Community Media - "Sights and Sounds"

A weekly newsletter from your friends at
Access Sacramento

Valentines Day is Feb. 14th,

"All you need is love!" - The Beatles

February 11, 2014 
In This Issue
Orientation Is Feb. 11 and 26
Get Your Free Calendar
2014 Workshop Schedule
New Screenplay Writing Class
Chinese New Year Show
LPFM License Granted!
INVITATION -Focus '14-'15
PCS 15 Call for Scripts
Election Info Sundays at 5pm
Carnaval 2014 on LiveWire!
Learn Social Media at CFAA
Listen Up! Sacramento

Access Orientation Classes Tonight and Feb. 26

 

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Access Sacramento's Orientation classes scheduled for February are tonight, Feb.11 and again Feb 26 at 6:00 p.m. 

 

The classes are free and open to the public. Reservations are requested. The session lasts a little more than an hour. This orientation class is also a mandatory step in becoming an Access Sacramento member and should be taken at your earliest convenience.   

 

The Orientation Class will give you a chance to ask questions and learn about our services and the opportunities we provide to the community and its members. We also will go over our standard production classes for TV and Radio and other member benefits.  A tour of the facility is included.  

 

All classes are on a first come, first serve basis and signing up early is encouraged.  

 

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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Click to listen to Access Sacramento's own locally produced radio station.


"Free 2014 Calendars!"

 

Just a few left now! Get 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.

 

 

2014 Workshop Schedule

Click on the image above to view the Access Sacramento workshop schedule

 

 
DemocracyNOW

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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Community reports from our

Neighborhood News Bureaus.  

Click here.

 



New Class 


Short Form Screenplay Writing 
with 
Lauren Wagner

Limited Enrollment * $50

Four Saturdays 
March 1 to March 22 
9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Coloma Community Center 
4623 T. Street, Sacramento

Structure, technique and tips for preparing a short form screen play. Write an original story or polish an entry for the "A Place Called Sacramento" Film Festival.

Register at the Access Sacramento office or by phone with a credit card.

Call 916-456-8600 ext. 0.  

CHINESE NEW YEAR

Asian Performing Arts Festival

Final Three Showings 

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*Image from a 2011 Asian Performing Arts Event


Dont miss out on The Asian Preforming Arts Festival which has only three more listing scheduled for February!
 
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 included a variety of acts including face-changing, a drum show, Filipino Dance, Chinese singing and dancing and more! 

Watch on:
Saturday, February 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 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.

 

 

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!

 

 

Push Watch TV 17 for The Sacramento Channel

Push Watch TV 18 for Sacramento Public Access

  

Follow us on Twitter

 

@accesssac

General Information

Get the latest on programming, upcoming classes or services, and news about Access Sacramento in the community.

 

@SacGOTW

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.

  

Like us on Facebook

 

Access Sacramento

https://www.facebook.com/pages/A

ccess-Sacramento/170587545355

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

https://www.facebook.com/ 

groups/343414605740324/ 

  

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.

 

LiveWire

https://www.facebook.com/g

roups/133349386715657/

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.

 

Facebook Fan Sites

 

"Listen Up Sacramento!"

https://www.facebook.com/g

roups/108782482477651/ 

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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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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"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.


DWtvLogoDW-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/
 
  
  Thank you for your support.

    

  Gary Martin, Executive Director 

  Access Sacramento
  4623 T Street
  Sacramento, CA. 95819
  (916) 456-8600 #100 


LPFM License and Construction Permit Granted!

Access Sacramento will add  a new Low-Power FM (LPFM) radio station to its outreach later this year in support of nearly 30 years of Free Speech, diversity and cultural outreach.

  

"Making a difference... One Voice at a Time" expands to include over the air broadcasting.
Access Sacramento would use the top of an existing mast in downtown Sacramento for its antenna.

The  Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted a license and construction permit Friday for  Access Sacramento's member/volunteers to present non-commercial non-profit programming on FM frequency 96.5 Mgz.

 

"This will be such an important opportunity for our radio producers to be heard by an even larger audience," said JoAnn Fuller, Access Sacramento's Chair of the Board of Directors. "For more than two decades we've been heard on cable radio or the website, but now here's a way for an even greater connection to the community."

 

Listen to Access Sacramento's "The Voice" HERE.

 

The station will operate from the radio studios housed in the Access Sacramento offices at the Coloma Community Center in East Sacramento. The transmitter and antenna will be positioned in midtown off the top of a six story office complex.

Radio programmers work from two radio production and broadcast studios at Access Sacramento inside the Coloma Community Center.

The low-power station will be heard from approximately Sleep Train Arena in the north to Florin Road in the South, and in the east from about Cal State, Sacramento through West Sacramento.

 

"We have 18 months to get the transmitter up and operating," said Shane Carpenter, Access Sacramento's radio coordinator. "There is so much extra energy about Access Sacramento right now. Our radio announcers are hoping for big things: more remotes from downtown, more election and candidate discussion, and maybe even a chance to broadcast city council meetings."

 

Read more about Sacramento LPFM success at AccessLocal.tv.



*INVITATION*

 

Focus '14-'15 Feedbackk

Improve Access Sacramento

Add Your Voice Feb. 21  

 

Are we doing a good job for you? Could we do something better? Here's your chance to enjoy great food from Babylon Restaurant and then share your thoughts and dreams for a better Access Sacramento.

 

Hometown TV coverage of community events is just one service provided by Access Sacramento.

 

Focus '14-'15 will be held on Friday, Feb. 21 from 5:30-8:00 p.m. at Access Sacramento.

 

The public, our members, and those connected with Access Sacramento in any way are invited to arrive at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at 5:30 for a meet and greet social in the Coloma Community Center Auditorium at 4623 T Street, Sacramento.

 

From 6-8 p.m. those attending will have an opportunity to provide structured feedback while visiting Access Sacramento's TV Studio, Digital Media Lab, and other offices where you can give your best advice to the staff and board of directors.

 

Each space will have collectable raffle tickets, for a grand prize gift drawing near 8 p.m. back in the auditorium.  The Grand Prize: A Sharif Jeweler marquis ruby and diamond yellow gold pendant worth $250. 

 

Some feedback topics might include:

 

Training Classes.

Equipment Check-out.

Studio and TV Truck Use.

Digital Media Lab Software.

Program Submission in the Cloud.

Tri-Caster Green Studios in the Community.

Neighborhood News - Youth Journalism Training.

Sacramento Has Talent Audition & Show.

Place Called Sacramento Film Festival.

Low-Power FM radio station launch.

Hometown TV & Game of the Week.

Newsletters & Website Outreach.

Staff & Board Accessibility.

Everything Else.

 

We want to hear what you have to say, so we can Focus '14-'15 in the best way to meet your needs. 

 

Mark your calendar and join us to Focus '14-'15 on Feb. 21 at 5:30 p.m. Feedback, Food, Fun, Prizes!

Call For Scripts in 15th Annual

"A Place Called Sacramento"

 

Screenplay writers are called to enter the 15th annual script competition in Access Sacramento's 15th Annual "A Place Called Sacramento" Film Festival.

 

 

Professional, amateur, experienced and beginning writers are encouraged to tell a 10-minute story with the promise of having winning scripts produced and appearing on the Festival big screen.

 

Each 10-minute screenplay is required to feature the Sacramento region and to be producible with the help of equipment and support of Access Sacramento.

 

Ten scripts will be selected as the best in the competition, with each being produced over the summer for a world premiere showing on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at The Crest Theatre, with additional viewings on Access Sacramento's cable channels and Internet distribution.

 

Scripts are due Friday, April 11 at 5:00 p.m. and may be turned in as either a printed document or as an on-line submission.  The submission website will be available on Feb. 20. A $20 fee is charged for entry.

 

The festival is designed to showcase filmmaking talent from the Sacramento area including writers, actors, directors, camera operators, lighting directors, audio engineers and others.

 

The "A Place Called Sacramento" film festival offers a volunteer cast and crew call on Wednesday, May 28 for actors and technical crew to offer the newly selected writers turned producers their help in creating their films.

 

Since the "A Place Called Sacramento" Film Festival was originated in 2000, 139 scripts and films have been completed in the previous 14 Festivals.

 

For more information on the "A Place Called Sacramento" Film Festival, the official rules, or to see previous films , visit the Access Sacramento website.

Election & Voter Information 

Sunday's 5pm * Channel 17

 

Important Issues surrounding the upcoming June election in California are featured in a series of Sunday afternoon television programs provided by Access Sacramento and the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association (APAPA).

 

 

 

APAPA's Voter Education and Candidates Forum was videotaped by Access Sacramento as part of its Hometown TV grant program.

 

Here is the schedule of topics and airdates:

 

Immigration Reform (Panel Discussion)

Sunday, February 16th @ 5:00pm

Monday, February 17th @ 9:00am (Internet Only)

Tuesday, February 18th @ 1:00am

 

Economic Recovery and the Housing Market (Panel Discussion)

Sunday, February 23rd @ 5:00pm

Monday, February 24th @ 9:00am (Internet Only)

Tuesday, February 25th @ 1:00am

 

All cablecasts will be on Comcast/Surewest Channel 17 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99, Pacific Daylight/Standard Time, unless otherwise specified. 

 

You can also view the programs on our website at AccessSacramento.org, at the times listed above. 

 

Feel free to share this schedule with your friends!

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Carnaval 2014!

Tune in Tomorrow at 5 pm 

   

LiveWire! tomorow at 5 p.m. is happy to welcome back guests from the Brazilian Center in Sacramento. Each year they host Sacramento's "Carnaval!" event.

This year the event features Tambores Julio Romelexo, Matsura Brasileira Samba Dance Co., Capoeira demonstrations and much more.

"Carnaval 2014" is happening on Feb. 22 at 8:00  p.m. at the YWCA in downtown Sacramento.
Join us for LiveWire to learn how you can be part of the fun.

Get more information at www.BrazilianCenterSac.org

Tune in to LiveWire! tomorrow at 5 p.m. on Access Sacramento channel 17 or watch the simulcast the same time at AccessSacramento.org and push "Watch 17."
 

Capital Film Arts Alliance Showcases Social Media Skills  Next Tuesday Feb. 18 at 7pm

 

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Social Media, Networking, Marketing and Crowd Sourcing Pros Share Tips with CFAA via informative speaker panel with Q&A. Crowd sourcing and social media is changing the face of filmmaking and fundraising in amazing ways.  Several experts share their experience and success in raising money, building audiences and gaining votes - and they are coming to share their expertise with YOU!.  

 

Learn how to successfully use Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Instagram, Kickstarter, Indiegogo, etc. - and how to avoid some common pitfalls and problems.

 

Guest speaker panel includes:

Thomas Dodson, President: Selvage Media

Laura Bendixsen, Producer: Dateless

Arlene Barshinger, Creator, Executive

Producer: Dateless

Sara Philladelphia, Marketing Guru: Annabel

Lee

Yvonne Oakes, Web Developer, Marketing

Consultant: Pacific Crest Media

 

You're invited to the Feb. 18 Panel - Mark your calendar now. 

 

Meetings held at: The Art Institute of Sacramento, 2850 Gateway Oaks Dr., Sacramento

 

Free to CFAA members, only $5 for non-members and guests, or $3 for students.

 


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Tune in Tuesday, Feb. 18th, at 11 p.m. for "Ricky Berger"
By Listen Up! Co-Producer, Michelle A. Barbaria
  

  

Listen Up! Sacramento turns 5 years old this month. To celebrate we invited singer, songwriter, and musician, Ricky Berger back to the show. Ricky's lovely voice and presence will take you away to far off places. Ricky says she is influenced by the sounds of old Disney tunes. Images of Snow White and Sleeping Beauty are conjured up while she sings, plays piano and the flute. Join us on Listen Up! Sacramento on to see her perform.
 
You can learn more about Ricky Berger on Facebook, MySpace, and Reverbnation.
 
Tune in to Listen Up! Sacramento on Tuesday, February 18th at 11pm on Access Sacramento channel 17. You can also watch the simulcast online at www.AccessSacramento.org and click 'watch 17'.
 

 

 
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: [email protected]

 
 
  If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, contact the editor, at

Call (916) 456-8600 or send an email to [email protected]