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No child left indoors “There are kids living in poverty less than a mile from the American River Parkway who’ve never been there,” says Assemblymember Kevin McCarty.

It’s no wonder: The Parkway near South Natomas doesn’t look anything like the well-used Parkway in Carmichael or Fair Oaks. While the American River, a short bike ride away, teems with all kinds of fun critters and swimming holes, it is hardly accessible.

There is a very good chance that will change. On June 5, voters will have the opportunity to launch the biggest parks-building project in American history, and the American River is on the list of places that are guaranteed funding. Prop 68, the Parks, Environment and Water Bond, would make more than $1 billion (of a total $4.1 billion) available to cities and counties with the primary goal of creating outdoor spaces for “park-deprived” Californians.

At least 10 million of those dollars are earmarked for the Lower American River Conservancy, a program created by legislation McCarty carried in 2016. Among the projects that money will fund: Sutter’s Landing, a scruffy piece of ground located near Midtown and Arden Arcade, will become home to the biggest park in Sacramento.

“This will be our Golden Gate Park, our Central Park,” says Mark Rossow, staffer to Assemb.

Eduardo Garcia, co-author of AB 18, the bill that created the parks bond.

Another recipient of resources from Prop 68 is a land trust working to build bike trails and parks in Oak Park. And more than $15 million is pledged to the Del Rio Trail, which would span 4.5 miles through Meadowview and Pocket to Land Park. Picture throngs of kids and grownups walking and biking to school, work, church and newly built parks.

The parks component of Prop 68 will provide similar amenities to every California city and county. That will have profound impact on millions of people’s lives. The bond’s water and environment components are equally dramatic, funding several big projects in our region. Because of the way the web of life works, the provisions for safe drinking water, flood protection, climate-change preparedness, and wildlife habitat protection buttress one another. And pumping $4.1 billion into the state’s economy would be a boost to working Californians.

There are a lot of important reasons to vote in this election. A big one: Vote yes on Prop 68.

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I want to go to Hollywood because I am from Indiana, and I would like to see the Hollywood sign. I want to see a couple of the stars [on the Hollywood Walk of Fame] and see Elvis’ place.

The star I want to see the most is Redd Foxx, because he is someone I looked up to.

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I’ve never been to San Diego and I need to get myself down there one of these days. I heard it’s the most beautiful place in the world. I want to go see the beach and the water. I also heard it has great food and great people.

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I think I would have to say Redwoods just because everyone always gives it such amazing reviews; I have seen pictures online with the really big trees and I think just being there would make it so much better.

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A place I want to go is Joshua Tree National Park because one of my friends went there and it looked really cool. It’s kinda like a desert area where these weird trees only grow there, and I heard it has gorgeous sunsets.

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I’ve never been to Humboldt County and I really want to go up there because it’s super green and it’s a lot like Oregon. I am a nature person, and originally from Southern California, so being up here, I notice how green Northern California is and I feel like there is a lot more of that the further north you go.

The places I want to go to in California, I already been to.

Where I really want to go is the biggest party in the world in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It’s called Carnival where one million people go and there are thousands of Sumba girls dancing in the streets for a quarter of a mile, and I want to go dance with them.

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Assessing the interim assessor Re “Tax and defend” by Graham Womack (News, May 10): If she [Christina Wynn] is unaware of improprieties, then her head is buried deep in the sand with all the investigations going on. And, we do not need a clueless incompetent running the assessor’s office.

to punish specific TV networks, newspapers and private companies has no precedent—except in autocracies like Russia, Turkey and Venezuela, where it was the first step in the erosion of freedom. That couldn’t happen here, of course. Trump’s own Republican Party wouldn’t stand for it. Ha! What rock have you been hiding under?

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Berryessa Brewery: closer than you think Why Trump hates Amazon President Trump has a long enemies list—are you on it? Jeff Bezos has now shot up to number two, right behind Robert Mueller who is investigating Trump for election misbehavior. Recently Trump unleashed a Twitter attack

against Bezos and his company, Amazon, and threatened to use the federal government to punish Bezos.

Trump, aides say, is “obsessed” with Amazon and Bezos—largely because Bezos owns The Washington Post, which has covered the Trump administration aggressively.

Trump’s blatant use of state power

Re “Ten Best Beer Patios” by Rachel Leibrock (Feature, May 10): “Located about an hour north of Sacramento, Berryessa is a weekend destination …” Actually, it’s about 40 minutes due west of Sacramento.

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Open-minded about open carry Re “Ghost of a chance” by Scott Thomas Anderson (News, May 3): Thank you for a second informative article about ghost guns, letting us know about AB 2382. That is good news, as well as the balanced reporting about Mike Turner, who exposed me to another point of view regarding open carry. It is important to see a more nuanced view of gun advocates instead of the polarized view that often dominates reporting on this issue.

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Open up and heal Re “DM the universe” by Joey Garcia (Ask Joey, May 10): Thank you so much for being vulnerable and sharing your heart. Letting go and moving on

is so difficult but can be such a rewarding experience. I am currently writing my first book [in which] I share the heartbreak of my ex-husband’s affair and divorce and how I was able to move on. Being vulnerable and sharing your heart is how we can help others live healthier.

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2016 sexual assault CleaRanCe Rates* for the 10 largest California counties in order of population Los Angeles: 52.6% San Diego: 27.1% Orange County: 41.7%

Perpetrators at large

Riverside: 25.8% San Bernardino: 36.4% Santa Clara: 20.8% Alameda: 53.5% Sacramento: 26.8%

It’s where the suspected Golden State Killer was arrested, so why is Sacramento so bad at catching rapists?

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The widow lay sleeping in her bed on the morning of her 79th birthday when her attacker entered the room. She awoke to a stranger removing her covers. She screamed and fought what came next, but the coward was too strong. He raped her and fled. The police response was swift and resolute.

The victim provided police with a description of a man that an officer recognized from her beat, said Citrus Heights police Sgt. Chad Morris, a department spokesman. Within a day, the suspect was in custody: His name was Dustin Todd Smith. He lived just around the corner from the victim and was the subject of complaints of stalking and harassment, Morris said. DNA evidence later corroborated what Smith confessed to detectives: He was the woman’s attacker. He had been watching her for at least a decade.

“This was just basic detective work,” Morris told SN&R on Tuesday.

“Everything pretty much just came together all at once.”

On May 4, following a jury trial and conviction, the 31-year-old Smith was sentenced to two years in state prison for the sexual assault he committed in the fall of 2017. This is as swiftly as justice can move. In most sexual assault cases, it never arrives at all.

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Since last month’s arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo, the 72-year-old ex-cop suspected of being the East Area Rapist or Golden State Killer, the importance of DNA in solving violent crimes has attracted the kind of urgency that comes when California’s coldest case finally thaws.

At this moment, state lawmakers are weighing two bills to improve the testing and accounting of what are known as rape kits, which are collected when sexual assault victims consent to having their bodies scoured for genetic clues that could identify their attackers. If lawmakers don’t act on the bills soon, they could end up languishing for at least another year.

“We just don’t want to wait another legislative session,” said Natasha Simone Alexenko, a survivor who had to wait nearly 10 years for her rape kit to be tested. “It’s been long enough.”

Most rape survivors are accustomed to waiting. In Sacramento County, nearly 700 rape kits have yet to be tested, according to new figures obtained by SN&R. Most of them are from sexual assaults that occurred between 2008 and 2010.

It took dogged police work, painstaking genetic testing and more than four decades for authorities to arrive at DeAngelo’s door. Yet, his 510

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headline-making arrest has obscured—rather than underlined—a sobering paradox: In Sacramento County, most rapists go free.

*Clearance rate is the percentage of rapes that are solved by an arrest.

Of the 10 California counties with the largest populations, Sacramento is among the worst at solving rapes through arrest, according to the state’s Criminal Justice Statistics Center. In 2016, the most recent year for which the center has updated statistics, 369 rapes were reported to law enforcement agencies in Sacramento County. Arrests were made in only 26.8 percent of cases.

Only two big counties had lower clearance rates in 2016—Riverside at 25.8 percent and Santa Clara at 20.8 percent.

Alameda County cops cleared the most cases, making arrests in 53.5 percent of their rape investigations. In Alameda’s case, clearance rates began improving around the time that the county began testing more rape kits. About four years ago, Alameda County was sitting on approximately 1,900 untested rape kits.

As of today, all have been sent for testing, with one batch left to be processed, said Teresa Drenick of the DA’s office.

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Much of the blame for Sacramento County’s dismal clearance record rests with its largest law enforcement agency: In 2016, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department solved fewer than 3 percent of its rape cases. That is not a typo. Of the 172 cases of forcible rape that the Sheriff’s Department investigated in the unincorporated county and the city of Rancho Cordova, only five resulted in arrests.

Every other local law enforcvement agency tasked with investigating sexual assaults had better results. In Citrus Heights, where DeAngelo and Smith were apprehended, 31.6 percent of reported sexual assaults resulted in arrests in 2016.

Sacramento police cleared 43.2 percent of their 88 cases. Elk Grove police made arrests in 64.7 percent of reported rapes.

Detective-Sgt. James Fuller now oversees the Elk Grove Police Department’s family services unit, a specialized detail responsible for solving acts of domestic

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and family violence, as well as sexual sexual assault survivors will help put away assaults. more rapists.

Fuller said the “overwhelming” percent“When we’re testing rape kits, we’re age of rapes that his specially-trained unit definitely finding more offenders,” said probes are committed by family members Ilse Knecht, the director of policy and or people known to the victims. It’s a advocacy at the Joyful Heart Foundation, crushingly sad statistic, “but it also demysa survivor advocacy organization created tifies the [myth] that it’s someone waiting

by Law & Order: Special Victims’ Unit star in the bushes,” Fuller noted. “For the most Mariska Hargitay. “It does help.” part, our crimes are not who-done-it.”

According to the RAINN, the Rape, The fact that most attackers are known Abuse & Incest National Network, to their victims doesn’t necessarily make rape kits are one critical part of a postthese crimes easier to solve, however. The assault forensic exam. These exams veteran investigator said the close ties can last hours and typically involve play a role in sexual assaults personal questions about a being “vastly underrevictim’s sexual backported.” And Fuller said ground and the attack the biggest challenge itself, followed by In 2016, the to his calling is not a an intensive physilack of evidence or cal exam. The kit Sacramento County a delay in testing contains blood and Sheriff’s Department rape kits—it’s the urine samples, body solved fewer than 3 societal and cultural swabs, torn pieces stigma that continof the perpetrator’s percent of its rape ues, even in 2018, to clothing, stray hairs cases. haunt rape survivors. or other evidence is “We still live in a sealed for analysis. society that puts so much California doesn’t blame or judgment on the know how many of these victim,” he said. rape kits are collecting dust, unexamined, but they easily number it’s unclear why the sheriff’s Department in the thousands. Assembly Bill 3118 solved few rapes in 2016. A department would convene the first full accounting official didn’t respond to numerous of untested rape kits around the state. A requests for comment. A public records companion measure, Senate Bill 1449, request seeking additional information would require testing of all new rape kits about the department’s handling of sexual within three months of their receipt. assault cases is pending.

The proposals have broad public When you consider that a clearance support, but could stall out if they don’t only means an arrest was made—and not advance before the current legislative that a suspect was formally charged with session ends. Knecht says it would be a or convicted of a crime—the low clearance shame if that happens. rates for sexual assault appear even more “We collect this evidence. And then it dismal. Fuller said sexual assaults are one literally … sits on a shelf,” she said. of the toughest crimes to get a conviction in, partly because survivors are wary of all totaled, 685 rape kits await analysis in being re-traumatized through a lengthy Sacramento County, according to figures judicial process. provided by the DA’s office. The office Advocates and lawmakers believe that is one of the few in the state to directly testing genetic evidence recovered from manage a local crime lab.

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Milo Fitch retired from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department in 2014, and said he was sometimes frustrated with the crime lab’s slow handling of rape kits when he was the bureau commander of the centralized investigations division in 2011. Fitch said he once recommended that the Sheriff’s Department contract with an outside crime lab to speed up testing, “because it was just not getting done.”

It used to be the crime lab’s practice to only analyze rape kits if either a law enforcement agency or prosecutor requested such an analysis, Assistant Chief Deputy District Attorney Michael Blazina explained in an email. If no request was made, the kit would be returned to the agency without being tested. That changed in 2013. Now the lab tests every kit that comes into its possession and is making headway in reducing the backlog.

“The laboratory has been in the process, for several years now, of re-requesting unanalyzed kits and working them,” Blazina explained. “A special team within the laboratory’s DNA unit was created to complete the analysis of previously untested kits.”

There currently are 457 unprocessed kits that the DA’s office has to retrieve from local law enforcement agencies, Blazina said. All of the kits contain evidence from sexual assaults that occurred from 2008 through 2010. On top of that, there are another 214 unprocessed kits from 2008 that the DA’s office has in its possession but has yet to order testing on.

Each of the 1,616 rape kits that were collected between 2011 and last year have been tested, the DA’s office says. Through May of this year, another 111 sexual assaults have resulted in rape kits being collected. Fourteen of those await testing.

Alameda County has moved faster to clear its backlog, in part, by doing the sort of outsourcing Fitch once requested.

Unlike Sacramento County, the local crime lab in Alameda County is run by the Oakland Police Department. That lab handled the backlog that originated within the city, but most of the untested kits were sent to Bode’s Lab in West Virginia, Drenick said.

“Part A was clearing the backlog, and Part B was making sure the backlog doesn’t accumulate again,” Drenick said.

The pending legislation would accomplish the latter part, she added.

Blazina said the bills won’t have much impact on what the DA’s office is doing here.

“As for legislation, it does not change the fact we are dedicated to processing all rape kits that come to our lab,” he wrote. Ω

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petty debate about campaign signage.

The office of incumbent District Attorney Jeff Reisig has accused his challenger of illegally placing campaign signs on private properties without the owners’ permission. Reisig’s challenger, Deputy Public Defender Dean Johansson, claims Reisig’s office has been “threatening” his volunteer campaign workers.

The conflict unfolded when Reisig’s top lieutenant, Supervising Deputy DA Ryan Couzens, sent three emails to Johansson’s campaign staff on April 20 and 26. In the emails, Couzens attached photos allegedly showing the placement violations and asked that each campaign sign posted “in an illegal manner” be immediately taken down. Couzens also wrote that members of his staff were confronted by members of the Johansson campaign, one of whom said that the person responsible for the illegal sign postings was “one of us who has gone rogue.”

As of May 14, Johansson’s campaign manager, Natalie Wormeli, said the campaign has relieved the rogue worker and removed any signs in violation of California penal codes. Wormeli called the overall dispute a “basic case of sign wars.”

“We remain completely open to addressing these issues with the appropriate city or county authorities,” Wormeli said. “We have conducted our own internal investigation and at this time we believe that we are fully compliant with all relevant ordinances.” (Richard Ramos)

tHe BliNG riNG For the second time in four years, law enforcement has broken up an illegal gambling operation in California run by Israeli nationals.

The latest investigation started in Sacramento.

In September 2015, the California Department of Justice’s Bureau of Gambling Control received information about a video slot machine operating in south sacramento. Special agent Christine Norgaard reportedly found the contraband slot in a corner of Famous Smoke Shop on Stockton Boulevard. In an official warrant affidavit, Norgaard wrote that the smoke shop’s owner, Wesley Haung, admitted that the slot machine had been covertly installed by a man he knew only as “Orel.”

“The slot machine brought in approximately $1,000 per week,” Norgaard wrote, “which was split evenly between Orel and Huang.”

Investigators later determined that “Orel” was Orel Gohar, allegedly a member of a group of Israeli nationals operating illegal slot machines from Davis to El Centro. The state Justice Department refers to this network as the Gohar organization. Its leader, according to Norgaard’s affidavit, was Yaniv Gohar, a Bay area businessman who owned three different construction companies.

As gambling agents zeroed in on the Gohars, they turned to a confidential informant who’d helped agents arrest yet another character from the gambling fringes, the mercedes-driving slotballer Nive Hagay, better known on the streets of Sacramento as “Dino the Casino.”

According to the affidavit, the informer helped Orel Gohar install a video slot machine at a different smoke shop in Sacramento. Between the fall of 2016 and winter of 2017, gambling agents conducted video and audio surveillance of Orel whenever he’d drop by the business. Norgaard wrote that, during the surveillance, Orel was heard describing his organization as “a gang,” one that was led by three “rich-as-fuck bosses,” one of whom was in Israel.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Yaniv and Orel Gohar skipped their court dates and their whereabouts are currently unknown. (Scott Thomas Anderson)

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Steve Ly stops for a photo after speaking to the Friendship Coalition in Elk Grove.

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The believer Elk Grove’s mayor embraces refugee background as he seeks second term

by Scott thomaS anderSon

Steve Ly says his family story proves the American Dream isn’t dead.

In 1975, Ly’s parents escaped the Communist purges in Laos, arriving in Ban Vinai Refugee Camp in Thailand, a crowded, disease-ridden place that left a collective scar on the Hmong psyche. But from the moment Ly’s parents set foot on U.S. soil, they were determined to build a new life. That fortitude allowed their son to get a university education, a law degree, a career in social work and to eventually be elected the first Hmong-American mayor in the nation’s history.

Ly says that trajectory has convinced him the country really is a proverbial beacon. It’s also the reason, as Elk Grove’s top elected official, Ly won’t stay silent about immigrant-scapegoating that’s sweeping into mainstream politics. It might be easier to avoid controversy while seeking reelection against a crowded field of challengers, but Ly says giving back to his adopted homeland also means reminding some about the many colors of the American mosaic.

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The tale starts during the Vietnam War: Ly’s father, Capt. Youachao Ly, worked as a CIA operative for the U.S. Air Force Command. Youachao’s job included calling in enemy positions for air strikes and helping rescue downed American fighter pilots in the jungle. Youachao was one of 30,000 Hmong men who fought at the direction of the U.S. military in Laos and Cambodia. By some estimates, nearly half were killed.

When American forces pulled out of Vietnam in 1973, Hmong villagers became one of the Communists’ main targets of revenge. Ly was born inside Ban Vinai Refugee Camp. After living there for a year, the family was granted refugee status in the United States. Ly recalls that they had $5 when they arrived in Southern California.

Ly’s father worked during the day and attended night school to learn English. Youachao eventually had a successful run as a certified auto mechanic before opting to return to his farming roots. The patriarch moved the

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family to Clovis, where the younger Ly spent his free time after school picking strawberries, sugar peas and cherry tomatoes. Ly says his father took advantage of every opportunity to participate in his new home’s political system.

“One of the reasons my dad fought for the Americans is because he believed in having a democracy where you could actually vote for your elected officials,” Ly remembered. “When he came here, he really clung to that. After he became a citizen, he voted in every election.”

Attending UC Davis brought Ly to the capital region. Later, working as a volunteer with Sacramento Area Congregations Together, he became immersed in Sacramento’s thriving Hmong community. What drew Ly to Elk Grove, however, was happenstance.

He and his wife Cua were driving on Highway 99 on their way to Fresno when they ventured down Elk Grove Boulevard for gas. They soon found themselves on the city’s old historic avenue.

“I looked around and thought of old town Clovis,” Ly recalled with a smile. “I fell in love with the place.”

Cua became a teacher in Elk Grove while Ly started working as a counselor for at-risk teens in juvenile hall. He still holds that position. A strong supporter of youth intervention and job training for first-time offenders, Ly quickly discovered that the best priorities can be stymied by bureaucratic lollygagging. He says that’s what inspired him to run for office.

“The turning point for me was when I just got tired of asking politicians for resources,” he said.

Ly was elected as a board trustee to the Elk Grove Unified School District in 2012, followed by a successful run for the Elk Grove City Council in 2014. A little under two years ago, Elk Grove voters made history when they elected Ly to be the city’s first Hmong-American mayor.

Ly’s path to a second term isn’t unobstructed, and his challengers reflect the diversity and growth challenges of the 18-year-old city: Along with business consultant Tracie Stafford and business owner Jabin McGowan, two AfricanAmerican candidates, Vice Mayor Darren Suen announced his candidacy last month—and was immediately endorsed by three-fifths of the City Council, the Elk Grove Citizen reported.

While Ly recognizes what a cultural milestone his election was, he stresses he’s running for reelection on a citywide platform. He says his main priorities are landing new jobs, increasing police staffing and school resource officers, fostering a local biotech industry that would work with Elk Grove’s pharmacy school, and finding a way to get the city its own hospital and emergency room.

But not everyone wants to hear that platform. Ly says he’s received threatening and offensive messages, including one on social media after his election that said, “Go home refugee.” Ly says that, rather than get upset, he’s tried to double down on using both his office and his personal story to educate people about why refugees and immigrants want to be part of the American experience.

“I freely and proudly act as a public voice,” he told SN&R. “I’ve received criticism for it, but for me, it’s about teaching opportunities.”

Ly added, “The reason I’m here is the reason all Americans are here. It involves a story: Something happened during our journey that caused us to search for freedom.” Ω

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Wayne and Lauryn Hill. The outdoor event drew After the festival was over, Vincent fell out of a around 25,000 people and generated an estimated U-Haul they rented to lug equipment in and out of $200,000 in city tax revenue, or eight times what the the park. city granted First Festival.

“I just think it’s really funny,” Vincent said.

Concerts in the Park also kicked off that Friday.

“It’s like, ‘Thanks, universe. Point taken.”

Vincent declined to dole out blame for the After four years of nonstop work and fitful success, is the festival still worth her limbs? Vincent underwhelming turnout.

“I don’t think it’s the community’s fault, or the is no longer sure. musicians’ fault,” she said. “It just so happens that On May 5 and 6, the annual Outside Landsthere are options that are always going to be more style fest opened the gates for its fourth iteration, appealing than local bands. It’s nobody’s duty to this time at Tanzanite Park. With the help of a support local music at the expense of their $25,000 city grant, it was the largest First own free will.”

Festival Vincent and her team had put For Blackalicious, First Fest’s on. Five stages showcased 50 local 2018 headliner, grassroots festibands. A tent venue called “The “It just so vals are crucial.

Circus” had burlesque, stand-up happens that there “They start out grassroots, comedy, rap cyphers and but they get bigger and spoken-word poetry. Food are options that are bigger,” said Blackalicious’ and merch vendors lined the always going to be more deejay producer Chief Xcel, fences of the park selling appealing than local after their set. “These things pulled pork sandwiches, tieare key when fostering and dye shirts, henna tattoos and bands.” nurturing music culture in emu oil. Blackalicious, A Lot Danielle Vincent the city.”

Like Birds, The Philharmonik Producer, First Festival This year, First Fest received and Butterscotch rounded out $25,000 in grant funding through a rich lineup of rock, hip-hop, the city’s Creative Economy Pilot folk and electronic music talent with Program, which awarded $500,000 in Sacramento roots. total to local arts projects to fund its homegrown But who was there to see it? The short answer is creatives. It’s not clear whether the program will probably not enough people. return until the 2017-18 budget is finalized in June, In the weeks leading up to the festival, Vincent but officials are still going to evaluate the success of said, they sold around 2,500 presale tickets and the current grantees. expected to sell 900 more at the gate. This would Regardless of how First Fest performs, Vincent have matched last year’s ticket sales (3,500), is unsure if she wants to put it on again. The fest has and exceeded 2016’s worst showing (around 500 come at a high personal cost, she said. She and her tickets). team didn’t make any money this year. The busted Sacramento police didn’t respond to SN&R’s leg was just the icing on an unappealing cake. requests for estimated crowd sizes, but visually, “Doing this big thing is beautiful, but it’s at the there were less than 2,500 people in the park at expense of my humanity,” Vincent said. “I’m not once. Much less. Blackalicious and A Lot Like trying to be a martyr for this festival, and at some Birds, the final players on each night, performed for point there had to be a return that justified the cost. I a gaggle of about 150 to 200 people. Most of the didn’t get that this year.” Ω bands played for audiences of 20 or so peppered across the green. The park, which the city says can hold 40,000, looked mostly barren.

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When the Amgen Tour of California launched its quest to become a major professional bike race, it was earnest in its efforts to get the balance right—telling the story of California to the rest of the world with exciting and scenic racing while adhering to a few cheesy European sporting traditions.

California was ready for the big time and eager to make it a show.

That first day 12 years ago was a short individual time trial—a race against the clock, one rider after another, through the streets of San Francisco and up the brutally steep hill to the iconic Coit Tower. Thousands of fans pressed against the barriers, shouting, waving 12 | SN&R | 05.17.18

banners and cheering on their favorite riders.

The fastest man that day was Levi Leipheimer, practically a hometown hero who resided in Santa Rosa and was still a few years away from being ensnared in the Lance Armstrong doping scandal that would drum him out of the sport for good.

I was there and remember it well. A grimacing Leipheimer punched the air as he crossed the finish line, promptly got off his bike and, within minutes, climbed the steps of the podium to get his prize—the

leader’s gold jersey and kisses from the “podium girls.”

It was 2006 in progressive California, where powerful women held both U. S. Senate seats, but if you wanted to land the job of presenting the prizes to the winners after each stage, you had to be young, female, good-looking, wear a clingy dress, and be willing to plant a big kiss on a sweaty cheek.

Thus began years of wonderful racing, huge crowds, big stars, global attention and just enough

cringe-worthy awkwardness to make many of us wonder when the podium would actually reflect that 21st century women were into bike racing, too.

In recent years, the gender issue would be part of the race itself, with a separate, significantly shorter women’s event gaining a foothold.

Like many longtime cycling fans, I have mixed emotions about podium girls. For years, we watched Armstrong and others claim their prizes at the Tour de France, which always included TV time with the female podium presenters and those multiple air kisses that don’t really translate over here.

The scene was mostly wholesome, slightly odd, mildly sexist, entirely outdated, and very French.

Emily Kachorek, a professional cyclist who a few years ago co-founded Sacramento-based Squid Bikes, has never been a fan but also rarely complained about it. Her view is pretty standard when it comes to women in cycling.

“It’s kind of like, ‘Give me a break.’ I personally don’t get that worked up about it because that’s how it’s been my entire career,” said Kachorek, a former road racer who now focuses on cyclocross and running her popular bike business. “It’s just silly to me. I mean, are we really still having this conversation?”

Indeed, there are signs the debate is coming to a close.

Following the lead of the Tour Down Under in Australia and the Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), this year’s Amgen Tour will dramatically tone down the glamour on stage. The Tour de France has signaled it, too, is ready for a tweak to its closely watched podiums.

The Union Cycliste International (UCI) has indicated it will create new award ceremony guidelines to insure the podium practices “are respectful to all.”

Formula 1 auto racing has already scrapped its longstanding “grid girls” in favor of “grid kids.”

“This year, because of everything else going on in the world and how we feel as a company, we decided to make a change,” said Michael Roth, vice president of communications at Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), which is the world’s largest owner of sports teams and sports events.

The glamour will be largely absent during the Amgen podium presentations this year, according to Roth, who had yet to make the details public at the time he was interviewed for this story. The clingy dresses and high heels will be replaced by khakis and polo shirts—the same outfit other AEG staffers wear at the race.

That’s right—a sexist tradition has been supplanted by a relatively benign crime against fashion.

While the podium girls may soon be history, it’s instructive to see how we got to this point—and how the idea lasted this long.

Way back when AEG embarked on the Amgen Tour of California project, organizers looked to France for inspiration. The routes for each stage would be challenging and, just as importantly, look good on TV. When it came to figuring out what to do on the podium each day, the easiest solution was to mimic Le Tour and go with the flow.

“We always modeled ourselves after the Tour de France,” said Roth.

To seasoned observers, the podium presenters had a dual role. They had to look good on camera and they had to make things run on time. They guided the riders to their specific marks onstage so the TV cameras and journalists could get their shots. They ushered the riders away and brought the next ones aboard. And every photo showed the girls planting a kiss on each cheek of the winner.

It may have been a feel-good, triumphant image to some, but it was entirely the wrong message for many others—the men were the heroes who were rewarded for their skill and bravery, while the women were the admirers, dressed to the nines in attire that did not fit the occasion.

“As a racer, I ignored it a little bit, but the more I got involved in the sport, the more I saw it as sending the wrong message,” says Kathryn Bertine, a former pro cyclist and activist for gender equality in pro cycling. “It’s not a fair representation of women in our time.”

It went on like that for 12 years. The Tour of California was a big hit and, even if you weren’t into bike racing, there was no denying the race brought millions of dollars

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The reworking of the podium experience didn’t happen because of the #MeToo movement, but it’s a good fit within the prism of sexual harassment and heightened awareness, nonetheless. Some fans saw podium girls as an invitation to embrace their inner douchebag.

“In the VIP tents, men would get tipsy and go up to the women and ask for a kiss for a Facebook photo.

Those guys suck. It happened every five minutes. That’s America,” said Dave Towle, the high-energy cycling announcer who has been a fixture at major races for years.

Peter Sagan, now the biggest name in the sport and beloved for both his antics and winning ways, was a talented young star on the rise in 2013 when he thought it would be funny during the Tour of Flanders presentation to pinch the podium girl’s buttocks as she leaned in to kiss winner Fabian Cancellara. The photo of a smirking Sagan went viral. The woman, Maja Leye, later told the media she came close to slapping the Slovakian rider.

“I really thought about it,” she said at the time. “I had to stay professional.

If I had reacted, the incident would have escalated. There were millions of TV viewers in front of their screens.”

Some bike races have tried podium boys—muscular young men, sometimes wearing white T-shirts and jeans as if they were cast in a Broadway musical—who flirt with female winners as they get their prize.

“You think you’re cringing when there are podium girls,” Towle told me. “Podium boys are always worse.”

Part of the problem with podium girls is that the concept seems increasingly out of sync with the movement to banish the last vestiges of sexism in cycling and, in doing so, invite more girls and women into the sport. Big hair and high heels are not part of that effort.

To make it as a pro cyclist, you have to be fierce. No matter how good you are, you will eventually crash at high speed—and the pavement always wins. You break bones. You lose skin.

You heal up and get back on your bike. Even without mishaps, racing is torturous, humbling, exhausting. The word “suffering” is routinely held up as a badge of honor. To suffer is to reach for glory.

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In America, women pros are arguably achieving glory in far greater numbers than American men, who have gone through a prolonged drought since the Armstrong debacle.

At some major one-day races in Europe like Paris-Roubaix, it is not uncommon to have only one or two American men entered in a field of 175 pros. Meanwhile, American women like Chloe Dygert Owen, Coryn Rivera and Megan Guarnier are winning big races, breaking records and gaining worldwide acclaim. And activists like Bertine continue to push for men and women to race the same routes and receive equal prize money.

The recent shift in approach is important because it suggests the sport is beginning to listen to input beyond the male power structure that created these traditions decades ago and then lobbied for their permanence.

The race president for Amgen Tour of California is actually a woman, Kristin Klein, an AEG executive, who had been supportive of the podium ambassadors.

In Spain, the three-week Vuelta a España went smoothly last September with toned-down podium presentations. Same with the Tour Down Under in January in Australia, which also awarded men and women equal prize money.

In some ways, muses Kachorek, the half-measures at the Tour of California is even worse. She says the models should be replaced, not just dressed differently.

Says Bertine, whose documentary, Half The Road, made a major push for gender equality in pro cycling, “I’m glad the podium girls are going away, but now we have to ask what are you doing next for the proper inclusion of women in races?” Ω

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Shayna Powless says her memory is generally vague. But she can recall details from her athletic youth with clarity as if it were more recent than a decade ago, when she and her younger brother grew up playing and competing in the rolling foothills around Folsom Lake.

They swam, ran, pedaled mountain bikes and hiked in the recreation area, and they began winning short-distance youth triathlons. One day, Neilson, 2 and-a-half years younger and then maybe age 12, beat his sister.

Fast-forward to this week, and the Powless siblings, graduates of Roseville High School and both professional cyclists, who often now live on the road and only periodically return to Roseville, remain each other’s biggest fans.

The siblings’ early life rivalry proved supportive rather than problematic.

They’ve won national titles and junior world championships and traveled the globe. But the Powless kin will establish a first this week as the first brother and sister competing in the same edition of the Amgen Tour of California The men’s division of the 13th annual event, ht). Both ay and yesterday (rig cycling’s largest U.S. race, began May 13 in Long the at The Powless sibs tod line sh will cross the fini Shayna and Neilsen closing cerBeach and completes a 645-mile, south-to-north The 7. y Ma ay, urd State Capitol on Sat mier bike pre ’s ion nat trek on Saturday in downtown Sacramento. The the for emonies/celebration at www.

There’s a good guide . three-day women’s race begins Thursday, May 17 a.m 9 at in beg e rac sacsports.com. in Elk Grove, continues Friday in South Lake Tahoe and will also finish in the same downtown location after a high-speed circuit race. The women are scheduled to finish less than an hour before the men’s concluding road race.

Shayna, 24, is a second-year rider for Sho-Air TWENTY20, an American-based team. Neilson, 21, is a third-year pro in his first of a two-year contract with the Dutch team, LottoNL-Jumbo, on the UCI World Tour, the sport’s highest level.

“I honestly never saw myself as a pro road cyclist,” says Shayna, who graduated from UCLA in 2016 after consid considmoun erable success racing on a mountain bike. “Ever since I stopped doing triathlons and running after high school, I was a pro mountain bike racer. But I then put all my focus into school at UCLA and pretty much stopped bike racing.”

Shayna also briefly pursued modeling. But then had a “change of heart” and decided to try road racing, a teambased component of the sport to which she was unfamiliar.

“I thought, ‘Why not?’ I had never really done this before,” she says. “It seems really fun. I really like the team aspect of it. I’ve never really had that before. It’s a whole different sport. But seeing my brother also start off in mountain bike racing and then move into road racing, it was motivation for me, too.

“Seeing him do so well at it, he was actually one of the main reasons why I wanted to change from mountain bike racing. It was inspiring. He was one of the main people encouraging me to make the switch, and I’m glad I did.”

Early this season, Shayna has fared well. She began in January racing in Australia and has two top-10 stage finishes in U.S. events while continuing to learning the nuances of road racing.

“I don’t really have one specialty like a lot of pros; I am kind of like more an all-arounder,” she says. “I am really good with bike-handling skills.”

The younger Powless first competed in stick-and-ball sports. But he discovered his best athletic skill set matched his parents’ talents. Like his sister, fared well in age-group mountain biking before he was a teenager. But he was also a gifted runner and swimmer. A seventh-place finish at the cross country state meet prompted collegiate interest from several universities, including UCLA, Brown and Navy.

Powless opted to focus on cycling, and less than two years later he devoted himself to road racing. His skills were quickly known throughout the cycling community. But two years ago, at age 19, he surprised himself and others, finishing ninth overall in the Tour of California. He specifically showcased his climbing skills against some of cycling’s best veteran pros, finishing fifth in the mountainous third stage, 30 seconds behind eventual race winner Julian Alaphilippe of France.

Neilson was immediately in demand by several of the sport’s top teams, but he competed for one additional season for Axeon Hagen Berman, the development squad owned by Axel Merckx, the son of Eddy Merckx, often cited as the sport’s greatest rider.

Neilson, who had four wins last season, has raced 17 days this season with a European itinerary in Italy and Spain.

He remembers adults commenting when he passed them in races when he was age 10, but he can’t recall first beating his sister.

“I don’t want to say my sister is shy, but she is so nonchalant about everything and so easy going,” he says.

“She doesn’t really open up too much, but she followed me onto the road [cycling], which was really cool. She’s a super, incredible athlete. I think if she really commits herself, she can be one of the best female cyclists in the world.”

The Powless brother-and-sister act appeared set to compete in the event last year, but Neilson’s team wasn’t selected based on a controversial discretionary team selection.

Shayna finished 43rd overall in the women’s four-day race.

Neilson and Shayna were raised in an athletic family. Father Jack, retired from the Air Force, is a many-time finisher of Ironman-distance triathlons. Mother Jeanette, track and field coach at American River College, is a long-distance runner who competed in the marathon in the 1992 Olympics.

“Jen and I both being pretty competitive, we kind of realized when we had kids, we wanted to make sure we kept it fun,” says Jack. “The most important thing was that they develop a love for sport, and then the competitive aspect of sport. That was the approach we took. Because the important thing for us is that they lead a healthy lifestyle and sport provides that. And whatever happened after that, just happened after that. We just didn’t want to provide a lot of pressure.”

Jack and Jen Powless did have requirements for their children “The one thing we always told them is that you always have to be involved in a sport,” Jack says. “Whatever sport that is, is just fine. But if you pick a sport, you have to stick with through the end of the season. You can’t let your teammates down. That was always the standing rule.”

Shayna recalls her parents incorporating games into workouts.

“They were awesome with us; even though they were coaching us and some other kids on the triathlon team, they always found a way to make it fun,” recalls Shayna.

“Too many kids were just getting pushed.

You’re so young; I don’t think it’s so good. You’re just starting to find where you fit and what’s your favorite sport. I think our parents were perfect. Even when you had a bad day or a bad race, they were never too hard on us. Oh, maybe there were a couple of times, here and there but with good reason and it was good.”

Siblings competing in pro cycling at the same time and even on the same team isn’t new to cycling. Peter Sagan of Slovakia, cycling’s No. 1-ranked rider with 16 Tour of California stage wins including the overall title in 2015, competes on the German team, Bora–Hansgrohe. His brother Juraj, one year older, is also on the squad.

In recent years, retired twins Andy and Ben Jacques-Maynes of Santa Cruz competed in the Tour of California for three straight years beginning in 2009 for Bissell, a U.S-based Continental team. Andy and Frank Schleck of Luxembourg, also retired and former Tour of California competitors, respectively finished second and fourth in the 2009 Tour de France while teammates for CSC. Young Canadian brother and sister Nigel and Gillian Ellsay, are respectively on the men’s and women’s rosters of Rally, the squad of returning 2017 Tour of California double stage winner Evan Huffman of Sacramento. But neither of the Ellsay siblings will compete in this year’s event.

But the Powless siblings understand the importance racing together this week in the area in which their enjoyment of sport began and near where they started racing against each other for the fun of it.

“It’s going to be an exciting day at the finish; my whole family is going to be out there,” Shayna says. “My parents will be there and we will have a lot of family flying in. My grandma, my aunt, maybe a cousin or two. We’ll see.” Ω

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Two local activists on a mural that elevates Sacramento’s trans community in the memory of Chyna Gibson

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Ebony Ava Harper is a Sacramento trans civil rights activist and a program associate at The California Endowment health foundation, whose mission is to expand health care access for underserved communities.

Khaya Osborne is a queer poet, activist, actor and team assistant for Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, which advocates for the expansion of reproductive and health equity through public policy and clinical services.

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Ebony Harper and Khaya Osborne sit in front of a newly unveiled mural behind the Lavender Library.

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is a profound privilege to believe that death is apolitical. A man falls to his demise after suffering a heart attack.

A young child suffers a tragic misfortune and must be buried. Life creeps away as easily as it comes.

However, the facts do not support this cherished belief.

On the evening of February 25, 2016, Chyna Gibson—a black transgender woman living in Sacramento—was walking down a street in New Orleans, video-chatting with a friend, when she was shot in her back multiple times.

One of the bullets went through her hand and exited into the phone she was carrying.

Chyna died that night, and her killer has still not been found and charged in her murder.

Anyone who knew her could tell you that she was sweet, smart, funny and charming.

Chyna was also strikingly beautiful. Though one would have needed to ask if she was trans to be able to tell, as she was what is called “cis passing,” Chyna was always honest and forthcoming about who and what she was—an undertaking that puts many black trans women in the position of being in immediate danger.

She was brave and courageous. She should still be with us today.

For trans women, particularly black trans women, accidental deaths are a luxury. Many face the persistent and far-reaching, specter of violence every day; they live life never knowing how many days they have left. According to a 2015 survey by the Center for Transgender

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Equality, 40 percent of respondents said they attempted suicide in their lifetime, almost nine times the rate in the U.S. population, or 4.6 percent. Aside from murder, many deaths of trans women, can be attributed to neglect, oppression and health disparities.

Black trans women have less job security, health coverage and preventative care, so this startling statistic shouldn’t surprise you: more than half of them are living with HIV, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many are denied effective treatment options due to medical discrimination, lack of education, or simply the lack of resources to pay for their care, according to the Center for Transgender Equality’s report.

It is not a coincidence that trans women, particularly black trans women, have so few tangible resources to live healthy, long lives. A combination of racism and transphobia has pushed many trans women of color to the fringes of society—demonized, afraid and unheard.

Trans women are called predators and freaks for doing almost everything: from simple necessities like using public restrooms and using their pronouns, to more politically involved acts such as running for office and participating in activism. Though every cis person does not actively make it their mission to harm the lives of trans people, many are complicit in the silencing and erasure of trans voices, which, in and of itself, is a kind of violence.

And by not creating spaces that are trans inclusive, many cis people alienate the most vulnerable members of our society. Even in cases where trans exclusion is accidental (often it is quite intentional), it is still unacceptable because the enduring narrative of trans feminine people is wholly negative, and providing them no platform does nothing to change or dismantle that. The takeaway from all of this is to elevate trans voices and to listen to trans people, while also acknowledging and honoring the lives we have already lost.

On March 31, a mural on the side of Sacramento’s Lavender Library was unveiled in memory of Chyna Gibson.

Many people, including many members of Sacramento’s close-knit queer community, turned up to honor Chyna and to show support for Sacramento’s trans community.

There were festivities included: music, poetry and speeches from the family and friends of Chyna Gibson as well as prominent trans members of the community.

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An altar for Chyna Doll Dupree Two years after Chyna Gibson was tragically shot and killed in New Orleans amid citywide Mardi Gras celebrations, artists Jessica Sabogal and Shanna Strauss collaborated on a mural to honor Gibson, a Sacramento black transgender woman and well-known dancer who performed under the name Chyna Doll Dupree.

The 72-by-22-foot mural now hugs a wall behind the Lavender Library (1414 21st Street) and was unveiled on March 31 to coincide with the internationally recognized event known as the Transgender Day of Visibility, a day dedicated to celebrating the transgender community and raising awareness of discrimination faced by trans people worldwide.

“To our knowledge, as far as we know, this mural is the first of its kind. As queer women of color, our only experience celebrating queerness/trans lives has been in private (night clubs, private home gatherings, etc.),” Sabogal wrote in an email to SN&R. “Having a massive public art work act as a monument honoring a black trans woman is one of the ways to claim space and make visible the experiences of our communities.”

There’s a strong juxtaposition of mixed media presented on the mural: reclaimed wood shaped as an arched altar frames a photograph of Gibson—with flowers, feathers and a golden halo placed around her to represent the sacredness of her life. The altar is mounted in between painted imagery of protests with signs that read “white silence equals violence” on one side, while the other displays a message from Sabogal and Strauss stating that the community needs to protect trans daughters ending with the hashtag #RiseUpAsOne. Sabogal says the mural is meant to act as a sacred altar where family and friends of Gibson can always gather and remember their loved one.

“Normally in my work, I would photograph the main subject of the mural, but because Chyna is no longer with us, I chose to photograph the woman who willingly uplifted her throughout the majority of her life,” Sabogal says.

That woman was Gibson’s mother, Tammie CrittindonLewis, illustrated beside her daughter in earth-toned colors with her hands curved up as a symbol of her uplifting Gibson throughout her life.

“Who would Chyna have been if it weren’t for Miss Tammie? Where would we all be without the people around us making sure we are safe and telling us it is OK to be exactly who we are?,” reads the artists statement written by Sabogal and Strauss. “It is not on trans folks to ensure for their own safety, so the hands also represent the non-trans community lifting up and supporting our trans brothers and sisters.”

Although this was the first collaborative effort between Sabogal and Strauss, it won’t be the last. The two have decided to continue to work together to create a new series of murals titled This Woman’s Work that will combine their different techniques with a common vision to highlight the invisible labor of women.

—Steph RodRiguez Follow artists Jessica Sabogal and Shanna Strauss’ development on This Woman’s Work on Instagram @shanna.strauss @jessicasabogal.

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Morsey’s Farmhouse’s marquee menu item—Burrata di Buffalo, made from the milk of their water buffalo herd, located at a dairy farm just outside Sacramento.

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Morsey’s Farmhouse is all about the buffalo. And lest you think we’re talking American bison here, no. The unique new eatery in the posh Silicon Valley community of Los Altos is a result of one family’s obsession with the water buffalo, a huge and hugely important livestock animal in many parts of the world, especially Africa and Southeast Asia.

Water buffalo can produce milk for upwards of 22 years, while dairy cows are pretty much finished producing after 5. They can also thrive where other cattle would starve, making them prized possessions in India, Vietnam and parts of Africa.

Yulia Morsey and her husband, Kal hail from Egypt, where water buffalo are very common. Some years back, the couple had become so enamored with both the flavor and health benefits of water buffalobased dairy products that they created the first largescale water buffalo dairy herd in the United States.

Beginning with seven pregnant cows in 2013, there are now 400 of these animals at their farm in Wilton, just outside Sacramento). Logically enough, this eventually led to them opening Morsey’s Farmhouse Restaurant in Los Altos, where the couple, along with 20

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Executive Chef Tim Uttaro, essentially built their entire menu around the milk from these docile beasts.

Their animals (which can live for 30 years or more) produce an abundance of milk conducive to the variety of delicious foodstuffs—including cream, butter, ricotta, burrata and ghee — featured at their Peninsula restaurant, which is likely the only eatery in America anchored largely off of water buffalo-based products.

It’s been an especially fun challenge for Uttaro, who had to quickly learn how to cook with a whole new set of proteins. “Instead of using canola oil, we strictly use ghee from the farm to cook all our fish, eggs and meats. It has a much higher flashpoint and gets salmon skin really crisp, adding a slight hint of sweetness,” he says.

Uttaro is no stranger to kitchens on the Peninsula, having previously worked at the likes of the British Banker’s Club and Stanford Park Hotel, both in Menlo Park. Over the past six months, he has taken on the challenge of creating five different menus for Morsey’s, all built around the rich, silky water buffalo milk.

Specialties at Morsey’s include the Bolognese di Bufalo (which pairs cavatelli with buffalo ricotta and basil) and their beautifully executed pan-roasted salmon. Of course, the must-have all-star of the menu is a wonderful, creamy rich burrata cheese, served with tomato jam, balsamic, Maldon salt and olive oil.

As Uttaro inevitably learned of his key ingredient, buffalo milk has some properties very different from cow’s milk, such as a higher fat content despite containing 42 percent less cholesterol. Unlike cow’s milk, water buffalo milk contains the A2 protein that makes it digestible to many who are lactose intolerant. Ω

As in big-league parks these days, the options at Raley Field go way beyond the traditional ballgame hot dog. For example, on occasion there’s a farmto-fork pork belly truck—nice, right? Still, if I’m watching a game, I want meat in tubed form. The kielbasa sandwich at Big Shrimp’n is plain perfection.

The sausage, just spicy enough, is halved lengthwise, draped in grilled onions, and served on a soft french roll. Little bit of mustard and a double Tito’s vodka tonic from the cocktail stand next door, and it’s summertime. Go ’Cats!

—ALEX GILRANE

A killer brew MURKIN 9 TO 5, FLATLAND BREWING CO. It’s Wednesday, 4pm. I’ve got Dolly in my headphones, and a drink in my hand. Flatland Brewing’s Murkin 9 to 5 is the perfect way to round out hump day. This hazy IPA out of Elk Grove has a fruity flavor and a bite, but isn’t so heavy to stop after one. Chosen for its label—a fun cartoon inspired by the 1980 feminist Dolly Parton film—this brew isn’t just clever; it’s delicious. And at 6.5 percent, a few of these babies will help you wash away your workday blues. And keep you from strangling the boss. http://flatlandbrewingco.com.

—KATE GONZALES

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Vegan chocolate mint cups, lord It was naïve to think that after childhood, that after accepting veganism as my lord and savior (metaphorically, people), that York Peppermint Patties and Pearson’s Mint Patties were treats that were in the rearview window, since they were made with dairy. But as individuals and businesses realize the value of veganism, people are figuring out ways to make seemingly all the foods of comfort, childhood and decadence into vegan versions (ethically, people), and Free2b’s Dark Chocolate Mint Cups remind plant-based brains of their youthful mint patty bliss. Free2b’s version is also what they call top 12 allergen free, for all of us delicate flowers and souls—you know, conscientious types—meaning there’s no peanut, tree nut, coconut, soy, dairy, corn, gluten, egg, fish, shellfish, sesame or mustard in their products.

Free2b mint cups and other allergen-free treats may be purchased at www.free2bfoods.com, Raley’s and natural food grocery stores, and my sincere condolences to those of you with mustard allergies.

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When Sacramento temperatures reach the mid-70s and the sun shines brightly through the trees warming my back patio just right, the first thought that crosses my mind is it’s prime barbecue weather. A time to kick back, invite a few friends over and enjoy the outdoors together. This was the case on a recent Saturday afternoon where cold beers and homemade, juicy burgers sounded like the perfect way to welcome the springtime season.

Now, I fancy myself a seasoned home cook. One who enjoys to feed her friends and family fairly regularly. I’m known for elaborate dinners inspired by my late grandmother’s recipes like dark and spicy chicken mole or slow-roasted crispy carnitas, dishes that take all day to prep, sauté and spice just right. So, when the inspiration struck to whip up about a dozen or so burgers from scratch I thought, “How hard can this really be? I got this, right?” Wrong.

It turns out I messed up big time.

My usual recipe calls for one pound of ground beef, salt and pepper, a little cumin, a little paprika, a teaspoon or so of both garlic and onion powders, and my secret is about half a cup of bread crumbs. I then knead all the spices and ingredients into the chilled beef until everything is well incorporated and I start to hand roll and form the fragrant patties that my partner David will eventually throw onto the grill and gently brush each side with barbecue sauce until they are cooked to a nice medium.

The problem: I forgot to add a binder. I usually crack an egg into the meat mixture similar to most recipes for meatloaf. Not only does the egg keep the patties together, it also gives them a nice boost of moisture. But, after a few 7-percent IPAs and amusing conversations, I simply became equal parts inebriated and distracted.

In my humble defense, it was such a beautiful day outside that I wanted to just hurry up and hang out with the party going on out back.

It wasn’t until I heard a cry from the grill master that I knew something was amiss. All of the delicious patties were completely falling apart on the grill sending each to fall below to the fiery abyss of burning, gray coals. It was at this moment where instead of a seasoned home cook, I felt like an amateur who made a small mistake that led to way fewer burgers in my company’s bellies. But, all was not lost. I managed to save half of the batch by adding the necessary binding components, reforming the patties and they ended up grilling just right as they have many barbecues before.

The takeaway: less beer sippin’ during prep time will make for happier and more satisfied guests. Although I’ve made this recipe practically with my eyes closed for many years, it just goes to show that even if you fancy yourself as an experienced home cook there will always be one moment where a simple recipe will humble even the most comfortable in the kitchen. Cheers. Ω

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An Ideal Husband

Eric Craig and Ian Hopps give masterful performances in Oscar Wilde’s satirical comedy about blackmail, political corruption and public and private morality. Directed

by Kevin Adamski and Nina Dramer. Thu 8pm, Fri 8pm,

Sat 8pm. Through 5/26; $18-$22; Big Idea Theatre,

1616 Del Paso Blvd.; (916) 960-3036; www. bigideatheatre.org. J.C.

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Hilarity and hijinks at a retirement community whose residents have lost their money in a Ponzi scheme. What happens when the man who lost their money shows up in the home, pretending to be catatonic, but secretly harboring millions of dollars in diamonds? Thu 8pm, Fri

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A Chorus Line

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A musical as large and complex as A Chorus Line would be too much for most community theater groups to undertake.

The play, which in 1976 won the Tony Award for best musical and the Pulitzer Prize for drama (it rarely happens), is set on a bare theater stage and centers on a group of 17 dancers auditioning for eight spots on the chorus line of a new Broadway musical. The audition is overseen by Zach (Shawn O’Neal), who elicits revealing stories of their young lives and why and how they came to dance.

Paul (Elio Gutierrez-Montoya) had to come to grips with his masculinity and his homosexuality.

Mike (Christian Forste) stepped into his sister’s place in dance class and quickly learned “I Can Do That.” Sheila (Samantha Caiola) found respite from an unhappy family life through dance (“At the Ballet”). and Val (Emalie Powers) tells how plastic surgery saved her career (“Dance Ten, Looks Three,” a.k.a. “Tits and Ass.”) Director/choreographer Jacob GutierrezMontoya makes excellent use of the large stage, but some dialogue is muddled in the cavernous space, and some lyrics don’t make it over the live orchestra.

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Jordan Harrison’s play is a sci-fi tale wrapped inside a family drama about aging, fading memories and how we choose what to remember—and how. Janis Stevens brilliantly stars in the title role, with sterling turns by Jamie Jones, Brock D. Vickers and Steven Sean Garland. Stephanie Gulart, Capital Stage founding artistic director (now producing artistic director of Florida’s American Stage) directs this co-production of the two companies. Wed

7pm, Thu 7pm, Fri 7pm, Sat 2pm & 8pm, Sun 2pm. Through 6/3; $28-$40; Capital Stage, 2215 J St.; (916) 995-5464; www.capstage.org. J.C.

A Song for Coretta

This one-act play imagines the individual reasons that five women of all of different ages and backgrounds stood for hours in front of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church to honor Coretta Scott King, the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The messages, characters and a talented Celebration Arts’ cast carry the story along. Thu 8pm, Fri 8pm, Sat

8pm, Sun 2pm. Through 5/26; $10-$20; Celebration Arts, 2727 B St.; (916) 455-2787; celebrationartsacts@gmail. com. P.R.

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4 Invisible Olympics Chelsea Marcantel first thought the concept was “the dumbest thing in the world.”

But as the author of B Street Theatre’s latest production, Airness, which explores the world of competitive (and imaginary) guitar-playing, Marcantel said she learned to appreciate the art form.

And the critics really liked her play, too. This year, Airness won the Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award by the American Theatre Critics Association.

For someone unfamiliar with air guitar, this play is not what you’d expect. It follows a group of air guitarists trying to win a chance to participate at an international festival in Finland. The earnestness and dedication these guys display will win over the hardest of hearts.

Directed by B Street’s Dave Perini, the show features B Street regular Stephanie Altholz as “the Nina,” a real guitarist trying to learn the ins and outs of air guitar. B Street favorite Tara Sissom shows a whole new side in her powerful performance as “Cannibal Queen.” Peter Story, Sam Kebede, John Lamb and Josh Bonzie also shine as guitarists.

Special mention to Wade McKenzie Bahr and Dylan Ballesteros, the theater technicians whose work changing the many scenes was almost as much fun as the play itself.

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Airness: thu 9pm, fri 8pm, sat 9pm, sun 2pm, tue 6:30pm, Wed 2pm & 6:30 pm. through 6/10; $32-$46; the sophia, 2700 capitol Avenue; (916) 433-5300; https://bstreettheatre.org.

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Doll parts Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison’s debut novel The Bluest Eye (1970) is staged as a drama this week by the UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance. It’s an innovative production featuring both human actors and South Africanstyle puppets. The story revolves around a black girl who prays for blue eyes like Shirley Temple’s, and includes adult themes/situations (ages 16 and up). This week only: Thu 7pm, Fri 7pm, Sat 2pm & 7pm. Through 5/19, $18.50 general, $12 students/seniors, Main Theatre in Wright Hall, UC Davis, tickets online http://arts.ucdavis.edu/event/bluest-eye and at the door 30 minutes before the show.

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This third Avengers film reassembles almost the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe of wise-cracking gods, superhumans and space creatures, and manages to finally pay off the franchise’s long-gestating “infinity stones” storyline (basically, a purple alien wants to put jewels in a glove so that he can punch the world in half). If you care, you probably already know that this is the Avengers movie where many of your beloved characters meet their shocking ends. And they’re never ever coming back, no way, never gonna happen, even though many of the characters in Avengers: Infinity War have already returned from the dead, and Marvel has several thousand (or so) releases slated for 2019 alone, including an Infinity War sequel.

Obviously, the mass death ending is a gigantic fakeout, just a launching pad for the next waves of Marvel product, but as a longtime detester of the MCU machine, I must admit that it brought me some joy. D.B.

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Every two years, like clockwork, Melissa McCarthy makes a movie with her husband Ben Falcone; she stars, he directs and they both write. In 2014 it was Tammy; in 2016, The Boss—easily the worst pictures of her career. This year’s family project is Life of the Party, and unfortunately (but not unexpectedly), it continues the pattern.

For a while, it looks like this one might be different. McCarthy plays Deanna Marsh, a gushing mom who heaps affection on her college-bound daughter Maddie (Molly Gordon) like a pastry chef icing a two-ton wedding cake. No sooner have Deanna and her husband Dan (Matt Walsh) dropped Maddie off at college—leaving Maddie relieved to see the back of her—than Dan tells her he wants a divorce; he’s in love with a real estate agent named Marcie (Julie Bowen).

Deanna falls to pieces in front of her best friend (Maya Rudolph) and parents (Stephen Root, Jacki Weaver), then pulls herself together.

She decides that what she needs is to finish the education she put on hold to raise Maddie. She and Maddie are going to be schoolmates! Maddie is politely horrified.

Once the premise is set up, this unabashed star vehicle promptly runs out of gas. McCarthy and Falcone have no idea where to take the story from there. Is Deanna a fish out of water, or exactly the house-mom and buddy Maddie and her friends need?

Frumpy misfit or a late-blooming hottie? Campus dork or too cool for school? Maddie’s hero or her humiliation? The movie just keeps throwing things at the screen hoping something will stick. Scenes seem

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to have been desperately improvised, then left in not because they work (they don’t) but because Falcone and McCarthy need the movie to run 105 minutes.

McCarthy is, of course, the whole show; as usual for her movies with Falcone, nobody else gets even a sliver of the spotlight. In Tammy, Toni Collette, Susan Sarandon and Kathy Bates were forced to stand back for the star; in The Boss it was Kristen Bell (with the added indignity of being dressed and made up like something the cat dragged in); here it’s Modern Family’s Julie Bowen, trying to make her mark with approximately four nanoseconds of screen time.

Make no mistake, Life of the Party, like Tammy and The Boss before, is a vanity production pure and simple.

The only question is whether Ben Falcone is catering to his wife’s vanity or she is catering to his. Either way, she should stick (professionally) with Paul Feig, who has shown in Bridesmaids, Spy and The Heat that he knows better how to harness and showcase McCarthy’s powerhouse talent than her own husband does.

Meanwhile, fair warning: The next McCarthy/Falcone release is slated for December 2019. At present, the title is Superintelligence. Oh, the irony. Ω

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More snot-nosed nihilism and fangless comic book meta-commentary from Marvel’s unkillable “merc with a mouth,” once again played by Ryan Reynolds as a homicidal rape-joke comedian. With original Deadpool director Tim Miller off working on yet another Terminator reboot, Atomic Blonde director and former stunt coordinator David Leitch takes over for the sequel, but the film doesn’t feel any less sloppy, desperate and stupid for his participation. The plot sees Deadpool trying to protect a mutant child from sexual predators while delivering a nonstop string of one-liners about child molestation, before finally sodomizing the villain to death with an electrical cable. Disconnected pop culture references pass for humor, as though the mere mention of dubstep, LinkedIn, gluten, Justin Bieber, Sharknado, the McRib or any other recognizable proper noun or pop culture buzzword was sufficiently hilarious. True to form, the film calls out its own lazy writing, which is probably the laziest writing of all. D.B.

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An insecure working schlub at an elite cosmetics firm (Amy Schumer) gets knocked on the head and wakes up believing she’s a perfect 10; her newfound confidence catches the eye of the company’s founder (Lauren Hutton) and CEO (Michelle Williams), sending her zooming up the corporate ladder. Writerdirectors Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein concoct a slickly satisfying vehicle for Schumer’s comic everywoman persona, and she rises to the occasion. There are no great surprises, but no glaring missteps either (although Schumer’s climactic I-am-woman-hear-me-roar speech, practically flashing “Author’s Message!”, does go on). Williams, hilariously unrecognizable behind a squeaky cartoon voice and under a thick layer of the company’s cosmetics, all but steals the show from Schumer—and that’s saying something. J.L.

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When her estranged, cryptically criminal father dies, a woman (Gabrielle Union) takes her children (Ajiona Alexis, Seth Carr) out to his secluded summer home to prepare it for selling. Little do they know that the scumbags who killed the old man (Billy Burke, Richard Cabral, Levi Meaden, Mark Furze) are heading there to steal his $4 million stash—and they don’t want witnesses. Writer Ryan Engle and director James McTeigue celebrate Mother’s Day with a tribute to the fighting spirit of protective moms everywhere, prepared to brave any danger, pay any price and purvey any cliché to ensure the safety of their offspring. Action hero may not be what Union does best, but her versatility stands her in good enough stead; here’s hoping this potboiler makes enough money to bring her vehicles more worthy of her. J.L.

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and well-stocked with an arsenal of affectations, but a wooden Hammer isn’t quite right. D.B.

The chamber play-like Final Portrait is the fifth feature film directed by characteractor Stanley Tucci, although it’s only his first since 2007. Tucci does not possess an enormous body of work as a director, but it’s big enough to pick out some auteur tendencies: he is obviously interested in the creative process (Big Night) as well as performance and deception (The Imposters and Joe Gould’s Secret), and he favors intimate, actor-friendly stories (Blind Date). All those elements come into play in Final Portrait, an intimate, actor-friendly film focused on the creative process, with a story ultimately resolved by performance and deception. Set in 1964 Paris (cue the jaunty concertina music), Final Portrait stars Geoffrey Rush as SwissItalian painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti, with Armie Hammer co-starring as American writer James Lord. Geoffrey Rush is well-cast

This rare stinker from animation importer GKIDS offers echoes of Studio Ghibli classics like My Neighbor Totoro and Ponyo, but it contains little of the charm and none of the elegant character design of those films. Mopey teen Kai lives in a quiet, Japanese harbor town where humans and merfolk once co-existed in harmony, at least until an “old curse” inspired the humans to construct a wall to keep the merfolk out. However, when Kai gets recruited into joining a rock band, their song attracts the young and impetuous mermaid Lu, whose tail transforms into two wobbly legs whenever music plays. Lu joins the band as lead singer, and she bonds with Kai over their missing mothers, but a misunderstanding eventually threatens to reignite the curse. There are a few lovely images and ideas, but the character design is ghastly, the animation is inconsistent, the story meanders and the voice performances grate.

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An arrogant, selfish playboy (Eugenio Derbez) stiffs a working-class single mom (Anna Faris) after she cleans the carpets on his mega-yacht; later, when he falls overboard and washes ashore with amnesia, she claims him as her husband, intending to get her money’s worth by putting him to work around the house. This remake of the 1987 Goldie Hawn/Kurt Russell rom-com switches the genders of the lead characters, which was probably a mistake—Derbez is scruffy-looking and charmless, without Faris’ comic flair for playing superficial characters; he’d have been more sympathetic as a workingclass dad, and she’d have been funnier as Hawn’s spoiled heiress. Otherwise, the movie is passably mediocre, and at least it’s one remake that doesn’t desecrate the original—which was hardly a classic in the first place. J.L.

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Julie Cohen and Betsy West direct this fawning and skin-deep documentary about octogenarian Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The film obligingly touches on but never examines the Wikipedia page bullet points of RBG’s life and work, including her childhood in Brooklyn, her education at Harvard and Columbia, her long marriage to fellow lawyer Martin D. Ginsburg, her early career as a women’s rights crusader, her 1993 appointment to the Supreme Court by President Clinton and her contemporary status as a liberal pop culture icon. We get a few humanizing glimpses of Ginsburg’s exercise routine, her devotion to opera and her extensive collection of lace collars, but she remains extremely guarded throughout, and her participation in this project feels half-hearted at best. Desperate to pad the running time to feature length, an inordinate chunk of this lightweight and unnecessary documentary is devoted to RBG memes and Kate McKinnon’s non-impression on SNL. D.B.

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The Posies circa 1990, for the release of their debut album Dear 23.

Ken Stringfellow isn’t the nostalgic type. But after spending the afternoon helping his teenage daughter and her friends write songs for their band, he’s thinking about his early songwriting efforts.

“She has a lot of ideas, but she doesn’t know how to articulate them,” Stringfellow says on the phone from his home in Paris.

It’s different than when he started out, holed up in his room in Bellingham, Washington, with no social media distractions—just a guitar and seemingly endless tedium.

“I felt more alone and I had to figure [songwriting] out on my own,” Stringfellow says. “There’s something to be said for isolation and boredom as a motivating factor. These days with the internet, kids are never bored.”

Stringfellow, 49, isn’t just another grumpy rock ’n’ roll dad.

As co-founder of the Posies, set to play Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub on May 22, he’s part of one of the ’90s most beloved alternative rock bands.

Stringfellow and high school friend Jon Auer launched the Posies in 1987 and released their first cassette, Failure, in 1988. It found success across the Pacific Northwest and, in turn, led to a deal with Geffen Records and the band’s 1990 debut album, Dear 23.

This year, the Posies hit the 30 year mark—a milestone capped off with a North American and European tour, as well as the deluxe reissues of three of their biggest albums, including 1993’s Frosting on the Beater.

This is hardly a sentimental victory lap for erstwhile rockers.

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With sunny pop hooks, the Posies occupied a rarefied college rock niche, along with the likes of Teenage Fanclub and Matthew Sweet, helping to define a musical era, but with a classic sound that’s never fallen out of fashion.

The band didn’t stop making music. Rather, they’ve traveled full circle from their young scrappy start to major label success and, now, back to those DIY roots.

“I’m the manager, the spokesperson, the social media manager, the tour director— I’m a lot of things at once,” Stringfellow says.

It’s how the Posies always tried to operate, actually.

“With Geffen, there weren’t really alternatives to promote ourselves [but] we could do things on a small scale,” he says. “[Now] the balance of personal responsibility has been elevated by the tools to move it forward.”

Crowdfunding is a key tool. Their albums will be rereleased via Omnivore Recordings, for example, but the Posies launched a PledgeMusic campaign to raise the hefty advance fee required to license their music from Universal Music Group. Available offerings include house concerts, instrument tutorials, signed albums, old flyers and other bits of vintage ephemera.

For the upcoming tour, the Posies have assembled the original Frosting on the Beater lineup, with drummer Mike Musburger and bassist Dave Fox. The band recently played some warm up shows and Stringfellow says the experience was “refreshing” for the way it brought their early days together into a new light.

The band’s first album came out before Auer could even go to a bar, after all. Back then the Posies were just kids, fraught with the attendant 20-something insecurities and anxieties.

“When you’re young, as you’re trying to find yourself, you might perceive a lot of things as threatening or getting in the way,” Stringfellow says.

“Now when we get together we’ve all got families and careers and bodies of work [and] that allows us to be helpful to each other.”

And with that Stringfellow has to go. His daughter and her friends, of course, are still waiting on those songwriting tips. Ω catch the Posies 7 p.m. tuesday, may 22 at harlow’s restaurant & Nightclub, 2708 J street. tickets are $20-$25. http://theposies.net.

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MicHaEL JacKsON tRiButE cONcERt sacRaMENtO: A MJ-impersonator (Danny

a summer they’ll never forget. 7pm, $8$10. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

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Dash Andrews) pays tribute to the life, legacy and music of the King of Pop. 7pm, $20-$50. Colonial Theatre, 3522 Stockton Blvd.

COMeDy cREst tHEatRE: Chris D’elia. Stand-up comedian, podcaster and star of the NBC comedy series, Undateable. 10pm saturday, 5/19. $40-$75. 1013 K St.

FesTIVals FrIDay, 5/18

PuNcH LiNE: Nicole Byer. Star of the MTV show Loosely Exactly Nicole comes to Sac. through 5/19. $22.50. Girl Gang Giving Giggles. With Chelsea Bearce. 7pm Sunday, 5/20. $16. 2100 Arden Way, Suite 225.

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MusIC THursDay, 5/17 tHE caLiFORNia HONEYDROPs: The band that started off busking in Oakland performs with special guests. 7pm, $25-$30.

Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

caPitaL JaZZ LEGacY: The seven original members of Capital Jazz Project kick off the Jazz Night at the Crocker concert series. 6:30pm, $8-$24. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St.

HOLLYN: With Joshua Micah. 7pm, $15-$35.

Holy Diver, 1517 21st St.

FrIDay, 5/18 FRaNZ FERDiNaND: A free Concerts in the Park show, with I Am Strikes, Saint Solitaire and Lipstick! DJs. 5pm, no cover. Cesar Chavez Plaza, 910 I St.

MisNER & sMitH: The folk duo performs songs with storytelling qualities, that pay tribute to influences like The Band and Simon &

the East Coast, he’s brought the movement west with the Youth Empowerment Steel (Y.E.S.) Orchestra. This all-steel drum ensemble makes its first appearance during Saturday’s benefit show, where Royal Tribe Dance Crew and Shawn Thwaites Rebel Quartet will perform. 2828 35th Street, www. panunited.org.

Garfunkel. 8pm, $20. Palms Playhouse, 13 Main St. in Winters.

saTurDay, 5/19 tHE BENEFit cONcERt FOR Y.E.s. ORcHEstRa: See event highlight above. 7pm, $15-$20. The Guild Theater, 2828 35th St.

caMELLia sYMPHONY ORcHEstRa: In its 55th consecutive season, the symphony orchestra will be the first to perform at the new Sofia. 7:30pm, $8-$30. The Sofia, 2700 Capitol Ave.

MY sistER’s HOusE BENEFit sHOW: Local bands Kilroi, the Electric Heat, Knockout and more perform to benefit My Sister’s House. 3pm, $5-$7. Phono Select, 2475 Fruitridge Road.

saWEEtiE: With Airahseli, Dj ShellHeart, Tatianna King, Ally Cocaine, Yelly, DJ Gio 7pm, $27. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St.

sunDay, 5/20 03 GREEDO: With WurdPlay Official. 7:30pm, Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

sacRaMENtO cOMEDY sPOt: Lady Business. The longest-running female improv troupe in Sacramento improvise scenes from true stories on the theme “Did you ever know that you’re my hero?” 8pm saturday, 5/19. $8-$15. 1050 20th St., Suite 130.

saTurDay, 5/19 cOMMuNitY caRNiVaL: An old-school themed

tHE sOFia: Maximum Occupancy—A Harold

carnival with a pie-eating contest, free lunch for the first 300 guests, activities for kids and performances. 10am, no cover. Jefferson School Park, 1990 Roma Court.

Improv Show for the Masses. Classic long-form improvisation for a late-night audience. If they meet maximum occupancy, everyone gets pizza! 10:30pm Friday, 5/18. $12. 2700 Capitol Ave.

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Guild TheaTer, 6:30 P.M., $15-$20 Remember your middle- and high-school years? They weren’t always great, right?

But if you were lucky, maybe you Music discovered a talent that was nurtured by an adult or two along the way.

Musician Shawn Thwaites has ignited a love of music in underserved youth through his nonprofit, Pan United Youth Movement. After launching two youth steel orchestras on

new quarterly event includes a lunch, classes, guest speakers and activities, including pilates, an open art studio and pinochle. This Free Friday is focused on health and happiness. 9:30am, no cover.

Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th St.

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B stREEt tHEatRE: Airness. Prepare to have your face melted by the likes of Shreddy Eddy, Golden Thunder and the reigning champ, D Vicious, in this comedy about professional air guitar competitions. through 6/10. $27$46. Seekers of the Strange. Based off of the classic model of Dungeons and Dragons, company member John Lamb will bring live role playing to the stage. Members get out their 20-sided die and role to see who lives and who dies as they battle mysteries and paranormal situations. 7pm Sunday, 5/20. $12. 2700 Capitol Ave.

BuRLY BacKYaRD BBQ (iii): Celebrate the first anniversary of the Burly Beverages Gift Shop & Tasting Room. Music by Separate Spines, TS, Sacto Storytellers and more.

Activities for kids and adults, cocktails, sodas and floats and sausages sandwiches (with veg options). Bring extra money for food and drink. 2pm, no cover. Burly Beverages Gift Shop & Tasting Room, 2014 Del Paso Blvd.

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auDiO WaFFLE #43: The loudest breakfast in all the valley is back, this month with Pregnant, Hertz to No Ahvail, Blood of Chhinnimastika, Alien Terrarium, Eddie Honeyeater and Cathode by Boris Allenou. Noon, $8-$10. The Red Museum, 212 15th St.

caMELLia sYMPHONY ORcHEstRa: In its 55th consecutive season, the symphony orchestra will be the first to perform at the new Sofia. 7:30pm, $8-$30. The Sofia, 2700 Capitol Ave.

MOnDay, 5/21 GZa: With POOR Majesty. 7pm, $30. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

TuesDay, 5/22 BLOOD sWEat & tEaRs: American Jazz-Rock group, formed in 1967 in New York City, featuring Bo Bice. 7:30pm, $35-$65. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

WeDnesDay, 5/23 KuiNKa: With Me & You. 7pm, $10-$12. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

stouts infused with peanut butter, salted caramel, mint and coffee are paired with fresh churros. 12pm, no cover. Jackrabbit Brewing Co., 1323 Terminal St. in West Sacramento.

caLiFORNia MusicaL tHEatRE: An American in Paris. The Tony Award-winning musical centers on an American soldier, a mysterious French girl and an indomitable European city—each yearning for a new beginning in the aftermath of war. through 5/27. $25-$82. 1510 J St.

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FrIDay, 5/18 GatHER MOViEs iN tHE PaRK: Enjoy outdoor dining, interactive art, an artisan alley, food trucks and activities before a free screening of Kicking & Screaming starring Will Ferrell. 5pm, no cover. Whitney Park, 1801 Whitney Ranch Parkway in Rocklin.

uN BaciO: Three teenage outcasts come of age while dealing with bullying. In Italian with English subtitles. 8pm, $15. Italian Center, 6821 Fair Oaks Blvd. in Carmichael.

sunDay, 5/20 cORY’s cuLt cLassics: See event highlight on

page 28. 4pm, no cover. Cafe Colonial, 3520 Stockton Blvd.

portrait of a Mexican immigrant family caught in a web of dark secrets is set in the 1970s on the Texas border separating the United States and Mexico. through 5/27. $15$20. 1723 25th St.

caLiFORNia statE aRcHiVEs: Speaker Series.

Charles Kobayashi and Veronica Lara present on the topic “California State Government and Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II.” This presentation will cover the discriminatory legislation, as the California State Archives reveals the state’s cooperation with the federal government as it displaced those of Japanese descent. 5pm thursday, 5/17. No cover. 1020 O St., fourth floor.

JaWs: A giant shark terrorizes a quaint New England resort town and gives vacationers

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hundred years of significant moments of social justice for African Americans is chronicled on 67 story quilts. through 5/27. $9. The Newest Americans. A unique look at the U.S. and the immigration process through the eyes of 28 new citizens. through 7/8. $9. 1020 O St.

Cory’s Cult Classics Cafe Colonial, 4 P.M., no Cover

CaliFornia State railroad MuSeuM: Train

For more than three years, film FilM lovers have had the chance to spend a Sunday afternoon at Cafe Colonial watching flicks of varying degrees of quality and raunch. Some events have had specific themes— like the Kubrick double feature back in March—and all have been free.

For its final hurrah, Cory’s Cult Classics will feature Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead and The Toxic Avenger. Organizers promise another themed movie night is in the works, so (much like the chickens in Poultrygeist), it will take a different, undead form. 3520 Stockton Boulevard, www.facebook.com/cafecolonial.

Rides. A six-mile, 45-minute roundtrip excursion along the levees of the Sacramento river. through 9/23. $6-$24. 111 I St.

SaCraMento HiStory MuSeuM: Underground After Hours. These adult-only tours take you underground to reveal alluring dark secrets and racy tales of Old Sacramento’s past. through october. $20. Old Sacramento Underground Tours. Explore what’s been hidden beneath the city for more than 150 years in these popular, family-friendly (six years old and up) underground tours. through 12/31. $10-$15. 101 I St.

SaCraMento viSitorS Center: Gold Fever!

Tours. Experience what it was like to catch gold fever, as you take on the persona of a historical character. through 12/17. $6$10. 1002 Second St.

CaliFornia State univerSity, SaCraMento: Vanquishing the Invisible and the Myths & Stereotypes Facing Women Veterans.

Portraits and stories by James R. Morrison Photography introduce viewers to northern California’s female veterans. 10:30am

Capital StaGe: Marjorie Prime. The aging Marjorie is a jumble of fading memories, but in the age of AI, her handsome new companion will feed the story of her life back to her. This show explores what we would remember and what we would forget, along with the mysteries of human identity. through 6/3. $22-$47. Sixth Annual Capital Stage Apprentice Showcase. Two one-act plays immediately follow select performances of Marjorie Prime. Through 5/25. No cover. 2215 J St.

tuesday, 5/22. no cover (register in advance). 6000 J St.

CoSuMneS river ColleGe: Living on a Dollar a Day—The Lives and Faces of the World’s Poor. In a series of photographs and profiles

by Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Renée C. Byer, this exhibit illuminates the faces and stories of those who live in extreme poverty around the world. through 5/18, no cover. 8401 Center Parkway.

CreSt tHeatre: My Sister’s House 17th Anniversary Gala. A night of music, local celebrity performances and fun, around the theme “Rise.” Benefit for the nonprofit that serves Asian and Pacific Islander women and children who have been affected by domestic violence, sexual violence and human trafficking. 4:30pm Monday, 5/21. $50$100. 1013 K St.

MiCro Gallery: Artworks by Felipe Davalos, El Maestro. His work, inspired by the pre-Columbian artists of his native Mexico, reflects history and visual storytelling. through 6/16. no cover. 1200 S St., Suite D. display of resistance and rebel art that echoes the voices of revolutionary women of color. All works by LA artist Nisha K. Sethi. through 5/31. no cover. 2574 21st St.

Movement. A conversation and exploration of dance, art, civic action and creative change. 5:30pm thursday, 5/17. no cover. 1108 R St.

muSeumS C.n. GorMan MuSeuM at uC daviS: Contemporary Prints. Several large Native American print portfolios will be featured, as well as gifts by individual artists and collectors. through 6/15. no cover. 1316 Hart Hall, 1 Shields Ave. in Davis.

aXiS Gallery: Surveying the Prairie of a Room. Ben Hunt combines works of mixed media photographic and sculptural objects to explore the relationship between manufactured landscape, nature and interior space. through 5/27. no cover. 625 S St.

CaliFornia autoMobile MuSeuM: Crafting a Rebellion—Sacramento’s Customs & Hot Rods. More than a dozen cars on special display tells the story of the creativity, ingenuity and craftsmanship in automobiles. through 9/3. $5-$10. Downtown Sunday Drives. Enjoy a cruise through downtown in vintage cars. through 7/15 . 2200 Front St.

blue line artS: Gambatte! & Picture It. Historic photos of Japanese Americans taken during WWII relocation are juxtaposed with contemporary portraits of the same individuals or their descendants (Gambatte!). Portrait photos capture the characters and personalities of those around us (Picture It). Closing reception at 5pm Saturday, 5/19. no cover. 405 Vernon St., Suite 100 in Roseville.

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Celebrate! all about birdS: Celebrate International Migratory Birds Day (recognized in mid-May) in this educational event about migratory birds. There will be free arts and crafts, activities, games and prizes. 9am, $9.95-$14.95. Sacramento Zoo, 3930 W Land Park Dr.

Meet tHe teaM: Please join us and the riders from Trek-Segafredo and Trek-Drops for refreshments, autographs and raffle prizes. 3pm, no cover. Trek Bicycle Store, 2419 K St.

puppy love WitH CroSSFit aSap: Enjoy a free workout, then play with the animals the SPCA brings. Mimosas and other light refreshments will be available, and your pets are also welcome. 9am, $5 suggested donation benefits SpCa. ASAP Fitness, 1330 H St.

Sunday, 5/20 live pro WreStlinG: An evening of professional

THurSday, 5/17 SaCraMento beer booK launCH: The official launch of “Sacramento Beer: A Craft History.” Beer, food and books will be for sale. 6pm, no cover. Bike Dog, 915 Broadway, Suite 200.

Sunday, 5/20 autHor event—“2017” WitH tarin breuner: Davis author presents her debut collection of poetry, which covers the tragedies and the victories of last year through thoughtprovoking poems. 3pm, no cover. Avid Reader, 617 Second St. in Davis.

MaX elbauM preSentS “revolution in tHe air”: This book explores the adoption of 20th century Marxism by radical movements in the 1960s. It also covers the lessons that activists of today can take from the legacies of Lenin, Mao and Che. 4pm, no cover. Time Tested Books, 1114 21st St.

tWo riverS biKe SWap: Browse, buy or sell bikes, mingle and sip cider. All bikes of all values welcome. 1pm, no cover ($20+ for booth space). Two Rivers Cider, 4311 Attawa Ave., Suite 300.

WalK a Mile in Her SHoeS: See event highlight below. 11:30am, $25-$50. Crocker Park, 211 O St.

TaKe acTiOn THurSday, 5/17 advoCaCy 101: Learn about LGBTQ advocacy, how to effectively communicate with lawmakers and talking points. 6pm, no cover. The Sacramento LGBT Community Center, 1927 L St.

friday, 5/18 Milo FitCH For SHeriFF FundraiSer: A conversation with Sacramento County Sheriff candidate Milo Fitch. 6pm, $50

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SaTurday, 5/19 blaCK SaCraMento voter reGiStration & eduCation: Register to vote, learn about the primary elections and enjoy a free fish fry. 2pm, no cover. Oak Park United Methodist, 3600 Broadway.

Sunday, 5/20 Green party MontHly MeetinG: The monthly meeting of the Green Party of Sacramento County. 1pm, no cover. Shift Coffee, 1616 Del Paso Blvd.

SuMMer orGaniZinG potluCK & MeetinG: Bring a dish to share, along with ideas, and learn how you can contribute to The Decolonization Project this summer. 5pm, no cover. The Washington Neighborhood Center, 400 16th St.

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TueSday, 5/22 WarHol paint your pet: A colorful twist on a regular paint your pet event, as participants channel their inner Warhol.

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were gender-neutral. Men were just as likely to initiate a breakup as women were. But women, especially women with children, initiated divorce more often than men due to dissatisfaction in marriage.

Consider the recent open letter from a Nevada mom to her husband that went viral and was shared more than 5,000 times (and garnered 6,000-plus likes) in which she asked for help with the kids. As the Stanford study concludes, women’s roles in society have changed, but women’s roles in marriage are changing slowly. Women are expecting emotional intimacy in their marriages, plus help with the labor of running a household and caring for children. The real social factor is this: How can we assist and support men in developing these skills?

Of course, emotionally intimate men get divorced, too.

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People we trust leave us. People we love let go. The work is to love others as we wish to be loved. Yes, even in the midst of a breakup or divorce. Ω

People we trust leave us. People we love let go. The work is to love others as we wish to be loved.

Your divorce wounds have yet to heal. Would it help to stop conflating human beings with things? A woman might leave you, but she does not have the power to toss you in the waste bin. You might feel as if you’ve been abandoned or “dumped” after she exits, but it did not literally occur as it does with a ripped sock. So it’s necessary to sort through the painful feelings and repetitive thoughts that convince you that you’ve been abandoned. Once you do, the stigma you fear will be erased from one more person: you.

Social factors are like Jenga: We can stack blocks of information to make any point, but pull one out and everything crashes down. Like this: “Walkaway Wife Syndrome” was coined by a reporter writing about a 1988-89 survey of 350 men in Texas whose wives had filed for divorce. Later, a therapist popularized the phrase to represent women who had tried everything to reconnect intimately with their husbands, including begging their men to try couples therapy. When nothing worked, the women gave up, filed for divorce and walked away. Not the “Walkaway Wife Syndrome” you were expecting? This might surprise you, too: A 2005-2019 Stanford University study of 2,262 adults ages 19 to 94 with opposite sex partners discovered that breakups

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FOR THE WEEk OF MAY 17, 2018 ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to my

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Your people need you to help them do the right thing. They require your influence in order to make good decisions. So if you encounter lazy communication, dispel it with your clear and concise speech. If you find that foggy thinking has started to infect important discussions, inject your clear and concise insights.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A chemist named

Marcellus Gilmore Edson got a patent on peanut butter in 1894. A businessperson named George Bayle started selling peanut butter as a snack in 1894. In 1901, a genius named Julia David Chandler published the first recipe for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. In 1922, another pioneer came up with a new process for producing peanut butter that made it taste better and last longer.

In 1928, two trailblazers invented loaves of sliced bread, setting the stage for the ascension of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich to its full glory.

According to my analysis, Taurus, you’re partway through your own process of generating a very practical marvel. I suspect you’re now at a phase equivalent to Julia David Chandler’s original recipe. Onward! Keep going!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): One of the most popular

brands of candy in North America is Milk Duds.

They’re irregularly shaped globs of chocolate caramel. When they were first invented in 1926, the manufacturer’s plan was to make them perfect little spheres. But with the rather primitive technology available at that time, this proved impossible. The finished products were blobs, not globes. They tasted good, though. Workers jokingly suggested that the new confection’s name include “dud,” a word meaning “failure” or “flop.” Having sold well now for more than 90 years, Milk Duds have proved that success doesn’t necessarily require perfection. Who knows? Maybe their dud-ness has been an essential part of their charm. I suspect there’s a metaphorical version of Milk Duds in your future, Gemini.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In my vision of your

life in the coming weeks, you’re hunting for the intimate power that you lost a while back. After many twists and trials, you find it almost by accident in a seemingly unimportant location, a place you have paid little attention to for a long time. When you recognize it, and realize you can reclaim it, your demeanor transforms.

Your eyes brighten, your skin glows, your body language galvanizes. A vivid hope arises in your imagination: how to make that once-lost, nowrediscovered power come alive again and be of use to you in the present time.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The etymological dictionary

says that the English slang word “cool” meant “calmly audacious” as far back as 1825. The term “groovy” was first used by jazz musicians in the 1930s to signify “performing well without grandstanding.” “Hip,” which was originally “hep,” was also popularized by the jazz community. It meant, “informed, aware, up-to-date.” I’m bringing these words to your attention because I regard them as your words of power in the coming weeks.

You can be and should be as hip, cool and groovy as you have been in a long time.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I hope you will seek

out influences that give you grinning power over your worries. I hope you’ll be daring enough to risk a breakthrough in service to your most demanding dream. I hope you will make an effort to understand yourself as your best teacher might understand you. I hope you will find out how to summon more faith in yourself—a faith not rooted in lazy wishes but in a rigorous self-assessment. Now here’s my prediction: You will fulfill at least one of my hopes, and probably more.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Polish pianist

Ignacy Jan Paderewski once performed for England’s Queen Victoria. Since she possessed that bygone era’s equivalent of a backstage pass, she was able to converse with him after the show. “You’re a genius,” she told him, having been impressed with his artistry. “Perhaps, your majesty,” Paderewski said. “But before that I was a drudge.” He meant that he had labored long

and hard before reaching the mastery the queen attributed to him. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you Libras are currently in an extended “drudge” phase of your own.

That’s a good thing! Take maximum advantage of this opportunity to slowly and surely improve your skills.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The ancient Greek

poet Simonides was among the first of his profession to charge a fee for his services. He made money by composing verses on demand.

On one occasion, he was asked to write a stirring tribute to the victor of a mule race. He declined, declaring that his sensibilities were too fine to create art for such a vulgar activity. In response, his potential patron dramatically boosted the proposed price. Soon thereafter, Simonides produced a rousing ode that included the phrase “wind-swift steeds.” I offer the poet as a role model for you in the coming weeks, Scorpio. Be more flexible than usual about what you’ll do to get the reward you’d like.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Here’s the

operative metaphor for you these days: You’re like a painter who has had a vision of an interesting work of art you could create—but who lacks some of the paint colors you would require to actualize this art. You may also need new types of brushes you haven’t used before. So here’s how I suggest you proceed: Be aggressive in tracking down the missing ingredients or tools that will enable you to accomplish your as-yet imaginary masterpiece.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Useful

revelations and provocative epiphanies are headed your way. But they probably won’t arrive sheathed in sweetness and light, accompanied by tinkling swells of celestial music. It’s more likely they’ll come barging in with a clatter, bringing bristly marvels and rough hope. In a related matter: At least one breakthrough is in your imminent future. But this blessing is more likely to resemble a wrestle in the mud than a dance on a mountaintop. None of this should be a problem, however! I suggest you enjoy the rugged but interesting fun.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): One of the

saddest aspects of our lives as humans is the disparity between love and romance. Real love is hard work. It’s unselfish, unwavering and rooted in generous empathy. Romance, on the other hand, tends to be capricious and inconstant, often dependent on the fluctuations of mood and chemistry. Is there anything you could do about this crazy-making problem, Aquarius?

Like could you maybe arrange for your romantic experiences to be more thoroughly suffused with the primal power of unconditional love? I think this is a realistic request, especially in the coming weeks. You will have exceptional potential to bring more compassion and spiritual affection into your practice of intimacy.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In accordance

with astrological omens, I invite you to dream up new rituals. The traditional observances and ceremonies bequeathed to you by your family and culture may satisfy your need for comfort and nostalgia, but not your need for renewal and reinvention. Imagine celebrating homemade rites of passage designed not for who you once were but for the new person you’ve become. You may be delighted to discover how much power they provide you to shape your life’s long-term cycles.

Ready to conjure up a new ritual right now? Take a piece of paper and write down two fears that inhibit your drive to create a totally interesting kind of success for yourself. Then burn that paper and those fears in the kitchen sink while chanting “I am a swashbuckling incinerator of fears!”

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A sexy start-up When folks hear about Eva Goicochea’s newest start-up, they may be tempted to call it a Grace and Frankie-style business for Gen X and millennials. Like the characters in the Netflix series, Goicochea is one-half of a female-run sex product company with inclusivity (and the oft-neglected female orgasm) in mind. But such a comparison would flatten the philosophy behind Maude, which offers customizable kits of lube, condoms and a vibrator to the masses. Goicochea, who worked as a legislative aide in Sacramento before heading to LA and now, New York, talks about her business and her journey as an entrepreneur.

How did you and your business partner Dina Epstein meet?

We actually met at this thing called CAMP, which is this entrepreneurial camp up in Big Bear outside of LA. It’s this fair with all of these independent designers and makers. I was working at [ethics-forward clothing retailer] Everlane at the time and Dina had her own bag line, so we had no idea we’d be business partners.

Why were you inspired to go into sex products?

I actually fell into being a legislative aide in the health care world—I worked for the California Medical Association [in Sacramento]. I did that for two years and then moved to LA with a similar job and realized I actually really loved brands and marketing. I was kicking around this idea with people and they didn’t want to pursue it, but I did. I reached out to Dina. She is an industrial designer who actually designed sex products and so she knew this space.

The Maude website cites problems with the “outdated, over-assorted and gendered approach” to products. What examples stand out to you?

Yeah, so if you go into a drug store, as an example Trojan … has something like 60 to 70 condom types and they’re not really different. Sometimes they’ll change the box color or they’ll add ribbed or whatever, but it’s just confusing.

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What’s that type of man these brands are selling to?

They’re typically selling these products to a college-aged male. And it’s all about masculinity and power, and these tropes that are so outdated. So what we basically said is if you’re selling to men under 25, you basically leave 85 million people, adults, on the table.

Some of the ads we can pull from these brands were so offensive. We didn’t plan on launching in the era of #MeToo, but when you look at the sexual wellness industry both on the toy side and on the condom side it’s really ground zero for this type of language and behavior.

The other thing is, when you have a company telling you what sex should look like, it can often then lead to shame or feelings of guilt or inadequacy, or just discomfort. We basically want to create great products that make your life better but we do not tell you what your sex life should look like.

Is that why your offerings are so simple?

By not really offering a toy, we would basically say we’re neglecting the female orgasm and there is an orgasm gap, which is basically to say people pay attention to men’s pleasure not women’s. So that’s why we thought it was important to include a vibrator. And then, lubricant is something that you should use throughout your sex life, and often is needed in certain periods of your life. And then condoms, if we’re a

sexual wellness company, condoms are the only thing that prevents pregnancy and STDs. So, we just looked at these things as really essential products.

You’re two women making, among other things, a sex toy. Anyone make the Grace and Frankie comparison?

[Laughs] Yes, they have. The biggest challenge of fundraising and of being female founders in this space is [people] automatically think that you’re creating a brand for women only. Which is so frustrating, in and of itself, that they automatically assume it. So, we would always have to go into these conversations when we were raising capital saying, “We understand we’re women, but this is a brand for all people.”

What’s the best piece of feedback you’ve gotten on your products?

I think that there are two pieces of feedback that have been really incredible. One was a woman who was older and divorced who said that she hadn’t been able to think about her own sex life because she felt like there was no company that catered to her.

And she finally was able to be comfortable enough to think about it. The other was from somebody who survived sexual trauma who said that Maude gave them a place to go to start thinking about sex in a positive way again. That was incredibly powerful and absolutely why we do this. Ω eva Goicochea is half of the duo behind Maude, a new online sex product company.

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