Issue: May 09, 2013
Thank you for reading this week's SN&R.
The feature this week: A profile of tech whiz,
mother and entrepreneur Gina Lujanfounder of
Sacramento Hacker Lab. By Rachel Leibrock.
Elsewhere in the issue: Seth Sandronsky takes a
look at the success (and lack thereof) of online
schooling; Cosmo Garvin on the state of media in
Sacramento; Raheem F. Hosseini on how
public-safety cuts can actually be good; Aaron
Carnes profiles pop-punk musician and artist Kepi
Ghoulie; Jonathan Mendick reviews Buffalo Pizza &
Ice Cream Co.; Jim Lane reviews The Great Gatsby;
Rachel Leibrock poses a few questions to Yo La Tengo; and more.
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Hack to the future
Tech whiz, mom, entrepreneur, crazy—Sacramento Hacker Lab founder Gina Lujan is all these things. And a bag of microchips.
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Five Sacramento companies to keep an eye on during Sacramento Techweek
Tech yourself!
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Online schools a virtual reality in Sacramento
New study questions student success, value of public funding.
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On why calling fake emergencies to 911 doesn't work
Sacramento offender now faces misdemeanor charges or reporting false emergencies.
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Davis Dozen strike plea deal
Activists who protested outside UC Davis' U.S. Bank branch avoid trial, sentenced to community service.
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Happy Mother’s Day
On Mother’s Day, love is thicker than blood.
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Letters for May 9, 2013
Readers’ letters on the return of the housing bubble, Safe Ground Sacramento and new music venues.
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Unfriended
Joey advises a reader to stop worrying and accept that relationships change.
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Some public-safety cuts are actually good for public safety
Has Sacramento benefited from less?
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End the mental-health stigma
Sacramento's 24-year-old Logan Noone is one of the reasons why mental illness will be accepted like any other illness sooner rather than later.
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Toasting to Armageddon with a gay-marriage expert
UC Davis' Elizabeth Freeman discusses lesbian bachelor parties, group marriage and which Supreme Court justice is the gayest.
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Some intra-Mexican hatred
The Mexican addresses insults toward rich Mexicans and marrying your south-of-the-border sweetheart.
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Bites on old, new and experimental journalism in Sacramento
Sacramento Press editor goes it alone.
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Sacramento should keep its big-box ban
We don't need more Walmarts.
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Sacramento tells citizens the NBA needs subsidies; future Kings owner turns down NBA subsidy. Huh?
On Vivek Ranadivé's free-money dis. Plus: Liz Studebaker leaves the Midtown Business Association, guns and Thai food.
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Fun in the dark
Sacramento singer-songwriter Kepi Ghoulie puts monster energy into his brightly hued, horror-show themed cartoon art.
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Twin studies
This Green Valley Theatre Company musical about ’80s-era twins separated at birth shouldn’t work, but it does.
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You gotta have faith
Resurrection Theatre’s latest production explores love and religion.
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Sacto cycles
SN&R highlights several May is Bike Month happenings.
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A Little Princess
Sacramento Theatre Company presents a new production.
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Wish you were here
Elliott Fouts Gallery presents the photography of Donald Satterlee.
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It’s in the details
Archival Framing presents the artwork of Robert Pengelly.
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Eight from the earth
Tsao Gallery at the Davis Art Center presents a group show of ceramic artwork.
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Second Saturday Art Map
Check out these Sacramento-area art galleries during the month of May.
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Meat your maker
Our writer battles Streets of London Pub's legendary 6-pound greasy-food challenge and lives to puke the tale.
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Dinner for breakfast
Unique breakfast pizza is the driving force behind Buffalo Pizza & Ice Cream Co.
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Chowing and crawling
Dishcrawl, a startup from the Bay Area that hosts food crawls in cities throughout the United States, is now running tours of Davis eateries.
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Luck be a lazy
Check out the Vegan Lazy blog for unintimidating recipes.
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Success hasn’t spoiled them yet
Yo La Tengo's singer-songwriter Ira Kaplan discusses the band's three-decade history, its new album Fade and why it won't play songs live before they're recorded.
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Thurs., May 09, Lauren Cole Norton
Local singer, poet and spoken-word artist performs as part of a bicycle-themed program at the Crocker Art Museum.
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Fri., May 10, BottleRock Napa
Is this multiday music festival in Napa a classier, better verision of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival?
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Fri., May 10, Middle Class Rut
Popular rock duo from Sacramento returns home to headline Concerts in the Park.
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Fri., May 10, Carolina Chocolate Drops
Grammy Award-winning North Carolina folk group will bring a bevy of musical stylings to the 24th Street Theatre.
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Sat., May 11, Paul Collins Beat
American pop-rocker group with the same name as a British ska group to play Bows & Arrows.
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Sat., May 11, Bleedin' Hearts
Local honky-tonk band to bring some “high-octane” twang to Fox & Goose.
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Thurs., May 16, Folsom Lake Concert Choir
Concert will include premieres of works by Eliot Drell and Larry Metcalf and include a variety of other music, such as classical and jazz.
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Thurs., May 16, Light-Skinned Creole
Local rapper originally from Louisiana to hit the stage at Blue Lamp.
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Break out your short shorts
The latest on Chk Chk Chk, In the Flow Festival and the Sacramento Electronic Music Festival.
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Fair to middling
Leonardo DiCaprio gives a great performance in this bombastic take on the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic novel.
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The Big Wedding
Director Justin Zackham makes poor use of the likes of Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Amanda Seyfried and Robin Williams in this dreary comedy.
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Iron Man 3
Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow take the hit franchise out for another spin.
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To clone or not to clone?
Ngaio advises on clones vs. seeds—and also looks at the city of Sacramento's new marijuana-cultivation law.
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