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It has often been said that sometimes you have to stand back to view a work of art - but standing back isn't really an option when viewing the brand new mural so elegantly constructed on the side of the Placer ARC offices in downtown Roseville. At least not without a wrecking ball. In a barely five foot wide walkway on Vernon Street bordering the Union Pacific rail yards, Casa Roble High School senior Samantha Swain, 16, has just put the wraps on a summer-long community art project - with a little help from friends. "I just really wanted to do something with art and to have it be seen in the community," said Swain, who contacted several local area businesses about the idea of using the
If you live anywhere near the Roseville area then you know that not only this town, but this entire region shuts down around 7 o'clock. For year's your evening "hang out" choices consisted of A) Denny's, B) Mel's, C) the random bar or D) your own living room. Residents of this area seem to be forever relegated to driving all the way Downtown Sac for some type of nightlife that isn't the above mentioned choices. That is, until now. Recently, a ragtag group of people under the leadership of Hector Marquez (A local filmmaker native to Roseville) have decided to start screening classic films in Roseville's iconic Tower Theater (not to be confused with Downtown Sacramento's Tower Theater). Th