Issue: October 29, 2009
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On Furlough Friday
A survey of state workers getting ready for a recent Furlough Friday.
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Furlough Fridays
Announcing the winners of SN&R’s photo contest!
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Five for ten
Representative for Sacramento Delta will be determined by Tuesday’s 10th congressional district special election.
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Mickey Mouse idea
A local psychiatrist borrows idea from Disneyland to streamline patient visits.
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Black water
Auntie Ruth advises readers to stay out of the river.
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Who the heck?
The Environmental Council of Sacramento hosts an “Understanding Local Land Use Planning” workshop on November 7.
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Gleaning in the trees
If you’ve got a fruit tree that needs picking, call the Sacramento and Yolo food banks.
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Letters for October 29, 2009
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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World of gadgets
Do we really need all these electronic contraptions?
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No place like home
Introducing Homegrown, our new feature on local farms and foodproducers.
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Salvador wally
The Mexican on Savli hatred and mural painting.
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Overqualified, underfunded
Candidates like Terrence Johnson show why Sacramento’s campaign finance laws are broken.
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K.J. springs a leak
This week’s offerings, culled from the best of SN&R’s blogs.
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UFOs over Sac
This week’s offerings, culled from the best of SN&R’s blogs.
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Fixie law should be fixed
This week’s offerings, culled from the best of SN&R’s blogs.
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Editorial cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Slut-o-ween
Why this rampant desire to show off lady parts on Halloween?
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Last weekend
Do you really have to be nice just because the weather is? Yes.
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It’s not good to name drop (Bob Saget told me this)
Bob Saget dishes dirt about Danny Tanner, John Stamos, getting roasted on Comedy Central, yoga, weed, burglarizing the Sacramento Railroad Museum and having sex with ants.
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The Taming of the Shrew
SN&R reviews a new production at the Woodland Opera House.
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Hallo-weird
Strange and spooky events for the Halloween weekend in Sacramento.
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Unidentified flying hairstyle
African Hair as Sculpture exhibition at Doiron Gallery through November7.
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Growing old is not for wimps
A riddle: The Elephant’s Graveyard has no pachyderms, and there’s music and dancing, but it’s not a musical.
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One-trick sea horse
Man the boats! Row as fast as you can, far from this awful tale.
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Dead-on parody
A zombie guide in a form the undead recognize: yellow-and-black cover, lots of helpful tips.
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Clarence Darrow and cake
Have your Clarence Darrow and eat cake, too.
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For the children
From Bridge School to Oak Park, the kids are still all right.
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Ticking right along
Ever had a midlife crisis? Thought so. Bet you didn’t write a great musical about it, though.
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It’s in the delivery
Greg raves for Ravenous, but tsk-tsks the produce misfires and the wanton, won-ton-like gnocchi.
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Loco no more
Toreros Restaurante takes over the old Taco Loco spot on J Street.
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Three amigos
If it’s wintertime, then it must be winter squash.
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Tears in beers
Peter Hoey and the Sacramento Brewing Company shut its doors.
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Dress up but don’t front
Legendary hip-hop troupe the CUF treats Sacramento to another Halloween show.
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Sounds like Fire?
Port O’Brien has come into their own, however, and sound like a band from NorCal, not some Canadians.
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Thurs, Oct 29, Ozomatli
Ozomatli performs at Sacramento State.
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Fri, Oct 30, Keak Da Sneak
I probably don’t know jack about hyphy, so this Friday’sshow should be cool.
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Sat, Oct 31, Art Brut
Art Brut performs at UC Davis’ Freeborn Hall.
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Sat, Oct 31, Fairgame
The band’s music is perfect for getting your pimp-and-hoHalloween party on.
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Pimping shows for libidinous gals and bros
Br’er, glockenspeil, Benjamin Schurr, foot stomping, Luigi’s Fun Garden, Sea of Bees, Ellie Fortune, Jesse Phillips, Picture Atlantic, Plain White T’s, The Boardwalk, Sister Crayon, Eisley, Nikolaus Bartunek, Robby Moncrieff, Teddy Briggs, Neal Morgan, slutting it up, the Enlows, Boats!, Zach Hill, Wavves, Drive Like Jehu,Magi-Kool Dudes, Spider Friends, Halloween, G. Green.
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Filming Honest Abe
Abraham Lincoln has been curiously absent from American movies.
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About a girl
Jenny’s bound for Oxford—but is she bound to it?
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Assassination of a High School President
Basically, it’s teen noir, in the vein of Brick.
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Whatever Works
Welcome to Woody Allen’s sixth unfunny comedy in a decade.
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The Wolf Man (1941)
The film is stronger and creepier in the scenes without the wolf man, ironically.
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Cirque de Freak
It’s like a sci-fi channel quickie blown up too big.
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