Issue: March 18, 2010
Each week, there are five good reasons to pick up SN&R, which you can find on newsstands all over the Sacto region.
Here’s this week’s knuckle sandwich:
Have we become frugal shoppers? Did the recession kill our urge to splurge? Contributing writer Sasha Abramsky investigates.
The Sacto officials want to shut down most of the city’s cannabis dispensaries--and it just might happen. Nick Miller reports.
Crash for clunkers! Learn how two local car enthusiasts turned their lemon into a LeMons circuit racer.
Fashion update! Jean Paul Gaultier is now on sale at Target. Rachel Leibrock scusses whether its chic or cheap.
Oh, SN&R FREE!
Here’s this week’s issue:
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The new frugal
The recession has changed (sometimes dramatically) the way many people in our region shop … and live.
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40 days of hassles
Anti-abortion protesters target a Sacramento clinic—and enlist help from the bishop of Sacramento.
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Baked dozen
Activists argue the city’s random plan to shutter cannabis clubs is illegal and will harm thousands.
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Appetite for extinction
Critics say bill to eliminate striped bass regulations is red herring.
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Feared science
New laws have Auntie Ruth re-examining the nation’s science books.
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Avoid the pit
DIY green renovation for the intrepid homeowner.
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Neighborhood threats
City council can settle, or duck, the Curtis Park rail-yard controversy.
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Letters for March 18, 2010
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Corrupt family tree
Alcoholic parents, incarcerated brothers, a promiscuous sister and one good son—just another family get-together.
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Help Sacramento’s homeless!
Join Pastor Rick Cole and area religious organizations in an effort to raise up to $2 million for the homeless.
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The Zen of customer service
Remember when employees actually helped clients? This is how it goes at Heritage.
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Stink to high heaven
The Mexican addresses the greasy Mexican stereotype, turns the other cheek and gets litigious instead.
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PG&E boss says it’s all about shareholders
From the SN&R blogs.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Off Target
Rachel hangs at the Target on Alta Arden—and has her Target shopper card revoked.
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Crash for clunkers
Spend the weekend with Sacramento car enthusiasts at 24 Hours of LeMons, a when-life-gives-you-lemons grand-prix race like no other.
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Arranged Marriage
SN&R reviews a new production at the Sacramento Theatre Company.
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The Bad Seed
SN&R reviews a new production at the Chautauqua Playhouse.
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Bad cook remedy
Got cooking problems? The cure is only a class away.
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Wurlitzer and a movie
Who needs a soundtrack when there’s a Wurlitzer lying around?
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You’ve got it comin’
Chicago brings some big names—and some outrageously good dancing—to Sacramento.
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Steampunk’d
Dexter Palmer’s debut novel is a speculative mash-up of steampunk and Shakespeare.
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Inside college activism
This collection of protest manifestos explains the California college funding struggle.
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Going wild
A new book about Ishi, California’s most famous Indian, examines his relationship with anthropologist Alfred Kroeber.
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Even critics need a life
How does SN&R pick which shows to review? Think local, community, edgy and risky.
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The hills are alive!
Shamrock’n Half Marathon highlights some of Sacramento’s lesser-known qualities: hills, wobbly roads and Tejano-singing runners.
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Far from ‘almost’
Don’t let the title fool you. Big Idea Theatre’s production of Almost, Maine goes all the way.
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It starts with the tip
Asparagus season is fleeting—and early birds wear the crowns.
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NorCal’s magic kingdom
L.A. producer/engineer Thom Monahan has mad Sacramento love.
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Angling for jam
Local dub-jam troupe ZuhG put an EP out in January. We’re finally getting to it, but they’re still gigging their asses off.
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Fri, March 19, Jackson Griffith
Jackson Griffith writes 14 songs, shares them with the city. Now back to work on actual stories, bud.
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Fri, March 19, Duane Peters
Skater punk comes to 16th Street Cafe.
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Sat, March 20, Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole
A concert injected with lots of Cajun spice.
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All phenomenology, no spirit
Second Saturday, Midtown, Pop Rocks, LBCK, United State, Alex Noble, Mike Lucas, Legos, Natasha Kmeto, Marilyn’s on K, St. Patrick’s Day, Girl Talk, Robert Blake, David Lynch, Lost Highway, Robot Blake, Hegel, pagan god Wotan, Luigi’s Fun Garden, Lasher Keen, Blood Axis, DyLan Sheets, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Dead Western, Troy Mighty, In the Silence.
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American cinema’s great what-ifs
Daniel Barnes says for better or worse, here we are.
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Our Family Wedding
Lance Gross and America Ferrara get married.
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She’s Out of My League
Jay Baruchel and Alice Eve get it on. Unlikely.
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