Everybody’s trash-talking
Joey advises a reader to listen to—not offer judgment on—her cousin's marital problems.
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Peek inside Witch Room, Sacramento's newest music venue
Cool folks from Submerge Magazine enjoy the new booths at With Room. At events like the opening of a new music venue, everyone likes to…
Sac State to finally study local realignment efforts
In an agreement inked today, Sacramento State University will spend the next year evaluating a criminal rehabilitation program it designed three years ago to make…
More emotion, fewer emoji
Joey advises a reader to explore new methods of communication with her husband.
This weekend's shows
14FRI Those Darn Accordions The Palms Playhouse, 8 p.m., $20 If Jon Arbuckle (Garfield’s human) or Lawrence Welk come to mind when accordion music is…
ESSAY: State needs to spend money to make money
By Seth Sandronsky A wrong assumption reaps a false conclusion. Consider Greg Lucas’ February 6 column (“Budget boomer,” SN&R Capitol Lowdown), which looked at Gov….
Sacramento City Unified to discuss new uses for old classrooms
By Cody Drabble Sacramento school-district officials could decide today what to do with seven buildings that used to educate the city’s students. On February 18,…
Why should I vote for you?
Let's see a focus on the issues instead of campaigns, donations and election ads.
Hugs, not stabs: Sacramento police respond to trio of road rage incidents
There is such a thing as an illegal hug, in case you were wondering. The unwelcome show of intimacy went down during the evening of…
This is a Valentine's Day story about suicide
Valentine’s Day makes me think of committing suicide. Not in a figuratively contrarian, “oh those cynical greeting card companies” sort of way, but because, 10…
Art Mix Prom at the Crocker was way more fun than real prom
So you may have read my rant about prom already, but here’s a quick refresher: High school prom was awkward and lame, and last night…
The post-breakup smackdown
Joey advises a reader to go slow when it comes to relationships, old and new.
Arts funding should reflect Sacramento's diversity
How much public funding should go to arts programs?
Affordable housing advocates settle for a bland bargain
After Chairman Jimmie Yee got done disenfranchising some 20-odd housing advocates with his arbitrary limits on public comment, his fellow conspirators on the Sacramento County…
Does the juice diet work? And other questions about my 14-day detox
A couple weeks ago, I inked a column in SN&R about my own personal new year’s cliché diet: I stopped eating solid food and kicked…
The unlived life
Joey advises a reader to reconsider notions of wealth and success.
The Sacramento Bee focuses on Nevada’s wrongs again … and again
Are California’s policies toward the mentally ill any better?