Issue: April 05, 2012
Sure Sacramentans know about the balls-those all-night dance fests where gays of color set out to dance and dazzle with the best of them. They know about the runway sirens; they know about the vogue legends. But they also know the fabulous balls happen in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Vegas-anyplace but here in Sacramento. Some locals are starting to ask: Will this town ever have its own ballroom scene? In this week’s feature, Lien Hoang brings us a look at a slice of Sac’s gay subculture.
And in Frontlines: We’re already building one home for a major sports team—maybe—so why not wonder: Could the Oakland Athletics move to Sacramento? The Major League Baseball season kicks off this week for real; Nick Miller fuels the flames of fandom, fact and fiction. Also this week: James Raia visits a growing local solar-energy firm, Alison Rood ponders playing Nirvana for your kindergartner, and Sac’s editorial board gives reasons for optimism.
Yes, there are still roller rinks out there. Becca Costello reports this week in Arts&Culture on the young and old Sacramentans who’re taking to four wheels and resurrecting the sport of figure skating. Also: Greg Lucas goes for the cannelloni, and Jonathan Kiefer returns to Titanic—in 3-D.
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Going vogue
A hidden world of Sacramento gay ballroom culture redefines sex, skin color and status.
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Bring on the major leagues
If Sacramento builds, will the Oakland Athletics come?
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Why the Davis Dozen?
Campus activists face ‘retroactive’ UC Davis-requested charges for bank blockade.
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Straight out the door
Schubert Flint Public Affairs principal leaves amid Proposition 8 PR controversy.
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Coolest city in California?
Sacramento joins a competition to be the greenest city in California.
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Long may you run
Auntie Ruth extols the values of a long-running automobile—preferably a used one.
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Green growth
A joint UC Davis and UC Berkeley study suggests that openly “green” companies also have healthier stock prices.
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Going mainstream
National solar-energy outfit AEE Solar thrives, expands in Sacramento.
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SN&R Letters 2012-04-05
Sacramento News & Review letter writers respond to the dare of Josh Fernandez, and also chime in on GMOs and former Weathermen.
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Ask Joey: Blue crush
Joey advises a reader to detach from an immature man caught between relationships.
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Smells like a Facebook face-off
Is Nirvana OK for kindergartners?
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Speedy delivery
Melissa Dye, Sacramento’s only female bike messenger, rides up to 100 miles a week.
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Ask a Mexican: Why are food trucks stealing the burrito?
In advance of his new book, Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, the Mexican focuses on the injustices of food trucks and the finer foods of Mexico.
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You’re out of the woods …
Some indicators are looking up for unemployment.
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Time to rise
Instead of criticizing or judging the creator of the Kony 2012 video, we might ask what we can do to help.
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Revealing and disheartening
Trayvon Martin and The Hunger Games: It’s time to talk honestly about race.
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Wheels of fortune
In Sacramento, athletes young and old take to roller rinks to revive the sport of artistic figure skating.
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Talking With …
Eleven local actresses share 11 monologues from Playwright Jane Martin.
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John Barrymore revisited by Sacramento Theatre Company
Sacramento Theatre Company revisits John Barrymore.
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Shakin’ out the blues
The national tour of The Color Purple makes a short midweek stop at Three Stages at Folsom Lake College.
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America’s singing
City Theatre stages a musical about Woody Guthrie—featuring his music—in West Sacramento.
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MOBS goodies
April is a classic month of Movies on a Big Screen.
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Cardiel fanny pack
John Cardiel teams up with Chrome to make a line of travel bags.
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Dance, dance revolution
In the ’60s, Fort Worth Texas teens danced like everyone was watching.
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Refusing to settle
Davis author Pam Houston searches for meaning in life through a narrator named Pam in Contents May Have Shifted.
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Earth angels?
Sacramento’s Guardian Angels strive to keep the peace but still court controversy.
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Vince’s Ristorante: Pass the cannelloni
This longtime Elk Grove Italian restaurant boasts big portions and Mad Men-worthy vibe.
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Miss bread
Senorita bread: She’ll burn your mouth. She’ll break your heart.
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On the radar
Mylapore Ethnic Vegetarian Indian Cuisine in Folsom is another vegan-friendly restaurant to add to your 916 map.
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Country style
Whiskey Dawn covers Merle Haggard, but has a modern edge, too.
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Tsunami of Celine Dion
You saw it 15 years ago. You know how it’s going to end. Here are 5 reasons why you should see Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet splash in the Atlantic Ocean again.
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Power to the (pot) people
Why are more medical-cannabis workers unionizing?
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