Issue: February 23, 2012
YOUR ARENA CLIFF'S NOTES: Ever since Chris Lehane, executive director of arena-booster organization Think Big Sacramento, declared that a new Sacramento Kings arena downtown would be the biggest thing for Sacramento since the transcontinental railroad, SN&R has suspected that the hype around a sports facility might be getting a bit overblown. Still, there's a big vote at City Council coming on Tuesday, February 28, and details of a possible agreement between the city, the Maloof family and the NBA are finally, finally becoming public this week. SN&R has the Cliff’s Notes for when the much anticipated "term sheet" hits the streets.
THIS WEEK'S FEATURE: Sacramento may be home to a cellar-dwelling NBA squad, but if there’s one thing this town does well, its beer. This is our roots-many argue the city was built on brewery money-but it also speaks to our denizens laissez-faire penchant for kicking back with a cold one, maybe? Anyway, gypsy brewers and brewery tap rooms are popping up throughout the region. So, just in time for Sacramento Beer Week, SN&R looks at the latest in locally made beers.
Yes, even Sacramento gets Fashion Week. This doesn't mean you have to burn all your threads that are more than a decade old. But it does mean you have to read Kari Shipman - of Juniper James' fame - on some of her favorite local designers. Also this week in Arts&Culture: Jonathan Mendick gives the Kings a report card (shocker: they're not getting any money from papa), Becca Costello asks Ross Hammond why Sacramento hates jazz music, SN&R intern Valentin Almanza interviews Pangaea Two Brews Café's James Anderson for Beer Week, and Patti Roberts says the California Stage production of The Idea Man is thoughtful and wickedly funny.
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Sacramento Beer Week highlights new brew movement
A surge of local beer companies and ‘gypsy brewers’ has Sacramentans hopping on the indie-beer trend.
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Thinking big for dummies: A guide to the coming Kings arena-pocalypse
Will city council approve a new home for the Kings?
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Find out where Sacramento’s new breweries are
The lowdown on some of the new breweries that are popping up in the greater Sacramento region.
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Sacramento Catholics speak out against birth-control stance
Sacramento Catholics left scratching heads by Church’s birth-control policy.
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More Sacramentans using California’s food-stamp program
Low enrollment rates still cost region hundreds of millions.
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Best 10 days you may never remember
Or sipping from the fountain of youth that is Pliny the Younger at Sacramento Beer Week.
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Strawberry jaded
Email the governor and politely reminded him to save the strawberries.
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Grant brings funds for electric-vehicle promotion
Sacramento receives a grant to create a Capital Area Plug-in Electric Vehicle Coordinating Council.
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Day as a bird
Our writer visits a Fairfield bird rescue hospital and a new compassion takes flight.
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SN&R Letters 2012-02-23
Readers chime in on how richly teachers are being paid, pedestrian safety and driving while using marijuana.
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Ask Joey: Don’t steal these words
Joey advises a reader to stop worrying about getting credit where credit is due.
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Big carbon bubble
Bill MicKibben explains that the carbon bubble will make the 2007 housing bubble look like a lark.
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Seeking solutions for hungry in California
Overly complicated food-stamps system robs state of $4 billion.
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Behind the brews
In celebration of Beer Week, James Anderson of Pangaea Two Brews Cafe reveals the merits of IPA suicides and the hidden danger of Hefeweizens.
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Shredding schools and sidestepping gay marriage
Bites takes on school closures, misleading campaign ads and Kevin Johnson’s lame excuse on marriage equality.
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Why Catholic bishops are wrong on contraception
Why the bishops are wrong in the battle over contraception.
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Gas costs much more than pump price
Think you’re feeling pain at the pump? Imagine the real cost of the gas in your tank.
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Education reform is possible
Keep it simple to improve Sacramento schools.
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Pinterest brings guilt of what could be
Social-media site shows off all the things I don’t have time or money to do.
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Five local designers show off style for Sacramento Fashion Week
A quick hit of local designers during Sacramento Fashion Week.
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The Idea Man
California Stage opens a prize-winning play that pits the workers versus the bosses in a NorCal premiere.
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The Dance on Widow’s Row
Celebration Arts’ latest, The Dance on Widow’s Row, could use more work.
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Kings mid-season report card
A breakdown of the first half of the Sacramento Kings’ season.
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Japanese Bento Box Banana Case
Because nothing is worse that a squishy banana.
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Scent of a family
Sacramento Candle Company crafts scents to take you far and away.
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Prints of the city
Decorate your home with an artistic map print of Sacramento.
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Locke liver feed packs in diners
Locke’s annual liver feed dates back 25, 30 or 40 years—maybe even 50.
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Crepe Escape: Totally creped out
This East Sacramento crepe place is big on meal options and, oh yeah, crepes.
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Green in the kitchen
It’s season for asparagus and pea shoots.
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Hmong video stores offer cinema and salad
Some of Sacramento’s best papaya salad can be purchased in Hmong video stores.
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Raising the bar
Grass Valley-based Frontier Angel Soap offers cleanliness and olfactory satisfaction in every bar.
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Whatever Lola wants
Ross Hammond on his daughter as inspiration and the state of the local jazz scene.
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When push comes to shove
This examination of life in contemporary Iran has a good shot an the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Film Clip: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
You’d think Hell would be able to produce a more interesting hero.
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Film Clip: The Secret World of Arietty
Don’t borrow boredom—skip this one and Netflix the 1997 version instead.
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Film Clip: This Means War
If this is what the CIA is up to, no wonder the country’s in trouble.
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Film Short: Safe House
Ryan Reynolds as a marathoner and Denzel Washington not working very hard still equal a movie that’s only a wannabe.
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Medical marijuana apps on the rise
Despite the federal crackdown, the 420 tech industry continues to expand.
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Medical marijuana apps on the rise
Despite the federal crackdown, the 420 tech industry continues to expand.
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