Community Media - "Sights and Sounds"

A weekly newsletter from your friends at
Access Sacramento 
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Wishing you the Very Best of the Season 
December 23, 2014 
In This Issue
Get Your Free 2015 Calendar
RSVP Orientation Jan. 13
Sign Up for 2015 Workshops
Donate to Access Sacramento
KUBU Funding Campaign
"SNOW MUCH FUN" on TV
Santa LiveWire Holiday Special
Sinag-tala: A Holiday Review
St. Hope Classic Basketball
Stairway to Stardom Airs Friday
PCS Films On TV this Weekend
Battle Against Hunger To Air
Immune System of the Soul

HOLIDAY OFFICE HOURS

   

 

The Access Sacramento Main Office is adjusting its regular schedule on the following dates:

Wednesday, Dec. 24  9am to 1pm
Thursday, Dec. 25  CLOSED

Wednesday, Dec. 31  9am to 1pm
Thursday, Jan. 1  CLOSED

You can call the main office at (916) 456-8600 ext. 0

Get Your Free 2015 Calendar!

The 2015 calendars have arrived!! Come down to Access Sacramento to claim your free 2015 calendar.



We have four different styles to choose from: Scenes of California, Scenes of America, Memorable Images by Norman Rockwell & Black History: A Celebration.
 
Come down to Access Sacramento located on 4623 T Street Sacramento, CA 95819 between 9am-6pm Mon-Fri to claim your free calendar while supplies last.
 
Limit one per member. For more info contact the front desk at 916-456-8600 Ext. 0.

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


 2015 Orientation Sessions Begin Jan. 13 & 21  

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Access Sacramento' next free orientation sessions are in 2015, beginning Tues. Jan 13 at 6pm.  

 

RSVP by calling 916-456-8600 ext. 0.

 

Access Sacramento's regularly  scheduled  Orientation Sessions are beginning a new schedule in 2015. Orientations will be on the 2nd Tuesday and 3rd Wednesday.  

 

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 describe the standard classes, member benefits, and provide a tour of the radio and TV studios and digital media lab.   

 

All classes are on a first come, first serve basis. We hope to see you there!

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Access Sacramento

(Inside the Coloma Community Center)

4623 T Street, Suite A

Sacramento, Ca. 95819

 

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.

 

 

Winter/Spring 2015 Workshop Schedule

 

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

 


Sac VIP's Restart in January

Video Industry Professionals

For more information visit Sac VIP's website at sacramentovips.com.


Donations to
Access Sacramento Help Youth, Health, Community Media

   

 

Access Sacramento is a 501(c)3 non-profit foundation providing low-cost or free radio, television and internet services for Sacramento County residents.

 

 

Your tax deductible donations support youth and adult training for job skills and work force development, promote health and community news through our channels and AccessLocal.tv, and promote Free Speech and the community voice: Making a Difference, One Voice at a Time.

Push HERE to donate today.

 

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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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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. 14. Replays on Saturdays at 11 a.m. and Tuesdays and 7 p.m.

  

Like us on Facebook

 

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. 5 at 1pm at The Crest Theatre in Sacramento.

 

LiveWire

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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. 14.  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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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.

 



Sacramento Adobe Users Group   

 

 

Sacramento Adobe Users Group.

Meets monthly.

 

http://sacramentoadobeusers.org/    

 


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/     

 


California Film Foundation

 

Meetings are always the 1st Friday of each month.  

 

 

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS
from
Access Sacramento


On behalf of Access Sacramento, the Board of Directors, staff, members and volunteers, we wish you the very best this holiday season can bring.

 

We are so grateful for your help in the on-going process of "Making a Difference, One Voice at a Time."

Gary Martin
Access Sacramento
Executive Director

 

The community of producers who make television, radio and internet programs for Access Sacramento have never been more important. It's too easy to feel that today's headlines of mistrust and conflict overshadow the major triumphs of community spirit we find in an area described as the most diverse in America.

 

Let this holiday season remind us all of the progress of free speech as Access Sacramento promotes the outreach of our community voices.

 

We are particularly grateful to the Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission for its annual funding support that provides the primary means of keeping yoru voice alive in Sacramento County and the communities of Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, Galt, Rancho Cordova and Sacramento.

 

This support builds the strength of democracy itself, when government allows its citizens to be heard, and Access Sacramento is proud to be a partner in that process.

 

In this holiday season and as we begin 2015, Access Sacramento says "Thanks!" and wishes you a new year filled with health, happiness and prosperity.

 

Gary Martin

Executive Director

Access Sacramento


KUBU Launch Campaign Ends Tonight

DONATE NOW

KUBU 96.5 FM'S launch campaign wraps up tonight as Access Sacramento's new over-the-air audio outreach of community voices approaches its six-week anniversary.


With a donation at the Founder's Club Level you receive
  • Our Weekly Newsletter
  • Annual Radio Programming Guide
  • KUBU Bumper Sticker
  • KUBU Founder's Club Certificate
  • Social Media Shout Out
  • Name Added to KUBU Legacy Quilt

Our Indiegogo campaign offers many different donation levels to chose from each with its own unique rewards, allowing you the freedom to pick what works for you.

  

Visit our Indiegogo campaign at

KUBU Community Radio.

  

With your support, we can keep KUBU operating and serve our community, one voice at a time.


TV PREMIERE
Sacramento's "Snow Much Fun"
at the
Coloma Community Center 
 
The 2nd annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony and Holiday Season Performance at the Coloma Community Center in the Elmhurst Neighborhood premieres tonight at 5:30 pm on Access Sacramento Channel 17.
 
Here's the full schedule: 
 
Tuesday, December 23rd @ 5:30pm
Wednesday, December 24th @ 9:30am 
Thursday, December 25th @ 1:30am

Wednesday, December 24th @ 9:30pm 
Thursday, December 25th @ 1:30pm 
Friday, December 26th @ 5:30am

Thursday, December 25th @ 8:30pm 
Friday, December 26th @ 12:30pm 
Saturday, December 27th @ 4:30am

All cablecasts will be on Comcast & Consolidated Communications Channel 17 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 14.  If you don't have those services, watch on our website at AccessSacramento.org

LiveWire! Holiday Special

Santa Visits with Sacramento Children

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Each year, Santa Claus visits Access Sacramento LIVE to talk with area children.  For the 28th consecutive year, this special event has been a charming addition to our holiday season line up of programs.

 

 

The children from Miss Becky's Tiny Tots join Santa to talk about what's important to them during the holidays.

 

Also enjoy a presentation of  'Twas the Night Before Christmas by LiveWire's own hosts Bonnie Antonini and Ray Tatar.

 

Music from the Bradley Clark Band and a rousing all company sing along of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" rounds out the program.

Family Friendly Fun for all beginning tomorrow.

Wednesday, December 24th @ 5:00pm
Thursday, December 25th @ 9:00am
Friday, December 26th @ 1:00am
 
Friday, December 26th @ 10:00pm
Saturday, December 27th @ 2:00pm
Sunday, December 28th @ 6:00am

   

Each show is also simulcast online at the same time it airs at AccessSacramento.org.  

TV PREMIERE
Sinag-tala 2014: A Holiday Review  
 
On Dec. 6, 2014, the Sinag-tala Filipino Theater and Performing Arts Association celebrated the 25th Anniversary of its annual production, Sinag-tala: A Theatrical Review.
 
 
 
The Theatrical Review was a culmination of a 12-week program of free hands-on-training in artistic, technical and business aspects of theater and preforming arts for individuals of all ages.
 
 
 
Here's the full schedule:
 

Saturday, December 27th @ 10:00pm

Monday, December 28th @ 6:00am

 

Sunday, January 11th @ 5:00pm

Monday, January 12th @ 9:00am

Tuesday, January 13th @ 1:00am

 

Saturday, January 17th @ 6:00pm

Sunday, January 18th @ 10:00am

Monday, January 19th @ 2:00am

 

All cablecasts will be on Comcast/Surewest Channel 17, and AT&T U-Verse Channel 14.  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!  Thank you for your support of local community and public access television in Sacramento County.


Game of the Week Features
Sacramento High St. Hope Classic
Boys Basketball
Tonight 7pm
 
A double-header of boys basketball from Saturday is showcased in tonight's Game of the Week broadcast taped at Sacramento High School's St. Hope Classic Boys Basketball tournament.  Starting out with 16 teams, the two games on Access Sacramento feature four outstanding Sacramento County Schools.


Game One at 7pm tonight has Whitney vs. Foothill. Game two follows with Cordova vs. Sacramento High.

Announcers Will James, Rick Stewart and Keith Jouganatis provide the coverage.

 

More tournament action is scheduled for coverage on Dec. 27 when the Game of the Week crew heads to the Cordova Classic for the first time in nearly a decade.  More top quality high school boys basketball is slated for playback on Tuesday Dec. 30.

 

All cablecasts will be on Comcast & Consolidated Communications Channel 17 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 14.  If you don't have those services, it can also be viewed on our website at AccessSacramento.org

 


Stairway to Stardom 2014 Cablecast Premiere's Friday 7pm

Skip's Music "Stairway to Stardom '14 is headed to TV right after Christmas. The fully mastered songs and interviews from the bands in their first concert performances has been prepared for the TV broadcast.

After months of preparation and practice and rehearsals,  all the bands performed their original songs, live on-stage before an audience of family, friends, peers, and music lovers.
 
See the professional concert-quality production that included concert stage, lights, sound, even roadies, enhanced the experience for all involved.
 
Below are playback dates for "Stairway to Stardom 2014":

Friday, December 26th @ 7:00pm

Saturday, December 27th @ 11:00am

Sunday, December 28th @ 3:00am

 

Wednesday, December 31st @ 9:30pm

Friday, January 2nd @ 5:30am

 

Sunday, January 4th @ 10:00pm

Monday, January 5th @ 2:00pm

Tuesday, January 6th @ 6:00am

 

This event has also been through pos-production and is available for purchase on a 2-Disc DVD.

 

The DVD of Stairway to Stardom '14 features one song selection from all the bands and includes interviews with each band.

 

For more information on playback and pricing contact the Front Office at (916) 456-8600 Ext. 0

 


15th Place Called Sacramento Film Festival Replays Saturday 
 
This weekend the 10 films from Access Sacramento's 15th Annual Place Called Sacramento Film Festival can be seen again multiple times..

Tune in to Channel 17 at 6pm Saturday  to see the 10 films. They're all award-winning family friendly scripts made by Sacramento writers, directors, actors and crew!
See the 10 10-minute films plus the award's ceremony.
Besides seeing the 10 films, you'll also wee the awards ceremony and hear from all the writers whose scripts were created in one of the most diverse set of stories ever the the competition.

Each year, Access Sacramento sponsors a script writing competition, and the selected scripts are then created in an explosion of local artists who act and work as technicians to create these fantastic films. 

Here's the schedule of broadcast dates:

Saturday, December 27th @ 6:00pm
Sunday, December 28th @ 10:00am
Monday, December 29th @ 2:00am
 
Sunday, January 4th @ 5:30pm
Monday, January 5th @ 9:30am
Tuesday, January 6th @ 1:30am

All cablecasts will be on Comcast & Consolidated Communications Channel 17 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 14.  If you don't have those services, watch on our website at AccessSacramento.org.
 

Battle Against Hunger Airs Sunday

Heifer International's "Beyond Hunger"
A 70-year Journey

In a program perfect for the holidays, we encourage you to watch Heifer International's 70th Anniversary of service being recognized in special program in Sacramento called "Beyond Hunger."


Hometown TV videotaped the event featuring stories of how local people are making a difference in Ecuador and several speakers recall stories from the seven-decades of service around the world.

Tune in to Access Sacramento starting tomorrow and throughout the next several weeks:
 
Sunday, December 28th @ 11:30pm
Monday, December 29th @ 3:30pm
Tuesday, December 30th @ 7:30am

Saturday, January 3rd @ 10:00pm

Sunday, January 4th @ 2:00pm

Monday, January 5th @ 6:00am

 

Watch on Comcast and Consolidated Communications (SureWest) Cable channel 17 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 14. You can also watch at these times via the Internet from Access Sacramento.org.


Hometown TV Events Scheduled
An Inspirational Evening with Mike George

Hometown TV crews have completed editing of two additional programs from this Fall's lineup of productions.
Speaker/Author Mike George
To learn some great ways to remove stress in your life and to take control of the emotions that drag you down, tune in to "An Inspirational Evening with Mike George."

The presentation videotaped at the Sutter Cancer Center focuses on methods presented in George's book, "The Immune System of the Soul."

Tune in to Access Sacramento, Comcast and Consolidated Communications (SureWest) Channel 17 or AT&T U-Verse Channel 14 on:

Sunday, December 28th @ 10:00pm
Monday, December 29th @ 2:00pm
Tuesday, December 30th @ 6:00am

Wednesday, January 7th @ 9:30pm

Thursday, January 8th @ 1:30pm

Friday, January 9th @ 5:30am


The program is also streamed live on the Internet at those same times from AccessSacramento.org.
 
  
  Thank you for your support.

    

  Gary Martin, Executive Director 

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