Issue: November 11, 2004
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Behind the spotlight
Director Frank Condon prefers to put the play and the actors on center stage and let the controversial plays he chooses do the talking.
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Frank’s greatest-hits compilation
Over 10 seasons, River Stage has presented more than 40 plays. Here are some highlights.
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eBay for the rest of us
Freecycling takes off in Sacramento and beyond.
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Letters for November 11, 2004
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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There’s no place like home
Bridget Alexander works to provide formerly homeless, teen parents with a real home and a sense of worth in their communities.
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Erectile dysfunction
Arnold gets dumped, and the Union gets pumped.
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The purples won
The very close numbers of reds and blues shows that moderates, not the religious right or Gavin Newsom, swung the election.
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Minority report
We in the blue states need to keep on fighting for the things we believe in.
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Can’t see the river for the trash
Sections of the American River Parkway need tending—and law enforcement.
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Bonfire of the sexuality
Tom Wolfe’s new novel about college kids has been greeted with the usual polarized fanfare.
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If you’re anti-antibiotics
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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Red-panda preservation
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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Splendor, mirth and good cheer
Twenty artists interpret a classical theme for The Three Graces, this month’s show at Solomon Dubnick.
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Days of Infamy
What if Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor back to the Stone Age? That’s an “alternate history” that Harry Turtledove’s Days of Infamy explores.
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What’s the Matter with Kansas?
Why did all those “red” states vote to re-elect George W. Bush? Thomas Frank’s What’s the Matter with Kansas? provides a clue.
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Negatron, the apocalypse and zombies in the ‘hood
Two art shows and a movie—what a Saturday night!
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The piano man
A musical based entirely on the songs of Billy Joel? Hey, it worked for ABBA.
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The Glass Menagerie
Enjoy a classic bit of American theater with Chautauqua Playhouse’s The Glass Menagerie.
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Child’s play
The Family Room offers kids a place to play while parents enjoy fine dining.
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An excellent return
South Sac’s fine beautiful-loser singer-songwriter Mark Curry resurfaces with a top-notch 5-year-old album.
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Four guys named Steve
The Universal Steve features four Steves who have been in a lot of great local bands. And they’re pretty good, too.
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American Minor
American Minor: top-notch 1970s buttrock from West Virginia, with a fine four-song EP.
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A well-respected woman
Modesto singer-songwriter Megan Slankard plays Marilyn’s; it’s an overload of yin energy.
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Amour uncorked
Two middle-aged guys go to the Santa Ynez Valley to drink wine and meet women in the non-musical Alexander Payne film Sideways.
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