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Home Again HOW A LOCAL CHURCH IS ADDRESSING OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS
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n the past few years, almost everyone has seen or felt the impact of the increase in homelessness in Sacramento. From where I live near McKinley Park, this population has grown along the Alhambra Boulevard corridor and in McKinley Park, where the nonprofit Friends of East Sacramento—which I co-founded—manages Clunie Community Center and McKinley Rose Garden. The impacts have been significant to both these facilities and tough to deal with effectively. Even with the diligent work of city officials and nonprofit homeless service provider Sacramento Steps Forward, it seems the problem refuses an easy answer. Last year, our Arden-Carmichael edition detailed the homeless problems facing suburban neighbors that not too long ago were pretty much contained downtown. Despite a great deal of discouragement, an organically grown program called ReHome emerged in the past year. It is designed to let the average citizen help make a difference in the successful transition of those who are eventually rehoused. Here’s the story on how it came about. Lisa Schmidt—my Friends of East Sacramento nonprofit partner—deals with the problems of the homeless at our facilities, often on a weekly basis. She works closely with McKinley
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Pastor David Beck of Sanctuary Covenant Church and McKinley Library librarian Bridget Laws
Library librarian Bridget Laws and Pastor David Beck of Sanctuary Covenant Church, which for the past four years has called Clunie its church home for Sunday services. Pastor Beck recently updated East Sacramento Chamber of Commerce at its monthly luncheon at Clunie on the
homeless situation as he serves as the organization’s liaison to the city on the homeless situation. Beck told of a father and his 9-year-old daughter who had been seen spending their days at McKinley Library, with their belongings stashed on the Clunie patio. When Laws
approached them, they confirmed they were indeed homeless. Laws, Schmidt and Beck each worked their part and brought in city staff from councilmember Jeff Harris’ office, other city officials and the Sacramento Steps Forward program to help them out. A case manager at Volunteers of America, one of the largest rapid rehousing programs in the area, was assigned, and ultimately the father and daughter were moved to a shelter and then recently into permanent housing. The situation was challenging as shelters typically are set up for women and children or single men, not fathers and daughters. Beck used the situation to help explain the ReHome pilot program he developed along with some of his church members about a year ago. The situation involved a single mom, working part time, with two children, who were finally found a new apartment by VOA after a period of couch surfing and living in their car. “After their case manager made the introduction, our group delivered the family a welcome-home basket with a mop, broom, cleaners and other household items,” said Beck. “From the moment we were greeted at the door, their tears of gratitude started coming. It was impossible not to fall in love with this family. And we were deeply moved to see that they had not a stick of furniture and almost no household goods.” Beck’s group also brought a meal and spent a few hours getting to know the family and their needs.
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Family Matters AT FORMOLI’S, KIDS EAT FOR FREE ON WEDNESDAYS
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t Formoli’s Bistro in East Sac, family comes first. Hoping to bring families together for a good meal at the end of a busy day, Suzanne Ricci and her husband, chef Aimal Formoli, have instituted Kids Eat Free Wednesdays at their cozy eatery, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary in March. “Being able to enjoy a dinner as a family is so important,” says Ricci, who has two small children. “With all of the other demands of our schedules, it’s a time for us to slow down together and connect.” The idea first came to Ricci when she went out for a birthday dinner at an upscale Midtown restaurant. “My mom had actually offered to babysit, but I said, you know, I really want to have the kids with me. Unfortunately, although the owners of the restaurant went out of their way to make us feel welcome, the other guests were looking at us as though our kids’ mere existence was incredibly inappropriate.” This turned out to be an inspirational moment for Ricci, who has worked in restaurant management since she was 15. “In cafes in Europe, kids are everywhere. And I thought I want all of our customers to know that kids are very welcome at Formoli’s—so welcome that we’ll let them eat for free.”
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that many other moms probably felt the same, so maybe they could get together here and have a few moments to relax and connect with each other.” This month, Formoli’s will also host a family-friendly Dinner and a Movie, a tradition that began last December. At 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 19, children ages 4 and older can enjoy a pizza-making station and a screening of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” while adults relax with a three-course Italian-themed meal. Two child care helpers will be on hand to supervise the children. The cost is $8 per child and $30 per adult. To
Aimal Formoli and Suzanne Ricci of Formoli's Bstro invite families to enjoy a meal together during Kids Eat Free Wednesdays at their restaurant
So far, Ricci says, the experiment has been a success, with many neighborhood families taking her up on her invitation. “We know that not everyone is fortunate enough to have the advantage of day care or free child care from family members,” Ricci says. “I personally take my kids everywhere, and I think others should feel free to do the same without being judged. I’m really happy that people are embracing Kids Eat Free Wednesdays. Everyone who works here has kids, so they really get it. And I’m really happy to be part of it.” Formoli’s has also started offering an intermittent “mommy special” during Wednesday Happy Hour.
Recently, this consisted of a board of Spanish cheeses and a complimentary glass of pinot noir. “This came to me after a particularly tough day,” Ricci g says. “I was looking at a delivery of delicious-looking d Spanish cheeses and w thinking about how nice it would be to ss sit down with a glass of wine and enjoy them. And I thought
H liday Boutique returns ture and Ho Santa’s East Sac Adven ool on Saturday, Dec. 3 Sch ntary to Theodore Judah Eleme
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Antonio Kufasimes, Gio Bagatelos, Simon McBride and Jack Haskin. This year, the group of 10-year-old boys has partnered with other local charitable organizations, including Sarah Thompson’s Kindness Campaign and Sacramento Food Bank, to help refugees from Ukraine and the Middle East settle in and acclimate to their new surroundings. For their part, Boys 4 Bikes has pledged to help provide adult refugees with reliable transportation to and from work. To follow their progress, or to make a monetary donation, visit facebook.com/boys4bikes.
KIDICAL MASS On Saturday, Dec. 17, join the Kidical Mass crew for a holiday light tour, beginning at 4 p.m. at Coloma Community Center. Dress your bike in its festive best (including lots of lights!) and meet in the community center playground for hot cocoa before heading out to tour the nighttime magic of the neighborhood’s holiday lights. Bundle up and don’t forget your helmet! Coloma Community Center is at 4623 T St.
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SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN Santa’s East Sac Adventure and Holiday Boutique returns to Theodore Judah Elementary School on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The community event features face painting, train rides, a petting zoo, craft tables, a gingerbread house workshop and more. Fancy Feet dancers will perform, and dozens of vendors will display unique creations perfect for holiday gifting. Judah’s sixth-graders will host a holiday cafe with coffee, bagels and lunch items for purchase. This event helps fund Theodore Judah’s enrichment programs, including Garden, Science and Arts Alive, which this year has expanded to include a paid art coordinator position. Rich Cazneaux, Home Care Assistance and Courtney Way are event sponsors.
Boys 4 Bikes are raising money to help kids and adults get reliable transportation
Admission is free. All-inclusive wristbands and tickets for individual attractions may be purchased at the door or online at theodorejudahpta. org. Theodore Judah is at 3919 McKinley Blvd.
BOYS 4 BIKES Local group Boys 4 Bikes has begun its third year of fundraising for a cause, kicking off the season with a Nov. 6 raffle for a fixie at Sutterville Bikes. Next up, look for their annual bake sale on Dec.
3 during the Holiday Home Tour. Donations of baked goods, as well as new or refurbished bicycles, locks and helmets, are welcome. To donate, call Mary Kelly at 695-0545. In its first two years, Boys 4 Bikes donated 56 bikes to Stanford Youth Solutions, victims of the Valley Fire in Middletown, Sacramento Children’s Home and Sacramento County CPS. The group raised $2,025 in 2014 and $3,084 in 2015. With its earnings, the group itself has grown as well and now includes nine boys: Owen Wilber, Finn McGrath, Rowan Diepenbrock, Riley Domine, Winston Holtkamp,
On Saturday, Dec. 17, the Sacramento Preparatory Music Academy Guitar Project Ensemble will present a live musical performance at Scottish Rite Center, located at 6151 H St. The band will perform the Beatles album “Abbey Road” in its entirety, as well as sets from two live shows, one of which— the Get Back Sessions of Jan. 30, 1969—is the five-song rooftop concert that was the band’s last group performance. The concert benefits iHeartMusic, SPMA’s scholarship program, which provides need- and merit-based scholarships in music education, offers classes for students whose schools do not have a preparatory music program, and supports local musicians and music students by nurturing viable public music programs.
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PUBLISHER FROM page 11 Over the next few weeks, the group coordinated with the case manager and provided furnishings and other items to make the apartment feel like a home. Christmas was coming soon, so they helped the family celebrate the holiday.
“The three words I use to describe the ReHome program are simple, practical and relational.” Months later, the family gained a stronger footing and told the VOA case manager that those pivotal weeks were made much less stressful because of the help of the ReHome group.
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“The transitional situation creates a great deal of stress on families that have already been through so much more than most of us can imagine,” said Beck. “We want to help relieve some of that stress and make the transition more successful.” “The three words I use to describe the ReHome program are simple, practical and relational,” Beck said. “You don’t have to be an expert or have any special training. It is not complicated, but it is very impactful.” According to Beck, each welcomehome basket costs about $150 to $200 to assemble. Group members pitch in what they can to cover the costs at this time. The church has also set up a fund for general donations to purchase household items. “We’d love to see the program grow, and even assemble baskets with donations of household items in advance, to distribute as needed with volunteers,” he said. “While this program developed out of our church’s desire to help the homeless in a meaningful way, it is by no means limited to faith-based
folks. We’d love to see neighborhood or business groups or individual volunteers take on the program as part of community service projects,” said Beck. “I am a local pastor who moved our church from the suburbs to the central city to be part of a community. When I first reached out to neighbors and community leaders on how we could best serve, the homeless issue came up in every conversation,” said Beck. “I believe we found a way to make a meaningful difference as families are rehoused every week in Sacramento and face the same transitional challenges.” Pastor David Beck is available to help other ReHome groups get trained using a simple guide he created. He can be reached at 599-7191 or tdbeck33@gmail.com. Cash donations can be made to Sanctuary Covenant Church’s ReHome fund at P.O. Box 340789, Sacramento 95834. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com n
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CHRISTMAS IN ELMHURST Catch the holiday spirit at the Elmhurst tree lighting ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 3, at Coloma Community Center. Afterward, wend your way down Candy Cane Lane at S St. between 53rd and 55th streets.
Coloma Community Center is at 4623 T St.
HOMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS The 43rd annual Sacred Heart Holiday Home Tour returns to East Sacramento this month, with six elegantly decorated Fabulous Forties homes open for viewing. The popular walking tour, expected to draw more than 5,000 visitors, opens Friday, Dec. 2, and runs through Sunday, Dec. 4. The featured homes showcase elaborate renovations while also preserving historic design. The custom interior decoration and creative holiday touches are sure to ignite the spirit of the season. Homes on this year’s tour range from a traditional English cottage Tudor to a Craftsman bungalow. Featured designers include Kerrie Kelly Design Lab, Andel & Co., Lake Interiors, Beyond the Garden Gate, Kristine Renee and Design Alchemy. Tour hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday,
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China Philharmonic Orchestra The annual Sacred Heart Holiday Home Tour returns to East Sacramento. This home along with five others will be elegantly decorated for the upcoming holidays.
10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Following the tour, guests can visit the holiday boutique and cafe, located at Sacred Heart Parish School at 39th and H streets. The boutique features local vendors selling unique holiday gifts and decorations, while the cafe offers treats and refreshments to warm the weary tour goer. Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 beginning Dec. 2. For ticket retailer locations, or to purchase tickets online, visit sacredhearthometour. com. All proceeds go to Sacred Heart Parish School, and help fund programs and financial aid packages for children who could not otherwise afford a private Catholic education.
CHRISTMAS AT FREMONT Enjoy the glorious sounds of Christmas at Fremont Presbyterian Church Dec. 9-11 from 7 to 9 p.m. each evening. The 100-voice Fremont Choir and Orchestra will present a festive Christmas concert featuring Randol Bass’s “Gloria,” the finale from the Organ Symphony by SaintSaens, and a host of Christmas carol favorites. Tickets are free and may be obtained by calling 452-7132 or visiting fremontpres.org. Fremont Presbyterian is at 5770 Carlson Drive.
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Christmas music, arts and crafts, traditional ornaments and baked goods from local vendors, as well as a sausage dinner, gluhwein and daily appearances by Santa Claus and the German Christkind. Christkindlmarkt benefits multiple area charities, including News 10’s Coats for Kids campaign. Turn Verein was founded in 1854 as the center for German traditions in Sacramento. Located at 3349 J St., it is the oldest still-active institution in the city. For more information, visit sacramentoturnverein.com.
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES Fremont Presbyterian Church will offer Christmas Eve services on Saturday, Dec. 24, beginning with a family service at 4:30 p.m. Candlelight services will follow at 7, 9 and 11 p.m. To learn more, visit fremontpres.org or call the church office at 452-7132. Fremont Presbyterian is at 5770 Carlson Drive.
SEE’S CANDY AND BOOK SALES FOR CHARITY Soroptimist International of Sacramento is participating in the See’s Candy for Charity program this month. The nonprofit service club— with a 93-year history of service and giving to support at-risk women and girls in Sacramento—will operate a pop-up store in Loehmann’s Plaza from Dec. 1 to Dec. 24. The store will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The shop will also sell copies of “Inside Sacramento: The Most Interesting Places in America’s Farmto-Fork Capital,” with proceeds from the book sales benefiting the club.
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available to children ages 18 months to 5 years. Stepping Stones is a new, nonprofit preschool started by River Life Covenant Church. It provides fulland part-time preschool for children ages 2 through pre-K. The school has been completely renovated, and opened Sept. 1. There are currently vacancies in all age groups. To learn more, visit steppingstonesrl.com.
OLD WORLD CHRISTMAS The 18th annual Christkindlmarkt returns to the Sacramento Turn Verein Dec. 3-4. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $3, or free with a coat donation. Modeled after a traditional German outdoor Christmas market, the holiday shopping and entertainment bazaar will feature
On Friday, Dec. 2, Stepping Stones School will sponsor a free family Christmas movie night at River Life Covenant Church, located at 4401 A St. Bring sleeping bags, blankets and pillows and snuggle up for a showing of “Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure.” Refreshments will be available at the snack bar. On Saturday, Dec. 10, River Life and Stepping Stones will sponsor a Parents’ Morning Out. From 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., parents can Christmas shop or run errands kid-free while their little ones enjoy Christmas-themed activities and childcare at Stepping Stones School. The cost is $10 per child, and is
The Ben Ali Shrine Ladies Holiday Bazaar will be held Saturday, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Scottish Rite Masonic Center. Admission is free. The event will feature multiple silent auctions. Guests will have the opportunity to bid on gingerbread houses, trees and wreaths, and other specialty items. There will be homemade baked goods available for purchase. Before leaving, remember to snap a photo with Santa. Proceeds support the Shriners Transportation Fund, which covers the cost of transporting children— sometimes over long distances—to Shriners Children’s Hospital in Sacramento. Scottish Rite Center is at 6151 H St. To learn more, visit benalishrine.org.
BIKES FOR TYKES The Foster Santa Program needs volunteers to assemble and tune up more than 300 bikes for foster and at-risk children. The work will be done on Thursday, Dec. 8, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. To volunteer, contact Hillary Gaines at hgaines@upliftfs.org. This is Rachel Matuskey's last column. Starting in January, 2017, Serena Marzion will take over writing it. Please send items to serena@ insidepublications.com n
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The Garden of Eatin’ ARTIST BRIGHTENS EAST SAC ALLEY WITH APPETIZING ART
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onths before his 76th birthday, Warren Dayton is on an electric scissor lift, ascending the side of a multiunit apartment building and covering the structure with a massive outline of a well-known folk tale character. To the bemusement of friends and onlookers, he knocks the project out with a paint roller, a visible amount of patience and an abundance of vibrant green paint over a series of weekends. His rendition of a towering beanstalk, a young Jack running atop the tendrils, clutching in one hand the goose that laid the golden egg and a large fork in the other, appears to indicate a hidden world nearby. In fact, there is. The commercial graphic artist only walked a few hundred feet down the alleyway to begin his most recent project. Nestled in East Sacramento between the flurry of commuters on J Street and a sleepy passageway off 35th Street known as Harmon Alley, once-faceless walls and garage doors are now exhibits in what can be regarded as a micro outdoor museum. Using four neighboring garage doors as his canvas, Dayton created an entire landscape of eye-catching images using historic, mythic and cultural references while lightheartedly charting the course of fresh, whole food—fruits, vegetables, nuts and proteins—from their raw beginnings to their table-ready finish. The projects began when his friend, Richard Lyman, who owns several buildings along the margins of the alley, commissioned the artist to create images on a number of them.
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“He asked me to paint something as part of a movement called alley art. So far we’ve done this for about three months with various neighbors painting and with the owner—or whoever can grab a brush,” Dayton says. There are whimsical touches and playful nods to popular and
local culture, including Papa Bear Berenstain, the patriarch of a children’s book family, tapping honey straight from a beehive and into a glass. Look closely into the fountain at the center of a marketplace scene and you’ll see a halo hovering over a fish’s head. The pun is a visual nod to the
way Dayton has heard Sacramento pronounced: sacred minnow. It is a freeform, anachronistic world where Johnny Appleseed and Popeye are woven into the same tapestry as Don Quixote and Bob Dylan, strumming his guitar in a neighboring apple tree. Somehow it all works. Included in the murals are neighborhood folks, from a local real estate agent (flying and observing from above) to Lyman, the building owner, who is featured on the center door playing a handsaw with a bow. “Lots of people in the community have told me how cheerful it’s made them feel when they go by here,” Dayton says. An art director and her student were part of that group. To their surprise, Dayton gave each a brush, encouraging them to participate. Collaboration is part of the process and underscores Dayton’s long, fruitful graphic career. Dayton freelanced in Los Angeles after winning a scholarship in 1961 to Chouinard Art Institute (now known as CalArts), where he studied illustration and advertising design. In 1966, the Los Angeles Times Sunday magazine, West, wrote about him after he pioneered printed graphics on T-shirts. Included on the shirts were images of Cesar Chavez, comic and political images as well as Lady Liberty’s elevated arm and torch. Life magazine featured Dayton’s activist posters on the cover for a story about psychedelic art’s influence on the counterculture in the September 1967 issue. Reflecting
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Election Roundup TAXES, BONDS AND A NEW COUNTY SUPERVISOR
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hile most of the media is consumed with the national revolt that led to the election of Donald J. Trump as our 45th president, the election results in Sacramento County may have as lasting an impact on our lives as the Trump ascendency will. Why? Because local governments control the basic government services we rely upon the most: police and fire protection, educating our children, maintaining our transportation system and keeping our water and sewer systems operating whenever we need them, at a cost we can afford. While Sacramento’s mayor and city council elections were settled in the June primary, the November general election brought other major local issues to our ballots, including a total of more than $1 billion in local school bond measures, a proposed $75 parcel tax proposed by the city school district (Measure G), a proposal to levy $3.6 billion in new taxes by doubling the current countywide transportation sales tax rate by a half cent for 30 years (Measure B) and a big political fight over who would replace retiring Roberta MacGlashan on the county board of supervisors.
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SCHOOL BONDS AND PARCEL TAXES Voters were asked to approve $750 million in bonds for San Juan schools, $476 million in bonds for Elk Grove schools and $55.7 million in two bond measures for Galt schools. School bond measures must secure 55 percent of the vote to pass. The jumbo San Juan bond was approved with 68 percent of the vote, the big Elk Grove bond snagged 69 percent of the vote and the two bond measures in Galt attracted 63 percent and 64 percent of the vote. How much will the bonds cost property owners in the form of higher property taxes? Property owners in the San Juan district will pay $60 more per year for every $100,000 of assessed property value, while Elk Grove homeowners will pay $38 more per $100,000 of assessed value. So someone with a home in the San Juan school district that has an assessed value of $350,000 will pay $210 more each year in taxes as a consequence of the passage of the San Juan bond, while a homeowner in Elk Grove also
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with a home assessed at $350,000 will pay $133 more each year in taxes. Somewhat surprisingly, the school bonds on the November ballot this year drew little to no opposition, despite their unprecedented large size. This marked the first time the Elk Grove school district sought to issue a school bond, having relied until now on state funds and developer impact fees to build out its school system.
The $75 parcel tax put up by the city school district, however, appears to be going down to defeat as we go to print, drawing only 65 percent of the vote, a point shy of the magic two-thirds majority required for passage of a special tax. Measure G was promoted as a way of raising $7 million annually for music and arts programming, as well as a source CITY HALL page 24
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bonds, ranging from $133 to $210 per year for typical homeowners in Elk Grove and the San Juan school district, respectively, were approved by voters with pretty wide margins. Maybe high school government courses should start explaining the difference—if the teachers themselves even know the difference.
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CITY HALL FROM page 22 of funds for the hiring of school counselors who would better match up with the ethnic composition of the schools in which they’d serve. One of the problems with Measure G may have been the fact that similar districts (i.e., ones with a high proportion of its kids eligible for subsidized school lunches) have been receiving a gusher of new state money in recent years, amounting to a reported 50 percent increase in total district funding over the past five years. If funding were such a problem for city schools, why aren’t more local school districts pressing for a parcel tax to fund their arts and music programs? Another challenge for Measure G that doesn’t exist for school bond measures has to do with a fairly widespread public misunderstanding of the difference between a parcel tax and a school bond. A teacher friend of mine shared a revealing story about a conversation she once had with a group of fellow teachers over lunch. Each teacher in the group
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was highly educated, intelligent and generally well-informed about what’s going on in the world. But when the subject turned to school bonds, not one of her fellow teachers knew that when a school district issues a bond, it triggers an automatic increase in property taxes for every property owner in the district for the life of the bond. If highly educated public school teachers are laboring under such a major misunderstanding about school bonds, it’s likely that their misunderstanding is shared by a large proportion of voters. And if a large number of voters don’t understand that school bonds trigger property tax hikes, then bond elections may very well be drawing more support than they would draw if the public were aware of the unbreakable link between school bonds and property taxes. That may explain why a relatively modest, but explicitly labeled, $75 parcel tax is apparently being shot down by voters, while much pricier property tax hikes triggered by school
The idea of Measure B was simple: Scare the bejeesus out of voters that their roads were collapsing and that doubling the current half-cent Measure A transportation sales tax to 1 cent was the only way to fix them. Construction firms, suppliers, equipment manufacturers and developers poured $1 million (at last report) into the Yes on B campaign. Mayor-elect Darrell Steinberg even loaned $200,000 to the Yes campaign. But that wasn’t all. With just a few exceptions, almost all the local governments that hoped to collect $3.6 billion in new tax revenues over the next 30 years under Measure B spent an estimated $500,000 of taxpayer money on highly dubious, and allegedly illegal, “educational mailers” designed to persuade voters to approve Measure B. The issue of local governmental spending to promote Measure B is the subject of a recent grand jury complaint and a soon-tobe filed complaint with the Fair Political Practices Commission. If the grand jury or the FPPC finds that the campaign activities of local governments broke state law prohibitions on the use of taxpayer funds for campaigning, don’t be surprised to see a civil suit initiated against those public officials responsible for it to recover tax dollars illegally spent on Measure B campaigning. The problem of local governments corruptly campaigning for local ballot measures, particularly tax measures, has become an ever-increasingly problem throughout California, one that fairly cries out for state legislative reform. While private taxpayers can bring a lawsuit to try to stop the practice, they do so at considerable personal
risk. A recent appellate decision not only rejected a taxpayer’s legal claim that the local government in question engaged in illegal campaigning, it went so far as to compel the taxpayer plaintiff to pay the local government’s legal costs in the case. The court bizarrely found that the taxpayer’s suit should be considered a “strategic lawsuit against public participation” or SLAPP suit, which opened the door to a court order that the taxpayer pay the city’s considerable legal costs, which can amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. The anti-SLAPP statute was designed to address a growing problem of developers who were filing baseless lawsuits against neighborhood groups to scare them off from objecting to development projects. It has no application in taxpayer suits brought against local government to challenge official misconduct. A taxpayer shouldn’t have to risk personal bankruptcy in order to judicially question the conduct of local government.
THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST MEASURE B Several months before the November election, the Sacramento Transportation Authority, the originator of Measure B, commissioned an opinion poll that found 69 percent of likely voters were likely to vote for Measure B (which required a two-thirds majority to pass), but that voter support for Measure B quickly dropped to 61 percent once they learned more about it. It was the goal of the Don’t Double the Tax, No on Measure B campaign (which I chaired) to educate voters on Measure B. We relied extensively on an in-depth Eye on Sacramento investigative report on how our local governments have actually been spending $110 million per year in Measure A taxes. The report, principally authored by Greg Thompson, a professor emeritus of urban and regional planning at Florida State University, found numerous egregious instances of CITY HALL page 27
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wasteful spending of Measure A taxes, ranging from blowing hundreds of millions of dollars on unnecessary interest costs to RT’s paying overtime pay to bus drivers while they were on vacation to spending $43 million on an unneeded one-stop “train to nowhere.” (The EOS report can be viewed eyeonsacramento.org.) In addition to waste, Professor Thompson found that the expenditure plan for Measure B dollars simply was not an integrated strategic plan for allocating scarce transportation and transit resources. It was, instead, the product of a political deal that failed to reflect smart planning or transit values. It focused far too much on very expensive long extensions of light rail long before population densities could justify them and focused not nearly enough on increasing ridership closer in to the urban core by upgrading bus service and extending light rail to Sac State and other close-in locations. But the biggest flaw of Measure B was its failure to take into account the rapid, tremendous changes that are occurring in the technology of transportation and transit, including the game-changing introduction of autonomous vehicles. Such vehicles are already being tested in several cities throughout the world. No one knows for sure how these changes will impact our transportation and transit systems in the coming years. So creating a 30-year plan focusing heavily on traditional road and transit projects is a pretty dumb idea. It may make construction industry lobbyists happy, but it would tie our future to outdated 20th-century solutions in a region that faces 21st-century challenges and opportunities. With a campaign budget of just under $50,000, our No on B campaign was outspent 30-to-1 by special interests and local governments. But our goal was never to compete headto-head with the very well-funded Yes on B campaign. Instead, we sought to inform a sufficient slice of the electorate of the defects of B to bring the vote total for the measure below the two-thirds threshold. In that we were successful.
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BATTLE FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR SEAT The battle to replace longtime incumbent Roberta MacGlashan on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors came down to two candidates following the June primary: Sue Frost, a Citrus Heights councilmember, former mayor and retired businesswoman, and Mike Kozlowski, a salesman for Johnson Controls and the head track coach at Vista del Lago High School. Frost won the right to represent northeast Sacramento County (Folsom, Orangevale, Antelope) on the board of supervisors by winning 55 percent of the vote against Koslowski’s 45 percent. Frost had come in first in the June primary and had won the endorsements of all of the other candidates who had run in that primary, as well as the support of the Sacramento County Republican Party, the Sacramento Realtors Association and the Rental Housing Association of Sacramento Valley. Kozlowski drew major support from builders, developers and chambers of commerce. Much of Kozlowski’s support came from a well-funded independent expenditure campaign that vastly outspent Frost in the race. Frost focused on walking the district and meeting as many voters as possible. It certainly paid off for her. Craig Powell is a local attorney, businessman, community activist and president of Eye on Sacramento, a civic watchdog and policy group. He can be reached at craig@ eyeonsacramento.org or 718-3030. n
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$16.2 million subsidy to save six touring Broadway shows, nine symphonic performances, two choral presentations and six days of “The Nutcracker” ballet is being twirled past Sacramento taxpayers. It’s happening as the City Council embraces a ballooning $270 million budget to remodel the Sacramento Convention Center and Community Center Theater. The $16.2 million subsidy is a one-off that involves Memorial Auditorium. The stately brick hall, built in 1926 to honor Sacramento soldiers killed in World War I, had not been under discussion when city officials began to pencil out the convention center expansion and theater remodel. During a whirlwind of backroom discussions, Memorial Auditorium became the linchpin in the theater rehab project. Discussions focused around four Community Center Theater tenants: Broadway Sacramento, Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera, Sacramento Ballet and Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra. The most important tenant is the Broadway series. Run by the nonprofit California Musical Theatre, which produces Music Circus, Broadway Sacramento is a longstanding cultural asset.
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In a typical season, six traveling Broadway shows dance their way onto the Community Center Theater stage. The series runs about eight weeks. Richard Lewis, CEO of California Musical Theatre, negotiates to bring the shows and sell the tickets. “The risk and reward with Broadway is far
greater than with Music Circus,” he says. As the city lurched forward with its plan to remodel the Community Center Theater, Lewis and other arts leaders grew concerned. Their big stage would be closed while the theater went dark for renovation. Without the theater, Broadway Sacramento, which requires a
professional stage, rigging, lighting and orchestra pit, “would be out of business,” Lewis says. City Hall faced a big dilemma. Would it move forward with the theater rehab and maybe kill Broadway Sacramento and the other groups? Or would the city schedule the remodel over four years, around the arts schedule? That’s what Lewis suggested. Remodeling the theater without concern for the tenants was never considered. City Council members love to portray themselves as guardians of arts and culture. They did not want to be blamed for silencing “The Sound of Music.” But stretching out the theater rehab over several years carried a massive price tag: around $23 million extra. This summer, another option was introduced. What about upgrading Memorial Auditorium and making it a temporary home for Broadway and the others? “When I heard that, I said it’s impossible,” Lewis says. “That building will not work.” Memorial Auditorium has many shortcomings as a theater. Lighting and rigging supports are inadequate. Same with the stage and orchestra pit. Restrooms and concessions involve staircases—not good for Broadway audiences. And the floor seats are old and hard. No matter; the city’s consultants studied the auditorium and said that with $16.2 million, they could bring it to theatrical standards for the 2019-20 season. “They convinced me,” Lewis says. “We can make it work. It’s cheaper than adding $23 million to the theater remodel. And we’ll have
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Broadway Sacramento has been in decline for a decade. Subscriptions fell from around 18,000 to 12,000. Lewis needed a $300,000 loan from the city to stay afloat in 2011. His troupe was unable to get bank loans. The philharmonic, opera and ballet limp along. The philharmonic and opera canceled seasons in 2014-15 and combined resources. A $500,000 gift from Joyce and Jim Teel saved the day. The ballet laid off dancers and canceled its 2015 season. The choral society maintains solvency with modest professional ambitions. Before voting preliminary approval for an $83.4 million rehab of the Community Center Theater and $16.2 million upgrade for Memorial Auditorium, City Councilmember Eric Guerra said, “We haven’t been putting enough into the arts to begin with.” The city’s forthcoming $100 million theatrical investment says otherwise. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com n
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ou’ve served on the East Sacramento Chamber of Commerce for five years. What made you decide to join? I never dreamed I’d live in East Sac, actually. My wife is from Auburn, and I always loved the hills, so I thought we’d live there. But I quickly learned that people from Auburn don’t ever want to go back, so we settled in East Sac. Now I can’t imagine leaving our 10-block area. I drive four minutes to work. Falling in love with the area has made it easy to donate my time. My law partner, Jason Smith, and I joined the chamber at the samee time. Because of our willingness to participate, they asked us to join the board.
b Sac businesses, but that was a tough stanc to take when the neighbors stance s had signs out against it. It was my oblig obligation as the president of the cham chamber to voice our support. W Where else do you volunteer? c always find other ways to I can take stress on. (laughs) I’m in my third year as a member of Point West Rota Rotary, and I chaired the California Brew Brewers Festival this year, which is b our biggest rotary event. It was like sec a second job. The event has 4,000 atten attendees, 100 brewers, 12 food trucks l and live bands. It benefits WEAVE o and other children’s charities—and takes hundreds of hours to put toget together. I’m also on the committee th Arts and Business Council, for the whic recently got absorbed by Blue which Line Arts in Roseville. Being a failed artis myself (I went to school for artist film production), I love it. We raise mon and help artists monetize money them themselves. I really enjoy providing lega legal services to help creative people tre treat their pursuits like a business. An And because my kids are in school in tthe area, I also sit on a bond ove oversight committee. Between vo volunteering, getting business for th the law firm and actually doing w work, I’m very busy!
r? How do you serve the chamber? I think our little hamlet’s chamberr struggles with an identity crisis: Are we a neighborhood group or are we business focused? I became presidentt t) in 2013, the year (longtime president) Lisa Schmidt left the chamber, so I decided to refocus on our mission of providing member services and es advocating on behalf of the businesses in our area. That means I met with the City Council about parking on J Street and I advocated for the McKinley Village development. I think it’s going to be great for East
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GIVING BACK FROM page 30 they’re starting up a business, and yet so many problems can be avoided by talking to one before you sign anything. We remove the obstacles to success for those who deserve it most. Why do you volunteer? I attended Jesuit High School, so I try to live by the Jesuit motto, “A man for others.” The Jesuit order is all about pure service to others and that’s what keeps me coming back: the selfish feeling of giving to other
people. If you’re just doing things for yourself all the time, I think you’re throwing off the karmic balance. Plus, when you toil for the common good, you end up forging bonds with people you’d never expect. For more information about the East Sac Chamber, visit eastsacchamber.org. McDowell can be reached at bmcdowell@smplawcorp. com n
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Rock Star Organist HE’S BEEN COMPARED TO JIMI HENDRIX
BY PETER ANDERSON MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR
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avid Link, the longtime organist and choir director at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Midtown, was once called the Jimi Hendrix of pipe organs. At 61, he looks about as much like Jimi Hendrix as a pipe organ resembles an electric guitar. When asked how he earned that unlikely nickname, he laughs and says, “Believe me, it didn’t come from me! A few years ago, after I played an especially rousing and bombastic piece on the organ during the Easter Vigil (‘Pim’s Toccata’ by Englishman Alan Wilson), a very enthused teenage boy rushed up to me and exclaimed, ‘Wow, dude! You must be the Jimi Hendrix of pipe organs!’ ” Link, who has been at Trinity Cathedral since 1984, is the longest tenured employee of the church and one of the most highly regarded. Says Lynell Walker, a canon pastor who has worked with the organist for 22 years, “I can’t speak much about the Jimi Hendrix comment—my mother was a highly professional flautist in Los Angeles, and we didn’t listen to pop or rock music. But I can tell you this about David: When he plays, it sets your heart in motion. You realize instantly that the person making the music is someone of great faith. “What he has is a profound gift— not a technical or keyboard skill, but a very special gift that springs from the soul. This is a man on a very active spiritual journey. He often leads us in prayer during staff meetings, those tedious hours when our minds get in the way, when you can’t think your way to God. In his music and in his words, David is sacramental and
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David Link is the organist and choir director at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
sensual, and he cuts a path straight from your soul to God’s ears.” The musical program at Trinity has always been dear to the parishioners’ hearts. It is a happily singing congregation. Parish administrator and operations manager Jerry Pare says, “Trinity worshippers are absolutely passionate about their singing, and they find David wonderful to work with. He oversees
the Children’s Choir, the Celebration Choir and the Cathedral Choir. I think David’s success stems from the fact that he avoids the political realm of church business. His work and leadership cut straight to the heart of why people worship: They want to feel good in their faith, and singing robustly and freely with his uplifting musical ability gets them out of their heads and into their souls. David is a
very upbeat guy. He balances his hard work with his two avocations, biking and wilderness camping, both of which refresh his musical ministry.” Link views his position at Trinity as the perfect culmination of a lifetime of organ playing throughout Sacramento. He used to play at First Christian Church, St. John’s Lutheran Church and Holy Spirit Catholic Church, and he is extremely
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happy with the niche he has carved
years, loves the fact that Link allows
for himself.
regular parishioners like her to join
“It’s uncanny,” he says, “the
in during choir practice. “It creates
chemistry that the people have
such a great feeling of community,”
created with me. When I play, the
she says, “to just stop what you’re
people instinctually know when to
doing in the office and participate
join in, unlike many congregations
with more polished choir members in
that experience awkward start-and-
these wonderfully upbeat hymns. We
stop interplays with the organist.
are a parish alive with music, thanks
Something about Trinity: It’s just
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R Street is a vibrant part of the central city
Brand Identity REDEFINING THE GRID, DISTRICT BY DISTRICT
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acramento’s business and residential districts are defining and redefining themselves and literally changing how we view the downtown and Midtown core. For many, Sacramento has a downtown, Midtown and an old town, but within those sections of town, districts are creating new places to work, shop, eat and live. Historically, Sacramento did have residential and commercial corridors such as Alkali Flat, Poverty Ridge, Southside and Boulevard Park, just to name a few. But today, the segmenting of Sacramento districts is
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taking on a whole new life, and each district is building its own distinctive image and identity with a goal to create a unique Sacramento urban lifestyle. Probably one of the first lifestyle districts was Lavender Heights, a centrally located district in Midtown centered around K and 20th streets. Lavender Heights is a marketing name given to the hub of Sacramento’s gay and lesbian community with many gay bars, restaurants and LGBT community resources. While some areas like Lavender Heights came about organically because of the nature of the neighborhood, others are more official and formalized as property-based business improvement districts, nicknamed PBIDs. These PBIDs set out to manage and improve the environment of a business district and
are financed by a self-imposed and self-governed assessment on property. A PBID generally pools resources to keep its district clean, safe and energized through marketing activities. It focuses on everything from graffiti removal, parking issues and lighting to advocating policy, promoting events and setting out long-term plans. Often, these districts look at how to build a distinct identity for themselves to attract business, developers, residents and patrons. According to Michelle Smira Brattmiller, who administers both R Street Partnership and Greater Broadway District, the districts in the city are all unique and have their own niche. “What we try to do is to activate space,” Smira Brattmiller said. “We are trying to do that on R Street, where we are changing a warehouse
district into a pedestrian-friendly artist environment with unique architecture, music, food and culture. Broadway is different. It’s a thoroughfare now, and our hope is to activate the area and make it a destination.” While R Street and Broadway are vastly different in configuration, the activation of space has similarities. They seek a mixture of complementary residential and business development, with people participating in events or sitting street-side at restaurants. But each district also faces its own challenges. The Broadway district is large and diverse, running from Interstate 5 to Highway 99. “Each section of Broadway is different,” said Smira Brattmiller. “The section of Broadway from 3rd to 8th streets is industrial, and the area from 8th to 21st has fast food and other retail. So we have to
Ultimately, it’s your experience that matters. look at how these diverse sections merge together.” Even with organized districts, money and investment is the fuel to truly transform a district. “It really does take the foresight of developers who take the risks,” Smira Brattmiller added. “For Broadway, it will take new development and business to fill vacancies. We need to see businesses and residential turn outward toward Broadway and not inward.” It’s been a host of developers and investors on R Street that’s made a considerable difference in the rapid transformation of the corridor into a vibrant area. One developer is Ali Youssefi, vice president of CFY Development, a firm specializing in acquiring, developing, building and rehabilitating multifamily and workforce housing. Youssefi has been instrumental on R Street with the development of Warehouse Artist Lofts, a mixed-use project combining first-floor retail and housing. R Street was an historic area of Sacramento with warehouses
served by rail lines dating back to the 1850s. Many of the buildings dated back to the turn of the century. The vision for R Street, driven by Youssefi and other leading developers and business leaders, was a celebration of history combined with a pedestrian-friendly, artistic, neighborhood feel. “We have some momentum creating this unique urban-living lifestyle,” Youssefi said. “We want a place for pedestrians who can easily go from block to block. It will be a place for artists and others, but artists can be a driver of creating a place like none other in the country.” R Street development is hitting on all gears. Sacramento’s major developers like D&S Development, Heller Pacific and Cordano Co. are all investing in the R Street Corridor. While it officially runs 27 blocks through town, most of that development is happening from 10th to 20th streets right now. Youssefi is also planning more development with his purchase of the DOWNTOWN page 38
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Ali Youssefi of CFY Development,Inc.
DOWNTOWN FROM page 37 old California Office Furniture on R Street. He’s building out an entire block from 9th to 10th streets, which will be home to a new grocery store concept developed by Raley’s called Market 5-ONE-5. In keeping with the pedestrian lifestyle, outside seating will be placed on the block to create a place for people to interact and connect. “We are taking full advantage of the R Street potential,” Youssefi said. “The recipe is here for a very unique and successful district.” Midtown is evolving, too. Midtown Business District represents a large, diverse area of business, hospitality and residential neighborhoods. However, tucked inside Midtown
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are smaller districts forging their own identities. These districts in Midtown include the Handle District at 18th and 19th streets bordered by L Street and Capitol Avenue, and the Sutter District around Sutter’s Fort, including the restaurants on J Street between 27th and 28th streets. Supporting the hospitality industry is only part of MBA’s mission. To create the environment for businesses to prosper, MBA supports safety, streetscapes and maintenance throughout the district with additional marketing support through events like Second Saturday. “For us, we look at Midtown and strive to make it as healthy and vibrant as possible,” said Emily Baine Michaels, MBA’s executive director. “We are the overall voice of Midtown,
not just hospitality. We work with all business owners, and by definition we help commercial property owners.” She thinks districts have to have an organic foundation and be authentic to survive. But she quickly points to the need for districts to manage all aspects of the experience to maintain a robust area for business and people. The growth of smaller districts like Sutter and the Handle have a more micro focus with a goal to showcase the unique traits that make them special. For the Handle, it’s the large number of high-quality restaurants in a high concentration of a few blocks. Seann Rooney, who manages the Handle District, said some districts have an identity that grows organically because of the types of businesses, housing or other amenities there already, while others create the identity through a process. “You could say the Handle was somewhat organic,” Rooney said. “We had a critical mass of restaurants that we now organize. Most were established before the district was in place.” Now, while small in size, the Handle has a mix of restaurants and urban housing attracting a diverse age group and professional types. “We have a little something for everyone, but our reputation has been built on the fact we have 15 food hot spots in one square block,” added Rooney. To showcase the Handle and its mix of restaurants, food shops and retail stores, the district hosts block parties for Midtown residents but also to provide a destination for people living throughout the region. As you look to the downtown core, Downtown Sacramento Partnership is made up of a variety of districts that have their own growing or evolving identities. Some have been around for decades, like Old Sacramento, while the newly blossoming DOCO shopping experience around Golden 1 Center is now being built. Also falling into DSP’s area are other defined districts including the Civic Center, Entertainment District, Theater District, Capitol Mall and The Kay. Michael Ault, DSP’s executive director, sees districts forming through a combination of factors that
create an identity. “Some are planned and some are organic,” he said. “They take on their own life. Sometimes, it’s the little things that add up together, like lighting, parklets or other amenities. Sometimes, it’s the location or blend of retail and residential.”
If successful, these districts will activate their areas through a mix of residential and business development. He pointed to the Railyards district, which has a foundation in history that will help shape its identity. “DOCO is creating a whole new experience around the new arena, while Old Sacramento has a unique experience and identity all its own,” said Ault. “For the Bridge District in West Sacramento, its identity is shaped by its views of downtown Sacramento.” But Ault pointed out that for districts to succeed, they have to work at it. Just having a unique district in the urban center won’t be enough, and districts need to focus on marketing, maintenance and security. He thinks the key is bringing more people to live in the downtown area. If successful, these districts will activate their areas through a mix of residential and business development. No matter their different identities, districts will bring people together through interactions at the street level, where the energy is a magnet for the people who live and work there and create unique destinations that draw people from the region back to the Sacramento grid. As Sacramento matures, new micro districts will emerge, creating brandnew areas that excite people in the region and beyond to live a vibrant and unique urban lifestyle. Scot Crocker can be reached at scot@crockercrocker.com n
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The Buzz on Bees STORE HELPS URBAN BEEKEEPERS START AND SET UP HIVES
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am at the Sacramento Beekeeping & Honey store on X Street. The air smells sweet, like honey, candles and soap. There is orange carpeting on the floor and a mural of a bee flying a biplane in the beekeeping supply room. (Say that fast five times.) A couple sample honey from the honey bar, while another customer checks out the beekeeping supplies. Workers—most are members
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of the Stewart family—buzz around me. Owner Nancy Stewart is in her office, which is packed full of stuff, including a supply of Band-Aids. The store, which was originally located across the street, opened on Jan. 15, 1985. Business was tough that first year. “I knew nothing about beekeeping,” Stewart says. “It wasn’t a moneymaker for a long time.” Which brought up an obvious question: Why did she open a beekeeping store? Her husband, Fred, is partially to blame. He had a co-worker who kept bees, and Fred soon acquired his own beehives. “I wasn’t interested much at all,” she admits. “When he handled the honey, he’d make a mess everywhere.”
Nevertheless, his budding interest sparked a passion in his wife for bees.
“Hobby beekeeping has become so popular. It’s like a taste of farm life.” “We’ve had bees in our backyard for 35 years,” she says. The Stewarts used to have many hives, but they currently keep a few at home and two behind the store. Stewart estimated she’s been stung 10 times. That is a much lower number than I expected.
“Hobby beekeeping has become so popular,” Stewart says. “It’s like a taste of farm life.” The city of Sacramento generally allows two hives (boxes) per lot for urban beekeepers. You can order your own bees from the store in late December or early January, and they will arrive in April. You’ll get three pounds of bees (roughly 6,000 to 10,000 bees) plus a queen—enough to start a colony. Stewart says she sells about 500 packages of bees every year. Someone from the store will even come out and help you set up your hive. Stewart recommends that newbie beekeepers educate themselves. “It’s not difficult,” she says. “There are people who think they can put a hive in the backyard and forget about it.
honey. Workers transport the sticky substance in buckets from the warehouse to the store. “We have thousands of people who swear by honey for allergy relief,” Stewart says. She takes a spoonful every evening. “It helps you sleep at night.” After three decades as a beekeeper and storeowner, Stewart is an expert on all things bee. She and her husband do a lot of consulting about beekeeping.
“I enjoy my job. I’d rather do this than anything I can think of.” Here’s what I learned from Stewart: Although there are other insects that pollinate plants, honeybees are one of the most efficient pollinators. That makes them essential players in the food-growing process. Bees are not normally aggressive; they sting in selfdefense. Stand still or gently brush it away, Stewart advises, if a bee lands on you. Bees function much like the characters in “Game of Thrones.” When they swarm, bees are looking for a new home. (The store keeps a list of beekeepers who will collect swarms.) When the hive becomes crowded, some of the bees split; the queen will take half the colony with her. The workers are females, and they live for a scant six weeks. Male drones are there to mate with the queen and provide atmosphere. Without drones, the hive isn’t a happy home. After they mate with the queen, the drones die. “They operate as a unit and communicate with pheromones. They’ll kill a queen who is bad because it makes the colony survive,” Stewart says. When I asked her what type of bee she would be, Stewart says without hesitation, “I’d be a worker.” “I enjoy my job. I’d rather do this than anything I can think of.”
Nancy Stewart is the owner of Sacramento Beekeeping & Honey
You have to learn about bees.” For starters, bees need the basics, such as food and water, and you have to keep a close eye on the queen and monitor the bees for diseases and parasites. One of her husband’s jobs is to put dots on the new queens’ backs so they will stand out from the others.
Honey is a labor of love, according to Stewart. She has a warehouse in West Sacramento where she keeps 600-pound barrels of honey. The store sells 11 different kinds of honey from commercial beekeepers, including locally sourced
The Sacramento Beekeeping & Honey store is at 2110 X St. For more information, go to sacramentobeekeeping. com Angela Knight can be reached at knight@ mcn.org n
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Strikes and Spares THE GOOD TIMES ARE STILL ROLLING AT THIS BOWLING ALLEY
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he lanes are synthetic, which means harder than wood and easier to play. Which means
fewer bedpost splits. But just about everything else at AMF Land Park Lanes on Freeport Boulevard is original, from the hardwood approaches to the linoleum kids’ play area and the low, curved blue-and-white hard plastic seats that defined Space Age, midcenturymodern bowling furniture when Land Park Lanes opened in 1964. Like converting the diabolical 7-10 split (the bedpost), it’s a neat trick when a sports business honors its legacy without destroying its future. That’s Land Park Lanes. With fresh coats of paint, bright new lights and a respectful, loving approach to bowling that transcends generations, Land Park Lanes is packed most evenings. League bowlers mostly fill all 32 lanes. They provide the foundation of the business. As the AMF Land Park Lanes on Freeport Blvd.
night progresses, leagues give way to couples on dates and young people out having fun. If you just want to bowl and not bother with social or organizational stuff, like the beer frames and pot games, late afternoons are the time to visit. That’s when I showed up, not to bowl, but to look closely at Land Park Lanes and see how the place rolls.
“My grandfather worked here,”
misses a pin, her crew gets to work.
matter. AMF is a corporate property,
a staff member tells me. “My father
They hustle down a narrow ramp into
part of a chain that extends across
was a great bowler. He had 50 or 60
the workspace behind the pins and fix
304 bowling alleys in the U.S. And
perfect games. He could have gone
equipment that dates from Lyndon
for reasons known only to AMF,
pro. He got me started in bowling as
Johnson’s presidency.
the chain apparently doesn’t want
a little kid. You could say I grew up in the game.” Many Land Park bowlers have been
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are still being made. Crewmembers
houses like Land Park to build a local identity. “This is a corporation, and if
showing up since they were children.
share the dirty work. They empty
you have questions, you have to
Loyal customers still compete in
trash and clean restrooms.
go through our media office,”
Japanese Nisei leagues formed in the
RG
They replace broken parts with new components, which, surprisingly,
It wasn’t always this way. Not so
Helton says. “My manager says the
1960s. One regular bowls with his feet
long ago, the bowling alley wasn’t
corporation and media office will
because he has no hands.
being kept up. There were times when
have to approve any article that gets
customer service was an afterthought.
written.”
Heather Helton is general manager at AMF Land Park Lanes. It’s her job
These can be touchy points for a
I respectfully explain to the young
to orchestrate the harmony around
business, but when I ask about the
bowling manager that journalism
a fun, nostalgic experience. If the
customer service improvements,
doesn’t operate like that – imagine
ball return is sluggish or a pinsetter
Helton indicates she can’t discuss the
the stories that would result. Besides,
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Serving our local communities since 1958 it doesn’t matter. AMF Land Park employees are proud of their work. They happily show visitors around. I ask about the bar, traditionally the touchstone of any successful bowling house. A staff member says, “If there’s a drink that we don’t know how to make, we’ll track down someone who knows how to make it.�
Bowling in Sacramento has surged and faltered over the years. Behind the ball racks near Lane 1, there’s a closet with a warning sign on the door telling people not to enter. I look inside and see a rectangular black machine standing on its side, about 4 feet high, the underbelly a tangle of thick blue brushes, plastic tubes, wheels and rollers. The machine cleans and oils the lanes each night after bowlers
go home, creating a surface that optimizes opportunities for fairness, fun and respectable scores. The oiling equipment is the heart of any bowling alley. Improperly set, the machine can make high scores maddeningly impossible even for the best bowler (or incredibly easy). Bowling in Sacramento has surged and faltered over the years. Some houses tried disco lights and disc jockeys. Alpine Lanes on Florin closed four years ago. Two bowling houses in the grid were bulldozed decades ago. Capitol Bowl still thrives in West Sacramento. And the suburbs support Country Club Lanes, Fireside Lanes, Lake Bowl and Mardi Gras Lanes, plus newer houses in Elk Grove and Rocklin. At AMF Land Park Lanes, across from Executive Airport, trends arrive and depart. Scoring is push button, erasing any need for math. The old barn looks good with its upgrades. Well oiled for another 50 years. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com n
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Fashioning a Career ARTIST PRINTS UP WHIMSICAL DESIGNS TO CREATE A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS
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ahoe Park resident Brandy Smith designs everything she sells on her Etsy store, Zen Threads. There’s the wiener-dog-riding-askateboard T-shirt available in 15 colors. Other T-shirts show a river otter wearing a hat and glasses and a manatee paddling a canoe. There are a lot of whimsical California designs: an outline of the state with the words “Stay Golden” and a bear wearing a striped beanie surrounded by the words “Hella Nor Cal.” Smith’s whimsical illustrations and graphics are silk-screened by hand onto T-shirts, baby onesies, sweat shirts, kitchen towels, gift bags, tote bags, scarves and buttons at Zen Threads’ production facility in Curtis Park right next to The Coffee Garden. Because she always hated the chemicals and solvents used with traditional silk-screening, Smith uses a green process with eco-friendly dyes and fabrics. She got the idea for custom silkscreened T-shirts when she was having trouble selling paintings. An “Air Force brat,” Smith was born in Sacramento but then lived in Arkansas, New Jersey, Texas and Oklahoma before returning to Sacramento when she was 12. She received a bachelor’s degree in art studio from Sacramento State University in 1998. “I illustrated and painted,” she says. “I couldn’t sell $300 or $400 paintings, so I thought maybe I can sell 20 T-shirts with something on it.” She first started her business in 2008 in the garage of the Tahoe Park
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Brandy Smith designs and sells things on Etsy
home where she lives with her partner, Kellie Denso, and their three dogs: two dachshunds, Kehei (the model for the skateboard design) and Ari J., and a Yorkie named Posey. At first, she tried selling the T-shirts on eBay without
much success. Then a friend told her about Etsy. Denso helped out with the orders but at the time was still working part time at Tower Cafe. Eventually, Zen Threads got so busy that Denso
quit Tower to work full time on Zen Threads. Smith says, “It was a little scary because we had just bought the house in Tahoe Park.” And in some ways, Smith’s timing was awful. This was in the depths of the Great Recession, and she was trying to build her business when others were losing theirs. When asked how Zen Threads succeeded, she says she doesn’t have an easy answer but that she worked very hard. “Every free minute I had, I was trying to design something new,” she says. “What kind of shirt should I print this on? I’d look at stores that sold vintage-style shirts for ideas. I also got on every social media site I could find to promote the store. I made sure to post on Facebook every day.” Zen Threads also received some unexpected marketing. Earlier this year, the “Live Slow” tank shirt featuring a sloth saw a bump in sales after NHL goalie Scott Darling of the Chicago Blackhawks was photographed wearing it while eyeing the newly inked “Stanley Cup Champs” tattoo on his arm. Although Etsy has helped Smith establish and grow her business, allowing her to hire six employees and move out of her garage and into the production space, she thinks she may have hit a plateau, with sales this year roughly the same as last. “I feel like that was bound to happen,” she says. “It kept growing and growing, so I was almost ready for that to happen.” Which is why she is putting more energy into expanding Zen Thread’s work with custom orders. The company has silk-screened T-shirts for a variety of businesses, from yoga
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s of 2013, there were an estimated 255 million registered passenger vehicles in the United States. So where exactly are we supposed to put them? Studies estimate that for every car in the United States, there are somewhere between 3.4 and eight parking spots. Eight. That’s, at minimum, almost 1 billion parking spots. According to Walt Seifert, who writes this publication’s Getting There column, “About 30 percent of urban areas nationally are devoted to spaces for cars—in the mall, at home in the garage, grocery stores—and that’s huge amount of real estate devoted to cars, when 90 percent of the time they’re not even moving.” Since Golden 1 Center opened in October, parking has become an especially relevant issue for Sacramentans. Downtown parking meter hours were extended to 10 p.m., new tiered payments were introduced, and the city expected events at the arena would draw thousands of vehicles into the city center, raising fears of an aparkalypse. Initial reviews suggest the city has done a pretty good job managing the potential parking crisis since the new arena opened. The city already had 10 garages and more than a dozen lots downtown, plus it launched a new app (SacPark.org) to facilitate parking by reservation. With Sacramento facing more growth and demands for new housing, Inside Publications spoke with Jason Silva, an architect with Dreyfuss & Blackford, to discuss the future of parking structures, and why developers should look at parking garages as more than necessary evils. “While their function is a place to store your car, usually out of sight, out of mind, these structures don’t have to be just functional,” Silva said. For starters, new garages in dense urban areas can’t be tucked away (where would they go?), and better-
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Ditch the Car PREPARING FOR THE APARKALYPSE
One of the parking garages at UC Davis Medical Center
planned structures can potentially reduce lawsuits by creating easier access and wider stalls, which could save money in the long run.
“Wider stalls mean less car dings, which means less complaints and less accidents where somebody can make a claim because of some injury to them or their vehicle,” he said. “Parking
is the first and last impression that you’re getting when you’re visiting something. So it can also make or break the experience for visitors.” In
other words, a good structure could be good for your business’ brand. A problem with parking structures, said Silva, is that they’re often dark, dimly lit and potentially dangerous, because many developers build a garage to code minimum—the cheapest that can be made. Garage stalls can cost as much as $20,000 each (or $36,000 for an airport garage), so Silva understands why developers might be hesitant to include amenities that would inflate a project’s budget. “But if you take an inch out of a certain part of the structure,” he said, “it’s repeated so many times throughout for every stall that it adds up to a lot of area that reduces the overall cost.” Expenses saved in one area, like reducing the number of stalls, could mean including improvements like painting the interior. “Having a white, reflective paint on the inside makes the garage much brighter and feels safer, though the cost of painting per square foot ultimately
ends up being significant,” Silva said. “It could take out half a million of a big project, if it costs a dollar per square foot called roughly.” 1111 He noted Lincoln Architect Jason Silva that “the Road, problem isn’t and it is often the quantity of stalls, but how almost a piece of art in itself, designed they are accessed, or how they are by Herzog & de Meuron,” said Silva. communicated.” The above-ground garage, with views As an example, Silva offered out and over the ocean, was built for the parking structure at UC Davis $65 million and fits only 300 vehicles. Medical Center, “which has little (That’s $216,000 per stall.) An lights over every stall. The light is architectural landmark, this garage either red or green, so when you’re also has retail stores on intermittent driving in a parking garage looking for levels and can be rented for events an empty stall, this allows you to look and parties. across the entire row of stalls and see “It’s out of control, and it’s turned what’s open.” parking into an experience. Maybe Garages can also be viewed as art. that fits for Florida,” said Silva, “There’s a parking garage in Florida conceding that more pragmatic cities
should focus on safety and comfort, at least “an awareness that parking isn’t just me ditching my car in a dark space.” Fortunately for Sacramento developers, he said, “the city has changed its zoning codes to get rid of parking requirements in the central business district.” A smart move, said Silva, “since having every single developer accommodate their own parking on their own site is ludicrous. Instead, it puts parking into an ecosystem unto itself,” so when the city needs more parking, “somebody will put in a garage that will solve the problem.” Jordan Venema can be reached at jordan.venema@gmail.com n
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Running Man THE MOST IMPORTANT PROMISE OF ALL
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ave you ever made an outlandish promise and later reneged? On a recent fall morning, my wife reminded me that I’d nearly done such a thing. We’d just awoken with the morning alarm when she noticed me retreating under the covers. “Aren’t you running this morning?” my wife asked. “It’s too cold,” I replied in my best helpless-man whiny voice. She kissed my upper left arm, her not-so-subtle reminder of a wild promise I’d made in 2012 to my adult children. That was the year I signed up for a marathon. My kids didn’t believe their old man could run 26 miles, so I made this astonishing promise: “If I finish Sacramento’s California International Marathon, I’ll get a tattoo.” I had little reason to believe I’d make good on my grandstanding. I had some injuries that made me doubt my ability to complete the training, much less start the race. But I not only started, I slam-dunk finished in the biggest rainstorm we had in years. In fact, I even thrived enough to run the Air Force marathon nine months later. Yet still no tattoo. Ten months later, I was in San Luis Obispo for my annual two-week training with the Air National Guard.
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not the impulsive silly promise that defaced my arm with a blue running man tattoo the size of a half dollar. She was reminding me that I’d gotten the tattoo as a promise to myself—a promise to stay fit and not give up the run.
My kids didn’t believe their old man could run 26 miles.
A week into this “hardship tour,” my chaplain assistant, Rob “Web” Webster, and I were enjoying happyhour specials in a local pub with several Guard members. Suddenly, my assistant put a dare on the table. “Chaplain! When are you going to get that tattoo you promised?” His question caused some beer mugs to make a hard landing on the table. A young lieutenant seated at the adjoining table raised an inquiring eye that prompted Web to share my promise with God and everyone. I wanted to remind Web that we’d both promised our wives that we would look out for one another. I’d assumed that Web’s duty might
include protecting a chaplain from himself, but he clearly intended to shirk that part. “There’s a tattoo parlor within walking distance,” Web said. “Of course there is,” I said. “They’re always within walking distance of a bar or military base.” “Looks like it’s time to get that tattoo,” challenged the lieutenant. Several responded with an “amen.” Fast-forward through the next painful hour that felt like the continuous scratching of a cat. Now, return with me to that recent cold fall morning. My wife kissed my tattooed arm to remind me of a promise I’d made. No,
While she doesn’t consider it the smartest thing I’ve ever done, she does know that the running man is more than a mark on my arm, hidden under my short-sleeve shirt. I’d put it there to encourage myself to keep running, to keep working and to continue to thrive into my senior years. Perhaps that’s what the Apostle Paul had in mind when he told Timothy (2 Timothy 4:7-8): “I’ve run hard right to the finish, believed all the way. All that’s left now is the shouting—God’s applause!” My wife knew, as Paul knew, that the promises that probably matter most in life are those that you make to yourself. They are the promises you make to become a better person, to walk more deeply in faith and to run life’s race with resilience. Norris Burkes is a chaplain, syndicated columnist, national speaker and author. He can be reached at norris@thechaplain.net n
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What’s on Tap
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hen Bobby Mull says that he and his business partner Zac Nelson have “zeal” for what they create, he’s not exaggerating. He and Nelson are the two-man band behind Zeal Kombucha, a local company that brews the specialty fermented beverage. Now in their third year of business, Mull and Nelson started out small in a commercial kitchen in Placerville but soon discovered that the demand for their uniquely flavored kombucha was going to require them to have more space.
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The pine needles in the vanilla pine kombucha are harvested by hand by Mull and Nelson themselves from a farm in the foothills.
“I started home brewing kombucha about 10 years ago,” says Mull, who learned the trade from friends. “I got really into fermenting beverages. I’d brew mead, beer, tea. I taught Zac to brew around that time. Four years ago, he approached me about starting a business.” Both Mull and Nelson were working in restaurants, which gave them time to perfect their flavors while enjoying the relative security and flexibility of their day jobs. “We could really tinker to get things dialed in and just right,” Mull says. “We really like to experiment.” This experimentation is a big part of what sets Zeal Kombucha apart. Most kombucha contains fruit juice that, when fermented, has a slightly vinegary taste that some find delicious and others … not so much. Mull and Nelson achieve fruitlike flavors by using herbs, botanicals and teas for a beverage that drinks less like a soda and more like a beer. The lack of fruit juice also means that there’s no added sugar in Zeal products—a bonus for health-conscious kombucha imbibers. “Brewing kombucha is similar to how people develop perfumes,” Mull says. “You start with one main ingredient and build from there.” Zeal currently offers six flavors. Most contain six to eight ingredients derived from herbs and flowers sourced from international and locally based suppliers as well as local farms. The pine needles in the vanilla pine kombucha, for example, are harvested by hand by Mull and Nelson themselves from a farm in the foothills.
“There are so many forgotten, edible ingredients that have been used throughout human history,” Mull says. “Pine needles were actually used in beer before hops because they help ward off scurvy, and each species of pine tastes slightly different. Some taste like grape skin, some like tangerine, mandarin and guava. The age of the needle will change its flavor, too. With spring tips, you can chew on them like a salad green. Older needles are firmer and have more oils and take more time to break down.” If the idea of guzzling pine needles sounds intimidating, Mull says the best cure for the curiosity and confusion many people feel around kombucha is to try it. “There are still so many misconceptions about what kombucha is,” says Mull, who likens the diversity of kombucha flavors to those of beer. “The best way to convince people is to give samples. That’s primarily what we do at the farmers market. We’re educating people about what kombucha is, letting them try it, explaining how it’s made. There’s a lot of outreach involved.” The education effort is clearly paying off: Zeal is now served on tap at several local eateries, including Insight Coffee Roasters, Mother, The Mill and Old Soul. It’s also available in bottles at all the Magpie restaurants, Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op and Elliott’s Natural Foods. For more information about Zeal Kombucha, go to zealkombucha.com n
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Sweet Kiwi Magic COUPLE WHO LIVED IN NEW ZEALAND BREW UP CHOCOLATE FISH COFFEE ROASTERS
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hanks, mate, you deserve a
so Andy was working in IT. It took years
chocolate fish.”
before the coffeehouse could support us
For a New Zealander (or
full time.”
“Kiwi,” colloquially), this is one of the
But just serving coffee wasn’t enough
best things you can hear after a job
for the hardworking Bakers. On a trip
well done. For Edie and Andy Baker,
to Guatemala with the Roasters Guild,
it was the inspiration for their popular
the couple was intrigued by the complex
coffee landmark, Chocolate Fish Coffee
process of roasting and decided to test it
Roasters, located downtown, in East
out back home. After copious amounts
Sacramento and, next year, in Land
of research and months of practice, the
Park.
Bakers opened their very own roastery
“A chocolate fish is an iconic New
in a warehouse in 2010.
Zealand candy given out as a thank
“But people didn’t know we were
you for a good deed,” explains Edie
roasting coffee,” Edie Baker says, “so
Baker, who was working as a nurse
we designed the East Sac space as half
when she decided to sell everything
coffee roastery, half café so people could
and move to New Zealand, where she
see the process.”
met and married her Kiwi love Andy
Ever the community-oriented
and subsequently stayed for eight
entrepreneurs, the Bakers make it
years. “We wanted a name reflective of
their business to visit the farms from
New Zealand and this has such a good
which they buy their beans for roasting
history, it worked out well.”
to understand their product from the
While living in New Zealand, the
ground up—literally.
Bakers developed a shared interest in
“Every country is different,” Edie
the country’s vibrant coffee culture,
Baker explains. “The way they grow
so when the couple moved back to
coffee is different, what is important
Sacramento to be closer to family, it
to them is different, their concerns
seemed only natural to continue their
are different. Until we get over there
espresso appreciation stateside.
and see what they have to deal with,
“When we moved back here, we went everywhere looking for a great
we don’t really understand it. You can Edie and Andy Baker
cup of coffee,” she says. “But we’re so
read it in a book and pretend you’re knowledgeable, but until you see it, you
far behind (compared to New Zealand)
research ensued, during which time
and then as an IT specialist—made for
can’t translate it to your baristas and
that we realized this was our chance.”
the Bakers took classes through the
a strong foundation. Chocolate Fish
customers.”
Never ones to jump into anything
Specialty Coffee Association of America
opened in 2008 at Third and Q streets
half-baked, a four-year period of
and carefully crafted a business plan.
and the Bakers haven’t looked back.
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The Bakers’ direct involvement with growers in Brazil, Honduras, Costa
(“We weren’t young, we didn’t want to
“We realized that if we were working
Rica and Columbia, to name a few, has
lose everything,” Edie Baker explains.)
so hard for other people, why not work
benefitted Chocolate Fish manifold.
The dynamic duo discovered that their
that hard for ourselves?” Edie Baker
Their relationships have gained them
experience in other fields—Edie’s as a
says. “And it wasn’t easy. People don’t
access to the best crops and, often,
medical sales rep, where she learned
realize how hard it is to start a business.
exclusive rights to a certain bean, as
about marketing and sales, and Andy’s
I was still working as a nurse every day
as the manager of a ski and scuba shop
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Bigger Isn’t Better EMPTY-NESTERS DOWNSIZE TO A COZY NEW HOUSE
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Built in 1927 by East Sacramento architect Arthur Widdowson for the E. J. Morrissey family, the house is a stylish example of French Normandy style. It has a high-pitched roof that steeply descends over the second floor, leaded-glass windows, wood halftimbering, arched doorways and a central two-story round tower tucked into the L of two wings. But it was another feature that captured their attention. “When we walked in the front door and took one look at the backyard, that was it,” says Lynne. A few years earlier, the previous owner had refreshed the outdoor space with a pool,
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hot tub, cozy covered seating area and fireplace. A barbecue area with a refrigerator and sink makes preparing meals outside a snap. Now, the Relleses spend countless hours outdoors. “We’re back there almost every evening,” Lynne says. After purchasing the house in 2014, the pair began deciding what to keep and how to shed the rest. Lynne imagined her daughter would
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be devastated to learn they were selling the family home. Her surprising response: “Mom,” she told Lynne, “it’s the greatest gift you could have given us to not have to think of all the stuff we would have had to get rid of.” At the old house, the three-car garage was full of memorabilia. All the closets and the three-room basement held their share of material memories and knickknacks. The Relleses held a huge estate sale. Their kids took what they wanted, which wasn’t much, according to Lynne. “The kids don’t want all this stuff,” she says. Due to the previous owner’s remodel, no major changes to the new house were necessary. The Relleses removed a fresco from the entry ceiling and repainted the living room, which had been a deep Indian red. The color was beautiful, says Lynne, but she wanted to brighten up the space with a sunny yellow color. They kept many of their large wooden pieces, including beautiful Italian tables that Lynne placed in the living room, where she loves to sit and read. A lush wool area rug was cut in half and now covers the wood floor. Wingback chairs provide comfy seating. The room is a perfect combination of elegance and comfort. Relles is upbeat as well as pragmatic about their downsizing. “I’m comfortable here,” she says. “I like this house and I am not moving again.” The Relles home will be featured on the Sacred Heart Holiday Home Tour, which takes place Dec. 2-4. For more information, go to sacredhearthometour.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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Salmon Season NOW’S THE TIME TO WATCH THESE MAGNIFICENT FISH IN ACTION
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o you smell something fishy? It’s salmon season in Sacramento! The American River is home to two native species of migratory fish that have the unusual ability to survive in both fresh water and salty ocean water at different times of their lives. These anadromous fish, steelhead trout and Chinook salmon, are hatched in rivers but spend their adult lives in the Pacific. After two to five years of life in the open sea, American River salmon return home to spawn, swimming 131 miles from San Francisco Bay to Sacramento. The salmon start to arrive here about mid-October and continue into December, followed by steelhead in January and February. These fish will struggle upstream and uphill, leaping over rocks and obstacles, always fighting the current, committed to reaching the exact river and stream where they were born, navigating by sense of smell and magnetic fields. Take a walk along the American River (especially upstream of Watt Avenue) and you may spot some of these magnificent fish swimming by. They might not look so magnificent, though. Salmon stop eating once they leave the ocean, and their bodies change shape for the spawning run. The difficulty of the journey is written in their ragged appearance.
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In fact, the salmon are starving to death. This is a one-way trip. Their goal is to find a place with cold, clean water and a gravel bottom to build a redd (nest) where they’ll lay thousands of eggs or fertilize them. Once that task is finished, both male and female salmon die. So fish carcasses might be easier to find than actual fish on your river walk. The
odor of fish decay might reach you even if you’re not at the river. Migratory steelhead trout, on the other hand, do not exhaust themselves. They spawn and then swim back to the sea. An adult steelhead can make the long journey several times in its life. Prior to the Gold Rush, Chinook salmon were abundant in the American River. Although we
can only estimate the numbers of fish from that time, it’s clear that hydraulic mining and the construction of dams greatly reduced their population. The American River used to have a second salmon run in the spring; due to human activities, this run went extinct around 1950. Dams cut migratory fish off from the majority of their historical spawning habitat, which once included about 6,000 miles of rivers and streams far up into the foothills. Now only one river (the Cosumnes) flows westward out of the Sierra Nevada with no major dam, leaving fewer than 300 miles of breeding grounds still accessible. To compensate for the harm done by dams, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife operates 10 salmon and steelhead hatcheries across the north state. Here in Sacramento, Nimbus Fish Hatchery sits on the American River just downstream of Nimbus Dam near Hazel Avenue. During salmon season, a removable barrier called a weir is placed across the river. This directs the fish into a fish ladder leading to the hatchery. If you’ve never seen the fish ladder in action, you simply must make a visit. Driven by their instinct to swim upstream, powerful salmon launch themselves uphill, one step at a time. For most of November and December, egg-taking operations are conducted at the hatchery. Salmon are anesthetized in the water and sorted by sex, then quickly killed. (The process is different with steelhead, which are released back into the river after spawning.) Eggs are harvested from the females and blended with
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sperm “milked” from the males. Visitors can watch the whole process through windows in the visitor center. Fertilized eggs are subsequently hatched and young fish raised in raceways on site, where visitors can have a ball feeding them. Tens of thousands of pounds of edible salmon meat are donated by the hatchery every year and after processing are returned to local food banks. Lower quality salmon flesh is turned into fertilizer. If you’d like to catch some of that salmon for your own dinner, be aware that fishing is temporarily prohibited in the prime spawning habitat between Hazel Avenue and Ancil Hoffman Park. Downstream, you’re welcome to try. Because the salmon are spawning, the quality of the meat varies. Fish that made the run up from the ocean quickly will be edible. Those that spent more time in the river will be mushy. Even if you don’t fish the American River, you may have eaten a salmon hatched at Nimbus. The Nimbus Hatchery produces about 4 million Chinook salmon and 430,000 steelhead trout every year. After being released into the river or downstream in San Pablo Bay, hatchlings that survive to adulthood join the wild populations in the ocean, where commercial fisheries catch fish destined for local supermarkets. Salmon have another mammalian predator: sea lions. Remarkably, sea lions will follow salmon on the spawning run—all the way to Sacramento. According to Laura Drath, a Fish and Wildlife interpreter at the Nimbus Visitor Center, sea lions are occasionally spotted as far
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Bright Lights STREETLIGHTS HAVE HEALTH IMPACTS
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here are so many things to worry about. You probably didn’t know that the color temperature of street lighting is one of them. I certainly didn’t. But in June, an American Medical Association report pointed out health and other problems associated with LED streetlights. U.S. municipalities and cities around the world are rapidly switching to LED streetlights. The U.S. Department of Energy has encouraged the switch based on energy savings. LED lights have a longer service life than the lights they replace, so they also save on maintenance costs for bulb replacement. LEDs contain no toxins. I’m no lighting expert, but I’ve learned that not all white light is the same. Color temperature measures the spectral content of light. A high color temperature (measured in Kelvin or K) indicates a greater amount of blue light—even when light output appears white to the naked eye. White LED lights are usually based on blue LEDs filtered through a phosphor coating to make the light appear white. A primary health issue with many LED streetlights is that they produce a white light that contains so much blue. The light is much bluer than the more yellow high-pressure sodium
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streetlights that they typically replace. The blue-rich LED lights can cause damage to the eye’s retina and create hazardous glare for drivers, especially older drivers. They can also create a stark “prison atmosphere” at night that people simply don’t like. Further, the light can disrupt human circadian rhythms, resulting in reduced amount and quality of sleep. The AMA report says LED street lighting is five times more disruptive to our sleep cycle than conventional street lighting. There are indications that exposure to blue-rich white light at night may increase risks for cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Humans are used to warmer, more yellow light at night from fires and candles. Lowwattage incandescent bulbs also have less blue light. These sources don’t suppress the creation of sleepinducing melatonin in the same way that the harsher light spectrum from LED streetlights (and smartphones, tablet computer screens and backlit e-readers) do. Streetlight problems can extend beyond humans to nocturnal wildlife and the environment at large. At seaside communities, hatching turtles have been confused by streetlights
that mimic the color temperature of moonlight on the water. They’ve headed inland to their demise instead to a life in the sea. Bats, birds and nocturnal insects are also affected. The AMA report says 60 percent of animals are nocturnal. Cheaper lighting, or poorly shielded lighting, can mean more lighting, creating what the International DarkSky Association calls light pollution. Light pollution affects not just astronomers but everyone’s ability to see the starry sky in its full and glorious, mind-boggling beauty.
Dr. Mario Motta, an AMA report co-author, said, “Our hope is that municipalities will use the report’s guidelines when considering the adoption of LED street lighting, making their communities safer for both humans and wildlife.” The report suggests requiring properly shielded lighting, controls that can dim or extinguish light at offpeak periods (such as 1 to 5 a.m.) and limiting the correlated color temperature of outdoor lighting to 3000K or lower.
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In January 2014, the city of Davis began replacing its 2,600 cobrahead streetlights with LEDs having a color temperature of 4000K. The city had also tested, and rejected, 5700K lights. By May of that year, after installing half the new lights, the city halted the program because of citizen comments. Ninety percent of the comments were negative. At a cost of an extra $350,000, the city wound up replacing 650 of the newly installed lights with lights that were 2700K. Davis plans to use that same warmer color temperature for its decorative fixtures in parks and greenbelts. According to Sompol Chatusripitak, an engineer in the Public Works department, the city of Sacramento is about one third of the way through conversion of its 30,000 “mass arm” or cobra-style streetlights to LED technology. For the moment, the city is holding off on converting the ornamental “acorn” lights in residential neighborhoods. Conversions so far have cost $2.5 million. The estimated energy savings are $400,000 annually, so program costs will be recovered in six years.
Chatusripitak says that Sacramento, like Davis, did not do widespread public outreach on the LED light transition. Public involvement, he noted, can be expensive. He said the city has done some testing and solicited neighborhood input. The city is using lights with a color temperature of 4000K, close to the 3700K of moonlight—though presumably streetlights would be significantly brighter than moonlight. This is the same color temperature that Davis initially used and found unacceptable. It is higher in blue content than the AMA’s recommendation of 3000K. Warmer LED lights are slightly less energy efficient. Perhaps, though, the human health and other benefits of less blue LED streetlights might warrant some additional consideration before we get too far down the road. Walt Seifert is a bicyclist, driver and transportation writer. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net n
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All Gardening Is Local HOLIDAY GIFTS FROM INDEPENDENT GARDEN CENTERS
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hat do you give a gardener who has everything? That’s a trick question. It’s not hard to buy a gardener a gift. People who like to grow things never have everything. They always covet yet another seed packet, plant, bulb, tool or accessory. Sacramento is blessed with several locally owned and operated garden centers, no two exactly alike, although they have their similarities. They all sell the 2017 Master Gardener Gardening Guide and Calendar, stock plants well-suited for Sacramento and offer practical yet unusual tools and frivolous decorative items. Better yet, they are staffed with knowledgeable and experienced staff who carefully tend their plants and are eager to advise. One neighborhood institution is East Sacramento’s Talini’s Nursery (5601 Folsom Blvd.), founded in 1976. Assistant manager Meg Gray says, “We buy things that will do well here. We believe in our plants.” Over the years, Talini’s has evolved with the neighborhood, catering to today’s trends in edibles and water-efficient landscapes. Talini’s encourages people to get their hands dirty. “If somebody wants to buy a chemical for weed control, we try to sell them a dibble to dig the weeds out. There is no fast and easy way to garden,” Gray says. It’s not surprising that people drop by frequently for advice, to pet the
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The Plant Foundry in Oak Park is filled gifts for the gardener on your list
kitty or just to see what’s new on the shelf. There is plenty to purchase. At a recent visit, I drooled over top-ofthe-line Dutch garden tools. Bulbs are touted as stocking stuffers, but Talini’s immense amaryllis bulbs wouldn’t fit in any but the most oversized socks. Fair Oaks Boulevard Nursery (4681 Fair Oaks Blvd.) has also been around for decades, moving across the street to its present location about 20 years ago. Manager Quentyn Young focuses on water-efficient plants, with a wide variety of California natives. The nursery offers unusual edibles and a “really good selection of shade trees
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Japanese hori-hori, a digging knife, which would tuck into a stocking very nicely. The newest neighborhood store is Oak Park’s The Plant Foundry (3500 Broadway), located in the fast-changing Broadway Triangle. Close to Land Park, Curtis Park and East Sacramento, it offers a choice assortment of native plants,
perennials, edibles, seeds and decorative items. The owner, Angela Pratt, is proud of her organic seeds and edible plants, including hard-tofind organic garlic and onion sets. She sells high-end decorative items such as French bistro sets, but she also stocks things that are affordable. “Even a little kid with a few cents can buy something,” she says. There are so many different items in a
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relatively small space that it’s hard to see everything in stock, but if you get tired you can check out a nearby trendy watering hole or eatery, and come back refreshed to browse some more. It’s hard to think of Green Acres as a neighborhood garden center, with its five large stores throughout the region. The Sacramento store is at 8501 Jackson Road, close to East Sacramento and Carmichael. Zen Landis of their marketing staff says their spacious new Elk Grove store (9220 East Stockton Blvd.) has the largest selection of houseplants, gift items and tools, including “a cool new line of garden tools from Lauren Conrad that are specifically designed for women.” The Sacramento store has less inside space, so it
concentrates on gardening supplies and outside plants. “We work to earn our customers’ business and trust,” says Landis. Based on their rapid expansion, they are doing just that. All of the nurseries mentioned succulents as a good holiday gift, touting how they look good all year long, requiring little water or care. There are many other plants, such as cyclamen, that look beautiful in the winter. All of the nurseries offer at least a few already-planted containers or baskets, ready to serve as inside or outside decoration or to give as a hostess gift. Most also offer holiday decorations and seasonal gift items. Dazzled by the choices? A gift card from one of these establishments will slip into a stocking and be greeted with delight. It will give your favorite gardener an excuse to check out and support their local garden center. Anita Clevenger is a Lifetime Sacramento County UC Master Gardener. For answers to gardening questions, call the Master Gardeners at 876-5336 or visit their website at sacmg.ucanr.edu n
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Artistic Intuition TONKIN RIEGEL REFINES CREATIVE PROCESS, GUIDES OTHERS
I
don’t know what I’m doing,” says
and hosts workshops at her Granite
Susan Tonkin Riegel. But she says
Bay Studio. “At first I taught kids,
it with the conviction of a lifelong
but then their parents wanted
artist.
to make art too.” So she added
Inside of her spacious studio is
workshops for adults in 2006. Riegel
a procession of work: canvases,
is an attentive listener and workshop
assemblage, encaustic, works on
leader who offers a range of creative
paper and new pieces incorporating
experiences from printmaking to
plaster, wood and cardboard. Her art
copper enameling to mobile making.
is symbolic and colorful with a hint of
No matter what the medium, Riegel
mystery and intrigue. “I let the piece
says the workshops are about
and the materials guide me,” she says.
connecting with creativity, which she
“It’s an intuitive process.”
believes involves being in the moment and letting the process happen
Riegel is excited about the combination of color and materials
without worrying too much about
and just starts working, letting the
what’s next or the outcome. She says
process evolve. The trick, she says, is
many people view the workshops as
to stop before the piece is overworked.
a retreat where they can unwind and
“It’s better to keep work slightly
let go. “In life we always get caught up
unfinished and fresh.” Over the course of teaching art for 25 years at
with what’s next. There is really
Sierra and American River Colleges,
nothing that compares to being in
she says this was a difficult concept
the zone and fully immersed in the
for students. She advised students to
act of creativity. It’s a feeling of full
pay attention to how they felt about
involvement and energized focus.” The creative process hooked her
the work—to notice their gut or heart reaction and not intellectualize the
in second grade, when she made
process too much.
a papier mache solar system and painted it. While she has always had
She retired from Sierra College last fall and expects the change
the desire to draw and make art, she
in routine to register in her work
never thought she was as good as
as she prepares for a November
other people at drawing or painting.
show at Artspace 1616 on Del Paso
This changed once she went to UC
Boulevard. “Change is simultaneous
Berkeley and studied with noted Bay
with life,” says Riegel, who lives
Area figurative painters Joan Brown and Elmer Bischoff. “Joan Brown
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Susan Tonkin Riegel
in Gold River. “When life changes,
has some creative thing to express.
our work changes.” She believes all
“We all have something. It’s a matter
artists, whether a poet, a dancer or a musician, are “recording life in a subconscious way,” and that everyone
of whether we want to be open to it.” Riegel is dedicated to guiding others through the creative process
encouraged my strange compositions and the way I drew people and told me I was a good artist.” Bischoff was a big influence, too. Riegel describes him as a quiet man who didn’t say much, but when he did, it was profound. “Bischoff always told me to keep the practice going and
time, and I could paint Santas and
I love it when my work resonates
angels on windows and also learn the
with someone, but I don't like to put
art of business and how to deal with
pressure on myself to sell.
executives.”
“It’s much more crucial to have
Soon after her children were born,
time to make art.”
she started looking for teaching jobs, first teaching at Learning Exchange and then Sierra College and American River College. Her two children are
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grown now, and she continues to work alongside her husband of 32 years, sculptor Mike Riegel, whose studio is adjacent to hers.
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Riegel has shown work in Sacramento since the early ’80s and has been awarded residencies in France, Sweden, China, Mexico, Switzerland, San Francisco and also to go it alone and not worry what
in Berkeley, framing, art sales, color
my friends were doing artwise, and
consulting and painting holiday
listen to my own artistic voice.”
windows in Sacramento and Berkeley.
It was not a direct route to UC
“The window painting was one the
Berkeley for Riegel. She grew up
most fun jobs,” she says. “It was
in Sacramento and went to C.K.
good money in a short amount of
UCLA. “I was searching. My parents were divorcing and it was a chaotic time,” she recalls. She took a year off
give her the chance to dig deep into work and have time alone to seriously consider her compositions. She acknowledges it can be a balancing art. “Selling work is important, and
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Sacramento Ballet will perform The Nutcracker. Photo courtesy of Keith Sutter.
TO DO THIS MONTH'S CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS
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Nuts For The Holidays The Sacramento Ballet presents Ron Cunningham’s “The Nutcracker” Dec. 10, 11, 17, 18, 22, 23 The Sacramento Ballet presents “Nutty Nutcracker” Dec. 9 and 16 at 7 p.m. Community Center Theater, 1301 L St. sacballet.org
Best-known and most beloved of all Sacramento holiday-season traditions, Ron Cunningham’s delightful “Nutcracker” is a true spectacular. Be captivated by this crown jewel of family entertainment with Clara’s magic journey through the sparkling Snowflake Forest to the delicious Land of the Sweets. Select performances will even be performed with live music provided by the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra. If you’re looking for some holiday spirit with a twist, don’t miss “Nutty Nutcracker,” a madcap, zany send-up of your favorite holiday classic. After rave reviews last year, this special production will get not one, but two performances this year. Visit the Sacramento Ballet website for show times and information on special pre-performance events.
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Capitol Idea State Capitol holiday music program Daily through Dec. 23 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays 1-3 p.m. Sundays California State Capitol (10th Street between L and N streets), first-floor Rotunda 324-0333, capitolmuseum.ca.gov
Get ready for some holiday fun on your next visit to the California State Capitol. Beautiful vintage decorations create a lovely backdrop for a variety of diverse holiday musical performances in the Rotunda. Enjoy live musical entertainment including the Camellia Flute Choir, Sacramento Youth Symphony ensembles, Caltrans and CalPERS choruses, bell-ringers, harps, accordions, Broadway-style song and dance, baroque and brass ensembles, talented school choirs, barbershop choruses and much more.
Happy Birthday, Frank! A celebration of Sinatra’s 101st birthday presented by the Valerie V Quintet Saturday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. Nepenthe Clubhouse, 1131 Campus Commons Drive 205-4001, valsvocals.com
Enjoy the music of legendary crooner Frank Sinatra as well as timeless tunes from the Great American Songbook and beloved holiday classics performed by singer Valerie V and her talented troupe of musicians. Take in the music while you sip some delectable wine provided by Cabana Wine and Bistro and nosh on some nibbles. Preferred seating is $15 and general seating is $12. Be sure to reserve early—this event will sell out fast!
25 And Lookin’ Good
Gabriela Smith plays the Snow Queen at the Crockett Deane production. Photo courtesy of Linda Yee.
“Still We Rise: Women’s Wisdom Art’s 25th Anniversary” Through Dec. 4 Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. 808-1182, crockerartmuseum.org
Of Advents and Artisans
Since 1991, Women’s Wisdom Art has provided a support system and nurturing environment to empower women through artistic exploration. Women in all stages of life work closely with talented volunteers and professional artists to create healing works of art in diverse media, including paintings, ceramics and jewelry. This exhibition is composed of a selection of group and individually created works of art.
“Gold Laundry of the Advent Arrival,” art by Mehran Mesba and Jeff Mayry Dec. 2 through Jan. 19 Opening reception on Friday, Dec. 2, from 6 to 9 p.m. “Handmade Holidays” artisan craft fair Sunday, Dec. 18, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Beatnik Studios, 723 S St. 400-4281, beatnik-studios.com
The Crockett-Deane Ballet Company presents “The Nutcracker” and “Christmas Angels” Friday, Dec. 16 at 8 p.m. (preview of selected scenes only) Saturday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, at 2 p.m.
Sacramento artists Mehran Mesba and Jeff Mayry bring an exhibition of new paintings entitled “Gold Laundry of the Advent Arrival” to Beatnik Studios. The work explores ideas related to the reconstruction of identity. Mesba focuses on the process of deformation and the effect certain forces have on physical forms over time, and Mayry takes his cues from physical sensation both real and imagined. Also at the gallery through Dec. 22 is Trent Dean’s installation “Cube for Thought.” Dean uses mixed media to create forms that are at once familiar and unfamiliar; the series uses the cube as a representation of oneself. In the market for some fun finds for the holidays? Beatnik Studios’ eighth annual holiday party and craft fair will feature 36 of Sacramento’s coolest and craftiest artisans selling local, handmade goods like art, clothing, hats, jewelry, pottery, body products and toys. A selection of small art pieces by various Beatnik artists will also be available for sale, as well as food and drink for both adults and kids.
The Center at Twenty-Three Hundred, 2300 Sierra Blvd. 453-0226, deanedancecenter.com
If you’re not sure your little ones will be able to make it through a longer version of “The Nutcracker,” give them the taste of this one-act, family-friendly, narrated version featuring the beautiful music of Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky. Then stick around for “Christmas Angels,” an original ballet by Don Schwennesen set to traditional Christmas carols.
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THEATRE GUIDE THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES
Dec 1 – Dec 10 Geery Theatre 2130 L St, Sac taacproduction@gmail.com The Alternative Arts Collective (TAAC) is proud to produce John Guare’s wildly funny black comedy, The House of Blue Leaves. It tells the story of Artie Shaughnessy, a zookeeper by day and a songwriter with visions of glory by night. Artie dreams of escaping his humdrum life in Queens, and making it big writing songs for the movies in Hollywood. The story unfolds on the historic day in 1965 when Pope Paul VI visited New York to meet with President Lyndon B. Johnson and to celebrate a nighttime Mass of Peace at Yankee Stadium. The Vietnam War was about to begin in earnest, rock music was taking the place of rock and roll, and the times “they were a’changin.” Throw into the mix Artie’s love interest, a kid in the army, a little lunacy, and a trio of nuns; and well, you get the idea.
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Thru Dec 11 Sacramento Theatre Company 1419 H St, Sac Sactheatre.org This comedy-drama follows struggling screenwriter Herb, who abandoned his family 16 years earlier, and his daughter, Libby, who travels to Hollywood to convince her father to give her the acting career she wants. Libby confronts Herb with the trials and responsibilities of parenthood and forces him to come to terms with his girlfriend, Steffy. In this play, humor touches the heart, as well as the funny bone.
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THE PERFECT GIFT!
Dec 7 – Dec 31 Capital Stage 2215 J St, Sac Capstage.org Crumpet the Elf is back for another round of best-selling author David Sedaris’ sardonic comedy. This wry tale is based on the outlandish, and true, chronicles of Sedaris’ brief stint as an elf in Macy’s Herald Square SantaLand display. Hysterical, behind-the-scenes anecdotes are a holiday treat for adults, mercilessly cutting through the sticky-sweetness of Christmas to illuminate the insanity of the holidays.
CINDERELLA
Thru Jan 1 Sacramento Theatre Company 1419 H St, Sac Sactheatre.org Cinderella, a classic fairy tales with lots of laughs for children and adults alike. Traditionally performed during the Christmas season for family audiences, modern pantomime incorporates song, dance, buffoonery, slapstick, cross-dressing, in-jokes, topical references, mild innuendo, and audience participation.
THE 39 STEPS
Nov 18 – Dec 17 Big Idea Theatre 1616 Del Paso Blvd, Sac BigIdeaTheatre.org Richard Hannay decided to take in a show to alleviate his constant boredom, only to become implicated in the murder of a woman he’d just met who uncovered a mysterious organization’s plot to steal British military secretes – or, in other words, mission accomplished! Now the target of a nationwide manhunt, he must find the true killer and clear his name. In this zany, fast-paced farce based on the classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller, actors play over 150 characters in a tale of espionage, intrigue and romance.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Thru Dec 24 B Street Theatre 2711 B St, Sac Bstreettheatre.org Watch, laugh, and gasp as literature’s greatest curmudgeon tries to free himself from the grasp of world’s most popular Christmas story.
ROBIN HOOD
Thru Dec 24 B Street Theatre – Family Series 2711 B St, Sac Bstreettheatre.org An original retelling of the classic hero of Sherwood Forest. Four actors bring to life the story of Robin Hood and his merry men as they steal from the rich to give to the poor. This action packed adaptation features sword-play, chivalry, and plenty of laughs.
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Give Good Gift The Sacramento Symphonic Winds present “The Gift of Melody” Sunday, Dec. 11, at 2:30 p.m. Crowne Plaza Sacramento Northeast, 5321 Date Ave. 489-2576, sacwinds.org
Come one, come all to this family holiday concert featuring the Sacramento Symphonic Winds, a 60-piece adult symphonic band conducted by Music and Artistic Director Timothy M. Smith. Celebrate beautiful melodies and inspired melodic invention with pieces such as “Chester” by William Schuman, “Russian Christmas Music” by Alfred Reed, “Divinum Mysterium” by James Swearingen, three unique settings for band of the plainchant, and more!
Do You Hear the Children Sing?
Mehran Mesbah will be on display at Beatnik Studios starting Dec. 2
Small But Mighty “Big Show of Small Treasures” presented by the Sacramento Visual Arts Collaborative Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 10 and 11 Various venues (see below) robertray.collage@yahoo.com, facebook.com/SacVAC
The Sacramento Visual Arts Collaborative is proud to present this extraordinary annual art event showcasing intimately scaled works of art (12-by-12-inches or smaller) at 11 amazing art venues around the city. A diverse range of artistic disciplines including painting, drawing, printmaking and collage and genres such as landscape, still life, figurative and abstract will be exhibited by artists Shirley Hazlett, Bill Reed, Dwight Head, Barbetta Lockart, Susan Rabinovitz, Linda Welch, Patris, Linda Clark Johnson and Tim Collom, among many others. The venues are ARTHOUSE (1021 R St.), Artistic Edge Gallery (1880 Fulton Ave.), Brickhouse Art Gallery (2837 26th St.), DaDas Art Gallery Boutique and microARTCollection (3655 J St.), ITSA Studio (4330 24th St., Suite 2), Little Relics (908 21st St.), Patris Studio Gallery (3460 Second Ave.), Red Dot Gallery (2231 J St.), Sparrow Gallery (2418 K St.) and Tim Collom Gallery (915 20th St.).
The Sacramento Children’s Chorus holiday concert “A Ceremony of Carols” Saturday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1300 N St. Sunday, Dec. 4, at 4 p.m. Carmichael Seventh Day Adventist Church, 4600 Winding Way Sacramento Choral Society’s “Home for the Holidays” featuring the SCC Saturday, Dec. 10, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sacramento Memorial Auditorium 646-1141, sacramentochoral.com
Help the Sacramento Children’s Chorus (SCC) ring in its 24th season by returning to its roots. In its debut performance in 1992, the SCC presented Benjamin Britten’s “Ceremony of Carols,” according to Lynn Stevens, SCC’s conductor and artistic director. Four choirs with more than 150 children total will perform under the direction of Stevens and Melanie Huber to bring back this stunning work for treble voices. The concert will also include beloved carols such as “The Coventry Carol,” “In the Bleak Midwinter” and “Lo, How a Rose,” as well as traditional songs such as “Do You Hear What I Hear?” and variations on “Jingle Bells” with a special solo appearance by Sacramento’s premier soprano, Carrie Hennessey. The program will also feature harpist Carol Kihm. Don’t miss out on yet another seasonal Sacramento tradition when the SCC performs with the Sacramento Choral Society in the annual “Home for the Holidays” concert at the Memorial Auditorium on Dec. 10.
SCSO Christmas Celebration Saturday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sacramento Memorial Auditorium 536-9065, sacramentochoral.com
Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra Conductor Donald Kendrick has once again created a fresh and sparkling program designed to capture the magic and spirit of the season for the whole family with their Wells Fargo Home for the Holidays concerts. This year the concerts feature life-size puppets, narrations and San Jose Opera baritone headliner Matt Hanscom, along with the Sacramento Children’s Chorus, candlelit procession and audience sing-along, all accompanied by the SCSO Orchestra. Tickets priced at $50, $40, and $35 with a 50% student discount.
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Sacramento Children's Chorus is celebrating the season by performing “A Ceremony of Carols”
Master-ing the Season
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The Sacramento Master Singers present “A Master Singers Christmas: Angels We Have Heard On High” Sunday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m.
Vox Musica presents “Voices of Peace: A Vox Christmas” Saturday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m. Jesuit High School (Phelan Chapel), 1200 Jacob Lane, Carmichael Sunday, Dec. 18, at 5 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1430 J St. Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 7 p.m.
Harris Center of the Arts, 10 College Parkway, Folsom 608-6888, harriscenter.net
Thursday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 7 p.m. Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church (1066 26th St.) 788-7464, mastersingers.org
The Sacramento Master Singers present “Jingle All the Way!” Saturday, Dec. 17, at 2 p.m. Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church (1066 26th St.) 788-7464, mastersingers.org
From a meditative candlelight processional to exuberant spirituals, “A Master Singers Christmas: Angels We Have Heard On High” is guaranteed to deliver the beauty and joy of the holiday season. The concert will include Mannheim Steamroller’s mysterious “Veni, Veni,” a dramatic setting of “Ubi Caritas” by Ola Gjeilo, a string quartet to accompany Buxtehude’s “Das Neugeborne Kindelein” and Brian Büda’s “Love Came Down at Christmas,” plus modern settings of traditional carols. Audiences will also enjoy Pentatonix’s versions of “Mary, Did You Know?” and “That’s Christmas to Me,” the energy of Straight No Chaser’s “The 12 Days of Christmas,” as well as “O Come All Ye Faithful” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” If your tiny tykes want to join in the holiday cheer as well, check out “Jingle All the Way!” a 45-minute special performance for children of all ages. The choir will sing holiday songs the kids are sure to know and the audience is invited to sing and play along. The event concludes with a surprise visit from Santa.
Beatnik Studios, 723 S St. voxmusica.net/project-one
Vox Musica opens its 11th season with an authentic and masterful performance of literature from the Baroque period. At the heart of the program are two Italian masterpieces, Antonio Vivaldi’s “Magnificat” and the premiere of a rare, unpublished edition of Nicola Antonio Porpora’s “In Te Domine,” both accompanied by a period string ensemble and organ continuo. This three-concert project will provide patrons with a unique musical experience and one that makes a significant contribution to the preservation of this rich, and rare, choral literature.
The Halls Are Alive “The Sound of Music” Holiday Event Thursday, Dec. 29, at 1:30 and 6 p.m. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. 808-1182, crockerartmuseum.org
The Crocker’s “The Sound of Music” holiday event returns for its fifth year, with costume contests, door prizes, yodeling and lots of laughs. The beloved multi-Academy-Award-winning film starring Julie Andrews with music by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein never ceases to tickle the heart and warm the soul. Dress in costume, party with interactive fun packs available for purchase and sing your heart out! This event sells out every year, so advance registration is recommended. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n
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Morning Glory THESE TWO DINNER HOUSES ALSO SERVE UP GREAT BREAKFASTS
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here are some restaurants that specialize in breakfast. They have perfected the egg flip, mastered the fresh squeeze and gilded the griddle. Then there are those that broker in brunch, pouring mimosas by the gallon and piling waffles with enough garnishes to bury even the sturdiest Belgian. If you find yourself in ArdenArcade on a bright winter’s morning,
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you might think of Ettore’s to satisfy your hunger. Its European-style baked goods and quick-order, highquality kitchen fit the bill almost any morning. Maybe you’re in Tahoe Park and wondering where breakfast is served. Any local will tell you that Bacon & Butter is the spot for rich, inventive, gut-busting plates of early-morning delight. The spot on 59th and Broadway has a line out the door almost any day of the week. What if you’re downtown and meeting friends for weekend brunch? Odds are the first place that will come to mind is Tower Cafe, the longstanding (and long-lined) destination for brunch. If you’re in
Midtown, you might jump at the thought of brunch at The Porch: biscuits, grits and creative morning cocktails. Then there’s a small group of restaurants that are rarely thought of for breakfast. They traffic mostly in dinners and are known more for their steaks and seafood than their eggs and bacon. I’ve stumbled upon a few of these in my travels, well-regarded eateries that quietly put out daily breakfast without fanfare, but with a fair amount of skill and flavor. The foremost of these hidingin-plain-sight breakfast joints is Grange. The downtown spot might not come to mind when you’re hungry for morning fare, but folks
from the surrounding businesses and government offices drop in for breakfast meetings frequently, and travelers staying at The Citizen Hotel use it as their first morning stop. Grange has a fine reputation throughout the region, and its breakfast isn’t at all a letdown. Executive chef Oliver Ridgeway has been at the helm for five years now, and his care and meticulous attention to detail stand out. The menu is limited, but quality is evident in every dish. The chorizo scramble seems simple enough but sings with layers of flavor, from the well-balanced, house-made sausage to the simply perfect guacamole to the perfectly crisp potatoes along for
the ride. The whole beautiful mess is served up smartly in a cast-iron casserole with a few house-made tortillas. Similarly well laid out is the plate of avocado toast. Rough and delicious whole-wheat batard gets a generous smear of avocado, topped with an expertly poached egg. A well-dressed salad alongside offers an unexpected dot of sophistication to an otherwise simple and straightforward dish. On a bright winter’s morning, the floor-to-ceiling windows offer an inviting lightness in which to bask while drinking your surprisingly strong cup of coffee. The service is brisk and friendly, and the prices are neither low nor unexpected for a downtown restaurant. Another surprising purveyor of breakfast is Iron, the Broadway eatery and drinkery known more for its steaks than anything on the breakfast spectrum. Served all week, breakfast ranges from freshly fried beignets to a hearty plate of steak and eggs. Iron, formerly Iron Steaks, on Broadway and 13th is housed where Fuji used to serve up Japanese fare. The restaurant opened seven years ago with a focus on steaks, but as the years have gone by, the place has become a pretty well-rounded restaurant serving breakfast every weekday. It also has the comfiest booths west of the Mississippi. Most notable on the breakfast menu is the crab cake and eggs. A substantial plate of food, the plate includes a large crab cake topped with hollandaise, plus potatoes, eggs and toast. The crab cake is much better than you’d expect from a breakfast joint, tender and flavorful, and it turns out to be a spot-on item for a hungry breakfaster. Other items, save the beignets, are boilerplate breakfast fare: eggs, bacon, potatoes, waffles, etc. But the fact that Iron serves breakfast every weekday and brunch on the weekends makes it a great alternative to the long lines down the street at Tower Cafe or the charming-for-some, terrifying-for-others clown paintings at Pancake Circus.
Whether you’re rising or shining, some of Sacramento’s better dinner restaurants are also great destinations for breakfast. If you’re looking for a spot for a morning meeting or a special treat on a
weekday morning, you’d be well served by Grange and surprised by the offerings at Iron. Grange is at 926 J St.; 492-4450; grangesacramento.com
Iron is at 2422 13th St.; 737-5115; irongrillsacramento.com Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com n
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Art Preview GALLERY ART SHOWS IN DECEMBER
Sonya Fe is a now a Sacramento artist, but she came of age during the rebirth of L.A.’s art scene. This exhibition features several of Ms. Fe’s large-scale paintings, many of which reflect the social and cultural issues of women and children. Shown above: “When She calls, He Comes.” SMUD Gallery, 6301 S Street
Sacramento artists Mehran Mesba (shown above) and Jeff Mayry bring their exhibition of new paintings entitled “Gold Laundry of the Advent Arrival” to Beatnik Studios. Show runs through Jan. 19. 723 S St.; beatnik-studios.com
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Sacramento Visual Arts Collaborative is proud to present “Big Show of Small Treasures 2016;” an extraordinary art event showcasing intimately scaled works of art (12x12 inches or smaller) at 11 art venues. A diverse range of artistic disciplines and genres will be exhibited at ARTHOUSE, Artistic Edge Gallery, Brickhouse Art Gallery, DaDas Art Gallery Boutique, ITSA Studio, Little Relics, microARTCollection, Patris Studio Gallery, Red Dot Gallery, Sparrow Gallery, and Tim Collom Gallery. Shown above: “Random” by Barbetta Lockart at ITSA Studio.
“Large and Little: Art Gifts for the Holidays” features artwork from selected JAYJAY artists. through Dec. 17. Shown above: Ceramics by artist Trent Burkett. 5524B Elvas Ave. jayjayart.com
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