Community Media - "Sights and Sounds"
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Access Sacramento

December 10th is Human Rights Day
  Tune in to Democracy Now! on channel 17 for coverage.
December 8, 2015 
In This Issue
Access Orientation Tonight
New Classes Coming Up
LiveWire! On the Road Special
Hiring Youth Correspondents
Smile.Amazon.com Helps
Launching Live Basketball Friday
VIDEO - Football Highlights
Stairway to Stardom TV Premiere
J Black on Listen Up!
Enter the WAVE Awards

Access Sac Orientation 

Tonight at 6pm    

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Access Sacramento's last free orientation sessions for 2015:

 

Tuesday, December 8

Wednesday, December 16

 

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

 

Access Sacramento has regularly  scheduled Orientation Sessions twice a month 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 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, Closed Friday 12:30-1:30 pm. Memberships must be done in person between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

 

Winter 2015 Workshop Schedule

 

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

 

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


Sacramento Video Industry Professionals (VIPs)
Video Industry Professionals

Meetings are on the last Tuesday of every month at the Coloma Community Center.   


Capital Film Arts Alliance
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Regular Meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at the Art Institute of Sacramento.  
 

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The Northern California Filmmakers Coalition  

 

The Northern California Filmmakers Coalition meets Wednesday's at

"Suite 210" 2830 G Street, Sacramento 

 

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]

 
 

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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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 & CCI 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

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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 the current festival, production news , and the crews, directors and stars.  16th World Premiere Sunday Oct. 4 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/CCI 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.

 


Film Resource

One of the area's most comprehensive websites and resource guides for local information for filmmakers, crew, actors and outside-the-area producers to get to know our film community better.


 

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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.    

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. 


California Film Foundation
 
Meetings are always the 1st Friday of each month.  
   

SacCasting.com
Resource Registry for Actors, Directors & Casting Agents

 

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Community reports from our

Neighborhood News Bureaus   

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Sacramento Adobe Users Group   

 

 

Sacramento Adobe Users Group.

Meets monthly.

 

http://sacramentoadobeusers.org/ 

 
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/   


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.
 
Thank you for your support.

    

  Gary Martin, Executive Director 

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

 A very special edition of LiveWire! Tomorrow Night!

Drop off a toy to help Sacramento's needy families  
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We are having a very special LiveWire Wed. Dec. 9 as Access Sacarmento takes the show on the road, and you are invited to stop by and take part.

Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (CA-Dist. 6)
Host Ray Tatar will be joined by Access Sacramento Executive Director Gary Martin as the LiveWire! crew broadcasts live from the historic Julia Morgan house during a joint Open House and Toy Drive event with Assemblymember Kevin McCarty. Special interviews with the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services, The Julia Morgan House, 
Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, and others will be featured.  Ray will also be speaking with community members as they drop off donations of unwrapped toys for children in need.
 
   
For more Information about This Unique Event: 
www.accesssacramento.org You can stop by 3731 T. Street, Sacrametno between 4:30pm and 8 p.m. to drop off a toy, talk with Assemblymember McCarty and maybe even end up on television yourself.

Join us for LiveWire! at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9 on Access Sacramento channel 17. You can also watch the simulcast online the same time it airs.
The encore presentation airs Thursday Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m. And don't forget to like the LiveWire Facebook page at www.facebook.com/LiveWire.Sacramento

SANTA SPECIAL 
Set your DVR - Save the Date

Santa Claus' annual visit to LiveWire to talk with the children of Sacramento is next Wed. Dec. 16 at 5 p.m. in another special one-hour LiveWire! special.
  

AccessLocal.Tv is Now Hiring

Youth News Correspondents
Needed - Training Provided
 
AccessLocal.Tv, the community focused website arm of Access Sacramento, is currently searching for new team members to become Neighborhood News Correspondents in early 2016. Ideal applicants will be between 16-21 years of age, live in Sacramento County, and have a passion about digital journalism and video production.
AccessLocal.Tv Correspondents from this Fall

Since 2010, AccessLocal.Tv has published hundreds of articles, videos, and podcasts focusing on stories of community interest all around Sacramento. Supported mainly by The California Endowment, Neighborhood News Correspondent give special attention to the Building Healthy Communities imitative in South Sacramento and collaborate regularly with its partner organizations to tell the tales that you won't find anywhere else.

"Our youth reporters go into our neighborhoods and provide a unique perspective on what's going on today in Sacramento," says Isaac Gonzalez, Youth Media Director for AccessLocal.Tv. "With ongoing training and support materials, this is a fantastic opportunity for any curious young person who wants to get their foot into the door of the journalism world."

Neighborhood News Correspondents receive state-of-the-art video production equipment, regular training sessions, access to community events, and a weekly salary while engaged with the program.   
Interested applicants can find out more by completing this questionnaire by December 12th.


Smile.Amazon.com Purchases Help Access Sacramento

 

This holiday season you can select Access Sacramento to get a donation when you purchase on-line goods from the Smile.Amazon.com website. 

 

 

Purchases are made in the regular way, but by STARTING with the Smile.Amazon.com website FIRST, a percentage of the purchase price will come back to Access Sacramento.

Thank you for support Access Sacramento through its formal non-profit name: Sacramento Community Cable Foundation by using this Smile.Amazon.com link.


Hometown Sports Game of the Week Launches Basketball
Coverage 
 
Access Sacramento begins its annual basketball television coverage this week on the Hometown Sports Game-of-the-Week.

Live coverage of the 7th Annual Titan Holiday Classic tips-off the 2015-2016 broadcast schedule Friday evening from Antelope High School with a dynamite double-header.

The coverage of this prominent boys tournament features three teams currently ranked in Access Sacramento's local Top-10 including #4 Woodcreek, #7 Kennedy, and host Antelope rated #9.  Bay area powerhouse St. Mary's (Berkeley) adds considerable spice to the mix.

Live coverage for the opener of this twin bill on Friday evening may be seen on Comcast channel 17, Consolidated Communications channel 17, AT&T U-Verse channel 14, and on the Internet at AccessSacramento.org beginning at 6:30, followed immediately by the nightcap at 8:30.
Will James (left) with Rick Stewart during basketball coverage last season.

The veteran broadcast team of Play-by-Play Announcer Will James, Game Analyst Kevin Kelly, and Floor Announcer Rick Stewart will report the games throughout the season.

Other top attractions on the Game-of-the-Week basketball broadcast schedule this season include four-game coverage of the prestigious 5th Annual St. Hope Elite Hoops Classic from Sacramento High School; a five-day, 32-team extravaganza that represents the largest boys tournament in Northern California.

This basketball bonanza includes prominent heavyweights from Southern California and the Bay Area, plus the Sacramento area's premium squads featured in the Platinum and Gold Divisions.

Early in the New Year the top local rivalry of St. Francis vs. Christian Brothers headlines the girls presence on the Game-of-the-Week, followed by a boys blockbuster double-header in the Addidas Challenge from Sheldon High School in late January.

Upon reaching the post-season in late February, Access Sacramento eagerly anticipates its coverage of early-round CIF/Sac-Joaquin Section playoff action to conclude an exciting season of basketball in Sacramento County. 


Hometown Sports Recap
 
Highlights of Game of the Week
Football
 
Check out any of the video highlights from this season's football games:
Will James (left) and Jim Dimino on the sidelines.

Hometown TV Premiere
Skip's Music 35th Annual
Stairway to Stardom 2015


 
The 35th annual Skip's Music Stairway to Stardom 2015 was filmed at The Crest Theatre on Aug. 9, 2015 and featured 10 original youth bands formed just for this competition.

Special guests The Grey Area, Embryo, Grant Chesin, and Altessa also perform. Meet the bands during interviews of all acts by Staci Anderson. The show is emceed by Charlie Thomas of The Eagle. Don't miss this annual classic event -- with fully mixed audio maximizing each band's best song.

Tune in on the following schedule:

Saturday, December 12th @ 6:00pm
Sunday, December 13th @ 10:00am
Monday, December 14th @ 2:00am
 
Sunday, December 20th @ 5:00pm
Monday, December 21st @ 9:00am
Tuesday, December 22nd @ 1:00am
 
Tuesday, December 29th @ 7:00pm
Wednesday, December 30th @ 11:00am
Thursday, December 31st @ 3:00am
 
Sunday, January 3rd @ 10:00pm
Monday, January 4th @ 2:00pm
Tuesday, January 5th @ 6:00am
 
All cablecasts will be on Comcast/Consolidated Channel 17, and AT&T U-Verse Channel 14.  Or view streaming from  AccessSacramento.org.  Feel free to share this schedule with your friends!  Thank you for your support of local community and public access television in Sacramento County.
 

"J Black"
Tuesday, December 15th at 11pm on Channel 17
By Listen Up! Producer, Erika Kjelstrom 

 
"Listen Up! Sacramento" is pleased to present the soulfully delicious R&B sensation, J Black! Having started playing gospel music as a young child, J Black allows his extensive & diverse music background to create his great sound. If you enjoy artists like Lionel Ritchie & Ne-Yo, & the showmanship of "Diamond" David Lee Roth, then you'll want to "Stand Up & Sing" for J Black!
 
Booking:  info@jblackmusic.com
 
Press Contact:  [email protected]
 
 
Tune in to "Listen Up! Sacramento" at 11pm on Tuesday, December 15th, 2015 on Access Sacramento channel 17 on Comcast/Consolidated Communications and AT&T U-Verse Channel 14. You can also watch with our web simulcast at the same time it airs.Watch replays of the episode on Wednesday at 3:00pm, & Thursday at 7:00am.


Enter Your Best Video in the
WAVE Awards to Honor the
Best in the West


Late Deadline Dec.15

The annual awards competition by the Alliance for Community Media - West is accepting entries for the annual WAVE Awards through Jan. 1, 2016.

All videos may be entered whether they have been broadcast on an Access station or not. Video entries must originate in California, Nevada, Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico or Arizona.

https://filmfreeway.com/festival/thewaveawards

The Western Access Video Excellence (WAVE) awards competition is accepting entries now.  The late deadline, with slightly higher entry fees is Dec. 15.  The final deadline is Jan. 1, 2016.
Entry categories include community events, information and news, sports, music, inspirational/religious, live, narrative film and documentary and plenty more.

Winners will be announce during the ACM-West annual conference, this year in Honolulu, Hawaii in mid-March. 

WAVE award entries will be judged and finalists will be named in Mid-January, with enough time for any entrants who would like to attend the awards ceremony to get the lowest airfares to Hawaii.

Competitive divisions allow similar skills sets to compete one again the other.  As always, videos that have aired on access channels in six western states compete as community producers (volunteer) or professional producers (paid),  A new division this year allows competition for videos that have not aired on access channels.

For more information on the conference, visit ACM-West.org