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Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Opinion/Streetalk . . . . . .4 News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Arts&Culture . . . . . . . . .14 In Rotation . . . . . . . . . . .16 Art of the State . . . . . . .17

Foodfinds . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Musicbeat . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Nightclubs/Casinos . . . .22 This Week . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Free Will Astrology . . . .30 15 Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Bruce Van Dyke . . . . . . .31

SHE’S THE BOSS See News, page 6.

DIRTY STORIES

TO TELL IN THE DARK See Green, page 9.

MARCO? LOUNGE-0!

See Arts&Culture, page 14.

MODERN

WOMAN See 15 Minutes, page 31.

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LETTERS Closed email policy

All of us think about it Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

Anyone who’s read this newspaper for a while knows I’m a skeptic. Worse than that, particularly where government, money or religion are concerned, I’m kind of a cynic.

But, sometimes doesn’t it just feel like there must be something pulling the strings, that the meme is an active and sort of benevolent intelligence?

I can’t tell you how many times in the last few months I’ve said, “I don’t believe in fate, but I do believe in synchronicity.” Sometimes I get drunk and can’t remember which one I believe in. What I’m trying to say is that I’m not one of those people who believes everything happens for a reason. Usually, things happen for no reason at all. And then, there are reasons you don’t talk about. And that’s how I stay in the fight club.

Tangents aside, after I wrote about my recent disquieting diagnosis from my good pal the mainstream physician, the confluence of seemingly random events coming into alignment was mindboggling.

Suddenly, all these people— many of whom I had no idea of their interest in alternative methods of healing—started coming out of the woodwork, trying to help me with real advice. These weren’t some wild-eyed true believers, just friends who’d had family members who had learned some stuff. It’s all helpful. It’s all good. (And for a change, no sarcasm intended.)

Honestly, just as peculiar are the people who think that an admission of heart disease is some kind of a weakness. I saw somewhere that half of all people 35 and older have some form of heart disease, so you’ve got it too, bunky. So, no, my stress level is still unimportant to me. I am still pushing my heart rate as high as I can make it go on the elliptical machine. It is not my intention to leave a good looking corpse. I hope to leave one that looks like I almost—almost—survived being dragged by my stirrup through a buffalo stampede.

Re “UNR and library divert email” (Upfront, March 29): Emails cannot be sent directly to a member of the Board of Trustees of the Washoe County Library, as is stated in the article by Dennis Myers.

Due to security concerns of the Washoe County Technology Service Department, emails submitted via a Washoe County web page, including the Library’s website, cannot be directed or auto-forwarded to a destination outside the county network, such as the personal mailbox of a library board member.

In addition, as private citizens who are not Washoe County employees, board members can send emails to county mailboxes, but they are unable to access such mailboxes and view their contents. Because of this situation, in early 2008 the Trustees addressed the issue of enabling the public to communicate with the board by directing first that a county mailbox be set up to receive emails that individuals wish to send to the board; secondly, that a link be set up on the library’s web site by which individuals could send emails to the library board mailbox; and thirdly that the library director be authorized to access the mailbox regularly so that all pertinent emails could be forwarded to the individual library trustees.

Since March 2008, when the county mailbox for the library board was created, the only emails not forwarded by the director are those that are categorized as spam. The library staff is currently examining other options for library board e-mail, but at present the County mailbox is the most workable solution.

The article also made reference to library hours on Easter Sunday of this year. At its March 21 meeting, the board voted to approve closing the two branches on April 8 that are normally open on Sundays. The issue of whether to have libraries with Sunday hours open on Easter in 2013 and future years will be addressed by the library staff and/or the board.

Alfred W. Stoess Washoe County Library Board of Trustees

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Not an empowered woman Re “The naked truth” (Feature story, March 29): I look forward to reading your newspaper, but I must say that I was very disappointed to see the cover story of March 29 and honestly pissed off that you proclaimed Caitlin Thomas to be UNR’s most provocative feminist.

Do you at the RN&R even know what feminism is? I’m a 20-something female UNR student, familiar with Thomas and her so-called knowledge of sex. I do not find anything newsworthy about what she has to say. What has she done in this community that is so great? Did you really think about what kind of message you were sending when chose to put this woman on your cover? Thomas is not what feminism is all about, and she certainly is not a symbol of a progressive woman.

What disturbed me the most is that her story and her persona were highlighted in such a way as to suggest that she is the epitome of female empowerment only because she speaks frankly—and crudely—about sex and paints pictures with her menstrual flow.

Her ideas of womanhood are not fresh and new. They are nothing but shallow, old stereotypes of female sexuality that do nothing but reflect a culture that is narcissistic, intellectually shallow and disconnected. Ideas such as hers are part of the reason why female sexuality is misunderstood—something she claims to be fighting against. There are plenty of other female 20-somethings more deserving of recognition that have dedicated their lives to fighting for equality and are trying to make a difference but are overlooked because, as always, sex, attention mongering and the recycling of old news presented in a new form sells, while intellect, having dignity, fighting and sacrificing for others does not.

Marion Sanni Reno

Here’s to bankruptcy!

Re “The naked truth” (Feature story, March 29): Sure singular sign of a slow news day at the RN&R: A UNR co-ed feature story, since her exhibitionist,

Editor/Publisher D. Brian Burghart News Editor Dennis Myers Arts Editor Brad Bynum Special Projects Editor Ashley Hennefer Calendar Editor Kelley Lang Photographer Amy Beck Contributors Amy Alkon, Megan Berner, Matthew Craggs, Mark Dunagan, Marvin Gonzalez, Bob Grimm, Michael Grimm, Dave Preston, Jessica Santina, K.J. Sullivan, Bruce Van Dyke

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sexploitive column got spiked at the Nevada Sagebrush student newspaper.

Another sure sign of slow news is your misplaced grousing on the Reno trench for rail traffic through town.

Look, Barstow, Calif., has all above-street-level rail traffic—entirely freight without Amtrak, and that’s a planned major stop on eventual highspeed rail from Disneyland/Apple Valley, Calif., to Las Vegas.

So, fess up, you local yokels, neoLuddites posing as critics of the Reno trench. Would you prefer the status quo ante, the condition existing prior to the status quo?

That means long waits 24/7 at above-ground, street-level railroad crossings? Freight and Amtrak passenger train traffic.

Be honest, now! Would you?

Really? Let’s have a show of hands.

Dave Phillips Reno

Stripped of power Re “The naked truth” (Feature story, March 29): Gee, you gals have come a long way, baby, when a sexploitative exotic dancer becomes the spokeswoman for feminism. Now I see why none—or very few—of the college students I teach ever want to identify themselves as “feminists.” On the whole, after perusing the article, I must conclude: The new feminism is really hot! And better yet, feminism has finally found its proper place in the grand ole scheme of patriarchal objectification!

Brad Summerhill Reno

Even FLoW Re “Open for business” (Green, March 29): Thank you for your coverage of the launch of Cleantech Open Nevada.

Bringing this international program for accelerating the growth of Cleantech start-ups will be a big help in developing this vital industry in Nevada. I did want to address some misconceptions in the article. First, Cleantech Open is a network of networks that operates as an accelerator beyond just the annual business competition. Second, our Northeast branch merged into us from MIT’s Ignite Group, but the Cleantech Executive Assistant/Operations Coordinator Nanette Harker Assistant Distribution Manager Ron Neill Distribution Drivers Sandra Chhina, Jesse Pike, John Miller, Martin Troye, David Richards, Warren Tucker, Matthew Veach, Neil Lemerise, Russell Moore General Manager/Publisher John D. Murphy President/CEO Jeff vonKaenel Chief Operations Officer Deborah Redmond Human Resource Manager Tanja Poley Senior Accountant Kevin Driskill

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Open itself was founded independently in the Bay Area. Lastly, Cleantech Open has a “youth” competition through our International Programs division and allows student teams to participate in the national competition.

Chip Evans Nevada Director Cleantech Open

The book’s better Re “Royale with cheese” (Film, March 29): I really agreed with your review of Hunger Games. I, too, was wondering about the freaky shaky cam. I thought for all the imaginative, mind-blowing events and characters in the book that the movie barely touched what it could have been. The arena actually looked like somebody’s back yard, and the “cornucopia” was a shack/trailer in a tiny grassy clearing. What had transpired in my mind from reading the book was epic and colorful and more ... this film is not. Although I did like Jennifer Lawrence somewhat, the rest of the movie fell flat and one-dimensional around her. Some of the motives and the emotional stories were only confused and oppressed in the movie.

Some weren’t dealt with at all. I understand that movies can’t satisfy every detail of a personal experience of a book, but this movie really lost out on some opportunities.

Riki Rushing Austin, Texas

Ninety to go Re “Top 10 Worst Supreme Court Decisions” (Feature story, March 8): Next, please develop an article on the 100 worst decisions by the Supreme Court, because 10 just don’t do justice to the scope of the problem. In reviewing the decisions that look so flawed in retrospect, it helps us appreciate the limitations of the current Gang of Nine.

I’d like to add Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944), a landmark case concerning the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II. In a 6-3 decision, the Court sided with the government, ruling that the exclusion order was constitutional.

Linda Everhart Pittsburgh, Penn.

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THIS MODERN WORLD

BY TOM TOMORROW

Getting your money’s worth for your taxes?

Asked at U.S. Post Office, 1674 N. Virginia St. Brandon Godin Student

No. Our education system is falling. Our roads are falling. Our economics are still in the gutter. Our government infrastructure definitely needs change.

We need to step up and [start] doing better.

Dennis Meredith Retiree

No. Not at all. GSA [General Services Administration] is a perfect example recently of our tax dollars being wasted.

There’s the research dollars spent on things that are absolutely meaningless.

Grant money is being spent on studies that are intended to be biased, for example, climate change and certain social studies research.

Court of public opinion So, it appears that Nevada will again be a battleground.

This time, the battle will be about gay equality.

As first reported on April 10 by the Metro Weekly, “Today, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund took what one of its lawyers calls ‘a strategic step’ in the national effort to advance marriage equality by filing a federal lawsuit in Nevada seeking equal marriage rights for eight same-sex couples in the state.”

It’s about time. And even though this is a federal case, Nevada is the right place to hold court.

Nevada is among the most libertarian states in the nation. Libertarians are supposed to believe in civil liberties—as long as people are not hurting anyone else, they should be able to marry whom they want without government intervention.

Nevada is, too, pretty equally divided among Republicans and Democrats. The majority of Republicans claim to believe in smaller government, fewer regulations, less intrusion. Republicans by and large accept same-sex couples into their fold, particularly when those votes may get a no-new-taxes Republican elected. But for the most part, they truly do not give a damn who sleeps with who, particularly if it’s not at their own house. Think of it as a party-wide version of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. The smallest segment of the Republican Party—the religious right—may support discrimination against entire classes of people, but, you know, screw that.

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portive of equality among rich people. But if those rich people are gay and want to get married, hey, more power to them.

Here’s some more from the Metro Weekly story: “According to the complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, the lead plaintiffs in the new lawsuit—Beverly Sevcik, 73, and Mary Baranovich, 76, of Carson City, Nevada—have been together for more than 40 years. As the complaint notes, ‘When Beverly and Mary committed their lives to each other on October 2, 1971 and bought rings to signify their relationship, they were careful not to purchase matching rings for fear of having their relationship discovered.”

That’s awesome. Even the most cynical among us has got to appreciate the love and commitment that led to 40 years of wedded ups and downs and the stability of that family unit, a pretty good example of marriage, one that compares favorably to just about any we can think of.

Nevada has in recent years made some ostensible steps toward marriage equality with new separate-butequal domestic-partnership laws. Many will argue that these laws are just as good as marriage equality.

But then, really, the point of equality is not to have separate laws for different classes of people. It’s sort of like even gay people deserve equal protection under the law. Because “white” and “colored” drinking fountains had no real, essential differences, and yet nobody was fooled into thinking they were the same. Ω

Paula Nielsen Non-profit director

No. I pay too much, and I just don’t seem to get much for it.

Mark Bender Heating/cooling technician

Most the time, yes. Some things we have to pay for in this country. I think that we all need to pay taxes so it all works. There’s some waste.

Scott Lambert Small-business owner

I’ve heard from two different people two different things about where most of our government’s money is going.

From one person, I heard that it’s 80 percent military, for war. And from another person I heard it’s mostly people receiving money from the government, like food stamps. I’m not sure how I feel about it. I’m skeptical that I’m getting my money’s worth.

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The Women, Children, Fashion and Dance of the Titanic Learn about some of the women and children on board the Titanic on her maiden voyage, from Madeline Astor in first class to nine-week-old Millvina Dean and the “Unsinkable Molly Brown”. Take a look at the fashion of the early 1900’s and learn a dance or two that could have been enjoyed by third-class passengers. Th, 4/12, 7PM, $10/adults, $5/kids age 12 and younger. Sparks Heritage Museum, 814 Victorian Ave. (775) 355-1144 www.sparksmuseum.org

NIGHT of THE TITANIC

This 22.5-minute multi-media planetarium program combines “fully immersive” computer animation with the latest scientific research, allowing viewers inside dome theaters to experience what it was like to stand on the deck of the doomed ocean liner Titanic the night she sank. “Night of the Titanic” shows the unique conditions in Earth and space that, coupled with human errors, contributed to the sinking of the ship on April 15, 1912. Learn about ocean currents, iceberg formation and drift and global warming. Sa, 1-4PM through 4/28, $10/ adults, $5/children age 12 and younger. Sparks Heritage Museum, 814 Victorian Ave. (775) 355-1144 www. sparksmuseum.org

Explore the Titanic in media and culture, from movie clips to interactive video games and more. Listen to some examples of popular music of the time period, some of which was played on board. Chef Craig Rodriquez will provide samples of recipes served to first, second and third-class passengers while you listen and learn more about the most famous ship ever built. F, 4/13, 7PM, $10 adults; $5 kids age 12 and younger. Sparks Heritage Museum, 814 Victorian Ave. (775)

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Presented by Jack Jacobs of Jacobs Family Berries in Gardnerville. Learn how to grow berries in our area and what varieties and growing techniques will produce. Sa, 4/14, 10AM. Free with canned food donation. Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way. (775) 355-1551

SPRING PoNd START-UP

Presented by Justin Meckley (the Pond Guy) and Anthony Saez (the Other Pond Guy). Learn what it takes to have a healthy pond. Sa, 4/14, 1PM , Free with canned food donation. Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way. (775) 355-1551

The Cheese Truck is a documentary following the ladies that run the local Gourmelt food truck. Sa, 4/14, 6:30-9:30PM. Musician Rehearsal Center, 581 Dunn Circle. (775) 355-9494

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Sa, 4/14, 8PM , $15. Great Basin Brewing Co., 846 Victorian Ave. (775) 355-7711

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It’s painting, collage, clay and more! Explore different media and techniques weekly. Give your child a sound base for a lifelong appreciation of the arts. Th, 4/19, 4-5PM , $45 for six classes. Alf Sorensen Community Center, 1400 Baring Blvd.

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With DJ BG. F, Sa, 10PM, no cover. John Ascuaga’s Nugget, 1100 Nugget Ave. (775) 356-3300

SCHEELS RUNNING ANd WALKING CLUB

Give your child a lifelong gift–learning the fundamentals of drawing. Your child will learn value, shading and an introduction to perspective while developing techniques. Th, 4/19, 5:15-6:15PM , $45/person. Alf Sorensen Community Center, 1400 Baring Blvd. (775) 353-2385 Th, 4/19, 5:30PM , F, 4/20, 6PM , Sa, 4/21, 6PM, no cover.

John Ascuaga’s Nugget, 1100 Nugget Ave. (775) 356-3300

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GREAT BASIN BREWING Open mic comedy. Th, 9PM, no cover, 846 Victorian Ave. (775) 355-7711

Hosted by DJ BG. Th, 6-11PM, Trader Dick’s Lounge. John Ascuaga’s Nugget, 1100 Nugget Ave. (775) 356-3300

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Vicki Quade and Maripat Donovan’s interactive comedy focuses on a fictitious Catholic nun who teaches an adult catechism class to a roomful of “students”. F, 4/20, 8PM, $40. John Ascuaga’s Nugget, 1100 Nugget Ave. (775) 356-3300

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Zumba is a way to burn calories that’s more like a dance party than an exercise routine. Tuesdays &Thursdays, 6:157:15PM. Designed for all levels, beginner to high fitness.

Bring workout shoes and water. $42 or $35/month for Sparks residents. Drop-in option, $6/class. Sparks Recreation Gym, 98 Richards Way.

The Sparks Heritage Museum has created a Celtic exhibit in their 900-square foot changing gallery displaying loaned items from the Northern Nevada Celtic community. M-Su through 4/30, $5 donation for reception. Sparks Heritage Museum, 814 Victorian Ave. (775) 355-1144

Th, 4/19, 7PM , F, 4/20, 8PM , Sa, 4/21, 8PM , Su, 4/22, 7PM, no cover. John Ascuaga’s Nugget, 1100 Nugget Ave. (775) 356-3300

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After giving a luncheon speech to the Nevada Women’s Lobby, domestic abuse agency chief Denise Yoxsimer had lunch. Attorney Nancyann Leeder is at right.

Medicaid co-pay?

Assembly Republican floor leader Pat Hickey is proposing co-pays for indigents under Medicaid, the federal health care program for low-income people administered by state governments.

Co-pays are a complicated device. The federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2006 authorized co–pays on Medicaid beneficiaries, but efforts to impose them must navigate some tricky shoals. When Arizona imposed them, they were struck down by a federal court because they were done by that state solely to keep the state budget balanced, not for “research or demonstration” purposes, as the law requires.

“The administrative record reveals that the purpose of Arizona’s waiver application was to save money,” the ruling read.

“There is little, if any, evidence that the [Health and Human Services] secretary considered the [research/demonstration] factors … before granting Arizona’s waiver. Thus, the secretary’s decision was arbitrary and capricious.”

Hickey has said his purpose is to help keep the state budget in balance and also reduce emergency room use. That last factor is troubling, because it could discourage indigents from getting care early, exacerbating their conditions and subjecting the state to higher costs, and also make it vulnerable to lawsuits.

Utah has small co-pays for some purposes and is currently considering higher co-pays for smokers. Its policy on emergency rooms: “No co-pay when the ER is used properly/$6 co-pay for non emergency use of the ER.”

Lottery talk is back A rush of Nevada lottery ticket buyers at border towns Primm and Verdi seeking an unusually large prize generated, as it usually does, a corresponding rush of news stories about whether Nevada should have a lottery of its own.

Assemblymember Paul Aizley, a Clark County Democrat, unsuccessfully proposed a lottery in 2009. Such a change would require amending the state constitution, which forbids lotteries.

Democrats have led in seeking a state lottery, though studies have indicated that lotteries are most likely to drain the money of lowincome workers, traditionally a Democratic constituency.

In 2002, the state Task Force on Tax Policy reported, “Our analysis indicates that a lottery could produce approximately $40 million to $70 million in net revenue annually,” the report said.

“However, it must be noted that these are very rough estimates based upon the experience of other states, where conditions are quite dissimilar to those in Nevada.”

Florida town faces scrutiny Since the death of Trayvon Martin, some journalists have been exploring the racial past of his home town of Sanford, Fla., where he was killed.

The earliest substantive article of this sort appears to have been a Mother Jones magazine article. Then, as so often happens, other online sources harvested the Mother Jones research and recycled it into their own articles.

At the Newsweek site Daily Beast, some of the same material and quotes were used, plus a new piece of information. Newsweek reported that the town’s founder, Henry Sanford (1823-1891), was “a mine investor in Nevada.”

The University of Nevada Press has published a biography of Henry Sanford. Its author, University of Nevada, Las Vegas professor Joseph Fry, said, “I found no evidence of Nevada investments in Sanford’s business records, which were quite extensive.” Newsweek gave no source for its information and did not say what companies or camps in Nevada, if any, were involved.

Many stories characterized Sanford as a racist, pointing to his support for sending U.S. born slaves “back” to Africa, an idea also advocated by Abraham Lincoln.

But the 1891 New York Times obituary of Sanford said he was a member of an Anti-Slavery Congress in Belgium.

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Restoration Abuse agency’s new director tries to repair past damage When the Committee to Aid Abused Women set out to find a new executive director by last year, it was a sensitive task.

Dennis Myers The new director would replace popular longtime director Joni Kaiser, who was also a founder of the organization. When Kaiser was forced out by the CAAW board of directors (“End of an era,” RN&R, May 12, 2011), it left a lot of hard feelings.

Since then a number of Kaiser’s supporters—many of them financial contributors—have kept their distance from CAAW or shifted their donations to Safe Embrace, a different shelter program.

“If it takes nine visits, if it takes 12 visits, we are here.”

Denise Yoxsimer CAAW director

The report referenced here on the rate of women killed by men in Nevada is “When Men Murder Women” by the Violence Policy Center.

It can be read at www.vpc.org/press /0110dv.htm

In November, the CAAW board hired Denise Yoxsimer, one of the most sought-after women executives in the valley, who brought a golden resume with her. She has been a KTVN news producer, president and CEO of the Nevada Women’s Fund, a fundraiser for KNPB and for Washoe Medical Center.

“The best comparison I can make is when UNLV bagged Rollie Massimino after they fired Tarkanian,” said one financial figure and supporter of CAAW. “No one

thought they would get someone in Tarkanian’s league.” Of course, Massimino’s tenure at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas ended badly, but CAAW is hoping for better luck with Yoxsimer. RN&R sources say morale at CAAW is good under her.

Last week Yoxsimer made what she said was her first public appearance since taking on the new job in November. She spoke to the Nevada Women’s Lobby monthly northern luncheon. The group included people who were guarded toward her, including a couple of close friends of Kaiser.

Addressing some of the area’s top flight women’s activists, Yoxsimer acknowledged the nature of the group.

“I feel like I’m preaching to the choir here,” she said. “I know that you’ve all been very active and involved in CAAW for some time, and I am just starting to learn the organization. … I have the great privilege of following Joni Kaiser as the executive director … as the second executive director of the organization.”

She talked about Nevada’s well known negative quality of life and its impact on women and families.

“Nevada continues to be number one in the states relative to women being killed by a male partner—and that’s number one for the last four out of five years, so we have some serious work to continue to do in that regard.”

After running down the kinds of work CAAW does and how it operates, Yoxsimer took questions. There were plenty of them.

Can you update us on efforts in Congress to kill the Violence Against Women Act? Yoxsimer: “Senator Heller became the 60th vote” to renew the act.

Does CAAW have an endowment?

No, “but it’s definitely a conversation I’d like us to start having.”

Does CAAW have arrangements with dentists and cosmetic surgeons to help battery victims? “Not that I’m aware of, and that’s a wonderful idea.”

Does CAAW follow up with its clients to find out how they negotiate the judicial system? The CAAW staff reports that there are “ebbs and flows” in how well judges understand the issues but those staffers also feel that judges make “a real commitment” by taking training in abuse issues.

What does CAAW do when its shelter fills up? “We are continuing to work collaboratively with other domestic violence agencies … We also have funding that allows us to put some women and families in very dire circumstances in motels for a certain period of time. … But as you can imagine, none of [other options] last very long. … For the situations that are extremely dangerous, [a] Greyhound bus ticket” is provided.

What has been happening to CAAW’s financial contributions? “We have seen contributions from individuals and private foundations have declined over the last couple of years.

The need continues to grow. … We have spent some time doing some strategic thinking about our staffing and doing some consolidation of programs … to help create a smoother, congenial service for our clients.”

Does CAAW serve men? Yes. Does CAAW do outreach to Latinos? Yes, both in community education and in support groups tailored to Latinos.

What should we be talking to our state legislators about? “How we can do a better job [of] prevention.”

Are there CAAW education programs for small children in the schools? Not yet. So far it’s mostly at the high school level. But younger instruction is “a goal and a vision that I have.”

The audience was receptive to Yoxsimer and seemed particularly responsive when she talked about how vulnerable abuse victims are as they try to break away from their dangerous situations: “If it takes nine visits, if it takes 12 visits, we are here.”

One person in the audience told her, “Thank you for taking that position. … It’s very appreciated, by all.”

Afterward, Marlene Lockard— former state agency chief and governor’s chief of staff—said she believes Yoxsimer can heal the ruptures that followed Kaiser’s departure, based on her handling of previous organizations with which she has served.

“Anytime you deal with an organization with a lot of independent views and you’re able to pull those together in consensus and move and organization forward—I think Denise is just what CAAW needs at this particular time, too. … She is so professional.”

After the luncheon speech one of Kaiser’s friends pointed out that where Kaiser had a degree in social work, Yoxsimer has a degree in communications. The point was a little unclear, but the CAAW board of directors has been criticized for poorcommunications skills.

The same person also said, “I just dropped off [the CAAW list of donors]. There’s some people on that board that I don’t want to be anywhere near. … You know, it’s just tough, and it still hurts. … Does Denise come across to me like she has an awareness and understanding?

No. But, she can grow.”

In response to questions, Yoxsimer said she knows nothing of the dispute between Kaiser and the CAAW board, but has appreciated those who brought their concerns to her.

“I think Denise is just what CAAW needs.”

Marlene Lockard Lobbyist

“I’ve had a couple of conversations from some long-time supporters who had some concern about the direction the organization was headed.

I’ve appreciated having the opportunity to kind of talk through what I’m aware of these issues.”

She said she and Kaiser—who now lives in Pennsylvania—have had contact and discussed abuse issues.

Yoxsimer said when she headed a statewide women’s scholarship program, “I had the privilege and opportunity of meeting so many of the donors who support both organizations. I feel that’s given me a bit of an opportunity to kind of get my foot in the door and have some conversations about looking forward. And I think it’s just one of these issues that will take time, and it’s about building trust. And I know the bottom line is that supporters of the Committee to Aid Abused Women support women and families in the community and want to continue to do that. I really, truly believe over time that support of our mission will … outweigh any other hard feelings that have occurred.” Ω

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GREENSPACE Council in session In an effort to combat diseases like diabetes, obesity and hypertension, the Washoe County Health District (WCHD) has established the Washoe County Food Policy Council. Members of the council are participants in Reno’s local food movement, and were chosen with the criteria of having a “passion for improving the food system in Washoe County,” according to GetHealthyWashoe.com. Ten volunteer council positions were filled, and members include Great Basin Community Food Co-op cofounder Amber Sallaberry, NevadaGrown director Ann Louhela, and registered dietician Barbara Scott, among others. The council will help bring the district’s Food Plan (which can be viewed at http://bit.ly/Hq jF3E) to life.

In a press release from the WCHD, chronic disease prevention program coordinator Erin Dixon states, “Community health indicators, such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity and other chronic conditions, are strongly tied to nutrition.”

WCHD also started Washoe Eats, a food inspection archive. The website is intended to get the public more involved with food safety practices. Food inspection scores can be accessed by typing a restaurant’s name in the search bar at http://washoeeats.washoecounty.us.

Sunset on the lake Independence Lake, located about an hour north of Truckee, was named “Best Lake” by Sunset Magazine in its March edition. The honor was part of Sunset’s annual environmental awards, which recognizes organizations and places throughout the west for upholding environmental stewardship.

The article states, “What didn’t happen here [at the lake]: A shoreline jammed with houses, restaurants, and pubs. And motorboats.”

“Why it’s a winner: Independence Lake, a half-hour north of Tahoe in the High Sierra, was formerly owned by NV Energy and once used to produce hydropower. It has nothing on its shores except Jeffrey pines, red firs, and some picnic tables. The Nature Conservancy and the Truckee Donner Land Trust fought off a private buyer to purchase 2,325 lakeside acres for $15 million.”

The lake serves as a fresh water source for Reno and Sparks during drought seasons. According to The Nature Conservancy, it “also harbors one of the world’s last two wild lake populations of Lahontan cutthroat trout.”

—Ashley Hennefer ashleyh@newsreview.com

ECO-EVENT Black Rock Solar will host a screening of The Big Fix, a documentary exposing British Petroleum’s role in the Gulf oil spill. The film is the second documentary made by husbandand-wife team Josh and Rebecca Tickell, who created the Sundance award-winning film Fuel.

April 20, Jot Travis Building on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. Doors open at 6 p.m., film starts at 7 p.m. $8. For more information, email contact@blackrocksolar.org.

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Full Circle Compost For father-and-son team Craig and Cody Witt, owners of Full Circle Compost, much of the green movement starts with the soil.

“We call it the ‘wecycle,” says Cody. “Using the right soil, in the by right ecosystem, allows for the best plants to grow. Then you don’t have Ashley to travel far to get produce grown locally, and when you recompost it, Hennefer you’re already using soil that works.” ashleyh@ Full Circle Compost has been in business for more than 15 years, and newsreview.com was founded as a way to handle the abundance of manure at the Milky Way Dairy Farm in Minden. Now it’s stationed at the Northern Nevada Correctional Facility with a 30-acre spread, and a retail spot along Highway 395.

Craig, whom his son Cody refers to as “a soil guru,” uses a mix of methods to create effective compost.

“He worked with Amish Mennonites, who showed him a way to compose and mix the compost,” Cody says. German windrow turners stir and hydrate the soil. Craig also encourages the growth of microbes which help to break down the materials. The process is aerobic, which means that it requires an abundance of air.

The result is humus, which the Full Circle Compost website refers to as “stable organic matter that serves as the nutrient bank account and supplier in soil.” Craig’s process allows humus to be created in as little For more information as 10 weeks. about Full Circle Depending on the compost being created—Full Circle Compost Compost’s projects, provides soil for personal gardeners, but also large scale projects like visit Cody Witt’s blog at http://cody erosion control for freeways—Craig will create a special blend using witt.wordpress.com/. nutrients such as kelp or limestone. Large piles of minerals sit on the composting site. Cody refers to it as “the pantry.”

“It’s a chemistry-based process,” he says. “Because of the climate, you have to feed plants correctly. It’s why our motto is ‘feed your food.’ Like humans, plants like to be satisfied.”

He uses a lot of metaphors to explain the need for properly balanced soil.

“The land is like a baby,” he says. “You don’t give a baby steak. It can’t break it down. You give it milk, which it can properly digest.”

Full Circle composts biomass, LEED building materials and food waste. It’s a certified Nevada Organic organization, but Craig takes the safety a step further to keep the humus organic and free of pathogens.

While Environmental Protection Standards require compost to heat up to 130 degrees for five days, Craig keeps his in the 130 to 160 range for four weeks.

Recently, Full Circle Compost fertilized the University of Nevada, Reno’s quad. Within a matter of 10 days, the brown land sprouted up green.

“When you figure out what plants need, it’s just a matter of creating a soil that gives them the right nutrients,” Cody says.

Craig and Cody hope that more gardeners will become aware of how important soil is to creating a suitable ecology for their plants.

“It’s more than just tossing things in a compost bin and expecting great soil to happen,” says Craig. “It’s hard to grow things here, but fixing the soil fixes the land.” Ω

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HANS FRISCHEISEN

M

y trip to Namibia had its roots more than three decades earlier on a forbidden island with a diminutive communist operative for a dinner companion.

The year was 1976—the bicentennial year of our great nation. Time to celebrate in style! Except, for the moment, I was in communist Cuba. For five days, I stayed in an aging hotel right on the Malecon, the famous sea promenade in Old Havana.

I was never informed of any restrictions, so I freely explored the island. That, however, is a different story. Besides, what does this have to do with Namibia? You will soon see.

When I ate at the hotel, I normally had my own table. On one occasion, though the large restaurant was empty, a blonde woman was directed to sit with me. I wondered why. Was it simply because we were the only ones who did not seem to fit in, or was this part of some communist recruitment attempt? I never found out.

Probably in her mid-30s, the woman wore thick glasses that made her eyes appear huge. They never seemed to look directly at me. She was a small, frail person and spoke Spanish with a strong American accent. “So, what got you here?” I began our conversation. At first, she was a bit hesitant, but then as she got going, she became louder and increasingly more agitated. Her story as I remember it: During anti-Vietnam War demonstrations at Kent State University, several students were fatally shot. She claimed one of them was her husband (although both the men killed that day were unmarried).

PHOTOS/C OURT ESY HANS FRIS CHEI SEN

Hans Frischeisen poses with his bicycle, Wilhelm.

Chased by U.S. authorities, several students with apparent communist leanings narrowly escaped into Canada and found a safe haven there until some of them moved on to Cuba. Sharing her experience became dramatic, and I felt the pain of her memory.

I could not discern whether it was her dedication to the cause of communism or her disdain for our government or both that were driving her so strongly.

Did she know who I was and why I was here? I was happy to live in America, temporarily stranded here in transit from Germany to catch planes to Mexico and home. That, however, I did not share with her.

Did she assume I was here in training for a communist mission like herself?

“So, what is your function then or what will it eventually be?” I asked.

“When I am ready, I will be assigned to Namibia to set up an underground print shop to produce and distribute fliers and pamphlets,” she said. “The purpose will be to form resistance cells against white tyranny in Africa.”

As Angela was talking, I sensed the flashes of anger increasing in her eyes.

“So, what would you do if you got discovered and cornered by the authorities?”

“Oh yes, I know how to use a pistol or a hand grenade, and I would kill as many of them as I could.”

Wow! I shuddered, feeling enormous anger and hatred from this little woman. I decided this was neither the right place nor the right time to point out the ineffectiveness and senselessness of violence. Though I feel strongly that violence is an expression of incompetence, I kept quiet.

On March 21, 1990, without much bloodshed, Namibia gained its independence.

Hans Frischeisen is the former owner of Everlasting Health, but he’s now retired.

He’s ridden his bicycle around the world four times.

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Namibian locals transport bundles of wood for cooking and heat.

GET READY FOR THE HEAT “You picked a bad time to bike across our country,” said the driver of a pickup who took me to a bike shop in Windhoek, Namibia’s capital. “We are now heading into summer, and it will get increasingly hotter.”

This was Sept. 2, 2008. It was supposed to be the early part of spring and cool. I had arrived at the airport at 1 p.m. When I set out to unpack and assemble Wilhelm, my bike, and my luggage, I realized that I had forgotten the small Allen wrenches that I needed to fasten the rack. Hence, I used a string to keep it in place to hold my knapsack of 10 pounds. I was then ready to roll into the Namibian desert, so much like ours in Nevada.

Was I wasting time trying to make it to the bike shop before it closed at 4:30 p.m.? It was already after 3 o’clock when I got started. I had almost 30 miles to go and did not even know where in town I would find the shop. In addition, I faced rather strong head winds. As so often on my trips, it just worked out fine. A few miles along, a pickup stopped. I talked with the driver, an Afrikaner. Lucky me, not only did he give me a ride into town, but he also dropped me, just in time, directly in front of a bike shop.

The driver had been on his way to a clinic for an antibiotic shot for his flu. I told him I would fire any doctor who would administer antibiotics unless it was the last resort in a matter of life and death, for antibiotics do not resolve any problems, just drive them deeper.

“If you were to build a strong immune system by natural means, you may prevent to ever experience disease again,” I said.

English is the official language, but the country’s got strong German connections.

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German settlers stayed on and over the years new immigrants arrived, all maintaining a strong connection with the motherland.

For the pickup driver, though, Afrikaans, a Dutch-related language, was his mother tongue. At the bike shop, I was addressed in German. The owner was an immigrant from northern Germany and others like his manager, though born there, had attended one of the German schools in town.

I bought a set of wrenches. All adjustments to Wilhelm were made free of charge. With a fully functional bike, I felt confident to take on African city traffic, alas riding on the left side.

My objective, as part of my fourth ride around the world, was to bike across the width of Africa, namely from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. Though the folks in the bike shop told me it would be dark in an hour, I was anxious to get started and left town riding westward. It was still warm but totally dark when I made camp about 19 miles along in the “bush.” Was I in for a surprise! In the middle of night I woke up shivering.

Though I put on all the clothing I had, I just could not get warm. Sleep was my best solution.

ciate my surroundings. Troops of baboons, in wild flight, would occasionally cross the road.

To them I must have been a strange sort of animal. They were accustomed to the sound, sight and smell of motorized vehicles. Now, what kind of threat is this big and quiet thing coming towards us? They were not tall enough to see me when they were running through the high, yellow grass growing on both sides of the highway. It was so amusing to see them jump high and turn their heads towards me and then immediately back into the direction they were racing. Mothers would carry their little ones on their backs. All this, though fairly close, happened so fast that I never had a chance to take a picture. It was similar with warthogs. I thought pigs were supposed to be smart. Well, one did not appear to be. While the sounder of a dozen dashed away into the bushes to my right, a single one ran parallel to the road. Why? I wondered. You can’t get away that way. More amazing yet, the porker then ran back towards the road and crossed it just a little ahead of me. Maybe it decided it was safer on the left side of me.

This was “safari” country. Actually that word in Swahili simply translates into “trip” or “travel.” Its meaning in our world relates to the adventure of a wild game experience. For that purpose, tourists typically frequent game parks like “Etosha” in Namibia, still about 300 miles to the north. I had my own “safari” right here. I could watch giraffes, kudus, elands and gazelles right from the road. That was not to last. The farther west I headed, the more sparse vegetation became. Eventually I rode through full-scale desert. Though I could see far into the distant hills now, I no longer observed any wildlife.

So what business would leopards have here?

Two fellows I believed to be local ranchers stopped their pickup next to me. “There are two leopards just ahead of you!” They were about 500 yards ahead. I had hoped the ranchers would take my bicycle and me beyond this potentially challenging area. Why did I think it would be challenging? Because the majestic cats were “caged” within the fence that flanked both sides of the highway. Before I could ask the fellows for that favor, they had taken off, leaving me, the complete novice, behind with these formidable animals of prey. What was I to do now? I remembered the advice when one faces a mountain lion in our neck of the woods to appear big. Would that work here too? I sat as tall on my bike as I could and slowly advanced. I knew that these wild cats could develop enormous speed but only for a short distance.

I was 400 yards away when they noticed me. Was that safe enough should they decide to attack? Of course, I would not wait for them, but turn and ride away as fast as I could.

I must have appeared tall enough. The cats ran away from me. Why would they not simply jump across the fence? It was at most only about 4 feet tall. Even I can jump that high. I would, however, have to take a run to clear it.

Maybe the leopards were too close to the fence to consider that route of escape. Now they were just walking and then turned around to face me. I just kept advancing slowly on them.

Good, they took off again running, but only a little stretch. Were they exhausted? Where would they get their water here anyway? As far as I could tell there wasn’t any water, far and wide. Only later I learned that they can go three days without a drink. Also, they get moisture from eating the game they kill. But, I thought, not even a springbok could live in this arid terrain.

I shuddered, feeling enormous anger and hatred from this little woman. I decided this was neither the right place nor the right time to point out the ineffectiveness and senselessness of violence.

Would that increase the odds for them to consider me for a meal?

How long would this go on? Come on guys, jump the fence and get this over with for you and me. No such thing! They had meanwhile stopped to look at me again as I approached sitting as tall as possible. Were they considering me for dinner? They ran away again for a little while, but covering less ground this time. Then they slowed down, faced me and ran a little more. Eventually, they only trot. Were they running out of strength? Would they then feel cornered and make a stand? This went on for a bit more than a mile. Ahead I could see an overpass over railroad tracks coming up where the fence on

THE BIG CATS ARE FASTER The morning of my second day, my joy at seeing the sun did not last long. Not yet noon and it was already so hot, I was outright miserable. I estimated the temperature to be above 110 degrees Fahrenheit. I drank plenty of water, adding spirulina for energy. It did not help. I was getting worse. I found a little shade under a tree, where I stretched out on the dirt. I did not care any more. Fortunately, I fell asleep for a while. That helped a little. There were road construction workers out in the blazing sun, laboring hard with pick and shovel. Some did not even wear a head cover. Amazing! Was I just out of shape, simply a wimp, or was I, at 67 years, getting too old for this?

By mid-afternoon, it began to cool off. My spirit returned. Now I could more fully appre-

Corn fields are harvested by locals.

This ancient combine was considered a modern machine.

both sides made a 90 degree turn to continue under the overpass. Unless they jumped across, this created a dead end for them. Did we have a situation here like wild mustangs being driven into a corral?

As I approached the bridge, I could not see the beasts. They must have been in the tunnel section. “Just stay there until I cross over!”

They did! Good animals. As I descended on the second half of the overpass, I knew I was safe.

“There are two leopards just ahead of you!” They were about 500 yards ahead.

Later, a tour guide to game reserves told me how lucky I had been. Not just because no harm came to me, but for having had a close encounter with these wild cats, often so difficult to track down. I will always treasure this great experience, the kind that is more likely reserved for cyclists. I thought of an African proverb: Until lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt always glorify the hunter.

The highway, all along, had been sealed and was excellently maintained. Not once did I come upon a pothole. I had no problems biking after dark when it was pleasantly cool.

Eventually, I came upon a dry riverbed. By again lifting my things across the fence, I could now walk a little “upstream” and made camp on a surface of fine sand.

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little differently. I had not seen a single cloud This was a good time to ponder a decision I had thus far. Naturally, when I had an early start, to make. After a bus would take me back to namely by 5 in the morning, it was still dark.

Windhoek, would I bike on into even greater With increasing daylight, I became aware of heat deeper in the Kalahari Desert or would I the extent of fog over the land. A stiff breeze head home to return at a cooler time? Since I do from the sea increased the chill factor. I had not consider myself a quitter, this was difficult had similar sensations coming from brutal heat for me to decide. In the end, reason won out, in Vacaville, Calif., and within an hour reachand I flew back to Reno. However, that was ing the numbing cold in the Bay Area. only a postponement of my plan to bike across All bundled up, I arrived at the ocean by 8 Africa, a dream I fulfilled last summer. But that o’clock. No, this was not for swimming. Or is a different story. Ω just not yet? I asked local folks when typically the mist would lift. “Anytime or not at all” was the sort of answer I received. I bought a few food items and settled for breakfast on a bench facing the sea. I watched the mighty surf with fascination. A class of black schoolchildren passed me. Is it so unusual for a white man to picnic like this?

First, they just stared at me, and then they laughed and poked some fun, most likely in Oshivambo, the major African language spoken in the country.

Similar to Windhoek, though much smaller, Swakopmund is a very orderly, clean city with even stronger German characteristics.

I set out to explore the community. By the time I settled in a park facing a historic lighthouse Frischeisen’s and the old imperial court, the bicycle, Wilhelm, sits sun had come through. The cool under a sign that air from the Atlantic did not reveals Germany’s influence in Namibia. allow an “explosion” of heat.

It was on my third day when I left the community of Usakos by late morning. The heat was back in full force and getting to me. No, it could not have been for lack of nutrients depleting my energy. I had enjoyed a great breakfast at a restaurant in town. I had to bike uphill for the next 10 miles. No shade anywhere! Maybe this was not a good time to be riding here. Should I go home and come back at a cooler time of the year? I knew this would not be an easy decision. Fortunately, I did not have to make it at that moment. So, on with the struggle! I started to get shaky. I needed to rest. When I crossed the Atacama Desert in Chile under similar conditions, I had occasionally found shade next to parked trucks. Ahead stood what looked from the distance like a huge vehicle. Ah, the trailer for a tar tanker.

When I came closer I noticed the spills below.

I did not care any more. I just dropped on the ground where there was some shade. I must have dozed for about an hour. It helped. I felt better now and continued the ride.

That night, while biking until late, I was not cold anymore.

When I woke up in the morning everything was wet. With this heavy layer of dew, I thought flora and fauna could thrive. Instead, the closer I came to the sea, the more arid the terrain became. Finally, right along the coast stretched an enormous expanse of sand dunes.

When I had this bout with heat over the last days, I comforted myself with the vision to soon dive into the Atlantic Ocean to cool off and to rest on balmy beaches. It all happened a

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Polo express The man behind the bar at The Polo Lounge is as classy and colorful as the bar itself

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“I’m so proud of what we’ve done here for the seniors in this town,” says Perez, pictured here with his wife, Gena.

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here can you hear the music of Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin and polkas played on an accordion, under the same roof? A bigger-than-life Cheers-type bar on South Virginia, starting its ninth year of business, called The Polo Lounge.

“I’m a saloonkeeper,” says owner Frank Perez.

The legendary New York restaurateur Toots Shor told Perez many a year ago, “If you sell whiskey, kid, you’re a saloonkeeper.” And that’s been Perez’s vocation for 55 years.

There’s a cast of real characters, regulars, at The Polo more colorful than the players from the TV sitcom take-off on a Boston bar. You’ve got gum-shoe Lou, the P.I. and former NSA operative during Vietnam, and Classic Car Bob, whose ’58 Buick, a convertible Road Master, is perfectly restored, and Construction Keith, who has no use for politics or politicians, Salsa Jack, who adds a APRIL 12, 2012

touch of class when ordering the most common beer, Budweiser, by asking for a “St. Louis Red.” You’ve got the boys from Coldwell Banker; the Prince of Pasta, humble Paola; and a Venus de Milo, Julia.

And then there is the entertainment, never a cover charge. Four nights a week, there’s live music. There’s no generation gap at this watering hole.

The clientele range in age from 21 to well beyond octogenarians.

“This is more than a bar, it’s really a traditional cocktail lounge and cabaret,” says Perez. “It’s a place where everyone feels welcome, and everyone gets along.”

“The King of Reno” Corky Bennett plays Wednesday nights beginning at 7 p.m. This keyboard whiz and interna-

tionally acclaimed accordion player brings in a senior crowd with all the big band favorites, and when he straps on the squeeze box, you bet the “Beer Barrel Polka” will roll out a few dancers. But mostly the folks come to listen and remember when. Bennett has written a book, Murder at The Polo Lounge, available from Amazon.

“I’m so proud of what we’ve done here for the seniors in town,” says Perez. “Its the one place they can come every week and dance and listen to the musical memories of their time.”

On Thursday nights starting at 7 p.m., Steve “Steve D” DiNicola has a Sinatra impersonation voice. He’s good, and will bring out the dancing crowd, everything from swing to a little rock ’n’ roll. And then on Friday

and Saturday nights, beginning at 9 p.m., it’s Johnny Lipka and Andrea, the Gemini Duo. This brings in the 20and 30-something crowd til the wee hours of the morning. Perez’s daughter, Gina, picks up the late night crowd around midnight and manages until closing when Perez goes home for his “beauty rest.”

If there’s one thing you can’t help but notice the minute you walk in the door, it’s the gallery of photographs that cover most of the available space on the wall throughout the establishment. More than 177 tell the pictorial anthology of Perez’s life behind the bar. Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, sports-types like Joe Montana, Jim Plunkett, Stan Musial and San Diego Charger veteran Pete

KING TUT Lazetich, who pops in from time to time. If the walls could talk, the stories they could tell, and if you ask Perez, he has a memory and a story on each one that will mesmerize you.

There’s the topless one of Carol Doda of the Condor Club in San Francisco’s North Beach—“her breasts would precede her into a room!” And there’s Sonny and Cher, broadcast legends like Jon Miller of Sunday Night Baseball, the late Bill King of the Raiders, and Oakland A’s and SF Giants great Hank Greenwald.

Caricatures of local characters like Michael Kerivan of Harrah’s Steakhouse and Harry Spencer, who put the Mapes Hotel on the map back when. And Perez’s favorite pictures are of Gena, his cherished bride and very much that woman behind the man.

Frank discussion Perez grew up in South San Francisco and was an all-star first baseman for South San Francisco High. Later, he would go on the throw batting practice for the Giants in Candlestick Park.

After high school, he worked for Pan Am, then Jay Biggs, a clothing store, which accounts for his impeccable appearance at all times. In 1958, he was drafted into the Army. Perez got stationed in Hawaii. But it wasn’t because of luck. He was put there because he could play baseball, and they needed a left-handed pitcher.

After the military in 1959, Perez went to work at the Roaring Twenties Saloon in San Francisco. He started as a door man and bouncer; the bar business was now in his blood. His first place was in a small cocktail lounge in San Francisco called Tiddly. He opened it with a partner, Jack Carney, a radio DJ for KSFO. A great memory from that place—he hosted Barbra Streisand’s 21st birthday party.

A stint at Hamm’s Brewery as the PR guy, next came Roland’s on-theMarina in San Francisco, a high energy, classy cocktail lounge. The first Polo Club opened in Burlingame, Calif., in 1969, and many transplants in Reno from the Bay Area remember it well. Baseball players like Willie McCovey of the Giants were regulars.

Perez tried something new in 1974, an Italian restaurant, called Grazziano’s, in San Francisco, but it was the bar in the blood that made him leave. His first disco, at the time John Travolta was making the polyester jumpsuit popular, was Country Road in San Francisco. In 1975 came Grouchos in San Mateo, Calif., a rock ’n’ roll club. Keystone in Palo Alto in ’76; the club went from neighborhood bands to big name bands like Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Blondie, Grateful Dead, Eddie Money, and the Ramones.

Perez made a side-trip to Vegas and a disco club, then back to SF to open The San Francisco Bay Street Bar on the water front with partner Gino Del Prete, who opened one of the first topless clubs in America, the Condor Club. (Remember the picture of Carol Doda on the wall?) In ’87, he hosted a TV talk show, even rode an elephant down Market Street to visit San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos.

That same year, Perez decided to leave the Bay Area and got a job at Caesar’s in South Lake as the manager of the Primavera restaurant. He worked there until Caesar’s closed down in 1994. The next stop was his restaurant, Joe Garlic’s in Carson City.

The great flood of New Year’s Eve 1997 destroyed the place. He went to work for the Atlantis as the manager for the Seafood Steakhouse until 2001, followed by a short stint at the Siena.

But the bar business was calling, and in 2003, he opened The Polo Lounge. What a ride for one so young at 76 years. Ω

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Jelly Bread No Dress Code

In the Mix is a monthly column of reviews of albums by musical artists local to the Reno area. To submit an album for review consideration, send a physical copy to Brad Bynum, Reno News & Review, 708 N. Center St., Reno NV 89501 or a digital link to bradb@news review.com.

Jelly Bread’s record release party at John Ascuaga’s Nugget, 1100 Nuget Ave., Sparks, on May 4 at 8 p.m.

Handsome Vulture’s record release party is at Holland Project, 140 Vesta St., on April 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Jelly Bread is a fitting moniker for this Reno funk band.

The mix of in-the-pocket drum and bass grooves, swampy lap steel guitar, take-’em-to-church organ and fun, funny party-time vocals is downright appetizing— bright colors and sweet, funky flavors. “Infectious Grooves,� the opener of the band’s new disc No Dress Code, sets the tone proper. Drummer Cliff Porter lays down snare-poppin’ grooves that lead the music. On this first track, the group members wear their influences on the sleeves—there are name drops and musical references to Parliament-Funkadelic and Robert Randolph and the Family Band, among others—and when the songs ends with an on-the-dime change into a few bars of Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground,�

FUNK someday exclaims, “Wait a minute—whoa! We didn’t get clearance for this!� It’s fun stuff.

Four of the five band members sing on the record, and the mix of vocal styles, often in goofy dialogue with one another, is yet another pleasant throwback to P-Funk— as are the wah-wah guitar solos and swanky horn blasts.

But the band covers a lot of ground of the 14 cuts on this disc. One highlight is the stanky “Laid Out,� one of a handful of tracks to prominently feature some great bluesy lap steel playing by vocalist and mutli-instrumental Dave Berry (the winner of RN&R’s big songwriting contest back in ’09).

Handsome Vultures Scrapes There are some nice guest spots, including a soulful lead vocal by chanteuse Whitney Myer on “You don’t Want Me,� and Tim Snider’s dynamic violin is a great foil for Berry’s lap steel on “How Long.� But the guests never overwhelm the tight-as-a-duck’s-ass core group: Porter, Berry, bassist Brady Carthen, guitarist Michael Grayson and keyboardist Kevin Stewart.

One misstep for the band is the album cover, which is either an inadvertent rip-off or an unsuccessful homage to Notorious B.I.G.’s masterpiece Ready to Die. And not all of the songs work quite right. Some of the smoother grooves land a little too close to Jack Johnson-style beach bum music or brunch jazz, but they’re part of a well-rounded overall album that’s mostly gritty and occasionally even raunchy. The best tracks are definitely the thicker, crunchier ones—whenever Jelly Bread adds a little peanut butter to the mix.

There’s a kind of folk music—aggressive, pirate-like, nearly punk but mostly on unelectric instruments, with a little bluegrass and Spaghetti Western music—that, for a brief period a couple of years ago, seemed like it might become the “Reno sound.� Handsome Vultures are among the foremost bands practicing this sound.

The group is a seven-person sprawl of drums, bass, fiddle, banjo, accordion—maybe even a kitchen FOLK sink. It’s junkyard rock, descended from Tom Waits and the Pogues.

The vocals range from a gruff, hoarse shouts on “High Tide� to a gutter croon on “Broken Record,� but possibly the best song on their new five song EP, Scrapes, is the slow, banjo-lead instrumental “Interlude.� It’s melodic and upbeat, but with a hint of melancholy, loneliness and perhaps even dehydration. It’s a song of the high desert.

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Female gaze

Clockwise from top left, Kathryn Carlson, Kaitlin Bryson, Ashlea Clark and Ana Leyva are exhibting artwork together at Gallery on West Dick.

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Bryson’s work is truly multimedia. It consists of paintings, sculptures, a video and a performance. “Transformations and Convolutions,” one of the centerpieces, consists of 243 Dewey Decimal library cards that have been cut up, painted on, and otherwise modified, transformed into a mural of reorganization and declassification.

“The work in the show is all about transformation,” she says.

Another of her pieces is “Shelf Life,” an exploration of death and decay—integral factors in all processes of transformation—in fruits. The piece consists of various pieces of fruit—apples and grapefruits, among others—in various stages of decomposition or, inversely, preservation—encased in polyurethane, giving off a strange glow like some sort of sickly hard candy.

“Phantasies,” Clark’s portion of the exhibition, will be a surreal, dreamlike immersive environment, made of glass, clay and monotype prints. The installation will feature creatures like “The

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Clark says she enjoys creating works based in fantasy rather than reality.

“I live in normal reality,” she says.

“I’d rather not create it. I’d rather make something new.”

Carlson’s work draws from Renaissance era symbolism. “A Bittersweet Exchange” is a 7-foot-tall altarpiece, with paintings on either side.

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“You have to walk around the altar to see them both,” she says.

“Just like you can’t witness two sides of a person at once. They’re two different things that are part of one whole.”

Finally, Leyva’s work features men depicted in lightly sexy poses. She considers herself a descendent of pinup artists like Alberto Vargas.

“His work was sexualized but wholesome,” she says.

She says there’s a critical element to her work. It’s a reversal of the traditional and ubiquitous male gaze that objectifies women wherever it finds them.

However, she also says she wants to present her subjects in a way that’s funny, endearing and captures their individual personalities.

“My work’s about being a heterosexual female,” she says. Ω

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My insalata tiepida (hot salad, $8) was an excellent example of the European influence. It was full leaves of Romaine lettuce formed into a sixinch boat filled with Gorgonzola cheese and topped with whole walnuts, then put under a broiler to melt the cheese into a cream filling with attitude. The salty bite of the warm Gorgonzola, accented with a nut crunch held together with the noble leaf was a texture trifecta with mouthwatering appeal.

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It was prepared by salting the duck, cooking it slowly in its own natural juices, removing the meat, adding porcini mushrooms and some Chianti, a little rosemary, a dash of heavy cream, and then letting this all reduce before tossing with the noodles.

The egg noodles were moist and not too al dente— over-cooking pasta will ruin all the flavors in a dish. This was perfect. The soft, succulent and savory duck with a hint of sweetness, fused with the mushrooms, created a rich, yet not overwhelming, ragout surrounding the noodles.

The by-the-glass list is fair ($5$11). I chose the Zenato Valpolicella ($9), a grape that is arguably the most famous red wine to come out of the Veneto wine region in Northeastern Italy. Good mouth texture with good acidity and medium tannins. Cherries and oak on the palate that holds to the finish. And yes, there are traditional desserts, like tiramisu ($6), and panna cotta ($6), but I was happy and smart enough to stop.

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Pie another day American Reunion I generally don’t like the American Pie films. I find them lazy and sloppy, with only occasional moments of genuine laughter to be had. They give R-rated comedy a bad name.

American Reunion brings the gang back together 13 years after the so-so first film, and nine years after the totally abysmal American Wedding. I actually had big hopes for this one because it is directed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, writers on the Harold & by Kumar series and directors of Harold & Bob Grimm Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (the weakest of that series, but still funny in a bgrimm@ newsreview.com spotty sort of way).

The result: a predictably tired comedy where Seann William Scott (Stifler) and Eugene Levy (Jim’s Dad) are responsible for most of the laughs. Seeing the likes of Scott, Levy, Chris Klein (Oz), and, to a certain extent, Jason Biggs (Jim) together again is kind of cool. Having to sit through line readings by Thomas Ian Nicholas (Kevin), Alyson Hannigan (Michelle), Tara Reid (Vicky) and Eddie Kaye Thomas (Finch)—not so much.

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There are lots of slo-mo, Michael Bayesque shots of the boys walking together throughout the film, like we’re supposed to get some sort of real charge out of this band of actors getting back together. I would get more of a charge seeing the cast of Idiocracy doing a big reunion movie rather than these guys. At least Idiocracy was really funny, and it had Terry Crews in it.

The plot involves everybody coming home for their 13th high school reunion, with a major “Jim and Michelle ain’t having sex no more”

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subplot. Oz has become a bubble-headed sportscaster, Finch a world traveler, Jim a sexstarved new dad, and Kevin a homebody husband with a new beard. (His beard is one of the better running jokes in the movie.) They all want to party and hang out like old times, while excluding Stifler because he’s nuts. He, of course, finds his way into the mayhem.

That mayhem includes the requisite gross out gags like Stifler shitting into a beer cooler and Jim’s Dad revealing embarrassing sexual details to his son. In one of the film’s funnier sequences, Jim’s Dad has a rendezvous with Stifler’s Mom (Jennifer Coolidge). Again, Levy is the man, and he makes his moments work.

Scott’s Stifler has mellowed a bit. He has minimized that annoying laugh he does, which is a good thing. If you are a Scott fan, I would recommend watching him in his new hockey comedy Goon over any American Pie film.

Seriously, a movie where Stifler, Oz, Jim and Jim’s Dad go on a fishing trip that sees Kevin drown in the first 10 minutes would be a better movie. I like those four characters just fine. It’s the rest of them that clutter things up. I have no need for anything dealing with characters played by Natasha Lyonne and Shannon Elizabeth.

They only get a scene apiece in this film, but that’s still too much.

Katrina Bowden, a Marcia Brady lookalike who’s all sorts of awesome in Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, is a decent standout amongst the newcomers as Mia, Oz’s supermodel girlfriend. She plays a ditz and she plays it well.

She’s also freaking Meryl Streep next to Tara Reid when it comes to acting chops.

Scott, Levy, Klein and Biggs all have a reasonable amount of talent. I wouldn’t be opposed to seeing them in a different project altogether where they get to share the screen and play against type.

American Reunion has its moments, and is at least the second best film in the series after the original. I just fear the next film will be something like American Divorce where we have to sit through lawyer meetings with Jim and Michelle or American Rehab, with extended scenes of Stifler in group therapy.

Please—no more! Ω

21 Jump Street

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Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum team up as an unlikely comic duo for this twisted reboot of the infamous ’80s TV show that launched the career of a little guy named Johnny Depp. The two play former high school enemies who become friends at their new job of being cops. After quickly getting into trouble, they are put into the newly reactivated 21 Jump Street program—with an angry, hilarious Ice Cube as their captain—and must go undercover as high school students to infiltrate a teen drug ring. The two are very funny together, and Tatum displays a surprising amount of comic chops. He actually has the film’s funniest moments. This will stand as one of the year’s funniest and nastiest comedies. It also contains some very memorable cameos.

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Even if the real members of the military cast in this film could act—and believe me, they can’t—the story here is a sputtering dud and ineptly directed. Navy SEALS go on a couple of missions involving kidnap victims, drug lords and terrorists, and the film lacks a sense of adventure or purpose. The film’s big draw is that real military types are cast in major roles. Many of them look the part, but they have flat line deliveries. Still, that would be forgivable had directors Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh possessed the abilities to put together a decent action scene and gotten themselves a decent plot. This is a mess of a movie, and it made a ton of money in its first weekend. Shows you what I know.

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Will Ferrell further cements his goofball status with this crazy film fully devoted to the “telenovela” format, with Ferrell speaking Spanish and the film set in Mexico.

Ferrell plays Armando Alvarez, the dumb son of Señor Alvarez. Armando must square off against a notorious drug lord (Gael Garcia Bernal) while feuding with his drug dealer brother (Diego Luna) and trying to steal his lady (Genesis Rodriguez). Ferrell does a decent job with the Spanish language, but it’s Nick Offerman as a DEA agent who gets the biggest laugh when he speaks Spanish like a man who doesn’t give a shit about pronunciation. While Ferrell is his usual funny self, Bernal and Luna steal all of their scenes, doing tremendously funny things with cigarettes and drinks. It might wear you out before it reaches its ending—stay until after the credits—but you’ll get some good laughs along the way.

The Hunger Games

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For a big blockbuster based on an extremely popular novel, director Gary Ross’ film looks mighty cheap. Jennifer Lawrence plays Katniss Everdeen, forced to represent her district in a televised contest where young people must battle to the death.

While Lawrence is a great actress, she doesn’t fit the role of starving teen very well. Josh Hutcherson plays her fellow district rep, Peeta, and he suits the role just fine. I just couldn’t get by the drab look of the movie, and the horrible shaky cam that manages to destroy the action visuals instead of enhancing them. Stanley Tucci, Toby Jones, Elizabeth Banks and Woody Harrelson are all saddled with silly getups for their roles, which might’ve played OK had another director filmed them.

The movie is just a strange clash of tones, never has a consistent feel, and is surprisingly boring considering the subject matter.

John Carter

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Every piece of marketing for this movie made it look like total garbage. While it’s no amazing cinematic feat, it does manage to be enjoyable. Taylor Kitsch plays the title character, and he’s taking a critical shellacking for his central performance. I happen to think his performance is the best thing in the film. Based on novels written by Edgar Rice Burroughs way back when, this science fiction fantasy on Mars is a bit overblown in

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spots, and totally fun in others. I loved when John Carter, a Civil War soldier teleported to Mars, first discovered his ability to jump on the planet. And Willem Dafoe provides his voice to the animated, four-armed Tars, a decent special effect. Casting around Kitsch is awful (Mark Strong and Dominic West as villains … AGAIN), and it feels a bit long. But, like Waterworld before it, it’s much better than some critics will lead you to believe.

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Director Tarsem Singh, who made last year’s awful, horrible Immortals, does a little better with this wacky take on the story of Snow White. Julia Roberts does her best as the evil queen looking to rid herself of the beautiful Snow White (a charming Lily Collins).

Armie Hammer gives it a go as the handsome prince, while Nathan Lane tries to provide comic relief. The film looks good, with lush visuals and costuming. The seven dwarfs are toughed up and amusing. Yet, the film struggles to find a consistent tone that it never quite achieves. Tarsem is capable of making a good-looking movie—it’s just that his movies are usually kind of irredeemably silly. The film rips off Ella Enchanted during its credits by having Collins lip-synch a pop song. Stupid.

Safe House

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Ryan Reynolds plays Matt Weston, a CIA operative who has spent a year sitting in a safe house bouncing a ball against a wall and listening to tunes. He longs for the big assignment in the field, but the organization seems content to keep him out of the way and performing menial tasks.

Things change mightily when Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington) is brought to his house for some questioning and good old healthy waterboarding. Frost is a former agent gone rogue, selling secrets to enemy countries and making a decent living off of it. He’s also a dangerous, murderous son of a bitch.

Throw into the mix that he’s also virtuous, and you have your typically complicated Washington character. Reynolds and Washington complement each other well in this action thriller that constitutes the rare Reynolds film that is good.

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Don’t even hesitate to catch this on the big screen again, and don’t let the 3-D deter you. James Cameron and his crew have done a great job “enhancing” what I consider to be one of the greatest films ever made. The 3-D images, especially in the opening, actual footage of the Titanic wreck, are mesmerizing. While I don’t need to be reminded how great an actor Leonardo DiCaprio is, it’s a cinematic rush to see him in his star-making moment again. One of the main differences between Cameron’s Titanic and his Avatar is that, in this film, he had DiCaprio and Kate Winslet masterfully delivering his corny dialogue, as opposed to Sam Worthington in the other. Even Billy Zane’s performance has aged incredibly well; what I once found to be annoying has grown into a great, all-time classic screen villain. The film still hits all the right notes. The 3-D intensifies the experience. It’s a solid time at the movies.

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Bad beards, an especially drab actor, and a whole lot of messed up Greek mythology nonsense make their return in this bad film that is, nonetheless, a marked improvement over 2010’s inexcusable Clash of the Titans. There are enjoyable, even exciting stretches in this film where the action and pyrotechnics overwhelm the fact that the movie is anchored with the dullard that is Sam Worthington. As Perseus, son of Zeus aspiring to be nothing but a human fisherman with awesome flip-hair, he registers zero on the charisma meter. Being that he’s onscreen more than anybody in these Titan pics, it’s a little hard to endorse them. This has some pretty decent explosions and a couple of neat creatures. The 3-D, while not extraordinary, is better than it was in chapter one of this hopefully finished franchise.

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Living daylights Daylight Roots “It’s not really a DJ, but it’s not really a live band either.”

“I’m still trying to figure out what by Megan Berner exactly is going on here. Who are these guys?”

“It’s way better than just someone DJ-ing a set with their iPod.” These were comments overheard during a live performance by Daylight Roots at the first Food Truck Friday on April 6. The sounds they draw from and incorporate into their music come from multiple styles including punk, reggae, indie, pop, hip-hop, electronica and dubstep.

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“It’s basically dance music with live drums and live guitar,” says Derak Berreyesa, who DJ-ed under the name Daylight Roots before partnering up with Mykhaylo Bardashov.

“I’ve played in all kinds of bands— rock, indie … I like indie for the most part. Recently, I got into DJ-ing and thought it might be fun to incorporate it all.”

Bardashov, originally from For more information, visit http://soundcloud Ukraine, plays live percussion to the .com/daylightroots. samples and electronic loops Berreyesa compiles.

“I went to music school for sax and drums,” says Berreyesa. “Then I started playing in punk bands, then indie, reggae, and now this project.”

The two were introduced by a mutual friend and have been working together for about four months.

Derak Berreyesa and Mykahaylo Bardashov mix a variety of genres in Daylight Roots.

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They try to incorporate as many live elements as they can, playing all of the instruments themselves. Right now, it’s mostly guitar and drums, but they have included xylophone and conga, and they’d like to make use of Bardashov’s saxophone skills.

Berreyesa gathers samples and sounds, creates electronic loops, adds in synth elements, then compiles it all, and Bardashov adds drums and percussion. Daylight Roots has also been working on collaborating with local hip-hop artist Chiggity Chuck.

“It’s a wide variety of genres,” says Berreyesa. “We’ll play mellow stuff then build it up to more intense.”

“I’ve always like this kind of music,” says Bardashov. “It’s hard to find someone like Derak because it’s not so popular here.”

They cite the groups Pretty Lights and Big Gigantic as influences and inspiration for their music.

“We are even more live than those people,” says Berreyesa. “It’s definitely a live thing. At some point we’ll try and record everything. But it’s kind of hard to figure out otherwise.”

Their live show demonstrates the structure of how they work and the independent components that come together in their music. There’s a performance aspect to what they do. On stage, Berreyesa moves—more like bounces—between his laptop setup and audio mixer and his guitar while Bardashov hangs behind the drums.

“Hopefully, the impressive part is seeing us actually play this and seeing us jump around to different instruments,” says Berreyesa. “That’s where all the energy comes from.”

One of the songs they performed live sampled a Sublime track that they then played over and looped in such a way that it was recognizable but definitely their own. Like a musical mash-up, such as Girl Talk, meets electronica—and then there’s the live element too.

It may seem slightly confusing— even Daylight Roots had a hard time coming up with an articulate way of describing of what they do, only because it doesn’t fit neatly into any one-word characterization. And, in describing it, it almost sounds like too much going on to even work—like their music is having an identity crisis.

However, it does work. Somehow they pull it all off (at times with more craft than others). And even if you can’t figure out exactly what’s going on, the music is decidedly danceable. Ω

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THURSDAY 4/12

FRIDAY 4/13

SATURDAY 4/14

SUNDAY 4/15

Rumble, 9:30pm, no cover

Ron Hacker, Blue Haven, Barrelhouse City Limits, 9:30pm, no cover

Moon Gravy, 8:30pm, no cover

THE ALLEY

Nor-Cal vs. Nor-Nev w/City of Vain, Ill Legal, Urban Wolves, 8pm, $5

Sucka Punch CD release party The Skatalites, Keyser Soze, Delirions, w/The Shames, Voted Best Band, 8pm, $8 7pm, $15

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Fire spinning performance, 8pm, no cover

3RD STREET

Blues jam w/Blue Haven, 9:30pm, no cover

125 W. Third St., (775) 323-5005 906 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-8891 816 Highway 40 West, Verdi; (775) 345-0806

BECK’S BREW HOUSE

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

BIGGEST LITTLE CITY CLUB

DJ Retro Side B, Adam The Innovator, 9pm, no cover

3611 Kings Row, (775) 787-5050

Explosions in the Sky April 12, 8 p.m.

Knitting Factory 211 N. Virginia St. 323-5648

188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480

THE BLACK TANGERINE

9825 S. Virginia St., (775) 853-5003

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SATURDAY APRIL 14 9:30PM

CHAPEL TAVERN

Sonic Mass w/DJ Tigerbunny, 7pm, no cover

Good Friday with rotating DJs, 10pm, no cover

COMMA COFFEE

Steven Hanson and Friends, 7pm, no cover

COMMROW

Traffic Light Party w/DJ Jessica the Ripper, DJ Chris Payne, 8pm, DJ Max, 11pm, Grown and Sexii & Vanity, 10pm, $12 no cover

255 N. Virginia St., (775) 398-5400

Peace Mafia w/guest, 8pm, no cover

Filthy Still, 9:30pm, no cover

Gebular, Screaming Sons Of, 9:30pm, no cover

Jason and the Punknecks, 8pm, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm, Tu, no cover Open mic, 9pm, W, no cover

EL CORTEZ LOUNGE

Karaoke w/Lisa Lisa, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke w/Nick, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke w/Lisa Lisa, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke w/Mitchell, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke w/Mitchell, 9pm, M, no cover Karaoke w/Nick, 9pm, Tu, W, no cover

FREIGHT HOUSE DISTRICT

Big Bad Boogie Monster, 10pm, no cover Sil Shoda, 10pm, no cover

Sunday Music Showcase, 4pm, no cover

Java Jungle Open Mic, 7:30pm, M, no cover

275 E. Fourth St., (775) 324-1917

235 W. Second St., (775) 324-4255 250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-7041

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Open Mic Comedy, 9pm, no cover

THE HOLLAND PROJECT

Zebu, Evictions, Lonely Planet Travel, The Letdowns, 7:30pm, $5

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Blarney Band, 9pm, no cover

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Strangeworld, 9:30pm, $5

Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

312 S. Carson St., Carson City; (775) 883-2662

3rd Street, 125 W. Third St., 323-5005: Comedy Night & Improv w/Wayne Walsh, W, 9pm, no cover Catch a Rising Star, Silver Legacy, 407 N. Virginia St., 329-4777: James Goff, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $15.95; Jake Johansen, James Goff, F, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $15.95; Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $17.95; Uncle Floyd, Tu, W, 7:30pm, $15.95 The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: Kelly Montieth, Don McEnery, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30; John Henton, Kat Simmons, W, 9pm, $25 Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., 686-6600: The Utility Players, 7:30pm, Th, $11, $16; Hynopt!c with Dan Kimm, F, 7pm, $16, $21; Reno-Tahoe Comedy 2012 Golden Laff Olympiad Contest, F, 9:30pm, $8, $10; Mike E. Winfield, Sa, 7pm, 9:30pm, $12, $16

Strangeworld, 9:30pm, $5

CEOL IRISH PUB

1495 S. Virginia St., (775) 324-2244

Los Pistoleros, 8pm, no cover

/\/\ore_Gai/\/, DJ Atey Ate, 9pm, no cover

Jason King, 6pm, no cover

538 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-5558

DG Kicks, Jakki Ford, 9pm, Tu, no cover

Tone’s Acoustic Shindig, 7pm, Tu, no cover

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Steve Kaufman, 8pm, $15 Handsome Vultures EP release show, Lucas Young & the Wilderness, 7:30pm, $5

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FRIDAY 4/13

SATURDAY 4/14

Jazz Jam w/First Take featuring Rick Metz, 6pm, no cover

Live jazz w/First Take featuring Rick Metz, 6pm, no cover

Live jazz w/First Take featuring Rick Metz, 6pm, no cover

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 4/16-4/18

Monkeys in Space, Reno We Have A Problem, 10pm, $3

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KNITTING FACTORY CONCERT HOUSE 211 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-5648

Explosions in the Sky, Zammuto, 8pm, $12-$32

Open mic, 9pm, M, no cover Arliss Nancy, Mike Damron, 9pm, Tu, $3

Pain Clinic, Blasphemous Creation, Necrosin, Dieselboy, Messinian, Sluggo, Apothesary, Seven Churches, 8pm, $6 DJ Whores, 8pm, $17-$27

KNUCKLEHEADS BAR & GRILL

Gone Beyond, Apostles of Badness, Blabbermouth, 9pm, $5

405 Vine St., (775) 323-6500

Cowboys from Hell, Judas Thieves, 9pm, $5

Open Mic Night/College Night, 7pm, Tu, no cover

PIZZA BARON

Acoustic Open Mic hosted by Roger Scime, 8pm, no cover

Steve Starr Karaoke, 9pm, W, no cover

PLAN:B MICRO-LOUNGE

Open Mic Night w/Michelle Pappas, 7pm, no cover

Open jazz jam, 7:30pm, W, no cover

THE POINT

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 7pm, no cover

1155 W. Fourth St., (775) 329-4481 318 N. Carson St., Carson City; (775) 887-8879 3001 W. Fourth St., (775) 322-3001

POLO LOUNGE

1559 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-8864

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 7:30pm, W, no cover

Johnny Lipka, 9pm, no cover

Johnny Lipka, 9pm, no cover

Corky Bennett, 7pm, W, no cover

VooDooDogz, 8pm, no cover

Jay Goldfarb, 7pm, W, no cover

RED DOG SALOON

76 N. C St., Virginia City; (775) 847-7474

RUBEN’S CANTINA

Jason and the Punknecks April 15, 8 p.m.

Davidson’s Distillery 275 E. Fourth St. 324-1917

Hip Hop Open Mic, 9pm, W, no cover

1483 E. Fourth St., (775) 622-9424

RYAN’S SALOON

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

924 S. Wells Ave., (775) 323-4142

Live jazz, 8pm, W, no cover

SIDELINES BAR & NIGHTCLUB

Black and Blues Jam, 8:30pm, Tu, no cover

1237 Baring Blvd., Sparks; (775) 355-1030

SIERRA GOLD

Jamie Rollins, 9pm, no cover

680 S. Meadows Pkwy., (775) 850-1112

ST. JAMES INFIRMARY

Strange on the Range, 7pm, M, no cover Tuesday Night Trivia, 8pm, Tu, no cover

445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

STREGA BAR

Acoustic jam, 9pm, no cover

STUDIO ON 4TH

Reno Red Light District Launch Party, 8pm, no cover

Stiff Kitty Burlesque, 8pm, $15, $20

THE UNDERGROUND

1) Del Mar, Kat, Zen Robbi, Coral Thief, 8pm, $10 2) Le Josephine—Reno Red Light District, 8pm, no cover

1) Jahzilla, Uprising, DJ Too Dread, 8pm, 1) Reno Hip Hop Awards, 8pm, $5, $10 $5 2) Present CD release party w/Big 2) Los Pistoleros, The Flesh Hammers, Remote, The Gunner’s Daughter, 8pm, $5 Butter Lovers, S.S Doomtrooper, 8pm, $8

310 S. Arlington Ave., (775) 348-9911 432 E. Fourth St., (775) 786-6460 555 E. Fourth St., (775) 410-5993 1) Showroom 2) Tree House Lounge

Sunday Night Strega Mic, 9pm, no cover

Staley & Co., 9pm, no cover

WALDEN’S COFFEEHOUSE

Stiff Kitty Burlesque, 8pm, $15, $20

Adam Springob, Kristin & Jonie, 7pm, no cover

3940 Mayberry Dr., (775) 787-3307

Dark Tuesdays w/Stefani, 9pm, Tu, no cover Karaoke w/Steve Starr, 8pm, Tu, no cover, Rock & Blues Open Mic Jam, 8pm, W, $5

Florence & The Machine April 17, 7:30 p.m.

Grand Sierra Resort 2500 E. Second St. 789-2000

Reno Music Project Acoustic Open Mic, 6:30pm, no cover

WILD RIVER GRILLE

Sunday jazz, 2pm, no cover

17 S. Virginia St., (775) 284-7455

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2) Groove City, 4pm, Atomika, 10pm, no cover

2) Groove City, 4pm, Atomika, 10pm, no cover

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2) Midnight Riders, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) The Sterling Silver Band, 7pm, no cover

1) Michael Martin Murphey, 8pm, $29.50 2) The Sterling Silver Band, 8pm, no cover

2) The Sterling Silver Band, 8pm, no cover

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2) Paul Covarelli, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

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1) Lo Fi 13, Skins & Needles, 10pm, no cover

1) The Mother Hips, Brokedown in Bakersfield, 9pm, $17, $20

1) Man in the Mirror, 7pm, $19.95+ 2) Audioboxx, 10pm, no cover 3) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

1) Man in the Mirror, 8pm, $19.95+ 2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover 3) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

1) Man in the Mirror, 7pm, 9:30pm, $19.95+ 2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover 3) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

5) Tom Drinnon, 9pm, no cover

1) Ultimate Reno Combat 32, 8pm, $25-$100 5) Tom Drinnon, 9pm, no cover

1) Paquita la Del Barrio, 8pm, $35-$100 4) Baila Latin Dance Party, 7:30pm, $5 5) Tom Drinnon, 9pm, no cover

2) Arthur Hervey, 8pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, VEX Girls, 10:30pm, $20

1) Little Feat, 7:30pm, $35 2) Arthur Hervey, 8pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, VEX Girls, 10:30pm, $20

ATLANTIS CASINO RESORT SPA 3800 S. Virginia St., (775) 825-4700 1) Grand Ballroom Stage 2) Cabaret

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1627 Hwy. 395, Minden; (775) 782-9711 1) Ballroom 2) Cabaret Lounge

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500 N. Sierra St., (775) 329-0711

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14 Hwy. 28, Crystal Bay; (775) 833-6333 1) Crown Room 2) Red Room

ELDORADO HOTEL CASINO

345 N. Virginia St., (775) 786-5700 1) Showroom 2) Brew Brothers 3) Roxy’s Bar & Lounge 4) Cin Cin Bar & Lounge

2) Smasheltooth, Lil’ Miss Mixer, 11pm, Tu, no cover 1) Man in the Mirror, 7pm, $19.95+ 2) Audioboxx, 10pm, no cover 3) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

1) Man in the Mirror, 7pm, Tu, W, $19.95+ 2) Live Band Karaoke, 10pm, M, DJ Chris English, 10pm, Tu, Garage Boys, 10pm, W, no cover 3) Live piano, 4:30pm W, no cover

GRAND SIERRA RESORT

2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000 1) Theater 2) 2500 East 3) The Beach 4) Xtreme Sports Bar 5) Mustangs Dancehall & Saloon 6) Summit Pavilion 7) Grand Sierra Ballroom 8) Silver State Pavilion

HARRAH’S LAKE TAHOE

15 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (775) 588-6611 1) South Shore Room 2) Casino Center Stage 3) VEX

HARRAH’S RENO

219 N. Center St., (775) 788-2900 1) Showroom 2) Sapphire Lounge 3) Plaza 4) Convention Center

JOHN ASCUAGA’S NUGGET

1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-3300 1) Showroom 2) Cabaret 3) Orozko 4) Rose Ballroom 5) Trader Dick’s

MONTBLEU RESORT

PEPPERMILL RESORT SPA CASINO 2707 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-2121 1) Tuscany Ballroom 2) Cabaret 3) Terrace Lounge 4) Edge 5) Aqua Lounge

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2) Escalade, 7pm, no cover 3) Scot and Scott, 5:30pm, no cover 5) Ladies ’80s w/DJ BG, 6pm, no cover

1) Todd Snider, Exit, 9pm, no cover 2) Escalade, 8pm, no cover 3) Scot and Scott, 6pm, no cover 5) Just Right, 5:30pm, DJ BG, 10pm, no cover

1) Todd Snider, Exit, 9pm, no cover 2) Escalade, 8pm, no cover 3) Scot and Scott, 6pm, no cover 5) Just Right, 5:30pm, DJ BG, 10pm, no cover

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2) Buddy Emmer, 8pm, no cover 2) Buddy Emmer, 8pm, no cover 4) Salsa dancing with BB of Salsa Reno, 4) Rogue Saturdays, 10pm, $20 7pm, $10 after 8pm, DJ Battle, 10pm, $20

2) Fresh, 9pm, no cover

1) Ramón Ayala, 8pm, $45, $59 2) Fresh, 9pm, no cover 3) Dance party, 10pm, no cover

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John Ascuaga’s Nugget 1100 Nugget Ave. Sparks 356-3300

Bottoms Up Saloon, 1923 Prater Way, Sparks, 359-3677: Th-Sa, 9pm, no cover Elbow Room Bar, 2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks, 356-9799: F-Sa, 7pm, Tu, 6pm, no cover 3) Loyd Watson, Jr. & James Corriher, 6pm, W, no cover

1) Yonder Mountain String Band, 8pm, $25, $28

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2) Buddy Emmer, 7pm, M, no cover

2) DJ REXX, 10pm, no cover 3) Salsa Etc., 7pm, no cover

2) DJ Tom, 9pm, M, DJ I, 10pm Tu, W, no cover 3) Dudes Day, 7pm, Tu, Mix it Up!, 10pm, W, no cover

Flowing Tide Pub, 465 S. Meadows Pkwy., Ste. 5, 284-7707; 4690 Longley Lane, Ste. 30, (775) 284-7610: Karaoke, Sa, 9pm, no cover Red’s Golden Eagle Grill, 5800 Home Run Drive, Spanish Springs, (775) 626-6551: Karaoke w/Manny, F, 8pm, no cover Sneakers Bar & Grill, 3923 S. McCarran Blvd., 829-8770: Karaoke w/Mark, Sa, 8:30pm, no cover Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, 1475 E. Prater Way, Sparks, 356-6000: Music & Karaoke, F, 9pm; Lovely Karaoke, Sa, 9pm, no cover Washoe Club, 112 S. C St., Virginia City, 8474467: Gothic Productions Karaoke, Sa, Tu, 8pm, no cover

For Thursday, April 12 to Wednesday, April 18 Events To post events to our online calendar and have them considered for the print edition, visit our website at www.newsreview.com/reno and post your events by registering in the box in the upper right of the page. Once registered, you can log in to post. Events you create will be viewable by the public almost immediately and will be considered for the print calendar in the Reno News & Review.

4TH ANNUAL WEDDING FAIRE: The Grove at South Creek hosts its annual wedding fair and fashion show. Vendors will offer tastings, displays and portfolios, in addition to a fashion show featuring the current trends in wedding attire from David’s Bridal. The event will feature live music, butler-passed appetizers and a full non-hosted bar. F, 4/13, 5-9pm.

Free. The Grove at South Creek, 95 Foothill Road, (775) 322-4022, www.thegrovereno.com.

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Online and print submissions are subject to review and editing by the calendar editor. For details, call (775) 324-4440, ext. 3521, or email renocalendar@newsreview.com.

FIGHT FOR AIR CHALLENGE: The American Lung Association in Nevada and Silver Legacy Resort Casino present the fourth annual event to raise awareness and money for clean air and lung health in Northern Nevada. Tackle all 36 flights of stairs at Silver Legacy with a team of three or more to help reach this goal.

Prizes and awards will be awarded to the fastest participants and the top fundraisers. Proceeds raised from this event help support community-based lung health programs such as Teens Against Tobacco Use and Open Airways for Schools. Registration for the climb is $25 and participants are asked to commit to raising an additional $75. Su, 4/15, 9am. Silver Legacy, 407 N. Virginia St., (775) 829-5873, http://climbreno.org.

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sengers. Th, 4/12, 7pm. $10 adults; $5 kids age 12 and younger. Sparks Heritage Museum, 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144, www.sparksmuseum.org.

ples of popular music of the time period, some of which was played on board.

Chef Craig Rodriquez will provide samples of recipes served to first-, secondand third-class passengers while you listen and learn more about the most famous ship ever built. F, 4/13, 7pm. $10 adults; $5 kids age 12 and younger.

Sparks Heritage Museum, 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144, www.sparksmuseum.org.

All ages BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIMES: Staff members and guest readers tell stories to children. Sa, 10am. Free. Barnes & Noble, 5555 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-8882.

RENO RED LIGHT DISTRICT LAUNCH PARTY: The E4

BOOKS AND BRAGS STORYTIME: This storytime

Merchants Association presents the Reno Red Light District Launch Party.

Participants can get a free cup at any of the E4 merchant locations, including Hobson Square, Ruben’s Cantina, Dilligas, Cadillac Lounge, The Underground and Tree House Lounge, Studio on 4th, Abby’s Highway 40 and Davidson’s Distillery.

Each location will offer different varieties of free entertainment. Th, 4/12, 8pm. Free.

Reno Red Light District, East Fourth Street, between Virginia & Sage streets, (775) 303-5205, http://renoredlight.com.

for pre-school children is held on Tuesday mornings. This week’s theme is “Earth Day Planting.” Tu, 4/17, 9:3010:30am. Free with admission. Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada, 813 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 884-2226, www.cmnn.org.

CLAY, CLAY, CLAY: Students ages 8-14 will explore hand building and glazing techniques. Classes are held every Wednesday, April 18-June 6. Pre-registration required. W, 4/18, 4-5:30pm. $95 for eight classes. VSA Nevada at Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100 ext. 3, www.vsanevada.org.

SCIENCE CAFE: Thomas Herring, physics instructor at Western Nevada College, presents “Nuclear Physics: Fission and Fusion, Explosions and Electricity.” Su, 4/15, 3-5pm. Free. Swill Coffee and Wine, 3366 Lakeside Drive, (775) 335-5505, www.renoskeptics.org.

KIDS’ ACTING: Students ages 8-12 will learn to act while gaining self-confidence and poise. Classes are held every Tuesday, April 17 through May 22. Tu, 4/17, 4-5pm. $45 for six classes. VSA Nevada at Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100 ext. 3, www.vsanevada.org.

TMCC’S WRITERS’ CONFERENCE: Network with

MEDIA, MUSIC AND FOOD OF THE TITANIC: Explore the Titanic in media and culture, from movie clips to interactive video games and more. Listen to some exam-

literary professionals and your writing peers while taking in presentations on “Evaluating Your Book for Success,” “Driving Stories to their Destinations,” “Techniques to Telling a Story” and more. Speakers include New York Times best-selling memoirist Jennifer Lauck, novelist Shawn Grady, Seal Press Senior Editor Brooke Warner, short story author Patrick Michael Finn, poet Lindsay Wilson, among others. Sa, 4/14, 9am-4:30pm. $109. Truckee Meadows Community College, 7000 Dandini Blvd., (775) 829-9010, http://wdce.tmcc.edu.

KIDS’ ACTING IN SPARKS: Kids age 8-12 can learn to act while gaining self-confidence and poise. Classes are held every Wednesday, April 18-May 23. Register online. W, 4/18, 4-5pm. $45 for six classes. Alf Sorensen Community Center, 1400 Baring Blvd. in Sparks, (775) 826-6100 ext. 3, www.vsanevada.org.

KINDERART: Youngsters will explore different mediums every week. Classes will be held on Mondays, April 16-May 21.

Pre-registration required. M, 4/16, 12pm. $45. VSA Nevada at Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100 ext. 3, www.vsanevada.org.

THE WOMEN, CHILDREN, FASHION AND DANCE OF THE TITANIC: Learn about some of the women and children on board the Titanic on her maiden voyage, from Madeline Astor in first class to nineweek-old Millvina Dean in third class, and “The Unsinkable Molly Brown.” Take a look at the fashion of the early 1900s, and learn a dance or two that could have been enjoyed by third-class pas-

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Triumph over adversity The 17th annual Broadway Comes to Reno series concludes its 2011-2012 season with the Tony Award-nominated musical The Color Purple: The Musical About Love. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the 1985 film by Steven Spielberg, the musical focuses on Celie, an abused woman living in the rural South who learns to overcome the hardships in her life and find her own voice in the world with the help of a few supportive women. The original production opened Dec. 1, 2005, and ran for two years on Broadway. The musical received good reviews, and it was nominated for 11 Tony Awards, including for Best Musical, in 2006. The Color Purple will be performed at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St. Showtimes are 8 p.m. on April 13-14, 7 p.m. on April 15 and 2 p.m. on April 14-15. Tickets are $40-$70. Call 686-6600 or visit www.pioneercenter.com.

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NEW MOTHERS SUPPORT GROUP: This group offers support to first-time mothers in dealing with the changes and issues that come with having a new baby. Th, 10-11:30am. Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center, 235 W. Sixth St., (775) 770-3843, www.supportsaintmarys.org.

SMALL WONDER WEDNESDAY: Families with children age 5 years old and younger are invited to play, explore and listen to stories read by the museum’s educators. Only children age 5 and younger are admitted to Small Wonder Wednesdays, which start at 9am, an hour before the museum opens. Older siblings may join at 10am. Third W of every month, 9am. $8 per person; free for members and babies under age 1. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum, 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, www.nvdm.org.

Art ARTISTS CO-OP OF RENO GALLERY: A Splash of Color.

Artists Co-op of Reno Gallery presents work

by Dan Whittemore. The work of artist Chikako McNamara is also on display. M-Su, 11am-4pm through 4/30. Free. 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896, www.artistsco-opgalleryreno.com.

NORTH TAHOE ARTS CENTER: A Child's World, This exhibit aims to appeal to every child and to the child in every adult. Opening reception is Friday, April 13, 5-7pm. M, W-Su, 11am-4pm through 4/30. Art Gallery & Gift Shop, 380 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, (530) 581-2787, www.northtahoearts.com.

RENO LITTLE THEATER: Sierra Watercolor Society Exhibit. Sierra Watercolor Society’s new exhibit of original watercolor paintings is congruent with the themes of RLT’s next two productions August: Osage County and Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure. Th-Sa,

6:30-10pm through 4/21; Su, 1-4:30pm through 4/22; Th-Sa, 6:30-10pm through 6/2. Opens 5/18; Su, 1-4:30pm through 6/3. Opens 5/20. Free. 147 E. Pueblo St., www.sierrawatercolorsociety.org.

SHEPPARD FINE ARTS GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Two Collaborations: Tad Beck with Jennifer Locke and Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery with Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Gallery, Sheppard Gallery brings artists Beck and Locke, LACE curator Robert Crouch and LACE program manager Geneva Skeen to Reno for a five-day residency on campus. The residency includes a public lecture, cross-discipline classroom visits, studio visits and specific workshops developed for UNR art students.

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Carpy diem My boyfriend and I are college juniors, happily together 10 months and living together for five. An article I read said it’s healthy to argue with your partner, and I got a little worried. We sometimes bicker about what to watch on TV, but one of us quickly gives in, and that’s it. It does bug me that he’s chronically late, but I basically just shrug this stuff off. He seems to do likewise with stuff that bugs him. Are we both just really easygoing? I worry we may be missing some passionate connection.

Of course Romeo and Juliet is the great love story of all time. What were they, 14? Self-assertion doesn’t cause much conflict when you don’t have all that much self to assert—like when you’re in the primordial personswamp of your early 20s. Just consider the sort of questions that you, as a couple sharing a life in the edu-womb, are forced to gnash over: Jell-O shots or beer pong? Cup Noodles or Top Ramen? Why was Arrested Development canceled? If the universe disappeared, would the rules of chess still exist?

Sure, even now, you may be faced with one of the big relationship-crushing issues like money problems—forcing one of you to call your dad and then go out in the pouring rain to the ATM. But, later in life, when the issue may be which of you stands in the rain with your stuff the sheriff put out on the lawn, the arguing itself isn’t what breaks you up. In fact, it is important to engage and hash out your issues so they don’t burrow in. What seems to matter is how you treat each other when you aren’t disagreeing, in all the seemingly unimportant little moments.

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Psychologist Dr. John Gottman, who does some of the best research on why marriages succeed and fail, calls this the “emotional bank account model” of relationships. He writes in The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work that romance is kept alive “each time you let your spouse know he or she is valued during the grind of everyday life.” He explains this as a consistent “turning toward” each other rather than turning away: remaining engaged in your partner’s world by reuniting at dinner and asking about each other’s day, and consistently expressing fondness and admiration.

At the moment, your biggest problem is that you two don’t really have any problems. This is what’s called a First World problem—like “I don’t have enough counter space for all of my appliances.” It could be that you’re both easygoing, or that you’re starter people in a starter relationship, or that you’ve yet to reach your poo-flinging, death-glaring annoyance threshold. Perhaps just try to enjoy yourselves instead of worrying that nothing’s ripping you apart— tragic as it is that you’re far too content together to have hate sex.

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focus on the circumstances of artistic collaboration, including a presentation of the exhibition at LACE. The lecture will be held at the Wells Fargo Auditorium inside the Matthewson-IGT Knowledge Center. Tu-Sa through 4/14; Postcards from the Grey Area.

Kevin F. Kremler presents his masters of fine art thesis exhibition. M-F through 4/13; Two Cats in Real Life of Cattitude. Amerique Powell’s large-scale oil paintings envision the ways in which her pet cats Tin and Thomasino experience the world around them. 4/16-4/27, 10am-5pm. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

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WHITTEMORE GALLERY: Always Lost. The Western Nevada College student and faculty exhibit honors and personalizes U.S. military personnel who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan since Sept. 11, 2001. M-Sa through 5/4. Free. First floor of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4636.

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NEVADA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Basque Aspen Tree Art Exhibition, W-Sa, 10am-5pm through 4/28; Reno: Biggest Little City in the World, W-Sa, 10am-5pm. $4 adults; free for members, children age 17 and younger. 1650 N. Virginia St., (775) 688-1190.

NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Anne Lindberg: Modal Lines. W-Su through 7/15; Tiffany & Co. Arms from the Robert M. Lee Collection, W-Su through 5/20; In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows, W-Su through 5/20; The Canary Project: Landscapes of Climate Change, W-Su through 4/29; August Sander: Face of Our Time, W-Su through 4/22; Peter Liashkov: Paper Cowboy, W-Su through 4/15; Tim Hawkinson: Totem, W-Su through 10/7; Art, Science, and the Arc of Inquiry: The Evolution of the Nevada Museum of Art, W-Su through 7/1; Jacob Hashimoto: Here in Sleep, a World, Muted to a Whisper, W-Su through 1/1; Gregory Euclide: Nature Out There, W-Su through 9/2; Andrew Rogers: Contemporary Geoglyphs, W-Su through 8/26; Out of the Forest: Art Nouveau Lamps, W-Su through 5/20. $1-$10. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

SPARKS HERITAGE MUSEUM: Celtic Heritage Exhibit, M-Su through 5/27. $5 adults; free for members and children age 12 and younger.

814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144, www.sparksmuseum.org.

VSA ARTS OF NEVADA/LAKE MANSION: Rich in Art Exhibit, M-F, 10am-4pm through 4/30. Free.

250 Court St., (775) 826-6100, www.vsanevada.org.

WILBUR D. MAY MUSEUM, RANCHO SAN RAFAEL REGIONAL PARK: King Tut: “Wonderful Things� from the Pharaoh’s Tomb, W-Sa, 10am-4pm through 5/23; Su, 12-4pm through 5/20. $9 adults; $8 children age 17 and younger, seniors age 62 and older. 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-5961.

Film THE CHEESE TRUCK DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: This documentary shot by local filmmaker Jason Spencer follows the ladies that run the local food truck Gourmelt. Join them as they grill up sandwiches and maneuver through the city.

Sa, 4/14, 6:30-9:30pm. Musician Rehearsal Center, 581 Dunn Circle, Sparks, (775) 342-9832, http://musicianrehearsalcenter.com.

ITALIAN HISTORY DRAMA: IL DIVO: Artemisia Moviehouse presents a screening of Paolo Sorrentino’s biographical drama based on the figure of former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. Tu, 4/17, 7-10pm. $7 general; $5 members, bicyclists, students. Good Luck Macbeth Theater, 119 N. Virginia St., (775) 337-9111, www.artemisiamovies.org.

THE MONO LAKE STORY FILM: Western Nevada College will screen this 30-minute film as part of its Earth Week events. After the screening, there will be a discussion about the controversy over Southern Nevada Water Authority’s plan to pump and pipe groundwater from rural Cave, Dry Lake, Delamar and Spring valleys to Las Vegas. M, 4/16, 12-1:15 & 4-5:15pm. Free. Western Nevada College Carson City, 2201 W. College Parkway, Carson City, (775) 445-3222, www.wnc.edu.

NIGHT OF THE TITANIC: This 22.5-minute multimedia planetarium program combines “fully immersive� computer animation with the latest scientific research, allowing viewers inside dome theaters to experience what it was like to stand on the deck of the doomed ocean liner Titanic the night she sank. Night of the Titanic shows the unique conditions in Earth and space that, coupled with human errors, contributed to the sinking of the ship on April 15, 1912. Sa, 1-4pm through 4/28. $10 adults;$5 children age 12 and younger. Sparks Heritage Museum, 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144, www.sparksmuseum.org.

Poetry/Literature POETRY NIGHT AT SUNDANCE: Sundance Bookstore & Music presents an an evening of poetry with Gailmarie Pahmeier, Roy Chavez, Teresa Breeden and Suzanne Roberts. Th, 4/12, 6:308pm. Free. Sundance Bookstore & Music, 121 California Ave., (775) 786-1188, www.sundancebookstore.com.

POETRY NIGHT AT SUNDANCE: The event features poets Krista Lukas, Steven Nightingale, Joe Crowley and Laura Wetherington. W, 4/18, 6:30-8pm. Free. Sundance Bookstore & Music, 121 California Ave., (775) 786-1188, www.sundancebookstore.com.

Music BANANA SLUG STRING BAND CONCERT: This group of musicians and educators from Northern California play music ranging from rockin’ boogies to sensitive ballads to reggae and rap. Music, theater, puppetry and audience participation create a fun-filled learning experience at this family-friendly show. F, 4/13, 7pm. $15-$60. CVIC Hall, 1602 Esmeralda Ave., Minden, (775) 782-8207, http://cvartscouncil.com.

CARPENTER’S MUSIC WORLD MONTHLY MUSIC PROGRAM: This program is open to all ages, styles and skill levels. Performers must call in advance with their name or name of group, song title, instrumentation and length of performance.

Performances must fit the theme of the month. April’s theme is “The Beatles.� Second Th of every month, 6-8pm. Opens 4/12. Free.

Carpenter’s Music World, 2700 S. Virginia St., (775) 391-7757, www.carpentersmusic.com.

HECTOR DEL CURTO QUINTET: Churchill Arts Council presents a performance of traditional and contemporary tango by the Argentinian quintet. Members of the ensemble will also participate in a free conversation on tradition and innovation in tango in the Center’s Art Bar at 3pm on the day of the performance. Sa, 4/14, 8pm. $17 CAC members; $20 non-members. Barkley Theatre, Oats Park Art Center, 151 E. Park St., Fallon, (775) 423-1440, www.churchillarts.org.

KUNR JAZZ BRUNCH: Paul Roth and David Ake perform at the monthly event presented by KUNR Radio and Nevada Museum of Art. Su, 4/15, 11am-1pm. Free; admission fees apply to art galleries. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

L-CUBED: LOOK, LUNCH & LISTEN: Bring a lunch and check out this series of concerts that showcase University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Music students and faculty. W, noon through 5/2. Free. Randall Rotunda, Matthewson-IGT Knowledge Center, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

PIPES ON THE RIVER: The Friday lunchtime concert series features guest artists performing on the church’s Casavant pipe organ. F, noon.

Free. Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Ave., (775) 329-4279, www.trinityreno.org.

RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: The University of Nevada, Reno Chamber Singers join the Reno Chamber Orchestra in a performance of Cherubini’s Requiem in C minor. This concert also features cellist Matt Linaman, winner of the 2012 RCO College Concerto competition, performing Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C major.

The concert will open with Aldemaro Romero’s Fuga con Pajarillo for string orchestra. Sa,

4/14, 8pm; Su, 4/15, 2pm. $20-$40 adults; $5 students. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 348-9413, www.renochamberorchestra.org.

DEATH IS A WAKE: Funtime Theater presents an interactive dinner murder mystery. If you are the super sleuth of the evening you could win the prize. Sa, 4/14, 6pm. $50. Pipers Opera House, 12 N. B St., Virginia City, (775) 240-5762, www.funtimetheater.com.

UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: The University of Nevada, Reno orchestra program “Light vs.

Dark” will feature the Chamber Orchestra performing Shubert’s Symphony No. 5 and the Symphony Orchestra performing Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10. Tu, 4/17, 7:30pm. Free. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

FOREVER PLAID: Wild Horse Productions presents this musical comedy that follows The Plaids singing group through a fatal car crash on their way to their first big gig. They are miraculously revived to perform the concert that never was, entertaining audiences with side-splitting humor and toe-tapping nostalgic pop hits of the 50s and 60s. F, 4/13, 7:30pm; Sa, 4/14, 7:30pm. $18 general; $15 seniors, students, members. Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall, 511 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 887-0438, www.wildhorsetheater.com.

Sports & fitness RENO ACES: The minor league baseball team plays Salt Lake Bees. Th, 4/12, 6:35pm. $7-$24.

Reno Aces Ballpark, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-4700, www.renoaces.com.

THE WILD PARTY: Brüka Theatre presents Andrew Lippa’s jazz-tinged musical based on Joseph Moncure March’s 1928 narrative poem about a 1920s party. Explicit theater.

Ages 17 and older only. Th, 4/12, 8pm; F, 4/13, 8pm; Sa, 4/14, 8pm. $20 general; $18 students, seniors; $25 at the door. Brüka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-3221, www.bruka.org.

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THE WORLD GOES ROUND: Good Luck Macbeth presents this musical revue of the songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb, spotlighting songs from Cabaret, Chicago, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, New York, New York, Funny Lady and more. F, 4/13, 7-9pm; Sa, 4/14, 7-9pm;

SCHEELS RUNNING AND WALKING CLUB: Runners and walkers are invited to join this Tuesday night group run. Water and snacks will be available after the runs. Meet in the men’s sport shoe shop. Tu, 6:30pm through 11/27. Free. Scheels, 1200 Scheels Drive, Sparks, (775) 331-2700, www.scheels.com/events.

Th, 4/19, 7-9pm; F, 4/20, 7-9pm; Sa, 4/21, 7-9pm; Su, 4/22, 3-5pm; F, 4/27, 7-9pm; Sa, 4/28, 7-9pm; F, 5/4, 7-9pm; Sa, 5/5, 7-9pm; Su, 5/6, 3-5pm; F, 5/11, 7-9pm; Sa, 5/12, 7-9pm; F, 5/18, 7-9pm; Sa, 5/19, 7-9pm; Su, 5/20, 3-5pm. $14-$20. Good

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Luck Macbeth Theater, 119 N. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716, www.goodluckmacbeth.org.

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WOLF PACK BASEBALL: The University of Nevada, Reno plays Louisiana Tech. F, 4/13, 6pm; Sa, 4/14, 1pm; Su, 4/15, 1pm; the team plays University of San Francisco. Tu, 4/17, 2pm. $5-

Auditions AUDITIONS FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE: Good Luck Macbeth Theater holds auditions for this drama. The company needs to fill roles for six men and three women. Please prepare up to a two-minute dramatic contemporary monologue. Bring a headshot and resume if you have one. If not, you can fill out an audition form when you arrive. Auditions are by appointment only. Send an email to chad@goodluckmacbeth.org containing your name, phone number, day and half-hour time slot request. Sa, 4/14, 2-5pm; Su, 4/15, 2-5pm.

Good Luck Macbeth Theater, 119 N. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716, www.goodluckmacbeth.org.

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Onstage ANYTHING GOES: Nevada Repertory Company presents its production of the Broadway show wrapped around one of Cole Porter’s magical scores. F, 4/13, 7:30pm; Sa, 4/14,

7:30pm; Su, 4/15, 1:30pm; W, 4/18, 7:30pm; Th, 4/19, 7:30pm; F, 4/20, 7:30pm; Sa, 4/21, 7:30pm; Su, 4/22, 1:30pm. $5-$20. Redfield Proscenium

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Some people

misunderstand the do-it-now fervor of the Aries tribe, thinking it must inevitably lead to carelessness. Please prove them wrong in the coming weeks. Launch into the interesting new possibilities with all your exuberance unfurled. Refuse to allow the natural energy to get hemmed in by theories and concepts. But also be sure not to mistake rash impatience for intuitive guidance. Consider the likelihood that your original vision of the future might need to be tinkered with a bit as you translate it into the concrete details.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): There is a

possibility that a pot of gold sits at the end of the rainbow. The likelihood is small, true, but it’s not zero. On the other hand, the rainbow is definitely here and available for you to enjoy. Of course, you would have to do some more work on yourself in order to gather in the fullness of that enjoyment.

Here’s the potential problem: You may be under the impression that the rainbow is less valuable than the pot of gold. So let me ask you: What if the rainbow’s the real prize?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “It’s eternity

in a person that turns the crank handle,” said Franz Kafka. At least that should be the case, I would add. The unfortunate fact of the matter is that a lot of people let other, lesser things turn the crank handle—like the compulsive yearning for money, power, and love, for example. I challenge you to check in with yourself sometime soon and determine what exactly has been turning your crank handle. If it ain’t eternity, or whatever serves as eternity in your world view, get yourself adjusted. In the coming months, it’s crucial that you’re running on the cleanest, purest fuel.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): For a white

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guy from 19th-century England, David Livingstone was unusually egalitarian. As he traveled in Africa, he referred to what were then called “witch doctors” as “my professional colleagues.” In the coming weeks, Cancerian, I encourage you to be inspired

by Livingstone as you expand your notion of who your allies are. For example, consider people to be your colleagues if they simply try to influence the world in the same ways you do, even if they work in different jobs or spheres. What might be your version of Livingstone’s witch doctors? Go outside of your usual network as you scout around for confederates who might connect you to exotic new perspectives and resources you never imagined you could use.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The flag of California features the image of a grizzly bear, and the huge carnivore is the state’s official animal. And yet grizzly bears have been extinct in California since 1922, when the last one was shot and killed. Is there any discrepancy like that in your own life, Leo? Do you continue to act as if a particular symbol or icon is important to you even though it has no practical presence in your life? If so, this would be a good time to update your attitude.

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character Felix the Cat made his debut in 1919. He was a movie star in the era of silent films, and eventually appeared in his own comic strip and TV show. But it wasn’t until 1953, when he was 34 years old, that he first got his Magic Bag of Tricks, which allowed him to do many things he wasn’t able to do before. I bring this up, Virgo, because I believe you’re close to acquiring a magic bag of tricks that wasn’t on your radar until you had matured to the point where you are now. To ensure that you get that bag, though, you will have to ripen even a bit more.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I have one child, a daughter, and raising her conscientiously has been one of the great privileges and joys of my life. Bonus: She has turned out to be a stellar human being. Every now and then, though, I get a bit envious of parents who’ve created bigger families. If bringing up one kid is so rewarding, maybe more would be even better. I asked an acquaintance of mine, a man with six kids, how he

had managed to pull off that difficult feat.

He told me quite candidly, “My secret is that I’m not a good father; I’m very neglectful.” I offer up this story as a way to encourage you, at this juncture in your development, to favor quality over quantity.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I expect

there’ll be some curious goings-on this week. A seemingly uninspired idea could save you from a dumb decision, for example. An obvious secret may be the key to defeating a covert enemy. And a messy inconvenience might show up just in time to help you do the slightly uncool but eminently right thing. Can you deal with this much irony, Scorpio? Can you handle such big doses of the old flippety-flop and oopsie-loopsie? For extra credit, here are two additional odd blessings you could capitalize on: a humble teaching from an unlikely expert and a surge of motivation from an embarrassing excitement.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Some of our pagan forbears imagined they had a duty to assist with nature’s revival every spring by performing fertility rituals.

And wouldn’t it be fun if it were even slightly true that you could help the crops germinate and bloom by making sweet love in the fields? At the very least, carrying out such a ceremony might stimulate your own personal creativity. In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to slip away to a secluded outdoor spot, either by yourself or with a romantic companion. On a piece of paper, write down a project you’d like to make thrive in the coming months.

Bury the note in the good earth, then enjoy an act of love right on top of it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Once

upon a time, I fell in love with a brilliant businesswoman named Loreen. I pursued her with all my wiles, hoping to win her amorous affection. After playing hard to get for two months, she shocked me with a brazen invitation: Would I like to accompany her on a whirlwind vacation to Paris? “I think I can swing it,” I told her. But there was a problem: I was flat broke. What to do? I decided to raise the funds by selling off a precious heirloom from childhood, my collection of 6,000 vintage baseball cards.

Maybe this story will inspire you to do something comparable, Capricorn: Sacrifice an outmoded attachment or juvenile treasure or youthful fantasy so as to empower the future of love.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): We all

know that spiders are talented little creatures. Spiders’ silk is as strong as steel, and their precisely geometric webs are engineering marvels. But even though they have admirable qualities I admire, I don’t expect to have an intimate connection with a spider any time soon. A similar situation is at work in the human realm. I know certain people who are amazing creators and leaders but don’t have the personal integrity or relationship skills that would make them trustworthy enough to seek out as close allies. Their beauty is best appreciated from afar. Consider the possibility that the ideas I’m articulating here would be good for you to meditate on right now, Aquarius.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Have you

ever had the wind knocked out of you? It feels weird for a short time, but leaves no lasting damage. I’m expecting that you will experience a form of that phenomenon sometime soon. Metaphorically speaking, the wind will get knocked out of you. But wait—before you jump to conclusions and curse me out for predicting this, listen to the rest of my message. The wind that will get knocked out of you will be a wind that needed to be knocked out—a wind that was causing confusion in your gut-level intuition. In other words, you’ll be lucky to get that wind knocked out of you. You’ll feel much better afterwards, and you will see things more clearly.

Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text message horoscopes. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at (877) 873-4888 or (900) 950-7700.

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The Nevada Museum of Art recently hired a second curator, JoAnne Northrup, who specializes in contemporary art.

You’re the “director of contemporary art initiatives.”

What does that mean?

That means that I am going to be curating exhibitions of contemporary art, but also because the museum has a Center for Art + Environment, I’m going to be focusing on virtual environments. Basically, what we say at the museum is that the emphasis on art and environment means natural, built and virtual environments, and so that’s the place I’m going to carve out while I’m here.

Tell me what “virtual environments” means to you.

What it means to me is an environment that exists either in the digital realm, or in imagination—mainly those two areas.

ment, the San Jose Museum of Art, and then it traveled to Nevada, and it’s actually still traveling. I think it’s still up in Savannah, Georgia, and then the next stop is in the fall it’s going to Wisconsin—the Madison Museum for Contemporary Art.

You curated that for a different museum, and it came to Nevada, and then you came to Nevada?

This museum is doing something completely unique in the entire museum world, in that we have the focus on art and environment. And,

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Yeah, el Tigre’s performance on that hallowed stage of golf this year pushed the needle past lamentable and well into dismal. My fave Tiger moment from was when he hit a clanker on number 16, then kicked the crap out of the offending 8-iron, whose fault the mis-hit obviously was. Classy. And rest assured, your correspondent has had much experience kicking the crap out of traitorous 8-irons. Tiger’s Colonel Kurtz Masters (“the horror ... the horror”) is further proof that maybe it’s not so easy to come back from a scandal of worldwide humiliation. Which is pretty humbling in itself, to think that in this modern age, a guy can actually be humiliated on a planetary scale. So maybe you should remember that the next time you prepare to text a pic of your junk to a porn star. Ω

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