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On the same day that hundreds of law enforcement professionals gathered to memorialize Sacramento County sheriff’s Deputy Robert French, two local police officers suffered minor injuries in a September 7 shootout that left a double-homicide suspect dead. Photo courtesy of the sacramento county sheriff’s DePartment

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Attacks on local law enforcement rekindle questions about officer safety, sentencing reform by Raheem F. hosseini

Hours after a motorcade escorted the body of fallen Sacramento sheriff’s Deputy Robert French to the East Lawn Mortuary earlier this month, the woman authorities partly blame for sparking the tragic chain of events stood in a cage clutching a yellow piece of paper. On September 1, Priscilla Prendez made her first court appearance since her arrest two days earlier in Elk Grove, where she allegedly drew an auto-theft task force on a pursuit from a Ramada Inn near the Arden-Arcade neighborhood of Sacramento. When authorities later returned to the motel to search Prendez’s second-floor room, they were

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met with automatic gunfire from her fugitive boyfriend. Both Deputy French and the suspected gunman, 32-year-old Thomas Daniel Littlecloud of Castro Valley, would die of injuries sustained in the ensuing firefights. Two undercover officers with the California Highway Patrol were wounded in the attack. A week later, at the same time that scores of grieving law enforcement professionals were attending French’s memorial service in Roseville, two Sacramento police officers narrowly escaped with their lives from a gun battle with a double-homicide suspect. The officers had

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trouble getting backup because so many of their colleagues were attending the fallen deputy’s service, the department said. The two events—plus a later incident in which a police dog was lacerated when a suspect led officers on a chase through a police substation parking lot—offered reminders of the job’s unpredictable dangers. And Sacramento, as it did three years ago when a different fugitive ambushed a sheriff’s deputy outside of a motel, is faced with the difficult task of extracting lessons from a still-raw tragedy. “It forces us to look at all our systems,” said former Sacramento police Chief Rick Braziel, who now monitors the Sheriff’s

line of duty as of September 13 this year, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, up 2 percent from the same period last year. Nearly three-quarters died as a result of gunfire (33) or vehicle-related injuries (35), the page says. Overall, firearm-related deaths are down 15 percent compared to this time frame last year. French was one of six California peace officers to die this year. According to sheriff’s officials, the deputy raced to the scene of a shooting in progress at the Ramada Inn on August 30 and took cover behind his patrol vehicle as Littlecloud raked the parking lot with automatic rifle fire. Littlecloud had already opened fire on two undercover CHP officers who knocked on his motel room door, injuring both, before descending a second-story balcony and taking cover behind a planter. One of the bullets fired from Littlecloud’s rifle, which was described as a knockoff Kalashnikov, dug into French’s

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origins of an organizer unprotected shoulder and carved a path to his heart. The 52-year-old deputy continued to return fire after he absorbed the mortal wound, said Sheriff Scott Jones. “Even though it was a fatal round, Deputy French, exhibiting extraordinary and conspicuous bravery in the line of duty, still continued to engage the suspect, keeping him pinned down and allowing other officers to maintain positions of safety and cover,” Jones said during a September 5 press conference. It wasn’t the first time Jones had to memorialize the heroics of a fallen officer. In October 2014, Sacramento County sheriff’s Deputy Danny Oliver, 47, was approaching a suspicious car parked outside of an Arden Way motel when he was shot in the head. The suspect in the case, Luis Enrique Bracamontes, was an undocumented fugitive who had been previously deported. During his attempted escape, Bracamontes and his female accomplice allegedly left in their wake a wounded civilian, two carjackings and a second dead officer, Placer County sheriff’s Detective Michael Davis Jr. Bracamontes would later surrender after authorities surrounded the Auburn home he had barricaded himself inside. He is currently on trial for both murders and an assortment of other crimes. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department has lost 20 officers in the line of duty since 1850, Officer Down says. More than half of the deaths were firearm-related. The deaths of Oliver and the 42-year-old Davis prompted Sheriff Jones to begin campaigning for stricter immigration enforcement policies, which became a central tenet of his unsuccessful congressional campaign last year. Jones, who recently announced he wouldn’t be seeking a third term as sheriff, hinted that he might call for action this time as well. Noting that Littlecloud had been released from federal custody a year ago by a judge who cleared the frequent criminal offender as a public safety risk, Jones told reporters during the September 5 press conference that he “may make a comment on that later.” “I certainly will be following up on that as we go forward,” he added. Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Shaun Hampton said the department is still gathering information about Littlecloud’s prior custody and sentencing history. In the local and state court systems, probation or parole officials make sentencing recommendations to judges based on assessments of the offenders. The federal

Braziel said anyone can take a departprocess is a little different “because they ment’s tragedy and “make it very political really don’t have parole,” said Braziel, the and very emotional.” The emotions are inspector general. Someone sentenced in federal court typically has to serve the entire understandable, he says. The politics should be left behind. sentence. “We as a profession, as a society, need Braziel said the California Department to dig deeper,” he said. “You take the of Corrections and Rehabilitation has politics out of it.” developed a risk assessment tool that “is As with just about anything involving extremely accurate” in predicting which the criminal justice system, it will take time offenders are most likely to recommit for all of the pieces to be puzzled together crimes once released. Applying CDCR’s into a picture making any kind of sense. For model, the San Francisco County Probation now, there’s the necessary churn of process. Department also developed an accurate Wearing glasses and dressed in a tool. But that model hasn’t been green-striped jumpsuit, Prendez adopted systemwide as appeared briefly in the Braziel thinks it should. jailhouse courtroom this “It allows us to “The one thing month to be arraigned use data rather than an agency can’t on felony charges of a judge’s hunch,” do is botch an officer vehicle theft and reckBraziel said. “It’s less evasion. A row not perfect, but it’s a death.” of TV news cameras lot better than what Rick Braziel stood to her left and we’re doing.” inspector general, Sacramento three bailiffs crowded County there’s a natural taking into the cell with her. stock that happens after an The 23-year-old Oakland officer loses his or her life, woman peered through the both personally and professionbars as the judge spoke. ally, Braziel says. “Are you able to afford your own According to the Alameda County attorney?” he asked. Probation Department, Littlecloud was on a “Um, no,” Prendez replied. local probation status known as post release Supervising Public Defender Joe Cress community supervision, or PRCS, since was appointed to represent her. Another October 2014—the same month Oliver court date was set and Prendez’s bail was and Davis were killed—for being a felon hiked to $150,000 at prosecutor Nicole in possession of a firearm and for evading Shaker’s request. The proceeding lasted arrest. He had separate warrants out for under two minutes, after which the bailiffs his arrest at the time local investigators spirited Prendez out of the cell through a knocked on his door, for violating the terms door to a pod at the Sacramento County of his PRCS status and for missing a federal Main Jail, where she’s been ever since. pretrial hearing. Friends and family had She’s scheduled for a September 27 been urging Littlecloud to turn himself in, settlement conference. as his parents risked losing the home they Prendez was apprehended after allegput up to bond his freedom, the Sacramento edly leading members of an interagency Bee reported. task force on a pursuit from the motel to In answer to a reporter’s question, Jones Elk Grove in a BMW stolen out of the said he didn’t have any particular insights Bay Area. Prendez was arrested on felony into Littlecloud’s mindset, but the suspect’s evasion and vehicle theft charges while actions spoke for themselves. “He clearly a female occupant was questioned and was not intending to go back to jail, and he released. did not go back to jail,” Jones said. Sgt. Hampton, the sheriff’s spokesman, Further attacks on peace officers could said officers questioned both women about renew law enforcement criticisms about whether anyone was back at the motel, but California’s sentencing reform trajecdidn’t get any such indication. tory. Over the past six years, lawmakers “The female probationer actually and voters have shifted the oversight refused to say anything at all,” Hampton of low-level offenders to local counties wrote in an email about Prendez, who and adopted numerous reforms. The later told detectives that Littlecloud was Sacramento County district attorney’s her boyfriend. “The investigators had no office has opposed the release of 172 idea there was anyone else in the room offenders under a couple recent reforms but proceeded with the same cautions meant to relieve prison overcrowding by they always employ when conducting paroling nonviolent offenders. probation searches.” Ω

It’s not fun getting pulled over 36 times in a year. Ryan McClinton says that’s what happened to him in 2009, though he was only issued two traffic citations. McClinton’s perspective as a black man living in the region informs how he’ll handle himself as the new organizer for sacramento area Congregations together, a coalition of churches that continues to advocate for law enforcement accountability and a host of other social justice causes. McClinton believes it’s not a coincidence that his scores of traffic stops followed the election of president barack obama. McClinton says the experience didn’t turn him anti-cop, but he’s convinced racial profiling still happens, whether some officers realize it or not. “It was the worst year of my life,” McClinton recalled. “That year was ridiculous. It’s very demeaning. It makes you question what you can do to be treated fairly.” Being the new guy at Sacramento ACT, McClinton will build on the work and public outreach of his predecessor, Danielle Williams. For years, Williams was a strong voice for reforming juvenile justice, empowering first-time voters, protecting immigrant families and strengthening public oversight of the police. Williams stepped down in August to attend a Masters of Divinity program at Union Theological Seminary in New York. The fact that luminaries like Cornell West and michelle alexander, author of the new Jim Crow, have taught at Union Theological, has Williams excited about the opportunity. “I’m going to continue my call for faith-based organizing,” Williams told SN&R. “The seminary is at the forefront of social justice.” (Scott Thomas Anderson)

tree pain A battle that tree preservationists thought was won suddenly reignited last week. And this time it didn’t go in their favor. In 2016, the city of Sacramento had planned to remove 15 adult trees from the R Street corridor, until an outcry from residents put that plan on ice. On September 11, elected officials agreed to get the axes swinging. And it almost happened without public comment. According to a staff report, the English Elms and Yew Pines were first scheduled for destruction as part of the R Street Phase III Project, a streetscape improvement plan for midtown. Members of Trees for Sacramento successfully appealed that decision to the Parks and Recreation Commission. The same year, the city approved a new tree ordinance. It adds new protections for trees and strengthens fines for hurting them, but also gives the final call on tree removal to the City Council. This policy change, according to the staff report, allowed District 4 Councilman Steve Hansen to ask city planners to revert back to their plan for removing trees on r street. The $15 million streetscape project calls for ultimately adding 37 more trees to R Street in the coming years. Approval for removing the existing trees was put on the City Council’s consent agenda, which is usually for routine items that don’t merit presentations or public discussion. Tree preservationists found out and started making calls, which forced a public hearing. Despite members of the public testifying that they wanted to save the original trees, the City Council voted unanimously to remove them. City Engineering Manager Nick Theocharides backed up the council, telling the public that the project would eventually create a more sustainable tree canopy. (Michael Mott) This story was made possible by a grant from Tower Cafe.

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California climate regulators adopted the strictest methane rules in the country this summer, minimizing leaks on natural gas rigs that produce the energy to warm millions of homes and businesses. But a closer look at our energy consumption habits shows the high standards that signal California as a global environmental leader serve another function—as a smokescreen to enable pollution outside of the Golden State. The California Air Resources Board, or CARB, approved a methane-control plan in March, requiring utilities to implement emissions-capturing technology, along with stricter monitoring and reporting of methane leaks. In June, the California Public Utilities Commission, or CPUC, adopted a companion rule requiring in-state utilities to step up their reduction of methane emissions 40 percent by 2030. The regulations were lauded as among the first to target methane, around the same time that the Trump administration and Republican members of Congress were attempting to loosen Obama-era restrictions. The main component of natural gas and a

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significant driver of global warming, methane gets released by oil and gas rigs as a cost-saving measure. It also comes from manure, livestock and landfills, and traps heat 72 times more than carbon dioxide over short periods. California may be setting a national benchmark by requiring in-state natural gas producers to limit their methane waste, but, in many ways, it’s a hollow standard. Utilities actually import more than 90 percent of natural gas from other states—up to 98 percent, according to the CPUC—many of which don’t adhere to California-level environmental standards. At best, some environmental advocates say that makes California an enabler of the pollution its leaders claim to be controlling. While a federal rule to limit some methane leaks was upheld this summer, California could use its buying power to force methane reductions in other states, they said. “Should California require all companies selling natural gas to our state [to] meet the same restrictions as in-state producers do? I say that’s a resounding

yes,” said Dan Jacobson, legislative director of Environment California. Natural gas pipelines flow into California

from across the West and Canada like pipes into a swimming pool, according to Tim O’Connor, director of the Environmental Defense Fund’s Oil and Gas program. Millions of tiny leaks occur along the way, as well as during extraction. Without requirements to capture the gas in other states, burning or leaking it is the cheapest solution for companies. Exactly which states California imports the most gas from is unclear. State and federal agencies could not provide accurate information. The state Energy Commission referred questions to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, which only tracks state-to-state transfers, not where the gas originates. Amy Myers Jaffe, director of energy and sustainability at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, said Colorado and Texas are two of California’s main natural gas sources. Colorado’s methane restrictions are

as strict as California’s, she said. But methane flaring—intentionally burning gas to save money—remains an issue in Texas. And California has issues of its own, including reusing fracking water in agriculture, which Texas doesn’t, she said. Annually, Texas releases nearly 10 times the amount of methane emissions as the Aliso Canyon disaster last year. That leak produced nearly 100,000 tons of methane pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the domestic oil and gas infrastructure sends 90 times that amount to the atmosphere nationwide. “A lot of industry players already have policies limiting methane leaks,” said Jaffe, a global energy policy expert. “There will be a national regulation. But just because there’s a regulation, that doesn’t mean there will be compliance.” NASA is conducting an aerial survey to determine which states have the worst methane leaks, but initial estimates point to Texas, Colorado and New Mexico, all of which California has pipeline access to. A study published in the journal Science in 2014 also found that official inventories routinely underestimate methane leaks, which are odorless and invisible. Colorado became the first state to regulate “fugitive” methane emissions in 2014. California took a closer look after the Aliso Canyon blowup in 2015 spewed the largest amount of methane gas emitted in U.S. history near Los Angeles, causing numerous public health problems and displacing families. Aliso Canyon—the country’s second largest natural gas storage facility—is in Fran Pavley’s district. The now-retired senator co-wrote California’s landmark cap-and-trade regulations, the world’s first bills requiring companies to pay to pollute. In an interview with SN&R, Pavley said Aliso Canyon made it clear that utilities should be responsible for their fuels’ pollutants. “The frustration and realization was there was no incentive to utility companies to reduce their methane leaks, replacing their old pipelines or replacing their injection wells like at Aliso Canyon, which was 65 years old,” Pavley said. “And it doesn’t affect [the utility companies’] bottom line; they just pass it on to their ratepayers.” Mark Leno, a state senator when the San Bruno pipeline exploded in 2010, asked Pavley to co-author Senate Bill 1441. It would have recognized California’s stature as the second largest user of natural gas in the country and

finally analyzed the full life-cycle regulating methane in the rule’s scope of natural gas, including from leaks off limits, forever. in transport and imports from other The rule—which prevents $330 states. The bill would have required million-worth of methane waste annuthe CARB and the CPUC to develop ally, enough to warm Chicago’s homes incentives minimizing leaks in the and businesses for a year—was upheld. natural gas California utilities buy. A similar EPA rule survived after The bill failed, though, after legislaCalifornia and 12 other states sued to tors realized regulators had no idea stop Trump’s EPA administrator, Scott how to track fugitive emissions. Pruitt, from delaying its implementa“We found out it was damn near tion. An appeals court struck down the impossible to establish rigorous delay in July, though the case could standards if [the bill] didn’t have any rise to the Supreme Court. ability to track where these emissions Yet, the EPA rule only mandates came from,” said O’Connor, one of the that new oil and gas operations reduce bill’s lead proponents. their methane emissions. And the Other parts of the bill, including a Obama rule is restricted to rigs on provision forcing utilities to pay for federal land. That leaves California lost gas—aimed at incentivizing the utilities free to buy gas from older rigs, companies to stop leaks—died no matter the emissions, even as with it. state leaders wage a highly Instead, the state visible environmental Legislature went battle against Trump. “We’re keeping with SB 839, which Cutting methane includes a proviemissions won’t a lot of natural gas sion directing the stop long-term facilities open and California Energy warming—that profitable.” Commission to would take drastistudy how much it cally cutting carbon Fran Pavley would cost to track dioxide emissions, former state senator those emissions. The which can last a report is due back on millennium, compared September 15. to methane’s atmospheric The California life of a century. But it Democratic Environmental could reduce the rate of short-term Caucus said it doesn’t usually take warming, which the world is already positions on bills. But Pavley and seeing the effects. O’Connor hope legislation like SB A study published in January said 1441 gets introduced again. methane is responsible for roughly “If we require cleaner cars, it a third of global warming. And the becomes a de facto national or interresearchers found the short-lived gas national policy,” Pavley said. “We’re could cause effects lasting hundreds keeping a lot of bad natural gas faciliof years. ties open and profitable because we Sen. Henry Stern is Pavley’s don’t put requirements on out-of-state successor. The former energy attorney producers.” said from the legislative floor that And if California doesn’t stop fugitive emissions should have been buying natural gas from methaneunderstood and analyzed much sooner. burning states? He wants to take up that mantle, he “I wouldn’t say it’s hypocritical, told SN&R. but it may be near-sighted, or sticking “We’re the biggest energy buyer in your head in the sand,” O’Connor said. the whole country. Our actions aren’t “California is only directly responsible symbolic; this is economic leadership,” for 1 percent of the world’s emissions. Stern said. “If folks want to ship gas However, it takes a heck of a lot of across the country with fugitive emisraw materials to power the sixth-largest sions, we should be able to monitor economy in the world.” what those are.” Consumers are at the mercy of utiliEnvironmentalists and a few Republicans ties that pay more to wasteful compamade unlikely bedfellows this summer nies, he said. Saving lost gas means a after three members of Congress more plentiful, cheaper supply. refused to repeal an Obama-era rule “Methane is a major public health limiting methane leaks on federal issue,” Stern said. “If ratepayers knew lands. Due to an obscure legislative these fugitive costs hit their bill, they process, the repeal would have made would demand change.” Ω

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This year marked the peak of Sacramento’s craft beer boom. Scorekeeper’s favorite local breweries include Track 7, New Glory, New Helvetia, Ruhstaller, Bike Dog, Moonraker, Knee Deep and Rubicon—the last of which sadly closed in august after nearly 30 years of excellence. The foam may be settling, but Sacramento has established itself as a beerdrinking destination. Scorekeeper’s curious to see if this craze will be rivaled by SN&R’s most prolific advertisers when they start selling recreationally next year.

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Read on to discover—or rediscover, as it may be—Sacramento treasures such as Marie’s Donuts, by RACHEL Old Ironsides, Bud’s Buffet and LEibRoCk Aviator’s Restaurant, the best dive-y breakfast joint an airport has to offer. We’ve got crusty punk venues, beloved mascots, packed bookstores and the best damn VHS selection that you didn’t even know you needed. Of course there are shoutouts to the city’s latest gems, too—check out the city’s newest coffee roasters, a hip, gender-neutral boutique and a nature trail named after a country legend, just for starters. Whether you’ve recently moved to the area or a longtime resident, read on and enjoy this celebration of all things Ω Sacramento, old and new.

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Best late-night burrito Super Shrimp Burrito, Sutter Street Taqueria After a warm bear hug, Rob, the large bouncer from the bar down the street, isolates himself at a high circular table and peels back the tinfoil on what is either a very late dinner or an extremely early breakfast. After the first bite, his face goes all sacred cow—absent-eyed upper half and masticating lower half. It’s 1 a.m. on a Saturday at the Sutter Street Taqueria, an unassuming parlor tucked into historic old Folsom’s main drag. Open late on weekends, often with general manager Rosario Rodriguez charming the register and her busy maestro of a cook kneading one composition after another, the taqueria’s “shut up I’m eating” statement dish is its super shrimp burrito. Like other items on the

menu, its ingredients are simple, honest and clean. The usual suspects play their roles—rice, tomato cubes and beans that shine like refried pearls—accenting sautéed nuggets of shrimp in a tightly packed submarine dropping fast in your belly. 727 Sutter Street in Folsom, (916) 293-8952, www.facebook.com/SutterStreetTaqueria. RFH

Best old town haunt Fanny Ann’s Saloon Long a favorite of Harley-clad bikers and Marlborosmoking locals, this four-story watering hole is a veritable relic with its layers of historical junk shellacked to every surface. From top to bottom there are nooks enough to make it feel like your own, even at the busiest of hours. Add to that a kitchen serving up burgers like the Big Poppa topped with barbecue sauce,

Many new coffee shops have a tendency to be pretentious, what with their overly complex menus and sterile atmospheres. Ryan Harden and Robert Watson of Camellia Coffee Roasters say they want their new venture to be the opposite of all that. And it is: They don’t even have a coffee shop. Instead, the two huddle over a makeshift plastic table next door to the empty space. The business partners imagined they would have had a storefront by now at 429 12th Street, but city regulations, such as needing a bathroom 10 inches wider, have set them back three months. “This is definitely not how we envisioned it going,” Harden says. And yet, since launching in January 2016, they’ve managed to sell their coffee to several local wholesale clients with an ampersand—Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Co., Bottle & Barlow, Bean & Barrel—as well as Jungle Bird, Golden Bear and Kasbah Lounge. They collaborate on coffee-forward beers with Ruhstaller and share roasting space with Mast Coffee Co. in Roseville. Despite not having their own space, their brews are damned good. The house coffee at Bean & Barrel tastes bright, naturally chocolatey and not at all bitter—no need for added sugar here. Instead of name-dropping highbrow bergamot, the coffee bag boasts that it tastes like lowbrow M&M’s. They say they’re trying to make small-batch coffee accessible and unintimidating. “Everybody’s doing third-wave coffee; we can do it the right way without putting any pressure on the customer,” Watson says. Harden adds, “We’re here to start your day, not preach to you.” They plan to open their storefront in the next few months in Alkali Flat, a neighborhood without as many cafes as, say, Midtown. Within the city’s burgeoning coffee scene, they hope to set their brand apart with laid-back vibes. Forgoing the usual steel tables and industrial exposed pipes, the Camellia shop should be pastel-colored and welcoming, the owners say. Inspired by G&B Coffee in Los Angeles, they’re installing a bar with seats so that coffee sippers can linger. “It’s definitely not gonna be like anything you’ve seen down here,” Watson says. What is similar? A floor that might become the subject of many an Instagram post, akin to Temple’s penny installation on K Street. At Camellia, terrazzo will sparkle with flecks of crystal and the brand’s signature pink. “I want it to be one of those things where you walk in and look at your feet and you, like, have to take a picture of it,” Watson says. Ω https://camelliacoffeeroasters.com.

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BeSt meat and gravy heaven Bud’s Buffet by Steph On a warm Wednesday afternoon, the savory aroma of roasted meats RodRigue z lures hungry foot traffic off the busy sidewalk on 10th Street and into a line that stretches from one end of the eatery back to the front door. Inside Bud’s Buffet, the ambience is reminiscent of a lunchtime cafeteria, what with its loud chatter, modestly decorated dining area and fast-paced assembly line. Since 1988, this old-fashioned lunch spot has been revered for its thick portions of peppery pastrami, baked ham, barbecued pork, and corned and roast beef (just to name a few) packed into soft French rolls. Here, the menu is simple: specialty deli sandwiches, cold Italian pasta and macaroni salads, and hot daily lunch specials that rotate during the week, like lasagna and spaghetti served with side salads, or chopped steak served with Bud’s signature mound of mashed potatoes and gravy. Recommended on the specialty hot sandwiches menu: the spicy “Diablo” with roast beef, melted pepper jack cheese, housemade chipotle sauce and jalapeños. Or, try Bud’s classic Reuben with deli-sliced pastrami, Thousand Island dressing, sauerkraut, spicy brown mustard and Swiss cheese. Despite its lunchtime rush, the steady ebb and flow of customers makes this afternoon lunch stop a quick place to enjoy a filling meal, but bear in mind Bud’s is only open during the workweek from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Ω 1016 10th Street, (916) 443-6905, www.budsbuffet.com. Photo by GAVin Mcint yre

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www.fannyannsaloon.com. J.B.

Best surprisingly cheap date option The Press Bistro With its modern paintings, gently popping location and raw-wood aesthetic, The Press Bistro balances fancy with casual and serves consistently excellent farm-to-fork, Mediterranean-ish cuisine that shifts with the seasons. But the entrees can be kinda pricey. So if you’re on a budget but want to impress a prospective romantic partner with a night out, try the tapas, three of which go for a measly $10. The must-have is the lamb meatballs with a tangy garlic yogurt sauce. Otherwise, explore. Everything is great. If your date’s not impressed, it must have been something you said. 1809 Capitol Avenue, (916) 444-2566, www.thepressbistro.com. J.F.

A typical lunch hour at Bud’s Buffet.

Best time capsule Frank Fat’s Nestled just around the corner from the state Capitol, Frank Fat’s has been an institution in Sacramento since 1939. Fat’s specializes in expertly executed Chinese classics, like Peking duck; creations of Frank’s own, like his brandy-marinated fried chicken; and throwback standards, like a buttery but not-too-sweet banana cream pie, the tenured dessert of Sacramento. They do takeout, but half the fun comes from sitting amid the gold lamé and mirrored walls in the same deep, dark booths where cigar-chomping state politicians have been logrolling for decades. Things may get done differently at the Capitol nowadays, but not at Frank Fat’s. 806 L Street, (916) 442-7092, https://fatsrestaurants.com. J.F.

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On the seventh day of the first week of creation, the Lord rested and commanded his people to do likewise—unless they’re trying to renovate a church, in which case, they’re fine to sell tacos. To raise money for a sprucing up of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, volunteers fire up the grill at 8 a.m. each Sunday and serve $1.50 street tacos filled with meats ranging from the conventional steak and chicken to the more flavorful and adventurous cabeza, buche and birria. Optional add-ins include cilantro, chopped onions, blistered jalapeños and red and green salsa. Tasty, cheap and for a good cause, these tacos are arguably Sacramento’s most affordable, authentic and philanthropic weekly treat. 711 T Street, (916) 442-3211. J.F.

Among the pioneers of Sacramento’s nascently hip alley scene, Federalist Public House resides in a space constructed with converted shipping containers and serves a tasty array of thin-crust pizzas made in its wood-fired brick oven. You can buy an entire pie, of course, but recently Federalist added a late-night option, serving $5 slices Thursday through Saturday, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. The most novel creation is the Southside, topped with pork chorizo, fontina cheese and russet hash; or try their take on the Hawaiian pizza: The Fremont features pineapple, Grana Padano and smoked pork loin. Slices pair perfectly with a jar filled from their rotating selection of quality craft brews and a game

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flat-top-grilled pastrami, or some of Willie’s signature greasy, salty, beefy chili that partners perfectly with oozy American cheese over a pair of tamales or basket of skinny fries. A bellyful will soak up whatever poor decisions you made earlier in the evening. 2415 16th Street, (916) 444-2006, http:// williesburgers.com. J.F.

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of bocce on their adjacent artificial grass court. 2009 Matsui Alley, (916) 661-6134, https://federalistpublichouse.com. J.F.

Best midnight snack Marie’s Donuts Marie’s Donuts is a charming little Land Park shop that’s satisfied Sacramento’s sweet tooth since the 1950s. Marie’s is not only famous for its dense, old-fashioned glazed donuts, flakey maple bars and mounds of delicious donut holes that line its windows, but it’s also known as a late-night sweet stop. With the aroma of Marie’s handmade confections billowing out of its tiny roof starting at 11 p.m., it’s easy to give into sugary temptation and indulge in a midnight trip to this beloved donut shop to split a warm dozen among friends. 2950 Freeport Boulevard, (916) 444-5245. S.R.

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Best way for vegans to satisfy their hunting instincts Conscious Creamery By the time one hunts down Conscious Creamery’s pop-up decadent vegan gelato at Gather in Oak Park, Concerts in the Park or the Farm-to-Fork Festival, there’s a good chance the frozen treats are already sold out. Nowadays, Conscious Creamery pedals a tricycle cart that it peddles gelato and sorbetto bars from—that’s right, on a stick, some dipped in chocolate—which makes the chase a little more mobile. Still, it’s always worth the hunt for the delightful tongue-twisting mango chili lime sorbetto or matcha green tea gelato dipped in chocolate with sesame crunch. The hunt begins at its online event calendar. (916) 407-1175, www. consciouscreamery.com. S.

Best hard-tofind vegan joint Zest Kitchen Zest Kitchen, the vegan dining oasis formerly known as Baagan, is planted unassumingly in a quiet strip mall that’s masked by trees and cookie-cutter housing developments on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Fairway Drive in Rocklin. Blink and you’ll miss it. But missing Zest’s filling but light fare—herbal coffee, fresh nut milk, rich smoothies sweetened with raw coconut sugar, seasonal grilled panini, raw nori seaweed wraps with creamy cilantro jalapeño sauce, or legendary housemade cheesecake—that would be a shame. Zest

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plates at Old Ironsides About a year ago, the Sacramento City Council passed a resolution that all Mondays in the city were to be meatless. It was a gesture to celebrate Paul McCartney—a longtime vegetarian and animal activist—being the first performer at the Golden 1 Center, but it kind of rode the coattails of local musician Gabe Aiello, who was already making a mark in Sac with his Meatless Monday pop-ups at Old Ironsides. It was three years ago when Aiello, guitarist for Drop Dead Red and owner of Burly Beverages, began observing meatless Mondays. “I started this in my kitchen at home in hopes of feeding my close friends a healthy, sustainable and environmentally friendly meal,” Aiello says. The turnout soon outgrew his space, and two years ago, he relocated the dinners to Old I, where more than 100 people would show up for a $5 vegan meal. Although it’s no longer in Aiello’s home, the Meatless Monday events still have a homey, friendly vibe. Maybe it’s because of the laid-back ambiance thanks to Heath Williamson playing live on stage, or maybe it’s because there are no slaughtered animals in the room, or maybe it’s because the dish changes every week. This summer, for example, M.M. observers got burrito bowls and handmade tortillas one week and Thai green curry and steamed rice on another. The food tastes healthy, light, delicious. Aiello mans the kitchen once a month, while on the Mondays in between, guest chefs—like Sylvanna Mislang of The Roaming Spoon and Olla Swanson of The Olla Factory—plate up vegan options to the meatless masses. Aiello says he often collaborates with other local food makers, such as Ilsa Hess of Nacheez and Eric Vercryussen of SlowRise Bread Co., for the Monday meals, and Conscious Creamery is a dessert staple, like its August collaboration of Thai ice tea with vanilla gelato and Burly Beverages’ Classic Cream Soda Syrup. Sometimes Aiello hands the helm altogether to another chef. Although Aiello is an omnivore, he said, “Our purpose in facilitating [Meatless] Monday is to educate other omnivores. To show them that you Ω don’t need meat every day.” Old Ironsides, 1901 10th Street, Mondays at 6 p.m.; www.theoldironsides.com.

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Best cash-only (still?! ) bar Long Shot The man in the sunglasses doesn’t need the karaoke prompter. Of course he doesn’t. Crooning every word of a James Brown song like he wrote it, my man writhes his hips in this sweaty joint as our group marvels at both the performance and the environs. Clint Eastwood posters. Salty regulars. Honest pours. Check, check and check. We’ve

stuffed ourselves into a dive bar tucked behind a gas station in the rough-and-tumble Arden-Arcade neighborhood. From the outside, the place looks like a large shed or a very small strip club. Inside, the confines can quickly cramp up and the lifer bartenders only take cash. Long Shot is also a rowdy blast that feels like a throwback to a simpler time, when disparate strangers slung their arms over each other and sang along to “Tiny Dancer.” That may not have happened this time, but someone did help me give “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang” the old college try. 4239

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Best beer worth the drive Moonraker Brewing Co. It’s a bit of a hike but definitely worth the extra time and gas if you’re thirsting for a stellar brew experience. Located in an unassuming Auburn business park, Moonraker Brewing Co. impresses on the inside. Boasting an electric boiler, Moonraker’s spacious patio is shaded by more than 1,100 solar panels, which in turn provide enough electricity to brew beer and operate the taproom. Oh, and its beverages are quite delicious, too. Try the juicy Dojo, brewed with Galaxy, Mosaic, Simcoe and Citra hops; or the Seahorses Foreva, a sour with sweet-tart notes of apricot and peach. Linger for a while in the cavernous but comfy taproom, then pick up a four-pack

to enjoy once you’ve safely made the drive back home. 12970 Earhart Avenue, Suite 100 in Auburn, (530) 745-6816, www.moonrakerbrewing.com. R.L.

Best hole in the wall Cafe Marika Run by married couple Louie and Eva Chruma for nearly three decades, this Hungarian lunch-and-dinner spot cranks out simple, straight-down-thecenter meals like goulash (with fall-apart cubes of pork) and chicken paprikash (made with tender chicken thighs) served with perfectly tailored paprika sauces over either brown rice or its terrific spaetzle (bite-sized pieces of homemade pasta). At lunch, a combo plate gets you

all that for $7.25, but leave room for the apple strudel with a flaky crust and soft, spiced filling. The only inauthentic thing about this J Street institution is the rose on your table. 2011 J Street,

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Best Midtown bar uptown Serpentine Fox Prohibition Grille Walk into the Serpentine Fox, in a featureless shopping center on El Camino Avenue in Arden-Arcade, and you will think you are somewhere on the grid. Wrapped in big screens showing sports, the space

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Best place to let your day take off Aviators Restaurant Spend too much time brunching on the grid—what with its artisanal bacon Bloody Marys and avocado toast—and it’s easy to forget there are decidedly more interesting options elsewhere. Aviators Restaurant, located at Executive Airport in South Sacramento, offers a 180-degree view of the runway

from every table in the house. The food is standard diner fare (eggs, waffles and pancakes, hash browns, et al.), the prices cheap and the vibe upscale greasy spoon. In other words, so hipster it’s not hipster, which means, well, you know. 6151 Freeport Boulevard, (916) 424-1728. R.L.

Best hangover cure Round Corner After a late night out on the town, nothing cures a morning headache and hangover better than comfort food—and a little hair of the dog. Since the ’40s, Round Corner has managed to keep its janky vibe, complete with dusty old billiard trophies. Did you know at one point in history a van crashed into its front door? Ask longtime bartenders George Loera or Steve Almaraz about it sometime. Besides the cheap drinks, it’s the food that keeps patrons planted at the bar. Under the name Drian’s Kitchen, head chef Drian Perez stacks burgers, rolls lumpia and makes the tastiest potato tacos this side of the tracks. Brunch is also an option, so grab a Bloody Mary and some hearty grub in one of Sac’s best old-school bars. 2333 S Street, (916) 451-4682. S.R.

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Best affordable eats

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1. Chando’s Tacos

3514 Broadway, (916) 660-2723, www.opbrewco.com

863 Arden Way, (916) 641-8226, http://chandostacos.com

2. Willie’s Burgers 2415 16th Street, (916) 444-2006, http://williesburgers.com

3. Jimboy’s Tacos 1420 29th Street, (916) 452-6451, http://jimboystacos.com

Best baked goods 1. Freeport Bakery 2966 Freeport Boulevard, (916) 442-4256, https://freeportbakery.com

2. Pushkin’s Bakery 1820 29th Street, (916) 376-7752, www.pushkinsbakery.com

3. Ettore’s European Bakery and Restaurant 2376 Fair Oaks Boulevard, (916) 482-0708, https://ettores.com

2. Oak Park Brewing Co. 3. Bike Dog Brewing Co. 2534 Industrial Boulevard, Suite 110, in West Sacramento; (916) 572-0788; www.bikedogbrewing.com

Best brunch 1. Bacon & Butter 5913 Broadway, (916) 346-4445, http://baconandbuttersac.com

2. Tower Cafe 1518 Broadway, (916) 441-0222, http://towercafe.com

3. Fox & Goose Public House 1001 R Street, (916) 443-8825, https://foxandgoose.com

Best burger 1. Burgers and Brew 1409 R Street, (916) 442-0900, www.burgersbrew.com

Best barbecue

2. Broderick Roadhouse

1. Tank House BBQ and Bar

1820 L Street, (916) 469-9720, www.broderickroadhouse.com

1925 J Street, (916) 431-7199, http://tankhousebbq.com

3. Pangaea Bier Cafe

2. Sandra Dee’s Bar-B-Que & Seafood 601 15th Street, (916) 448-6375, www.sandradeesbbq.com

3. MoMo’s Meat Market 5780 Broadway, (916) 452-0202, www.momosmeatmarket.net

Best brewery 1. Track 7 Brewing Co. 3747 W. Pacific Avenue, Suite F;

2743 Franklin Boulevard, (916) 4544942, www.pangaeabiercafe.com

3. Teacup House 1614 21st Street, (916) 448-6212, www.teacupcafesacramento.com

Best cocktails 1. Shady Lady Saloon 1409 R Street, (916) 231-9121, www.shadyladybar.com

2. The Red Rabbit Kitchen & Bar 2718 J Street, (916) 706-2275, https://theredrabbit.net

3. Jungle Bird 2516 J Street, (916) 476-3280, http://thejunglebird.com

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1. Temple Coffee Roasters 2200 K Street, (916) 662-7625, https://templecoffee.com

2. Old Soul Co. 1716 L Street, (916) 443-7685, www.oldsoulco.com

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3. Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters

4749 Folsom Boulevard, (916) 451-5181, www.chocolatefishcoffee.com

3. Naked Coffee 1500 Q Street, (916) 442-0174, www.nakedcoffee.net

1. Frank Fat’s

1. Mercantile Saloon

7419 Laguna Boulevard, Suite 180, in Elk Grove; (916) 509-9556; http://journeytothedumpling.com

10 beers on tap • full menu Happy Hour 4:30-6pm

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2. River City Saloon

2. Kathmandu Kitchen

3. The Kabob House

916 Second Street, (916) 443-6825, http://therivercitysaloon.com

234 G Street in Davis, (530) 756-3507, http://kathmandu kitchendavis.com

648 E. Bidwell Street in Folsom, (916) 983-6619, www.kabobhousefolsom.com

3. India Oven

3. Cafe Morocco

6511 Truxel Road, (916) 249-0205, www.indiaoven.com

1221 Alhambra Boulevard, (916) 731-4637

Best doughnut shop

Best Italian

Best Mexican

1. Marie’s Donuts

1. Il Fornaio

1. Tres Hermanas

400 Capitol Mall, (916) 446-4100, www.ilfornaio.com

2416 K Street, (916) 443-6919, www.treshermanasonk.com

2. Biba

2. Midtown’s Cantina Alley

3. Pine Cove Tavern 509 29th Street, (916) 446-3624, http://pinecovetavern.com

2950 Freeport Boulevard, (916) 444-5245

2. Bakers Donuts 5880 Florin Road, (916) 392-8466, http://bakersdonuts.bigcartel .com

3. 16th Street Donuts 1601 F Street, (916) 443-6689

Best frozen treats 1. Gunther’s Ice Cream Shop 2801 Franklin Boulevard, (916) 4576646, www.gunthersicecream.com

2. Leatherby’s Family Creamery 2333 Arden Way, (916) 920-8382, https://leatherbys.net

3. Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates

2801 Capitol Avenue, (916) 455-2422, www.biba-restaurant .com

3. Lucca Restaurant & Bar 1615 J Street, (916) 669-5300, www.luccarestaurant.com

Best Korean 1. Oz Korean BBQ

Best new restaurant 2320 Jazz Alley, (916) 970-5588, https://cantinaalley.com

1030 Howe Avenue, (916) 646-2004, http://bluehouseus.com

2. Pushkin’s Restaurant

3. Iron Grill

1820 29th Street, (916) 376-7752, www.pushkinsbakery.com

2422 13th Street, (916) 737-5115, http://irongrillsacramento.com

3. Sauced BBQ & Spirits

1. Petra Greek

1315 21st Street, (916) 441-7100, www.bombaybarandgrill sacramento.com

1801 Capitol Avenue, (916) 441-0303, http://zocalosacramento.com

2. Blue House Korean BBQ

3199 Riverside Boulevard, (916) 448-0892, http://vicsicecream.com

1. Bombay Bar and Grill

3. Zocalo

1. Midtown’s Cantina Alley

3. Vic’s Ice Cream

Best Indian

2320 Jazz Alley, (916) 970-5588, https://cantinaalley.com

3343 Bradshaw Road, (916) 3629292, http://ozkoreanbbq.com

Best Mediterranean/ Middle Eastern

1801 L Street, Suite 60; (916) 7061738; https://gingerelizabeth.com

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1122 16th Street, (916) 443-1993, http://petragreek.com

2. Opa! Opa! 5644 J Street, (916) 451-4000, www.eatatopa.com

1028 Seventh Street, (916) 400-4341, http://saucedbbqandspirits.com

Best outdoor patio 1. Der Biergarten 2332 K Street, (916) 346-4572, http://beergardensacramento .com

2. Tower Cafe 1518 Broadway, (916) 441-0222, http://towercafe.com

3. LowBrau 1050 20th Street, (916) 706-2636, www.lowbrausacramento.com

Best pho 1. Pho Bac Hoa Viet 3110 Bradshaw Road, (916) 361-3888, http://phobachoaviet.com

2. Pho King II

Best place for late-night eats

Best place to get a beer

1. Ink Eats and Drinks

1. Der Biergarten

2730 N Street, (916) 456-2800, www.inkeats.com

2332 K Street, (916) 346-4572, http://beergardensacramento .com

2. Burgers and Brew 1409 R Street, (916) 442-0900, www.burgersbrew.com

6830 Stockton Boulevard, Suite 180; (916) 395-9244

3. Uncle Vito’s Slice of N.Y.

3. Pho Saigon Bay

1501 16th Street, (916) 444-3699, http://unclevito.com

6458 Stockton Boulevard, (916) 594-9395, http://phosaigonbay.com

3. Star Ginger Asian Grill & Noodle Bar 3101 Folsom Boulevard, (916) 231-8888, www.starginger.com

Best pizza 1. Chicago Fire 2416 J Street, (916) 443-0440, https://chicagofire.com

2. Hot Italian 1627 16th Street, (916) 444-3000, www.hotitalian.net

3. Zelda’s Gourmet Pizza 1415 21st Street, (916) 447-1400, http://zeldasgourmetpizza.com

Best place for breakfast 1. The Waffle Experience 4391 Gateway Park Boulevard, Suite 650; (916) 285-0562; https://thewaffleexperience.com

2. Awful Annie’s 490 Lincoln Boulevard, (916) 6459766, www.awfulannies.com

3. Cornerstone 2326 J Street, (916) 441-0948

2. LowBrau 1050 20th Street, (916) 706-2636, www.lowbrausacramento.com

3. Burgers and Brew 1409 R Street, (916) 442-0900, www.burgersbrew.com

Best place for meat-free eats

Best place to sip wine

1. Mother

1. Old Sugar Mill

1023 K Street, (916) 594-9812, www.mothersacramento.com

2. Pushkin’s Restaurant

35265 Willow Avenue in Clarksburg, (916) 744-1615, http://oldsugarmill.com

1820 29th Street, (916) 376-7752, www.pushkinsbakery.com

2. 58 Degrees & Holding Co.

3. Sunflower Drive In

1217 18th Street, (916) 442-5858, www.58degrees.com

10344 Fair Oaks Boulevard, (916) 967-4331

3. The Rind

Best place for something sweet 1. Rick’s Dessert Diner 2401 J Street, (916) 444-0969, www.ricksdessertdiner.com

2. Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates 1801 L Street, Suite 60; (916) 7061738; https://gingerelizabeth.com

3. Freeport Bakery

1801 L Street, Suite 40; (916) 441-7463; www.therindsacramento.com

Best place to watch sports 1. Firestone Public House 1132 16th Street, (916) 446-0888, http://firestonepublichouse.com

2. Coin-Op Game Room 908 K Street, (916) 661-6983

3. Clubhouse 56 723 56th Street, (916) 454-5656

2966 Freeport Boulevard, (916) 442-4256, https://freeportbakery.com

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Best spot for happy hour 1. Coin-Op Game Room

2. Kru Contemporary Japanese Cuisine 3135 Folsom Boulevard, (916) 551-1559, www.krurestaurant.com

908 K Street, (916) 661-6983

3. Lou’s Sushi

2. Shady Lady Saloon

2801 P Street, (916) 451-4700, www.lousushi.com

1409 R Street, (916) 231-9121, www.shadyladybar.com

3. The Red Rabbit Kitchen & Bar 2718 J Street, (916) 706-2275, https://theredrabbit.net

Best tacos 1. Chando’s Tacos 863 Arden Way, (916) 641-8226, http://chandostacos.com

Best spot for sandwiches

2. Taqueria Jalisco

1. Dad’s Sandwiches

3. Jimboy’s Tacos 1420 29th Street, (916) 452-6451, http://jimboystacos.com

2. Beach Hut Deli 2406 J Street, (916) 442-1400, https://beachhutdeli.com

Best Taproom/ Bottleshop

3. The Sandwich Spot

1. Pangaea Bier Cafe

Best steakhouse 1. The Firehouse Restaurant 1112 Second Street, (916) 442-4772, www.firehouseoldsac.com

2. Jamie’s Broadway Grille

2. Capitol Beer & Tap Room 2222 Fair Oaks Boulevard, (916) 922-1745, www.capitolbeer.com

3. Roco Wine and Spirits 2220 Lake Washington Boulevard, Suite 115; (916) 760-8135

Best Thai

3. Iron Grill

1. The Coconut Midtown

2422 13th Street, (916) 737-5115, http://irongrillsacramento.com

1110 T Street, (916) 822-4665, www.coconutmidtown.com

1. Mikuni Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar 1530 J Street, (916) 447-2112, https://mikunisushi.com

Mon-Fri • 4:30-6:00pm

2743 Franklin Boulevard, (916) 454-4942, www.pangaeabiercafe.com

427 Broadway, (916) 442-4044, http://jamiesbroadwaygrille.com

Best sushi

Happy Hour

330 16th Street, (916) 446-4834, www.eatataco.net

1310 S Street, (916) 448-3237. www.dadssandwiches.com

1630 18th Street, (916) 492-2613, www.thesandwichspot.com

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2. Thai Basil 2431 J Street, (916) 442-7690, www.thaibasilrestaurant.com

3. Orchid Thai Restaurant & Bar 1609 16th Street, (916) 476-3681, www.orchidthai916.com

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The Sacramento Ballet performs Serenade by George Balanchine. Photo by Jay Mathern

Best Ballet masters taking a BoW Ron Cunningham and Carinne Binda Remember that time the Sacramento Ballet forgot 30 years of its history in a press release? In March, the ballet’s board of directors caught plenty of Facebook flak after publicly updating its search for a new artistic director. The announcement summed up the company’s history, but it also omitted the names and achievements of its two longtime co-artistic directors, Ron Cunningham and Carinne Binda. They did finally update the presser to include the couple following fallout from the ballet’s supporters, but the offstage drama surrounding the transition (on many sides) had already exposed a rift between the artistic and administrative sides of the company. The pair also said prior that they’d never wanted to leave. It’s September now, and the company has found its new artistic director, a former Sacramento Ballet principal dancer named Amy Seiwert, whom Cunningham endorsed. Cunningham and Binda will stage their last season opening this month, and the ballet hopes to finally celebrate the pair’s

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history with the company. Here’s an abridged rundown of that legacy, also with omissions (to fit print space): Before they married, Cunningham and Binda met at the Boston Ballet. Binda got her start there, fresh out of high school and having grown up in a dance studio. (Her mother was a ballet instructor.) Cunningham discovered dance through “religious conversion” in college. Less than a semester away from his marketing and advertising degree, he dropped out after seeing Rudolf Nureyev perform in Chicago. It was the late 1950s, the Russian dance legend had just defected from the Soviet Union, and in the United States, ballet still largely centered around women. “The guy had this animal magnetism that no one has ever equaled,” Cunningham says. “Most of the male dancers just held the ballerina up. He kind of changed the climate so that it could be about both [men and women].”

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They spent 13 years at the Boston Ballet, Binda working as an assistant to another legend, the French dancer Violette Verdy, and eventually as the ballet mistress for—yes— Nureyev, where she was responsible for refining the choreography. Cunningham worked as a principal dancer and then a resident choreographer there. Some years and few companies later, the pair had two kids, Christopher and Alexandra (pictured on the cover). They moved to Sacramento shortly after having Alexandra, who’s currently a principal dancer at Sac Ballet. What originally enticed Cunningham westward was a clean slate with a company that had recently gone pro. Barbara and Deane Crockett founded the Sacramento Ballet in 1954. Over the next three decades, Barbara Crockett built what started as a student-based dance studio into a professional company. She retired in 1986. Cunningham became the artistic director in 1988, and Binda joined him in 1991. They hired around six professional dancers, and there were already a dozen talented students. The rest would be up to them, or as much as the budget would allow. The Sacramento Ballet has always had modest coffers when compared to similar-sized companies in the country, but Cunningham says they’ve been able to outperform them in scope and quality. In 30 years, he’s staged around 50 of his ballets. His proudest work is his version of The Nutcracker, which is unique in that it employs as many as 500 kids in the ensemble. He also directed it for 10 years while in Boston, so he’s put on the show for at least four decades. If you do the math, that’s thousands of children, and working with them is where Cunningham says he’s found the most joy. “When I’m going through the Raley’s checkout stand,” he says, “and the checkout girl says, ‘Mr. Cunningham, do you remember me? I was a reindeer in 2003.’ That’s inspiring.” As for Binda, Cunningham says she’s the best ballet mistress in the country. Because of her chops, Sac ballet can perform a large number of works by the late George Ballanchine, which can only be staged with permission from the Ballanchine Trust. Binda also grew the ballet school to its current form, which teaches around 400 students. At the end of the season, the pair will be given the honorary title of Artistic Directors Emeritus. Beyond that, they have no clear plans. Cunningham says he may freelance or do some work with the Sacramento Ballet. A new original ballet isn’t off the table. They don’t fish, and golfing isn’t an option either. “No, [we’re] not going to open up a bed-and-breakfast and raise rabbits,” he says. Ω 2420 N Street, Suite 100; www.sacballet.org.

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At the ripe age of 18, Ruofs girlfriend’s hand in marriage. Ruland has already proposed After the cow was freshly to a woman and gone painted, the romancing skydiving. Every week, man slowed his car. His he has a new clever girlfriend in the passentagline. He has dressed ger seat saw Ruofs, and up as Elvis and Donald screamed with joy, as Trump—on days that Ruland recalls. The man aren’t Halloween. later called to report she Ruofs, pronounced said yes. Rufus, is a red fiberglass Years later, Ruofs was cow. His name is an rented out to go skydivacronym that stands for ing, Ruland says. Lead the business that he hypes bags helped to steady him on the daily: Ruland’s Used as he fell from the sky. He A recent proposal Office Furnishings Store. landed upright with the help of a delivered by Ruofs. “He’s got thousands of fans parachute that was strapped around around the area,” says Steve Ruland, his bulbous belly. owner of the north Sacramento store and the A more typical day for Ruofs includes voice of Ruofs. Every week, Ruland writes a message sharing Ruland’s amusing messages on 16th Street. across the body of the cow, and Ruofs poses on the His greatest hit? Standing on the opposite side of the sidewalk so that everyone driving north on 16th Street road with the word “Hello.” This was around the time can see it. that the Adele song by the same name was topping the “We refer to him as a traffic calming device,” charts. He also comments on current events (“Covfefe Ruland says. “Traffic slows and moves to the righthand media bait”) or whatever strikes Ruland’s fancy that side. Most of the time, they have to report what he says week. Recently, Ruofs said, “I lost my skillset outside when they get home. If I leave a message up there too my wheelhouse.” long or I have him blank, I get phone calls. A week is a “That’s a millennial thing—we never had skill long time.” sets, and if we did, we would’ve lost ’em,” he says. When Steve Ruland was inducted into the Rotary “If it’s in your wheelhouse or not, that’s actually an Club of Sacramento, he says, a group of around older-generation thing. To put the two of those together 200 business leaders witnessed it, and Ruofs tagged is just funny to me. I’m amazed by the words people along. “I wanted him to join with me on the same say. I guess I have a very limited vocabulary, so some day,” Ruland says. The crowd was asked who knew things just tickle me.” Steve Ruland, and he says about 10 people raised their Ruland fancies himself a comedian in the style of hands. Then they were asked who was aware of Ruofs. Jerry Seinfeld or Arsenio Hall—amusing, but not quite “Everybody in the room knew him.” funny-ha-ha. These jokes entertain Ruland as much as Ruofs has little to do with the store’s wares, aside anyone else. After all, it can get mundane selling used from the fact that the Ruland is “bullish on office furnioffice furniture. (He jests, “They’ve just started going ture.” Rather, the cow has served as a brand builder: a with some flashy colors: It’s brown and black.”) changing sign that never blends into the background, Ruland says he milks the fun out of his week even for drivers who pass by daily. Over time, his with Ruofs. audience has grown to adore him. On Instagram, for “It makes me happy, and hopefully you, too.” Ω 215 N. 16th Street, http://rulands.com. example, user @doubledown_dan poses next to Ruofs and writes, “Been seeing this #Cow since I was a kid. Today I finally got to meet him.” The cow has spread his share of love. More than a CONTINUED ON PAGE 41 decade ago, a customer requested that Ruofs ask for his

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Best unofficial Midtown mascot

Most people wouldn’t take inspiration from a spool of steel wire, but that’s what makes Diana Dich the artist and not us. Dich started experimenting with wire as a form of 3-D drawing when she was still in high school. Today she bends and twists it into everything from large-scale, single-strand silhouettes featured at Art Hotel and ArtStreet to affordable, custom work available at local makers-marts. Hit her up for everything from fine art portraits and twisted bracelets to beautiful, cursive signage featuring your favorite expletive. www.dianadich.com. J.B.

They say a woman’s work is invisible in the home, and the same can be said of certain creators in the art industry. Franceska Gamez, 24, often plays a supporting role as the co-curator of 1810 Gallery, where she boosts the profile of other artists. In a recent exhibit, Art Is…, Akira Beard’s watercolors and oil paintings held ghastly forms that pulsed with color—a vibrant example of the “high caliber of lowbrow art” that Gamez says she wants to present to Sacramento. Gamez’s own work is commonly interwoven in collaborations, including with her fellow co-curator, Shaun Burner. They made a sultry mural for Wide Open Walls in August and the arguably most-Instagrammed installaA mural by tion at February’s ArtStreet—a Franceska Gamez. hoodied man with bright wooden rays emanating from his face. Gamez’s touch is Photo CoURtESY oF FRanCESk a GamE z disguised in plain sight: Look for the raw, colorful, organic curlicues and swirls that thrum with life. www.facebook.com/franceskaart. R.H.

Cluck Castro Whether on bike, on foot or in a vehicle, if you live in the inner city, chances are you’ve passed by Cluck Castro, Midtown’s festive and unofficial mascot perched on a second story porch near 22nd and N streets. Larry Fox, an artist and retired teacher, created Castro out of wood, plaster, hemp and wire, and each holiday he dresses the large bird to fit the occasion. Whether Castro’s hiding underneath a large skull mask during Halloween, brightly decorated with Christmas lights during the winter or adorned with Valentine’s Day symbols in February, this chicken is a quirky treasure that holds true to the grittier side of Sacramento. S.R.

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Best place to impress your nerd date Alliance Française de Sacramento For the cadre of pretentious movie snobs, the dearth of foreign-language films online is invariably depressing. Fortunately, the Alliance Française de Sacramento is keeping French film alive and available with more than 450 DVDs available for checkout to its members, plus books, music and events like monthly film screenings held in its new CLARA headquarters. For a yearly fee that ranges from $25 to $45, members gain access to the Alliance’s cultural events, multimedia lending library and online access to French-language newspapers and magazines. Check its website to browse a catalog of

#ShowUpSacramento A cheekier name for this app would be #NoExcuseSacramento. But Danielle Vincent, founder of #ShowUpSacramento and the annual First Festival, isn’t trying to offend you for not coming out and supporting the finer events in our arts and music scene. She’s trying to help you, friend. Through #ShowUpSacramento, a simple touch and scroll shows you the best of what’s happening in your city. You can also post pictures of shows or listen to an all-local music playlist. It’s elegantly bare bones, which works because Facebook can be overwhelming when it mixes event pages with Trump news and your friend’s birthday. But really, you’re running out of excuses. There are nice things happening in Sacramento, and you should come out. www.facebook.com/showupsacramento. M.Z.

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Best reason to question your insanity The Hideaway Bar & Grill I went in search of what I expected to be a simple prize. I told my editor I wanted to write about the graffiti inside the men’s room at the Hideaway, an outpost dive bar on the edges of Curtis Park and North Oak Park. But when I arrived, mysterious forces had vandalized my reality. The two restrooms were now unisex and there was no graffiti to be found. Plus, the toilets were in the wrong place. Had I confused the Hideaway for another bar? Did I dream it? Was I that tipsy? As I sipped on a not-cold Olympia and pondered my sanity, I started noticing other things. The long plank of bar under my elbows was a glittering burgundy expanse that begged to be danced upon or stared at in a psilocybin-induced hypnotic stupor. And secreted in this brick building block with its rockabilly tiki touch (rockatiki?) stood one of the last analog jukeboxes on Earth. The bartender didn’t care for the newfangled digital Daleks that allowed people to choose from an uncurated menu of music, or hack each other’s plays through an app. Remember when jukes revealed the soul of a particular place, she asked? I agreed. As she played cuts from the first Eagles of Death Metal album, we talked about the band’s origins as a Queens of the Stone Age side project and its unwelcome notoriety following the Bataclan terrorist attack. She was excited to see the band shake out the jams at Outside Lands. As we chatted, I forgot about my deteriorating psyche. To bend a phrase from another debauchery-loving rock ’n’ roll outfit, you can’t always find what you want. But if you try sometimes, well, you just might find what you need. 2565 Franklin Boulevard, (916) 455-1331, www.facebook.com/SactoHideaway. RFH

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Best slice of Americana West Wind Drive-In The original Sacramento 6 Drive-In, now known as the West Wind Drive-In, was built in 1973 and remains the city’s own unique slice of historic Americana. With the advent of car speakers in the 1940s, the popularity of drive-in theaters soared through the decades. More recently, a majority of the nation’s drive-ins have shuttered, but this old-fashioned form of outdoor cinema continues to coast alongside modern-day movie theaters, because there’s nothing like enjoying a movie under a canopy of stars with a much welcomed Delta breeze. 9616 Oats Drive, (916) 363-6572,

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rougher charm of Midtown is losing to the highest Bay Area bidders. But it’s haunting gems like the Hart Mansion, a.k.a. the Martinez House, a.k.a. the Amoruso House, a historic manor located in Boulevard Park that’s kept the neighborhood’s creepy folklore alive for more than 50 years. The house sits empty, but is owned by a local ranching family, the Amorusos. Above the large entryway, gargoyle-like heads keep away curious passersby better than the padlocked gates. But it’s the rumors of ax murderers, ghosts and a doctor gone mad that give this mansion its spooky appeal, especially around Halloween. Still, the Amoruso estate assures Sacramentans year after year that the place is simply a family heirloom, and despite the scary stories passed on by neighbors and local ghost hunters for decades—there are no such things as ghosts. H and 22nd streets. S.R.

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Help us kick off an Arts Season ALL EXHIBITIONS AND TALKS, AND MANY CONCERTS ARE FREE. For more information and tickets, visit ls.ucdavis.edu/ news-events/harcs-news/fall-arts-1718.html. Sign up for our monthly arts newsletter at ls.ucdavis.edu/ newsletter-arts/signup.html. MUSIC offers dozens of concerts from symphonic to Javanese percussion to experimental. “Death With Interruptions,” Nov. 11, is a recent one-act opera with music by Professor Kurt Rhode. It recounts what happens when death falls in love with the principal cellist of a local orchestra and fails to claim his life. Conducted by Matilda Hofman, it features Nikki Einfeld, soprano, Daniel Cilli, baritone, Joe Dan Harper, tenor, Leighton Fong, cello, the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble and Volti chorus. ART AND ART HISTORY brings artists, curators and writers from around the world for an engaging series of presentations. It starts Oct. 5 with Samara Golden whose installations of sculpture, projected video, live video and sound were in the 2017 Whitney Biennial and shown at MoMA PS1, New York; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; and the Hammer Museum Biennial. THE C.N. GORMAN MUSEUM collects and exhibits contemporary art by Native American and other indigenous people. Many works recently added to the museum collection will make up “Recent Acquisitions from the Northwest Coast and Artic” Oct. 3 – Dec. 8.

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THE DESIGN MUSEUM mounts exhibitions on fashion, jewelry, furniture, architecture, and all things connected to the mission of the only comprehensive academic design department in the UC system. “Instinct Extinct: The Great Pacific Flyway,” Sept. 18 – Nov. 12, is a multi-disciplinary art installation created by UC Davis faculty members Glenda Drew and Ann Savageau and Sacramento State faculty Valerie Constantino that explores and celebrates the biology, beauty and bounty of the Pacific Flyway. CINEMA AND DIGITAL MEDIA holds a film festival each spring at the Varsity Theater in Davis. THEATRE AND DANCE produces classics and time-tested works along with brand new and experimental pieces created and directed by faculty, students and guest artists. The season starts Nov. 9 with “Gibraltar” by Octavio Solis. In the play, a man searching for his runaway wife and a woman whose husband disappeared in a boating accident share stories played out in the dreamlike landscape of memory. Kent Nicholson, director of musical theatre at Playwrights Horizons in New York, directs. TANA (Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer) is a partnership between the Chicana/o Studies department and the Woodland community both teaching and showing art. “Special Editions,” Oct. 14 – Dec. 11, features prints created by TANA artists and visiting artists including Julio Salgado, Juan Fuentes, Amy Diaz-Infante and Ruby Chacón. THE UC DAVIS HUMANITIES INSTITUTE will launch the Human Rights Film Festival Oct. 19–21 in community and campus locations in Davis and Sacramento.

UC Davis THIS ! THE JAN SHREM AND MARIA MANETTI SHREM MUSEUM OF ART features a wide range of art exhibitions and events and serves as venue for speakers and other events from many academic areas of the university. Through Dec. 28 the museum is revisiting composer John Cage’s “33 1/3,” a work for multiple record players and records which premiered at UC Davis in 1969. THE CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM has invited visiting writers who explore their Native American, African American, Sri Lankan and Hmong heritage. The series starts Nov. 8 with Danez Smith, a selfdescribed “Black, queer, poz writer and performer,” current National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry, and author of Don’t Call Us Dead and Boy. THE RELIGIOUS STUDIES PROGRAM has teamed up with the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts for a second year for a series of performances. The first is “Kudiyattam,” Nov. 3 and 4, a 2,000-year-old form of Sanskrit drama. PHOTOS: Art by Annabeth Rosen, art professor; soprano Nikki Einfeld; object from “Instinct Extinct”; actor from “Kudiyattam.”

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Best 49 seats in town Wm. J. Geery Theater For more than 30 years, the Wm. J. Geery Theater has been the place the city’s small professional theater companies have called home. Inside the intimate 49-seat room, comedy troupes, cabaret festivals, oneman shows and even private music recitals have all claimed time on its stage. Located in the basement level of a historic Midtown abode, this theater offers a closeknit experience that puts the audience right in the thick of the drama, music and entertainment. 2130 L Street, (916) 448-9019, www.wjgeerytheater.com. S.R.

Best fair-weather feline pal Chroma Kitty If it’s the kind of day that sends TV forecasters out to look at the sky, chances are you’ll get the chance to catch Chroma Kitty, the best meteorologist who ever purred. Chroma, who lives on the Fox40 premises, is an on-set regular known for making appearances during the newscast’s Backyard Weather segments. Sometimes the tabby even helps out, using her tail to point at key spots on the green-screen map. In return she gets a luxe cathouse (it’s heated in the winter) and plenty of food.

Mahtie Bush No one should ever accuse Mahtie Bush of having an inferiority complex. The beefy backpack rapper turned down not one but two recent requests to confab with SN&R until we agree to feature him on our cover. The headphones on this guy! This was no idle ransom demand, either. When our calendar editor asked to spotlight one of Mahtie’s upcoming shows, the local emcee responded by emailing a link to a video in which Mahtie burns a copy of the paper. OK, man, we get it, you’re not bluffing. Mahtie has kept up his social media campaign to make SN&R’s cover since that one-minute clip, in which he narrates his grievances over slo-mo footage of him in a parking lot, igniting the offending newspaper and dropping it like it’s hot. “You want to put me in the back of your paper with the weed and call girl ads,” Mahtie says in the clip, which swipes blinkand-you’ll-miss-them cameos from Winona Ryder, Chris Pratt and Kanye. “You want me to just be thankful to be in your paper for a small blurb. I am Mahtie Bush. Do your research on me. My story is bigger than 150 characters.” Um, how many characters is this? www.facebook.com/mahtiebush916, https://soundcloud .com/mahtiebush916. RFH

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In 2014, Jack White broke the world record for the fastest produced and released album ever. His second solo LP, Lazaretto, took three hours, 55 minutes and 21 seconds to lay down all 11 tracks in the studio, master it, press it to vinyl and debut it to the public. Put blues man Michael Ray in that same camp of musicians who’d rather bust out a living record in less time. His upcoming album, an eclectic tour of original and traditional blues rock songs from the last 50 years, was the fruit of a February show siphoned into the microphones at Gold Standard Sounds and performed for an audience in the studio at the same time. The show, and thus the recording process, clocked in around two-and-a-half hours. Just a reminder that you don’t have to pull a Chinese Democracy (Guns N’ Roses’ last album took 10 years to complete, and it was disappointing) to make worthwhile music. www.facebook.com/michaelray916. M.Z.

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Best all-ages music venue 1. Ace of Spades 1417 R Street, (916) 930-0220, www.aceofspadessac.com

2. Cafe Colonial / The Colony 3520 Stockton Boulevard, (916) 736-3520, www.facebook.com/cafecolonialsacramento

3. The Palms Playhouse 13 Main Street in Winters, (530) 795-1825, http://palmsplayhouse.com

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3. Crest Theatre 1013 K Street, (916) 476-3356, www.crestsacramento.com

Best comedy experience 1. Punch Line Comedy Club 2100 Arden Way, (916) 925-8500, www.punchlinesac.com

2. Sacramento Comedy Spot 1050 20th Street, Suite 130; (916) 444-3137; www.saccomedyspot.com

3. Laughs Unlimited 1207 Front Street, (916) 446-8128, www.laughsunlimited.com

Best communitytheater group 1. Big Idea Theatre

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3230 Arena Boulevard, Suite 113; (916) 960-3036; www.bigideatheatre.org

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2. Davis Musical Theatre Company

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607 Pena Drive, Suite 10, in Davis; (530) 756-3682; www.dmtc.org

Best casino/cardroom

2. Actor’s Workshop of Sacramento

1. Thunder Valley Casino Resort

3. California Stage

1200 Athens Avenue in Lincoln, (916) 468-8777, https://thundervalleyresort.com

2509 R Street, (916) 451-5822, www.calstage.org

2. Red Hawk Casino

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3. Limelight Bar & Cafe 1014 Alhambra Boulevard, (916) 446-2236, http://limelightsac.com

Best cinema experience 1. Century 14

1721 25th Street, (916) 501-6104, www.actinsac.com

1. The Press Club 2030 P Street, (916) 444-7914, www.facebook.com/thepressclub

2. Badlands 2003 K Street, (916) 448-8790, www.sacbadlands.com

3. Faces 2000 K Street, (916) 448-7798, www.faces.net

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Best independent gallery

2. Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub

1. Sol Collective

3. Cafe Colonial / The Colony

2574 21st Street, www.solcollective.org

2. Beatnik Studios 723 S Street, (916) 400-4281, www.beatnik-studios.com

3. Verge Center for the Arts

2708 Street, (916) 441-4693, www.harlows.com

Best museum 1. Crocker Art Museum 216 O Street, (916) 808-7000, www.crockerart.org

Best karaoke

2. California State Railroad Museum

1. River City Saloon

125 I Street, (916) 323-9280, www.californiarailroad.museum

Best LGBTQ club

1. Luna’s Cafe & Juice Bar

1. Faces

1414 16th Street, (916) 441-3931, www.lunascafe.com

2000 K Street, (916) 448-7798, www.faces.net

2. Shine

2. Mercantile Saloon

1400 E Street, (916) 551-1400, http://shinesacramento.com

1928 L Street, (916) 447-0792, www.facebook.com/themercantile saloon

3. Badlands

3. Old Ironsides 1901 10th Street, (916) 443-9751, http://theoldironsides.com

2003 K Street, (916) 448-8790, www.sacbadlands.com

Best live music venue 1. Ace of Spades 1417 R Street, (916) 930-0220, www.aceofspadessac.com

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1. The Crest Theatre

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Susan Stewart opened Strapping Store last April Fool’s Day, and it all makes sense. Just step inside and gander at the sort of trinkets this Oak Park gift shop sells: a baby-sized onesie with a guitar-rocking sloth who wears a baseball cap that reads “Slow Jams”; a soap dispenser with the words “Maybe You Touched Your Genitals”; a pillow boldly labeled “SAND.” The shop isn’t shelved exclusively with products exhibiting Stewart’s brand of snark. And neither is its only goal to make you laugh. Stewart says she wants to create stress-free, nonjudgmental shopping. “[My store] is for every dollar-point and every human—grandma, grandpa, 2-year-old,” Stewart says. How else does she aspire to maximum comfort, aside from products with puns? The shop also stocks her gender-neutral clothing line, Strapping Fit, which includes masculine clothes for tinier frames. “When people think of the word ‘strapping,’ they think strong, big, capable, healthy men,” she says. “I thought it was funny, because my line is actually for smaller women.” When Stewart started Strapping Fit last year, she says she wanted to fill a niche that she identified with, and to do away with a shopping experience that she felt was judgmental for people outside of the gender binary. “I’m pretty androgynous,” she says. “I will wear men’s clothing, but I also wear makeup. I don’t have a problem wearing women’s clothing, either. But it should be just about how I’m feeling that day, not necessarily what society expects for me, so it’s kind of what my brand promotes.” Her flannels, caps and ties are available in-store and online, and if that’s not for you, she says the store still can be. “My ultimate goal is to have everyone feel comfortable in their skin.” Ω 3405 Broadway, www.strappingsacramento.com.

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Best Place for video nerds Awesome Video As the digital age continues its advance, classic mediums of entertainment struggle to compete against newer, faster technologies. This was the case for video rental stores such as Blockbuster and Hollywood Video, with hundreds of locations nationwide closing shop for good once video-streaming giants such as Netflix and Amazon became available in every household with a smart TV. Despite this, Awesome Video, Sacramento’s last operating video rental store, remains steadfast. With 50,000 DVDs and VHS copies lining the shelves organized into the usual genres of horror, comedy and drama, as well as carefully curated sections for documentaries, foreign films and art film collections, Awesome Video is a throwback. A relic. Step inside the 6,000-square-foot space and it feels like the ’90s all over again. Here, framed movie posters

decorate the walls, and an old cash register dings with every transaction. It’s reminiscent of a time when parents and kids browsed the aisles for new releases and purchased candy and popcorn before returning home for an evening filled with cinema. For owner Maithu Bui, her store is like a museum of movie titles both old and new that she happily shares with her regular customers, and it’s been this way for more than 20 years. Bui immigrated to the United States from Vietnam in 1992 and started working at Awesome Video, which was then owned by her friends. Two years later, she took over and has been renting movies to videophiles ever since. “When I came to the United States, I was just amazed at the culture and I wanted to learn more of the language. By watching movies, it helped me with language and I just got into it,” Bui says. Bui enjoys old Disney movies like The Lion King for its music and storyline, but she also admires classic actresses

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including Katharine Hepburn. Over the years, Bui says she’s watched her customers’ families grow before her eyes. She also befriended longtime customer and video crusader Soreath Hok, who now runs the store’s social media presence in exchange for free video rentals. “Growing up, it was always a treat for me to go to a video store, and Sacramento still has this treasure,” Hok says. “It’s a great place if you want to have a face-to-face experience and you want to touch things again. It’s like Ω being in a record store and digging.” 4524 Freeport Boulevard, (916) 731-4720, www.facebook.com/awesomevideostore.

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an otherwise anonymous commercial drag between O and N streets, the neon marquee transfixes at night with its cotton-candy lettering, electric blue Sac Activist School accents and an arrow that at Sol Collective inexplicably curls around what looks like a red poker For 12 years, the Sac Activist chip with wings on it. As School at Sol Collective has Comstock’s reported at the time, been bringing members of the School’s always in session the Capitol Area Development community together to get educated at Sol Collective. Authority helped Mercury’s owners on becoming active for social justice. refurbish the 1947 sign with pro bono Every Wednesday evening, the school electrical and engineering work when the dry cleaner hosts events like film screenings, book discussions, or moved to the Legado de Ravel building across the self-care and healthy cooking classes. Andru Defeye, street. A janky beacon in a rapidly gentrifying town, it’s the organization’s creative placemaker, says it’s Sol the stuff that electric sheep dreams are made of. Collective’s first and central program, and all ages 1420 16th Street, (916) 443-3569. RFH show up to learn and participate. “A lot of people want to get active,” he says. “That’s the beautiful thing.” And Sol Collective continues to provide an avenue to start. 2574 21st Street, (916) 585-3136, www.solcollective.org. S.

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Best reprieve Sacramento Safe Space for Unhomed Youth Sacramento City College faculty member Kimberly Church began this humble microventure last fall as a way to combat the dearth of drop-in services for unaccompanied minors and young homeless adults around the grid. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on J and 14th streets offered its Parish Hall to host the homeless youth and their pets, while Church has gotten volunteer and fundraising support from both expected and unexpected corners. Open four hours every Tuesday, Safe Space averages more than 30 guests and is totally volunteer-run. Church says St. Paul congregants have chipped in thousands of dollars, all of which goes back into keeping Safe Space open. No one takes a cut, which is important to Church—one of the loudest critics of poverty pimping you’ve ever encountered. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1430 J Street, safespaceyouth@gmail.com. RFH

Best marquee swoon Mercury Cleaners’ sign Relocated out of the path of a planned demolition a couple of years ago, Mercury Cleaners brought with it a 70-year artifact that gives Midtown a taste of Blade ––Runner’s seedy, neo-noir cool. Illuminating

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3. Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen 1915 I Street, (916) 538-6697, www.sacbikekitchen.org

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Matt Rodriguez works to preserve Sac’s skate culture. PHOTO By Gavin McinT yre

Best spot to carve With the pros 28th and B Street Skate Park Sacramento’s rich skateboarding culture dates back to the early ’80s, when official, dedicated skate areas operated between levels of scarce to nonexistent. And skateboarders who went rogue were either ticketed by police or, in some cases, arrested, according to 28th and B Street Skate Park staff member, camp instructor and professional skateboarder Matt Rodriguez. He recalls a time when a then-empty plot of land at 19th and R streets was repurposed into a local skate park by a crew of skateboarders, who cleaned the area of debris, poured concrete and eventually earned the support of the city. But it was short-lived. In the end, the land was sold, and it now houses a busy grocery store and shopping plaza. On the flip

side, it also led the city to open the 28th and B Street Skate Park near Sutter’s Landing Regional Park. For a $3 admission fee, any skateboard, Razor scooter or pair of roller skates (sorry, no bikes) can glide and grind on every curb, half-pipe and rail built by longtime skateboarders who paved the way for the indoor skate park. “When it comes to skating, the more different types of terrain you have to ride, the more fun,” Rodriguez says. “There’s a good variety over here. It’s a homegrown-style park.” For the past 17 years, Rodriguez has spent time skating inside the large warehouse. He also worked as one of the park’s instructors, guiding the city’s next generation of skateboarders at various skill levels. When school’s on break during the spring, summer and winter seasons, young and eager skaters ages 5- to

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18-years-old are taught the basics of proper foot placement and push technique, while also learning about the roots of the sport in California during a five-day camp. “It’s super fun getting to know all the kids and see who’s up and coming. We like to tell them stories of where skating comes from and how it’s not always about learning new tricks,” he says. “It’s about being self-propelled and awakening your individuality, and learning that skateboarding is, first and foremost, a culture with a long history.” Ω 20 28th Street, (916) 494-8724, www.cityofsacramento.org/28andB.

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Soylent Green is people, and so is Sacramento Eco Fitness’s power supply. The gym, which opened last December, bills itself as the first “human powered fitness facility” in California. What does that even mean? Each time a gym rat pedals on its stationary cycles, the facility stores those watts to power its electricity. In addition to those bikes, you’ll also find boxing and prowler sled training, Olympic and powerlifting weights. Classes include CrossFit, Spin and, for maximum calorie burning, Get Fit Bootcamp. For now, the most basic membership only costs $35 a month, a rate you can lock down and keep, even as Eco Fitness plans on expanding to a larger space in Midtown, according to co-founder Jose Avina. To cheer you on as you lift, there’s a doe-eyed chihuahua by the name of Cocoa. 1914 1/2 L Street,

Johnny Cash spent, what, a day here recording his 1968 live album At Folsom Prison? And yeah, his “Folsom Prison Blues” is an undisputed classic. But the degree to which the city of Folsom has bandwagoned its identity to the Tennessee-born country-music legend is inversely proportional to the amount of time that Cash actually spent here. Exhibit A: the Johnny Cash Trail, a $3.2 million project begun in 2014 with federal grants and local transportation funding. The city is celebrating the completion of the 2.5-mile trail—a concrete ribbon that takes the scenic route near prison grounds—on October 14, but isn’t done with its J.C. boosterism. The city is also hocking limited edition Johnny Cash cycling kits (little known fact: Cash was all about his Colnago Arabesque) and inmate-stamped vanity plates as it raises funds for a 3-acre “Legacy Park,” public art installations and a 40-foot sculpture of the Man in Black, who, ahem, did not live here. (Having said that, the interactive bike trail does sound cool.) 50 Natoma Street in

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Located in an ivy-laced garage near the train by Steph tracks in Midtown, the Sacramento Bicycle RodRigue z Kitchen has given cyclists the know-how on bicycle maintenance and repair skills for more than a decade. This cooperative’s DIY mission is to supply the tools, parts and staff support to show riders how to fix their trusty steeds for a mere $5 shop fee. The Bike Kitchen relies on a dedicated team of 35 volunteers, including eight core members who act as the garage’s board of directors and work to keep the space open year after year. Here, mechanics assist the community with a variety of common fixes ranging from truing wheels to changing brake pads, cables and flat tires. Whether a part is stripped, bent or broken, the staff at the Bike Kitchen takes pride in all things quirky, especially bikes that have already led a long life. Paul Droubay is a volunteer and core member who has dedicated his time to the cause since 2009. Droubay says he enjoys the interaction and camaraderie that naturally occurs when working on a project with someone he’s never met. “I get to know so many people that I would never get to know on an intimate basis through working on bikes, even though it seems like you’re just fixing a flat,” he says. The shop buys new cables, brake pads and hardware when needed, but many wheels, derailleurs, tires and even whole bicycles are donated by local patrons, bike shops and police impounds. Often, bicycle cops donate old parts from their shiny rides, so there’s always a steady stream of gear to keep people rolling for miles. “If you are out on your bicycle and something’s not quite right, the more you know about how to fix it, the more empowered you’re going to be,” Droubay says. “It makes it so you can travel a lot farther and with confidence and more safely.” The Bike Kitchen also offers workshops on topics like brake and derailleur adjustments, frame and fork alignment, and wheel building. Every Second Saturday from April to October, the shop turns into an all-out garage party, with live bands and art displayed in the parking lot, with proceeds from beer sales going back to the cause. “We have this groovy spot with nice tools, and as long as people care about it and we keep getting new volunteers, everything else is achievable and possible,” Droubay explains. “Volunteers with a crescent wrench can do a lot.” Ω 1915 I Street, (916) 538-6697, www.sacbikekitchen.org.

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Best sighting of drunken fauna Sloppy Moose Running Club While the moose is native to lands far away and shies from human contact, the Sloppy Moose is local to Sacramento and can often be seen running in large, stumbling packs to and from the New Helvetia Brewery. The brew-motivated Sloppy Moose Running Club meets every Thursday year-round at the

brewery for a 3-mile “social run” followed by beer (or kombucha on tap) back at the starting point. Attracting runners, drinkers and healthy hopefuls of all shapes, sizes and race times, the Sloppy run makes for an accessible and relatively guilt-free way to drink a beer and consequently get some exercise.

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It’s still several months before the B Street Theatre makes the transition from its old home at 2711 B Street to 2700 Capitol Avenue. The new location, currently under construction, will still be known by its original name. In the meantime, the old location remains busy. Currently, the theater is hosting a production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Edward Albee’s combative, boozy 1962 drama, a gritty portrait of a seriously dysfunctional marriage. The play runs through October 29. Then, in its old location, B Street will stage its final show: an original play, appropriately titled A Moving Day. Written by Buck Busfield and Dave Pierini, it tells the story of a man forced to move out of his family home, who must face the building’s history. The show opens November 11 and runs through December 24. Fast-forward to the new year and patrons will finally get a chance to enjoy the completed venue. On January 30, B Street launches its 2018 mainstage season and christens the new building with a comedy, One Man, Two Guvnors. It’s an updated version of Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni’s 1746 play Servant of Two Masters. It runs through March 4. Next up will be the comic-drama Dry Powder, a post-Great Recession glimpse into the lives of the tax-dodging super-rich. It opens March 27 and runs through April 15. On May 8, Airness, a Chelsea Marcantel comedy about air-guitar players opens; it originally

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premiered at the 2017 Humana Festival of New American Plays. It closes June 10. Later that month, the company will open The Ladies Foursome, a revival of the Norm Foster comedy that B Street first staged in 2014. “It was our best-selling show since the recession,” Busfield said. It takes the stage June 19 and runs through July 22. In August, things get serious—and timely— with the West Coast premiere of We’re Gonna Be OK, a 1960s-era drama about two families building fallout shelters beneath their homes during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The show opens August 7 and runs through September 9. To kick off autumn, B Street will stage Ironbound, the story of a Polish immigrant who lands in New Jersey, hoping to find her son. It runs September 25 through October 28. The following month, Elvis Presley fans won’t want to miss The Legend of Georgia McBride, a comedy about a failed Elvis impersonator turned drag queen. It opens November 6 and closes December 9. Ω

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An Episcopal pastor (John Corbett), sent to close down a failing church in Tennessee, finds himself faced with an influx of dozens of Christian refugees from Myanmar (Burma); he decides to keep the church open as a haven, turning the property into a farm that will provide a livelihood for the refugees and an income to pay off the church’s debts. Steve Armour’s script seems to presume that we’ve read the nonfiction book by Michael Spurlock and Jeanette Windle on which it is based, and that we can fill in all the holes. Steve Gomer’s direction and Eduardo Enrique Mayén’s cinematography are just serviceable, and some supporting performances are stilted. Acting at the top saves the day—by Corbett, old pro Barry Corbin as the town curmudgeon and (especially) Nelson Lee as the leader of the refugees. J.L.

Good Time

To his credit, Robert Pattinson has made some bold decisions in the last few years, choosing to work with outsider directors instead of cashing in on his Twilight fame. Unfortunately, even when working with the likes of David Cronenberg, James Gray and Werner Herzog, Pattinson continued to exude a low-energy indifference that felt all too reminiscent of his days as a sleepy-eyed teen idol. That all ends with Pattinson’s ferociously brilliant turn as Connie, the morally screwy criminal at the center of Josh and Benny Safdie’s outrageous New York City nightmare Good Time. After a bank robbery gone wrong lands his developmentally disabled brother Nick (co-director Benny Safdie) in jail, bottleblond con man Connie schemes to acquire his bail money by any means necessary. Good Time matches the do-anything relentlessness of its lead character, making for one of the most visceral and exciting movie experiences of the year. D.B.

I Do… Until I Don’t

Oh, wow, no. Writer/director/producer/lead actress Lake Bell follows up her underwhelming but affable 2013 debut In a World… with this shockingly unfunny romantic comedy. The plot revolves around three utterly revolting couples—Bell and Ed Helms as a childless duo who have lost the spark; Mary Steenburgen and Paul Reiser as her parents, hostile and hurtling towards divorce; and Amber Heard and Wyatt Cenac as self-identified swingers coming to terms with their monogamy. They’re all distinctly unlikable characters with the shrill performances to match, but none of them compares to Dolly Wells as Vivian, a determined documentary filmmaker who manipulates the couples to prove a point about abolishing marriage. Right down to that insipid, cutesy-poo title, I Do… Until I Don’t plays like a succession of bulletpoint clichés about love and sex and marriage that no one ever bothered to develop, connect together or base in any kind of reality. D.B.

Ingrid Goes West

A lonely, mentally unstable young woman (Aubrey Plaza), fresh out of the asylum after cyberstalking an Instagram acquaintance, takes all her money out of the bank, moves to California and starts doing it all over again with another victim (Elizabeth Olsen). The acting is good, but this wannabe black-comedy riff on the dangers of social media (written by David Branson Smith and director Matt Spicer) misfires by breaking the first rule of comedy; the protagonist is utterly unsympathetic. Plaza is helpless to make her anything but a liar, a user and an awful person. We know that all this isn’t going to end well, and we just want to have it over with so we can get away from this psycho. The upbeat ending rings false because (1) it feels tacked-on, and (2) the movie hasn’t shown us someone who deserves it. J.L.

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his father (Pierce Brosnan) has a mistress, he shadows the woman (Kate Beckinsale)—but she confronts him and virtually invites him to seduce her, which he does. Observing it all is the young man’s rumpled, boozy neighbor (Jeff Bridges). Echoes of 1967’s The Graduate and the works of Bob Dylan, Woody Allen and Sundance TV abound, but Allan Loeb’s script still has a few surprises for us, and Loeb synthesizes all those elements into a personality of its own. Marc Webb’s direction is crisp and knowing, drawing fine performances all around—including from Kiersey Clemons as Turner’s best friend and Cynthia Nixon as his doting mother. J.L.

Patti Cake$

This debut film from writer-director Geremy Jasper stars Australian actress Danielle Macdonald as the Jersey-bred Patti, a.k.a. Killer P, an ample 20-something woman who works two go-nowhere jobs and still lives with her alcoholic train wreck of a mother (Bridget Everett), yet dreams about meeting her hero and attaining hip-hop superstardom. The film essentially sutures the story arc and milieu of 8 Mile onto the character details and chintzy dream sequences of Precious. Most of Patti Cake$ is colorful and irresistible entertainment driven by Macdonald’s magnetic lead performance, a likeable ensemble cast and a credible sense of place. But about halfway through, the film abandons any pretense of authenticity to become an aggressive crowdpleaser. D.B.

Wind River

Taylor Sheridan makes his directorial debut with Wind River, a dour murdermystery set on the desolate Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Jeremy Renner gives a perfunctory lead performance as Cory Lambert, a grieving father employed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a predator hunter on the reservation. While tracking a family of mountain lions in the snow, Cory stumbles across the frozen body of a dead Native American girl, a discovery that rekindles repressed memories of his own deceased daughter. Cory assists the woefully unprepared FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) who gets sent to investigate,

but he may be harboring his own vigilante agenda. Wind River builds slowly, and a little of Sheridan’s klutzy predator-prey symbolism goes a long way, but he also shows a genuine knack for building tension, finally allowing it to explode in an excellent final act. D.B.

Gook

Just like every other independent film from the 1990s felt like a half-assed clone of Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets, Justin Chon’s Gook, a black-and-white dayin-the-life set in 1992 Los Angeles, feels like a half-assed attempt to recapture the raw intimacy of the independent films from that era. Gook does capture some of the visceral qualities of those early 1990s crime films, but a lot more gets caught in the net—the shoddy narratives, the inconsistent pacing, the amateur-hour dream sequences, the woefully unrestrained actors, the over-reliance on outof-control melodrama, the tendency to allow every emotional scene to devolve into a chaotic screaming contest. Chon also stars as Eli, a Korean shoe-store owner dealing with racism, cultural alienation, financial instability and a host of contrived, interlacing, ticking-clock story threads. The cacophonous result comes a lot closer to recapturing the spirit of Crash than to recapturing the spirit of 1990s independent cinema. D.B.

If nothing else, Andy Muschietti’s relentless coming-of-age horror film It delivers the goods. Unfortunately, those goods are awful. The posters promise you a child-eating clown, the trailers promise you a child-eating clown, the TV commercials promise you a childeating clown, and holy crap, do you ever get a child-eating clown. Bill Skarsgård plays the pivotal role of Pennywise the Dancing Clown, a shape-shifting demon who emerges from the sewers to prey on the helpless children of Derry, Maine. But rather than focusing on the children and allowing their relationships to develop, Muschietti single-mindedly lurches from jump-scare sequence to jump-scare sequence, lazily relying on ear-splitting soundtrack spikes to provide most of the “horror.” D.B.

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Michelson and Arden Park Roots. 5:30pm, $35-$100. Old Town Folsom Rail Road Turn Table, Old Town Folsom in Folsom.

BONEY JAMES: Multi-platinum saxophonist,

songwriter and producer. 7:30pm, $45-$79. McClellan Conference Center, 5411 Luce Ave.

IGWE AKA: Hip-hop artist. 6:30pm, $8-$10. Momo Lounge, 2708 J St.

KILL THE PRECEDENT: Punk/industrial band with

Solanum, Sowers of Dissent, Frack! 9pm, $8. Hideaway Bar & Grill, 2565 Franklin Blvd.

READY, PETTY, GO!: Birthday celebration and

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MUSIC THURSDAY, 9/21 THE SBEACH BOYS: Classic California rock ’n’

roll band. 7:30pm, $84-$319. Sacramento Community Center Theater, 1301 L St.

DINORAH SOLO CONCERT: Weekly solo concert by the SAMMIES-winning Latin singer and guitarist. Dinorah performs renditions of traditional latin, American and contemporary music. 6pm, no cover. Mesa Mercado Restaurant, 6241 Fair Oaks Blvd., Suite B in Carmichael.

HARLEY WHITE JR. ORCHESTRA: Big band. 9pm, no cover. Shady Lady Saloon, 1409 R St.

LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE: Grammy Award-winning Spanish-language band with San Jose roots.

8pm, $32.50-$125. Mondavi Center, UC Davis,

Brazilian samba-funk dance band, performs in this weekly concert series presented by the Historic Downtown Woodland Group. 7pm, no cover. 701 Main St. in Woodland.

WILLIE WATSON: Folk artist performs with Bedouine opening. 7:30pm, $18-$20. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

FRIDAY, 9/22 AIR SUPPLY: Soft rock band. With Starship

featuring Mickey Thomas. 7pm, $29.95-$159. Thunder Valley Casino Resort, 1200 Athens Ave. in Lincoln.

ANIMALS IN THE ATTIC: Beach pop/rock band

with Weirdoze and Moose. 9pm, no cover. Chaise Lounge, 1330 H St.

LOS LOBOS: Latin rock/blues group that’s performed together for more than four

week from 5pm to 10pm. Features a dynamic bill of 13 to 16 local and regional food vendors, live music, live art and beverages. 5pm, no cover. The Barn, 985 Riverfront St. in West Sacramento.

THE SCRATCH OUTS: With Bandulus, Matamoska,

performs with reggae favorites Tarrus Riley, The Green, J Ras and more during Thunder Vibes III. 4pm, $44.95. Thunder Valley Casino Resort, 1200 Athens Ave. in Lincoln.

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SUNDAY, 9/24

FLIGHT MONGOOSE: With Chilean rock group QueenMilk and local band the New Crowns. 8pm, $7. Shine, 1400 E St.

SWORN TO THE BLACK: Death metal band plays

with Octtobraa and Bavmorda. 7pm, $10. Cafe Colonial, 3520 Stockton Blvd.

TENNYSON: Electronic duo from Canada

performs with Photay. 6pm, $14-$15. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

SATURDAY, 9/23 ACID TEETH: Seattle punk band performs with

Dead is Better, Omnigul. 8pm. Cafe Colonial, 3520 Stockton Blvd.

TUESDAY, 9/26 BEN FOLDS: The singer-songwriter comes to town on his Paper Airplane Request Tour. With Boston duo Tall Heights. 7:30pm, $49$251.16. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

THE XX: Experimental pop band plays with

Perfume Genius and Tycho. 7pm, $39.50. Golden 1 Center, 500 David J Stern Walk.

ROCOCODE: Indie pop. With LaTour. 8pm. Momo Sacramento, 2708 J St.

FESTIVALS SATURDAY, 9/23 AFRICAN BRANCHES FESTIVAL OF AFRICAN CULTURES: Performances from around the world highlight common heritage and gifts of African-American, African, Afro-Latino, Afro-Caribbean and others connected to the continent. Featured artists are musicians Zydeco and André Thierry. International foods, arts and crafts and vendors. Noon, no cover. St. Rose Catholic Church, 5961 Franklin Blvd. show, live performances of dance and music, cultural displays and interactive activities for kids and wine tasting illuminates the world’s cultures. 2pm, no cover. Natomas Park Master Association, 2101 Club Center Drive.

USA FIJI MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL: Two-day

AGENT ORANGE: Orange County punk band

with Flatfoot 56 and Get Dead. 7pm, $17. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

BLUES JAM: Weekly open jam at the Torch Club. 4pm, no cover. Torch Club, 904 15th St.

GOD MODULE: With Blakk Glass, Finite Automata and Visions in Black. 9pm. Midtown Barfly, 1119 21st St.

BLINK-182: Pop-punk band performs with New

decades. 8pm, $35-$57. Harris Center, 10 College Parkway in Folsom.

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FESTIVAL OF CULTURES: Day includes a fashion

SLIGHTLY STOOPID: The pop-punk/reggae group

the results of Sac Music Seen, a program where area musicians submit their tunes, get matched up with a filmmaker to create a music video and compete for a top prize. The festival runs through Sunday, September 24. 1515 J Street, 1211 K Street, www. sacfilm.com.

THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE AT THE PLAZA: SambaDá, a

SATURDAY NIGHTS AT THE BARN: Runs every

DJ Nina Cole. 8pm. Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd.

SAcrAmento memoriAl Auditorium, eSquire imAX theAtre, $10-$15 per Screening Here’s one for the folks who wish that theaters would keep the reels rolling for as long as they’re willing to keep FILM sitting there. Hours upon hours of national, international and local shorts, features, documentaries, filmmaker Q&As and more, all just waiting for you to plunk your butt down and take it all in. Plus, this year sees another presentation of

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Sacramento Film and Music Festival celebrates its 18th year this weekend.

roast for Peter Petty, local band leader and entertainer who is turning 50. Night includes a roast, as well as the release of the debut album by Peter Petty and his Terpsichoreans!, titled Ready, Petty, Go! 6:30pm, $20-$25. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

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Politics, DREAMCAR, Rituals of Mine, The Moans and more during City of Trees 2017. 2pm, $49.50-$109.50. Papa Murphy’s Park, 1600 Exposition Blvd.

SACRAMENTO BLUES SOCIETY HALL OF FAME AWARDS CEREMONY: Recognizing the 2017 Sacramento Blues Society Hall of Fame Inductees: Bill Scholer, Fred “Deacon” Baker, Kenny “Obie Dee” Van Cromphaut, Stan Powell and Tim Wilbur. 1pm, $10-$15. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

SACRAMENTO BLUES SOCIETY HALL OF FAME AFTER-PARTY: The party continues with a Hall of Fame All-Stars Showcase. 6pm, $10-$15. Torch Club, 904 15th St.

MONDAY, 9/25 SLUTZVILLE: With Kill Your TV, Red Pills. 8pm, $5.

festival celebrating diversity here in the community and around the world. Fun for all ages, with local musicians and performers, items from folk workers and artisans and an array of international cuisine vendors. Centered around an adult soccer tournament, 24 teams will contend for the First Place cup and a $2,000 prize. 8am, $5. Granite Park, 8200 Ramona Ave.

HEALING ARTS FESTIVAL: A metaphysical, spiritual and holistic two-day expo. More than 65 exhibitors and presenters represent experts and practitioners locally, nationwide and internationally. Insightful Saturday features workshops, while Soul Sunday will have Healing Sound & Music. The Culinerdy Cruzer food truck will have food for sale. 10am, $5-$8. Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 6151 H St.

RIVER CITY MARKETPLACE: More than 100 local crafters and small businesses share and sell their wares during this monthly spring-fall market series 11am, no cover. Tahoe Park, 3501 59th St.

SUNDAY, 9/24 HEALING ARTS FESTIVAL: See Saturday event description. 10am, $5-$8. Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 6151 H St.

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FOLSOM LIVE STREET PARTY: Outdoor music festival with four stages. Performances by Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Jackson

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usa FiJi multicultural Festival: See

Saturday’s event description. 8am, $5. Granite Park, 8200 Ramona Ave.

Food & drinK saturday, 9/23 2017 Farm-to-ForK Festival: See event

highlight on page 85. 11am, no cover. Farm to Fork Capital of America, 1608 I St.

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Lives Matter Sacramento when you donate or purchase baked goods. 11am, no cover. Starbucks, 1042 Florin Road.

sunday, 9/24 you can’t sip witH us—end oF summer wine tasting eXtravaganZa!: Say so-long to summer in the best way possible—with wine from California vineyards and food from D’s Word of Mouth Catering. Ticket sales help support the Law & Hustle Law Project. noon, $15-$250. CADA Courtyard, 1322 O St.

monday, 9/25 migration Fundraiser: Enjoy a dinner and prize drawing while supporting immigrants in Sacramento. All proceeds will support Rapid Response efforts in the region. Hosted by Sacramento Immigration Coalition. 6pm, $20-$25. SEIU Local 1000 Union Hall, 1325 S St.

Film tHursday, 9/21 tHe 100 years sHow: Movie Night at Verge features The 100 Years Show, an awardwinning documentary about Carmen Herrerra, one of the oldest working artists today. An abstract painter in the 1940s and ’50s, she only recently gained recognition while approaching her centennial birthday. 7pm, $5-$7. Verge Center for the Arts, 625 S St.

Friday, 9/22 sacramento Film and music Festival: See

event highlight on page 83. 7pm, $10-$15 per event. Memorial Auditorium’s Jean Runyon Little Theater, 1515 J St.

saturday, 9/23 and tHen tHey came For us: Filmmaker Abby Ginzberg’s documentary warns that building walls and banning Muslims echo the World War II travesty of incarcerating innocent Japanese Americans. Features actor and activist George Takei, who was a child prisoner in an American concentration camp. Screening followed by a filmmaker and panelist discussion about what we can do today to avoid repeating our nation’s mistakes. 2pm, $10-$15. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

tHe goonies: Popular ’80s film following a group of treasure-hunting kids. 7pm, $8-$10. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

sacramento Film and music Festival: See

event highlight on page 83. 7pm, $10-$15 per event. Memorial Auditorium’s Jean Runyon Little Theater, 1515 J St.

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Have you heard about this “farm-to-fork” thing? Apparently Sacramento sits in such a place that all sorts of stuff grows around here and you can get just about anything fresh! This fest celebrates local restaurants, Festival breweries, wineries and all the other folks making use of area produce, with free samples and food for sale. Performances by bands like Blind Pilot, The Lone Bellow and more thoughtout the day. 1608 I Street, www.farmtofork.com.

sunday, 9/24 sacramento Film and music Festival: See

event highlight on page 83. 7pm, $10-$15 per event. Memorial Auditorium’s Jean Runyon Little Theater, 1515 J St.

comedy csZ sacramento: Dual Duel Improv Comedy Tournament. Twelve two-person improv teams compete for a $200 prize. It’s the final round. 10pm. through 9/22. $8. 2230 Arden Way, Suite B.

comedy spot: YOU! The Musical. An improvised musical inspired by your suggestions of a title. 8pm every wednesday. $8. Harold Night. Popular long-form improv structure developed by Del Close and performed by up-and-coming comedian teams and brand new improv performer teams. 8pm. through 9/27. $6. 1050 20th St, Ste 130.

crest tHeatre: Luis de Alba—La Gran Gira De Despedida. Longtime comedian from Mexico known for his over-the-top characters performs in Sacramento. 8pm. through 9/24. $35. 1013 K St.

puncH line: wellRED: From Dixie With Love. Comedy trio Trae Crowder, Drew Morgan and Corey Ryan Forrester, from Tennessee and Georgia, celebrate everything great about the South. 8pm. through 9/23. $31.80. Sacramento Comedy Showcase. Top local comedians and Sacramento’s rising stand-up stars take the stage. 8pm. through 9/27. $14.30. 2100 Arden Way, Suite 225.

sacramento state—university union ballroom: San Francisco Comedy Competition. Contestants in this longrunning annual compete for laughs and to be named winner. Semi-final rounds include 10 of the 2017 competition’s top comedians. 7:30pm. through 9/21. no cover. 6000 J St.

on staGe capital stage: An Octoroon. The awardwinning play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is an adaptation of Dion Boucicault’s The Octoroon, a melodrama on slavery. through 10/1. $17.50-$40. 2215 J St.

sacramento tHeatre: The Diary of Anne Frank. Based on the real-life story told in one of the most famous books of all time, this play dramatizes the 1942-1944 writings of a Jewish schoolgirl, chronicling her fate and that of seven other friends and

family members who are in hiding from the Nazis. through 10/22. 1419 H St.

tHe center at 2300: 35th Annual Elly Awards— Black and White Ball. Celebrating the theater community with a night of dress up, food and drink, musical performances. Thirtyfive Elly award winners will be honored, and the Lifetime Achievement winners will be announced. 7pm. through 9/24. $15$30. 2300 Sierra Blvd.

tHe wilKerson tHeater: As You Like It auditions. Open spots for as many as 10 actors and actresses for a December production of Shakespeare’s comedy, As You Like It. Visit The Eagle & Rose Theater Company’s Facebook page, click on the event “As You Like It Auditions” and follow the link in the event details to sign up for auditions. 9am. through 9/23. no cover. 2509 R St.

art artspace1616: Lynn Criswell and Michael Bishop Exhibit. In her recent works, Lynn Criswell explores the relationships between the past and present. The portraits of the primary school class from 1965 are altered, collaged and printed on a traditional Turkish felt. The latest body of work by Michael Bishop continues to explore concepts of place, identity, time and power. By careful choice of visual vocabulary, Bishop creates narrative where beauty and danger coexist on an equal ground. through 10/28. No cover. 1616 Del Paso Blvd.

bricKHouse art gallery: Gold Lush Social Mixer. Dress to impress for a night of wine, live music and cool autumn vibes. 7pm saturday, 9/23. $30-$50. 2837 36th St.

crocKer art museum: Full Spectrum Paintings by Raimonds Staprans. Latvian-born painter whose body of work reflects more than six decades in Northern California. through 10/8. $5-$10. 216 O St.

Fe gallery: Tiny Monsters. Closing reception 6pm Friday, 9/22, for a national show that features more than 90 small pieces of 2D and 3D monsters and monster stuff. show runs through 9/28. no cover. 1100 65th St.

sacramento Fine arts center: Visions 2017 (Call to Artists). Artists are invited to submit for annual open-juried photography show that takes place from October 31 to November 21 this year. Enter your work

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SACRAMeNTO STATe LiBRARY GALLeRY: Last Words. A memorial and ode to our final words, by installation artist Julia Couzens. All the quotes are anonymous, with some from famous people, and others from those known only to family and friends. Through 12/15. No cover. 6000 J St.

VeRGe: Not Ready to Make Nice: Guerrilla Girls

MuSEuMS CALiFORNiA MUSeUM: Light & Noir Exiles & Émigrés in Hollywood, 1933-1950. Highlights the history of émigrés in the American film industry who fled Europe as refugees of Nazi persecution, and their legacy in American cinema through the film noir genre. Through 10/15. $9. Patient No More People with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights. Chronicles the lives and legacies of the courageous Californians whose activism launched the American disability rights movement. Through 11/15. $9. 1020 O St.

SACRAMeNTO CHiLdReN’S MUSeUM: Buccaneer Ball—Mother and Son Dance. Annual mother-and-son dance. Pirate themed and costumes are encouraged. 6pm. Through 9/23. $20-$30. 2701 Prospect Park Dr., Suite 120 in Rancho Cordova.

SPORTS & OuTdOORS FRIday, 9/22 WWe LiVe: Live wrestlers compete in the Last Man Standing Match, International Championship Match and the RAW Tag Team Championship Match. 7:30pm, $20-$568. Golden 1 Center, 500 David J Stern Walk.

SaTuRday, 9/23 6TH ANNUAL SAVe OURSeLVeS WALk FOR BReAST CANCeR SUPPORT SeViCeS: Help sustain

CAMP CAPiTAL CiTY: Relive your childhood memories of summer camp with a gourmet barbecue dinner, adult libations, live music, games and camp activities like archery, rock climbing, horse shoes and more. Supports local YMCA youth programs by providing scholarships to kids to participate in Y activities. 5:30pm, $75. Sacramento Central YMCA, 2021 W St.

HABiTAT ReSTORATiON WORkdAY AT THe COSUMNeS RiVeR PReSeRVe: Help keep the preserve beautiful and see places normally closed off to the general public. Children over the age of 8 can participate, and anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 9am, no cover. Cosumnes River Preserve Barn, 6500 Desmond Road in Galt.

THe 2017 SACRAMeNTO WALk TO eNd ALZHeiMeR’S: Join more than 600 communities nationwide in the world’s largest annual event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. 7am, no registration fee. Capitol Park, Corner of 13th and N streets.

Sunday, 9/24 WTF (WOMeN, TRANS, FeMMe) NiGHT: See event

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“If I get a cool new hop or learn a new technique, I want s a college town, there’s no shortage of options for to try it out, experiment and see what happens.” thirsty patrons in Davis. But at the newly opened Although Fleming, who grew up in Davis, had been an Dunloe Brewing, owner and brewer Brennan Fleming avid home-brewer, he didn’t initially recognize beer as a aims to cater to patrons with a discerning — yet offbeat career path. Originally studying mechanical engineering — palate. “I think there’s something about drinking [beer] where in Santa Cruz, he learned that UC Davis offered brewing science courses and came back home. In 2009, he went [it’s] made that makes it different than the bar scene. to work at Sudwerk Brewing Company You get a consumer who is looking before being accepted into UCD’s to learn something about the beer,” Master Brewers program. At both he says. “We do a lot of barrel-aged institutions, he got the educational stuff, sours, mixed fermentations, foundation and hands-on practikind of the weird side of beers. … cal experience to launch his own It’s a little bit of everything and I’m brewery, which opened last month on having fun with beer, not taking Olive Drive in the former Pacific Bell everything so seriously.” building. From lighter beers like session “Brewing is kind of this weird mix and pale ales to heftier Belgian of engineering, chemistry and art, quads, Dunloe Brewing offers a variand you can kind of take it in any of ety of brews on eight rotating taps. Brennan Fleming those three directions. That fits me,” Whether you’re a fan of trendy IPAs Owner/brewer at Dunloe Brewing he says. “I understand Davis. I’ve or you’d prefer a pint of barrel-aged spent a lot of time here and I know golden sour made with locally grown what works and what doesn’t, and peaches and apricots, you’re bound it fits my personality too — a little slower and more laid to find something to suit your taste. It’s a good idea to back than Sacramento, where it’s all hustle and bustle.” visit their taproom often though, because at Dunloe Brewing, once it’s gone, it’s gone. To see what’s new on the menu, visit www.dunloebrewing.com or “When a beer’s done, something new will come in its call 530-231-3502. Visit the taproom at 1606 Olive Drive in Davis, place. Some may stay with the same theme, but even the Thursdays through Saturdays, 4-8 p.m. reoccurring beers will be tweaked every time,” he says.

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ou may have seen him on billboards around Sacramento: A young white male wearing a “Black Lives Matter” T-shirt, his right fist in a “power” salute. He is Michael Rizo, 21, a former gang member who was repeatedly incarcerated from age 11 until his late teens for gangrelated violence, burglary and other crimes. Today, as a reformed offender, he is an advocate for the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, a nonprofit that helps people released from prison remain free and lead better lives. Born in Los Angeles in 2013, ARC has a new office by the State Capitol, the seat of state government, where the organization fights for criminal justice reform with allies that include The California Endowment. By literally elevating his profile, Rizo has taken his role in this battle to new heights. Since his release from prison in mid-2016, he has lobbied for prison-reform bills. One of them is SB 190, a newly passed measure that awaits the governor’s signature to eliminate administrative fees charged to families of juvenile offenders. At present, the state’s 58 counties can charge parents or guardians for the costs of transporting a child to a juvenile facility, and for many other expenses, such as meals and shelter. “How do you expect poor parents to put food on the table when their money is being taken away like that?” Rizo said recently.

His family experienced the situation. Separated from his drug-addicted biological mother at around age 5, he moved from foster home to foster home until his grandmother in West Sacramento adopted him. Later, when his arrests began, she accumulated $25,000 in debt for his incarceration. She filed for bankruptcy.

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“When I came home last year, the first thing I had in the mail was a $10,000 bill from (Yolo County) juvenile hall,” said Rizo, who still owes that amount. Sacramento County stopped charging juvenile fees effective July 1, joining Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties in doing so. San Francisco County never imposed such fees. The anti-fee movement gained traction when the rapper Common held a free “Imagine Justice” concert attended by 30,000 people

Michael Rizo, 21, advocates for reforms to the juvenile justice system, including a bill that would prevent parents of juvenile offenders from being charged for administrative fees. Photo by Edgar Sanchez

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FOR THE WEEk OF SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Psychologists say

most people need a scapegoat—a personification of wickedness and ignorance onto which they can project the unacknowledged darkness in their own hearts. That’s the bad news. Here’s the good news: The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to neutralize that reflex and at least partially divest yourself of the need for scapegoats. How? The first thing to do is identify your own darkness with courageous clarity. Get to know it better. Converse with it. Negotiate with it. The more conscientiously you deal with that shadowy stuff within you, the less likely you’ll be to demonize other people.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If the weather turns bad or your allies get sad or the news of the world grows even crazier, you will thrive. I’m not exaggerating or flattering you. It’s exactly when events threaten to demoralize you that you’ll have maximum power to redouble your fortitude and effectiveness. Developments that other people regard as daunting will trigger breakthroughs for you. Your allies’ confusion will mobilize you to manifest your unique visions of what it takes to live a good life.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “If at first you don’t

succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.” declared comedian Steven Wright. My Great Uncle Ned had a different perspective. “If at first you don’t succeed,” he told me, “redefine the meaning of success.” I’m not a fan of Wright’s advice, but Ned’s counsel has served me well. I recommend you try it out, Gemini. Here’s another bit of folk wisdom that might be helpful. Psychotherapist Dick Olney said that what a good therapist does is help her clients wake up from the delusion that they are the image they have of themselves.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): What is home? The

poet Elizabeth Corn pondered that question. She then told her lover that home was “the stars on the tip of your tongue, the flowers sprouting from your mouth, the roots entwined in the gaps between your fingers, the ocean echoing inside of your ribcage.” I offer this as inspiration, Cancerian, since now is a perfect time to dream up your own poetic testimonial about home. What experiences make you love yourself best? What situations bring out your most natural exuberance? What influences feel like gifts and blessings? Those are all clues to the beloved riddle “What is home?”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’re most likely to

thrive if you weave together a variety of styles and methods. The coming weeks will be a highly miscellaneous time, and you can’t afford to get stuck in any single persona or approach. As an example of how to proceed, I invite you to borrow from both the thoughtful wisdom of the ancient Greek poet Homer and the silly wisdom of the cartoon character Homer Simpson. First, the poet: “As we learn, we must daily unlearn something which it has cost us no small labor and anxiety to acquire.” Now here’s Homer Simpson: “Every time I learn something new, it pushes out something old.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Filmmakers often have test audiences evaluate their products before releasing it to the masses. If a lot of viewers express a particular critique, the filmmaker may make changes, even cutting out certain scenes or altering the ending. You might want to try a similar tack in the coming weeks, Virgo. Solicit feedback on the new projects and trends you’ve been working on—not just from anyone, of course, but rather from smart people who respect you. And be sure they’re not inclined to tell you only what you want to hear. Get yourself in the mood to treasure honesty and objectivity.

is fate forever conspiring in our behalf, seducing us to master our fullest expression? I’m not sure if there’s a final, definitive answer, but I can tell you this, Libra: In the coming months, Thoreau’s view will be your predominant truth.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “When you do your

best, you’re depending to a large extent on your unconscious, because you’re waiting for the thing you can’t think of.” So said Scorpio director Mike Nichols in describing his process of making films. Now I’m conveying this idea to you just in time for the beginning of a phase I call “Eruptions from Your Unconscious.” In the coming weeks, you will be ripe to receive and make good use of messages from the depths of your psyche. At any other time, these simmering bits of brilliance might remain below the threshold of your awareness, but for the foreseeable future they’ll be bursting through and making themselves available to be plucked.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Author

Barbara Ehrenreich has done extensive research on the annals of partying. She says modern historians are astounded by the prodigious amount of time that medieval Europeans spent having fun together. “People feasted, drank, and danced for days on end,” she writes. Seventeenth-century Spaniards celebrated festivals five months of each year. In 16th-century France, peasants devoted an average of one day out of every four to “carnival revelry.” In accordance with current astrological omens, you Sagittarians are authorized to match those levels of conviviality in the coming weeks.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Kittens made

French Emperor Napoleon III lose his composure. He shook and screamed around them. Butterflies scare actress Nicole Kidman. My friend Allie is frightened by photos of Donald Trump. As for me, I have an unnatural fear of watching reality TV. What about you, Capricorn? Are you susceptible to any odd anxieties or nervous fantasies that provoke agitation? If so, the coming weeks will be a perfect time to overcome them. Why? Because you’ll be host to an unprecedented slow-motion outbreak of courage that you can use to free yourself from long-standing worries.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “The brain is

wider than the sky,” wrote Emily Dickinson. “The brain is deeper than the sea.” I hope you cultivate a vivid awareness of those truths in the coming days, Aquarius. In order to accomplish the improbable tasks you have ahead of you, you’ve got to unleash your imagination, allowing it to bloom to its full power so it can encompass vast expanses and delve down into hidden abysses. Try this visualization exercise: Picture yourself bigger than the planet Earth, holding it tenderly in your hands.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I got an email from

a fan of Piscean singer Rihanna. He complained that my horoscopes rarely mention celebrities. “People love astrological predictions about big stars,” he wrote. “So what’s your problem? Are you too ‘cultured’ to give us what we the people really want? Get off your high horse and ‘lower’ yourself to writing about our heroes. You could start with the lovely, talented, and very rich Rihanna.” I told Rihanna’s fan that my advice for mega-stars is sometimes different from what it is for average folks. For Piscean mega-stars like Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Ellen Page and Bryan Cranston, for example, the coming weeks will be a time to lay low, chill out, and recharge. But nonfamous Pisceans will have prime opportunities to boost their reputation, expand their reach, and wield a stronger-than-usual influence in the domains they frequent.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The poet E. E. Cum-

mings said, “To be nobody-but-yourself—in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else—means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” On the other hand, naturalist and writer Henry David Thoreau declared that “We are constantly invited to be who we are,” to become “something worthy and noble.” So which of these two views is correct? Is fate aligned against us, working hard to prevent us from knowing and showing our authentic self? Or

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Clean break When it comes to divorce, most people immediately see the worst in the situation, but divorce mediator Erika Englund sees it as an opportunity for growth. Having worked as a divorce attorney for half a decade and after going through a divorce herself, she has experience on both sides of the table. Hoping to be able to use the knowledge she has picked up along the way to help other couples resolve their divorces respectfully, she has her own cooperative divorce law office in Folsom where she serves as a mediator. Now an adjunct professor at McGeorge School of Law, she is preparing to launch a new video series called Split Decisions that focuses on divorce and those who are affected by it.

How did you come to work in this field? I was a courtroom attorney for five years and never won a case. Sometimes I actually lost, but really most cases settled. Family lawyers say a good settlement makes both parties equally unhappy—that’s a loss for both sides. When I prevailed, it was too expensive and destructive to feel like a win. I knew the only way to help people truly win would be out of court.

What sets you apart? I am committed. Unlike most lawyers, I refuse to go to court. I share the benefits of cooperative divorce through my course at McGeorge law school and my radio-video series, and I live the benefits of a happy, healthy divorced life with my children and my former husband.

What is your philosophy when it comes to divorce? Divorce isn’t easy, but it should be simple.

How is mediation different than the traditional divorce process? People make their own decisions rather than having orders imposed by judges or lawyers. This makes people happier with the results, less likely to have future conflicts and better able to co-parent. It’s much faster, less expensive and more private. The children aren’t dragged into it. And it’s just nicer, more respectful.

How have your clients reacted to the process of a mediated divorce? Mediation is an empowering process. I’ve had clients tell me that they haven’t had such a positive, productive conversation with each other in years.

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What was your divorce like and how did that shape your current understanding of divorce? I had a cooperative divorce, but it was still traumatic. Going through [it] provided a deeper understanding of the sense of loss divorce brings. I think I became gentler, not just to clients, but in all aspects of life. I’m lucky to have a great co-parenting relationship with my former husband. I’ve learned a good divorce takes work, just as a good marriage does.

What does the post-divorce dating world look like? In my personal experience, it’s been scary, but empowering and lots of fun. Divorced people know themselves and what they want, so they make great partners. There are so many amazing single people in this area, yet many are afraid to take a chance—rejection is awful when you’re vulnerable. But meeting someone and falling in love is risky, too. It can mean blending a family or giving marriage another chance, so the leap of faith that’s required is huge. I’m still working on that one.

Do you think the current political climate has had any effect on divorce? In times of political and economic uncertainty, divorce is scarier for people. My clients are worried about job security, pensions and retirement. I haven’t seen anyone blame a marriage breakdown on political differences, but then again, I never ask!

Tell me about your radio-showturned-video-series. Split Decisions was created to support people who are impacted by divorce— and everyone is, in some way. Whether you’re a child of divorce, dating a single parent, have a friend divorcing or are going through it yourself, we want to give you tools to deal with the challenges, appreciate the gifts and feel hopeful for your future. My co-hosts at Forester Purcell Stowell were so much fun on live radio that we’re transitioning into an informative (and hopefully entertaining) video series launching October 2.

What is the funniest or most outlandish conflict you have ever found yourself mediating? One couple stopped in the middle of a heated debate about car payments to ask whether it was OK that they were still having sex. The answer is surprisingly complicated.

What are the best and worst things about working in this field? Watching good people create a new future for themselves is magical. The worst part is the sheer physical and mental toll required. A good mediator makes success feel inevitable; it’s exhausting. Ω

Learn more about split decisions at https:// splitdecisions.pro.

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