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COVER ARTIST Hallie McKnight McKnight grew up in Carmichael dreaming of becoming an artist and she can now safely say she’s fulfilling those childhood dreams. This original painting will be on display at the 33rd Street Bistro special events room during the months of September and October.
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ocal original art is the first thing you see when setting eyes on our publications. We consider it our distinctive signature. As we celebrate 20 years of publishing this year, it is fitting that we also celebrate 20 years of art on our covers. Brothers Matt and Fred Haines opened 33rd Street Bistro in East Sac in 1996, the same year we started publishing Inside East Sacramento, our first monthly. We’ve been good friends ever since. So the decision was easy to partner with them to present a collection of original art that has been on our covers in their special events room for the months of September and October. With four publications over 20 years, we have featured more than 660 art images on our covers. At best guess, we have represented the work of more than 200 artists. Since adding the Pocket edition in 2014, we now feature 48 art images each year. Original art was not on our first cover in February 1996. We started with a more traditional newspaper look with a story and a photo. But when my mother, who lived in Ann
Some of my favorite covers include art by Kathy Waste, David Lobenberg, Jill Estroff, William Tuthill, Earl Boley, Wayne Thiebaud, Sam Francis, Samantha Buller and Judy Lew Loose (left to right, top to bottom)
Arbor, Mich. (where I had gone to college), found out I was publishing a newspaper, she sent me a copy of her local newsmagazine, called Ann Arbor Observer. The minute I saw it, I knew this was the direction I wanted to go with our fledgling publication. In my college years, I had enjoyed the art on the Observer covers. Many people are surprised to find out that my college degree is in fine art, not journalism.
My husband loved the idea when I showed him, but he cautioned me that it probably wouldn’t take long for other Sacramento publications to copy such a great idea. I figured more art in our community was a good idea, and if it happened, all the better. But it never did. The first artist we featured painted watercolor home portraits. I photographed about a dozen of her
paintings, figuring I’d run them for several months until I discovered more artists. But once they were published and mailed to more than 10,000 homes, artist David Lobenberg contacted me and became a regular. He began doing watercolors of local events and arts organizations, setting the visual standard for what I wanted in terms of cover art. In turn, I recommended him for commissions for events, including the Pops in the Park summer concert series in East Sacramento. He painted the poster image for that event for several years. Lobenberg shared his feelings with me early on about the power of bringing art to so many each month. He earned a living on commissions and at the time did watercolor portraits of high-profile people. But he said those portraits are hung in private homes and are seen by few people other than friends and family. Our covers, he said, guaranteed that tens of thousands of people would see his work. He thought that exposure was priceless. Another milestone was our first edition of Inside The City (now Inside Land Park) in 1998. I met Barry Smith, owner of Smith Gallery, who introduced me to the work of artist William Tuthill, who is now deceased. Tuthill was a retired engineer; his meticulously detailed and brightly colored watercolors of the downtown Sacramento skyline stunned me with their beauty. It might be hard to imagine now, but in 1998 the city of Sacramento didn’t exactly have a great reputation as a dynamic central core for our region. When we first started pitching PUBLISHER page 12
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PUBLISHER FROM page 11 our new city-focused edition, folks weren’t exactly sure how we could make it work. But as soon as they saw the first cover with Tuthill’s gorgeous view of the city, people quickly got on board. I am convinced the first cover did a great deal to lift the self-esteem of our city residents in showing the beauty of their city. That is just one example of the power of art to transform. Our first decade of publishing occurred before widespread Internet access, and during those early years, I spent time visiting galleries and going to shows and fairs. At that time, our local art scene was just a fraction of what it is now. For many years, I visited artists’ studios with a film camera to shoot their work for use on our covers. I professionally printed the photos and then scanned them to create digital images. About 12 years ago, I started using a digital camera, which was a huge improvement. Without websites to show their work, artists rarely used to photograph their art. Nowadays, just about every serious artist has a website and takes his or her own photographs. That makes my job much easier. Mastering the printing process was something I had to learn by trial and error since no one printed art images. Newsprint is an absorbent medium, and images “dot gain”—a process in which halftone dots grow in area between the original printed film and the final printed result. As a result, they have to be adjusted in Photoshop so that they don’t look too dark. I still prepare every image for print every month.
Selecting the art for the covers is easily the most enjoyable job I have every month. I choose from hundreds of images on file from regularly featured artists. But I spend time and energy to bring in new artists each year. In early 2014, I started an art gallery preview page for our publications, highlighting gallery shows in the coming month. It has been a great way to discover new artists. Some months, I have even been able to feature cover art to coincide with current gallery shows. In 2009, I was asked to judge a part of the California State Fair Fine Art Competition. I recognized a number of artists whose work had appeared on our covers and decided I’d feature their winning works on our cover the month of the fair. This evolved into my annual publisher’s awards at the fair, where framed covers are hung next to the original art. Judging at the fair has been a great way for me to discover new artists. I find out where the winners live and try to feature them in their neighborhood edition if possible. The Sac Open Studios tour being held this month has also been a godsend for me. I visit art studios, meet artists and discover many new artists every year. Someone once asked me to name the most famous artist we’ve ever featured on our cover. That is no doubt Wayne Thiebaud, whose art we put on our cover to celebrate a major retrospective of his work at Crocker Art Museum in 2010. We've also partnered with the Crocker to help promtoe other special exhibits., including a Sam Francis retropsective.
Our most featured artist is Judy Lew Loose. As of this month, her art has appeared on more than 20 of our covers. Just this past spring, my husband and I attended a fundraising event at a winery. As we sat and enjoyed the concert with friends, a woman approached me and introduced herself as Jill Estroff. I immediately recognized her name. She’s an artist whose work appeared on the cover of the Land Park edition last October. Called “Curtis Park Blues,” it was a colorful, somewhat gestural depiction of homes in fall colors. She told me a heartwarming story about her experience as a first-time cover artist. Two summers ago, she was recovering from cancer treatment and was unable to do all the sports she enjoyed. She’d once worked at the Crocker and thought that maybe painting would help occupy her mind without physically taxing her. “Curtis Park Blues” was her first attempt. She’d sent it to me but said she’d had no illusions it would be selected. I took one look at the piece and let her know I’d feature it on our October cover. I was touched by what she said next. “I was encouraged beyond belief,” she said, “and went on to paint more than a hundred paintings since then, almost all of which have been sold.” She said it was a lifechanging experience for her. I mentioned our upcoming art show and asked if the painting was still available. She said it’s still hanging proudly in her home, despite many offers to purchase it. “I told my
husband I could never sell the art that was featured on your cover!” she said. While I know many of the artists we have featured over the years, I’ve never met some of the newer ones. But I get lovely notes and emails from artists expressing the pure joy they feel. I can only imagine what widespread publication of their art has meant to them. Our art show is designed to bring together these artists and our readers. We have assembled more than 45 original works of varying sizes and mediums for the show. Many are recent pieces. (Artworks featured on our covers tend to sell well, so they’re not available for exhibition.) But a few are more than a decade old. We also will have a huge wall of framed covers on display. In 2013, Crocker Art Museum held a fabulous retrospective of the work of legendary artist Norman Rockwell, featuring 50 original paintings and more than 300 original covers of The Saturday Evening Post. It gave me the idea for our show. Please join us at our Second Saturday reception on Sept. 12 from 5 to 9 p.m., where you may get a chance to meet the artists. Or stop by the bistro for a meal and visit thier special events room to see the show all month long. Many of the pieces are available for purchase from the artists. The fact that we can keep bringing local art to you month after month on our covers is testament to the breadth and depth of artists who gratefully call Sacramento home. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com n
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Goodbye Fescue, Hello Sage SEPTEMBER IS THE PERFECT TIME TO RELANDSCAPE, PARTICULARLY WITH PERENNIALS
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Arden Park Garden Club will showcase area homes in the club’s annual tour of area gardens on Sept. 19
homeowners have been using all sorts of water-wise tricks to keep things lush and flowering. No need to waste water, they say. Mary Ann Maberry is one of the Arden Park Garden Club members whose 1360 Castec Ave. garden is flush with color and billowing with greenery. She mixes drought-tolerant plants into her landscape and has a
few tricks up her sleeve to water the more thirsty old-timers in her beds. One of Maberry’s tricks is to wash all her vegetables in a bucket in the kitchen sink so she can use the rinse water to hand-water her outdoor plants. Not a drop goes to waste. She also waters three times for short bursts on the days when she is allowed, a practice that helps eliminate runoff.
Where there’s a will to conserve, there’s a way. “Flowers make me happy so I’m always looking for ways to conserve water in order to keep them blooming in my garden,” she says. Maberry has no front lawn. Instead, her front garden is filled with giant flowering plants and droughttolerant shrubs such as the Butterfly Bush. Sure there are a few morethirsty fellows among her tenants, but her conservation measures help her stay on track to reduce water use. By mixing in drought-tolerant plants and hand-watering the thirstier flowering perennials with household water, she’s been able to keep things ablaze while keeping water use in check. Other homes on the tour, including 885 La Sierra Drive, illustrate how homeowners can reduce the size of the grass in the front while adding an interesting drought-tolerant perimeter bed that meets the street. This adds not only intrigue, seasonal blooms and relief, but it also helps the homeowner slash water use. Katherine Krantz is the vice president of the Arden Park Garden Club. She says so many lawns in the Arden and Carmichael areas are struggling after this summer’s water restrictions that it’s safe to say she expects more homeowners will remove their thirsty grasses, replacing them with easy-care, dry-loving landscapes. Goodbye fescue, hello sage and catnip. Krantz says she is expecting a bigger crowd than usual at this year’s garden tour. Seven homes will be featured, each offering something different, including extensive vegetable gardens, chicken coops and OUT AND ABOUT page 19
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SOMETHING’S BREWING AT BELLA BRU Bella Bru Café is pleased to announce some new faces in
the neighborhood, both of them strengthening the management team and adding flair to the menu, said the store’s owner, Liz Mishler. Hillary Cole, who has years of experience in the restaurant and hospitality industry, has been named the new general manager. She also served in the U.S. Air Force and visited European vineyards and developed a passion for wine and food pairings before becoming a Level 1 sommelier. It’s no wonder she already has made additions to the wine list. Joining her is Carlos Baez, the new executive chef. He got his start in Puerto Rico, where he worked at his family-owned restaurant. He went on to study culinary arts, specializing in healthful cooking and graduated from culinary school in Cotati. While he was a chef in San Francisco, Baez began researching recipes, ingredients and menus to keep things dynamic and everchanging. From pantry to grill, he emphasizes organic, big flavors and fresh, seasonal ingredients.
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“I am a blue collar, unconventional chef who always strives to learn more about cooking,” Baez says. Bella Bru guests will notice a change in decor as well. Olsen Design has been busy working on a fresh, clean casual look that includes new chairs, booths, window coverings, flooring and cabinetry. “We strive to keep pace with changes in the industry while having the same commitment to food quality and customer service that we’ve had for 22 years,” Mishler says. “We value our neighborhood and think local is delicious!” Bella Bru is in the Five Points shopping center on Fair Oaks Boulevard and Arden Way.
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And Susan G. Komen is recruiting volunteers at Cal Expo to paint posters to encourage runners in the 20th annual Race for the Cure happening this coming spring. To sign up as a volunteer, go to yourlocalunitedway.org/dayofcaring United Way’s Day of Caring will begin at 8 a.m. with a breakfast and rally at Cal Expo. Volunteer projects will begin at 9:30 a.m. Last year, 662 volunteers completed 32 volunteer activities in the Sacramento region.
ARDEN RESIDENTS HELP NEPAL The local chapter of Heifer International is sponsoring a storytelling benefit for Heifer-Nepal. “Heifer Tales: Uplifting Stories from Around the World” will take place from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1300 N St. Heifer International is a worldwide organization whose mission is to end hunger and poverty while caring for the Earth. By strategically placing farm animals in specific communities,
Heifer gives people the ability to lift themselves out of poverty, provide a sustainable income for themselves and send their sons and daughters to school. Each family who receives an animal passes on the first female offspring to another needy family, along with the training in its care. As the gift is passed along, entire communities lift themselves out of poverty. In many cases people come together to build their own community facilities, such as hospitals and schools. Heifer International communities in Nepal were drastically affected by the 7.0-plus magnitude earthquakes on April 25 and May 12 of this year. All proceeds from the Arden area story event will benefit those communities most affected. Funds are needed for both immediate relief and long-term recovery. Among the storytellers, Mary McGrath will share a story from India, Ray Tatar will share adventures from Africa, Diana Zuniga will talk about events in Mexico and Nancy Griffith with will share a story from Lebanon.
If you need a lift, consider the library, where experts are offering more than just books to keep you in the know. From reading to dogs to chess clubs, book clubs and oneon-one technology training, there’s something for everyone. Are you curious about e-books but not sure how to get started? Is your tablet or e-reader collecting dust, dead or a constant source of deep mystery to you? Do you need basic computer help such as creating email accounts and using the Internet? If you answered yes to any of these questions, visit the Carmichael Library from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning Sept. 2, for one-on-one technology help. If you need help with your job search, résumé or interview skills, the library offers a live job coach to help talk you through the process. Appointments are available at 2 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Sept. 1. Registration is required either in person or by calling 264-2920. If your child loves to read but might be a little intimidated by reading aloud to his classmates, why not let him or her practice his reading skills on a nonjudgmental therapy dog? The Carmichael Library offers a program on Tuesdays starting in September where kids ages 6 through 12 can read to a dog. And chess enthusiasts of all ages are invited to a Wednesday chess club at the Carmichael Library. The club
is open to players of all skill levels. A teacher will instruct beginners and all supplies will be provided. Preschoolers are invited at 10:15 a.m. on Thursdays to story time, songs and crafts. Additionally, parents and caregivers are invited to bring in their babies, toddlers and other children to “Stay and Play,� where library staff puts out toys for children while parents socialize. This is held at 11:45 a.m. on Thursdays. Movie Matinee Day is at 3 p.m. on Thursdays. Check the library for a list of screenings.
INTERNET CLASSES For the computer user who is new to the Internet, the Carmichael Library is offering a free course just for you. The class begins with an overview of websites, browsers and online safety. Then it’s off to discover some of the best the Internet has to offer, including sites for lifelong learning, entertainment sources for streaming music and movies, the best of shopping, and more. The class is appropriate for desktop, tablet and smartphone users. The two-session course will be held at 9 a.m. Sept. 18 and Sept. 25. Registration is required. The Carmichael Library is at 5605 Marconi Ave.
CELEBRATING COACH LEE Ask Charlie Lee’s family and students what he taught them: unconditional support, winning
and losing with dignity, and facing adversity with grace and style. For 32 years, Lee was a beloved Bella Vista High School teacher who motivated more than 10,000 students through classes, coaching, wresting clubs and camps. When Lee died in 2010, a local sports editor described his remarkable mentoring, even as Parkinson’s set in: “from the living room floor ‌ with scores of wrestlers stopping by ‌ for instruction and video critiques.â€? Now Lee, a California Wrestling Hall of Famer, continues to inspire through a book called “Coach: The Life of Charlie Lee,â€? assembled by his widow Ralphene with help from family and friends. “We gathered his emails, assembled team pictures and wrote anecdotes about what he stood for,â€? she says. “I wanted every one of Charlie’s students who wanted a book to have one.â€? So far, she has personally delivered or mailed more than 300 copies of the book, funded in part through the sale of her husband’s van, which was specially fitted with a ramp. She treasures the contact with players, students and friends. When not mailing out books, Ralphene, a Teacher of the Year and a steward for a Little Free Library in Citrus Heights, collects books for children. She can be reached at Ralphene@aol.com (The previous item was contributed by Kimberly A. Edwards.) Duffy Kelly can be reached at dk@ insidepublications.com n
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everal street improvement efforts are underway that should result in better pedestrian safety. Also, a major road paving project is proceeding for Fulton Avenue. The Howe Avenue Improvement Project will result in the construction of sidewalks on both sides of Howe between El Camino Avenue and Red Robin Lane. Howe between El Camino and Marconi avenues also is scheduled to be modified to what transportation experts call a “road diet” because the vehicle lanes will be reconfigured. The “diet” will consist of restriping from two lanes in each direction to one lane in each direction, with a shared center turn lane. On-street bicycles lanes will be created, too, within the project area. Earlier in 2014 a pedestrian traffic signal was installed across Howe to allow safe crossing to Bellview Park. Please note: Access will be maintained to all residences and businesses during the construction. Cottage Way from Watt Avenue to Fulton Avenue is also scheduled to undergo a “diet” of converting two lanes in each direction to one lane in
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A two-inch rubberized asphalt concrete overlay is slated to be applied to Fulton Avenue from Marconi Avenue to Auburn Boulevard and at least two through lanes in each direction will be maintained during peak commute hours while construction occurs
each direction, with a shared center turn lane plus the addition of bike lanes. Modification will occur, too, to the three existing signals along Cottage at Fulton, Morse and Watt avenues. A 4-foot-wide pedestrian shoulder will be added on the north side of Cottage from Trimble Way to approximately 270 feet west of Butano Drive. SacDOT is pursuing funding to install a permanent sidewalk to replace this shoulder to fill that gap. And during the construction at least one through lane in each direction will be maintained. Earlier this year work was completed to add a continuous sidewalk on the south side of Fair
Oaks Boulevard from Arden Way to Day Drive. Besides the sidewalk, curb, gutter and street lights were added. All of the above-mentioned projects were funded in part by revenue from the Federal Highway Safety Improvement Program. And Fulton Avenue is getting a 2-inch rubberized asphalt concrete overlay from Marconi Avenue to Auburn Boulevard. Besides resulting in a smoother ride for motorists, the project will restripe Fulton to include bicycle lanes. Access will be maintained to all residences and businesses during the construction, plus a least two through lanes in each direction on Fulton Avenue will be
maintained during peak commute hours (traffic may be reduced to one through lane each way for extended periods during off-peak hours). This project is being funded under the Federal Regional Surface Transportation Program.
THE GREAT AMERICAN RIVER CLEAN UP Saturday, Sept. 19, is the date for the annual Great American River Clean Up. During the hours of 9 a.m. to noon, please consider donating some time to help clean the parkway. Last year’s effort resulted in removing
15,700 pounds of trash thanks to the help of 1,304 volunteers. The American River Parkway Foundation sponsors the annual event as one way to maintain the natural habitat that composes this 23-mile stretch along the American River. Volunteers can register online and many students use the event as a way to earn community service credits. Staging sites where you can check in include Alumni Grove at CSUS, Ancil Hoffman Park and William Pond Park. More information can be obtained online at arpf.org The foundation is a 501(c)(3) notfor-profit agency and its mission is to foster environmental stewardship, facilitate volunteer opportunities and fund projects and programs on the American River Parkway that support the preservation, protection, enhancement and appreciation of the parkway’s natural resources. Sacramento County is very fortunate as a community to have a group such as the foundation willing to help serve the public interest, and its success depends upon contributions and volunteerism from all of us who enjoy and value this unique natural environment in the middle of an urban/suburban setting. Please consider demonstrating your support to the extent that you can.
FALL CONCERTS IN THE PARK During the summer there were plenty of great free outdoor concerts in our neighborhood parks in Arden Park, Carmichael and Fair Oaks, and the fun will continue with two encore performances in the Foothill Farms area. Mark your calendar for Saturday, Sept. 19, at Foothill Community Park, 5510 Diablo Drive, for the Dog Days of Summer, which will feature family fun for everyone including pet adoptions, food trucks and big trucks. Music will be provided by the band the 8 Tracks. Events run from 2 to 5 p.m. Another concert in the park will be held on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Pioneer Park, 5100 Verner Ave. near Pioneer School. There will be information booths and children’s activities
stalking, human trafficking, marijuana and the law, Laboratory of Forensic Services, crime scene investigation (CSI) and distracted driving. There will also be an optional one-day field trip to the Sacramento Superior Court. Classes will be held twice a month on Thursdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. from Oct. 8 through March 31 at the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Community Center, 7000 65th St. The program is open to current Sacramento County high school students (incoming 10th through 12th graders). Eligible students can apply for the program this fall and need to submit a completed application, which can be downloaded at www.sacda.org The deadline to apply is Sept. 11. For more information, email YouthPrograms@sacda.org
PARKWAY ALCOHOL BAN Volunteer on Saturday, September 19, for the annual “Great American River Clean Up” sponsored by the American River Parkway Foundation. Volunteers can register online at arpf.org and many students use the event as a way to earn community service credits for school.
beginning at 1 p.m., with the concert featuring the John Skinner Band from 2 to 4 p.m. Both events are co-sponsored by Sacramento County and the Sunrise Recreation and Park District, with corporate support being provided by McClellan Park, Dignity Health’s Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Walmart and California American Water. And remember: The best way to enjoy these concerts is to bring a picnic, blanket and lawn chairs.
REMEMBER TO WATER YOUR TREES The lush and leafy tree canopies of our neighborhoods provided shady relief during those hot summer months of July and August, and will continue to do so through the warm days of September provided we all take care of our trees. During this drought, our urban/ suburban forests with countless mature trees in every neighborhood risk damage if not cared for. Please
help protect neighborhood trees to ensure they get the care and nourishment they require to survive. Tips by the Sacramento Tree Foundation about conserving water while at the same time caring for your trees are available online by visiting sactree.com/drought
DISTRICT ATTORNEY YOUTH ACADEMY District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert, in partnership with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department and Sacramento Police Department, will sponsor a youth academy for students to actively learn about the criminal justice system, hear from our criminal justice partners, and engage in open communication with law enforcement about issues that affect young people today. Topics include anatomy of a criminal case, race as a factor in the criminal justice system, law enforcement use of force, gun violence, gangs, dating violence,
This Labor Day weekend there will be a complete ban on alcohol consumption and possession both on land and in the water within the American River Parkway between Hazel and Watt avenues. An exception exists for Ancil Hoffman Golf Course. In past years, summer holiday weekends had become major problems along the American River, making the parkway less of a family friendly outing because of fights, public nudity, profanity and littering. The problem was very apparent Fourth of July in 2006 when hundreds of rafters and partygoers consuming excessive amounts of alcohol created what one observer called a “chaotic scene” along a portion of the parkway. One person filmed the goings-on and posted a video on myspace.com depicting half-naked women and men wrestling in the mud. The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors restored decorum beginning with the 2006 Labor Day weekend, and the ban is also applicable for Independence Day as well as Memorial Day. Since these measures have taken effect, families I have talked to have expressed appreciation for making the American River Parkway a much PETERS page 24
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AIR SHOW SOARS AGAIN There will be plenty of highflying excitement available during the weekend of Oct. 3-4 when the California Capital Air Show returns to Mather Airport. Headlining the performances will be the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Jet Demonstration Team and the Royal Canadian Air Force Jet Demonstration Team, known as the Snowbirds. Also on hand will be an exciting array of jets, world-renowned aerobatic performers, and historic aircraft that will thrill and inspire aviation fans of all ages. Mather Airport is in Rancho Cordova off Highway 50. Formerly an Air Force base, the airport was converted to civilian use and is part of Sacramento County’s airport system. For more information about tickets and presentations, go to californiacapitalairshow.com
PHOTOGRAPHING OUR PUBLIC ART All high school and college students of photography are invited to submit photographs of public art throughout the city and county of Sacramento that will result in an exhibition sponsored by the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission in partnership with Viewpoint Photographic Art Center. Students can participate by submitting up to three photographs. The deadline for entries is Sept. 12. Remember: Submissions are limited to images of our area’s public art Downloadable maps and visual guides to the location of all public art commissioned by the city and county are available on the Arts Commission’s website, or a listing of public art can be found on the online Public Art Collection. The Art in Public Places Exhibit will run from Oct. 6 through Nov. 7 at the Viewpoint Photographic Art Center. In addition to being exhibited, the commission will also select images
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from the submissions for display on its website. For more information, go to sacmetroarts.org
VISITING WITH NEIGHBORS Having the opportunity to meet and visit residents in a casual setting is much more relaxing than going through a formal appointment for a meeting downtown at the County Administration Center. Over the summer during July, I continued the tradition of holding “office hours” by being available to chat with residents prior to the free concert in the park performed in Fair Oaks Village. Before the show, I visited with folks about county matters as they arrived with their blankets, lawn chairs and picnic baskets to enjoy the music. I started these informal sessions in 2005 and now they are an annual tradition beginning in the spring and concluding in the fall. My next one will be at the Concert in the Park on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Foothill Community Park, 5510 Diablo Drive. And on Saturday, Oct. 3, I will be at another Concert in the Park in nearby Old Foothill Farms at Pioneer Park, 5100 Verner Ave. near Pioneer School. No appointment is necessary at either venue, but visits will be handled on a first-come basis.
Last month I participated in a number of neighborhood gatherings during National Night Out on Aug. 4. I started the evening in Arden Arcade, visiting with members of the Wright Street Neighborhood Watch Group, as well as dropped by the event organized by the Sierra Oaks Neighborhood Association. Later I traveled to Fair Oaks to chat with the Lake Natoma Neighborhood Watch Group and ended the night at a gathering of the West Fair Oaks Neighborhood Watch Group. I also held my Community Coffee during the morning of Aug. 19 at the headquarters of the Fair Oaks Water District. County Executive Brad Hudson was the guest speaker and provided an insightful look at the investments Sacramento County is making to serve the residents including revamping our mental health services so those who need help can get it without overburdening hospital emergency rooms. I hold these community gatherings five times throughout the year, and the next one will be in October. For a listing, please visit my website at bos. saccounty.net This month, I look forward to visiting with residents when I stop by at Carmichael’s annual Founders Day celebration that will be held at Carmichael Park from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26.
NEW APPROACH TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES For this fiscal year the Board of Supervisors has significantly increased funding for behavioral health services. This increase implements solutions that resulted from a year-long collaborative effort among the county government, health care providers, law enforcement and local nonprofits, and will dramatically change and improve how mental health services are provided in Sacramento County. This investment is about creating a system with our community partners and delivering a comprehensive continuum of care that will be more responsive to the needs of those requiring mental health services. In 2009, due to the loss of nearly $20 million in state funding, the county restricted access to its crisis unit, and reduced the number of county in-patient psychiatric beds. As a result, many patients had few options but to go to hospital emergency rooms that were not set up to respond to the large numbers of psychiatric visits. The new approach will increase access to crisis services, provide voluntary residential options and enhanced out-patient services, and ensure navigation and access improvements to reduce hospital emergency room use. PETERS page 26
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Loaves and Fishes and the county jail, and will have access to many treatment options. Alcohol and drug treatment personnel are also being “out-stationed” in the community for quicker and more efficient assistance and intervention. These are rational, thoughtful improvements that were crafted with partners and made possible because hospitals, first responders, and service providers worked to reach agreement on the protocols that will determine whether clients need to go to the emergency room, in-patient treatment or community-based options. In short, this partnership is creating a much better system than we had before the recession, better for the clients and the community.
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Sacramento County also will be proceeding to beautify Fair Oaks Boulevard with more streetscape improvements. And there’s much to celebrate as evidenced by more investment occurring in Carmichael with the approaching opening of the new Milagro Centre at 6300 Fair Oaks Blvd., which is expected to be a gourmet paradise filled with upscale culinary vendors in a fabulously designed setting. Sacramento County also will be proceeding to beautify Fair Oaks Boulevard with more streetscape
improvements, including the undergrounding of utility wires between Landis Avenue and Engle Road followed by the installation of a traffic signal light at Landis and enhanced landscaping adjacent to the “great wall” of Carmichael sign.
“SEVEN” is a groundbreaking work of documentary theater that captures the remarkable lives of a diverse and courageous group of women leaders from around the world. The play is based on personal interviews with seven women who have triumphed over enormous obstacles to bring major changes in the lives of women and girls in their home countries of Russia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, Guatemala and Cambodia. As an added special attraction, one of the “SEVEN” playwrights, awardwinning author Paula Cizmar, will participate in a post-performance discussion with the audience and the cast. Given the animated conversations following the previous performance sponsored by the NCJW held in February, the author’s insights should be enlightening and engaging on the issues facing women and children. The performance is open to the entire community (attendance is recommend for persons 15 and older
due to mature content). Tickets and more information are available at ncjwsac.org
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The Alchemist HE TURNS RESTAURANT FOOD WASTE INTO COMPOSTING GOLD
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here are more organisms in a tablespoon of soil than people on this earth,” David S. Baker says, and he should know. As the founder of Green Restaurants Alliance Sacramento (better known as GRAS), Baker is an avid advocate for maintaining healthy soil through the magic of composting. “Healthy soil is healthy food,” says Baker, whom most people know as Scott. “Soil sequesters the carbon we’ve released into the atmosphere, along with the help of trees. By composting organic matter, you’re keeping more water in the soil, which builds soil structure to prevent flooding, so it’s more drought resistant. Most vegetable matter is water, so instead of wasting this water and taking it to a landfill, you’re putting it right back into the soil.” Baker was somewhat ahead of his time in 2010 when he started collecting food waste from restaurants and redistributing it for use in residential, school and community gardens. In the past year, there’s been a worldwide push for the awareness of healthy soil—2015 was even declared the United Nations’ Year of Soil—as well as a more local focus on the need for mandates governing the diversion of organics (a technical term for composting). “Now it’s not just me making a big deal of this,” Baker says. The Sacramento native and former competitive cyclist first started churning up interest in community composting when he was working
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David Baker is the founder of Green Restaurants Alliance Sacramento and avid advocate for composting
as a wine steward and doing graphic design for Selland’s Market-Cafe. He had spent a dozen or so years in the Bay Area and, upon returning to his hometown, wondered why Sacramento wasn’t implementing some of the eco-friendly practices he’d observed elsewhere. “In San Francisco, everybody has to compost,” he explains. “It’s the most progressive city in the country in that way: The city drops off bins, educates everyone, picks up the bins. Unfortunately, there’s no funding here for a municipal program like that, so our investment is in community composting. Hopefully, by empowering and educating people, we can be out there with a spotlight.”
While working for Selland’s in 2010, Baker approached several local farm-to-fork restaurants about collecting their scraps for composting. (The farm-to-fork aspect is key because composting works best with whole produce that was broken down by hand on-site, not precut or packaged.) Perhaps not surprisingly, they jumped at the chance. “They said, ‘We’ve wanted to do something like that for a long time. Thank you for making it happen,’” Baker says proudly. ReSoil Sacramento, GRAS’s first composting project, collects produce scraps from farm-to-fork restaurants and local grocery stores like Selland’s, The Waterboy, Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, Magpie Cafe, Chocolate Fish
Coffee Roasters, Formoli’s Bistro and more. To date, 190,000 pounds of waste have been diverted thanks to Baker and what he calls “pedalpowered” community composting: a cargo bike that Baker rides in a 3-mile radius around downtown. “Our system is very boutique,” says Baker, who now counts on a “posse” of like-minded volunteers who tool around town with him, collecting waste and delivering it to community and school gardens as well as urban farmers in the area. The success of ReSoil Sacramento has led Baker to do zero-waste consulting for local restaurants and to provide zero-waste services for local events like Chalk It Up. GRAS has also partnered with Atlas Disposal for the past two years
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Critters, Concerts, Carnivals A PLETHORA OF PARK EVENTS POPULATE A BUSY FAMILY FAIR-WEATHER SEASON
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ept. 13 festivities will recognize Mission Oaks Recreation and Park District’s four decades in business. The event also bids farewell to retiring District Administrator Debby Walker. Rocking with celebrations, San Francisco-based tribute band Petty Theft will present a 5 p.m. concert at Gibbons Park. Children’s activities will be offered and food trucks will supply refreshments. The administrator’s retirement spearheads a reunion for past and present district staffers, who are invited to the park community center starting at 3 p.m. Walker was first employed when MORPD began operations in 1974. Straddling Carmichael and Arcade, the far-flung district contains 16 parks. “I loved the community and wanted to serve all age groups,” says the retiree. “I created our first senior programs and advocated for the building of Mission Oaks Community Center to house them.” Opening in 1982, the center offered subsidized meals on Day 1 and still continues the service. “We never thought of our customers as seniors,” recalls Walker. “We were passionate not to be a Bingo and cards center. We took our seniors rafting, hiking and on cross-country ski trips.” More than 900 citizens now use the center each week. It is also Dance Central.
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Mission Oaks Recreation and Park District staff members join Director Debby Walker (front row, center), who will retire during Sept. 13 celebrations for the district’s 40th birthday
and its dancers moved in. We now host three live-music dances per week.” By contrast, her district’s Swanson Community Center (on Northrop Avenue) serves young people from low-income homes. “The neighborhood is home to 25 percent of our district’s residents,” explains Walker. “We partnered with the sheriff in programs that made a difference to hundreds of families. The wonderful thing about my career was the chance to help create happy memories for people.” Walker’s retirement means she can help more at her family’s Lodi vineyard and volunteer for church, school and sheriff’s programs. “I’ll still be active,” she explains. “I’ll never retire from community service.” Anyone may attend the MORPD celebrations at Gibbons Park on Sept. 13. The park is at 5701 Gibbons Drive. Learn about district events at morpd.com
CARMICHAEL MARKS 106TH BIRTHDAY
Event grand marshal Dinger (left) will appear for Carmichael Founders Day on Sept. 26. The River Cats’ baseball team mascot and other larger-than-life critters invite children and families to join the community’s 106th birthday celebrations
“We started weekly band jam sessions at the YMCA in 1976,” Walker recalls. “People soon turned
up to dance. The musicians called themselves MOB—Mission Oaks Band. When our center opened, MOB
Once a colony, now a proudly unincorporated community in Sacramento County, Carmichael marks its 106th anniversary on Saturday, Sept. 26. As part of family-oriented celebrations, a big cast of celebrity mascots, including a dancing duck, a cavorting cougar, a lolloping Labrador, and water district icon Mister Leaky, will join forces in the event’s first Parade of Mascots. Children, dogs and bikes are welcome to join the informal procession. Photo
An Oct. 4 open day at Effie Yeaw Nature Center will feature TV show veteran Gabe Kerschner (below) with a menagerie that includes a rescued bald eagle. Susan Peters (back, center) and mini schnauzer Ernie will join a “Happy Hounds” doggie show during a free community concert and at Pioneer Park on Saturday, Oct. 3
opportunities will abound. River Cats baseball team booster Dinger is the critter headliner. The day-long festival in Carmichael Park commemorates the 1909 launch of a real estate venture by town founder Daniel Carmichael. History aside, the anniversary promises much Americana. A pancake breakfast kicks off celebrations at 8:30 a.m. The 10 a.m. flag presentation and opening ceremonies will be orchestrated by the El Camino High School pep band. A variety band later will present a concert. Martial arts, hula and cheerleading demonstrations will provide more entertainment. A classic motor car show will form ranks on the Grant Avenue and Fair Oaks Boulevard corner. Children’s attractions include carnival games, bounce houses, a Boy Scout camp-out and a visit from local firefighters. Dinger makes his appearance after 12:30 p.m. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. Anyone may attend Founders Day; most attractions are free. For more information, call 485-5322.
and family fun in Pioneer Park, Old Foothill Farms. The John Skinner Band will present a concert at 11 a.m. Face painting, a kids’ carnival and fire trucks will provide more diversion. A classic motor car show will form ranks on the Grant Avenue and Fair Oaks Boulevard corner. Peters will hold a constituents clinic. Deck chairs and picnics are encouraged and on-leash pets are welcome. An informal “Happy Hounds” dog show will be hosted by the supervisor and her civic-spirited pooch, Ernie. Activities begin at 1 p.m. The band concert will be preceded by a flag presentation at 2 p.m. Other sponsors include Sunrise Park District, Walmart, Dignity Health, McClellan Park, California American Water, Old Foothill Farms Community Task Force and Recycling Industries. Pioneer Park is at 5100 Verner Ave. For more information, call 7251585.
POPS, POOCHES AND PLAYTIME
Sagas from the bat, reptile, salmon and raptor kingdoms will educate visitors during the Effie Yeaw Nature Center’s Nature Fest on Sunday, Oct. 4. Celebrity presenter is Gabe Kerschner, who runs an animal sanctuary in Placer County. He
Sacramento County Supervisor Susan Peters is among sponsors of the eighth annual afternoon of music
NATURE FEST STARS WILD SURVIVORS
and his creatures are TV stars who annually present hundreds of school programs. All rescued from adversity, his cast includes alligators, lemurs, a kangaroo and a Gibbon monkey. Nature Fest supporters will likely view a more regional menagerie. Among these will be a coyote called Chupacabra, a raccoon called Radar and a bald eagle called Spirit. “Spirit is Alaskan,” explains Kerschner. “She’s bigger than local bald eagles. If she had both wings, she would have a wingspan of over 6 feet. She’s gentle and awe-inspiring. When I show her, people get emotional.” Kerschner’s talks outline heartbreaking histories such as that of Spirit, who was shot by a fisherman. But the TV veteran’s jokes fly thick and fast. “I try to be entertaining,” he says. “A laugh keeps interest going. When people experience a full range of emotions, learning is memorable.”
Among other animal attractions at this year’s fest, resident nature center raptors and reptiles will interact with visitors. The Twilight generation will be open-fanged by live bats that improve understanding of gothic fiction’s most maligned mammal. Fly fishing and art projects are among the many activities offered to children and parents. Outings by youth groups are welcomed to the event. As the facility is also a center for American Indian studies, Nisenan basketry will be demonstrated in the replica native village. Guided walks through the center’s 100-acre wildlife preserve will be available. Nature Fest runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the nature center at Ancil Hoffman Park. Admission is $5 for those ages 13 and older, and free for children. For more information, go to sacnaturecenter.net or call 489-4918 n
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Reading Together VOLUNTEERS TEAM UP WITH SCHOOLKIDS TO TEACH THEM TO READ
BY TERRY KAUFMAN
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ifteen years ago, three teachers on the San Francisco Peninsula launched a movement to bring the reading skills of struggling elementary schoolchildren up to grade level. The nonprofit they started, Reading Partners, now has a presence in 12 cities across the country, helping more than 11,000 students at 150 schools in 2014.
“This is about building a movement for literacy.” The Sacramento Reading Partners program, begun in 2009, could be the organization’s poster child. With a bright and energetic director, a team of hardworking program managers, site coordinators at each participating school and a community of dedicated volunteers from all walks of life, Reading Partners is changing lives in a fundamental way. “This is about building a movement for literacy,” says executive director Rachel Minnick. “It’s a strategy
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Reading Partners provide one-on-one reading instruction to elementary school students reading below grade level to help them succeed in school and in life
for the prevention of other social problems. If children can’t read, they can’t function in society. You can’t even get into the military now without a high school diploma. When we intervene early, we prevent other negative consequences, like gangs and crime. I want kids to have every option available to them.” The emphasis is, of course, on reading. The curriculum is developed by a national team of educators, and it focuses on grades 1 through 4, the period at which it will have the biggest impact. The objective is to
bring children who are reading a half year to two years below grade level up to the skill level appropriate for their age. Although the curriculum is the same for every school in the system, it takes on its own character to reflect the geography and demographics of the local community. Each student is assigned to one of three categories. Emerging readers are still learning letters and their sounds; beginning readers are starting to understand what they’re reading; comprehension readers are learning to read for meaning. Each
child has an individual learning plan, and the tutors communicate regularly with teachers and principal. The results speak for themselves. Over the past academic year, more than 788 volunteer tutors served 488 students in one-on-one sessions at nine sites throughout Sacramento. Eighty-eight percent of participating students showed an increase in their monthly rate of learning, and 63 percent narrowed the literacy gaps with peers reading at grade level.
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Despite the drought, a cooler spring blessed the American River Parkway with breathtaking vistas of flora and fauna.
Wildflowers lined paths at the Harrington Avenue river access.
A Western bluebird (above) admired mustard flowers at William B. Pond Park.
A red-shouldered hawk watched from a black walnut tree. A velvet antlered buck grazed among star thistles. A juvenile American robin (right) feasted on elderberries.
Even Wile E. Coyote took time to sniff purple vetch.
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At Ancil Hoffman Park, a great blue heron waded by wild irises.
BREAKTHROUGH SACRAMENTO
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HEROES FROM page 32 Beyond the lessons and sessions, something magical happens in the Reading Partners classroom. A fourth “R” is introduced: relationships. Tutor and student are carefully paired because they will become part of each other’s life. Each tutor spends an hour a week working with and on behalf of their student, and each new achievement is a milestone in both lives. “It’s so personal,” says Minnick. “You’re interacting directly with the person you’re helping.” Maria Barrs still gets goose bumps when she remembers one of her students reading. “It was a story using a pattern, and she commented on how it kept repeating the same words. I suggested she come up with another way to say it, so she gave an alternative sentence. We turned the page, and there was the exact sentence she had just said. It was just perfect.” Barrs has tutored with Reading Partners for several years, most recently at Ethel Phillips Elementary in Oak Park. When she’s not helping
kids read, she is the president and general manager of KXTV News10. She came to the program after hearing about Mayor Johnson’s literacy initiative and made it a station project. “There’s a connection between illiteracy and crime,” she says. “I’m very passionate about the power of reading.” Equally passionate are members of the Sacramento Police Department, who see firsthand the consequences of illiteracy in the community. As part of their regular duties, officers adopt local schools and become part of their fabric, interacting with kids and keeping the schools safe. Reading Partners has given many of them the opportunity to connect on a much more intimate level with students. “These are kids who have the highest opportunity to be delinquent,” says Lt. Brian Ellis, who brought Reading Partners to the department. “Right off the bat, I saw that this was an awesome thing. The one-onone interaction tells such a great story. We’re helping a particular kid, empowering them to succeed.” Ellis notes that the kids aren’t the only
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Learn more at bsac.saccds.org ones who benefit. “We can all use interpersonal development skills. Our officers develop empathy as they connect with the kids, making behavioral changes for the community and for our workforce.” Reading Partners’ mission also resonated with Metro EDGE, the young-professionals arm of Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce. Metro EDGE selected the nonprofit as its 2015 sponsorship recipient, thanks to the advocacy of its president, Michael Marion,
associate vice provost at Drexel University. “It was important to look at an area where we could make an immediate impact,” he says. “As an educator, this aligned perfectly with my vision. We can roll up our sleeves instead of just writing a check.” Learn more about Reading Partners at readingpartners.org Terry Kaufman can be reached at terry@1greatstory.com n
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Coming Soon: The Robocab SELF-DRIVING CARS COULD DISRUPT TRANSPORTATION AND MORE
BY WALT SEIFERT GETTING THERE
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t’s fun to speculate. I’ve been thinking more and more about how the coming changes in automotive technology might transform the many facets of our lives that revolve around private automobiles. Cars haven’t really changed much functionally for 100 years. Sure, there have been mechanical upgrades, but to many consumers, the addition of cup holders has been the most significant innovation. Now, however, we’re on the cusp of something truly revolutionary. Selfdriving cars are going to change how we live in profound ways. Unlike the still-farfetched and impractical dreams of flying cars and personal jetpacks, the advent of self-driving cars appears to be an inevitable development. Major car manufacturers have already made incremental changes and are delving into new forms of automated driving. Deep-pocketed tech giants Google, Apple and upstart mobile app developer Uber are in the hunt as well. Their goal is bigger: to have completely autonomous vehicles, not just ones that can stay in a freeway lane or parallel park on demand. Last
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year, Google asserted its autonomous technology was only five years away. Certainly, some drivers will be reluctant to turn over control to sensors and a computer. But at airports, society has long accepted driverless trams. The notion of elevators requiring operators is downright quaint. Today we simply push a button and trust Otis. Once autonomous cars are perfected and accepted, a next logical step after private, individual ownership of the cars is corporate or public “robocab” fleets. Robocabs would relieve individuals of the burdens of ownership. Fleet operation would allow highly efficient utilization of cars, which are costly capital assets, and create economies of scale. Currently, cars are not well used. Their size is often a compromise. Parking lots and garages take up a surprising amount of real estate: 31 percent of central business district
land, according to one study. Cars are usually parked. They sit idle (but still depreciating) 90 to 95 percent of the time. Family cars are sized to meet a variety of uses. That means they have four empty seats for trips such as the typical single-occupant commute. Storing cars, in a home garage or in a parking lot, is a real, but often ignored, cost and waste of valuable space. A robocab will be able to respond to a call in minutes. Ordering and payment could be made with a cell phone app. Consumers will be able to tailor the vehicle to their specific trip need. One might request a onepassenger, highly fuel-efficient or electric car for a commute. You might want a car designed to get you there as cheaply as possible without any frills, a luxurious vehicle or a wellequipped office on wheels. A bigger, multiseated robovan could take the family to a ballgame or to visit
relatives. Need to haul something bulky? Just order up a robopickup for an occasional use. Even cheaper robobuses could replace carpools. Autonomous cars will give people higher disposable incomes and more time. They will create monumental changes in the marketplace for auto manufacturers, car dealers, insurance companies and transportation providers. They may cut congestion and affect how cities are designed, including whether there is onstreet parking and traffic signals. It’s likely they will spawn many other predictable and unpredictable changes. People will be able to read, text, work, watch movies or sleep while getting someplace. One prognosticator suggests people will routinely have sex in cars. Nothing new there really, but unlike drive-in escapades in the past, the cars will be in transit. GETTING page 39
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Our Store SACRAMENTO CO-OP GROWS WITH THE COMMUNITY
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pring is a season of new beginnings and growth, for planting and harvesting the hardier greens like broccoli and collards. It’s only fitting then that the city’s premier grocer of those greens, Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, should also open the doors of its new location in spring of 2016. It will be a big move for the co-op, signifying tremendous growth in a relatively short time and even shorter distance: The store is moving just two blocks from its current location to a parcel bordered by 28th, 29th, R and S streets. Since its founding in 1973, the co-op has evolved with the organic revolution and been party to Sacramento’s emergence as the farmto-fork capital of the world. It’s due for new digs. The co-op began as a buying group that mostly purchased food in bulk, according to Jennifer Cliff, the co-op’s communication and design manager. “We’ve been a full-service grocery store essentially since the ’90s,” she says, “and we probably outgrew this space a long time ago.” Owned by the community (through membership), the co-op should also grow with the community. Serving approximately 12,000 members but open to any shopper, the co-op is ready for more space. The new 26,000-square-foot location will dwarf the current 16,000-squarefoot building and will also include a 16,000-square-foot mezzanine for offices. According to Cliff, the expansion will improve every department of
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Rendering of Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op new store in Midtown
the co-op, but will especially increase the prepared-foods department while introducing more self-serve options. The co-op also plans to significantly expand its deli, produce and meat departments. If the new co-op opens by its target of April 2016, it will get a jump on the new Midtown Whole Foods Market, which plans to begin construction around the same time. But the co-op isn’t exactly focused on competition. Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and Raley’s “all do phenomenal jobs,” says Cliff, “and there’s definitely room for everybody.” She believes that the co-op, as a smaller business, already has an advantage. “We truly engage in this community, and that’s something that’s harder to do for a really large company,” explains Cliff, who suggests large corporations tend to
Construction is in full swing on the parking garage.
lose connections with farms. “But that’s something we’ll continue focusing on. It’s really important to keep farmers in business [as well as] small food producers.” Plus, by maintaining close relationships with farms, the co-op
can guarantee the produce it sells is 100 percent organic. “We definitely know who we’re buying from, and in terms of food safety and knowing who your source is, the co-op is really your best choice,” says Cliff. “All of our signage indicates whether it’s a local
producer and the mileage it’s coming from.” The co-op’s expansion will mean more space for more produce, and it could translate to relationships with new farms. In the wake of Sacramento’s recently passed urban agriculture ordinance, Cliff believes the co-op will be willing to work with urban farmers. “Absolutely,” she says. “Already, one of the main partnerships that we’ve had is with Soil Born Farms, and they’re an urban ag project.” That, says Cliff, “is an example of our commitment to supporting urban ag and small farms. We try to support our neighbors first.” One of the co-op’s main goals for its expansion is to increase its accessibility, especially for its customers. The new parcel will offer 108 new parking spaces, including five with charging stations for electric vehicles. For bikers, there will be 36 spaces, as well as a bicycle repair station. Plus, says Cliff, “we’ll be right on the transit line, so you can literally get on and off. Being more accessible is something that we’re really excited about.” Accessibility isn’t just about convenience but also about outreach. “From our membership, we’re always directly connected to what’s happening,” says Cliff. “We have new programs working with the community, [like] our Co-op Community Kitchen. We are partnering with nonprofit organizations to serve low-income individuals and families throughout the Sacramento region.” Through Co-op Community Kitchen, the co-op offers free fourweek, two-hour classes to low-income individuals. The cooking classes focus on preparation of high-nutrition, low-cost meals (less than 2 bucks a serving) while educating about nutrition and labels. Beside the Community Kitchen, the co-op also offers a 10 percent discount on store purchases to income-qualifying individuals through its Community Discount Program. Cliff believes as the co-op grows, these programs will expand. While growth is a sign of any healthy business, for the co-op there’s an underlying thread connecting food,
health and environment, which gives a deeper meaning to growth. In an owner survey conducted in 2008, of the seven co-op goals, 82.5 percent of owners said this was the most important: “to honor the earth and cultivate the co-op’s relationships with the communities we serve and with the broader network of farmers, suppliers, manufacturers and cooperatives.” The words corporate and cooperative have a similar ring to them, and as grocers they function similarly, too—on the surface, at least. But the co-op really can be called our grocery store, since its ownership is open the community. “We’re an important part of the community,” says Cliff. “People who are members here, this is their business.” And come next April, not just its members but any Sacramentan who chooses to can appreciate the fruit of the co-op’s labor. Jordan Venema can be reached at jordan.venema@gmail.com n
GETTING FROM page 36 Some consequences of limited car ownership are easier to envision. Large tracts of real estate will be opened up for development and reuse. Parking lots can become building sites or parks. Rental cars and cabs will likely disappear. Public transit will have to adapt to a formidable competitor or adopt the change itself. Millions of individual auto insurance policies will no longer be needed. Uber’s software app will give it a leg up in the market. In addition, not only will it be able to forgo giving benefits to its drivers; it can forgo the drivers themselves. Consumers won’t have to license, fuel, maintain, repair, wash or store cars. Fleet operators will take care of that. All car occupants will be passengers, not drivers, so no driver’s licenses or driver training will be needed. Kids, the elderly and the disabled, including the blind, will be able to get around without a chauffeur. Robocabs will operate most efficiently in urban areas, where cars can quickly be dispatched. Rural
residents may need to buy their own self-driving vehicle. Billions of dollars in crash damages will be prevented, millions of injuries avoided and thousands of lives saved as driving becomes safer due to the elimination of human error. No more crashes caused by drunks, distracted drivers or speeding. Walking and bicycling will be safer and more desirable. Entrepreneur and Tesla owner Elon Musk has suggested driving by humans might be banned as too dangerous. Another observer opined that a downside to fewer vehicle fatalities will be a shortage of donated organs from crash victims. Of course, there’s a lot yet to sort out. It will take decades to replace the current fleet with autonomous cars. There are regulatory and policy issues that must be addressed. And perhaps truly autonomous car technology is still a year away from being five years away. Nonetheless, the future is coming, and it’s fun to dream about how much getting there may change. Walt Seifert is a bicyclist, driver and transportation writer. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net n
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wenty-three years have come and gone since those improbable days when decisions made by Gregg Lukenbill drew headlines and started arguments in Sacramento. Lukenbill was the city’s boy wonder then, in his 30s and living a dream life as managing partner of the basketball team he hammered into existence, the Sacramento Kings. And there he was one recent sunny Tuesday afternoon, looming over my table at Esquire Grill, wondering if he should sit down. Why, of course he should. We hadn’t seen each other in a decade, but we had plenty of history, the former NBA franchise owner and the old sportswriter who covered the Kings when Sleep Train Arena, originally named for a gas station in a marketing deal Lukenbill drew up on a cocktail napkin, opened its doors in North Natomas. He looks remarkably well preserved, down to the trademark mustache and running shoes. The flannel shirt and relentless chain of cigarettes are gone, replaced by a
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dressy baby-blue cotton number and reformed lifestyle. “I didn’t expect to see you here,” Lukenbill tells me, noting he was supposed to dine with one of my regular Tuesday lunch mates, Rusty Areias. Apparently, Rusty didn’t explain how we all share one big table
on Tuesday. You never know who may show up. Lukenbill is one of those remarkable Sacramento characters who doesn’t receive the credit and love he deserves. Today, as a new arena rises at the old Downtown Plaza, aligning its structural steel
with the city’s hopes for economic revitalization and cultural inspiration, the accomplishments of Gregg Lukenbill are more relevant than ever. Bottom line: None of this would be possible without him. The story of Lukenbill’s creation of the Sacramento Kings may be vaguely familiar (he bought the Kings in 1983 from a group of Kansas City businessmen for $4.5 million in cash and $4.5 million in deferred payments, plus a $1.5 million moving bonus), but the motives behind the purchase are what matter today. Those motives shape the landscape of Sacramento circa 2015. Lukenbill was the first builder in the city’s history to deploy a new type of political leverage: the pressure of sports fanaticism. He connected planning decisions to the community’s pride in a big-league team. Lukenbill figured it out, twisted the right arms and made it happen. He won big—and lost. The blueprint created by Lukenbill is basically the same show now playing out downtown with Kings owner Vivek Ranadive and friends. The site and dollars are different, but the strategy is pure Lukenbill: Amass land parcels and use the basketball team to leverage the city to dream. Lukenbill brilliantly deployed the Kings to maneuver the city into hastening its zoning process in North Natomas. That’s where Gregg and partners, led by lead funder Joe Benvenuti, were eager to develop 1,620 acres of fallow farmland adjacent to the arena site. The city council, afraid to defy the men who owned the Kings and their SPORTS page 43
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SPORTS FROM page 40 legion of fans, voted unanimously to open the property for development despite concerns about unabated sprawl and flood protection. Sound familiar? In one critical sense, the deal struck by Lukenbill was cheaper for city taxpayers than the production presently underway downtown. Lukenbill and Benvenuti built their own arenas (one temporary, one permanent) with their own money.
In the 2015 model, the city must contribute $255 million to one new building and will own it. Ranadive will run the show and collect the proceeds. The modern partnership between the city and Ranadive is far more intimate than any municipal love affair sought by Lukenbill. He didn’t want the city’s money—just a green light to build. “All I ever wanted to do was make Sacramento a better place,” Lukenbill says. “I’d love for it to be a place where your kids and my kids want to
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charter airlines, his financial rewards were modest compared to Benvenuti, who was worth $600 million when he died in 2012. We touch on these things at lunch. But Lukenbill is more interested in whimsical topics worthy of a heroic visionary. What would it be like, he asks, to have lunch with Napoleon and Andrew Jackson? And of course he proceeds to answer. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com n
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or many years, I worked in windowless offices. Flowers from my garden helped keep me sane. Sometimes I’d bring in a big bouquet, but usually I’d pick just a little nosegay with a few fragrant flowers to put on my desk. My goal was to have something blooming in my garden that I could pick throughout the year. Nearly all of my time was spent inside, but the flowers were a blessed reminder of the world outside. I often didn’t get home from work or meetings until after dark, but there were flowers waiting for me in the house. I installed a shelf over the kitchen sink and kept little bouquets there and bigger ones on our dining tables. This followed the example set by my incredibly busy mother, who taught school and worked on the family farm but found time to put fresh posies in a milk glass bud vase on the kitchen table. Now that I am retired and outside every day, it’s less important to have flowers inside the house. Still, it makes me happy to look up from washing dishes and contemplate blossoms. It seems strange to sit down to eat without a floral centerpiece. It
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adds a sense of peace and civility to have flowers nearby. What kinds of flowers are good for cutting? Roses are my favorites, for fragrance and long-lasting flowers. Anything that flowers is a possibility, however. Many shrubs have flowers that look nice in a vase. Annuals such as cosmos, zinnias, poppies and sunflowers, as well as many perennials (including droughttolerant varieties), will keep on blooming longer if you cut off the flowers before they set seed. Iris, dahlias, gladiolus, narcissus: The list goes on and on. Even flowering vines like clematis have blossoms that can last a long time as cut flowers. This fall, plant for winter and spring bloom. Stock, snapdragons,
pansies and calendula will bloom for months. This is the best time to sow seeds of sweet peas, California poppies and other spring-flowering annuals and to plant perennials. To extend the flowering period of spring bulbs, put some into pots and bring them inside to force earlier bloom. You can also force bloom on branches cut from flowering shrubs and trees such as quince, cherry, forsythia and plum. Some people make elaborate arrangements, but mine are simple. Occasionally I start with a foundation of beautiful foliage and fill in with flowers. I grow a few plants, including ferns, just for their greenery. More often, my bouquets are casual handfuls of whatever looks pretty. You can use vases, pitchers
To make flowers last, it’s best to harvest in the morning or evening. Choose blossoms that aren’t fully open. Cut with a sharp knife or pruning shears and plunge the stems immediately into water. Before arranging, cut the stems again under water so that cells don’t fill with air. Sunflowers and other flowers with milky sap in their stems don’t absorb water well unless you first plunge their cut ends into boiling water for 15 seconds, followed immediately by cold water. Scrub out the vase with soapy water and rinse it thoroughly to eliminate any bacteria that might shorten the blossoms’ life. Remove any leaves that will be below the water level to keep the water as clean as possible. Should you put an additive into the water? I don’t usually bother, but I
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arly this past spring, I spent a morning visiting Singing Frog Farm in Pleasant Grove. That day, tomato grower Milt Whaley was busy planting heirloom tomatoes and tending to the fragile new sprouts. He had high hopes for a bumper crop. I recently caught up with the farmer as he was making the rounds of local restaurants where chefs feature the best locally grown produce our region has to offer. He had just arrived at Masullo, a pizzeria on Riverside Boulevard in Land Park. He was pulling boxes loaded with eggplant, okra and peppers out of his truck when I arrived. No tomatoes? “It wasn’t a great year for our heirlooms,” said Whatley. “We are just now finishing up with the last of them. Things don’t always go as planned when farming. We just switched gears and planted lots of eggplant, squash and okra. And I’ve had fun trying out some Sweet Pea tomatoes. Each one is about the size of a pea, and they grow in clusters on long stems.” He held out a branch of the tiny red buttons in the palm of his hand. “I’m not sure what you could do with them,” he said. “But they are just so cute and sweet. They’d make a
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Farmer Milt Whaley delivers tomatoes and peppers to Robert Masullo of Masullo Pizza
great garnish or sprinkled on a salad. Next year, I’m going to plant a lot more.” Whaley carried his bounty into the restaurant, and we watched as chef Robert Masullo picked through the box. The process was part of the farmto-fork stage that consumers don’t often get to watch. He checked the heft of the eggplant, asked about the hotness of the peppers and studied the purple okra.
Masullo has high standards. He buys local almond wood. Each log is split by hand so that it precisely fits into the wood-burning oven. He uses only Frate Sole extra virgin olive oil, which is grown and produced on a family estate in Woodland. The produce he uses is all grown in the Sacramento region, which means it’s seasonal and as fresh as possible. You won’t find corn or watermelon on the menu in January. This is the epitome
of farm to fork: local, fresh and seasonal. It doesn’t get much better. One of the things Masullo says he enjoys about buying from small local growers such as Whaley is being able to make special requests. He rinsed off a handful of peppers, drizzled them with olive oil and popped them into the oven close to the hot flames. When the peppers began to char, he slid the pan onto the FARM page 48
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As I studied the menu, deciding what to order for dinner, I noticed one of the pizzas on the menu was called Singing Frog, named after Whaley’s farm. It featured fresh mozzarella, heirloom tomatoes and basil, a perfect choice for a late-summer dinner. In September, the Sacramento region gears up for a celebration of all things farm to fork. The festivities begin Sept. 10 and last through the 27th. Restaurants will feature daily specials and farm dinners showcasing locally produced food and beverages. The highlight of the event takes place Sept. 26 with the Farm-to-Fork Festival featuring food, wine and beer vendors along with farm displays, cooking demonstrations and live music on Capitol Mall. Admission is free. Last year, the festival attracted more than 40,000 people. For more information, go to farmtofork.com
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community to a modest, working-class community. There are no libraries, no golf courses or health food stores. The nearest Starbucks is five miles away, and the booms in the distant night aren’t fireworks. After the movers finished, my wife and I took a breather on our living room couch to look out our window into the shaded playground. We watched as a dad played catch with his son, a retired couple strolled by and our neighbor unloaded his work truck. My wife turned to me and said, “I feel at peace here.” “Me, too, sweetie.” I said. “I just hope our financial planner finds some of that peace.” Norris Burkes is a chaplain, syndicated columnist, national speaker and author of the book “Hero’s Highway,” about his experiences as a hospital chaplain in Iraq. He can be reached at ask@TheChaplain.net. To download a free chapter from “Hero’s Highway,” go to thechaplain.net n
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Meet the Artists TOUR GIVES PATRONS A BEHIND-THE-SCENES, INTIMATE LOOK AT CREATIVITY
“The robust nature of
BY JESSICA LASKEY SHOPTALK
Sacramento’s arts community dictated an expansion of the tour
I
in those early years to include all f you’ve ever seen a pretty
artists citywide with a much larger
painting or an eye-catching
geographic reach,” explains Liv Moe,
collage hanging on a gallery
the founding executive director of
wall and wondered how the artist
Verge Center for the Arts, which
created such an interesting piece,
merged with CCAS and took over
the Sacramento Open Studios Tour
administration of the tour last year.
on Sept. 12, 13, 19 and 20 is the
“As the tour expanded, market
answer to your artistic queries.
research was done to look at tours
The free, self-guided tour, now
in other cities throughout the West
celebrating its 10th year, presents
Coast to determine how Sacramento’s
a unique opportunity for the public
studio tour should evolve to meet
to meet and greet 125 emerging and
regional trends. These investigations
established artists in their personal
resulted in the development of the
workspaces all across the county.
Sac Open Studios Guide (a 21-page
“The tour is the only venue like it
handout complete with maps and
in the region,” says Shirley Hazlett,
artist info), along with the addition of
a watercolor artist and former board
special events, artist workshops and
member of the tour’s founding
hands-on art demos.”
body, the Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento (CCAS). She has participated for nine of the past 10
“As an artist I’ve long enjoyed the privilege of visiting other artists in their studios, so extending this to the public is very special.”
years. “By coming on the tour, people get a better sense of the artists,” Hazlett says. “You get an expanded sense of who they are, how they work, and you get an opportunity to talk to them. It’s very different than just seeing art on exhibit.” This interpersonal interaction is just what the tour founders had in mind when they launched the program in 2006. Former CCAS board president Cheryl Holben and
Hazlett can speak to this evolution Elaine Bowers is one of the artists to be featured on the tour
in the first few years that have only
her fellow board members observed other communities having great success with events of this kind and immediately got to wondering why their own active artistic community
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first-hand, citing “major changes” served to better the experience for all
couldn’t do the same. What originally
of studios within 3 miles of CCAS’s
involved, thanks in part to Verge’s
began as the Capital Artists Studio
former location on 19th Street—has
commitment to maintaining CCAS’s
Tour—a two-day event with a focus
since grown to be the largest non-
original vision.
on women artists and a strict scope
juried art event in the region.
“I’m very thankful to Verge for continuing this tradition,” Hazlett says. “The tour keeps growing and
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and the fabric of the city, and I look forward to it every fall.” Though painter Kathy Dana is relatively new to the tour (she’s now in her second year), she echoes Hazlett’s appreciation of the tour’s focus on one-on-one conversations and community camaraderie. “The experience is really like a pilgrimage from studio to studio,”
Owner
Dana says. “It’s on a different level
Beni Feil, trusted member of the Sacramento community for over 50 years!
than showing work at a gallery. People see your art in the guide, they’re attracted to certain pieces and then they come to the studio knowing they’re going to be meeting the artist. That’s very different from wandering
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from gallery to gallery. You don’t
for a rate sheet or complimentary consultation.
usually get that kind of intimate exposure.” Leslie Toms, an accomplished painter, is celebrating 35 years
Painter Kathy Dana's East Sac studio will be open for visits during the tour
as an artist-in-residence in East Sacramento. Toms’ studio is at 1641 41st St. “As an artist I’ve long enjoyed the privilege of visiting other artists in their studios, so extending this to the public is very special,” Toms says. “It is truly a delight for me to welcome guests to my space during this event; especially when they bring children. “Open studios and private hosted art parties in cities from coast to coast are now considered very hip. And it’s always a surprise to see who drops in.” The first weekend, on Sept. 12 and 13, will feature studios west of Business 80 and Highway 99. The second weekend, Sept. 19 and 20, will feature studios to the east. In addition to facilitating these personal pilgrimages to artists’ sites over those four days, the tour offers a variety of special events to get locals excited about and involved in the arts that make up Sacramento’s unique creative community. Events include a free reception at
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12, featuring food, drink and live performances by WAL residents as well as visits to their studios; a letterpress printing demonstration at Delta Workshop at 2589 21st St. on Sept. 13; the grand opening of Blick Art Materials at 905 Howe Ave. on Sept. 19, which will include a special art activity led by Verge teaching artists; and plenty of other interactive events during both weekends. So whether you’re in the market for a new piece to add to your art collection, you’re interested in finding out what the inside of a working studio really looks like, or you want to hobnob with fellow art aficionados in your area, the Sacramento Open Studios Tour is the place to be. Shirley Hazlett’s studio is at 4311 Attawa Ave., and Kathy Dana’s studio is at 3810 McKinley Blvd. For more information on Sac Open Studios and to access the guide, visit vergeart.com n
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$475,000 $395,000 $448,000 $510,000 $400,000 $1,150,000
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$420,000 $465,000 $485,000 $565,000 $850,000 $400,000 $439,950 $549,000 $405,000 $499,000 $440,000 $554,000 $385,000 $439,990 $601,000 $650,000 $273,000 $220,000 $223,000 $292,250 $340,000 $305,000 $322,000 $165,000 $177,500 $230,000 $230,101 $247,500 $327,900 $129,000 $385,000 $392,750 $275,000 $278,000 $77,000 $281,000 $320,000 $225,000 $290,000 $308,000 $170,000 $262,500 $295,000 $305,000 $359,000 $380,000 $382,500 $163,000 $220,000 $227,000 $268,000 $350,000 $207,500 $198,000 $250,000
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$154,900 $300,500 $433,900 $130,000 $185,000 $220,000 $227,000 $140,000 $249,000
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$620,000 $175,000 $166,000 $185,000 $187,500 $205,000 $234,500 $150,000 $195,000 $215,000 $232,000 $399,000 $131,500 $170,000 $184,000 $175,000 $250,000 $100,000 $126,000 $125,000 $227,000 $135,000 $193,000 $142,000 $170,000 $210,000 $225,000 $250,000 $400,000 $160,000 $227,000 $335,000 $135,000 $325,000 $350,000 $205,000 $240,000 $339,950 $108,000 $160,000 $230,000 $85,000 $365,000 $97,000 $213,000 $330,000 $89,000 $127,000 $181,000 $384,000 $107,000 $116,000 $235,000 $339,000 $360,000 $277,250 $480,000 $350,000
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OneRio Is Born PR-SAVVY PARENT HELPS APPEARANCE AND SCHOOL SPIRIT
BY KELLI WHEELER MOMSERVATIONS
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n my previous life—before I was a writer, before I was a teacher, and before I was a mother—I worked in promotions and public relations. I did media outreach before it was social; I worked for the media at KNCI and KFBK/Y92 doing promotional events, event planning for the March of Dimes (Remember how popular Walk America used to be? Walking 7 miles with your friends used to be our “social media.”); produced large-scale events including tailgate parties and halftime shows for the Sacramento Gold Miners of the Canadian Football League;
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Rio Americano student artists, Rebecca Johnson, Emilee Durbin, Bryn Swain, Athena Eriksson, Kristen Lee and their koi pond ground mural for Rio beautification. Artists not pictured: Somy Cho, Abby Milligan, Maggi Stauffer, Brenna Massey, Kailey Backhus, Dasha Beniakoff, Rachel Radcliffe.
and made my clients look good working for political PR firm Nelson Communications (whose co-founder, Donna Lucas, would go on to be California first lady Maria Shriver’s chief of staff, and later help me land Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s wife as my first major freelance client).
So when my kids hit high school last year, a time I believe to be as critical in development as the formative years (mistakes made here can derail career goals or drastically change the direction of your life), I decided it was time to downshift my writing career to focus on making sure this hallmark time of life for my teenagers would be the best that it could be. When I stepped onto the Rio Americano High School campus to see how I could help, I was descended upon like a chicken leg in the Amazon River. Groups were rabidly hungry for legitimate offers of help, their talent pool drying up because parents had been sucked bloodless being the 10 percent who did 100 percent of the work at the elementary and middle school levels. Even though I was overwhelmed by the disrepair and apathy that had descended upon the public school
during the recessionary years, I was committed to modeling community service for my kids. Plus, I like a good challenge. I was ready to take the baton from my exhausted peers to show that we could compete with wealthy Jesuit down the street and our neighborhood rival and new district darling, El Camino. But bottom line, it was nostalgia, too. I had an amazing high school experience at a great school (Clayton Valley in Concord), and I didn’t want Rio’s kids to be shortchanged on a memorable high school experience that all begins with school pride and spirit. As a former promotions and public relations professional, I saw immediately how I could be a Rio resource. I could be Rio Americano’s pro bono PR firm! And that’s how OneRio was born. MOMSERVATIONS page 59
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Golden Opportunity E-WASTE RECYCLING COMES OF AGE
BY DR. AMY ROGERS SCIENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
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t e-waste collection sites, printers, TVs, mobile phones, VCRs, laptops and video game consoles are piled high. There’s gold in them thar hills. And platinum, copper, cadmium, mercury … Electronic waste, or e-waste, is a type of trash that didn’t exist decades ago when the county’s Kiefer Landfill started operations. Now, e-waste is the fastest growing part of the county’s waste stream, with more than 25 million pounds processed last year, and an increase of 10 percent expected this year. We own more electronic devices than ever, and we’re rejecting or upgrading them with astonishing haste. E-waste, which includes anything that has a circuit board and a power cord, is both a menace and an opportunity. Menace, because circuit boards and screens contain toxic heavy metals that, if dumped in a landfill, can poison the surrounding land and water. Opportunity, because e-waste also contains precious metals, aluminum and high-quality plastics
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that are valuable if salvaged and recycled properly. Because of toxic lead in the glass, in 2001 California banned landfill disposal of CRTs (cathode ray tubes), those fat TVs and computer monitors that used to swallow your desk. The only safe way to dispose of such screens is to disassemble them by hand, piece by piece. Because this is costly, vast quantities of American e-waste have been shipped to developing nations by unscrupulous exporters who turn a blind eye to the fate of these devices. In the slums of China and Nigeria, desperately poor people have plucked apart our e-waste under appalling conditions, using improvised smelters in huge trash dumps that quickly became some of
the most poisonous environments on the planet. In response to this travesty, California passed a bill (effective 2005) that required consumers to pay an electronic waste recycling fee, collected by the retailer, when they purchase any device with a screen larger than 4 inches. This pot of money is used to pay California recyclers for environmentally responsible dismantling of those devices here in the state. For Sacramento engineer Paul Gao, this was a big opportunity. Gao had been recycling e-waste commercially since 2000. In 2003, his company CEAR (California Electronic Asset Recovery) contracted with Sacramento County to manage the
county’s e-waste, including CRTs. The new consumer fee greatly expanded his business and has assured that millions of pounds of discarded TVs and monitors were safely recycled close to home. “I’m very proud that in 2010 CEAR was certified as an e-Steward by the Basel Action Network,” Gao says. The network is a global advocacy group dedicated to stopping the export of hazardous waste from rich countries to poor ones. At Gao’s Mather facility, devices with a screen larger than 4 inches, and printers/scanners with any kind of (mercury-containing) fluorescent light bulb, still must be taken apart by hand, a process subsidized by the recycling fee. Dismantling all
other “universal” e-waste is less labor-intensive. According to Kristin DiLallo Sherrill of CEAR, most e-waste recyclers use knife shredding: E-waste is cut up into pieces by giant steel blades, followed by automated and manual sorting of the mixed fragments.
Electronic waste, or e-waste, is a type of trash that didn’t exist decades ago. But Gao envisioned a better way. For the past five years, CEAR has operated a more efficient separator affectionately called “the green machine.” This noisy green metal box the size of a two-story bedroom contains California’s only centrifugal chain shredder. The green machine uses 30 percent less energy than a knife shredder and produces cleaner output material, which has a higher value when sold to recyclers. The green machine’s main chamber spins a bit like a washing machine, but without plastering the e-waste against the sides. Instead, it hurls a pair of chains (fixed to the bottom) in such a way that a tornadolike vortex is created. This forces the e-waste up and into the air, where pieces collide against each other hard enough to crack the material into its component parts. This generates a lot of heat, so the chamber’s walls are filled with water for cooling. After the spin, broken fragments are separated by a giant magnet into ferrous (steel) and nonferrous components. Then an eddy current device pulls out the aluminum. Humans sort the rest, picking out wires and plastics. The last one-third or so goes to a shredder. The resulting lower-purity bits are separated by color and shape by an optical sorting machine. On a conveyor belt running out of the green machine, I saw weirdly intact blocks of aluminum and metallic cylinders amid general brokenness. “Heat sinks,” DiLallo Sherrill said. “Almost pure aluminum.
And those are capacitors. Also mostly aluminum. If you run them through a knife shredder, the oils inside contaminate the rest of the material. But in the centrifuge, they stay whole.” I asked DiLallo Sherrill about data security. If I turn in an old computer, what happens to the hard drive? “Any hard drives we get from the public, we shred,” she said. Can’t some be erased and reused? “In theory, but we salvage drives only for certain specific customers’ contracts.” Ultimately, materials are sold to recyclers who smelt the metals or reuse the plastics, and nothing toxic goes to the landfill. To responsibly get rid of your old electronics, never put them in the trash. Surrender them at a county drop-off center or directly to CEAR, or donate them to an e-waste drive for charity. Amy Rogers is a novelist, scientist, and educator. To invite her to speak at your book club or public event, email her at Amy@AmyRogers.com n
MOMSERVATIONS FROM page 56 What is OneRio? We are a collective of Rio Resources: human resources committed to working together as a united unit to help Rio Americano shine. Our goal is to support Rio school spirit and pride events and projects in any way possible: sweat equity, monetary donations, time donations, fundraising, matching our skill sets and connections to help Rio Americano be a fitting reflection of the amazing community of people that it is. In one year the transformation is already evident: We initiated a Rio branding campaign with updated logos and merchandising. We established @OneRioAmericano on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook for modern-day communication. We coined the slogan We Choose Rio (#WeChooseRio). We held weekly raffles to boost followers on social media and distribute Rio spirit gear. We replaced a failed fundraiser with Rio’s first annual Duck Derby. We helped groups such as Rio’s Special Education Kids raise money
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HAVE “INSIDE,” WILL TRAVEL 1. Robert & Kathy Sanchez at Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, Israel 2. Megan and Toney Sebra at Mae Sa Elephant Camp, Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai, Thailand 3. Barbera Bass's husband, Gary Marshall, and father, Jack Bass, in Jack's hometown or New York to celebrate his 90th birthday 4. John and Thao Franks in front of downtown Saigon, Vietnam 5. The Sacramento Friendship Force with their hosts in Australia's Blue Mountains 6. Kris and Erika Frank at Casa Cosmos in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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Modern Showpiece AN EAST SAC HOME ON TOUR IS REMODELED TO BE BETTER THAN EVER
BY JULIE FOSTER HOME INSIGHT
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ringing his home back to its original style was a two-step process for John de la Vega. When de la Vega purchased his 2,800-square-foot East Sacramento house 12 years ago, it had already undergone a drastic remodel in the 1980s or ’90s. Built in 1926 in the Italianate style, the house was later redone with art deco flourishes.
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“It is better than we imagined. Now we live in every room in the house.”
In 2009, de la Vega remodeled the garage and backyard, altering the feel of the property. The original backyard offered no shade, just a kidney-shaped pool plopped in the middle of the yard that provided no inducement to linger. So local landscape architect David Gibson drafted a plan for a backyard haven, reconfiguring the pool into
“We wanted people to wonder what was original and what wasn’t,” de la Vega says. By adding wing walls in the front of the house, they created more defined rooms. They stained the floors a darker color and replaced the shiny brass fixtures with ones of softer brass or oil-rubbed bronze. They upgraded the living room fireplace to gas for a cozier feeling. They painted the interior and updated the HVAC and electrical systems.
The Gilmore-de la Vega house will be featured on the Urban Renaissance Home Tour of five new and remodeled homes in East Sacramento.
a rectangle surrounded by lush landscaping. With the addition of a second story, the detached garage became a comfortable studio with a bathroom. A loggia facing the pool provides shade as well as a snug seating area, complete with gas fireplace that provides a cozy spot during cool evenings. The transformation took a year.
A few years later, de la Vega married Jenny Gilmore. One evening, as they sat down to a Valentine’s Day dinner in the kitchen, the refrigerator’s water dispenser began gushing water onto the floor. The couple had talked briefly about redoing the kitchen, but now they had no choice. Soon, their remodeling plans expanded, and they embarked on a
complete house remodel that took six months. During construction, they lived in the garage studio, making it easy for them to keep tabs on the project’s progress. “We were lucky to be able to stay on-site during the construction,” says de la Vega. Converting the house from art deco back to its original Italianate look was key for the couple.
“We didn’t focus on changing the floor plan,” he says. “We did small things that had a big impact.” The kitchen, which felt very dark due to floor-to-ceiling cabinets, received a total revamp. Mahogany cabinets and marble counter tops showcase the show-stopping fiveburner Lacanche stove, which set the tone for the rest of the room. “We loved the old-world feel,” says Gilmore. “And it has a middle burner that will boil a pot of water in no time,” she explains. Since there wasn’t a kitchen nook, the couple opted for a long, movable table rather than a fixed island. The upstairs bath had what Gilmore describes as a glass tube shower in the middle of the room, with a wall full of mirrors and a skylight above. Showering was not a pleasant experience. So the couple added a new shower and a clawfoot tub from local vendor Mac The Antique Plumber. For decorating, the couple loves shopping at local mom-and-pop stores rather than big-box operations. HOME page 57
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HOME FROM page 55 “We wanted to make the point of supporting people who really knew and loved their product and enjoyed helping us create our home,” Gilmore says. River City Builders did the construction on both projects, and Kristy Lingner and Kirk Todd were involved throughout. Lingner advises flexibility when remodeling an older home. “Expect things to not go 100 percent as planned,” she says. “Always stand back and look at the big picture when considering the minutiae. Lastly, respect the house for what it was but still make it your own.” Gilmore and de la Vega are completely satisfied with their new home, noting there isn’t a thing they would change. “It is better than we imagined,” de la Vega says. “Now we live in every room in the house.” The Gilmore-de la Vega house will be featured on the Urban Renaissance Home Tour of five new and remodeled homes in East Sacramento. Sponsored by Friends of East Sacramento, the tour takes place Sunday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Proceeds benefit the McKinley Park Renewal Fund. Tickets are available at sacurbanhometour.com 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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The Pride of Paper, Paint and all things Pretty HOME OF SACRAMENTO’S LARGEST LIBRARY OF WALLPAPER CHOICES
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hat’s your fancy? The ever-pleasing paisley, the tempting taffeta or the always charming gingham check? What mood do you want to create in your home? Uber-relaxed and beach-casual or beveled-glass-glitzy? What about nostalgic country French, timeless Tuscan or the classic English Tudor? The choices abound and are all around us. But just how do you choose the right fabrics, furnishings and finishing touches that will capture the essence of you while creating the perfect mood for those entering your private sanctuary or office space? Whether is re-upholstering a sofa, designing window coverings, buying new bedroom furniture, wallpapering a bathroom or painting the house, the choices can be overwhelming. These questions are better left to the experts. People like Diann Pryde of the Arden area’s Pryde’s Paint and Paper is just that kind of expert. She comes to Sacramento by way of Chicago and comes to the design business armed with more than four decades of interior design experience. Her background says it all. For 20 years she owned and operated her own business (Paper with Pryde) helping customers select just the right paint colors and wallpapers. With her crew of 3 they would perform all the labor necessary to give her clients the results they had envisioned for their homes or offices. She also owned another retail specialty shop (Designs of the West) in southern Utah before moving to Sacramento in 2001 and opening her third business at the Taylor Center on Marconi Avenue just east of Fulton. Take a walk inside her store and you’ll quickly see Diann can help with any project from wall coverings, light fixtures, furniture, upholstery, refinishing, flooring and paint. If you need a tile, marble or granite, she can help you there as well. Looking for a one-of-akind coffee table, Diann can find it. Or if you have a special shade of green in mind, she has one of the area’s most talented paint matchers on call. As an independently owned store Pryde’s can offer you a level of service you thought no longer existed in the community,” she said. “We’re proud to deliver the kind of specialized and personal attention and help that you simply won’t find in larger chain stores,” On any given day, Diann can be found at her store putting her
Diann Pryde of Pryde’s Paint and Paper at the Taylor Center brings years of personalized service to the interior decorating business. With over 600 books, her store is home to the city’s largest library of wallpaper books.
heart and soul into her business. After all, she is passionate about pretty things and thrives in the bustling business environment of her store. She saves Saturday afternoons for at-home consultations because during the week she can barely leave her store, even for a moment. Her phone rings off the hook, friends and customers alike pop in and ask for a little advice about a cornice or some crown molding or task her to find a perfect striped wallpaper. Meanwhile, her husband does lots of heavy lifting in the paint department moving five gallon buckets out the door for customers and painters. On this particular day, Best Buy was picking up a huge order of a specially created Benjamin Moore paint that she carries. On any given day she is working with a seamstress to design valances, pillows, bed coverings and curtains for a myriad of custom projects. By offering ideas, personalized service and the highest quality products, Pryde’s can give you step-by-step personal guidance with any project, beginning at the idea stage, providing custom fabrication if needed and following your project along until completion. For more information visit the store at 2808 Marconi Ave, Sacramento, CA 95821. Hours are Mon - Fri 8am - 5pm and Sat 10am - 1pm. Or call Diann at 916-487-8775.
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Working Together MEMBERS POOL DONATIONS TO INCREASE THEIR GIVING POWER
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nspire Giving is the philanthropic arm of the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce. Over the past five years, it has given a total of $55,000 to local nonprofits. Members of the fund make a one-time minimum donation of $250, and the first 1,000 individuals contributing $1,000 are considered “founding members.” Members pool their donations to create an endowment for the benefit of worthy charities in the community. Each year, they decide collaboratively how the dividends of the endowment will be distributed to charitable organizations in the region. Members also volunteer their time and resources in support of the projects they choose. This year, Inspire Giving fund members selected 916 Ink as their grant recipient. The nonprofit’s mission is to empower students in the Sacramento region through creative writing, helping them to develop into strong readers and writers who lead a higher quality of life due to increased literacy skills and improved academics.
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The Inspire Giving donation will support the 916 Ink Imaginarium, a creative writing space for children and teens in Sacramento. The Imaginarium will host book-making field trips for schoolchildren from second through fifth grade. Students will co-write two action-packed stories that will be published at the Imaginarium with the help of 916 Ink staff and trained volunteers. Each child will receive a journal to personalize with their name and stickers, as well as a copy of their published stories compiled in a book to take home to family and friends. The 916 Ink Imaginarium is located at the former site of Maple Elementary off Franklin Boulevard and Fruitridge Road in South Sacramento near the closed Campbell’s Soup Factory. For more information, go to 916ink.org
INSPIRED SHOPPING How would you like to earn money and support your favorite nonprofit every time you shop online? Through the DubLi Partner Program, participating nonprofits earn a commission on every online purchase made by their members and supporters at thousands of merchants worldwide. At the same time, their members earn cash back with every purchase. It works like this: When a nonprofit joins the program, it receives at no cost a branded website that serves as a portal to retailers around the world. Individuals who sign up to make online purchases through DubLi earn cash rebates on everything they purchase, from clothing to home
products to travel and more. There is no cost to join the program, and if they shop through their chosen nonprofit’s site, they are also contributing to its bottom line. “Once you sign up and get cash back, you realize how easy it is to shop online,” says Dr. Elisabeth Schleicher, who helps nonprofits benefit from the program. “You only buy what you need or want.” To learn more, go to shop-and-travel.com
SSVMSA GRANT RECIPIENTS The Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society Alliance recently announced its 2015 grant recipients. SSVMSA is a women’s organization with ties to the medical community. The grants, totaling $38,125, were given to nine local organizations: Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento provides care for children and youth who have nowhere else to turn. SSVMSA will provide funding for recurring disposable medical supplies and an automated external defibrillator for the medical clinic. Loaves and Fishes serves the homeless by providing meals and shelter, while addressing other issues of mental and physical illness. SSVMSA will fund the purchase of 100 sleeping bags for use at the shelter. The Elder and Health Law Clinic is a student-run clinic at University of Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law. SSVMSA will help support the community educational outreach program for the upcoming year.
Mercy Housing program operates affordable housing for families, seniors and people with special needs who lack economic resources to access affordable housing. SSVMSA will fund a new project, Matters of Balance. UC Davis’ Camp Kesem is a student-run program that offers summer camp experience for children of families touched by cancer. SSVMSA will sponsor the teen backpacking trip. A Touch of Understanding’s threehour workshop gives students an opportunity to explore what it is like to have a disability. SSVMSA funds will support workshops and necessary materials for the 2015-2016 school year. Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High School’s running program teaches students the value of physical fitness. SSVMSA will match funds that students raise to purchase running shoes and pay fees for locally organized races. Keaton Raphael Memorial supports children with cancer and their families by providing emotional, educational and financial support. SSVMSA will fund 100 food and/or transportation vouchers for KRM families. The Sacramento Life Center serves pregnant women and teens who do not know how to cope with the responsibility of being a new mother. SSVMSA will cover the cost of 100 baby baskets for low-income women and teens with a starter kit to help them weather the financial strain of having a child. Terry Kaufman can be reached at terry@1greatstory.com n
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Art Preview
GALLERY ART SHOWS IN SEPTEMBER
WASH Inc. Annual Open Watercolor Exhibition“Go With The Flow 2015” runs through September 26 at the Sacramento Fine Arst Center. Shown above: 2014 Best of Show, “Did Someone Say Carrot” by Ronnie Rector. Sacramento Fine Arts Center, 5330B Gibbons Drive
Gallery 1855 presents “Life Histories” by artist Christopher Dewees. “Life Histories” provides the viewer a unique experience blending science, history and the ancient art form of gyotaku. The show runs through September 30. Shown above: A gyotaku by Christopher Dewees. Gallery 1855 is at 820 Pole Line Road in Davis. Visit davisgallery.wordpress.com
Artspace 1616 presents works by Robert Jean Ray, Lou Bermingham, Vera Ximenes, Phillip Kunz, Linda Welch and sculpture by Roy Tatman. Shown right: “Surge” oil on canvas by Vera Ximenes. Shown below: “Royal Seed” by Lou Bermingham. The show runs Sept. 9 through Nov. 1. Artspace is at 1616 Del Paso Blvd.
Helen Jones Gallery presents bronze sculptures by Jay Bishop. The show runs Sept. 4 through Oct. 3 with a sculpting demonstration by the artist on Sat., Sept.12. Shown above: “Hope,” bronze, by Jay Bishop. Helen Jones Gallery is in Arden Town Center, 588 La Sierra Drive. helenjonesgallery.com
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Bob and Pat Grandinetti, 32 year owners of Hall’s Windows
“Viki Benbow has helped us buy and sell several homes over the last 15 years. When I recap my experience with her I realize that I may be a savvy business person, but when it comes to buying and selling homes, a lot of emotions get involved and it can create unrealistic expectations and a great deal of stress. But Viki kept all that in check for my family. She knows the market. She creates a relationship with you that makes everything just Áow. She sets appropriate expectations. One of the houses she sold for us was in the $1.3 million range and there were some hard negotiations to handle. But Viki made the deal work. She just has an uncanny ability to get deals done, to overcome all the obstacles. Another time we wanted to move and she must have shown us 50 houses. That in itself is extraordinary. But then we decided not to move and there was no heartburn. She gets it. She knows that every deal is not a sale and it never affected her relationship with us. Viki just seems to walk in your shoes and she puts her own needs on the back burner. I just think that’s extraordinary. I would highly recommend her not just for all the obvious reasons like being ethical and professional. But because she is truly in a league of her own as a trusted friend and expert realtor.” – Bob Grandinetti
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Beyond Childhood THIS ARTIST LOOKS AT THE DARK SIDE OF GROWING UP
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usan Silvester opens the door to her second-floor studio at Verge Center for the Arts and reveals a space full of multimedia works depicting forests, mysterious flowers and innocent figures. It’s a world where sci-fi, natural history, fairy tales and the decorative arts meet and emotional themes play out in subtle colors and complex compositions. “I try to create a psychological rather than a literal interpretation in my work,” she says. Memory, loss and nostalgia merge in her imagery and cast reflections of joy, but there is a darker reality, too. These themes figure in Silvester’s paintings, drawings, prints, computer renderings and sculptures. In a recent leap to public art, she translated her signature style onto large-scale surfaces such as a 22-foot-long dumpster and a downtown utility box. But she’s not stopping there. “I don’t want to be known only as the dumpster lady,” she jokes while showing her work. While her surfaces range from paint-primed steel to waxcoated canvas, Silvester’s style remains consistent and her images recognizable. Animal references convey a dreamlike quality, and symbolic rabbits are ever present. “I am drawn to using rabbits in particular as they are a symbol of rebirth, new beginnings and innocence. Plus they have an interesting form,” she points out.
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Susan Silvester in her studio
“I am just looking to touch upon some emotion and get a reaction from the viewer,” says Silvester. Her work is about that precarious time between adolescence and adulthood, a time of uncertainty. It’s about reliving that time and trying to make it right,
realizing a sense of play, a balance, a sense of calm. “I would like the worlds I create to be safe, but they can be scary.” Regarding the darker elements in her work, there is a sense that something sinister, some danger,
lurks or something is about to happen. The figures are usually solemn and serious. “I feel like there is a sense of loss and longing in their expressions, a tension between innocence and anxiety,” she says. The works tap into the difficult nature of a child making his or her way in an uncertain world. But they also reach back to a time when Silvester says she clearly visualized beauty as a 5-year-old sitting under the Brooklyn Bridge. “It was summer and the sun was going down,” she recalls. “My parents were there. There was a sense of the earth and the bridge. It was perfect. I knew then I would be an artist.” The daughter of an elementary schoolteacher and a homemaker, Silvester says her mom encouraged her and her sister to try creative endeavors such as decoupage, knitting and sewing. “We were always making things,” she says. “One of my playmates even asked me: ‘Can’t we stop making things and just play?’” Silvester’s creative ambitions set her on a course leading from art history studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo to a BFA from Long Island University and a master’s in painting and digital art from Sacramento State. In between, she spent 15 years as a freelancer tackling a broad swath of work including fabricating art pieces for artists Robert Rauschenberg and Tom Wesselman. During her gig with Rauschenberg, Silvester worked with a partner and created four fiberglass resin bicycles with fabricated geese attached to each set of handlebars. For Wesselman, they constructed a
large lightbox, kind of like the signs seen at gas stations. Commercial work led her to diverse jobs such sculpting and painting Pillsbury Doughboy heads, creating sculpted animals for “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” and supervising the set creation of the “Back to the Future” ride for Universal Studios. She worked as a digital designer on one of first PC computer games, called “Rise of the Triad.” Her work took her from New York to Dallas and, ultimately, Sacramento where she had the chance to leave commercial work behind and focus on being a painter. Here she tapped into the fertile creative culture and studied with Mick Sheldon and Jim Albertson at American River College and Rachel Clarke at Sacramento State. Silvester began showing in local galleries and caught the attention of owners such as Natalie Nelson at Pence Art
Gallery, who especially responded to her felted wool sculptures. “Susan is wonderful at using her background in model and toy fabrication and her fascination with childhood to create these almost magical sculptures,” Nelson says. “They are felted, which gives them an inviting, tactile appearance that you just want to hug. Yet Susan also shows that growth and childhood is not all peachy. She’s got a lot of dark in her paintings, prints and sculptures, which gives them a slightly surreal touch.” Silvester says she feels like her work is never absolutely done. She borrows a quote from writer Paul Gardner: “A painting is never finished. It simply stops in interesting places.” For more information, go to susansilvester.com n
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f you’re a reader of Inside Publications (considering you’re reading this paragraph, I’m assuming you are), you’ll know that each edition of the paper is graced with stunning cover art every month. To celebrate Inside’s 20th anniversary, and to showcase the beautiful work that’s made our covers so eye-catching through the years, don’t miss a special art show at 33rd Street Bistro featuring the original pieces that have been featured on our covers. “Matt and Fred Haines opened their first bistro the same year we started publishing,” says Inside publisher Cecily Hastings. “We’ve been friends ever since, so it was natural that we’d partner with them for this special show.” More than 45 original paintings and drawings will be on display by more than 35 local artists, along with a framed print of the cover from the month the piece first appeared. Some are on loan from the artists or collectors, but many paintings are still available for purchase, so if you have a favorite piece of cover art, don’t wait too long to snap it up.
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Has your tyke been bitten by the ballet bug? Don’t miss the chance for her or him to dance in Sacramento’s favorite Christmastime classic, Sacramento Ballet’s “The Nutcracker.”
Hoping to meet some of the artists in person? Swing by the Second Saturday artists reception from 5 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12, or stop by the bistro’s special events room anytime to view the show. 33rd Street Bistro is at 3301 Folsom Blvd.
TINY DANCERS Has your tyke been bitten by the ballet bug? Don’t miss the chance for her or him to dance in Sacramento’s favorite Christmastime classic, Sacramento Ballet’s “The Nutcracker.”
Auditions for the children’s cast will be held on Sept. 9, 12 and 13 at the ballet’s studios on K Street. “We normally have approximately 800 local children throughout the community auditioning over a single weekend for 500 roles,” says the ballet’s co-artistic director, Ron Cunningham. “Some come from as far as Yuba City, Lake Tahoe, Stockton and Fairfield. With kids lined up around the block from morning to night, it is quite a major operation.” Some things to keep in mind if your kid wants in on the act: Children must be at least 6 years
old by Dec. 1, 2015, to participate. They may audition for more than one role if they meet the height and skill requirements. However, once they are cast in a part, they may not audition for a second role. Rehearsals for some roles may begin as early as Sept. 13. Dancers selected to dance in “The Nutcracker” will be required to attend all pertinent rehearsals. For specific audition requirements and appointments, go to sacballet.org The Sacramento Ballet studios are at 1631 K St. PREVIEWS page 77
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Music, sport, fundraising and fuzzy fruit were spotlighted by recent events. Here are some occasions that got the community involved. Vintage country band Big Iron entertained at a Carmichael Park concert
The Carmichael Farmers market hosted a peach festival. Fruity activities (above, center and right) included a pie bake-off and a peaches and cream-eating contest.
The cycling stage of Eppie’s Great race turned the American River Parkway into a speedway
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Celebrating 40 years of concerts, bandleader John Skinner (above, right) donated $400 to the Carmichael Park District. Park Foundation member Ron Greenwood accepted the check.
The Lasher Polo Classic takes place from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12 and benefits the Sacramento SPCA
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OPEN SESAME For a chance to see the studios of Sacramento’s coolest creatives, don’t miss the Sacramento Open Studios Tour on Sept. 12, 13, 19 and 20. The free, self-guided tour, now celebrating its 10th year, presents a unique opportunity for the public to meet and greet 125 emerging and established artists in their personal workspaces all across Sacramento County. What was originally founded by the Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento (CCAS) in 2006 as the Capital Artists Studio Tour—a twoday event with a focus on women artists and a strict scope of studios within 3 miles of CCAS’s former location on 19th Street—has since grown to be the largest non-juried art event in the region. The event is now run by Verge Center for the Arts, which merged with CCAS and took over the tour last year. The first weekend will feature studios west of Business 80 and Highway 99, while on Sept. 19 and 20 studios to the east will be spotlighted. For more information on the Sacramento Open Studios Tour and to access the free, 21-page guide complete with interactive maps, go to vergeart.com
PONY UP Where else could you get the excitement of a polo exhibition
while also contributing to a worthy cause? Nowhere but at the Lasher Polo Classic from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12, benefitting the Sacramento SPCA. This elegant event, set at the beautiful Chamberlain Ranch in Wilton, features an exhibition polo match—with all the regalia reminiscent of royal polo events—as well as food by chef Matt Wolston, fine wines, a champagne divot stomp, a parade of hats, and more. Proceeds will go to the programs and services offered by the Sacramento SPCA. For ticket and more information, call 504-2802, email events@sspca.org or go to sspca.org
temple, a Portuguese Catholic church and the vibrant R Street corridor, a hip hangout chock-ablock with restaurants, art galleries, entertainment venues and artists’ lofts. The tour costs $30 on the day of the event or $25 in advance via Brown Paper Tickets. Buy your tickets now at http://2015hometour. brownpapertickets.com For an even better deal, why not become a docent? Docents will work a two-hour shift in one of the tour homes and pay only $10 for a ticket. Contact volunteer coordinator Vickie Valine to sign up at 442-1160 or vhvaline@cwo.com The tour starts on the lot at the southeastern corner of 14th and R streets, which will also host a free street fair in conjunction with the tour. The fair will include appearances by local contractors
and artisans specializing in historic home rehabilitation and remodeling; businesses, artists and craftspeople displaying their wares; and nonprofit, advocacy and history organizations. For more information, go to preservationsacramento.org
MUSIC AND MAYHEM There’s a lot going on at the Crocker Art Museum this month, from musical guests to the Crocker’s own comic book convention. Don’t miss out! First up is Art Mix Crocker-Con from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10. Bust out your cape and tights to meet local comic book artists and writers, try out new comics and board games, shake hands with a Storm Trooper from the 501st Legion, PREVIEWS page 79
HISTORY AT HOME You may not know that when you drive through the area bounded by W, R, 10th and 19th streets, you are driving through an area with a rich, untapped history called Richmond Grove. Discover everything that this unique neighborhood has to offer at the 40th Annual Historic Home Tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20. The tour is sponsored by Preservation Sacramento (formerly the Sacramento Old City Association), a citywide nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Sacramento’s irreplaceable historic places and encouraging quality urban design through advocacy, outreach and activism. Though it is Richmond Grove’s first time on the tour, the bustling area boasts Arts & Crafts and Art Deco architecture, a Buddhist
If you're interested in older homes, don't miss the 40th Annual Historic Home Tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20
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A LOOK AT WHAT’S IN SEASON AT LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS IN SEPTEMBER
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This root vegetable comes in a rainbow of colors: red, gold, pink, white, even striped. It has a very high sugar content and is a unique source of phytonutrients called betalains. Its greens are edible, too: Prepare them similar to spinach or chard. To eat: Roast and serve in a salad with arugula, goat cheese and chopped walnuts.
Nearby Apple Hill supplies the apples in our local farmers markets. They come in numerous varieties: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith and more. This popular autumn fruit can be used in a variety of ways, from salads to desserts. To eat: Bake in a pie with a lattice crust or crumb topping.
This popular bean, also known as a snap or string bean, is considered the gold standard of green beans. Mild and versatile, it has a dark-green, cylindrical, stringless, firm, plump pod. To eat: Use for quick pickling or canning.
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Despite its name, this vegetable is not related to celery. A dense, fleshy white root vegetable, it is a flavorful source of vitamin C. It’s also known as celeriac. To eat: Use in salads and slaws.
This root vegetable looks like a top-heavy white carrot. It develops a rich, nutty flavor after cooking. Don’t try to eat it raw—it’s practically inedible. To eat: Add to soups and stews.
This small, waxy potato gets its name from its long, narrow shape, which makes it look like a finger. It comes in a variety of colors and maintains its shape when cooked. To eat: Slice in half vertically, toss with olive oil, salt and pepper and roast in a hot oven.
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PREVIEWS FROM page 77 compete in the costume contest, get your groove on to beats from the Sleeprockers, or test your skills in a Yu-Gi-Oh tournament. Hook & Stone will be onsite recording live podcasts and Big Brother, Empire Comics and Comics & Collectibles will host a reading lounge where you can kick back and peruse your favorite reading material. The event is free for museum members, free with general admission for nonmembers and free for cosplayers, so don’t forget your costume! Enjoy food and drink discounts during happy hour from 4 to 6 p.m. and $5 drink specials all evening. If classical music helps you keep your cool, be sure to lend an ear to the Classical Concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13, featuring Konstantin Soukhovetski on piano. The Julliard graduate and multiaward-winning pianist will explore the themes of classicism in the ongoing David Ligare exhibition as well as offer his own transcriptions of Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” and Giacomo Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Tickets are $6 for museum members; $10 for students, youths and Capital Public Radio members; and $12 for nonmembers. For tickets, call 8081182. Turn up the heat on Thursday, Sept. 17 with the Crocker’s final Jazz
Night of the season featuring Carlos McCoy’s High Octane Latin Band. Combining the power and excitement of dance rhythms with the soul and complexity of jazz, the band will present a mesmerizing Main Stage show at 6:30 p.m., preceded by a performance of the Grant Union High School Sextet on the Cafe Stage at 5:15 p.m. Tickets are $7 for museum members; $12 for Capital Public Radio members, students and youths; and $14 for nonmembers. While you’re on the premises, don’t forget to check out the Crocker’s newest exhibition, “Rain Forest Visions: Amazonian Ceramics from Ecuador, The Melza and Ted Barr Collection,” on display from Sept. 19 through Feb. 14, 2016. This exhibition features 100 works by the Canelos Quichua-speaking people of eastern Ecuador, and represents one of the first of its kind in an art museum. The beautiful bowls, vessels and sculptures that make up this collection hail from a geographic area ranging from the Andean foothills through the Upper Amazonian regions. For more information on all Crocker events, call 808-1182 or go to crockerartmuseum.org The Crocker Art Museum is at 216 O St.
Don't miss the auction at Withrell's auction house gallery on Sept. 26. This early painting by Wayne Thiebaud is one of the items featured.
From Sept. 12 through Oct. 10, see what the talented trio of Taylor Gutermute, Vinay Sharma and Zbigniew Kozikowski have cooked up at their group show, “Paper Ink Metal,” at ARTHOUSE on R
TALES FOR TAILS Take in a stunning storytelling session while raising life-changing funds for the local chapter of Heifer International at “Heifer Tails: Uplifting Stories from Around the World” from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20, at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Storytellers will include Mary McGrath telling “The Palace Monkey,” a story from India; Ray Tatar telling “Anansi Brings Stories to the World,” a story from Africa; Diana Zuniga telling “The Aztec Legend of the Birds,” a story from Mexico; and Nancy Griffith telling “The Camel,” a story from Lebanon. The afternoon will also include live musical interludes between each story that are sure to delight listeners of all ages. All proceeds from the event will go to benefit Heifer International’s Nepal relief fund. Heifer International is a worldwide organization whose mission is to end hunger and poverty by strategically placing farm animals in specific communities. Each family who receives an animal passes on the first female offspring to another
needy family, along with the training in its care. As the gift is passed along, entire communities are lifted out of poverty and are able to use their own resources to build community facilities such as hospitals and schools. This storytelling session will focus on helping Heifer International communities in Nepal that were drastically affected by the 7.0-plus magnitude earthquakes on April 25 and May 12 of this year. All proceeds from this event will benefit those communities, both for immediate relief and long-term recovery. Tickets are $10 general, $5 for children and $20 for families. For tickets and more information, go to heifertails.eventbrite.com or contact Linda Eisenman at 838-4338. Westminster Presbyterian Church is at 1300 N St.
IMPRESSIVE FEET Congratulations are in order for Fleet Feet Sports Sacramento, which recently was awarded a $1,000 grant
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PREVIEWS FROM page 79 by its parent franchisor, Fleet Feet Inc., for its continued commitment to the ongoing Project Fit program. Project Fit is a free, after-school running program for elementary school-age children that provides additional financial support to underserved schools through coaching stipends and race fees. Since its inception in 2002, Project Fit has served more than 10,000 students in four states. The “FITlanthropy” Grant that Fleet Feet Sacramento recently received (for the third time and counting!) was established to help fund the important work Fleet Feet Sports stores do to support the needs of their local communities. Hoping to get in on some of the dogooding action? Simply by shopping, you can help the Sacramento store raise funds for the Front Street Animal Shelter through the Power of Running campaign. On weekends for the next several weeks, Fleet Feet Sacramento will collect a portion of the proceeds from select products and donate the funds to help keep stray animals off the streets through the tireless efforts of the Front Street Animal Shelter. Eligible products are as follows: on Sept. 5 and 6, Asics Gel Kayano 21 and 22 shoes; on Sept. 12 and 13, all Addaday Rollers; on Sept. 19 and 20, all CEP compression products; and on Sept. 26 and 27, all Nathan Visibility products will send funds to the shelter. For more information, go to fleetfeetsacramento.com Fleet Feet Sports is at 2311 J St.
FASCINATING FINDS If you’re a collector, you’re not going to want to miss one of the top three auctions in the area from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, at Witherell’s auction house gallery in midtown. Its catalog boasts some fascinating finds, including a cream-colored 1964 230 SL Mercedes, a framed early watercolor by legendary Sacramentoborn artist Wayne Thiebaud, a Hermann Herzog landscape painting discovered in a Woodland thrift store, a Three Graces chandelier, and a pair of 19th century gold scales accompanied by a note that reads, “Yankee Jim, the namesake of the famous town of Yankee Jim near Foresthill, used these scales in his business with the early miners.” For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 4466490 or go to witherells.com Witherell’s gallery is at 300 20th St.
SENSES OF SELF See the beautiful images that abound when artist Laurelin Gilmore explores her emotions surrounding identity in her solo show on display at Gallery 2110 this month. Gilmore, a life-long artist, began to realize that painting people with hooves, wings, scales and horns were so attractive to her artist’s eye because they were expressions of her own experience. As a woman of blended ethnicities living with Vitiligo, a skin condition that shows up as patches of colorless skin, the duality of fence sitters, go-betweens PREVIEWS page 82
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and people with a foot in two different worlds captivates her imagination. Through her art, Gilmore has been able to move the conversation about Vitiligo to the forefront and look at the reality of living with the condition without the mask of metaphor. As part of Gallery 2110’s mission to support nonprofit organizations, the gallery and Gilmore will be donating a percentage of all sales to “916ink,” a local nonprofit dedicated to promoting youth literacy in Sacramento through creative writing workshops. They have published more than 30 books, serving over 1,000 young authors in the Sacramento region. For more information, visit 916ink.org Meet Gilmore in person at the artist’s reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, or at the Second Saturday Art Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. on Sept. 12. For more information, call 333-3493 or go to gallery2110.com
HEAVY METAL From Sept. 12 through Oct. 10, see what the talented trio of Taylor
Gutermute, Vinay Sharma and Zbigniew Kozikowski have cooked up at their group show, “Paper Ink Metal,” at ARTHOUSE on R. All of the works on display are based in the monotype printmaking and drypoint etching processes, but the results are anything but industrial. Gutermute and Sharma worked as a team to create large, wallmounted installation pieces that meld together hard metal surfaces with both monochromatic and brightly colored monotypes. Kozikowski’s monotypes reflect his use of abstract forms and the vivacious beauty of nature, light and color that he usually captures on canvas. Hobnob with all three artists at the Second Saturday opening reception from 6 to 9 p.m. on Sept. 12. For more information, call 455-4988 or go to arthouseonr.com ARTHOUSE on R is at 1021 R St. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Please email items for consideration by the first of the month, at least one month in advance of the event n
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Paragary’s Reimagined MIDTOWN STAPLE IS BACK AFTER EXTENSIVE REMODEL
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aragary Restaurant Group is one of the foundational food presences in the Capital region. Randy Paragary and his myriad associates have carved out a rather large place for themselves throughout the area, with upscale restaurants, quick-casual cafes and bars of all stripes. Among the stable of eateries and drinkeries under the Paragary umbrella are Cafe Bernardo, Centro Cocina Mexicana, Esquire Grill, Monkey Bar, R15 and Hock Farm Craft & Provisions. But the flagship restaurant of the group has always been the Midtown restaurant Paragary’s Bar & Oven, known to most locals as simply Paragary’s. Open since 1983, Paragary’s has been known for California-style cuisine and one of the best outdoor dining spaces in Sacramento. When it closed for an extensive remodel in February of last year, loyal patrons and casual observers weren’t sure what to expect. Would the menu be completely different? Would the atmosphere be something progressive and minimal? Would the outdoor patio lose its luster? Turns out that the answer to each is “no.” Instead of going for a more modern menu and forward-looking design concept, the newly named Paragary’s Midtown Bistro went in the other direction: traditional. Traditional French, to be precise. The remodeled Paragary’s looks, feels and tastes like a French brasserie. Black and white dominate
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The remodeled Paragary’s looks, feels and tastes like a French brasserie with crisp black and white design details
the space: stark white walls, black cane-back chairs, white bulbs in black sconces, black chalkboard elegantly scripted with white chalk. It’s a loud, bright space, not exactly cozy, but not uncomfortable. The patio, always a favorite of local diners, hasn’t changed as radically as the indoor space. The effort to capture that Parisian feel throughout the restaurant falls away as you go outdoors. The patio still has its man-sized fireplace and waterfalls. The tree canopy shades the tables and makes the patio a destination on all but summer’s hottest days. Put the two spaces, indoor and outdoor, together and you have a busy, urban French eatery with a lush California backyard. The menu, too, has one foot in the traditional French world and one in California. New to the menu are
a passel of French favorites. Basic dishes on the lunch menu include that iconic sandwich, the croque monsieur, as well as wood-fired mussels, chicken liver mousse, trout almondine and steak frites. All these dishes are handled with flair and with an emphasis on plating. The actual preparations are classic and without any newfangled additions. Other classics get a little bit of an update, such as the salad nicoise, which features seared ahi tuna and a garlic dressing that would make a vampire stay away for weeks. Then there are the crab beignets, a decadent take on the traditional French doughnut, speckled with crabmeat and served with a piquillo pepper aioli. Despite this new image as an outpost for French cuisine,
Paragary’s still maintains some of its old favorites. Remaining on the menu is the shaved mushroom salad. It remains basically unchanged with shaved mushrooms topped with Jarlsberg, parsley and lemon vinaigrette. Also remaining on the menu are Paragary’s signature wood-fired pizzas. It doesn’t quite jive with the French theme, but it feels like a necessary holdover from the restaurant’s previous iteration. On the dinner menu there are some standout dishes. Chief among them is the chicken ballotine, a rolled and prosciutto-stuffed chicken breast, served alongside summer corn and a luscious jus. It’s a beautifully presented and wonderfully flavorful dish. The summer flavors meld perfectly with the chicken and salty prosciutto. I would hope that the
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kitchen keeps the dish on the menu and adapts it to the seasons. The diver scallops make a nice plate as well. Also using seasonal corn, and served with a slightly sweet vanilla sauce, it’s a picture on the plate and a total treat for the senses. There are a couple misses on the menu as well, but no doubt they'll quickly work out any miscues. An example is the poached lobster salad, which pairs a rather diminutive serving of lobster and indulgently rich burrata cheese. The richness of the burrata tended to overpower the lobster. In the first few months after Paragary’s reopened, local diners are filling up the dining room day and night. It can be tough to find a seat
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1537 Howe Ave. 927-1014 L D $-$$ Authentic Moroccan cuisine, lunch & dinner specials, belly dancing weekends • bestmoroccanfood.com
Bandera
2232 Fair Oaks Blvd. 922-3524
D Full Bar $$-$$$ American Cooking served in an all-booth setting. • Houtons.com
Leatherby’s Family Creamery 2333 Arden Way 920-8382
L D $ House-made ice cream and specialties, soups and sandwiches
Lemon Grass Restaurant 601 Munroe St. 486-4891
L D $$ Full Bar Patio Vietnamese and Thai cuisine in a casual yet elegant setting
The Mandarin Restaurant 4321 Arden Way 488-47794
D $$-$$$ Full Bar Gourmet Chineses food for 32 years • Dine in and take out
Buy one entrée and get a second entrée FREE!
B L D $-$$ European-style cafe serving espresso, omelettes, salads, sandwiches, dinner entres, full bar, table service from 5 p.m., patio dining bellabrucafe.com
Matteo's Pizza
$15 maximum value. Seniors 55 and older. Must present proof of age. Coupon required. Offer valid 9-8-2015 through 11-25-2015.
Café Vinoteca
Roma's Pizza & Pasta
L D $$ Full Bar Italian bistro in a casual setting • Cafevinoteca.com
L D $$ Traditional Italian pizza & pasta Family Friendly Catering + Team Parties • romas-pizzaand-pasta.com
Bella Bru Café
5038 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883
3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 487-1331
Café Bernardo Pavilions Center
B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio Casual California cuisine • paragarys.com
Chinois City Café
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 $$ Neighborhood gathering place for pizza, pasta and grill dishes
6530 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-9800
2381 Fair Oaks Blvd. 489-2000
B L D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine with a Western touch in a creative upscale atmosphere
Ristorante Piatti
571 Pavilions Lane 649-8885
L D $$ 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 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 $$ Thai cusine in a friendly, casual setting
2851 Fulton Ave. 481-9500
The Kitchen
Willie's Burgers
D $$$ 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
3032 Auburn Blvd. 484-0139 2813 Fulton Ave. 484-6104
L D Full Bar $$-$$ Fresh Mexican food served in a colorful family-friendly setting
1001 Front Street, Historic Old Sacramento 916-446-6768 fatcitybarandcafe.com
Roxy
L D $$ Wine/Beer Creative cuisine in a casual setting • Jacksoncateringevents.com
2535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 481-5225
Monday through Thursday only. Tax and gratuity not included. May not be combined with any other offer.
5050 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-5050
EAST SAC
3301 Folsom Blvd. 455-2233
B L D $$ Full Bar Patio Pacific Northwest cuisine in a casual bistro setting •
1 coupon per visit • expires 9/30/15 • Open Daily 11 am - 11 pm
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A new twist on Sacramento’s longest-running y grea at summer jazz series. On 3rd Thursdays, enjoy great music curated and hosted by Vivian Lee, regional ional jazz matriarch and aficionado. Jazz Night makes makes m the Crocker the cool place to be this summer. Don’t’t r.. Don’ miss the last two concerts of the season! MEDIA SPONSORS
Don’t miss the last concert of the Crocker’s summer jazz series! Carlos McCoy’s Latin Band THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 6:30 PM CAFE STAGE: Grant Union High School Sextet
216 O Street • Downtown Sacramento 916.808.7000 • crockerartmuseum.org 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 $$ Wine tasting and paired entrees. Sunday Brunch 10 - 2. • cabanawine.com
Clubhouse 56
723 56th. Street 454-5656
BLD Full Bar $$ American cuisine. HD sports, kid's menu, beakfast weekends
$4 off any large pizza $3 off any medium pizza Family owned and operated
Arden’s Best Neighborhood Pizza for 22 Years!
4215 Arden Way (Arden and Eastern)
482-1008 Open 7 days a week
Mon - Sat 11am-10pm; Sun 12-9 Dine in,Take Out or Delivery
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Italian Stallion
Opa! Opa!
L D $-$$ Thin-Crust Pizza, Deserts and Beer in an intimate setting and popular location
L D Wine/Beer $ Fresh Greek cuisine in a chic, casual setting, counter service
3260B J St. 449-8810
La Trattoria Bohemia
Nopalitos
L D Wine/Beer $-$$ Italian and Czech specialties in a neighborhood bistro setting
B L $ Wine/Beer Southwestern fare in a casual diner setting
3649 J St. 455-7803
Les Baux
5090 Folsom Blvd. 739-1348
BLD $ Wine/Beer Unique boulangerie, café & bistro serving affordable delicious food/drinks all day long • lesbauxbakery.com
Selland's Market Cafe 5340 H St. 473-3333
B L D $$-$$$ Wine/Beer High quality handcrafted food to eat in or take out, wine bar
3101 Folsom Blvd. 231-8888
Asian Grill and Noodle Bar • starginger.com
855 57th St. 452-3896
Español
5530 H St. 452-8226
Star Ginger
Evan’s Kitchen B L D Wine/Beer $$ Eclectic California cuisine served in a family-friendly atmosphere, Kid’s menu, winemaker dinners, daily lunch specials, community table for single diners • Chefevan.com
5644 J St. 451-4000
Serving the Neighborhood for 55 Years Full Service Auto Care Station
5723 Folsom Blvd. 457-3679
L D Full Bar $-$$ Classic Italian cuisine served in a traditional family-style atmosphere
Formoli's Bistro
3839 J St. 448-5699
B L D Wine/Beer Patio $$ Mediterranean influenced cuisine in a neighborhood setting
Hot City Pizza 5642 J Street 731-8888
D $ Wine/Beer Fresh made to order pizza served in a cozy dining room; or to take out
Arden Village Ser vice At Scott’s Corner - Arden & Eastern • 489-0494 STAR CERTIFIED SMOG STATION
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2015 NatureFest logo by Olivia T., age 10
Sunday, October 4 10am to 3pm at Effie Yeaw Nature Center Carmichael, CA
Live Animal Shows Kids AcƟviƟes Guided Nature Hikes DemonstraƟons & Exhibits and Much More!
Admission $5 per adult Kids 12 & under FREE
Free Dinner
buy one breakfast & 2 beverages get 2nd free up to $7
buy one lunch & 2 beverages get 2nd free up to $7
buy one dinner & 2 beverages get 2nd free up to $7
exp 9/30/15 *see store for details
exp 9/30/15 *see store for details
exp 9/30/15 *see store for details
At the old Marie Callender’s 3129 Arden Way
916-488-8901
Open Daily 6:30 am – 9 pm
Simply Great M Mexican Food! Six Course Platter for Two S $19.95
FREE parking! Family-friendly food!
More info at (916) 489-4918 or www.SacNatureCenter.net Sponsored by:
Free Lunch
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Beef Tacos, Cheese Enchiladas, Chile Rellenos, Rice/Beans, Chips & Salsa Mon–Thurs after 4pm w/ coupon. Some restrictions apply. Exp. 9/30/15
Restaurant
2813 Fulton Avenue • 484-6104 Live music Fridays
Folsom
402 Natoma Street, Folsom • 673-9085 Live music Fridays & Saturdays
FREE DINNER Buy 1 Dinner Plate at B Reg Regular Price & Get Second Dinner FREE With cou coupon. Up to $7 value. Must include 2 drinks. So Some restrictions apply. Exp. 9/30/15
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meet a new face in the neighborhood!
Istanbul Bistro
Hock Farm Craft & Provision
L D Wine/Beer $$ Mediterranean-inspired cuisine in cozy neighborhood bistro setting
L D $$-$$ Full Bar Celebration of the region's rich history and bountiful terrain • Paragarys.com
3260 J Street 449-8810
DOWNTOWN Foundation
400 L St. 321-9522
L D $$ Full Bar American cooking in an historic atmosphere • foundationsacramento.com
Chops Steak Seafood & Bar 1117 11th St. 447-8900
L D $$$ Full Bar Steakhouse serving dry-aged prime beef and fresh seafood in an upscale club atmosphere • Chopssacramento.com
Claim Jumper
1111 J St. 442-8200
L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American in a clubby atmosphere
Hillary Cole - our new general manager
BELLA BRU CAFE
bellabrucafe.com Carmichael Natomas El Dorado Hills 485.2883
928.1770
933.5454
book your holiday event in the Luna Private Party Room
Downtown & Vine 1200 K Street #8 228-4518
Wine Bar, Event Center & Retail Sales, 36 wines by the glass, beer on tap • downtownandvine.com
Ella Dining Room & Bar 1131 K St. 443-3772
L D $$$ 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 $$$ Full Bar Global and California cuisine in an upscale historic Old Sac setting • Firehouseoldsac.com
Frank Fat’s
806 L St. 442-7092
L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Chinese favorites in an elegant setting • Fatsrestaurants.com
Il Fornaio
400 Capitol Mall 446-4100
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L D Full Bar $$$ Fine Northern Italian cuisine in a chic, upscale atmosphere • Ilfornaio.com
call Barbara Torza • 916.715.5048 event coordinator
Grange
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926 J Street • 492-4450
B L D Full Bar $$$ Simple, seasonal, soulful • grangerestaurant.com
1415 L St. 440-8888
Mikuni Restaurant and Sushi Bar 1530 J St. 447-2112
L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Japanese cuisine served in an upscale setting • Mikunisushi.com
Parlaré Eurolounge 10th & J Sts. 448-8960
D $$ Full Bar Relax with drinks and dinner in this stylish downtown space
Rio City Café
1110 Front St. Old Sac 442-8226
L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Seasonal menu of favorites in a setting overlooking river • Riocitycafe.com
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
L D $ Great burgers and more. Open until 3 am Friday and Saturday n
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