Community Media - "Sights and Sounds"

A weekly newsletter from your friends at
Access Sacramento 
 
"Sacramento Has Talent"
Showcases Unique Performances
April 15, 2014 
In This Issue
RSVP Orientation Apr. 23rd!
2014 Workshop Schedule
Sac VIPs-Free Trade Show
Listen to Access Sac Radio
ACM Hometown Award Deadline
"Sacramento Has Talent" Recap
"Power of Voice" Award
PCS Script Judging Begins
Sac County DA Forum LIVE!
AT&T Lawsuit Settled
LPFM Update
2014 Day of Giving May 6
The Celestions Tonight at 11
 
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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.


Next Orientation Class is 

April 23rd at 6pm

 

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Access Sacramento's next Orientation class will be April 23rd 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



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/ 



 

Capital Film Arts Alliance   

 

 

Meetings are always the 3rd Tuesday of each month. 


Sacramento Video Industry Professionals      

  

    

FREE TRADE SHOW

April 30, 2014

 

Time:

6pm-8pm

 

Where:

Studio 50

 

What:

Sacramento VIP's Film, Video, Audio, and Lighting Show; all the things you need to make a great movie!

  

Check out the coolest technology and the latest production gear with the reps from Adobe, AJA, Artbeats, BlackmagicDesign, Boris FX, *Focal Press, Hitachi, JVC Professional Products, Panasonic, Sony Pro, the Vitec Group-showing Vinten, Sachtler, Litepanels, Anton Bauer;  VMI, Inc. with the latest gear fresh from NAB�

and Lots More!

 

*Focal Press will not be at the show but is offering show specials and giveaways at the VIP's March and May meetings.

 

http://www.sacramentovips.com/

 
 Watch Access programming on Comcast OnDemand today!

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California Film Foundation   

 

Meetings are always the 1st Friday of each month. 

 

 

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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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. 




 Sacramento Adobe Users Group     

 

 

Sacramento Adobe Users Group.

Meet monthly.

http://sacramentoadobeusers.org/ 

 
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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/ 

 

 

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Community reports from our

Neighborhood News Bureaus.  

Click here.

 

 
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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/

ACM Hometown Media Awards
Deadline for Submission

The deadline for entering submissions for ACM's Hometown Media Awards is Wednesday, April 30th.



The Hometown Media Awards honor and promote community media and local cable programs that are distributed on PEG (Public, Educational, Government) access cable television channels. Awards are presented to creative programs that address community needs, develop diverse community involvement, challenge conventional commercial television formats, and move viewers to experience television in a different way.
 
 
  
  Thank you for your support.

    

  Gary Martin, Executive Director 

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


Access Sacramento Benefit

"Sacramento Has Talent"

Helps Neighborhood News Youth Correspondents

 

The 2nd Annual "Sacramento Has Talent" welcomed more than 400 to the Crest Theatre for a showcase of area performers as a benefit for Access Sacramento's Neighborhood News Youth Correspondent Training program.

 

The title sponsor for the program is The California Endowment who supported the program with a two-year $50,000 grant. 

Access Sacramento Board of Director Chair JoAnn Fuller received the first of two $25,000 from California Endowment Program Director Christine Tien as Neighborhood News Youth Correspondent Coordinator Isaac Gonzales watches. 

Vocalist Julie Vang was selected as the 1st Place winner of Sacramento Has Talent.  Singer Hans Eberbach won Second Place.  Classical Violinists Roger Xiz and Brandon Luong won third Place.

 

Watch VIDEO of the performances HERE

Vocalist Julie Vang
 
Vocalist Hans Eberbach
Roger Xia and Brandon Luong

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A PHOTO GALLERY of last Thursday's events is available HERE. 


Access Sacramento's "Power of Voice" Award Goes 
to Writer Ginger Rutland
 
Nearly 500 people watched as former Sacramento Bee editorial writer Ginger Rutland received the
Access Sacramento "Power of Voice" Award Thursday evening in tribute for her long career of supporting free speech and the community voice.
Ginger Rutland holds the "Power of Voice" award as Access Sacramento's JoAnn Fuller Board Chair announces the winner and Executive Director Gary Martin looks on.
The honor was presented during Access Sacramento's "Sacramento Has Talent" benefit at The Crest Theatre. 
 
Read the full article here at AccessLocal.TV:  Access Sacramento's "Power of Voice" Award Goes to Writer Ginger Rutland

"Place Called Sacramento"
Script Judging Now Begins

Local professionals will soon receive this year's entries in the "Place Called Sacramento" film festival script competition now that the script submission deadline passed Friday..

Writers of the ten best script submissions will be offered the chance to produce their films during the summer, with a world premiere showcase next October. 

 

The scripts go through two rounds of blind judging before a final decision is made. 

 

The scripts' writers become producers on Wednesday, May 28 when hundreds of interested cast and crew members gather from 6-8pm for the Place Called Sacramento: Cast and Crew Call. 

 

Watch this Newsletter for more on the Placed Called Sacramento over the next few months.

Sacramento County Candidates

for District Attorney

LIVE Tomorrow at 6pm  

on Access Sacramento

 

 

 

In partnership with the Sacramento County Bar Association, a live candidate's forum with the three candidates for Sacramento County District Attorney airs tomorrow April 16 at 6 p.m Access Sacramento Channel 17.

 

The candidates for District Attorney are Maggy Krell, Todd Leras and Anne Marie

Schubert. The session will be moderated by Capital Public Radio's Beth Ruyak with questions from a panel of judges and professors from McGeorge School of Law.

 

 

 

The forum can be seen on Access Sacramento tomorrow at 6 p. m. on Comcast and Consolidated Communications (formerly SureWest) Channel 17 and  AT&T U-verse Channel 99. The LIVE session can also be viewed on our website at AccessSacramento.org. Push 'Watch TV 17'.

The broadcast will repeat many times including Saturday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 10 a.m. 

Cable Commission Settles AT&T Lawsuit on U-Verse Display of Access Channels

The Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission (SMCTC) announced it has settled its lawsuit with AT&T over the way the Public, Educational and Government (PEG) channels are shown on AT&T's U-Verse cable system.

The settlement will move the Sacramento channels to Channel 14 on the system, and gives a special grouping for KVIE 2, Metro Cable, the Sacramento Educational Cable Consortium and Access Sacramento.

The Channel 14 location means greater convenience for viewers who previously had to go to Channel 99 to look through a list of all PEG channels from Modesto to Yuba City to find the Sacramento channels.

Some disadvantages continue including the lack of programming information on the system's program guide, and the inability to record programs on the system's DVR, although closed captioning is now available unlike in earlier years.

SMCTC attorney Harriet Steiner told the commission the costs of the lawsuit and the current technical system used by AT&T means this deal is the best that can be expected.

The lawsuit originally charged AT&T with failing to meet state law that requires equal technical support for PEG Channels as was provided to commercial channels. 

Access Sacramento Researches Best Purchases for Cable TV Studio and Low Power FM

In anticipation of doing an upgrade for the Access Sacramento remote truck and the launch of a Low Power FM (LPFM) radio station during the next fiscal year, staff members attended the National Association of Broadcasters trade show in Las Vegas, NV last week.
(From Left) Instructor Carlos Hernandez, Executive Director Gary Martin, Engineer Richard Langley, Radio Coordinator Shane Carpenter and Engineer Tim Parish attend NAB Show in Las Vegas, NV. 

The show features the latest in technology innovations for broadcasters in radio, TV, cable and the internet distribution.

In news about LPFM during the trade show, the FCC revealed despite the release of 1,148 low-power station construction permits in the last few months, the total number of LPFM stations on the air actually dipped by two during the last quarter.

The FCC recognizes it takes time for the construction permits to become actual broadcast stations though, and anticipated a big jump over the next year.

Access Sacramento's LPFM construction permit was approved by the FCC several months ago and engineers are working out the details that should put the new KUBU-LP station at 96.5 FM during the Fall.

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LiveWire! Revists the Library and "The Vanishing Point" 

 

The LiveWire! program will be re-airing two special episodes while we are on vacation.

 

 

On April 16th catch the episode featuring the play "The Vanishing Point" by Nedra Pezold Roberts. The play runs now through April 27th at California Stage. The episode also features guests from the Sacramento Public Library's Alt+ program. The library hosts a plethora of wonderful and unique events including punk rock aerobics, book walks, craft nights, and an alternative book club.

 

We'll be back 'live' on Wednesday, April 30th at 5pm.

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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!

2014 BIG Day of Giving

On May 6th, the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, in partnership with GiveLocalNow, Placer Community Foundation, Yolo Community Foundation, will host the 2014 BIG Day of Giving for our community.
 
 

The BIG Day of Giving is amazing opportunity to raise unrestricted dollars from the greater community to support the work of our local nonprofits. It is also an opportunity to have those donations boosted by a pool of matching dollars!

  

The Sacramento region will join hundreds of community foundations across the country in a 24 hour giving challenge through a national campaign called "GiveLocalAmerica". This unprecedented event is a celebration of giving by many donors, and locally, will not just bring additional funding, but increased awareness of the nonprofit sector who work tirelessly to make our community a better place.

 
To learn more about BIG Day of Giving, click this link: http://givelocalnow.org/ and mark your calendars for May 6th and support your favorite non-profit organization!
 

Tune in Tonight, April 15th, at 11 p.m. for
"The Celestions"
By Listen Up! Co-Producer, Michelle A. Barbaria
  

  

The Celestions are a powerhouse whiskey rock group made up of local musicians who have been part of some legendary Sacramento bands that range from punk to metal. Andrew Harrison performs vocals and plays guitar along with guitarist, Curtis Franklin. Jeff Kapellos is on keyboard and Gabe Van Dyke plays the bass. Greg Wellman rocks on percussion. Their tunes will get you rockin' out of your seat and send you into the cosmos.

 

For more details about the Celestions log on to their website at www.Celestions.com.

 

Tune in to Listen Up! Sacramento tonight, April 15th 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]

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

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