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Nuts For The Holidays The Sacramento Ballet presents Ron Cunningham’s “The Nutcracker” Dec. 10, 11, 17, 18, 22, 23 The Sacramento Ballet presents “Nutty Nutcracker” Dec. 9 and 16 at 7 p.m. Community Center Theater, 1301 L St. sacballet.org

Best-known and most beloved of all Sacramento holiday-season traditions, Ron Cunningham’s delightful “Nutcracker” is a true spectacular. Be captivated by this crown jewel of family entertainment with Clara’s magic journey through the sparkling Snowﬂake Forest to the delicious Land of the Sweets. Select performances will even be performed with live music provided by the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra. If you’re looking for some holiday spirit with a twist, don’t miss “Nutty Nutcracker,” a madcap, zany send-up of your favorite holiday classic. After rave reviews last year, this special production will get not one, but two performances this year. Visit the Sacramento Ballet website for show times and information on special pre-performance events.

Capitol Idea State Capitol holiday music program Daily through Dec. 23 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays 1-3 p.m. Sundays California State Capitol (10th Street between L and N streets), ﬁrst-ﬂoor Rotunda 324-0333, capitolmuseum.ca.gov

Get ready for some holiday fun on your next visit to the California State Capitol. Beautiful vintage decorations create a lovely backdrop for a variety of diverse holiday musical performances in the Rotunda. Enjoy live musical entertainment including the Camellia Flute Choir, Sacramento Youth Symphony ensembles, Caltrans and CalPERS choruses, bell-ringers, harps, accordions, Broadway-style song and dance, baroque and brass ensembles, talented school choirs, barbershop choruses and much more.

Happy Birthday, Frank! A celebration of Sinatra’s 101st birthday presented by the Valerie V Quintet Saturday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. Nepenthe Clubhouse, 1131 Campus Commons Drive 205-4001, valsvocals.com

Enjoy the music of legendary crooner Frank Sinatra as well as timeless tunes from the Great American Songbook and beloved holiday classics performed by singer Valerie V and her talented troupe of musicians. Take in the music while you sip some delectable wine provided by Cabana Wine and Bistro and nosh on some nibbles. Preferred seating is $15 and general seating is $12. Be sure to reserve early—this event will sell out fast!

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Gabriela Smith plays the Snow Queen at the Crockett Deane production. Photo courtesy of Linda Yee.

“Still We Rise: Women’s Wisdom Art’s 25th Anniversary” Through Dec. 4 Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. 808-1182, crockerartmuseum.org

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“Gold Laundry of the Advent Arrival,” art by Mehran Mesba and Jeff Mayry Dec. 2 through Jan. 19 Opening reception on Friday, Dec. 2, from 6 to 9 p.m. “Handmade Holidays” artisan craft fair Sunday, Dec. 18, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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The Crockett-Deane Ballet Company presents “The Nutcracker” and “Christmas Angels” Friday, Dec. 16 at 8 p.m. (preview of selected scenes only) Saturday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, at 2 p.m.

Sacramento artists Mehran Mesba and Jeff Mayry bring an exhibition of new paintings entitled “Gold Laundry of the Advent Arrival” to Beatnik Studios. The work explores ideas related to the reconstruction of identity. Mesba focuses on the process of deformation and the effect certain forces have on physical forms over time, and Mayry takes his cues from physical sensation both real and imagined. Also at the gallery through Dec. 22 is Trent Dean’s installation “Cube for Thought.” Dean uses mixed media to create forms that are at once familiar and unfamiliar; the series uses the cube as a representation of oneself. In the market for some fun ﬁnds for the holidays? Beatnik Studios’ eighth annual holiday party and craft fair will feature 36 of Sacramento’s coolest and craftiest artisans selling local, handmade goods like art, clothing, hats, jewelry, pottery, body products and toys. A selection of small art pieces by various Beatnik artists will also be available for sale, as well as food and drink for both adults and kids.

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If you’re not sure your little ones will be able to make it through a longer version of “The Nutcracker,” give them the taste of this one-act, family-friendly, narrated version featuring the beautiful music of Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky. Then stick around for “Christmas Angels,” an original ballet by Don Schwennesen set to traditional Christmas carols.

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Give Good Gift The Sacramento Symphonic Winds present “The Gift of Melody” Sunday, Dec. 11, at 2:30 p.m. Crowne Plaza Sacramento Northeast, 5321 Date Ave. 489-2576, sacwinds.org

Come one, come all to this family holiday concert featuring the Sacramento Symphonic Winds, a 60-piece adult symphonic band conducted by Music and Artistic Director Timothy M. Smith. Celebrate beautiful melodies and inspired melodic invention with pieces such as “Chester” by William Schuman, “Russian Christmas Music” by Alfred Reed, “Divinum Mysterium” by James Swearingen, three unique settings for band of the plainchant, and more!

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Mehran Mesbah will be on display at Beatnik Studios starting Dec. 2

Small But Mighty “Big Show of Small Treasures” presented by the Sacramento Visual Arts Collaborative Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 10 and 11 Various venues (see below) robertray.collage@yahoo.com, facebook.com/SacVAC

The Sacramento Visual Arts Collaborative is proud to present this extraordinary annual art event showcasing intimately scaled works of art (12-by-12-inches or smaller) at 11 amazing art venues around the city. A diverse range of artistic disciplines including painting, drawing, printmaking and collage and genres such as landscape, still life, ﬁgurative and abstract will be exhibited by artists Shirley Hazlett, Bill Reed, Dwight Head, Barbetta Lockart, Susan Rabinovitz, Linda Welch, Patris, Linda Clark Johnson and Tim Collom, among many others. The venues are ARTHOUSE (1021 R St.), Artistic Edge Gallery (1880 Fulton Ave.), Brickhouse Art Gallery (2837 26th St.), DaDas Art Gallery Boutique and microARTCollection (3655 J St.), ITSA Studio (4330 24th St., Suite 2), Little Relics (908 21st St.), Patris Studio Gallery (3460 Second Ave.), Red Dot Gallery (2231 J St.), Sparrow Gallery (2418 K St.) and Tim Collom Gallery (915 20th St.).

The Sacramento Children’s Chorus holiday concert “A Ceremony of Carols” Saturday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1300 N St. Sunday, Dec. 4, at 4 p.m. Carmichael Seventh Day Adventist Church, 4600 Winding Way Sacramento Choral Society’s “Home for the Holidays” featuring the SCC Saturday, Dec. 10, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sacramento Memorial Auditorium 646-1141, sacramentochoral.com

Help the Sacramento Children’s Chorus (SCC) ring in its 24th season by returning to its roots. In its debut performance in 1992, the SCC presented Benjamin Britten’s “Ceremony of Carols,” according to Lynn Stevens, SCC’s conductor and artistic director. Four choirs with more than 150 children total will perform under the direction of Stevens and Melanie Huber to bring back this stunning work for treble voices. The concert will also include beloved carols such as “The Coventry Carol,” “In the Bleak Midwinter” and “Lo, How a Rose,” as well as traditional songs such as “Do You Hear What I Hear?” and variations on “Jingle Bells” with a special solo appearance by Sacramento’s premier soprano, Carrie Hennessey. The program will also feature harpist Carol Kihm. Don’t miss out on yet another seasonal Sacramento tradition when the SCC performs with the Sacramento Choral Society in the annual “Home for the Holidays” concert at the Memorial Auditorium on Dec. 10.

SCSO Christmas Celebration Saturday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sacramento Memorial Auditorium 536-9065, sacramentochoral.com

Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra Conductor Donald Kendrick has once again created a fresh and sparkling program designed to capture the magic and spirit of the season for the whole family with their Wells Fargo Home for the Holidays concerts. This year the concerts feature life-size puppets, narrations and San Jose Opera baritone headliner Matt Hanscom, along with the Sacramento Children’s Chorus, candlelit procession and audience sing-along, all accompanied by the SCSO Orchestra. Tickets priced at $50, $40, and $35 with a 50% student discount.

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Sacramento Children's Chorus is celebrating the season by performing “A Ceremony of Carols”

Master-ing the Season

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The Sacramento Master Singers present “A Master Singers Christmas: Angels We Have Heard On High” Sunday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m.

Vox Musica presents “Voices of Peace: A Vox Christmas” Saturday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m. Jesuit High School (Phelan Chapel), 1200 Jacob Lane, Carmichael Sunday, Dec. 18, at 5 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1430 J St. Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 7 p.m.

Harris Center of the Arts, 10 College Parkway, Folsom 608-6888, harriscenter.net

Thursday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 7 p.m. Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church (1066 26th St.) 788-7464, mastersingers.org

The Sacramento Master Singers present “Jingle All the Way!” Saturday, Dec. 17, at 2 p.m. Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church (1066 26th St.) 788-7464, mastersingers.org

From a meditative candlelight processional to exuberant spirituals, “A Master Singers Christmas: Angels We Have Heard On High” is guaranteed to deliver the beauty and joy of the holiday season. The concert will include Mannheim Steamroller’s mysterious “Veni, Veni,” a dramatic setting of “Ubi Caritas” by Ola Gjeilo, a string quartet to accompany Buxtehude’s “Das Neugeborne Kindelein” and Brian Büda’s “Love Came Down at Christmas,” plus modern settings of traditional carols. Audiences will also enjoy Pentatonix’s versions of “Mary, Did You Know?” and “That’s Christmas to Me,” the energy of Straight No Chaser’s “The 12 Days of Christmas,” as well as “O Come All Ye Faithful” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” If your tiny tykes want to join in the holiday cheer as well, check out “Jingle All the Way!” a 45-minute special performance for children of all ages. The choir will sing holiday songs the kids are sure to know and the audience is invited to sing and play along. The event concludes with a surprise visit from Santa.

Beatnik Studios, 723 S St. voxmusica.net/project-one

Vox Musica opens its 11th season with an authentic and masterful performance of literature from the Baroque period. At the heart of the program are two Italian masterpieces, Antonio Vivaldi’s “Magniﬁcat” and the premiere of a rare, unpublished edition of Nicola Antonio Porpora’s “In Te Domine,” both accompanied by a period string ensemble and organ continuo. This three-concert project will provide patrons with a unique musical experience and one that makes a signiﬁcant contribution to the preservation of this rich, and rare, choral literature.

The Halls Are Alive “The Sound of Music” Holiday Event Thursday, Dec. 29, at 1:30 and 6 p.m. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. 808-1182, crockerartmuseum.org

The Crocker’s “The Sound of Music” holiday event returns for its ﬁfth year, with costume contests, door prizes, yodeling and lots of laughs. The beloved multi-Academy-Award-winning ﬁlm starring Julie Andrews with music by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein never ceases to tickle the heart and warm the soul. Dress in costume, party with interactive fun packs available for purchase and sing your heart out! This event sells out every year, so advance registration is recommended. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n

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Home Again HOW A LOCAL CHURCH IS ADDRESSING OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS

n the past few years, almost everyone has seen or felt the impact of the increase in homelessness in Sacramento. From where I live near McKinley Park, this population has grown along the Alhambra Boulevard corridor and in McKinley Park, where the nonprofit Friends of East Sacramento—which I co-founded—manages Clunie Community Center and McKinley Rose Garden. The impacts have been significant to both these facilities and tough to deal with effectively. Even with the diligent work of city officials and nonprofit homeless service provider Sacramento Steps Forward, it seems the problem refuses an easy answer. Last year, our Arden-Carmichael edition detailed the homeless problems facing suburban neighbors that not too long ago were pretty much contained downtown. Despite a great deal of discouragement, an organically grown program called ReHome emerged in the past year. It is designed to let the average citizen help make a difference in the successful transition of those who are eventually rehoused. Here’s the story on how it came about. Lisa Schmidt—my Friends of East Sacramento nonprofit partner—deals with the problems of the homeless at

Pastor David Beck of Sanctuary Covenant Church and McKinley Library librarian Bridget Laws

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on families that have already been through so much more than most of us can imagine.

our facilities, often on a weekly basis. She works closely with McKinley Library librarian Bridget Laws and Pastor David Beck of Sanctuary Covenant Church, which for the past four years has called Clunie its church home for Sunday services. Pastor Beck recently updated East Sacramento Chamber of Commerce at its monthly luncheon at Clunie on the homeless situation as he serves as the organization’s liaison to the city on the homeless situation. Beck told of a father and his 9-year-old daughter who had been seen spending their days at McKinley Library, with their belongings stashed on the Clunie patio. When Laws approached them, they confirmed they were indeed homeless. Laws, Schmidt and Beck each worked their part and brought in city staff from councilmember Jeff Harris’ office, other city officials and the Sacramento Steps Forward program to help them out. A case manager at Volunteers of America, one of the largest rapid rehousing programs in the area, was assigned, and ultimately the father and daughter were moved to a shelter and then recently into permanent housing. The situation

was challenging as shelters typically are set up for women and children or single men, not fathers and daughters. Beck used the situation to help explain the ReHome pilot program he developed along with some of his church members about a year ago. The situation involved a single mom, working part time, with two children, who were finally found a new apartment by VOA after a period of couch surfing and living in their car. “After their case manager made the introduction, our group delivered the family a welcome-home basket with a mop, broom, cleaners and other household items,” said Beck. “From the moment we were greeted at the door, their tears of gratitude started coming. It was impossible not to fall in love with this family. And we were deeply moved to see that they had not a stick of furniture and almost no household goods.” Beck’s group also brought a meal and spent a few hours getting to know the family and their needs. Over the next few weeks, the group coordinated with the case manager and provided furnishings and other items to make the apartment feel like a home. Christmas was coming soon,

so they helped the family celebrate the holiday. Months later, the family gained a stronger footing and told the VOA case manager that those pivotal weeks were made much less stressful because of the help of the ReHome group. “The transitional situation creates a great deal of stress on families that have already been through so much more than most of us can imagine,” said Beck. “We want to help relieve some of that stress and make the transition more successful.” “The three words I use to describe the ReHome program are simple, practical and relational,” Beck said. “You don’t have to be an expert or have any special training. It is not complicated, but it is very impactful.” According to Beck, each welcomehome basket costs about $150 to $200 to assemble. Group members pitch in what they can to cover the costs at this time. The church has also set up a fund for general donations to purchase household items. “We’d love to see the program grow, and even assemble baskets with donations of household items in advance, to distribute as needed with volunteers,” he said.

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“While this program developed out of our church’s desire to help the homeless in a meaningful way, it is by no means limited to faith-based folks. We’d love to see neighborhood or business groups or individual volunteers take on the program as part of community service projects,” said Beck. “I am a local pastor who moved our church from the suburbs to the central city to be part of a community. When I first reached out to neighbors and community leaders on how we could best serve, the homeless issue came up in every conversation,” said Beck. “I believe we found a way to make a meaningful difference as families are rehoused every week in Sacramento and face the same transitional challenges.” Pastor David Beck is available to help other ReHome groups get trained using a simple guide he created. He can be reached at 599-7191 or tdbeck33@gmail.com. Cash donations can be made to Sanctuary Covenant Church’s ReHome fund at P.O. Box 340789, Sacramento 95834. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com n

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acramento’s business and residential districts are defining and redefining themselves and literally changing how we view the downtown and Midtown core. For many, Sacramento has a downtown, Midtown and an old town, but within those sections of town, districts are creating new places to work, shop, eat and live. Historically, Sacramento did have residential and commercial corridors such as Alkali Flat, Poverty Ridge, Southside and Boulevard Park, just to name a few. But today, the segmenting of Sacramento districts is taking on a whole new life, and each district is building its own distinctive image and identity with a goal to create a unique Sacramento urban lifestyle. Probably one of the first lifestyle districts was Lavender Heights,

a centrally located district in Midtown centered around K and 20th streets. Lavender Heights is a marketing name given to the hub of Sacramento’s gay and lesbian community with many gay bars, restaurants and LGBT community resources. While some areas like Lavender Heights came about organically because of the nature of the neighborhood, others are more official and formalized as property-based business improvement districts, nicknamed PBIDs. These PBIDs set out to manage and improve the environment of a business district and are financed by a self-imposed and self-governed assessment on property. A PBID generally pools resources to keep its district clean, safe and energized through marketing activities. It focuses on everything from graffiti removal, parking issues

and lighting to advocating policy, promoting events and setting out long-term plans. Often, these districts look at how to build a distinct identity for themselves to attract business, developers, residents and patrons. According to Michelle Smira Brattmiller, who administers both R Street Partnership and Greater Broadway District, the districts in the city are all unique and have their own niche. “What we try to do is to activate space,” Smira Brattmiller said. “We are trying to do that on R Street, where we are changing a warehouse district into a pedestrian-friendly artist environment with unique architecture, music, food and culture. Broadway is different. It’s a thoroughfare now, and our hope is to activate the area and make it a destination.”

EACH DISTRICT IS BUILDING ITS OWN DISTINCTIVE IMAGE AND IDENTITY WITH A GOAL TO CREATE A UNIQUE SACRAMENTO URBAN LIFESTYLE.

While R Street and Broadway are vastly different in configuration, the activation of space has similarities. They seek a mixture of complementary residential and business development, with people participating in events or sitting street-side at restaurants. But each district also faces its own challenges. The Broadway district is large and diverse, running from Interstate 5 to Highway 99. “Each section of Broadway is different,” said Smira Brattmiller. “The section of Broadway from 3rd to 8th streets is industrial, and the area from 8th to 21st has fast food and other retail. So we have to look at how these diverse sections merge together.” Even with organized districts, money and investment is the fuel to truly transform a district. “It really does take the foresight of developers who take the risks,” Smira Brattmiller added. “For Broadway, it will take new development and business to fill vacancies. We need to see businesses and residential turn outward toward Broadway and not inward.” It’s been a host of developers and investors on R Street that’s made a considerable difference in the rapid transformation of the corridor into a vibrant area. One developer is Ali Youssefi, vice president of CFY Development, a firm specializing in acquiring, developing, building and rehabilitating multifamily and workforce housing. Youssefi has been instrumental on R Street with the development of Warehouse Artist Lofts, a mixed-use project combining first-floor retail and housing. R Street was an historic area of Sacramento with warehouses served by rail lines dating back to the 1850s. Many of the buildings dated back to the turn of the century. The vision for R Street, driven by Youssefi and other leading developers and business leaders, was a celebration of history combined with a pedestrian-friendly, artistic, neighborhood feel. “We have some momentum creating this unique urban-living lifestyle,” Youssefi said. “We want a place for pedestrians who can easily go from block to block. It will be a place for artists and others, but artists can be a driver of creating a place like none other in the country.” R Street development is hitting on all gears. Sacramento’s major developers like D&S Development, Heller Pacific and Cordano Co. are all investing in the R

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Street Corridor. While it officially runs 27 blocks through town, most of that development is happening from 10th to 20th streets right now. Youssefi is also planning more development with his purchase of the old California Office Furniture on R Street. He’s building out an entire block from 9th to 10th streets, which will be home to a new grocery store concept developed by Raley’s called Market 5-ONE5. In keeping with the pedestrian lifestyle, outside seating will be placed on the block to create a place for people to interact and connect.

“We are taking full advantage of the R Street potential,” Youssefi said. “The recipe is here for a very unique and successful district.” Midtown is evolving, too. Midtown Business District represents a large, diverse area of business, hospitality and residential neighborhoods. However, tucked inside Midtown are smaller districts forging their own identities. These districts in Midtown include the Handle District at 18th and 19th streets bordered by L Street and Capitol Avenue, and the Sutter District around Sutter’s Fort, including the restaurants on J Street between 27th and 28th streets. IDENTITY page 19

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Supporting the hospitality industry is only part of MBA’s mission. To create the environment for businesses to prosper, MBA supports safety, streetscapes and maintenance throughout the district with additional marketing support through events like Second Saturday. “For us, we look at Midtown and strive to make it as healthy and vibrant as possible,” said Emily Baine Michaels, MBA’s executive director. “We are the overall voice of Midtown, not just hospitality. We work with all business owners, and by definition we help commercial property owners.” She thinks districts have to have an organic foundation and be authentic to survive. But she quickly points to the need for districts to manage all aspects of the experience to maintain a robust area for business and people. The growth of smaller districts like Sutter and the Handle have a more micro focus with a goal to showcase the unique traits that make them special. For the Handle, it’s the large number of high-quality restaurants in a high concentration of a few blocks. Seann Rooney, who manages the Handle District, said some districts have an identity that grows organically because of the types of businesses, housing or other amenities there already, while others create the identity through a process. “You could say the Handle was somewhat organic,” Rooney said. “We had a critical mass of restaurants that we now organize. Most were established before the district was in place.” Now, while small in size, the Handle has a mix of restaurants and urban housing attracting a diverse age group and professional types. “We have a little something for everyone, but our reputation has been built on the fact we have 15 food hot spots in one square block,” added Rooney. To showcase the Handle and its mix of restaurants, food shops and retail stores, the district hosts block parties for Midtown residents but also to provide a destination for people living throughout the region. As you look to the downtown core, Downtown Sacramento Partnership is

made up of a variety of districts that have their own growing or evolving identities. Some have been around for decades, like Old Sacramento, while the newly blossoming DOCO shopping experience around Golden 1 Center is now being built. Also falling into DSP’s area are other defined districts including the Civic Center, Entertainment District, Theater District, Capitol Mall and The Kay. Michael Ault, DSP’s executive director, sees districts forming through a combination of factors that create an identity. “Some are planned and some are organic,” he said. “They take on their own life. Sometimes, it’s the little things that add up together, like lighting, parklets or other amenities. Sometimes, it’s the location or blend of retail and residential.” He pointed to the Railyards district, which has a foundation in history that will help shape its identity. “DOCO is creating a whole new experience around the new arena, while Old Sacramento has a unique experience and identity all its own,” said Ault. “For the Bridge District in West Sacramento, its identity is shaped by its views of downtown Sacramento.” But Ault pointed out that for districts to succeed, they have to work at it. Just having a unique district in the urban center won’t be enough, and districts need to focus on marketing, maintenance and security. He thinks the key is bringing more people to live in the downtown area. If successful, these districts will activate their areas through a mix of residential and business development. No matter their different identities, districts will bring people together through interactions at the street level, where the energy is a magnet for the people who live and work there and create unique destinations that draw people from the region back to the Sacramento grid. As Sacramento matures, new micro districts will emerge, creating brandnew areas that excite people in the region and beyond to live a vibrant and unique urban lifestyle. Scot Crocker can be reached at scot@crockercrocker.com n

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THESE TWO DINNER HOUSES ALSO SERVE UP GREAT BREAKFASTS

here are some restaurants that specialize in breakfast. They have perfected the egg flip, mastered the fresh squeeze and gilded the griddle. Then there are those that broker in brunch, pouring mimosas by the gallon and piling waffles with enough garnishes to bury even the sturdiest Belgian. If you find yourself in ArdenArcade on a bright winter’s morning, you might think of Ettore’s to satisfy your hunger. Its European-style baked goods and quick-order, highquality kitchen fit the bill almost any morning.

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Maybe you’re in Tahoe Park and wondering where breakfast is served. Any local will tell you that Bacon & Butter is the spot for rich, inventive, gut-busting plates of early-morning delight. The spot on 59th and Broadway has a line out the door almost any day of the week. What if you’re downtown and meeting friends for weekend brunch? Odds are the first place that will come to mind is Tower Cafe, the longstanding (and long-lined) destination for brunch. If you’re in Midtown, you might jump at the thought of brunch at The Porch: biscuits, grits and creative morning cocktails. Then there’s a small group of restaurants that are rarely thought of for breakfast. They traffic mostly in dinners and are known more for their steaks and seafood than their eggs and bacon. I’ve stumbled upon a few of these in my travels, well-regarded

eateries that quietly put out daily breakfast without fanfare, but with a fair amount of skill and flavor. The foremost of these hidingin-plain-sight breakfast joints is Grange. The downtown spot might not come to mind when you’re hungry for morning fare, but folks from the surrounding businesses and government offices drop in for breakfast meetings frequently, and travelers staying at The Citizen Hotel use it as their first morning stop. Grange has a fine reputation throughout the region, and its breakfast isn’t at all a letdown. Executive chef Oliver Ridgeway has been at the helm for five years now, and his care and meticulous attention to detail stand out. The menu is limited, but quality is evident in every dish. The chorizo scramble seems simple enough but sings with layers of flavor, from the well-balanced, house-made sausage

to the simply perfect guacamole to the perfectly crisp potatoes along for the ride. The whole beautiful mess is served up smartly in a cast-iron casserole with a few house-made tortillas. Similarly well laid out is the plate of avocado toast. Rough and delicious whole-wheat batard gets a generous smear of avocado, topped with an expertly poached egg. A well-dressed salad alongside offers an unexpected dot of sophistication to an otherwise simple and straightforward dish. On a bright winter’s morning, the floor-to-ceiling windows offer an inviting lightness in which to bask while drinking your surprisingly strong cup of coffee. The service is brisk and friendly, and the prices are neither low nor unexpected for a downtown restaurant. Another surprising purveyor of breakfast is Iron, the Broadway eatery and drinkery known more

for its steaks than anything on the breakfast spectrum. Served all week, breakfast ranges from freshly fried beignets to a hearty plate of steak and eggs. Iron, formerly Iron Steaks, on Broadway and 13th is housed where Fuji used to serve up Japanese fare. The restaurant opened seven years ago with a focus on steaks, but as the years have gone by, the place has become a pretty well-rounded restaurant serving breakfast every weekday. It also has the comfiest booths west of the Mississippi. Most notable on the breakfast menu is the crab cake and eggs. A substantial plate of food, the plate includes a large crab cake topped with hollandaise, plus potatoes, eggs and toast. The crab cake is much better than you’d expect from a breakfast joint, tender and flavorful, and it turns out to be a spot-on item for a hungry breakfaster. Other items, save the beignets, are boilerplate breakfast fare: eggs, bacon, potatoes, waffles, etc. But the fact that Iron serves breakfast every weekday and brunch on the weekends makes it a great alternative to the long lines down the street at Tower Cafe or the charming-for-some, terrifying-forothers clown paintings at Pancake Circus. Whether you’re rising or shining, some of Sacramento’s better dinner restaurants are also great destinations for breakfast. If you’re looking for a spot for a morning meeting or a special treat on a weekday morning, you’d be well served by Grange and surprised by the offerings at Iron. Grange is at 926 J St.; 492-4450; grangesacramento.com Iron is at 2422 13th St.; 737-5115; irongrillsacramento.com Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com n

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s of 2013, there were an estimated 255 million registered passenger vehicles in the United States. So where exactly are we supposed to put them? Studies estimate that for every car in the United States, there are somewhere between 3.4 and eight parking spots. Eight. That’s, at minimum, almost 1 billion parking spots. According to Walt Seifert, who writes this publication’s Getting There column, “About 30 percent of urban areas nationally are devoted to spaces for cars—in the mall, at home in the garage, grocery stores—and that’s huge amount of real estate devoted to cars, when 90 percent of the time they’re not even moving.” Since Golden 1 Center opened in October, parking has become an especially relevant issue for Sacramentans. Downtown parking meter hours were extended to 10 p.m., new tiered payments were introduced, and the city expected events at the arena would draw thousands of vehicles into the city center, raising fears of an aparkalypse. Initial reviews suggest the city has done a pretty good job managing the potential parking crisis since the new arena opened. The city already had 10 garages and more than a dozen lots downtown, plus it launched a new app (SacPark.org) to facilitate parking by reservation. With Sacramento facing more growth and demands for new housing, Inside Publications spoke with Jason Silva, an architect with Dreyfuss & Blackford, to discuss the future of parking structures, and why developers should look at parking garages as more than necessary evils. “While their function is a place to store your car, usually out of sight, out of mind, these structures don’t have to be just functional,” Silva said. For starters, new garages in dense urban areas can’t be tucked away

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One of the parking garages at UC Davis Medical Center

(where would they go?), and betterplanned structures can potentially reduce lawsuits by creating easier access and wider stalls, which could save money in the long run.

“Wider stalls mean less car dings, which means less complaints and less accidents where somebody can make a claim because of some injury to them or their vehicle,” he said. “Parking

is the first and last impression that you’re getting when you’re visiting something. So it can also make or break the experience for visitors.” In

other words, a good structure could be good for your business’ brand. A problem with parking structures, said Silva, is that they’re often dark, dimly lit and potentially dangerous, because many developers build a garage to code minimum—the cheapest that can be made. Garage stalls can cost as much as $20,000 each (or $36,000 for an airport garage), so Silva understands why developers might be hesitant to include amenities that would inflate a project’s budget. “But if you take an inch out of a certain part of the structure,” he said, “it’s repeated so many times throughout for every stall that it adds up to a lot of area that reduces the overall cost.” Expenses saved in one area, like reducing the number of stalls, could mean including improvements like painting the interior. “Having a white, reflective paint on the inside makes the garage much brighter and feels safer, though the cost of painting per square foot ultimately

ends up being significant,” Silva said. “It could take out half a million of a big project, if it costs a dollar per square foot called roughly.” 1111 He noted Lincoln Architect Jason Silva that “the Road, problem isn’t and it is often the quantity of stalls, but how almost a piece of art in itself, designed they are accessed, or how they are by Herzog & de Meuron,” said Silva. communicated.” The above-ground garage, with views As an example, Silva offered out and over the ocean, was built for the parking structure at UC Davis $65 million and fits only 300 vehicles. Medical Center, “which has little (That’s $216,000 per stall.) An lights over every stall. The light is architectural landmark, this garage either red or green, so when you’re also has retail stores on intermittent driving in a parking garage looking for levels and can be rented for events an empty stall, this allows you to look and parties. across the entire row of stalls and see “It’s out of control, and it’s turned what’s open.” parking into an experience. Maybe Garages can also be viewed as art. that fits for Florida,” said Silva, “There’s a parking garage in Florida conceding that more pragmatic cities

should focus on safety and comfort, at least “an awareness that parking isn’t just me ditching my car in a dark space.” Fortunately for Sacramento developers, he said, “the city has changed its zoning codes to get rid of parking requirements in the central business district.” A smart move, said Silva, “since having every single developer accommodate their own parking on their own site is ludicrous. Instead, it puts parking into an ecosystem unto itself,” so when the city needs more parking, “somebody will put in a garage that will solve the problem.” Jordan Venema can be reached at jordan.venema@gmail.com n

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The Buzz on Bees STORE HELPS URBAN BEEKEEPERS START AND SET UP HIVES

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am at the Sacramento Beekeeping & Honey store on X Street. The air smells sweet, like honey, candles and soap. There is orange carpeting on the floor and a mural of a bee flying a biplane in the beekeeping supply room. (Say that fast five times.) A couple sample honey from the honey bar, while another customer checks out the beekeeping supplies. Workers—most are m members of the Stewart family—buzz ar around me. Owner Nancy Stewart is in her office, which is packed full of stuf stuff, including a supply of Band-Aids. Th The store, which was originally locate located across the street, opened on Jan. 15 15, 1985. Business was tough that firs rst year. “I knew nothing about bee beekeeping,” Stewart says. “It wasn’t a moneymaker for a long time.” Which brought up an obvious ques question: Why did she open a beekee beekeeping store? Her husband, Fred, is partially to blame. He had a

co-worker who kept bees, and Fred soon acquired his own beehives. “I wasn’t interested much at all,” she admits. “When he handled the honey, he’d make a mess everywhere.” Nevertheless, his budding interest sparked a passion in his wife for bees. “We’ve had bees in our backyard for 35 years,” she says. The Stewarts used to have many hives, but they currently keep a few at home and two behind the store. Stewart estimated she’s been stung 10 times. That is a much lower number than I expected. “Hobby beekeeping has become so popular,” Stewart says. “It’s like a taste of farm life.” The city of Sacramento generally allows two hives (boxes) per lot for urban beekeepers. You can order your own bees from the store in late December or early January, and they will arrive in April. You’ll get three pounds of bees (roughly 6,000 to 10,000 bees) plus a queen—enough to start a colony.

Stewart says she sells about 500 packages of bees every year. Someone from the store will even come out and help you set up your hive. Stewart recommends that newbie beekeepers educate themselves. “It’s not difficult,” she says. “There are people who think they can put a hive in the backyard and forget about it. You have to learn about bees.” For starters, bees need the basics, such as food and water, and you have to keep a close eye on the queen and monitor the bees for diseases and parasites. One of her husband’s jobs is to put dots on the new queens’ backs so they will stand out from the others. Honey is a labor of love, according to Stewart. She has a warehouse in West Sacramento where she keeps 600-pound barrels of honey. The store sells 11 different kinds of honey from commercial beekeepers, including locally sourced honey. Workers transport the sticky substance in BUZZ page 27

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Here’s what I learned from Stewart: Although there are other insects that pollinate plants, honeybees are one of the most efficient pollinators. That makes them essential players in the food-growing process. Bees are not normally aggressive; they sting in selfdefense. Stand still or gently brush it away, Stewart advises, if a bee lands on you. Bees function much like the characters in “Game of Thrones.” When they swarm, bees are looking for a new home. (The store keeps a list of beekeepers who will collect swarms.) When the hive becomes crowded, some of the bees split; the queen will take half the colony with her. The workers are females, and they live for a scant six weeks. Male drones are there to mate with the queen and provide atmosphere. Without drones, the hive isn’t a happy home. After they mate with the queen, the drones die. “They operate as a unit and communicate with pheromones. They’ll kill a queen who is bad because it makes the colony survive,” Stewart says. When I asked her what type of bee she would be, Stewart says without hesitation, “I’d be a worker.” “I enjoy my job. I’d rather do this than anything I can think of.” The Sacramento Beekeeping & Honey store is at 2110 X St. For more information, go to sacramentobeekeeping.com Angela Knight can be reached at knight@mcn.org n

Nancy Stewart is the owner of Sacramento Beekeeping & Honey

BUZZ FROM page 27 buckets from the warehouse to the store. “We have thousands of people who swear by honey for allergy relief,” Stewart says. She takes a spoonful

every evening. “It helps you sleep at night.” After three decades as a beekeeper and storeowner, Stewart is an expert on all things bee. She and her husband do a lot of consulting about beekeeping.

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Play by Play

AFTER 31 YEARS, THE KINGS’ G-MAN IS STILL EXCITED BY THE GAME radio announcer, the guy people affectionately call “the G-Man” has the fifth longest active tenure among NBA broadcasters. He entered the 2015-16 season having announced 2,348 (preseason, regular season, playoff) games and surpassed the 2,400 mark by early February. “I absolutely cherish the fact that 31 years after they hired me I still have this opportunity,” Gerould said. “I’m blessed. I still love the challenge every night. One of the great things is every game is different. And when you get those magical nights when something special happens, there’s nothing better.” Gerould shares those magical games and the mundane ones with legions of loyal Kings fans. Yet there are people around the country and worldwide who recognize the dulcet tones of the 75-year-old Gerould and have no idea he’s been an NBA announcer for more than three decades. For 37 years, Gerould’s weekends were devoted to motor sports coverage that included the Formula 1 circuit, Sacramento Kings announcer anno Gary Gerould

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wore. Lacking the physical tools to play for some very good Midland High basketball teams, Gerould found another way to participate in the game he loved.

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as both a statistician and announcing partner for the past 15 years. “Even though the Kings continue to lose, he treats every game like it was his first one. Night after night, he starts the broadcast with enthusiasm and excitement.” The sporting venues have changed, but one thing that has remained a constant all these years is Gary Gerould. He walks around the arena on game day with an amiable smile and treats high-level people like Kings owner Vivek Ranadive the same way he does an usher he may have known for years. “Gary is so humble. There is no ego at all. He’s just a genuine person,” Ross says. “I have so much respect for him. He’s a fantastic broadcaster but an even better person.” Gerould is putting no timetable on his tenure with the Kings. The kid who walked the snowy streets of Midland pretending to announce basketball games still loves what he’s doing. When that stops, so will he. Jeffrey Weidel can be reached at skiweidel@gmail.com. n

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Bigger Isn’t Better EMPTY-NESTERS DOWNSIZE TO A COZY NEW HOUSE

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oving is never an easy task. Relocating from a 6,000-square-foot home to 2,400 square feet presents another layer of complication. What to do with all your stuff? After living in the same house on 45th Street for 36 years, Lynne and Ross Relles opted to make the big move to a smaller home. It was a tough decision, but it was the right time to downsize. Their children are grown. They didn’t need all that space and accompanying maintenance. They love the neighborhood and wanted to stay close by. Ross had scouted out a property he liked. But as soon as they saw a stylish house for sale one block from their old house, Lynne and Ross knew they’d found their new home.

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hot tub, cozy covered seating area and fireplace. A barbecue area with a refrigerator and sink makes preparing meals outside a snap. Now, the Relleses spend countless hours outdoors. “We’re back there almost every evening,” Lynne says. After purchasing the house in 2014, the pair began deciding what to keep and how to shed the rest. Lynne imagined her daughter would

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be devastated to learn they were selling the family home. Her surprising response: “Mom,” she told Lynne, “it’s the greatest gift you could have given us to not have to think of all the stuff we would have had to get rid of.” At the old house, the three-car garage was full of memorabilia. All the closets and the three-room basement held their share of material memories and knickknacks. The Relleses held a huge estate sale. Their kids took what they wanted, which wasn’t much, according to Lynne. “The kids don’t want all this stuff,” she says. Due to the previous owner’s remodel, no major changes to the new house were necessary. The Relleses removed a fresco from the entry ceiling and repainted the living room, which had been a deep Indian red. The color was beautiful, says Lynne, but she wanted to brighten up the space with a sunny yellow color. They kept many of their large wooden pieces, including beautiful Italian tables that Lynne placed in the living room, where she loves to sit and read. A lush wool area rug was cut in half and now covers the wood floor. Wingback chairs provide comfy seating. The room is a perfect combination of elegance and comfort. Relles is upbeat as well as pragmatic about their downsizing. “I’m comfortable here,” she says. “I like this house and I am not moving again.” The Relles home will be featured on the Sacred Heart Holiday Home Tour, which takes place Dec. 2-4. For more information, go to sacredhearthometour.com If you know of a home you think should be featured in Inside Publications, contact Julie Foster at foster.julie91@yahoo.com n

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Brad McDowell Y

ou’ve served on the East Sacramento Chamber of Commerce for five years. What made you decide to join? I never dreamed I’d live in East Sac, actually. My wife is from Auburn, and I always loved the hills, so I thought we’d live there. But I quickly learned that people from Auburn don’t ever want to go back, so we settled in East Sac. Now I can’t imagine leaving our 10-block area. I drive four minutes to work. Falling in love with the area has made it easy to donate my time. My law partner, Jason Smith, and I joined the chamber at the same time. Because of our willingness to participate, they asked us to join the board. How do you serve the chamber? I think our little hamlet’s chamber struggles with an identity crisis: Are we a neighborhood group or are we business focused? I became president in 2013, the year (longtime president) Lisa Schmidt left the chamber, so I decided to refocus on our mission of providing member services and advocating on behalf of the businesses in our area. That means I met with the City Council about parking on J Street and I advocated for the McKinley Village development. I think it’s going to be great for East Sac

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THIS ATTORN EY APPLIES BUSIN ESS SKILLS TO VOLUNTEERIN G the committee for the Arts and Business Council, which recently got absorbed by Blue Line Arts in Roseville. Being a failed artist myself (I went to school for film production), I love it. We raise money and help artists monetize themselves. I really enjoy providing legal services to help creative people treat their pursuits like a business. And because my kids are in school in the area, I also sit on a bond oversight committee. Between volunteering, getting business for the law firm and actually doing work, I’m very busy! As a business lawyer for the past 16 years, how do you give back? We offer free legal services for veterans who want to start a business for the entire month of November. So many people are daunted by hiring lawyers when they’re starting up a business, and yet so many problems can be avoided by talking to one before you sign anything. We remove the obstacles to success for those who deserve it most.

Brad McDowell participated in the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, which aims to raise

businesses, but that was a tough stance to take when the neighbors had signs out against it. It was my obligation as the president of the chamber to voice our support. Where else do you volunteer? I can always find other ways to take stress on. (laughs) I’m in my third year as a member of Point

West Rotary, and I chaired the California Brewers Festival this year, which is our biggest rotary event. It was like a second job. The event has 4,000 attendees, 100 brewers, 12 food trucks and live bands. It benefits WEAVE and other children’s charities—and takes hundreds of hours to put together. I’m also on

Why do you volunteer? I attended Jesuit High School, so I try to live by the Jesuit motto, “A man for others.” The Jesuit order is all about pure service to others and that’s what keeps me coming back: the selfish feeling of giving to other people. If you’re just doing things for yourself all the time, I think you’re throwing off the karmic balance. Plus, when you toil for the common good, you end up forging bonds with people you’d never expect. For more information about the East Sac Chamber, visit eastsacchamber.org. McDowell can be reached at bmcdowell@smplawcorp. com n

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Fashioning a Career

ARTIST PRINTS UP WHIMSICAL DESIGNS TO CREATE A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS BY LISA HOWARD

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ahoe Park resident Brandy Smith designs everything she sells on her Etsy store, Zen Threads. There’s the wiener-dog-riding-askateboard T-shirt available in 15 colors. Other T-shirts show a river otter wearing a hat and glasses and a manatee paddling a canoe. There are a lot of whimsical California designs: an outline of the state with the words “Stay Golden” and a bear wearing a striped beanie surrounded by the words “Hella Nor Cal.” Smith’s whimsical illustrations and graphics are silk-screened by hand onto T-shirts, baby onesies, sweat shirts, kitchen towels, gift bags, tote bags, scarves and buttons at Zen Threads’ production facility in Curtis Park right next to The Coffee Garden. Because she always hated the chemicals and solvents used with traditional silk-screening, Smith uses a green process with eco-friendly dyes and fabrics. She got the idea for custom silkscreened T-shirts when she was having trouble selling paintings. An “Air Force brat,” Smith was born in Sacramento but then lived in Arkansas, New Jersey, Texas and Oklahoma before returning to Sacramento when she was 12. She received a bachelor’s degree in art studio from Sacramento State University in 1998. “I illustrated and

painted,” she says. “I couldn’t sell $300 or $400 paintings, so I thought maybe I can sell 20 T-shirts with something on it.” She first started her business in 2008 in the garage of the Tahoe Park home where she lives with her partner, Kellie Denso, and their three dogs: two dachshunds, Kehei (the model for the skateboard design) and Ari J., and a Yorkie named Posey. At first, she tried selling the T-shirts on eBay without much success. Then a friend told her about Etsy. Denso helped out with the orders but at the time was still working part time at Tower Cafe. Eventually, Zen Threads got so busy that Denso quit Tower to work full time on Zen Threads. Smith says, “It was a little scary because we had just bought the house in Tahoe Park.” And in some ways, Smith’s timing was awful. This was in the depths of the Great Recession, and she was trying to build her business when others were losing theirs. When asked how Zen Threads succeeded, she says she doesn’t have an easy answer but that she worked very hard. “Every free minute I had, I was trying to design something new,” she says. “What kind of shirt should I print this on? I’d look at stores that sold vintage-style shirts for ideas. I also got on every social media site I could find to promote the store. I

made sure to post on Facebook every day.” Zen Threads also received some unexpected marketing. Earlier this year, the “Live Slow” tank shirt featuring a sloth saw a bump in sales after NHL goalie Scott Darling of the Chicago Blackhawks was photographed wearing it while eyeing the newly inked “Stanley Cup Champs” tattoo on his arm. Although Etsy has helped Smith establish and grow her business, allowing her to hire six employees and move out of her garage and into the production space, she thinks she may have hit a plateau, with sales this year roughly the same as last. “I feel like that was bound to happen,” she says. “It kept growing and growing, so I was almost ready for that to happen.” Which is why she is putting more energy into expanding Zen Thread’s work with custom orders. The company has silk-screened T-shirts for a variety of businesses, from yoga studios to McGeorge School of Law and Hot Italian. Smith credits some of her success to an early failure. It’s also why she doesn’t want to own a retail space for her line of products. “In 2002, I opened a little boutique downtown with a friend of mine,” she says. “We had a passion to open a store and rent was cheap. Now it’s a great location, but back then it

wasn’t.” The boutique on S Street at 11th was called Gurlie Door after the art of Peter Blake and sold Californiamade and organic apparel, graphic Ts, jeans and bags. It lasted only eight months. “We spent money we didn’t have trying to get that store off the ground,” says Smith. “I remember thinking after it closed that I never wanted to own a retail store again.” But she thinks the experience helped her with Zen Threads. “Working backward from that experience, I learned from my mistakes. With Zen Threads, I felt like it happened naturally, organically.” Even though Zen Threads doesn’t have a retail space, the Etsy store is always open (etsy.com/shop/ ZenThreads), and Zen Threads periodically holds sidewalk sales, which are announced on its Facebook page. And customers are welcome to call or come in for custom T-shirt orders. When asked if she ever has time to do other art, she laughs. “In all honesty, when I have time I want to create new T-shirt designs instead of paint something.” For more information about Zen Threads, go to zenthreadsshop.com n

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The Show Must Go On AN UPGRADE FOR MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM

$16.2 million subsidy to save six touring Broadway shows, nine symphonic performances, two choral presentations and six days of “The Nutcracker” ballet is being twirled past Sacramento taxpayers. It’s happening as the City Council embraces a ballooning $270 million budget to remodel the Sacramento Convention Center and Community Center Theater. The $16.2 million subsidy is a one-off that involves Memorial Auditorium. The stately brick hall, built in 1926 to honor Sacramento soldiers killed in World War I, had not been under discussion when city officials began to pencil out the convention center expansion and theater remodel. During a whirlwind of backroom discussions, Memorial Auditorium became the linchpin in the theater rehab project. Discussions focused around four Community Center Theater tenants: Broadway Sacramento, Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera, Sacramento Ballet and Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra. The most important tenant is the Broadway series. Run by the nonprofit California Musical Theatre, which produces Music Circus, Broadway Sacramento is a longstanding cultural asset. In a typical season, six traveling Broadway shows dance their way onto the Community Center Theater stage. The series runs about eight weeks. Richard Lewis, CEO of California Musical Theatre,

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Richard Lewis is the CEO of California Musical Theatre

DURING A WHIRLWIND OF BACKROOM DISCUSSIONS, MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM BECAME THE LINCHPIN IN THE THEATER REHAB PROJECT.

negotiates to bring the shows and sell the tickets. “The risk and reward with Broadway is far greater than with Music Circus,” he says. As the city lurched forward with its plan to remodel the Community Center Theater, Lewis and other arts leaders grew concerned. Their big stage would be closed while the theater went dark for renovation. Without the theater, Broadway Sacramento, which requires a professional stage, rigging, lighting and orchestra pit, “would be out of business,” Lewis says. City Hall faced a big dilemma. Would it move forward with the theater rehab and maybe kill Broadway Sacramento and the other groups? Or would the city schedule the remodel over four years, around the arts schedule? That’s what Lewis suggested. Remodeling the theater without concern for the tenants was never considered. City Council members love to portray themselves as guardians of arts and culture.

They did not want to be blamed for silencing “The Sound of Music.” But stretching out the theater rehab over several years carried a massive price tag: around $23 million extra. This summer, another option was introduced. What about upgrading Memorial Auditorium and making it a temporary home for Broadway and the others? “When I heard that, I said it’s impossible,” Lewis says. “That building will not work.” Memorial Auditorium has many shortcomings as a theater. Lighting and rigging supports are inadequate. Same with the stage and orchestra pit. Restrooms and concessions involve staircases—not good for Broadway audiences. And the floor seats are old and hard. No matter; the city’s consultants studied the auditorium and said that with $16.2 million, they could bring it to theatrical standards for the 2019-20 season. “They convinced me,” Lewis says. “We can make it work. It’s cheaper than adding $23 million to the theater remodel. And we’ll have

a permanently upgraded Memorial Auditorium.” Lewis is passionate and persuasive about his life’s work with Music Circus and Broadway Sacramento. He regards his organization as far more than a nonprofit arts organization with a budget of about $17 million and 500 or so employees. For Lewis, Music Circus and Broadway Sacramento are civic monuments. The idea of expecting the city to contribute $16.2 million to sustain theatrical programs at Memorial Auditorium while the Community Center Theater is rebuilt is not problematic for Lewis. It’s automatic. Unfortunately, officials at City Hall can’t be obliged to share Lewis’ entitled viewpoint. When the city became the owner of Golden 1 Center with a $255 million loan, it bought into the world of show business. Now the city must think like an impresario. That means it must consider the relevance, diversity and audiences for the entertainment it underwrites.

Broadway Sacramento has been in decline for a decade. Subscriptions fell from around 18,000 to 12,000. Lewis needed a $300,000 loan from the city to stay afloat in 2011. His troupe was unable to get bank loans. The philharmonic, opera and ballet limp along. The philharmonic and opera canceled seasons in 2014-15 and combined resources. A $500,000 gift from Joyce and Jim Teel saved the day. The ballet laid off dancers and canceled its 2015 season. The choral society maintains solvency with modest professional ambitions. Before voting preliminary approval for an $83.4 million rehab of the Community Center Theater and $16.2 million upgrade for Memorial Auditorium, City Councilmember Eric Guerra said, “We haven’t been putting enough into the arts to begin with.” The city’s forthcoming $100 million theatrical investment says otherwise. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com n

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Now ther Toge All

Daniel Paulson of the founder of Vox Musica

HE BRINGS TOGETHER VOICES FOR AN ALL-FEMALE CHORAL GROUP

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innovative women’s vocal

graduate school, Paulson was feeling

Nisenan (an archaic Native American

tenure-track professor of voice and

ensemble, is Music Worth

stymied. One of his mentors suggested

language).

choral at Sacramento City College

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he go home and start his own group.

both the group and its founder and

Paulson did just that in 2006.

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But after his first summer of

Arabic, Nahuatl (ancient Aztec) and

has inspired Paulson—who is a

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and a resident artist at the Tahoe

interesting, and it’s my job to find

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a pathway,” Paulson says. “For

better.

town that I felt there was a need for,”

example, I saw a local taiko dan

he explains. “At that time, I couldn’t

drumming group and I was just

in the works that I can’t talk about

other art form in which an individual

find a women’s choir working at the

mesmerized. I said, ‘I really want to

yet,” Paulson says. “We’re also

with limited skills is enhanced by the

skill level I knew was possible. So I

work with these people,’ so I made it

in conversations with an Italian

group,” Paulson says. He founded the all-female group

brought some friends together and

my job to find a way to incorporate it

percussionist from the Bay Area, as

started Vox to forge new ground in

into a project. Collaborations are at

well as a local poet who has a major

10 years ago after earning his

choral work.”

the heart of our organization. If can’t

collection of poetry we want to use as

music director, Daniel Paulson. “To quote the father of American choral, Robert Shaw, I know of no

master’s degree in choral conducting

“We have something pretty exciting

find published music, I’ll go out and

the center of a project. And of course

at California State University, Los

outlet for Paulson’s expansive

get music made by friends. I get all

we’re going to incorporate even more

Angeles. (He also has a bachelor

imagination. Over the past 10 years,

these crazy ideas and think, ‘This is

educational outreach—there’s always

degree in voice performance from

the group has produced 40 concert

cool. Now, how can I bridge the gap?’”

an educational component.”

Sacramento State.) “Working in a

projects and has given more than 100

Paulson is clearly very good at

group is really powerful,” he says.

concert performances. Its repertoire

bridging the gap, and the American

“Everyone’s voice is unique. It’s

includes 417 diverse musical works

Society of Composers and Publishers

of our spirit, our thumbprint. To

from more than 30 countries and sung

took note. This year, Vox Musica was

share it, you have to be completely

in more than 25 languages, including

awarded the 2015-16 National Award

vulnerable. In choral singing, you

Swedish, Japanese, Hungarian,

for Adventurous Programming, a

have to be vulnerable with others.

Georgian, Ukrainian, Yiddish, Farsi,

stamp of national recognition that

Vox Musica serves as the perfect

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I fully believe you can transform situations through singing. It’s empowering.” Paulson comes from a musical family: His mother is a singer and an organist, and his father is a choir director. In his family, he says, “you played a sport, you played an instrument and you went to church. That was our life.” Paulson was a regular on the national honor choir circuit in high school. Yet he knew he was destined to one day wield the baton. “Even in high school, I knew music education and being a choral director was my path,” Paulson says. “I found that I could see the paths of least resistance—to help people learn music faster and help them meet their creative goals.”

Vox Musica serves as the perfect outlet for Paulson’s expansive imagination.

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Art Preview GALLERY ART SHOWS IN DECEMBER

Sonya Fe is a now a Sacramento artist, but she came of age during the rebirth of L.A.’s art scene. This exhibition features several of Ms. Fe’s large-scale paintings, many of which reﬂect the social and cultural issues of women and children. Shown above: “When She calls, He Comes.” SMUD Gallery, 6301 S Street

Sacramento artists Mehran Mesba (shown above) and Jeff Mayry bring their exhibition of new paintings entitled “Gold Laundry of the Advent Arrival” to Beatnik Studios. Show runs through Jan. 19. 723 S St.; beatnik-studios.com

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Sacramento Visual Arts Collaborative is proud to present “Big Show of Small Treasures 2016;” an extraordinary art event showcasing intimately scaled works of art (12x12 inches or smaller) at 11 art venues. A diverse range of artistic disciplines and genres will be exhibited at ARTHOUSE, Artistic Edge Gallery, Brickhouse Art Gallery, DaDas Art Gallery Boutique, ITSA Studio, Little Relics, microARTCollection, Patris Studio Gallery, Red Dot Gallery, Sparrow Gallery, and Tim Collom Gallery. Shown above: “Random” by Barbetta Lockart at ITSA Studio.

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hanks, mate, you deserve a chocolate fish.” For a New Zealander (or “Kiwi,” colloquially), this is one of the best things you can hear after a job well done. For Edie and Andy Baker, it was the inspiration for their popular coffee landmark, Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters, located downtown, in East Sacramento and, next year, in Land Park.

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(916) 742-2616 MyGenHome.com “A chocolate fish is an iconic New Zealand candy given out as a thank you for a good deed,” explains Edie Baker, who was working as a nurse when she decided to sell everything and move to New Zealand, where she met and married her Kiwi love Andy and subsequently stayed for eight years. “We wanted a name reflective of New Zealand and this has such a good history, it worked out well.” While living in New Zealand, the Bakers developed a shared interest in the country’s vibrant coffee culture, so when the couple moved back to Sacramento to be closer to family, it seemed only natural to continue their espresso appreciation stateside. “When we moved back here, we went everywhere looking for a great cup of coffee,” she says. “But we’re so far behind (compared to New Zealand) that we realized this was our chance.” Never ones By Jessica Laskey to jump into Shoptalk

anything half-baked, a four-year period of research ensued, during which time the Bakers took classes through the Specialty Coffee Association of America and carefully crafted a business plan. (“We weren’t young, we didn’t want to lose everything,” Edie Baker explains.) The dynamic duo discovered that their experience in other fields—Edie’s as a medical sales rep, where she learned about marketing and sales, and Andy’s as the manager of a ski and scuba shop and then as an IT specialist—made for a strong foundation. Chocolate Fish opened in 2008 at Third and Q streets and the Bakers haven’t looked back. “We realized that if we were working so hard for other people, why not work that hard for ourselves?” Edie Baker says. “And it wasn’t easy. People don’t realize how hard it is to start a business. I was still working as a nurse every day for the first few years, then we switched so Andy was working in IT. It took years before the coffeehouse could support us full time.” But just serving coffee wasn’t enough for the hardworking Bakers. On a trip to Guatemala with the Roasters Guild,

the couple was intrigued by the complex process of roasting and decided to test it out back home. After copious amounts of research and months of practice, the Bakers opened their very own roastery in a warehouse in 2010. “But people didn’t know we were roasting coffee,” Edie Baker says, “so we designed the East Sac space as half coffee roastery, half café so people could see the process.” Ever the community-oriented entrepreneurs, the Bakers make it their business to visit the farms from which they buy their beans for roasting to understand their product from the ground up—literally. “Every country is different,” Edie Baker explains. “The way they grow coffee is different, what is important to them is different, their concerns are different. Until we get over there and see what they have to deal with, we don’t really understand it. You can read it in a book and pretend you’re knowledgeable, but until you see it, you can’t translate it to your baristas and customers.”

The Bakers’ direct involvement with growers in Brazil, Honduras, Costa Rica and Columbia, to name a few, has benefitted Chocolate Fish manifold. Their relationships have gained them access to the best crops and, often, exclusive rights to a certain bean, as well as intimate knowledge of the flavor profiles they offer in their shops. Add to that their dedication to training staff members and educating the public about the delights of specialty coffee through events such as SPLAT (the Sacramento Public Latte Art Tournament, which they founded in 2013) and Specialty Coffee Week (a joint venture between Chocolate Fish and other local coffee purveyors) and you’ve got yourself more than just a cup of coffee. You’ve got an experience that’s worthy of a chocolate fish. Thirsty? Visit Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters at 4749 Folsom Blvd. and 400 P St., Suite 1203. For more information, go to chocolatefishcoffee.com Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com n

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Master of the Mailbox SHE DESIGNS BEAUTIFUL CATALOGS FOR NATIONAL FURNITURE RETAILERS

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ehind some of those pesky home-furnishing catalogs that arrive in your mailbox is an unsung artist—a hard worker who is passionate about what she does and has a knack for controlling chaos. “I make pretty junk mail.” That is how Kelly Popejoy, a freelance creative, design and photo art director, describes her job. She smiles when she says it. Popejoy has direct blue eyes, barely tamed curls and tiny freckles. It’s easy to imagine her commanding a crew, orchestrating a photo shoot, getting the job done. With a client list that includes Ashley Furniture HomeStore, BrylaneHome and Grandin Road, she does everything: developing the initial

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catalog concept, overseeing photo and art direction on location, creating and laying out the final design and delivering the whole lot to the printer on deadline. A single catalog can take more than three months from start to finish. She spends most of her time on the road. Recent catalogs have been shot in Shanghai, North Carolina and Miami. In Florida, Popejoy contacted local real estate agents to find suitable locations. The agents, in turn, had to persuade the homeowners to let Popejoy move into their homes— homes worth more than $3 million. Popejoy and her crew showed up with four large trucks crammed with merchandise, removed the owners’ furnishings and quickly moved in. She worried about artistic details, including the afternoon light, which turned a white bedspread yellow (a no-no in the catalog world), and

a chandelier that refused to hang correctly. (She secured it with wires.) A large silver crab makes an appearance in several photos, along with smiling children and a Boston terrier. Blue accents abound. What looks like a dining room in the finished catalog is actually a boy’s bedroom. She had three different photographers working in three different rooms. It was 10- to 12-hour days of “mass hysteria,” she recalls. Light, color, angles: Popejoy obsessed about everything. She still thinks about it, even though the catalog has long since left her hands and arrived in your mailbox. “You have to be ‘geeked’ about this,” she says. The best part of her job is getting and making a great photo. The worst part is when she can’t find the stuff she needs in the trucks; she knows she is “burning money and daylight” (more no-nos). The best and worst

often occur on the same day, on the same shoot.

Light, color, angles: Popejoy obsessed about everything. She still thinks about it, even though the catalog has long since left her hands and arrived in your mailbox. Popejoy, a graduate of Columbia College in Chicago, has a bachelor’s degree in film and video. She interned at a photo studio at the age of 18, followed by a stint working with

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Preczewski walk to Orphan Breakfast House. They also ride their bikes to Federalist Public House, The Golden Bear or Rick’s Dessert Diner. The Waterboy is a personal favorite. “They have the best menu. We take everyone there,” Popejoy says.

Although she likes to travel and loves what she does, she is happy to arrive home. “I pinch myself every time I leave and come back.” To see Kelly Popejoy’s work, go to kellypopejoy.com n

She started her own business, KLP Creative, which she operates out of the couple’s East Sacramento home. Instagram provided a way for her to connect socially with other local artists, and her account has more than 2,700 followers. The available food and wine choices have surprised and delighted Popejoy. When she is not on the road, she and Photo courtesy of Luke Preczewski

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Strikes and Spares THE GOOD TIMES ARE STILL ROLLING AT THIS BOWLING ALLEY

AMF Land Park Lanes on Freeport Boulevard

he lanes are synthetic,

Like converting the diabolical 7-10

“My grandfather worked here,”

They replace broken parts with

which means harder than

split (the bedpost), it’s a neat trick

a staff member tells me. “My father

new components, which, surprisingly,

wood and easier to play.

when a sports business honors its

was a great bowler. He had 50 or 60

are still being made. Crewmembers

Which means fewer bedpost

legacy without destroying its future.

perfect games. He could have gone

share the dirty work. They empty

splits.

That’s Land Park Lanes.

pro. He got me started in bowling as

trash and clean restrooms.

But just about everything else at

With fresh coats of paint, bright

AMF Land Park Lanes on Freeport

new lights and a respectful, loving

Boulevard is original, from the

approach to bowling that transcends

hardwood approaches to the linoleum

generations, Land Park Lanes is

showing up since they were children.

kids’ play area and the low, curved

packed most evenings. League bowlers

Loyal customers still compete in

blue-and-white hard plastic seats

mostly fill all 32 lanes. They provide

Japanese Nisei leagues formed in the

business, but when I ask about the

that defined Space Age, midcentury-

the foundation of the business. As the

1960s. One regular bowls with his feet

customer service improvements,

modern bowling furniture when Land

night progresses, leagues give way to

because he has no hands.

Helton indicates she can’t discuss the

Park Lanes opened in 1964.

couples on dates and young people out having fun.

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THE GRID DEC n 16

the game.”

It wasn’t always this way. Not so long ago, the bowling alley wasn’t

Many Land Park bowlers have been being kept up. There were times when

Heather Helton is general manager

customer service was an afterthought. These can be touchy points for a

matter. AMF is a corporate property,

at AMF Land Park Lanes. It’s her job

part of a chain that extends across

to orchestrate the harmony around

304 bowling alleys in the U.S. And

bother with social or organizational

a fun, nostalgic experience. If the

for reasons known only to AMF,

stuff, like the beer frames and pot

ball return is sluggish or a pinsetter

the chain apparently doesn’t want

games, late afternoons are the time to

misses a pin, her crew gets to work.

houses like Land Park to build a local

visit. That’s when I showed up, not to

They hustle down a narrow ramp into

identity.

bowl, but to look closely at Land Park

the workspace behind the pins and fix

Lanes and see how the place rolls.

equipment that dates from Lyndon

you have questions, you have to

Johnson’s presidency.

go through our media office,”

If you just want to bowl and not

a little kid. You could say I grew up in

“This is a corporation, and if

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806 L Street Downtown Sacramento 916-442-7092 www.FrankFats.com Helton says. “My manager says the

optimizes opportunities for fairness,

corporation and media office will

fun and respectable scores. The oiling

have to approve any article that gets

equipment is the heart of any bowling

written.”

alley. Improperly set, the machine

I respectfully explain to the young

can make high scores maddeningly

bowling manager that journalism

impossible even for the best bowler

doesn’t operate like that – imagine

(or incredibly easy).

the stories that would result. Besides,

Bowling in Sacramento has surged

it doesn’t matter. AMF Land Park

and faltered over the years. Some

employees are proud of their work.

houses tried disco lights and disc

They happily show visitors around.

jockeys. Alpine Lanes on Florin closed

I ask about the bar, traditionally

four years ago. Two bowling houses

the touchstone of any successful

in the grid were bulldozed decades

bowling house. A staff member says,

ago. Capitol Bowl still thrives in West

“If there’s a drink that we don’t

Sacramento. And the suburbs support

know how to make, we’ll track down

Country Club Lanes, Fireside Lanes,

someone who knows how to make it.”

Lake Bowl and Mardi Gras Lanes,

Behind the ball racks near Lane 1, there’s a closet with a warning sign on the door telling people not to enter.

plus newer houses in Elk Grove and Rocklin. At AMF Land Park Lanes, across

I look inside and see a rectangular

from Executive Airport, trends arrive

black machine standing on its side,

and depart. Scoring is push button,

about 4 feet high, the underbelly a

erasing any need for math. The old

tangle of thick blue brushes, plastic

barn looks good with its upgrades.

tubes, wheels and rollers.

Well oiled for another 50 years.

The machine cleans and oils the lanes each night after bowlers go home, creating a surface that

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BROCCOLI

CABBAGE

MEYER LEMON

This healthful cruciferous vegetable is available much of the year, from September through June. It’s a member of the cabbage family. To eat: Steam or roast at high heat in the oven with olive oil and salt.

This leafy green-, purple or white-colored plant is low in calories and can be pickled, fermented, steamed, stewed, braised or eaten raw. To eat: For a fresh slaw, slice thinly and toss with poppy seed dressing.

This citrus fruit is yellower and rounder than a regular lemon, and its flavor is much sweeter. To eat: Use the juice to make a sweet curd or a nicely flavored vinaigrette.

RADISH

SWEET POTATO

These are grown locally year-round, but they are particularly crisp, juicy and mild in flavor when grown in cool weather. They come in multiple varieties, including daikon, watermelon and white icicle. To eat: Serve with butter and salt for a French-inspired hors d’oeuvre.

This large, starchy, sweet-tasting root vegetable is a great source of beta-carotene. To eat: Roast the flesh and use instead of pumpkin for a delicious Southern pie.

BLOOD ORANGE

This lovely orange has beautiful crimson flesh and a pitted skin. It makes a spectacular juice for drinking plain or adding to cocktails. To eat: Segment and use in a salad.

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