Issue: August 12, 2010
Hello SN&R reader!
In this week’s cover story “Kill Your Lawn,” Ted Cox explores the new movement—in Sacramento and elsewhere—to convince homeowners to reconsider their turf grass front yards, especially in light of the fact that 60 percent of their water use is likely tied up in keeping that patch of grass from turning brown. Elsewhere, in Popsmart, it’s all Betty, Joan, Peggy and Sally. Yes, Rachel Leibrock talks the women of “Mad Men.”
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Kill your lawn
Sacramento homeowners love their lush green-grass yards—but why?
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How much water do we use?
How much water do different California cities use?
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Small bites, big diseases
Sacramento-area ticks carry Lyme diseases, but now also pack a different punch.
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Biotech canaries
Sickened biotech workers get little relief from government or courts.
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Stay thirsty
Sacramento city staff recommends water-use regulations; Mayor Kevin Johnson registers at Macy’s.
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Drills sans spill
Auntie Ruth practices safe offshore drilling, er, uh—huh?
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Space—the next resource
Paul O. Wieland, former NASA engineer and author of Crossing the Threshold: Advancing into Space to Benefit the Earth, says humans should utilize resources from space to save Earth.
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Toxic trails
A new report discovers a high level of hazardous contaminants in popular Gold Country recreation areas.
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Letters for August 12, 2010
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Gay and out, but not ready for love
Gay men in formerly heterosexual marriages may be out of the closet, but our love guru’s advice says that doesn’t mean they’re ready for a committed relationship.
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Dog days of summer
How I learned to accept my love-struck shelter dog.
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Man vs. mosquito
The fine folks at Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District need our help in the fight.
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Bites in the Big Manzana
The Mexican talks food and drink why there’s no good tortas in New York, and how the Mexis take their coffee like their women.
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Sprawl’s evil twin
Sacramento’s general plan twofer: sprawl and ghettoization.
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Defend WikiLeaks
Whistle-blowers are key to keeping democracy alive.
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Judge Walker’s ruling
Last week’s same-sex marriage ruling edges us closer to our ideal of equality and liberty.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Turkey time
It’s summertime. The season of leisure. So one of SN&R’s film critics decided to endure five of Hollywood’s most toxic stink bombs of all time.
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The Big Banana
Banana Festival and Tomato Festival to be celebrated in the Sacramento-area.
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Blood, guts and insomnia
Mr. Lobo hosts Cinema Insomnia Live at Sacramento’s Guild Theater featuring The Undertaker and His Pals and Virginia Creepers.
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What’s it supposed to be?
Actor’s Theatre of Sacramento takes us on a tour of one wacky Museum.
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Somewhere in America
David Best, Mike Dickau, Sandrine Hermand-Grisel and Toni Voelker exhibit photographs this August at Viewpoint Photographic Art Center.
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Layered influences
Laura Caron exhibits her mixed-media paintings at Gallery 2110.
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You have to go home again
Set in a fictional foothills town, Matt Stokoe’s Empty Mile is contemporary, emotional noir.
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Hungry for fish
In Four Fish, Paul Greenberg tells of food species on the verge of collapse.
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But I digress …
Local poet Dorine Jennette weds epic imagery, wordplay and a sense of humor in Urchin to Follow.
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Bad people, it’s time to laugh
Dirty, dirty, dirty—and funny: Bad Comedy for Bad People at the Sacramento Comedy Spot.
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Fringe benefits
Andy Littlefield exhibits mixed-media artwork at Beatnik Studios during the month of August.
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Going commando
No, not sans skivvies. Joey makes jam in the Capay Valley.
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Double the fun
It’s commedia dell’arte at Main Street Theatre Works in Jackson with The Servant of Two Masters.
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Follow the green light
Greg Lucas takes vacation and Garrett McCord reviews an ol’ reliable.
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Blondie moment
Garrett McCord shares his go-to dessert recipe.
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Burrito baby
Taqueria Pupuseria Isabel on Freeport Boulevard has the tastiest vegan burritos.
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Hip-hop for Jesus
Izreal and DJ Kool Kutz resurrect Christian rap’s image.
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Hypnotic folk
Portland’s John Heart Jackie will perform its hypnotizing folk music at Sophia’s Thai Kitchen in Davis.
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Thurs, Aug 12, Warped Tour
Every Time I Die, Andrew W.K. Sum 41, Swingin’ Utters and more at the Sleep Train Amphitheatre in Wheatland.
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Fri, Aug 13, Blame Betty
Rock the 1980s and support Sacramento WEAVE with Blame Betty, the Common Men and Autumn Sky at the Fire Escape.
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Sat, Aug 14, Leslie Stevens & the Badgers
Check out Los Angeles’ Leslie Stevens & the Badgers at Sophia’s Thai Kitchen.
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Tues, Aug 17, Michael Schenker Group
Air-guitar heaven with a Flying V at The Boardwalk.
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Sippin’ drank, throwin’ metal
Ludacris, Costco, Conjure cognac, Downtown Plaza, Tropicana, Venue, House of Blues, Kanye West, Gold Club Centerfolds, hoes, area codes, Deftones, Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, Stephen Carpenter, “You’ve Seen the Butcher,” “Rocket Skates,” “Royal,” Radisson Hotel, Dave Koz, Thee Oh Sees, Chris Woodhouse, DLRN, Lady Antebellum, Beatnik Studios, G. Green, Malt Duck Records.
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Pilgrim’s progress
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: He’d like to be Napoleon Dynamite, but he’s probably not going to make it.
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The Ghost Writer
Roman Polanski’s second film since winning the Best Director Oscar for The Pianist.
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Human Desire
German expatriate filmmaker Fritz Lang produced some enduring films, but he also turned out his share of program-filling dreck.
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The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith’s solidly constructed The Most Dangerous Man in America profiles the most famous whistleblower of the 20th century.
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A Town Called Panic
Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar’s charmingly ridiculous stop-motion animation feature A Town Called Panic is based on a show the pair produced for Belgian television.
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The Other Guys
It’s a buddy-cop action film with a comic turn as Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg play hero.
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