Issue: June 17, 2010
Frontlines
Kicking off Frontlines this week, SN&R’s Nick Miller takes a look at the Sacramento City Council’s newly evolved thinking about how to handle the town’s proliferation of medical-marijuana dispensaries. Meanwhile, Seth Sandronsky considers the fate of foster kids who “time out” at 18 years old; Kel Munger discovers a (non)taxing new development for same-sex couples. In Green Days, Alastair Bland talks local zinfandels, Aunt Ruth laments an oil spill, and Jeff vonKaenel wants jobs.
Feature story
The end of the school year should be a time of celebration, right? Not for everybody. Thanks to a state budget crisis, many local teachers are spending this week cleaning out their classrooms for the summer—and forever. We at SN&R thought it was time to hear directly from some of the teachers who worked hard all year and got laid off as a reward. With Cosmo Garvin, Rachel Leibrock and Nick Miller reporting, we hereby present a yearbook for the Sacramento region’s pink-slipped Class of 2010.
Arts & Culture
Is Sex and the City to blame for Sarah Palin, Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina? Rachel Leibrock connects the dots in this week’s Popsmart. Also this week: Stephanie Rodriguez looks at the past and future of the hardcore-music scene, Nick Miller previews the Sacramento French Film Festival, Jeff Hudson goes for Shear Madness, Mosi Reeves finds singer Darryl Moore’s soul, Miller meets up with Mean Doe Green (formerly Doey Rock) and Olla Ubay discovers some of Tessa Lindow’s hot cakes.
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Pink slip yearbook
For the many Sacramento-area teachers losing jobs at the end of this school year, summer break is bittersweet.
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Timed-out teens
Why Sacramento foster youth often become homeless adults.
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Toward tax equality
New IRS decision will impact same-sex partners’ tax bills.
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To the trees
Sacramento Tree Foundation hosts a walk under Sacramento State University’s tree canopy.
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Saving for breakfast?
William Carols Williams gives fridge advice.
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Straight from the vine
Northern California zinfandels sustain a living history.
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Letters for June 17, 2010
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Tale of two men
It’s a dilemma choosing between a long-time business partner and your baby’s daddy.
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Don’t douche it
Mexican-American Minutemen really do exist, and Latina women really do douche.
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McClatchy execs get bonuses, worker bees get furloughs
From the SN&R blogs.
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Consequences
The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster didn’t have to happen.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Sex and the stupidity
Sex and the City, faux-feminist culture, motherhood, Botoxed exodermis, fashionistas, stylistas, recessionistas, frugalistas, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Hello Kitty, pigtails, Jack Daniels, cosmopolitans, Carrie Bradshaw, Manolo Blahnik, Sarah Palin, Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina, girl power, Susan B. Anthony List, froufrou beverages, fuck-me pumps.
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The heart of hardcore
Sacramento-area bands like Boundaries and Killing the Dream keep the local hardcore-music scene straight-up.
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Love Child
SN&R reviews a new production at the B Street Theatre.
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French cinema is the cure
Sacramento French Film Festival is back.
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Tale of two crazy worlds
UC Davis will show a double feature of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.
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What’s up, fool?
Felipe Esparza, along with Cristela Alonzo, at the Punch Line Comedy Club this weekend.
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Presidential burden
Not Even Past: Barack Obama and the Burden of Race examines the president’s negotiation of America’s racial history.
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The house always wins
In She Bets Her Life, Mary Sojourner tells the truth about what happens when gambling becomes a problem.
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Vicious, complex, satisfying
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest is a satisfying finish for the late Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series.
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Barenaked in the woods
As You Like It brings the Barenaked Ladies to Arden Forest.
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Every goal has its horn
This writer hates the horns at World Cup matches.
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Time warp cabaret
Shear Madness at the Cosmopolitan Cabaret. It’s theater for people who like to talk back to their TV.
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Food with flair
Billy Ngo’s new restaurant keeps the wows coming.
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Does Yelp help?
Garrett chats with restaurateurs on the good and bad of Yelp.com.
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Stone fruits
Apricots, like rare Royal Blenheims, and pluots need TLC.
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Where he’s at
Sacramento soul artist Darryl Moore finds his roots.
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Thurs, June 17, Portugal. The Man
Portugal. The Man proves that something good can come out of Wasilla, Alaska.
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Sat, June 19, Adrian Bourgeois/Ricky Berger
Adrian Bourgeois and Ricky Berger come home.
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Vuvuzela love or horny bastards?
Vuvuzela, World Cup, Target, Quincy Douby, Ted Cox, France, Japan, FIFA, Uruguay, YouTube, Drudge Report, Subway $5 Footlong, Sacramento Kings, Jerry Reynolds, Grant Napear, Carl’s Jr., Jack Daniels, Oakland Athletics, Deftones, Jimmy Kimmel, Diamond Eyes, Chi Cheng, Chino Moreno, Far, Sac All-Stars 2010, Bueno, C-Plus, L-Solo, Sick Fam, Status Goes, Chris Legitamite, Chuuwee, Swiff, TAIS, E-Baby, Tavia Jenkins, Torrey-Tee, Klappa Kid, Lady Remedy, Jae Synth, Colonial Theatre, KDVS.org.
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Summertime movie blues
Barnes is depressed by SN&R’s focus-group results.
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Into the woods
Debra Granik’s feature stars Jennifer Lawrence as a tough 17-year-old.
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Crazy Heart
Although he was great in the film, Jeff Bridges’ Academy Award for Crazy Heart was the dictionary definition of a “career-capping Oscar.”
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Daybreakers
The bloody but gutless Daybreakers is the epitome of “high-concept filmmaking.”
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True Blood: Season 2
After a glib but promising first season, the vampires-among-us Showtime series True Blood really clicked in this second effort.
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The Karate Kid
The hero (Jaden Smith) moves to Beijing with his mother (Taraji P. Henson), where he learns kung fu from a janitor (Jackie Chan).
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Mid-August Lunch
Veteran screenwriter Gianni Di Gregorio also stars as a weary post-middle-aged man who, on Italy’s biggest summer holiday, finds himself stuck in Rome with a condo full of old ladies.
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Please Give
Writer-director Nicole Holofcener seems to get better with every film.
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