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I’m glad that my local church is choosing tolerance and diversity over an awfully narrow and antiquated view of the gospel.

Unfortunately, that didn’t happen a few years back. When I first arrived in Sacramento in 2010, I most often went to Fremont Presbyterian Church. But in October 2011, the congregation voted to leave the national denomination, which had decided to allow the ordination of openly gay clergy.

After I left Fremont, I attended a storefront church in Midtown until I found The Table at Central United Methodist Church a couple of years ago.

Like many believers, my faith journey has had many twists and turns, stops and starts. When I first came to Faith is personal and religion is local, or at America in fourth grade, my parents sent me to least it should be. a church around the corner. I still have the Bible I’m reminded of that with the soulpresented by the Sunday school class at Sunset searching that I and other United Methodists Hills Christian Church in Raleigh, N.C. must do now.

After falling away from organized The co-pastor at the church I go religion from middle school to in East Sacramento reassured through college and early the congregation that no matter adulthood, I returned to what the national denominaWhen churches are the fold in my mid-30s as tion did, we would still be I sought more meaning losing members in open to all gender identities in my life. At Davidson and sexual orientations. droves, why would you United Methodist Church Two days later, on in North Carolina, I tell anyone in our diverse February 26, delegates worked with its Habitat from around the world at a nation that they are for Humanity chapter. special session in St. Louis not welcome?

Though my construction of the United Methodist skills were limited to some Church voted 438-384 to hammering and painting, I keep and strengthen a ban on led a house project—raising the same-sex marriages and openly gay money, organizing volunteers and ministers. showing up every Saturday morning for nearly How does that keep with the United a year. That’s my proudest accomplishment— Methodist motto: “Open hearts, open minds, not anything in journalism. open doors?” And when mainline denominations Nowadays, I don’t show up at Sunday are losing members in droves, why would you services as often as I should. But when I do, tell anyone in our diverse nation that they are not it’s valuable time for reflection—of how far I welcome? am from the more patient, more generous, more With the vote, some more progressive forgiving person I want to be. congregations may split from the national And once in a while, there are moments United Methodist Church, the nation’s second of discernment.

Last fall, I was sitting in the largest Protestant denomination with 7 million pews when I decided to seek this job as a way members. The decision is opposed by the bishop to become more committed to this community. of the California-Nevada conference, which It’s not the first time I’ve felt called. As includes nearly 80,000 members in more than with so much else in my life, I thank God for 370 congregations. that. Ω Photo by Foon Rhee

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Re: “That’s rich” by Dave Kempa and Raheem F. Hosseini (News, March 7): Policing isn’t easy, and “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” is often the outcome. While the arrests of 84 mostly peaceful protestors was probably unnecessary, there was some vandalism and hassling of residents. When they were told it was time to disperse and go home, a lot of them were having too good a time taking selfies of each other taunting the police.

There is criticism that clergy were among those arrested, but they would have been discredited if they were allowed to walk away while their followers were zip-tied and taken away. Also, three journalists were cited, but if they had not been detained with everyone else, they would have complained that the police were keeping the public from knowing the truth.

If police had let protestors go into neighborhoods north of 51st Street, the news stories would be all about how the police lost interest once they left the privileged folks in the Fab 40s.

Long story short, the protestors got to make their point. The “police brutality” amounted to somebody getting bumped by a bicycle. No tear gas. No fire hoses. No police dogs. The police handled a tense situation that could have turned out very differently.

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If Stephon Clark had complied with the police officers, we would not be talking about this now, and he would have his day in court to explain the misdemeanors he would have been charged with.

If the protesters can’t see the whole picture and admit that Clark caused this, then it seems that they just want to make things worse.

Why did this turn out to be a black and white crime? This was a crime that had a bad ending, but it was not a race issue until the lawyers entered the scene.

Re: “Is this more than a fire drill?” by Foon Rhee (Editor’s note, March 7): It seems to me that the big expense of emergency medical response is not who is staffing the vehicles, but that two vehicles are often dispatched, an ambulance and a fire truck. Not infrequently the fire truck is a ladder truck, which is the height of absurdity. Sacramento is the only place I’m aware of that automatically dispatches two vehicles, no matter what the emergency actually is.

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Problems with millennials?

Pshaw!

David Traversi is chairman of The Boulder Field, an association of Sacramento-area people interested in health, fitness, climbing and the outdoors.

All the criticisms are overblown I’m an entrepreneur and baby boomer. I recently partnered with my millennial son to open The Boulder Field, a rock climbing and fitness gym in Sacramento. Every member of our staff is a millennial.

My peers ask, “How do you work with ‘them?’”

And I say, “Our team is spectacular by the only measure we care about: delivering the results we expect in a high integrity manner.” And I think, “In every criticism one has of millennials, there lies a boomer envy, regret, resentment, or ignorance.”

Let’s take a look at the critiques of millennials: They are entitled.

We raised them to have strong minds and opinions and included them in our decisions. We treated them like adults. So, yes, they feel entitled to that.

That’s what I want. I don’t want a generation of weak people standing around waiting to be led by us, the generation as responsible as any for our current state.

They don’t work hard.

Give them a feel for the purpose served by their efforts, your expectations, some faith they can do the job, some gentle mentoring, some reasonable flexibility—and they deliver results.

They crave praise.

What they want is timely and honest feedback.

Given that’s good leadership, we should absolutely do that.

They are social media addicts.

I don’t see them any more addicted to social media than our generation is to phone calls, emails and crappy television. This is the way they communicate.

They don’t want to own homes.

They have seen the American dream of home ownership was a grand illusion. What’s really going on is they are marrying later, having kids later and taking more time to decide where and how they want to settle down.

They don’t want to marry.

They’d just like to do it with better odds than we demonstrated. They’d rather date longer, live together, negotiate an equitable financial deal and then get married if motivated by their hearts and souls.

They don’t care about politics.

While possible as to today’s politics, this is absolutely untrue as to caring how our democracy delivers the guarantees of the Constitution. This generation knows what’s needed and how to get it done and is waiting for us to die off so they can clean up the mess we created.

Bottom line, millennials are living the life many boomers wish we had. We wish we went to work late so we could climb a few rocks or cycle a few miles first. We wish we had more purpose in our work. We wish we had expressed our opinions more, and had more people care about them. We wish we hadn’t had religion crammed down our throats. We wish we were as communityoriented as them. We wish we had waited longer till we married, had kids, and bought homes.

And we wish we had the power that is rising among millennials to save this world. Pshaw to the naysayers! Ω

Bottom line, millennials are living the life many boomers wish we had.

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As far as I can tell, the only I have played a small part in escalating the cost of health care in America, and I condition I had that would warrant such a procedure, which costs thousands of am not happy about it. dollars, was an insurance policy that That’s one reason I was pleased to was willing to pay for it. According to see the Trump administration, citing the “secretive nature of pricing in the health Elisabeth Rosenthal, a Harvard-trained doctor and former New York Times care market,” suggest requiring doctors, reporter, in most developed countries, hospitals and insurance companies to colonoscopies cost a few hundred tell patients what they are charging dollars and are performed at a simple us—before they perform procedures. office visit.

Yes, I used the words “pleased” and Rosenthal reports that over the last “Trump” in the same sentence! several years, “the high price paid for I would certainly take information colonoscopies mostly results not from on what procedures cost into considertop-notch patient care, according to ation before selecting doctors, choosing interviews with health care experts and hospitals or undergoing procedures. It economists, but from business plans would definitely be a factor. And with seeking to maximize revenue.” this information, I believe millions I do not know what my bill of Americans who do not like was, but I would guess wasting money could rein somewhere around in wasteful spending.

The only $6,000, or maybe Let me give you more. a personal example. condition I had that I do not know In 2001, at age 50, I would warrant such what my doctor’s dutifully signed up a procedure was an annual income was, for a colonoscopy at but gastroenteroloKaiser Permanente. insurance policy that gists earn an average It was not that bad. was willing to pay of $433,000 a year, It was an office visit, for it. according to Merritt and took about 15 Hawkins & Associates, a minutes. It was interestmedical staffing firm. ing to see the inside of my At age 65, now on colon on the computer monitor.

Medicare, I switched back to Kaiser.

Ten years later, our company had Near my 65th birthday, my Sutter switched to Sutter Health. It was time doctor sent me a letter suggesting for another colonoscopy. But this time, that I come in for another high-priced for reasons that were not explained colonoscopy. Why wait 10 years when to me, I was signed up for a surgery I could come in at five? I ignored this center, where I was knocked out with email. anesthesia, with a longer recovery time.

Instead, each year, I mail Kaiser My wife had to pick me up. It was quite my stool sample. If they find anything a hassle. abnormal, I will go in for more tests.

Was there colon cancer in my family With the transparency on health care history? No. Was there a stool sample costs that the Trump administration is taken to see if there was a potential proposing, I believe I would have been problem? No. Did I ask for the more a more effective advocate for reasoninvasive, more expensive procedure? able healthcare.

No. Was I told what the procedure In other words, I would have told my would cost me? No. Was I told what Sutter gastroenterologist where to stick it. Ω the doctor would charge or what the anesthesiologist was charging or what the surgery center facility would cost?

You already know the answer to that Jeff vonKaenel is the president, CEO and majority question. No. owner of the News & Review.

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by Maxfield Morris

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Stop by Public Land and you may meet Yuca (dog, left) and Austin McManus (human, right).

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Prickly pals Cacti manage to thrive in some of the planet’s most extreme climates. Carving out distinct niches in blazing sunlight, intense heat and consistent drought, they are some of nature’s most intrepid survivors—and you can have some of them next to your refrigerator if you want.

That’s somewhat thanks to Austin

McManus and Mel Eligon, who own and operate the succulent-heavy retail and gallery space Public Land, which opened in Curtis Park in 2018. It’s an uncluttered space, full of natural light and populated largely by spiny plants available for purchase. SN&R spent some time in the store with McManus talking about stories, succulents and Sacramento.

Cacti and succulents are really trendy these days.

For sure. I think house plants in general are trendy right now. I think that they’re all, like Monsteras and fiddle leaf figs, and any kind of plants that are indoor are more popularized right now. …

I actually have been posting a lot of stuff on Instagram based on the demand actually causing a lot of damage to habitat. Because the demand is so high now that people are poaching. A lot of people are just going out and being like, “I’m just going to take a couple of plants out of the ground in the desert,” but that couple people is, like, a lot of people now.

Are you propagating?

Yeah, we have a couple greenhouses in our backyard, and we propagate in them, but we also source all the way to New Mexico and back.

I put a lot of miles on our car. … Most of the growers we work with have been doing it for 40-plus years. They’re mostly in their 70s and 80s. There’s rarely any young growers; it’s an old guard of growers.

this. … This [store] is kind of like a culmination of everything. My whole life, I’ve been really adamant about traveling and spending any money I had to buy plane tickets. Or my wife and I have zig-zagged across the country in our car.

I’ve put a lot of miles on my life already—I’ve hopped trains many a times, kind of lived a fast life, and so this is kind of where it’s all coming underneath one roof.

What kind of cactus?

Cylindropuntia. … They’ve hit me in the joints a few times and the plant material has affected my skin underneath the epidermis, and I had to go to the hospital twice. Cellulitis.

Is there something about cactuses’ character as plants that interests you?

I think most people get interested in them because of their diversity of their forms and shapes, but I ultimately think most of the people who are really into cactus get fascinated with their evolution and their survival techniques and how they’ve evolved through various climates with little resources. They’re kind of like extra terrestrials.

How has business been?

It’s been great. We didn’t really announce that we were going to show up, we just kind of popped in here, and I think that people were pretty surprised. … It’s usually pretty busy in here, except for this weather. But it’s crazy, we’ll have a rainy Sunday and people are still buying tons of cactus. I’m like, that’s not how my mind would’ve ever worked, like, let’s go buy some drought tolerant plants that don’t need any water in the winter.

Cactuses are famously pretty sharp.

Would you care to respond to that?

What’s the longest time you’ve committed to anything in your life?

… No comment. I feel like on a normal day I would have so many good punch-backs for that one. I would say that more adults touch cactus than kids in here. I would say that my hands are a great representation of not to do that. I’ve been in the hospital, the ER, twice for cactus.

Two infections, both in the joints, in the side of my hands. Ω

I think my wife—I’ve been with her for 10 years.

I mean, outside of that, I did work for Juxtapoz for like, 7, 8 years, that was like a type of career in a sense. That was very formative for a lot of

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The CHP’s investigation into the June 2016 Capitol riot included marked photos of suspected combatants.

White (nationalist) privilege CHP’s investigation of 2016 Capitol riots focused more on antifa disruptors than knife-wielding skinheads

by Raheem F. hosseini

After he was stabbed five times while protesting a pro-Trump gathering of white supremacists outside the state Capitol, Vincent White Jr. spoke with two California Highway Patrol officers.

According to California Highway Patrol reports released in court, White said he was chased across the Capitol grounds by three people, including a short white man who caught up to him and sunk a blade into his body several times.

He gave that account the evening of June 26, 2016, just hours after a melee erupted between neo-Nazi supporters of the far-right Traditionalist Worker Party and the anti-fascists who were there to disrupt their rally. Fresh out of surgery and on pain medication, White passed out during the interview, the officer wrote.

Four days later, CHP Officer Donovan Ayres entered White’s hospital room and took a second statement.

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White, who is black, reportedly told Ayres he attended the rally to stand up to the KKK. The state’s lead investigator eventually submitted a report that presented White as the aggressor—and the white nationalists granted a permit to assemble by the CHP as the victims.

“He ran towards the permitted group when they came on Capitol grounds, and was stabbed during the fight,” Ayres wrote. He recommended that White face 16 criminal charges.

As for the person who stabbed White, Ayres determined that he couldn’t be identified.

White wasn’t the only leftist to experience a seemingly counter-intuitive law enforcement response to the riot.

According to court documents, Ayres recommended 576 criminal charges for 100 leftists—and a total of five charges for five people aligned with the far right.

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While the Sacramento County district attorney’s office declined to act on the vast majority of Ayres’ recommendations, his year-long investigation into the Capitol clash has come under renewed scrutiny. Ayres has been the prosecution’s lone witness in preliminary hearings against three antifa defendants.

The case against the one accused white nationalist, meanwhile, last month stumbled into a mistrial.

Attorneys for the antifa three have not been subtle in attacking the CHP’s handling of the case. In their motion to dismiss what they’ve labeled a discriminatory prosecution, the United for Equality and Affirmative Action Legal Defense Fund claims authorities were more aggressive in building a case against opponents of white supremacy than bringing its knife-waving adherers to justice—with troubling ripple effects across America.

June 26, 2016, is a date that will live in controversy for both the state of California and city of Sacramento.

Rumblings of a confrontation brewed online for roughly two weeks before members of the Traditionalist Worker Party and Golden State Skinheads assembled outside the Capitol to fete their choice for president.

The Southern Poverty Law Center identifies both organizations as hate groups.

The riots that ensued served as a preview of what would happen a year later in Charlottesville, Virginia, where authorities tasked with maintaining order during a Unite the Right rally instead became passive bystanders to violent confrontations.

In their motion to dismiss, attorneys with the San Francisco-based legal defense fund chart a direct link between the two events, which were organized

by Traditionalist Worker Party founder Matthew Heimbach.

“The police policy of allowing the fascists to get away with their attack at the State Capitol in 2016 set off a chain of events that began with the near-murders in Sacramento and ended with the murder of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville,” the motion states, referring to a white nationalist plowing his car into a crowd of demonstrators.

A CHP spokesman declined comment, citing the agency’s policy of not commenting on active litigation.

Keeping opposing factions separate during combustible public events should be law enforcement’s primary goal, says Milo Fitch, a retired Sacramento County sheriff’s official and former crowd control instructor.

But it isn’t always easy.

“Infiltration happens,” he said.

“You have to have a sense of what’s going on.”

The CHP, which is responsible for protecting the Capitol and tracked the social media chatter leading up to the day of the event, issued the permit and devised a security plan that even elected officials have derided as hands-off.

“What happened at the state Capitol, that should’ve never have happened,” Sacramento City Councilman Steve Hansen, who represents downtown, said during a February council committee meeting on a shelved Police Department proposal to ban certain items from protests. “The CHP did not show up that day to work.”

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Four days later, Ayres entered San Juan Hospital to find a sutured and stitched-up White. Ayres wrote in his report that White told him he had arrived in Sacramento from Chicago just days earlier and learned of the rally from a homeless man who slept in a parking garage. Ayres wrote that White met people the day of the event who “gave him items to use during the protest, but he didn’t remember anyone’s name.”

After the interview, Ayres recommended that prosecutors charge White with more than a dozen crimes, including multiple counts of assault with a deadly weapon, inciting a riot and brandishing a weapon.

The DA’s office didn’t file charges against White or the vast majority of leftists that Ayres accused of crimes. That list also includes high-profile activist Jamier Sale, whom Ayres recommended be charged with two crimes, according to a defense motion.

Reached by phone on February 27, Sale said he was unaware the CHP targeted him for prosecution.

“I wasn’t aware of that,” he said.

“Why are they not putting all this attention on people who actually stabbed people?”

That part of the investigation ended differently.

in his report, ayres wrote that he scheduled to be retried March 19 for conducted “a lengthy video review” to assault and rioting. determine whether a convicted gang As for Yvonne Felarca, Michael A. member and admitted skinhead named Williams and Porfirio Paz—who have Derik Punneo was responsible for any of been identified with the leftist groups the knife attacks.

By Any Means Necessary and the Ayres wrote that he confirmed Punneo Brown Berets—a judge arraigned them did have a knife in his right hand and March 6 on assault and rioting charges. was close to White, as well as two other Their dismissal motion was continued. protesters who were stabbed, cut or The motion’s claim that the CHP gashed. Ayres wrote that a knife similar singled out antifa participants while to the one Punneo possessed was later failing to pursue alleged knife attacks found in some bushes near the Capitol’s by skinheads picks at a historical scab south walkway, but that there from the 1960s, when local was no DNA evidence and federal authorities linking the knife to were more likely to spy Punneo. on civil rights activAyres didn’t ists than investigate indicate whether civil rights abuses. he tested the knife One of the for fingerprints or exhibits defense interviewed Punneo attorneys include directly, but he in their motion is wrote: “I formed a copy of a signed Steve Hansen the opinion Punneo search warrant member, Sacramento City Council possessed a lawful seeking the personal knife, came under user information of attack from the protestors people who visited the and defended himself from local antifa’s Facebook page the attacks.” between April and July 2016.

Eight of the leftists on Ayres’ charge “History will be the judge of that,” sheet were seriously injured, including Sale said. “We look back at the ’50s and four who were stabbed like White, ’60s … and now we look back and see defense attorneys claim. them as monsters.”

In late February, a Sacramento Rob Hessee is a retired Placer Superior Court judge declared a mistrial County sheriff’s official who used to in the lone case against a white nationalrun his department’s gang unit, where ist defendant. A DA’s spokeswoman he focused on white power gangs. confirmed William Scott Planer is Hessee, who now works as a licensed investigator for defense attorneys, said he believes some cops can be improperly swayed by their personal feelings.

Meaning, if some witnesses are more The CHP investigation wasn’t cooperative and friendly to cops than able to conclude whether others, the cops may be implicitly Derik Punneo was responsible biased to focus their investigative for any of the stabbings. resources in a certain direction.

“That is a reality,” Hessee said.

The CHP didn’t share details of its investigation with the media. Officials with the Sacramento Police Department, which provided additional security at the rally, previously told SN&R that their investigation into the violence was stymied by the fact that no one from the antifa side would speak to them.

A month after the events at the Capitol, Punneo was featured in TV news segments participating in a “Blue Lives Matter” event supporting law enforcement in Folsom. Ω

“The CHP did not show up that day to work.”

Eating and having a roof over one’s head has become increasingly difficult for a large number of community college students across California. The problem is particularly bad in the Sacramento region, according to a new study by Temple University’s College of Education.

Based on a survey of some 40,000 students at 57 colleges in 2016 and 2018, researchers determined that about 50 percent of community college students had recently experienced food insecurity in the last year, while 60 percent experienced housing insecurity and 19 percent experienced flat-out homelessness. The study identified the Sacramento region as one of the top three areas for having the highest incidence of basic needs not being met.

Another alarming finding of the study is that the homelessness, hunger and housing fears aren’t generally being caused by students prioritizing grades over having jobs.

“The California community college students experiencing basic needs insecurity are overwhelmingly part of the labor force,” the authors said in a statement “For example, the vast majority (84 percent) of students who experienced food insecurity were employed or looking for work.”

The numbers from Temple University mirrored other grim statistics that have recently come to light in Sacramento. In 2017, Sacramento State University estimated it had 3,600 homeless students. During that same year, the school districts in Sacramento County counted 10,181 K-12 students experiencing homelessness. (Scott Thomas Anderson)

cenSuS win In its ongoing legal war with the Trump administration, California can chalk up another win.

Last week, a federal judge blocked plans to add a question on citizenship status to the 2020 census. California officials say that the question would worsen the undercount, especially of immigrants and ethnic minorities, potentially costing the state hundreds of millions of dollars in federal money and even one of its 53 seats in the U.S. House.

The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office says that the undercount in the 1990 Census was about 835,000; that meant the state added one fewer congressional seat than it should have and lost $200 million a year. The 2000 and 2010 counts were more accurate, the LAO says.

“Justice has prevailed for each and every Californian who should raise their hands to be counted in the 2020 Census without being discouraged by a citizenship question,” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement responding to the ruling. “We will ardently defend this important judgment to safeguard fairness in funding and representation for California and its local communities.”

Becerra, who has made a career of suing president donald Trump, filed the lawsuit in March 2018, along with Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles Unified School District and the cities of Fremont, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland and Stockton.

In his ruling released March 6, U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg said that asking “Is this person a citizen of the United States?” was unconstitutional because it stops the government from carrying out its duty to count every person living in the U.S. every 10 years.

The ruling is the second by a federal judge blocking the citizenship question. The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the Trump administration’s appeal of that ruling on April 23.

(Foon Rhee)

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Various city environmental reports from the 1990s also document gasoline contamination on the site; the city now says it has dealt with that issue.

The transfer agreement details that in exchange for the Wongs donating the land for the community center, the city agreed to assume all liability for chemical clean-up. Last week, Roati confirmed that he expects the city will still be spending money on the clean-up well into 2022.

The chemical removal involves the city using underground monitoring wells and a filtering system to gradually City officials say this section of siphon a toxic plume of PCE that floats once-toxic land at Meadowview’s on the top of underground aquifer. community center is now fully clean, “It’s a very slow process and it takes thanks to large-scale excavation and resoiling. Groundwater in the a long time to remediate it,” Roati said. area still has toxic PCE. “We’ve made sure all the ground wells in the area are not in use … The good photo by Scott thomaS anderSon thing is that the plume is not growing, it’s not moving and it hasn’t been migrating in any other directions. In terms of the risk to the public, it’s virtually zero.”

That’s not to say city officials expected such a herculean task when they took Sacramento has been cleaning toxic soils from a property the property off the Wongs’ hands. In a in Meadowview since the early 1990s with no end in sight 2015 email from former Environmental Programs Manager Karl Kurka, which

by Scott thomaS anderSon sc o tta @ ne wsr e v ie w.c o m SN&R obtained through a public records request, Kurka told the city’s management team, “As history shows, the cost for cleanup continued to rise … The original Cleaning up contaminated soil and once operated on the property. City the ground water in the vicinity of budget for $2.3 million from the general ground water is unpredictable. architect Ezra Roati, who recently took the former dry cleaner facilities has funds is almost exhausted.”

Sacramento officials have been grappling over management of the clean-up, says been contaminated with halogenated The overall price tag for the life of with that reality for 27 straight years reports suggest individuals involved with solvents, primarily [perchloraethylene, the project now sits at $3.4 million. Staff in Meadowview, thanks to a deal that the dry cleaner may have been pouring also known as] PCE,” wrote geologists reports from the city’s General Services was struck with a family of well-known toxic chemicals straight onto the ground.

Mike Keenan and Eric Hubbert in 1991. Department also documented that at least entrepreneurs.

Records from the county asses“Based on our site investigation $1.5 million in state funds were leverSince 1992, efforts have been undersor’s office indicate the property was and interviews with former aged for the clean-up. Roati way to purify toxic soils and aquifers purchased by Bel Air Real Estate dry cleaner tenants, the said that, in the coming around the Pannell-Meadowview Investments and its owners, the Wong possibility exists that months, he’ll be asking Community Center. City officials family, in December 1966. No previous solvents have been the city to earmark inherited that responsibility after owners are documented by the county. discharged into the another $250,000 to taking possession of the land from the The Wongs rose to prominence by sewer and leaked keep the work going Wong family, local founders of the Bel starting their first Bel Air supermarket from the sewer for another three years.

Air Supermarket chain. Nearly three on Fruitridge Road in 1955. According into the surface He added that while decades and several million dollars later, to a 1992 property transfer agreement environment.”

Era Roati it’s difficult to predict, Sacramento is still paying to clean the between the City of Sacramento and According to the City of Sacramento it’s possible the clean-up site and remains under a mandate to their company, the Wongs claimed no National Institute of architect could last into 2028. do so from the Regional Water Quality responsibility for tenants polluting the Environmental Health “The goal is to get a Control Board. land. The agreement shows they and Sciences, a recent study notification from the Regional City officials say there’s no danger the city knew that the ground was toxic linked PCE exposure through Water Quality Control Board indicating to those using the community center or thanks to an independent scientific drinking water to higher stillbirth rates. there’s no more action needed,” Roati said. living in the surrounding neighborhoods. study.

PCE exposure has also been linked “Until then we’re going to be continuously The root of the contamination lies in “Based on our observations during to heightened risk for autoimmune monitoring it and working it.” Ω the fact that a gas station and dry cleaner field work and the laboratory analysis, diseases.

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“It’s a very slow process.”

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Among them are a cap The governor emphasized on charter schools at their that he’s already asked current level, strict limits state Superintendent of on charter school locaPublic Instruction Tony tions and the appeal of Thurmond to commischarters denied by local sion a report studying school districts, new the financial impact of rules that would let charter school growth districts deny a charter on districts’ budgets. based, at least in part, But some lawmakEric Premack on the potential finaners signaled they executive director and founder of the cial impact on traditional might not be willing Sacramento-based Charter Schools public schools. to wait until summer, Development Center Assembly Bills 1505, when Thurmond’s study 1506, 1507 and 1508 would is expected. “I’m not going curb the growth of California’s to kick the can down the road, charter schools, which educate about which has been done so many times 10 percent of the state’s 6.2 million public in Sacramento, and wait and hope that some school students. committee that someone has put together comes Legislators pushing the proposals say they up with wise recommendations. I’m going are long-needed revisions to laws that have gone to act,” Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell, a mostly unchanged for decades.

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Stephon clark one year later

What will be his legacy? by raheem f. hosseini rah e e m h @ n e w s re v i e w . co m

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he streets teem with young people.

Students, hundreds of them, are chanting, marching and getting noticed.

People peer out of windows. A news chopper buzzes overhead. A man in a barber’s bib rushes the throng pumping his fist. He is cheered.

The students have protection. The students have numbers. The students have the future on their side.

On March 7, about 250 middle school, high school and college students left class and marched to the state Capitol to demand stricter law enforcement accountability following local and state decisions to clear the two Sacramento police officers who killed Stephon Clark a year ago.

The walkouts occurred during a breakneck period in Sacramento, precipitated by District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert’s much-scrutinized March 2 press conference, during which she speculated about Clark’s state of mind in the days before the unarmed father died in a hail of gunfire in his grandparents’ backyard.

“What’s really ignited a lot of what’s happening now, especially with our young people, is how the DA just defamed his name,” says Berry Accius, a youth mentor and community activist who helped chaperone the student march.

“All these kids of color that I mentor, these kids of color that so many of us serve, that was a direct shot at them,” Accius continues. “It wasn’t just a direct character assassination of Stephon Clark. It was a direct character assassination of all the black and brown youth that are Stephon Clark.”

If the March 18, 2018 slaying of Clark has become a watershed moment for Sacramento and California, it’s partly because of how the system has responded to it, Accius and others say. By delaying the criminal review into his death, by focusing on his personal life rather than the officers who killed him, by arresting

more than 80 protesters after they disrupted an affluent East Sacramento neighborhood last week, the powers that be have helped turn a tragedy into a sustainable movement—one that may finally upend a century-old legal standard.

Storming the Capitol On the western steps of the Capitol, a familiar scene: People hold signs and give the time is now speeches. This floor show is for Assembly Bill 392, which would restrict when law enforcement officers can use deadly force.

Among those at the rally are South Sacramento Pastor Les Simmons and Sacramento Area Congregations Together organizer Ryan McClinton, who four days earlier were arrested for unlawful assembly in East Sacramento. (Schubert’s office announced Friday she would not file charges against any of the 84). They and other clergy and community leaders are joined by the bill’s authors, Assembly members Shirley Weber and Kevin McCarty, who pulled a similar bill last year due to law enforcement opposition.

The lawmakers’ plan was to replace their stalled bill with a compromise measure.

The decision by both the DA and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra not to prosecute the officers who killed Clark, along with the mass arrests of demonstrators, emboldened Weber and McCarty to forge ahead without law enforcement’s blessing.

“We finally have the ability to talk to the powers of the state,” Weber tells the crowd.

McCarty, a former Sacramento City Council member, calls the arrests of peaceful protesters “a disgrace.” He frames AB 392 as an urgent response to current events, not ancient history. He allows that Becerra followed the book in reviewing the Clark shooting and determining no laws were broken.

“You know what that means? It’s time to rewrite the book,” McCarty says.

As the press conference ends, Rev. Ben McBride, co-director of PICO California, a grassroots social justice advocacy group based in Oakland, gathers his flock of clergy leaders from the region. He summarizes the mission: Enter the Capitol, brace lawmakers, and get them to support AB 392 and abandon its toothless competition, Senate Bill 230.

For those whose first time this is, he says, “No one ever drops in.”

He grins. That’s the point.

March 2018 protest

They breeze through the metal detectors and wade through the hall of county displays, singing “This Little Light of Mine” with modified lyrics: “I’m gonna let it shine / Until we get some justice / I’m gonna let it shine / Until we pass this bill.”

Staffers and bystanders gawk. A woman standing outside a restroom has wet eyes. The singing flock crams into elevators and floats to the fifth floor.

“This is the people’s house,” McBride assures. “We belong here.”

He asks everyone to take a moment and think of a person lost to police violence. And, when they’re ready, to speak the name aloud.

At first they come one at a time: Alex Nieto. Oscar Grant. Johnny Douglas. Philando Castile. Mikel McIntyre. Darrell Richards. Mario Woods. Marshall Miles. Then they overlap: Dazion Flenaugh. Sandra Bland. Joseph Mann. Then they blur and repeat. Then, finally, they stop.

Pastor Damian Chandler of Capitol City Seventh-Day Adventist Church requests the floor. He says a police stop with his two sons in the car got him thinking.

“The reason that I’m standing here today is not just because of Stephon Clark, but also for those who are alive,” he says. “I want to go to graduations. I want to go to my son’s wedding. I want to bless my grandchildren.

And if I don’t speak out and stand for those who are living, at some point, Rev. Ben, someone’s going to call one of my son’s names.”

“We can’t sit here and expect it to change if we won’t do nothing about it.”

Alayla 14 The group murmurs in agreement. Accius makes the pastor’s request an official motion. He invokes his daughter’s name. Chandler repeats his two sons.’ Voices overlap. Names wash together. For this moment, at least, the living still outnumber the dead.

The group stops outside room 5052, first-term Sen. Anna Caballero’s office. The Central Valley Democrat is the primary author of SB 230, the Peace Officers Research Association of California’s savvy response to AB 392. Unlike the explicit reforms of the Assembly bill, its Senate counterpart calls for more training and information sharing, and the millions to fund that.

Critics of the bill say it’s an escape hatch for weakkneed lawmakers, who want to placate their concerned constituents without alienating their generous law enforcement donors. Caballero isn’t in, but chief of staff Reggie Fair is and he agrees to listen. He’s black like most of the people circling him. He says nothing as they speak.

Accius talks about consoling mothers and asks Fair if he ever worked the front lines of unquenchable grief. “I don’t believe you have because I haven’t seen your face,” Accius scolds.

Fair listens earnestly and respectfully.

“Repentance means to turn away and go in the right direction,” McBride preaches to Fair. “We are calling for

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public repentance—the abandonment of SB 230—that will allow the free passage, and the hard work it will still take to pass AB 392.”

Someone suggests a prayer. A prayer for Fair, “to give him the boldness to stand in front of his boss.” One of the ministers palms his shoulder. Fair bows his head.

Photo by kris hooks

School iS out Accius and his friend Tasi Wilson rush down the Senate hall, ride the elevator down and shag Accius’ truck so they can get to the student march.

The walkout, organized by the Sacramento State University Black Student Union, the Sacramento City College Black Student Union and the Next Level Advocates of Sacramento Charter High School, evokes last year’s March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C., by fusing the threats of school shootings with the police killings of unarmed black men.

“We’re just focusing on gun violence from the police side of things,” explains Jay Robb, of Sac City’s BSU. But the student groups have other demands. Along with swift passage of AB 392, they want Clark’s killers to be fired, the DA to step down, for all local cannabisrelated convictions to be expunged, for school districts to remove on-campus officers and for St. Hope to diversify its faculty at Sacramento Charter High School, the last stop on the walkout route.

Sac State BSU leader Khalil Ferguson says their approach is deliberately pluralistic, and not solely focused on police reform. “Crime is a derivative of poverty,” says Ferguson, who holds degrees in economics and international government relations. “So the less poverty we have, the less crime there will be, the less interaction we’ll have with police, which will lead to less police killings of our people.”

Accius parks in front of Sac High. Staff and students mill in front of the gate. A woman parks her car and pops her trunk. She brought cardboard Halloween coffins, somber totems, assembly required. Accius and Wilson trudge them to the school’s entry and drop them before four students. The students tear open the plastic bags, discard the cheesy Dracula posters and set to work.

Dozens of buoyant youth come around the corner.

Their voices arrive before they do. They’ve marched for miles, their numbers growing with each school they hit.

They’ve fashioned signs out of flattened Home Depot boxes taped to plywood. They’ve stenciled Stephon Clark’s likeness. They’ve handwritten slogans: “Recall DA Schubert.”

They receive the parade treatment. Cops on bicycles clear a path. Cops in unmarked cars bring up the rear.

Cops who get too close are shouted away by adult chaperones.

Simmons stands in the middle of 35th Street letting the youth overtake him. He beams. “This is courageous of these kids,” he says.

They take Y to Broadway and cross up numbered streets, confronting gentrified Oak Park and Highway Patrol officers along the way. Queen of Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant generously lets the students use its restroom.

Marching north on 10th Street past Old Ironsides and Waffle Square, Alayla ribs Manuel about being new to this whole activism thing. She’s been walking since the march started at Sacramento City College; he joined two miles later at Sacramento Charter High School. At 14, she’s got more miles under her feet. At 17, he’s got fresh eyes.

March 2018 protest

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Stevante Clark, September 2018 protest

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March 2, 2019 verdict press conference

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He only just saw police body-camera footage of Clark’s death for the first time days earlier.

“That was just wrong,” Manuel says. “Like why would you do that? … He didn’t have no gun or anything; he just had a cellphone. So I don’t feel like that was right. I feel like Stephon Clark deserves justice.”

Accius believes this moment of civil engagement would not be happening if Schubert rubberstamped the Clark shooting months ago.

“We didn’t really believe that there was going to be any kind of justice in the first part with the DA,” he says. “We know the track record and we know the letter of the law. Many of us know the law. Law and humanity are two different things.

“She just flipped it and made it a lot worse by igniting a fire.”

Rather than fade over time, Clark’s name—and the community outcry over his death—continues to galvanize and mobilize. It rattles City Council chambers, fills neighborhood streets and pulses through legislative chambers.

It instructs the public, who now know what the DA does and how the city manager oversees police personnel.

A year on, Stephon Clark collects new witnesses to what was done to him.

Alayla, the young-old hand, says the only way to secure justice is by showing up.

“It’s our community, it’s our schools, it’s our streets. It’s not theirs,” she says. “So if we want anything to change, we can’t sit here and expect it to change if we won’t do nothing about it.”

She and Manuel quicken their pace. They only have three blocks left to the Capitol.

The vigil ThaT never ends The candlelight vigil on Friday night stops where all this began—in the backyard where Clark died. The yard is different now. Car dealer

March 7 student protest

Photo by raheem f. hosseini

and fellow Meadowview resident Paul Blanco, City Councilman Larry Carr, the Black Child Legacy Campaign, Sierra Health Foundation and Habitat for Humanity put the money and hours into renovating it. Gone are the uncut grass and picnic table and blood stains and bullet chips. In their place are a wooden swing, tomato plants and a tree.

But those who live inside are reluctant to enjoy it. For now, the yard is mostly for Clark, whose name is chiseled into a memorial stone in a small dirt plot.

Clark’s brother Stevante points to it and raises a microphone. He counsels the crowd against falling prey to manufactured divisions.

“It’ll tear down from the point that we’re trying to make, which is that this should not be here,” he says. “This should not be here.

This should not be here. Like, I should not be talking to you all.”

He summons a brief moment of silence for his brother, then he lifts his head and addresses the future.

“Now we’re going back out her in these streets yo,” he says. “And we’re gonna uplift his name. And afterwards, we’re going to keep fighting for justice. We’re going to keep fighting for accountability. We want these officers to be fired.”

The crowd of roughly a dozen says, “Yes.” “We want the district attorney to be fired.”

“Yes!” “We want the attorney general to be fired.”

Claps.

“And at this point, I even want [police] Chief [Daniel] Hahn to be fired.”

Cheers.

Stevante leads the people away from his home and into the night saying his brother’s name. Stephon Clark no longer has a future, but he can still have a legacy.

Out of his family, Stevante has probably been the most consumed with cementing that legacy.

Two days later, Stevante tells SN&R he felt that effort take a hit when Schubert used Stephon’s cellphone data to indict him as some kind of depressed fugitive. It’s not that his family expected the DA to charge officers.

“We knew what was going to happen,” Stevante says. “I just personally didn’t expect her to drag his name through the dirt like that.”

Stevante is hoping to salvage that name in the coming days. He’s one of the architects of a legacy weekend, which begins this Friday night with a teen summit and culminates Monday, on the one-year anniversary of his brother’s death, with a remembrance at Genesis Church in Meadowview.

“That is just the beginning of what I’m trying to do,” says Stevante, who sits on the city’s Measure U review committee and has flirted with running for mayor.

He expects his brother’s legacy to encompass legislative and policy changes. He doesn’t expect it to end there. But he also plans to take a step back after the legacy weekend, out of a whirlwind that hasn’t eased up since March 18, 2018.

“There hasn’t been a day since March 18th where his name hasn’t come up. And sometimes that can be a lot,” Stevante says. “Everything stopped when Stephon died. My whole life stopped.”

He aims to rekindle that life, to record music again as Pharoah Davinci, to reclaim his own image that was unfairly posterized by a council meeting outburst and to find a balance that has eluded him since 18 shots sailed through his grandparents’ backyard. He has many oaths—to his brother, his community and himself. He’s learning how to keep them all.

“That’s what I’m trying to figure out,” Stevante says. Ω

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March 5 City Council meeting after verdict announcement

Photos by kris hooks

March 7 ACT march for AB 392 Photo by lucas fitzgerald

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What’s Next? the rev. Shane harris, president of the People’s alliance for Justice, speaks at a march 2 press conference with Stephon clark’s fiancée. photo by karlos rene ayala

Yes, I know. I’m not from Sacramento, but I am born and raised in California, and I believe we can get this right.

In 2016, I was at the forefront of the case of Alfred Olango, who was killed in San Diego County by an El Cajon police officer during a mental health call. It was much like the Joseph Mann case, another Sacramento police shooting in which I also got involved. Police said that Olango “pulled out a vape e-cigarette which they believed was a gun at first sight.” He was killed and gone forever, a loss for his children, a loss for his family and a loss for a city and community.

Was this all because officers thought he had a gun, or police not following procedure dealing with mentally distressed Americans?

time to change the book Stephon Clark case shows need for independent investigations of police shootings

by Shane harriS

Progressive California leads the nation in police shootings. This is no secret.

I personally am not against cops; I believe what they do every day is admirable. With that said, the ante is raised when one takes a job to protect and serve. In certain cases, we want officers found guilty of misconduct and disciplined for their actions. In 2018 and so far in 2019,

there have been 1,172 fatal shootings by police officers, including 140 in California. I can count the officers who were prosecuted on one hand.

The debate of whether a police shooting should be investigated is one conversation. However, my issue is how and who as well as the what. With local district attorneys, we have the fox guarding the hen house. They are often endorsed by police unions, have a conflict of interest and should not be investigating officers who have supported them. The voting and support system of our democracy is a quid pro quo “something for something.”

For years, I have been challenging California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to do an independent investigation. To his credit, he did for Stephon Clark.

But let us not forget the law in this process, either— the law that Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert and Becerra cited in announcing they would not file criminal charges against the two police officers who killed Clark.

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The night of the shooting, protesters began hitting the streets. I was at the hospital with Olango’s family at their request to stand with them, just like I’ve been for families across California and eventually I would be leading a movement for justice. I thought, “I know how this is going to go, the usual”—with protesters in the streets, public officials hiding behind City Hall and a district attorney who will have the weight of a major decision and most likely ruling in favor of the cop.

Time and time again I have watched this process of a district attorney investigating their own supporters with the same “book.” The pivotal focus of my call for justice has always been that it’s important that the attorney general get involved and independently take these sensitive cases because I have no confidence in the local prosecutors.

It is also why I believe that Assembly Bill 392 will finally address these concerns about how state law analyzes when deadly force is reasonable and when it is not. We have a supermajority of Democrats in the Legislature and a very progressive governor in Gavin Newsom. We need to pass AB 392 this year because it’s time to change “the book.”

I’m a sensible civil and human rights leader, and I believe that both sides need a break in this fight.

The accountability and transparency between law enforcement and the community should be the priority.

What if the local DA didn’t have to preside at all over a police shooting?

That’s my hope for the future. What if the “book” looked different than usual? What if we changed the perception at how investigators see excessive force? That’s my hope for now. Then maybe just maybe we can finally begin to get some justice.

Our fellow Americans will feel at least that they are all being heard and that someone neutral will review the facts of the case and be able to give a more transparent analysis of what happened. Every taxpayer wants their peace officers to be safe as well as the citizens.

We can’t do anything about Schubert’s report or even Becerra’s report, but we can do something about changing the law in our state for Stephon Clark. That’s where I and my civil rights organization, the People’s Alliance for Justice, will focus our attention. We do it for Stephon Clark’s children, Aiden and Cairo. Ω

With local district attorneys, we have the fox guarding the hen house.

i’m liStening anD changing the city Stephon Clark’s death revealed need to tackle generational poverty

by Darrell Steinberg

People who watch our City Council meetings often ask how I can sit there for hours while people air their grievances, sometimes with insults and profanity.

But as the mayor of Sacramento, I represent everyone in our city, including those who are homeless, mentally ill or feel immense pain because of generations of trauma.

If there’s anything Stephon Clark’s death made clear, it’s that a sizable number of our city’s residents, especially in our communities of color, don’t think that people in positions of power are listening.

I want to make it clear that I hear them.

I get up every day with a mission to change what must be changed in our city. I try every day to use my power and my moral authority to improve life for all of our people in all of our neighborhoods.

“A sizable number of our city’s residents ... don’t think that people in positions of power are listening. I want to make it clear that I hear them.”

Mayor Darrell Steinberg

While the Clark tragedy speaks directly to the policing of our communities of color, the events of the past year have opened an even more important obligation for us to address: systemic generational poverty.

Last month, I delivered my State of the City address at the Pannell Community Center in Meadowview, a departure from the usual downtown venue. The choice was meant to show that all our neighborhoods are equally important.

These aren’t just words. Here at the city, creating jobs and opportunity

for people in disadvantaged neighborhoods is the primary focus of my office and of the city’s economic development staff. It was the primary message in our campaign for a one-cent Measure U. The new half-cent sales tax added to Measure U will raise about $50 million annually. For the first five years, I propose that we set aside most of that money—a total of $200 million—to invest in job creation, affordable housing, youth and revitalizing all our commercial corridors.

Our community’s trauma could be a breaking point. Instead, let’s make it a tipping point and commit to building a Sacramento that in spirit and in fact includes everyone, no matter where they live. Ω

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by Edgar SanchEz For students whose gender identity differs from their assigned sex, the name on the attendance sheet may not reflect who that student really is.

Youth in the Sacramento City Unified School District now have a way to address that issue thanks to a simple sheet of paper.

The district’s Name and Gender Update Form allows students to change their legal names to their affirmed name, which will be used by school staff and appear on school records. At 18, students can independently seek permanent legal name changes through the courts, effectively changing all of their legal documents.

This form was developed by the district’s Connect Center, which receives support from The California Endowment. Seventy-one students have completed the form since 2016.

“The idea of coming to school and being recognized for who they are, rather than the gender they’ve been assigned, is quite meaningful for our transgender youth,” said Danny Buffington, a Connect Center Youth and Family Mental Health Advocate.

The Sacramento City Unified School District has made great strides in accommodating transgender students, according to Nichole C. Wofford, a licensed marriage and family therapist/social worker who manages the district’s Connect Center.

Since its opening in 2011, the Connect Center has been a gateway to a range of critical support services — both in-district and through community partners — for 47,900 students and their families.

In addition to providing LGBTQ support services, the Connect Center also provides mental health/

case management support and ensures that all SCUSD students have health insurance.

“When I first started at the Connect Center, we had transgender students but no district policy to protect them,” Wofford said.

“At that time, some of the primary concerns were around bathroom and locker room usage,” she said. “Students were being told they needed to use restrooms and locker rooms which corresponded with the gender they were assigned at birth.”

Without a state law or school district policy to protect them, transgender students’ rights were not being recognized and many school principals were frustrated, with no policy/law to guide them.

“THE idEa of ComiNg To SCHool aNd BEiNg rECogNizEd for wHo THEY arE…iS quiTE mEaNiNgful for our TraNSgENdEr YouTH.” Danny Buffington, Youth and Family Mental Health Advocate, Connect Center

“For the most part, school administrators wanted to support the transgender students” as the Connect Center had requested, Wofford said. “But if there was pushback from parents

The Sacramento City Unified School District has made tremendous strides in accommodating transgender students, said Nichole Wofford, director of its Connect Center, shown with Danny Buffington, a youth and family mental health advocate at the Center. Photo by Edgar Sanchez

who opposed the new state law (AB 1266) or the district transgender policy — administrators wanted something that they could point to and say, ‘This is what we need to do.’”

A law known as the School Success and Opportunity Act (AB 1266) solved the crisis, effective Jan. 1, 2014. Among other things, it requires that California public schools give transgender students access to facilities and programs that match their gender identity.

Since December 2013, the district has had its own Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Student Policy, which contains specifics on how to accommodate transgender youth.

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by Rachel Mayfield

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t’s probably true that wherever you go around the world, you’ll find an Irish pub.

But so far only one pub, the Boxing Donkey, features the humming bagpipes and plucky strings of one of Sacramento’s liveliest Celtic bands, Piper’s Folly.

Formed in 2017, the group plays an eclectic mix of instruments, including the banjo, accordion, bagpipes and bodhrán, a type of Irish drum.

Nominated for a SAMMIES award in the World Music category, they cover a wide range of artists including Flogging Molly and Darius Rucker, but the band’s true love is traditional Irish folk music. What exactly is it about the genre that they’re drawn to?

“The emotion in it,” says Tony Osladil, who’s also in another band with fellow member Dave Canady called the DT’s. “The lyrics, the stories, the wild abandon of [‘The Irish Rover’] or talking to the gravestone of a 19-year-old kid from World War I, they’re all great stories.”

“My favorite aspect of Irish music is ‘freedom,’” adds band member and resident

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Irish expert Marcus Dunn. “The freedom of improvisation, the freedom of changing lyrics, the freedom of taking bits and pieces of other songs that go way back to the 1400s and making it your own.”

Irish music may be free in many ways, but it’s definitely not free of depressing themes. One of the group’s favorite songs is “The Fields of Athenry,” a melancholy folk ballad set during the Great Irish Famine.

“It’s about a guy who’s stealing food to provide for his family, and he gets caught and sent away to Australia,” explains Chris Canaday, Dave’s son. The song is a dialogue between the man and his wife on opposite sides of a prison wall, just before he’s shipped out to Botany Bay, never to be seen again. Piper’s Folly delivers a wistfully beautiful rendition that, by the end, leaves you misty-eyed and yearning for days long gone.

Piper’s Folly makes old Irish tunes its own

While they love the sad songs, band members are too outgoing to allow the bleaker fare to dominate their set list. They do their best to connect with the audience, both through the music they select and having actual conversations.

“There’s nobody that’s shy in the band,” Dave says. “We’re very social … We’re out sitting down, visiting with people that we don’t know, and talking to them about why they’re there, and what they like.”

They’re also eager to discuss anything and everything Irish. Ask any of them about their family tartans, the musical customs of Irish pubs or the construction of Uilleann pipes. Seriously, ask about the Uilleann pipes.

Looking to the future, they hope to play at some Celtic fairs in the area, but in the meantime, Piper’s Folly is content with their current arrangement of playing a couple times a month. It’s the easy-going nature of their band that keeps everything fresh and exciting.

“Playing with these guys is awesome,” Dunn says.

“I could see this going on for years,” says Osladil. “It’s fun, it’s low-stress, it’s low-drama.” Ω

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“The lyrics, the stories, the wild abandon of [‘The Irish Rover’] or talking to the gravestone of a 19-year-old kid from World War I, they’re all great stories.”

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Songs that put Ireland on your mind and in your glass

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he Dublin novelist Frank Delaney wrote, “I liken Ireland to whiskey in a glass—a cone of amber, a self-contained passage of time, a place apart, reaching out to the world with sometimes an acrid taste, a definite excess of personality, telling her story to all who will listen.”

The atoms of Delaney’s homeland are spread through some 30 million Americans, many of whom will celebrate that connection on St. Patrick’s Day. Here’s a playlist to keep Ireland’s landscapes, people, poets, dreamers and drinking traditions close to the heart.

“Thousands Are Sailing” by The Pogues:

it will make you want to break your Guinness glass and punch the nearest oppressor in the face.

I recently saw someone in California share this song on Facebook hours before they underwent a major cancer surgery. That’s because it’s a sprawling meditation on Irish immigrants sailing into the unknown. It’s also a homage to how those starving potato famine refugees began to shape America.

Written by the late guitarist Phil Chevron, and sung with a weary intensity by Shane McGowan, the song finds the Pogues’ punk energy wrapped in a pure love of Irish folk music. But it’s Chevron’s lyrics—captivating and emotionally devastating at the same time—that shine the most.

“Finnegan’s Wake” by The Clancy Brothers: The first time I saw a “Trad session”—or musicians jamming with Celtic instruments—I was in a small pub on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way. That’s when I learned how intoxicating it is to hear mandolins, accordions, fiddles, tin whistles and Brosna Bodhrán drums all playing near a fireside. When it comes to capturing the spirit of a Trad session, The Clancy Brothers remain one of Ireland’s standardbearers. Their take on “Finnegan’s Wake,” an old saloon song about resurrecting a corpse with whiskey, is all charm and Dublin nostalgia.

“Whiskey in the Jar” by the Dubliners: Luke Kelly might be Ireland’s most beloved singer of all time. His unforgettable voice had an earthy grace and touch of hardened hunger. Kelly died in 1984, but he left such an impression on the Irish that many still wander into the Victorian majesty of Glasnevin Cemetery to visit his grave. I was introduced to Kelly and the Dubliners while listening to the band Stone Cold Sober perform “Whiskey in the Jar” along the River Liffey. They were good, but urged me to check out Kelly’s driving, devilish take on this classic.

“Van Diemen’s Land” by U2: I know you’re mad at U2 for hijacking your iTunes account, but it’s probably illegal to make a playlist from Ireland without including the most famous band it ever produced. This sad, evocative ballad is sung by the band’s lead guitarist, The Edge, rather than Bono, and it tells the tragic story of 19th century Irish rebels who were sent to prison colonies in Tasmania. Released in 1988, it still invokes a lonely and beautiful kind of trance.

“Come Out You Black and Tans” by Paddy Reilly: This angry anthem about British paramilitary men—the so-called Black and Tans, who clashed with the IRA in the 1920s—is part of a rich tradition of Irish rebel songs. Here, Dublin balladeer Paddy Reilly offers a galloping version of the fight tune, which he sings from start to finish with an urgent, salty flippancy. It will make you want to break your Guinness glass and punch the nearest oppressor in the face. Some singers in Ireland won’t perform it for fear of offending English tourists who might be in the pub. But those of us in California have enough cover to blast it as loud as we want on St. Paddy’s Day.

“Ode to My Family” by The Cranberries: What can you say about the searing voice of Dolores O’Riordan, who passed away in January at the age of 46? She was raised near the same city of Limerick that inspired Frank McCourt’s gut-wrenching book Angela’s Ashes, yet O’Riordan’s songs tackled its ailing austerity with such a commitment to art that her memories nearly glow. The Cranberries are now a cultural touchstone in Ireland, and it’s partly because of that mix of silk and raw emotion O’Riordan brought to the world in songs like “Ode to My Family.”

“Danny Boy” by Shane MacGowan: If you really want to get lost in the pain of “Danny Boy,” try listening to it through the shotout, smoke-cut, whiskey-singed voice of Shane McGowan. He recorded it after The Pogues kicked him out for allegedly being a hopeless wreck settling into a booze coffin.

The song wound up on an album by Shane McGowan & The Popes called, “The Rare Oul’ Stuff.” And it is rare indeed: Harsh, hurting and sung on the way to hell. Ω

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Lily Bogas approached the microphone in the state Senate chambers. “You love your friend,” she began, through a timid smile. “So you fly across the country to see her.”

Reciting the poem “Diameter” by Michelle Y. Burke from memory, her smile wavered as she delivered the next line: “Your friend is grieving.”

The poem is about comforting a friend who becomes suicidal after the death of a loved one, but Bogas, a junior from Marin County, performed it with a sense of humor. Using a sarcastic voice, she spoke the line “What did you expect? Ruins?” moving through a series of complex emotions as if she was candidly recounting her own memories.

On Monday, Bogas won California Poetry Out Loud, an annual competition where students memorize and perform poems to a panel of judges, who look at physical presence, voice and articulation and dramatic appropriateness. High schools in 53 California counties held contests to determine their representative for the state finals.

Representing Sacramento County was Naomi Dillard, a senior at Inderkum High School in North Natomas. During Sunday’s semi-finals, she passionately recited William Ernest Henley’s “Invictus” and Maya Angelou’s poem “Caged Bird.”

Both poems have strong themes of freedom and personal achievement that she delivered confidently, looking into the audience as she said, “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.”

“I don’t really do poetry like that, I did it in the classroom and did good, so I just kept going,” Dillard said later.

This year, a new competition, Poetry Ourselves, allowed students to submit their own poems. The winner was sophomore Zoya Ahmed of Maria Carillo High School in Sonoma County. Her poem, “A Concerto of Spice,” took the audience on a journey through her kitchen, evoking the smells of a traditional Indian-Pakistani meal.

“Writing has never been my strong suit, my first language is Urdu and it’s a very poetic language … my parents just brought poetry as an aspect to it,” Ahmed said.

Although Poetry Out Loud has had about 4 million participants nationally since it started, it had a challenging history. When organizer and California Poet Laureate Dana Gioia first proposed the competition in 2005, he was chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Education specialists in every state except California were opposed to the idea, he said.

They said that teenagers didn’t like poetry, memorization was repressive and it was degrading to perform the arts in a competition, Gioia said.

“America is a very practical nation, and at some level has never trusted the arts as being particularly valuable. But how practical is an education system … which fails to engage so many young people?” he asked. “The arts are very practical because they engage students on the completeness of their humanity.”

Educators and students were taken with the idea when it was first held in California. By the next year, the other states joined the program.

“You have this tremendous outpouring—dare I call it, love—of all these people who understand that, for some of these kids, this is the only arts program that they’re going to encounter,” Gioia said.

In April, Bogas will compete at the national competition in Washington, D.C. “I’m really excited, I’m really nervous, I hope I can do well for California,” she said. Ω

Say no to a Ban on Flavored Tobacco and Vapor Products in Sacramento Last year Sacramento consumers over the legal age of 21 bought $110 million worth of flavored tobacco and vapor products in the city. A ban on these products has been proposed and will be heard at a City Council hearing on Tuesday, March 19. This is a bad idea. Here’s why:

It will not work.

Even if the city of Sacramento bans flavored tobacco and vapor products, city residents can go to other cities such as Elk Grove, Citrus Heights or the unincorporated parts of Sacramento County and buy these products. Or they can purchase them online, in most cases with fewer safeguards for protecting minors.

It will cost the city of Sacramento $2.3 million per year.

Sacramento City receives $2.3 million annually in sales tax revenue related to adult purchases of flavored tobacco and vapor products. These sales tax dollars are desperately needed to support affordable housing and other city services, like police, fire and parks.

It will destroy small businesses. Dozens of small Sacramento retailers will go out of business if these

products are banned. Losing $110 million in sales is a major blow to the city’s small retailers, and what makes it even worse is that residents who leave the city to buy these products will spend another $20 million annually on ancillary sales. All of these lost sales will decrease the sales tax revenue for the City of Sacramento.

It is inconsistent.

How can the City of Sacramento, which allows flavored marijuana products and flavored alcohol products for adult sales, ban flavored tobacco and vapor products for adults?

There is a better way. Instead of banning flavored tobacco and vapor products, the City of Sacramento can better restrict the appeal and access of these products to minors by banning the sale of youth-oriented products, increasing penalties on retailers who sell these products to minors, and requiring age-verification technology at the point of sale for all retailers.

Contact your councilmembers and urge them to oppose a full ban on flavored tobacco and vapor products!

Mayor Darrell Steinberg 915 I Street, 5th Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 808-5300 DSteinberg@cityofsacramento.org Vice Mayor Eric Guerra 915 I Street, 5th Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 808-7006 eguerra@cityofsacramento.org Councilmember Angelique Ashby 915 I Street, 5th Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 808-7001 aashby@cityofsacramento.org

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But you don’t need a time machine to get it, Marty McFly. Instead, listen to the new album, 10 Lively Melodies, released March 8.

The song “Driftin’ In The Twilight” is a lonely anthem for a drunken walk home thinking about someone else—sax, keys, bass and percussion blustering out of a honky-tonk after hours and into darkened street corners.

“There’s so much happening musically in the world today, this is one of those sounds that really is a good conductor for those emotions the twilight Drifters are Geoffrey Miller (guitar/vocals), Brad Cross (drums) and todd Hinton (bass). overall.” Miller says. “It’s universally relatable.”

Other songs on the new album have a light heart and danceable beat, including “Daddy-O Issues,” a tune about a woman with incurable Is it a hot rod or a hot woman? That’s the hep-cat fever. She goes from one vintagemillion-dollar question in “Round Curves,” The obsessed ex to another slick-haired charmer.

Twilight Drifters’ new tune.

The album is fun, distinctly 1950s and timeless, “Took my baby out for a drive / with the spelling an evolution for a band that started out moon shining way up high,” Geoffrey Miller playing country and moved to rockabilly. Its first sings, remembering a midnight joyride over two records sported vintage vibes, but brooding twang. “Took her up to a lookthis one, adding new players such out spot / when we got there, heard as veteran saxophonist Danny her cry ‘Please don’t stop,’ / Sandoval, ventures into R&B “There’s so Over the hill, I felt my nerves / with the help of producer The engines rev and the tires much happening Chris “Kid” Andersen, burn / going downhill fast musically in the world who plays with the local round curves.” jazz legends Rick Estrin today, this is one of those It’s part of a long tradi& the Nightcats. tion of rock ’n’ roll songs sounds that really is a good Sacramento’s closemarked with double entenknit rockabilly scene has conductor for those emotions dres. In the music video a rich history. Bob Wills, that premiered March 3, overall.” the King of Western classic cars and beautiful Swing, lived here. It Geoffrey Miller, women flash between the means bands such as The guitar/vocals, The Twilight music trio, sharply dressed Twilight Drifters, Frankie and Drifters and shadow-cast. the Defenders and Dyana and “It’s designed to convey a The Cherry Kings together carry a notion of danger and indulgence in the local tradition forward, Miller says. same breath,” Miller says.

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Daizy, Kelly and Emily are three unlikely comrades.

Daizy (Anthony Person) uses his art-school education to craft adult sex toys. Kelly (Taylor Fleer), his live-in girlfriend, puts her artistic skills to use creating super-realistic dolls for grownups. Emily (Laura Kaya) is a mother whose child died in infancy many years ago, and now she seeks a “reborn” replica.

From there, it grows more strange and more creepy. It also becomes so fascinating you have to know how—or if—it can end.

Apparently, “reborning” is a real thing— women who have lost a child will sometimes seek out the option of commissioning a life-like replica to replace their loved one, and maybe even restore some damaged sense of their own motherhood. Playwright Zayd Dohrn takes this already disturbing trend to new depths of desire, distress and despair.

As customer Emily becomes more demanding about the look of her “child,” Kelly becomes convinced she is sculpting her own likeness.

Could Emily be the abusive mother who abandoned her? How could any of this be?

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The Davis Musical Theatre Company, celebrating its 34th year, has opened its production of “Oliver!” directed by Jan Isaacson, and it’s a winner.

While Gabriel Mark is good as Oliver, his one problem is that he needs to control the smile on his face at all times! Fri 8pm, Sat 8pm, Sun

The Whipping Man

Celebration Arts follows up its production of the pre-Civil War drama Abolition with a strong showing of the post-Civil War drama The Whipping Man. A fine cast and outstanding direction

by James Wheatley give this play about the scars of slavery and the responsibilities of freedom a fierce strength. Thu 8pm, Fri 8pm,

Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm; Through 3/24; $15-$20, All seats $10 Thursdays; Celebra-

tion Arts Theatre, 2727 B Street; (916) 455-2787; celebrationarts.net. J.C.

2pm; Through 3/24; $16-$18;

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3 A comedy of scammers There are so many things that are thoroughly enjoyable about City Theatre’s production of The Beaux’ Stratagem, a Restoration-era play written in 1707 by George Farquhar.

First is the play—it’s a classic English comedy of manners about two young gentlemen who partied their inheritance away and now plan on weaseling their way back into money. Their ruse is to portray themselves as a lord and his servant to wile their way into the house and hearts of the local heiress and her family.

Then there are wonderfully playful and entertaining performances by the entire cast—especially the four leads: Vincent Emilio Barnett as Francis the gentleman Archer; Emmi Warford as miserably married Kate; Said Noori as second gentleman Aimwell; and Gillian Rains as desirably rich and single Dorinda.

The beautiful and clever set, costumes and music capture the simplicity of a local tavern as well as the glorified glamour of an 18th century English estate.

For all the positives of this Sacramento City College production, there remains one major hurdle: the overly strong accents make the dialogue and storyline really difficult to follow. Though striving to be true to the time and place, it’s frustrating not being able to understand what’s being said.

However, in the second half, cast members started to slow down their diction, allowing the audience to capture the clever dialogue and plot twists that make The Beaux’ Stratagem such a fun play.

—Patti RobeRts

the Beaux’ stratagem: thursday 7:30pm, friday 7:30pm, sat 2pm & 7:30pm, sun 2pm; through 3/17; $10-$18; Performing arts center at sacramento city college, 3835 freeport Boulevard; (916) 558-2228; citytheatre.net

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stage pick Just your typical, family friendly puppet.

Marionette mania There’s a lot of ways a puppet show can go wrong. Poor lighting, shoddy ventriloquism, demonic possession, the list goes on. Set in a small, religious Texas town, Hand to God tells the story of three teenagers who join a church puppet class to learn about arts, crafts and the Bible. But as they prepare to put on a show, things take a turn when one boy’s puppet develops a mind of its own. Playing at Nevada Theatre, the show has been extended through next weekend, so there’s still time to see some puppet sex … if you’re into that, you godless heathens. Fri 3/15, 8pm; Sat 3/16, 8pm; Through 3/23; $15-$30; Nevada Theatre, 401 Broad Street in Nevada City; (530) 346-3210; sierrastages.org

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Track 7 Brewing Company brews excellent beer, and its latest venture, The Other Side, works well as a taproom and restaurant.

Some seven beers are on tap in a variety of pours from the Bee Line Honey Blonde Ale to Left Eye Right Eye. With high, industrial-like exposed ceilings, family style seating and a modest bar counter and tasting area, the din can get quite loud, which is fine for drinking but maybe not for coherent dinner conversations. Luckily, there’s a dogfriendly outdoor patio, complete with heat lamps and the ability to hear your companion’s sparkling sense of humor.

Did I mention how much I love Track 7 beers? I do, and so I might have had unfair expectations about The Other Side, a casual eatery that opened last July in East Sac. The restaurant’s signage touts its “rotisserie-centric” inclinations. Unfortunately, the rotisserie plates ($15 with two sides)—both the chicken and the pork—were underwhelming. The chicken cried out for seasoning, and the shredded pork was somehow tender but dry and begged for salt.

The Roasted Cauliflower ($8 for a half order) was a much better dish. Its crunchy, caramelized nuttiness kept our table going back for more, despite the ill-fitting beer cheese and romanesco dips.

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American classic thrown off by copious amounts of Hatch chile. Then there was the salty Tater Tot-esque Cheese Curds ($6). If your most flavorful menu items are cheese curds and cauliflower, you might have a seasoning issue.

A surprise hit was the Roasted Beets ($6). The combo of sharp red onion, salty fromage and tangy basil stood out among dishes generally lacking a strong presence.

I thought maybe my issue was the beer cheese until I tried the Panic Fries ($12) ladled with savory cheese sauce and tossed with chunks of rotisserie pork, chiles, scallions and radishes. The rotisserie chicken worked better once it took on a more supportive role as an ingredient rather than a star dish. In the Chicken Pita ($13), the meat’s plainness allowed giant green olives, pickled onion and an herbaceous green goddess dressing to do the heavy hitting. It was the equivalent of a palatable, homemade leftover meal.

The best plate on the menu—and possibly one of the yummiest vegan sandwiches ever—was The Double Take ($14): A black bean falafel patty, lightly fried with a golden crust and topped with sprouts, onion, pickles and harissa ketchup. The wheat bun was too thick, but easily forgiven once I chomped down on salty, crunchy, flavor-from-alldirections sandwich perfection.

Oh, and dessert. The Chocolate Stout Pot de Crème ($7)—layered with Nutella, dark chocolate and strawberry jam—will seriously make you melt in sugar ecstasy. So why does The Other Side bother with anything else? It could just serve beer and dessert, and no one would leave unhappy.

The Other Side has good ideas and maybe it hasn’t found its stride quite yet. I’m sure with further experimentation and a little more consistency, it’ll come up with a menu worthy of its namesake. Ω

I would do anything for soy. Whether it’s a block of tofu or a single soybean, I’ll eat it and I’ll love it. Anna’s Vegan Cafe is not only for vegans, but also soy enthusiasts like myself. Everything on the menu is animal product-free, including their mouthwatering Curry Delight Vegetables ($6.50). It’s a lively veggie gala, submerged in spicy yellow curry and featuring such famous celebrities as cabbage, carrots, broccoli, onions, string beans, zucchini—but none more revered than the enchanting slices of soy protein. And if steamed brown rice (75 cents) makes an appearance, you’ve got yourself one wild plant-themed party. 3500 Stockton Boulevard, annavegancafe.com.

—rachel mayField

Dank smoothie Forbidden SunSet Smoothie, backbone caFe A cannabis-inspired smoothie? Backbone Cafe, the vegan and vegetarian-friendly downtown eatery, recently partnered with Friendly Farms, an award-winning cannabis extract company. The result: Forbidden Sunset ($9.50), a thick banana-berry-pineapple-citruscoconut milk concoction spiced with ginger, turmeric, beet powder, cayenne pepper and a little pink Himalayan sea salt. The earthy, sweet and slightly spicy mouthfeel is inspired by Friendly Farms’ Forbidden Sunset extract.

Although there is zero THC or CBD present, it’s a creative way to merge the terpene profile of cannabis with a delicious and filling morning pick-me-up. Sans buzz.

729 J Street, backbonecafe.com.

—Steph rodriguez

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Caramel. Inside the cookie.

“I didn’t know there were so many vegans in Sac!” Christine Ross said. As the proprietor of Love+Flour online vegan bakery, that’s a good thing for her. And her baked goods are a sweet thing for everyone—even gluten-free folks. Ross, an Australian, married a Sacramentan and moved here four years ago. Not long after, they went vegan, and amateur baker Ross began adapting her recipes. “The first thing I adapted was the chocolate chip cookie,” she said. The former competitive bodybuilder and professional photographer started Love+Flour Bakery almost two years ago. Classic and inventive cookies—caramel-stuffed chocolate chip (yes, caramel.

Inside the damn cookie!)—cakes, pies, cinnamon rolls, brownies, doughnuts and chocolate-filled croissants are made to order through loveflourbakery.com and delivered directly to customers. Oblivion Comics & Coffee (1020 11th Street), Shift Coffee (1616 Del Paso Boulevard) and Folsom Grind (7610 Folsom-Auburn Road in Folsom) also sell Love+Flour goods. Ross hopes to open a storefront shop by the end of this year.

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St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, and we all know what that means—it’s time to dye every last drop of moisture a bright, shimmering green.

The cafeteria punch bowl. Your mom’s pool.

The White House fountains. The Chicago River.

Everything must turn green, including, wait … beer?

Now we’ve gone too far.

For those unfamiliar with green beer, the recipe is pretty basic: Drop a little blue food coloring into an empty glass, then pour in your choice of ale and let chemistry take over.

It may seem gimmicky, but the American invention of and fascination with green beer dates back more than a century. One of the earliest accounts from a 1914 newspaper describes a St. Patrick’s Day party in New York where the host altered the color of their beer using “wash blue,” a type of laundry whitener. Sounds … refreshing.

Despite green beer’s popularity, not all bartenders are into the idea of serving it to thirsty throngs on a day that’s supposedly all about traditional Irish culture.

“I think it’s silly,” says Pam Alfaro, who’s been bartending at de Vere’s Irish Pub for five years.

“You’re just putting food dye in your beer, there isn’t anything special about it … I don’t think they would do that in Ireland, so I wouldn’t think to do it here.”

David Walsh, also a de Vere’s bartender, doesn’t believe beer necessarily belongs in authentic, Irish-owned pubs, but it’s OK for dive bars or chains.

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“I think it is appropriate for certain spaces,” he says.

“I’m not talking about putting a hard ban on it.” de Vere’s is one of those Irish family owned pubs that doesn’t serve green beer. So what should people drink instead?

“Whiskey. Or Guinness,” Walsh says.

Alfaro also recommends Guinness, shots and really just any beer that isn’t green. “You can drink [regular] beer as long as you want and you won’t get as drunk, and I just think it’s better.”

Not everyone has the sense to watch what they imbibe during the holiday though. Having poured drinks for 17 years, Walsh has pretty much seen it all when it comes to St. Patrick’s Day crowds.

“I think it’s awesome that people get into it,” he says. “Unfortunately, [it’s one] of those ‘amateur hour’ drinking holidays where people who don’t normally drink a lot have stuff they wouldn’t normally drink, like whiskey and beer, and they mix them together and don’t have a great time with it. But then you also see the troopers and the professionals who are walking around with a jug of water and things like that.”

At the end of the day, no one’s saying you absolutely shouldn’t drink green beer. Even if it lacks class, or tastefulness or any real ties to traditional Irish culture, don’t let that stop you from slamming back a couple Shrek-hued pints on Sunday. Heck, you might even try pouring a little laundry whitener in there for good measure. St. Patrick’s Day is, after all, about making mistakes and never learning from them. Ω

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MUSIC THURSDAY, 3/14 BOOGiE A GO-GO HAPPY HOUr: Why stay in and listen to vinyl when you can go out and listen to vinyl? Go boogie at Boogie a Go-Go with DJ Annimal and Nina. 5pm, no cover. B-Side, 1430 S St.

BrAND X: Yet another band that Phil Collins isn’t in. Come hear some music from the original founders of the London jazz fusion band. 7pm, $40-$45. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

FALLOUt KiNGS: They’re nominated for a SAMMIE and they’re playing a $5 showcase with Stoneshiver, Juniper’s Sealion and more—they’re Fallout Kings. 6:30pm, $5. Holy Diver, 1517 21st St.

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Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

and on drums and vocals and stuff. They’re Grammy Award- and Latin Grammy Awardwinning artists. 7pm, $45. Ace of Spades, 1417 R St.

FRIDAY, 3/15 CHriS tOMLiN tHE HOLY rOAr tOUr: This show has not sold out yet. Join in the fun of Tomlin’s Christian music, and if you’re inclined, you can volunteer to sell merchandise at the event—for free! 7pm, $38.50-$69.50. Golden 1 Center, 500 David J. Stern Walk.

CHriS trAPPEr: Singer and songwriter Chris

Sac State Library room 2024, 10am, no cover Wikipedia can seem like a ubiquitous leviathan of faceless information, but it’s maintained by hundreds Art of thousands of actual, living humans. As a point of fact, those humans are predominantly male, so this event hopes to bring attention to the disparity and to encourage people of all gender backgrounds to provide their informed experiences into the largest encyclopedia in the world. Led

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ZOÉ: The Mexican rock band is playing on tour

by professors, attendees will get a primer on editing Wikipedia and spend some time improving feminism and art articles in the website. Being in a library, you’ll have access to reference materials, and you may find a new passion in refining a powerful, free resource. 6000 J Street, library.csus.edu/ spotlight-and-events/art-feminism -wikipedia-edit-thon-sac-state.

Trapper will be performing. You may know him for his song in August Rush, or just for his good attitude. 7pm, $20. The Side Door, 2900 Franklin Blvd.

JAY CritCH: New York produces a lot of things, including this hip-hop artist and hip-hop collaborator. Check him out with Ricobaby, Vendetta, Mari Mac and Mally Bandz. 7pm, $17-$77. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

SUGArBEASt: The rock band will be playing in the STAB! Comedy Theater, which is apparently not just for comedy any more. 8pm, $5. STAB! Comedy Theater, 1710 Broadway.

tiM FLANNErY AND tHE LUNAtiC FriNGE:

tiCKEt WiNDOW CROWDER David Crowder’s got three

or so Grammy nominations in Christian music categories, but no wins yet—maybe next year. Catch him outside at Cal Expo.

4/7, 6:30pm, $25-$45, on sale now. Papa Murphy’s Park, ticketmaster.com.

WILLIAM SHATNER Kirk to Mondavi—

yes, Shatner is headed to UC Davis for a night of audience Q&A with UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May following a showing of Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan.

5/11, 7pm, $27.50-$125, on sale now. Mondavi Center, tickets.mondaviarts.org.

BOTTLEROCK Napa is the valley, rock

is the genre and packed is the lineup. With Neil Young, Imagine Dragons, Mumford & Sons and plenty more, it’s a very exciting festival. 5/24-5/26, various times,

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Bluegrass is on the menu, as are all the things on the menu at the Sofia’s sumptuous bar. 7pm, $40. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts, 2700 Capitol Ave.

Buy tickets or don’t—my world won’t change at all.

$159-$359, on sale now. Napa Valley Expo, bottlerocknapavalley.com.

BRAD PAISLEY Playing with Chris Lane and Riley Green; get your Paisley on.

6/6, 7:30pm, $40-$90, on Toyota sale now. Toyota Amphitheater Amphitheater in Wheatland, Wheatland, ticketmaster.com.

SLIPKNOT LIPKNOT Heavy Heavy metal is on the bill on the bill at the Knotfest Knotfest Roadshow, as Roadshow, as Slipknot is joined joined

by Volbeat, Goljira Volbeat, Goljira and Behemoth.

Behemoth.

7/26, 5:30pm, $49.50-$139.50, on sale now.

Dream big, Neil.

Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, concerts1.livenation.com.

WARPED TOUR It’s the 25th year

of the tour, so come hear two days of music from artists such as and including: The Offspring, The AllAmerican American Rejects, Sum 41, Fishbone and and plenty more. 7/20-7/21, various times, $121, on sale now. Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, Amphitheater vanswarpedtour.com.

LYNYRD SKYNYRD Make

a sweet home in Wheatland while you watch this “Sweet Home Alabama” band on stage.

They also did “Free Bird” and some other songs. 8/17, 6pm, $29.50-$199.50, on sale now. Toyota Amphitheater in Wheatland, ticketmaster.com.

SATURDAY, 3/16 rAiNBOW GirLS AND MiSNEr & SMitH: It’s a double-billed evening, meaning it’s a real opportunity to see two acts who are equally good—two folk bands just playing folk music and sharing an evening of good-sounding, well-meaning music. 7:30pm, $15-$18. City of Davis Veterans Memorial Theater, 203 E. 14th St. in Davis.

DUO QUArtEt: Two times two is four, and four times is how many times you’ll want to listen to the music of Pam Delgado and Jeri Jones plus Chris Webster and Nina Gerber. 7pm, $35. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts, 2700 Capitol Ave.

HOUSE OF MArY AND ViNNiE GUiDErA: SAMMIE Nominee Red Alert! Two nominees are playing in one venue, I repeat, two nominees!

There’s indie group House of Mary and

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Vinnie Guidera, also indie. 7:30pm, $7. STAB! Comedy Theater, 1710 Broadway.

JiMMY BUFFEtt: There are still plenty of tickets for the parrotheads among us to catch Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band on his Son of a Son of a Sailor tour. Plenty of seats. Check out the highlight on page 8pm, $32.44-$267. Golden 1 Center, 500 David J. Stern Walk.

JOUrNEY rEViSitED: Aqua Nett is rounding out the evening with its ongoing tribute to hair metal bands while Journey Revisited is keeping the music of Journey alive and well—not like it needs much help. 9pm, $10-$15. Opera House Saloon Roseville, 411 Lincoln St. in Roseville.

rEALiStiC DOG MUSiC: Realistic Dog Music’s debut show also features music from Mallard and Zac Bauman, and you can find out where it is by asking the organizers on Facebook. 7:30pm, $5. Somewhere in Sacramento, revealed on request.

SO tHiS iS SUFFEriNG: This Is Suffering plays with Bears Among Men, Mugshot and more bands. Plus, it’s all ages. 7pm, $12. The Colony, 3512 Stockton Blvd.

SUNDAY, 3/17 AXE: It’s time for The Axe is Family tour with Axe, Amb, M.M.M.F.D., Sevidemic and more. 6:30pm, $13. Holy Diver, 1517 21st St.

BACHAtHON 2019: Time for more Bach than you may be accustomed to listening to in one sitting—three-and-a-half hours worth, all played on organ. The Sacramento chapter of the American Guild of Organists leads this event, and donations are accepted in pursuit of raising up talented new organists. 2pm, no cover. Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 2620 Capitol Ave.

JADE NOVAH: The R&B singer is traveling on her Cosmic Love tour, so come feel at one with the universe and hear some soulful music. 7:30pm, $15-$18. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

KAKi KiNG: She’s done a musical TED Talk, has a unique guitar technique and is critically acclaimed. Check out the guitar shredding, pounding and excitement that is King’s playing. 8:30pm, $30. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts, 2700 Capitol Ave.

NiCE MONStEr: Take in some free music from Nice Monster and buy some beer at this St. Patrick’s Day-themed event that also has Be Brave Bold Robot performing. 3pm, no cover. King Cong Brewing Company, 1709 Del Paso Blvd.

SACrAMENtO AUDiO WAFFLE #52: Noise is the music of the afternoon at Audio Waffle, so join Delayed Sleep, Cellista, Dancing Baby, Jolthrower, Medicine Cabinet, and Smite! for a coffee- and waffle-laden audible brunch.

Earplugs are provided. Noon, $8-$10. The Red Museum, 212 15th St.

St. PAtriCK’S DAY iN irELAND: Take to the Harris Center for an afternoon jam-packed with Irish music and culture. With dancers dancing, vocalists vocalizing and fiddlers fiddling, it’ll be a treat of a tribute to the green-tinged Isle. 2pm, $22-$38. Harris Center, 10 College Parkway in Folsom.

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ArtMix Masquerade crocker art museum, 6Pm, $10-$20

If the Phantom of the Opera were going to attend an ArtMix event at the Crocker, it MUSEUMS would mostly like be the ArtMix Masquerade. It’s got masks, it’s got intrigue, music and drama—everything you’ve come to expect from the Phantom. There will be tons of whimsy, music from Van Goat and Unwoman, live performances from Green Valley Theatre Company and ballroom dance classes. Dress to the 10s and see if you fit into the mask you were married in. 216 O Street, crockerart.org.

TUESDAY, 3/19 MEOW MEOW + THOMAS LAUDERDALE: The multitalented Meow Meow will be performing, as that’s what she does best and across many genres. She’s joined by Thomas Lauderdale, pianist extraordinaire. 7:30pm, $30-$50. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

ANDREW MCMAHON IN THE WILDERNESS: The album Upside Down Flowers is the reason McMahon is coming to town; that and the fact that he’s a touring musician. Check it out. 6pm, $32-$125. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St.

FESTIVALS THURSDAY, 3/14 SACRAMENTO QUILT, CRAFT AND SEWING FESTIVAL: Do you like seams, buttons and threads? Do you chafe at boring clothing, unadorned with patches or custom applique? You might be a perfect fit at this festival, with all kinds of supplies and exhibits from sewing vendors. There are classes you can attend, lessons you can learn, quilts you can plan and more fun. It runs through the weekend and tickets are valid for every day. 10am, $5-$10. Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Blvd.

SUNDAY, 3/17 SUSPIRIA: The 1977 horror film is back, and this time it’s personal. It was based on a Thomas De Quincey story from 1845 and spawned a recent sort-of remake in 2018. 7pm, $7.50$9.50. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

ETHAN PRINGLE PRESENTATION: The Pringler

$35. FreeStyle Clothing Exchange, 1107 Roseville Square in Roseville.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE: This Saturday, the Old Sacramento Waterfront will be dyed green with marchers’ outfits. There will be Celtic dancers and musicians leading the parade, along with historic reenactments and other folks celebration the culture of Ireland. Join in the greenest mob of people around. 11:30am, no cover. Old Sacramento Waterfront.

SUNDAY, 3/17 SAC COMIC-CON: The comic-inspired festival is back. There are talented voice artists showing up, including Greg Eagles, who voices Grim from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, as well as Cassandra Lee Morris, who you might recognize as the voice of Meghan McCracken from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. 10am, $10. Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Blvd.

Bicycle Tour is coming your way, so forget all your duties, oh yeah. Take in the best in bicycle craftspersonship, including exhibitions from some of the top bike crafters in the country and planet. Meet new builders, meet established builders and have the best time you can on two wheels. Noon, $18-$62. Sacramento Convention Center Complex, 1400 J St.

SATURDAY, 3/16 BRAZILIAN CARNAVAL SACRAMENTO: Brazil won’t be thousands of miles away come Saturday—it’s time for the Brazilian Center’s Carnaval celebration. There will be capoeira demonstrations, Brazilian food and drinks, Sambada, the Mistura Brasileira Samba Dance Company and more exciting festivities. Don’t miss out, just join in the fun so you don’t have to miss out. 5pm, no cover. CLARA, 2420 N St.

FREESTYLE CLOTHING EXCHANGE THRIFT STORE BUS TOUR: Join Freestyle Clothing Exchange for a bus tour that stops at thrift stores. Should be a very swanky way to thrift, and includes food and drinks. 9am,

TOUR DE HOPS: In conjunction with the Handmade Bicycle Show, this evening celebrates the best in beer, bikes and community. You can try some Bike Dog Brewing beer brewed for the show and check out vintage bicycles, music and more. 6:30pm, $5. Capital Hop Shop, 1431 I St.

SUNDAY, 3/17 ST. PATRICK’S DAY HIGH TEA: Take in a St. Patrick’s Day experience unlike many others—with a high tea. That means there’s some heartier fare, some tea and other excitement. Register in advance and tuck in. 1pm, $40. Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th St.

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ST. PATRICK’S DAY BASH: Join the Opera House Saloon for their yearly St. Patrick’s Day celebration. 10am, $10. Opera House Saloon Roseville, 411 Lincoln St. in Roseville.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY: Fox & Goose is bringing out The Pikeys and Bobby Waller for their Patty celebration. Things will get green as Tartan and Tweed join in the fun with their bagpiping. 9pm, $2-$10. Fox & Goose, 1001

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FRIDAY, 3/15 NAHBS 2019: The North American Handmade

in some samples of those foods as well as some raffles and lectures. 6pm, no cover. Sacramento Woodside SDA, 3300 Eastern Ave.

FRIDAY, 3/15 RAISING ARIZONA: Join in the raucous good time that is this Coen brother flick. Nicolas Cage stars with Holly Hunter in this story about a couple just trying to have a child in their life. Take in the film, some trivia and snacks. 7pm, no cover. Empire’s Comics Vault, 1120 Fulton Ave.

BIG IDEA THEATRE: Reborning. Check out our theater reviewer’s review of this disturbing and powerful piece of theater on page 25. Through 4/6. $12-$22. 1616 Del Paso Blvd.

CAPITAL STAGE: Vietgone. The 2016 winner of

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ON STAGE

himself is coming to Pipeworks to talk about his recent climbs, show some films and talk about his climbing Moonlight Buttress and Kintsugi. There’s also a Q&A with Pringle, so come with clever questions to make yourself seem insightful in front of strangers. Register in advance. 7pm, no cover. Pipeworks, 116 N. 16th St.

the Steinberg Award, Vietgone tells the story of two new Americans in the wake of the fall of Saigon and the love that blossoms between them. Through 4/14. $22-$47. 2215 J St.

CREST THEATRE: Capitol Steps-Make America Grin Again. The touring brigade of political mockery makers (no, not the politicians themselves) will share their musical take on the goings on in the United States. Saturday 3/16, 7:30pm. $47-$67. 1013 K St.

JEAN HENDERSON PERFORMING ARTS: Oliver!.

COMEDY

Join in the fun as Oliver and the people he interacts with sing London songs from Lionel Bart—a famous Londoner himself. Through 3/23. $20. 607 Pena Drive in Davis.

BLACKTOP COMEDY: Stand Up 101 Graduation Showcase with Keith Lowell Jensen. New comedians are graduating, and that means it’s time to see what kind of chops they’ve got. Keith Lowell Jensen will also be there— but not as a recently graduated stand-up comedian. Saturday 3/16, 8pm. $5. 3101 Sunset Blvd., Suite 6A in Rocklin.

KNOBS AND KNOCKERS: FREAK SHOW. Scream Queens Gorelesque share this evening of insidiously wild variety. With drag, burlesque and other performances, this is sure to be an evening that lets you wind down from the subtle grind of habit. Friday 3/15, 9pm. $20$30. 1023 Front St.

PUNCH LINE: Sacramento Comedy Showcase.

See what comedy is showcase-worthy at Punchline’s regularly scheduled show. Thursday 3/14, 8pm. $12. Ronny Chieng. Catch the Daily Show senior correspondent, sitcom star and stand-up comedian while you can. Through 3/16. $25-$35. Rikishi. In Your Face-All Ages with Parental Supervision. The professional wrestler is coming to Punch Line, but he won’t be wrestling—just talking about it.

It’s comedy meets WWE. Sunday 3/17, 3pm. $20. 2100 Arden Way, Suite 225.

MONDAVI CENTER-JACKSON HALL: An Evening with Greg Miller. Washington Post reporter Greg Miller is on the national security beat there—but there’s so much more he fills his time with. He wrote a book called The Apprentice: Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy, he makes videos and he was a UC Davis alum.

Catch him as he returns to his alma mater to talk. Tuesday 3/19, 7pm. $25. 1 Shields Ave. in Davis.

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SACRAMENTO COMEDY SPOT: The Friday

The Beaux Stratagem. Catch another England period piece after you see Oliver!

This one is about two eligible bachelors attempting to find love and money, not in that order. Through 3/17. $10-$18. 3835 Freeport Boulevard.

Show. This show is named after the day of the week it falls on, which is helpful. See sketches, improv and more from TFS cast members. Friday 3/15, 9pm. $12. 1050 20th St., Suite 130.

TOMMY T’S COMEDY CLUB: Melanie Comarcho.

The Inglewood comedian will be sharing some insights about the silliness of everyday life. Through 3/17. $10-$20. 12401 Folsom Blvd. in Rancho Cordova.

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FOOD & DRINK FRIDAY, 3/15 MAGIC OF MUSIC: Sacramento Youth Symphony musicians will be playing music, but there will also be food, drinks and fund-raising activities, include the ever-popular silent auction. Come support local young musicians in their meteoric rise to success. 6pm, $40. Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 6151 H St.

SUSHI SUCCESS: Hear from Taro Arai as he shares the story of Mikuni restaurants and what it took to get them started. If you pay attention, take notes and learn from it, maybe you can start your own successful sushi company. 11:30am, $25-$45. Cameron Park Country Club, 3201 Royal Drive in Cameron Park.

SATURDAY, 3/16 JOY OF LIVING COOKING SCHOOL JEWISH DISHES: What better place to learn to cook Jewish dishes than a Seventh Day Adventist Church? Show up and see how to cook a sampling of Jewish foods, and partake

SATURDAY, 3/16

Black Lives Matter Sacramento Open Meeting North LaguNa PubLic Library, 6Pm, No cover

Two days before the anniversary of Stephon Clark’s death, Black Lives Matter Sacramento will hold a public meeting and reception to TAKE ACTION discuss its goals and efforts, and to have a discourse with the community at large. It’s an opportunity to learn about BLM’s fight for justice for people of color, and to join Sacramentans fighting to end institutional violence and disenfranchisement of black people. There will be food and snacks after the discussion—show up to support, listen and act. 7400 Imagination Parkway, facebook.com/BlackLivesMatterSac

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SoFia tSaKoPouLoS Center For tHe artS: A

Brazilian Carnaval Sacramento CLARA, 5pm, no CoveR

Brazil won’t be thousands of miles away come Saturday—it’ll be in Sacramento, because it’s time for the Brazilian Center PHoto courteSy oF alan BlacKBurn for Cultural Exchange of Sacramento’s Carnaval celebration. There will be capoeira demonstrations, Brazilian food and drinks, Sambada, the Mistura Brasileira Samba Dance Company FeStivaLS and more exciting festivities. It’s the ninth year of the event, and the theme is “Save the Amazon.”

Come join in the revelry and see what the Brazilian Center has to offer. 5pm, no cover. 2420 N Street, facebook.com/ braziliancarnavalsacramento/events.

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Doll’s House Part 2. If you’re like me, you read Henrik Ibsen in high school English class. If you’re also like me, you never thought Ibsen would come up again ever, but now there’s a sequel to A Doll’s House and I need to study up again. through 4/4. $28-$47. DELIVERED Sacramento. This evening bring stories from the delivery room and beyond into the spotlight. There will be stories from real people and their experiences in reproductive health. If you’ve got a story to share, you could do that here. Saturday 3/16, 8pm. $12. 2700 Capitol Ave.

tHe Geery tHeater: Once More, with Feeling!.

Buffy isn’t just slaying vampires, she’s also killing her solos and hitting all the notes in this recreation of the Buffy musical episode. through 3/16. $10-$15. 2130 L St.

Sierra 2 Center For tHe artS: We Got Talent 2! Sacramento Talent Showcase.

Sacramentans all have talent hidden away somewhere in a musty trunk or in a zipto-lock bag in the tank of our low-flow toilet—this show puts those talents to the test, featuring local celebrity judges, a $500 prize and proceeds for the Haiti Early Learning Project. through 3/16. $10$25. 2791 24th St.

art GoLd Country artiStS GaLLery: Featured Artists Reception. Karen Hunziker, Carol Clark and Roger Lanzini are the featured artists, with art ranging from mixed media to landscape photography. Saturday 3/16, 5:30pm. no cover. 379 Main St. in Placerville.

SaC State LiBrary: Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon at Sacramento State. Help shift Wikipedia’s troubled gender gap into the 21st century at this edit-a-thon, featured on page 28. 10am, no cover. Room 2024, 6000 J St.

SaCramento Fine artS Center: Magnum Opus 30. Steve Memering judges this exhibit of original art from local and non-local artists.

All mediums you can think of will be present. through 3/17. no cover. 5330 Gibbons Drive, Suite B in Carmichael.

SaCramento CentraL LiBrary: “Vanquishing the Invisible” Photographic Exhibit of Women Veterans. James R. Morrison’s photography features the often lookedover lives of women veterans in Northern California. through 3/15. no cover. 828 I St.

temPLe KuKuri: USAATO Natural Clothing Exhibition and Market. Usabro Sato will share his exhibition of natural clothing at Temple Kukuri. Check it out Saturday or Sunday at 11 a.m. through 3/17. no cover. 10723 Fair Oaks Blvd. in Fair Oaks.

verGe Center For tHe artS: Juma Sacramento Bright Futures. Support Juma Sacramento and their programs at the Verge. There will be voices from youth lifted up by the program, food, drink, raffle

prizes, games and more. Come support the program that seeks to end the poverty cycle. thursday 3/14, 6pm. $50. 625 S St.

muSeumS CaLiFornia automoBiLe muSeum: Sunday Drives. The vintage cars are back, and they’re headed for some auspicious, audacious rides in Downtown Sacramento. Sundays 10am, through 6/16. $5-$10. 2200 Front St.

CroCKer art muSeum: ArtMix Masquerade.

Check out the event highlight on page 29, and get ready to get anonymous. thursday 3/14, 6pm. $10-$20. Baby Loves Art. Attention babies who are a year and a half or younger: If you can read, first of all, congrats, because that’s impressive, especially at your young age—and secondly, you are invited to join other babies in the Crocker, taking in art and a new experience. Could be fun—free with admission. 10:30am. Through 3/19. $6-$12. 216 O St.

SaCramento CHiLdren’S muSeum: Shamrock Shimmy. Take in St. Patrick’s Day the way it was intended: hanging out in a museum, playing and having a wholesome time. Friday 3/15, 6pm. no cover. 2701 Prospect Park Drive, Suite 120 in Rancho Cordova.

Saturday, 3/16

Jimmy Buffett Golden 1 Center, 8pm, $32.44-$267

Few artists are as deeply entwined with the margarita as Jimmy Buffett—between his song “Margaritaville” and his brand Margaritaville, the Music tequila-lime beverage has help propel Buffett to success in numerous arenas.

This week he’s celebrating the musical side of his business with the Coral Reefer Band, bringing songs to parrotheads in the Sacramento region. Stop by and see if his voice still holds up—and consider buying a margarita from a vendor. 500 David J Stern Walk, golden1center.com.

SPOrtS & OutdOOrS Saturday, 3/16 uGLY DOJO PREsENTs RiVER ciTY RuMBLE LiVE PRO WREsTLiNG: Join the Ugly Dojo for professional wrestling in the city of West Sacramento. There’s a smattering of different skill levels and new stars, so come take in the pageantry. 5:30pm, $10. River City High School, 1 Raider Lane in West Sacramento.

Sunday, 3/17 VERNAL POOL cRiTTER WALKs: Vernal pools in Mather Field are chock full of water, and inside that water are small animals and plants, along with larger animals that come to eat the smaller animals. Walk on by to see the situation. 10am, $5. Splash Education Center, 4426 Excelsior Road in Mather Field.

takE aCtiOn Saturday, 3/16 BLAcK LiVEs MATTER sAcRAMENTO OPEN MEETiNG: Join Black Lives Matter Sacramento at their open meeting, featured on page 29. 6pm, no cover. North Laguna Public Library, 7400 Imagination Parkway.

mOnday, 3/18 ONE YEAR LATER! TAKE THEsE sTREETs FOR sTEPHON cLARK!: A year after the unarmed Stephon Clark was shot to death by police officers, this march and vigil shines a light on the memory of Clark and his name and seeks justice for him. 6pm, no cover. Meadowview Light Rail Station, Meadowview Road and Tisdale Way, march to Meadowview Park.

VOicEs OF THE PAssED sTRONG WOMEN WHO MADE A DiFFERENcE iN ROcKLiN: Learn about women who have influenced the course of Rocklin’s history for the better with the Rocklin Friends of the Library and the Rocklin Historical Society’s celebration of Women’s History Month. 6:30pm, no cover. Old St. Mary’s Chapel, 5251 Front St. in Rocklin.

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wEdnESday, 3/20 cALiFORNiA cANNABis iNDusTRY AssOciATiON 4TH ANNuAL POLicY cONFERENcE: See what’s cooking in the cannabis industry at this policy conference. Take in some workshops, network and more. 9am, $250. Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, 1230 J St.

CLaSSES Saturday, 3/16 BOARD GAME WORKsHOP: Join a testing workshop of the new board game Bike Route Sacramento. 1pm, no cover. J Crawford’s Books, 5301 Freeport Blvd., Suite 200.

RAisiNG BAcKYARD cHicKENs: Do you have what it takes to raise chickens in your backyard? The sheer mental fortitude, the gall, the iron will and indomitable spirit?

Can you see yourself feeding the chickens, heaving a backbreaking load of seed onto your shoulder, toiling into the tortured hours of the morning without any sleep, then forcing yourself to get up and do it all again the next day? Then come join Greg Howes and Brian Fikes for this fun primer on raising chickens in your yard. 9am, $35. Soil Born Farms’ American River Ranch Schoolhouse, 2140 Chase Drive in Rancho Cordova.

mOnday, 3/18 MAKE YOuR OWN MOON KiT: The science is out on whether the moon actually exists, but you can make your own moon kit at this class that lets you grow most fully from the experience of the full moon. Bring a pillow and blanket, and I was kidding earlier, the moon exists. 6:30pm, $50-$65. Verge Center for the Arts, 625 S St.

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tuESday, 3/19 LEARN AND sHOP cLAss: Want your garden to be pollinated? Of course you do—that’s like half the point of having a garden! Get some teaching from Rachel Davis as she leads you through some demonstration gardens and learn about pollen, pollinators and all that jazz. 10am, $12-$30. UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery, 920 Garrod Drive in Davis.

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KeDD-e’s Dirty F’n 30 Party, 9pm, no cover

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Fonty, the New Crowns, the Countermen and more, 7pm, $10

1400 AlHAMbRA blvD., (916) 455-3400 9426 GREENbAck lN., ORANGEvAlE, (916) 358-9116

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Capitol Fridays, 10pm, no cover before 10:30pm

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Faces Karaoke, 9pm, call for cover

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Robbie Thayer, 8pm, call for cover

Fox & goose

Michael B. Justis, 8pm, no cover

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Kafe Con Leche Party, call for time and cover

B.P.M. & Sunday Funday Remixed, 4pm, call for cover

Trapicana, 10pm, W, call for cover

Stormcasters, 9:30pm, no cover

St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, 10am, no cover

Open-Mic, 7:30pm, W, no cover; Monday Night Trivia, 6:30pm, M, no cover Creux Lies, Actors, Bootblacks and DJ Dada, 8pm, W, $10

Bit Crusher Family Vacation 3 Ticket Release Party, 7pm, $5

Smash Into Pieces, Worst Friends Forever and more, 7pm, $10

Boundaries, Castaway, Smack’d Up, A Waking Memory and more, 7pm, W, $10

Dinner and a Drag Show, 7:30pm, $5$25; Karaoke, 9:30pm, call for cover

Boot Scootin Sundays, 8pm, $5

Geeks Who Drink, 8:30pm, W, no cover

The Capitol Steps, 7:30pm, $42.30-$67

Suspiria, 7pm, $7.50-$9.50

Meow Meow & Thomas Lauderdale, 7:30pm, T, $30-$50

Sequin Saturday, 9:30pm, call for cover

St. Patrick’s Day, call for time, no cover

Noche Latina, 9pm, T, no cover before 10pm

The Pikeys, 8pm, call for cover

St. Paddy’s Day Street Party, 6am, call for cover

The Dive Bar Bombers, the Brangs and Carly DuHain, 9pm, $5

Sea Legs, Ryan Thompson & the Delicate St. Patrick’s Day with the Pikeys and Hounds and more, 9pm, $5 Bobby Waller, 9pm, $5

Chris Tomlin, 7pm, $18-$69.50

Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band, 8pm, $32.44-$267

Scoles & Young, 9pm, call for cover

Rogue, 9pm, $10

hArlow’s

Brand X, 7pm, $40-$45

Jay Critch, Ricobaby, Vendetta, Mari Mac and Mally Bandz, 7pm, $17-$77

Metalachi, Whiskey & Stitches and Flip the Switch, 9pm, $15-$17

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with Worst Friends Forever 7pm Sunday, $10 The Boardwalk Hard rock

Spectacular Saturdays, 7pm, call for cover

College Night, 10pm, call for cover

2708 J ST., (916) 441-4693

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Addalemon, 2pm, no cover

hAlFTime BAr & grill

5681 lONETREE blvD., ROcklIN, (916) 626-3600

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LIGHT // SOUND, 7pm, no cover

Burly Backyard BBQ 5 w/ Gold Souls, House of Mary and more, 2pm, no cover

2014 DEl PASO blvD., (916) 333-3879

2000 k ST., (916) 448-7798

Open-Mic Night, 7:30pm, M, no cover

Let’s Get Quizzical, 7pm, T, no cover; Cornhole, 6pm, W, no cover Jade Novah, 7:30pm, $15-$18

Shitshow Karaoke, 8pm, M, no cover; Record Roundup, 8pm, T, no cover

Happy Hour, noon, no cover

2565 FRANklIN blvD., (916) 455-1331

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Trivia Factory, 7pm, M, no cover; Cards Against Humanity, 7pm, W, no cover

Cuffin, 9pm, $5

1910 Q ST., (916) 706-2465

holy diver 1517 21ST ST.

Stoneshiver, Fallout Kings, Juniper’s Sealion and more, 6pm, $5

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Mike Musial, 7pm, no cover

1217 21ST ST., (916) 440-0401

Mom Jeans, Mover Shaker, King of Heck and Snooze, 6:30pm, $15-$17

Rivers of Nihil, Entheos, Conjurer, Wolf King, Up In Smoke, 6:30pm, $15-$17

Axe, Amb, M.M.M.F.D., Sevidemic, ScrubBlud and more, 6:30pm, $13

Icarus Falling, Consumnes Rendevous, Urbanation and more, 6pm, T, no cover

St. Patrick’s Day, call for time, no cover

Live Music with Kyle Rowland, 5pm, T, no cover

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$5 corned beef ‘n cabbage and amazing drink specials all day $1.5 wells 8-10pm $1 green beers & more

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Clemón, Jill Jones and Weathered Souls, 8pm, $8-$12

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The Undercover Dream Lovers and Sam Eliot Stern, 6:30pm, $10-$12

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Henry Crook Bird and Banjo Duug, 7:30pm, $5

Keys & Vices and Asummer Alive, 9pm, $6

St. Patty’s Day Eve We Are Your Friends Dance Club, 9pm, $5

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MOnday-Wednesday 3/18-20 Jazz Jam with Byron Colburn, 8pm, T, $5

Shawn James and Fever Feel, 8pm, $10-$12

That 1 Guy, 8pm, T, $15; Watermelon Slim, 6:30pm, W, $15-$20 Live Music with Heath Williamson, 5:30pm, M, no cover

A World Without with Impurities and Alta Luna, 8pm, $10

13 MaIn sT., WInTers, (530) 795-1825

Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands, 8pm, $18-$22

George Cole Trio, 8pm, $18-$22

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The Blue Lights, 8pm, call for cover

Old Mule, 8pm, call for cover

St. Patrick’s Day with O’Connell Street, 8pm, call for cover

Rockology, 10pm, call for cover

Cheesballs, 10pm, call for cover

Val Starr St. Patty’s Day Bash, 3pm, call for cover

Karaoke, 8:30pm, T, call for cover; 98 Rock Local Licks, 9pm, W, call for cover

Pop 40 Dance with DJ Larry, 9pm, $5

Sunday Night Dance Party, 9pm, no cover

High Fidelity: Vinyl Night, 9pm, M, no cover

Big Sticky Mess, 9pm, no cover

The Mindful, 9pm, no cover

Alex Jenkins, 9pm, no cover

Pete Alexander, 10pm, no cover before 11pm

Get Luck w/ DJ Thomas Young, 10pm, no cover before 10:30pm

James Harkins Live, 7:30pm, $5-$10

St. Patty’s Day Bash, 8pm, $5

St. Patty’s Day, 2pm, no cover-$10

Mystic Roots, 6pm, $5-$7

Nothin’ Personal, 2pm, $5-$8

The Spazmatics and Garratt Wilkin Trio, noon, $5-$7

Hot Roux, 9pm, $8

Element Brass Band and the Voodoo Cabaret, 9pm, $10

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Punk Rock Pizza Party w/ the O’Mulligans, the Enlows and more, 8pm, $5-$10

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Country Thunder Thursdays, 9pm, no cover

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Andrew McMahon with Flor 6pm Tuesday, $32-$125 Ace of Spades Alternative rock

College Night Wednesdays, 9pm, W, $5-$10

Blueberry Open Jazz Jam w/ The Ice Age Jazztet, 8pm, T, no cover

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Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Flor and Grizfolk, 6pm, T, $32-$125

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So This is Suffering, Bears Among Men, Mugshot and more, 8pm, $12

Time of Chaos, Choke, Endless Yawn and more, 7pm, W, $7

August Jazz Band, 8pm, $10

The Backburners and Wellsville, 8pm, $8

Speak Out Sacramento Open-Mic Night, 8pm, W, no cover

3512 sTOcKTOn Blvd., (916) 718-7055

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Jesus & the Dinosaurs, Pisscat, Me Gustas and more, 8pm, call for cover

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Ryan Maddux fires up the torch in his work shop.

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Brothers Justin and Ryan Maddux forge functional pieces through the art of glass blowing

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a jet stream of bright light emanates from a blazing torch as Ryan Maddux peers at a rod of molten glass through the black lens of his safety glasses.

He carefully rotates the glass rod in circles, ensuring an even coat of heat before he lowers it from the flames and presses the rod against a paddle for a moment, shaping it flat before moving it back up to the torch to keep the piece from cooling.

As a professional glass blower, Maddux had just a few more days to finish all the pipes, bongs, chillums and bubblers that he could before the Glass Vegas Expo, an annual glass art trade show in February.

“It’s a tough medium,” Maddux says. “It’s glass and you’re heating it up, and if you don’t heat it right, it can crack and break and go in the garbage and it’s done. I’ve lost so many pieces.

I’ve invested days, hours and it can really kick you in the pants.”

Ryan and his brother Justin Maddux are the owners and operators of Broham Smoke Shop on Freeport Boulevard in Sacramento. What makes this particular store unique is that around 60 percent of the glassware they sell is hand-blown by one of them.

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the anniversary party is still on their to-do list. They worked on their craft for nearly 20 years before opening their own shop.

“My brother and I were musicians, so glass blowing was what we did during the day so that we could make our money and then get to band practice,” Ryan says. “When our band started to fall apart, that was when I was like ‘We should do this.’”

The brothers started their business, blowing pipes and various glass smoking devices and selling them wholesale to nearly 20 different smoke shops in Northern California.

“I’m not a very good traditional artist,” Justin says. “But I do consider myself artistic, so it was the first time I was able to actually do something with art that I was proud enough to show others and thought potentially that I could maybe support myself.”

He says he knew what he wanted to do ever since he saw his first glass pipe in the parking lot of a Grateful Dead show when he was 15. In those days, the vast majority of pipes were wooden, clay or metal. He remembers visiting a friend in Fair Oaks and going to the Sunflower for a burger.

“I go on back and they’re blowing glass,” Justin says. He was blown away.

“They just had this torch going, they were like, ‘What, you wanna try?’” Justin recalls. “Super nervous, hands sweaty, I finally managed to squeak out a piece.”

He says the heat was part of the initial appeal. “It was frightening and beautiful and creative all at the same time.”

Ryan says the friends they apprenticed under originally picked up the art from a traveling glass blower they met at a party, who taught them in exchange for a room and pay.

“This was probably ’98,” Ryan says. “It was very underground. People weren’t, you know, forthcoming with their techniques and stuff so it was hard to acquire these skills and information. You had to pay somebody. It

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“Now you can watch someone go live on Instagram,” Ryan says. “There’s tons of clips on YouTube now. You can watch wasn’t as common of a thing, especially your favorite famous artist do his special the whole pipe-making thing.” technique. I mean, you still have to spend Ryan says that glass-blowing some time to develop the artists and pipe-makers technique, but the lessons didn’t always get along. are out there. It’s “If you were a glass more accessible than artist and not a pipeit used to be.”

“Really, the initial maker you kind of Still, after looked down on draw of it was the fire. nearly 20 years pipe makers,” he behind the torch, It was frightening and says. “Now these Ryan says he’s glass blowers beautiful and creative all at still evolving as have proven a glass artist. the same time.” themselves to be “I tell you it’s these amazing, Justin Maddux still a challenge talented artists glass artist, co-owner of Broham and I love the and now [there’s] Smoke Shop challenge,” Ryan artists like Robert says. “It pushes me Mickelsen, who’s to be better and I’m a very famous glass always just in life striving blower. He’s now collaboratto be better. I always want ing with all these young, glass-pipe to be growing and glass is perfect for artists and they’re making incredible art. something like that.” Ω Now it’s still functional art. I mean it’s still a pipe, but it’s art.”

The brothers say they watched the art of glass blowing blossom in Sacramento from 10 people to a community of as many as 60 artists. Ryan says Sacramento’s summer heat keeps the See Justin and Ryan Maddux’s original glass pieces at craft’s popularity in check, but the Broham Smoke Shop, 4643 Freeport Boulevard; (916) brothers both credit social media for 456-7473, visit bro-ham.com for more info. showcasing their art to new audiences.

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Dealing with death

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Last year I dated a 60-year-old man, we had an ok relationship, but he died this year from cancer. I’m not sure what to do next. why date someone only to lose him, whether by death or a breakup, and have to start from scratch again?

You may not realize it but your question is born of grief. The man you cared for, with whom you shared a portion of yourself and your life, has died. Now, heartbreak clouds your perspective.

That’s why you cannot imagine a future in which love will prevail. The overwhelming hopelessness you feel about dating is not a sign that you should give it up. Your emotions are shielding you, giving you time to heal.

Feelings can be so strong that we imagine they are accurate and should be obeyed. But feelings are often strong to grab our attention. Your sadness indicates that self-care must be a priority. It’s a good time to schedule a massage, to walk along the Sacramento or American river, to eat healthy meals that respect your body’s nutritional needs, to transform your bedroom into a haven for a good night’s rest.

Forget advice such as: “The best way to get over someone is to get under someone else.” A hookup under current circumstances is simply using someone without compassion for their emotional needs. It’s kinder to tend to yourself until your grief dissipates, or you make a conscious choice to release grief and follow that decision with aligned actions. At that point, you will be starting from scratch, creating a new relationship with the you who rises from the ashes of the past.

Can you see? We’re always creating relationships from scratch if we are growing toward becoming more fully ourselves. As you find more room to express what is in your heart and begin to live it, your relationships will go from “just OK” to something beautiful.

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My wife complains that I don’t listen to her. It pisses me off when she says it but I’ll admit I’ve heard this before. how can I become a better listener?

Quiet your internal monologue. It’s difficult to listen if your self-talk occupies too much head space. So develop a daily practice of bringing your awareness to the conversations you have with yourself.

This can be as simple as sitting in your car while the engine warms, closing your eyes and breathing deeply for three minutes.

As you do, pay attention to reoccurring thoughts, particularly critical ones. Decide which to embrace and which to let go.

Ask yourself: What happens in my mind when my wife is talking? Perhaps you’re constructing an argument. Not in response to her, but rather something you wish you had said to someone else that day. Your mind drifts because you feel safe in your wife’s presence in a way you did not feel safe earlier when you kept silent. When your mind wanders during a conversation with your wife, tell her.

Speak up before she catches you distancing. Doing so will prove you are making an effort to change. Ω

MeDItatIon oF the week “Do not bring people into your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts … good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt.

They’re not painful. That’s not just with someone you want to marry, but it’s with the friends you choose,” says Michelle Obama. Have you invested in developing your conflict resolution skills?

Write, email or leave a message for Joey at the News & Review. Give your name, telephone number (for verification purposes only) and question—all correspondence will be kept strictly confidential.

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might be a good time to acquire a flamethrower. It would come in handy if you felt the urge to go to a beach and incinerate mementos from an ex-ally. It would also be useful if you wanted to burn stuff that reminds you of who you used to be and don’t want to be any more, or if you got in the mood to set ablaze symbols of questionable ideas you used to believe in but can’t afford to believe in any more. If you don’t want to spend $1,600 on a flamethrower, just close your eyes for ten minutes and visualize yourself performing acts of creative destruction like those I mentioned.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus aphorist Olivia Dresher writes that she would like to be “a force of nature,” but “not causing any suffering.” The way I interpret her longing is that she wants to be wild, elemental, uninhibited, primal, raw, pure—all the while without inflicting any hurt or damage on herself or anyone else. In accordance with your astrological omens, that’s a state I encourage you to embody in the coming weeks. If you’re feeling extra smart—which I suspect you will—you could go even further.

You may be able to heal yourself and others with your wild, elemental, uninhibited, primal, raw, pure energy.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In some major cities, the buttons you push at a crosswalk don’t actually work to make the traffic light change faster.

Pushing the “close door” buttons in many elevators also doesn’t have any effect. Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer says these buttons are like placebos that give you “the illusion of control.” I bring this phenomenon to your attention in hopes of inspiring you to scout around for comparable things in your life. Is there any situation where you imagine you have power or influence, but probably don’t? If so, now is an excellent time to find out—and remedy that problem.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Philip Boit was born and raised in Kenya, where it never snows except on the very top of Mount Kenya. Yet he represented his country in cross-country skiing events at the Winter Olympics in 2002 and 2006. How did he do it? He trained up north in snowy Finland. Meanwhile, Kwame NkrumahAcheampong competed for Ghana in the slalom in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Since there was no snow in his homeland, he practiced his skills in the French Alps. These two are your role models for the coming months. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’ll have the potential to achieve success in tasks and activities that may not seem like a natural fit.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the process of casting for his movie The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, director David Fincher considered selecting A-list actress Scarlet Johansson to play the heroine. But ultimately he decided she was too sexy and radiant. He wanted a pale, thin, tougher-looking actress, whom he found in Rooney Mara. I suspect that in a somewhat similar way, you may be perceived as being too much something for a role you would actually perform quite well. But in my astrological opinion, you’re not at all too much. In fact, you’re just right. Is there anything you can do—with full integrity—to adjust how people see you and understand you without diluting your brightness and strength?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 1993, an English gardener named Eric Lawes used his metal detector to look for a hammer that his farmer friend had lost in a field. Instead of the hammer, he found the unexpected: a buried box containing 15,234 old Roman silver and gold coins worth more than $4 million today. I bring this to your attention because I suspect that you, too, will soon discover something different from what you’re searching for. Like the treasure Lawes located, it might even be more valuable than what you thought you wanted.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover,” wrote author James Baldwin. “If I love you, I

have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.” To fully endorse that statement, I’d need to add two adverbs. My version would be, “The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to kindly and compassionately make you conscious of the things you don’t see.” In accordance with current astrological omens, I recommend that you enthusiastically adopt that mission during the coming weeks. With tenderness and care, help those you care about to become aware of what they’ve been missing—and ask for the same from them toward you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): For thousands of generations, our early ancestors were able to get some of the food they needed through a practice known as persistence hunting. They usually couldn’t run as fast as the animals they chased. But they had a distinct advantage: They could keep moving relentlessly until their prey grew exhausted. In part that’s because they had far less hair than the animals, and thus could cool off better. I propose that we adopt this theme as a metaphor for your life in the coming weeks and months. You won’t need to be extra fast or super ferocious or impossibly clever to get what you want. All you have to do is be persistent and dogged and disciplined.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Wompsi’kuk Skeesucks Brooke is a Native American woman of the Mohegan tribe. According to her description of Mohegan naming traditions, as reported by author Elisabeth Pearson Waugaman, “Children receive names that are descriptive. They may be given new names at adolescence, and again as they go through life according to what their life experiences and accomplishments are.” She concludes that names “change as the individual changes.” If you have been thinking about transforming the way you express and present yourself, you might want to consider such a shift. 2019 will be a favorable time to at least add a new nickname or title. And I suspect you’ll have maximum inspiration to do so in the coming weeks.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): For many of us, smell is our most neglected sense. We see, hear, taste and feel with vividness and eagerness, but allow our olfactory powers to go underused. In accordance with astrological omens, I hope you will compensate for that dearth in the coming weeks. There is subtle information you can obtain—and in my opinion, need quite strongly—that will come your way only with the help of your nose. Trust the guidance provided by scent.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Essayist Nassim Nicholas Taleb says humans come in three types: fragile, robust or antifragile. Those who are fragile work hard to shield themselves from life’s messiness. The downside? They are deprived of experiences that might spur them to grow smarter. As for robust people, Taleb believes they are firm in the face of messiness.

They remain who they are even when they’re disrupted. The potential problem? They may be too strong to surrender to necessary transformations. If you’re the third type, antifragile, you engage with the messiness and use it as motivation to become more creative and resilient. The downside? None. In accordance with the astrological omens, I urge you to adopt the antifragile approach in the coming weeks.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In 2014, NASA managed to place its MAVEN spacecraft into orbit around Mars. The cost of the mission was $671 million. Soon thereafter, the Indian government put its own vehicle, the Mangalyaan, into orbit around the Red Planet. It spent $74 million. As you plan your own big project, I recommend you emulate the Mangalyaan rather than the MAVEN. I suspect you can do great things— maybe even your personal equivalent of sending a spacecraft to Mars—on a relatively modest budget.

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