Community Media - "Sights and Sounds"
A weekly newsletter from your friends at
Access Sacramento

Wednesday January 6th is National Technology Day!
Enjoy the wonderful technology that is television and tune in to channel 17&18.
January 5, 2016  
In This Issue
Access Orientation Jan. 12
Sign Up for New Classes
Best of 2015 from Listen Up!
Get your Free 2016 Calendar
Healthy Food on LiveWire!
January Events on Access Sac
HTTV Pastor Appreciation
Place Called Saramento on TV
Watch Youth Films Sunday
Climate Change Info Here
HD Truck Picture Featured

Access Sac Orientation 

January 12 at 6 p.m.     

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Access Sacramento's upcoming orientation sessions:

 

Tuesday, January 12th, 2016

Wednesday January 27th 2016

 

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.

 

 
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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.   
 
 

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

 

@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.

  

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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 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.

 

 

Winter 2015 Workshop Schedule

 

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

 


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.

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Community reports from our

Neighborhood News Bureaus   

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

Help Access Sacramento Donate a Car, Boat or RV

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 info@tru-talent.com


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.


 
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.
 

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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.  
   

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



Sacramento Adobe Users Group   

 

 

Sacramento Adobe Users Group meets  on the 1st Thursday of every month at the Art Institute of Sacramento. No Meeting in January.

 

http://sacramentoadobeusers.org/  

 

 
Thank you for your support.

    

  Gary Martin, Executive Director 

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

Listen Up! Sacramento
 Presents
"Best of 2015, Part 1"
Tonight at 11pm on Channel 17
By Listen Up! Producer, Erika Kjelstrom
 
"Listen Up! Sacramento" is ready to rock in the new year with our Best of 2015 episode! This episode is so big, we had to split it up into 2 parts. Part 1 will feature clips from the 1st half of 2015, featuring the following artists:  Pandit Binay Pathak and the Sohini Sangeet Music Academy, Ken Teel, The Hipsies, Juliet Company, Screwloose, Andrew Castro, Mischief, Gillian Underwood, & One Sharp Mind. So, ring in 2016 with some great local music and get ready for more great music on "Listen Up! Sacramento."
 
Booking:  listen.up.sacramento@accesssacramento.org
 
Web: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ListenUpSac/
 
Tune in to "Listen Up! Sacramento" at 11 pm on tonight, January 5th, 2016 on Access Sacramento channel 17 on Comcast and Consolidated Communications or AT&T U-Verse Channel 14. You can also watch with our web simulcast at the same time it airs at from  AccessSacramento.org


Pick Up Your Free 2016
Access Sacramento Calendar  

 

Be sure to stop by the Access Sacramento main office to get a Free 2016 Calendar as our thank you gift to members and friends of Access Sacramento. 

 



Until supplies run out, choose from calendar images commemorating either scenes of California or scenes of America.

Healthy food and Military Care on Live Wire! Wednesday 5pm
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Healthy food access and military care, this Wednesday, January 6th on LiveWire! We are starting of the New Year with two special guests, Alchemist CDC and The Soldiers Project. Alchemist will be talking about their programs including creating opportunities for people to access healthy foods in areas not normally available to them. The Soldiers Project will be speaking about the unique resources available for veterans.  
Alchemist CDC mission is "Support Sacramento area residents in their efforts to create vibrant, equitable, healthy and diverse communities." To do this they have been occupied on many projects including bring CalFresh access to local farmers markets. They have also been working with local convince stores to provide fresh produce in their stores.
 
 
Click for more information on Alchemist CDC 
   
The Soldiers Project provides free and confidential psychological services to veterans and their loved ones post September 11, 2001. The Soldiers Project is a non-profit that started in 2004 when the founder was inspired by a theater performance that showed the dramatic affects war has on soldiers. Since then it has grown with over 500 volunteer therapists assisting veterans across the United States including a chapter here in Sacramento. 
 
Click for more information on The Soldiers 
 
Join us and tune in to LiveWire! at 5 p.m.  Wednesday, January 6thon Access Sacramento channel 17. You can also watch the simulcast online the same time it airs.The encore presentation airs the following Thursday at 7:30 p.m. And don't forget to like us at www.facebook.com/LiveWire.Sacramento.


Hometown TV and Game of the Week Will be Busy in January

Access Sacramento's Hometown TV  and Game of the Week crews will be busy this month.

Sacramento Mayoral Candidate Forum - Jan. 13

Tune in Wed. Jan 13 at 6pm for the Sacramento Metro Chamber's forum with the invited candidates for Sacramento Mayor LIVE from the Crocker Art Museum.

Pig Bowl - Guns & Hoses - Jan. 30

Access Sacramento's annual presentation of the charity football game that features local law enforcement from police and sheriff's officers vs. fire fighters will be LIVE from Sacramento State's Hornet Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 1pm.

Game of the Week - Live

The Game of the Week Crew with Will James, Kevin Kelly and Rick Stewart will broadcast the Grant at Monterey Trail girls basketball game on Friday, Jan. 15 at 7p.m.

Game of the Week - Taped

Two events will be taped in January for playback several days later.

This Sat. Jan. 9, Hometown Sports records the Holy Court girls game with St. Francis at Christian Brothers. The game will playback in primetime Tues. Jan. 12 at 7pm.

On Sat. Jan 23, the crew will record a doubleheader at the Addidas Classic Invitational boys tournament at Sheldon High School.  Both games will playback on Tues. Jan. 26 at 7pm.

All events can be seen on Comcast and Consolidated Communications Cable channel 17, AT&T U-Verse Channel 14 and streamed from AccessSacramento.org.


Hometown TV Premiere's
"The Appreciation Of Pastor Dorias Cheffen"
  
Watch the event for appreciation of Pastor Dorias Cheffen who is the founder of the Sounds of Pentecost Evangelistic Community Choir.

Pastor Dorias Cheffen

Tune in for the wide variety of music from multiple choirs. The event also includes praise dancing and words of appreciation from all over the Sacramento area.
 



Air Dates:
Saturday, January 9th @ 6:00pm
Sunday, January 10th @ 10:00am
Monday, January 11th @ 2:00am
 
Sunday, January 17th @ 5:00pm
Monday, January 18th @ 9:00am
Tuesday, January 19th @ 1:00am
 
Sunday, January 24th @ 10:00pm
Monday, January 25th @ 2:00pm
Tuesday, January 26th @ 6:00am 
 
Watch on Comcast or Consolidated Channel 17, and AT&T U-Verse Channel 14.  View streaming from  AccessSacramento.org


"A Place Called Sacramento"
Primetime Showing Tonight

The stage presentation, awards and movies from the 16th Annual "A Place Called Sacramento" film festival will be presented in PrimeTime tonight beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Channel 17.

Filmmakers on stage at The Crest
The eight films originally shown at The Crest Theatre will be presented in their entirety plus you'll hear comments from all the writer-filmmakers whose world premiere films were presented publicly for the first time.

Tune in on the following schedule:  

Tuesday, January 5th @ 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, January 6th @ 11:00 a.m.
Thursday, January 7th @ 3:00 a.m.
 
Award-winning writer Kathryn DaSalva of "Focused." 
You'll see two specialty awards presented, including Audience Favorite and Producers' Choice. 

The films were made as part of Access Sacramento's "A Place Called Sacramento" film festival; our area's original script writing competition where the filmmakers get automatic big-screen and internet distribution.

All cablecasts will be on Comcast/Consolidated Channel 17, and AT&T U-Verse Channel 14.  You can view the show 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.


Youth Films from Across the US Air Sunday on Access Sacramento's Hometown TV

Tune in for the all-teen-youth juried and produced competitive movie film festival that brings movies and video projects from across the US and Canada to Sacramento.  Presented by the Tower of Youth and Digital Arts Studio Partnership, this annual festival, originally broadcast LIVE on Access Sacramento last October, is a celebration of storytelling by youth.


The event hosted top media industry professional speakers. The program is organized around 4-5 showcases each between 60 and 90 minutes in length. The showcase was was hosted by a pair of teen youth who introduced each winning entry. Launched in 1997, this festival's polished and professional quality preparation, execution and elegant energy distinguishes it from virtually all other youth movie festivals held in the region.

 

Air Dates:
Sunday, January 10th @ 2:00pm
Sunday, January 31th @ 2:00pm
 
Watch on Comcast or Consolidated Channel 17, and AT&T U-Verse Channel 14.  View streaming from  AccessSacramento.org.   


Hometown TV Presents
Climate Change
Information

Important climate change information presented in Sacramento was recorded by Access Sacramento's Hometown TV crew recently.  The United Nations Association-USA Sacramento chapter teamed up with other climate change organizations to provide scientific observations, and to recommend some global steps needed to minimize the results of climate change.

United Nations Association Climate Change Panel

Environmental Scientist Dana Nuccitelli
Climate scientist Dana Nuccitelli was the primary speaker.  The talk was followed by a panel discussion and audience Q &A. Nuccitelli writes on climate science for SkepticalScience.com
and the Guardian. and has published eight papers for scientific journals, as well as the book "Climatology Pseudoscience."  Tune in:  
 
Wednesday, January 6th @ 9:30pm
Thursday, January 7th @ 1:30pm
Friday, January 8th @ 5:30a 
 
Watch on Comcast or Consolidated Channel 17, and AT&T U-Verse Channel 14.  View streaming from  AccessSacramento.org


Sneak Peek at the HD Truck
Being Built for Access Sacramento

The company building a new traveling High Definition TV control room remote truck for Access Sacramento featured the vehicle in its Holiday Greetings message last week.
Isuzu cab-over Truck with cartoom elves adding holiday decorations.

TV Pro Gear added a few of Santa's Elves to the truck--- but this 28-foot Isuzu vehicle is just about ready for a coat of white paint before being handed over to the company that will build and install the cabinets and  racks that will hold all of the technology. After six weeks of fabrication there, the vehicle will be ready for the next six-weeks of equipment installation, wiring and testing.

The initial showing will actually be in Las Vegas, NV where the Access Sacramento HD Truck will be a showpiece for TV Pro Gear during the 2016 NAB Show: the annual national convention and trade show for TV, radio, cable and internet providers sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters.  The event draws more than 80,000 attendees each year.

The truck is being paid for under a special one-time grant to Access Sacramento from the Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television commission as a way to replace the standard-definition 4:3 converted RV that has been the production home for Game of the Week and Hometown TV events for a decade.