Issue: September 15, 2011
Dear SN&R reader!
Apologies for the previous newsletter that was sent to you in error.
In this week's feature, Hugh Biggar asks if Sacramento-area high schools are doing enough to safeguard players from football concussions. With a growing body-count of players suffering from the crippling, long-term effects of head injuries, football officials are now--at long last--moving to better protect players, but the changes have started at the top and are trickling down through colleges to the high school level. That's an age when adolescent brains are more vulnerable to brain-rattling hits. Just how well are Sacramento regional high schools dealing with concussion dangers?
In news this week: Has finding help in California split into haves and have-nots? Amy Yannello reports on the two-tiered mental health system. Also this week, Andrew Bell says the future of an Oak Park McDonald's boils down to the drive-thru, and Cosmo Garvin takes a look at city council name calling in Bites.
In Arts&Culture, Lovelle Harris reports on the surprisingly thriving hustle and grind behind Sac's paper zine scene; Greg Lucas gets Thai'd up at three local eateries; Patti Roberts reviews Freud's Last Session at the B Street Theater; and SN&R staff looks at nominees for Sammies in the music video category.
SN&R Staff
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Head games
Are Sacramento area high schools doing enough to safeguard players from football concussions?
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Two-tiered mental-health system
Has finding help in California split into haves and have-nots?
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Not lovin’ it
A year-long fight to stop yet another McDonald’s from popping up in Oak Park hinges on the fate of a drive-thru window.
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Turn your Prius into a Hummer
Auntie Ruth looks at the tar sands protests in Washington, D.C.
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Bad smells
UC Davis students and experts discuss the environmental impact of fragranced personal care products.
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Eco-friendly, rock ’n’ roll lifestyle
Sacramento legends Cake get behind grassroots effort to save the Delta.
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Letters for September 15, 2011
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Moral heroes and victims
Advice to a reader to tear down his superiority complex.
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Take a stand
Placer County airman gets arrested to send the president a message on Keystone XL.
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Paradigm shift
Sacramento region needs to reshape its job market as state government jobs are cut.
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Busy belly
SN&R talks competitive belly dancing and wardrobe malfunctions with dance instructor Julia Baum.
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A-hole patrol
Redistricting will never be the election issue that Mayor Kevin Johnson and the Sacramento Bee are hoping for.
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Arena three-way still a sketchy proposition
If Sacramento can raise $100 million, what else could we do with that money?
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Lethal force
Recent shooting on Broadway in Sacramento was not as isolated an incident as we might hope.
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Uppity nurses
Why shouldn’t mega-rich financiers begin paying for the rebuilding of America.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Scent of a city
Rachel remembers her grandmother, Fern Gallaway.
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Paper cuts
Sacramento’s print zines challenge readers with alternative viewpoints.
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No Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs
SN&R reviews a new production at Celebration Arts.
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The Drowsy Chaperone
SN&R reviews a new show at Runaway Stage Productions.
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Brews, Beethoven, B-league football
SN&R highlights a handful of events happening in the upcoming week.
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Deadly deal shines at California Stage
Actor’s Theatre of Sacramento gets their thriller on with Strangers on a Train.
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Last ones standing
Tom Perrotta does it again in this novel about the aftermath of the Rapture.
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Itchy creepy thrills
Ben H. Winters finds the horrors close to home in Bedbugs.
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Haiku epic
Julie Otsuka’s second novel, The Buddha in the Attic, is a haiku epic.
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Classic (stage) book
A special book discussion of Frankenstein, plus a chance to see the show, at the Sacramento Theatre Company.
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Pig out in the slow lane
The Slow Beer Movement Dinner puts focus on the food—and off the clock.
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A budtender is born
How and why one downtown Sacramento medical-cannabis employee got into the biz.
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Little, black, lit
A tiny tiny book on medical cannabis stands out among the glut of new pot publications.
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Conversation, God and men
B Street goes Freudian—and Narnian—on us.
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Sacramento foodie’s cookbook will drive locavores wild
Hank Shaw is the go-to guy for hunting, gathering and cooking local food—and his new book proves it.
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Rice is nice
Locally grown—and organic—Calrose brown rice is readily available at farmer’s markets.
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The incredible replaceable egg
Baking without eggs? There are plenty of options for alternatives.
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Viddy this
A peek at the 2011 Sammies “Outstanding Music Video” nominees.
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Not so fast and furious
Sexy people and cars. Really. Oh, and some violence, too.
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Higher Ground
Vera Farmiga makes her directorial debut with a film about Christian fundamentalism that isn’t nasty, mean or smugly superior.
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Point Blank
Hint: See this French thriller. It’s better than the inevitable American re-make.
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Shark Night 3D
3D booty shots, cheesy CGI, and stereotype-eating sharks: This is a resumé builder?
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