Community Media - "Sights and Sounds"

A weekly newsletter from your friends at
Access Sacramento 
Feb. 14th is Valentine's Day,
Celebrate with your valentine!
February 10, 2015 
In This Issue
RSVP Orientation Tonight
Sign Up for a Workshop!
Sac VIPs Joins Access Family
Open Audition - Be on TV
LiveWire Features Sac Has Talent
16th Call for PCS Scripts
TV Premiere - Sac Peace Rally
Boys Basketball Tonight 7pm
Listen Up! Sac Rocks On
High School Video Contest
Youth Jobs at AccessLocal.TV

 RSVP Tonight or Next Wed

Free Orientation Session  

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Access Sacramento's free orientation session is tonight, Feb. 10 at 6pm, and repeats again next Wednesday Feb. 17. 

 

RSVP for either date by calling 916-456-8600 ext. 0.

 

Access Sacramento's regularly  scheduled Orientation Sessions are on the 2nd Tuesday and 3rd Wednesday of every month.  

 

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 gives you a chance to ask questions and to learn about our services and what we provide to the community and our 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.

 

 

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Community reports from our

Neighborhood News Bureaus   

Click here


Info for All Things Film
 
  
Website that gathers together resources for Actors, Crew, Festivals and Tips for all as a one-stop shop for everything film in Sacramento.

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

 

Winter/Spring 2015 Workshop Schedule

 

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

 


Capital Film Arts Alliance

 

Meetings are always the 3rd Tuesday of each month.  

 


Sacramento Video Industry Professionals (VIPs)
Meets the Last Wednesday of Every Month



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 info@tru-talent.com

 
 

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

 

@accesssac

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

https://www.facebook.com/pages/A

ccess-Sacramento/170587545355

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

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. 14.  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.

Meets monthly.

 

http://sacramentoadobeusers.org/     

 

 

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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. 

California Film Foundation

 

Meetings are always the 1st Friday of each month.  

 

 
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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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.

 


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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Click below to join the Access Sacramento Facebook and

Twitter Family:

 

Find us on Facebook

Follow us on Twitter

 
  
  Thank you for your support.

    

  Gary Martin, Executive Director 

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

Open Audition Feb. 21
Calling Singers, Musicians, Dancers, Comedians, Jugglers

Sacramento performers hoping to be on the stage for Access Sacramento's 3rd Annual "Sacramento Has Talent" stage show will have to first make it past three Open Audition judges in a one-day event where the final decision comes on LIVE TV.

This year's open audition judges are experienced evaluators of Sacramento's talent.
(From Left) Concert Promoter Jerry Perry, Access Sacramento Board member Simone Vianna and Dancing Pros Live organizer Jon Wayne at the 2014 Open Auditn

Long time music producer and event promoter Jerry Perry from Jerry Perry Presents was also a judge during last year's televised Open Audition. Perry is a seasoned professional at evaluating Sacramento area singers, musicians and performers and is the organizer behind many of our area's top appearances of newly discovered talent. Live stage agent and production coordinator Jon Wayne from Dancing Pros Live becomes a judge himself, bringing a background of producing similar competition events around the country. 
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The final Open Audition judge is Sacramento-based artist and photographer Melissa Uroff, who is a founder of Tube.Media who promotes support of the arts in Sacramento County, support display art and musical performances monthly at a variety of local venues.  
 
The Open Audition sign ups begin at 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 21 at Access Sacramento's TV Studio inside the Coloma Community Center, 4623 T. Street, Sacramento. Judging takes place from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., with semifinalist repeat auditions during the 1p.m. live show.

Public relations and social media expert Patrick Harbison hosts the 1pm Open Audition on Access Sacramento's channel 17.

More information about the process of the morning tryouts and a link to an on-line application form is available from AccessSacramento.org

 

Sacramento Has Talent is a fund raiser that benefits Access Sacramento and its youth training Neighborhood News Correspondent program.

 

Sponsorship opportunities for Sacramento Has Talent are available. Contact Executive Director Gary Martin at 916-456-8600 ext. 100 for more information.

Tune in Tomorrow at 5pm 
Sacramento Has Talent
and 
Black Child Development Institute
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Did you know that Sacramento Has Talent? It does, we have a show to prove it! Sacramento Has Talent is a showcase of local Sacramentans who perform on stage in front of an audience and judges. Auditions are coming up and you can find out how to audition on LiveWire this week! As we close the end of February, we also observe and support Black History Month with our guest Black Child Development Institute who supports both Black History and its future.

Access Sacramento talent scouts have searched the region, looking for local talent. They have discovered the best performers, singers, dancers, filmmakers, and musical groups, and they will compete for your entertainment and cash prizes.

Come see them perform!

This event benefits Access Sacramento's Neighborhood News Youth Correspondent stipend program. The ongoing project pays young journalists, ages 16- to 21-years-old, finanical stipends for "deliverables" (articles, videos, slide shows, podcasts, etc.) submitted weekly about their communities to the website, AccessLocal.tv.

 

More info for the Sacramento Has Talent:

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The Black Child Development Institute of Sacramento is a non-profit organization with a diverse membership of people who are interested in improving the conditions of children and their families in Sacramento County.  They volunteer their time, talents and resources to provide education, information and resources to families.  Their signature programs are "Entering the College Zone" which is a one day event that provides support and resources to middle school students and their parents.  They also hold a yearly conference for girls ages 12- 18 called Determined, Intelligent, Valued, American Young Ladies (DIVA) conference.

 

For more about Black Child Development Institute of Sacramento:

www.bcdisacramento.org 

 

Join us and tune in to LiveWire! at 5 p.m.  Wednesday, February 11th on Access Sacramento channel 17. You can also watch the simulcast online the same time it airs at www.AccessSacramento.org and click 'watch 17'. The encore presentation airs the following Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

"Place Called Sacramento" Call for Scripts

Access Sacramento seeks 10-minute short film script entries about Sacramento by March 27, 2015 for its 16th annual "Place Called Sacramento" Film Festival.
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"A Place Called Sacramento" is unique by selecting 10 Sacramento-themed winning scripts for production during this coming summer, with the resulting 10-minute films appearing on the big screen in a giant world premiere the first weekend in October. Each film must feature story lines and locations about the Sacramento region. 
 

In preparation for the script competition and resulting film production process, Access Sacramento is providing four specialty workshops on Saturdays.

  

Short Form Script Writing - Four Saturdays beginning February 28.

Short Film Production Tips - Four Saturdays beginning April 11

Acting for the Camera - One day May 30

Make Up Basics - One day June 13

  

These classes are open to the general public and do not require Access Sacramento membership. Sign up by calling 916-456-8600 ext. 0.

 

For more information on A Place Called Sacramento visit our website at www.AccessSacramento.org.

"Peace Rally for
Paris Attack Victims"
TV Cablecast Schedule

Sacramento-area Muslims were joined by several French Americans and community leaders Friday afternoon, Jan. 16, 2015, to hold a peace rally in response to the terrorist slayings in Paris.

 

Gathered on the west steps of the state Capitol, Muslim leaders condemned such acts of violence in the name of Islam and joined others in defending freedom of speech in honor of the French journalists from the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

 

This Hometown TV event has been through post-production and following below is the upcoming playback dates for "Peace Rally for Paris Attack Victims":

Tomorrow, February 11th @ 10:00pm

Thursday, February 12th @ 2:00pm

Friday, February 13th @ 6:00am

 

Sunday, February 15th @ 5:00pm

Monday, February 16th @ 9:00am

Tuesday, February 17th @ 1:00am

 

Saturday, February 28th @ 6:00pm

Sunday, March 1st @ 10:00am

Monday, March 2nd @ 2:00am

 

All cablecasts will be on Comcast/CCI Channel 17 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 14. You can also view the programs on our website at www.accesssacramento.org, at the times listed above.    


Boys Basketball 
Modesto Christian @ Capital Christian
Tonight 7pm on Channel 17 
 
Game of The Week presents a replay of last Saturday's Modesto Christian Crusaders at  Capital Christian Cougars boys' basketball  taped game tonight at 7pm.


 
Announcers Will James and Rick Stewart call the action.
 
The game can be seen on Access Sacramento cable channel 17 and you can also watch the game streamed from AccessSacramento.org.

Game of the Week and Hometown TV are presented in part with underwriting support from Sharif Jewelers and Folsom Lake Honda.

 

The next game will be recorded ttomorrow Feb. 11 when Franklin High School heads to Jesuit for a boys varsity basketball game. The game will replay Friday at 7pm.


 
"Rock On!"
Tune in Tuesday,
Feb 17th at 11pm 
By Listen Up! Producer, Erika Kjelstrom
 

"Listen Up! Sacramento" is ready to Roll with our Medley of past Rock performers! Enjoy this glimpse back at past guests who have rocked our stage and really cranked up the volume. If you love wailing guitars and a thunderous drumbeat you can dance to, this is the medley for you! So, don't miss our "Rock On!" Medley and make sure you "crank it up to 11!"

 

Tune in to "Listen Up! Sacramento" at 11pm on Tuesday, Feb. 17th on Access Sacramento channel 17. You can also watch with our web simulcast at the same time it airs at www.AccessSacramento.org and click 'watch 17.'' 


LET THE JUDGING BEGIN

 

High School Videos For Non-Profits

To Air on Access Sacramento


An Access Sacramento contest for high school video makers concluded last Friday with 31 entries ready for judging from five schools.  

 

The videos are public service announcement intended to benefit one of three area non-profits who agreed to participate in the program.  

 

Many thanks go out to all the students who participated, and to Brad Clark from Franklin High School in Elk Grove who has shepherded this project for Access Sacramento throughout the Fall.  

 

Representatives from the Sacramento Area Creeks Council,  

 

the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District  

 

and WEAVE (Women Escaping a Violent Environment) will review the videos to review the messaging, and the top PSA producers will be awarded cash prizes and bragging rights for having their videos air on Access Sacramento.  

 

We wish the best of luck to all the participants. 


YOUTH JOBS
Storytellers Needed for AccessLocal.TV

Are you a Sacramento County youth between the ages of 16-21? Do you like writing true stories and making videos? Would you like to take your talents to the next level? Then AccessLocal.TV is looking for you.

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AccessLocal.TV is hiring as many as six area youth to become Neighborhood News Correspondents through the spring of 2015. This is a paid position with weekly assignments and responsibilities. 

AcessLocal.TV is a project by Access Sacramento in partnership with the California Endowment that provides Sacramento County youth an opportunity to express their voice by writing about topics or issues within their neighborhoods.

To find out more about this opportunity and to apply, visit this link: http://accesslocal.tv/2013/01/28/wanted-tomorrows-storytellers-2/.