Issue: October 07, 2010
Hello SN&R readers!
This week, we go to the cover with an investigation into how some UC Regents have benefited from the placement of hundreds of millions of university dollars into investments with ties to their own personal business activities. (Meanwhile, they hike tuition costs for students.) Also, don’t miss this month’s d’ART (our guide to Second Saturday) as well as our special program for the Saturday, October 9 Sammies Awards Festival. Check it all out!
Thanks,
SN&R staff
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The regents club
Conflicts of interest are nothing new at the University of California, but they may be getting worse.
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Three for the file
Financial dossiers on a few UC regents point to conflict potential.
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Bye, fidelity
This year, retail-music sales spiraled, Tower Records’ Russ Solomon finally retired and even Target hinted at quitting the biz. Is this the independent record store’s last days?
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Sacramento spokes-man
Sacramento cyclist helps bike community organize against thieves.
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Vendor bender
Two global companies earn wings to operate at the new terminal of Sacramento International Airport, as many Sacramento businesses are grounded.
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Rollbacks and moonshots
City council candidates debate Measure B. Thomas Friedman comes to Sacramento and goes green.
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Hoof it for heifers
Join Farm Sanctuary’s Walk for Farm Animals at the state Capitol.
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Back alleys move forward
A major Sacramento smart-growth development project nears completion—but it may be the city’s last.
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Letters for October 7, 2010
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Where do I start?
A busy reader requests advice managing his to-do list.
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Sacramentans in Seattle
Sacramentans learn about transportation, housing and sustainability in Seattle.
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Digging into the role
The star of Jason Rudy’s new film, Lady M, shares.
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Giving gracias
The Mexican offers thanks—both sincere and sarcastic—to reader inquiries and comments.
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Bee cuts keep coming
Sacramento Bee employees back on the chopping block, Arden Arcade separatists get grabby.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Fast breakthrough
Northern California artist Jeff Nichol’s mural project for the Sacramento Kings led him to a crossroads.
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Burn the Floor
Broadway Sacramento brings competition-style dance to town in this show.
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Dinner With Friends
SN&R reviews a new production at Big Idea Theatre.
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Big gay movie night(s)
Sacramento International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival brings a queer eye to the Crest Theatre this weekend.
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He is just different
Donald Glover takes a break from being a TV and rap star to perform stand-up comedy at the Punch Line.
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Rub-a-dub-dub
Wash, dry, fluff and fold with Suds at the Cosmopolitan Cabaret.
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Bunny benefit
Living With Fur: A bunny-themed group art show that helps bunnies find homes through Friends of Unwanted Rabbits.
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Wandering wonders
Unconventional lifestyles captured photographically on exhibit at the Richard L. Nelson Gallery.
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Reworking history
Ray and Gretchen Papka exhibit work at Mowen Solinsky Gallery.
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We live, die and laugh
The Gnoll Credo explains why hyena people laugh.
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Policy primer
California’s policy wonks, pundits and writers weigh in on what needs to be done to fix the Golden State.
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Fiery justice
Homophobia heats things up in Poland in this novel by Daniel Allen Cox.
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Cabaret upgrades
The right kind of change at the Cosmopolitan Cabaret.
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Kaleidoscope of colors
Sacramento painting legend Fred Dalkey exhibits at the Center for Contemporary Art Sacramento.
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Reunion at a Sidewalk Café
A poem by Cynthia Linville of Sacramento.
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This is a dark ride
Get ready for Halloween with some old-school scares as City Theatre does Something Wicked This Way Comes.
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Dinner done right
Gabe and Karen are good, but Tom and Beth are toast in this new drama at Sacramento’s Big Idea Theatre.
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Syrupy shindig
Garrett McCord explores the world of artisan cocktails and mixology.
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Hardy knew ya
Paul Gotelli grows hardy kiwis in nearby Stockton.
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Kombucha limbo
The connection between actress Lindsay Lohan, an alcohol monitor and the disappearance of beloved GT’s kombucha.
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Sammies on the block
Nineteen reasons to attend SN&R’s 19th annual Sammies Block Party & Music Extravaganza.
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To be blunt
Middle Class Rut, one of Sac’s most popular exports, returns with a local gig and a new album.
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Fri, Oct 8, Aroarah
One of the girls in Aroarah is in love with John Stamos?
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Sat, Oct 9, Chino XL
Hit up the Sammies, cruise by Blue Lamp later in the evening.
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Wed, Oct 13, Unearth
Look for the slightly offensive messages on the backs of Ken Susi’s guitars.
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Let me count the good vibes
Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom goes to 10, Slug from Atmosphere goes pot belly and the Tender Cinders go soul.
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Special moments
Daniel Barnes jumps the gun on his 2010 top 10 list to share three moments dear to his heart.
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And still a champion
This one’s all about the horse—and what a horse he was.
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Get Him to the Greek
Unfortunately, we live in the post-Apatow era of comedies.
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The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Director Kim Ji-Woon saturates this anachronistic World War II era shoot-’em-up with nods to Indiana Jones, Road Warrior, early John Woo, and Jackie Chan.
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Party Down: Season 2
Party Down was canceled last June when its season finale became the first TV show to ever draw a negative Nielsen rating.
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You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Narrated by Matt Damon.
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It’s Kind of a Funny Story
It’s kind of a funny movie, except for the indie-formula storytelling.
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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole
Owls with funny names fly, hunt, fight and look really good doing it.
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Life As We Know It
Even a cute baby and a couple of beautiful people can’t save this clunker.
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Never Let Me Go
This movie’s stifled by its own dignity. Puppets would help.
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The Social Network
Old boys meet new boys. Unfriending abounds.
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A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Blood Simple meets House of the Flying Daggers, and it works.
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Sammies Block Party and Music Extravaganza
Event lineup and awards presentation 2010.
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