Issue: June 23, 2011
Dear SN&R reader!
The cables, wires, and fiber optics that deliver the Internet are now as important as the printing presses and broadcast towers that defined the 20th century's media empires. Small advantages in the speed can dictate winners and losers in everything from news to apps. That's why media activists call net neutrality the most important free-speech issue of our time. Carly Carioli helps us learn: Are we up or down in the war for a free-flowing Internet?
It's named the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Most know it as "Obamacare." Whatever you call it, some 200,000 Sacramentans will be eligible for health care in 2014 because of it. SN&R publisher Jeff vonKaenel looks at the implementation of health-care reform in California.
Also this week: Bites nibbles at redistricting proposals, Robbie Waters advocates for medical cannabis and our editorial board urges the Kings arena commission not to overlook the intermodal transit hub.
The still-kinda-new Crocker Art Museum makes a big first summer impression with three impressionist exhibitions. Greg Lucas spends a day at the museum. Also this week: Jonathan Kiefer tries to figure out Terrence Malick's latest, and Jeff McCrory scoops Ricky Berger's new project.
SN&R Staff
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Net neutrality in the Sactosphere
Does Sacramento have a stake in net neutrality?
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2014 is here now
Planning for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in Sacramento.
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Come to the dank side
Former Sacramento sheriff and Sacramento City Council member Robbie Waters has a new job as a medical-pot consultant.
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Parks on the block
Seventy California state parks to shut down.
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Praises from above
EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson praises Sacramento.
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Smarter, healthier food choices
Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross talks schools, farming and nutrition.
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Letters for June 23, 2011
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Keep the fireworks in the sky
How can a man keep his wife from drinking too much at a Fourth of July party?
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Domo arigato Quercus lobata
An elderly Sacramento oak meets an invasive species.
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Look on the bright side
Solar farm near Fresno appeals to all, from the utility companies to the Sierra Club.
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Sol sisters
Two girls with a field of dreams are hoping to make a bountiful change in Oak Park’s sustainability.
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More to Mexico
The Mexican maps out Mexico for expats and quiets a trash-talking Ecuadorian chica.
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No integrity
Proposed Assembly districts violate the principles of Proposition 11.
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Don’t forget transit
Can the downtown Sacramento Kings site include both an arena and transit hub?
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Summer impressions
The Summer of Impressionism takes over the Crocker Art Museum.
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The Lady and the Clarinet
SN&R reviews a new production by the Green Valley Theatre Company.
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Sac’s got swing
Sacramento will celebrate all things vintage at the Sacramento SwingTime festival.
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Symphony and circus
Cirque de la Symphonie features acrobats, jugglers, strongmen, contortionists and classical music.
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When’s the sun coming out? Oh yeah, tomorrow!
Fair Oaks Theatre Festival puts new energy into an old family favorite.
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Modest gal
PACC Group’s Cinderella 99 is good for depression sufferers.
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Fading away
Soft Apocalypse reminds us that the world ends with a whimper, not a bang.
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An edgy season for the resurrected
Resurrection Theatre has some treats in store for its 2012 season.
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Are cannabis taxes too high?
Sacramento marijuana dispensaries ready to pay up as cities across the country also hop on the pot-tax train.
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Sacramento green pages
A rundown of Sacramento-area medical-marijuana dispensaries—and more.
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Love you to death
William A. Parker’s latest play opens in Folsom.
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Bread to win
Pita Kitchen goes pantheon with its namesake bread.
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Berry political
There are plenty of blackberry variants in the Sacramento region, and they’ve begun to ripen.
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Too much mint!
Mint’s a good thing, and it’s easy to end up with too much of it.
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Ring around the mulberry bush
Why doesn’t the mulberry get any American love?
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Room for dessert
Talenti sorbetto for the hot days of summer.
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‘All handshakes, no contracts’
Drinking cold ones and ripping through practice with Bastards of Young.
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Sat, June 25, Nacho Business
Nacho Business means serious lo-fi garage pop business.
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Sat, June 25, Keak Da Sneak
Oakland emcee Keak Da Sneak sneaks into Sacramento’s Colonial Theatre.
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Sat, June 25, Two-Tone Steiny
Two-Tone Steiny is set to rock out at the Foothill Music Festival.
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Sat, June 25, Peter Murphy
Peter Murphy brings some gothic pop to The Boardwalk.
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Sun, June 26, Jackie Greene
Jackie Greene to rock a family-friendly show at Fairytale Town.
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Sun, June 26, Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss, the Grammy queen, visits the Mondavi Center in Davis.
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Tues, June 28, Todd Snider
Todd Snider brings his sharp-witted country-folk act to Stockton Empire Theatre.
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Wed, June 29, The Alps
The Alps will hit Luigi’s Slice and Fun Garden with some shoegaze and folk-inspired indie rock.
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Ricky Berger’s big hopscotch
Ricky Berger comes back to Sacto after working with Gordon Raphael in San Antonio, Texas.
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The evolution of pity
The Lone Star State meets the universe, and it’s beautiful. And sometimes confusing.
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How I Ended This Summer
Writer-director Alexsei Popogrebsky won the Russian equivalent of the Oscar for this two-character psychological drama.
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Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop
Yes, it’s a vanity project, but it helps that Coco is genuinely funny.
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Green Lantern
Ryan Reynolds makes up for some truly cheesy CGI effects.
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Mr. Popper’s Penguins
It’s not faithful to the book, but hey: It’s got Jim Carrey. And penguins.
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