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Next Orientation Class is Tonight at 6pm
Access Sacramento's next Orientation class is tonight at 6:00 p.m.
Orientation 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.
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.
Orientations are regularly scheduled on the 2nd Tuesday and 4th Wednesday of every month.
All classes are on a first come, first serve basis so signing up right away is crucial. Mark your calendars for the final listings of the Orientation class!
We hope to see you there!
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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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Sacramento Video Industry Professionals
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The Northern California Filmmakers Coalition
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California Film Foundation
Meetings are always the 1st Friday of each month.
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Sacramento Adobe Users Group
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Capital Film Arts Alliance
Meetings are always the 3rd Tuesday of each month.
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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!
Push Watch TV 17 for The Sacramento Channel
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Follow us on Twitter
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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.
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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
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!"
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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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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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If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, contact the editor, at
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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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LIVE TV Audition Awards Two Singers with "Sacramento Has Talent" Offer
With just one month to go before Access Sacramento's 2nd annual benefit talent show "Sacramento Has Talent," two spots were awarded to singers who auditioned Saturday during a live TV performance showcasing some of our area's best undiscovered performers.
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Micayla Brim (left) and Rebecca Peters win spots in the "Sacramento Has Talent" stage show from Access Sacramento.
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Sacramento's Micayla Brim and Rebecca Peters will appear on The Crest Theater stage on April 10 for a fund raiser that benefits Access Sacramento's Neighborhood News Youth Correspondent Training Program. Tickets are available from Tickets.com.
Read the full article here at AccessLocal.tv.
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Sac Has Talent Open Auditions Generates Social Media Explosion
The open audition for singers for the upcoming Sacramento Has Talent brought not only a huge talent pool of singers from various age groups and musical styles, the event also saw a huge explosion on Twitter by using the hashtag #SacTalent. For Example:
Hip Entertainment
A Capella is no easy feat. Tanya singing her original Jazz tune made it look like cake. #sactalent
David Stewart
Great voice from Ashanti Lewis and vocal range and wonderful song choice "Break the Chain" #SacTalent
Sally Phonthachack
I've already heard some of the auditions. The judges have the hardest jobs. #Sacramento DOES have talent! #SacTalent
Ed Fletcher
Congrats to Micayla Brim and Rebecca Peters the 2 winners of #SacTalent LIVE audition..
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Sacramento Filmmakers
Connect at Comic Con
A high powered set of Sacramento filmmakers and television producers gathered at Sacramento's Wizard World Comic Con Saturday to help attendees learn about the variety of opportunities for production available in our region.
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Comic Con panel (from left) Matthew Donaldson, Ryan Todd, Brian Jaggar, Gary Martin, Doug Stanley and Michael Rosenbaum.
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Access Sacramento Executive Director Gary Martin told about the "Place Called Sacramento" script writing competition for 10-minute scripts featuring this region, encouraging writers to tell the stories they love and reminding them Access Sacramento has classes and the free use of equipment for those who get certified.
Read the the many project underway and about the surprise guest who stopped by from "Smallville" at AccessLocal.tv.
ACCESS SACRAMENTO EMPLOYEE WINS FILM AWARD
Wizard World included a film festival component this year. Local film makers submitted films that showed throughout the film festival. Congratulations to Access Sacramento's Carlos Hernandez, producer of the film "Stolen Homework" who won First Place for the "Best Super Short" in the film festival.
 
"It was a great experience," said Hernandez. "I was able to meet and get autographs from William Shatner and Stan Lee, as well as have my film show in front of about a thousand people."
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Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom Calls for Technology Progress in State Government
In a live webcast and cable television show from Access Sacramento, California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom today called for a break from the status quo and faster progress on improving the state's technology infrastructure.
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Host John Thomas Flynn (Left), Access Sacramento Executive Director Gary Martin and Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom.
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In a live broadcast interview on TechLeader.TV, Newsom said California is "still trapped by standard operating procedures; legacy systems left over from the 70s." Newsom in part was also promoting his latest book, just out this week in paperback, Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government.
Read the full article here.
Repeats of this telecast will be scheduled later this month.
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"Krazy Sac Ladz Honor LiveWire!"
The Krazy Sac Ladz had an appreciation dinner for their Non-Profit volunteers and those who have helped them succeed. LiveWire! was honored as one of the organizations and we are so happy to have been part of it.
Felicia Armstrong is the CEO & President of this wonderful local Non-profit organization that helps kids in need in the Sacramento region. The Organization grew out of need she saw with children in her neighborhood for school supplies, lunches, and more and now serves over thousands of children in Sacramento each year. Congratulations to the Access Sacramento and LiveWire! Hosts and Crew for their endeavors to help NPO's get the word out.
For more information about the Krazy Sac Ladz log on to http://krazysacladz.com/home
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"Be Caring & Courageous"
Wednesday at 5 pm
Our guest on LiveWire this week is Dee DiGioglio from Caring and Courageous Kids. Dee is a presenter, coach and anti-bullying advocate. She has an anti-bullying program for children that she shares at local schools and children's events. She is reaching out to touch hearts and change people for the better. Dee will be on the program to tell us about her mission and how you can get help stopping a bully or learn how to not be one and the learning the strength of compassion.
For more details about the anti-bullying program please visit www.CaringandCourageousKids.com
Tune in to LiveWire! on Access Sacramento channel 17 on Wednesday, March 12th at 5pm. You can also watch the simulcast online at www.AccessSacramento.org and click 'watch 17' the same time it airs.
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Tune in March. 18th, at 11 p.m. for "Sunshine Mix"
By Listen Up! Co-Producer, Michelle A. Barbaria
Listen up! Sacramento recently celebrated their 5 year anniversary in February and had many great guests over the years. This episode features our first visit from Autumn Sky, the passion filled Simon & the Fire Breathers, and the Ancient Sons (our very first band featured on Listen Up! Sacramento in February of 2009). We celebrate the changing season and we hope this episode brings a little sunshine into your life.
Tune in to Listen Up! Sacramento on Tuesday, March 18th at 11pm on Access Sacramento channel 17. You can also watch the simulcast the same time is airs 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: Listen.Up.Sacramento@gmail.com
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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.
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A special Screenwriting class started last Saturday at Access Sacramento, helping these aspiring writers polish their skills in preparation for the April 11 script submission deadline.
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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 "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.
For more information on the "A Place Called Sacramento" Film Festival, the official rules, or to see previous films , visit the Access Sacramento website.
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"20th Annual Brainwash
Film Festival"
Hello there Sacramento Area Filmmakers!
Brainwash Film Festival announced it call for entries and wants Sacramento Filmmakers to get involved. They are looking for all types and lengths of films.
Here's some info from their website:
The movies shown at the Brainwash Movie Festival are a great mix of original humor, experimental art movies, innovative animation, and short live-action stories and features with high production values. The movie-makers are unique and skillful storytellers, and the movies themselves pack a real punch into anywhere from 5 to 18 to 100 minutes.
How do I enter my film?
To submit your movies for 2014, please see our "Call for Entries".
http://www.brainwashm.com
http://www.brainwashm.com/entries/
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CFAA March 18th Meeting: Field Trip to Access Sacramento
 Capital Film Arts Alliance Members are invited to join us at Access Sacramento on Tuesday, March 18th at 7pm for a creative Field Trip. This creative field trip will let you in on how you can share your stories and programs on Access Sacramento TV. The meeting will be held in the Gold Run room inside the Coloma Community Center. We will get to ask questions to Access Sacramento Executive Director, Gary Martin along with Office Manager & Producer, Michelle Barbaria. They will also be giving you a tour of the facility. We hope to see you there!
Monthly CFAA Meeting:
Tuesday, March 18th @ 7pm
at Access Sacramento
Monthly meetings are free to CFAA members and only $5 for non-members and guests
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