DIVE INTO SACRAMENTO & ITS SURROUNDING AREAS
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Getting out of the house the night after Thanksgiving (Friday, Nov. 29): • If funk, reggae and jam music is your thing, you’ll be happy to hear ZuhG will be taking the stage once again at Harlow’s! Doors open at 8 p.m. Opening will be guests Grenades and Ham and Mondei. • Hobo Johnson and the Lovemakers will be back in town for two shows at Ace of Spades. They are in the midst of their fall tour, which has sold out venues all over the country. Unfortunately Nov. 29 is sold out, but maybe you know someone who knows someone with an extra ticket. And as of writing this, there were still limited tickets left for the second night, Saturday, Nov. 30. Also on the bill are beloved locals The Philharmonik and Nate Curry, as well as Berkeley’s Mom Jeans. Get tickets ASAP, if you can! • For the EMD fans out there, Cal Expo has two nights of music. Kayzo will be headlining on Nov. 29 and on Nov. 30 Kaskade will be closing down the festivities. Other DJs include 3LAU, Manila Killa, Morgan Page, Kayzo, Joyryde, Ghastly and more.
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Get out and check out some music the night before Thanksgiving (Wednesday, Nov. 27): • A Wednesday night tradition, The Starlet Room will be hosting their Blues and Bourbon show where you can experience a night of “rockabilly swing honky tonk blues” brought to you by The Twilight Drifters. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. • Local musicians Daniel Rau, Christopher Twomey, Ryan Hernandez, Kazutoshi Haji, Brian Rogers and Jacob Gleason are joining forces to bring you a Dave Matthews Tribute band, TwoStep, at Harlow’s. Doors open at 8 p.m. • The eighth annual pre-Thanksgiving party, New Jack Fling, brought to you by DJs Crook One, Epik and Satapana. This will be going down at Holy Diver. Expect a night of late ‘80s to early ‘90s hip-hop, R&B and of course new jack swing. Special guests this year will include a local urban dance group, Boogie Monstarz. Festivities kick off at 9:30 p.m. • JonEmery and the Unconventionals, an altcountry group that blends rootsy blues, folk and cow-punk together will be at Torch Club and the show starts at 9 p.m.
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Happy Thanksgiving, readers! Whether you’re in town visiting family or you’re just sticking around this holiday, I thought I’d make you a list of some things to do if you’re trying to think of ways to get out of the house or maybe you’re just needing a little break from the fam.
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There are plenty of other shows you can catch. Turn to our calendar section starting on page 24 to find some live music up your alley. Besides music, there are a plethora of other things you could do on your holiday weekend, too. Perhaps you just need a little reminder because you’re in a tryptophan induced coma from all that turkey!
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Some of my other favorite things to do are: • Go on a hike. You’ve got a ton to choose from. A favorite of mine is the Stebbins Cold Canyon Loop near Winters with a great view of Lake Berryessa at the top. I also know a lot of people who enjoy the Hidden Falls trail in Auburn. • Go bowling. Did you know Country Club Lanes on Watt Ave. is open 24 hours a day!? • Go on a bike ride. The American River Bike Trail is one of the best trails I’ve ever been on with views of the river and lots of wildlife, plus it’s a great way to burn off some of those holiday calories. • Visit a museum. The Crocker Art Museum is a must, but you could also check out the California Museum or the California State Railroad Museum. • Visit a local brewery. We have no shortage of great breweries in our area. I’d suggest you visit New Glory, Alaro, Claimstake, Bike Dog and Moksa. And if you’re looking for cider, you have got to visit Two Rivers! Enjoy your holiday! May you not get bored. Read. Learn. And do rad things. Melissa Welliver
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SHOP LOCAL AT THESE NINE UPCOMING HOLIDAY MARKETS IN SACRAMENTO
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Makers Mart Holiday
River City Marketplace’s Holiday Night Market
Native Arts and Crafts Holiday Fair
UpcyclePop Eco Holiday Market and Art Exhibit
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The folks from River City Marketplace are bringing their Holiday Night Market to local coworking space The Urban Hive (1601 Alhambra Blvd. #100) with local vendors galore for you to shop from, plus drop-in workshops, food, drinks, music and an interactive kids art zone. This event is free and runs from 5–9 p.m. Look up Rivercitymarketplace916.com for more info.
More than two dozen makers and vendors will be on hand when the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op (2820 R St.) hosts their Maker’s Market (including some Co-op staff members selling their goods!). The event is free to attend and will take place on the second floor of the Community Learning Center from 10 a.m.– 2 p.m. Expect everything from upcycled one-of-a-kind Bluetooth speakers made out of found objects like tool boxes and canteens, to handmade natural soaps, jewelry, artwork and much more. Check out Facebook.com/sacfoodcoop and look up their Events page for more info.
River City Marketplace’s Holiday Night Market
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Holiday Makers Fair at Ritual Sacramento
Local yoga/meditation/sound studio Ritual Sacramento (2405 21st St.) is hosting a Holiday Makers Fair of their own, featuring artists and makers across a broad range of mediums: jewelry, ceramics, greeting cards, stained glass and more. Event is free and runs from 1:30–4:30 p.m. Ritualsacramento.com for more.
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Crocker Holiday Artisan Market
This three-day art bazaar features more than 100 regional artists and dozens of performances taking over the Scottish Rite Center (6151 H St.). Friday runs noon–5 p.m., Saturday runs 10 a.m.–5 p.m. and Sunday runs 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Parking is free but there is a small admission fee ($8 for adults). Crockerart.org/calendar for more info.
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Native Arts and Crafts Holiday Fair
Located in the heart of Midtown, the California State Indian Museum (2618 K St.) invites you to check out unique, Native-made items by artists from all around California. Peruse artwork, jewelry, soapstone, flutes, handcrafted ornaments, dolls, textiles, gourds and more. Runs from 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m. each day and is $5 for adults to enter, $3 for ages 6–17, five and under are free. For more info, call the museum at (916) 324-0971.
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Makers Mart Holiday 2019
Founded in 2009, Makers Mart is easily one of the most impressive markets in the region, boasting more than 70 makers, creators, artists and entrepreneurs under the glow of market lights. This year’s Makers Mart Holiday event is taking place at the historic Crate Building (350 Crate Ave.), located within The Mill at Broadway. Enjoy coffee, baked goods, cocktails, beer, tacos, music from a live DJ and more. Free event, but $5 or more donation is encouraged. Runs from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Facebook.com/sacmakersmart or Sacmakersmart.com for more info.
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Maker’s Market at Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op
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Crafts & Drafts at Drake’s: The Barn
Drake’s: The Barn (985 Riverfront St., West Sacramento) is set to get invaded by River City Marketplace’s Crafts and Drafts, featuring more than 75 local artisans, makers and small businesses. The event is free, runs from noon–5 p.m., and in addition to all the shopping there will also be fire pits, live music, lawn games, plus beer, wine and cocktails. It’s also kid and dog friendly! Look up Rivercitymarketplace916.com for more info.
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UpcyclePop Eco Holiday Market and Art Exhibit
UpcyclePop’s Eco Holiday Market is focused on sustainability with live demos, music, a fashion show, gallery art exhibits, kombucha and mimosas, all for a good cause. Remake, play, shop, drink and get creative at this unique event. Goes down from noon–6 p.m. at The Atrium (7300 Folsom Blvd.). Free to attend! Look up Upcyclepop.com for more info.
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Vintage & Vinyl at Solomon’s
The newly opened Solomon’s Delicatessen (730 K St.) invites you to shop, eat and drink at their first-ever Vintage and Vinyl event, happening in their upstairs event space, The Russ Room, from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Phono Select Records will be on hand with unique, rare and one-of-a-kinds, along with local vintage clothing and accessory vendors. Did we mention brunch with bottomless mimosas? So yeah, get there! Check out Facebook.com/solomonsdelicatessen for more. If you know of any other local marketplaces or similar upcoming events we should know about, please email us at: info@submergemag.com. Thanks and happy holidays! Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas
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THE OPTIMISTIC PESSIMIST SHOWING YOU THE TRANSCRIPTS BOCEPHUS CHIGGER bocephus@submergemag.com Recently, we’ve learned that President Trump likes to flex his orange-stained, American flag-covered muscles to get our allies to do his dark bidding. Amongst many other things, Trump demanded that Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of the Ukraine, investigate Joe Biden and his son’s involvement in a supposedly corrupt Ukrainian gas company that was flagged by Trump stooge Rudy Giuliani. A call between Trump and President Zelensky led to a whistleblower complaint which has now turned into an official impeachment inquiry in the U.S. House of Representatives. As leaks from the investigation have trickled out, we’ve learned that the transcript of the call was uncharacteristically stored on a special server normally reserved for top secret materials at the National Security Council. We also learned that there were other transcripts stored there by the NSC for similar reasons. What we haven’t been told is what those other calls were about and who they were with, until now. This is a “transcript” of one of those calls.
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT MEMORANDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION SUBJECT: Telephone Conversation with Chris Kempczinski re: McFish Sandwiches PARTICIPANTS: Chris Kempczinski, CEO of McDonald’s Corp.; unknown receptionist DATE, TIME AND PLACE: November 5, 2019, 12:03–12:08 p.m. EDT, The White House Residence NOTETAKERS: The White House Situation Room PRESIDENT TRUMP: President Trump here! Give me Chris Kemp … Kempcuz … you know who I mean! Let’s go, sweetheart! UNKNOWN RECEPTIONIST: Oh … uh yes, of course … right away, Mr. President! [Hold music playing “Cheeseburger in Paradise” by Jimmy Buffet]
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WORDS RICHARD ST. OFLE I don’t know what I was expecting when the theater lights went down before Ford vs Ferrari, but it wasn’t this. The trailer hinted at a highly stylized Mad Men take on the Tom Cruise movie Days of Thunder, where some bonehead jock (ahem, Tom Cruise) proves himself to, well, himself, amid the roar of NASCAR engines and gratuitous scenes of Nicole Kidman in lingerie. This is not that film by a mile. Ford vs Ferrari isn’t even really about the titular duel as much as it’s about the based-on-real-events story of engineer Caroll Shelby (played brilliantly by an understated Matt Damon) and downand-out driver Ken Miles (a role seemingly made for the eccentric Christian Bale) as they team up with, and then are repeatedly betrayed by, the corporate normals Ford, in the team’s bid to win the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans race. The plot is pretty simple. The Ford Motor Company tries unsuccessfully to buy and take over Ferrari. A scorned Enzo Ferrari insults Henry Ford II (allegedly calling him pig-headed and fat), and the disrespected automobile magnate vows to spend as much money as it takes to beat Ferrari in the world’s most important race: the 24 Hours of Le Mans, a grueling 24-hour endurance race in France where manufacturers, drivers and cars are pushed to their breaking points. Enter former race car driver-turned race car designer, Shelby (of Shelby Cobra fame) and perpetual loose-cannon race driver, Miles. Together, they use the breathtakingly deep pockets at Ford to design a car that’ll bury Ferrari, but Ford’s infighting, shareholder meetings, office politics and obsession with public image water down the plan to the point of obscuring Shelby and Miles’ brilliance, and at the midpoint, Ford is embarrassed at Le Mans. The latter half of the second act has Shelby spectacularly (by means of a white-knuckle ride in the unbelievably fast car they built) convince the single-minded Ford II to give him control of the race team for the subsequent Le Mans race. Ford II relents and at the crest of the second act, the plan is firing on all cylinders. SubmergeMag.com
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But the unexpected emotional depth is what really takes this film across the finish line. This isn’t a film about race cars. It’s not even really an action movie. It’s a film about artisans versus industrialists; both in terms of Ferrari versus Ford, but also—and much more importantly with Shelby and Miles—two men without much means, but with a lot of passion and grit, against Ford II and the Ford corporation, depicted in the film as passionless, mechanical and out of touch. The film’s only real flaws (and honestly, they’re both doozies) are the lack of meaningful representation in the film and the numerous editing lapses. Of the 17 screen-credited actors in the film, there’s a whopping one woman and zero people of color. I’ve seen it argued that based-on-life stories deserve more of a break because casting directors have less to work with, basing casting choices not on healthy representation examples, but complicated real-life events. Meh. The other flaw is the sheer length of the film. Clocking in at twoand-a-half hours, this film really didn’t need to be this long, and lingers on things that don’t need to be included, such as a funny but ultimately unnecessary physical fight between Shelby and Miles, using groceries as props, or a scene dedicated to a very long gaze at the newly released 1965 Mustang, which really has nothing to do with the plot. It’s the film’s many subplots that imbue the racing scenes with meaning and relevance. From Miles’ heartwarming relationship with his adoring son, who is anxious about racing and terrified of seeing his father die in a car crash, to Shelby’s battles with his health that led him to (reluctantly) stop racing. Even the infighting amongst the suits provides resonance to the broader story. Future Chrysler chairman—then a budding Ford exec—Lee Iacocca (Jon Bernthal) feuds with Leo Beebe (Josh Lucas) in a way that makes us loathe them both, and by extension, anyone in a dark suit and skinny-tie. More than anything else, this film pits art against commerce, renegades against suits and passion against revenue. The film posits that greatness isn’t built by committee; brilliance is always greater than power and that doing something with soul is worth more than an inherited fortune. This is the story of the tortoise and the hare for the Trump era.
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Get ready to impress your family and friends this holiday season with all of the knowledge you’ll gain at Three Wine Company at The Old Sugar Mill’s upcoming Bubbles from Around the World tasting on Sunday, Dec. 8, as part of their Wine 101 Series. Join sommelier and Napa Valley College professor Norma Poole as she breaks down the differences between champagne, cava and different sparkling wines, and answers questions like: What is the job of “riddlers?” On average how many bubbles are in a 750ml bottle of champagne? What do you call sparkling wine in Spain? During the class, you will taste five different wines and light hors d’oeuvres will be served. The event is $65 per person and will run from noon–2:30 p.m. Three Wine Company’s tasting room is located inside The Old Sugar Mill (35265 Willow Ave., Clarksburg), which hosts 15 wineries in one location. To learn more about Bubbles from Around the World and to snag tickets ahead of time, look up Threewinecompany.com or go to Eventbrite.com and search using the name of the class.
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hat’s old is cool again. Knitting, weaving and crocheting, often associated with apple-headed grannies making outdated yet sweet gifts no one wanted, are making a comeback. Maybe it’s climate change activists like Jane Fonda encouraging people to minimize their material consumption and be content with what’s enough. Or maybe it’s the younger generation’s digital fatigue and desire to acquire experiences over owning things. Whatever it is, the idea of creating something yourself, especially something with a story of thoughtful sourcing, has a younger generation and wider audience embracing places like Rumpelstiltskin, a yarn shop in Sacramento with a long history, curated assortment and a cozy space to learn something new. “Rather than just going somewhere and buying a sweater, there’s pride in being able to say, ‘I made this, and it’s American wool and I can tell you which farm it came from,’” explains Ciara Crain, who recently took over ownership of the tenured store. A stitch in time, Rumpelstiltskin is positioned as an answer to the zeitgeist. Crain sources products from companies that are made in America. American-made yarns are rare these days, although Crain says that the U.S. wool market is making a comeback. “It’s not like I have 25 brands to choose from,” she explains of her dwindled homespun yarn offerings. Crain looks for something that’s been recycled or for companies that don’t package their products in plastic. She also looks for craft cooperatives in places like Nepal where women aren’t typically paid a living wage, but where the co-op allows women to earn money and take care of their families. In particular, Millenial and Gen Z consumers are willing to pay a higher price for products knowing that there is a positive social and environmental impact. A menagerie of items makes up the mix at Rumpelstiltskin. “I always crack up when people call and they’re like, ‘Do you have any yarn?’ Like, that’s literally all we have,” jokes Crain. The yarn is wall-towall, in every color and texture imaginable. “We also sell a lot of notions or haberdashery,” she
continues, “like handmade scissors from Japan, stitch markers, receptacles to put all your goodies in, books, patterns, looms, weaving supplies, kits, locally made candles and enamel pins.” If you’re a beginner, crocheting and knitting are equally accessible to learn. Knit wear tends to look more put together, like something you’d get at a department store, while crochet has a vintage, bohemian feel. Yet, if you’re making a stuffed animal, it’s easier to crochet it than it is to knit. Quips Crain, “People can be bistitchual.” Classes are a great way to learn because you can watch someone’s hands while they’re knitting, crocheting or weaving. Watching a YouTube video to learn knitting or crocheting can be tricky because you might not quite catch what they’re doing with their hands or get professional feedback while trying it yourself. Three knitting teachers—a master knitter, a crochet teacher, a macramé and tapestry weaving teacher and a spinning teacher—make up the roster at Rumpelstiltskin. Crain personally teaches Beginning Knitting and the All Skills classes. In All Skills, people simply come in with a project and she’s there to help. “Sometimes, it feels like we made it together,” she says with a smile. “The beginning classes are really fun because there are a lot of people who have never touched knitting needles before, so being able to introduce it to them and watch it click for them is really amazing. Like riding a bike, once you’ve learned, your hands always remember how to knit.” As with learning and furthering any skill in the company of others goes, an encouraging atmosphere and community is born. “We have people that met in knitting class and now they’re great friends and have been taking classes together for awhile, so it’s a way to meet people as well as learn a new skill,” says Crain. Beyond Rumpelstiltskin, Sacramento has many meetups for folks to congregate and stitch. Some groups have one day a week where they’ll get together and share projects, and it’s interesting how a seemingly individualized activity can be a great group activity, too.
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Beyond Sacramento, the online knitting community is huge. Instagram designers post works in progress, finished art and patterns to inspire upand-coming creators. Because of online inspo, customers tend to know what they want before they walk into the store. They’ve already done the research and know what colors they want, and they just want to come in to touch and select materials. Crain herself will see something in a store or on Instagram and, knowing she could make it, she changes up the design or color scheme a little to make it her own. She wasn’t always a knitter. In 2002, while in high school, her East Sacramento neighbor who happened to own Rumpelstiltskin was looking for a cashier, and Crain needed a job. She knew nothing about knitting, so she sought out a friend and declared, “‘You need to teach me knitting or this job is not going to work out.’ And I never left.” Rumpelstiltskin had opened in 1972 and still stands in its original location on R Street beside Fox and Goose inside the Arthouse building. Working at Rumpelstiltskin throughout high school and on and off during college, Crain began teaching knitting classes in 2008. Her boss, Linda Urquhart, had owned the shop since its second year in business, more than 40 years when she decided it was time to retire. Crain had a moment of panic, as Urquhart was either going to sell the business or close. Crain’s husband had always joked around with her about buying the shop because it was her dream job, yet it was a goal that she didn’t feel was practical or attainable. She had a good, full-time job in public relations doing projects with the city, but after some soul searching, she called her parents who decided to help her out. They bought the shop as business partners and Crain is now living her dream. “It became a passion,” says Crain. “We have customers who shop here that shopped here with their moms in the ‘70s and now they’re shopping here with their grandkids. It’s a really cool group of people that come here, so carrying on that name and that legacy was really appealing. Doing what you love as your full time job is anyone’s dream.” Crain began upgrading the space to make it feel more SubmergeMag.com
like her own and underwent a rebranding process with a local agency who is also working on a new website for Rumpelstiltskin. Their biweekly newsletter focuses on what customers have made, and they use the hashtag #rumplemade to weave their stories together. R Street, once a forgotten corridor, has recently become a hub in Sacramento and a haven for artists. As things have rapidly changed in the neighborhood, things have also changed dramatically for her business. When she first started working at Rumpelstiltskin, she wasn’t even sure if she was going to the right place. It seemed a desolate location. “WAL [Warehouse Artist Lofts] has been a huge catalyst for us,” acknowledges Crain. “Bringing in that creative community that’s right across the street from us has been amazing. We’re really lucky that Arthouse fosters the creative community and that all the businesses in it were chosen to support the creative economy. The R Street Partnership has also done a great job of filling spaces with businesses that sort of vibe together. There are no chain stores. We’re all hyper-local craft businesses and it’s something that is really unique to the downtown area. I kind of joke about it, like, ‘Yeah, we’ve been here all this time, and now it’s like, TA-DA!’ We have this whole corridor around us and it’s fabulous. And every time a new business opens, the foot traffic picks up. A couple times a week, people wander in and say, ‘Oh, there’s a yarn store in there?’ or, ‘I think I used to come in here with my grandma.’ So we’re really fortunate.” Speaking of fortunate, Crain, a first-time mother, is due in a few months and prepared to do whatever it takes to run her dream business while raising a child. She says if her child isn’t interested in knitting, she’d be OK with it. But, she laughs, “People always come around. My sister always said knitting was not for her. Then she started knitting and she loves it.”
Rumpelstiltskin is located at 1021 R St. #6519. For more info, visit Rumpelyarn.com. Follow @rumpelstiltskin_yarn on Instagram if you’re down to knit up.
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MELISSA ARENDT AND THE ART OF INSPIRATION WORDS MICHAEL CELLA
”Just getting out in the elements and being able to paint from looking at something beautiful instead of being in the classroom or my little space,” explains Arendt of the inspiration from the trip. “Painting nature from real life was something I’d never really done before.” High school was the extent of Arendt’s formal training in art. She took core classes at Sac City and Sierra College before studying graphic design with her twin sister Melinda at Academy of Art in San Francisco. “I was one of the weird art kids, and that’s all I ever wanted to do,” says Arendt, “but when the time came to choose a career path, I opted for the sure bet, which was graphic design.”
Arendt was already working full time, which precluded her from any public loans. When she exhausted her private loans, she was forced to drop out, while her twin sister Melinda was able to go all the way through and graduate, offering Melissa a vision of what could have been. “She’s $50,000 in debt,” says Arendt, “but she’s got that piece of paper that says she graduated, which is pretty badass!” Arendt was able to to pick up enough graphic design expertise on her own to build a career in the field and buy a house in Auburn, all while maintaining her artistic endeavors. Now she works Monday through Thursday and paints Friday through Sunday, but her goal is to
transition to art full time. Arendt still draws from her design background when conceptualizing her pieces. She starts every project by mocking it up in Photoshop before shaping it into reality. “Some artists might be like, ‘Why don’t you just feel it while you’re creating?!’” jokes Arendt. “I wish I could be one of those expressive artists that just throws paint around, but I’m just very tedious.” Once her work comes to life, it’s anything but tedious. Arendt starts by painting on birch wood with a layer of gouache paint—because it’s chalky and more opaque than watercolor, it offers more vibrant colors. This enables her to then illustrate over it with mechanical pencil.
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elissa Arendt refers to her work as “a fragmented record of life on earth.” At first glance, her pieces give the appearance of collage—dense, busy, eclectic— though in fact they’re completely hand-painted and drawn. Time and space are limited, and she’s trying to fit it all in. Art has been Arendt’s passion since she can remember, and her very first efforts reflect the style she’s honed today. “I would take a sheet of paper and just try to fill it up with as many little drawings as I could, of little fruits or people or animals,” explains Arendt. “I would make little animals out of rocks and draw little faces on them. Just weird art.” She had a built-in audience right away. Arendt’s two sisters loved art, too, and their parents would take all their paintings and drawings and put them in a dresser drawer they called “The Museum.” The Museum quickly became a collection of all the things they were most proud of. “We looked at it recently,” says Arendt, “and it was just all the worst stuff you’ve ever seen. But [our parents] were really positive, and thought our stuff was so good!” Arendt continued with art classes and art club throughout high school, and she points to her high school art teacher, Mrs. Amerine, as her hero. Beyond being supportive and showing a genuine desire for her students to succeed, Amerine took Arendt’s sophomore class on a trip to Yosemite, which would expand the lens through which Arendt saw her art.
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“I’ve always liked to take a lot of visual imagery and cluster it together,” she says. “I don’t know why—sometimes to tell a story, sometimes for the visual absurdity of it.” By her own admission, Arendt has never learned particular skills like oil painting, or how to blend colors, but it’s her self-taught background that’s forced her to improvise in areas she hasn’t studied. Does that lend to the originality of her pieces? “Maybe,” answers Arendt. “But it also lends to imposter syndrome, that I should learn all these techniques that other artists know. But ... I like my style!” Arendt credits the community in Sacramento for supporting her with commissions and displaying her work at venues like WAL Public Market, Urban Hive and the former Bows and Arrows. She’s also done collaborative projects with Melinda for Capital Dance Project’s “Behind the Barre,” an annual show at Crest Theatre. But transitioning to art full time would allow her to travel, do more murals and gallery shows and expand her horizons in the field. “Now that I’ve done these ballet projects, I’d like to get into stage design, public art projects, anything collaborative, I just want to do it all,” sighs Arendt. “Anything other than sitting in my cubicle.” Her goal is to do a mural in every city she visits. For now, she’s making do with bringing
the world to her own pallete. Arendt’s upcoming show at Beatnik is part of a winter display with two other artists, and she’ll debut a series called Fragmented Landscapes, where with each piece she takes elements from each scene and puts them together in clusters. A desert arrangement portrays a rattlesnake and a cracked road and desert mountains; a Sacramento scene historical buildings, palm trees, a mural at Dimple. “I like to present all of these assorted things from the earth that make it such an absurd and beautiful place,” she says. “The overall story is just how intriguing earth is, all its inhabitants and environments.” To that end, all of Arendt’s proceeds from the Beatnik show will benefit Earth Justice, a nonprofit dedicated to litigating environmental issues. While the show could be an important step toward a full time art career, Arendt remains grounded, yet optimistic. “I’ll always have to supplement somehow, and I’m lucky I Melissa Arendt's artwork will have design, so be display at Beatnik Studios I’ll always be (723 S St.) in December as part of OK.” she says. a group show that also features work by Sarah Golden and Yelena “But art has Martynovskaya. Opening reception is always been my Friday, Dec. 6. For more information, number one. The please visit Beatnikstudios.com, love of my life.” or Melissaarendt.com.
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RED DIRT RUCKUS ON THEIR SOPHOMORE ALBUM AND “FOOTHILL RUDEGRASS” WORDS ROBIN BACIOR
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hen you find yourself in a mood where you can’t decide on what type of music you want to listen to, Red Dirt Ruckus might be your all-in-one solution of the jam-band persuasion. There’s a chance you might’ve already even run into one of their performances by now. The sixpiece group has been playing around Sacramento and the greater Northern California area for the last seven years, primarily in laid-back brewery settings and small festivals. The band has become known for their kaleidoscopic sound, self-dubbed “Foothill Rudegrass,” which mixes elements of bluegrass, funk, Americana, world beat and even ska. It’s a lot folded into one, but that’s how the group likes it. The first inklings of Red Dirt Ruckus kicked up almost a full decade ago in 2010 when vocalist/ guitarist Doug Neal moved to Northern California from New Mexico. After landing in the area, he started off playing with a group called Soul Bridge, mostly playing songs with an emphasis on world beat-styled grooves. The group somewhat quickly evolved into another, dubbed Rusty Buckets. In the midst of this, some of Neal’s old friends from college, who he played in marching bands with, began moving to the Sacramento area. It didn’t take long for the old crew to join forces musically in Neal’s group. By 2012, Rusty Buckets had morphed into Red Dirt Ruckus,
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and has stayed that way since. “It was kind of the natural progression to join up here,” Neal said. “Even though we were kind of a bluegrass band, we were leaning into the funk and reggae stuff [and thought] well, wouldn’t it be great to grab a tuba and a trombone?” The band now consists of Neal, Dan “Mad Monk” Abbott on bass and vocals, Jared Collins on trumpet and tuba, Lisa Bond on fiddles and vocals, Marco Guererro on trombone and Rob Keedy on drums. The intent from the start has been to keep things eclectic, partially because that’s just what the band knows. “Me and Dan share songwriting duties, and come from pretty different backgrounds,” Neal explained. “I come from listening to a lot of reggae and hip-hop, techno, back in New Mexico. And he came from Indiana and knows a lot more about the bluegrass and Americana rock ‘n’ roll. We’ve always thrown everything in the pot and saw what we come out with. Everybody cares a lot for being eclectic, so we’re always trying to push together, as far as what genres we can do.” With half the band living in Sacramento and the other half rooted in Placerville, the group has had the opportunity to build two very distinct communities and been
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given tons of continual support from their good friends in the foothills. “We got started in the river community up in Coloma,” Neal noted. “Up here in the foothills, definitely people are super into whatever music is going on. There’s not a lot of ‘I only listen to this kind of music or that’—everybody just comes out in the community to support local music.” The band has continued to build their following by playing consistently in the greater Northern California region, along with frequent sets in Auburn and surrounding areas. Though their fanbase and support has come consistently from towns surrounding Sacramento, in the last handful of years they’ve started making more of a name for themselves within the city by playing multiple small festivals and beer celebrations, including the Capitol Beer Fest. They’ve played some higher profile shows as well, having opened for a few well-known acts like The Mother Hips, Jerry Garcia Band and Poor Man’s Whiskey. In the midst of this, the band even picked up two SAMMIES nominations for best folk/bluegrass band. “It’s a bigger scene to break into and a lot more genre-specific down in Sacramento, whereas people kind of have to get pushed out to see something they’re not comfortable seeing,” Neal said. Though Red Dirt Ruckus have an eclectic nature, listeners started to get a sense of the band’s own signature voice with their 2017 debut full-length record, Lotus Delight. The 10-track collection features tunes like the raucous crowdpleaser, “Wake up and Drink,” and the tune “Rest My Weary Head.” Shortly after their debut release, the group had already started working on their upcoming sophomore album, Stories of Struggle and
Redemption. Recorded over the last year in Ravenwood the Studio in Placerville, and mixed by Neal himself in his own Freshmint Design Studios in Sacramento, the new LP keeps in line with the band’s eclectic style, bringing more sonic tapestries of rowdy, upbeat tunes. The group’s been keeping these songs close, only recently having shared the album’s first single, a cover of La Roux’s “Bulletproof” executed with a rudegrass spin. Lyrically, the new album is as expansive as its instrumentation, delving into family, politics and good times with old friends. “We try to keep it uplifting while trying to still talk about some issues that hit us at the core,” Neal said. As the band looks into the next decade for what’s next, there’s talk of moving past the regional circuit and working with a booking agency to start doing nationwide touring. But with families, it’s still up in the air as to what works best for the full band. “We’re on that point of do we stick around and be family guys? Or do we go on the road, or do we try to stay within our region? Which is pretty rewarding,” Neal said. For the moment, the group is preparing for their album release. It’s bound to be a very versatile set, with a little something for everyone folded into each tune.
Get down to the Placerville Public House (414 Main St., Placerville) on Saturday, Dec. 7 for the Red Dirt Ruckus album release party! Special guests The Jessica Malone Duo and Jonny Mojo open the evening. Music kicks off at 8 p.m. For more information about the band and the release show, visit Facebook.com/reddirtruckus.
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The stories of three young Native Americans – a young father, a girl adopted into a white family, and a transgender woman – with their own obstacles to overcome and their own dreams of a bigger life outside their reservation.
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Issue 305 • November 20 – December 4, 2019
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THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
LOCAL NATIVES EMBRACE THEIR ROOTS ON THEIR LATEST ALBUM, VIOLET STREET WORDS JAMES BARONE
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icture yourself driving down the Pacific Coast Highway from Malibu to Santa Monica on a lazy Sunday afternoon. You’re driving in a classic convertible. You have the top down. There’s no traffic (hey, it’s a fantasy). For this idyllic scenario, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better soundtrack than Local Natives’ most recent album, Violet Street. Local Natives has been tagged as having a “Southern Californian” sound since they started touring for their debut album, Gorilla Manor, back in 2010. Ryan Hahn, who plays guitar, keyboards and contributes vocals as one of the band’s three chief songwriters, acknowledges that this is especially true on Violet Street, released this past spring. “At a certain point, you get a degree of self-awareness about it. I think in the past we’ve tried to push back against it, but in the past few years, we’ve really learned to love where we come from and embrace it and how natural it feels,” Hahn says. “With the music we make, that’s just how it comes out.” When we spoke to Hahn, he was just pulling up to the recording studio. He
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs and TV on the Radio in the past. Hahn says they’re working on songs that the band has always liked, but didn’t finish in time for their last two albums (Violet Street and 2016’s Sunlit Youth). “We’re in this mode of not just wanting to do the normal album cycle and just wait to do a full album,” he explains. “We want to record songs as soon as we’re able to and kind of feeling it, so that’s what we’re doing right now.” Hahn says that he’s not sure how this material will be released at the time of our interview. He says it could be as an EP or a stand-alone single, but he and the band are open to experimenting with the way they release music. “It takes us a little bit longer to make music just the way that we work and the way that we write—being so democratic and everything,” Hahn says. “We’re just trying to do songs that feel right and try to capture them in the moment and not having to hold them for a long time.” In the following interview, Hahn elaborates on Local Natives’ collaborative writing process and also delves deeper into Violet Street’s aesthetic.
and the band are back at work, this time with Chris Coady, who has worked with
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I’d read that you’re all very collaborative with everything that you release. We’ve come to realize that … it’s something that makes our band unique. For something to get through all five of us, it has to be something that we’re all stoked on, whether it’s music or artwork or video. Everything is a democratic vote. Taylor [Rice, vocals/guitar] , Kelcey [Ayer, vocals/keyboards] and I, we write the songs, and Nik [Ewing] and Matt [Frazier] provide bass and drums [respectively] and we add keyboards and stuff in the studio, but it originates with me, Taylor and Kelcey individually, and then we get together. There’s a little healthy competition, a little trying to one-up each other but also just collaborating. Sort of related, but I just went back to grad school, and I was talking with my wife beforehand and expressed how worried I was that everyone was going to be smarter than me, and they are, but it’s not at all intimidating. It just makes me want to learn more. That’s a great way to look at it. We were just in Amsterdam and someone came up to us after the show—he might have been buzzed or something—and the guy said, “I’m in grad school, and I would love for you guys to come in and give a talk.” He was like at Harvard and visiting Amsterdam. He was like, “I want you to come in and talk about collaboration and what it’s like working in a group dynamic,” and we were like, “Oh yeah! For sure!” The core of the band has been writing together for some time now. Do you kind of know where each other is going, or do you actively look to throw curveballs at each other, so to speak? I try to bring some curveballs into the band, and I don’t want to speak for the other guys, but we know each other so well, sometimes it feels good to box someone in. Like, I know what they’re going to bring, and I know what I’m going to do with the song, because we know each other’s strengths. I love doing lyrics—I feel like we can all bring something to the song. You were in Europe for all of September and some of October. How did the tour go? The tour was great. It’s always interesting, because we don’t get over there as much as we’d like. We love touring the United States. It’s great seeing the shows grow, and the interactions. People seem to know the albums super well, but when we go to Europe, there are just different customs at shows, the way people interact with music in a live setting from country to country is so different. You can do the same show we play in the United States and have a very different energy in the room … It was a very interesting time. We were really psyched to get over there. You mentioned people country to country reacting differently to the music. Can you think of a specific moment when that really jumped out at you? In the bigger cities, in Berlin, you get people going wild for the more uptempo songs, but then when we were playing in Scandinavia or even in Paris, when we were playing the mellower songs, people were more quiet and respectful but very responsive when the song ended. The United Kingdom is a different SubmergeMag.com
beast altogether. One of my favorite shows of the past year was in Manchester. We just kind of showed up toward the end of the tour, so we were all really exhausted, but that show was just bonkers. It was the rowdiest but most enthusiastic crowd. It was just a really fun show. Manchester has always seemed like a great town for music. I’ve grown up listening to Oasis, The Stone Roses, The Smiths. When we first went over there years ago, I felt like I was going to run into Noel Gallagher in the streets or something. I was like, “I can’t believe I’m in Manchester!” I wanted to ask you a couple of questions about your recent music videos, because in one, you’re not in it at all, and in the other, I think the band is featured constantly. “When Am I Gonna Lose You” features Kate Mara—who I think is really underrated as an actress—and since you mentioned the band collaborates on everything, how much input did you have as far as working with the director? We’re definitely hands-on when it comes to the videos, but the difference being none of us know how to make videos. We’re kind of at the mercy of whoever we’re working with. When we met Van [Alpert], the director, his enthusiasm, his vibe and energy—we really got along. It’s not like we have the biggest budgets when it comes to videos, so we have to be really creative with what we’re doing. We also had an idea of connecting the worlds in those videos. If you look closely, we’re actually in the very beginning of the “When Am I Gonna Lose You” video; and if you look closely at the end of the “Café Amarillo” video [also directed by Alpert], you’ll see footage from the “When Am I Gonna Lose You” video playing in the background. Oh, wow! I didn’t catch that. We did them so close to each other, on backto-back weekends. Videos are always hard, especially if you’re going to be playing in the video, you need to make it look interesting and not just the normal band performance. We were out in the desert, and believe it or not, it started snowing during that shoot. It was so cold. Some guy had a flamethrower, and he was melting ice off the stage because it was so slippery. That whole video was just a crazy 24 hours of being out in the desert. We got to borrow some really cool vintage cars. It was just really fun. It felt like they also captured the aesthetic, visually, of the album. They kind of lived in the same world of our album’s artwork, and we’ve always strived to have a cohesive aesthetic within an album cycle.
See Local Natives live, along with a killer lineup of bands, at Alt 94.7’s Electric Christmas on Friday, Dec. 6 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. Also performing will be The 1975, The Head and the Heart, and Catfish and the Bottlemen. Tickets start at $40. To purchase them online, go to Alt947.radio.com.
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The Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. The Colony Mainsail, Perfect Score, PS Lookdown, Hi Mom, Paper Airplanes, 7 p.m. Dante Club Sacramento Jazz Coop: Rebecca Kilgore, 7 p.m. Harlow’s Ghost Light, 7 p.m. Holy Diver Hirie, Rdgldgrn, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) Kupros Ross Hammond, 5 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Live Blues Jam Session, 8 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Jazz Jam Hosted by Byron Colburn, 8 p.m. Mix DJ DM, 9:30 p.m. The Press Club Throwback Wednesday w/ Sweet Boy, 9 p.m. Sacramento State: University Union Redwood Room Nooner w/ Sunday Iris, 12 p.m. The Starlet Room Blues & Bourbon: Ray “Catfish” Copeland Band, 5:30 p.m.
Ace of Spades Sharry Mann, 7 p.m. Armadillo Music Dustin Morris, 7 p.m. B Street at The Sofia The Arlyn Anderson Quartet, 7 p.m. Blue Lamp The Ataris, Vinnie Guidera & the Dead Birds, Ghost Mesa, 7 p.m. The Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m. El Dorado Hills Jessica Malone, 7 p.m.; Sparrow Band, 7 p.m. Fox & Goose Jigo, 8 p.m. The Golden Bear Resonance w/ Benjam, Austin Fox and More, 9 p.m. Goldfield Eddie Spaghetti, JD Pinkus, Shu Lace, Bobby Dickson, 7:30 p.m. Holy Diver Local Showcase: Hellishh3x, Trippykidna, OTA BANGA, Bad Company Only, Teddy C, LV, SpitzThaKid, StrawHatMeeno, Forgotten Clique, 6:30 p.m. Kupros Jereme Greene, 7 p.m.
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London Sacramento DJ Julian Pierce, 9 p.m. Mondavi Center: Ann E. Pitzer Center Jazz Bands of UC Davis, 7 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Nash Brothers, 9 p.m. The Press Club Jabber, Long Knives, Danger Inc., Sarchasm, 8 p.m. Shady Lady Harley White Jr. Orchestra, 9 p.m. Shine Jazz Jam, 8 p.m. Stone Vintage Music Boutique Open Mic Night, 7 p.m. Ten Ten Room Liquid Love w/ Busy Gillespie, 9 p.m. Torch Club Mind X, 5:30 p.m.; Lance Canales & The Flood, 9 p.m.
11.22 FRIDAY
Ace of Spades Fortunate Youth, 7 p.m. Armadillo Music Zacrii, 8:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Ryan Thomson & the Delicate Hounds, 5 p.m. Big Sexy Brewing Co. Ross Hammond & Neil Franklin, 6 p.m.
Blue Lamp Everything Crash: Reggae Revue: feat. The Capsouls, The Scratch Outs, 8 p.m. The Boardwalk I Set My Friends On Fire, Everyone Dies in Utah, The Zibs, The Last Titan, 6:30 p.m. Cafe Colonial MDC, Elected Officials, Pisscat, False Freedom, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Capitol Friday’s Reggae Night w/ DJ Veyn, 10 p.m. Cal Expo Calibre 50, Banda Carnaval, 7:30 p.m. Celebration Arts Theatre The Vivian Lee Quartet: Jewish Songwriters of the American Songbook, 8 p.m. The Club Car The Golden Cadillacs, 8 p.m. El Dorado Saloon North Forty, 9 p.m. Ettore’s Gary Paolinelli, 6:30 p.m. Folsom Hotel Saloon Four Barrel, 9:30 p.m. Fox & Goose Hans & the Hot Mess, 9 p.m. Golden 1 Center Eric Church, 7 p.m. Golden Bear DJ CrookOne and Guests, 10 p.m. Goldfield Leaving Austin, Zack Lee, 7:30 p.m. Harlow’s Built to Spill, Slam Dunk, Sunbathe, 8 p.m. (Sold Out) Harris Center The Four Italian Tenors: Viva Italia (A Salute to Enrico Caruso, Mario Lanza, Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli), 7:30 p.m. Holy Diver Thank You Scientist, Bent Knee, Tea Club, 7 p.m. London Sacramento DJs Chango & Danny Mijangos, 9 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge William Mylar’s Hippie Hour, 5:30 p.m.; Funk Shui, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe August Jazz Band, 8 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Rhett & Link Live in Concert, 8 p.m.
Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall Harlem 100 feat. Mwenso and the Shakes, Brianna Thomas, Michela Marino Lerman, Vuyo Sotashe 7 p.m. Old Ironsides Band of Coyotes, Brotherly Mud, Sam Chase, 8:30 p.m. On the Y Fox Medicine, Ratz On Acid, Astral Cult, 8 p.m. Opera House Saloon Ryan Chrys and the Rough Cuts, 9:30 p.m. Palms Playhouse Dinastía Imparable Norteño Banda, 8 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Konstantina Gianni, DJ Eddie Edul, 9:30 p.m. Placerville Public House The Albertson Duo, 8 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Island of Black and White, 10 p.m. The Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino The Wiz Kid, 9:30 p.m. SacYard Community Tap House Dey Trippers, 6 p.m. Shady Lady Jessica Malone, 9 p.m. Shine The Jacob Swedlow Group, Yuppie Liberation Front, 8 p.m. The Starlet Room Próxima Parada, Rowan McGuire, 7:30 p.m. Torch Club Natalie Cortez Band, 5:30 p.m.; Adobe Collective, South San Lucas, 9 p.m.
11.23 SATURDAY
Ace of Spades Slaughter, 6:30 p.m. Armadillo Music Vino, 8 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. What’s Left, 3 p.m. Big Sexy Brewing Co. SacCirque Bass and Brew FUNdraiser, 6 p.m.
Blue Lamp Atomic Ape, Gentleman Surfer, Times of Desperation, 8 p.m. The Boardwalk Invincible (Pat Benatar Tribute), Arminius, Two Worlds, ZZ Chops (ZZ Top Tribute), 7:30 p.m. Buckhorn Bar & Grill (Dixon) The Ghost Town Rebellion, The Left Hand, 9 p.m. Cafe Colonial & The Colony Until Every Cage Is Empty: A Benefit For Border Kindness feat. The World/ Inferno Friendship Society, Clueless, Rise and Strike, Dandelion Massacre, Cold Trap, Good Shit, Morning Coffee, Foot Clan and More, 4 p.m. The Club Car Yer Mom!, 8 p.m. Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Nick Evans, 7 p.m. Den of Sin It’s Your Funeral Fest: Metal for Autism 2019 feat. Farood, Zombie Eating Horse, Anever and More, 4 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Superbad, 9 p.m. Ettore’s Innersoul, 6:30 p.m. Fox & Goose Missing Pigeons, Velvetwavez, LJ Johnson, 9 p.m. Golden 1 Center Eric Church, 7 p.m. Goldfield Willie Jones, Keegan Alan, 7:30 p.m. Harlow’s Arden Park Roots, Joey Harkum, Mookatite, 8 p.m. Harris Center The Four Italian Tenors: Viva Italia (A Salute to Enrico Caruso, Mario Lanza, Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli), 7:30 p.m. Holy Diver Nile, Terrorizer, Extirpate, Wurm Flesh, 7 p.m. Laughs Unlimited Bad Caddies, 3:30 p.m. Midtown BarFly Club Séance: Mystic Priestess, Galaxy Chamber, DJs Chat Noir & Dire, 8:30 p.m. Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, 7 p.m.
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Nicholson’s MusiCafe Ukulele SingAlong, 11:30 a.m.; Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m. Old Ironsides Mixed Friction, Devon Galley & the Heavy Hold, Stars of the Party, 8:30 p.m. On the Y Spazzy Davis Jr, Loyaltee, Twinface, Cymattic, Dephlexd and More, 8 p.m. Opera House Saloon Abel and the Prophets, 9:30 p.m. Palms Playhouse Jimmy Breaux Trio, 7 p.m. Placerville Public House O’Connell Street Band, 8 p.m. Powerhouse Pub WonderBread 5, 10:30 p.m. The Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Hipper Than Hip Band, 10 p.m. SacYard Community Tap House The Nipper Brothers, 6 p.m. Shady Lady Yuppie Liberation Front, 9 p.m. Shine Frantic Antics, Show Me Golden, Minor Fiasco, 8 p.m. Sutter Creek Theatre Chris Cain Band, 7 p.m. Torch Club The Stuff, 5:30 p.m.; Island of Black and White, 9 p.m. Tower Brewing Trace Repeat, 7 p.m.
11.24 SUNDAY
Armadillo Music Mike Tuck, 2 p.m. Ambiance Lounge Soul Therapy w/ DJ Epik & DJ Racer X, 8:30 p.m. B Street at The Sofia The Hidalgos, Katie Knipp, 7 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Smith and Tegio, 3 p.m. Blue Note Brewing Co. The Vintage Find, 3 p.m. CLARA Auditorium Midtown Vanguard Jazz Series: Jacob Swedlow Group, 6:30 p.m. Faces NightClub Dusk w/ Freddy Silva, Brian Peek, Filthy Mitch and More, 3 p.m. The Flamingo House Banana Sundaes feat. Cooper Saver & Satapana, 3 p.m. Goldfield Bruce Robison, Kelly Willis, 7:30 p.m. Harlow’s Orgone, Gene Evaro Jr., 7 p.m. JB’s Lounge & Grill Sunday Soul Jam feat. Bob Jones and The Chosen Few, 5 p.m. Laughs Unlimited Four Barrel, 3 p.m. LowBrau Throwback Jams w/ DJ Epik & Special Guests, 9:30 p.m. Midtown BarFly Factor IX w/ DJ Hawk, DJ CarnieRobber and Guests, 9 p.m. Palms Playhouse Sunday Afternoon Jazz w/ Jean-Paul Bourelly & Exploring Miles!, 3 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Roy Rogers, 3 p.m. The Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. SacYard Community Tap House Tropicali Flames, 2 p.m. The Starlet Room Stoop Kids, 7 p.m. Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Front the Band, 8 p.m. Two Rivers Cider Co. Grateful Sundays w/ Todd Gardner and Friends, 5 p.m.
11. 25 MONDAY
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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 Monday Vibes w/ MC Ham and Friends, 9 p.m.
11.26 TUESDAY
Goldfield JP Harris, Noelle & the Deserters, 7:30 p.m. Harlow’s Sister Carol, 8 p.m. Holy Diver Katastro, Bikini Trill, Dylan Reese, 7 p.m. Kupros Michael Ray, 5 p.m. The Press Club Night School w/ DJ Rock Bottom, 9 p.m. Torch Club Matt Rainey, 5:30 p.m.; Joe Lev & Friends, 8 p.m.
11.27 WEDNESDAY
Cafe Colonial Radkey, Motorcycle, 8 p.m. The Club Car Doubleshot Deluxx, 8 p.m. Folsom Hotel Saloon Open Mic Jam, 9 p.m. Golden 1 Center Maná, 7 p.m. Harlow’s Two-Step, 8 p.m. Holy Diver New Jack Fling: feat. Boogie Monstarz, DJs Crook One, Epik & Satapana, 9:30 p.m. Kupros Ross Hammond, 5 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Live Blues Jam Session, 8 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Jazz Jam Hosted by Byron Colburn, 8 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 9:30 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Shift, 9:30 p.m. The Press Club Emo Night Sacramento, 8 p.m. Shady Lady The Homewreckers, 9 p.m. The Starlet Room Blues & Bourbon: The Twilight Drifters, 5:30 p.m. Torch Club Ballin’ That Jack, 5:30 p.m.; Jon Emery & The Unconventionals, 9 p.m.
11.28 THURSDAY
Thunder Valley Casino Resort Langgalamu: Thanksgiving Chinese Concert, 8 p.m.
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Whether it’s through Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, The Nightwatchman or Prophets of Rage, Tom Morello continues his battle cry against corporate America, police brutality and corrupt politicians with his 2018 release, The Atlas Underground. Using his name for the very first time to release an album, and supporting his music through a solo tour, Morello ventures into new territory by infusing EDM with his legendary guitar riffs. Despite collaborations with the likes of Steve Aoki, Knife Party and Portugal. The Man, Morello has once again found a unique way to protest the establishment. Walking into Ace of Spades for Morello’s Nov. 9 performance, and coming across fans wearing T-shirts with the words, “Nazi Lives Don’t Matter,” strewn across their chests, it was clear that messaging and visuals would be a dominant factor in that night’s show. With the audience patiently waiting for their guitar hero to grace the front of the stage, the crowd was taken aback to see Morello pop up in the middle of the venue on a makeshift stage surrounded by his fans. Opening with “Lead Poisoning,” Morello performed the song in its entirety, gracefully coming down only to walk amongst the crowd toward the main stage, proving once again that he is a man of the people. Morello continued his set while footage of protests and war were projected onstage in the background, along with various political messages,
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which included an image of Snoopy next to the words “anti-fascist.” It was everything you would expect from someone who has spent the majority of their life advocating for civil rights. The first half of the concert consisted of songs off his latest record, which included “Battle Sirens,” “Rabbit’s Revenge” and “How Long,” supported by pre-recorded vocals from artists such as Killer Mike, Marcus Mumford (Mumford and Sons) and GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan. The dance party and head rocking suddenly shifted into a more somber mood as Morello spoke about struggling, being in the darkness and finding your way out. Suddenly, he began to strum the first chords of the song, “Like a Stone” by his former band, Audioslave. Chris Cornell’s vocals, powerful and unique, began to play alongside hundreds of singing concert goers for a moment, honoring Morello’s longtime friend and bandmate, who abruptly took his own life in 2017. A few songs after, Morello requested silence from the audience, also asking the staff and bartenders to stop what they were doing for a moment. “I want to hear a pin drop. And if your neighbor begins to talk, quietly turn to them and whisper … shut the fuck up,” Morello said. In absolute silence, he began to talk about his friend, sharing a story of Chris Cornell, and letting the audience know that the next song was written
for him. Performing an acoustic set, the sadness in his voice and the seriousness throughout the venue was palpable as Morello connected with the audience not only sharing a personal moment, but revealing a vulnerability not many of us are used to seeing. As the moment ended, Morello continued his set by playing songs from his previous solo project, The Nightwatchman and finished out the remainder of The Atlas Underground. With the audience abuzz from the news that Rage Against the Machine is reuniting next year, it was fitting that Morello ended his show by having members of the audience join him on stage to share one last moment. As four familiar power chords played on his guitar, the venue lit up as everyone sang the Rage power anthem of resistance, “Killing in the Name.” Although the song was released 27 years ago, its impact is still relevant today. As Morello left the stage, he clearly did what he intended to do—leave the audience feeling inspired to fight, and just like 27 years ago, inspire the next generation to protest.
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I want to dedicate this column to the people of Iowa. I spent a night in Iowa once, 18 years ago, in Iowa City. I was traveling cross-country. I don’t remember much about it, honestly, but it made enough of an impression on me that I purchased an Iowa University Hawkeyes Football T-shirt. I also stopped and grabbed a Quarter-Pounder with Cheese value meal from a McDonald’s some ways off the Interstate where I was the only person inside who didn’t have blond hair and blue eyes. So, I may not have an intimate knowledge of Iowans, but I feel like I do, not because I’ve slept at their Motel 6 and dined at their Mickey-Dee’s, but because every four
See, poor Iowa, right? And what’s worse is Jake Tapper doesn’t care about you once the primary is done. Fox and Friends and Morning Joe won’t be broadcasting live from the parking lot of a Hawkeyes’ game anytime soon after Feb. 4. Anyway, at least Iowans can revel in the fact that people in the country at large actually care about what they think right now. New polls have emerged that South Bend, Indiana’s Mayor Pete Buttigieg has surged to the top of the field. Mayor Pete seems cool. I liked him a lot when he burst on the scene. He seemed to be the antithesis of our current president: Young, well-read, worldly and with a strong
years, the entire country seems way toointently focused upon them. The Iowa Caucus will take place Feb. 3, 2020. It will be our first glimpse at who may emerge from a still-growing (how is that even possible) field of democratic presidential hopefuls. To use a sports analogy, it’s kind of like game one of the World Series. It’s nice to start off with a win, but there’s still a long way to go before you get to hose down the locker room with champagne, hoist that trophy and render your opponent’s world champion merchandise sitting in a warehouse somewhere irrelevant. Nevertheless, it’s understandable why a candidate would want to get off on the right foot. That’s why every four years, suddenly, people who have never even eaten a McDonald’s french fry in Iowa are all about this Midwestern state. I can only imagine the amount of ads they must be forced to sit through every four years. Since they are the first caucus, the field is always at its largest when the election cycle looks toward Iowa, and this time around, the field is immense. Like, it must be impossible to go to a bluecollar diner in a small town somewhere, because you’re likely to encounter Joe Biden and his coterie of advisors, PR people and campaign personnel. You just wanted to settle into a plate of onion rings after a long day of work, and now you’re being polled.
record of public service. Sure, his name has the word “Butt” in it, and I worried how that would play with voters, but he certainly had charisma to spare. Then his star kind of waned as the more established candidates ramped up their efforts. Honestly, I didn’t even realize he was still in the race. I mean, I knew he hadn’t dropped out, but I just thought he was over it, or just realized he didn’t have a shot in hell. Apparently, he’s been laser-focused on Iowa. I guess it makes sense since he’s just two states away. If anyone knew who he was, it was probably Iowans. The strategy has worked. He now has a nine-point lead over Elizabeth Warren (Biden is in third), and he’s up 16 points since September, according to a poll posted on CNN.com. “Over the last few months he has built one of the largest on-the-ground operations in the state, supplemented by a robust advertising campaign and strong public appearances, including a speech at the Democratic Party’s biggest event of the year earlier this month in Des Moines,” the article states. There’s more than two months as of this writing to go before the caucus, though, and as we’ve come to learn, polls should probably be taken with a grain of salt, going forward. Still, I hope the people of Iowa at least take some satisfaction from being the talk of the town for a while. For what it’s worth, I still have that Hawkeyes T-shirt.
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