Community Media - "Sights and Sounds"

A weekly newsletter from your friends at
Access Sacramento 

Welcome Springtime!
March 25, 2014 
In This Issue
RSVP Orientation Mar. 26
2014 Workshop Schedule
Stars Named for Benefit Show
Bishop Ordination Live TV Today
Lawmakers Support Access TV
This Week on LiveWire!
Access at Youth Job Fair
Thousands View Robot TV Show
The Western Tates on ListenUp!
Sac VIP Meeting Wed.
Call for Scripts - Due Apr. 11

Congratulations!

 


Congratulations to Access Sacramento Community Producer and Host, Lady Charmaine! Welcome baby Josiah born on February 5, 2014.


Next Orientation Class is Tomorrow at 6pm

 

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Access Sacramento's next Orientation class is Wednesday, March 26th 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.  

 

 2014 Workshop Schedule

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




California Film Foundation   

 

Meetings are always the 1st Friday of each month. 



Sacramento Video Industry Professionals      

 

    

The next Sacramento Video Industry Professionals (VIP's) meeting starts at 7pm at Studio 50, 3665 Bleckley St. Mather, CA 95655. Doors open at 6:30pm.  

 

A $5 entrance fee includes an education, networking, refreshments, and a 'door prize' entry!  Free parking! http://www.sacramentovips.com/



The Northern California Filmmakers Coalition 

 

 

The Northern California Filmmakers Coalition (NCFC) invites you to be a studio audience guest in the television production of  "Sacramento Film Works". RSVP by phone at 916-502-7068 or 916-384-5796 or

by email at [email protected] 

http://www.ncfc.tv/ 



 Sacramento Adobe Users Group     

 

 

Sacramento Adobe Users Group.

Meet monthly.

http://sacramentoadobeusers.org/ 



 

Capital Film Arts Alliance   

 

 

Meetings are always the 3rd Tuesday of each month. 

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

 
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/ 

 

 

 

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

 

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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!"

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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Neighborhood News Bureaus.  

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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.

 

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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 

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

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


Sacramento Has Talent Semi-Finalists Named  

 

Buy April 10th Tickets Now 

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Access Sacramento's premiere benefit talent show "Sacramento Has Talent" will feature a dozen premium local performers, all hoping to be named champion in the 2nd annual televised stage show April 10 at The Crest Theatre in downtown Sacramento.

 

Tickets are available now from Tickets.com.

 

Performer Line up

 Click each link for more on the performers

 

Amiah is a 13-year-old singer from Woodland who last year won a local talent competition there and was auditioned into Sacramento Has Talent based on a YouTube video demonstrating her personal style during last year's "Chalk It Up!" community event in downtown Sacramento.

 

Singer Micayla Brim wowed the judges in a Sacramento Has Talent open audition two weeks ago with a powerful performance of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," the Judy Garland standard from The Wizard of Oz.

 

Madeline "Anime Girl" Roa is sure to turn hearts aglow with her unconventional dance performance. She has been a flow artist for two years, performing hoop, flow wand, and staff.  

Handstand Nation

Handstand Nation is a local performance troupe who believes almost everything is better upside down. Reminiscent of acrobatic group featured in Las Vegas' Cirque Du Soleil, the audience can expect some amazing acrobatic feats.

 

HANS Eberbach is one of Sacramento 's most loved performers. After a successful run with a popular Sacramento cover band, he's packing nightclubs with his music.

 

The Hijinx Dancers are a hip-hop dance group from Sacramento whose high energy moves thrill audiences with both their precision connected with contemporary rhythms.

 

Rebecca Peters was also selected during the Sacramento Has Talent Open Audition. Judges complemented her vocal range, connection with the audience and poise.

 

Performing contemporary and traditional Filipino dance, the Sinag Tala Theater Ensemble was a thrilling dance troupe featured during last November's Asian Performing Arts Festival at The Crest. Precision dancing to music accompanied by bamboo rods that threaten to capture the dancers' feet as they move is always a captivating performance.

 

Comedian Tapan Trivedi brings an unmatched wit to the stage. The observations of the Indian-born Trivedi helped in winning a slot on Showtime's Coexist Comedy tour.


Catholic Bishop Ordination

Live on Access Sacramento

Today 1:30 - 4:00 pm 

 

The ordination of Sacramento's new Catholic Auxiliary-Bishop Myron Cotta today will be broadcast live at 1:30 p.m. on Access Sacramento Channel 18, with a unique live simulcast to catholic-owned KNXT-TV in Fresno.

Bishop-designate, Msgr. Myron Cotta, 60, of Fresno with Diocese of Sacramento Bishop Jaime Soto. (Courtesy: The Catholic Herald)

Bishop-designate Cotta, 60, has been a priest in the Diocese of Fresno for 26 years, and was appointed by Pope Francis to help the Diocese of Sacramento which has more than 980,000 Catholics spread over 20 Northern California counties.

 

Watch on Comcast/SureWest Cable Channel 18 or from AccessSacramento.org Push Watch TV 18. 

 

Read the full article here at AccessLocal.TV


Assembly Committee Supports Access Broadcasting 

Now on to the full Senate and Assembly 

 

Under a ground swell of 54 support letters and more than a dozen speakers,  Assembly Joint Resolution (AJR) 39, aimed at helping fiscally struggling public, education and government (PEG) cable television channels, earned unanimous 12-0 approval Monday by the Assembly Utilities and Commerce at the California State Capitol.

 

Speakers line up to show support for AJR 39 before a CA Assembly hearing Monday.
  

Speakers line up to show support for AJR 39 before a CA Assembly hearing Monday.

 

Assembly member Roger Hernández (D-Dist. 48, West Covina) authored AJR 39 which, if approved by the full CA Assembly and Senate, would call on US Congress to change laws restricting the way PEG community centers can spend money to help residents with training and equipment to tell the stories of their communities.

 

"It's like having money for a library building and books, with no money to hire a librarian to order the books and keep the doors open," said Hern�ndez. 

 

Read more about the resolution at AccessLocal.TV 


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Author Kathryn Mattingly

and The Regional Water Authority to appear on LiveWire! Tomorrow

 

The Sacramento Regional Water Authority will be returning to LiveWire! for their Spring report and tips for 2014. Green Gardener, Linden Nies will be back on the show ton teach us about river friendly landscaping specific to our region. He will be joined by RWA Sacramento City representative William Granger.

 

For details about the Green Gardener Program and Regional Water Authority please log on to www.RWAh2o.org

 

 

We will also be joined by Author, Kathryn Mattingly. She will be sharing details about her novel "Benjamin" about a single mother who is dealing with the complications of her son's father coming back into her life. She also tell us about her book "Fractured Hearts" which features a collection of short stories about life, love, and beauty.

 

Information about Kathryn Mattingly can be found at PenPublishPromote.com

 

Tune in to LiveWire! on Wednesday, March 26th at 5 p.m. on Access Sacramento channel 17 or watch the simulcast online at AccessSacramento.org and click 'Watch 17'.

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*LiveWire! is an Access Sacramento production. The Crew is made up of volunteers and several experienced staff.The program is an extension of the TV Studio Production Class designed to further the skills for our members who wish to learn more about creating their own programs. LiveWire features local non-profit organizations, arts & entertainment. Opinions, ideas, and thoughts shared on the program may not reflect the opinions of Access Sacramento.

 

If you would like to be guest on LiveWire or you are a member and recent graduate of the TV Studio class seeking certification and experience please e-mail or call (916) 456-8600 x 116. 

 

Thank you for watching LiveWire!

Access Sacramento at

Youth Job Fair

 

On Saturday, March 22nd, City Hall Plaza played host to a youth job fair event, and Access Sacramento was there. Specifically, Isaac Gonzalez, Youth Media Coordinator for AccessLocal.TV, attend the fair to seek out new Neighborhood News Correspondents to hire in May. The AccessLocal.Tv program trains young people from Sacramento County on how to make videos, write articles, host podcasts, and star in their own television show, all to highlight news stories from the neighborhoods in region.
Youth Media Coordinator, Isaac Gonzalez mans the Access Sacramento booth at the Youth Job Fair.


Thousands Watch Robotics Championship on Access Sacramento

 

Access Sacramento's broadcast of the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Western States Super-Regional Robotics championships were seen on cable TV Saturday afternoon with more than 6,000 additional internet viewers as 72 high school teams from 12 western states competed for a chance at going to the national championship.

Robots battle head to head for a chance to advance to a national competition in St. Louis. 

Two days of preliminary competition led to the championship round and final awards which aired in Sacramento County on Comcast/SureWest cable channel 17 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99.

 

Read the full article here at AccessLocal.TV
 

Tune in April 1st at 11 p.m. for
"The Western Tates"
By Listen Up! Co-Producer, Michelle A. Barbaria
  

  

 

It's time to grab a beer, sit on your porch, and enjoy the country sounds of "The Western Tates". Andy Tate and Amanda Cook are a creative force in the Sacramento area. Andy is involved in many musical projects including some 'noise' style shows as well as several other side projects. Amanda creates beautiful artwork using cloth and other mediums. Their music project "The Western Tates" is a lovely and relaxing sound with intriguing songs like "Hell is What You Make It" and "At Least You Dug a Hole". Kick your boots off and tune in to Listen Up!

 

For more information log on to 

 

Tune in to Listen Up! Sacramento on Tuesday, April 1st at 11 p.m. on Access Sacramento Channel 17. You can also watch the simulcast online the same time it airs at 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]


Sac VIPs Meeting This

Wed, March 26th 

 

The next Sacramento Video Industry Professionals (VIPs) meeting is Wednesday, March 26th at 7pm (doors open at 6:30pm). The meeting will be held at Studio 50.

 

 

This month's meeting features award-winning director of photography Mark Herzig. Mark will share tips for special lighting effects using gels and how to create distinctive compositions. Mark is well known for his beautifully lit and shot commercials, corporate projects, and fictional narratives.

 

The second guest speaker is Andrew Hughan. Andrew will show us how he uses the Go Pro series cameras to achieve stunning videography!

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.

 

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