Issue: March 17, 2016
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The cover story this week: The struggle is regular. Sacramento rapper
and convicted gang member Mozzy is now one of the music industry's
most-wanted commodities. Can he escape the streets and make it in the biz?
Elsewhere in the issue: Graham Womack scales the controversy behind a
proposed 15-story high-rise in Midtown, Anthony Siino interviews talent
bookers at the city's busiest live-music venues, Rachel Leibrock
discovers the path to free instruments from the Library of MusicLandria,
Jim Lane goes for The Bronze and more.
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Sacramento gangster rapper Mozzy is now one of the music industry’s most wanted commodities
Can he escape the streets and make it in the biz?
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Bars and bullets: On the collision of Sacramento rap and gangs
Who’s breaking through … and who’s getting shot.
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Is proposed 15-story Midtown high-rise Yamanee exciting—or just too darn tall?
Sacramento Planning and Design Commission to consider the project soon.
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California attorney general counts deadly arrests
New data portal is part of A.G.’s criminal justice transparency initiative.
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Sacramento County joins plastic bag bandwagon
Local ordinance would mirror stalled California law.
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On Trump, the Iraq War and how traditional media validates danger and disaster
On Trump, the Iraq War and how traditional media validates danger and disaster.
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Letters for March 17, 2016
Readers weigh in on last week’s issue.
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Friends without benefits
A reader wonders how to end a friendship.
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Supporting youth programs should be a priority
Supporting youth programs should be a priority.
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Buddy Hale and Rachel Freund, co-founders Library of MusicLandria
Hale and Freund give musicians, aspiring or otherwise, the chance to check out musical equipment for free via their Library of MusicLandria.
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The show runners
Three of Sacramento’s top music talent buyers talk success, failure and how a light drizzle can change everything.
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Review: The Shadow Box
SN&R reviews The Shadow Box at Resurrection Theatre.
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Goop for the rest of us
Get that all-natural, fresh-faced Gwyneth lifestyle without so much “conscious uncoupling” from the money in your wallet.
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The Sacramento Ballet’s new moves
The Sacramento Ballet makes its debut at the E. Claire Raley Studio for the Performing Arts.
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A Masterpiece of Comic … Timing
SN&R reviews A Masterpiece of Comic … Timing at 24th Street Theatre.
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7 Homeless Mammoths Wander New England
SN&R reviews 7 Homeless Mammoths Wander New England at Big Idea Theatre.
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Legally Blonde
SN&R reviews Legally Blonde at Runaway Stage Productions.
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Renaissance 916
Greta Gerwig will give the keynote address for this year’s Emerge Summit.
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About a girl
Jenny Manzer’s new young adult novel speculates that Nirvana’s frontman is still alive and living in British Columbia.
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Home plate
Visit Joe Marty’s Bar & Grille for hometown pride and nostalgia, not necessarily the food.
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Kind of fishy
Slice of Broadway is now a health-focused eatery; and a new food truck pops up.
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Drinking about you
Red Rabbit’s Thom Collins is more Pablo Honey than OK Computer.
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Granny approved
Head to Freeport Bakery for a simple cupcake like grandma used to make.
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Sunday feasts
Choose between two big dinners with two distinct feels.
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Springy spears
Asparagus are here, which means it’s already spring.
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Spotlight on salad
Don’t overlook Veg Cafe Bar’s colorful, filling salad.
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House of song
How brothers Alex and Nick Bult designed their new recording studio Milk & Honey as a home for creativity.
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Eight Gigs: The Pikeys
The Pikeys perform traditional Irish tunes with a punk-rock core for the 40th annual Fox & Goose St. Patrick’s Day celebration.
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Eight Gigs: Rita Hosking
Let local Rita Hosking serenade you with country-folk tales.
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Eight Gigs: Legends of Hip Hop
It’s flashback Friday with a concert featuring some of the biggest names of ‘90s hip-hop.
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Eight Gigs: King Woman
Get in on an atheist starter kit of an evening with doom metal and cinematic rock.
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Eight Gigs: The Brothers Comatose
The Comatose Brothers come to town for a West Coast bluegrass party.
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Eight Gigs: Mars and the Massacre
LA Weekly’s best live band of 2014 rolls through town.
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Eight Gigs: Lycus
Get high on misery with the impossibly low-and-slow riffs of Lycus.
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Eight Gigs: San Francisco Symphony: E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
A classic movie gets a classy classical treatment courtesy of the San Francisco Symphony.
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Time is strange
Sacramento native Anton Barbeau returns home with a magic act; and Joseph Kojima Gray rocks out for his birthday.
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Going to the mat
Melissa Ranch wrote and stars in this drama about a foul-mouthed has-been gymnast.
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10 Cloverfield Lane
Hey, a horror movie that’s actually horrifying.
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London Has Fallen
This sequel has double the guilt but only half the guilty pleasure.
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Miracles from Heaven
This Jennifer Garner heaven flick kinda looks like a Lifetime movie.
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The Young Messiah
This film about a young Jesus is dull and flat.
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Cup runneth dry
Denver denies the next High Times Cannabis Cup. What’s the deal with not wanting all of the revenue it brings?
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Sammies program
Celebrating 24 years of Sacramento’s richly diverse music scene.
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