Issue: October 11, 2012
Get ready for fall movies with SN&R's in-house critics Jonathan Kiefer and Jim Lane in this week's feature. The two screen guys exchange wit and wisdom--some questionable, some not--about upcoming features to look for in your local multiplex this season.
In Frontlines, James Raia finds a good brain to pick about local politics: former Sacramento mayor Anne Rudin. Also in Frontlines, Joaquin Palomino looks at Proposition 34 and our back-and-forth battle with the death penalty in California. All that, plus Cosmo Garvin's Bites at Sac City Council candidate Allen Warren--and SN&R's editorial board--while Nick Miller goes Midtown&Down all over the proposed cheesy new name for the Downtown Mall.
In Arts&Culture, KOLT Run Creations is diving into the deep end, local theater-wise, with a site-specific production in--of all things--the swimming pool in the basement of the Elks Tower. Kel Munger explains. Also: reviews of Next to Normal at New Helvetia Theatre and The Price at the B Street Theatre (and don't forget to check out online extras); plus special Sammies coverage; and our monthly d'ART arts coverage for Second Saturday.
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SN&R’s poppin’-fresh fall movie preview
SN&R film critics Jonathan Kiefer and Jim Lane burn up the instant-message-chat window riffing on fall's best, worst and weirdest flicks.
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SN&R’s interview with former Sacramento Mayor Anne Rudin
Former Sacramento Mayor Anne Rudin chats with SN&R on the Kings, Romney vs. Obama, using email in your 80s and the strong-mayor initiative.
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Debate to the death
Capital punishment is out of favor nationwide; Proposition 34 poll numbers reveal underwhelming support to ban death penalty.
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Don’t be a yokel
Auntie Ruth rants on why one should vote green.
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Supercharged sedan
Tesla Motors' newly released Supercharger solves several vehicle-charging problems in innovative—and green—ways.
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Environmental group targets restore Hetch Hetchy lawmaker
Sierra Club says U.S. Rep. Dan Lungren's Hetch Hetchy love is far removed from his terrible environmental record.
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Catch a fall flick, bust the drudgery
Fall is finally here: It's time to take a break from the news cycle and indulge in some movie-time fun.
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Love, work style
Joey advises a reader to understand the psychology of affairs.
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Teaching compassion
The Rev. Gregory Boyle's Homeboy Industries offers hope to former gang members and recently incarcerated men and women.
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Purveyors of breasts and eggs
The Mexican can’t find any chickens on CNN en Español and draws many comparisons between Irish and Mexican immigrants.
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Dial M, not for money
Sacramento charter commission looks to be less a distraction than Allen Warren’s campaign finances.
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Vote Dr. Ami Bera
SN&R endorses Dr. Ami Bera in the 7th Congressional District.
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Why the secret donors?
A local journalist calls for donor transparency with education advocacy.
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Mmmkay? Nope.
On cheesy nicknames for grid hot spots and big cheddar for city-council hopefuls.
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Everybody into the pool
KOLT Run Creations’ epic staging of Vinegar Tom takes on the history of women, water and witchcraft.
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Grind bones, wracking coughs
Big Idea Theatre offers up a very literary ghost story in The Ogre.
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Ozzie, Harriet and meds
New Helvetia Theatre offers up an electric production of Next to Normal.
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Like W-A-T-E-R for children
The Sacramento Theatre Company opens its season with a classic: The Miracle Worker.
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You must go home again
B Street Theatre does justice to Arthur Miller’s The Price.
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Sammies. Friday night. Ace of Spades.
Sammies Festival and Music Awards is Friday, October 12, at Ace of Spades!
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Silent elegy
Viewpoint Photographic Art Center presents the photography of Bruce MacDougall.
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The stories in their eyes
Gallery 2110 presents the paintings of GayLynn Ribeira.
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Animal collective
These cute felt animal masks make Halloween costumes easy.
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Fire in your belly
Tako Korean BBQ's spicy pork tacos are heart-melting, lip-burning goodness.
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Gambler’s hope
A new book chronicles America's history as the land of something for nothing.
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No hangover required
La Victoria Mercado y Carniceria No. 2 dishes up soups, tacos and hair-of-the-dog-ready menudo.
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Wrong track
Karl Strauss Brewing Company lives the fantasy of Disneyland for the real brew world—with some hiccups.
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Eat more, give more
Sacramento food trucks help raise money for the American River Parkway Foundation’s Truckin’ on the River event.
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Compassionate as a pig
Be a hero, like this quick-thinking swine, by hoofing it at Farm Sanctuary’s Walk for Farm Animals on October 20.
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Drinkin’ music
The Carly DuHain Band makes music best paired with beer, love and heartbreak.
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Street-poet steez
Swedish filmmaker, an iPhone, an unknown Mexican-American rocker who's a hit in South Africa, and it's a documentary of international goodness.
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Frankenweenie
A live-action short gets, uh, reanimated by Tim Burton.
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Here Comes the Boom
Seriously. Kevin James is funny. He deserves better material.
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Seven Psychopaths
Very funny but not for the squeamish. Think In Bruges, only more so.
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Know before you grow pot at your home
Ngaio asks attorney James Anthony on the dos and don'ts of home growing. Plus, can you pass a drug test after helping someone harvest?
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