Issue: May 12, 2011
Hello SN&R reader!
This week, learn on our cover about the Sacramento video game mogul who runs KlickNation. He wants you to play his way on Facebook ... and to the extreme. Elsewhere in this week's issue, find SN&R's usual news, opinion, arts, music and food coverage.
Happy reading,
SN&R staff
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Leveling up
The secret of Midtown Sacramento’s Facebook gaming mogul Mark Otero’s success is taking things to the extreme.
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Health-care rollout
SN&R talks health-care reform with California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones.
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Evidence, shmevidence
UC Davis professor Dr. Patricia Turner assures that secrets, lies, legends and rumors live on despite facts.
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Sac State Four spared
Sacramento State issues a warning to the Sac State Four; the city keeps six pools open this summer.
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Get your goat
Auntie Ruth ponders giving livestock as birthday presents.
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The eco app
Al Gore’s book, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis, gets the app treatment.
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Letters for May 12, 2011
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Too much time off
Is your sister’s husband lazy, or are you jealous of his freedom?
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Paradise Beach
Reflections on a small stretch of sand along the American River.
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Men don high heels to raise sexual-assault awareness
WEAVE’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event challenges Sacramento men to trek a mile in spike heels.
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Wheels to reels
Pedal Hard heads up tricks at the Bicycle Film Festival.
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The United States of Mexico?
The Mexican talks politics and learning another language.
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The Tower is saved
Time for the Tower to declare victory in the theater wars. And Sacramento needs your help in redistricting.
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One grid, one seat
Midtown Sacramento should be represented in the redrawing of the districts.
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What makes a good death?
SN&R enlists its readers for views on the taboo subject of death.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Regular gals
Don’t hate Gwyneth Paltrow because she’s beautiful.
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Community gets creative
Jazz, improv, poetry and other juices will be In the Flow during Ross Hammond’s fourth annual all-things-inspired music festival.
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Celebrating Our Lives
SN&R reviews a new production by the Lambda Players.
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
SN&R reviews a new musical show by Runaway Stage Productions.
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Extraordinary Things: Through the Eyes of Anne Frank
SN&R reviews a new production at the B Street Theatre.
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Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train
SN&R reviews a new production at Capital Stage.
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Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure
SN&R reviews a new production at the Sacramento Theatre Company.
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Freedom isn’t free (just 10 bucks)
KDVS delivers with Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom Festival XI at Plainfield Station in Woodland.
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Fever pitch
Raley Field is hosting a trio of exciting events this weekend.
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Freakin’ at the adults-only show
Resurrection Theatre takes all the kid stuff out of Shel Silverstein and leaves the nasty bits.
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Some kind of glory
Thekla Hammond shows her ethereal abstract paintings at the Art Foundry.
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Alternative pasts
This is your last chance to see Roberta Price’s documentary photographs of mid-20th-century counterculture at the Richard L. Nelson Gallery.
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They’re animals
A group show with an animalistic theme is on display at Tangent Gallery through the month of May.
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Acting up in Afghanistan
Sometimes it takes an “ugly American” to get the job done.
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Missing person
Kyung-sook Shin’s novel takes four narrators to create one person.
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Shaken and stirred
When the Cascadia subduction zone lets loose, the West Coast will be toast.
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Finding Bottom
The Roseville Theatre Arts Academy takes Shakespeare under the sea.
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The right light
The color palette of Mark L. Emerson’s jazzy abstract paintings reflects Sacramento’s atmosphere.
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Rock history lives?
A night at the Dixon May Fair with ’60s rock “legends.”
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Sacramento Ballet springs into dance
Don’t miss these opportunities to see the Sacramento Ballet’s spring programs.
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Bite at the museum
Go for the tequila and jalapeño margarita. Stay for the mole and small plates.
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Garden of eatin’
It’s not too late to plant tomatoes if you buy starters.
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Deconstructed dessert
Lounge on 2.0 takes desserts to another level.
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Smitten by a snail
Many Sacramento abalone fans regularly make the trip to dive for the sea snails on the North Coast.
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Bow Chick-O wow wow
Gas stations are apparently the dispensary of choice for Butterfinger-like peanut-butter candy bars Chick-O-Sticks.
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Frequency anniversary
Student-run KSSU radio at Sac State celebrates two decades.
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Fri, May 13, Jammies 2011
The 2011 Jammies goes down at the Crest Theatre.
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Fri, May 13, Pegi Young
Pegi Young steps out of her husband’s shadow.
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Sat, May 14, Brian McKnight
Brian McKnight will tell his story through soulful music at Cache Creek in Brooks.
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Tues, May 17, Combichrist
Combichrist at Ace of Spades downtown.
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Wed, May 18, Vieux Farka Touré
Vieux Farka Touré will bring world music and blues to The Center for the Arts in Grass Valley.
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Thurs, May 19, Trampled by Turtles
Trampled by Turtles at Harlow’s.
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Thurs, May 19, Benny Benassi
Italian deejay and producer Benny Benassi visits Sacramento’s District 30.
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Three-gig weekend bender
Who Cares impresses at Ace of Spades, KnifeThruHead shreds at Distillery and Crystal Stilts rides the chillwave at Sol Collective.
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No shit, Spurlock
Is it really “selling out” if you do it intentionally?
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Casino Jack
Spacey: Too bad for too long to have ever been good.
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Tracy & Hepburn: The Definitive Collection
Three of nine ain’t bad if you’re a baseball player.
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Bridesmaids
Kristen Wiig knows how to write a good comedy—and act in one, too.
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Everything Must Go
It’s a little sluggish, but Will Ferrell does well in this adaptation of a Raymond Carver short story.
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Jumping the Broom
The comedy’s not great, but the domestic drama is very strong.
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Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today
The first big war-crimes trial as documentary.
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