Issue: April 07, 2011
Hello SN&R reader!
There's no doubt about it -- books as we know them are migrating into the digital universe. But are ink-on-paper books actually going to go extinct? This week, SN&R explores the question by asking Sacramento librarians, booksellers and book-lovers to respond to the electronic migration. Elsewhere in this week's issue, find all the news, opinion, music, arts, film and food you've come to know will be there in each News & Review!
Happy reading!
SN&R staff
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Goodbye, books?
Sacramento readers, writers and book-lovers respond to the electronic migration.
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Me and my Kindle
She wanted e-reader love, but must settle for just being friends.
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From blight to might
The Effort; Pathways to Success, Turning Point; and Mercy Housing turn an old south Sacrament motel into a house and haven for the area’s homeless, mentally ill and drug-addicted.
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Radiation reality
A UC Davis professor sets the record straight on Japan’s nuclear-power disaster’s repercussions.
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Broadcast blues
It’s unlikely that the latest Republican effort to defund NPR will succeed. But what if …
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Getting smart ain’t cheap
Community-college tuition goes up again, Second Saturday confuses street performers, and a strange crime involving a backhoe and an Arden Way ATM goes unsolved.
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Climate zombies
Sacramento needs more experts to fight the climate-change denier zombies.
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Hens on a plane
NASA testing chicken-fat-based biofuel in jet engines.
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Feed yourself
Pioneers of self-sufficient green lifestyles offer advice.
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Letters for April 7, 2011
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Like father, like daughter
A little advice: When your teenage daughter sneaks her boyfriend into the house at night, it’s time for a lesson in self-control.
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Leave it to me
Why are we throwing away perfectly good stuff?
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Visit from Japan
We have a chance to protect our children’s future; will we take action?
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Party in the barn
Mike Strauch’s monthly Rootstock barn dance is a celebration of vintage country-music culture.
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Ring around the Rosa?
The Mexican calls shenanigans on necklaces that aren’t from mami and students that likely aren’t Hispanic.
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Erase to the top?
Battling government book snoops, and opting out of the drill ’em and kill ’em school testing culture.
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We are all Sikhs
We stand in solidarity with Sacramentans who have been singled out for discrimination and violence.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Off the electronic-money grid
Having a wallet stolen can send you back to a more primitive way of life—and to some extent, it’s a good thing.
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For love or (some) money
Former Stanford University standout and River Cats prospect Michael Taylor has “no complaints,” even though he took home only $8K last year. It’s the price of a shot at the big leagues.
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That Championship Season
SN&R reviews a new production by the Actor’s Theatre of Sacramento.
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Fashion on tour
Lauren Bingham and Romy Itzigsohn bring their mobile boutique to Midtown Sacramento.
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Let the trumpets—and politicians—bray
The Light Opera Theatre of Sacramento brings Iolanthe to the 24th Street Theatre.
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Breaking laws of perception
Gay Outlaw has a kick-ass name and exhibits some kick-ass art at the Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento.
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History in the present
Theophilus Brown exhibits at B. Sakata Garo in April.
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Purr-fect buzz
MediZen’s Grand Daddy Purple is a reasonably priced, potent indica.
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End of the wild
A globe-trotting nature writer explores the clash of progress and nature.
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Moving moments
From the United Kingdom, a new book about the anti-globalization movement.
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Growling and howling
Local author Richard St. Ofle’s book mixes poetry with memoir and midlife crisis.
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Local playwright, Louisville production
Sacramento playwright Sandy Richard’s The Dinner gets a Kentucky production.
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To live among the animals
Elliott Rogers lives in a tent, has two chickens, makes a lot of critter-inspired sculptures and is kind of like Snow White.
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Your mouth is as tempting as a fairy-tale apple
A poem by Cynthia Linville of Sacramento.
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For love or mustache?
SN&R’s writer partakes in Anthony’s Barbershop’s third annual Mustache March Contest.
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One to grow on
Cannabis cultivators just a couple hours north of Sacramento face new ordinances, challenges.
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An odd duck takes flight
The Belle of Amherst brings American icon Emily Dickinson to life at the Sacramento Theatre Company.
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Eclectic slides
Small, cute food abounds on Sacramento’s casual menus.
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Culinary stops in Davis
There are several don’t-miss food stops to make when visiting Davis.
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Berry good news
Never mind the methyl iodide; here come the organic strawberries.
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Hot (dang!) cocoa mix
Silly Cow Farms hot cocoa mix doesn’t actually contain any dairy, despite its name.
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Thurs, April 7, Avant
Avant will bring a seductive R&B sound to Sacramento’s Azukar Lounge.
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Fri, April 8, SN&R Jammies
Support youth music by checking out the SN&R Jammies competition at The Refuge.
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Fri, April 8, Dance Gavin Dance
Dance Gavin Dance returns to Sacramento to play Ace of Spades.
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Sat, April 9, Greg Ginn and the Royal We
Former Black Flag frontman Greg Ginn will play an intimate show at the Naked Lounge in downtown Sacramento.
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Sun, April 10, SN&R Jammies
The last 2011 Jammies battle goes down Saturday.
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Mon, April 11, Band of Heathens
Band of Heathens will bring the boogie to PowerHouse Pub in Folsom.
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Thurs, April 14, School of Seven Bells
Electro-pop band School of Seven Bells opens for Interpol at Sacramento’s Crest Theatre.
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Thurs, April 14, Mirah
Mirah will bring intimate vocals and honest lyrics to Sophia’s Thai Kitchen in Davis.
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Slow torture or bro bands?
Jerry Perry unveils the 2011 Concerts in the Park lineup; Brotha Lynch, the CUF and Random Abiladeze all drop albums in the same week.
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Arthur wrecks
Whatever you might think of remakes, they’re rarely this bad.
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Tron: Legacy
Better than the original, for what that’s worth.
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Waste Land
A multiprong focus as it explores the lives of “pickers.”
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Born to Be Wild
Two women, one commitment: Raise orphaned wild animals to adulthood and independence.
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Certified Copy
Romance, thoughtfulness and Juliette Binoche make for one fine film.
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Source Code
Here’s a mash-up of Quantum Leap and Groundhog Day from the director of Moon.
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