Issue: February 27, 2014
Thanks for reading this week's SN&R! Feel free to click the links below,
but don't forget to pick up a newsprint version of the newspaper for
exclusive event picks, columns and cartoons.
The feature story this week: The Beer Issue: Everything you ever wanted
to know about Sacramento's obsession with brew (but were too tipsy and
forgot to ask). Check out the results of SN&R's first local brew
competition, a compilation of Beer Week's top events, and interviews
with the area's up and coming brewers.
Elsewhere in the issue: Janelle Bitker reports on the vote that saved
the UC Davis Aggie, Cosmo Garvin asks why Sacramento County does not
provide online campaign-finance information, Daniel Barns reviews
Russia's first 3-D movie, Ngaio Bealum considers public smoking bans as
they apply to marijuana, and more.
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On how the Sacramento craft beer scene exploded—and will it last?
In less than five years, local breweries have grown by nearly 400 percent.
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Goathouse Brewing Co. is farm to pint
A husband-wife duo gets goose bumps, starts countryside farmhouse brewery in Lincoln.
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Three don't-miss beers for Sacramento Beer Week
You're not getting any Younger. As in Pliny.
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A dozen don't-miss Sacramento Beer Week events
You can't attend every event this year (or can you?).
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Brew are you?
Where to find the regional breweries featured in SN&R’s beer-tasting competition.
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Singles barred: How Sacramento banned craft beer
City’s 18-year-old law still prohibits sale of ‘singles’ in certain neighborhoods.
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On why Sacramento leaders want you to take more ambulance rides
Parking-citation revenue also down as city anticipates various shortfalls.
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Put down the popcorn
Consumers should worry about the Comcast-Netflix deal.
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Readers respond to the Sacramento Kings owning the city, charging fees on special events, and what's wrong with the McKinley Village development.
Letters for February 27, 2014.
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Why should I vote for you?
Let's see a focus on the issues instead of campaigns, donations and election ads.
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Words with friends
Paper Bag Writers is an online literary journal that uses the lowly brown lunch sack as its medium.
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Sacramento County makes it too hard for citizens to learn about campaign finance
No really, show us the money.
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Water, growth, planning and sprawl in California—and the long game
In a thousand years, none of us will be here, but if we make morally sound decisions, the Delta and the surrounding rural valley just might.
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It’s really, really complicated
SN&R reviews a production of Passion by New Helvetia Theatre.
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The Wild Party
SN&R reviews a new production of The Wild Party at the Green Valley Theatre.
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Dance evolution
Stephen Petronio's modern-dance company pushes boundaries of contemporary dance with a constant momentum and energy.
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Eat as the Romans do
Roma's Pizza & Pasta offers pizza, pasta and sandwiches.
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A different kind of food truck
Zaycon Foods offers meat and produce straight from the farm.
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Roll the soup dice
Shine cafe in downtown Sacramento covers vegan appetites on its menu, including a flavorful soup of the day by Sugar Plum Vegan.
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Tom Brosseau and Michael Leahy use the buddy system
Folk singer Tom Brosseau and Crossbill Records founder Michael Leahy reflect on 10 years of friendship.
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Not exactly party music
Phantogram (not Pentagram) entrances the Ace of Spades audience, the Seshen is poised for bigger things, and you definitely don't want to miss Social Studies at Luigi's Fun Garden.
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Back in the USSR
A new Russian film from Fedor Bondarchuk draws inspiration from old and modern Hollywood.
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3 Days to Kill
This remake of the 2013 flick The Family is awful and asinine.
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Winter's Tale
Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe, Will Smith and Jennifer Connelly star in this spectacularly lousy time-traveling flick.
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In the club
Ngaio on the history and future of social pot smoking and Amsterdam-style cannabis clubs.
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Results from SN&R’s first ever Beer Issue competition
A blind panel tasted 16 Sacramento-area breweries brew. Here’s there results:
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West Sacramento's Bike Dog Brewing Company succeeds out of the gate with community-taproom model
On its opening day, West Sacramento's Bike Dog Brewing Company “ran out of glasses and had to run out and get plastic cups. Total mayhem.”
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Best Sacramento-area restaurants, bars and shops for craft beer
These spots won't let you down.
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