Community Media - "Sights and Sounds"

A weekly newsletter from your friends at
Access Sacramento

July 27th is Parents Day!
  Honor your mother and father and celebrate the family!
July 22, 2014 
In This Issue
Free Orientation Tomorrow
Listen to Access Sac Radio
Shooting 10 Films Underway
Meet Sacramento Filmmakers
KUBU FM Transmitter Ordered
Solar Cooking on HTTV
Easier to Watch us now on AT&T
Bands Needed on Listen Up! Sac
Climate Change Focus on Ac Sac
New Acting Class Sessions

 Free Orientation Session  

Tomorrow at 6pm

 

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Access Sacramento's holds free  Orientation Sessions twice every month on the 2nd Tuesday and 4th Wednesday at 6pm in Sacramento's  Coloma Community Center.

 

Orientation classes are free and open to the public. They last a little more than an hour. The orientation class is also a required 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 providing a tour of the radio and TV studios and digital media lab.   

 

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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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.


 
 

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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Access Sacramento

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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

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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.

 

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.

 

 

 

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]


Sacramento VIPs  

July 30 - 7 pm

The Sacramento Video Industry Professonals (VIP's) meet the last Wednesday of each month at 7pm at Studio 50, 3665 Bleckley Street, Mather, CA, off Hwy. 50 east of Bradshaw.

   

Video Industry Professionals

    

 
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Soon to become
KUBU-LP  96.5 FM 
Click to listen to Access Sacramento's own locally produced radio station.

 

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Community reports from our

Neighborhood News Bureaus   

Click here

 

 
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/   

 


California Film Foundation

 

Meetings are always the 1st Friday of each month.  

 



Sacramento Adobe Users Group   

 

 

Sacramento Adobe Users Group.

Meets monthly.

 

http://sacramentoadobeusers.org/    

 


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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.

 




"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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  Thank you for your support.

    

  Gary Martin, Executive Director 

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


"We're Making Films"
Cameras Roll on 10

Place Called Sacramento Films  

   

Winning writers in the Place Called Sacramento Film Festival gathered Saturday to provide an update on their progress of converting their scripts into real movies, and to get final instructions for turning in their finished 10-minute films.  

Writer/Producers meet at the Coloma Community Center Gold Run Room for their final in-person meeting before they submit their films in early September. 
Thuy Pham is the first of the Access Sacramento A Place Called Sacramento filmmakers to complete shooting his film. It's all over but the editing now for "Two Pods and a Pea."

 

Seven writer/producers have begun principle photography, and several are only two or three days of shooting from completing their films.

 

Two filmmakers are finishing the preproduction phase; finalizing the cast, crew and locations needed to begin photography.

   

 

 





OPEN CASTING CALL
FRIDAY 6PM TV STUDIO

Some actors are still needed for the film "Parkway" by David Schwartz.  Five primary roles and several minor ones will be selected Friday 6-9 pm at the Access Sacramento TV Studio, 4623 T Street, Sacramento. Enter the building from the 46th Street side.

Also, several crew members are needed for the film "Bereaved" during the first week of August. Email writer Ilana Hack for details.

Watch this newsletter and the
"Place Called Sacramento" Facebook page for the announcement of an additional casting call.

For others hoping to volunteer to help with one of this years festival production, festival co-organizer Michelle Barbaria can help you contact the filmmakers.

Email [email protected] for more information.

Mark your Calendar: The 15th Place Called Sacramento's 10 films make their World Premiere  Sunday, Oct. 5 at 1 p.m. at Sacramento's Crest Theatre. Tickets will be available soon.


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 Live Wire Wednesday Showcases

15 Years of Filmmaking

 

The Sacramento Film & Music Festival and the California Film Arts Alliance are both celebrating their 15th Anniversary. They have decided to celebrate together at the festival.

 

 

 

The Sacramento Film & Music Festival features a variety of films from full length features to local shorts and music videos. They also have the 10x10 film challenge. Tune in to find out more from the festival chair Nathan Schemel. 

 

For details log on to http://www.sacfilm.com/.

 

 

 

The California Film Arts Alliance has been a hub and great resource to Northern California Filmmakers for the last 15 years. They are a non-profit organization designed to support our local talent in both cast and crew.  If you're into filmmaking you should tune in to hear more about the CFAA from founder Laurie Pederson. 

 

For more information about the California Film Arts Alliance please visit http://www.capitalfilmarts.org/ 

 

Tune in to LiveWire on Wednesday, July 23rd at 5pm on Access Sacramento Channel 17. You can also watch the simulcast at www.AccessSacramento org.
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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's KUBU-LP Orders Transmitter & Antenna 

  

Access Sacramento's new low power FM station this week orders its 96.5 FM transmitter and antenna, intending to launch the over-the-air service later this Fall.

Radio Coordinator Shane Carpenter says it will take three to four weeks for the transmitter to be built and delivered, and then the process of installation can begin.
Nautel Broadcast Transmitter Design
Executive Director Gary Martin says having the two operational production studios, playback automation system and even the Emergency Action Notification equipment already in place will make the broadcast station launch much easier.  Once installed, training for the radio staff can begin.

Click for Access Sacramento's KUBU-LP Official Facebook webpage.

A variety of other equipment which will allow the downtown transmitter to be controlled from the Coloma Community Center studios will also be purchased later this month.

Meanwhile, Access Sacramento's Programming Committee and Board of Directors is looking into additional finance options, knowing that the over-the-air service should create the ability to enhance both sponsorships and underwriting for both radio and Access Sacramento's cable broadcasts on Channels 17 & 18.

Access Sacramento's "The Voice" broadcasting service can be heard on Channel 17 & 18's "Language 2" during regular programming, or push the link to hear the  internet stream.
 

Sacramento Solar Cooking Festival Documented on Hometown TV
 
Access Sacramento's Hometown TV crew was at William Land Park Saturday documenting many of the ways Solar Power can improve your quality of life.
Access Sacramento at the Solar Cookers International Festival at William Land Park.
The park festival demonstrated ways that the power of the sun can help save the environment, save on the household budget, improve family health, and in many parts of the world regularly helps cook food and pasteurize drinking water.

Access Sacramento's Carlos Hernandez accepts a sponsor's award from Jack Garvey.
Harnessing the power of the sun is something everyone can do with just a little bit of training.












Solar Cookers International is a Sacramento-based non-profit offering advice and tips, plus a regular newsletter available for subscription from its website.

Many of the demonstrations and experts on solar benefits were recorded for the Hometown TV program. Watch for the show In August on Access Sacramento.


AT&T U-Verse Moves All Sacramento ACCESS Programs to Channel 14      

 
Cable subscribers on the AT&T U-Verse service who have had trouble finding Sacramento's public, education and government (PEG) access programs among the long list of offerings on AT&T's channel 99, can now find the Sacramento programs on Channel 14.   

  

metrocable This new channel is provided as part of a lawsuit settlement between AT&T and the Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission (SMCTC) which alleged the Channel 99 service did not meet the expectation of state laws requiring PEG channels be provided broadcast service equivalent to what commercial broadcasters receive.    

  

Unlike Comcast and Consolidated Communications (SureWest) cable services that show PEG programs on individual channels, AT&T has clustered all government, education and public access programs from Modesto, Stockton, Sacramento and other communities into the one Channel 99 service.

 

Subscribers and the SMCTC complained Channel 99 did not allow recording, program guide listings or closed captioning like regular broadcast channels. AT&T explained its technology was not like other cable providers and was unified across the region--therefore making it impossible to separate the different cities who might use the same channel position.

 

Additional lawsuit settlement elements include placing an AT&T U-Verse monitoring station at the cable commission offices to improve commission monitoring of the AT&T service.   

 

Subscribers finding technical difficulties with the new channel 14 service can contact SMCTC staff by email at [email protected] for a speedy resolution with the AT&T operations team. 

 


Listen Up! Sacramento
Booking for Next Season
By Listen Up! Co-Producer, Michelle A. Barbaria
  

Listen Up! Sacramento is booking for our next season in 2015. We are currently seeking local bands from Sacramento and its outer lying areas. 

 

Listen Up! Features local up and coming bands in all genres,  styles, and languages. 

 

If you are interested in having your band featured on the show please send your information along with a link or samples of your music to [email protected].

 

Listen Up! Sacramento airs the first and third Tuesday of each month at 11pm on Access Sacramento Channel 17 and is simulcast at www.AccessSacramento.org. 
  

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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]


Town Hall Meeting on Climate Change TV Cablecast Schedule

On May 17th, 2014, Sacramento held its first Town Hall Meeting on Climate Change at Met High School.

Radio veteran, Kat Maudru, speaks at Sacramento's first Town Hall Meeting on Climate Change.
The meeting brought community and organization members together to share ideas and seek solutions to climate change. A forum was also held at the meeting for the community to share short statements on climate change.

Following are the upcoming playback dates for the "Town Hall Meeting on Climate Change:"

 

Sunday, July 27th @ 10:00pm

Monday, July 28th @ 2:00pm

Tuesday, July 29th @ 6:00am

 

All cablecasts will be on Comcast/Surewest Channel 17 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99, Pacific Daylight/Standard Time, unless otherwise specified.  If you don't have those services, it can also be viewed on our website at www.accesssacramento.org at the time 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.

 


Mosaic Acting Academy Offerings

The Mosaic Acting Academy is presenting a few opportunities for those of you interested in acting for the camera.



The Academy is offering you the chance to claim free two hours of acting classes by visiting this link: iActingStudios and creating a free account.

Once you have an account you will get access to to 2 free hours of pre-recorded classes, webinars and special events.

Acting Boot Camp

On Sunday, July 27th, iActingStudios is holding a special Sacramento Acting Boot Camp class taught by Yonda Davis, creator of THE DAVIS TECHNIQUE, a brilliant acting coach who possesses that rare combination of qualities: precision, determination, insight and passion. She has over twenty years experience in helping launch and sustain many successful acting careers.
 
In addition, you will have the opportunity to meet and chat online with iActing Studios Master Teachers via our live on-line interactive feed! The names of participating iActing Studios Master Teachers will be announced soon.
 
For enrollment information visit the following link: Information.