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LAND PARK CORNER LOCATION Location, location, location! Awesome corner lot within walking distance to Taylor’s, Freeport Bakery, Chocolate Fish, Dad’s Kitchen and much more! This home has 3 bedrooms and 1½ baths with loads of potential! Beautiful yards, original hardwood Àoors and plantation shutters. $590,000 JAMIE RICH 916-612-4000
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DELIGHTFUL MIDTOWN VICTORIAN Soaring ceilings, period light ¿xtures and pretty moldings keep this home’s charm. Engineered hardwood Àoors, surround sound, whole house fan and remodeled kitchen and bath. The added bonuses include the remote 3rd bedroom, full basement, a bonus room and 4 one-car garages with alley access. $499,900 PAULA SWAYNE 916-425-9715
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LAND PARK COTTAGE This classic Land Park home is waiting for your updates. Solid and charming with a deep back yard. 3 bedroom and a bath in a wondeful walkable neighborhood! Just steps to Tower Theater, Tower Cafe, and so much more. Bike to downtown. A jewel in the rough. Long time owner has lived with the original character. $478,000 SHEILA VAN NOY 916-505-5395
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erald Walburg is one of Sacramento’s most talented and notable artists. The trouble is that over his long and productive career his local profile hasn’t k kept up with his national one. I’m hoping to c change that. While you might not know Gerald—or Jerry, as he is known—you have undoubtedly seen his monumental public artworks. His largest and most prominent local sculpture is the 40-foot “Indo Arch,” located at 4th and K streets. It was Sacramento’s first art installed under the Art in Public Places program, established more than 40 years ago. The “Indo Arch” was controversial from the start. People called it phallic. Some said it was Islamic. They feared it would further endanger U.S. hostages then being held in Iran. I I’ve always loved the arch, and am grateful the c community now embraces it. Then there is Walburg’s larger-than-life, ni nickel-rich bronze that he donated and installed out outside the entrance to the Crocker Art Museum in 201 2013. As is often the case with Walburg sculptures, the eelements form an open frame through which to see th the world as well as the work. Cro Crocker Art Museum curator Scott Shields explains the piec piece was an important addition to the museum because on either end of the Crocker are sculptures by Bay Area artists. Shields felt it was important to have a Sacramento Sacramento-based artist represented. “I made this piece with this site in mind,” Walburg says. I first met W Walburg a year ago when my friend Cheryl introduc us. We were planning a 40th anniversary Holben introduced Sacr event for the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission.
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Call or Text Me...916-698-1961 /LWWOH5(6 FRP + 6WUHHW Walburg’s extensive East Sac home, garden and studio property were the perfect venue for the private event. I quickly discovered that Walburg, at 82, is an amazing talent, artist, craftsman, designer and thoughtful conversationalist—a true American renaissance man. The day we first met, Walburg was dealing with his contractor and completing a full basement of the third home on his property. It turns out my husband and I had built a full basement in our new home in 2007. We had contracted it ourselves, so I knew all the details involved in construction. We hit it off by sharing basement design and building knowledge! I was delighted to visit with him several times in the past year when attending small, private art shows he hosts for artists he admires. Walburg is an East Bay native. While attending Oakland High School, he pursued a vocational rather than academic path. He was attracted to shop and drafting classes. After high school, he followed a friend to California College of Arts and Crafts. His father had been killed in World War II, and the funds from his father’s military survivor benefits paid the tuition. Walburg was drawn to industrial design. He lacked the math skills for architecture, which was his first love. When his girlfriend became pregnant, Walburg dropped out and worked to support his marriage and child. He was 20 years old. Living in San Francisco, he eventually resumed college and focused on academics while continuing to work. Two more children were born, and the Walburgs moved to Petaluma to be near his wife’s family. He pursued a variety of machine-shop jobs, with an emphasis on metal forming, sheeting, rolling, bending and lathing. These skills would later serve him well. In addition, he worked nights at an architectural office,
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drawing and drafting. Working hard, Walburg eventually bought a home for his family. There was no time for art. With every experience, Walburg impressed his employers. He became a skilled draftsman, praised for his ability to visualize and depict threedimensional objects and details. After a divorce, Walburg moved back to San Francisco to pursue a degree at San Francisco State College. He also worked in engineering for Standard Oil. A summer college class in ceramics transformed his career objectives. “Clay got into my veins,� Walburg says. Still without a degree, he switched to art, minoring in industrial design. Walburg was 29 when he finally graduated. Immersing himself in art, he gave up the idea of teaching, and began a master’s degree art program at UC Davis in 1965. “It was a very exciting and energetic time at the art school with some impressive newly hired teachers, including Wayne Thiebaud, William Wiley and Bob Arneson, just to name a few,� Walburg says. “I was placed in a situation where I learned to question,
challenge and develop philosophies and ideas of my own. This was truly education at its best.� His ceramic work went beyond function and explored a connection to his love of drafting. His work trended geometric and minimal. He explored a wide variety of materials, including corten (or rusty finish) steel that has been a mainstay of his sculptures. After graduating, he invested time and money into his own large-scale works. They were quickly purchased for permanent collections of prestigious museums. He considered, but later dismissed, the idea of moving to New York City. Instead, he accepted a teaching position at Sacramento City College. He continued to create art and experimented with sculptural illusions and materials, including watercolor. His work was praised by critics and became commercially successful on the world stage. When offered a faculty position at Sacramento State, he moved and taught there for 37 years. One can only imagine the thousands of students his ideas and
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approaches influenced. He continued to produce dozens of major commissions from around the world. In 2007, San Jose State published a beautiful book on Walburg to accompany a major exhibition of his work. On a recent visit, Walburg shared with me one recollection that was a bit shocking. In his early years, he explained, he had various relationships with Bay Area galleries to represent his artwork. Some worked out better than others. But one gallery owner made him a proposition he had to refuse. “She wanted us to have a personal relationship, and then she’d represent me and promote me to stardom,� Walburg says. “I was single at the time, but wasn’t attracted to her. So I nicely told her I didn’t want to mix business with pleasure. I thought that would be the end of it.� Walburg was wrong. The gallery owner became bitter and blackballed him among other major gallery operators. He was left with no viable gallery representation. “I managed to create a vibrant career despite this,� he says. “But when the #metoo movement came into focus last year, it made me realize that it isn’t always just men using their power to abuse women. It sometimes happens the other way around. It clearly happened to me.� Many decades later, the woman moved to Sacramento and he encountered her at an event. She admitted coolly that what she did to him was not fair. “It did make me wonder how my career might have been different without that unfortunate experience,� he says. These days, Walburg and his lovely wife, Deborah, keep making improvements to their property. They grow vegetables, tend their garden, cook and produce (and drink) their own wine. With age, he has given up sculpture, but focuses now on painting and drawing.
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In 2007, San Jose State published a book on Walburg. The couple have good health and a solid and joyful partnership. But for a man whose early years were spent working so diligently with both his head and his hands, my hope is that Jerry Walburg is able to stay active and productive until the moment he leaves this earth. Sacramento is a much richer place because this artist made our community his home.
SECOND EDITION BOOK After selling out of the first edition of our 2016 book “Inside Sacramento: The Most Interesting Neighborhood Places in America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital,” we have worked on an updated second edition this past six months. The new book is now available for purchase on insidesacbook.com and at local sellers listed in an ad in this month’s Inside. The second edition features about 30-percent new content and some great new features. I’ll write more about it next month. Join us on Sept. 28 for the Farm-to-Fork Festival on Capitol Mall for a book-signing event. Mention
“Inside” and get a $5 discount on the new lower price of $29.99.
MORE ON THE BEE In last month’s column, I mentioned the possibility of The Sacramento Bee ceasing print operations at some point in the future. Elaine Lintecum, the McClatchy Company’s vice president of finance and chief financial officer, took exception to my prediction and insisted the newspaper has no plans to curtail or eliminate its print editions. I consider this good news, as I would mourn the day if The Bee were to ever cease print operations. Lintecum is an East Sac resident and longtime Inside reader. She has generously put two of her own homes on the Urban Renaissance Home Tour, which I organize to raise funds for the nonprofit management of the McKinley Rose Garden. We are thrilled that her beautiful, remodeled home will be featured on our 2018 tour Sept. 23. Lintecum says there is no truth to “industry rumors” that The Bee’s print
operations will wind down in the next year or two. She says McClatchy and The Bee are committed to serving print customers over the long term (as they have since 1857). She offered to send me annual circulation audits for The Bee, although these are not made public. Additionally, Lintecum explained the role of McClatchy regional editor Lauren Gustus, who I described as “the regional corporate editor.” Gustus edits The Sacramento Bee, plus five other McClatchy papers. Finally, Lintecum offered to help me get the digital access I pay for with a print subscription. For all of which I say thank you.
HOME TOUR, ART STUDIOS, SOIL BORN, COVER ART This month we are partnering to sponsor three great community events. On Sept. 23, we will sponsor the Urban Renaissance Home Tour featuring five lovely new and remodeled homes in East Sacramento. Proceeds will benefit Friends of East Sacramento, a nonprofit I co-founded to manage
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for the McKinley Rose Garden and Clunie Community Center. Visit sacurbanhometour.com or East Sac Hardware to purchase tickets. We are also sponsoring Sac Open Studios, the 13th annual, monthlong art event in September showcasing more than 150 emerging and established artists in their studios. The event is organized by Verge Center for the Arts. Tours take place over two weekends, Sept. 8-9 and Sept. 15-16. Visit vergeart. com. Additionally, we will sponsor the Autumn Equinox Celebration fundraiser for Soil Born Farms with great food, wine and beer tastings on Sept. 15 at the farm’s historic American River Ranch. Visit soilborn.org. Some of our cover art in coming months will feature the Inside Publisher’s Awards that we selected from artwork in the 2018 California State Fair Fine Art Competition. We are happy to support these great events that truly reflect Sacramento at its best. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com. n
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he Urban Renaissance Home Tour will return Sunday, Sept. 23, after a hiatus of a few years. The tour will feature five lovely new and remodeled East Sacramento homes, including the extensive property of Gerald and Deborah Walburg with a renovated guest house and artful gardens over three city lots. Also on the tour will be a beautiful remodel of a mid-century-design home and a family-style Craftsman, both in the Fab 40s, and two homes near McKinley Park. One features a complete interior remodel, while the other is a newer home with an interior design featuring contemporary art. Proceeds will benefit Friends of East Sacramento, a nonprofit founded to manage the McKinley Rose Garden and Clunie Community Center. This year’s funds will help establish an innovative Butterfly Habitat Garden, a project by artist Daniel Tran, in the rose garden. Tran designed and constructed a
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sculptural structure for the garden and added butterfly-friendly plantings. Tour attendees are encouraged to visit the new garden. To purchase tickets, visit sacurbanhometour.com, East Sac Hardware at 48th Street and Folsom Boulevard or #Panache at 5379 H St. Presale tickets at the stores are cash and check only. On tour day, tickets are available at 1229 45th St. and will include credit card sales. The tour runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information or to volunteer as a docent, email friendsofeastsac@aol.com.
SACRAMENTO BALLET TAKES WING This month marks the Sacramento Ballet’s 65th anniversary season—and the first performance under new artistic director Amy Seiwert. Titled “Roots and Wings,” the season is designed to celebrate both the past and future of the region’s premiere professional dance company. “The new season celebrates the Sacramento Ballet’s roots by presenting classical and contemporary full-length ballets at the Community Center Theater and continues to honor the company’s tradition of storytelling at the newly built Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts,” Seiwert says. “We also take flight with innovative
approaches to engaging audiences and shifting preconceptions of classical ballet’s possibilities.” The upcoming season will feature works by acclaimed choreographers from around the world, including Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Adam Hougland, Stephen Mills, Penny Saunders, Val Caniparoli, former artistic director Ron Cunningham and Seiwert herself. “The adage states: ‘We stand on the shoulders of giants,’” Seiwert says. “We are mindful of taking on a 64-yearold legacy, following in the footsteps of Ron Cunningham and Carinne Binda-Cunningham and, before them, company founder Barbara Crockett. Their commitment and vision made the company what it is today and I want to honor that heritage.” The Sacramento Ballet presents “Telling Stories,” Sept. 27–30 at The Sofia, located at 2700 Capitol Ave. For tickets and more information, visit sacballet.org.
IF WALLS COULD TALK Local student artists are invited to participate in “Tearing Walls Apart,” an immersive art exhibit and festival on Sunday, Sept. 23, at the former Mansion Inn on 16th and H streets. Built in 1958, the Mansion Inn is a cultural and historic landmark.
In its heyday, the hotel hosted celebrities performing at the Memorial Auditorium, and was frequented by Gov. Pat Brown and other political figures. In the decades that followed, the Mansion Inn fell victim to suburban sprawl, and closed in 2012. Last year, SKK Developments and The Grupe Company acquired the hotel with a desire to revitalize the historic building with help from the community, including local high school students who will create temporary exhibits that may become permanently incorporated into the new boutique hotel. Students in grades 9–12 from the greater Sacramento area are invited to apply—no matter their skill level or preferred medium—to transform the space before its upcoming renovation. There is no cost to apply, but the online application closes Sept. 5. Students can enter individually or with a group of up to six artists. Entry is free to the art exhibit and festival, with an optional donation of $10 to benefit the Sacramento Arts Education Consortium, a new initiative of the Office of the Mayor, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, Friends of SMAC, Sacramento County Office of Education and all 13 local school districts. To apply or for more information, visit tearingwallsapart.org.
TAKE A HISTORIC HOME TOUR THIS MONTH The Historic Home Tour is back for its 43rd year on Sunday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The tour is presented by Preservation Sacramento, a citywide nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting Sacramento’s historic places and encouraging quality urban design through advocacy, outreach and activism. This year’s tour will feature six homes built in the late 1800s and early 1900s located in the Capitol Mansions Historic District, bounded by 22nd and 27th streets, Kayak Alley (between Capitol Avenue and L Street) and Matsui Alley (between Capitol Avenue and N Street). Five of the six distinctive buildings— in architectural styles ranging from Colonial Revival and Queen Anne to Prairie Bungalow and Classic FourSquare—have been restored to their previous lives as residences after serving as commercial ventures. To begin the tour, stop by the Preservation Sacramento ticket booth at the northwest corner of 22nd Street and Capitol Avenue to receive a program and entry wristband. Limited parking will be available at the 21st Street and Capitol Avenue garage. Secure, monitored bicycle parking will be available at no cost. For more information, visit preservationsacramento.org/hometour.
CALLING MCCLATCHY HIGH 1958 ALUMS Did you know that “America’s Most Typical High School” is right here in Sacramento? According to a 1958 census, that year’s graduating class at McClatchy High School was deemed the “most typical” in America on a “socioeconomic-racial basis,” according to class member Geoff Wong. Over the last 60 years, Parade magazine has followed up with the class of 1958 at their reunions every 10 years to see where they are now—and how they’ve changed. “Over the decades, Parade had several follow-ups on ‘America’s Most Typical’ high school class,” says Wong, a longtime local attorney. “But recently, as the Sunday insert has been shrinking in size, it can no longer afford to continue this ‘highschool-to-grave’ series.” “Geoff Wong, a shy, retiring ‘fringe person’ at McClatchy, became a big-man-on-campus at Berkeley,” journalist Pam Proctor wrote in the
Parade article from 1989. “Now he’s a prominent Sacramento attorney and part owner of The Sterling Hotel. … His transformation was so complete that he has fulfilled most of the dreams on his ‘wish list’: He has been on TV as a latenight talk-show host, written song lyrics and run for mayor.” Curious to see what the other classmates are up to? The 60th reunion will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Valley Hi Country Club on Franklin Boulevard. “We’ve always had tremendous turnouts,” Wong says. “Despite limitations that come with age—this year’s will be a lunch instead of dinner due to the number who are unable to stay awake past 10 p.m.—we still expect a few hundred attendees.” For more information, visit mcclatchy1958.com, call Barbara Cook at (916) 456-6099 or find the reunion page by searching “Class of 1958 CK McClatchy” on Facebook.
The 60th reunion of McClatchy High School's class of 1958 will be held Saturday, Sept. 29.
LEARNING THROUGH POP-UP PLAY
LAND PARK GOLF TO REMAIN OPEN
Fairytale Town, Sacramento Adventure Playground and Sacramento Public Library have partnered to present free Pop-Up Adventure Play Days at local libraries this summer. This month’s Play Days will take place at North Natomas Library on Thursday, Sept. 20, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; South Natomas Library on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and McKinley Library on Friday, Sept. 28, from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Pop-Up Adventure Play Days are free to the public and designed for children of all ages. Trained “play workers” will help participants use loose parts, materials and tools—from cardboard, fabric and string to wood, hammers, saws and paint—to bring their ideas to life. “Free play is a catalyst for community building, place-making, healthy human development and literacy acquisition,” says Kathy Fleming, executive director of Fairytale Town. “Play is an important way for our youngest kids to learn and grow,” agrees Christie Hamm, youth services manager for Sacramento Public Library. “Play and learning go hand-in-hand.” For more information, visit sacadventureplay.org.
Good news for local golfers: The Sacramento City Council voted unanimously in June to have Morton Golf LLC take over management of the William Land Golf Course in the heart of Land Park. The city finalized a deal earlier this summer with Morton Golf to take over operations beginning July 1. Until then, it looked like the 94-year-old course was going to close after former management company First Tee told city officials it wanted to terminate its lease by the end of June due to heavy financial losses.
Thanks to quick work by the city— including Councilman Steve Hansen, who represents Land Park—a deal was struck with Morton Golf, which operates the Sacramento area’s three other public golf courses. “City staff and officials have been working on solutions to continue operations,” the city said in a press release. “And a partnership with Morton Golf will allow for a seamless transition.” The nine-hole, par 34 William Land Golf Course was built in 1924 by William Lock as the city’s first course. TO page 13
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Generous Results BABY BOOMER GROUP RAISES FUNDS FOR LOCAL CHARITIES
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tuart Walthhall is a proud East Sac baby boomer. In fact, he was one of five founders of the group of the very same name—East Sac Baby Boomers—in 2015 that brought together local folks born between 1946 and 1964 to raise funds for worthy causes. “A group of us who all went to school together 50 years ago would get together and have lunch once a month to catch up and gossip,” says Walthall,
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who was born (along with his twin sister Beverly) at Sutter Memorial Hospital in 1951. He attended El Dorado Elementary, Kit Carson Junior High, Sacramento High, Sacramento City College and Sacramento State. “Our conversations slowly turned toward the fact that we had a lot of resources among us and that our lives seemed to have drifted toward helping various charities and causes. We thought, why don’t we form our own group and see what we can do?” The first step was to file as a nonprofit to make sure they could accept tax-deductible donations. Then came the question of who to help. “One of our founding members and current vice president, Steve Cippa, was already working with the American Cancer Society, so we went over there to check it out,” recalls Walthall, who became president of ESBB this year.
“It was great, but it was huge! We knew we wanted to help on a more local level. Then we discovered the underfunded Road to Recovery program, which provides local cancer patients transportation to and from treatments. Not only did they need money, they were also very trackable in terms of knowing exactly how many people would benefit from our involvement. We saw that we could actually make an impact.” ESBB has raised funds for Road to Recovery for the past two years through various means, but Walthall’s personal favorite has been Concerts for Life, a series of live music presentations staged at local entertainment venues. As a musician and a piano and guitar teacher for the past 45 years, Walthall has taught more than
1,500 students. He’s worked out of Skip’s Music on Auburn Boulevard for the past 38 years—so music is really his jam. When the group was brainstorming ways to raise funds for their chosen charity, Walthall suggested booking some concerts, where they could not only sell tickets, but also solicit sponsors and donors, and raffle off prizes “to make money in wads instead of dribs and drabs.” The model was a massive success, so this year the group has decided to add another charity to its roster. They selected Society for the Blind’s Senior Impact Project, which empowers individuals 55 or older living with low vision or blindness to achieve their full potential through free services like classes, discussion groups, seminars and excursions, as well as an eight-day intensive training program that teaches non-visual skills and alternative techniques to help clients maintain independence. “We were shocked at how quickly our membership grew,” Walthall admits. “But that means we can help even more people.” When Walthall isn’t organizing benefit concerts or teaching, he’s also donating his time to causes close to his heart in Locke, the historic, unincorporated community on the Delta built by Chinese immigrants during the early 20th century. “I used to be deeply involved in painting 40 years ago,” Walthall says. “And I would visit Locke because it was so picturesque. When I had the chance to move there in 1983, I jumped on it and eventually formed the Locke Foundation in 2003 to educate the public about the history, culture and legacy of this amazing place.” Walthall now splits his time between a home in Locke and an apartment near Skip’s Music, but he loves the communities equally. He reports that one of the most rewarding charity projects he’s involved in is providing Christmas—complete with presents, a visit from Santa and a giant holiday meal—to the children of farmworkers and their families along the Delta every winter. “The thing about being an East Sac kid is that you’re keenly aware that you’re often perceived as entitled,” Walthall says. “That’s why it’s important to give people the opportunity to pay their good fortune forward. For the East Sac Baby Boomers to be the organization that gives people that opportunity—to be thankful that you’ve had advantages and now be able to help other people—and then see the results of their generosity is exactly what we were after.” For more information, visit eastsacbabyboomers.org and locke-foundation. org. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n
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Situated in century-old William Land Park, the golf course is beloved for its meandering, oak-shaded grounds and important place in local history. William Land Golf Course is located at 1701 Sutterville Road. For more information, visit williamlandgc.com.
SAC OPEN STUDIOS’ PASSPORT TO FUN Make sure you grab your Passport to record this year’s Sac Open Studios, the self-guided tour showcasing nearly 150 artists in their personal studios throughout the region. The tour takes place Sept. 8–9 and Sept. 15–16. “Ten of us have organized as a group since we’re all in Land Park,” says artist Maggie Jimenez. “We’re passing out Passports in our studios and will give each visitor a stamp encouraging them to visit each studio. We will have
a raffle and each of the 10 winners will receive a basket filled with a piece of our art, gift cards and other goodies.” During the tour, check out the studios of Jimenez, Mary Bartels, Kathrine Lemke Waste, Ruth HoltonHodson, Libby Harmor, Judith Johnson, Jean Wiley, Mary Kercher, Elaine Bowers and Bob Thompson to snag a stamp. Since 2006, Sac Open Studios has encouraged the community to participate in special exhibitions, events, workshops, performances and parties where they have the opportunity to meet local artists, view artistry in action and gain new appreciation for the creativity of talented local artists. For more information, visit vergeart. com.
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Double Your Tax? One Voice Objects COUNCILMAN HARRIS STANDS UP TO MAYOR
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t a meeting on July 31, the Sacramento City Council voted 7-1 to place a measure on the November ballot asking city voters to increase the city sales tax by a full 1 percent, doubling the half-percent “temporary” Measure U sales tax approved in 2012. The original measure expires next March. Council member Jeff Harris opposed the 1-percent tax proposal (more about that later). If approved by voters, the overall sales tax rate in the city will increase to 8.75 percent, among the highest rates in the region. The new ballot measure will bear the same label used for the 2012 tax: Measure U. For clarity, I’ll refer to the 2012 measure as “U 1.0” and the latest 1-percent sales tax hike proposal as “U 2.0.” The expiring U 1.0 tax brings the city about $50 million per year. The 1-percent tax hike under U 2.0 would likely bring in $50 million in additional revenue, for a total haul of $100 million annually. In a stunning development, the Sacramento Metro Chamber spoke out in favor of U 2.0, while Firefighters Local 522 sent a letter to the City Council expressing concern that the 1-percent hike was too extreme and might be rejected by voters. Local 522 also believes the tax increase could lead
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to multiple new programs the city won’t be able to sustain.
CITY COPS, PAY RAISES, MORALE PROBLEMS As expected, the Sacramento Police Officers Association endorsed U 2.0. Earlier this year, SPOA landed a rich new labor contract. The contract raised police salaries across the board and gave 20-percent pay hikes to senior officers with at least 17.5 years on the job. Under the new contract, city police officers are paid base salaries of between $33 and $45 per hour, depending on their experience and excluding overtime, which brings the pay for veteran cops to about $86,400 per year. They also receive a valuable benefits package, and salary incentives for items such as college degrees and special training. In recent years, the Sacramento Police Department had trouble filling its ranks due to several factors. Many veteran officers opted to resign and move to new police agencies, a practice known as lateral transfers. Historically, there are many reasons why cops leave. Sometimes it’s to escape disciplinary problems. Other times it’s for more money. Some officers get burned out patrolling a large city and prefer to finish their careers in smaller towns or suburbs. And sometimes department morale and political support—or the lack of it—plays a role. In Sacramento, the exodus has largely stopped this year. However, there is no question the defections were caused not only because some officers wanted more money and better conditions, but because they perceived a lack of support by the City Council in the aftermath of officer-related
shootings of unarmed civilians. It would be smarter— and cheaper for taxpayers—if the city resolved police morale problems directly, rather than trying to continually “bribe” officers to stay with ever-increasing pay packages. Money has a limited ability to solve deep-seated morale problems. And taxpayers have a limited capacity to fund rich police pay contracts.
CITY PENSIONS: A WAY FORWARD The police salary hikes will have a major “echo effect” on lifetime pension benefits for cops, and the city’s pension liabilities and costs. The city’s annual pension bill is already expected to shoot up $64 million over the next four years—effectively consuming all of the $50 million in new revenues U 2.0 would generate each year. (The $50 million in taxes that U 1.0 has been bringing in annually is already baked into the city’s ever-increasing budget.) One pension reform proposal the city could phase in would be to require all city employees to pay one half of the city’s pension costs. Currently, city employees hired after 2013 pick up about 25 percent of the city’s pension obligations. Employees with more than five years on the city payroll contribute less. The pension arrangements for public-safety workers—cops and firefighters—are inequitable, since many current police officers and firefighters can expect to retire with pensions of more than $100,000 per year, something the
average Sacramento resident can’t even dream of receiving. Eye On Sacramento estimates that requiring all municipal employees to pay one half of the city’s pension bill would reduce the city’s annual pension bill by approximately $30 million— which equates to 30 percent of the $100 million overall that U 2.0 would likely generate. But the city’s workforce is unionized, and pension contributions, like salaries and benefits, must be collectively bargained. EOS is preparing a comprehensive package of proposed reforms that would reduce city costs by more than $100 million annually without reducing core services. The package, which will be released early this month as EOS’ “Blueprint for a Post-Measure U City,” will be available at eyeonsacramento. org.
JEFF HARRIS’ POLITICAL COURAGE It’s not often that a council member stands up to the almost Rasputin-like grip Mayor Steinberg seems to hold over his council colleagues. I’ve observed that, individually, our council members are, by and large, able and innovative problem-solvers, who bring energy and thoughtfulness
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to problems that affect their districts and constituents. But it’s increasingly worrisome how unwilling these same council members have been to use their skills to deal with citywide problems. Instead, their attitude seems to be: “Leave it to Darrell.” Consequently, there is very little debate on major matters before the council. In some respects, a virtual lockstep council consensus on policy can be viewed as healthy, particularly in contrast to the chaos that persisted in Kevin Johnson’s first term as mayor. But Steinberg is having consistency problems. He frequently changes positions on homeless policy, and convention center expansion and operations plans (first cut from $200 million to $120 million and then pushed back up to $240 million). He seems to operate at one speed: pedal to the metal, proposing new city spending and programs at a dizzying pace with little thought to prioritizing spending in a world of limited resources. Meanwhile, the city’s chronic and growing financial problems, like its ballooning unfunded pension and retiree health care cost liabilities—now a $1 billion debt—are ignored. The City Council needs a loyal opposition who is not bashful about expressing competing viewpoints and who can offer badly needed critiques of proposed Steinberg policies, and smart policy alternatives. Jeff Harris had the courage to debate the mayor on the tax-hike issue on July 31.
After sharing his experience in canvassing voters in his district on a possible 1-percent sales tax hike (Harris said he couldn’t find a single constituent who said they would vote for it), he proposed the council place two ballot questions before voters: first, an option to renew the expiring half-percent sales tax and, second, an option to approve a three-quarter-percent tax hike. Harris made the case that by failing to offer voters the option to renew and extend the current half-percent tax, the mayor would unfairly exploit voter fears of service cuts if they failed to approve a 1-percent increase. Harris also noted that if the 1-percent tax hike fails, the council is likely to schedule a special election to seek voter approval to renew the expiring half-percent tax, but at a cost of $2 million. Such a cost could be avoided by including the half-percent option on the November ballot. The mayor used his political muscle to push aside Harris’ proposal and won a council vote for a straight 1-percent hike in the sales tax. But Harris found his voice on the City Council. We can only hope his council colleagues find theirs. Craig Powell is a retired attorney, businessman, community activist and president of Eye on Sacramento, a civic watchdog and policy group. EOS is one of the authors of the ballot argument opposing Measure U (2.0). Powell can be reached at craig@eyeonsacramento.org or (916) 718-3030. n
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Battle Tested
Gil Perla and Al Cooper are neighbors at Sunrise Senior Living. They share vivid memories from seven decades ago.
HITLER’S CANNONS AND BATAAN DEATH MARCH COULDN’T STOP THESE 2 WARRIORS
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arlier this year, after he moved into Sunrise Senior Living center on Munroe Street, Al Cooper heard there was a resident who might have a story of survival, bravery and luck to match his own. That would be something. Then he met Gilmore Perla. “They told me there was a guy who wore a World War II POW cap, and I thought I should meet him,” Cooper says.
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From the distance of seven decades, the experiences of Cooper and Perla almost defy belief. Their stories read like Hollywood screenplays: German troops searching for downed airmen, Japanese soldiers marching half-starved American troops though sugar-cane fields toward Bataan, scenes of blazing heroism and narrow escapes. A beautiful coincidence delivered the two warriors to the Sunrise residences, where they live as neighbors and pass the days thinking about families and friends and the endlessly amazing fortunes of their lives. Perla is 97. Cooper is 96. They laugh easily and have bright eyes and vivid memories few of us can comprehend. “There were no bowls for rice,” Perla says, cupping his hands to show how he ate on the Bataan Death March. “They dumped the rice into my hands and it was hot. I dropped it. I picked it from the sand and ate it.”
This was World War II. Cooper was shot down by the Germans. Perla was captured by the Japanese. Cooper parachuted behind enemy lines. Perla was forced into the Bataan Death March. Cooper was rescued by partisans. Perla was beaten. Cooper was liberated by the Russian Red Army. Perla escaped through cane fields, helped by villagers. “I hadn’t had a shower in over three months,” Cooper says. “When we met up with the Russians, they sprayed us for lice, you know, de-loused us.” Cooper was an Air Corps bomber copilot. On his 23rd mission, his B-24 was hit by German cannon fire over Vienna. Flying with two engines and wounded by shrapnel, Cooper helped drive the battered plane for 30 minutes before the third engine died. The crew had to bail out. “The flak was so thick you could walk across it,” he says.
The men landed in Hungary, behind German lines. Luckily, their descent was witnessed by Hungarian partisans, who hid Cooper and crew from German patrols. Traveling at night in horsedrawn wagons, the Americans were taken to Yugoslavia. Cooper met the local army commander, Marshal Josip Broz Tito, and joined up with the Russian Red Army. The Russians delivered the flyers to American authorities in Bucharest, Romania, in early 1945. “I’ve learned in life that you meet some wonderful people and you meet some jerks,” Cooper says. “But most people are pretty good.” Perla was a Philippine citizen when he volunteered for the U.S. Army Signal Corps. From January to April 1942, Perla was part of the legendary Philippine Scouts of the American forces that battled Japanese troops on the Bataan peninsula. The defense was
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Court. Cooper retired as CHP deputy commissioner. Perla joined the Merchant Marines. He served in the Korean War and became an electronics specialist at McClellan, Vandenberg and Mather Air Force bases. He liked working on missiles. Today they enjoy each other’s company—a club with tough entry barriers, two good men, brave and lucky.
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Telling Tales CELEBRATED STORYTELLER BELIEVES IN THERAPEUTIC VALUE OF EXPRESSION
Storyteller Mary McGrath recently received the National Storytelling Network’s Regional Excellence Award.
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here is an oracle in our midst. In the 40 years Mary McGrath has called Sacramento her home, the seasoned storyteller has brought relief to abused women, entertainment to classroom-weary youngsters, and self-esteem and confidence to adults yearning to perfect their oratorical skills. This summer, she received a
prestigious award from the National Storytelling Network honoring her four decades of distinguished and passionate work. How and why did she choose storytelling as a career? The twinkle in her eye is enough of an answer. But she also adds, “Well, I’m Irish!”
The Omaha native, who loves Sacramento for its Midwest-style topography and no-nonsense, plainspeaking citizenry, has performed locally, nationally and internationally at a variety of venues, including festivals, schools, conferences and storytelling groups. She has also written and produced several storytelling programs, and has taught the art of storytelling for schools, libraries and museums. She wrote the syllabus for a course in storytelling at Sacramento City College, demonstrating how to incorporate her craft into everyday teaching skills. After earning her master’s degree in early childhood education from Sacramento State, completing extended courses at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Connecticut, and attending workshops at the National Storytelling Association in Tennessee, she did what every exhausted grad student would do post-degree—she jumped on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship. Not to party, but to offer on-board courses titled “Telling the Story of Your Life” during four-hour sessions at sea. The passengers enjoyed her lectures so much that the cruise line signed her up as an official on-board storyteller. “Pretty tough duty for someone who loves to stare at the ocean all day,” cracks the Irish lass. “Storytelling can be about anything under the sun,” says McGrath in a soothing, evenly paced, crystal-clear voice. There are no strict boundaries in the world of storytelling. McGrath believes in the therapeutic value of being able to express oneself, be it at home among family members gathered around the dinner table or in a more private setting like a therapist’s office. To articulate the story of one’s life, including travails, humor, upsets and victories, is the beginning of personal success. “My favorite collaborator in most of my work,” says McGrath, “is my husband Robin Aurelius, who knows exactly when to finish my sentences in storytelling, and, more importantly, when not to!” The couple live in East Sacramento and have three children and four grandchildren. They have appeared at Luna’s Café in Midtown, the bohemian gathering spot that encourages poetry recitals, as well as at The Avid Reader on Broadway, where McGrath uses her book, “The Healing Art of Storytelling,” as an impetus for verbal engagement. “I can’t emphasize enough,” exudes McGrath, “how women especially seize upon public storytelling as a way to combat their demons from abusive
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erald Walburg is a gentle, unassuming man with an extremely large perspective on life. His multiple homes, backyard art studios and sophisticated gardens are proof. But nothing conveys this man’s vast talent for great endeavors more than his art—his really big art. Examples include the 40-foot-tall corten steel “Indo Arch,” installed in 1980 outside of Macy’s on the K Street Mall, and a striking bronze sculpture at the entrance of the Crocker Art Museum. While art lovers can access Walburg’s public creations at any time, the community now has the opportunity to view his private collection during this year’s Urban Renaissance Home Tour on Sunday, Sept. 23. Sponsored by Friends of East Sacramento, the event raises funds to support the McKinley Rose Garden. Behind an expansive wall of cinder blocks, adorned with a charming array of rusty metal cutouts (an art piece unto itself), sits Walburg’s three homes, side by side on one large parcel of land in East Sacramento. Also on the property are two art studios, one with a separate rental unit upstairs. Walburg purchased the main house, which he shares with his wife, Deborah, 38 years ago, and completely renovated the home. Ten years later, he bought the house next door and turned it into a guest house and gallery for other artists to showcase their work. When the third house in the lineup came up for sale two years ago, Walburg grabbed that one too and went to work creating a modern, three-story, living and work space he meticulously designed himself. When finished, he and Deborah plan to move two doors down to the new residence.
In addition to the 800-square-foot guest house/gallery, tour attendees will be able to wander the gardens, also methodically designed by Walburg and filled with his larger-than-life metal art sculptures. Most of pieces are bronze and steel, cast and fabricated either in the warehouse-like studio on his property or at Sac State where he was an art professor for 37 years. Walburg, now retired, points to one of the smaller artworks. “This little piece is the oldest in the yard—it goes back to 1970.”
Everything in the garden was either planted or carefully chosen by Walburg. Fast-growing bamboo, deciduous ginkgo and redbud trees, and elegant Japanese maples fill the landscape. A flowering wisteria drapes over an arbor and creeping fig vines decorate the path. The Colorado spruce came from the now-closed Capital Nursery and a magnolia tulip tree with black flowers was acquired at Green Acres. There is a Japanese black pine, a blood orange and a ruby-red grapefruit that is more
than 30 years old. Deborah oversees the vegetable garden, which includes tomatoes and peppers. “I used to do a lot of landscaping, but now I have a young man who is one-third my age,” says Walburg. For the guest house/gallery, Walburg chose rosewood for the floors, sustainable bamboo for the kitchen and bathroom cabinets, and slate for the countertops. His propensity for all things contemporary goes back to his childhood. “At a very early age, I was
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always interested in modern,” he shares. Walburg’s smaller art pieces, such as an assortment of glazed ceramics, can be found throughout the home. Also important to Walburg: music and wine. Both of his studios are wired for sound. The artist’s preference? “Straightahead jazz or classical jazz,” he says. And Walburg has been making wine for more than 30 years. His bare bottles are stored according to the varietal. “I purposely never designed or use a label,” declares Walburg. “I think a lot of bad wine is sold by fancy labels. My attitude is: It’s not what’s on the bottle, its what’s in the bottle.”
Five East Sacramento homes will be featured on the Urban Renaissance Home Tour, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 23. To purchase tickets, visit sacurbanhometour.com, East Sac Hardware at 48th Street and Folsom Boulevard, #Panache at 5379 H St. or Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters at 2940 Freeport Blvd. Presale tickets at the stores are cash and check only. On tour day, tickets are available at 1229 45th St. and will include credit card sales. For more information or to volunteer as a docent, email friendsofeastsac@ aol.com. To recommend a house or garden for Home Insight, contact Cathryn Rakich at crakich@surewest.net. n
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Boxed Out SACRAMENTO FIGHT GAME IS DOWN ON ITS LUCK, BUT THERE’S HOPE
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he rule was professional boxers paid half price for meals at Georgian’s. Amateurs ate free. But the truth was more generous. No fighter ever paid for lunch, dinner or breakfast at Georgian’s when Sid Tenner was around. Sid grabbed all the checks. And Tenner was always around, a constant presence at the card room, restaurant and bar at 19th and J
streets, wandering the dingy halls with a toothpick dangling from his mouth, hustling tickets from a cigar box for upcoming fights at Memorial Auditorium or Arco Arena. For almost 40 years, Tenner was the heart of boxing in Sacramento—a fight manager and publicist. He helped guide the careers of Bobby Chacon, Pete Ranzany, Tony and Sal Lopez,
Loreto Garza, the Savala brothers, Bill McMurray, Henry Clark, Stan Ward, Willie Jorrin, Diego Corrales and more, a generational production line of fistic talent. “Sacramento was a great, great fight town,” says Don Chargin, the renowned Los Angeles boxing matchmaker. Now 90 and still promoting fights, Chargin
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and Tenner partnered to present the city’s biggest boxing shows. Those days are gone. Boxing was on its heels and headed for the ropes when Tenner died in 2004 at age 81. Georgian’s, headquarters for the local fight game, closed in 1990 after police claimed the joint harbored drug dealers. The building was demolished. Today, it’s hard to believe that the loss of a rumpled figure like Sid Tenner and the padlocking of a marginal place like Georgian’s could foretell the death of the city’s proud boxing legacy, but that’s what happened. The local fight game hasn’t recovered. “Diluted is the word for it,� says Jim Jenkins, retired executive sports editor and boxing writer for The Sacramento Bee. Jenkins is the closest thing the city has to a boxing historian. “There are still a couple of people promoting fights locally, and there are a couple of cards a year, but we don’t have the fighters and we can’t compete with the casinos, who pay upfront money.� A South Sacramento boxing show in June demonstrated the game’s diminished status. The main event was limited to eight rounds because the headlined fighters weren’t experienced enough to handle the classic 10 rounds. Jenkins wrote a story for fightnews.com, a boxing website, that put Sacramento’s status as a fight town into bleak perspective. He wrote: “The card, by Thompson Boxing Promotions, was held outdoors in the back lot of a commercial business. Portable lighting and seating, plus live streaming via Facebook still attracted several hundred fans to the makeshift venue featuring several Northern California fighters.� Jenkins was trying to be positive. He respected the promoter’s effort. But boxing has faded across the country, overtaken by the popularity of mixedmartial arts, an amalgamated circus
that holds no interest for aficionados of the sweet science. “People are turned on by that streetfighting crap,� Jenkins says. “I’m not enamored of it. If they have to stand and fight with a real boxer, they don’t have a chance. They don’t have the chins and they don’t have the defense. They fight on the floor like a barroom brawl.� The exception to boxing’s downfall is Las Vegas, where casinos and TV dollars attract the world’s best fighters. One of Sacramento’s greatest boxers, Tony Lopez, plans to move to Vegas this winter to train fighters and relocate his bail bonds business. Lopez, who ran for mayor in 2016, never left the fight game. The threetime world champion has maintained a side job training boxers at Center Ring Boxing on Franklin Boulevard. But finding a young Sacramento star—the next Tony Lopez—is frustrating. “I have guys who won’t show up, won’t train hard, and I tell them, I don’t have time for this,� Lopez says. Lopez is a hard man to knock down, and his mood soars when he speaks about his latest teenaged amateur prospect, Alex Miller, a Guatemalan raised in Nevada County. “I don’t train amateurs, but I made an exception,� Lopez says. “He hits hard and he’s not afraid, which is half the battle. He can be a champion at 125 pounds.� Chargin would love that. He says, “You’ve got to latch onto the local guys to make Sacramento a fight town again.� With Lopez moving to Nevada, Miller’s progress may require longdistance tracking. The fight game in Sacramento awaits the next Sid Tenner, the next Georgian’s, the next Lopez. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com. n
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Sweet Dreams FROM BODY LOTION TO BBQ, CONTEST BRINGS OUT BEST IN BUSINESSES
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ive entrepreneurs with dreams and visions of business success are battling to win the Calling All Dreamers competition sponsored by the Downtown Sacramento Partnership. The contestants honed their business plans, found a marketing direction, and displayed passion and fortitude. Now their success depends on a panel of judges and an online public vote. The Dreamers competition has picked up steam since its inception six years ago. Early iterations attracted entrepreneurs whose ideas primarily relied on the substantial cash and support services that come with winning first prize. The 2018 finalists have wellconceived ideas, and many already have their business up and running.
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“We are seeing much more vested and dedicated concepts than before,” says Valerie Mamone, the Downtown Sacramento Partnership’s business development senior manager. “We are still focused on storefronts and retail, but less in the food and beverage category.” The champion Dreamer will get up to $10,000 in cash and about $90,000 in support services from more than a dozen businesses. Support comes in many forms and includes advertising from Inside Publications, telecom through Consolidated Communications, legal services from Smith, McDowell & Powell and billboards from Marquee Media. “I think we’ve set the bar pretty high over the years,” Mamone says. “The concepts we’re seeing are very aspirational and a very good retail mix.” The five finalists will go before a panel of judges, all entrepreneurs themselves. Their scoring will be combined with online public voting at downtownsac. org. The winner will be announced in September.
The final five Dreamers are unique in their business approaches, but similar in their drive to succeed. They include:
BLOSSOM BATHHOUSE Developed by Jazmine Bonnett, the concept features a retail store specializing in handcrafted bath bombs, body butters, lotions, shower gels, hand-poured soy candles and body/ facial scrubs. Blossom Bathhouse embodies the “farm-to-tub” movement with fresh, natural and local ingredients. Bonnett believes what goes onto your body is just as important as what goes into it.
KINDRED CRAFT COLLECTIVE Jen Kesler developed a creative workshop and curated-goods space for people who seek stylish, high-quality, handmade local products and modern craft activities. Kindred Craft Collective is a retail storefront and community designed to support local artisans and makers. The crafts on display include a wide spectrum of mediums.
MOONSHINE & CO. NAIL BAR Lien Glankler applied her experience in the nail industry to reinvent the concept for Sacramento consumers. Her nail salon, Moonshine & Co. Nail Bar, provides time for self-indulgence and dedicated customer service in a fun and warm environment. Glankler arrived in Sacramento from Laos as a child. Her work in the nail business convinced her she could provide an experience more appealing than most salons. “We had a concept and idea and it made sense, but we need some validation,” Glankler says. “I just knew we were on to something.”
NEO ESCAPE ROOMS Acme Lee and Gabriel Berzamina created an immersive, new form of reality entertainment that builds camaraderie and fully engages everyone’s creativity in multidimensional ways. At NEO Escape Rooms, players work as teams to solve puzzles before time runs out.
Lien Glankler of Moonshine & Co. Nail Bar.
NASTY SAUCE Naashon Corbett delighted family and friends with his special sauces. They suggested he take his talents to market. Nasty Sauce produces handcrafted, uniquely flavored sauces perfect for any BBQ with locally sourced ingredients. Corbett plans to expand into chips, slaws and other side dishes. “It was a personal thing for me, but now that I’m in the competition, I’m glad to be a part of it,” Corbett says. “They helped formulate my business plan.” The Downtown Sacramento Partnership has seen various startups, new ideas and business ventures throughout the years vying for top honors in the Calling All Dreamers competition. But there have been some consistencies. “Many of these business owners are putting a twist on national concepts,” Mamone says. “We see millennials seeking artisan shops adding an
experience into retail concepts. They are marketing to other millennials who relate to local ownership and local art.” The overarching goal is to bring retail business Downtown to a local level, where service and products are personalized to a regular clientele. As residential development increases in the Downtown core, consumers seek out convenient shops, unique offerings and a little style from people they appreciate. It’s an experience that will attract customers from outside Sacramento who want something local, new and different—and not available at the local strip center. The Downtown Sacramento Partnership’s Calling All Dreamers competition is open annually. More information is at downtownsac.org.
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Live and Learn GARDENING GOOFS CAN BE HALF THE FUN
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t was our first visit to our son’s new townhouse. Kurt and his girlfriend Shelly had purchased a strawberry pot, filled its little openings with blue lobelia, scarlet salvia and white alyssum, and put it on the front stoop. The plants were drooping woefully in the blazing sunlight. As soon as Kurt and Shelly opened the door, I blurted, “These plants need water now!” I tried, more diplomatically, to explain that their roots needed more soil and space to grow, and it would be very hard to keep them moist enough to survive in that pot. In my heart, I was lamenting that they were making the same mistakes I made when I began gardening. Why didn’t they consult me, the Master Gardener in the family? Does each generation need to repeat the last’s gardening goofs? My heart sunk further when I learned they had bought a fuchsia. They confessed that “she” was not looking good. I explained that fuchsias need
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indirect light and moisture, and are not easy to grow in Sacramento. My husband and I have a long, shameful history as fuchsia torturers. A northfacing wall seemed like a perfect place, but they clung to life there in a straggly sort of way until they expired. When we went on a two-week summer vacation, our neighbor Bill took care of our garden. Upon our return, we were amazed at how good the fuchsias looked, complimented him on his green thumb and tried for years to match his success. He confessed much later that they died while we were gone and he had secretly replaced them. This bit of news ended our fuchsia futility. Kurt and Shelly chose wisely as well. They purchased a bougainvillea for their balcony, where a neighboring cork tree will shelter it from winter cold. At the top of the strawberry pot, they planted lavender, a woody, drought-tolerant plant that does well with sun and good drainage. As predicted, the other plants in the strawberry pot died in short order. The fuchsia is doing better in a more protected spot, but not looking good. Kurt and Shelly are undaunted. “Finding out on your own is some of the fun,” Kurt told me. “We’ve really enjoyed trying things out.”
There’s a lot to be said for learning from experience, although it can cost money and time and be very frustrating. You can’t just buy a plant that catches your eye and assume that it will grow well. You must be aware that not all plants on the shelves are suited for Sacramento or your particular growing conditions. The plants themselves can be problematic, too. As a sales strategy, commercial growers push their plants with fertilizer and put them into stores when they are flowering at their showy peak. Such over-stimulated plants will need continued fertilizer and plenty of water to keep them going. They probably have very crowded roots which need to be loosened and spread out before planting. Plants are offered in the stores when people are planting, whether or not it is the right time of year. For example, you often find parsley and cilantro among herbs sold in late spring, despite the fact that these cool-season plants will bolt (send out flowering stalks and go to seed) as soon as it gets hot. Perennials and woody plants are offered in the spring, too, even though the best time of year to plant them is the fall. Gardeners also learn is that location is very important. Kurt tried for years to grow cactus and succulents in various dark apartments with limited success.
In the filtered bright light on the townhouse’s balcony, his collection is now thriving and increasing. When I began gardening in Sacramento, my main resources were Sunset’s “Western Garden Book” and my friends and neighbors. Today’s beginning gardeners can also find a huge amount of information on the internet. In 1980, a couple of years after I moved into my East Sacramento home, Sacramento County started the first Master Gardener Program in the state. New and experienced gardeners can attend workshops and open garden days at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center; contact the UC Master Gardener Office for advice; and visit sacmg.ucanr.edu for scientifically based information tailored to our local area. Kurt and Shelly will continue to learn on their own, but they’ve begun asking me for advice, which I’m delighted to give. Isn’t that what mothers (and Master Gardeners) are for? Anita Clevenger is a Lifetime Sacramento County Master Gardener. For answers to gardening questions, contact the UC Master Gardeners at (916) 875-6338 or mgsacramento@ ucanr.edu. The next Open Garden is Saturday, Sept. 8, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd. n
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he sheer amount of paper spread out before us on the ottoman in the living room of Rona Commins’ Arden-area house is impressive. Brochures and flyers announcing concerts, contests, presentations and foreign excursions are visual reminders of how much work Commins does on a daily basis as a teacher, author and professional singer. “You make your own work as an artist,” says Commins, who led cultural tours to Florence, Paris, London and Madrid for 24 years through Sacramento State and San Francisco State universities, and recently published a book, “Forever Florence: True Tales of Italian Intrigue,” about her favorite European city. “You put in 110 percent and if you’re lucky, you get back 95.” Commins has always been driven artistically. She begged for piano lessons as a little girl—she comes from a family of three girls and four boys, in that order—and, during secondary and high school, managed to also tackle the clarinet, violin, alto clarinet, saxophone and organ. When it came time to pick a major in college, she figured why not study the subject she spent the most time doing—music? She went on to earn her master’s degree in music performance at Sac State, which led to teaching gigs there, at San Francisco State, American River College and Brigham Young University—not to mention the private voice lessons she teaches out of the home her father built. As a singer, she’s studied and performed all over the world, including at the Villa Schifanoia Graduate School of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy, and the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. She’s also performed locally at the inauguration of the Community Center Theater (singing the role of Violetta) and as a featured soloist with the Sacramento Symphony, Camellia Symphony Orchestra, Sacramento Ballet, Sac State and UC Davis symphonies, and Capitol Chamber Players, a group she helped found in 1987. And with all of these artistic endeavors, she still found time to write a book. “When Sac State cancelled its study abroad program in 2011 after I’d spent summer after summer teaching for them in Florence, I thought, ‘What do I do with all this information?’” Commins says. She’d fallen in love with the city years before during her very first trip to Europe with her husband. The couple took an art tour outside Florence and
the singer was struck by the lack of music mentioned as a critical part of Italy’s history, so she sought to set the record straight with the “Art, Music and Culture” tours she created for Sac State. 2012 was the first summer Commins didn’t return to Florence in nearly two decades and she went through “serious withdrawals,” so the following year she went back with a photographer friend, Maggie Suckow. As Commins considered the scads of stories about the city and its position as “the cultural cradle of the Renaissance,” a book began to take shape. Since Commins serves as the president of the Sacramento chapter of the music fraternity Mu Phi Epsilon, she knew that the group’s Mary Cox Award—a grant given to those going through a “mid-life transition” in their career—would help in completing the collection of period accounts and practical visitor information, accompanied by Suckow’s photographs. She won the award in 2014 and “Forever Florence” was published that summer. Now, Commins travels all over the country giving presentations and lectures with her book in hand to give others a glimpse of the Florence she adores. Which brings us back to the brochures spread out before us. “This is a poster we made for the book,” she says, lovingly adding it to the stack. “This is the program from the performance I did with Camerata California over Christmas. Here’s a flyer about the winner of this year’s Mu Phi Epsilon scholarship contest—he’s a wonderful clarinetist. This is the schedule for when I play the organ at the Sierra Arden United Church of Christ. And this is the brochure from the Capitol Chamber Players’ finale concert celebrating 30 years.” All of this is labeled and tucked neatly into a folder, along with “Melodies,” a CD of Commins’ live performances from 1974-2004 and a copy of “Forever Florence.” Commins wants to make sure I have everything I need before I depart, since she’ll be leaving in two days to go to Ireland with her daughter to trace their Irish roots. Which just goes to show that no matter what she’s doing—singing, teaching, traveling, even being interviewed—Commins always gives 110 percent. “Forever Florence: True Tales of Italian Intrigue” is available on amazon. com. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n
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Sky’s The Limit CROCKER MUSEUM REIMAGINES PARK FROM GROUND UP
Crocker Park, which is owned by Crocker Art Museum, will be completely transformed in the future. Photo courtesy of THINair Professional Aerial Imagery.
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his summer, the Crocker Art Museum made a $40-million announcement to lift people’s spirits, literally and creatively. The museum named Seattle’s Olson Kundig, in partnership with San Francisco-based Surfacedesign, Inc., as the lead architect to develop the underused Crocker Park, the open expanse just north of the museum. Although the Crocker purchased the park in the early 1960s, communications and marketing director Christine Calvin says the site’s development is “good timing for everybody with the current renaissance of Sacramento.”
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Olson Kundig, a leading international design firm, will transform the open space between Second and Third streets, and design a multi-use structure the museum hopes will address the lack of storage, parking and recreational space. There may even be room for weddings. Surfacedesign will focus on landscape architecture. Last year, the Crocker had approximately 275,000 visitors. But the museum shares about 200 parking spaces among permits parkers, visitors and its 94 fulltime employees. The new structure will introduce about 400 new parking spots, approximately doubling current space. Plans also include space to display work from the Crocker’s collection. Of the 18,000 pieces in the museum’s care, only about 5,000 are on public display at any given time. More than providing practical solutions, Calvin believes the development of Crocker Park is an opportunity to create one of America’s great park spaces.
“We do envision that,” Calvin says. “And the hope is that it will provide a multi-use space where we can have additional programing, whether it’s films or parties, or a space to share with other entities out in the community.” Thanks to the unique and diverse nature of the project, Calvin says the Crocker had applications from firms around the world. The design will reflect changing modes of transportation— notably, autonomous and ride-share cars. “The reason we got so much interest from other architects is that we need that garage to park vehicles, but maybe someday not park vehicles, if they decline in use,” she says. “This space has to modify itself maybe to someday not be a parking garage, while it also has to host events and art.” Calvin adds, “So there will be a building, but it will also very likely house our ceramics collection on view, or you very likely can get married in it. It’s also possible that it will have staff offices.”
Thirty architects, landscape designers, board members and donors from the community comprised the panel that ultimately narrowed 50 applicants to three firms, among which Olson Kundig was unanimously selected. The firm recently completed a redesign of the Seattle Space Needle. “They spent a lot of time here,” Calvin says, “and they knew us inside and out. Without us even prompting them, they talked about a future that doesn’t rely on vehicles.” Olson Kundig’s principal owner and lead designer on the project, Alan Maskin, told Inside Publications that the park and structure “will allow the museum to literally spill outside the museum walls. From the design perspective, it’s one of the most interesting, compelling design challenges you can ever be given. In that regard, this will be one of the top projects I ever work on.” According to Calvin, one reason for Crocker’s attraction to Olson Kundig is its reputation for working on “projects in the sky.” In Sacramento, she says,
“We don’t have enough activation up, with the ability to see the river, the skyline or city-to-city.” “We are just beginning the design process,” Maskin says. “But one initial idea we have is to include a rooftop park or other kinds of elevated spaces. It would be amazing for people at Crocker Park to be able to see the river nearby, the relationship to the Capitol and the urban configuration of Sacramento.” With the design process in its initial stage, Crocker Museum plans to host public town hall meetings. Dates will be announced through social media and the museum website. The Crocker posted a link in a July 12 blog on its website where community members can share ideas for the park. “We are still in the imagination space, and there will be a lot of community engagement around this,” Calvin says. “We’ll be sure to let media know when that happens. This isn’t meant to be a surprise for the community or an isolated project.” The museum hopes to break ground Oct. 10, 2020, which would mark the 10year anniversary of the opening of the Crocker’s Teel Family Pavilion. Jordan Venema can be reached at jordan.venema@gmail.com. n
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Simple Sharing ARE ELECTRIC-ASSIST SCOOTERS THE NEXT NEW THING?
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UMP, the bike-share company, is still filling out its fleet of 900 electric-assist bikes in the Sacramento region. Are swarms of electric-assist scooters lurking around the corner, waiting to invade as well? The scooters entering the national scene are the small-wheeled, stand-on variety that made a splash with kids and some adults years ago, not the Vespa-style motor scooters. San Francisco had so many shared scooters on its sidewalks that it banned them in June and instituted a permit system for a pilot program. Only five permit holders will be allowed and the total number of scooters is capped at 1,250. Prior to the ban, scooter company Bird alone scattered 1,600 scooters in
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San Francisco. Rivals Lime-S and Spin added hundreds more. Those three companies were joined by Uber, Lyft, scooter manufacturer Razor and bikeshare company Ofo in the competition for the five permits. In the prior unregulated freefor-all, Bird ruffled feathers by not asking permission for its dramatic foray into the San Francisco market. The city received many complaints about scooters operating on sidewalks (they can go 15 mph). The scooters threatened pedestrian safety and, when left carelessly unattended, interfered with pedestrian travel. Bird in particular came on strong with an in-your-face attitude that mimicked Uber’s initial brash approach in its ride-hail business. Bird has been called the “Uber of scooters.” Despite problematic public relations surrounding scooter rollouts, there are powerful reasons to expect that many more scooters will be coming to cities across the U.S. They might not be coming right to your neighborhood, but for “last mile” trips in central cities, they occupy a niche that no other form of mechanized mobility quite fills.
The economics of the scooter business has proven irresistible to market entrants. The same scooters that Bird uses are available for $500 retail. If rented four or five times a day, companies can recover equipment costs in a month. The potential profits have induced Uber and Alphabet (Google’s parent company) to invest in Lime-S, LimeBike’s scooter subsidiary. It now has a market valuation of $1 billion. Bird is valued at $2 billion. Those are astonishing figures for businesses that didn’t even exist a couple of years ago. There are questions about scooter safety, durability and maintenance, as well as liability issues. Their use can endanger riders, as well as pedestrians. The scooters’ small wheels mean hitting a crack can more than just jar a rider, it can cause a crash. According to a Wired report, Spin says that 2.5 percent of its fleet disappears each month. They can wind up in trees, underwater and in homes. Bird batteries are recharged by gig economy contractors. Bird hunters are paid to find GPS-equipped scooters with low batteries, recharge them at their homes and release them to Bird “nests”
by 7 a.m. the next morning. Reports suggest this work, while having the entertaining aspects of scavenger hunts and Pokémon Go, can be difficult and sometimes cutthroat. Bird hunters have gotten into conflicts with each other. Some try to game the system. But the scooter positives seem to overwhelm the negatives. The consensus is that they are fun to ride. They avoid the delays of car-clogged streets, are more convenient than transit, eliminate parking worries and costs, and are less expensive than ridehailing services such as Uber and Lyft. They can be the right tool for the job. A city worker can get from her workplace to a restaurant for lunch or a meeting off-site up to five times faster than walking. Who knows where exactly we’re headed with this new scooter wrinkle in transportation. Right now, other cities are experiencing and experimenting with this first generation of shared electric scooters. We can expect scooter design and operations to evolve over time—and we can expect them to come here. Lime-S approached West Sacramento earlier this year about putting scooters on the Sacramento River’s left bank. According to transportation analyst Chris Dougherty, the city is working with Lime on potential terms to see if its operation would be the right fit for West Sacramento. No scooter company has yet asked Sacramento for a business permit. Currently Sacramento’s application process has provisions only for bikeshare companies, a category that doesn’t quite apply to scooters. Uber, Lyft and even Ford and General Motors seem to be redefining themselves more broadly as mobility companies, rather than narrowly as car-sharing or auto-manufacturing businesses. After many years of the biggest news in transportation being the look of the latest model of a Ford or Chevy, disruptive changes are occurring at a dizzying pace in how we get around. Scooters (a one-time kids’ toy), bike sharing and ride hailing are in the mix. Autonomous cars and trucks are not quite yet waiting in the wings, but they’ll be rolling down the road one of these days too. Walt Seifert is executive director of Sacramento Trailnet, an organization devoted to promoting greenways with paved trails. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net. n
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The Book of Brian Shea REMEMBERING AN ARTIST, WRITER, BUILDER AND NONCONFORMIST
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egular readers of this column know that I have a fondness for handwritten ephemera. I have written before about my collection of diaries, journals, letters and recipes written by decidedly unfamous people. A few months ago, I met with Terry Pappas, a Sacramento artist who didn’t know what to do with an enormous unpublished manuscript that her brother left behind when he died last year in his early 70s. Her brother’s name was Brian Shea. He, Terry and their siblings grew up in the Bay Area in a middle-class household. He was a multi-talented artist who did a little painting, a little sculpting, some photography and some collage work before dedicating himself almost exclusively to creating origami artworks. In the 1970s, he moved from the Bay Area onto some land that his family owned in a remote part of Amador County. On this tract of a little more than 60 acres Brian spent most of the rest of his life. He was incredibly talented with his hands. He taught
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himself to play a variety of musical instruments just by picking them up and tinkering with them. Despite having no formal training in the building industry, he managed to construct, single-handedly, an amazing compound of houses on his family’s property. Using almost nothing but recycled materials, he built a multistory, multi-colored building that resembles the pilothouse of a massive wooden ship. He created it in 100 days using reclaimed barn wood he had purchased for $100. He kept a log of the project called “One Hundred Days/One Hundred Dollars.” Out of recycled galvanized steel he built a gallery for his origami work that looks like a cross between a cathedral and a Quonset hut. He built a small amusement park/play area for his nieces and nephews that featured all sorts of clever rides, none of which required any motorization to operate. He built a sort of honeymoon cabin where he planned to live with his fiancé after they married. Alas, the marriage never came off and the cabin remained largely untenanted. Neither he nor his former fiancé ever married. His buildings were all strictly off the grid. They used captured rainwater and underground wells as their only source of water. The electricity was provided by generators and solar panels. Most of the lighting was done by oil lamps and candles. Brian was not a loafer. When he wasn’t practicing one art form or
another, or building some new structure from scratch, he was reading and writing. He was a bit of a renaissance man. He knew a little about a lot of subjects, and he knew a lot about quite a few subjects, including the history of Amador County (on which he self-published a few books) and the history of art. Over the course of about 40 years, he spent a part of each day writing down his prolific thoughts about all manner of things. He was particularly obsessed by a handful of subjects: capitalism, materialism, creativity, money, progress, nature, technology, psychology and so forth. He would write up these thoughts in longhand and then painstakingly type up clean copies of every adage, maxim and witticism using an old-fashioned manual typewriter.
In addition to his own original observations he frequently typed up quotes from others as well. He quoted people as diverse as Li Po and Sarah Palin. He typed up advertising slogans that he thought encapsulated the mindset of the American consumer. Everything was grist for his mill. And by the time of his death (he died alone of a heart ailment that might easily have been detected had he not abhorred visits to the doctor) his manuscript
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badly.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing fallacious holds unless stubbornness shores it up.â&#x20AC;? But my favorite parts of the book are the quotations that sound profound, but whose meanings are somewhat elusive. These come along every few pages or so, and when they do they remind me of the poetry of John Ashbery, the master of the elusive epigram. Here are some of my favorites so far: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Never more are we to be whatever we might have been before.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Such harmony as machinery promises doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sing in organic euphony.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the Court of Celebrity, appearances get the job done.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;How thwartive to human evolution if everything potentially new was immediately channeled into the maintenance of more-of-the-same.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;All efforts run their course within the spent range of their available potential.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Clearly, connivance enjoys no comfort zone within the reverberating light of the vital moment.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing arising from within a panoply will ever be capable of reining it in.â&#x20AC;? As a new school year arrives, I am reminded that in practically every classroom I ever sat, there was always one nonconformist who couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to parrot the lessons by rote, who refused to accept the conventional wisdom. Generally, that type of student is ostracized, but we should be celebrating them instead. Brian Shea was one of those people. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too late to show him any kindness, but perhaps in his honor we could all try being a little bit nicer to the oddballs and misfits among us. Who knows, they may have an amazing manuscript hidden somewhere inside them.
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ast winter, my wife and I went to Honduras for three months to help our daughter in a small, grassroots nonprofit called Chispa Project. One night as we left a restaurant, a man followed us to our car. “Por favor,” he said, handing my daughter a note. “PLEASE, can you help me get to America?” the note said. It was signed with a name and phone number. The man’s plea points to the desperation shared by thousands of Latin American families making the treacherous journey north to the southern border of the United States. They come for refuge but are being arrested. Did you ever wonder what makes them take the risk? Why do they trek thousands of miles through harsh
NB By Norris Burkes Spirit Matters
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weather, violence and rough terrain? Why do they risk arrest or, even worse, rape, robbery, human trafficking or being separated from their children? How bad would it have to be for you to leave your home forever in Mansfield, Ohio, or Lakeland, Fla., or Sacramento, Calif.? What would force any one of us to make such a perilous journey? In part, the simple answer is that Hondurans want to escape the secondhighest murder rate outside of war zones. Their corrupt governments empower gang cultures fueled by U.S. drug consumption and U.S.-sponsored weapons. Many of these refugees also seek better education. Public schools are overcrowded, underfunded and poorly staffed. Children are required to buy expensive uniforms and have little hope of progressing past sixth grade because advanced education requires costly private schools. Honduran refugees are seeking a way to make an honest living, a government that doesn't steal their tax dollars and leave their social security bankrupt, and a job that pays fair wages so they don't have to watch their children starve. Honduras is a complex and struggling country, but it's also one full of hospitality and love. Because of this,
my daughter, Sara, started Chispa Project. Chispa (pronounced cheez-pah) means “spark” in Spanish. It’s a word Hondurans use to describe people with spark or drive. And what is better than education to spark sustainable change? Chispa Project has a simple mission: sponsor children’s libraries and equip them with quality books in Spanish by working side by side with Honduran community leaders and educators. In the 50 schools where Chispa works, their secret to success is building alliances with communities to design, fund and manage their own libraries. Community members volunteer with the library project and raise a symbolic portion of the funding ensuring sustainability and ownership. Chispa Project, like Hondurans, wants to see children educated and grow up so they can remain united with their families and have choices in their future. They want to see Honduran children dreaming the American dream. Not the U.S. dream, but the true American dream that belongs to all people everywhere. It’s a God-given belief that all people should have the power to prosper anywhere through hard work and community that isn’t stifled by lack of health care, stolen tax money or violence.
Most Hondurans don’t want to leave their home. They don’t want our country. They don’t want our welfare dollars or our jobs. They want their country. They want their home. They want a way to provide for their families. That’s why my new Honduran friends are inviting my readers for an exclusive visit. They want you to sip the best cup of coffee in the world. They’d love for you to scuba dive off the island of Roatan or explore the rich Mayan ruins of Copán or salsa dance in a Tegucigalpa nightclub. Hondurans are incredibly proud of their country. In February 2019, I will return to Honduras. I need 10 volunteers to accompany me and help Chispa establish two more libraries. I need 20 more people to help me purchase 1,500 books for those libraries. If you can help, email me at norris@thechaplain. net or leave a voice mail at (843) 6089715. We are all Americans—North, Central and South. May God help us all to find our American dream! Please visit chispaproject.org/donate. Norris Burkes can be reached at comment@thechaplain.net. n
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rank Sinatra is singing “The Way You Look Tonight.” At least I think it’s Sinatra. The music has a decidedly Italian vibe, which makes sense because I’m here this evening to learn how to make an Italian dinner. What makes this meal Italian? It could be the dried oregano or fresh parsley in the veggie burgers. It could be the homemade basil buns, herb-and-ricestuffed tomatoes or raspberry Italian sodas. Or it could be the instructor— Lucia Oliverio—as her parents are Italian immigrants. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
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For those who haven’t taken a class at the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-Op, I’ll set the scene. The school is upstairs in a light-filled space that could double as a set for a cooking show. In front of the kitchen island, with large commercial stoves, are rows of tables holding bottles of cold water, along with cubed cheese and crunchy breadsticks. Monitors above project images of the wooden cutting boards below, in preparation for the cooking demonstration to come. For $5 you can purchase a glass of wine. Sip it while you read through the recipes and the shopping list. Imagine how you’ll spend the $5 coupon after class (no, you can’t use it to purchase another glass of wine). There’s a complimentary glass offered with your meal, so pace yourself. You haven’t started cooking yet. The Co-Op opened its Cooking School about 15 years ago, offering pasta- and sushi-making classes and teaching knife skills. Instructors still
teach the same “tried and true” classes, according to Julia Thomas, the CoOp’s outreach manager, but have also added new ones. Vegan and Thai are popular. How about Indian, Caribbean or a gnocchi workshop? Take a French cooking class by longtime instructor Jill Simmons. Learn how to make soup this fall with Rick Mahan (chef-owner of The Waterboy and OneSpeed Pizza) or sharpen your knife skills with Mayumi Tavalero. It’s difficult to judge the Cooking School’s impact on the community, but it fulfills a need and occupies a niche. “There are so many people who don’t know how to cook at all,” says Thomas. There’s another way to measure the school’s influence. It offers more classes than most food co-ops in the United States, according to Thomas. The only requirement for each class is that the ingredients come from the Co-Op. Back in the hands-on Italian veggie burger class, we have divided into teams
and tackled three of the four recipes. In my group there were experienced and novice cooks. We diced, measured, mixed, sautéed, and then formed and cooked the patties, while Oliverio supervised, answered questions, and kept everything and everyone moving. When the veggie burgers were done, we made raspberry syrup for the sodas. Staff whisked away dirty bowls and pans. While they plated our food in back, Oliverio demonstrated how to make the basil buns up front. The monitors sprang into action. Gliadin and glutenin “are curly in structure and don’t get along,” she says, so you have to kneed the dough. I’ll never look at dough the same way again. I may never purchase frozen veggie burgers again either. Oliverio’s never had a class that was a food disaster. Recipes always work out. “I learned everything [about cooking] from my mother and grandmother,” she tells me later. At a
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young age, she cooked for her brother and herself while her parents worked. Her family owned a restaurant, but
she wanted nothing to do with the food industry when she became an adult. Despite her early aversion, she
eventually started her own catering business and she’s been teaching at the Co-Op since 2008, drawing inspiration
from her Italian heritage, as well as her mother’s and grandmother’s recipes. She likes talking about food science and what to eat for good health, perhaps because she believes that her diet (along with her faith) have helped her fight multiple sclerosis. She was diagnosed when she was 21. “My mother never cooked anything from a box or a can,” she says. Oliverio follows her example. When I ask her why someone might want to attend a cooking class at the CoOp she says, “I think most people come because they’re intrigued. There’s only so much you can get by watching the Food Network.” Soon she will be taking a trip to Italy with her dad. He’s in his 80s and has attended her class. Her mother and grandmother have as well. She’s hoping her aunts will show her some new recipes while she’s in Italy. “I like to learn from everybody,” she says. For more information about the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-Op’s Cooking School, go to sac.coop/ cookingschool. Angela Knight can be reached at knight@mcn.org. n
Julia Thomas (left) helps put the finishing touches on a peach galette.
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Sensing a Pattern ARTIST’S GEOMETRIC ART IS INSPIRED BY MUSIC AND ARCHITECTURE
JL By Jessica Laskey Artist Spotlight
Mark Emerson in his East Sacramento studio.
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ark Emerson likes the very thing about art that makes a lot of others anxious. “Uncertainty in the arts really frustrates a lot of people,” he says on a break from packing up his East Sac studio—located in the house where he grew up—on the eve of a move to Davis
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to be with his fiancée. “But I think it spurs us on to do our work. It’s the question, ‘What’s going to happen when I paint this painting?’ It never comes out exactly as I intended. Making art is like playing golf—sometimes you tee it off and drive it in, another time it’s in the woods. But you have to be open
to the ebb and flow. Discovery is the biggest part.” Emerson’s deep desire to explore his medium—often polymer on panel—is evident in his vibrant color play, as well as in the sharp lines and rhythmic patterns that Emerson describes as being “akin to the development of
music. Some of the paintings are bright and quick, some are slower and lyrical.” The artist calls himself “damn local,” seeing as how he was born at Mercy Hospital and, but for a brief stint in LA, has called Sacramento home ever since. He has an eloquent yet clear way of describing both his style and
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process, which comes in handy when he teaches classes at Sierra College and Sacramento City College. He also recently retired from his alma mater Sacramento State after teaching there for 16 years. “I always tell my students that every time we make something, we make something different,” says Emerson, who earned his associate of arts degree at Sac City where he studied with local legends Gregory Kondos, Darrell Forney, Laureen Landau, Fred Dalkey and Larry Weldon. He went on to earn his BFA at Sac State and MFA at UC Davis, and did some coursework at the California College of Arts & Crafts in Oakland. “If there are 20 students all painting the same subject, there are going to be 20 distinct pieces of work being created.” While Emerson has always been creative, observing his instructors at Sac City who were living the lives of artists spurred him to seek that life for himself. “I saw them being professional, teaching and having shows on a regular basis, and I thought it looked like a good life,” Emerson says. “I thought, ‘This is what I want to do.’ But then I had to figure out what my art was about.” A fascination with colors and their relationship to one another led him to Josef Albers’ iconic book “Interaction of Color,” which became a “guidepost” for Emerson as he developed his style. As he progressed and decided he wanted more out of his artwork—to have it be “more demanding of viewer”—he switched to abstraction. And because he’d always responded to the geometric approach of pattern and line, he found his niche in geometric abstraction. “The process starts in my sketchbook,” explains Emerson, who
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works on small watercolors in a 7-by9-inch booklet during class while his students are working. “When I have a new show coming up, I refer to my notebooks—I have dozens of them now—to say, ‘Oh, I like that rhythm or repetitive thing happening in that sketch,’ and then I translate that to a larger piece.” A rare exhibition of these watercolor sketches will be on display in September at JAYJAY gallery on Elvas Avenue alongside Emerson’s more traditional panel paintings and CSU Stanislaus professor Dean DeCocker’s wall sculptures. The painter says he’s working on a series of small pieces for the show—none larger than 24-by-24 inches—with compositions that are of the “symphonic variety with the counterpoint of jazz.” Namely, motifs of diamond shapes, stripes and rectangles. “After I draw the painting out in pencil, I tape off different areas, paint those sections and move on,” says Emerson, whose most recent commissioned work can be seen hanging at the newly completed Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing on the campus of the UC Davis Medical Center. “When I’m working on something next to an area that’s taped off, I can’t see what’s next to it. When I remove the tape, I get to see if the colors work and readjust if necessary. Sometimes I realize I’ve never seen that color combination before. That’s what makes art so exciting—we can’t control it, which is why we keep going back to it.” Check out Emerson’s work at markemerson.info and at JAYJAY gallery at 5524 Elvas Ave. during the months of September and October. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n
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“Visions of Excellence” Koi Show Camellia Koi Club Saturday, Sept. 1, and Sunday, Sept. 2 Old Sugar Mill, 35265 Willow Ave., Clarksburg • camelliakoi.org At this free show, visit vendor booths, talk to Camellia Koi Club members, win raffle prizes, purchase koi and enjoy Old Sugar Mill’s wine-tasting rooms.
“Color, Light and Form” Tim Collom Gallery Sept. 5–Oct. 4 Opening Reception: Saturday, Sept. 8, 5:30–8:30 p.m. 915 20th Street • timcollomgallery.com This show features a fresh array of new seascapes, landscapes and figurative art by artist and gallery owner Tim Collom. The gallery will also show a selection of Cindy Wilson’s ceramic figures, abstract paintings by Jessie Hyden Maker and new work for sale by resident jeweler Erin Kahuluikeao Jenny.
World Music Series: GYANI Indo Jazz Sacramento State School of Music Thursday, Sept. 6, 7 p.m. Sac State, Capistrano Concert Hall, 6000 J St. • csus.edu/music/worldmusic This California-based Indo Jazz group combines Indian raga, jazz, Arabic melodies and global rhythms to make a unique brand of music blending classic Hindustani forms and cutting-edge improvisation.
“Telling Stories” Sacramento Ballet Sept. 27–30 The Sofia, 2700 Capitol Ave. • sacballet.org The season opener of “Roots and Wings,” the ballet’s 65th anniversary under new artistic director Amy Seiwert, will feature four short ballets inspired by the written word: Ron Cunningham’s “Incident at Blackbriar,” Adam Hougland’s “Cigarettes,” Seiwert’s “Instructions” and a world premiere by Penny Saunders.
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Sac Open Studios Verge Center for the Arts Launch Party: Thursday, Sept. 6, 6 p.m. Open Studios: Sept. 8–9 and Sept. 15–16, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Various locations • vergeart.com This 13th annual art event showcases more than 150 emerging and established artists in their studios across Sacramento County and West Sacramento. For studio locations, visit the Verge website.
“Reaction of Rhythm,” “Non Linear” and “Distant Shores” JAYJAY Gallery Sept. 6–Oct. 20 Reception: Thursday, Sept. 6, 5:30–7:30 p.m. 5524 B Elvas Ave. • jayjayart.com This group exhibit will feature new paintings by Mark Emerson and Michaele LeCompte, and sculptures by Dean DeCocker.
Dinner in the Park: A Carmichael Gourmet Dinner & Auction Carmichael Parks Foundation Saturday, Sept. 8, 5:30–9 p.m. Sutter Park & Jensen Botanical Gardens, 6141 Sutter Ave. • carmichaelparksfoundation.org Enjoy a gourmet dinner by Hawks Restaurant, wine, music and a live auction. Proceeds benefit the Carmichael Parks Foundation, which supports youth scholarships, recreation programs, park beautification and special events.
“The Viewing Room” Howe Avenue Theater Sept. 14–16, Sept. 20–23, Sept. 28–30 Howe Avenue Park, 2201 Cottage Way This new play by local playwright Mark Smith follows stern patriarch Chester Dumbrosky on the day he’s finally decided to make amends with his dysfunctional family—during his own wake.
Backyard Composting Workshop UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County Saturday, Sept. 15, 1–2 p.m. North Highlands-Antelope Library, 4235 Antelope Road • sacmg.ucanr.edu The UC master gardeners will teach you how to turn yard and food waste into “gardener’s gold.” This free class will cover the basics of composting, including how to set up a compost bin and tips for success.
15th Annual Monte Carlo Night Stanford Settlement Neighborhood Center Saturday, Sept. 22, 5:30 p.m. California Automobile Museum, 2200 Front St. • stanfordsettlement.org Get ready for an evening of casino gaming and entertainment—including a buffet dinner, complimentary champagne, silent auction and raffle—to raise funds for Stanford Settlement, an agency that offers programs for children, teens, seniors and families in Gardenland-Northgate, North Sacramento and Natomas.
“KOKO’s Love: The Technicolor Unfairy Tale Ball”
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Fairytale Town Saturday, Sept. 29, and Sunday, Sept. 30, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
625 S St. • vergeart.com This series of immersive videos and installations by Yoshie Sakai are inspired by “KOKO’s Love,” an original East-Asian/Asian-American hybrid soap opera series written, produced, directed and performed by Sakai.
3901 Land Park Drive • fairytaletown.org Enjoy readings and presentations by children’s book authors and illustrators— including headliner Steve Antony, author and illustrator of the “Mr. Panda” series— storytelling performances, hands-on literacy activities and play time at the largest early childhood literacy festival in the region.
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Enjoy adult beverages and support Fairytale Town at the Tales & Ales event. Photo courtesy of Greg Flagg.
30th Annual Wines of Clarksburg Wine Tasting & Fine Art Auction Friends of the Clarksburg Library Sunday, Sept. 16, 1–5 p.m. Heringer Ranch, 37375 Netherlands Rd., Clarksburg • facebook.com/clarksburgartwineevent This elegant afternoon of gourmet food samplings, local wines, live music, garden art and a fine art auction featuring Sacramento and Delta artists will raise funds for the Clarksburg Library, the only community-owned public library in California.
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CHEF KEEPS HIS MIDTOWN BISTRO HUMMING
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avid English doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite fit the mold when you think of the modern chef. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been led to believe, through reality shows, feature films and, increasingly, the local scene, that a successful restaurant chef is a personality. A chef with one successful restaurant should be thinking about opening a second and third. A well-coiffed, camera-ready cook should be polished and passionate about culinary concepts and stunning technique. On the other end of the spectrum we should expect a tattooed, pierced, shaven-headed renegade who just wants to get back to basics and get her hands dirty by discovering the locally sourced bounty all around her.
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HE RUNS ONE OF SACRAMENTO’S BEST RESTAURANTS AND HAS NO PLANS TO RUN ANOTHER.
Well, English is none of those things. He’s a clean-cut, even-keeled Californian interested in serving expertly made, unfussy food at a reasonable price. He runs one of Sacramento’s best restaurants and has no plans to run another. No plans to expand, no plans to change. David English believes in consistency above all else, and it shows after eight years at his restaurant, The Press Bistro. Opened in the uncertain days of 2010, The Press Bistro hasn’t waivered. In fact, whereas you might think opening at the tail end of a recession might be less than optimal, Chef English sees it in the most positive light. “Back in 2010, you could find cooks, contractors, designers and furniture builders all ready to work, and ready to work at a good price. These days, with the local restaurant boom, you’re lucky to get people to return your phone calls.” A few other advantages of opening in times of uncertainty, English says, is that you can be the “new hot thing” for almost two years. These days, you’re lucky to be the new thing for two weeks. As they say, fortune favors the bold, and opening up in 2010 was a bold move. It also happened to be the perfect move for a chef who doesn’t strain for the limelight and doesn’t go in for much self-promotion. “When I was named best new chef in New Orleans many years ago, the restaurant owners wanted me to be part of the public relations campaign. That’s just not me. I don’t like any of that,” English says. “And what’s more, I worried that my ego was more important than the food.” Go into The Press Bistro any night and you’ll see English’s ego, or rather lack of it, on display. There is no job too big or too small that you won’t see him doing in his restaurant. From bussing to grilling, sweeping to serving, you’ll witness English in his white chef’s coat,
keeping his fingers in every part of his place. When it comes to the food, little has changed at The Press Bistro in eight years, and English likes it that way. Prices have moved slightly up with the market, but the three-for-$10 tapas are always available with the stuffed peppers, roasted beets and ridiculous fried meatballs, the best of the bunch. And odds are you won’t see that changing anytime soon. “Those meatballs, peppers, beets, basically everything on the tapas menu—if I took any of those off, my regulars would come after me with butter knives,” says the chef. The Press Bistro’s small plates are still a playground for seasonal, local ingredients. But one dish that always stays put, because it might be the finest in town, is the grilled calamari. Tender, smoky, delicate strips of calamari, lightly dressed and served over a bed of arugula, leeks and white beans, is a dish that at once reminds you of how incredible squid can be while at the same time throwing almost every other restaurant under the bus for their failure to properly celebrate our bigeyed, sea-residing friends. When I spoke with English, I mentioned that some restaurants seemed to change their menu from soup to nuts almost every season. The Press Bistro, though, has kept the same basic menu items since it opened, while only rotating in a few new dishes here and there. The chef recalled his time in France, wanting to emulate the neighborhood bistro. “Each local bistro has its few menu items that people come to depend on,” he says. “This place does duck, that place does roast pork. The sides and sauces change with the seasons, but the basic preparation becomes a hallmark of the restaurant.” Which is why, English says, that The Press Bistro will always have its popular short rib, hanger steak
and lamb shank on the menu. It’s what people have come to expect and, above all else, English believes in consistency. Bless him for it.
The Press Bistro is at 1809 Capitol Ave.; (916) 444-2566; thepressbistro.com. Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com. n
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Vic’s Ice Cream & Café
Fat City Bar & Cafe
French inspired bistro in chic new environment 1401 28th Street • 916.457.5737 • paragarys.com
American cuisine served in a casual historic Old Sac location 1001 Front Street • 916.446.6768 fatsrestaurants.com
Family owned since 1947 3199 Riverside Blvd. • 916.448.0892 vicsicecream.com
The Red Rabbit Kitchen & Bar
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Grange Restaurant & Bar 926 J St. • (916) 492-4450 B L D $$$ Full Bar Simple, seasonal, soulful • grangesacramento.com
Cafeteria 15L Classic American dishes with millennial flavor 1116 15th Street • 916.492.1960 cafeteria15l.com
Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters
The Firehouse Restaurant The premiere dining destination in historic setting 1112 2nd Street • 916.442.4772 firehouseoldsac.com
Rio Cityy Café
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Award-winning roasters 3rd and Q Sts. • chocolatefi atefishcoffee.com
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Taste and compare the region’s best wines 1200 K Street, #8 • 916.228.4518 downtownandvine.com
Ella Dining Room & Bar New American farm-to-fork cuisine 1131 K Street • 916.443.3772 elladiningroomandbar.com
Esquire Grill Classic dishes in a sleek urban design setting 1213 K Street • 916.448.8900 paragarys.com
Firestone Public House Hip and happy sports bar with great food 1132 16th Street • 916.446.0888 firestonepublichouse.com
Frank Fat’s Fine Chinese dining in an elegant interior 806 L Street • 916.442.7092 frankfats.com
Grange Restaurant & Bar The city’s quintessential dining destination 926 J St. • 916.492.4450 grangesacramento.com
Hot Italian Remarkable pizza in modern Italian setting 1627 16th Street • 916.492.4450 hotitalian.net
La Consecha by Mayahuel
California-inspired menu on th the riverfront 1110 Front Street • 916.442.82 916.442.8226 riocitycafe.com
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A quirky burger joint nt 6.44 110 K Street • 916.444.2006 om williesburgers.com
THE HANDLE ANDLE Ginger Elizabeth th C Chocolates ates Unmatchedd sweet sophis sophistication 1801 L Street, #60 • 916.706.17 916.706.1738 erelizabeth.com gingerelizabeth.com
Mulvaney’s Building & Loan an Farm-fresh New American cuisine 1215 19th Street • 916.441.6022 mulvaneysbl.com
Old Soul Artisan pastries and roasted coffee 1716 L Street (rear alley) • oldsoulco.com
The Rind A cheese-centric food and wine bar 1801 L Street # 40 • 916.441.7463 therindsacramento.com
Zocolo Tastes inspired by the town square of Mexico City 1801 Capitol Avenue • 916.441.0303 zocalosacramento.com
MIDTOWN Biba Ristorante Italiano
Casual Mexican in a lovely park setting 917 9th Street • 916.970.5354 lacosechasacramento.com
Legendary chef, cookbook author Biba Caggiano 2801 Capitol Avenue • 916.455.2422 biba-restaurant.com
Ma Jong Asian Diner
Block Butcher Bar
A focus on all things local 2718 J Street • 916.706.2275 • theredrabbit.net
Revolution Wines Urban winery and kitchen 2831 S Street • 916.444.7711 • rev.wine
Sac Natural Foods Co-Op
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Inventive, ve, JJapanese-nuanced seafood Str • 916.737.5767 2319 K Street skoo nks skoolonkstreet.com
Sun & Soil Juice Company Su R organic Raw, nic nutrition from local farms 1912 P Street treet • 916.341.0327 • sunandsoiljuice.com
Suzie S zie Burger Burgers, ers, cheeses cheesesteaks and other her delights 2820 P Street • 916.455.3500 • suzieburger.com
Tapa the World Traditional Spanish & world cuisine 2115 J Street • 916.442.4353 tapatheworld.com
Temple Coffee Roasters
Classic European with locally sourced ingredients 2000 Capitol Ave. • 916.498.9891 waterboyrestaurant.com
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Preservation & Company
Lowbrau Bierhalle
Preserving delicious produce from local farms 1717 19th Street #B • 916.706.1044 preservationandco.com
Modern-rustic German beer hall 1050 20th Street • 916.452.7594 lowbrausacramento.com
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Old Soul at The Weatherstone
Timeless traditions of Southern cooking 2005 11th Street • 916.382.9722 weheartfriedchicken.com
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Artisan pastries and roasted coffee 812 21st Street • oldsoulco.com
Oakhaus Oakh A modern take on n a traditional hof brau 3413 Broadway Bro y • 916.376.7694 • oakhaussac.com
Old Soul ul Artisan pastries and roasted coffee 3434 Broadway • oldsoulco.com
Vibe Health Bar Clean, lean and healthy breakfast and snacks 3515 Broadway • 916.382.9723 vibehealthbar.com n
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Casa Garden Restaurant Outstanding dining in a garden setting 2760 Sutterville Rd. • 916.452.2809 casagardenrestaurant.org
Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters 2940 Freeport Blvd. chocolatefishcoffee.com
Freeport Bakery
Iron Grill
Artisan pastries and roasted coffee 555 Capitol Mall • oldsoulco.com
Hot spot ot for creative Mexican xican cuisine 400 3501 3rd Av Avenue • 916.400.4676 naditasa lavenaditasac.com
The Waterboy
Centro Cocina Mexicana
Signature woodfired pizzas and local craft beers 2009 Matsui Alley • 916.661.6134 federalistpublichouse.com
La Venadita
2200 K Street • 2829 S Street 1010 9th Street • templecoffee.com
Mayahuel
Old Soul
Shoki Ramen House
Skool Japanese Gastropub
Award-winning neighborhood bakery 2966 Freeport Blvd. • 916.442.4256 freeportbakery.com
Federalist Public House
CURTIS PARK Ramen becomes a culinary art form 2530 21st Street • 916.441.0011 shokiramenhouse.com
A colorful & casual spot for all food Asian 1431 L Street • 916.442.7555 majongs.com
Mexican cuisine with a wide-ranging tequila menu 1200 K Street • 916.441.7200 experiencemayahuel.com
A quirky burger joint 2415 16th Street • 916.444.2006 williesburgers.com
Omnivore, vegan, raw, paleo, organic, glutenfree and carnivore sustenance 2820 R Street • 916.455.2667 • sac.coop
Specializing in housemade salumi and cocktails 1050 20th Street • 916.476.6306 blockbutcherbar.com
Mexican cuisine in a festive, colorful setting 2730 J Street • 916.442.2552 paragarys.com
Willie’s Burgers
A mecca to hearty eating 2422 13th Street • 916.737.5115 irongrillsacramento.com
Riverside Clubhouse Traditional Amercian classic menu 2633 Riverside Blvd. • 916.448.9988 riversideclubhouse.com
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Art Preview GALLERY ART SHOWS IN SEPTEMBER
The annual open watercolor exhibition, “Go With The Flow,” runs Sept. 4–30 at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center. Shown top right: “Portuguese Fishermen,” watercolor by Steve Walters. Sacramento Fine Arts Center, 5330 Gibbons Drive, Carmichael, sacfinearts.org. The September show at Tim Collom Gallery features new works by Tim Collom. Shown bottom left: “Lake House,” oil on wood panel, by Collom. Tim Collom Gallery, 915 20th St., timcollomgallery.com. JAYJAY gallery presents a three-person show featuring paintings by Mark Emerson and Michaele LeCompte, and sculptures by Dean DeCocker. The show runs Sept. 6 to Oct. 20. Shown bottom left: “Near and Far,” painting by Emerson. JAYJAY, 5524 Elvas Ave., jayjayart.com. The ARTHOUSE presents “Alchemy,” a show of new cyanotypes by Linda Clark Johnson. Cyanotype is an alternative photographic process where prints are exposed to UV light and are typically a deep shade of blue. The show runs Sept. 7 to Oct. 5. Shown middle left: cyanotype print by Johnson. ARTHOUSE, 1021 R St., second floor, arthouseonr.com. To celebrate Farm-to-Fork month in Sept. Elliott Fouts Gallery presents paintings by Teagan McLarnan. Shown top left: “Tomatoes and Chard,” an egg on tempura by McLarnan. 1831 P St.; efgallery.com
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