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Meet the women who are breaking the local beer industry’s glass ceiling.

editor’s note letters essay + streetalk greenlight 15 minutes news feature arts + culture stage

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Rosemarie Beseler, Kimberly Bordenkircher, Mike Cleary, Tom Downing, Marty Fetterley, Chris Fong, Ron Forsberg, Julian Lang, Calvin Maxwell, Greg Meyers, John Parks, Perdea Rich, Lloyd Rongley, Lolu Sholotan, Carlton Singleton, Viv Tiqui N&R Publications Managing Editor Laura Hillen Associate Publications Editor Derek McDow

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Editor Foon Rhee News Editor Raheem F. Hosseini Managing Editor Mozes Zarate Staff Reporter Scott Thomas Anderson Copy Editor Steph Rodriguez Calendar Editor Maxfield Morris Contributing Editor Rachel Leibrock Editorial Assistant Rachel Mayfield Contributors Ngaio Bealum, Amy Bee, Rob Brezsny, Aaron Carnes, Jim Carnes, Joey Garcia, Kate Gonzales, Howard Hardee, Ashley Hayes-Stone, Jim Lane, Chris Macias, Ken Magri, James Raia, Patti Roberts, Shoka, Stephanie Stiavetti, Dylan Svoboda, Bev Sykes, Graham Womack Contributing Photographers Lucas Fitzgerald, Jon Hermison Creative Services Manager Elisabeth Bayard-Arthur Art Directors Sarah Hansel, Maria Ratinova Publications Designer Katelynn Mitrano Publications and Advertising Designer Nikki Exerjian Ad Designers Naisi Thomas, Cathy Arnold

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The long-awaited railyards project on the edge of downtown Sacramento is still mostly vacant land, but it’s about to rise.

In the buzz about the Sacramento railyards as the next game-changing development, it’s all about the state-of-the-art medical center, the new county courthouse and, especially, a sparkling soccer stadium.

What isn’t talked about as much may also turn out to be crucial to its success—a school.

Bill Mueller, executive director of Valley Vision, says good schools are essential to more housing downtown, as well as a key component of “20-minute neighborhoods,” the urban design principle that everything you need for daily life is within walking or bicycling distance.

The Sacramento City Unified School District says it has an agreement with the railyards developer for a K-6 or K-8 school, once there are enough students. But for parents to be confident enough to send their kids to that school, the district needs to fix its finances and make peace with the teachers’ union, which held a one-day strike on April 11.

The railyards plan approved by the City Council in 2016 calls for 6,000 to 10,000 housing units, predicts a potential need for new schools and says that developers would be expected to pay impact fees to help build them. The plan also points out that because it’s an urban infill site, a typical suburban school won’t work. Instead, a school would have to be multi-story with small playgrounds, perhaps even on the roof.

The 244-acre site on the edge of downtown is the former home of Union Pacific Railroad’s railyards, the largest west of the Mississippi.

As big as the existing central business district, it has long been billed as one of the nation’s largest infill development sites.

After decades of false hopes and false starts, it’s still mostly vacant land, except for fences, a few piles of dirt and the faded-brick rail shops.

The new roads are dead ends.

So you really have to use your imagination to see what the railyards could become, anchored by several signature projects: A new $499 million, 543,000-square-foot Sacramento County Courthouse is set to open in 2023. Kaiser Permanente has finalized its land purchase for a 1.2-million-square-foot medical center scheduled to open in 2024.

And Sacramento Republic FC pans to build a 20,000-seat stadium, plus an entertainment district on the surrounding 17 acres—if it joins Major League Soccer. That appears likely, though the timing is still up in the air.

After MLS owners met April 18, the league announced that it will add three teams and pick two cities probably in late July, and invited Sacramento to make a formal bid.

Mayor Darrell Steinberg and the City Council want the MLS team and stadium badly enough they voted unanimously April 9 to invest $33 million in tax rebates, fee waivers and infrastructure financing. Steinberg stresses, however, that the city money isn’t just for the $252 million stadium, but also the entertainment district with private investment totaling nearly $1 billion.

The railyards developer, LDK Ventures, is trying to raise the project’s profile, with a new online “tour” launched last month that highlights what is planned for each of the five areas, including shops, restaurants, a hotel and parks.

The tour doesn’t mention schools. For home buyers, stores and amenities are important. But quality schools still matter, too. Ω Photo by Foon Rhee

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SN&R has gone adrift Re: “30 years of SN&R covers” by Foon Rhee (Feature, April 11): The recent announcement of SN&R’s 30 years in print said there had been no changes in core values. Good. But the content is becoming less interesting and relevant to many of us.

The name of this publication, as well as the goal to publish a “top-flight news and entertainment” weekly, seems to have gone adrift. How is adding a gardening column and dropping the entertaining movie reviews in line with the goal? And the adult advertising section—tell me, does that go under entertainment?

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“30 for our 30th” by Foon Rhee (Feature, April 11): Thank you SN&R for being so supportive of my journey. People like me just put our fingers to the plow and don’t look back. Thank you for recognizing a black trans woman.

That, my friends, is a revolutionary act in itself! Happy to be named among local greats such as Flojaune G. Cofer, Melinda Ruger and Pastor Les Simmons.

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Powerful don’t listen Re: “Public opinion” by Foon Rhee (Editor’s note, April 4): I’m not a fan of these polls as a way of guiding public policy, particularly when only the people polling get to see the exact wording of all the questions. The questions asked can make the difference between a genuine desire to gauge the public mood, or a desired policy goal or response.

For those of us who don’t get to participate, we feel left out of the conversation. I also blame huge political districts, which dilute the public’s voice, particularly with money and lobbyists. The German parliament has more than 700 members. To have the same representation, we would have 400 legislators, not 120. It will never happen, though. The rulers love their money and power too much to let it be sullied by those of us in the unwashed masses.

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No “Chinese peril” Re: “The Chinese connection” by Scott Thomas Anderson (News, April 18): It is unfortunate that SN&R has taken the 420 issue to be racist and stupid about Chinese buying up homes in the Sacramento region and the marijuana black market.

The story takes Trump political divisiveness to bring the theme of immigrants as killers and criminals and to exploit the local fear of Chinese money buying up homes.

I worked in Stockton and can tell you that $6 million of illegal marijuana was grown in the San Joaquin islands in 2012. You do not hear of this and many more stories because they are not directed at the current “Chinese peril.” The Chinese connection story is out of sync with FBI facts about the marijuana black market. Instead, we should be celebrating this year as the 150th anniversary of when Chinese laborers helped build the Transcontinental Railroad.

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Correction Re: “Suspicious aid” by Raheem F. Hosseini (News, April 11): Opening Doors interim CEO Debra DeBondt was misidentified as Deborah Ortiz, whom DeBondt replaced. SN&R regrets the error.

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Dollars and diversity Big Day of Giving raises cash, but also broadens nonprofit leadership We launched Big Day of Giving—the Sacramento region’s annual 24-hour online fund-raising day that returns Thursday, May 2 (bigdayofgiving. org)—with dual aims.

The first was to empower local donors to give to nonprofits that serve the capital region. In just six years, they have contributed more than $30 million to more than 600 local nonprofits.

The second goal was to help staff and volunLinda Beech Cutler is CEO of the Sacramento Region teers at those nonprofits strengthen their skills in Community Foundation. areas that can sometimes seem secondary to the more immediate work of their groups’ missions— things like regularly and richly engaging their donors, building their marketing know-how and, Our community benefits when we strengthen importantly, developing diverse leadership. board deliberations and decision-making by drawThe latter is critical.

We believe that a strong nonprofit sector leads ing on the talents and perspectives of a broader and more diverse range of leaders. to a strong community, and we believe that our This is not a challenge unique to nonprofits community’s nonprofit sector is strongest when in the Sacramento region, of course, nor can it is marked by equity and inclusion at all it be sufficiently addressed with levels. After all, as stewards of the quick-fix solutions. This is longpublic good, nonprofits play an term work. At the Sacramento Nonprofit important role in upholding the Region Community democratic ideals we all value. leaders should Foundation, in addition to That’s why we aim to mirror our region looking at how we can empower local nonprofits make our own board more and the breadth of its to meaningfully reflect the reflective of the region communities they serve diversity—racial and we serve, we are advancin their leadership. But ethnic, yes, but also gender, ing this cause through our data from GivingEdge, Big Day of Giving work socioeconomic background the nonprofit database that with area nonprofits and powers Big Day of Giving, and professional through other programs and suggests we have some ways expertise. grants. to go.

You can support it, too, by For example, take the racial getting to know local nonprofits. and ethnic makeup of governing When you donate during Big Day of boards at nonprofits. Of the thousands Giving, I encourage you to review the compreof board members, a disproportionately small hensive nonprofit profiles on the website that number are non-white; that underrepresentation is contain information about the 601 participating worse in some nonprofit categories than others. organizations, their missions, their impact and Because nonprofit board members hire top their leadership. executives, determine strategies and allocate As an informed donor, you can ensure your resources, they play critical roles in ensuring favorite local causes support equity and inclusion. organizations support and reflect equity and That helps strengthen our region’s nonprofit inclusion. These leaders should mirror our region Ω and the breadth of its diversity—racial and ethnic, sector and our community. yes, but also gender, socioeconomic background and professional expertise.

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Last week, in Ventura, I met with The I am writing this column on Easter ARC of Ventura County, which has been Sunday 2019. Today, in churches all across providing services for people with mental Sacramento and, for that matter, all over disabilities for 65 years. A young man told the world, ministers are delivering a special us that his disability had often made message on love and hope. him feel inferior, but that his thoughts I heard such a sermon at Trinity and feelings were taken seriously while Episcopal Church. The core message working at ARC. It was a joy to see the was that where there is love, there is faces around the table light up as they also hope—hope that things can and listened to his story. will get better.

In Riverside last week, I met with Over the last several years, I have Riverside County Department of been regularly hearing a similar Child Support Services, which message in unexpected locaarranges to have separated tions—gray, functional parents pay for child government offices. support. Agencies like Gathered around a Where there is this are conducting conference table, I will love, there is also some of the most meet with a dozen or hope—hope that important anti-poverty so government employwork in the country. ees, to brainstorm things can and will As I heard from each the content for their get better. person around the table, upcoming eight-page they all were so proud of publication. how their work is helping The N&R Publications families, especially the kids. division has produced more N&R Publications has produced than 450 publications for government publications on suicide prevention, and nonprofit agencies. At our prelimiMedi-Cal, food stamps, veterans nary meeting, we ask them many quesservices, recycling, mosquito control, tions to understand what they are doing education and more. At so many of and why, to get to the heart and soul of these organizations, we find a core what they are doing. group of people who care and bring When we worked with Sacramento love to their work.

County Child Protective Services, we Meeting these people has given me produced a publication about the departhope—that we can make things better, that ment’s innovative “resource families” with love and determination we can provide concept, in which CPS recruits foster better services, more housing, improved parents who will work together with the schools and that we can safeguard the biological parents for the benefit of the environment. I have spent more than 1,000 children. Because most foster children hours packaging up the love of human eventually go back to biological parents beings who happen to be government and or family members, the primary goal of nonprofit staff into eight-page publications. the resource family is to provide love It has made me a believer. and support to the child going through I believe that we can solve problems. a rough time. Talking with the CPS And that this process begins with love. Ω staff, it was clear how much they cared for the kids. They were happy for the kids’ successes and took their setbacks hard. Without love, and without hope, Jeff vonKaenel is the president, CEO and majority there would be no reason to do such a owner of the News & Review. challenging job.

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This is the face of a Grand Master beer judge.

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Beer, meet your judge Where others chug beers and swig meads without so much as a second taste, David Teckam pays attention. Traversing seas of ales seeking flavor notes; throwing a lackadaisical gaze at the sunset array of colors; and finding strategically placed needles in haystacks, Teckam is a beer judge. Specifically, he’s a Grand Master Judge with the Beer Judge Certification Program and was recently named lead judge for the State Fair’s Commercial Craft Beer Competition.

The Elk Grove resident and avid homebrewer of beer and mead has been tasting and judging the brews of Californians for decades. He also teaches people seeking to become certified beer judges—Teckam has been involved in the local beer scene for years. Now he takes a new mantle. Brewers from all over California will be shipping their growlers, crowlers and kegs for his judging.

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How’d you get into beer judging?

Through a homebrew club, they put on a preparatory course and I took the exam with it. So I’ve been involved for 22 years.

Has judging beer changed much, since you started?

Eh, the program has some minor changes, but no, it’s just there’s more people all the time, but there’s always people that drop out. The faces change.

Some people really stick with it.

Do you have a really good palate? Are you good at picking up flavors?

Sure, it’s at least average. … It’s a matter of experience with the program and how long you’ve been with it, too. And you always get better by practice.

You don’t have to be a super taster to do this.

What does judging a beer look like?

I write up evaluations of the beer, describing, giving helpful suggestions for improvements, noting flaws as well as adherence to styles they’re entering in the competition.

Are you still homebrewing?

I make meads for the most part. I haven’t made beer in about a year and a half. … I’m awfully busy.

How many beers have you tried in your tenure?

I couldn’t even estimate. It’d have to be thousands.

Do you get tired of it ever?

Oh, no, no. It’s still fun.

Yeah, I was going to say—is it fun going out and judging?

Oh yeah. Good competitions take care of you.

Nice lunches, there’s always nice people that are knowledgeable to hang around with.

Do you have a favorite beer to judge?

No. I’m open to about anything.

You’re also training other judges, right?

I teach classes and I give exams.

Gotcha. What’s that like?

I give 10 preparatory classes. They’re gonna deal with a different subject related to beer such as their ingredients, and help people prepare for an online entrance exam, and then they sit for a tasting exam that involves six beers that they need to score as if in a competition. And they get graded by somebody that does not know them. It’s all anonymous.

Are more people becoming judges these days?

I don’t see any real spike or anything. There’s always people that drop out of the program, or you just never see them again, and there’s always new people interested. I guess I could say it’s pretty steady but I’m sure it increases slightly from year to year.

Is judging big competitions stressful?

Oh, no, I don’t think so at all—even if I am running it.

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by Edgar SanchEz As a troubled high school senior, Deveon Smith wasn’t sure what to expect when he first visited Sol Collective — a Sacramento nonprofit that uses art and activism to provide programs, promote social justice and empower underserved communities.

He first entered the arts center in 2016 while seeking an internship that would count toward his high school diploma.

“Growing up in a challenging environment, I was used to hearing ignorance,” Smith, now 20, recalled. “I was used to people spewing hatred.”

He found the opposite at Sol Collective.

Instead, Sol Collective staff welcomed him with respect.

“It was strange because of the way they spoke — the unconditional love they had for a human being they had just met,” Smith said.

Sol Collective has been a go-to place for artists, poets, musicians, youth and community activists since it was founded in 2005 by Estella Sanchez. It is supported by the California Endowment as its initiatives create a space for youth of color to express themselves and develop skills in a safe environment.

In a 3200-square-foot building on 21st Street near Broadway, Sol Collective hosts art shows, concerts, poetry readings, community meetings and many other events that promote social justice.

Various programs at Sol Collective use the arts for community building, empowerment and inspiring the next generation of leaders. Sol Collective also facilitates workshops alongside global and local artists that encourage community organization.

“SiNCE tHE BEgiNNiNg, Sol CollECtivE HaS BEEN a SafE SPaCE for YoutH to Not juSt lEarN But to ExPlorE aNd ExPrESS tHEmSElvES.” dea Montelongo Sol collective programs coordinator

Smith obtained the internship at Sol Collective, which later became part of his independent study senior project for graduation. After, he stayed on at Sol Collective where he now works as an events coordinator. There, he found role models among the staff, such as Dea Montelongo, Sol Collective’s programs director.

“Since the beginning, Sol Collective has been a safe space for youth to not just learn

Dea Montelongo and Deveon Smith first connected with Sol Collective as youths looking for a safe space. Now they work there. Photo by Edgar Sanchez

but to explore and express themselves through visual arts, music, poetry or civic engagement,” said Montelongo. “We always have youth interns.”

Youth play a large role in shaping Sol Collective’s programs, she said. Like Smith, Montelogno first connected with Sol Collective as a youth and returned to work for it as an adult.

“I had been trying to find a place that I fit in,” said Smith.

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Julius Thibodeaux, third from left, stands with the initial team of mentors for Advance Peace in Sacramento.

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The road to peace Once controversial, Advance Peace initiative sees early signs of progress in combating gang killings in Sacramento

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In 2018, the city of Sacramento managed to escape a grim statistic: It made it 12 months without a child being murdered.

Now, an initiative that some in the region view as a gamble is being hailed by others as a glimmer of hope—a chance to interrupt the cycle of gang killings that have long plagued the city.

Advance Peace grabbed plenty of headlines when Mayor Darrell Steinberg and the City Council braved a storm of criticism in the summer of 2017 when Sacramento became the first U.S. city to sign up for the program.

But the program is showing early success, according to a draft of the first annual progress report to the city that was reviewed by SN&R. The most telling result: Every participant is still alive.

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most likely to be gang shooters—or victims—and provide them with guidance and services, including mentoring, job training, counseling and mental health treatment.

The pushback against Advance Peace focused on one component—paying some participants financial stipends if they make progress. While the cash is meant to help the young men map life goals, critics seized on it to characterize the entire program as paying criminals not to commit more crimes.

Advance Peace is based on strategies pioneered in the East Bay city of Richmond—ones that coincided with a 57% drop in gang-related gun homicides between 2010 and 2016.

Hoping for similar results, Sacramento leaders committed $1.5 million over four years to put 50 young men through the fellowship.

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Then came the radio silence.

Over the last 14 months, a small coalition of specially trained mentors, health professionals and neighborhood leaders have quietly worked to get Advance Peace up and running in Sacramento—and to save as many lives as they can.

In addition to no child homicides in 2018, Advance Peace reports directly interrupting 17 acts of retaliatory gun violence and keeping 74% of its 67 participants, called fellows, from picking up a new gun charge.

Will the statistics begin to convince detractors? The program’s director, Khaalid Muttaqi, isn’t sure.

“UC Berkeley is beginning to track the program, but we can’t make any scientific claims at the moment,” Muttaqi said. “But the difference between the murders in 2017 and 2018 is still a fact. So, you have to ask yourself, ‘Is there something we did

last year that we’d never done before in Sacramento with these young men who are suspected shooters or potential victims?’”

These days, Julius Thibodeaux chuckles a little when he remembers how his family thought moving to Sacramento in late 1980s would get him away from gangs.

As a teen in Richmond, he was affiliated. In Oak Park, his involvement in gangs and violence didn’t just continue, it escalated. A 1993 shoot-out put Thibodeaux in Folsom State Prison for attempted murder. He says reading the autobiography of Malcolm X, taking classes and becoming more emotionally mature changed his life.

After being paroled, Thibedeaux returned to Sacramento, while at the same time working for the city of Richmond’s Office of Neighborhood Safety, both as a peacekeeper and a life-skills instructor.

Eventually, he was tapped to run Advance Peace on the ground in Sacramento.

Around that time, in April 2018, Sacramento also received a state grant that allowed it to increase the number of Advance Peace fellows from 50 to 75, while also starting a program for youth between 12 and 17. An initial team of eight outreach workers were trained by veterans of the program in Richmond.

Advance Peace started its work in earnest in May 2018. The city’s gang prevention task force had identified three hot zones for shootings: Del Paso Heights

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nowhErE to go bUt Up far outpaced the other neighborhoods for homicides last year with 12, compared to two in Oak Park and four in South Sacramento. So Advance Peace decided to deploy at least 40% of its resources in Del Paso Heights.

During 2018, Advance Peace had 67 fellows in its adult program with an average age of 24, and 35 in its junior program with an average age of 15, according to the draft progress report. Program staffers had more than 2,800 engagements with participants and others and mediated some 151 volatile conflicts. Only six fellows had a new firearm injury. And all 99 males and three females in the fellowship are still alive.

Thibodeaux says the success is partly because Advance Peace intervenes around the clock.

“The job is, whenever a young man calls you, you’re expected to respond,” he told SN&R. “Our guys can’t say a fella called me, but it was my day off.”

Muttaqi included a few testimonials in his report.

“Got a phone call saying that one of my Jr. fellows was walking down a busy known street with a gun in his backpack and he was on a mission to do some damage,” one

mentor wrote. “I caught up with him and program after a summer when multiple talked him into my vehicle and detoured teenage boys were murdered. Two him off his mission.”

15-year-olds were arrested for shooting Another mentor recalled intervening Jovance Lewis in front of a liquor store in the recent trend of gang shootings on 42nd Street after he muttered being fueled by challenges in something they didn’t like.

YouTube rap videos.

The same week the “Some young cats, council was debating potential Jr. fellows, Advance Peace, five made a dis song and people were shot put it out on the and one killed in internet,” he wrote.

Meadowview Park.

“That there started One leader who a line of back and spoke most forceforth of disrespect. I fully about the need talked the youngster for a new approach into taking it down.” to stemming violence Khaalid Muttaqi was District 8 director, Advance Peace when the City Council Councilman Larry Carr, first considered Advance who also attempted to set Peace, there were plenty the record straight about how of objections, including from the program actually works.

Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones.

Carr said last week he hasn’t received Further clouding the picture, Fox News any concerned emails about Advance ran a story claiming local politicians Peace since he made that argument. He wanted to “pay gang members for a cease also said it’s important that the program fire.” has worked alongside other anti-violence Despite the uproar on social media, efforts, including the Black Child council members were looking at the Legacy Campaign, Sacramento Area Congregations Together and the Mack Road Partnership.

“It’s one piece of the puzzle,” Carr advanCE pEaCE: by thE nUmbErs said. “These groups are all working in unison to get where we need to get.”

The city’s first contract with Advance In 2018: Costs: Peace called for a two-year commitment, with an additional two years contingent on Advance Peace had A shooting costs the city results. After that, the council will have to decide whether it’s a long-term strategy.

102 partICIpants. $400 a yEar Carr said he believes the program has Its adult program had 67 with an average age of 24, and already proven it’s worth at least the fourits junior program had 35 a murder costs year commitment. with an average age of 15.

“A lot of this depends on what they call $1 mIllIon a yEar. ‘street cred,’ or the reliability and trustworthiness of those making contact out there, staffErs: Advance Peace costs which takes time, but I think they’ve done well so far,” Carr said. “We can’t forget a Interrupted 17 acts of $1.5 mIllIon shooting costs the city $400 a year, and a retaliatory gun violence. over four years. murder costs a million a year. You have to Had more than over 2,800 put that into perspective when you look at engagements with participants. the cost of Advance Peace compared to the Mediated some 151 volatile cost of not doing anything.” conflicts.

Muttaqi is hopeful more Sacramentans are considering that kind of calculus, as well as paying attention to small but Only six participants had a new meaningful victories. fIrEarm InjUry. “There have been some very tense situations in our city over the last year,” Muttaqi observed. “Moments where people 74% were on the brink of war. Those were of participants did not moments when our people were there.” Ω pick up a new gun charge.

“There have been some very tense situations in our city over the last year.”

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Average gasoline prices in California are now their highest since 2015—and they’ll soon climb even higher, analysts are saying.

On April 10, California surpassed 2015’s peak of $3.894 per gallon on average, rising to $3.895 per gallon, according to GasBuddy analyst Patrick DeHaan. The petroleum think tank predicts gas prices are likely to reach $4 per gallon next month, which would be the highest since July 27, 2014.

In Sacramento, the average stood at $3.92 on Monday, almost a half-dollar more than a year ago.

Sacramento resident Kyle Durham said that commuters like him are feeling the difference. Durham recently accepted a new job with higher pay, but surging pump prices are eating into his profit margin.

“Currently when you factor in how much I’m spending on gas, I’m hardly making more money than my previous position,” Durham said.

Gas prices are rising due to continued problems at California refineries, DeHaan found, drawing fuel inventories nearly 20 percent below 2018 levels. A report from the Energy Information Administration showed a weekly decline of 84 million gallons (2 million barrels), which means gas prices are still some time away from reaching a peak, DeHaan determined.

Ethanol prices have fluctuated due to recent flooding in the midwest, contributing to Sacramento’s rising prices. But the largest factor remains unexpected refinery outages, DeHaan said.

GasBuddy recommends motorists abstain from filling their tanks for now, to avoid making the supply issue worse.

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rEd alErt on arts Sacramento arts advocates sounded the alarm even before City Manager Howard Chan released his 2019-20 budget proposal on Wednesday.

It includes $580,000 for the Creative Edge cultural plan adopted by the City Council last year, but arts leaders say that isn’t nearly enough to expand arts education, offer programs in underserved neighborhoods or reach the plan’s other goals.

The final spending plan approved by the council could still include more arts money. The person who sent the alert last week is Dennis Mangers, an adviser to Mayor Darrell Steinberg, and he says he did it with the mayor’s blessing. Steinberg plans to speak about the arts funding and the “creative economy” at The Atrium at 7300 Folsom Boulevard on April 29.

Arts groups can also compete for the projected $50 million a year in additional measure U money from the half-cent sales tax increase that voters approved last November. Mangers, however, said arts groups will be at a “great disadvantage” going up against powerful unions and political action committees, such as those supporting more money for police and fire.

Overall, the proposed 2019-20 budget totals $1.2 billion, including $588 million for the general fund and Measure U fund, which covers most basic city services.

Chan says his plan shows the city’s commitment to inclusive economic development and to youth programs with an additional $29 million. While the city’s revenues are being boosted by strong economic growth, he says the city still faces rising pension and other retiree costs, plus aging infrastructure.

The first public hearing on the budget is scheduled for April 30.

The council is scheduled to adopt the budget on June 11.

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Sheriff in the shadows Sacramento County has lacked an inspector general for eight months— and that won’t change any time soon

by Raheem F. hosseini

to read about a recent officer-involved shooting that the sheriff’s Department is investigating, visit sacblog.newsreview.com for an extended version.

Before he was banished for criticizing the fatal Sheriff’s Department shooting of a mentally ill black man in May 2017, former Sacramento County Inspector General Rick Braziel quietly flagged another shooting he didn’t want to escape scrutiny.

The Oct. 22, 2016 encounter between a deputy patrolling Fair Oaks and an unlicensed driver wasn’t that serious. Nobody died or was injured when the deputy fired five rounds at the back of a Mercedes as it left the scene of a traffic stop.

But the deputy violated department policy by opening fire on an occupied vehicle that posed no danger to him or anyone else that fall morning, Braziel determined in his 13-page review of witness statements and recorded interviews, dispatch audio, crime scene photos, diagrams and a visit to the sleepy residential street of Winding Oak Drive.

Braziel released his review Oct. 2, 2017 to little fanfare, even though the district

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attorney’s office had yet to determine whether the officer would face criminal charges. But Sacramento’s former police chief had a specific reason for publishing his report when he did: One of the many protections in the Police Officers Bill of Rights is that it limits an agency’s ability to discipline officers who violate their agencies’ policies if their misconduct is discovered more than a year after the fact. Braziel didn’t want to see that happen with this case. He published his review of the shooting 20 days before the one-year mark.

“It wasn’t a good shooting,” he told SN&R last February. “I can’t predict whether they will, but they need to take action.”

Sacramento County residents haven’t had this voice for nearly eight months.

Sheriff Scott Jones forced out Braziel in August, shortly after Braziel published a review criticizing the May 2017

fatal shooting of Mikel McIntyre as “excessive.” Deputies had peacefully resolved a prior contact with the emotionally troubled 32-year-old earlier that day. Exaggerated 911 reports of a man choking a woman brought deputies into contact with McIntyre a second time in Rancho Cordova. He was running across freeway lanes during afternoon rush-hour when deputies fired more than two dozen rounds at him.

Braziel’s 27-page report provided a minute-by-minute account of the fastmoving encounter and nuanced criticism of the two deputies who ultimately killed McIntyre with a barrage of gunfire that Braziel thought put the public in unnecessary danger.

A recalcitrant Jones and a divided Board of Supervisors have kept the inspector general position vacant ever since, leaving one of California’s biggest law enforcement agencies without an independent monitor for nearly a year.

In that gap came the death of Marshall Miles, arrested at a North Sacramento gas station in October for vandalizing cars.

The department released rare video footage documenting the incident hours before Jones tried to convince supervisors his agency needed no oversight.

The footage shows Miles under a pile of deputies at the jail and complaining that he can’t breathe. The married 36-year-old died in a Sacramento hospital four days later from what the coroner’s office determined were complications of cardiopulminory arrest from a combination of the drugs in his system and the force deputies used to restrain him.

The district attorney hasn’t completed its review of Miles’ death. Without an inspector general, there is no independent office looking into whether deputies violated department policies.

Braziel’s inquiry into the October 2016 shooting in Fair Oaks was resolved more quietly.

According to his review, a sheriff’s deputy with the last name Taylor was patrolling a residential street at 3:19 a.m. that Sunday when a man ran past, followed by a Mercedes driven by Brittany Nicholls.

Taylor stopped the car and learned that Nicholls was driving without a license.

Instead of fully exiting the car as she was told, Nicholls allegedly put it in gear and pulled away while the deputy was reaching through the driver’s window. Taylor got clear and fired at the car as it drove away, striking it at least three times, Braziel found.

Braziel said his review of the evidence showed that Taylor wasn’t in danger when he sent five rounds toward the occupied vehicle, and that he had enough information, including Nicholls’ ID, to arrest her later.

“The use of deadly force against Nicholls was not reasonable or necessary and placed Nicholls and the two passengers at risk of serious injury or death,” he wrote.

He recommended the department investigate whether Taylor violated department policy. It’s unclear whether that recommendation was followed.

The county only last week released a request for proposals seeking applicants for a new inspector general, but the sheriff and supervisors don’t even agree what authority the position should have. It’s still unresolved whether the sheriff should be able to lock out an inspector.

In a phone interview last week, Supervisor Don Nottoli acknowledged the open question could shape the quality of candidates.

Most supervisors avoid the topic altogether. The offices of Supervisors Patrick Kennedy and Susan Peters didn’t respond to requests for comment. Supervisor Phil Serna’s office said he was unavailable.

Supervisor Sue Frost’s chief of staff said the board is mostly agreed the county needs an inspector general, but not what that looks like.

“The debate was not whether we want some puppet or whether we don’t want some puppet,” said Matt Hedges. “The debate is what can we legally do?”

Legally, the board can do everything from weakening the inspector general to granting it subpoena powers over the Sheriff’s Department. But supervisors have shown little appetite for taking on the sheriff.

One thing is certain: The political landscape has changed since the county created the inspector general role in 2007. The public expects greater transparency and California lawmakers have insisted on it, passing laws that require law enforcement agencies to release the kind of footage and personnel records Jones has spent his career black-boxing.

If there’s no inspector general to monitor a department whose laundry is now more in the open than ever before, public trust could suffer, Nottoli said.

“I’m concerned right now that we’re bare,” Nottoli said. “There’s nobody there.

If you call that number, I don’t even know if someone will pick up.” Ω

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The 2- to 3-inch smelt is a critical part of the Delta’s ecosystem.

On extinction’s edge Zero Delta smelt found in state’s annual fall survey

by Dan Bacher

For the first time ever, a fish survey that’s conducted every autumn by the state turned up zero Delta smelt, considered an indicator species that demonstrates the health of the entire Delta ecosystem.

Once the most abundant fish in the entire estuary, the smelt population has collapsed to the point where not one fish was found in the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s 2018 Fall Midwater Trawl, the lowest in history.

While decades of water exports and environmental degradation under the state and federal governments have brought the smelt to the edge of extinction, representatives of fishing and environmental groups and tribes note that former Gov. Jerry Brown and his administration did nothing to reverse the trend.

“Gov. Brown’s legacy is likely to be several extinctions of fish that flourished in this estuary for millennia,” said Bill Jennings, executive director of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance.

The Delta smelt isn’t the only fish missing from the fall 2018 survey. It also didn’t find any Sacramento splittail, a native minnow species that was formerly listed under the Endangered Species Act until the Bush administration delisted the species.

The striped bass—a popular gamefish that migrates from the ocean, San Francisco Bay and Delta into the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers every spring to spawn—also showed an alarming drop during the survey. Only 42 striped bass were recorded in the fall survey, one fewer than the previous low in 2010.

The longfin smelt, a cousin of the Delta smelt, isn’t faring very well either, with only 52 found, the fifth lowest in the survey’s history. The number of threadfin shad and American shad also continued to decline.

Jennings said the figures were alarming.

“This is a very comprehensive trawl and the results were a disaster for Delta fisheries,” Jennings said. “Not only is the Delta smelt on the brink of extinction but there are several species lined up behind it.”

Jonathan Rosenfield, senior scientist for the San Francisco Baykeeper, emphasized in a tweet that Delta smelt are “not extinct” yet, since other sampling programs still catch them.

He also tweeted that “extinction is not imminent” if state and federal agencies take action, but that “flexible” implementation of the Endangered Species Act has not worked and “it’s time to enforce protections.”

Found only in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, the 2- to 3-inch smelt mainly inhabits the freshwater-saltwater mixing zone of the estuary, except during its spawning season. That’s when it migrates upstream to freshwater following winter “first flush” flow events, around March to May. The smelt is very susceptible to changes in its environmental conditions due to its one-year life cycle and relatively low fecundity.

Scientists don’t have an easy answer for the Delta smelt’s precipitous decline, particularly in 2017, a record water year when biologists would have expected a rebound. But fish advocates blame the collapse of Delta fish on the export of big quantities of water to agribusiness and Southern California water agencies by the state and federal pumping facilities in the South Delta over the past 50 years.

The record total for water exports, including water diverted by the Contra Costa Canal and North Bay Aqueduct, was 6.63 million acre-feet in 2011 under the Brown administration, according to state data. That was 163,000 acre-feet more than the previous record of 6.47 million acre-feet set in 2005 under the Schwarzenegger administration.

“We know what fish need,” Jennings said. “Fish prosper when they have adequate flows and quality water. They suffer when they don’t. The question is how do we get them to survive on less water of poorer quality than they evolved with for thousands of years. The answer appears to be they can’t.” Ω

dan Bacher is editor of fish sniffer magazine, which published an earlier version of this story.

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Remark your calendar This year, sac celebrates beer in april. but the “official” beer Week is held in may.

What’s up?

by James Raia

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his is SN&R’s annual Beer Issue, and there’s more to cover than ever.

The beers and the people who make them are diversifying as women crack the glass ceiling.

Local craft breweries are booming.

There are innovative beer flavors to tempt newcomers sour on IPAs, and creative pairings such as Beer & Ballet. Yet even as trendy taprooms open, you can still get a pint at bars that date to the Civil War.

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This year, the Beer Issue also comes with wine stories, because not everyone likes beer. The Sacramento region’s wine is worth a day trip for more than chenin blanc, though some wineries are threatened by the Delta tunnel project.

Local beer lovers and wine connoisseurs have a growing number of choices, and SN&R will cover the changing tastes and trends.

n a recent Monday “There was a survey that afternoon, Kenny went among brewers and retails, Hotchkiss sits at Capital maybe even some customers, Hop Shop, the Midtown taproom and overwhelmingly it was he co-owns. He’s calm, glancing decided to change [the days],” at a tennis match on the TV said Hotchkiss. “I think this way behind the bar and chatting with it gives people a chance to go employees and a just-arriving to both [Sacramento and San beer rep from San Francisco.

Francisco events]. We have a Hotchkiss is always busy. better chance of attracting more But he’s about to get busier: people from the Bay Area.”

It’s time for Sacramento Beer Kate Whelan, a longtime Week—the celebration of the Sacramento event planner in area’s flourishing microbrewery her third year as the director and taproom industry. of Sacramento Beer Week, But the 10th anniversary said while the closeness to event—from April 26 through San Francisco Beer Week May 5—will have its provided a kinship third date change in between the two three years. Why the events, it also “wore FoR The calendar change? out the consumer.” sacRamenTo Like other “We really beeR Week evenT expanding “week” wanted to draw the schedule, visiT events, Sacramento Bay Area consumsacbeeR Beer Week has ers to Sacramento Week.com. outgrown itself. That as well and let them creates a problem for see how amazing the 10-day, 300-beer our scene is,” Whelan event extravaganza: When said. “When the event was to pencil it in to keep everyone in March, we were eliminating involved happy? a portion of people from doing “The new dates are not so that.” close to San Francisco Beer But she also says the calendar Week,” which was February changes have caused concerns.

1-10 this year, Hotchkiss said.

“I know for a lot of breweries “It gives the [beer] reps a little in town, they liked the old dates break; they were kind of tired. because it filled a void in the Sac And we have a better chance for market when times are slower,” better weather.” she said. “It was something to Originally held in late celebrate when people aren’t out February and early March as much.” beginning in 2010, the event The likelihood of better moved last year to May 10 weather in May has improved through 20. But that wasn’t Sacramento Beer’s Week outdoor ideal timing, either, conflicting settings for key events, particuwith Mother’s Day, organizers larly the opening and closing said. The “official” American functions, Whelan said.

Craft Beer Week, scheduled by “It allowed us to expand those the Brewer’s Association, is events and expose them to more Ω May 13 through 18. people,” she said.

Cool spaces unite communities

Scott Scoville, Beers in Sac

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masteRs new to Sacramento beer?

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BeersinSac.com hosts events and documents breweries and beer events. Co-owner Scott Scoville says it’s hard to keep up with the hop escalation, but the growth also means breweries are constantly evolving. “They’re really starting to get more experimental,” he says. Scoville says that New Glory Craft Brewery, Flatland Brewing Company and Moonraker Brewing Company are among those setting new trends with hot beer, beer slushies and milkshake IPAs. “I think people are looking for something that’s a little more unique,” he says.

Beersinsac.com.

Rich history makes rich beer

By JEnnAH BOOtH

With more than 70 breweries, it can be intimidating to navigate Sacramento’s craft beer scene. Sn&R asked local experts—the folks who try everything and even make some of it—to dish their favorite brews, brewers and local trends.

Ed Carroll, author of Sacramento’s Breweries (2010)

Enjoying brews in McKinley Park since the mid-’80s, Ed Carroll literally wrote a history book on Sacramento beer. But he wouldn’t call himself a “hop head.” He enjoys dark beers such as Irish stouts from Track 7 Brewing Co. and Device Brewing Company. He says Urban Roots has excellent guest taps and recommends anything from Fieldwork Brewing Company.

No food, just good beer Rice’s biweekly podcast brings together interesting people, brewers and their beer. His take: Most brewers focus on the quality of beer alone, and that’s great. “It’s really a concentration on the quality of the beer and almost no focus on the food aspect because we have so many good restaurants already,” he says. Rice frequents Dunloe Brewing in Davis and King Cong Brewing Company in Old North Sacramento. His experimental picks include Moksa Brewing Company in Rocklin, which pushes the boundaries of pastry stouts. Try the Veedels Bräu Kölsch from Crooked Lane Brewing Company and the rice lagers from Urban Roots and Berryessa Brewing Company.

Barleyandme.podbean.com.

Justin Chechourka, author of Sacramento Beer: A Craft History (2018)

"They all have something to offer, and … they’re all putting their hearts and souls into what they’re producing,” JuStin CHECHOuRkA

Collaboration is key

Heidi Wilder, Fort Rock Brewing

Writer and beer enthusiast Justin Chechourka says Sacramento breweries provide unique spaces with different offerings. He’ll stop at Urban Roots or Alaro Craft Brewery for food. He says beer drinkers looking for large open spaces should check out Fort Rock Brewing in Rancho Cordova or Fountainhead Brewing Company’s outdoor hangout on 24th Street. Jackrabbit Brewing in West Sacramento fills its taproom with family-friendly games.

“They all have something to offer, and … they’re all putting their hearts and souls into what they’re producing,” he says. Sacbeerbook.com.

Tour de cheap

Sacramento Beer Frontier serves as a fun brew guide. Join more than 6,000 participants in stamping your “brewery passport” with breweries across the region. Co-founder Aaron O’Callaghan says that in five years since he joined the scene, Sac breweries have excelled at adapting to create new community spaces. Bike Dog Brewing Company took an industrial yard in West Sacramento and turned it into a popular neighborhood hangout.

Urban Roots revamped a blueprinting facility into an open taproom, restaurant and patio.

Sacbeerfrontier.com.

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There’s a place for everyone

Ben Rice, Barley & Me podcast

Aaron O’Callaghan, Sacramento Beer Frontier

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Saturation means experimentation

Wilder opened Fort Rock Brewing in Rancho Cordova with her husband two years ago. While it’s been a tough journey, she says Sacramento provides a lot of support within a tight knit community of brewers and beer lovers who often work together.

“It’s very healthy to work with other brewers and get ideas and get help,” she says. Flatland in Elk Grove, Crooked Lane in Auburn, as well as neighboring Claimstake Brewing Company, are among her favorites. Fortrockbrewing.com Ω

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A Midtowner’s guide to affordable(ish) craft beer If the craft beer biz is so booming, why doesn’t that seem to lead to low prices for suds at local bars?

Most restaurants and bars charge $7-plus on a pint of craft beer, but there are still spots in Sac where you don’t have to break the bank. SN&R took to the streets of the grid to recommend places that serve craft beers for $5 or less.

Simon’s Bar & Cafe

It’s a great late-night holein-the-wall for bar food, drunken convos and—you guessed it—cheapish beer.

The craft draft selection may only have three options (Sierra Nevada IPA and Racer 5), but they each cost $5 per pint all day. 1415 16th St.

Kupros Craft House

I love taking chances with very low stakes, which is why Kupros’ roulette is a personal favorite. For $4, you get a canned 12-ounce craft beer that the bartender randomly chooses. Pay another dollar, and you get to choose it yourself. There are normally 13 to 20 options. 1217 21st St.; kuproscrafthouse.com.

Crocker Cafe

Venture into the cafe during certain evening events at the Crocker Art Museum, and you’ll find a small selection of Track 7 beers, all priced at $5. Try a Panic IPA, a Sacramento standard. 216 O St.; crockerart. org/cafe.

Coconut on T

The best part of Coconut on T is how friendly the staff is. You should go there for that. And for the vast selection of $4 happy hour drafts, including beers from Track 7, Two Rivers and Total Domination—every day from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. 1110 T St.; thecoconutthai.com.

Capitol Garage

They have a daily rotation of craft beers that are normally $7 or more. But between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., their costs match the hour.

That means you can get a $3 craft beer between 3 and 4 p.m. Go there then! 1500 K St., capitolgarage.com. Ω

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by Steph RodRiguez

despite persistent stereotypes, women are crafting their course in the local beer scene

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ressed in maroon overalls and work boots, the head brewer of Crooked Lane Brewing Company in Auburn has spent hours boiling and knocking out new, hoppy batches. It’s a double brew day and she’s using an industrial-sized mash tun and boil kettle. Hot water and grains steep inside, emitting a sweet and nutty aroma throughout the 15-barrel brewery.

Alyssa Steger, 23, is one of the youngest women to work in production in the region’s growing craft beer industry, yet she’s hardly the only one.

It’s no secret women enjoy beer, too. They like drinking it, brewing it and working up a sweat on the production floor.

But the beer scene is male-dominated and not immune to sexual harassment or worse.

In February, for example, a lawsuit was filed by one of two married couples who started Sacramento’s Track 7 Brewing Company in 2010. In the lawsuit, Geoff and Rebecca Scott accuse Ryan Graham, his wife Jeanna and investors of wrongful termination. The pending suit also includes accusations of sexual remarks toward female workers.

When asked, Track 7 declined to comment on the lawsuit, but stated in an email that it doesn't support sexual harassment.

Still, more women are applying for jobs, and not just for taproom positions pouring pints. Instead, they’re drawing on their educational backgrounds in food science and chemistry, they’re home brewers turned professional and they’re crafting new paths for future generations of women.

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Cultivating diversity

Teresa Psuty recalls the year leading up to opening Crooked Lane in April 2016. She was a stay-at-home mom, waking up at 3 a.m. to start her homebrew before her three kids rolled out of bed. She’d test her batch, perfect her recipes and clean up her equipment.

Now, Psuty is brewmaster and co-owner of the business and also a member of the Pink Boots Society, a global nonprofit that supports women working in the beer industry, especially craft beer.

Change in the industry has been slow, and there’s still a gender bias. In a January study published by Stanford University, researchers discovered when consumers were told a craft beer was made by a woman, they evaluated it more negatively than the same product made by a man. A previous study also found that just 4% of brew masters and head brewers are women.

“Nobody should ever be held back because of gender. I’d like to think that that never happens, but it’s true that there’s few women in leadership roles in breweries and that needs to change,” Psuty said.

And, she adds, much of the responsibility for change lies with women.

“Are you willing to put yourself out there and just try to pick up new skills?” she asks.

“There are educational pathways that you can take to get this job … You just have to put the work in.”

Program manager of the UC Davis Master Brewers Certificate Program, Melissa Marbach, told SN&R that in 2018 nine women were in enrolled in a class of 40, which she said is a large increase compared to past years where there were none enrolled in the program.

Steger holds a bachelor’s degree from UC Davis in food science with an emphasis in beer and brewing science and says she fully intended on going straight to culinary school. When she signed up for an introductory brewing class just for fun, however, she says she fell in love with every aspect, including the physics and chemistry, the biology and the fermentation process.

She also started to notice more women were interested in beer science and taking related courses at UCD. Steger is also president of the Pink Boots Society’s Sacramento chapter, which has nearly 80 members. It’s where she says she leans on fellow women in the industry. For her, the biggest challenge she’s faced is the surprise of men when they learn she’s a brewer.

That can lead to a bigger, systemic problem, she says.

“If you don’t expect us to be here, then you’re not going to make room or hold opportunities to the same availability for women who work in the taproom and are just

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“Historically, beer is like a ‘man thing’ and I think that has changed a lot.”

as excited to be in the back “I just don’t want brewing as a homebrewer you found to be like a boys club. It off the street who’s a guy,” doesn’t need to be,” Sherrill Steger said. said. “I want to see women Physical strength isn’t an being taken seriously for their issue, she adds. ideas and creativity.”

“I don’t have brawn to Scott Powell, co-owner of any degree, but I’ve surprised Jackrabbit Brewing, says the myself with some of the applications he sees are largely things that I can move around from men, but when Sherrill back here,” she said. applied for the job he hired her A large number of women based on her passion for the in the craft beer industry industry and her homebrewing work in taprooms, but Ellen background.

Sherrill, a brewer at Track “There are more female 7’s Natomas and Curtis Park applicants and more involvelocations, says the physical ment,” Powell said. “A lot of labor of production is actually it’s attitude and eagerness. comparable to baking. Yet, It’s people interested in the more men continue to hold science and the quality of EllEn ShErrill those positions. beer.” brewer, Track 7 brewing co.

“Historically, beer is like Up in El Dorado Hills, a ‘man thing’ and I think Lauren Zehnder is manager that has changed a lot,” Sherrill said. “I’m hoping and Jane of all trades at Mraz Brewing Company. that women as beer drinkers drive more women She manages the staff, sales and marketing in into being involved in making beer. It’s slow, but conjunction with owner, Mike Mraz. She’s also steady.” the first female board member, and as of March, Sherrill started as a homebrewer, making first woman president of the Sacramento Area batches of beer she enjoyed drinking before getting Brewer’s Guild, the organization behind the annual hired at Jackrabbit Brewing Company in West Sacramento Beer Week.

Sacramento, where she worked for more than a Over the years, she says, she’s seen a steady year. shift in perceptions.

Today, she still enjoys homebrewing but it’s “More and more men in the industry realize strictly mead and cider, a change from her work when a woman walks in the room she might routine at Track 7. She’s also a certified beer judge be just as knowledgeable and have just as for local craft beer competitions and the annual much to contribute to the beer conversation,” California State Fair beer contests.

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This kettle sour ale is anything but sour. With vanilla, blueberries and lactose sugar, it offers the sweet creaminess and subtle tartness of its namesake dessert. Despite its rich flavors, the beer isn’t too heavy or sugary. Fieldwork Brewing rotates flavors, but always offers a fruit parfait brew. 1805 Capital Avenue; fieldworkbrewing.com/ sacramento. Ω

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W

e get it. Sacramento’s a craft beer town, with a long history of sud-making and a new wave of local brewers quenching our thirst.

But Sac’s also a land of wine. The raw materials are in our backyard. Unlike beer producers, who depend on the Pacific Northwest for hops, local winemakers are surrounded by grapes.

It’s been this way for generations. Frasinetti’s Winery in South Sacramento has produced wine since the late 1800s. Around then, the former Natoma Vineyard near Rancho Cordova boasted more than 1,600 acres of wine grapes. It also had a winery with a capacity of 300,000 gallons, according to the 2005 book A History of Wine in America.

Vineyards still define much of the area’s agricultural landscape. According to Sacramento County’s most recent Crop & Livestock Report, wine grapes are our top commodity. With a value of more than $170 million, wine grapes outperformed farm-to-fork staples such as pears, corn and cattle.

Wine sipping also remains a staple of the Sacramento region’s lifestyle. Oenophiles head to the likes of Allora in East Sacramento or Ella Dining Room & Bar downtown. Midtown denizens can be found chilling with a glass at Revolution Winery & Kitchen (S Street) or 58 Degrees & Holding Co. (18th Street). Wine tasting in Napa, Sonoma, Lodi and the Sierra foothills are short day trips away.

It’s perfect for summer sIppIng whIle hecklIng the Brew BIke from your mIdtown porch.

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Which wines truly speak to Sacramento?

It’s too hot in the Valley to grow much in the way of pinot noir, cabernet sauvignon and other consumer favorites. But, you’ll find sweet spots around the region for certain grapes that thrive with flavor and complexity as they’re turned into wine.

Here are three key varietals that define the region’s wine:

Chenin blanc

Perhaps no wine sums up the Sacramento area more than chenin blanc. This white grape is most closely associated with the Loire Valley in France, with a thirst-quenching acidity and spectrum of sweetness, from bone dry to age-worthy dessert wines.

One of the world’s great pockets for chenin blanc is in Clarksburg, about 15 miles south of downtown Sacramento. There, the cooling Delta breezes and rich soils contribute to a thriving growing region for chenin blanc, to the point that local winemakers such as Craig Haarmeyer use the hashtag #hellachenin as a statement of area pride.

Bottle to try: Go for the 2017 St. Rey Petillant Naturel Chenin Blanc, a dry, spritzy version of the varietal from Haarmeyer Wine Cellars with citrus and mineral flavors. It’s perfect for summer sipping while heckling the Brew Bike from your Midtown porch. St. Rey Vineyards, 610 Harbor Boulevard in West Sacramento; haarmeyer winecellars.com.

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Petite sirah

The house of Bogle was built on this red grape known for dense, inky-colored wines. The winery powerhouse in Yolo County planted its first petite sirah vineyards in 1968 and currently bottles a port-styled wine based on petite sirah and a table wine version that includes fruit from both Clarksburg and nearby Lodi.

The Sacramento region’s the sacramento Mediterraneanregion's mediterralike climate is nean-like climate is conducive for conducive for growing growing this sturdy this sturdy grape. grape. While petite sirah is often used as a blending agent to boost the color of red wines, it’s also appreciated on its own merits.

You’ll also find petite sirah championed by locals such as Matchbook Wines, which sources its grapes from about 30 miles northwest of Sacramento in Dunnigan Hills. To the east in El Dorado County, Oakstone Winery crafts an especially full-bodied version of the varietal.

Bottle to try: Fire up the grill and pair a burger—or any grilled item of your choice—with the bold, blackberry flavored 2017 Revolution Wines Clarksburg Petite Sirah. 2831 S Street; rev.wine.com.

Zinfandel

Photo courtesy of jeff runquist wines

This popular red wine variety has regional roots that date back to the Gold Rush days. Head to the hills of nearby Amador County, and you’ll find the Original Grandpère Vineyard, which was planted in 1869 and said to be the nation’s oldest documented zinfandel vineyard. It’s still producing grapes that are used by such Sierra Foothills staples as Andis Wines and Vino Noceto.

Zinfandel also thrives in the southern part of the Sacramento region, especially as you head toward Lodi and deeper into the pop the cork on pasta Central Valley. night and toast the While much of sacramento region. this zinfandel is grown for bulk wine, producers including Michael David, Lucas Winery and Klinker Brick are crafting quality versions of zinfandel that range from medium weighted wines with hints of pepper to full flavored party starters with jammy fruit.

Bottle to try: The 2016 Jeff Runquist Wines “R” Zinfandel from Amador County ranks among the biggest palate pleasers you’ll find locally with impeccably balanced raspberry flavors and acidic zing. Pop the cork on pasta night and toast the Sacramento region. 10776 Shenandoah Road in Plymouth; jeffrun quistwines.com. Ω

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potential Once called ‘the hidden gem,’ Delta wineries are flourishing, though tunnel project could change that

by ScOTT THOmaS aNDERSON

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here’s a painting on the wall of Scribner Bend Vineyard, an image of the gentle river bow shimmering in the sun just beyond the tasting room’s door. It’s a reproduction of a harvest advertisement from 1906 and it captures how the north Delta looked then, with its long graceful waterways curving under cottonwoods, black walnut trees and levees brushed in wild grape.

Today, when visitors to Scribner Bend move their eyes to the window, they can see that little’s changed in a century around this rural hideaway.

What has evolved is the birth of California’s most unsung wine-tasting trail, one built by farming families who have lived along the Delta’s quiet sloughs and channels for nearly five generations. They pour high-quality vino with a friendly, laid-back approach. And day trip tourism is beginning to explode, especially as more Sacramentans discover the vineyards are only a 15-minute drive away.

But while these small wineries are thriving, their owners fear the trail could shrink or collapse if any version of the massive California WaterFix is built.

Formerly called “the twin tunnels,” the now-single tunnel project could ruin water to the surrounding farms and vineyards, according to independent hydrologists; fatally comprise the Delta’s levee system, according to geotechnical engineers; and choke off nearly all tourism and commerce to the region through massive construction gridlock, according to business owners from Freeport to Isleton who have studied the project’s Environmental Impact Report.

For Mark Scribner, owner of Scribner Bend Vineyard, building any of WaterFix’s proposed 1,000-foot-long steel intakes would also mean an end to Sacramento’s nearest rural getaway—a refreshing scenic escape chute from the urban landscape that opens onto a rare vista of river mansions, grassy islands and shady oak bowers.

“I want to preserve what we have here,” Scribner says. “If that WaterFix were to ever happen, it would decimate this area. It would absolutely destroy the face of the Delta.”

The pivotal year for Delta wines was 1968. That’s when several longtime families decide to plant grapes in addition to their crops of tomatoes, sugar beets, barely, table greens and pears. Warren and Chris Bogle

were the first to take the step, and by Wilson, was the first Delta farmer after 1970 the Wilson and Salman families Warren Bogle to plant grapes. His greathad followed suit. grandfather had been farming the land At first, these farmers were just help- since 1921. David would like to see his ing large-scale wineries in Napa County own children and grandchildren have a keep up with their crop demands. chance to carry on the tradition, though Eventually, though, top wine-makers he worries WaterFix—which has more in California began to realize that the than 30 active lawsuits pending against Delta’s unique micro-climate produced it—could kill that hope. some of the most interesting grapes on “Even with a one-tunnel project, if the West Coast, especially for the chenin we just look at what it would do to the blanc varietal.

Delta—the construction side things, “We have the Delta breeze that cools the number of trucks using these levee the region down every evening, but then roads built of sand and silt—that’s pretty we’ll have warm days as well, and that scary,” Ogilvie says. helps ripen the fruit He’s not the only and get a lot of those one who’s concerned. tropical characters Joe and Lenaya into the wine, while Salman recently the nighttime coolness opened a spacious, is still preserving the stately tasting room acidity,” explains on Grand Island, just David Ogilvie, a a few miles north of fourth-generation the famous Grand Delta dweller and Island Mansion on lifelong grape farmer.

Sutter Slough. Joe’s “That 40-degree shift grandfather, Mujiko JOE SalmaN in temperature really Salman, immigrated owner, Grand island vineyards helps the quality of to the Delta from the chenin blanc.”

Croatia shortly after Ogilvie—along with his brother Phil, World War I. Farming in the breezy, sister-in-law Shannon and longtime Mediterranean climate was a natural fit friend Tom Merwin—own Silt Wine for Mujiko, and by 1970 his son was Company in Clarksburg. Its tasting planting grapes on their ranch, including room is set along a lush, tree-lined turn the petite sirah, another attentionin Babel Slough drenched in vines and grabbing, standout varietal for the Delta. wild flowers.

Three years ago, the Salmans built Ogilvie says even wine magnates their tasting room to have panoramic from Napa and Sonoma express envy views of swaying trees and the bloom over the oasis-like atmosphere when on the pear orchards. So far, visitors they visit. His grandfather, David have been enthusiastic, though Joe continues to fret about what WaterFix would do to his crop irrigation. He also worries many Californians don’t know what kind of setting is at stake.

“If people don’t come out to the area, they probably just see it as a blank place on the map,” Joe says.

“We want to be part of getting the word out about his area that’s just so beautiful, and that a lot of people still don’t even know about it.” Ω

“If people don’t come out to the area, they probably just see it as a blank place on the map,”

David Ogilvie inspects one of his family’s sprawling vineyards in the Delta.

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The beer pairing frontier Where we’re going, we don’t need coasters

by Maxfield MoRRis Welcome to the future. It’s 2059, and there are no bad ideas. Or bad beer pairings. There’s still Beer & Ballet, but there’s also Beer Yoga on the Moon Base every Friday. Ale tasting at the floating laundromat on Sundays.

The formula is timeless—pick a food, activity or vehicle. Then add beer.

Even in 2019, Sacramento has increased inventive pairings, such as Beer Week’s Sac Mac + Brew, which combines cheesy pasta with ale. Some innovators are making a mark—New Glory’s partnering of beer and doughnuts is classic, and Jackrabbit Brewing Company is pushing boundaries with beermosas.

And the Sac Brew Boat is on its way, from the makers of Brew Bike.

The next obvious step: a pedal-powered Sacramento Sudmarine.

Once self-driving cars hit the market, every ride could potentially become a beer ride. Look forward to it, but in the meantime, I predict beer jet skis, ale-pine snowshoeing and hoppy unicycling.

To move forward, we must also look back. Give us an event that pairs medieval ale with medieval delicacies: pigeon pie and blood pudding, root vegetables and sour beers, racoon-infused lagers served by actual, trained racoons. The technology is almost there.

Organizers can use the power of beer for society’s good. If beer can sell ballet, it can do so much more.

Imagine cracking open a cold one with your orthopedic surgeon, or enjoying a pint at the DMV. Never has jury duty been so fulfilling. The program “Free Beer with Ballot” will shoot the country’s voter turnout sky high. Personal wellness and energy efficiency is increasingly important, so why not power the city through beer and spin class?

Pilsners and Peace Talks will bring world harmony—and what housing crisis can't be solved by cracking open a couple of cold brewskis?

There’s no limit to what beer can do—only the ones imposed by our sober minds. Ω

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he elderly man at the bar’s edge wears an eye patch. It’s noon on a recent Thursday, and he’s drinking a 24-ounce can of Pabst Blue Ribbon, the American lager first served in 1844.

That only seems appropriate since The Trap opened on Jan. 1, 1861.

While microbreweries thrive in Sacramento—with shiny tanks, industrial ceilings and chalkboards listing chocolate porters, hazy IPAs and sour concoctions to sour beer drinkers—the city also boasts a number of old and flourishing neighborhood bars.

There may be versions of Zebra Club, Hilltop, Club Raven and Cheater’s in cities around the country, or even more than one Socal’s Tavern or Club 2 Me. But they’re all in Sacramento and all iconic for one reason or another, even if it’s just because of a great name, neon sign or a cold beer.

No place defines that history more than The Trap (6125 Riverside Blvd.).

Snake skins and squirrels are stapled to the wall above the bar. There are a stuffed wolverine, dusty baseball caps and schmaltzy signage. The padlocked wooden cold cases haven’t been used for their intended purpose for more than 50 years.

The Trap is open seven days a week, noon to 2 a.m. Get there a few minutes early, and bartender Duke may pop out of the front door as you drive up to let you know the dive-in isn’t open yet.

Within minutes, he’s a new friend, and you and a drinking companion are soon joined by a regular who’s brought a container of his best fishing lures.

Beer at The Trap is served at 33 degrees, only in bottles and cans. The 24-ounce cans of PBR are $3.50. Food isn’t offered, but the peanut machine takes quarters. So why not have a PBR

and talk fishing, or hear tales of how patrons swear the walls talk?

The Trap has had its share of controversy, most recently five years ago when a new elementary school was built next door. But with its pool tables, chicken bingo and non-working neon sign (it may shine brightly again soon), The Trap endures with birthday No. 160 ahead. It’s a time warp that works.

Across town, The Pine Cove (509 29th St.) is a relative youngster. It just turned 65. Walk up the dark, narrow stairs lined with well-worn carpet, and the spacious upper floor has big windows and wood aged like the face of Willie Nelson’s guitar.

For years, it was known as a “cops and nurses” bar. The joint’s legend, says bartender Matt Long, includes an evening when the liquor store downstairs was robbed. Police drinking upstairs took care of business by pointing their guns out the windows.

Known as the best karaoke bar in town, The Pine Cove plays it simple: a half-dozen beers on tap, including Olympia. The legendary Milwaukee beer is also available in a 64-ounce pitcher for $12.

Old Ironsides (1901 10th St.) opened in 1934 and was the first Sacramento business to obtain a liquor license after Prohibition.

The front door, with its portal hole, probably weighs a ton. Inside, it’s all family-owned friendliness, comfort food and a bar with ancient tavern charm.

Greek and Italian-influenced cuisine is featured, highlighted by a lamb shank sandwich on Wednesdays and a breaded calamari streak sandwich on Fridays.

The Fox & Goose (1001 R St.) is still in its infancy by old pub standards. It opened on Jan. 15, 1975. But its brick building

Beer at The Trap is served at 33 degrees, o n ly i n bottles a n d ca n s . was erected in 1913 and was the former home to the Fuller Paint and Glass Company.

With the British traditions of drink, grub and decor, the Fox & Goose pays homage to the original Fox & Goose in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, open for more than 200 years. Bill Dalton, the co-owner of Sacramento’s version, grew up there.

The Bonn Lair (3651 J. St.) is the baby, recently celebrating its 25th birthday.

It’s owned by David Boyet, the former collegiate track runner and professional dancer, and named after his wife Bonnie.

Soccer is a religion at The Bonn Lair. From the World Cup to league matches, it’s rare when a match isn’t on the televisions. British pub fare rules, including a wondrous mound of decadence: British nachos. It’s chips (fries) smothered with beans and melted cheese. Guinness, Fuller’s ESB and Old Speckled Hen, among others, are on tap and all poured properly. What more could a beer-drinker want? Ω

SacTrivia: The Drinking Game!

Think you know Sacramento? have some beer and find out.

It’s not a party until someone suggests playing a drinking game.

A popular pastime, drinking games can involve plastic cups, dice, ping pong balls—really anything you find in your dad’s garage.

If there’s one thing that always pairs well with beer, it’s trivia. Here’s a Sac trivia-based drinking game for you to test your knowledge, and your alcohol tolerance.

For each question, choose one answer. For each correct answer, you get one point. If you choose the wrong answer, take a drink. Tally up your points at the end, and the person with the highest score wins.

4. in the movie lady bird, why did lady bird leave Sacramento?

A. Sacramento had too many Bradford pear trees and it was starting to become an environmental hazard.

B. Lady Bird complained that Sacramento had no culture.

C. Sacramento didn’t want Lady Bird around any more.

D. Trick question—Lady Bird never left Sacramento!

Answer: Lady Bird left Sacramento because she got into a school in New York. You didn’t get that one? Bummer. Guess you have to crack open another cold one.

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A. University of Beer B. Bottle & Barlow C. Kupros Craft House D. Iron Horse Tavern

Answer: In front of your car during peak traffic hours. Remember, take a drink if you didn’t get the correct answer!

2. What color is the Tower bridge?

A. Gold B. Silver C. Yellow D. Ochre

A. Farm B. To C. Fork D. Capital

6. Which river borders the Old Sacramento Waterfront?

A. The American River B. The Cosumnes River C. The Sacramento River D. The Colorado River

Answer: The Sacramento River. Can’t blame you if you got this one wrong, it’s a tough one.

brew bike stop most frequently?

Answer: Originally industrial silver, the Tower Bridge’s color was first changed to ochre in 1976, then later golden yellow in 2002. Since the bridge was painted over each time, it’s technically all of these colors. If you got all three, congratulations! If not, it looks like you’re going to have to take another drink.

7. The california State capitol is home to which favorite movie?

A. The Lion King B. The Lion King 1/2 C. The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride D. The Lion in Winter

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A. The governor’s office B. The state Senate C. The state Assembly D. A really big dome

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t’s a quiet afternoon at Avid Reader in Davis. A handful of tome-hunters mill noiselessly—almost suspiciously—along the bookstore’s neat shelves. The door opens, and Catriona McPherson casually walks in, holding a purse and a tartan hat stitched to a frayed red wig.

A native of Scotland, the awardwinning author is just back from Vancouver, where she won the Left Coast Crime award for best humorous mystery of 2019. At the moment, though, her main concern is getting the

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gaudy “jimmy wig” to Avid Reader owner Alzeda Knickerbocker so it can decorate an upcoming Scottish-themed book event.

Since moving to Davis in 2010, McPherson has found Avid Reader to be a second home. She says it fosters camaraderie, and knows the highly selective events that Knickerbocker hosts are vital to the literary scene.

McPherson is one of several popular authors who often trumpet the rare human-to-human interactions that happen at independent

Local bookstores are on the front lines of the battle for the future of reading and writing in the Digital Age

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bookstores—experiences a giant, anonymous online retailer simply can’t match.

The public may be waking up to that: Recent data from the American Booksellers Association shows that, while other brick-and-mortar establishments are crumbling, indie bookstores are making an astounding comeback.

The timing of their recovery couldn’t be better in a world where communication habits and creative instincts are now at technological hyper-speed.

From Twitter and Snapchat to texts and bullet-blurbs, the trend toward ultra-abbreviated writing could have long-term effects on society’s expressive impulses.

Has a back-sliding shadow begun to fall on the breadth and power of language itself?

Lovers of the written word, or even of critical thinking, are hoping the answer is “no.” And some of their best allies are independent bookstores, especially ones using interpersonal relationships and live events to urge people into the mystery of language. These little businesses still face threats in the digital age, but region’s best-known authors are right by their side.

Independent Bookstore Day on April 27 is a chance to decide if you are, too.

The launch party that Avid Reader recently threw for McPherson’s novel, Scot & Soda, was lively, breezy and full of laughter. Fans came out to hear McPherson talk about the new adventure of her character Lexy Campbell, a Scottish ex-pat living in a California college town that resembles Davis.

Campbell is a jaded marriage counselor who brings a blunt Caledonian cut to her advice. McPherson read an inner monologue from the character and put the crowd in stitches by delivering it with a Twainian touch peeking through her Scottish brogue.

She knows the critical establishment generally doesn’t treat humor writing or the mystery genre as serious literature, but fans were avid about how much they enjoy the journey McPherson takes them on.

“Sometimes I will get people who say, ‘Do you think you’ll ever write a proper book,’” McPherson says. “And

Popular author catriona mcPherson reads from her latest mystery novel at avid reader in davis april 12.

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another pitfall is those writers who problematize the genre and think they’re oh so clever—and they just don’t tie things up—but then they cast that as something above what we mystery writers do.” Smiling, she adds in a mock drawl, “We lowly practitioners of the fair play puzzle plot.”

McPherson had a successful career spinning those story lines before she moved to Davis, where her husband took a teaching job at the University of California. She says the staff at Avid Reader were among the first to welcome her with open arms.

“They’ve supported me since I came off the boat and didn’t know anyone,” she recalls.

Knickerbocker, a die-hard litdevotee who opened Avid Reader 32 years ago, says author appearances add another dimension to the store’s mission of bringing Davis the very best books.

“It’s very exciting,” Knickerbocker said of the turnout for McPherson. “This was a community event, but it was around writing, and not only that, it was around successful writing.” the davis festivities weren’t the region’s only early spring get-together. On March 9, Face in A Book in El Dorado Hills held a bustling launch party for Claire Booth’s new novel, A Deadly Turn.

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Booth is a former newspaper crime reporter for the Contra Costa Times. In 2008, she turned the case of a homicidal cult leader from Concord into a true crime enigma called The False Prophet.

After that book’s release, Booth began writing fiction. She created a series of police procedurals set in the ’70s-chic country music netherworld of Branson, Missouri.

The books follow an elected sheriff named Hank Worth, and some of their originality stems from the trends and tropes Booth isn’t trying to copy.

“He’s not an emotionally tortured protagonist or brooding seeker who’s dealing with a battered past,” Booth admits. “I wanted him to be more of a normal guy. I thought that would be more interesting.”

Worth’s relatablility gained Booth a national audience. Now that she lives in Fair Oaks, she considers Face in a Book her “home bookstore.” Booth says owner Tina Ferguson and her team have done a stellar job hosting events that get kids and teens interested in reading.

“I like how specifically independent bookstores can tailor themselves to the needs of their community,” Booth says. “And from a reader’s perspective, they don’t have any corporate overlord dictating what their stock is going to be, and what they have to display.”

Mystery writer Catriona McPherson, who lives in Davis, holds one of her recent awards inside Avid Reader in Davis.

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Ferguson opened Face in a Book in 2012, not long after Borders Books in Folsom met its unceremonious demise. Ferguson saw that as a sign that neighborhoods needed a space for written culture and creativity to thrive.

Today, Face in a Book runs six book clubs, a writers’ coffee house meet-up and some of the biggest literary events in the Sacramento region.

In 2016, it hosted Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney and sold-out 1,400 seats at an off-site venue. During its Independent Bookstore Day celebration on April 27, it will host former Pixar illustrator and famed children’s author Christian Robinson.

While Ferguson’s events are putting Sacramento on the map for literary tours, she says the role her store plays in everyday lives is the most rewarding part of the journey.

“People might think of a bookstore as a retail establishment, but it’s really so much more to so many people,” she notes. “It’s a place where readers can connect with others, a place of discovery; and we have a lot of customers who have become like family to us now.” Ω

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Nu-metal band Korn co-headlines Aftershock 2019 Sunday, October 13.

The festival launched in 2012 as a single-day event at Discovery Park with headliners including Sacramento’s own Deftones. It moved to Gibson Ranch in 2015, which spurred complaints of traffic Expanded Aftershock gridlock and other logistical issues. It moved back to festival brings Slipknot, Tool Discovery Park in 2016.

Aftershock is produced by Danny Wimmer and Korn to Sacramento Presents, a Los Angeles-based company that organizes large-scale rock festivals around the country,

by ChriS MACiAS including Rock on the Range in Ohio and Louder Than Life in Louisville. Organizers previously said they wanted to grow Aftershock to a three-day event with 40,000 daily capacity.

For months, rumors swirled on which bands would “We have always felt that Sacramento was a play Aftershock, the annual rock festival set this key market for us to develop,” Danny Hayes, CEO year for Oct. 11 to Oct. 13. of Danny Wimmer Presents, wrote in an e-mail You can hold a horned salute for Slipknot and to SN&R. “We are thrilled that the county [of Tool, which join Korn, blink-182 and Rob Zombie Sacramento] has worked with us to continue to grow as confirmed acts. Organizers announced the full this event.” lineup Tuesday, which includes Staind, Lamb of The expansion of Aftershock is certainly music God, Marilyn Manson, Bad Religion, Gojira and to the ears of local tourism officials. The festival more than 50 other bands that will rock Discovery registers about $17 million in economic Park. impact annually and is responsible for Along with a roster of radio more than 60% of hotel bookings players—Chevelle, Sum 41, Stone in the Sacramento area during the “It’s always Temple Pilots—the lineup also festival weekend, according to detours into metalcore (Bring Me like a family Visit Sacramento.

The Horizon), punk (Dropkick reunion when we play “You look at the maturity of Murphys) and electronica (The Aftershock, and it shows we can Aftershock.”

Crystal Method). accommodate large events like “Aftershock is always a unique Brian “Head” Welch this,” said Mike Testa, president experience for Korn compared guitarist, Korn and CEO of Visit Sacramento. to other festivals,” Brian “Head” “There are enough [hotel] rooms, Welch, guitarist for Korn, wrote in people are coming back year after year an email. “One of the main reasons is and having a good experience.” we have many friends and family [who] Tickets go on sale noon Friday. Single-day live near Sacto, so it’s always like a family reunion tickets start at $99.50 for general admission and when we play Aftershock. We also have many good $199.50 for VIP, which includes shaded areas, a memories of Sacramento from when we did a tiny special section for viewing the main stage and other tour with our old friends in Deftones before both amenities. Three-day general admission passes start bands were ever signed.” at $269.50 and $449.50 for VIP packages. Service The festival, in its eighth year, now spans three fees are added to all ticket purchases. Ω days with a daily capacity of 32,500, which could push total attendance toward 100,000. In 2018, Aftershock was a two-day event that drew 60,000 for the full lineup, tickets and lodging options: aftershockfestival.com. people.

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Cine city Dance until the world ends—literally.

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A “jukebox musical” with some of the best (and worst) songs of the 1970s is one huge cruise of enjoyable theater. Disaster! is its name, but it’s anything but that.

Stupid and silly, this parody of disaster films from the ’70s has every calamity of the genre—earthquakes, shipwrecks and fires—with all the dastardly villains, innocent victims and reluctant heroes of The Poseidon Adventure, Jaws and The Towering Inferno.

It’s opening night of New York’s first floating casino. Tony Delvecchio (Timothy Stewart in a singing, dancing, comedic tour de force) has exploited technicalities, skirted regulations and financially extended himself to the point of ruin. There are two additional threats: a nun (Sister Mary, played by Nicole Sterling) and a “disaster expert” (Professor Ted Scheider, played by Casey McClellan). She tells everybody they’re all going to hell, and he tells them they’re all going to die.

Potential victims include: lounge singer Jackie Noelle (Natasha Hause); Jackie’s twins, Lisa and Ben, imaginatively played by a single actor (Elizabeth Lamora, alternating with Katelyn Reeves); fading disco diva Levora Verona (Miranda D. Lawson); a couple celebrating the husband’s retirement (Maury and Shirley, played tenderly by Michael Cross and hilariously by Jamie Jones); and the requisite attractive young couple in love (Sam C. Jones and Melissa Brausch).

Michael Laun directs with admirable respect for both musical comedy and the disaster theme, mixing humor and groan-inducing obviousness (“Feelings,” anyone?) into one big hit. Ω

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2 The French disconnection The plot of Lickspittles, Buttonholers and Damned Pernicious Go-Betweens is as unusual as its title.

In this rhyming, Alexandrine verse play, Resurrection Theatre attempts to entertain audiences with comedy, tragedy, drama and melodrama all wrapped into one. The storyline follows three Danish fellows with skills in flattery, oratory and persuasion, who seek to regain their places in the royal court by scheming against their French equals. The minor roles of Napoleon and Josephine Bonaparte, the Duke of Wellington and Prince Frederick are charming inclusions.

A cast of 14 fills the intimate California Stage. Several actors take on multiple roles, each with their own tongue-twisting, poetic lines in Shakespearean iambic pentameter. While most of the actors’ French accents were convincing, the Danish accents were inconsistent and at times inarticulate. The highlight of the entire performance was the stage combat; the sword fighting scenes are exciting and spellbinding.

Unfortunately, the lack of period-appropriate costumes was too distracting not to mention.

Taking into account the minimal budget of all community theater companies—as explicitly observed by the narrators—it takes more than an appropriate suspension of disbelief to accept jeans, Crocs and fanny packs in 1807.

Overall, Lickspittles was bewildering, but fun. Despite a cast of talented actors and modern direction, the play, with its unduly complex plot and lengthy script, may have fallen shorter than Napoleon’s sword.

—Tessa MargueriTe OuTland

lickspittles, Buttonholers and Damned Pernicious go-Betweens: friday 8pm, saturday 8pm, sunday 2pm; through 5/12; $18-$20; resurrection theatre, 1723 25th street; (916) 491-0940; resurrectiontheatre.com.

Director Kat Jayme’s film Big Country documents her search for former nBa star Bryant reeves.

Need your local film fix? Now in its 24th year, the Sacramento International Film Festival promises plenty of screenings for casual movie-goers and conferences for career-minded folks. The weekend kicks off with a gala at The Other Office on Saturday, then “48 Hours”—a showcase of films made in 48 hours—at the Crest Theatre on Sunday. Monday, the Delta King will host “Around the World in 80 Minutes,” featuring several international films including Big Country, a documentary that dives into the career and disappearance of former basketball star Bryant “Big Country” Reeves. Sat 4/27; Sun 4/28; Mon 4/29; Tue 4/30; Through 5/5; $10-$150; Sacramento International Film Festival at various locations; (916) 5245138; californiafilm.net.

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Stage pick Why raise money when you can raise hell against the system?

Higher education If you think college is expensive now, well, it is. But it wasn’t always affordable or accessible in the past either.

Celebration Arts’ production of Ramona King’s comedy Steal Away tells the story of five church ladies who organize fundraisers to send young black women to college in Depression-era Chicago. Bake sales aren’t exactly the most lucrative way of raising money though, so when they’re denied a loan because the bank teller doesn’t see why black women would need to go to college, robbing a bank starts to seem a little more appealing. Thu 4/25, 8pm; Fri 4/26, 8pm; Sat 4/27, 8pm; Sun 4/28, 2pm; Through 5/12; $10-$20; Celebration Arts, 2727 B Street; (916) 455-2787; celebrationarts.net.

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Kings General Manager Vlade Divac (right) fired Coach Dave Joerger and quickly replaced him with Luke Walton, formerly coach of the hated L.A. Lakers.

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one enormous unforced turnover The Kings miss the playoffs, again, and the coach gets fired

by Ailene Voisin

For much of the season, the Kings exceeded expectations, played an uptempo, entertaining style with a bouncy, youthful spirit and accelerated the push for the franchise’s first NBA playoff berth since 2005-06.

They were 30-27 at the All-Star break, a mere game out of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

The end of the postseason drought was not just a dream, it was a legitimate possibility. Talk of the playoffs began as a whisper, then became a daily topic of conversation at the water cooler, in the bar, at the mall.

So what happened?

Let’s just say, the Kings committed one enormous, unforced turnover. They let it slip away and stumbled into the great collapse that prompted general manager Vlade Divac to replace coach Dave Joerger with Luke Walton, and in a related move, dismiss assistant general manager Brandon Williams.

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not both, would be dismissed at season’s end. And, to his credit, Divac didn’t apply merely apply Band-aids. He fired both and sent a powerful message: No more drama, no more nonsense, no more unnecessary distractions.

So welcome to Sacramento, Luke Walton, and never mind that you’re three years late. Divac wanted Walton after he fired George Karl, only to see his former teammate sign with the Lakers. This time, the interest was mutual.

“You see what this team has done, and the group of players Vlade has brought in here, and you see the way they play,” Walton said at his introductory press conference. “They play fast. They have three-point shooting. They’re young, they’re versatile. That’s how I want to play. That’s how I think the game should be played.”

Noting that the Kings finished third Joerger’s bizarre moves in pace, fourth in three-point shooting percentage, ninth in scoring, but only Rarely has a 12-game improvement over the previous season felt like such a downer. 21st in overall defense, he added, “We’ll put a huge emphasis on defense, chalThough not inevitable—if the lenging our guys daily, start Kings made the playoffs, practicing with defense at Joerger would have likely the front of the practice returned for his fourth plan to prioritize how Rarely has season—the coach important it is to us. was undone by more a 12-game You have to want to than blown leads and be a good defensive improvement over missed opportuniteam.” ties. His refusal to the previous season Walton, 39, start power forward felt like such a leaves a Lakers franMarvin Bagley III chise that obtained after the All-Star break downer.

LeBron James last perplexed more than the summer and promptly rookie’s relatives. Other morphed from storied to coaching decisions rankled: dysfunctional. While former Joerger’s refusal to give rookie team president Magic Johnson fired Harry Giles substantial playing time; his himself before he could fire his coach, use of small forward Harrison Barnes at Walton has been roundly praised for power forward; his reluctance to coach De’Aaron Fox more forcefully, particularly his professionalism and for keeping his team competitive. as the second-year point guard’s aggresLate Monday, however, news siveness diminished at both ends during broke of a lawsuit accusing Walton of the deciding stretch; and his inability to sexually assaulting a woman before he develop a rapport with his players. became the Lakers coach. His attorney Joerger’s communication issues were denies the allegations, and the Kings never more obvious than during a Feb. 21 say they are “gathering information.” game against Golden State. In a scene with If Walton survives the controversy, brutal optics, an animated Joerger dressed Divac will turn his attention to offdown Buddy Hield in front of the bench season player moves, foremost among seconds after his shooting guard broke the them deciding how to find an upgrade play and instead sank a three-pointer. at center over the wildly inconsistent The underling tension between Joerger Willie Cauley-Stein and to entice and Williams—rooted in the coach’s Barnes into turning his $25.1 million belief that the assistant GM wanted him player option into a multi-year deal. fired over his handling of Bagley and “We have our coach,” said Divac, leaked information to the media accord“and now we move forward.” Ω ingly—virtually guaranteed that one, if Had the Kings won their final two games, they would have finished with a .500 record (41-41). Yet, somehow, Joerger failed to grasp the emotional significance of finishing strong, of avoiding another losing season, of demonstrating to a long-suffering community that giant strides are in the near future.

Whatever his motivation against the Blazers—and one theory suggests this was a one-man protest against the front office—he gave Divac no reason to give him the benefit of the doubt.

“I started thinking about it [coaching change] after the All-Star break, but it was more like the whole year,” Divac, recently signed to a four-year contract extension, told reporters. “It was a good season, better than a lot of people expected. But I still believe we could do better.”

During those disappointing final weeks, the Kings did the following: Went 9-16, including losing seven of their final 10 games; lost twice to an injury-depleted New Orleans squad, including a ghastly, uninspired home finale that included a blown 14-point lead; and ended the season with an inexplicable loss against a Portland team resting its starters and using only six players.

The kicker—or the kick to the gut for Kings fans—was Joerger’s bizarre decision to sit his starters in Portland after his club scored 74 points in the first half and led by 28. As the deficit narrowed, then disappeared entirely, he stubbornly stuck with his subs and watched the Blazers secure the victory.

“I don’t want one half, or a couple of weeks of basketball that we’ve struggled with, to take that big picture, good feeling away,” Joerger said after what turned out be his final game.

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Tomato seedlings, protected from rain and chilly nights, are almost ready to go in the ground.

“This might be the year to actually wait until April 28—or Mother’s Day in mid-May—to plant tomatoes to lessen the chance of hailstorm damage from any passing storms,” Hoffman said.

On his former acreage in Herald, Hoffman used to plant 40 tomato varieties or more in a vast vegetable garden. Now in shady suburban Folsom, he has cut his tomato planting way down.

“Since I am now dealing with limited sunlight in my yard, cherry tomatoes are my favorite right now, especially Sun Gold and Sweet Million,” he said. “(They’re) always dependable, always productive from June through November.”

Pete Frichette, the tomato king of Sacramento’s Greenhaven neighborhood, usually plants his tomato seedlings in March, but not this year. Well-known for his two-pound Aussie tomatoes and abundant harvests, he didn’t even start seed indoors until March 25, six to eight weeks later than recent seasons.

“It seems the excess rain and my older status coupled with the cold spring have kept me ‘out of the ground’ so far this year,” said Frichette, now 80. He estimates that his seedlings will be ready for transplant in two more weeks.

While waiting for the weather to warm, Frichette worked on his soil. As he feared, all the rain washed out some of the necessary nutrients. Besides adding ammonium sulfate, potassium sulfate and other nutrients, he covered the planting area with an inch of compost. He also dug in peat crumbles from an asparagus farm near Stockton. He’ll be planting his usual favorites – Early Girl, Better Boy and Aussie – plus testing two others, Brown Berry and Italian Giant Beefsteak.

As for my own tomatoes, I’m trying 10 varieties this season: Juliet (the only repeat from prior seasons), Big Beef, Big Mama, Brandy Boy, Dark Queen, First Prize, Limmony, Orange Pixie, Painted Lady and Queen of Hearts. One of those has got to like the weather, hot or cold. Ω

This season in the Big Tomato, our signature crop likely will be a little late.

This has not been an easy spring for tomatoes in Sacramento. Wet, cold weather in March and early April put a damper on growing conditions. Any tomato transplants that went in the ground early just sat there and sulked, their roots shivering.

Finally, some sunny days perked things up (including plant sales at local nurseries). But tomatoes need warmer soil to really start growing.

We may be in store for an unusually cool summer, too; that’s good news for the State Fair, but not necessarily tomato lovers. “Past history is no indicator of future performance,” quipped Sacramento radio host Farmer Fred Hoffman, paraphrasing financial disclaimers.

For Sacramentans who invest time and money in growing tomatoes, this could be a challenging season. Hoffman, a lifetime master gardener, cited Accuweather’s extended forecast with summer temperatures on the cool side, mostly in the 70s with overnight lows just above 50 degrees. By Sacramento standards, that’s chilly—especially if you’re a Brandywine.

On his KFBK and KSTE gardening shows, Hoffman has long promoted April 28 (his birthday) as Sacramento Tomato Planting Day, the perfect time to set out tomato transplants. But in recent years, that planting date was too late for a good harvest or missed lots of warmth in early Debbie Arrington, an award-winning garden writer and lifelong spring. He was planting his own tomatoes weeks gardener, is co-creator of the Sacramento Digs gardening blog and website. before his birthday.

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mUSiC THURSDaY, 4/25 ALLBLACk: The Oakland rapper is performing along with Offset Jim, Geechi and Prada Mack for his Thank You 4 Fuckin With Me tour. 7pm, $20-$45. Holy Diver, 1517 21st St.

GLoBAL rHYTHMS QUArTETo nUEVo: The “New

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Craft brew, not-kraft mac RiveR Walk PaRk, 6Pm, $15-$50 Sacramento Beer Week is back, and it’s brought with it a familiar face—the Sac Mac + Brew Review.

Food & drink Returning for its second year, the tasting brings you beer from local breweries and macaroni and cheese from local restaurants and chefs.

Sound too good to be true? It’s not. It’s real. You’ll get a commemorative glass,

TiCkET WindoW SPYRO GYRa They’re playing the jazz

fusion music that they play all the time.

The Buffalo, N.Y., band will keep it funky, keep it jazzy and most of all, keep mixing it up. 5/28, 8pm, $42-$82, on sale now. Harris Center in Folsom, harriscenter.net.

NEW KiDS ON THE bLOCK Playing

with Salt-N-Pepa, Naughty By Nature, Tiffany and Debbie Gibson, this show is not to be missed. 5/30, 7:30pm, $29.95-$199.95, on sale now. Golden 1 Center, ticketmaster. com.

all the pasta samples you can stomach and plenty of tastings in the beer garden.

There are more than 40 breweries participating, and it takes place right by the glorious Sacramento River between the iconic Tower and I Street bridges.

Kick off your Beer Week the cheese-ified way. 651 2nd Street in West Sacramento, sacbeerweek.com.

wrestlers will be playing live on stage in the DOCO. Show up to hear their sweaty, non-musical stylings along with some truly beautiful wrestling. 6/11, 4:45pm, $35-$300, on sale now. Golden 1 Center, ticketmaster.com.

JENNiFER LOPEz

bObbY LEE The comedian and actor

you love to love and that you know from Mad TV and countless movies and cameos will be doing stand-up the Bobby Lee way.

6/6-6/8, various times, $25-$35, on sale now.

Punch Line, ticketmaster.com.

The actress, songster, performer and most famous J-Lo is coming to Sacramento to perform, along with World of Dance. 6/12,

8pm, $49.95-$499.95, on sale now. Golden 1

Center, ticketmaster. com.

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HoT CiTY: The Hot City Pizza place in East Sac may have closed, but Hot City Jazz is open for business. They’ll be playing their jazz, rumba and swing licks and not cooking up a single pizza—that’s their guarantee. 9pm, no cover. Shady Lady, 1409 R St.

oLETA AdAMS: You might know the gospel vocalist from her piano playing or her voice, or from her work with Tears for Fears. 7pm, $45. B Street Theatre, 2700 Capitol Ave.

SHoTGUn SAWYEr: Blues rock meets indie rock meets also rock as Shotgun Sawyer performs with Vinnie Guidera & The Dead Birds as well as Ghost Mesa. 8pm, call for cover. The Press Club, 2030 P St.

FRiDaY, 4/26 AriELLE: Rocking all the way from Austin, Texas, the singer-songwriter and guitarist will be playing some rock music with a free-spirited vibe. 7pm, $12-$15. Momo Sacramento, 2708 J St.

BUMPin UGLiES: The ska-et-cetera band whose name I’m pretty sure is a euphemism for something is coming to town for one night only! 7pm, $12-$15. Holy Diver, 1517 21st St.

don CArLoS: The Jamaican reggae performer

will be performing with special guests. 9pm, $25-$30. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

bLUEFaCE The rapper from Los Angeles will be playing in Sacramento, namely at Ace of Spades. 6/28, 8pm, $35, on sale now.

Ace of Spades, livenation.com.

aFTERSHOCK The festival lineup’s been announced, and it’s stacked. Catch some Tool, some Slipknot, some Staind—but Tool, some Slipknot, some Staind—but wait, there’s more. Don’t miss blink-182, wait, there’s more. Don’t miss blink-182, Rob Zombie, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Stone Temple Pilots. But wait, Stone Temple Pilots. But wait, there’s more. Check out the there’s more. Check out the lineup, get a ticket. lineup, get a ticket. 10/11-

10/13, various times, on sale Discovery Park, 4/26. Discovery Park, aftershockfestival. com.

Online listings will be considered for print. Print listings are edited for space and accuracy. Deadline for print listings is 5 p.m. Wednesday. Deadline for NightLife listings is midnight Sunday.

Send photos and reference materials to Calendar editor maxfield morris at snrcalendar@newsreview.com.

the Capitol Pops Concert Band, so join it for this free concert. 7pm, no cover. Rusch Park Auditorium, 7801 Auburn Blvd. in Citrus Heights.

don’T YoU ForGET ABoUT ME: Old Ironsides will soon be a fountain of 1980s music. Local bands will perform as 1980s-era acts in this tribute show of the ’80s tribute show season. Expect sets from Band of Coyotes, The Brangs, Clevers, Dive Bar Bombers and more. 8pm, $5-$8. Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St.

STAr WArS: As Chewbacca would likely say upon hearing about this event, “Hgaaruaaraaa!” Yes, it’s exciting, because the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera is playing the music of the galaxy pretty dang far away. “Hecka far away,” the movies put it, I believe. 8pm, $60-$93. Sacramento Community Center Theater, 1301 L St.

SUNDaY, 4/28 THE 69 EYES: Ever wondered what rock bands from Finland sound like? Now you don’t have to. Come see what they’re like in person. 6:30pm, $20-$99. Holy Diver, 1517 21st St.

THE EVoLUTion oF An AMEriCAn ArTForM: The Midtown Vanguard Jazz Series continues with Jacam Manricks’ band and their presentation on jazz history. 6:30pm, $10$30. CLARA, 2420 N St.

MonSTEr EnErGY oUTBrEAk ToUr PrESEnTS SLUSHii: If you like the way Monster Energy drinks taste, you might like the way Slushii performs! It’s dubstep, house and trap time at Ace of Spades, so check out this concert—the Monster Energy way. 7pm, $22. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St.

WEDNESDaY, 5/1 LSd And THE SEArCH For God: Join this 21 and over show as LSD and the Search for God go on tour. Also playing are Stargazer Lillies. 8pm, $12-$15. Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd.

inCoGniTo: The British band famous for their absolutely off-the-chain horn section will be performing. 7:30pm, $49-$79. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

TYPESETTEr: Tiny Stills are joining Typesetter

Grab some tickets and a bunch of friends and see a show.

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It’s a match made in Beer Week heaven.

Quartet” is coming to the Crocker Art Museum to play a musical sound that mixes Indian, Mexican, European folk and American jazz. Join the four folks from all over in their concert. 6:30pm, $10. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St.

snr c a le nd a r @ ne wsr e v ie w.c o m

for an evening of different kinds of rock.

Typesetter comes from Chicago. Tiny Stills comes from Los Angeles. 8pm, $10. Cafe Colonial, 3520 Stockton Blvd.

SaTURDaY, 4/27 BEEr WEEk roCkS iii: Beer meets Beer Week and music at the Big Sexy Brewing Co. production featuring Drop Dead Red, J Ras & The Higher Elevation, Manzanita Music, Alex Vincent and Fonty. Not enough cheese for you? Don’t worry—Squeeze Inn will bring the cheese via food. 2pm, no cover. Big Sexy Brewing Company.

EXUBErAnT EnErGY: It’s the 56th season for Camellia Symphony Orchestra, and that means it’s going to really perform some Mozart. 7:30pm, $8-$30. C.K. McClatchy High School Auditorium, 3066 Freeport Blvd.

CAPiToL PoPS ConCErT BAnd AnniVErSArY ConCErT: Speaking of years spent playing music with large bands—it’s year 22 for

FESTivaLS THURSDaY, 4/25 GATHEr WATErFronT: Gather around the Old Sacramento Waterfront for this spring GATHERing. It’s the first time the food festival has graced the streets of the riverside, so come check it out with some foods, drinks and tunes. 5pm, no cover. Old Sacramento, 1023 Front St. Suite A.

THE GrEAT AMEriCAn Coin HUnT: The Sacramento Valley Coin Club is meeting this week, and apparently it’s spending collectible and scarce coins at local retailers for you to find. Get more info at sacramentocoinhunt.com. All day, no cover. Greater Sacramento Area.

FRiDaY, 4/26 SACrAMEnTo VALLEY Coin CLUB 2019 SPrinG SHoW: You’ve heard about the Great American Coin Hunt, now come visit the folks behind it. We’re talking free appraisals, raffles, activities for youths and much,

Saturday, 4/28

Sacramento Earth Day SouthSide Park, 11am, no cover

As of yet, all the humans I’ve met only have one planet they’re really committed to living on. I’ll give you a hint about FEStivalS which one it is: It rhymes with “girth” and is exactly the size of the planet you’re currently on. Yep, it’s Earth. Celebrate the old gal in her time of need as we continue to pollute, ruin habitats and sign away natural beauty to corporations.

This celebration features vegan foods, live music, local organizations doing good and much more. Stop by!

700 T Street, ecosacramento.net.

much more. 10am, no cover under 18, $3. The Four Points by Sheraton, 4900 Duckhorn Drive.

SUttER’S FORt tRaDERS’ FaiRE: Join in the fun at this maker’s mart with all manner of artisanal goods made by artisans. There’s three days of goods to peruse over three days of the weekend. Stop on by now, y’hear? 10am, $5-$7. Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park, 2701 L St.

vERDaNt—a NiGHt OF PERFORMaNCE, aRt aND FRaGRaNCE: With music, artwork, comedy, floral arrangements and folks from Brooklyn, New York, this is one pleasantsmelling evening that won’t take place in a Yankee Candle store. Join Sea of Bees, Glass Bat, Ziemba, Lou Tides and more at the Red Museum. 8pm, $10. The Red Museum, 212 15th St.

Saturday, 4/27 ElK GROvE FitFESt: Want to get fit? Want to go to a place with lots of vendors? Want to participate in some athletic activities while having fun? Sounds like you might just be in the target market for the Elk Grove Fitfest.

Targeted ads should be flooding your social media feed any moment—but in the meantime, plan to spend a pleasant day at this festival that features zorb balls. 9am, no cover. Elk Grove Regional Park, 9950 Elk Grove-Florin Road.

KiD’S aRt FEStival: Kids art is flooding the Fair Oaks market for one day only. Show up for some art-making opportunities, some art shows, performances, food and more. 10am, no cover. Village Park, Main Street in Fair Oaks.

RUMi FilM aND MUSiC FEStival: Join the Verge for a festival focused on Jalāl ad-Dān Muhammad Rāmā, featuring music and film. 7pm, $20-$25. Verge Center for the Arts, 625 S St.

SOl BlUME 2019: Catch a bit of Sol Blume for some rhythm, some blues, some rap and some food. With music from Migues, Jessie Reyez, Queen Naija, J.I.D. and more, it’s a veritable boutique music fest in the heart of Sacramento. 11am, $69-$199. Cesar Chavez Plaza, 910 I St.

SuNday, 4/28 SaCRaMENtO EaRtH DaY: The Earth Day celebration is here. Come celebrate the planet most of us are living on, highlighted on page 33. That’s this page. Look up! 11am, no cover. Southside Park, 700 T St.

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FOOd & drINK FrIday, 4/26 2ND aNNUal SaC MaC aND BREW REviEW: Check out the event highlight on page 32 for a hefty dose of macaroni and beer. 6pm,

$45. River Walk Park, 651 2nd St.

3RD aNNUal taStE OF CitRUS HEiGHtS 2019: Do you like Citrus Heights and want to eat some local food there? Don’t just sit around, come eat some food with other people interested in eating food. 6pm, $12.50-$400. Citrus Heights Community Center, 6300 Fountain Square Drive in Citrus Heights.

SaCRaMENtO BEER WEEK CRaFt BEER PUB CRaWl: It’s Beer Week 2019, and that means it’s time to drink a responsible amount of beer and appreciate that beer for its merits, while also making sure to respect yourself and those around you. That being said, join Old Sacramento pubs for this crawl that features five beers from breweries. 6pm, $12. Old Sacramento Bars, 2nd St.

Saturday, 4/27 2019 WORlD CHaMPiONSHiP aBalONE COOK OFF: Abalones are headed this way—and in greater numbers than you likely would expect. Join this competition for the best of the best abalone chefs and even judge those chefs. 10am, $98. The Magnolia Terrace at Kimpton Sawyer Hotel.

HOPS aND PROPS iPa CRaFt BEER iNvitatiONal: Beers meet airplanes in the beer-airplane crossover episode of the crossover episode season. Support the Aerospace Museum of California and try some brews from Claimstake Brewing, Alaro Craft Brewery, Burning Barrel Brewing Co. and many, many more. 2pm, $45. McClellan Park, 3200 Freedom Park Drive.

SaCRaMENtO BEER WEEK BaCK allEY BBQ WitH FiElDWORK BREWiNG & ZOCalO: Want to spend some time drinking beer, eating barbecued food and listening to music? Well, there’s plenty of places to do that, but this place also has it. There’s a pig roast and all the food you can consume. 2pm, $40. Fieldwork Brewing Company, 1805 Capitol Ave.

MONday, 4/29 DRaKE’S BREWER v BREWER BEER DiNNER: See what’s what as two Drake’s Brewing Company brewers test their brewing

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wits in a head-to-head match-up of undeniable acclaim and intensity. It’s a beer-food pairing kind of evening, so don’t be surprised if you’re asked to eat food and drink beer. 5pm, $120. Drake’s: The Barn, 985 Riverfront St. in West Sacramento.

tueSday, 4/30 brewer royaLe: Didn’t get enough head-tohead beer match-up on Monday? Don’t sweat it—this beer pairing fight is even more intense. Four different brewers come together to pit their beers with their bites and let you, the customer, figure out what you prefer. No one will be seated for the final battle—because it’s a non-seated event.. 6pm, $50. Drake’s: The Barn, 985 Riverfront St. in West Sacramento.

Film Friday, 4/26 PotterFest Harry Potter movie NiGHts: Watch the fourth Harry Potter movie with Jackrabbit Brewing Co. Should be a fun time, and it’s free. Bring a chair, dress up like a wizard or a squib or a hippogriff, then sit down and enjoy the film. 7pm, no cover. Jackrabbit Brewing Co., 1323 Terminal St., West Sacramento.

Saturday, 4/27 3rd aNNuaL Louder tHaN woLves: This collaborative event, featured on page 35, showcases films, performances and voices bringing awareness to sexual assault in society. Proceeds go to My Sister’s House. 8pm, by donation. Colonial Theatre, 3522 Stockton Blvd.

Sunday, 4/28 48 Hours saCrameNto: Fashion is the theme of the Sacramento International Film Festival this year, so come check out what filmmakers will have been able to produce over the course of 48 hours. 2:30pm, $15. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

comedy midtowN: Don’t Tell Comedy Sacramento (Midtown). Get the comedy you love but without all those tedious things like knowing where the show will be, knowing who will be performing, knowing what the ambience will be. There’s no drink minimum, though, and you can bring your own drinks. saturday 4/27, 7:30pm. $20. A secret, high-security location somewhere in the city of Sacramento.

PuNCH LiNe: Sacramento Comedy Showcase.

Show up to find some of the best comedy in Sacramento. Two drink minimum, and you can’t bring your own drinks. thursday, 4/25, 8pm. $12. Heather McDonald. The comedian who has also written books will be performing and may mention those books—but likely won’t. She’s a writer, actress and more. Through 4/27. $25. 2100 Arden Way, Suite 225.

tHuNder vaLLey CasiNo: Adam Carolla. The podcaster, comedian, actor, director etc. will be performing live and in-person in Lincoln. If you’re one of his many fans, you won’t want to miss this—unless you’re just not feeling it. Friday 4/26, 7:30pm. $44.95$54.95. 1200 Athens Ave. in Lincoln.

on StaGe art Court tHeatre: Carrie The Musical. The Stephen King novel comes to Sacramento City College’s theater, but this time it’s set to music. through 5/19. $10-$18. 3833 Freeport Blvd.

biG idea tHeatre: Ugly Lies the Bone. Jess has returned from her tour in Afghanistan and is back in her hometown. It’s not easy. She has to find a way to deal with the visions that haunt her and the reality of her past via video game therapy. through 5/25. $12$22. 1616 Del Paso Blvd.

GreeN vaLLey tHeatre ComPaNy: Amélie The Musical. This adaptation of a work deals with the film Amélie. Directed by Christopher Cook and following the exploits of a young woman who realizes she needs to be herself. through 5/4. $20. 417 Vernon St. in Roseville.

Saturday, 4/27

Gardens Gone Native Gardens across sacramento, 9:30am, no cover

Do you like local gardens but find that too often they feature plants not native to the region? Don’t fret too much—there are area gardens for you to tour sPorts & outdoors that are 50% or more native plants. The Sacramento Valley chapter of the California Native Plant Society is hosting one day of garden tours, meaning roughly 20 private gardens all over Sacramento, Placer and Yolo Counties will be open to the public. See if there’s one near you, or try to visit all of them. Register online. Various locations, sacvalleycnps.org.

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Louder Than Wolves Colonial TheaTre, 8pm, $10

For the third year running, the Louder Than Wolves benefit is back at the Colonial Theatre, with the goal of raising awareness about sexual assault and working to end it. April is On STage Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and this evening of performance of all kinds is working to sound the alarm and to create change. Expect spoken word performances, burlesque, standup comedy and more, all benefiting My Sister’s House. 3522 Stockton Boulevard, sachorrorfilmfest.com.

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SaCRaMenTO THeaTRe: Disaster!.. Join STC for this production parodying disaster flicks.

We’ve even got a review in this issue, on page 29. Through 5/12. $30-$40. 1419 H St.

muSEumS CROCKeR aRT MUSeUM: A Toast to Leonardo.

Leonardo is one of the most iconic artists of our time. From his work in the mind-bending Inception to his early work in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, he is truly worthy of—wait.

Oh, never mind, it’s Leonardo da Vinci. Come join the Crocker to celebrate da Vinci. 6pm.

Through 5/2. $70. 216 O St.

SaCRaMenTO ZOO: Star Wars Day. Celebrate the world of Star Wars with the Sacramento Zoo, a week before May the Fourth. Feel free to dress up as a character from the trademarked series. Saturday 4/27, 11am. $14-$18. 3930 W. Land Park Drive .

SPOrtS & OutdOOrS Saturday, 4/27 gaRDenS gOne naTIVe 9TH annUaL gaRDen TOUR: Check out this entirely native

garden tour featured on page 34. 9:30am, no cover. Sacramento, Yolo and Placer Counties, various locations.

taKE aCtiOn Saturday, 4/27 BIg DaY OF gIVIng BLOCK PaRTY: The Sacramento Native American Health Center and Weave host this block party with a jump house, crafts, vendors and more. 10am, no cover. Sacramento Native American Health Center Parking Lot.

mOnday, 4/29 CReaTIVe eCOnOMY MeeTIng anD PaneL WITH MaYOR DaRReLL STeInBeRg: Meet to talk about Sacramento’s creative economy along with Darrell Steinberg, largely about arts funding in the city’s new budget. 6:30pm, no cover. The Atrium, 7300 Folsom Blvd.

CLaSSES tHurSday, 4/25 gROW YOUR OWn Tea gaRDen: Want to have some tea grown in your own garden? It’s as easy as attending this class and then attending to your garden. 5:30pm, $25. The Yisrael Family Urban Farm, 4505 Roosevelt Ave.

Friday, 4/26 FRee WRITIng WORKSHOPS FOR naPOWRIMO: It’s

LgBtQ Friday, 4/26 SISTeR SOCIaL BeneFITIng THe LaVenDeR LIBRaRY: The Capitol City Sisters of

National Poetry Writing Month, so write some poetry in whichever nation you’re in.

It’s free, you’ll have prompts, you have fun, you can share if you want—bring pen and paper. 6pm, no cover. Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th St.

Perpetual Indulgence are hosting a benefit for the Lavender Library. Come have some drinks, some food, some raffle tickets, and have a good time for a good cause. 6pm, $10-$15. Uptown Studios, Inc., 2415 23rd St.

mOnday, 4/29 SUSHI-O-LOgY WORKSHOP: Learn how to make some sushi with the LGBT Community Center. You get to eat the sushi you make, too. 6:30pm, $3-$4. The Sacramento LGBT Community Center, 1927 L St.

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THURSDAY 4/25

FRIDAY 4/26

SATURDAY 4/27

SUNDAY 4/28

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 4/29-5/1

ArmAdillo music

Hip-Hop Night, 6pm, no cover

Matthew Stewart, 7pm, no cover

The Parts, 7pm, no cover

Tavo Carbone, 2pm, no cover

So Much Light and Bernie & the Wolf, 6pm, T, no cover

BAdlAnds

Poprockz 90s Night, 9pm, no cover

Nina West, 8pm, $10-$20

Spectacular Saturdays, 7pm, call for cover

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

Trapicana, 10pm, W, no cover

ClayDogs, 9:30pm, no cover

Track 7 Pint Night & Tap Takeover: SBW 2019, 5pm, no cover

Oinga Boinga, Killer Couture and DJ Dada, 8pm, $10-$15

THOR, Banger and Blizzard of Al, 8pm, $15

Noise-A-Tron, Meridian Arc and It Looks Like a Black Hole, 9pm, call for cover

The BoArdwAlk

Shorelines, Petroglyphs, Without Hope, Alta Luna and more, 7pm, $8

Jet Black Romance, Zeroclient and Warfront, 8pm, $12

Texas Hippie Coalition, Tigerchrist, Anarchy Lace and more, 7pm, $15

cApiTol GArAGe

1500 k ST., (916) 444-3633

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

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

Boot Scootin Sundays, 8pm, $5

cresT TheATre

Incognito, 7:30pm, $49-$79

Top Gun, 7:30pm, $7.50-$9.50

The Wicked Tinkers, 8pm, call for cover

Tom Kent and Loose Gravel, 6pm, call for cover

Brotherly Mud and Lowbrow, 9pm, $5

Wellsville and Adrian Bourgeois, 9pm, $5

207 F ST., DAvIS, (530) 758-8058 2003 k ST., (916) 448-8790

BAr 101

101 MAIN ST., ROSEvIllE, (916) 774-0505

Blue lAmp

1400 AlHAMbRA blvD., (916) 455-3400

Fur Dixon, Kepi Ghoulie Electric and Pets, 8pm, call for cover

9426 GREENbAck lN., ORANGEvAlE, (916) 358-9116

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Bumpin Uglies

1013 k ST., (916) 476-3356

FATher pAddY’s irish puBlic house

with Riotmaker and more 7pm Friday, $12-$15 Holy Diver Reggae

435 MAIN ST., WOODlAND, (530) 668-1044

Ralph Gordon, 8pm, call for cover

Fox & Goose

1001 R ST., (916) 443-8825

hAlFTime BAr & Grill

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

hArlow’s

2708 J ST., (916) 441-4693

College Night, 10pm, call for cover

Storm Casters, 9pm, call for cover

Mike Love and Brian Rogers, 8pm, $20-$25

Don Carlos and Sista Kat, 9pm, $25-$30

John Vanderslice, Meernaa and Christopher Fairman, 9pm, $13-$15

2565 FRANklIN blvD., (916) 455-1331

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holY diVer

ALLBLACK, 7pm, $20-$5

kupros

Jenn Rogar, 7pm, no cover

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

Arielle

lunA’s cAFe & Juice BAr

7pm Friday, $12-$15 Momo Sacramento Folk rock

midTown BArFlY

1414 16TH ST., (916) 737-5770

Bumpin Uglies, Riotmaker, Skunk Funk and At Both Ends, 7pm, $12-$15

Joe Montoya’s Poetry Unplugged, 8pm, $2

Invisible Disabilities Comedy Show, 8pm, $10

2708 J ST., (916) 441-4693

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

¿Teo? and more, 7:30pm, $16-$18 Hippie Hour Live, 5pm, no cover

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

The 69 Eyes, MXMS and the Nocturnal Affair, 6:30pm, $20-$99

Fayuca, Vana Liya, Squarefield Massive, Sol Peligro and more, 7pm, M, $10-$12

Trivia Factory, 7:30pm, no cover

Michael Ray, 5pm, T, no cover

David Houston & String Theory, Fontaine Classic and Thailand, 8pm, $10

Jazz Jam with Byron Colburn, 8pm, W, $5

Club Séance: Old School Night - Goth vs.

Industrial!, 9:30pm, $5

1119 21ST ST., (916) 341-0277

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Minihahas and Sunset Scenarios, 8pm, $10

Comedy Burger ft. Ngaio Bealum, 7pm, $10

Arielle, 7pm, $12-$15

The ZinFest Grand Tasting is the Lodi Appellation’s premier wine festival. live MuSic 5/3 5/4

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

DJ Mez, 10pm, no cover

1910 Q ST., (916) 706-2465 1517 21ST ST.

The Nu Wave, Butter PDX and Mal London PDX, 8pm, T, $8-$10

Let’s Get Quizzical, 7pm, T, no cover; Cornhole, 6pm, W, $10

hideAwAY BAr & Grill hiGhwATer

Open-Mic, 7:30pm, W, no cover; Monday Night Trivia, 6:30pm, M, no cover

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101 Main Street, roSeville 916-774-0505 · lunch/dinner 7 days a week fri & sat 9:30pm - close 21+

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voted best dance club in sacramento by kcra a list 2016-17-18

WeDnesDay

hot country college nights

thursDay

industry night $3 U call it for industry guests

FriDay & saturDay

free line dance lessons 7pm dancing 8pm karaoke Up front 9pm

sunDay

18 and over college nights

1320 Del paso blvD in olD north sac

2 steps from downtown | 916.402.2407 stoneyinn.com for nightly drink specials & events

Submit your calenDar liStinGS for free at newSreview.com/Sacramento/calenDar Old IrOnsIdes

1901 10TH sT., (916) 442-3504

THursDAy 4/25

friDAy 4/26

sATurDAy 4/27

Diggin’ Dirt and Gold Souls, 7:30pm, $10

Screaming Bloody Marys, No Alternative and The O’Mulligans, 7:30pm, $10

’80s Tribute Night with the Nickel Slots, Clevers and More, 8pm, $8

On THe Y

13 MAin sT., WinTers, (530) 795-1825

Wayne Hancock, 8pm, $12-$22

PlacervIlle PublIc HOuse

414 MAin sT., PlAcerville, (530) 303-3792

POwerHOuse Pub

614 suTTer sT., fOlsOM, (916) 355-8586

THe Press club

Ariel Jean, 9:30pm, call for cover

2030 P sT., (916) 444-7914

Shotgun Sawyer, Vinnie Guidera & the Dead Birds and Ghost Mesa, 8pm, call for cover

sHadY ladY

Hot City, 9pm, call for cover

1409 r sT., (916) 231-9121

sOcIal nIgHTclub

1000 K sT., (916) 947-0434

sTOneY’s rOckIn rOdeO

1320 Del PAsO BlvD., (916) 927-6023

Country Thunder Thursdays, 8pm, no cover

swabbIes On THe rIver

5871 GArDen HiGHWAy, (916) 920-8088

THe TOrcH club

904 15TH sT., (916) 443-2797

YOlO brewIng cO.

1520 TerMinAl sT., (916) 379-7585

City Of Trees Brass Band, 9pm, $7

MOnDAy-WeDnesDAy 4/29-5/1 Live Music with Heath Williamson, 5:30pm, M, no cover

Full Metal Hippies, Massive Scar Era and the Anima Effect, 8pm, $10

Oniverse Tour, 8pm, $10

670 fulTOn Ave., (916) 487-3731

Palms PlaYHOuse

sunDAy 4/28

T Sisters, 8pm, $12-$21 The Nickel Slots, 8pm, call for cover

Easy Dub, 8pm, call for cover

Illeagles, 10:30pm, call for cover

Shane Dwight, 3pm, call for cover

Momma T’s, 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

Night School with Tony Gee, M, 9pm, no cover

Reggie Graham, 9pm, call for cover

Dirty Chops, 9pm, call for cover

Peter Petty, 9pm, call for cover

DJ Elements, 10pm, no cover before 11pm

DJ Romeo, 10pm, no cover before 10:30pm

Hot Country Fridays, 7:30pm, $5-$10

Stoney’s Saturdays with Free Line Dance Sunday Funday, 9pm, no cover 21+ Lessons, 7pm, $5

Lucky Star, 6pm, $13-$20

When Doves Cry, 7pm, $13-$20

Ten Foot Tiger, 9pm, $10

Coffis Brothers & the Mountain Men and the Grant Farm, 9pm, $12

You Front the Band, 8pm, no cover

Brew School Session 5 w/ Claimstake Brewing Company, 11am, $40

Make Time2Tabletop, 6pm, no cover

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

8pm Saturday, $22 Ace of Spades House

Michael Ray Trio, 8pm, T, call for cover West Sac Wobble, 3pm, W, call for cover

all ages, all the time ace Of sPades

Slushii, 8pm, $22

1417 r sT., (916) 930-0220

cafe cOlOnIal

Devin Dawson, 8pm, $20

Typesetter, Tiny Stills, Sad Girlz Club and Free Candy, 8pm, $10

3520 sTOcKTOn BlvD.

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West Side Story, 7pm, $36-$55

West Side Story, 7pm, $36-$55

West Side Story, 7pm, $36-$55

sHIne

The Shine Free Jazz Jam, 8pm, no cover

Sacramento Valley Guitar Talent Show featuring CHERB, 8pm, no cover

Watt Ave Soul Giants, the Machetes and Sugarbeast, 8pm, $8

1400 e sT., (916) 551-1400

Danny Glover

Louder Than Wolves, 8pm, $10 by donation

3522 sTOcKTOn BlvD., (916) 456-7099 10 cOlleGe PKWy., fOlsOM, (916) 608-6888

Walker Hayes, 8pm, $20

West Side Story, 2pm, $36-$55

Danny Glover, 7:30pm, M, $15.50-$75

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mental clarity, a better mood and “overall wellness.” At $98 a bottle (for 60 servings), however, it’s pricey and the results seem minimal at best. Still, as with many such products, you may benefit from repeated use. A dose is 1 milliliter but it’s recommended to start with just half that.

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banking on beauty Cannabis products marketed toward women may be washed in pinks and florals, but some also offer legitimate benefits

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the concept of “pink-washing”—marketing products to women using stereotypically feminine colors, imagery and language—is an annoying reality. Pastel-hued disposable razors and fruity pink energy drinks are but two examples of products that play into archaic notions of what it means to be a woman.

Legally speaking, the Federal Drug Administration prohibits cannabis-related companies and manufacturers from marketing products with any promises or claims of treatment, but that doesn’t mean the industry is immune to gendered targeting. Some efforts are less subtle than others. Case in point: the numerous pink or floral vape pens available to buy.

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Tonics always seem old-fashioned to me— something brewed in a 19th century apothecary with promises to cure whatever ails you (winter fever, consumption, scurvy).

Foria Wellness’ Basics Tonic is decidedly more modern in its approach. The company’s line, which includes its Awaken arousal oil and CBD Suppositories (to treat menstrual cramps), is clearly crafted for women with its “elegant” vape pens and frank language about sexual health.

The tonic, made with broad spectrum CBD hemp extract in MCT coconut oil, is promoted as a health aid for tension,

Over the last year or so, cosmetic companies have labored to capitalize on the cannabis trend as well as their customers’ vanity. Scan the beauty store aisles and find multiple oils, creams and serums that promise miracles. Josie Maran, long considered an industry standard in beauty oils, has two new cannabis-related products.

While its Skin Dope Argan Oil + 100 milligram CBD, designed to treat red, dry and dull skin, isn’t yet available locally, you can try its counterpart, Skin Dope Argan + Hemp Oil. The facial/body oil features an organic cannabis sativa seed oil and is advertised as a treatment for dry skin, uneven texture and loss of skin firmness. While it would likely take months to notice any results for the latter claim, just one application did make my skin feel silky smooth. At $65 a bottle it’s expensive but hey, self-care is the best care. josiemarancosmetics.com.

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Once a women enters perimenopause, the ability to fall (and stay) asleep often becomes a nightly battle. Elite California’s Ritual NightTime drops $36) are honestly one of the best products I’ve tried—with or without cannabis ingredients. Formulated with a 4:1 ratio of CBD to THC and blended with botanical extracts including lavender and vanilla, these drops help me relax enough to fall asleep every time I use them. I’m pretty THC-sensitive (i.e, it doesn’t take much for me to get high) so I stick to the generous “medium” 0.5 mL dose. ritualdrops.com.

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Sometime in the ’80s, people figured out that if they kept the boys out of the garden, the female plants would thrive and create wonderful delicious buds. Most of the time, —Hobo HasH people ensure that their cannabis Yeah, do me a favor and make sure plants are females by using clones. you throw that away. This isn’t But for people who like to grow from the ’90s. Unless you live in Idaho, seed, finding the male plants before Nebraska or some other godforsaken they have a chance to create pollen place where weed is scarce, there’s and ruin all the beautiful sinsemilla no need to save the resin and tar (Spanish for “without seed”) in the scrapings from your bongs garden can be a challenge. and pipes.

Especially in a small First of all, it garden, if you can just tastes terrible. only grow six Unless you live in Horrible. Like plants and four Idaho, Nebraska or cannabis-infused of them turn out some other godforsaken mud. Secondly, to be boys, you it is not good have just wasted place where weed is scarce, for you at all. a lot of time. there’s no need to save the Yes it has some Enter resin and tar scrapings THC and you feminized seeds. will get high, but There are various from your bongs and you are essentially techniques that pipes. smoking tar and growers use to force leftover burnt stuff. a female plant to Tar is never good for make pollen. (Spraying a your lungs. Just go to the female plant with gibberellic dispensary and get some good weed. acid is a common one.) Pollinating Or mooch off a friend for a while. a female plant with pollen from a I’m glad we had this talk. female plant creates seeds that will be mostly female. Some growers don’t like feminized seeds because every once in a while, a rogue branch will turn into a male and start pollinating everything before anyone notices. But for the most part, people can grow great weed from feminized seeds.

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i’ve been dating a wonderful guy, and it’s blossoming into something serious.

So i told him my ex and i are friends. it’s just that i find all of these cool spots or events in Sacramento and my ex is the first person i want to share it with. everything i love about Sacramento has him associated. even after our terrible breakup, when i felt like my heart was ripped out of me, it still feels nice to talk to him. i think about him all the time.

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If everything you love about Sac is connected to your ex, make new memories. Take control of your mind, too. By thinking about your ex “all the time” you’re giving him too much power over your inner life. Take charge. When he pops up in your head, say: “Thanks, but I’m done with that relationship.”

Then, redirect your mind to the present.

Say: “I’m at work and focused on completing this report,” or whatever it is you’re avoiding through nostalgic the guy i’m dating now was not daydreams. Become a woman invested in comfortable with that and, if the her own life. situation was reversed, i don’t know One last thing, if you’re not really if i would be either. After into your new guy, be honest and reading your Spring let him go. He deserves to be Cleaning column, i with a woman who wants thought i would ask By thinking to share her excitement for your advice. Am about cool spots and about your ex i being absurd and events with him first. naïve? “all the time” you’re Want to become that It depends on your woman? Delete your giving him too much end game. If you ex-boyfriend’s number savor hours of wistpower over your from your phone. fulness, nostalgia Unfollow him on Insta inner life. and longing, continue and other social media to circle back to your platforms. The reality is that ex-boyfriend. The key you’re not friends with your ex, word is back. When you you’re infatuated with him. It’s not a contact your ex, it revives the past in a healthy situation for you, your new man or way that likely feels reassuring, at least the guy you had that awful breakup with. Ω temporarily. Breakups can be traumatic.

Trauma inflicts emotional wounds and triggers our vulnerabilities. It’s a painful space to occupy.

MeditAtion oF the week Wounds require loving attention in “People who violate your order to heal. You’ve taught yourself boundaries are thieves. They to self-soothe by reaching for your ex. steal time that doesn’t belong It’s a habit that can be broken after you to them,” writes time coach understand why you constructed it. One Elizabeth Grace Saunders. Do reason might be because your mind you know where you stop and obsesses about the ugly breakup and someone else begins? you want quick relief. Or maybe you reach for him when things are imperfect between you and your new guy.

It’s also possible that your ex is your go-to on those days when life stresses you out. By choosing to share cool finds with Write, email or leave a message for him first, you put him on notice that he Joey at the News & Review. Give still holds a piece of your heart. Has he your name, telephone number offered you his? Or is it an ego boost to (for verification purposes only) and question—all hear from the woman who refuses to get correspondence will be kept strictly confidential. over him? Gah, a bit harsh, I know. But Write Joey, 1124 Del Paso Boulevard, Sacramento, CA you deserve to dig deep and figure out why 95815; call (916) 498-1234, ext. 1360; or email askjoey@newsreview.com. you’re holding on.

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the day after Thanksgiving typically features a spectacular shopping orgy. On Black Friday, stores sell their products at steep discounts and consumers spend their money extravagantly. But the creators of the game Cards Against Humanity have consistently satirized the tradition. In 2013, for example, they staged a Black Friday “anti-sale” for which they raised their prices. The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to try something similar.

Is it possible you’re undercharging for your products and services and skills? If so, consider asking for more. Reassess your true worth and seek appropriate rewards.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Whether or not you believe in magic, magic believes in you right now. Will you take advantage of the fancy gifts it has to offer? I guess it’s possible that you’re not interested in seeing deeper into the secret hearts of those you care for. Maybe you’ll go “ho-hum” when shown how to recognize a half-hidden opportunity that could bring vitalizing changes. And you may think it’s not very practical to romance the fire and the water at the same time. But if you’re interested, all that good stuff will be available for you. P.S. To maximize the effects of the magic, believe in it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1815, the most ferocious volcanic eruption in human history exploded from Mount Tambora in what’s now known as Indonesia. It flung gas and ash all over the planet, causing weird weather for three years. Sunlight dimmed, temperatures plummeted, skies were tumultuous and intense storms proliferated. Yet these conditions ignited the imagination of author Mary Shelley, inspiring her to write what was to become her most notable work, Frankenstein. I suspect that you, too, will ultimately generate at least one productive marvel in response to the unusual events of the coming weeks.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): For more than 40 years, Cancerian musician Carlos Santana has made music that blends rock ’n’ roll with Latin and African rhythms. In the early years, his creations sold well, but by the mid-1980s his commercial success declined. For a decade, he floundered. His fortunes began to improve after a spectacular meditation session. Santana says he was contacted by the archangel Metatron, who told him how to generate material for a new album. The result was Supernatural, which sold 30 million copies and won nine Grammy Awards. I mention this because I suspect that you could soon experience a more modest but still rousing variation of Santana’s visitation.

Are you interested? If so, the next seven weeks will be a good time to seek it out—and be very receptive to its possibility.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Expergefactor” is an old English word that has fallen out of use. In its original sense, it meant something that wakes you up, like an alarm clock or thunderstorm or your partner’s snoring. But I want to revive expergefactor and expand its meaning. In its new version, it will refer to an exciting possibility or beloved goal that consistently motivates you to spring out of bed in the morning and get your day started. Your expergefactor could be an adventure you’re planning or a masterpiece you’re working on, or a relationship that fills you with curiosity and enchantment. In my astrological opinion, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to identify and fine-tune an expergefactor that will serve you well for a long time.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): We live in a cultural moment when satire, sarcasm, cynicism and irony are prized as supreme emblems of intelligence. If you say that you value sincerity and earnestness, you risk being considered naive and unsophisticated. Nevertheless, the current astrological omens suggest that you will generate good fortune for yourself in the coming weeks by making liberal use of sincerity and earnestness. So please try not to fall into the easy trap of relying on satire, sarcasm,

cynicism and irony to express yourself. As much as is practical, be kindly frank and compassionately truthful and empathetically genuine. P.S. It’s a strategy that will serve your selfish aims quite well.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Most people don’t find their creativity,” mourned Libran author Truman Capote. “There are more unsung geniuses that don’t even know they have great talent.” If that describes you even a little bit, I’m happy to let you know that you’re close to stumbling upon events and insights that could change that. If you respond to the prompts of these unexpected openings, you will rouse a partially dormant aspect of your genius, as well as a half-inert stash of creativity and a semi-latent cache of imagination.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Do you know the word sfumato? Its literal meaning in Italian is “smoked.” When used to describe a painting, it refers to blurred borders between objects or fuzzy transitions between areas of different colors. All the forms are soft and hazy. I bring this to your attention because I suspect the coming weeks will be a sfumato-like time for you. You may find it a challenge to make precise distinctions. Future and past may overlap, as well as beginnings and endings. That doesn’t have to be a problem as long as you’re willing to go with the amorphous flow. In fact, it could even be pleasurable and useful. You might be able to connect with influences from which you’ve previously been shut off. You could blend your energies together better with people who’ve been unavailable.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “You have a right to experiment with your life,” declared author Anaïs Nin. I agree. You don’t necessarily have to be what you started out to be. You can change your mind about goals that you may at one time have thought were permanent. I suspect you could be at one of these pivot points right now.

Are there any experiments you’d like to try? If so, keep in mind this further counsel from Nin. It’s possible “you will make mistakes. And they are right, too.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You have one main task to accomplish in the coming weeks. It’ll be simple and natural if you devote yourself to it wholeheartedly. The only way it could possibly become complicated and challenging is if you allow your focus to be diffused by less important matters. Ready for your assignment? It’s articulated in this poem by Rupi Kaur: “Bloom beautifully / dangerously / loudly / bloom softly / however you need / just bloom.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When the forces of the Roman empire occupied the British Isles from the years 43 to 410, they built 2,000 miles of roads. Their methods were sophisticated. That’s why few new roads were built in England until the 18th century, and many of the same paths are still visible and available today. In this spirit, and in accordance with astrological omens, I recommend that you make good use of an old system or network in the coming weeks. This is one time when the past has blessings to offer the future.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “I’m not enigmatic and intriguing enough,” writes a Piscean blogger with the user name RiddleMaster. “I really must work harder. Maybe I’ll start wearing ankle-length black leather coats, billowing silk scarves imprinted with alchemical symbols, and wide-brimmed hats. I’ll listen to Cambodian folk songs and read rare books in ancient Sanskrit.

When someone dares to speak to me, I’ll utter cryptic declarations like, ‘The prophecies will be fulfilled soon enough.’” I understand RiddleMaster’s feelings. You need mystery almost as much as you need food. But I believe you should set aside that drive for a few weeks. The time has come for you to show the world who you are with crisp candor.

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