Issue: February 25, 2016
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The cover story this week: The Beer Issue. Celebrate Sacramento Beer
Week with SN&R's picks for brewery of the year and don't-miss beer
events! Plus, dive into the city's hops obsession and find out what
happens when your favorite microbrewery goes macro.
Elsewhere in the issue: Raheem F. Hosseini reports on the surprising
shutdown of the city's only youth homeless shelter, Bev Sykes gives our
highest rating to B Street Theatre's new production of /Frankenstein/,
Ngaio Bealum addresses the taxation of medical marijuana, Joey Garcia
advises a reader on the ethics of casual dating and more.
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It’s Beer Week!
Sacramento Beer Week is upon us! Accordingly, we’ve brewed up our annual Beer Guide to help you through.
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Corti Brothers is SN&R’s Inaugural Best Bottle Shop of the Year
RoCo Wine & Spirits makes our Runner-Up award for wild enthusiasm.
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SN&R’s inaugural Brewery of the Year is Track 7 Brewing Co.
SN&R’s co-runner-up Breweries of the Year: Berryessa Brewing Co. and Mraz Brewing Co.
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SN&R picks its favorite events for 2016 Sacramento Beer Week
A dozen!
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Observations of a beer dummy
Six local beers, one uninformed writer and a blind taste test: What could go right?
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Capitol Beer and Tap Room is SN&R's Beer Bar of the Year
Final Gravity is the runner-up Beer Bar of the Year.
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On beer drinkers obsssion with Pliny the Younger, triple IPAs and extra hoppy brews
February has become de facto triple IPA season in Sacramento and throughout California.
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Bottles and cans
A guide to regional craft-beer bars and bottle shops.
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Brew the right thing
So many local breweries. Here's a directory!
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What happens when your favorite craft brewery sells out? Legendary brewers and experts discuss.
Founder of Lagunitas: “If you aren’t part of what’s happening, you’re a part of what happened.”
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Sacramento’s only homeless shelter for adolescent youth forced to close
Wind Youth Services’ sudden program suspension catches city, county officials by surprise.
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Hundreds converge on city school board meeting to fight for higher teacher salaries
Pay relative to other districts, vacancies pointed to as reasons for raise.
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Debunking seven more myths about Sacramento’s latest homelessness debate
Bad choices, laziness and a lack of solutions: Laying to rest some of society’s cruel assumptions about Sacramento’s most vulnerable.
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16-year-old implicated in the shooting death of Sacramento’s JJ Clavo
Suspect was in juvenile hall for an unrelated crime.
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Shirey, Hudson headline civil exodus
Sacramento losing a half-dozen of its top administrators.
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On empathy and homeless “riff-raff”
Maybe one day certain San Francisco techies can learn to feel it.
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Letters for February 25, 2016
A reader weighs in on the importance of solving the homelessness crisis for children.
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Grand illusions
Joey advises a grandmother to not confuse her family role with the actual relationships.
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SN&R’s CEO: I feel the Bern, but is that enough?
The difference between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders is that Hillary gets things done.
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Jennie Jasperson and Chloe Chang, high school students helping the homeless
The pair runs the Happy Homeless Project, a Humans of New York style of blog that profiles the homeless.
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Review: Happy Armenians
SN&R reviews a new production from the Vista Players at the California Stage Company.
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Review: Frankenstein
SN&R reviews B Street Theatre’s production of Frankenstein.
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Artfully employed
Cultivate some new skills for the creative career you’ve been dreaming about at your desk.
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Defective thinking
Christopher Titus’ comedy proves dysfunction is a necessary function.
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The Last Five Years
SN&R reviews Green Valley Theatre’s production of The Last Five Years.
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It’s kind of a funny story
Keith Lowell Jensen will tape a new comedy special at the Harris Center for the Arts.
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Film for thought
The Crocker Art Museum hosts an Ai WeiWei-related documentary screening and Q&A.
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Get that pasta fix
Adamo’s is a friendly neighborhood bistro for that pasta fix.
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Chando’s FTW
Chando’s rolls out its first ceviche, and yes, it’s a winner.
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Taste the rainbow
No matter the color, guavas make for a healthy habit.
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Rad radish kimchi
Don’t give up on the kimchi food trend until after trying radish kimchi by San Francisco-based Sinto Gourmet.
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Brave Season ditches the album game with its new ‘Single Series’
How Brave Season’s singer whittled the band down to the basics.
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Eight Gigs: David Lindley
Season world musician David Lindley comes through Harlow’s.
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Eight Gigs: Bob Cheevers
The singer-songwriter returns home for a two-night, friend-filled engagement.
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Eight Gigs: Be Brave Bold Robot
Be Brave Bold Robot, Bellygunner and Yours Truly Michelle perform at Fox & Goose.
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Eight Gigs: Hippie Sabotage
Sacramento-raised brothers Hippie Sabotage play a hometown show on their extensive national tour.
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Eight Gigs: Johnny Marr
Influential English guitarist Johnny Marr stops through Sacramento on his California tour.
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Eight Gigs: Ani DiFranco
Follow the “Little Folksinger” Ani Difranco down the musical rabbit hole.
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Eight Gigs: Children of Bodom
Finnish Metal band Children of Bodom play with local band Graveshadow at Ace of Spades.
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Eight Gigs: Summer Twins
Summer, fun and harmonies are the key ingredients with Riverside Burger Records garage-pop band Summer Twins.
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DIY punk and surprises
The Bananas throw a ‘90s-esque record store show, Contra shockingly releases an EP and First Festival announces its lineup.
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Unconquering hero
Taron Egerton is the worst best skier in this semi-true story about an ’80s-era Olympian.
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Hail, Caesar!
Hmmm, OK then, it’s time for some Coen brothers acidity and post-war hypocrisy.
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The Lady in the Van
Maggie Smith is great, of course, but the rest borders on icky.
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Son of Saul
This Hungarian WWII-era film is up for an Oscar but don't let that fool you.
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Touched with Fire
Katie Holmes and Luke Kirby are hospital patients in love.
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Medicinal taxation
Why is cannabis the only medicine that California seems comfortable with taxing?
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