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MELISSA WELLIVER melissa@submergemag.com So, I guess I could use my column to talk about last week’s insanely messy situation with the local venue and bar Goldfield booking—and then eventually cancelling—those controversial Demun Jones and Adam Calhoun shows, but I’d rather not. It’s played out, and I think it’s time for everyone to move on.

While I understand everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I’ve got to say, god damn, it shocks me that people can be so ugly to one another, especially when they’re hiding behind their computers or smartphones and spewing insanely hateful shit online.

Trust me, I can’t even with Adam Calhoun and his racist/misogynist/ close-minded lyrics, and the comment sections on Goldfield’s announcement to cancel the shows are nearly as bad. Some of those upset with the cancellations called for canceling Pride Week and other nonsense, while some of those opposed to the controversial booking hoped the business would burn to the ground. Reading stuff like that can sure make me feel disgusted in the human race.

For the most part, I try to avoid comment sections when I know people are going to be worked up, but sometimes I just can’t help it, like a moth to a flame.

Chill the fuck out folks. The sun is going to come up again tomorrow.

People are going to go on with their lives (and hopefully some will get off their computers and phones).

At the end of the day, I don’t know why people get sucked into that downward spiral. Wake up. Your overthe-top rants aren’t going to change anyone’s opinion.

Like I said, I’m ready to move on.

Instead of being all pissed off, how about you go to a show that you do want to see! Maybe start with this one we wrote about in our “Submerge Your Senses” section: Rock Against Racism, which will take place on June 9 at Cafe Colonial. Read more on page 12.

You could also get your outdoor concert action on! Check out this issue’s “The Stream” column on page 6, which talks about several events where you can listen to music, but also camp out!

I know that not everyone drinks, but I do. It helps me take the edge off sometimes. If you’re like me, then there’s two events that might interest you: Tequila Mockingbird 2019: An Evening of Literary Libations which is supporting the Roseville Public Library on June 14, which is featured in our “Submerge your Senses” Section, on page 13.

Or maybe you’re more of a beer person? Then you could check out The Bash Music and Craft Beer Festival on Sunday, June 16. They promise to have unlimited tastings of more than 100 different craft beers. Bands that are performing that day are Rancid, Suicidal Tendencies, the rockin’ women on our cover, L7 and more. To learn more about L7 check out our feature story starting on page 18!

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CAMPIN’ & JAMMIN’: SIX UPCOMING MUSIC FESTIVALS IN AND AROUND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WHERE CAMPING OUT IS ENCOURAGED! JONATHAN CARABBA

One of the best things about living in the greater Sacramento area is our proximity to so many awesome campsites. Whether heading up to Tahoe, the foothills, the Delta or one of the many camp friendly lakes in the region, there is no lack of beautiful places to pitch a tent or post up in an RV. What’s even better than camping? Camping at a music festival! Luckily for us, there are quite a few upcoming festivals this year that encourage you to camp out to get the full experience. Here’s a brief rundown of just some of them. So dust off that tent, gather some pals, fill up some ice chests and head on out for an epic weekend of camping and jamming.

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Photo by Charles Gullung First up this month is Huichica Sonoma (pronounced wah-chee-ka), two days of music, wine and food at Gundlach Bundschu Winery, going down this weekend on June 7–8. The musical lineup includes Lee Fields and the Expressions, Real Estate, Connan Mockasin, Love Band feat. Johnny Echols, Foxwarren, Dean Wareham, Fruit Bats, Spiral Stairs, Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express and tons more. For those interested in camping, the closest spot is Skyline Regional Park in Napa, just 12 miles to the east. Check out Sonoma.huichica.com for more info on this rad micro-fest.

While not technically a “music festival,” South Lake Tahoe’s popular

Live at Lakeview concert series kicks off later this month on

June 20 and runs every Thursday through the end of August (with the exception of July 4). Live at Lakeview concerts are free and take place from 4:30–8:30 p.m. at Lakeview Commons at El Dorado Beach, and the stage is literally on the beach so you watch the bands with Lake Tahoe in the background. Submerge has made the trek up to Live at Lakeview before, so trust us when we say it’s amazing and well worth the couple hour drive. Pretty much directly across the road from where the concerts take place is the City of South Lake Tahoe’s Campground by the Lake, where they have cabins, tent cabins and plenty of tent sites available for very reasonable rates. Call the campsite at (530) 542-6096 for more info or visit Cityofslt.us/270/Campground-by-the-Lake to make reservations online. Hit up Live at Lakeview, camp out across the street for a night or two, rent some bikes, kayaks or paddle boards nearby and make an epic weekend out of it! A nice way to beat the Sacramento heat later on this summer. Check out the recently announced lineup at Facebook.com/liveatlakeviewcommons.

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Later this month, from June 28–30, check out the eighth and final OwlFest, taking place at the Blue Mountain Event Center in Wilseyville, about two hours east of Sacramento. Tons of killer bands are on the bill, including Kai Kln, MAU, The Verge, Trikome, Campfire Crooners, Braden Scott, Spidermeow, Hannah Jane Kile, Jon Emery Dodds, Mike Blanchard and the Californios, Watt Ave Soul Giants, The Bongo Furys and plenty of others. Just $90 covers your camping all weekend and full access to all of the nearly 30 performances. Kids 14 and under are just $50 (yes this fest is very family friendly!). Damn good bang for your buck on this one, folks! Hit up Owlfestmusic.weebly.com or Facebook.com/OwlfestForever for more info.

Photo by Alan Sheckter The 23 annual California WorldFest happens right in our backyard in beautiful Grass Valley and is going down from July 11–14. This year, WF will feature a diverse range of music from all over the globe, including acts like Lila Downs, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, Toots and the Maytals, Turkuaz, Las Cafeteras, Delhi 2 Dublin, Taimane, The Turbans and too many others to list here. The event takes place at Nevada County Fairgrounds, where you can camp out under tall pines and oaks, where it’s nice and shady with level terrain. You’ll need a separate camping pass, though, in addition to your festival ticket, and RV slots are already sold out, so check out Worldfest.net/worldfest-camping in a hurry for more info. rd

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place in Quincy (about a three hour drive from Sacramento) will run from July 4–7 and will feature headliners such as Dispatch, Umphrey’s McGee, Greensky Bluegrass, Jim James, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Galactic, The Del McCoury Band and dozens of other acts. Your festival pass includes camping, which is first come, first served.

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From July 25–28 the ninth annual GuitarFish Music Festival will take place in Cisco Grove, 20 miles west of Truckee, and approximately an hour-and-a-half from Sacramento up I-80. This year’s lineup includes Kinky, The California Honeydrops, Yak Attack, Afrolicious, Smoked Out Soul, Diggin Dirt, Earth Arrow, Mestizo Beat and many more. Your weekend pass includes festival-style tent camping at the Cisco Grove Campground, which has plenty of showers, restrooms, water, swimming, trees and shade! Check out Guitarfishfestival.com for more.

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It pains me to say it, but the television adaptation of Game of Thrones is officially over. Few things have remained constant in my adult life, but Game of Thrones feels like it’s always been there. I won’t easily forget the last eight seasons of brutal and tragic killings, dragon fire and resurrections from the dead. How could I? These were some of the best characters in television history, and now their watches have ended.

The series finale, like most series’ finales of immensely popular shows, proved to be decisive.

The writers of the show had a tough job to wrap up a series that covered this much time and with this many characters and plot lines. Some side plots were abandoned altogether, while others were wrapped up hastily to get them out of the way; but, overall, I was happy with the result.

It was a monumental task, and they did an admirable job. I’ll look for the missing details in the remaining books in the series if George R.R. Martin ever gets around to sharing them with us.

The show may be over, but one thing is for sure: HBO is not resting on its laurels and wants to strike while the iron is still hot. There have been rumors of up to five possible spinoffs, one of which was announced recently by some guy in a suit who really wants to suck the soul out of this world and turn it into cold hard cash. My guess is that they will use these five spinoffs to cast the net wide and see which direction will bring in the most money.

The only confirmed series is going under the working title of The Long Night, and is the story of how the white people showed up and ruined Westeros for everyone who found themselves there thousands of years later. There are lots of actors already attached, but I’m not getting into all of that jazz with you here, so Google it yourself if you want to know more. I’d much rather talk about the other four shows battling to take their place on the Iron Throne of TV ratings and its target demographic: men aged 25–35.

Our first contender is a bit of an odd duck.

Games of Thrones will be set in Westeros with the cast we’ve already come to know and love to reprise their roles. This show will be somewhere between MTV’s Real World/Road Rules Challenge, The Dating Game and Circus of the Stars. In short, Games of Thrones hopes to explore the fun side of Westeros.

The show is a grab bag of different events for your favorite characters to face off in. Watch Ser Brienne of Tarth knock the living shit out of other

favorites like The Hound in a joust. See Arya Stark work her magic as she finds her way through a medieval obstacle course quicker than the Waif.

The Lords and Ladies of Westeros are renowned for hooking up with their siblings and relatives, but can they guess if they are kissing one after being blinded by the Faceless Men? Tune in to find out!

Next up is a cooking show from the producers of The Chef, simply titled, Hot Pie!, and boy is it ever! Ben Hawkey reprises his magnificent role as the Westerosi baker, Hot Pie, in this new cooking series. Hot Pie will show you how to make beautiful breads using only the scarce ingredients found around your home and in abandoned battlefields. Learn to bake the best Dire Wolf loaves you’ve ever tasted and get an earful of jibber-jabber while you do it. Hot Pie walks the walk and talks the talk. He’s putting the “king” in baking and you are not going to want to miss what he cooks up next!

I’m really excited about this next new GoT spin-off. It’s called “I Drink and I Know Things” and stars Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister.

Each week, Lord Tyrion invites another member of Westerosi high society over for a bit of wine and a bit more wine, followed by a round of questions wherein Tyrion tries to guess embarrassing things about his guests. If Tyrion is correct, his guest drinks, and if he is wrong, Tyrion himself drinks. Come for the laughs and stay for the awkward silence.

The fourth and final remaining Game of Thrones pilot is for all the kids out there who love dragons. Drogon’s Wild follows Drogon the dragon as he learns to let go of his crazy, dead mother to become the best dragon he can be. Being the only dragon alive can be hard. Drogon is all alone in a strange world, trying to find his place in it without burning everything up in the process.

Your kids will grow up with Drogon as he searches for love, life, happiness and revenge against his mother’s killers. Let Drogon teach your children that their enemies deserve no mercy.

With quality programming like this, it’s going to be tough for HBO to choose whether to greenlight one or all of these choice selections.

I’m sure you’ve picked your favorites already; I know I have. And even if they all turn out to be bunk, I’ll still be happy because, to this old man, some form of Game of Thrones is better than none. Now, give it!

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WORDS ANDREW C. RUSSELL Plug your ears to Elton John’s unmistakably classic songs, and squint until you can no longer make out Taron Egerton’s uncannily good performance, and you might be forgiven for thinking that it’s a few months ago, and you’re watching Bohemian Rhapsody. This isn’t to say that Rocketman is derivative of that film (capable director Dexter Fletcher helmed a good part of both), but that both films, in spite of the most capable casts and direction, cannot hide their industry-standard biopic tags in the areas not cloaked in the still-charismatic pull of the original source.

If one seeks to convey the timeless stage presence of an Elton John or a Freddie Mercury to a modern audience, there’s no need to do so with slick editing, Broadway backup dancers and re-recorded cover versions that seem both to iron out all the imperfections and sift out much of the identity; the real footage, the actual records, are still there, always at our fingertips in our media-rich lives. What need have we to celebrate their legacy with talented strangers? If skillful interpretations of the hits won’t thrill, then perhaps we can look forward to the revelations the film promises: the childhood struggles, the glimpses of pure hedonism from the height of ‘70s stardom.

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it bring the excesses of the time back to raunchy, glittery life? To a certain, though mostly shallow extent, yes. Egerton makes a grand entrance as the sequined, devilcostumed divo barging through the doors of what’s revealed to be a rehab facility, where much of the narrative unspools from his scattered recollections from the chair of a support-group circle. What follows is mostly a series of jukebox trifles—a Glee-esque run-through of the familiar plot points of “talent discovery,” “first big break,” “relationship tensions,” “hubris/ betrayal,” “hitting rock-bottom” and “back on top.” As in Rhapsody, there is little regard for the flow of history; late-career hits show up in scenes ostensibly depicting Elton’s early bar-room gigs; “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting” takes us through the ‘50s and into the ‘60s, with a non-sequitur hippie/Bollywood dance routine thrown in for whatever reason. To that, many a fan of this sort of thing might well say, “Who cares?” and this sentiment must be shared by the 90 percent of critics who’ve heaped disproportionate praise on what amounts to another fleeting, ephemeral, tribute to someone else’s talent.

There are, admittedly, moments of real gravity; scenes of Elton coming to terms with his father’s obvious disinterest in his eldest son in favor of a second family registers real pain, as do sequences depicting the effects of substance abuse for both the user and loved ones. These, however, are dressings for the sing-along main course. A depiction of an overdose as a dance sequence feels like it could be

a bold, strange moment, but comes off as stagy and frivolous; Elton singing “The Bitch is Back” as a duet with his schoolboy self feels like the sort of Ellen-show shenanigans one might see on daytime TV. Attempts at getting past Bohemian Rhapsody’s PG-13 version of gay love in favor of something more audacious and risk-taking do not change the overall safe feel of the picture (though they do illustrate what sort of thing the critics and buzzoutlets of today consider “groundbreaking”).

Finding out exactly what Rocketman is and is not beforehand may help the viewer better appreciate it. This is no biopic, nor an entirely immersive impression of Elton John and the world he and his fame inhabited. It does have a positive message for us about getting help for our problems, in coming to terms with the past and ourselves. It points us toward what makes Elton still so riveting as a performer and public figure, and it will no doubt boost his Spotify listens. But those waiting for the truly outrageous, flawed, taboo-breaking, gritty story to actually be made (and that this one purports to be), one will have to wait until all the principal figures are long dead, or until we again enter an era such as the ‘70s, when Hollywood films had the gall (or even the ability) to shock. Until then, all of this full-scale raiding of the 20th century will seem like a theater-kid reenactment of a party that none of us were cool enough to attend.

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Cafe Colonial to Host “Rock Against Racism” Event feat. Local Bands, Speakers and More • June 9 Cafe Colonial (3520 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento) will host “Rock Against Racism,” a night of music and activism in memory of local hero, Michael Israel. In 2015, Israel left his Amador county home to go fight for the YPG—a Kurdish paramilitary group operating in Syria.

A longtime peacenik, Israel felt it was his duty to do everything he could to help the Syrian people. Late in 2016, Israel lost his life in the line of duty during an airstrike by Turkish forces, ostensibly there to help defeat ISIS. The event will feature an eclectic mix of local bands, all of whom are united by their punk rock spirit and commitment to antiracism. Performers include acts like The Sacto Storytellers, a punkinfluenced ska/rocksteady outfit churning out mellow jams and Las Pulgas, a self-proclaimed “Spanglish commie surfcore” band (only in California!). There will also be a number of speakers involved in anti-fascist and leftist movements around the globe. Most notably, Brace Belden, a fellow YPG vet who recently helped unionize San Francisco’s famous Anchor Steam Brewing Company, will be MCing.

The event is $10, 5–10 p.m. on Sunday, June 9. For more event info, visit Facebook.com/punchandpieproductions.

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Just add the airfare on top of that. Luckily, The Alexander Project, a Hamilton tribute group who will be performing at the Crest Theatre (1013 K St., Sacramento), have got you covered. To be clear, this isn’t a full run-down of the show itself, but more like a concert with music from all of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton work. This includes not only songs from the cast recording, but also the deleted numbers that appeared on The Hamilton Mixtape, as well as Miranda’s “Hamildrops.”

While The Alexander Project repeatedly tells you it’s not affiliated with the musical (evidently they get a lot of people who show up thinking it is), the cast is certainly Broadway-material. The cast features singers hot off both national tours and on-Broadway productions like In the Heights, Big Band Beat and Evita. One standout is Alexandra Ncube, who played the female lead in the The Book of Mormon national tour. In addition to a star-studded cast, the show also features a live backing band, which means no cheesy piped-in music.

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Tequila Mockingbird 2019: An Evening of Literary Libations Supporting the Roseville Public Library June 14

OK, so the name of the event is a bit of a groaner, but bear with us on this one; it’s for a good cause. These days, all the books we could ever want are easy to purchase (or pirate) online whenever we want. But despite all our e-readers, tablets and audiobooks, public libraries have still remained a cornerstone of literary education in the United States—and now it’s finally time to give something back. To that end, the Martha Riley Library (1501 Pleasant Grove Blvd., Roseville) is holding Tequila Mockingbird, a night of raffles, games and literary-themed cocktails all for the benefit of the Roseville Public Library. One ticket gets you all-you-can-eat food and drink. There are also a number of raffles, with prizes that range from gift cards to local favorite Big Spoon Yogurt, to Kings tickets, to Zoo passes. The special “tequila for two,” for just a little bit extra, nets you 25 raffle tickets, two bar glasses and a cocktail book, so that you can keep reading (and drinking) long after the event is over. General admission is $40, tequila for two is $99. The event starts at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 14. Visit Rosevillefriendsofthelibrary.org to book now.

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Learn All About the History, Tools and Techniques of Block Printing at Sol Collective • June 15 Block printing, or the transfer of an image from a wood or rubber block onto a surface, is one of the oldest methods of putting intricate designs onto clothing (and books, for that matter). Local artsand-activism spot, The Sol Collective (2574 21st St., Sacramento), is giving a combination tutorial and history lesson on the art form on Saturday, June 15.

Led by Mexican-American artist and Sol Collective member Luis Campos-Garcia (better known by his pseudonym, Lurac), the class will cover the cultural significance, history and techniques of relief-making. However, it will do so briefly, in order to save time for the main event: making your own designs. No experience (or artistic aptitude) is required. Lurac will guide students as they carve their own designs, which they will eventually use to make their own prints, both of which they can take home. The class has an emphasis on cloth printing, which means that you’ll finally be able to design the t-shirt of your dreams, all without having to pay a website $30 for a shirt that falls apart after one wash. 11 a.m.–2 p.m., $20–30 per person. Scholarships available.

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DAVIS’ BOOT JUICE CRAFT SONGS THAT CONJURE THE SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN WEST WORDS TYLER HORST PHOTO BRYANT JAMES STARK

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n an uncharacteristically overcast May morning in Davis, Connor Herdt and Evan Daly of the band Boot Juice sit outside Delta of Venus cafe and munch on breakfast. It’s a favorite spot for the band, most of whom grew up together in the sleepy college town, but they never like to stay in one place for long. They just played a show the previous night at Woodstock’s Pizza downtown, and soon they’ll be hitting the road for Santa Cruz to play another show. Before long, they’re going on tour.

Though now a six-piece band, Boot Juice began with the songs of Connor Herdt.

“I’ve been traveling around with an acoustic guitar for 10 years,” says Herdt.

In 2012, Herdt moved from his native Davis to Boise, Idaho, where he found seasonal work

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as a guide for a rafting company just north of the city on the Payette River. Though he would return to California when the summers were done, it was out there in Idaho that Herdt developed the blend of folk, blues, country and rock that would become Boot Juice, in the small town of Banks.

“It’s a very small town. It’s one cafe, and then all the seasonal river guides converge at this one cafe,” Herdt says.

“Don’t blink,” Daly says with a laugh.

“You’ll miss it.”

Daly, a lifelong friend of Herdt’s, first came out to visit in 2014 on a roadtrip with an ex-girlfriend.

“One of our stops was meeting up with Connor out in Banks, Idaho, and we canceled other things on our road trip so we could stay

there,” Daly says. “It was so nice.”

Herdt and Daly started playing as a pair in the small towns surrounding Boise, finding themselves particularly at home at a bar in Crouch called the Dirty Shame Saloon.

“The raft guides and the rednecks hang out there,” explains Herdt. “It’s this country dive.

That was where we cut our teeth.”

From then on, Daly would come out to join Herdt in Idaho in the summers, each year staying a little bit longer. They also started bringing more old friends from Davis out with them, not just to share the beautiful landscapes but also to start filling out the band. In addition to Herdt and Daly, the Boot Juice lineup solidified around Brett Worley on bass, David Provost on drums, singer Jessica Stoll and Alex Roth on mandolin.

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“It was the bus that took people to the river for years. It’s like a 1979 International diesel school bus. We got it super cheap from the raft company owners. We move it three or four times a year and live in it wherever we can park it.”

– Boot Juice’s Connor Herdt on his band’s “home away from home.”

Out there in the country, Boot Juice really began to find its footing. The shows kept getting bigger and bigger, and people took notice.

“One of the girls that I worked with in Idaho, she went to all of our shows and really dug the music. She showed it to her [godfather] ,” Herdt says.

The godfather, it turns out, was Los Angelesbased producer and engineer Scott Gordon, whose résumé includes work with the likes of Robby Krieger, Ringo Starr and composition on the show Criminal Minds.

“It was magic,” says Gordon about his chance introduction to Boot Juice.

Late last year, Boot Juice traveled down to Gordon’s studio in Los Angeles to record their first full-length record called Speaking in Tones. The 12-song record captures the band’s big sound, from the heavy blues of “Save My Soul,” the country licks of “Back on the Road pt. 1” and the gospel-inspired title track, “Speaking in Tones.”

“They’re really good players. It stretched my studio to the limit, and we had a really good time,” says Gordon. “They’re just excellent humans, every one of them.”

Gordon says he arranged his small home studio to record the band in a way to capture a live feeling as best as possible. The songs, written primarily by Herdt and Daly, mostly started as ideas for one person and one guitar.

They’ve grown into hearty compositions full of acoustic and electric guitars, harmonicas, pianos, percussion, mandolins and multiple voices.

“It’s become a lot more rock ‘n’ roll. It’s like a folk song in a rock arena,” Herdt says about the sound of the upcoming record.

“It’s like in the coffeeshop, on the big stage,” Daly adds. “When I put on the record and listen to it in the car, depending on my mood, it can take me either of those places.”

To give it a name, the Boot Juice style falls under the wide umbrella of Americana or western music. It’s a sound born from the many miles tracked by the lifelong friends from Northern California all the way to Idaho, and many other mountain towns in between across the American West.

Though Davis is home, Boot Juice still spends summers in Idaho.

“We still have more of a following there than we do here,” Herdt admits.

“We’ll play in a country bar in the middle of nowhere and people will go nuts,” Daly adds.

“But people in California are really hard to impress.”

While the band summers in Idaho, they often live in a big white bus featured in the album art designed by Stoll.

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“It was the bus that took people to the river for years. It’s like a 1979 International diesel school bus. We got it super cheap from the raft company owners,” Herdt explains. “We move it three or four times a year and live in it wherever we can park it.”

Usually, home is the big campsite on the Payette River owned by the rafting company. The bus is more than just a shelter. The band has also used it as a recording studio, and the live video of “When I’m Old” they tracked there last summer helped get the attention of Gordon.

The only thing it can’t really do is drive all that far.

“It’s not really reliable,” Herdt says with a laugh. So, they don’t use it to tour.

The members of Boot Juice have been musicians all their lives, playing in many different projects over the years. Herdt and Daly both say that Boot Juice feels like the real deal, and everyone is doing their part to capitalize on the opportunities presented to them.

“We understand how rare that is,” Daly says about the opportunity to bring their songs to life on a professionally produced record with a talented engineer, “and how important it is that we do a good job.”

Armed with their first record, Boot Juice kicked things into high gear, starting with twin release shows in Sacramento at the Goldfield Trading Post on May 25, then at The Olympic Venue in Boise on May 31. After that, it’s a short tour in towns across California, Nevada, Idaho and Montana.

They’ll be promoting the physical release of Speaking in Tones, which they’ll have on hand to sell but is also available at Armadillo Music in downtown Davis. The digital release is set for June 15.

“It feels like more than just tunes we sing to each other in front of the campfire now,” says Daly.

Pick up physical copies of Boot Juice’s debut, Speaking in Tones, at Armadillo Music (207 F St., Davis). Support local music, and a local record store. Win-win! Digital copies of the album will be available starting June 15. Check out Bootjuicejams.com for more info. You’ll be able to see the band live in Davis on Saturday, June 22 at Odd Fellows Lodge (415 Second St.) as part of the Davis Music Festival. For a full lineup of who will be appearing at the three-day fest, go to Davismusicfest.com.

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7 REASONS TO LOVE L7

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t’s been 20 years since L7 released their would-be last album, Slap Happy, but

the likes of Bikini Kill, Babes in Toyland and Sleater-Kinney fiercely challenging

they are back. Having recently released a new record—Scatter the Rats, on Joan

social and music scene norms. It’s sad to see that with their reemergence, things

Jett’s Blackheart Records—and embarking on a major U.S. tour, L7 regrouped as

have changed, but not that much; women still take to the streets to protest their

though they’d never missed a beat. Sure, they’re an all-girl punk/metal/pop band, but

reproductive rights and inequality, while the Me Too movement calls rightful

to stop there would fall short of describing their uncommonly vile, piss-and-vinegar,

attention to the prevalence of sexual harassment and violence. So it is with anger,

yet catchy as hell brand of truly great music that captured riot grrrl and mainstream

frustration and unity that fans of all genders welcome L7’s return.

hearts decades ago. Donita Sparks (guitar/vocals), Suzi Gardner (guitar/vocals), Dee Plakas (drums) and Jennifer Finch (bass/vocals) still rip like an open wound.

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Submerge spoke to Sparks while she was in Austin at the beginning leg of L7’s current tour to support Scatter the Rats. Here are seven reasons why you should love L7 (and go to their show in Sacramento).

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R E A S ON #1 : T H E Y ’R E L EG EN DA RY. Wild stories of L7 circle, including the infamous time that Sparks pulled a bloody tampon out and threw it at the crowd during the Reading Festival in 1992. See them live and you might just see some crazy shit, beyond getting your eardrums blown out.

But they also are legendary for their vocal activism, such as their Rock for Choice Festival in 1991 in Hollywood that advocated for abortion rights and voter registration.

REASON #2: THEY’RE LOCALS (KIND OF).

While born in Oklahoma and later relocating to Los Angeles, Gardner spent a significant portion of her childhood in Citrus Heights.

REASON #3: THEY LISTEN TO THEIR FANS. Fans were begging for L7 to come back on various social media platforms, and Sparks answered by personally reaching out to her estranged bandmates to gauge interest.

“The fan interest got us back together, but our enjoyment of doing it again is what got us to make the new record and led us to the reunion tour,” says Sparks. “We wanted to keep going… Normally a manager would procure these kinds of reunions and get people talking about it again … like a, ‘She’ll do it if you do it,’ kind of thing. But there was no buffer for us. There was just a, ‘Do you want to do it or not?’ kind of thing.”

We’re glad they did.

While the band’s relevance may be part of why their comeback has been so well received, the Me Too movement had nothing to do with them getting the band back together.

“I usually detest all politicians—and certainly there are better ones than others, but the political climate had nothing to do with this,” adds Sparks. “I think for a lot of our fans, it had a lot of meaning for us to come back at this time, but it wouldn’t have mattered if Hillary, Obama or Trump was president. We decided to do this for ourselves as artists and as a victory lap for our younger selves.”

REASON #4: THEY BELIEVE IN SPIRITUAL HOUSEKEEPING. The album name refers to scattering whatever rats may be in your life.

“That could be politicians, that could be your friends, that could be your neighbors— anybody bringing you down, scatter the rats,” advises Sparks. “Make some noise. Do something. Get involved. Make some art. If you’re grumbling about shit, scatter the rats and do something. Nothing violent, nothing creepy. Just do something positive that’s going to progress that mission of scattering whatever rats you have.”

When I asked Sparks how she dispels negativity in her own life, she said, “I usually just write a song about it. I think of some way to twist it into lemonade. We’re eventually all on the same side of people who attempt to do good.”

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REASON #5: THEY’RE COLL ABOR ATIVE AND HUMBLE. They all contributed to songwriting while Sparks is the primary songwriter.

“We all bring stuff in individually—sometimes Suzi and I collaborate—and we just tend to collectively weed out stuff … if it sounds a little stock. We’re good editors of our material,” explains Sparks. “We’ve got our own sort of recipe, with our own sort of ingredients and if it’s lacking some of the ingredients, we usually don’t do it. We’ve got a wide range of ingredients, too.

For example, “Holding Pattern’ is a pop song with some heavy lyrics to it, while “Proto Prototype” is a heavy song with some lighter lyrics to it.

“Blackheart Records has really been involved post-recording, too. We were crowd-funded by a campaign. And we got what we needed to make the record but we were stiffed by Pledge, who stiffed a lot of artists. And there’s probably going to be a class action lawsuit against them. And Blackheart came in and paid for and distributed a lot of the videos, so it’s a great collaboration with them,” Sparks says.

REASON #6: THEY’RE WOKE. Listen closely to L7’s snarling lyrics, and they’re not ranting but are in fact deeply insightful. They ponder personal growth and pain while also writing poignant social commentary.

“I think that there’s a lot more progress, culturally,” muses Sparks. “Our lawmakers are in growing pains. The gay rights thing blows my mind. I think there has been progress on that front, and I also think the people who have been getting threatened have been getting very violent.

We should all be fighting for the environment right now. People who are squabbling right now over basic human rights and are feeling threatened because they have shitty jobs think that other people are the problem instead of powers that be. Lower income folks are being suckered by the powers that be. It’s historical.

It’s been going on since the United States were colonies. They’ve always tried to separate the lower classes, and that’s still going on. So there is progress amongst each other, but the powers are still trying to keep us separated.”

L7 calls attention to these themes in their songs and interviews, urging voters from all parties to work together and fight political corruption.

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You heard it right: Catch the legendary L7 live at Papa Murphy’s Park (1600 Exposition Blvd.) for The Bash Music and Craft Beer Festival, Sunday, June 16. There are unlimited tastings of over 100 craft beers, including some from Sacramento’s finest! Festival hours begin at noon for VIP guests, and from 1—4 p.m. for general admission for those 21 and over. After 4 p.m. it’s a full-on allages RAGEFEST. Check out @thebashfestival for more info on the festivities, and visit L7theband. com for more about L7!

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THE LIGHT WITHIN

Vincent Damyanovich at Living Colors’ official ribbon cutting at the SMUD Headquarters Building

VINCENT DAMYANOVICH’S LIVING COLORS REVEALS THE POWER OF CONNECTION WORDS OLIVIA MONAHAN • PHOTOS JULIA E. HEATH

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pon first glance, the recently installed visual piece by local artist Vincent Damyanovich may not seem like much.

It’s a freestanding wall of what appears to be textured plexiglass sitting almost sullenly; the slate gray waves formed in the surface of the piece flow into each other, coming together to form a sea of seeming nothingness.

Until you touch it.

In an instant, the dulcet tones of gray burst into free-flowing ripples of color and light. With each microscopic action your body makes, there is a complementary reaction the wall makes;

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another piece of wavy gray monotony gets replaced with technicolor sparks of light—the veritable visual representation of something from nothing. The magic of connection.

Living Colors is one of the most recent pieces to be publicly revealed as a part of the Creative Economy Grant Program, which was launched by the City of Sacramento in 2017.

Presented as an innovative way to make art come alive within the eight districts housed within our city limits, this short-term, halfmillion dollar investment was meant to act as a litmus test for the long-term benefits of a

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concerted effort to support, or even boost, our creative economy.

What is a creative economy? It’s a concept first brought into the lexicon by British author John Howkins in 2001, based on the principles that people’s use of innovative thinking will increase an idea’s value. It is a system where value itself is measured on imaginative qualities rather than money, cars, property and the other material things normally uplifted in a capitalist based society. A creative economy is one where the arts, in and of themselves, would experience a modern day renaissance.

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“Art in public spaces is all about providing cultural enrichment,” Damyanovich tells me a few days after Living Colors’ official ribbon cutting at the main hub for the Sacramento Municipality and Utilities District (SMUD).

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redefine how we experience ourselves and each other in public spaces,” he says.

Damyanovich, who also owns and operates Vanguard FX Studio, a design house based in Northern California, was so enthused by the city’s investment into the creativity of its citizens, that he offered to match the grant money offered in order to further expand the size and scope of the installation. The buildout of the LED sculpture took a little over nine months, with an additional seven months of logistics work logged. By the end of its journey, the project will have spent time in Natomas, Arden/Del Paso and the College Greens/Tahoe Park area, with the end goal of possibly sparking the minds of hundreds or thousands across the city.

“When people walk away from this project, I want them to know that they each matter,” Damyanovich professes as we discuss the bigger picture of the project. “I want them to get a chance to experience how connecting and showing up and being a part of something larger really matters. That it can, and does, affect the world around them. That’s the takeaway I’m hoping for.”

When speaking on the project at a recent unveiling, Rivkah Sass, CEO of Sacramento Public Libraries, reminded us of all of the weighty emotional connection that art, in all its iterations, can inspire.

“I want to speak to this amazing piece of art, but also to me, what it represents,” she said at a keynote event at SMUD on Feb. 25. “We live in a world where it is increasingly difficult to be literate. And literacy has many forms. There’s financial literacy, there is the simplest form of literacy, learning how to read, there’s healthy literacy—and the role public libraries play to connect all of those together … It’s so important

“When people walk away from this project, I want them to know that they each matter. I want them to get a chance to experience how connecting and showing up and being a part of something larger really matters. That it can, and does, affect the world around them. That’s the takeaway I’m hoping for.”

– Vincent Damyanovich to our future, and to the future of our children.

This piece means a lot for those of us who work for [the] Sacramento Public Library. It’s more than just art. It’s science and technology. It’s a feat of engineering. It’s light …”

Living Colors was installed at the North Natomas library on Nov. 3, 2018. Amber Clark, the branch manager during the time of the installation, often spoke fondly on the piece after its installation.

“Amber loved this piece,” Sass recalled. “She loved interacting with it. She loved telling us stories about the people who would come to the library and interact with the piece. Tragically, on Dec. 11 [2018], she was murdered as she left work. Her light was extinguished. So for us, this piece also represents the light of a truly amazing woman who was making everything about our libraries accessible … It represents so much more than just an amazing, creative piece of art.”

Though the technical data for the return on investment of the grant program as a whole is still being analyzed, it is the raw, emotional data that seems impossible to quantify. Over the course of three separate events that took place at SMUD recently, one theme became abundantly clear. It didn’t matter if you were 3 years old, 33 years old, 88 years old or anything between or beyond. If you took a moment to look beneath the surface, to discover the beauty that lies beneath the seeming darkness of the gray waves and connect with what surrounds us, you would discover the magic housed within each of us. Regardless of our age, each of us, even if only for a moment, wants the chance to feel like we have the power to create light in the darkness.

To tangibly create change. That is the transformative power of art, in Living Colors.

Check out Living Colors at the SMUD Headquarters Building (6201 S St., Sacrmamento). For more about Vincent Damyanovich, go to Vanguardfxstudio.com.

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BANH MI, JE T'AIME

HUONG LAN’S GAME BRINGS VIETNAMESE CULINARY CULTURE WEST WORDS ALIA CRUZ • PHOTOS MELISSA WELLIVER

F

ood is a by-product of a culture’s history. Oftentimes, cuisines are shaped by the stories of a people. One way the Vietnamese have shared their culture and story with us is through the banh mi sandwich.

Banh mi sandwiches have been endearingly deemed “a migration story wrapped in a fluffy bread roll.”

In the mid- to late 1800s to the 1950s, the French colonized parts of Vietnam, bringing with them not only Western ideals with regard to socialization and religion, but also about food. The French exposed the Vietnamese to baguettes and pâté (a buttery meat paste usually made of liver), which the Vietnamese people ultimately made their own by adding ingredients like rice flour to make it fluffier, lighter and crustier than the French iteration. The Vietnamese took the French-style baguette and made it more exciting. Since then, that once Western-style baguette has been stuffed with savory, spicy and pickled

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goodness and become a Vietnamese staple. The sandwich has been historically sold as street food that is cheap, filling, loved and replicated all over the world.

In South Sacramento’s Little Saigon, this culture, history and food intersect. Little Saigon is a strip of Vietnamese-owned businesses along 65 th and Stockton Boulevard where you can find a plethora of authentic Vietnamese fare, from the sit-down to the grab-and-go. Among the countless amazing food options, there’s one place that stands out: Huong Lan Sandwiches.

The Sacramento location is part of a quality Vietnamese food chain with several restaurants up and down California whose mission is to, “share with you our delightful, savory and distinctive home-style dishes that are reminiscent of our native country.”

Huong Lan has some of the best authentic Vietnamese sandwiches in our area. That light, airy roll that

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is so ingrained in Vietnam’s past is stuffed with a heavenly combination of savory proteins, tangy pickled veggies, fresh herbs and thinly julienned jalapenos for spice to give us one magical banh mi. At Huong Lan, they have 16 variations of the sandwich, including vegan and vegetarian options all for under $5.

Huong Lan is situated in a strip-mall like cluster that’s nestled

between an epic Asian supermarket and a dentist’s office. The no-frills restaurant gives you the feeling that you are there to get sustained and eat well, not to take a bunch of Instagram pictures of your dining experience.

Upon entering, you have to choose if you want to go to the left line or the right. I opted for left, then right.

There are two separate areas in which you can order food. The line to the

right of the entrance is where you purchase grab-and-go food and order sandwiches mainly to take away. Trays of food and snacks are methodically placed so that a new dish meets your eye with every step forward in line you take. If you wish to eat a bowl of pho, vermicelli or a rice plate to dine-in, move yourself to the left and find a seat. There is no real table service. Servers come to your table to take your order when they think you look ready, and then drop your food off for you to enjoy, and that’s usually the last you hear of them. It’s super casual and perfect.

My dining partner and I first hit up the line on the right. Before we even hit the register to order our sandwiches, we were carrying stacks of trays of food from the ready-to-go section. I picked up a tray of stir-fried vegetarian vermicelli noodles, com chien (fried rice), as well as shrimp and grilled pork gỏi cuổn (Vietnamese fresh spring rolls) for $3.50 each.

They also had a hot-plate section with ready-to-eat chicken and rice dishes that seemed to run out every 10 minutes. Additionally, you can buy popular Vietnamese snacks and drinks from the ready-to-go section, as well as whole baguettes that people were buying non-stop by the armful. I’m saving these food ventures for a future trip. We took these trays home and it was plenty to share amongst a group of four. The crowd favorite was the vegetarian noodles.

When finally at the register, we opted for the more traditional grilled pork banh mi. It was tough considering there were well over a dozen options.

This sandwich did not disappoint. The baguette was impossibly fresh and light. The inside was pillowy and soft, while the outside had a crisp crust

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that almost guarantees your sandwich won’t get soggy. The combination of its contents were masterfully layered and made to make a foodie’s dream come true: tangy daikon and shredded carrots, fresh cilantro, crisp cucumber, a smear of pâté and marinated grilled pork.

After we were rung up for our to-go order, we then sat ourselves to the left side of the restaurant and ordered two bowls of pho, a popular Vietnamese soup made with rice noodles, herbs and protein in a flavorful broth that was traditionally served as street food. Huong Lans’ pho was incredible. I appreciated that the noodles weren't overdone; rather, they let their broth appropriately do all of the work. Next time, I may just order the banh mi with a side order of just the broth.

For dessert, don’t skip out on the avocado shake. This mildly sweet smoothie (or milkshake), has ripe avocados with condensed milk, blended with ice and topped with a dollop of fresh whipped cream. It is extremely filling, but worth the splurge. They also have a full boba milk tea, also known as “pearl” drinks.

Huong Lan in Little Saigon is a great place to not only taste, but experience authentic Vietnamese food. When entering this restaurant, you feel as if it is a privilege to be able to eat food that has been shared by a culture Feeling hungry yet? Uh, yeah, and fine-tuned over many phases same here! Huong Lan is in their history. This eating located at 6930 65th St. They’re excursion was cheap, filling and open every day, 7 a.m.–8:30 extremely satisfying. Head there p.m. For more info, call (916) to get the real deal.

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6.05 WEDNESDAY

Ace of Spades The Record Company, Becca Mancari, 7 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.

Golden Bear Tre Burt, Bed Bits, Pregnant, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Sammie, Damar Jackson, 6 p.m.

Harris Center RAIN (Beatles Tribute), 7:30 p.m.

Holy Diver Shinigami, Familypet, Guardin, 93Feetofsmoke, Fats’e, 6:30 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. The Terry Hanck Band, 5:30 p.m.

Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall Concert Bands of UC Davis, 7 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 7 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Gavin Canaan, 5:30 p.m.; Stephanie Hatfield, 8:30 p.m.

6.06 THURSDAY

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Blue Lamp Beira, Chrome Ghost, Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy, 8 p.m.

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The Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

The Colony Up From Here, The Transparent Tones, The Seafloor Cinema, A Summer Alive, Predisposed, 7 p.m.

Crest Theatre Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, 6:30 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Patrick Walsh, 7 p.m.

Fox & Goose Irish Jame W/ Stepping Stone, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Dizzy Wright, Demrick, Reezy, 6:30 p.m.

Harris Center RAIN (Beatles Tribute), 7:30 p.m.

Holy Diver Local Showcase: Hellish Hex, SsappyY, Foreighn Hype, W!sk!, Oddg6d, Skeletxrn., 6:30 p.m.

Knee Deep Brewing Co. Todd Morgan, 9 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Mike Musial, 7 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Momo Sacramento Sleepy La Beef, The Twilight Drifters, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Talent Show, 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Ryan Raynal Band, 9:30 p.m.

The Press Club Danny Morris & The California Stars, Farrow & The Peach Leaves, 8 p.m.

Shady Lady Poor Man Blues, 9 p.m.

Shine Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts @ B Street Theatre Louis York, 7 p.m.; The Arlyn Anderson Quartet (Upstairs), 7 p.m.

The Strum Shop Webb Wilder, 7 p.m.

Theatre DeVille Katie Knipp, 7 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Brad Paisley, Chris Lane, Riley Green, 7:30 p.m.

Torch Club Mind X, 5:30 p.m.; Justin Schaefers & The Blind Barbers, 9 p.m.

6.07 FRIDAY

Ace of Spades Brotha Lynch Hung, Mahtie Bush, KNG$, Tripp One, eRRth, Yung Tay, Gordon John, 7 p.m.

Armadillo Music Tavo Carbone, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Nate Grimmy, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Dusty Green Bones, 5 p.m.

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Big Sexy Brewing Co. Tonic Zephyr, Mookatite, 6 p.m.

Blue Lamp Psychosomatic, Witchaven, Deathblow, Trip Weaver, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Lioncourt, Dreams of Madness, WarFront, 3SD, 7 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Wicked Bears, The O’Mulligans, Lamonta, Defender Grade, 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage Capitol Friday’s Reggae Night w/ DJ Veyn, 10 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Plaza Concerts in the Park: Hobo Johnson & The Lovemakers, Amber DeLaRosa, Flight Mongoose, Evan Inc., 5 p.m.

Crest Theatre Kenny G, 6:30 p.m.

Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Forest Bailey, 8 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Box Band, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Kevin & Allyson Seconds, Bobby Jordan, Nolan Erck, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ CrookOne and Guests, 10 p.m.

Harlow’s Mustache Harbor, 9:30 p.m.

Harris Center RAIN (Beatles Tribute), 2 & 7:30 p.m.

Holy Diver Blessthefall, Slaves, Glass Houses, The Never and Now, 5:30 p.m.

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Momo Sacramento Sadistik, Trizz, Kno, Rafael Vigilantics, 8 p.m.

Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, University Chorus, 7 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino Lil Jon, DJ David Aaron, 9 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 7 p.m.

Old Ironsides Damaged Goods, Divine Blend, 9 p.m.

On The Y Blind Illusion, Aberracion, Incredulous, 7 p.m.

Opera House Saloon Boys of Summer (The Eagles Tribute), 9:30 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge Deorro, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

PJ’s Roadhouse Your Hands Write History, Deathbreaker, Ghost Heart, Down Hollow, Wandern, 8 p.m.

Placerville Public House Old Mule, 8 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Take Out, 10 p.m.

The Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Revival at the Sawyer Groove on Fridays w/ Guest DJs, 10 p.m.

Shady Lady Crescent Katz, 9 p.m.

Shine The Sprouting Hearts, Matthew White, Gabriel Aiello, 8 p.m.

The Side Door The Sidedooros, 7 p.m.

Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts @ B Street Theatre Louis York, 7 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Hipper than Hip, 6 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Bad Company, Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke, 7:30 p.m.

Torch Club Jimmy Pailer, 5:30 p.m.; Elvis Cantu, 9 p.m.

6.08 SATURDAY

1804 J St. Pabst Sound Society Block Party Powered by HOF feat. Jmsey, Igwe Aka, DLRN, Soosh*e!, Basi Vibe, Animals In the Attic, Harlequin Rose, Elevator Jay and More, 2 p.m.

20th & K Streets THIS Midtown Block Party feat. Autograf, Adam Jay, B Funky, Rich Soto, 5 p.m.

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Armadillo Music Swimming in Bengal, Grex, 6:45 p.m.

Bar 101 Bongo Furys, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Matt Rainey, 3 p.m.

Bertha Henschel Park Pops in the Park: Dana Moret & Zen Voodoo, 6 p.m.

Blue Lamp Witch Ripper, Fortress, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Rebel Holocrons, SediT, Paper Coma, DJ DRxStranger, 7:30 p.m.

Capitol Mall Sac Pride Festival: Echo V, HYM, Esmeralda Raya, Amy Estes, Drop Dead Red, Sac Gay Men’s Choris and More, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

The Colony Chiens, Ona Snop, Stapled Shut, Godstomper, Shitbrains, Xtomhanx, Döpemess, Fuming, Chopstick, 6 p.m.

Crawdads On The River Amanda Gray, 3 p.m.

Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Michael Baker Jr., 8 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon North Forty, 9 p.m.

The Fig Tree Open Mic, 7 p.m.

Fox & Goose According to Bazooka, Bonanza King, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Tainted Love, 9 p.m.

Harris Center: Stage 1 RAIN (Beatles Tribute), 2 & 7:30 p.m.

Harris Center: Stage 3 Colin Regan, 4 & 7 p.m.

Holy Diver Corduroy (Pearl Jam Tribute), Longview (Green Day Tribute), In The Garage (Weezer Tribute), 7 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Ukulele Sing-Along, 11:30 a.m.; Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; Two Guys Two Stools (Kiss Covers), 7:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Phibes Pie, Sacto Storytellers, Dang Good Son, 8 p.m.

On The Y Never 4 Naught, Zombie Cookout, The Trustee Apes, 8 p.m.

Opera House Saloon Greg Golden Band, 9:30 p.m.

Palms Playhouse Harold López-Nussa Quartet, 3 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Schoeny, DJ Peeti-V, 9:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Placerville Public House Cash Prophets, 8 p.m.

FIND YOURSELF TTNG, The Kraken Quartet, The Seafloor Cinema The Boardwalk 6:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Aqua Nett, 10 p.m.

The Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Revival at the Sawyer Encore w/ Guest DJs, 9:30 p.m.

Shine Redleaf, Dive Bar Bombers, Tavo Carbone, 8 p.m.

Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts @ B Street Theatre Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums feat. Miss Carmen Getit, 7 p.m.

The Stag The Ghost Town Rebellion, 7 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Rogue, 1 p.m.; Dirk Lang Band, 3:30 p.m.; When Doves Cry (Prince Tribute), 7 p.m.

Theatre DeVille Bayonics (LP Release), 8 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort V101’s Summer Jam: Hammer’s House Party feat.

M.C. Hammer, Blackstreet, En Vogue, Montell Jordan and More, 6 p.m.

Torch Club The Hucklebucks, 5:30 p.m.; Kyle Rowland Band, 9 p.m.

Two Rivers Cider Co. Yo and the Electric, 6 p.m.

Harris Center: Stage 1 RAIN (Beatles Tribute), 2 & 7 p.m.

Holy Diver Local Showcase: DaVincii HendriXX and Doc Sinister, B Milly, Chris Kash, Aamir Sheikh, YoungPtheGod, 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.

Mix DJ Shift, DJ Gabe Xavier, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Jason Ricci, 3 p.m.

The Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Museum Audio Waffle w/ Crank Static, No Face, Bobb Hatt, Deadly Nightshade, Cody Banks, 12 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Mugshotz, Blood Red Sky (U2 Tribute), 12:30 p.m.; Life In The Fastlane (Eagles Tribute), 3 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Front the Band, 8 p.m.

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Ace of Spades Parachute, Billy Raffoul, 7 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Arts and Leisure, Four Eyes, 3 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Rock Against Racism Benefit W/ La Noche Oskura, Las Pulgas, Sacto Storytellers, Killer Couture and More, 5 p.m.

Capitol Mall Sac Pride Festival: Lizzo, Cheer Sacramento, Planet Booty, Badlands Drag Race Showcase, Brian Falduto, Aniiml, Ariana and the Rose and More, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Chandos Cantina Simple Creation, IrieFuse, The Scratch Outs, 6 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum Classical Concert with Young-Ah Tak, 3 p.m.

Foothills Event Center The Center for the Arts Presents: Keith Greeninger w/ Dayan Kai, 6:30 p.m.

Goldfield Jackopierce, 7:30 p.m.

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The Boardwalk TTNG’s Animals 10 Year Anniversary Show w/ The Kraken Quartet, Find Yourself, The Seafloor Cinema, 6:30 p.m.

Dante Club Jacam Manricks Octet w/ Supersaxology, 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.

Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5:30 p.m.

The Press Club Spacewalker, Andy Cigarettes, Buk Buk Bigups, DJ Mike C, 9 p.m.

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6.11 TUESDAY

Ace of Spades Alex Aiono, 4th Avenue, Aja9, 7 p.m.

Blue Lamp The Odious Construct, Plaguebringer, A Butchers Euphoria, Extirpate, 8 p.m.

Holy Diver Local Showcase: Kam Krzy, 4th, Chris Jordan, Pyramid Kid, ScrubBlud, 6:30 p.m.

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Nicholson’s MusiCafe CMS Songwriters Showcase, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Richard March, 5:30 p.m.; Blue Luke, 8 p.m.

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Blue Lamp Spindrift, Honyock, 8 p.m.

The Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Jerry Martini and Frank Sorci, 7 p.m.

Fox & Goose Michael B. Justis, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Kranium, Jada Kingdom, Ras Medy, 8 p.m.

Harris Center Ryan Ahern Orchestra, 7:30 p.m.

Holy Diver Larry June, 7 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Joseph Kojima Gray, 7 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Momo Sacramento Melissa Schiller & the Baker-Miller Pinks, Cool Moon, Sitting and Waiting, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Fontaine Classic, Rruhb, 8 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge Keys N Krates (DJ Set), 9:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Brewers Grade, 10 p.m.

Shine Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

6.15 SATURDAY

Ace of Spades Gasolina: Reggaeton Party W/ DJ Oasis and Fvme Crew, 7 p.m.

Armadillo Music David Mcasey, 1 p.m.

Bar 101 Samantha Sharp, 9:30 p.m.

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Berryessa Brewing Co. The Casual Coalition, 5 p.m.

The Boardwalk Toy Called God, Anarchy Lace, 3SD, Nova Sutro, 7 p.m.

Capitol Garage Capitol Friday’s Reggae Night w/ DJ Veyn, 10 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Plaza Concerts in the Park: The Cripple Creek Band, Ashley Barron, Amador Sons, Zack Lee, DJ Oasis, 5 p.m.

Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Tropicali Flames, 8 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Neon Playboys, 9 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon HellDorado, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose The Speak Low, Alex Walker, Gillian Underwood, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ CrookOne and Guests, 10 p.m.

Goldfield Andy Carr-Hall, Meggie K Green, 7:30 p.m.

Holy Diver Merchants, Vice Versa, Petroglyphs, Self Continuum, In Chaos, 6:30 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge William Mylar’s Hippie Hour, 5:30 p.m.; AC McKinney Band, 9 p.m.

Mix Graham Funke, DJ Peeti-V, 9 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 7 p.m.

North Star House The Center for the Arts Presents: Rupa and the April Fishes, 7:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Ghost Play, Spacewalker, Clevers, 8 p.m.

On The Y Three Sixes, The Freedom Ledges, 8 p.m.

Opera House Saloon Radio Billionaires, Playback the Hits, 9:30 p.m.

Palms Playhouse Kora Feder (Album Release), 8 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge Silent Disco on the Patio w/ DJ Eddie Edul, 9:30 p.m.

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Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m.

The Boardwalk Cut Both Ways, Lock Down, Hard Knox, The Cutthroats, Kaidan, Watch Jenny Die, 6:30 p.m.

The Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m.

Crest Theatre Stanley Clarke Band, 7 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon Proxy Boomer, 6:30 p.m.

Golden 1 Center Jennifer Lopez, The Lab, Swing Latino, Briar Nolet, 7 p.m.

Harlow’s The Buttertones, Anxious Admirals, Gamma People, 6 p.m.

Holy Diver YBN Cordae, 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. The Gary Mendoza Band, 5:30 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 7 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Ballin’ That Jack, 5:30 p.m.; Petter Petty & His Double P Revue, 9 p.m.

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Powerhouse Pub Sock Monkeys, 10 p.m.

The Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Revival at the Sawyer Groove on Fridays w/ Guest DJs, 10 p.m.

Shine The Bad Barnacles, Orange Sunshine, 8 p.m.

The Side Door Yolo Mambo, 7 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Joel The Band (Billy Joel Tribute), 6:30 p.m.

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Berryessa Brewing Co. Zorelli, 3 p.m.

Blue Note Brewing Co. 4th Anniversary Party w/ Second Time Around (The Allman Brothers Tribute), 1 p.m.

The Boardwalk Maiden California (Iron Maiden Tribute), Modern Day Cowboy (Tesla Tribute), Jon Robert Quinn, 7 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Yankee Brutal, Lightweight, Se Vende, Vital Throw, 8 p.m.

Crawdads On The River Kurrency King, 3 p.m.

East Portal Park Pops in the Park: Ideateam, 6 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Remix, 9 p.m.

The Fig Tree Open Mic, 7 p.m.

Fox & Goose Tough Mother, The O’Mally Sisters, 9 p.m.

Golden 1 Center Andrea Bocelli, 6:30 p.m.

Goldfield Jade Jackson, 7:30 p.m.

Harlow’s Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds, Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, The Trouble Makers, DJ Annimal, 7 p.m.

Holy Diver Aurelio Voltaire, Unwoman, 7 p.m.

Isleton Downtown Historic District Isleton Summer Festival w/ Mike Torres Band, Brodie Stewart, Hot for Teachers, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Mix Stonerokk, 9 p.m.

Momo Sacramento Midnight Marauders Feat. Madk@p & the Freequensee (Album Release), Take x Storm, Kailord, Tae Holla, Khalypso, 6 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Ukulele Sing-Along, 11:30 a.m.; Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.

Old Ironsides Lipstick w/ DJs Roger Carpio and Shaun Slaughter, 9 p.m.

Opera House Saloon Press Play, Straight Shooter, 9:30 p.m.

Palms Playhouse Lilly Winwood, Chris Monteverde, 7:30 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge Konstantina Gianni, DJ Pete Alexander, 9:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Thunder Cover, 10 p.m.

The Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Revival at the Sawyer Encore w/ Guest DJs, 9 p.m.

Shine Yuppie Liberation Front, A Tribe Quartet, 8 p.m.

The Side Door The Habanero Quintet, 7 p.m.

Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts @ B Street Theatre SonoMusette, 7 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Clean Slate, 1 p.m.; Brewers Grade, 3 p.m.; George Michael & Whitney Houston Tributes, 6:30 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Noche de Gala y Cumbia: La Sonora Dinamita & Sonora Santanera, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Loose Engines, 5:30 p.m.; Earles of Newtown, 9 p.m.

Two Rivers Cider Co. Hard Luck Daddies, 6 p.m.

Wildwood Kitchen & Bar Pavilions Patio Party w/ Hip Service, 6 p.m.

6.16 SUNDAY

Ace of Spades Jimmy Eat World, 7 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Tracorum, 3 p.m.

Blue Lamp Haunt, Fortress, Void Vator, 8 p.m.

Faces NightClub Funday Frolic w/ Pumatron, DJ Swingkidd, Amy Roze, DJ Dada, On3iri, 3 p.m.

Harlow’s Inner Wave, Eyedress, 6:30 p.m.

Holy Diver Fat Nick, Shakewell, 7 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 Sona Jobarteh, 6:30 p.m.

Papa Murphy’s Park Rancid, Pennywise, Suicidal Tendencies, L7, Sharp Shock, 12 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub AC Miles, 3 p.m.

The Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Merle Jagger, 12 p.m.; Cripple Creek Band, 3 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Front the Band, 8 p.m.

6.17 MONDAY

Armadillo Music Target Acquired, 7 p.m.

Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m.

Holy Diver Young Nut, FloyydXSlowBoe, FloyydXSlowBoe, Q. Allanz, 6:30 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.

The Press Club Ramonda Hammer, 8 p.m.

Two Rivers Cider Co. Ballin’ That Jack, 6 p.m.

6.18 TUESDAY

Ace of Spades Anberlin, I the Mighty, 7 p.m.

Blue Lamp Mixed Metaphors, 9 p.m.

Holy Diver Mini Mansions, 7 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Scott McConaha, 5 p.m.; Open Mic, 7 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Beginning Bluegrass Club, 6:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Richard March, 5:30 p.m.; Jazz Jam Hosted by Ice Age Jazztet, 8 p.m.

6.19 WEDNESDAY

Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m.

Blue Lamp Squalus, 8 p.m.

The Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m.

Harlow’s Chris Webby, Grieves, Locksmith, Ekoh, 6 p.m.

Holy Diver Local Showcase: Thank You Come Again (EP Release), Minihahas, Flight Mongoose, Grave Lake, 6:30 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Ross Hammond, 5 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Live Blues Jam Session, 8 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 7 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

6.19 THANK YOU COME AGAIN (EP RELEASE) Minihahas, Flight Mongoose, Grave Lake Holy Diver 6:30 p.m.

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Comedy Fair Oaks Veterans Memorial Amphitheatre Comedy Under the Stars w/ Tony Dijamco, June 7, 8 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon Standup Saloon Hosted by Jason Anderson, Mondays, 8 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Kris Tinkle, Drew Absher, Evelyn Eerie Diamond, Parker Newman, Drew Harmon, Josh Means and More, June 5, 8 p.m.

There Goes the Neighborhood w/ Julie Kim, June 6, 8 p.m.

Kermet Apio feat. Ryan Chan, Hosted by Emma Haney, June 7 - 9, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

D’Sean Ross feat. Jessica Wellington, Hosted by Javon Whitlock, June 14 - 16, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Carlos Rodriguez, Imin Love, Hosted by Chris Smith, June 19, 8 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Open Mic Comedy w/ Hosts Jaime Fernandez and Michael Cella, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Comedy Night, Mondays, 7 p.m.

On the Y Open Mic Comedy w/ Guest Hosts, Thursdays, 8:30 p.m.

Punch Line It’s Like A Roast w/ Mike E. Winfield, June 5, 8 p.m.

Thomas Dale feat. Mike Betancourt, Hosted by Robert Omoto, June 6 - 8, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 7:30 & 9:45 p.m.

Cory and Chad: The Smash Brothers on the Two Headed Monster Tour, June 12, 8 p.m.

Chad Daniels feat. Amber Preston, hosted by Richard Sarvate, June 13 - 15, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 7:30 & 9:45 p.m.

Makeup & Mimosas: Daddy’s Day Show feat. Suzette Veneti, Taryn Thru-U, Apple Adams, Roselia Valentine and More, June 16, 11 a.m.

It’s Not Them, It’s Us w/ Liz Grant, Michael Cella, Becky Lynn, June 16, 7:30 p.m.

Lance Woods & Friends, June 19, 8 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.

STAB! Comedy Theater Comedy Open Mic, Thursdays, 9 p.m.

STAB! Podcast Panel Show, Fridays, 10 p.m.

Late Week Leftovers Open Mic, Sundays, 8 p.m.

Theatre DeVille The World’s Funniest Cop: Michael Mancini, June 7, 8 p.m.

Laugh It Off Comedy Series feat. DC Curry & Brian Hooks, June 15, 7 & 9:30 p.m.

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Kerwin Claiborne, June 13, 7:30 p.m.

Kabir “Kabeezy” Singh, June 14 - 15, Fri., 7:30 & 10:15 p.m.; Sat., 7 & 9:45 p.m.

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8th and W Streets Certified Farmers Market, Sundays, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

20th Street (Between J and L) Midtown Farmers Market, Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

B Street Theatre at The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts Mainstage Series: The Forever Question, Through July 14 Blue Cue Trivia Night, Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Trivia Night, Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

California State Library Sacramento Juneteenth Celebration Reception, June 13, 5:30 p.m.

Capitol Garage Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz, Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m.

Dinner and a Drag Show, Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.

Classy Hippie Tea Co. First Friday Night Market and Lounge Session, June 7, 5 p.m.

Clunie Community Center Small Business and Wellness Fair, June 9, 2 p.m.

Community Center Theater Broadway Sacramento Presents: Shrek the Musical, June 11 - 16 Country Club Plaza Certified Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum ArtMix: PRIDE (The Musical II) feat. Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus, 6 Players Studio Theatre, DJs, Drag Show Revue and More, June 13, 6 p.m.

Arte Extraordinario: Recent Acquisitions, Through Aug. 18 Big Ideas: Richard Jackson’s Alleged Paintings, Through Aug. 25 Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Trivia Night, Wednesdays, 6 p.m.

Florin Road & 65th Street Certified Farmers Market, Thursdays, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

Golden 1 Center WWE Smackdown Live, June 11, 4:45 p.m.

The Guild Theater Official Premiere of Becoming Incurable, June 14, 7 p.m.

Highwater The Trivia Factory, Mondays, 7 p.m.

Historic Old Folsom Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Triviology, Sundays, 7:30 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Poetry Unplugged, Thursdays, 8 p.m.

McClatchy Park Oak Park Farmers Market, Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Midtown BarFly Salsa Lessons, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

Papa Murphy’s Park Sacramento World Refugee Day, June 8, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Sacramento Nichiren Buddhist Church Summer Japanese Food Bazaar and Rummage Sale, June 8 - 9, 11 a.m. - 5 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.

Tommy T’s Real Sex with the Cherry: Erotic Poetry and Comedy Night, June 6, 7:30 p.m.

Tower Brewing Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz, Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

Two Rivers Cider Co. Cribbage Night, Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

Trivia Night, Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

VFW Post Center Township Post 6158 PanGaia Festival, June 8 - 9, 10 a.m.

Yolo Brewing Co. Trivia Night, Tuesdays, 6 p.m.

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THE SHALLOW END The Sunday morning news show circuit used to be serious business. Gravelly voiced, hoity-toitytype folks would field tough, probing inquiries from shrewd journalist-types. You’d get facts and information and something to soothe the hangover you’d no doubt acquired through binge drinking the night before. I mean, why else would you be watching Meet the Press if you couldn’t handle anything above a 2 on the excitement scale? Sip that coffee. Breathe deep. Watch the dusty wheels of democracy grind a few degrees clockwise for an hour or so. Shower—maybe, it should be optional on a Sunday—feel human again.

If you’re boring like me, you probably remember Timothy Russert fondly. He was the longest-standing host of Meet the Press, serving the American public for 16 years. Russert was cool, because he was friendly, had a nose for bullshit and also lended a modicum of boyish enthusiasm to his job. He made a big splash in 2000 during NBC’s election night coverage when he busted out a dry erase board and giddily—and perhaps punch drunk—scrawled

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“Florida, Florida, Florida” as the Hanging Chad State wobbled between eventual president-elect George W. Bush and former Vice President Al Gore. Some of you reading this may not have even been alive when that happened, but at the time, we thought presidential elections couldn’t get any weirder than it did that year.

But the predominant phrase that’s been running through my head so far in 2019 is “This is where we are now.” I’ve heard it echoed in various ways throughout the media. So this past week, our president was in Japan, meeting with dignitaries, wearing ill-fitting suits, saying wildly inaccurate shit. You know, the usual. I have to hand it to this administration, though, because they consistently deliver on my woefully low expectations of their ability to handle just about any situation.

I keep hoping that the bonkers shit that comes out of the White House will eventually lose its ability to surprise me. I’m trying my best here. I don’t want to do something crazy like start a Twitter account and go off with the tweets. But then there’s this naval destroyer

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with John McCain’s name on it. It’s parked in Japan. Fine. Naval ships get named for all kinds of things. There’s a submarine named for Key West, which I’ve heard is lovely; Portland, Oregon got an amphibious transport dock ship named after it, which sounds hipster AF; and then there’s an aircraft carrier named after Gerald Ford and a submarine called Jimmy Carter, because I guess every president gets a boat eventually.

I wouldn’t even have known that the John S. McCain was parked in Japan if someone at the White House didn’t go into a hissy about it. Whoever it was sent an email saying the destroyer should be moved or its signs covered up, because they didn’t want Our Fearless Leader to get bummed to see his dead rival’s name on a boat. I figured this had to be a joke, or something like that. Like it had to be something overblown or misconstrued.

Apparently, the Navy confirmed that it received a request to “minimize the visibility” of the USS John S. McCain.

I couldn’t imagine being a ranking naval

officer and fielding a request like this. What do you do with it? Do you call David Copperfield?

Do you send it on an impromptu jaunt around the Sea of Japan in search of Godzilla?

This brings us to this Sunday’s Meet the Press, which has basically become The Jerry Springer Show thanks to the experimental word jazz put forth by Rudy Giuliani et al. This time it was acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney’s turn to noodle off some impromptu riffs. When asked about the whole boat thing, Mulvaney said, “The fact that some 23- or 24-year-old person went to that site and said, ‘Oh my goodness, there’s the John McCain, we all know how the president feels about the former senator, maybe that’s not the best backdrop; can somebody look into moving it,’ that’s not an unreasonable thing to ask.”

I wonder what Mr. Russert would have written on his dry erase board when confronted with a comment like this. I imagine it wouldn’t have been appropriate for Sunday morning.

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