Issue: April 24, 2014
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The feature story this week: It's the Big 25! On our silver anniversary,
SN&R looks back and flashes forward. Prominent Sacramentans make
predictions for the capital city 25 years from now. SN&R staff
recollects the paper's 25 most memorable cover stories, and newspaper
founder Jeff vonKaenel reflects on 25 years at the helm of Sac's alt
weekly.
Elsewhere in the issue: Alastair Bland reports on morel mushroom hunting
in California's risky burn regions, Dave Kempa investigates
drug-addiction rehabilitation in the era of Obamacare, our food writers
reminisce about Sacramento's bygone restaurants, film critic Daniel
Barnes falls in love with Disneynature's /Bears/ and more.
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Sacramentans share what they think Sacramento should look like in 25 years
SN&R celebrates its silver anniversary by looking forward to 2039.
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U.S. Forest Service bans morel mushroom hunters from prime multimillion-dollar bounty near Rim Fire site
But the moral of the story is that there are plenty of ’shrooms right in Sacramento’s backyard.
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Sacramento heroin addiction on the rise, Affordable Care Act opens doors for recovery
Expansion of Medi-Cal helps addicts afford to quit.
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Letters for April 24, 2014
Readers chime in on cycling in Sacramento.
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Self-love and other lessons
Joey reflects on helping others—and herself—through her advice column.
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Have a little hope
The Earth Day celebration hosted by the Environmental Council of Sacramento inspires hope that we can still save the planet.
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Q-and-A with Sacramento music-scene trailblazer Justin Nordan
The local music promoter talks Sacramento bands, dad fails and what he was doing 25 years ago.
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Sticking around
What the Sacramento media landscape might look like in 25 years.
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Fresh prince of Denmark
Theater Galatea's production of Hamlet is full-immersion 3-D.
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Inventing Van Gogh
SN&R reviews a production by Big Idea Theatre.
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Painting for a purpose
Sacramento painter David Garibaldi to create art in a live performance benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
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A plate of nostalgia
SN&R food critics, past and present, toast the restaurants and food memories they miss from the last quarter-century.
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Munchable mash-up
Two new Asian-fusion eateries have opened in the Sacramento area in the past few months.
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No kitten mitten swapping
The Vegan Swap Party is a sustainable way to shop—and socialize.
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Our hit parade
Ten music writers on 25 years of Sacramento music.
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Where the wild things are
This latest Disneynature flick doesn't break new ground in the nature-doc genre, but it's still enjoyable.
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Dom Hemingway
Jude Law gives his best performance in years in this story about an aging criminal.
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A Haunted House 2
Rape, race and butchered house-pet jokes. Yep, it's another Wayans joint.
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Heaven Is for Real
Greg Kinnear stars in this preachy flick about a child who claims a bona fide come-to-Jesus moment.
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Make Your Move
Derek Hough stars in this stale and predictable flick about an underground Brooklyn dance club.
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420 to the future
Ngaio looks at the next 25 years of marijuana.
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