New Year’s Day is usually pretty rough. We know from experience. This year, keep your PJs on and head to Torch Club at 2 p.m., where there will be a complimentary breakfast bar (with eggs, bacon, etc.), $5 bloody Marys and $4 mimosas! Mind X will be providing some live tunes from 2—5 p.m., and later in the evening John Lee Hooker Jr. will perform. Come get rid of that New Year’s hangover the good old-fashioned way: by drinking more!

The E:motion Dance Ensemble is bringing their live full-length rendition of the movie that created a phenomenon, The Rocky Horror Show, to the Guild Theatre on Dec. 30, 2010—Jan. 1, 2011. Live music, hot dancing, cool multimedia elements and legit lighting will make this a night to remember. There are four shows, one on Dec. 30 at 7 p.m., two on New Year’s Eve (one at 7 p.m. and one at 11 p.m.) and one on Jan. 1 at 11 p.m. For more information and to buy tickets in advance, visit www.emotiondanceensemble.com.

Our friends at Sacramento Comedy Spot are combining comedy, dancing and everyone’s favorite clothing items, pajamas, to celebrate the New Year. Throughout the night there will be short comedy shows, dancing, a midnight countdown, party games and yes, the “dress code” will be strictly enforced. So bust out those slippers and onesies, this might just be the comfiest New Year’s Eve ever! $20 per person includes drinks and snacks. Party starts at 9 p.m. Sacramento Comedy Spot is located at 1050 20th Street, Suite 130.

By Submerge Staff

The holidays are right around the corner, and you know what that means: it’s time to shop! Oh holiday shopping; for some, it’s a fun occasion, even joyous. For others, “torturous” might be a better word. If you fall into the latter category, then you’ve come to the right place. Welcome to the 2010 Submerge Holiday Gift Guide, your source for all sorts of great local buys this season. We went around to some of our favorite places in town and hand selected these items to show you that holiday shopping doesn’t have to suck. In fact, if you try to spend your money locally in shops like these on items this cool and unique, we’re pretty sure you’ll shift over into that first category and be having fun whilst hacking down your shopping list in no time. Remember, keep it local and tell ‘em Submerge sent you.

For men, watches are a symbol of their sensibilities. Bright and architectural, the Daytimer by Will Alsop for Alessi is a fine symbol and great gift for that special guy, with a bit of flare and style. $120, available in orange, purple, green or black, at Lumens, 2028 K Street, Sacramento.

These locally handmade pillows are great for a funky snuggle pillow, or a dudely accent to any man-lair. $26 each, available at Spanglish Arte, 905 23rd Street Suite 2, Sacramento.

A nice, clean hookah is a must-have for any man-cave or college student’s home. $79.99, available at The Outer Limits, 2540 Cottage Way, Sacramento.

Get your favorite lady an auxiliary cord installation to her car’s factory stereo and you’ll be able to plug your iPod or iPhone in for some killer car-ride jams. No more bad chick music when you’re driving. $160 for iS77 by iSimple at Audio Express, 2003 Arden Way, Sacramento (some cases may require an antenna installation, $15).

Some like it knitted. Great tube neck scarves are simple, soft, warm and adorned with winter forestry-chic buttons. Vegan and by Late to the Revolution. $35 at Never Felt Better Vegan Shop, 2315 1/2 K St., Sacramento.

For those interested in the decorative arts, or just like conversation pieces, this giant vintage lighter (circa 1960) is the perfect gift. $36, available at Fringe, 2409 21st Street, Sacramento. (Functioning, lighter fluid needed.)

Shiny, fine jewelry is great, but even better when its got an attitude. Heads up pennies, a pink gem-encrusted clover and a gun? Sure, why not? This locally handmade necklace is a great splurge gift for an edgy lady, with fine taste. By Lucky 7. $135, available at Fringe, 2409 21st Street, Sacramento.

Got a bunch of vinyl records that you want to convert to MP3s? The Numark PT-01 USB is the most convenient way to digitize your vinyl. It’s rugged, it’s portable (can run off batteries and has an external speaker) and it’s affordable. $120, available from Phono Select, 2312 K Street, Sacramento.

Fragrances make great gifts, if you’ve got the guts to be bold. Generally fragrance is a good gift for those you know very well. Observe what type of fragrance normally worn (sweet, warm, fresh, floral, musky, light, rich), and there will be a similar, but exquisite fragrance by Tokyomilk. The smell of satisfaction: Dead Sexy and Honey & the Moon are two deliciously enticing scents. $29, available at Fringe, 2409 21st Street, Sacramento.

Girls love hair accessories; especially ones that add a pop of color, some pizzazz and are locally designed and created. Aerisk by Nancy Wong. $12 and $18, available at Sugar Shack, 2425 J Street, Sacramento.

Get this year’s hottest video game, Call of Duty: Black Ops, for less than you would at any big box store. Other places are selling it for $59.99 but Dimple Records has it for $54.99, available for PS3, XBOX 360 and Wii at all Dimple locations.

Tiki mugs from Tiki Farm are a fantastic addition to anyone’s kitchen (at home or at the office). Collectable, usable and cute as heck, what more could you ask for? $15 to $25, available at Swanberg’s, 2316 J Street, Sacramento.

Nothing says, “I’m stylin,’” like a nice pair of shades! It might be cold and rainy right now, but when the sun pops out, you’ll be ready with these hip Ray-Bans. $139, available at Swanberg’s, 2316 J Street, Sacramento.

Intricate locally handmade leather flower bracelets are perfect for an eclectic gal, or your little sister. $14 each, available at Spanglish Arte, 905 23rd Street Suite 2, Sacramento.

Invite your favorite artist to get their feet wet in “mural arts” with a few cans of MTN paint in various colors with several different spray caps. This handmade paint is from Spain. $6.90 to $7.70 for various spray paint colors and types; large caps 3 for $1, small caps 6 for $1, available at Artifacts, 905 K Street, Sacramento.

Warmth & Sound. Adorable knitted headphones by Late to the Revolution are a trifecta of headphones, earmuffs and headband; and vegan. $35, available at Never Felt Better Vegan Shop, 2315 1/2 K St., Sacramento.

People like the instant gratification of using received gifts as soon as possible. A recycled flattened bottle plate/tray is perfect for holiday festivities for cheese, nuts, fruit and crackers. Plus it’s just a great piece. Any entertainer, younger and less young, would adore this gem. By Bottlehood, $24, available at Fringe, 2409 21st Street, Sacramento.

Everybody loves electronic accessories! Local performing artist David Garibaldi has joined up with Lux Mobile to create a line of iPhone and iPad cases featuring his signature painting style. Give a smart case: Einstein iPhone 3G/3GS & iPhone 4. $24.99, available at Best Buy.

There is no accessory that sticks closer to a man than his wallet. They get touched, used, showed and stuffed in pockets often. A wallet needs to be soft but sturdy, serious but stylish. If your dude needs a wallet, you’ll be setting him up proper with this keyboard stamped leather wallet by Qwerty. $44 at Ladybug Ladybug, 2512 J Street, Sacramento.

Cold War Kids

Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 – Harlow’s – Sacramento

Before Cold War Kids took the stage in front of the tightly packed crowd at Harlow’s, audience member Valerie Valdez scanned the set list to see what the band had in store for her Thursday night. As soon as she realized her favorite songs weren’t there, she did what any fan would do and made her song request on a used napkin. It said in scribbles, “Hi guys, ‘We Used to Vacation’ [and] ‘St. John,’ Pleez” and placed it right by their set list, so the band would take notice.

After an opening set from We Barbarians, Cold War Kids took the stage with a roar from the audience and immediately went into their new songs, “Royal Blue” and “Finally Begin.” When they started to play a familiar tune, “Mexican Dogs,” the audience couldn’t help but rock their heads to the beat and join the band in singing the vocals.

The audience seemed to be pleasantly surprised that their set mostly centered around their upcoming third album, Mine is Yours, including new tracks, “Louder Than Ever,” “Audience,” “Bulldozer” and “Upside Down,” which resemble the same raw sounds as their 2006 album, Robbers & Cowards. But as soon as the audience recognized “Hang Up to Dry,” there was not a mouth in sight that wasn’t echoing the lyrics right back at the musicians.

The indie rock group was completely focused on their music as each member lost himself while performing. Frontman Nathan Willett not only sang with his bluesy voice but banged away on an old brown piano. At one point, drummer Matt Aveiro was drumming with a drumstick, a maraca and a shaker with beads. Bassist Matt Maust seemed to be in a trance while he used the entire stage, almost colliding into band mate Jonnie Russell. Throughout the set the two members often played their instruments face to face within inches of each other, as if they were the only two people in the entire venue.

Even though the crowd seemed to be unfamiliar with the new tunes, bassist Matt Maust said he likes to stick to playing the new songs.

“It’s who we are right now,” explained Maust after the show, with his arms crossed. Maust admitted that before the show he decided to do a little antique shopping around town. The bass player said he feels a little dislocated in the city of Sacramento because he gets more of a “folksy” vibe from local residents as if he were somewhere in the Midwest. But as for the bittersweet transition from old songs to new ones, “It’s like breaking up with an old girlfriend.”

Who knows if they saw what was scribbled on the dirty napkin next to their set list, but the indie rockers decided to end their set with another crowd favorite, “We Used to Vacation.” During the song, guitarist and vocalist Russell used a maraca to bang on a cymbal that rested on a speaker case while tapping his foot on a tambourine. A lot of bands seem have trouble breaking out from the comfortable territory of their old songs, but Cold War Kids unleashed their new songs with ease.

The Hideaway
2565 Franklin Boulevard – Sacramento, Calif.

Words & Photos by Anthony Giannotti

How would you define a dive bar? A recent article in Playboy (yes, I read it for the articles) describes a dive bar as, “A church for down-and-outers and those who romanticize them, a rare place where high and low rub elbows–bums and poets, thieves and slumming celebrities. It’s a place that wears its history proudly.”

After years of hanging out in so-called “dives” or “holes in the wall,” I have become something of a self-proclaimed expert of dive bars. My definition of a good dive bar is a softly lit, well-worn, cozy neighborhood bar slinging cheap, stiffly poured drinks and is accompanied by the airs of desperation, redemption, comfort and camaraderie. It is a place where you run into old friends, make new friends or just drink alone. It is a place any seasoned bar fly would proudly call home.

My love for these dingy places led me straight in the door of well-known downtown bartender Mariah York-Carr’s new joint, The Hideaway. Dive bars have become a little bit of a trendy movement, leading to some of the best bars being overrun by no-neck suburbanites and college bros. This has forced out some of the neighborhood customers, aka “the locals.”

“I wanted to make our place not a punks’ bar or rockabilly [bar] but an underground place,” York-Carr said. “All the stuff in here came from my house or friends. I think Sacramento needs a place like this.” The underground vibe was very apparent when I glanced around the dimly lit room. The walls were lined with old punk rock flyers, car show flyers, Sailor Jerry-style tattoo art and the staples for any dive: large neon beer signs. Although it is a rather large place, the dozen or so high-top tables, half-dozen booths, two pool tables and a jukebox gave it a nice homey feeling.

The Hideaway has gone the extra mile in the jukebox department, forgoing the soulless, download-any-crap-you-want flashy modern jukebox for an older model that requires manually installing the CD sleeve so the track titles are visible. In your average bar room jukebox, you’ll find classics such as AC/DC, Hank Jr., Rolling Stones and maybe Pasty Cline. Not only does The Hideaway’s jukebox have these beloved classics, but it is also stocked with anything from Flogging Molly to The Aggrolites to Reverend Horton Heat–as well as many other artists from the punk, hardcore, reggae, honky-tonk country and rockabilly genres. “This is the music we like,” York-Carr said. “This is the music we want to make memories to.”

I understand that the point of a dive is not to serve mixologist-level drinks–a shot and a beer will do for most dive bar frequenters. As I bellied up to the bar, I was a little disappointed they did not have a recommended drink list, and I was even more disappointed when I saw orange juice coming out of the Wunder-Bar soda gun. It’s the little things in the drinks that makes patrons feel like the bartender cares about their drinks and, in turn, them. However, our bartender Roxanne was very much obliging with drink recommendations. I decided on a shot of Jameson and Miller High Life, because, when in Rome…

Then, as I looked over the bar menu, I rapidly came to the realization that this wasn’t your run-of-the-mill microwaved then deep-fried greasy pub food. The entire menu was chock-full of mom’s comfort food but with a distinct flair. “We wanted to make a thoughtful menu with thoughtful technique,” said head chef Drew Boyce. “We want everything to be familiar but twisted. Bar food can get stodgy and dull. We wanted different but familiar.”

After much deliberation I settled on the “Hot Cock” sandwich and truffle fries. The sandwich was a breaded and deep-fried chicken breast smothered in a spicy but sweet sauce topped with onions and blue cheese. The blue cheese mellowed some of the spiciness and the crunchy chicken breast added a nice texture. I thoroughly enjoyed the sandwich. It’s a perfect blend of modern culinary technique and deep-fried comfort food.

As much as I dug the sandwich, the fries were ingenious. You probably don’t expect such a strong statement about fries, but these fries topped with salt, cracked pepper, shredded Parmesan cheese and truffle oil, were simple, fresh and a perfect complement to another shot and beer.

I made fast friends with some of the other customers that had some very high praise for the mac n’ cheese, Buffalo shrimp and sliders.

After a few more rounds I ventured out to the Tiki-themed back patio. Upon inspection of the very spacious patio I spotted a few friends I hadn’t seen in a while. Thus, The Hideaway fulfilled the final bit of qualification for a good dive bar.

Words by Anthony Giannotti – Photos by Breanna Giannotti

If you prefer white linen or are a supporter of PETA, this is not for you. On the other hand, if you have a hunger for exotic meats and fresh food prepared unpretentiously in large quantities, keep reading. I had been hearing legend of Flaming Grill Café from numerous people for a couple of years, but I never could motivate myself to make the drive out of downtown. But when a trusted friend and former chef informed me Flaming Grill was serving a lion and gazelle burger (which he jokingly nicknamed “the circle of life burger”), I decided I had let my Midtowner, “if it’s not on the grid it’s too far away,” attitude keep me away long enough.

Last week a couple of my esteemed colleagues and I made the trip down El Camino Avenue to investigate Flaming Grill Café. To look at Flaming Grill isn’t much; it’s an old gas station with outdoor seating only. It is equipped with a few plastic windows to keep some of the bugs away, some ceiling fans slowly moving air around and poured concrete seats and tables. It is very reminiscent of a small Southern Californian taqueria.

“I’ve been cooking for about 25 years,” owner and sole cook Jose Silva told me. “One day I was searching the for-sale section on Craigslist and found this little coffee shop for sale, so I bought it.” Not much is left of the coffee shop. “We tried selling small breakfast burritos and coffee, but it wasn’t working, so we asked the customers what they wanted,” he said. Obviously burgers were the cuisine of choice, and let me tell you, they don’t just serve your run-of-the-mill hamburgers.

Flaming Grill features some strange and delicious meats: buffalo, Kobe beef, antelope, elk, llama, ostrich, yak and wild boar, as well as a few “specialty while supplies last” meats such as alligator, kangaroo and the aforementioned lion. Since we had sampled many of their “standard” meats at other places, we opted for mushroom Swiss burgers with a kangaroo patty and upgraded our fries to the intriguing carne asada fries. Unfortunately, they were sold out of the lion and gazelle burger; however, I have been informed that it is back in stock in limited quantities on Fridays.

Before our burgers came out, our friendly waitress suggested we check out the beer coolers inside. “I like big hoppy beers,” Silva claimed. This was obvious by the contents of the coolers, which were filled with porters, pale ales and stouts. Flaming Grill keeps it semi-local, promoting many beers from Northern California breweries such as Lagunitas, Anchor Steam, Speakeasy and Sierra Nevada. It’s not all dark, strong beer, though. They stock some of the harder-to-find lighter beers like Shiner Bock, Old Milwaukee and even Schlitz Original in a can!

When our burgers hit the table, we were slightly overwhelmed by the sheer amount of food on the plates. They came complete with a heaping pile of fries smothered in melted cheddar cheese, carne asada, pico de gallo, sour cream and fresh sliced jalapenos. Some of the carne asada bits were cooked a little more than I like, but nonetheless it was still very good.

Oh and the burger–let me tell you about the burger. The bun was fresh, slightly crisp on the outside but tender and sweet on the inside. Unlike certain chain burger joints that serve lettuce that is about to turn and unripe tomatoes, Flaming Grill uses vibrant, fresh lettuce and thick slices of rich, flavorful, ripe tomatoes. The sweet and nutty flavor of the Swiss cheese and mushrooms complemented the strong flavor of the juicy kangaroo patty. No, kangaroo does not taste like chicken. It is a much denser meat that is closer to beef. “I don’t like to season the meat or overload it with sauces,” Silva said. “I like to let the meat stand alone and speak for itself.” He also said that they have gotten hate calls from a few PETA supporters, but “we can’t get anything even close to the endangered species list. Everything we have is legal in the States in certain quantities.” Silva also said if you don’t take his word that the meat is what they say it is, he’ll give you the number to his meat purveyor and you can ask them.

Flaming Grill Café is about to celebrate its three-year anniversary and will be offering a few specials on Nov. 4, 5 and 6, 2010. When I asked Silva what meats we can look forward to in the future he simply smiled and said, “Camel.”

Artist Jeffery Felker puts his appreciation for Walt Whitman on Canvas

Literature majors, by nature and necessity, are fixated on written language. Jeffery Felker would appear to be no different. He holds a master’s degree in English literature from Sacramento State, where he also completed his undergraduate studies, and currently works as a part-time adjunct English professor at American River College. It should follow that in his free time, Felker is most likely hunched over a keyboard (perhaps an old manual typewriter, if you’re a romantic), meticulously writing well into the wee hours with designs on authoring the Great American Novel. However, that’s not the case. For Felker, the brush has won out over the pen as his tool of choice in forging his artistic vision.

“I do write, just not that often,” Felker, a Sacramento native, admits. “It’s something more like, hey, I’m in the mood. I’ll do it. But that’s as far as I’ll go with writing.”

Felker earned a minor in art studio while an undergrad at Sacramento State, and it’s served him well. His latest series, The Poetics of Music at Sea, contains 16 pieces (11 paintings and five drawings), and recently opened at the Union Gallery on Sacramento State campus on Oct. 4, 2010. It’s a solo show, and his first at the Union, as well as his first solo show in a couple of years. Felker says he was pleased with the opening, which he estimates drew 60 to 80 patrons–certainly a respectable welcome from his alma mater. However, the humor of debuting his latest series of paintings at the school from which he holds a master’s in literature is not lost on him.

“It was kind of weird,” Felker says. “I got my BA and master’s there, so it was like, ‘Shouldn’t I be coming back for a dissertation on an English thesis?’ It’s kind of ironic, right? I didn’t major in art there, and yet I’m showing there. It was kind of funny.”

While his creative focus is on his visual art, Felker has not abandoned his literary background. The Poetics of Music at Sea is inspired by the writings of the great American poet Walt Whitman. The titles for the pieces in the series were taken from lines from Whitman’s poems. Originally, the series was meant to encompass the work of several different poets, but Felker decided paring the number down to just one would deliver a more “powerful message.”

“It had been a year since I’d actually reinvested time in English and literature, because I was spending so much time prepping for my classes,” Felker says of his decision to focus solely on Whitman’s work for The Poetics of Music at Sea. “I re-found my desire for that kind of literature. I was really digging his stuff. I found so many great quotes, it was like, this guy really spoke to me.”

The Poetics of Music at Sea will show at the Union Gallery now through Nov. 4, 2010. Felker has a couple of group shows on the horizon that will take place in Southern California early 2011–one in Venice and the other in Anaheim, which will have a “circus theme.” He says he’s also planning to co-curate a show with his friend Glenn Arthur from Orange County, Calif. Felker says he has four artists other than himself already lined up and that the show will be “a revitalization of fairy tales” that will take familiar stories re-appropriated by a certain Mouse for mass consumption back to their darker roots. He hopes the show will debut in early 2012. In the following interview, Felker clues Submerge in on his background and the thought process behind his current series of paintings.

The name of your current exhibit is The Poetics of Music at Sea. I thought it was interesting that you used sea imagery in the title, but Sacramento is sort of a landlocked, valley city.
It’s sort of iconic, the sea. There’s a lot of association with the sea in English, at least in my background in English. My concentration was in 19th Century literature. Seafaring was sort of a popular topic in the Victorian era.

The main connection there is with Walt Whitman. The sea is an image, at least for Whitman; water imagery in and of itself is an ode to the power, the birth that water can bring. He was very into earthy things and nature, and he was always commenting on those things in his poetry. I’m kind of concentrating on water as an opposite, as more of a negative.

When did you discover Whitman? Was it through your studies or was he a writer you connected with prior to your time as an English lit major?
I’d heard about Whitman. I’d read a few of his poems, but it wasn’t until my undergrad work, where I was really required to dig into his poetry, that I got really connected to what he was talking about.

Was there a poem in particular that really clicked for you?
Probably “I Sing the Body Electric.” I had to read so much of it, you know what I mean? [Laughs] When you look at Leaves of Grass, there are parts of it that kind of stick out. That’s what I was going with here, too, these specific elements that were speaking to me as far as visually.

But As For Me, For You, The Irresistible Sea Is To Separate Us, 15” x 19,” Oil On Board, 2010

You said that you’re using water as a sort of negative in this series of paintings, whereas Whitman used water more positively. Is this sort of your rebuttal to his work?
I don’t know if he necessarily always saw it as a positive. There are some poems where the connotation there is not positive–or less than positive–as far as seafaring. But to me, it was interesting to flip that, because I like contrasts and contradictions, so using music as the positive, kind of fending itself off from the seas.

Do you see music and the sea as opposing forces, in a way?
At times, in the work it’s more expressive, where they’re juxtaposed against each other. In other times, it seems like it’s a never-ending struggle.

Looking at some of the paintings in the series, there seemed to be a nostalgic feel to the characters and settings. Was that something you were trying to put forth in the work?
Yeah, definitely. When you look at a lot of the clothing and stuff, it has that Victorian look to it. It’s a time period that influences a lot of the styling and things like that. At least with the clothing–not necessarily the style of the person, concerning hair and things like that, but definitely the clothing is an ode to that. Again, that goes back to reading those 19th Century novels. It’s just a visualizing thing when you’re reading literature from those time periods, that you’re engrossed in not just what the character is going through, but the culture that’s surrounding them. All those images have influenced my work.

Studying literature requires a lot of reading criticism and writing papers. Do you see your paintings as another way of interpreting what you read?
I think so. To me, when I was doing this and connecting Whitman to the imagery, I was like, “Should I be writing a 15-page thesis on this too?” Luckily, I avoided that [laughs]. It’s not like it’s less work or anything, but maybe I’m using Feminist Theory and Historical Theory to get that through and express that through my work. A lot of people who aren’t English majors probably wouldn’t understand that–they probably wouldn’t see that, but it definitely plays a part for sure.

One of the paintings in particular that really stood out to me was I Hear Not the Volumes of Sound Merely. Could you talk a little bit about your process behind that one?
That was the first one that I started working on. I started that one way back in 2009 when I was finishing my master’s degree. I just started with two layers of paint, and then I didn’t touch it for eight months until I finished my degree. I had an idea then of what I wanted to do with the series. It’s kind of weird when you have to put things on hold like that, but that’s how painting is.

When I think of the piano and the movement of sound inside the piano itself, the continuality of vibration throughout the piano–thinking of that, I can see a correlation with that quote. It spoke to me in a way that kind of surpassed music, actually, so it’s almost like the music isn’t enough to contain, just like the emotion that is drawn from that or influenced from that… Maybe that’s a weird quote [laughs].

For more information on Jeffery Felker, check out his website www.studiologica.com.

Pedal Hard
1703 T Street
Sacramento, Calif.

Sacramento has flourishing fixed-gear/single-speed/track-bike scenes, and with the recent addition of Pedal Hard, a new rider-owned and -operated shop located at 1703 T Street, they’re getting much stronger. Music, art, bicycle scenes; they’re all basically the same in that they need one thing more than anything else: a gathering place, somewhere to hang out and talk shop and feel part of a community of like-minded people. The dudes behind Pedal Hard want their shop to be just that. Come in, hang out (they have a couch and a classic Nintendo system!) and talk bikes. Of course, if you want to buy some stuff, that’s great too. They carry top-notch brands like Leader USA, EighthInch, Aerospoke and Euro-Asia Imports. They’ve also got some dope clothes and other nice grabs from brands like Ambiguous, Shine, Immigrant Village, Constructive Destruction and Chrome bags and shoes. They plan on carrying BMX stuff eventually, but for now are sticking to fixies, single-speeds and track bikes. They’ll even deliver whatever you need for free in the Sacramento area. Bike frames, wheels, cranks, track bars, freestyle stems, riser bars, seats, seat posts, they’ve got it all and if they don’t, they can probably get it for you. Stop in or give them a call at (916) 801-5545.

On Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sacramento-area art enthusiasts will have the opportunity to take a peek at what the fine folks over at Verge Center for the Arts have been up to. Their new location (625 S Street) won’t be fully completed until May (featuring two large galleries, over 30 studios, a print lab and a classroom), but that isn’t stopping them from throwing a holiday party stocked with Belgian brew, snacks and silent auction items like dinner for two at Magpie Café, a gift basket from Trumpette and work from local artist Chelsea Greninger. The artists will be on hand and their studios will be open, so come hang out and see some locally bred contemporary art. For more information, visit vergecenterforart.wordpress.com.