Issue: December 22, 2011
Greetings SN&R readers,
Just in time for the holiday weekend, we offer Sacramento-based holiday fiction from noted author and longtime SN&R contributor Todd Walton. Follow the tale of Max, Carla, and (especially) Dylan, as they each discover what it means to "occupy" the Christmas spirit in word and deed.
In Frontlines: The city has unveiled its draft Climate Action Plan, an ambitious set of proposals to curb Sacramento's greenhouse gas pollution. But the success of the CAP depends on lot on the political fortitude of the Sacramento City Council. Will they match their green talk with action? Also in news: arenas, strong mayor, KJ, oh my. Bites contemplates the coming election
blockbuster and asks "Who the hell is Carmichael Dave?" In green, Sacramento loves Priuses (Prii?). And in opinion, the feds crack down on pot dispensaries just as they consider giving the patent for medical cannabis to pharmaceutical companies. Coincidence?
Scrambling to finish last-minute holiday shopping? Relax - our writers did all the hard work, scouring local shops and services for those quirky, perfectly personalized gifts. Read all about it in Arts&Culture. And SN&R film critic Jonathan Kiefer examines the second book-to-film turn of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, while SN&R stage critic Jeff Hudson finds the holiday spirit with Capital Stage co-founder Peter Mohrmann.
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Occupy Christmas
A Sacramento holiday fictional tale of judgment and desire, love and change.
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Climate choice
City talks a good game on climate plan, but will it follow through?
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Welfare cuts deep, possibly deeper
California’s safety net took its worst cuts this year. Some lawmakers want more.
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Arts and sports
Community Center Theater money won’t be diverted to the proposed Kings arena.Sacramento nonprofits facing shortage of holiday donations.
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Finding feathers
Christmas Bird Count helps provide data for scientists.
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Letters for December 22, 2011
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Who was he dating online when?
Advice to a reader to question her appetite for destruction.
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Tower, a love story
Unabashed admiration from a predisposed witness at Tower Cafe.
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Positive spin
Placerville artist Lexi Boeger shows us around her new Pluckyfluff studio, where yarn and pop culture intersect.
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A south-of-the-border gift guide
The Mexican shares a bevy of gifts to educate your loved ones.
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PLA with their heads
Why the feds really cracked down on medical pot.
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Goodbye to all that
There are just some things about 2011 that should be put in a time capsule and buried forever.
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Grab and gift
The 12 last-minute gifts for a Sacramento Christmas.
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The not-so-quiet guy
Capital Stage’s Peter Mohrmann has a long Sacramento acting and directing history. SN&R gets him to talk about it.
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Voices of experience
Celebration Arts keeps it simple with a show about the value of memory and stories.
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American Sahara
William deBuys’ A Great Aridness is a warning—with examples—about the future of climate change in the American Southwest.
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Out of the garden
You’ll almost believe East Germany as Eden once you meet this troubled couple.
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Ready for the big one
Lake Tahoe’s Matthew Stein can help you be prepared for whatever disaster might happen.
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Streamers to cap Resurrection’s 2012 season
It’s one kind of decoration that a paratrooper never wants to see.
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SN&R New Year’s Party Planner
The SN&R guide to ringing in year 2012.
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Eat, pray—and love
West Sacramento’s Pooja Indian Grill is deserving of an appetite.
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New local food blogs
Great new ideas from Sacramento-area food bloggers.
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Eating wild venison
Wild game like venison has the added advantage of reminding us of the work we once put into our food.
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Saving face
Avalon Organics Vitamin C moisturizers are essential for wintertime skin care.
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X hits the spot
Pearl Jam, Chilean punk fans, ’70s anger—just another 30 years for the definitive Los Angeles punk outfit.
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Men who hate women
Brutal violence, a brooding and cheeky mood, a technically exacting method, and a temperature that is decidedly not warm.
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