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MELISSA WELLIVER melissa@submergemag.com Two of my favorite things are in this issue: Tiffany Haddish and The Art of Beer! I LOVE the comedian and actor on our front cover, Tiffany Haddish. From appearing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to when she hosted Saturday Night Live, she always makes me laugh. She’s in countless movies and in one of my favorite new TV shows that aired last year on TBS called The Last O.G., starring Tracy Morgan. There’s a special aura about Tiffany, like, she could be your friend who got super famous, but somehow stayed humble as fuck. Case in point is we, Submerge, a regional publication in Sacramento, got an interview with her! I thought without a doubt she was too busy and there’s no way she or her people would let her do an interview with us. She’s just too famous at this point of her career. But lo and behold, I was wrong. Even though she was in the middle of filming one of her new movies, The Kitchen, also starring Melissa McCarthy and Elisabeth Moss (as of now the scheduled release date is Sept. 20, 2019), she told her publicist that she wanted to do an interview with US! We were very lucky that they squeezed a phoner in with us in between shoots. So please take the time and read our interview with Tiffany starting on page 16. And at the time of writing this, there are still tickets left (though in the top price tier) to see her at the Community Center Theatre on Feb. 28. I am looking forward to The Art of Beer Invitational on Jan. 25 more than ever. After taking a year off, this will be their seventh event. It is my by far my favorite beer event in town! Beer and art, need I say more?! I LOVE meeting up with a group of friends at this event. My fellow Chico State alums and I have a system where we all split up to try beer, then meet back up to discuss our favorites, all while catching up and enjoying more beers in hand. It’s a fantastic event and place to meet up with friends! Also I’m not gonna lie, I get a little bit of a buzz on and try to bid on some art through their silent auction. Somehow I always lose because I get caught up in line waiting for a rare beer tapping and by then someone always out-bids me. Read up on our feature about The Art of Beer starting on page 24, then if it sounds like an event for you, buy your tickets ASAP, because this event will sell out! Pro tip: splurge and get the VIP tickets. You get early access to the event and it’s totally worth it!

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On Wednesday, Jan. 23, check out an Author Panel of Local Writers being hosted at the Pocket-Greenhaven Library (7335 Gloria Drive, Sacramento). Join three local authors, Tim Brown (Squatter’s Gold), Andy Furillo (The First Year) and Bob Sylva (The King of Karaoke and Other Stories) for a moderated discussion, readings from their books and a Q&A. Furillo and Sylva are both former writers/ columnists at The Sacramento Bee, and Brown is the former director of Loaves & Fishes. The event is free and starts at 6 p.m. They’ll all have signed copies of their books on hand for purchase. Check out Saclibrary.org/events for more info on this and many other events. Our live music loving friends across the causeway now have a new Davis Jazz Night to look forward to in 2019. On the last Friday of every month (that’s Jan. 25 this month and Feb. 22 next month), the 12-piece New Harmony Jazz Band will host the shows at John Natsoulas Gallery, located at 521 First St. The shows will always be free and run from 7–9 p.m. The Elk Grove Fine Arts Center, a local non-profit doing great work in the community for a decade, has moved into a larger space. Now located at 9683 Elk Grove-Florin Road in the Emerald Park Plaza shopping center, their new space is double the square footage of their old one, with two galleries and a larger classroom area, allowing for more art exhibits, more classes and more area to display gift items and other cool trinkets. Oh, and there’s plenty of parking, too—something their old space lacked. They’re open Wednesdays thru Saturdays from 11 a.m.–4 p.m., so stop in to see the new digs. Their grand opening celebration is on Saturday, Feb. 2 from 4–7 p.m. and is free to the public, and will also be the reception for their newest exhibit, Sights Seen: A Travel Retrospective by the award winning regional artist Sharon Gerber. Check out Elkgrovefineartscenter.org, or find them on Facebook for more info on the new space, as well as lists of upcoming events and exhibits. Sacramento’s premier music venue Ace of Spades is celebrating their eighth anniversary with an awesome all-ages show featuring all regional bands on Saturday, Feb. 16. The lineup, just announced earlier this week, includes reggae/rock veterans Arden Park Roots, who have been packing local venues for years, plus beloved hip-hop/soul artist The Philharmonik, whose star continues to rise after releasing his well-received self-titled album in 2018. Also performing are local indie-pop quartet The Color Wild, whose infectious synthy rock sound has earned them high profile gigs like opening for Franz Ferdinand at Concerts in the Park. The show will also feature the always enjoyable reggae/rock band Riotmaker, as well as two local alternative groups, Demon In Me and Centersight. Ace is located at 1417 R St. Doors at 6 p.m., show at 7 p.m. Hit up Aceofspadessac.com for $10 advanced tickets (price goes up to $15 at the door).

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COULD THIS MEAN WAR? BOCEPHUS CHIGGER bocephus@submergemag.com There are assassins amongst us. Since 2016, someone or something has been fucking with our diplomats in Cuba. These diplomats have reported being on the receiving end of “sonic attacks” that damaged their hearing, as well as caused dizziness, pain and ringing in their ears. The phenomenon has baffled researchers and investigators, leaving them unable to come up with a definitive source of the attacks, until now. Recently, scientists analyzing a recording of the noise heard by the diplomats during a sonic attack discovered that the source of the sound was none other than the Caribbean cricket. I don’t know about you, but this new development has blown my mind. Here we’ve been blaming the Cubans for surreptitiously attacking our people for nearly three years when it was crickets the whole time. Thankfully, our unfounded accusations haven’t lead to another Cuban Missile Crisis, but we are still left with the problem of the crickets. So, why do these crickets hate our guts? One hypothesis is that crickets hate us because humans hated them first. Crickets have heard people yelling at them for their eerie chirping for millennia. They know we hate it when they get into our houses and make their gross cricket noises or when they ruin our peaceful evenings outdoors. Crickets are aware of how much we hate all of these things and they do them to spite us. Perhaps this is all payback for our prior mistreatment of them. Now that could explain why these crickets are attacking our diplomats to Cuba, but the fact that crickets are spiteful assholes doesn’t explain why they focused their ire on only the U.S. diplomats in Cuba. Americans are not unique in their mistreatment of crickets, after all. Perhaps these Caribbean crickets are communists, out to crush those capitalist pigs from the United States. These crickets do live in Cuba after all, one of the few communist countries left in the world. On top of that, crickets bear a striking resemblance to the proletariat. For example, crickets work for the common good of all crickets and not for individual gain. These commie crickets may be mad that the capitalists are encroaching on their land with their diplomatic compound and trying to influence their political ideology. It’s like the Cold War all over again!

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If it’s not a problem of political ideology, then maybe it has something to do with the fact that crickets are so jumpy. Those bastards never sit still when you walk by or try to pick them up. Crickets seem to be overly paranoid about the things humans might do to them, and if they think we are out to get them already, they are sure to let their survival instincts kick in. In this case, that survival instinct may have taken the form of “buzzing,” “grinding metal” sounds and “piercing squeals” that the diplomats heard during the attacks. While the reasons for the cricket attacks may remain unclear, one thing is for sure: We have to do something about it. Last I checked, this was America, Jack, and we don’t take guff from anybody, least of all a bunch of punk-ass crickets. We aren’t going to let those chirpy bastards get away with what they’ve done to our diplomats. It’s our turn to return that volley. Unlike our opponents, we aren’t despicable insects who attack without warning. We may be vengeful, but we are still civilized. That’s why we need to approach this diplomatically before we engage in combat. Our first step should be to retrieve the spokesbug for all crickets, Jiminy Cricket, from his basement cell at Walt Disney Studios and use him as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the crickets. If Jiminy fails to be a conscientious guide to his fellow crickets and negotiations break down, we go to Plan B: frogs. When I was a kid, my sister came home one day with a small plastic terrarium and two tiny green tree frogs. I don’t remember much about these frogs except for one detail: these frogs loved them some motherfucking crickets. The frogs would have happily munched away on crickets all day if we had been willing to continue replenishing their supply. Of course, we couldn’t do that for all the reasons that a sane person wouldn’t want a house full of crickets, but we could use this information to help alleviate our Cuban Cricket Crisis. If and when diplomacy fails, we are going to need to be ready to make a stronger response. My guess is that a couple C5 cargo planes filled with tree frogs to drop around the U.S. diplomatic compound in Cuba ought to do the trick. If my sister’s terrarium was any indicator, our cricket problem shouldn’t last long after that. Then all we have to do is figure out how to get rid of the frogs!

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Often referred to as “the U.S. Ambassador of Gypsy Jazz,” Grammy-winning virtuoso guitarist and multi-instrumentalist John Jorgenson is one of the most respected guitar players in the world. Among countless other career highlights that we don’t have enough space to list, Jorgenson has collaborated with the likes of Elton John, Luciano Pavarotti, Bonnie Raitt and Bob Dylan, and now he’s bringing his world-class quintet to the Palms Playhouse in Winters on Saturday, Jan. 26. Jorgenson’s compositions draw in elements from Latin, Romanian, classical, rock and Greek music, so you’re in for a real ride if you attend this show. Even Peter Frampton has called him, “My guitarist’s guitarist.” Check out Palmsplayhouse. com for more info and to snag tickets ahead of time for $27 ($22 for students). Doors open at 7:30 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m. The Palms Playhouse is located at 13 Main St., Winters.

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SEE 24 Museums to Participate in 21st Annual “Free Museum Day” • Feb. 2 On Saturday, Feb. 2 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m., two dozen regional museums will take part in the 21st annual Free Museum Day, a popular cultural tradition that is “designed to encourage all members of the community to experience the Capital City’s incredible wealth of art, history, science and wildlife, free of charge.” Just some museums that are taking part are California State Railroad Museum, Powerhouse Science Center, Aerospace Museum of California, California Automobile Museum, Folsom History Museum, Sacramento Children’s Museum, Roseville Utility Exploration Center, Locke Boarding House Museum and many others. View a full list and get more info at Sacmuseums.org. New this year, Free Museum Day is also the kick-off to Sacramento Museum Week (Feb. 2–8) which features special events, activities and activations at various museums. To help you get from museum to museum, Sacramento Regional Transit is offering free rides on all buses and light rail trains on Feb. 2 only with a printed SacRT Museum Day flyer (you only need one per family or group). A screenshot of the flyer from a smartphone will work, too. To print or display the flyer, check out Sacrt.com.

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If all of this rain and dreary weather are making you go stir crazy and if, like us, you’re always looking for new areas to get outside and take a hike in the area, you’re in luck. The Sacramento Valley Conservancy is opening up access to Deer Creek Hills Preserve, the area’s largest nature preserve, during “Open Saturdays” from February through May. You can walk, run, explore and meander through these stunningly beautiful 4,600 acres of rolling grasslands and oak woodland that are normally closed to the public. These are self-guided hikes, so be sure to come prepared with proper sturdy footwear, plenty of water, snacks, and dress accordingly for the weather. The trail is marked and a map will be provided. Arrive as early as 9 a.m. to start your adventure, but you must return and be off trails by 1 p.m., when the gates will be locked. Open Saturdays are free, but here’s the key, you must register online ahead of time to ensure there’s enough interest so that the gates will be open. Visit Sacramentovalleyconservancy.org for more info and to register, along with a map and directions to Deer Creek Hills Preserve. No dogs are allowed, unfortunately, but that’s probably for the best, as we want to help aid the Conservancy in their ever so important mission to protect this amazing land. Now, get out there one of these Saturdays and get your hike on!

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The geniuses over at the newly opened and already amazing Drake’s: The Barn in West Sacramento have come up with quite possibly the best way to spend a Sunday afternoon: drinking dark stout beers and pairing them with fresh, made to order, hot and gooey s’mores. “S’mores and Stouts” goes down again on Jan. 20 and Jan. 27 from 3–9 p.m. Each week they will have a different featured s’more, and we aren’t talking your average mom’s camping s’mores (though who are we kidding, we would gladly eat those, too!); we’re talking “everything from rustic housemade graham sandwiches, chocolate s’more tarts packed to the brim with marshmallow goodness and even s’more macaroons,” according to their Facebook page. Entry is free, but the s’mores and stouts cost money. Limited amounts of s’mores are made each week; you’ve been warned! Well behaved kids and dogs are welcome, too. Location is 985 Riverfront St., West Sacramento. Check out Drinkdrakes.com/barn or Facebook.com/DrakesTheBarn for more info. SubmergeMag.com

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WORDS ANDREW C. RUSSELL In Barry Jenkins’ previous outing, Moonlight, we were so immersed in the history of lead character Chiron that we felt caught in his life’s grip as it unfolded over three different time periods. The shock in seeing how much had changed with the character in the offscreen interludes spoke volumes about society that would have faltered in translation if they had not been manifested with such simplicity. Jenkins’ latest film, an adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1974 novel If Beale Street Could Talk, retains much of Moonlight’s studied empathy along with its lucid dreamlike quality, both of which have emerged as the greatest hallmarks of Jenkins’ work. But it is not a film of the moment, a zeitgeist-catcher for a troubled social atmosphere like Moonlight was. It’s background is more complex, and it’s ambition is somewhat greater; it aligns a constellation of stars from all corners of black artistry—acting, literature, filmmaking—engaging the breadth of their techniques while taking on and attempting to tie together the history and politics of two eras. If Moonlight punched a hole in the sky for Hollywood norms, Beale Street … is playing, albeit seriously, with the untapped universe on the other side. Like some of the best films, it sometimes shows strain under the weight of its ideas, tonally shifting and not always hitting the mark, but it still leaves one convinced that more movies of this nature should be made, and that Jenkins’ evolution is far from over. The steady core around which this film’s many ideas revolve is Tish (KiKi Layne) and Fonny (Stephan James), two young black lovers in early ‘70s Harlem. Fonny SubmergeMag.com

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WHISPERS AND STARES is in prison on false rape charges. Tish must reveal her pregnancy to him and their respective families. Flashbacks throw us into the center of their love as they search for a new home where Fonny can work on his art and they can both build a future together. We are shown the world through their effortless trust and their long, longing gazes, which insulate them and the audience from the ugliness and sometimes active hostility of the world around them. When we are exposed to it—in the barely concealed terror in the eyes of Fonny’s childhood friend as he recalls getting caught in the criminal justice system, in the loathing eyes of a hollow-cheeked police officer—it’s all the more effective. The “racist cop” encounter has become a trope across cinema, and those scenes usually involve barked epithets and physical violence. Jenkins achieves the same impact with only a single look, directed squarely at the audience, and you can hear the effect a terrible word has without it ever having to be spoken. Though the effects of Tish and Fonny’s plight are not hidden (over their series of conversations across a glass barrier, Fonny keeps returning with the scars of prison existence literally written on his face), as characters they are almost too perfect, an Adam and Eve each existing only for the other, with all sins removed save for those of the surrounding system. The real dramatic legwork is left to the characters on the periphery. In a jarring sequence imbued with catty power and off-Broadway, method intensity, two families meet to hear the news of the baby. Tish’s mother (Regina King) orchestrates the moment for maximum harmony over drinks, Fonny’s mother (Aunjanue Ellis) ventures nearly into camp territory as the fractured church lady shifting from pious pride to paroxysmal contempt. Barbs and blows are traded. For many, it’s the highlight of the film. Other scenes feel as if they belong to another film altogether. The couple using

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their imagination to envision a family home out of a drab empty warehouse with the help of sympathetic Jewish landlord (Dave Franco) feels more like a traditional moment of indie rom-com whimsy. Midway through, Tish’s mom’s flight to Puerto Rico in an attempt to reach out to her son’s accuser begins with a whiff of an espionage thriller and concludes with one of the most powerful interactions of the film. If Jenkins were not so adept at keeping our empathic muscles working and the immediacy of the romance in focus, these fly-away elements might have become in danger of breaking off from the center. Intermittent narration and slideshow sequences attempt to further tie down the film’s sometimes ethereal storyline and ground it in a broader historical context, but it continues to drift in its own current regardless. It is a novel adapted into cinematic poetry, and as such its truth is a highly literary one. But it is rare, and therefore remarkable, to have such a cast, such a novelist and such a director come together in flawed poetry instead of getting blunted on reality, as too many films of this kind are. Jenkins is adamant about bending the story’s arc into one of hope, and in his hands, we are utterly convinced. This is not a work of immediacy as Moonlight was. It deserves to stand and continue to be re-evaluated against Jenkins’ burgeoning body of work; Baldwin’s title, If Beale Street Could Talk, taken from a jazz standard, is meant to represent the main street that connects all of Black American life, the street that bears silent witness to all of its untold stories, the ugliness and the beauty alike. At the time the book was written, the connotation was that these stories would rarely, if ever, be told on such a scale. Now, the possibilities seem to outnumber the impossibilities. There are many stories still to be told. For Jenkins, this single adaptation should be seen as one for the long run—and one is sure that it will be.

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COME TOGETHER ACTIVIST/ RAPPER/POET PAUL WILLIS MIXES IT UP WORDS GRANT MINER PHOTO KHIRY MALIK

ocal rapper/poet, educator and social activist Paul Willis isn’t from Sacramento, but you wouldn’t know it from the way he talks about the city he calls home. “Dec. 1, 2011 is my Cali-versary,” Willis said when asked when he first came to the City of Trees. The answer came fast—he obviously had the date memorized. Originally from Boston, Willis grew up in a low-income neighborhood, and after graduating from the College of the Holy Cross, he joined up with City Year, an AmeriCorps member organization that places teams of volunteers in classrooms to assist overtaxed teachers. When City Year decided to open up a new program in Sacramento, Willis jumped at the chance to sign on. Many Sacramentans I’ve spoken to are surprised to learn that we have a program here, considering City Year’s association with large, innercity populations. In fact, one-third of Sacramento students attending public schools will drop out, and two-thirds of our third grader’s aren’t at baseline reading levels. “Boston has a strong history. It’s a government town and it cares a lot about education,” Willis said. “Sacramento values those things, too, but there’s just not enough money in education. But folks still want to support their communities and see them come up.” Willis sees the work he does in the community as inseparable from the art he makes, as is apparent on his latest project, The Broken Complex Mixtape, released Jan. 8. Willis won the album’s instrumentals by placing third in a “State of the Union” rap contest held by Los Angeles-based record label/beat-factory Broken Complex, for which the album is named. Accordingly, much of the album is produced by CEO and production heavyweight DJ Hoppa, as well as label-fav Silly Kid. As a result, the mixtape features some of the highest level production on any of Willis’ releases to date.

The first (non-interview) track “W.hat’s A.fter R.evolution” opens with the hook “There’s a war going on outside, no man is safe,”—a message that Willis carries throughout the album. The second track, “Broadway and 33rd,” is named for the intersection right at the tip of Oak Park’s rapidly developing (or gentrifying) Triangle District and is both a love letter to and an indictment of our growing city. In one verse he says, “Broadway and 33rd got the rest of Sacramento hanging on every word,” but just a moment later, Willis admits, “we know the Capital can be bittersweet. Check the dichotomy: the richest next to the broke.” “Neighborhoods like Seavey Circle and New Helvetia are often overlooked,” Willis said. “You hear a lot about Oak Park, Florin and Meadowview, and it’s not necessarily good things. But I think there’s beauty in that struggle. Just hearing the stories of how folks reach out for resources, and they can’t because there are just not a ton of connections. That’s where my art kinda serves as a voice. I can share the experiences I had growing up, but it’s even more powerful when I share the experiences of my students and the community I serve.” Willis’ style is firmly rooted in the Golden Age tradition, which is immediately apparent in his flow, his instrumentals and his lyrics. As he says himself on the mixtape, “I carry the tradition of Jazzmatazz, Mecca and the Soul Brother.” Yet Willis is careful not to let himself get boxed in by tradition. It’s true that many of his bars are over looped soul and jazz instrumentals with that classic boom-bap rhythm in the background, but a relentless criticism of the here-and-now keeps Willis’ sound fresh.

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“What the youth are doing now is nothing we could have ever dreamed,” Willis said. “I’m finding my place where I’m not as old as the old heads, but not as young as all the young folks. I have a mature hip-hop sound—I’m the cool uncle, not the grandad.” Willis' first foray into the Sacramento rap scene was the 2014 collaborative project Coast2Coast, a partnership with Boston-based poet and beatmaker Lewis M. Because of his recent move, Willis was unsure whether he could make it back to Boston to do the project there. As a result, he chose to focus not on his hometown, but on Sacramento’s own spoken-word and rap scene. The result is a cross-section of who Willis thought was “the best of the best” of Sacramento, with local artists like JustKristofer and Luke Tailor making appearances on the album. Willis’ energetic Sactown debut is a testament to his enthusiasm for the city’s artistic community as a whole. In addition to his educational organizing, Willis also serves on the board at local art-and-activist space the Sol Collective, and organizes pop-up shows in the city through the London-based concert startup Sofar Sounds. He rattled off some local favorites, which range from folk group the Cloud Hats, to multi-instrumentalist Philharmonik, to the Hayes Band, a soul and funk ensemble that Willis often collaborates with.

In many ways, Willis takes the Sacramento art scene as a model for organizing. Specifically, he talked about the tendency of the city’s artists to come together across genres. As he said it, “No matter what your genre is, you go to each other’s shows.” More than that, though, from his rap and poetry workshops at Leataata Floyd to his lyrical studies of artists like Mos Def and Talib Kweli, Willis believes that poetry and music have the power to motivate youth for social change. “They say, ‘These kids are thugs, they’re animals,’” Willis said, speaking on the media response to brawls at Arden Fair Mall on Dec. 27, 2018. “Like, that’s how we talk about our kids, as if they’re not a representation of us? We gotta think, how do we get these kids involved in other things. It would be amazing if artists tagged them as an audience, instead of playing at a coffee shop, or another show at Holy Diver or Harlow’s.” Literature has always played a large part in Willis’ life. In the song “Waves” off of the new mixtape, he chronicles a neardrowning in a wave pool and says, “I’ve been a writer for almost as long as the year since I’ve been in water like that.” Whether it was watching Def Poetry Jam with his older brother who wrote and sold love poems to friends at school, or infusing tracks with the wisdom of James Baldwin and bell hooks, writing and reading is one way in which Willis manages to tread water in a divided world. “In high school, I learned that nobody can tell your story like you,” explained Willis. “My teacher had us memorize Shakespearean sonnets for credit, and he couldn’t understand how I could memorize raps on raps, but not that. I told him I don’t speak Shakespeare’s language, and he doesn’t speak mine—the whole cadence and rhythm, it wasn’t my experience.” Looking to the future, Willis hopes to release five albums in 2019, many of which are already done—a highly productive year by anyone’s standards. Upcoming releases include Coast2Coast 2, another collaboration with Lewis M, as well as Wonderland, a nostalgic homage to his youth in Boston that will incorporate live instrumentation—something that Willis hopes will be a bigger part of his live sets.

Catch Paul Willis live Friday. Feb. 8 at the Dollar and a Dream Community Concert at the Seavey Circle Community Center (240 Seavey Circle). Show starts at 6:30 p.m. with poet Jeanette Sem, and The Band Hayez. $1 donation at the door supports arts and community programming in Seavey Circle, with proceeds going to the Leataata Floyd Elementary PTO.

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ull disclosure: I get nervous before doing every interview. Whether it’s a pop star with a household name or a local business person, I get butterflies in my stomach. What’s strange is, the butterflies instantly disappear when my subject says, “Hello.” They earn extra soothing points if they use my name. I’m not sure if Tiffany Haddish knew this when she agreed to speak with Submerge, but she’s one of comedy’s most sought-after voices right now, and her star seems to be ever-rising. I mean, she’s famous. That must mean she has super powers, right? There was a long pause as I waited for her management to connect our phone call, and then, a booming voice, seemingly out of nowhere exclaimed, “Hi! How you doing, James?” Instantly, I was at ease, like magic. Maybe she really is “The Last Black Unicorn” that she claims to be. Possible mythological connections aside, two things are certain: First, Haddish is hilarious. For evidence of this, see her breakout performance in Girls Trip or her Emmy-winning turn as host of Saturday Night Live (she was the first black comedienne to host the venerable variety show). Second, she’s becoming ubiquitous—so much so that she said in a June 2018 interview with The Hollywood Reporter (who dubbed her “Hollywood’s new comedy queen”) that, “It’s exhausting. I’m tired of hearing my own name.” Regardless, you’ll be hearing a lot from Haddish in 2019. She has a new animated series for Netflix in the works with fellow comedienne Ali Wong called Tuca & Bertie, and later this year, she’ll be starring on the big screen alongside Melissa McCarthy and Elisabeth Moss in The Kitchen, which will be something of a departure for Haddish. She’ll also spend much of early 2019 on the road, returning to her first love, standup comedy. The She Ready Tour will kick off in February, landing in Sacramento on the 28th. We spoke to Haddish as she was finishing up reshoots for The Kitchen in New York City. She talked about her love of stand-up, growing up as a foster child and explained why her highly publicized bombing at a recent New Year’s Eve performance shouldn’t deter you from checking out her act live. Spoiler alert: You might want to wear a diaper.

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Thank you for taking the time to speak with us. Thank you so much for taking the time to speak with me. I’m enjoying life. Busy as hell, though. I was looking at all the stuff you’ve got coming out this year—movies and television and stuff—and I was surprised you even have time to do a stand-up tour. Well, I’m filming something right now, but these were just re-shoots. I’m focused on comedy right now—after Wednesday [laughs]. But I am going to do some comedy tonight. I’m going to hit up a comedy club in New York. I’m in New York right now. Are you just going to pop in, or is it something you had planned? I’m just popping in. I’m trying to flex my muscles and see if they’ll let me get on stage, seeing as I’m a celebrity, you know. I did it when I was in Atlanta. I walked into this place called the Laughing Skull in Atlanta. I was like, “Yeah, I wanted to see if I can get some stage time,” and they were like, “We’re shut down, but if you want to tweet and see how many people come, we’ll pay you whatever the door is.” I was like, “Alright, let’s see.” We sold out in 45 minutes. It wasn’t a big place, only like 80 seats and it was 11 o’clock at night, but it was pretty dope. You’re playing larger venues on the upcoming tour, but it must be cool to still be able to play smaller shows like that. Yeah, those are really my faves, but I’m not gonna lie to you: I like bigger venues because the laughs are bigger, and the adrenaline rush is bigger, but the intimate rooms are really fun, because I like to talk to the audience. You can’t really do that at a big venue. I learned that on New Year’s … We live and we learn! Every loss is a lesson, honey! I’d read about your New Year’s Eve performance. I thought it was cool that some comedians came out to defend you. Marlon Wayans said that New Year’s Eve gigs are especially tough. They’re always hard. People are usually drunk, or they expect you to have fireworks shooting out of your ass. I was like, “I came into your city last night, and everyone took me out … I’m going to try to shoot a firework or two, but I don’t know!” I had a plan, but I came out and I saw phones everywhere. I was gonna do my Netflix set, but I didn’t want that on the internet. That threw me for a loop, because I’ve never done a show

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where I saw two or three thousand cell phone lights pointing at me. … She wasn’t ready that night, but don’t worry. She ready now! Don’t worry, everybody’s going to get every dollar’s worth. They’re going to need panty liners, because they’re gonna pee on themselves. Bring Depends, because it’s gonna happen! You mentioned you didn’t want certain material to end up online. Is that a big concern for you and other stand-up comics in the social media age? Yeah, stand-up comedy isn’t like music. It’s not like you can keep saying the same thing over and over it ends up online, and you’re like, “Oh, that’s a hit, I’m gonna try that every day.” People are like, “I heard that shit already! Tell me something new!” It might have taken two years for you to write that and perfect it so that the first time they hear it, they laugh, and the second time they hear it, they laugh, but the fifth or sixth time, they’re like, “I heard that already.” It’s very precious. Like, if I’m dancing or something, I don’t mind that, but the actual material, the meat of it, you don’t want to give that away. I saw that for your upcoming shows, you’ll be donating a portion of your ticket sales to your charity, the She Ready Foundation. I was wondering if you’d like to talk about the foundation for a bit. Well, I grew up in foster care, right? And when I was getting moved around from house to house, they would put all my clothes in trash bags, and I felt like garbage. I told my little 13-year-old self, “If I ever get any kind of power, if I ever get to do anything, I’m going to make sure other kids don’t feel the way I feel right now.” It’s the worst feeling in the world feeling like you’re a piece of garbage getting passed from house to house. So, what I’m doing is giving suitcases and necessities for kids, so that when they move or go into the system, they have a suitcase. So instead of feeling like they’re a piece of garbage when they get moved around, they feel like travelers. They have some sense of ownership. “This is mine. This will go with me everywhere I go until it falls apart.” I think that’s really important for children. I see kids walking around the airports, and they’re pulling their bags with Minions or Strawberry Shortcake on them, and they look so proud because they have something that’s theirs. All kids should have that, especially if you’re moving from house to house.

I’m sure you’ve been asked about it a lot, but it’s such an inspiring story that you grew up in foster care and have reached the point where you are now. Was comedy something that got you through the tougher times when you were younger? Comedy kept me from getting beat up all the time—or getting beat up real bad … Like my mom, she might say, “When we get home, I’m gonna beat your ass!” but if I made her laugh, that might make her forget about it. I’ve always come up with ways of not getting abused. If I can make them laugh, they might forget how mad they were. That was my thing. It’s a survival technique. You said you were filming some reshoots in New York. Those are for The Kitchen, right? Yeah, with Melissa McCarthy, Elisabeth Moss … It’s coming out in September. It’s an awesome cast, and it’s based on a comic book … Yeah, it’s pretty dope. I hunted down the director to do this. I got attached to it, and then when she got Melissa, I was like, whaaaaat?! It’s a gangsta movie, honey. Is this a darker movie? It’s not a comedy? Oh yeah, it’s very dark. It’s not a comedy at all. It’s in the vein of Scarface … but it has its moments where you’re like, “Ha ha, that’s crazy.” You know what I hope happens? What? You know, now I’m telling you too much. Never mind. I gotta edit myself. I gotta edit myself. Oh OK … Ah you know what? Fuck it, I’m gonna tell you. You know that movie Belly? Yes. With DMX. Yeah, I remember it. So back in my early twenties, before marijuana was legal, I used to have to go to the dope man’s house to get some weed, right? Belly would always be playing on the TV. It would be Belly, Friday, Next Friday, Boyz n the Hood and Scarface. Those movies would always be playing. So my hope is, when you go to the marijuana dispensary—even though it has nothing to do with drugs—I hope that The Kitchen is playing.

“I remember in the beginning, I was like, ‘I wanna do this movie,’ and they’d be like, ‘You’re too dark,’ or, ‘You’re too ghetto,’ or, ‘You’re not ghetto enough’ … That part of the business sucks. But once you get passed that part, the business is pretty awesome!” – Tiffany Haddish How did you hear about the project? Were you familiar with the comic book? My manager’s assistant, the script had come across her desk, and she suggested it to my manager. My manager said, “Oh no, that’s not a comedy. That’s not for Tiffany,” but the assistant thought I’d do really well in it. I’m one of those people who talk to everybody, and I was talking to [the assistant], and she said, “I found this script. I really think it would be great for you, but nobody here thinks it would be good.” I said, “What is it?” She said, “It’s like a gangster drama.” I was like, “Gangster drama? Let me read it!” Then I read it, and it was a page turner. A lot of times I’ll read something for an hour and put it down for a few days and then go back and finish it, but with this one? Mm mmm. I read the whole thing and went, “This is my part!” I was calling all my friends, and finally tracked [the director, Andrea Berloff] down … She couldn’t get away from me. When I set my mind on something, that’s how it is. It must be pretty nice to be at a point in your career where you can pretty much call dibs on the parts you want. That is the best. I remember in the beginning, I was like, “I wanna do this movie,” and they’d be like, “You’re too dark,” or, “You’re too ghetto,” or, “You’re not ghetto enough” … That part of the business sucks. But once you get passed that part, the business is pretty awesome! What kept you going through those times? What kept me going was that I was always in good company, and watching my friends succeed always made me feel good, because if they were winning, it meant eventually I was gonna win. But it was getting on stage; being on that live stage doing stand-up comedy is everything to me. I remember one time I was gonna quit and move to Georgia, and my agent was like, “No, Tiffany, you need to get on TV. You’ll get paid more money to do stand-up.” I was like, “What? I can get paid more than $100?” … I feel like I’m going to be the oldest lady on earth doing

stand-up comedy. Like, no teeth—it’s going to be roll-up comedy. I’m going to be in my wheelchair and roll up there, because it’s my favorite thing in the world. How long have you been working on your material for the upcoming tour? Is there a lot of current events material? Yeah, I’ve been working on it for a year. I’ve dropped a lot of current stuff in there. I mess with Trump occasionally, but I try to stay away from that because he’s constantly doing something and it makes me really upset. So there’ll be a little bit. I give him a minute or two. I talk about what’s going on in my life and what’s going on in the world, and I hope I can make a difference. My childhood prepared me for this life right now. All those things I was going through as a kid, I was like, “Why does God hate me so much?” I was like, “No wait. God was preparing me for this.” I’m just super grateful. I was wondering about stand-up in the age of Trump. It’s nice to hear that you touch on it and move on to something else. It must be hard not to talk about it, though, because it seems like that’s all that’s going on sometimes. I have no problem paying taxes. It actually makes me feel good. It makes me feel like I’m contributing to my country, but these are astronomical prices, and now that the government is shut down, why am I still paying if y’all not working? What am I paying for? Y’all better be doing some magical stuff when you get back to work. I better be seeing roads and glimmering buildings. It better be like the Emerald City up in here, because I’m trying to understand what’s going on. It bothers me so much. I turn on the news, but I don’t turn up the sound. So I walk into the room, and I’m like, “Is that an alien? Oh no, it’s Trump, looking like a damn Cheeto.”

See Tiffany Haddish live at the Sacramento Community Center Theater (1400 J St.) on Thursday, Feb. 28. It’s a good bet that this show will sell out, so act quick. Get your tickets at Communitycentertheater.com.

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A VOICE: THE MUSICAL

KAT EDMONSON CONQUERS SELF-DOUBT WORDS ROBIN BACIOR

t the heart of most stories often lies a small grain of truth. For Kat Edmonson, it was a little more than a grain—more of a rock shaped as a realization. Back in 2016, Edmonson was fighting a lingering cold. She often found herself home in her Brooklyn apartment, recuperating by watching old movies on Turner Movie Classics. As she watched, Edmonson began writing a story in her mind. Pretty soon, she had a full-song outline of a musical. The story followed three characters: an elderly Broadway producer, a songwriter and the main heroine, a young singer trying to find her way as an artist and define her own success. Upon writing it, the heroine became less of a character and more of a reflection. “I kind of realized the storyline I was writing— essentially the crux of what was happening to this character in the story—very much paralleled the self-discovery I was having,” Edmonson said. “I never intended to write this storyline. I was writing all this music, and upon writing it I realized I’m imagining these three characters and their interactions with one another, and I realized there was a story I needed to unearth.” Edmonson grew up in Houston. Her mom often played classics from the Great American Songbook and pop tunes from the ‘40s and ‘50s, the kind that laid the influential groundwork for Edmonson’s eventual self-defined style of “vintage pop.” In 2002, Edmonson moved to Austin, Texas to pursue a career in music, before eventually landing in Brooklyn. “I started out singing jazz standards at restaurants and clubs, playing with jazz ensembles,” Edmonson said. “I was considered to be a jazz artist in Austin. I think people still consider me that way, [but] so much of the music I make doesn’t fall into that category. To me the sound is music reminiscent of popular music from past decades. At one point, big bands was the popular music, and at one point jazz was king.” Edmonson released her debut in 2009, Take to the Sky, a collection of covers ranging from a sparsely seductive take on Gershwin’s “Summertime,” to a melancholic horn, bossa nova spin on The Cardigans’ “Lovefool.” What ultimately revitalizes these well-known songs is Edmonson’s voice, a timeless, silken tone akin to greats like Blossom Dearie, with a high, youthful timbre that smooths out even the most jagged melodies. Edmonson went on to release Way Down Low, which jumped to the top of the Billboard Heatseeker’s chart, and was eventually scooped up by Sony Music, along with the 2014 follow-up, The Big Picture. During those years, Edmonson toured the world with artists like Chris Isaak and Jamie Cullum, and performed at institutions like NPR’s Tiny Desk and Austin City Limits. By all marks, Edmonson was in the midst of a successful career, but in 2016 she found herself at a pivotal, doubtful point, writing a musical that articulated that very doubt, though that wasn’t her initial intention.

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“It was more revelatory,” Edmonson said. “Most of the songs I wrote [were] with images in mind of characters of a film, so I wasn’t really imagining myself, but there certainly was a character that I would love to play. It’s no coincidence that I devised this character in my mind.” The musical became Edmonson’s most recent album Old Fashioned Gal, a story wrapped in 11 songs, flourished with horns, woodwinds, saw, ukulele, harmonies, stirring percussion and sparkling piano runs. “They’re so grandiose in my mind,” Edmonson said. “What I often hear in my head is the orchestrations for the old MGM musicals—huge pictures, huge budgets, two pianos, massive orchestras. I can’t afford that. So we had a smaller orchestra. It’s never quite fully realized based on the financial constraints, but we got really close. It’s certainly the closest I’ve come to being able to realize that sound.” At the heart of the record is the album’s self-titled track, an homage to simpler times in the midst of technological overdrive, and “A Voice,” which doubles as the pinnacle of the musical and the most personal song Edmonson has ever written. Sonically, “A Voice” stands apart as well. While most of Edmonson’s work leans toward sweet and airy, the song is one which Edmonson commands with a strong chest voice, ringing out a sound both exposed and empowering. It’s one of her best songs to date, but initially she was hesitant to include it on the record. “It leaves nothing to hide behind,” Edmonson said. “To write, but to also sing it, renders me completely vulnerable. I just felt like I was exposing—what I viewed at the time of writing it—my weakness. I was writing it while feeling completely low and lacking in confidence. But what I didn’t realize in that process is it’s definitely the most courageous thing I’ve done artistically. Out of it came this strength I didn’t know I had. I always prided myself on my ability to be vulnerable but this was a great test, and now it’s empowered me. I’ve gained so much from sharing this song, people are inclined to share with me now. It’s amazing to see how embracing people are when you’re just really, really honest. I resisted it, I didn’t want it and now I’m so glad.” Now nearly a year after the album’s release, Edmonson has toyed with the idea of bringing the musical to a stage life, though it’s not something that’ll happen immediately. “I just don’t know the first thing about doing that,” Edmonson said. “It’s not in my immediate wheelhouse so it’s sort of foreign territory I’m toying with.” For now, Edmonson’s put the self-doubt aside and continues to work on her newest songs, seeking out what might be next. “I’m always working on songs; I can’t help it,” Edmonson said. “When I’m in my car or cooking or vacuuming, I naturally begin to write. I’m always recording ideas. I don’t know exactly what direction I want to go in right now, but I’ll just wait for that to be revealed.”

See Kat Edmonson live at the Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts (2700 Capitol Ave., Sacramento) on Monday, Jan. 21. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for a show that starts at 7. Tickets are $40 and can be purchased in advance through Bstreettheatre.org or Sblentertainment.com.

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1.16 WEDNESDAY

B-Side Record Club w/ Roger Carpio, 9 p.m. Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. Blue Lamp Dog Party, Gutter Daises, Honyock, The Me Gustas, 8 p.m. The Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Folsom Hotel Saloon Proxy, 6:30 p.m. Fox & Goose All Vinyl Wednesdays w/ DJ Nassah, 8 p.m. Golden 1 Center Elton John: Farewell Yellow Brick Road, 8 p.m. Harlow’s Sumac, Divide + Dissolve, Tashi Dorji, 7 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts: Stage 1 Ordinarius, 7:30 p.m. Holy Diver Violent J, Esham, 7 p.m. Kupros Craft House Ross Hammond, 5 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Live Blues Jam Session, 8 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Jazz Jam w/ Byron Colburn, 8 p.m. Momo Sacramento Bourbon & Blues feat. Aki Kumar, 5:30 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic w/ Host Donny Penney, 9 p.m. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts @ B Street Theatre Portland Cello Project, 7:30 p.m. Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Torch Club Sean Lehe, 5:30 p.m.; Hopi Blues Band, Mojo Morganfield, 9 p.m.

1.17 THURSDAY

Ace of Spades Papa Roach, Cemetery Sun, 6:30 p.m. (Sold Out) B-Side FFFreak! w/ CrookOne & Ben Johnson, 9 p.m. Blue Lamp Mondo Generator, Shotgun Sawyer, American Killers, Ghost Mesa, 8 p.m. The Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Jessica Malone, 7 p.m.; DJ Uncle Hank and Karoake, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Jigo, 8 p.m. Harlow’s 88 Fingers Louie, Decent Criminal, 7 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts: Stage 1 Mark Hummel’s 2019 Southern Harp Blowout feat. Bobby Rush, Kenny Neal, Johnny Sansone, 7:30 p.m. Holy Diver Hi, Mom! (Album Release), The Seafloor Cinema, Fake It, Paper Airplanes, 6:30 p.m. Kupros Craft House Dylan Crawford, 8 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Mango’s Legendary Thursday w/ DJ Wreck & Guests, 9:45 p.m. Momo Sacramento Slap Frost Tour feat. Casual, Z-Man, DJ True Justice, Vocab Slick, Bru Lei, Mahtie Bush, Save 1, 9 p.m.

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Old Ironsides Open Acoustic Jam, 7 p.m. Palms Playhouse Words and Music feat. Claudia Russell, Laurie Lewis, Don Henry, Nina Gerber, 7:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Moonshine Crazy, 9:30 p.m. Press Club Horseneck, Kill The Precedent, Vice Versa, 8 p.m. Shady Lady Harley White Jr. Orchestra, 9 p.m. Shine Jazz Jam, 8 p.m. Torch Club Mind X, 5:30 p.m.; The Mindful, 9 p.m.

1.18 FRIDAY

Ace of Spades Papa Roach, Coercion, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) B-Side Funky Punk w/ The Flower Vato, 9 p.m. Bar 101 Adam Varona, 9:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Robbie Thayer (of the Bottom Dwellers), 5 p.m. Big Sexy Brewing Co. Big Sticky Mess, 6 p.m. Blue Lamp Night Beats, Pets, 9 p.m. The Boardwalk The Last Titan, Hemispheres, Cardinal Sins, William Wallace, A Waking Memory, 6:30 p.m. Capitol Garage Capitol Friday’s Reggae Night w/ DJ Veyn, 10 p.m. Crest Theatre Ozomatli, Ideateam, 6:30 p.m. Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Chance of Showers, 6 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Dad’s Impala Band, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose According to Bazooka, The O’Mally Sisters, 9 p.m. Golden Bear DJ CrookOne and Guests, 10 p.m. Harlow’s Tainted Love, 9 p.m. Holy Diver Lyrics Born, UsVsU, Dephlexd Maximum, 7 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge William Mylar’s Hippie Hour, 5:30 p.m.; Cluster Phunk, 9 p.m. Momo Sacramento Down North, 6:30 p.m. Mondavi Center: Ann E. Pitzer Center Daedalus Quartet, 7 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Israel Sanchez Trio, Natalie Cortez Band, Alecia Haselton, 8:30 p.m. On The Y Malcom Bliss, Endrah, Damage Over Time, 24 Gore, 8 p.m. Opera House Saloon AXL-DC, Blues From Mars, 9 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Pete Alexander, DJ Eddie Edul, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Placerville Public House Cuttin’ the Chord, 8 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Cheeseballs, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Jackson Michelson, 9:30 p.m. Revival at the Sawyer Groove on Fridays w/ Guest DJs, 10 p.m. Shine Travis Larson Band, 8 p.m. Thunder Valley Casino Resort Don Felder, 7:30 p.m. Torch Club Empty Wagon, 5:30 p.m.; Big Mo, Volker Strifler, 9 p.m. Two Rivers Cider Co. Joshua Wisterman & Gabe Carpenter Duo, 6:30 p.m.

1.19 SATURDAY

Ace of Spades Dorothy, Spirit Animal, 7 p.m. Auburn State Theatre RUNA, 7:30 p.m. B-Side Love Sensation w/ MC Ham, 9 p.m. Bar 101 Merry Mac Band, 9:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Muddy Waders, 3 p.m. Big Sexy Brewing Co. Thom Chacon, 7 p.m. Blue Lamp Get Nice Party feat. Bumper, HHH, Craig G, Brotha Mario, Rich Wing, Squarefield Massive, 8 p.m. The Boardwalk Petroglyphs, Alta Luna, Until the Unknown, MadorMaero, Impurities, 6:30 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Kris Kristofferson & the Strangers, 8 p.m. Community Center Theater Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera’s Beethoven Festival Part One: Pastoral Symphony and Fourth Concerto, 8 p.m. Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Albertson Duo, 6 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Superbad, 9 p.m. The Fig Tree Open Mic, 7 p.m. Fox & Goose Ranking Joe, Storytellers, Empress Niko & the Lion’s Paw, DJ ESEF, 9 p.m. Harlow’s ZuhG (Album Release), Mookatite, Wild Montane, 8 p.m. Holy Diver Sianvar, Ghost Atlas, Wolf & Bear, Self Continuum, 7 p.m. Knobs-n-Knockers TimeCode, 9 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Ancestral Water Trio w/ Jack Grady O’Niel, 8 p.m. Midtown BarFly Club Necromancy w/ DJ Keyz, DJ Dara, DJ Davey Bones, DJ Katharos, 9 p.m. Momo Sacramento Champion Sound (Reggae, Dancehall, Hip-Hop) w/ Soul-Jah, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m. Old Ironsides Lipstick w/ DJ Shaun Slaughter and Roger Carpio, 9 p.m. On The Y Union Jack & The Rippers, Banger, Nova Sutro, 8 p.m. Opera House Saloon Abel and the Prophets, The Rumjunkies, 9 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Peeti V, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Placerville Public House Cash Prophets (Johnny Cash Tribute), 8 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Aqua Nett, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino 8 Track Massacre, 10 p.m. Revival at the Sawyer Encore w/ Guest DJs, 9:30 p.m. Shady Lady Current Personae, 9 p.m. Shine That Kid Raja & Charm Riot, The Brangs, Dive Bar Bombers, 8 p.m. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts @ B Street Theatre Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, 7 p.m. Sutter Creek Provisions Billy Don Burns & Jesse Daniel, 6:30 p.m. Torch Club Marshal Wilkerson (CD Release), 5:30 p.m.; Casey Hensley, 9 p.m. Two Rivers Cider Co. Que Bossa, 6:30 p.m.

Ace of Spades Last in Line, Dave Friday Band, Shadowkiller, North Shore, Trigger Effect, 6:30 p.m. B-Side FEELS w/ Busy Gillespie & Friends, 9 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Ross Hammond, 2 p.m. Blue Lamp Soundcloud Era Hip-Hop and Trap Night, 8:30 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Danilo y Orquesta Universal, 1 p.m. Carmichael Elks Club Moonlight Swing Big Band, 7 p.m. Harlow’s Bas, Rexx Life Raj, K Roosevelt, Innanet James, Correy C, 6:30 p.m. Holy Diver Beamas, 7:30 p.m. LowBrau Throwback Jams w/ DJ Epik & Special Guests, 9:30 p.m. Midtown BarFly Factor IX w/ DJ Bryan Hawk, DJ CarnieRobber and Guests, 9 p.m. Mix DJ Colette, Rich Soto, Chris Shelton, 4 p.m. Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall The Auburn Symphony at the Mondavi: Rising Star, 3 p.m. Palms Playhouse John McCutcheon, 2 & 7 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Spider, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Shady Lady Alex Jenkins, 9 p.m. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts @ B Street Theatre Michael Nesmith, 7 p.m. Sol Collective Synthphonik: Producer/ Beatmaker Showcase Hosted by The Philharmonik, 8 p.m. Thunder Valley Casino Resort Legends of Motown Tribute Show, 7 p.m. Torch Club Johnny “Guitar” Knox Pro Memorial Jam w/ Aaron King, Joe Lev, Ratatat Pat Balcom, Ray “Catfish” Copeland and More, 4 p.m.; Front the Band, 8 p.m.

1.21 MONDAY

Ace of Spades Jacquees, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) B-Side The Brazilian Brothers w/ DJ Childish Carlitos & Eddie Lampkin, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Goldfield Supersuckers, The Damn Liars, 7:30 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Epik, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays, 7:30 p.m. Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5:30 p.m. Sactown Union Open Mic Hosted by Autumn Sky, 7 p.m. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts @ B Street Theatre Kat Edmonson, 7 p.m. Two Rivers Cider Co. Grateful Monday feat. Nipper and the Buds, 6:30 p.m.

1.22 TUESDAY

Ace of Spades Jacquees, 7 p.m. Blue Lamp Lightweight, Americas, Honey and Salt, Enso Anima, 9 p.m. Kupros Craft House Kyle Rowland, 5 p.m.; Open Mic, 7 p.m.

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1.23 WEDNESDAY

Ace of Spades Sage The Gemini, Chonnie Gold, ZP Ratik, 7 p.m. B-Side Sound Dust w/ Roger Carpio, 9 p.m. Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. The Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Fox & Goose All Vinyl Wednesdays w/ DJ AAKnuff, 8 p.m. Kupros Craft House Ross Hammond, 5 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Live Blues Jam Session, 8 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Jazz Jam w/ Byron Colburn, 8 p.m. Momo Sacramento Bourbon & Blues feat. James Armstrong, 5:30 p.m. MontBleu Resort Casino Sound Tribe Sector 9, 7 p.m.; Opiuo, 11 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic w/ Host Donny Penney, 9 p.m. Sacramento State: University Union Redwood Room Wednesday Nooner w/ Brian Chris Rogers, 12 p.m. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts @ B Street Theatre Soft Machine, Levin Brothers, 8:30 p.m. Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Torch Club Sean Lehe, 5:30 p.m.; Yawpers, Blackfoot Gypsies, Sicky Betts, 9 p.m.

1.24 THURSDAY

B-Side Throttle Thursday w/ DJ Hells Bells, 9 p.m. , 9 p.m. The Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m. Crocker Art Museum Global Rhythms Concert: Sandy Cressman & Homenagem Brasileira, 6:30 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Tim Dierkes, 7 p.m.; DJ Uncle Hank with Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose BlueSoul, 8 p.m. Harlow’s Teedra Moses, 8 p.m. Holy Diver Like A Storm, Royal Tusk, Afterlife, 6:30 p.m. Kupros Craft House Michael Ray, 8 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Mango’s Legendary Thursday w/ DJ Wreck & Guests, 9:45 p.m. Old Ironsides Citizen Snips, Fonty, 7:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Brewers Grade, 9:30 p.m. Press Club At Both Ends, Sector 7G, Pisscat, Mob Rule, 8 p.m. Shine Jazz Jam, 8 p.m. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts @ B Street Theatre The Arlyn Anderson Quartet, 7 p.m. Torch Club Mind X, 5:30 p.m.; Quinn Deveaux, 9 p.m.

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1.25 FRIDAY

Ace of Spades Berner, 7 p.m. B-Side R&B Sides w/ DJ Satapana, 9 p.m. , 9 p.m. Bar 101 Zach Winters Band, 9:30 p.m. Beatnik Studios Spacewalker, R.Ariel, Lillian Frances, Kafari, 7:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Misner and Smith, 5 p.m. Big Sexy Brewing Co. Be Brave Bold Robot, 7 p.m. Blue Lamp RocDaMic Showcase, 9 p.m. The Boardwalk Wolf Skin, Nail the Casket, Artisans, Atomic Flounder, 6:30 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Richard Yap, Angeline Quinto, 9 p.m. Capitol Garage Capitol Friday’s Reggae Night w/ DJ Veyn, 10 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Radio Memory, 9 p.m. Folsom Hotel Saloon Rockology, 9:30 p.m. Fox & Goose Backburners, Back Alley Buzzards, 9 p.m. Golden Bear Something 2 Do w/ Mike Diamond & My Cousin Vinny, 10 p.m. Holy Diver The Speed of Sound in Seawater, Find Yourself, So Much Light, 6:30 p.m. John Natsoulas Gallery Davis Jazz Night Hosted by The New Harmony Jazz Band, 7 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge William Mylar’s Hippie Hour, 5:30 p.m.; Band at Hand, 9 p.m. Momo Sacramento Choir Boy, Death Party at the Beach, DJ Dada, 7 p.m. Mondavi Center: Ann E. Pitzer Center Rhonda Rider, 7 p.m. Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall Las Cafeteras, Villalobos Brothers, 8 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Band of Coyotes, Knights of the Sound Table, Casey Slowjay, 8:30 p.m. Opera House Saloon Superbad, 9 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Kyle Flesch, DJ Eddie Edul, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Placerville Public House Chili and the Beans, 8 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Metal Street Boys, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Patton Leatha, 9:30 p.m. Revival at the Sawyer Groove on Fridays w/ Guest DJs, 10 p.m. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts @ B Street Theatre William Fitzsimmons, Eddie Berman, 7 p.m. Torch Club The Deltaz, 5:30 p.m.; Michael Gregory, The Outcome, 9 p.m.

1.26 SATURDAY

Ace of Spades Puddle Of Mudd, Failure by Proxy, Zeroclient, The Stoneberries, 6:30 p.m. B-Side Soul Paradiso w/ Shaun Slaughter, 9 p.m. , 9 p.m. Bar 101 Nate Grimmy, 9:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Scott Guberman, 3 p.m. Blue Lamp Haunt, Idle Hands, Hell Fire, 8 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Richard Yap, Angeline Quinto, 8 p.m. Community Center Theater Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera’s Beethoven Festival Part 2: Beethoven’s Fifth, 8 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Car Tunes, 9 p.m. The Fig Tree Open Mic, 7 p.m. Fox & Goose Nagual Salt Trio, 9 p.m. Harlow’s Heartless (Heart Tribute), Invincible (Pat Benatar Tribute), 6:30 p.m.; Mustache Harbor, 9:30 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts: Stage 3 Sacramento Baroque Soloists: Voice of the Cello, 7:30 p.m. Holy Diver Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Anybody Killa, Manic, Oh! The Horror, 7 p.m. Knobs-n-Knockers TimeCode, 9 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe David Houston & String Theory, Adrian Bourgeois, Gina Belliveau, 8 p.m. Midtown BarFly Club Séance Presents: L’Avenir, Tuxedo Gleam, DJ Chat Noir, DJ Dire DeLorean, 8:30 p.m. UC Davis Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall Lara Downes and Theo Bleckmann, 8 p.m. MontBleu Resort Casino Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, 7 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m. Old Ironsides M2 and the People, Rebel Punk, Samantha Vaughn, 8:30 p.m. Opera House Saloon Mere Mortals, 9 p.m. Palms Playhouse John Jorgenson Quintet, 7:30 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Peeti V, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Placerville Public House Born Barefoot, 8 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Freshmakers, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Depart of Rock, 10 p.m. Revival at the Sawyer Encore w/ Guest DJs, 9 p.m. Shine Daryl Black & More, 8 p.m. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts @ B Street Theatre Joe Craven & the Sometimers, 7 p.m. Sutter Creek Provisions Margo Cilker Band, 6:30 p.m. Torch Club Loose Engines, 5:30 p.m.; Mojo Green, Black Star Safari, 9 p.m. Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Church 32nd Annual Diocesan Choir Festival, 4 p.m.

1.27 SUNDAY

Ace of Spades LP, Lauren Ruth Ward, Andy Allo, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) Auburn State Theatre Bill Frisell “When You Wish Upon A Star” feat. Petra Haden, Thomas Morgan & Rudy Royston, 7:30 p.m. B-Side Butter Funk w/ DJ Nocturnal, 9 p.m. , 9 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Matt Rainey, 3 p.m. Blue Lamp The Moans, Defected Drones, The Afraid, The Pawns, Get Out, 7:30 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Live Band Karaoke, 1 p.m. CLARA Auditorium Joe Mazzaferro Quintet w/ Strings, 6:30 p.m. Faces NightClub DUSK w/ Freddy Silva, Aaron Snowden and More, 3 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts: Stage 1 Tapestry (Carole King Tribute), 2 & 7 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts: Stage 3 Sacramento Baroque Soloists: Voice of the Cello, 2 p.m. Holy Diver SMB, Unknown, Rozay, JT, Cymattic, Alvin Taylor and More, 6:30 p.m. LowBrau Throwback Jams w/ DJ Epik & Special Guests, 9:30 p.m. Midtown BarFly Factor IX w/ DJ Bryan Hawk, DJ CarnieRobber and Guests, 9 p.m. Palms Playhouse Front Country, 6:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Michael Gregroy, 3 p.m. Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Shady Lady Peter Petty, 9 p.m.

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1.28 MONDAY

B-Side The Brazilian Brothers w/ DJ Childish Carlitos & Eddie Lampkin, 9 p.m. Dante Club Sacramento Jazz Coop Presents: Tammy L. Hall Quartet, 7 p.m. Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Epik, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays, 7:30 p.m. Momo Sacramento Glacier Veins, Fake It, Captain Cutiepie, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5:30 p.m. Sactown Union Open Mic Hosted by Autumn Sky, 7 p.m.

1.29 TUESDAY

Ace of Spades Tritonal, 7 p.m. Blue Lamp Soft Nerve, Balms, Vinnie Guidera & The Dead Birds, Oh, Lonesome Ana, 8 p.m. Crest Theatre JJ Grey & Mofro, 7 p.m. Kupros Craft House Jenn Rogar, 5 p.m.; Open Mic, 7 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m. Torch Club Matt Rainey, 5:30 p.m.; JonEmery & The Unconventionals, 8 p.m.

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Ace of Spades Marsha Ambrosius, Elle Varner, 7 p.m. B-Side Record Club w/ Roger Carpio, 9 p.m. Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. The Boardwalk Ashley McBryde, 7 p.m. The Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Fox & Goose DJ Nassah, 8 p.m. Harlow’s Reverend Horton Heat, Big Sandy, Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Delta Bombers, 7 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts Kalani Pe’a, 7 p.m. Kupros Craft House Ross Hammond, 5 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Live Blues Jam Session, 8 p.m. Momo Sacramento Bourbon & Blues feat. Val Starr Band + the Blues Rocket, 5:30 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic w/ Host Donny Penney, 9 p.m. Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Torch Club Sean Lehe, 5:30 p.m.; Mind X, 9 p.m.

Comedy Crest Theatre Steve Trevino, Jan. 25, 7:30 p.m. Laughs Unlimited Vince Royale, Ngaio Bealum, Hosted by Amy Estes, Jan. 16, 8 p.m. Say It Loud Comedy w/ Greg “G” Williams, Morgan Lujan, Alexandria Love and More, Jan. 17, 8 p.m. Cheryl Anderson feat. Mike Eshaq, Jan. 18 - 20, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Ricco Da Great, Melvin Washington Jr., Nick Ceppaglia, Hosted by Chris Smith, Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m. Tamer Kattan feat. Kortney Williams, Jan. 25 - 27, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. Tris & Them w/ Big Sas, Nicole Blue, Hosted by Tristan Johnson, Jan. 30, 8 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Open Mic Comedy w/ Hosts Jaime Fernandez and Michael Cella, Tuesdays, 8 p.m. On the Y Open Mic Comedy w/ Guest Hosts, Thursdays, 8:30 p.m. Punch Line Future of Comedy Showcase w/ Kabir “Kabeezy” Singh, Jan. 17, 8 p.m. Arnez J, Jan. 18 - 20, Fri., 8 & 10:15 p.m.; Sat., 7:30 & 9:45 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. There Goes the Neighborhood Comedy Jam, Jan. 23, 8 p.m. Dov Davidoff, Jan. 24 - 26, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 7:30 & 9:45 p.m.; Drew Kimzey and Aliada Present: Invisible Disabilities Show w/ Nina G, Coral Best, Amber Whitford, Jan. 27, 7 p.m. Sacramento Comedy Spot Open Mic, Sunday’s and Mondays, 8 p.m. Improv Taste Test and Harold Night, Wednesdays, 7 - 10 p.m. Cage Match and Improv Jam, Thursdays, 8 - 10 p.m. Anti-Cooperation League, Saturdays, 9 p.m. Sacramento State: University Union Ballroom Jen Kober, Shahera Hyatt, Wendy M. Lewis, Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m. Sactown Union Comedy Showcase w/ Amy Estes, Wendy M Lewis, Ed Mena and More, Jan. 19, 8 p.m. STAB! Comedy Theater Comedy Open Mic, Thursdays, 9 p.m. STAB! Podcast Panel Show, Fridays, 10 p.m. Late Night Leftovers Open Mic, Saturdays, 11 p.m.

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Misc. 8th and W Streets Certified Farmers Market, Sundays, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. 20th Street (Between J and K) Midtown Farmers Market, Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. B Street Theatre at The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts House on Haunted Hill – The Comedy, Through Feb. 17 Blue Cue Trivia Night, Wednesdays, 9 p.m. Blue Lamp Trap Kitchen Cookout Tour: The Ultimate Underground Culinary Experience, Jan. 23, 7 p.m. The Boxing Donkey Trivia Night, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Broad Room Broad Room Flea: Vintage-Only Market, Jan. 20, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Broad Market feat. 12 Small Businesses Under One Roof, Jan. 26, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Cal Expo International Sportsman Expo 2019, Jan. 17 - 20 California State Archives State Archives Speaker Series: Bruce Marwick, Jan. 17, 5 p.m. The Citizen Hotel Sacramento Chocolate Salon, Jan. 27, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Community Center Theater Sacramento Speaker Series: Ian Bremmer, Jan. 16, 8 p.m. Country Club Plaza Certified Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Crest Theatre Bhangra State of Mind 6, Jan. 26, 4:30 p.m. Crocker Art Museum American Beauty and Bounty: The Judith G. and Steaven K. Jones Collection of Nineteenth-Century Painting, Through Jan. 27

Raymond Dabb Yelland: California Landscape Painter, Through Jan. 27 Arte Extraordinario: Recent Acquisitions, Through March 24 Modern Menagerie: Sculpture by Loet Vanderveen, Through March 31 Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Trivia Night, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Dimple Records (Arden) Papa Roach In-Store Signing, Jan. 18, 4 p.m. Florin Road & 65th Street Certified Farmers Market, Thursdays, 8 a.m. 12 p.m. Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Go Palladio Tap Into a Cold One Winter Craft Brewfest feat. 40-Plus Breweries, Jan. 26, 4 p.m. Golden 1 Center Monster Jam Triple Threat Series, Jan. 18 - 20, Fri. & Sat., 7 p.m.; Sun., 1 p.m. PBR: Unleash the Beast – 2019 Sacramento Invitational, Jan. 25 - 27, Fri., 7:45 p.m.; Sat., 6:45 p.m.; Sun., 1:45 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts The Wizard of Oz: The National Tour, Jan. 18 - 20 Jersey Boys: The National Tour, Jan. 22 - 26 Highwater The Trivia Factory, Mondays, 7 p.m. Historic Old Folsom Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Knobs-n-Knockers The Scream Queens Gorelesque Troupe Presents: GLOW, Jan. 18, 9 p.m. Kupros Craft House Triviology, Sundays, 7:30 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Poetry Unplugged, Thursdays, 8 p.m. Sac Unified Poetry Slam, Jan. 18, 8 p.m. McClellan Conference Center Art of Beer Invitational 2019, Jan. 25, 7 p.m. Fourth Annual SacTown VegFest, Jan. 26, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Midtown BarFly Salsa Lessons, Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Oak Park United Methodist Church January Gathering: Oak Park Fix-it Cafe, Jan. 19, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Pamela Trokanski Performing Arts Theatre Acme Theatre Company’s A Radio Show Murder Mystery: Lead Rings on the Merry-Go-Round, Through Jan. 20 Pocket-Greenhaven Library Author Panel of Local Writers feat. Tim Brown, Andy Furillo, Bob Sylva, Jan. 23, 6 p.m. Porchlight Brewing Co. Pizza Making Class w/ Chef Ben, Jan. 26, 1 p.m. Powerhouse Science Center Tot Planetarium Show, Jan. 19, 11 a.m. Sactown Union Geeks Who Drink Trivia, Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Soil Born Farms American River Ranch Introduction to Urban Backyard Beekeeping, Jan. 26, 1 p.m. Sol Collective Sac Activist School: Call Her Ganda Panel & Screening, Jan. 23, 6 p.m. Streets Pub and Grub Pub Trivia, Sundays, 8 p.m. Strikes Unlimited (Rocklin) Let’s Get Quzzical: Trivia Game Show Experience, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Sunrise Light Rail Station Certified Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m. 12 p.m. Tim Collom Gallery Winter Garden by Emily Swinsick and Randy Won, Through Jan. 31 Two Rivers Cider Co. Cribbage Night, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Trivia Night, Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Various Downtown Sacramento Restaurants Dine Downtown Restaurant Week, Through Jan. 21 Verge Center for the Arts Movies on the Verge Presents: Kusama Infinity, Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m. WAL Public Market Artist Talk w/ John Muheim, Jan. 22, 6 p.m. Yolo Brewing Co. Trivia Night, Tuesdays, 6 p.m.

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THE SHALLOW END PSA: TEACH YOUR GRANDPARENTS NS AWKI SOME MANNERS, Y’ALL H E I L OL

M JAMES BARONE jb@submergemag.com

I’m having a hard time lately figuring out how to say this nicely. I was going to say, You know what really grinds my gears? But I realized very few millennials would get that joke, and it’s OK, I’m just old and grumpy. I wanted to avoid jumping on a soap box with this topic, but it’s been keeping me up at night. Not that I don’t already have a slew of real problems to haunt my slumber, but this one takes the cake. I was at the movies. I was just sitting there, eating my popcorn. And the elderly ladies next to me wouldn’t stop talking. Loudly. So I snapped. I couldn’t take it. I leaned over and asked them to please, for the love of God and Jason Momoa, stop talking. It was a buildup, I assure you. And I’m pretty sure this lady had dentures, and was hard of hearing, because when she whipped out her phone in the middle of the movie— when she wasn’t making loud commentary— the phone was as bright as the sun and at full volume. But Mollie, how did you know it was at full volume? Because, dear reader, opera music began pouring out of the goddamn thing. It was louder than the riveting aquatic fight scene happening on the screen that was supposed to be glowing. Clearly, they ignored the “turn off your phones” video before the movie. Comically, instead of turning her phone off during the operatic serenade, the woman just yelled at her phone, “OFF! OFF! OFF!” as though the poor device would comply. Just after the phone incident, and right in the middle of their movie-ending predictions, is when I snapped. I leaned over and asked, “Can y’all please stop talking?” thinking that the “y’all” might soften the edges of my request a bit. It didn’t. Despite her “Yes,” which was delivered with a bit of spittle, I’m pretty sure I ruined Aquaman for her. She didn’t take any more snacks (or drinks) out of her purse after that. Let me asterisk this by saying, this is not who I am. I don’t sass old people. I don’t particularly like sassing anyone. I have what most people call “resting nice face.” I’m from the country. We don’t raise our voices, question, talk back to or otherwise ruffle the feathers of our elders. They’ve seen shit. They know better than us. They remember a time before color television. They’ve seen the valleys and the hills, and, I don’t know—they have more insurance. But here’s my soapbox

(pull up a chair): Young people are always getting looked down upon for being rude, distracted, lazy and, I don’t know—having less insurance. But we can keep it together during a movie. Generally, we put our phones away. Because we wait until after the movie to talk to our friends about how awesome the movie was, to make them jealous and then to act all pious when we saw the movie in the opening week. It was, like, totally sold out. Before you think, “Hey, Mollie. Cool your jets. It was one movie, and it was a lesser of the DC Comics.” Here’s the thing—and here’s where I need help. This has happened every. Single. Time. I’ve been to the theater in the past few months. I always end up in close proximity to the old people, they always show up late (and I get that whole disenchanted-hopeful feeling, like on an airplane where you think maybe, JUST MAYBE, I’ll have an empty seat next to me—and it never happens. And then a kid sits next to you and pukes the entire flight), and they always end up talking to each other or using their phones. I’m pretty sure I’m trapped in my own version of Groundhog Day and no matter the variables, I end up next to people who don’t have manners. I’ve tried changing seating locations. Times of day. Varying types of movies. Doesn’t matter. They find their way to me, and they can’t shut up. They need to talk about this actor’s filmography, that actress’s facial work, where they’re going after this, how much the popcorn cost. Shame on you, elderly people. Shame on you. I hope that you are just lovely people outside of the theater, and that this is your dirty little secret. But this isn’t OK. Movies are too expensive, and we don’t get senior discounts. So, here’s my PSA for the under-50-set: Keep your phone off in the movies. Keep your mouth shut during a movie, unless something is really funny and you need to laugh. That’s cool. No one wants to hear what your thoughts are about what’s going on, or in your recreational free time. Let’s be great role models for the seniors among us, because by the time we’re the 65-year-olds watching the latest Tom Cruise movie (he’ll still be, like, 35), it’ll probably ruin your day when some smartass kid asks you to shut up in whatever emoji language they’ll be speaking by then.

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