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Next Orientation Class is Feb. 11th
Are you a Sacramento County resident who wants to share your thoughts, opinions, and ideas on local television or radio? Consider joining Access Sacramento! We are a free-speech forum that gets you 'access' to popular forms of media so you can do just that. We exist so that you can express yourself and share what you're passionate about on local television and radio. Did you know that as a member of Access Sacramento you get one hour of airtime each month? Did you know that members get to use most of our equipment for free? Want to know more? Come to one of our first orientation class of the new year.
Access Sacramento's next Orientation class is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb.11th at 6:00 p.m.
The classes are free and open to the public. They last a little over an hour. This orientation class is also a mandatory step in becoming an Access Sacramento member and should be taken at your earliest convenience.
Sign up now since classes fill up fast. Orientations occur twice a month , usually on the 2nd Tuesday and 4th Wednesday of each month.
The Orientation Class will give you a chance to ask questions and learn about our services and what we provide to the community and its members. We also will go over the standard classes we offer and member benefits as well as getting a tour of the facility.
The class is taught by our Executive Director, Gary Martin and occasionally by staff persons Michelle Barbaria and Elizabeth Harrison.
All classes are provided on a first come, first serve basis, so take advantage before the classes fill up. You must be a member in order to take our standard classes, but orientation is open to everyone and is the first step in becoming a member of Access Sacramento.
We hope to see you there!
For more information on class availability contact Access Sacramento's Front Desk at:
(916) 456-8600 Ext: 0.
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Access Sacramento
(located inside of the Coloma Community Center)
4623 T Street, suite A
Sacramento, Ca. 95819
Our regular office hours are Monday through Friday 9-6. Memberships must be done in person between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
We are closed on City recognized Holidays.
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2014 Workshop Schedule
Click on the image above to view the Access Sacramento workshop schedule
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"Free 2014 Calendars!"
Now that 2014 is here celebrate by getting your free 2014 calendar at Access Sacramento (limit one per person).
We have three styles to choose from including classic images from artist, Norman Rockwell. We also have majestic images of America and lush scenes of California.
Items are limited and subject to a first come, first serve basis. Come into the Access Sacramento Main Office during our normal business hours, Monday through Friday between 9 a.m and 6 p.m. to pick up your copy.
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Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman - Progressive news stories from around the world!!
Monday thru Thursday @ 6pm & 12am
Friday @ 5:30 pm and 11:30 pm
http://democracynow.org/
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Stay Connected with
Access Sacaramento!
You can get information about Access Sacramento in many ways. If you're away from home or cable TV, then watch us live from our main website!
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Hometown TV Game of the Week
Learn what's coming up on the schedule, the latest about this week's game, and get in-game updates. Plus, if you send us a tweet during the game, your comment may appear on the air LIVE, Fridays at 7pm on Comcast and SureWest Cable Ch. 17, and AT&T U-verse Ch. 99. Replays on Saturdays at 11 a.m. and Tuesdays and 7 p.m.
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Learn about Access Sacramento in the community, information about upcoming classes, and current news and information affecting public access cable.
A Place Called Sacramento Film Festival
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Find details about this year's 10 films, production news , and the crews, directors and stars. World Premiere Sunday Oct. 6 at 1pm at The Crest Theatre in Sacramento.
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LiveWire is Sacramento's longest running LIVE weekly talk show and it can be seen every Wednesday at 5pm on Comcast/SureWest Cable Ch. 17 and AT&T U-Verse Ch. 99. Find out about current guests, topics and see highlights from shows.
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"Listen Up Sacramento!"
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Fans of Access Sacramento's twice monthly music performance show "Listen Up Sacramento!" offer info about performers, singers, and bands that have appeared on the show including new performance announcements and news from the groups.
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Filmmakers: Outdoor Lighting Tips Workshop Tomorrow
The next Sacramento Video Industry Professionals (VIP's) meeting features Mike Carroll with tips on "Lighting for the Outdoor Production."
The meeting is tomorrow, Jan. 29 at 7pm (doors open at 6:30pm) at Studio 50, 3665 Bleckley St. Mather, CA 95655. A $5 entrance fee includes an education, networking, refreshments, and a 'door prize' entry!
Outdoor shooting can pose real challenges. Maybe you want the spectacular intensity of the sun at high noon or the look of sunset's "magic hour." Shooting outdoor night scenes have their own special problems, too.
Come learn how to overcome outdoor lighting problems while creating the mood you want in your production. There will also be a sneak peak at shooting with a Canon 7D DSLR camera.
Carroll has 29 years as a TV news cameraman and in his spare time has written, produced, shot, recorded audio and edited documentary films and feature-length films.
Check out Carroll's books on Amazon.com; "Breaking Into TV News" and "Naked Filmmaking: How To Make A Feature-Length Film - Without A Crew - For $10,000 Or Less."
Another speaker includes G-Technology representative Mark Anderson with information on his company's amazing hard drives, including a free drive give away.
For more information visit Sacramento VIPs.
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Community reports from our
Neighborhood News Bureaus.
Click here.
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Next time you are in the office, ask to to join the Access Sacramento - SaveMart SHARES program. We will give you a plastic SHARES card. Hand the SHARES card to the checker each time you check-out at SaveMart and they will donate 3% of your total grocery bill to Access Sacramento.
This costs you nothing - the 3% comes from SaveMart as a supporter of our nonprofit organization. Once you get into the habit of remembering your SHARES card, the rest is simple. Thanks to you and SaveMart for supporting Access Sacramento.
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Watch Access programming on Comcast OnDemand today!
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Click to listen to Access Sacramento's own locally produced radio station.
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"Media Edge" is a video magazine series offering two hours of in-depth, thought-provoking, progressive viewpoints every week. The series features segments created by "Media Edge" producers, along with nationally distributed videos and documentaries.
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 DW-TV (Watch Deutsche-Welle TV in English) Daily News from the heart of Europe. Plus Arts, Travel, and Entertainment features. Weeknights 5:30 pm & 11:30 pm on Channel 17 and on Channel 18 every other hour.
http://dw-world.de/
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Thank you for your support.
Gary Martin, Executive Director
Access Sacramento
4623 T Street
Sacramento, CA. 95819
(916) 456-8600 #100
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New Grant Supports Youth Writers on AccessLocal.TV
Access Sacramento is pleased to announce approval of a new grant from the California Endowment to support continuation of a youth journalist training program and the AccessLocal.TV news website.
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Six Sacramento County high school students, (from left) Sage Lauwerys, Miko Sims, Jibril Kyser, Mario Ayala, Mikayla Franklin and Judy Cano join Access Sacramento's Neighborhood News Bureau program.
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The grant provides $50,000 over two years to support a stipend program for a group of young people who will write articles, prepare audio podcasts, and do video news reporting.
"We are so grateful to the California Endowment for its support of our Neighborhood News Bureau program," said Gary Martin, Access Sacramento Executive Director. "This program makes a huge difference in the amount of information we can provide, but also in the lives of the families of the trainees."
Now in its third year, the AccessLocal.tv site has delivered more than 1,500 digital updates about neighborhood news, many from a California Endowment targeted community in the South Sacramento / Oak Park area.
The California Endowment's Building Healthy Communities (BHC) program has selected 14 communities throughout the state for specific help in providing medical information and support through education and other community programs designed to assist families improve their overall health and lifestyle choices.
The latest group of youth reporters selected for the Access Sacramento program met together for the first time last Thursday.
"These new reporters are excited about sharing new media regarding all the good work in the BHC area," said Isaac Gonzalez, Youth Media Coordinator for Access Sacramento.
The program operates on a four-month cycle and new trainees are brought in regularly.
Additional funding for the Neighborhood News Bureau program and the AccessLocal.tv website is provided though the "Sacramento Has Talent" fundraiser for Access Sacramento. The televised talent show is scheduled Thursday, April 10 at 7 p.m. in The Crest Theater in Sacramento
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Super Bowl Weekend has Two
Guns & Hoses Football Replays
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Access Sacramento Crew: Back Row, From left: Doug Kelly, Richard Langley, Dev Singh, Ottie Biondi, Scott Marsh, Will James, Kevin Knight, Bruce Riggs, Gary Martin, Keven Nguyen, Kevin Bennion, Danny Mendonsa, Jim Bailey; Front Row, From Left: Keith Kidd, Roniecia Harris, Jenny Yerxa Oliver, Andrian Gonzales, Nick Dunn, Rick Stewart, Michael Swilley, Erika Bradley.
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Tune to Access Sacramento on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 2 at noon. In Sacramento County tune to Comcast/SureWest Cable Ch. 17 and AT&T U-Verse Ch. 99.
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Announcers Will James and Doug Kelly on the sidelines for the pre-game show.
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Access Sacramento's Will James and sportscaster Doug Kelly provided coverage from the press box, and Scott Marsh handled sideline duties.
The television set up has bee produced by Access Sacramento's Dev Singh, Director of Training and Operations, for more than 20 years.
Associate Producer Stan Bollinger, who turned 69 the day before the game, announced he has one year left as liaison from Access Sacramento to the Pig Bowl Committee.
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Announcer Scott Marsh interviews Access Sacramento Executive Director Gary Martin, who holds the 2013 WAVE award for best LIVE TV COVERAGE among public access centers in six western states.
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During halftime of the game, Access Sacramento Executive Director Gary Martin thanked Singh, Bollinger, and the crew for their hard work, showing the 2013 Western Access Video Excellence won for LIVE TV COVERAGE of last year's game.
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Healing Arts & Fashion on this Week's LiveWire!
Tomorrow at 5pm LiveWire! is happy to have guests from some very different art communities. We have guests visiting us to tell us about Fashion On Film and their movie "Frequency". We also have guests who will be letting us in on the happenings at the Healing Arts Festival. Tune in to find out more!
Sharon Sampsel, Producer, Psychic and Radio Host will be on the set of LiveWire! to share information about the Sacramento Healing Arts Festival. The festival offers an opportunity for personal and spiritual body and mind development. There will be lots of interesting and meaningful things to do. There will also be presentations throughout the day by many Healing Arts specialists including Psychic, Kris Tondee, New Age Attorney, Dennis Wong, and Drum-maker and Philosopher, Don Schultz among others. This free community event is happening at the Sacramento Hilton at 2200 Harvard Street in Sacramento from 10 am to 5 pm on February 2nd.
For more information about the Sacramento Healing Arts Festival call 916.451.4014 or log on to the website at www.HealingArtsFestival.com.
We are also happy to welcome guests from the film "Freakouency" that is being featured at this year's Sacramento Fashion Week: Fashion on Film presentation Hosted by California Film Foundation. The film follows a young girl as she grows up in the world of fashion and experiences both the good and bad experiences that sometimes come along in the fashion world. Producer and Director Matt Salvo along with the actors from the film will be on LiveWire! to tell us all about it. The film premiers at Sac Fashion Week on February 19th at 7pm (location to be announced).
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Tune in to LiveWire! tomorrow at 5pm on Access Sacramento channel 17 on Comcast and Surewest cable or watch online at the same time it airs at AccessSacramento.org and click 'Watch 17'.
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CHINESE NEW YEAR
Asian Performing Arts Festival
Airs Saturday Night
*Image from a 2011 Asian Performing Arts Event
On November 10th, 2013 the Sacramento Chinese Culture Foundation showcased many wonderful artists at the annual Asian Performing Arts Festival. Access Sacramento was there to film the event. The performances include a variety of acts including face-changing, a drum show, Filipino Dance, Chinese singing and dancing and more!
Watch on:
Saturday, February 1st @ 10:00 pm
Monday, February 3rd @ 6:00 am
Saturday, Febraury 15th @ 6:00 pm
Sunday, February 16th at 10:00 am
Monday February 17th at 2:00 am
All cablecasts will be on Comcast/Surewest Channel 17 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99, Pacific Daylight/Standard Time. You don't have those services? Not to worry, you can also view the programs on our website at www.accesssacramento.org, at the times listed above. Feel free to share this schedule with your friends! The Internet stream is not video on demand. Thank you for your support of local community and public access television in Sacramento County.
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Rabbi Michael Lerner's Talk
Airs Sunday on Media Edge
This Sunday's broadcast of "Media Edge" features a Sacramento talk given by Rabbi Michael Lerner.
In an event recorded by Media Edge in 2012 Rabbi Michael Lerner, the founder of the Network of Spiritual Progressives, gave a talk in which he talks about his book "Embracing Israel/Palestine" and
describes his views about building
peace between Israel and Palestine, which he discusses at length.
Media Edge airs at 8 p.m. Sunday on Access Sacramento Comcast and SureWest Cable channel 17 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99.
Lerner is a political activist, the editor of Tikkun, a
progressive Jewish interfaith magazine based in Berkeley, California, and the rabbi of Beyt Tikkun Synagogue of San Francisco. Lerner was a leader in the Berkeley student movement and the Free Speech Movement, chair of the
Free Student Union, and chair from 1966-1968 of the Berkeley chapter of the Students for a Democratic Society.
Media Edge is a video magazine series presented on many cable channels in the United States and has provided two hours of in-depth, thought-provoking, progressive viewpoints every week since April, 2005.
For more information visit http://www.WeTheMedia.tv.
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Tune in Feb. 4th at 11 p.m. for "Something to Say"
By Listen Up! Co-Producer, Michelle A. Barbaria
Listen Up! Sacramento is so proud and pleased to have had so many positive musical influences on the program. This episode includes those musical role models who have inspired us and transcended beyond the trendy and popular mindset into a higher level of living consciously. Performances on this 'medley' program include Random Abiladeze featuring DJ Rated R, TAIS (Truth Arises in Search), James Cavern with Drummer, Erik Bell of the Bell Boys and Sonada Malay.
Tune in to Listen Up! Sacramento on Tuesday, February 4th at 11pm on Access Sacramento channel 17 on Comcast and Surewest Cable. You can also watch online the same time it airs at AccessSacramento.org and click 'watch 17'.
Keep Listening!
To 'like' us on Facebook at 'Fans of Listen Up! Sacramento' follow this link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/108782482477651/
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Listen Up! Sacramento features local musicians of all genres and languages. Opinions or statements made on the program do not reflect the opinions of Listen Up! Sacramento and the staff of Access Sacramento. If you are a musician in the Sacramento region and you'd like to be a guest on the show you can submit your information and include a sample of your music or a link to your music to: Listen.Up.Sacramento@gmail.com
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Low-Power FM Radio License on Track
Access Sacramento's license application to run a low-power FM radio station should be granted soon.
As a singleton applicant for the frequency 96.5 FM, Access Sacramento's paperwork has been "Accepted for Filing" which means all of the engineering data is approved for the proposed broadcast site in midtown Sacramento.
Already this week, some singleton applicants have had their application "Granted," which is the next step in the process.
Once approved and built, the LPFM station would reach from approximately West Sacramento to Sacramento State in the east, and from Sleep Train Arena in North Natomas to Florin Road in the south.
Overall, many of the applications across the country remain in a holding pattern for another two weeks while the Media Bureau of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) allows groups who have applied for the same frequency to attempt to negotiate a solution on how to proceed.
Between now and Feb. 14, applicants can also file minor changes in their engineering specifications.
In Sacramento, for example, both the Process Theater, Inc . and the Sacramento Blues Society applied for the frequency 93.3 FM, but a settlement letter was submitted to the FCC, and Process Theater, Inc. was "Accepted for Filing" and the Sacramento Blues Society's paperwork was dismissed.
This type of negotiation is typical and will continue through the middle of next month.
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