHIBIT IS VIEWABLE ONLY ON SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS

BY R.E. GRASWICH

asteful boundaries are hard to find when the taste in question involves 15 art pieces that don’t really exist. In Sacramento, those questionable boundaries were tested at Sacramento’s Historic City Cemetery on Broadway. But first, some background: Since Sept. 13, Broadway has been the staging ground for the most technically advanced and challenging art exhibition ever seen in Sacramento: an “augmented reality” show splashed across several city blocks. Intriguingly, the abstracts, videos and traditional pieces on display will exist only on mobile smartphone and tablet apps. Eleven artists from Spain to Sacramento contributed pieces for the 15-month-long virtual-reality public art project, called Broadway Augmented. The works of art were transformed into 3D models and ultimately rendered into apps. Viewers with tablets and smartphones can walk along Broadway, look for instructions and view the art on their devices. The virtual show runs daily except Sunday. Alas, art lovers won’t find anything new at Broadway’s Historic City Cemetery. Not that the artists weren’t game for some whistling in the graveyard. “At least two of the artists had ideas about using the cemetery,” says Shelly Willis, executive director of the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places program. “Their proposals raised some interesting questions, because

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with augmented reality, there’s really nothing there, but there is something there.” One artist proposed a work that overlooked the 19th-century gravesite of a husband and wife. When a 21st-century viewer approached and engaged the app, giant eyes would appear over the couple’s graves, winking and enjoying the moment from beyond. “It was decided that would not be appropriate,” Willis says, almost regretfully. After drawing the line at the cemetery, organizers gave the artists

a relatively free hand. As an added twist, Willis and her team purposely salted the project with traditional artists who have never worked in a technically advanced universe like augmented reality. Other contributors were accustomed only to gallery showings, not to art in big public spaces. “Some of the artists had worked in new mediums and were quite knowledgeable about it,” she says. “Others were not. One is kind of like me: He uses a flip phone that he’s had for many years. Texting is the limit of his expertise.”

The Broadway Augmented art walk idea was born two years ago, when Rachel Clarke, an electronic art professor at Sacramento State, saw some 3D exhibitions in Los Angeles. She shared her enthusiasm with Willis. They wrote a grant proposal, won it and stepped onto the platform of art that doesn’t really exist, but really does.The women wanted a challenge. They accepted one when they decided Broadway would be the perfect place for augmented reality. They hooked up with Greater Broadway Partnership and its CONTINUED page 66

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Viewers with tablets and smartphones can walk along Broadway, look for instructions and view the art on their devices. By this stage, 3D art shows were becoming very 2012. Augmentedreality demonstrations were almost commonplace. But they were typically indoors, with controlled lighting and environments. So the great outdoors, with uncontrolled light patterns and a mash-up of sensory stimulations, beckoned the Sacramento pioneers.

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“We wanted to create some excitement and draw some attention to Broadway, which is a place that’s creative and unique,” Willis says. “We started walking around Broadway and realized it was frankly a challenge. There’s lots of visual noise, no uniformity. We knew there would be technical issues that were going to be difficult to address.” Into the frame came Geoffrey Alan Rhodes, visual communications

professor at Art Institute of Chicago. Rhodes knows how to take art from 3D models and turn those models into viewable augmented-reality apps. Working with Sac State graduate students, he did exactly that for the Broadway project. But it wasn’t easy. “The lighting changes throughout the day and with different weather and seasons,” Rhodes says. “Signs can be replaced, billboards changed. All of these presented challenges specific

to each site that had to be dealt with through one tactic or another.” Rhodes found Broadway a refreshingly raw backdrop for the project. He says, “We’re used to finding these sorts of electronic media experiences either in new, high-end public architecture like airports or within commercial industries as promotional items.” The project team realizes the show is not exactly passive—viewers must earn their pleasures, walking on Broadway, finding instructional signs that set up the exhibits. And viewers will need smart, mobile hookups to access the app. To make things easier, tours are available at the Sacramento Republic FC offices at 2421 17th St., near Broadway. For Luddite art lovers, the city has donated smartphones that can be borrowed for the Broadway Augmented tour. And it’s all free. Really free. Not in the augmentedreality sense of free. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com n

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eth Hassett has traveled to every U.S. state except Hawaii, Alaska and North Dakota. Most of these visits occurred while road tripping across the country as a child with her family, a pastime she continues to enjoy as an adult. “I think the world would be a better place if people went on more road trips,” she says. Hassett has also traveled in Europe and can one day see herself working with women and children who are victims of domestic and sexual abuse overseas. But before that happens, she knows there’s a lot of work left to do in her own backyard. She’s doing that work as executive director of WEAVE, a nonprofit organization that aims to end domestic violence and sexual assault throughout Sacramento County. In assuming the top leadership role in 2006, Hassett rejoined an organization she had worked for in the 1990s, returning because she remained committed to the cause. “I am very passionate about social justice issues and making sure people who have no protection (get) some protection and help,” she says. “There was a lot of unfinished business.” WEAVE provides crisis intervention services for survivors, along with prevention and education programs for the larger community to do its part in breaking the cycle of violence. The organization also supports international and domestic victims of human trafficking.

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The job is tough, though, especially considering that some 40 years after the movement to support survivors of sexual assault began, this societal problem still exists.

Beth Hassett is the executive director of WEAVE

Hassett wasted no time after taking the helm, immediately launching efforts to transform the organization’s residential, counseling and legal services and build a $4 million, 12,000-square-foot safe house. The safe house provided 10,396 nights of shelter to 163 women, two men and

206 children from July 2012 to July 2013, according to an annual report. “Beth is a rock star,” says attorney Ashley West, a member of the board of directors for several years. “She runs WEAVE like a business, and getting services to women and children who need it is her bottom line. She can create a new program,

Hassett oversees a budget of $3.5 million and 120 regular and on-call employees. The annual report details the critical work done by WEAVE staff and volunteers: For instance, the phone line answered 10,217 calls, and the 24-hour sexual assault response team provided support to 188 rape victims undergoing an evidentiary exam. “The hardest part is all the vicarious trauma we all have here,” Hassett says. “The staff sees terrible, heart-wrenching stories and sees people in a lot of pain. Sometimes we feel helpless. There’s a lot of suffering, and we can’t always fix it.” Raised in Massachusetts and Indiana, Hassett was exposed to the arts by her parents, both writers. Her

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considering that some 40 years after the movement to support survivors of sexual assault began, this societal problem still exists. “We’re at the point where the world has not changed dramatically,” Hassett says. “So what do we do?” Knowing that men perpetuate the vast majority of violence, WEAVE is making a concerted effort to bring more men into the movement. One method has been through Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, an annual walk/ race in which men wear high heels and raise money for the organization. WEAVE is also introducing youth-led programs into schools to talk about ways to curb gender violence. In her spare time, Hassett loves to travel and vacation at her family’s cabin in Utah, where she can escape technology and relax. She and Kevin go to concerts together and recently saw Arcade Fire perform. She plays with her pug, Demetrius, and writes romantic suspense novels for fun. “And, as many people will tell you, I play Words With Friends way too often,” she says. n

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A Happy Commute GET OUT OF YOUR CAR AND HOP ON YOUR BIKE

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ost people don’t enjoy their commutes. Far from it. In fact, it’s generally the worst part of the day. A 2006 survey of 900 Texan women asked how much they enjoyed various common activities. Having sex was at the top of the list. Next came socializing after work. Commuting was dead last. How to change that? The answer is probably in your garage. It’s not your car. It doesn’t burn gas. It’s your bike. Commuting can be a real bummer. It generates stress. There’s pressure to be at work on time, but traffic or an off-schedule bus can make you late. Traffic jams and late buses are not only unpredictable, they are out of your control, making them even more frustrating. Commuting takes time, robbing precious minutes and hours that could be spent with family and friends or enjoying other far more pleasurable and fulfilling activities. The costs of commuting can be considerable. Owning and operating a car and paying for parking take substantial chunks out of the budget. Using transit isn’t free either and usually takes longer than driving a car.

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Long commutes are especially problematic. The typical trade-off of a longer commute for a bigger house and yard in the distant ’burbs can be a bad deal. A Swedish university study found that marriages in which one partner commuted more than 45 minutes were 40 percent more likely to end in divorce. Britain’s Office for National Statistics found that longdistance commuters were less likely to exercise or eat home-cooked meals and more likely to suffer insomnia and joint pain. UCLA and Cal State Long Beach researchers found that the more vehicle miles traveled, the higher the risk of obesity.

It’s true some people enjoy their commutes. It might be their only chance for quality time with their kids, to be alone with their thoughts or, if they’re a bus or train rider, to catch up on reading. But in all these cases, it’s the time for family, meditation or a leisure activity that’s important, not the commute itself. Bicycling provides an antidote to commuting’s ills. A Clemson University study of what mode of transportation (all trips, not just commuting) makes people happiest found that bicycling ranks first. Next is being a passenger in a car. Following that are driving a car, then walking, riding a train/subway

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Before It’s Too Late AN ADVANCE DIRECTIVE IS A CRUCIAL DOCUMENT

BY NORRIS BURKES SPIRIT MATTERS

ast year, a psychologist, a social worker and a doctor accompanied me into the hospital room of an 84-year-old Korean War vet named Ken. The doctor, a consulting physician, introduced us as the palliative care team for the VA Hospital. Ken’s wife of 51 years stood to shake our hands with a self-assured grip. The woman, likely in her 70s, had the well-heeled look of a senior model. Ken, the victim of multiple strokes, did little to greet us, preferring instead the revolving wheel of a TV game show. With introductions made, we pushed our chairs into a semicircle around Ken’s bed. Our psychologist, a ponytailed man pushing 60, spoke first. Had her husband been able to dress, feed and bathe himself? Did she think he had much understanding of what was going on with his body? “No,” she said to all those questions. The doctor then assumed control of the meeting by picking up her stethoscope. She was an athletic

woman who’d had some luck cheating her 50s with youthful blue eyes and a pixie cut. She bent over Ken, searching his expression for understanding, but she saw little to indicate that he was aware of his surroundings. “He really needs a feeding tube,” the doctor concluded. “Then let’s do that,” the wife said. Actually, there were few options left for the old farmer. He’d had multiple hospitalizations and suffered several recent bouts of pneumonia. Each illness was followed by weeks in a rehabilitation facility in the Bay Area. With great sensitivity, the doctor told the woman that even with the feeding tube, Ken would likely aspirate his saliva. In addition, he’d have to be restrained or heavily sedated because stroke-induced confusion would cause Ken to pull out the tube. “Is this the way your husband wanted to live his later years?” the psychologist asked. “No,” she said. “I suppose it really isn’t.” “Sounds like he values the quality of his life,” I reflected. She nodded. “He knows that heaven awaits.” The hourlong meeting finished when Ken’s wife agreed to let us implement “comfort care” measures. Comfort care means that every person taking care of Ken would adopt a new goal—one designed not to make Ken get better, but to make him feel better. Our goal shifted to helping him live as well as possible for as long as possible. With the help of social

work, psychology and chaplaincy, we would now care for Ken’s whole person. The real reason behind this difficult meeting was that Ken, like many people, had failed to discuss crucial questions with his loved ones prior to arriving on his deathbed. Those questions are answered in an advance directive, sometimes called a living will. An advance directive is the document that directs doctors and other medical personnel to follow the wishes of patients who are unable to speak for themselves. If you don’t have a written directive, or you haven’t appointed someone who can confidently speak for you, then doctors will be obligated to do everything possible—even if “everything” means a painful delay of your death. Ken was well loved by his family and fellow vets, but the truth is that a well-written advance directive could have eased the burden on his family and ensured that he would spend his final days with the dignity of his choosing.

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Dance Interrupted SIDELINED BY INJURY, LEADING BALLERINA CAN’T WAIT TO RETURN TO THE STAGE

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didn’t realize she needed until she was in the midst of it. “I’m learning a lot about myself,” she says. “If you had interviewed me a year ago, I probably would have said I would dance for a few more years and then retire and do something else, but now I’m hungrier to come back and dance more, dance better. The injury totally changed my perspective.”

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don’t know what they see in me,” Alexandra Cunningham says. “I just put everything I have into dance.” This remarkably humble phrase comes from one of Sacramento Ballet’s principal ballerinas. She is also the daughter of the ballet’s coartistic directors, Ron Cunningham and Carinne Binda. “I used to be really nervous that people would think, ‘Oh, Alex is only dancing that role because she’s the director’s daughter,” Cunningham admits. “So I’m always pushing myself to live up to the expectation. At least people can’t say I didn’t work for it.” While it might keep the critics at bay, this hard-driving determination is not always the best for the ballerina’s health, as her recent knee injury can attest. During a rehearsal for George Balanchine’s “Rubies” last October, Cunningham unknowingly tore her ACL. She continued to dance on it until late December. “I was doing a basic step and [my left knee] popped,” Cunningham, 27, recalls. “It didn’t hurt that bad, so I kept dancing. Then, in a performance, I was doing a side kick during the finale and my knee went a way it shouldn’t go. I went to a physical therapist, who didn’t feel anything unusual, so I kept dancing. When I finally realized that it wasn’t getting better and that I was compensating a lot, I got an MRI.” The MRI and subsequent doctor visits revealed that Cunningham would have to have surgery (which

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she did on Dec. 20) and complete six to nine months of rehabilitation— which meant no more performing for the rest of the season. “I was in denial,” Cunningham admits. “We tweak things all the time. I’ve sprained my ankle a billion times; I get back spasms. But I’m notorious for dancing through pain. I’m a little

crazy that way. [Ballet] is such an amazing thing to be able to do that I don’t want to stop. My feet hurt more every day than my knee ever did.” This forced hiatus has given the dedicated dancer some unexpectedly welcome time to reflect and rejuvenate—something Cunningham

It’s not surprising that her deeper desires have led her to crave even more contact with ballet. Ever since she was a kid, she knew she wanted to dance. She would often move to music around the house instead of doing her homework, much to her parents’ chagrin. In fact, Ron and Carinne—Cunningham refers to them by their first names with a practiced professionalism that may be enhanced by her fear of favoritism—in no way wished for their daughter to join the corps. Quite the opposite. “Ron and Carinne tried to get me to do everything but ballet,” Cunningham says. “Piano, Girl Scouts, soccer. School was always No. 1. They wanted me to be really well rounded. And they knew how much you have to sacrifice as a dancer.

They didn’t want me to burn out too young.” Regardless of her parents’ caution, Cunningham danced as often as she could, training at Deane Dance Center under the legendary Barbara Crockett, the founder of Sacramento Ballet and a teacher who was “hard as nails.” When Cunningham reached sophomore year of high school, Ron and Carinne invited their daughter to dance small roles in the corps when they needed extra girls, which only fed Cunningham’s creative appetite. “It was so fun to be with the professionals,” she recalls. “They were my role models growing up, and watching them rehearse up close made me want to be a dancer even more.” At the age of 18, Cunningham deferred entrance to UC Berkeley when she was invited to become an apprentice at her “dream company,” which she accepted on one condition. “I told my parents I would only sign the contract if I could move out on my own,” Cunningham says. “I

didn’t want to be in their company by day and then come home to their house for dinner. I wanted to keep things separate.” Nearly 10 years later, the ironwilled dancer has accomplished everything she set out to: She’s living on her own but enjoys frequent family dinners at her parents’ house. She’s gotten to create roles in her father’s iconic ballets as well as dance for international choreographers of world renown. And she’s at the top of her professional game, with her sights set on more. “I didn’t totally grasp how amazing my job was until it was taken away,” Cunningham says, referring to her injury. “This whole experience has made me realize that I’m not done yet. Ballet is in my blood.” Alexandra Cunningham will start this coming season healthy and hungry for more. The season opener this month is “The Great Gatsby.” For more information, go to sacballet.org n

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This Little Light EXPLAINING THE SCIENCE BEHIND HALLOWEEN’S SPOOKY LIGHTING EFFECTS

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is the season for eerie lights. This month you’ll see glowin-the-dark face paint, creepy decorations shining ghostly green under black light, and glow sticks dangling from the necks of trick-ortreaters. These lights are different from sunlight or ordinary light bulbs. They’re low intensity and viewed best in the dark. They’re a single color, and they’re cool to the touch. What are they? These “glow” lights are all examples of fluorescence. Fluorescence is a kind of light produced by a fluorescent molecule (or fluorophore) after it is charged with energy. Typically, the energy comes from electromagnetic radiation (EMR)—either visible light or shortwavelength, high-energy forms like ultraviolet and X-rays. When you bombard a fluorophore with electromagnetic radiation (such as by shining a light on it), the fluorescent molecule absorbs the energy but doesn’t keep it. Instead, the fluorophore sends energy back out as EMR of a longer wavelength. In other words, it emits light of a different color.

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This creates cool visual effects if the “light” used to charge the fluorophore is invisible. Black lights such as you’ll find at a Halloween store are an excellent example. Black lights are peculiar light bulbs that emit EMR in ultraviolet wavelengths that are mostly outside the range that the human eye can detect. Even when a black light is burning at full intensity, all we can see is a faint purple glow. But the energy is there, and if it shines on, say, a fluorescent skeleton decoration, the skeleton lights up. Because we can’t see the brilliance of the black light, but we can see the re-emitted light coming from the skeleton, the whole thing seems like magic. But what about glow-in-the-dark T-shirts or watch faces that shine in total darkness?

This is another kind of fluorescence that’s properly called phosphorescence. Phosphorescence is delayed or slow fluorescence. As with fluorescence, phosphorescent substances first have to be activated by exposure to electromagnetic radiation. But instead of immediately emitting energy, they release their light gradually over time. If you’ve ever had a glow-inthe-dark item, you’ve probably experimented with these properties of phosphorescence yourself. To get your item to glow with the highest intensity, you first have to charge it by shining a really bright light on it. The longer you charge it, the more energy it stores and the longer it will glow later. A third common example of fluorescence is glow sticks. Glow

sticks are a clever way of packaging a fluorophore with a built-in energy source that the user can activate when ready. As you might guess, the energy comes from a chemical reaction. Inside every glow stick is a brittle, glasslike tube that keeps two chemicals apart. When you bend a glow stick, you break the tube and the chemicals mix. They react, and the reaction releases invisible energy. The energy charges the fluorophore, and the fluorescent molecules glow. Glow stick light is brightest at the beginning. It fades as the chemicals are used up. You can regulate the reaction rate, and the lifespan of your glow stick, using temperature. Like most chemical reactions, this one is accelerated by heat and slowed by cold. You can’t turn off a glow stick, but if you want to save some of the light for the next day, put the stick in a freezer. The reaction will slow dramatically, conserving the chemicals for later. When the stick is warmed again, the reaction will resume and the stick will brighten. On the other hand, if you want a glow stick to stay illuminated at about the same level for the longest possible time, rather than burning brightly at first and then dimming, refrigerate it before you turn it on. This will slow the initial reaction and even out the light intensity over time. Note that the fluorophore in a glow stick is not consumed. A glow stick will fluoresce under black light before and after it’s been used. Nature invented glow-in-the-dark long before humans turned it into technology. Bioluminescence is light

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from living things. The best-known example of bioluminescence is the firefly. You won’t see a firefly in Sacramento, but you can go to the best place on Earth to see organisms that light up: the ocean. Many fish and corals make their own light in the darkness using enzymes called luciferases. To witness this marvel, visit Tomales Bay, near Point Reyes National Seashore just north of San Francisco. Tomales Bay is home to billions of tiny bioluminescent

creatures called dinoflagellates. Take a nighttime kayak tour at the right time of year and you’ll see the waters light up with glowing fairy dust. A number of companies offer these excursions. Summer and early fall are usually the best times to go, but these unforgettable tours continue into November. Amy Rogers is a novelist, scientist, and educator. Contact her at amy@ sciencethrillers.com or learn more at her website, ScienceThrillers.com n

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Ain’t It Grand THE VISION OF ONE THOUSAND MUSICIANS PLAYING IN ONE SYMPHONY

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icture it: more than 1,000 local musicians taking the stage together to play pieces in unison in the hallowed halls of Memorial Auditorium. This image will become a reality from noon to 5 p.m. on Oct. 12 during the “Symphony of 1,000” under the direction of Michael Neumann, conductor and artistic director of Sacramento Youth Symphony. “It was two years ago, after studying the score of the Symphony No. 8 by Gustav Mahler, which has the nickname ‘Symphony of 1,000’ because it takes a very large group to perform, that a seed was planted,” Neumann says. “(I had a dream) of performing an event that would involve many people, young and old, in what we are calling the ‘Symphony of 1,000.’ “All of the young people in the Sacramento Youth Symphony will be playing, and we hope that many more people from this region will sign up and participate in this momentous communitywide event. I am very excited to see this dream of mine come to fruition.” You can get in on the act—the largest assembled orchestra in the history of our fair city—by registering

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More than 1,000 local musicians will take the stage together to play pieces in unison at Memorial Auditorium this month

by Oct. 2 on the event website, symphonyof1000.org For musicians, participation costs $20. The event will begin with a rehearsal at 1 p.m. followed by the performance at 4 p.m. Music is now available to download and practice. Just want to kick back and enjoy the sight and sounds of Neumann’s dream come true? Attendance is only $10, $5 if you’re 18 or younger. Nonparticipants can register as audience members at symphonyof1000.org Memorial Auditorium is at 1400 J St.

STAINED GLASS CONCERT AT FREMONT PRESBYTERIAN On Saturday, Oct. 25, Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra will

perform one of George Frederic Handel’s most popular works at 8 p.m. at Fremont Presbyterian Church. The choral society is calling its event “The Stained Glass Concert.” In attention to “Dettingen Te Deum,” Handel’s work celebrating a 1743 British victory in Bavaria, the group will perform several religious works, including a Gregorian chant. The concert will provide a preview of the choral group’s European tour in 2015. Sacramento Choral Society will perform some of the same music at Notre Dame in Paris, St. Paul’s Cathedral in London and the American cemetery in Normandy, France. There concert will be followed by a reception at the church. Tickets are $25 to $35 general admission, $12.50 to $17.50 for

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ONCE UPON A TIME … Sacramento Ballet is celebrating its 60th anniversary season this year, which has as its theme “Once Upon a Time,” with a lineup that is sure to be stunning, starting with the eagerly anticipated return Oct. 23-26 of Ron Cunningham’s “The Great Gatsby” at Community Center Theater. The piece features exquisitely sensual dancing—some of Cunningham’s best original work, if the sellout crowds were any indication during its premiere in 2013. The toe-tapping live tunes are courtesy of Billy Novick’s Blue Syncopators, who

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Sacramento Ballet is celebrating its 60th anniversary season this year, which has as its theme “Once Upon a Time,” with a lineup that is sure to be stunning, starting with the eagerly anticipated return Oct. 23-26 of Ron Cunningham’s “The Great Gatsby” at Community Center Theater. Photo courtesy of Keith Sutter Photography.

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PREVIEWS FROM page 79 contests, talks and slide shows from coffee farm visits. The purpose of the week is to teach locals about the farm-to-cup coffee process: each batch of coffee must be delicately handled and prepared in every stage, from growing to harvesting, roasting, grinding, brewing … and sipping! Our cups runneth over. For more information on individual events, go to specialtycoffeeweek.com For more information on Temple Coffee & Tea (2829 S St., 1010 Ninth St. and 2600 Fair Oaks Blvd.), go to templecoffee.com For more information on Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters (400 P St.), go to chocolatefishcoffee.com

PLESCIA ON PIANO Catch East Sacramento native, and nationally renowned pianist, Tanya Plescia tackle an all-Russian program alongside the American River College Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 29 and Nov. 1 at the American River College Theater. Plescia has performed across the United States—in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Portland and San Francisco—and is widely recognized for her renditions of Hungarian and Eastern European composers’ music. This program will feature her fascinating interpretations of Sergei Prokofiev’s famous First Concerto (Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, opus 10), Alexander Borodin’s “In the Steppes of Central Asia” and Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” (Maurice Ravel version). Rounding out the sound will be the American River College Symphony Orchestra, a diverse group of 75 musicians who are also doctors, lawyers, psychologists, authors, teachers, business executives, domestic engineers, retired professionals and students, under the able baton of Steven Thompson. The American River College Theater is at 4700 College Oak Drive. For tickets and more information, call 484-8433 or go to sacpiano.com

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Catch East Sacramento native, and nationally renowned pianist, Tanya Plescia tackle an all-Russian program alongside the American River College Symphony Orchestra. Photo courtesy of Guy Kowarsh.

THE E STREET BAND Friends and creative compadres Chris Botta and Roy Tatman will show their work together for the first time this month at E Street Gallery during an exhibit entitled “On the Walls and Floor.” From Oct. 12 through Oct. 26, get a gander at Botta’s figurative and abstract paintings and drawings, Tatman’s repurposed steel sculptures and a glimpse into their 35-year friendship. The two have worked together curating and installing art exhibits at the Center for Contemporary Art, Exploding Head Gallery and the E Street Gallery and they’ve been studio neighbors at the E Street Gallery & Studio Complex for the past three years. Talk about a beautiful friendship. The Second Saturday opening reception will be from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11, and a closing reception will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26. For more information, call 947-5409. E Street Gallery is at 1115 E St.

MUSEUM MÉLANGE Crocker Art Museum is chockfull of fun and fascinating finds this month, whether you’re a fan of Latin American art, antiques, Japanese photography or even zombies. First up is “Icons in Conversation with Enrique Chagoya” at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5 The Mexican-born

painter and print-maker, one of the major artists featured in the Crocker’s current exhibition “Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art,” will offer rare insights into his art and creative process that includes political commentary, social satire and cultural critique. Next, have a screamingly good time at Art Mix/Monster’s Ball from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 9. Get into the Halloween spirit early with the Living Dead Cup—four-on-four soccer matches—presented by the Lady Salamanders and featuring local media personalities, enjoy a frighteningly good showcase by the Sacramento Horror Film Festival, do the Frankenstein to a live performance by indie-rock group Mt. Whateverest and guest DJ Shaun Slaughter, take a 10-minute flashlight art tour, do some creepy crafting and make your best monster faces in Giggle and Riot’s freaky photo booth. The event is free for museum members and $10 for nonmembers. College students receive a $2 discount, and drink specials are under $5 all night. This month’s Classical Concert is geared toward a very special audience. Lend an ear at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 12 to “Azure: Music for Listeners on the Autism Spectrum.” Azure events welcome those on the autism spectrum or kids with similar neurodiversities, their families and caregivers for a day of relaxing, musical fun.

An autism dad, Steve Prutsman, an internationally acclaimed pianist and host of the Azure family concert series at Stanford University, will perform a mix of popular and classical selections for ASD families to enjoy. The 50-minute concert is part of the Crocker’s participation in the 2014-15 Campus Community Book Project, begun by acclaimed researcher, inventor and best-selling author Temple Grandin. The event is free for museum members and free with admission for nonmembers. For tickets, call 8081182. No time for a trip to the Bay Area? Take in a collection from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art without leaving your hometown during the Crocker exhibition of “The Provoke Era: Japanese Photography from the Collection of SFMOMA,” on display from Oct. 12 through Feb. 1. Explore the oeuvres of Japanese photographers responding to the societal upheaval of World War II and the visual language they created called “Are, Bure, Boke”—rough, blurred and out of focus. Fittingly, the exhibition is named for the groundbreaking magazine Provoke, which sought to break the rules of traditional photography. This stunning showcase of photographers includes Masahisa Fukase, Eikoh Hosoe, Daido Moriyama and Shomei Tomatsu. See the masters of 20th century Mexican art up close in the Crocker’s new exhibition “Arte Mexicano: Legacy of the Masters,” on display from Oct. 12 through Feb. 1. Composed of 40 paintings by more than 35 artists, the exhibition includes masterpieces by Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siquerios, Rufino Tamayo, Maria Izquierdo, Remedios Varo, Francisco Toledo, Gunther Gerzo, Carlos Merida, Mario Palacios, Alejandro Santiago and Irma Palacios. Hunting for a one-of-a-kind gift or goodie? Don’t miss the Art and Antiques Show & Sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 24 and 25, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26 at McClellan PREVIEWS page 82

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SWAYZE TO THE BEAT Carolyne Swayze’s résumé reveals an artist who is not only motivated but unendingly creative: A former investigator for the district attorney, Swayze is a singer, songwriter, novelist and composer. Hear her smooth vocals swing into action at “An Evening of Song with Carolyne Swayze” at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5 at John Q’s Ballroom at the Holiday Inn downtown. Swayze will sing a selection of standards and original pieces that are sure to have you swooning while she croons. The concert will also feature Joe Gilman on piano, Steve Homan on guitar, Vince Bartels on drums, Peter Barshay on bass and Noel Jewkes on tenor sax. John Q’s Ballroom at the Holiday Inn is located at 300 J St. For reservations and more information,

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THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT To get you in the mood for All Hallow’s Eve, Sacramento Symphonic Winds is presenting a fall concert that’s sure to give you shivers: “Scenes from the Macabre” performs at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 19 at Crowne Plaza Northeast. The 60-piece band will tackle spooky selections including “Danse Macabre” by Camille Saint-Saens, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, “The Phantom of the Opera” by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and more. But never fear: The symphonic concert is appropriate for all ages, so even little ones can enjoy the masterful music. (Children ages 10 and younger get in free.) Crowne Plaza Northeast is at 5321 Date Ave. For tickets and more information, call 489-2576 or go to sacwinds.org

ON THE VERGE Do you have a creative kid who’s yearning to learn more about art? Or are you yourself looking for a way to unleash your inner artist? Check out the fall class offerings at Verge Center for the Arts, a nonprofit arts organization downtown that seeks to expose the Sacramento region to internationally recognized contemporary art and provide vital resources to local artists—one of whom could be you! For adults, you can explore dressmaking with exhibition artist Mary Younakof, learn to combine clay and fiber to create sculptures in the style of ceramicist and Verge artist Linda Miller or partake in the process of screen printing from beginning to end with designer Laura Matranga of Asbestos Press. For wee ones, kids can discover the process of mould making and sculpture with installation artist Terry Peterson, dig into clay and create buried treasure in a four-week clay class with Linda

Miller and, come Christmas time, take a crack at craft making during Verge’s December open houses. There are tons of class offerings, but space is limited, so check out vergeart.com for more information. Verge Center for the Arts is at 625 S St.

GOING BOLD Take a peek at the amazing art that Northern California has to offer at this year’s “Bold Expressions— Northern California Arts Annual International Open Juried Art Exhibition” at Sacramento Fine Arts Center through Oct. 25. This year marks the show’s 75th anniversary of seeking out and showcasing the best and brightest artists that NorCal has to offer, judged this year by artist, illustrator, collaborator and curator Robert-Jean Ray. Don’t miss the Second Saturday reception from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 11 or the closing reception and awards presentation from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Oct. 25. Sacramento Fine Arts Center is at 5330B Gibbons Drive in Carmichael. For more information, call 971-3713 or visit sacfinearts.org

TEL AVIV IN TOWN If you’ve always been curious about the landscapes of Tel Aviv but haven’t been there, check out the new exhibition at Alex Bult Gallery of Bryce Vinokurov’s “Tel Aviv: Urban Landscapes” from Oct. 9 through Nov. 1. Vinokurov’s paintings and collages portray the dynamic duality of a city that boasts beauty (palm trees and parks) as well as grit (telephone wires and satellite dishes), and a collection of beautiful Bauhaus buildings in older parts of the city. Take a peek at the art and chat with Vinokurov in person at the preview reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 9 or the opening night reception from 6 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 11. Alex Bult Gallery is at 1114 21st St., Suite B in midtown. For more

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DOOR BUSTERS Have you ever wondered where your neighbors get their festive fall door decorations and have you secretly coveted their sense of outdoor chic? Why not learn to make your own autumnal masterpiece at the Fall Door Decoration DIY Class hosted by Relles Florist from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 11? The pros at the family-owned florist shop will provide the materials and take you through an easy-to-follow, step-by-step process that promises to produce your very own door decoration worthy of a Better Homes and Gardens cover. Relles Florist is at 2400 J St. For more information, call 441-1478 or go to rellesflorist.com Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Please email items for consideration by the first of the month, at least one month in advance of the event. n

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ere in Sacramento, we’ve got Beer Week, Bacon Fest, Dine Downtown Restaurant Week and any other number of weeks celebrating the best consumables our region has to offer. New on the scene in October is Specialty Coffee Week (Oct. 13-19), a seven-day celebration of lovingly sourced, locally roasted beans and the expertly crafted beverages that come from them. During Specialty Coffee Week, local cafes and roasters will celebrate all things coffee. From roasting to brewing, from coffee pairing dinners to coffee-infused beers, from history lectures to coffee sack art, there’s bound to be something to capture your caffeinated fancy. Outside of that week, it’s good to know where you can get some of the best coffee in town. Drop by any of these local roasters and you’re bound to find passionate employees doling out fine cups of java for your enjoyment. Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters— “What the heck is a chocolate fish?” you might ask. Well, it’s a fish-shaped confection given as a thank-you or reward in the faraway land of New Zealand. Basically, it’s a Kiwi thing. Turns out, so is coffee. Chocolate Fish started as a little cafe attached to the CalPERS building at 3rd and Q streets more than six years ago. Since then, the Fish team has opened a second cafe and roasting plant in East Sac.

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In need of a coffee break? Stop by Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters for a cup and a pastry.

The vibe is coffee-centric all the way. Other than a few sweet treats made by local standby Magpie

Caterers, Chocolate Fish is all about the coffee. A sign on the door of the East Sac shop reads, “No Wi-Fi, Conversation Encouraged.” Basically,

Coffee Works and Jump Start Cafe—Before there was Java City, before there was a Starbuck’s on every corner, before some of you were born, there was Coffee Works. To say that Coffee Works was ahead of the curve when it came to local coffee roasting is like saying that the Wright brothers were ahead of the curve when it came to charging airline baggage fees. The team at Coffee Works has been roasting coffee in that deeply satisfying, rich, dark, oily fashion since 1982. Since that time, they’ve been dedicated to organic production, sustainable agriculture and community involvement. They were doing these things before these things were buzzwords. Jump Start Café is an in-house bakery turning out exemplary pastries and delicious bites. Try a cup of Jump Start coffee and a breakfast burrito or pastry to get your morning started right. 3418 Folsom Blvd.; coffeeworks.com RESTAURANT page 87

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RESTAURANT FROM page 84 Temple Coffee Roasters—For almost a decade, Temple Coffee Roasters has pulled in accolades from local and national audiences alike. Temple’s dedication to roasting and brewing has earned it mentions in national periodicals, local best-of lists and regional competitions. Just last year, one of Temple’s coffees garnered a national first-place award from Coffee Review.

If you haven’t figured it out yet, these folks are serious about coffee. Seriously serious. And it shows.

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to relax, meet friends, listen to music

find videos on brewing (both hot

or just chill. Nearly 10 years later, it

and cold), educational articles about

still is.

coffee, profiles of coffee producers and information about roasting at home. Temple has three locations. The

Seriously serious. And it shows.

On 21st between H and I streets, Weatherstone boasts one of

in Arden-Arcade offers a comfortable

Sacramento’s best patios and most

sitting room for savoring your joe, as

convivial atmospheres. Old Soul’s

well as a busy walkup line for local

newest incarnation is at 40 Acres

professionals getting their morning

in Oak Park. The full cafe menu

fix. The downtown location at 9th and

and plentiful seating make this a

J is modern, sleek and fast paced. The

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Midtown outpost at 29th and S is an

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regulars. 1716 L St.; 812 21st St.; 3434 Broadway; oldsoulco.com

offering a beautiful patio for coffee enjoyment late into the night. 2600 Fair Oaks Blvd.; 1010 9th St.; 2829 S St.; templecoffee.com Old Soul Co.—Part roastery, part of Sacramento’s hangout scene for a

these folks are serious about coffee.

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bakery, Old Soul Co. has been part If you haven’t figured it out yet,

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Leatherby’s Family Creamery

Andaloussia

L D $ House-made ice cream and specialties, soups and sandwiches

1537 Howe Ave. 927-1014 L D $-$$ Authentic Moroccan cuisine, lunch & dinner specials, belly dancing weekends • bestmoroccanfood.com

Bandera

2232 Fair Oaks Blvd. 922-3524

D Full Bar $$-$$$ American Cooking served in an all-booth setting. • Houtons.com

“Give them plenty of good, tasty food and they will be happy.”...Frank Fat 806 L Street, Sacramento 916-442-7092 www.frankfats.com www.frankfats75.com

Bella Bru Café

5038 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883

4321 Arden Way 488-47794

D $$-$$$ Full Bar Gourmet Chineses food for 32 years • Dine in and take out

L D $$ Full Bar Italian bistro in a casual setting • Cafevinoteca.com

L D $$ Traditional Italian pizza & pasta Family Friendly Catering + Team Parties • romas-pizzaand-pasta.com

3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-8690

L D $$ Full Bar Asian-influenced cuisine in a casual setting • Chinoiscitycafe.com

Ettore’s

2376 Fair Oaks Blvd. 482-0708

B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio European-style gourmet café with salads, soup, spit-roasted chicken, and desserts in a bistro setting • Ettores.com

Jackson Dining

1120 Fulton Ave. 483-7300

5132 Fair Oaks. Blvd. 779-0727

L D Beer/Wine $$ Neighborhood gathering place for pizza, pasta and grill dishes

6530 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-9800

Roxy

2381 Fair Oaks Blvd. 489-2000

B L D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine with a Western touch in a creative upscale atmosphere

Ristorante Piatti

571 Pavilions Lane 649-8885

L D $$ Full Bar Contemporary Italian cuisine in a casually elegant setting

Sam's Hof Brau

2500 Watt 482-2175 L D $$ Wine/Beer Fresh quality meats roasted daily • thehofbrau.com

Thai House

527 A Munroe in Loehmann's 485-3888

L D $$ Wine/Beer Creative cuisine in a casual setting • Jacksoncateringevents.com

L D $$ Wine/Beer Featuring the great taste of Thai traditional specialties • sacthaihouse.com

Jack’s Urban Eats

Thai Chef's House

L D $ Full Bar Made-to-order comfort food in a casual setting • Jacksurbaneats.com

L D $$ Thai cusine in a friendly, casual setting

2535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 481-5225

2851 Fulton Ave. 481-9500

The Kitchen

Willie's Burgers

D $$$ Wine/Beer Five-course gourmet demonstration dinner by reservation only • Thekitchenrestaurant.com

L D $ Great burgers and more

La Rosa Blanca Taqueria

33rd Street Bistro

2225 Hurley Way 568-7171

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The Mandarin Restaurant

Roma's Pizza & Pasta

3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 487-1331

Chinois City Café

L D $$ Full Bar Patio Vietnamese and Thai cuisine in a casual yet elegant setting

Café Vinoteca

B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio Casual California cuisine • paragarys.com

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601 Munroe St. 486-4891

Matteo's Pizza

Pavilions Center

Family Owned and Operated

Lemon Grass Restaurant

B L D $-$$ European-style cafe serving espresso, omelettes, salads, sandwiches, dinner entres, full bar, table service from 5 p.m., patio dining bellabrucafe.com

Café Bernardo

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3032 Auburn Blvd. 484-0139 2813 Fulton Ave. 484-6104

L D Full Bar $$-$$ Fresh Mexican food served in a colorful family-friendly setting

5050 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-5050

EAST SAC

3301 Folsom Blvd. 455-2233

B L D $$ Full Bar Patio Pacific Northwest cuisine in a casual bistro setting •

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Burr's Fountain 4920 Folsom Blvd. 452-5516

B L D $ Fountain-style diner serving burgers, sandwiches, soup and ice cream specialties

Cabana Winery & Bistro 5610 Elvas 476-5492

LD $$ Wine tasting and paired entrees. Sunday Brunch 10 - 2. • cabanawine.com

Clarks' Corner Restaurant 5641 J St.

L D Full Bar $$ American cuisine in a casual historic setting

Clubhouse 56

723 56th. Street 454-5656

BLD Full Bar $$ American cuisine. HD sports, kid's menu, beakfast weekends

Evan’s Kitchen 855 57th St. 452-3896

B L D Wine/Beer $$ Eclectic California cuisine served in a family-friendly atmosphere, Kid’s menu, winemaker dinners, daily lunch specials, community table for single diners • Chefevan.com

Español 5723 Folsom Blvd. 457-3679

L D Full Bar $-$$ Classic Italian cuisine served in a traditional family-style atmosphere

Formoli's Bistro

3839 J St. 448-5699

B L D Wine/Beer Patio $$ Mediterranean influenced cuisine in a neighborhood setting

Hot City Pizza 5642 J Street 731-8888

D $ Wine/Beer Fresh made to order pizza served in a cozy dining room; or to take out

Italian Stallion

3260B J St. 449-8810

L D $-$$ Thin-Crust Pizza, Deserts and Beer in an intimate setting and popular location

La Trattoria Bohemia 3649 J St. 455-7803

L D Wine/Beer $-$$ Italian and Czech specialties in a neighborhood bistro setting

Les Baux

5090 Folsom Blvd. 739-1348

BLD $ Wine/Beer Unique boulangerie, café & bistro serving affordable delicious food/drinks all day long • lesbauxbakery.com

Opa! Opa!

5644 J St. 451-4000

L D Wine/Beer $ Fresh Greek cuisine in a chic, casual setting, counter service

Nopalitos

5530 H St. 452-8226

B L $ Wine/Beer Southwestern fare in a casual diner setting

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Grange

B L D $$-$$$ Wine/Beer High quality handcrafted food to eat in or take out, wine bar

B L D Full Bar $$$ Simple, seasonal, soulful • grangerestaurant.com

5340 H St. 473-3333

926 J Street • 492-4450

Star Ginger

Hock Farm Craft & Provision

Asian Grill and Noodle Bar • starginger.com

L D $$-$$ Full Bar Celebration of the region's rich history and bountiful terrain • Paragarys.com

3101 Folsom Blvd. 231-8888

Istanbul Bistro

3260 J Street 449-8810

1415 L St. 440-8888

Claim Jumper

L D Wine/Beer $$ Mediterranean-inspired cuisine in cozy neighborhood bistro setting

1111 J St. 442-8200

DOWNTOWN

Mikuni Restaurant and Sushi Bar

Foundation

400 L St. 321-9522

L D $$ Full Bar American cooking in an historic atmosphere • foundationsacramento.com

L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American in a clubby atmosphere

1530 J St. 447-2112

L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Japanese cuisine served in an upscale setting • Mikunisushi.com

Parlaré Eurolounge 10th & J Sts. 448-8960

full service brunch Saturday & Sunday on the patio beginning at 9 am Happy Hour drink prices

Chops Steak Seafood & Bar 1117 11th St. 447-8900

L D $$$ Full Bar Steakhouse serving dry-aged prime beef and fresh seafood in an upscale club atmosphere • Chopssacramento.com

Downtown & Vine 1200 K Street #8 228-4518

BELLA BRU 485.2883

Fair Oaks Boulevard & Arden Way

Wine Bar, Event Center & Retail Sales, 36 wines by the glass, beer on tap • downtownandvine.com

Ella Dining Room & Bar 1131 K St. 443-3772

L D $$$ Full Bar Modern American cuisine served family-style in a chic, upscale space • Elladiningroomandbar.com

Esquire Grill 1213 K St. 448-8900

L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Outdoor Dining Upscale American fare served in an elegant setting • Paragarys.com

Estelle's Patisserie

901 K St. 916-551-1500 L D $$-$$$ French-inspired Bakery serving fresh pastry & desserts, artisan breads and handcrafted sandwiches. EstellesPatisserie.com

Fat City Bar & Cafe 1001 Front St. 446-6768

D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine served in a casual historic Old Sac location • Fatsrestaurants. com

The Firehouse Restaurant 1112 Second St. 442-4772

L D $$$ Full Bar Global and California cuisine in an upscale historic Old Sac setting • Firehouseoldsac.com

Frank Fat’s

806 L St. 442-7092

L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Chinese favorites in an elegant setting • Fatsrestaurants.com

Il Fornaio

400 Capitol Mall 446-4100

L D Full Bar $$$ Fine Northern Italian cuisine in a chic, upscale atmosphere • Ilfornaio.com

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Rio City Café

1110 Front St. Old Sac 442-8226

L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Seasonal menu of favorites in a setting overlooking river • Riocitycafe.com

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

LAND PARK Freeport Bakery

2966 Freeport Blvd. 442-4256

B L $ Award-winning baked goods and cakes for eat in or take out • Freeportbakery.com

Iron Grill 13th Street and Broadway 737-5115

L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Upscale neighborhood steakhouse • Ironsteaks.com

Jamie's Bar and Grill

427 Broadway 442-4044

L D $ Full Bar Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Dine in or take out since 1986

Riverside Clubhouse

2633 Riverside Drive 448-9988

L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American cuisine served in a contemporary setting • Riversideclubhouse.com

Taylor's Kitchen

2924 Freeport Boulevard 443-5154

D $$$ Wine/Beer Dinner served Wed. through Saturday. Reservations suggested but walk-ins welcome.

Tower Café

1518 Broadway 441-0222

B L D $$ Wine/Beer International cuisine with dessert specialties in a casual setting

Willie's Burgers

2415 16th St. 444-2006

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