Sip, Taste and Chat at SCNA's Biggest Fundraiser Oct. 4 Invisible Art to Debut Sept. 13 on Broadway Kick Off the Season with F
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
A Publication of the Sierra Curtis Neighborhood Association Vol. 36, No. 2 2791 - 24th Street, Sacramento, CA 95818 • 452-3005 • www.sierra2.org September 2014 Sip, taste and chat at SCNA’s biggest fundraiser Oct. 4 ore than 20 of the area’s finest will bring their favorite seasonal restaurants, 50 wineries, and a produce, taking turns whipping up dozenM breweries will offer samples something unique and tasty. of their culinary treats and beverages Taylor Market’s wine buyer Dick at SCNA’s 24th annual Wine Tasting, Ebert will again coordinate the 50-plus Curtis Park Wine Tasting, Silent Auction & Beer Garden, from wineries. Winery representatives will Silent Auction 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 4 at Sierra 2. be on hand to answer questions and & Beer Garden Presented by Cook Realty, the provide suggestions. Presented by: Sierra Curtis event is SCNA’s biggest fundraiser Beer drinkers can enjoy the Craft Neighborhood Association of the year, with proceeds benefiting and Belgian Beer Garden, sponsored Photo/Joan Cusick Renee Smith, sixth grade teacher at Date: Saturday, Oct. 4 Sierra 2 Center for the Arts & by McDonald Plumbing, Heating & Bret Harte, enjoyed food and wine Time: 4 to 7 p.m. Community, C.K. McClatchy High Air Conditioning. It is organized by samples at last year’s event. School and Bret Harte Elementary Rob Archie, owner of Pangaea Bier Location: Sierra 2 Center School. Café. in Napa, outings to cut your own 2791 24th St. Sacramento Among the returning vendors More than 150 items are expected Christmas tree, and creating the Flavor are Aioli Bodega, American to be put up for bid on silent auction of the Month at Gunther’s Ice Cream. COST: Advance tickets through Oct. 1 River College’s Oak Café, Chops or included in a raffle. Past auction Beneficiaries of the 2014 event are $40 SCNA members and Steakhouse, Dad’s Kitchen, Espresso and raffle items have included are Bret Harte Elementary School’s $45 non-members; Metro, Freeport Bakery, Gunther’s spa certificates, unique art and Sixth Grade Sly Park trip and Tickets from Oct. 2 are $50 everyone, Ice Cream, Lucca, Scott’s Seafood, photography pieces, interior design McClatchy High School’s Debate Club. in office or at the door only. Taylor’s Market and Tower Café. consultations, fencing lessons and Proceeds also support the upkeep Culinary teaching expert Roxanne musical instruments. Also expected and restoration of Sierra 2 Center and TICKETS: www.sierra2.org or O’Brien will present a Farm to Fork for bid are experience-based packages, SCNA initiatives, including the Senior Sierra 2 Center office, 452–3005. demonstration with students from including neighborhood dinners, date- Center, Music in the Park, children’s For more information: 452–3002. American River College. The students night packages, private wine tastings play groups and Curtis Fest. Curtis Park Village construction starts By Craig McCulloch target date for new buyers to move in is this Viewpoint staff writer December. Four cottages had been sold as of mid-August. (For more on CPV, see Jay lackPine Communities started Schenirer’s column on page 5.) construction on new homes adjacent BlackPine has a target date of November toB Curtis Park Village the first week of for the opening of three model three-story August. Slab foundations were poured on “brownstone” homes that will line Crocker 12 “cottages” along 24th Street south of 10th Drive. The brownstones will range in size Avenue near the Paula V Salon. These will be from 2,192 to 2,537 square feet. two-story homes featuring architectural styles BlackPine Communities has purchased consistent with our neighborhood. 86 lots. The homes range in size from 1,482 to More information, including elevation Photo/Craig McCulloch 2,163 square feet. Prices range from $540,000 drawings of the exteriors, floor plans, Foundations were poured on 12 homes last month. to $610,000, including landscaping. The Please see CPV, page 8 Invisible art to debut Sept. 13 on Broadway By Rosanna Herber Broadway Partnership will be the first business Viewpoint staff writer partnership in the Sacramento region to experiment with virtual art or digital art. After downloading a f something is invisible, can it be real? That’s the mobile app, patrons will place their smart phones or question neighbors will get to answer about 11 tablets in front of 11 locations along the Broadway digitalI art creations by nationally renowned artists corridor to see a virtual view of how artists coming to Broadway in September. But, before you would decorate that destination with a mural, go to this art show, be sure to bring your mobile an interactive video, a sculpture or a landscape device. Otherwise you won’t experience the magic painting. of this 3D, high tech, experiential art show. “The NEA grant project was named ‘Broadway: Thanks to a $20,000 grant from the National Augmented’ because this type of digital art informs Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Greater the possibility of what could go in that space,” said Kick off the season Teresa Rocha, the Executive Director for the Greater Broadway Partnership District. with First Friday “These virtual views will give Broadway a chance to dress itself in art.” urtis Park neighbors can enjoy a tailgate party The business partnership initiated with GameDay Grill’s food truck at the First the collaboration, bringing together the FridayC neighborhood dinner from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, Sept. 5 at the Sierra 2 Center. the Urban Land Institute and Sacramento GameDay features grilled sandwiches and State to seek the funds to create the “loaded fries,” which are a meal by themselves. augmented reality tool and recruit the Dinners are $8 for adults and $4 for children. Beer, artists to participate. Augmented reality wine and soft drinks are available for purchase is an emerging technology. It uses a smart separately. phone or computer to view a real, live view The GameDay truck has live streaming sports. of a site that can then be transformed by a There will also be treats and activities for kids. For computer-generated sound, video, graphic more information, contact [email protected]. Photo/Rachel Clarke or data. Once the art projects are digitally There will be no First Friday in October because Using a mobile device one will be able to view the virtual created and the viewing application is of the Annual Wine Tasting and Silent Action on public art as part of Broadway Augmented art project. Please see Broadway, page 8 Saturday, Oct. 4. — Faith Johnstone Page 2 Viewpoint September 2014 Notes from July 9th meeting Sierra 2 welcomes Sugar Plum Bakery as new tenant; Advocates group to distribute survey about pursuing neighborhood ordinance North Franklin which borders Curtis Park, will Curtis Park Advocates businesses residents would like Economic Development enhance our neighborhood as well. The board agreed to donate to see in Curtis Park and Curtis Marti Brown, executive event space and distribute a survey Park Village. The board has director for the North Franklin Forums: Strong mayor throughout the neighborhood for not taken a position yet on the Business District, presented an and state Senate the Curtis Park Advocates. Timing Advocates initiatives, which may update on the North Franklin SCNA will host a debate on for both is still to be determined. include pursuing a neighborhood Economic Development Plan. ballot Measure L, which is referred SCNA believes it’s important to ordinance placing conditions on Recent challenges for the area to as the “strong mayor” proposal help facilitate the conversation in businesses that want to locate in included several schools closing, and is formally known as the the community about what types of the area. the Campbell Soup Co. factory “Sacramento Checks and Balances closing, and a significant dip Act of 2014.” The forum will be New Sierra 2 tenant in sales tax revenue since 2009. held in Curtis Hall at 6:30 p.m. on Next meeting Catering company All However, the picture is slowly Monday, Sept. 22. The SCNA Board meets at Seasons, a longtime tenant, left improving and the district is Additionally, SCNA and East 7 p.m. in the Garden Room on its space at Sierra 2 in June. working on rebuilding the physical Sac Preservation will co-sponsor a the second Wednesday of the Sugar Plum Bakery, a vegan and social infrastructure. The candidates’ forum from 6 to 8 p.m. month. The next meeting is baking company, has moved into district asked for SCNA support as Oct. 8 at Clunie Hall. It will include Oct. 8. For more information, the space. it works to improve the area. two debates for the state Senate race call the Sierra 2 office at — Submitted by Nicole Quinonez The board agreed that between current Assembly members 452–3005. Board Secretary improvements in the district, Roger Dickinson and Dr. Richard Pan. President’s message When non-members speak, should SCNA listen? e are upgrades to their environment. quality of life of the neighborhood. Some may think extremely In addition, more than a thousand a gas station would destroy the quality of life of RIC luckyW to live in E future residents haven’t even had the Curtis Park. Some may think, “Hmm, that would a neighborhood JOHNSON opportunity to join, and have already sure be convenient.” Right now, the board doesn’t where people received the benefits of improvements know which side has more supporters, and so it care about their SCNA to the original plans for Curtis Park would have a difficult time figuring out whether surroundings. They Board Village, benefits that will make their living a gas station enhances the quality of life in Curtis care enough to save President experience many times better.