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LETTERS Quotable quotes

And that’s the difference Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

Wow, if you’ve ever wanted to see the difference between us and them, all you have to do is look at the Reno GazetteJournal’s endorsements for office this election: http://tinyurl.com/9od5jrk.

Then look at ours, www.newsreview.com/reno/liveballot.

From top to bottom in the G-J list, I can only see three threads of consistency. The first is an endorsement of the “establishment.” Those endorsements represent fear to me. Why would a newspaper that highlights the problems of this city on its front page every day endorse the very people—and their tools—who got us into this position as one of the worst economies in the nation?

The second theme I see is money. Often, the Reno Gazette-Journal appears to like the candidates who’ve raised the most money. Go here: http://tinyurl .com/8zac5jd. It’s easy enough to plug in the candidates’ name on the third tab (contribution search). Limit the date range to this year and … voila! Suddenly, you can see the next four years into the future. Again, there’s an exception or two to this, but just consider the other “themes,” and you’ll get the picture.

The third is a pretension of influence. Honest to gosh, it’s truly hard not to do predictions instead of endorsements. There are five people on the editorial staff here at the RN&R. Together we average about 32 years here (and since Ashley is 24, that takes some living). We could literally pick the winner in any race 98 percent of the time, but we endorse who we think should win, not who we think will win.

There are no underdog candidates on the RG-J ticket. I wonder if people would think we were more influential if we endorsed along the lines of power. That would be sort of like the RG-J endorsing David Bobzien despite its disdain for the guy.

For clarity, readers might want to know that these first two letters were prompted by a previous letter to the editor sent by Mr. Johnson and published in this space on Oct. 25. The Johnson letter quoted Mr. Pacelle as saying this: “We have no problem with the extinction of domestic animals. They are creations of human selective breeding.”

Re “Don’t trust HSUS” (Letters to the Editor, Oct. 25): Thank you for printing my opinion regarding the Humane Society of the United States, and I really don’t mind that you cut several areas. I’m sure you have a beast or two of your own to feed. However, Wayne Pacelle’s quote should’ve remained intact. Without casting blame, I offer it again in all its glory: “One generation and out. We have no problem with the extinction of domestic animals. They are creations of human selective breeding.” Please print it in its entirety, as it goes a long way toward exposing the true agenda of the HSUS. Robert Orlin Franklin Johnson Sun Valley

Quote out of context Re “Don’t trust HSUS” (Letters to the Editor, Oct. 25): A letter writer recently took several false statements from the internet and treated them like gospel, even dredging up a very old quote attributed to me from 20 years ago. Since this nonsense tends to spread like wildfire, I want to set the record straight: In the early 1990s, I appeared at an agricultural forum and answered a question about whether there should be an attempt to preserve all breeds of exotic livestock. I was specifically queried about so-called “heirloom breeds” (older breed variations that are often not used any longer for a commercial purpose and whose continued survival as a breed may be in jeopardy) and their value to

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agriculture. At the time, I did not consider the fate of such breeds an ethically significant dilemma. (My views have become more nuanced through the years.)

I replied by saying that I did not believe we had a moral obligation to the animals to preserve such breeds. In short, I said we did not need an endangered species act for rare livestock breeds. Representatives of extreme anti-animal organizations have taken this passing comment about rare breeds of livestock and morphed it into a comment about all domesticated animals—devoid of its essential and undeniably clear context—to somehow claim that the HSUS is against pet-keeping. The policy positions of the HSUS, of course, are not a secret. We celebrate pets every day, sponsor the largest campaign to promote shelter pet adoption, work with responsible dog breeders, and have a Dogs in the Workplace program at our offices. Anyone can go to humanesociety.org and read about our work.

in the Midwest have been quoted as admitting that voter fraud is far more prevalent than the media would like to let on.

The phrase “Vote Early, Vote Often” originated with Democratic politics and is symbolic of fraud that has taken place numerous times. Many scholars now agree that the 1960 presidential election was stolen by Democrats who stuffed the ballot box in favor of JFK instead of Nixon. There undoubtedly have been many more incidents. When the corrupt and criminal organization ACORN is indicted for voter fraud in over 26 percent of our United States, any intelligent individual would recognize that there is a serious concerted effort to subvert our electoral process. Far from being what they tried to claim as being lazy and just wanting to be paid for names on lists, think of this: How many people, especially poll workers, could name the entire rosters of the Dallas Cowboys or San Francisco 49ers? How many still have the same names as some on the rosters? Would you be able to recognize those committing the fraud? I doubt it, which is why we need to utilize technology to ensure our process is not subverted.

By the way, to combat the ridiculous claim that it is just “too hard and expensive” for people to obtain a valid ID, think of this: India will provide Biometric IDs to over 400 million of its poorest citizens (who are far poorer than ours) at an average cost of only a $1.40 per person (Economist Jan 2012) So far, they have founded and eliminated well over 3.3 million phony welfare cases at the same time. We can do the same, and our nation deserves the effort.

Wayne Pacelle President and CEO The Humane Society of the United States Washington, D.C.

More anedotes Re “The fraud of voter fraud” (Feature story, Oct. 25): Unfortunately, Dennis Myers is wrong. Just in the past few weeks, we’ve had the following occur: The son of a Democratic Congressional candidate had to resign from his dad’s campaign after being videoed looking into how to commit 100 acts of voter fraud. A second Democratic Congressional candidate in Maryland had to withdraw after it was discovered that she had been voting both in Maryland and Florida. A member of the Executive Committee of the NAACP in Mississippi was recently convicted on 10 counts of voter fraud (by a Democrat no less) and in Hialeha, Fla., another Democrat was convicted on 34 counts of voter fraud.

These are just a few of the reported incidents, and Democratic senators

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Teach science Re “Real challenge” (News pic, Oct. 11) I agree that they [Jehovah’s Witnesses at UNR] are incompatible. The reason, the level of science we know now was non-existent at

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the time of the Bible. Major steps in evolution understanding has taken place, and Darwin definitely was a future thinker. Since [DNA was discovered], his concepts and ideas, and yes, his theory of evolution has never waivered. Creation is religious, not scientific.

Ted Beecher Reno

Vote NO on RNO-1 Please vote NO on RNO-1, which asks whether we should continue the current system of electing city councilpersons. In my personal opinion, this question was deceitfully worded to head-off a muchneeded election reform by our state Legislature. Here’s the deceit: the question wording makes no mention of the proposed reform, in which each council member (except for the Mayor), will be voted on only by voters who live within that Ward. That’s true district representation. Experts agree that such a system makes elected officials much more accountable. That’s why true district representation is already the rule for all state legislators and County Commissioners.

Right now, the only time when Reno Council members run in their ward is in the primary. In the general election, the top two primary vote-getters run citywide. This makes campaigns more costly because Reno is simply too large to be covered by a candidate walking door-to-door. Citywide candidates need more money for advertising like radio and TV, in order to cover areas where they cannot walk. As a result, too-many candidates presently cater to special-interests in return for large contributions for advertising. The present system badly needs reform. Don’t be duped: Vote NO on RNO-1.

I am a former Washoe County Commissioner; but my comments here express only my personal opinions as a private citizen and voter.

Jim Galloway Reno

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• Barack Obama (D) U. S. President • Shelley Berkley (D) U. S. Senate • Samuel Koepnick (D) Representative in Congress, District 2 • Sheila Leslie (D) Nevada Senate District 15 • David Bobzien (D) State Assembly, District 24 • Pat Hickey (R) State Assembly, District 25 • Rodney Petzak (D) State Assembly, District 26 • Teresa Benitez-Thompson (D) State Assembly, District 27 • Mike Sprinkle (D) State Assembly, District 30 • Skip Daly (D) State Assembly, District 31 • Ira Hansen (R) State Assembly, District 32 • Rich Dunn (D) State Assembly, District 40 • Andrew Diss (D) Washoe County Commission, District 1 • Vaughn Hartung (R) Washoe County Commission, District 4

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• Donna Clontz State Board of Education, District 2 • Patricia Lynch Justice of the Peace,

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OK, OK, enough of this election b.s. Let’s knock out our final endorsements.

First, you didn’t think we’d do it, but here it is. We endorse Samuel Koepnick to be our U.S. House member from District 2. We know the guy is running uphill, and we know Mark Amodei is better than most Republicans in Washington, D.C., but as someone wiser than us once said, “It’s a democracy. It’s not a crime to vote for someone you actually support.” It would serve Koepnick right to have to go to Washington when it seems he applied for the job on a lark.

As for the ballot questions, we’re going “yes” on State Question 1 and “no” on City of Reno Question 1. The state question will allow the Legislature to be called into session even when the governor is against it, like when the governor is an irresponsible administrator who needs to be removed from office—a scenario that appears to happen more and more in this country—or when the governor vetoes after the lawmakers have gone home for a year and a half. As far as the city of Reno question, the current method of elections ensures an elite and/or beholden Reno City Council by making it harder for ordinary citizens who have neither the benefit of money nor incumbency to win.

With regard to the Washoe County questions, those questions don’t belong on the ballot. Period. We elect leaders to make the tough decisions. For them to throw the tough votes back to citizens so they don’t have to deal with the political fallout is the height of cowardice.

We’re not even going to vote on WC-1 or WC-2. We’ll skip them.

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the capable and experienced Howard Rosenberg to that list for School Board Trustee, District D. We’re not endorsing in the School Board Trustee, District A race and here’s why: We asked all the education candidates a simple question: “Would you please clearly state your opinions about teaching evolution and/or creationism in public schools?” Both Dale Richardson and Lisa Ruggerio refused to answer the question. Why is that? Are their views so radical that they can’t even put them into writing? Isn’t this exactly what happened in Kansas? Even Clontz opponent Dave Cook, who believes in Intelligent Design, pointed out the Nevada School Standards require the teaching of evolution as the single method of life creation on Earth. It’s kind of a no-brainer for the RN&R: If a candidate is too fearful to truthfully state their views about teaching religion in the public schools, then those candidates have no business near our kids or influencing their curriculum.

Finally, in the State Senate, District 13 race, we’d like to see Debbie Smith in the state senate. She’s an effective legislator. Besides, not only did Kathy Martin dodge our requests for information, she just came off as underhanded, unneighborly and nasty during this campaign.

People who don’t have enough respect for our readers—the most educated, high earning, involved, active, charitable and good-looking readers of any publication or news source in Northern Nevada, well, they’re just not smart enough to represent you in any office.

For all the news stories and commentary we’ve published or posted this election cycle, plus to see which candidates cared enough about your vote to answer our questions, check out www.newsreview.com/reno/liveballot. You’ll be glad you did. Ω IN ROTATION

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• Michon Maupin Mackedon University of Nevada Regent,

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• Howard Rosenberg School Board Trustee, District D • Diane Nicolet School Trustee, District E • Jenny Brekhus Reno City Council, Ward 1 • Oscar Delgado Reno City Council, Ward 3 • Kitty K. Jung Reno City Council, Ward 5 • Hillary Schieve Reno City Council, At-Large • Nevada State Question 1: Vote Yes • Washoe County Question WC-1: Skip this one • Washoe County Question WC-2: Skip this one • City of Reno Question RNO-1: Vote No

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Suellen Fulstone, here leafing through telegrams and other souvenirs from her 1960 brush with fame, has had a full legal career that followed a splash of national attention.

Bank of America charged Bank of America, which wrangled with the Nevada attorney general’s office over foreclosures, has new federal troubles.

In a new $1 billion mortgage fraud lawsuit, the U.S. Justice Department says execs at Countrywide Financial urged its employees to accept dubious loan applications and tried to conceal corporate deficits—and that “spectacularly brazen” behavior has continued since BOA acquired Countrywide in 2008. BOA’s acquisition of Countrywide earned it praise at the time, but since has drawn fire for its handling of the unit. Last week, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara’s lawsuit charged that BOA refused to repurchase defective loans. BOA did not exactly deny the charge: “At some point, Bank of America can’t be expected to compensate every entity that claims losses that actually were caused by the economic downturn,” said spokesperson Lawrence Grayson.

Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto refused to join in a multi-state settlement with BOA last year, charging that “Bank of America’s misconduct cuts across virtually every aspect of its operations.” She held out for a better deal for local mortgagees that was announced on Feb. 9. The Nevada settlements were highlighted in an American Civil Liberties Union report that said, “At its worst point, one in 11 Nevada homes was in some stage of foreclosure. In Las Vegas and surrounding Clark County—where a quarter of household heads are immigrants—the number is closer to one in nine. Twenty percent of Nevada’s foreclosures are among Latino borrowers, as are almost 20 percent of loans that are seriously delinquent, white borrowers account for only about 14 percent of foreclosures and 13 percent of seriously delinquent loans.”

A different reality BuzzFeed.com is accusing the Romney campaign of faking a photo of a Nevada event to make the turnout seem larger.

The campaign photo appears on a site that provides photos to the media, Instaprint, at http://instagram.com/p/RI87WFEr3o/.

And there does appear to be something strange about it. The

row of aisle seats on two different seating sections in the photo are identical, suggesting that the same section of seating was included in the photo twice—and creating a non-existent aisle between them.

The Romney site does not identify the location—the only caption reads “America’s Comeback Team in Nevada! #RomneyRyan2012”—but it was taken of a rally under a tent at Henderson Pavilion on Oct. 23.

BuzzFeed wasn’t the only place where the odd photos were noticed. Readers checking the Romney page posted messages like “This picture is altered to make the crowd seem larger. What awful photoshop.” That was signed DanielAPfister.

The BuzzFeed version of the photo is at http://tinyurl.com/9k3yxkw.

Nevadans buying Sales of durable goods and other retail merchandise rose in August this year over August 2011, generating 7.6 percent more sales taxes.

That meant $288 million in sales taxes, a principal source of revenue for state programs and a closely watched economic indicator.

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The girl from Coleville In the 1960 presidential campaign, a serious young citizen took a stand On Nov. 7, 1960, a 13-year-old girl purchased five minutes of television time on a Reno television station to make the by Dennis Myers case for John Kennedy’s presidential candidacy.

It’s a parable about how politics has changed in five decades, and not necessarily for the better. Today, she would face major obstacles to even making the broadcast, and she would probably be the target of vitriolic attacks if she did.

Suellen Fulstone lived in Coleville, Calif., near the Nevada border on the Walker River south of Topaz Lake. She paid $100 ($781.78 in 2012 dollars) for the five minutes of time on Reno’s KOLO, then the city’s only television station. Fifty dollars came from the prize money she received from an American

“I thought that I had to do my part.”

Suellen Fulstone Legion speech contest. The rest came from her small sheep herd. Her parents had a cattle ranch, but she preferred sheep and lambs.

When contacted to talk about the experience, she laughed that anyone even knew of it.

“No one’s wanted to talk about 1960 for a long time,” she said.

She said she was a very “intense” child.

“I thought that I had to do my part in this absolutely critical election in 1960. And so I called up the TV station, asked them how much it

would be for five minutes, and they told me, and I got the money together.”

At the time of the election eve speech, she told an interviewer that her parents had tried to talk her into investing the money instead of spending it. But last week she also said that, if she was going to spend the money, they did not object to how she spent it.

“My folks were always very supportive of my sisters and my brother and myself,” she said. “They never said, ‘That’s a stupid idea’ or ‘What are you thinking of?’ or ‘No.’ You know, they didn’t let us do too many terribly dangerous things. It was pretty much, we wanted to do something, and it could be done, they were there to help us do it. So my folks drove me into Reno, and I had my speech written out, sat down at a table, they turned the TV on, and I gave it.”

In the KOLO studio on Fifth Street in Reno, she sat in front of a Kennedy poster wearing a campaign button. The building still stands, though KOLO moved out after a 1970s fire.

Regrettably, Fulstone did not save a copy of her remarks.

“I wasn’t really thinking that it was a big deal,” she said. “I thought it was, you know, if I could do something, I had to do it because I didn’t want to wake up the morning after the election and find out that Kennedy had lost when I had not done everything within my power to help him win.”

At least one sentence has survived in a news report in the Lexington Dispatch of North Carolina. In the fourth debate, 16 days before Fulstone gave her broadcast remarks, Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon had been critical of “running down America the way Senator Kennedy has been running her down,” referring to Kennedy’s descriptions of conditions in the United States.

In her speech, Fulstone said, “Would you like a teacher to tell you your kid was doing fine in school and then send him home with a report card flunking him?”

That kind of analytical reasoning makes it unsurprising that Fulstone— after graduating from the University of Nevada (she had to work her way through as a Judicial College librarian and it took seven years)—went to Stanford Law and is today a wellknown and accomplished attorney.

She represented Charlie Daniels against a concert promoter, the band Judas Priest and Columbia Records in a lawsuit over claims that the group inserted dangerous subliminal messages in its music, and wealthy Incline Village landowners in a dispute with the Washoe County assessor that ended in a mammoth judgment.

Kennedy lost Fulstone’s (and Nixon’s) home state of California, but he carried Nevada (Pat Nixon’s native state) with 51.16 percent, an island of JFK support completely surrounded

by Nixon states. The total Nevada vote cast for president was 107,627 compared to the 967,848 cast in the 2008 election. Voter turnout in the state has dropped from 64 percent in 1960 to 48 percent in 2008.

Fulstone’s action made headlines across the nation and around the world. The Boston Globe editorialized, “When the supporters of Sen. John F. Kennedy for the presidency are having their names inscribed on rolls of honor, let them put at the top Suellen Fulstone of Coleville, Calif.

She’s only 13 years old, but her sense of civic duty and Democratic partisanship runs high. … If her type of dedication were matched by the nation’s voters, regardless of party, they would be exemplary citizens.”

People in Coleville were very warm toward their suddenly famous young citizen, she said.

The day after the election JFK learned what the girl from Coleville had done. She received a wire from him promising her the first inaugural invitation, followed by a hand-written note from Jacqueline Kennedy.

The invitation to the inauguration and its accompanying events arrived the next month.

“The blonde ninth-grade honor student said she will wear a blue nylon gown to the ball and hopes to meet the new president,” read one news report that also quoted her saying, “Maybe I’ll get a chance to dance with him.”

Dancing with him was about the only thing she didn’t get to do. The Kennedy family installed her in their seating during the inaugural parade and the swearing-in ceremony. “A very big deal for a 13-year-old,” she says now with a smile.

She received many letters and telegrams—not one of them negative, a sharp contrast to the way it would probably happen in today’s poisonous politics. She is now a Barack Obama supporter, and there would probably be a lot of people who would not receive that news even from a 13-yearold with the respect and equanimity she was shown then, though that doesn’t seem to discourage her.

“I might even go on TV now, if it were easier,” she said, making clear that she has not lost whatever made her step forward in 1960. But she acknowledges the climate change and the hate mail that would result.

“Today there would be Twitter comments [with] whatever the words are that people use these days,” she said. “It would be ugly, completely ugly, probably. But it wasn’t like that then.”

In fact, today she probably would not be able to give her speech.

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candidate independently is now very complicated, requiring, for example, registration with the Federal Election Commission—a product of postWatergate scandal changes.

Fulstone is impressed by how much things have improved since 1960, particularly in civil rights. The 1960s were a brutal time for African Americans.

But she also believes public debate has become more meanspirited since 1960s.

She is preparing to retire as an attorney to go back to school and become a teacher.

“I want my last years, I hope my best years, to be spent teaching American history to fifth graders,” she said.

Fulstone was in American History class in junior high school in Coleville in 1963 when a teacher brought in word that President Kennedy had been shot. One of the enduring JFK quotes could easily have referred to his young admirer: “One person can make a difference, and every person should try.” Ω

Some national media are taking sides in this election, pumping tens of millions of dollars into candidates nationwide from the president all the way down to local campaigns including right here in Nevada. The bias is all public record, in plain by Kyril (Ky) Plaskon sight through four federal, state and non-profit databases. According to one database, OpenSecrets.org, communication and telecom contributions to candidates nation-wide ranks 7th in the nation below healthcare and they shell out more than the energy and natural resource industries. The sheer number of media juicing politicians would make eyes glaze over like a bad campaign ad.

So, I’ve narrowed it down to some of the more prominent Nevada races in the past two-year election cycle.

The most surprising tale comes out of the Nevada Secretary of State’s new Aurora campaign finance search engine. A good place to start is Clear Channel, the nation’s largest owner of radio stations. It syndicates right-wing programs like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity. It’s also majority owned

by Bain Capital where Mitt Romney was once CEO. Punch the words Clear Channel into the Aurora database and the reader might expect to see a little love for Republicans. Instead, you get $26,000 donated to Democrats this election cycle and not a dime to Republicans. It even pumped $3,000 into Nevada’s Assembly Democratic Caucus. Mitt Romney’s own former company is funding the opposite team in Nevada races.

Those donations are in Southern Nevada, and since there are fewer GOP choices down there, it may be that Clear Channel just wants to be with the winners. It’s the same story in the high-profile race of Republican Dean Heller vs.

Democrat Shelly Berkley. Heller already holds the seat. So, as an incumbent he has an advantage. He is listed in the top 20 senators getting money from the communication and electronics industry, a cool quarter million according to OpenSecrets.org. That database doesn’t break down who those donors are, but the Federal Elections Commission database does.

CBS gave the Heller for Senate campaign $1,000 a year ago; Clear Channel (850 radio stations) $3,500; Comcast (NBC Universal) $2,500, Cox Enterprises (Newspapers, 15 TV, 86 radio stations), $9,000; National Association of Broadcasters (industry group) $7,500; Can CBS fairly cover News America (Fox) $5,500; and Viacom MTV, CBS subsidiary) $2,500.

Shelley Berkley while (BET, Total: $31,500.

Now for Berkley for Senate. Cox, funding Dean Heller? $1,500; National Association of Broadcasters, $7,500; Outdoor Advertising Association of America (billboards) $2,500. Total: $11,500.

If money talks, national media clearly favor Heller in this election. In this case, the media may be backing the financial underdog and a less popular candidate in terms of individual donations. Heller has $4.76 million from individuals, $2.03 million from corporate committees and is banking $6.84 million total, according to the most current FEC filings. Berkley got a half million less from corporations but she is ahead at $8.34 million total thanks to almost $2 million more individual donations than Heller. More corporations support Heller and more individuals support Berkley. More media have chosen to side with Heller.

Here are some other notable media donations from the FollowThe Money.org database. Cox, owner of Reno FOX station KXRI donated $2,500 to Democrat John Lee this year. It also donated $4,500 of in-kind contributions to Republican Gary Hosea. Another of its subsidiaries gave $225.60 of in-kind contributions to the Nevada’s Assembly Democratic Caucus this year.

The Nevada Aurora database reveals thousands of donations by individual owners of local Nevada media over the past six years. Simply searching the word media on Aurora generates nearly 40 hits and tens of thousands in donations. Maybe readers are saying, “So what? The media has its own agenda.”

Well, many journalists who work under these corporations believe in independence. The Society of Professional Journalists code of ethics, while not binding on anyone, calls for journalists to “Act independently” and “avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived,” including “political involvement” (www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp?mobile=no).

Meanwhile, most of the political donations are coming from the top of media corporations. Therein lies the problem. Corporate media political donations create a perception of conflict of interest among the public that impacts the trust of local journalists who are striving to remain independent. And those media generally do not cover the conflict story.

A longer version of this story is posted at www.newsreview.com/reno.

The Montreal publication Le Petit Journal covered the Fulstone story.

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This billboard faces west on Interstate 80 near Galletti Way, so it is seen by drivers traveling on the freeway from Reno to Sparks. It may not comply with federal law, which requires a “Paid for by” line on the facing side of billboards (11 CFR 110.11(c)(2)(iv).) A phone number posted on the billboard was answered by a private individual, not a billboard company.

The local Obama office did not respond to an inquiry on whether a complaint had been filed.

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Community Supported Agriculture—known as CSAs, in which residents can purchase produce directly from local farms—is back for the winter season. A CSA is a subscription service for produce, and while CSAs are popular during the summer because of foods like tomatoes and avocados, several regional farms will have CSAs during the winter season offering fall and winter foods. Farms with CSAs include GirlFarm/Grow for Me Sustainable Farm, the River School Farm, and Nevada City-based farm Mountain Bounty, which delivers to the Reno-Tahoe area, according to Edible Reno-Tahoe editor Amanda Burden. Local food project NevadaGrown has a list of farms with subscription services on its website at http://nevadagrown.com/subscription-farm-list/.

University of Wisconsin, Madison’s Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems researched the benefits of CSAs for communities, stating “CSA members directly influence their food supply and contribute to the local economy. With a CSA membership, people are not just buying produce: they’re making a commitment to support a farm, farmer, and farm family. Members assume a portion of the risk of farming: in good years, there will be bounty, and in poor years, smaller harvests.”

Chemical bond An alternative, environmentally-friendly coating for aluminum used in aerospace projects has been developed by a research team from the University of Nevada, Reno. The coating, a blue-colored substance called a corrosion protective molybdate (salt) coating, replaces the carcinogenic chromate coatings once used on aerospace aluminum alloy.

“The carcinogenic coatings were exempted from the ban due to unavailability of suitable replacement combined with the high human and financial cost of failure from corrosion,” reports the UNR Newsroom.

“The search for a suitable replacement has been elusive primarily due to one main characteristic of the coating referred to as ‘self-healing’ the ability of the coating to heal itself after being damaged or scratched.”

The team is led by Dev Chidambaram (pictured), director of UNR’s Materials and Electrochemical Research Laboratory, and also includes graduate student David Rodriguez and University of Colorado, Boulder student Roshan Misra, who previously attended Reno High School. The findings of the research were presented in Hawaii at the Pacific Rim Meeting on Electrochemical and Solid-State Science.

Chidambaram posted a video on his website demonstrating the effectiveness of the coating.

Check it out at www.electrochemical.org/.

—Ashley Hennefer ashleyh@newsreview.com

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ECO-EVENT The Eastern Sierra Chapter of the Air & Waste Management Association will host a presentation on Nov. 14 called “Northern Nevada’s Green Building Program: What does it mean to ‘build green?’” Director of Green Built Nevada Jesse Traver will speak.

Check-in starts at 5 p.m., followed by snacks and drinks at 5:10. The presentation will begin at 5:30 and a Q&A session will be held after. $5 per person, and free for students.

Builder’s Association of Nevada, 5484 Corporate Drive. RSVP by Nov. 12. For more information, contact Sandra Carroll at 8433833 or Caroll.SandraL@gmail.com.

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Regional Food Summit The fight for healthy, accessible food is connected to several larger movements, such as environmental sustainability, economics, health, education and equality.

The inaugural Regional Food Summit, organized by the Healthy by Ashley Communities Coalition and held on Oct. 23 in Silver Springs, sought to Hennefer address each aspect of local food issues in the northwest region of Nevada.

More than 150 people attended, including educators, farmers, health care ashleyh@ newsreview.com specialists and others involved with the food spectrum of Nevada. According to Christy McGill, director of the coalition, the summit had several goals, such as making healthy food accessible to the community, encouraging a thriving local food economy, ensuring that local food operations remain sustainable, and establishing a “healthy food system,” “where sustainable growing practices and the value of good nutrition are common knowledge and important to citizens.”

The summit follows up conversations that arose at a workshop in September through the Social Justice Institute (“Justice league,” Sept. 13).

U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathy Merrigan delivered a keynote speech via video. Merrigan spoke about the efforts made by regional food advocates, and noted a photograph of two Dayton elementary For more information, school students holding potatoes dug from the ground. The photograph was visit the Healthy used on the cover of a nationally distributed USDA publication.

Communities Coalition “I’m struck by what it says about the investment you’re making in your website at community through the food hub,” she said. “You’re investing in the next www.healthycomm.org. generation of farmers and rangers. You’re investing in healthy kids who grow up to be healthy adults.”

Merrigan also discussed the increase in local farmers’ markets nationwide—5,000 to around 8,000 since 2009—and that the markets now accept SNAP and other food benefits for low-income residents.

“This means greater access to healthy, local food for lower income consumers and a bigger customer base for local farmers and ranchers,” she said.

Quest Lakes, task force facilitator of the Healthy Communities Coalition, said that the benefits programs have been very successful.

“Farmers completely sell out,” she said. “They would leave the market with no vegetables left in their stands. We weren’t sure if people would want to buy things like kale with their food stamps, but they did.”

Collaboration between agencies and organizations was encouraged, because it allows for more progress in less time, Lakes said.

“People were literally in tears because they were so excited and gratified to see this network was really coming together with school gardens and support for more family farms,” she said. “They saw all these things that they had been working in sort of silos and didn’t necessarily feel supported, but now they found people to collaborate with.”

Lakes said that the summit intends to focus on the northwest region, because the state has statewide efforts already in motion. She also said that she hopes other communities will follow the example set by Lyon County, which has been active in integrating food programs into its local school system through initiatives like serving as food pantries and starting student-run gardens. Ω

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e have endured as a free people because of our lasting embrace of the principles established by our Founding Fathers and enshrined in our country’s founding documents.

What we sometimes lose track of is that our Founding Fathers, because of their own individual backgrounds, had vastly different views on what our principles and rights should be and how to organize a new government. It took 12 years of negotiating from 1776 to 1789 before great compromises finally led to the creation of the United States of America. Put simply, we owe our existence to those who were willing to set aside their personal views and compromise for the greater good.

Our system of government has always relied on political compromise to work. Compromise keeps us from swinging to such extremes that we accidentally extinguish the country. Unfortunately, we now have groups of both liberal and conservative people in the country who, for their own private purposes and financial benefit, espouse and extol intolerance for points of view that differ from their own. They have persuaded naïve politicians to sign pledges promising to support special interests rather than the best interests of all of their constituents. It’s outrageous. And, it has led to an unworkable polarization of our politi-

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cal system, affecting governments at all levels.

We need to a send a strong message to all of our candidates for public office that we will no longer tolerate their making prior pledges to special interest groups. We do not want them compromised at the bargaining table. We want them to bargain on our behalf to bring the best solutions for all. One very effective way to send that message is by refusing to give financial support to any candidate who has signed a pledge to represent a special interest.

We also need to keep an eye on the new “open primary” system in California. The political parties and special interest groups hate it because it reduces their influence and limits their ability to line their own pockets by engaging in hate mongering. In California’s open primary, the top two vote getters, regardless of party affiliation, face off in the general election.

This was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s idea to marginalize extreme candidates from both spectrums so that we end up with two reasonable candidates for voters to choose between.

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Retired businessman Bruce R. James, a former candidate for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, served in President George W. Bush’s administration as the 24th Public Printer of the United States, and chaired the bi-partisan Nevada Spending and Government Efficiency (SAGE) Commission which made 44 recommendations to the Governor and Legislature for streamlining and reducing the cost of state government.

AMERICA’S DEADLY SINS

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he seven failings of American Democracy: Apathy. Spin.

Financial Profligacy.

Obscenity. Dearth. Vilification.

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the central committee affects the caliber of the candidates we have to vote for or against. There is no viable party for moderates. Only full participation will change our options. Or we have to blow up the primary, hold a winnowing election with all voters narrowing all candidates, or hold a giant general election for all comers, however they define themselves.

The profligate amounts of money spent on television ad buys could be better spent solving the issues rather than airing the issuance of spinmeisters. Social media and the speed of the internet may be the saving grace. Politicians can no longer tell a group of donors one thing and say something different to voters. Twitter has dominated this election cycle with real time facts, commentary and thoughtful insight. Because we certainly aren’t going to see the FEC or the television stations forfeit those dollars and make equal airtime for all candidates regardless of level of office.

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With apologies to those citizens who’ve stepped up to run for local offices this year—because there are quite a few good ones—usually there is a dearth of qualified candidates, especially women, who run for office. We have a sufficient supply of old and middle-aged white guys in Congress and state legislatures. With equal representation in office, women bring a different approach to policy making. Not less than, not softer, not

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ineffective—different. But we are still vilifying female candidates from Sarah Palin to Hillary Clinton. The media were more worried about what these women wore or perpetuating misogynistic language in their questions and reporting than in either That 70’s Show or Mad Men. There are vastly different skill sets between Palin and Clinton, but they were equally atrociously treated as women candidates. When more women run more often, it will be less a novelty, especially for gubernatorial and federal races.

Negligence is the worst of the sins.

According to the 2012 US Census of the 206-210 millions of eligible voters (2008 to 2010), only 65 percent registered in the 2008 presidential election and 60 percent in the 2010 congressional election. And of those registered, only 63.4 percent voted for presidential candidates, and it dropped to an abysmal 45.5 percent who actually made it to the polls in the last election. Not to mention the drop-off down the ballot. People died for our right to vote. We have no excuses to not cast our votes. None. Every citizen must vote.

Alison Gaulden works as a reproductive freedom fighter for Planned Parenthood Mar Monte. She is a women’s advocate, political activist, journalism professor, student mentor, business owner and killer ballroom dancer.

NEVADA: CANADA’S BIGGEST COLONY

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Policies serve the best interests of the overlords; resources are extracted and sent to shareholders afar.

Nevada has nearly non-existent mining taxes compared to the rest of the world, the lowest gambling taxes in the world, and is one of three states with no corporate profits tax to help pay for the services that benefit those corporations. Trillions of dollars of wealth has been created here; the vast majority has been exported. It’s been like that since statehood, when riches from the Comstock mines built San Francisco and the Pacific Stock Exchange.

A lobbying cabal of gaming/mining/developers (we’ll call them “NV Inc.”) treats Nevada as its private casino, heaping campaign cash on candidates, then lobbying them to ensure the house rules give them a win every time.

Mining is the only industry that enjoys sweetheart tax loopholes enshrined in the state constitution, and as a result pays about a 1 percent mining tax to the state general fund. In Wyoming, the total mineral tax load can be as high as 25-30 percent. In 1989, Steve Wynn broke from NV Inc. and became the only gaming leader to publicly oppose mining’s tax loopholes. Unfortunately, he’s been silent ever since.

A decade later, Wynn hired lobbying powerhouse Harvey Whittemore to ensure special legislation was passed exempting Wynn from paying sales taxes on the purchase of his $200 million art collection, saving him millions.

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In 2009, NV Inc. helped coax Brian Sandoval from a lifetime federal bench appointment to challenge Gov. Jim Gibbons, their tarnished star who began to stray too far off the leash.

The anointed governor-in-waiting landed a job at Jones-Vargas law firm, which represents gaming and mining, and was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for what appeared to be little more than running for governor.

Not surprisingly, the governor now tows the line that if we raise mining taxes, mining will lay off workers and move to other countries.

Gov. Sandoval should know that Barrick and Newmont, who account for 90 percent of all the state’s gold production, produce more gold from Nevada than from any single country.

Their 1 percent mining tax bill is so small that neither corporation would pull up stakes if it were multiplied by several times.

NV Inc. is not uniformly nefarious.

To its credit, the gambling sector has been instrumental in killing anti-immigrant policies, and in passing historic civil rights laws. It also provides, combined with the sales tax, two-thirds of all state revenues.

They say campaign finance reform is the reform that makes all other reforms possible. If we took the profit out of politics by providing public funds for elections, as 14 other states have, the system would reform itself.

Bob Fulkerson is executive director of the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada.

FIXUSA

By J.B. Barrette

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he United States of America is broke and broken.

The USA actually became the ununited states of angst years ago. But

the nation transitioned into the ununited states of anger with the Great Recession of late.

How did we get here? Where to now?

Five things got us here: party faction; binary decision-making; automobiles; television, and the Federal Reserve banking system.

George Washington warned against factionalism, but it reared Medusa-like heads as soon as his first presidency packed it in, and he headed back to Mount Vernon.

But if two Medusa-like heads aren’t better than one, why not have three arrogant snake-infested noggins instead of two? Henceforth we need a Democrat, a Republican and an independent nominee for every office in each election.

Given that the Medusa-like media can’t keep candidates honest, make certain there is a third disorganized party made up of independents to change the dynamics of office seeking.

If it improves nothing else, at least it will chase boredom.

That nearly takes care of factionalism and binary decision-making.

But offshoot enhancements could send the Electoral College into history’s dustbin, make service in the House of Representatives unpaid punishment for the losers who win, and select U.S. Senators by voting for nominees but holding a general election bidding war amongst the industries that will own them anyway.

Money raised could reduce the national debt.

Now to automobiles and television.

These are proxies for mobility and vacuity. Movement from rural to urban life reached a tipping point 100 years ago, hastened by vehicles.

Since then life coarsened, democratic institutions floundered and party machine bosses ruled … until

TV and technology took over.

Television made the great unwashed wash, thanks to soap commercials, and sold good-looking and/or glib politicians like so many scrubbing bubbas to the squeaky clean masses. Given that Citizens United means money is speech, little can be done to curb TV ads and robo-calls hawking politicians. But I propose a national mute button veto.

We have the technology. It can be done. Once, say, 50 percent of the populace indicates via this mute button that they have seen the TV commercial or heard the robo-call enough, campaigns would have to take down the ad, robo-call or internet pop-up and use a new one.

It’s questionable whether officeholders would improve, but sanity might.

What can I say about the Federal Reserve? Scrap it before it turns federal reserve notes into confetti. As catcher and non-economist Yogi Berra said, “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.”

Now enjoy some thoughts, in order, from S. L. Clemens, H. L. Mencken and P. J. O’Rourke.

“It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.”

“All government, of course, is against liberty.”

“Giving government money and power is like giving car keys and whisky to a teenage boy.”

And one from me: Always vote; never miss your chance to challenge nonsense and throw any discernible third-rate rapscallion off the public payroll.

J.B. Barrette is a former RN&R conservative columnist, a current part-time reporter for the Nevada Appeal and a blog-

ger at jbbondsplus.com, which offers facts and opinion on markets, economics, politics, government and the human condition.

WE CAN ALWAYS FIND A WAY

By Elisa Cafferata

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et’s start with what’s right.

Our political system is still pretty amazing. Despite dire warnings from all sides, America isn’t some delicate flower that can be torn apart by the outcome of one election. The Pew Research Center, in an article titled, “Partisan Polarization Surges in Bush, Obama Years,” http://tinyurl.com/6p7b8rq, notes that most people still believe “as Americans, we can always find a way to solve our problems and get what we want.”

At the same time, there is plenty of room for improvement in our political system. I think there are a few structural reasons for the growing partisanship and gridlock: Redistricting stacks the deck. Every 10 years, the state legislature gets to redraw the lines for state and federal offices. There are legal parameters the mapmakers have to follow, but within those limits, the party in power (naturally) does everything it can to solidify its own power base and weaken its opponent’s. Safe districts are created by collecting friendly voters in a few districts and concentrating the unfriendly voters in as few districts as possible. Candidates on both sides of

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the aisle end up with friendly districts.

There are a few downsides: Safe districts are less likely to elect moderates. Over time, the moderate elected officials have a harder and harder time competing against more liberal or more conservative candidates who have an easier time rallying their base voters.

Candidates in safe seats don’t have to spend as much money in their own races, so they can save up and help candidates in the few competitive races that are left. This makes for expensive and negative campaigns.

Closed primaries leave independent voters without a voice in the process.

By the time independents and nonpartisans get to vote in the general election, they can only choose between candidates who embody the more extreme philosophies of their parties.

While Americans aren’t growing apart on other values measures, we are increasingly polarized over partisan politics.

Solutions?

Give redistricting to an independent council. Our latest round of redistricting, carried out by three special masters, seemed less contentious and created a handful of competitive districts.

Encourage the creation of more truly competitive districts to encourage a better exchange of ideas in the legislature.

Support transparency in campaign funding and contribution levels.

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To really tackle the problems we face as a country, we are going to need meaningful participation and input from everyone: conservative, liberal, moderate or independent. That’s one of the things that makes this country so amazing: We can always find a way.

Elisa Cafferata is fourth-generation Nevadan who has worked for the GOP at the local, state and national levels.

A FOUR-POINT PLAN TO RECOVERY

By Eugene T. Paslov

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ur system of government is broken, on the verge of being dysfunctional. We not only have to fix the broken governance system, we have to politically neuter the neo-cons, political rightwingers, the anti-government, anti-tax, no-compromise troglodytes.

These miscreants are destroying our way of life, and if we don’t do something they will destroy us.

There are serious problems causing the cracks in governance. First, most Americans are always concerned about size, cost and effectiveness of government programs. We rely on our elected officials to help us keep government in balance—what’s needed,

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We debate, negotiate and make decisions. But today, there is a powerful anti-government narrative —funded by super PACS after Citizens United—that spews out hate and fear about government and its employees, although government is smaller, generally, than it has been in decades. It’s becoming increasing difficult to recruit highly skilled state and federal employees. If this narrative continues, government programs, including public schools, will unravel.

The second problem is anti-tax sentiment. No one likes taxes. But most reasonable people realize you must have a source of revenue to operate effective government. Anti-tax rhetoric has reached a crescendo.

Virtually all congressional Republicans have signed Grover Norquist’s “no new taxes” pledge. If they don’t sign it, he runs a well— funded Tea Party candidate against them in a primary. Ugly. Un-American.

Perhaps bordering on treasonous.

The third problem is the lack of bipartisan collaboration and civil discourse. If you can’t work together nothing will get done. We saw this take place when President Obama was elected and both the Senate and House Republican leadership directed their caucuses not to act on any important administration bill. It may have been a racist reaction to our first black president, and the political

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desire to make Barack Obama a oneterm President. The hatred among the Republican leadership is palpable.

That disdain has apparently seeped into our states’ governance systems, especially among the new Republican leaders, as they lash out against public employee unions and in some cases against teachers. Reprehensible.

There are several things we need to do to regain control of our government: • Mount a major campaign to help citizens and business leaders understand that good government is necessary for effective business. If we don’t support government, it won’t work—nor will we.

• Don’t elect any officials, at any level, who expresses disdain for government, seeking to make it small and ineffective.

• Don’t elect any official who has signed (or will sign) the Norquist antitax pledge. They have no interest in us.

• Get big money out of elections.

Institute 90-day national elections— publicly funded.

As citizens we need to take control and make a difference in our governance.

Dr. Paslov is the retired State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Nevada and Michigan and former president of Harcourt Education Assessment, Inc. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Turkey 1963-1965.

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Reno artist Benjamin Poynter is having trouble getting his point across, and it’s not for lack of a polished, articulate, by Kris Vagner engaging work of art. The question he’s run into is how to distribute his video game, which Apple removed from its offerings less than an hour after he uploaded it to iTunes for purchase.

Apple says Poynter violated its terms of use by mentioning a corporation in the game. Poynter says he didn’t violate the terms, as he blocked out the name of the company before submitting the game. Meanwhile, representatives from the art world and the online media have responded with For more information, visit benjaminpoynter.com. concerns about corporate censorship and about the discrepancies between our hunger for foreign-made electronics and the human costs of the cheap labor it takes to produce them.

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Poynter, an MFA candidate at the University of Nevada, Reno, designed a game called “In a Permanent Save State.” It’s a tribute to the migrant workers in China who committed suicide in 2010, allegedly in response to working conditions at Foxconn, a factory in China where Apple products are assembled.

A January 2012 article in the Guardian gives some background: “In 2010, a total of 18 [workers] in the Shenzhen campus of the Taiwan-owned company did attempt suicide; 14 died.

Some employees and labor organizations blamed a combination of factors for the workers’ deaths: low wages, long working hours—sometimes up to 16 hours a day—and inhuman treatment.”

In Poynter’s video game, he says, “You play in the afterlife of the workers.”

He uploaded it to the iTunes store on Oct. 12. Within an hour, after 53 sales, Apple removed the game.

Holocaust, to a wiggly, hand-drawn hipness that would befit the likes of an iPad ad. The game’s ambient, dark fairytale soundtrack, composed and performed by the Reno Video Game Orchestra, sounds like a score from the world of contemplative, contemporary Asian film.

“For me, it was kind of disturbing,” says Stacey Spain about the game. “It was supposed to be.” She’s director of Sierra Arts, where the game and a related exhibit, also called Ben Poynter uses his phone in his “Apple Store.”

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Poynter, who started out his artistic career making videos, says he spent about 800 hours on the game, and it shows. When an animated skeleton tries to ascend from a dark, cartoonish underworld to daylight, its rat-in-a-cage anxiety is loud and clear, even on a phone-sized screen.

His imagery is at once visually indulgent and darkly, dystopically surreal, seamlessly blending a century-long timeline of aesthetics, from retro-Victorian collage to nearly

Apple’s Oct. 12 email notice to Poynter simply read, “Dear Benjamin Poynter, The status for the following app has been changed to Removed From Sale.”

The note included brief instructions for how to make changes to the game and how to contact iTunes with questions.

Later that day, in a phone call, a rep from Apple said he’d violated the game-developers’ guidelines, which state that the hardware and media giant will not offer games that “target a specific race, culture, a real government or corporation, or any other real entity.”

Poynter had blocked out the names of companies in the game’s intro text before he released it, which he believes signifies compliance with the above terms. The words “Foxconn” and “iPhone” were typed in, then blocked out, as if with a marker. They’re hard to discern, but not impossible.

Within a few days, several online magazines, among them The Verge, Gamepolitics, Salon and Forbes, had mentioned the game and/or its removal by Apple, each sounding warning bells about corporations censoring information.

Apple did not return RN&R’s call, and apparently other media outlets did not secure comments from Apple

either. One online search turned up nine stories about the removal of the game from iTunes and no direct quotes from Apple.

According to an article posted on Digital Trends on Oct. 13, “This isn’t the first time Apple has drawn the curtains on a game alluding to the creation of its beloved iPhone. ‘Phone Story,’ a satirical game that looked at the ethical and environmental issues created throughout the lifespan of a smartphone—complete with a ‘Suicides’ mini-game—was also banned from the App Store for being ‘objectionable.’”

Joseph DeLappe, Digital Media Professor at UNR and chair of Poynter’s MFA thesis committee, says, “I think it is very dangerous when any media outlet, in this case, Apple’s App Store, censors content. We are in treacherous waters in that Apple controls the source for accessing any content to be used on Apple devices.

Considering the ubiquity of Apple technology in our daily lives, this presents a problem in that they will seek to control any content that is at all critical of their company. … The work actually seeks to connect us to the circumstances behind our consumption. Yes, the work implicates Apple as well as us, as consumers.”

DeLappe points out that he uses Apple laptop himself.

“I am very troubled by the fact that a major global national corporation has such direct control over our experience of content,” says DeLappe. “Yet, at the same time, is this not the general fact of the situation in our corporate/media state? Apple apparently would rather us not think about such things. ‘Think Different’ indeed!”

A few days after iTunes removed his game, Poynter was not much in a fighting mood.

“I certainly like the attention, for better or worse, but I want to continue making the art instead,” he commented.

He was preparing for the Digital Media 1 class he teaches at UNR. His lesson was on a chapter of the book, Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, by Nicholas Carr.

(Amazon’s description of the book reads, “As we enjoy the Net’s bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply?”)

Poynter is happy for now that his game got as much attention as it did: “I introduced a lot of people in the digital gaming world to this crisis at hand. The views on my trailer are getting up to 20,000.”

He’s considering reducing the game’s file size so he can offer it on his website, benjaminpoynter.com.

“It’s not over yet,” he says.

“What I’m going to do is re-release the game for the Android platform Nov. 12.” Ω

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In a Permanent Save State, were on display Oct. 8-19.

“It creates a little melancholia,” says Spain. “Do you want to send this man through this world? Once you ask yourself that question, you realize you’re playing it on your iPhone, so you have played that game.”

Reporter Mary Elizabeth Williams put the question more bluntly in an Oct. 16 piece she wrote for Salon: “Were we, with our dependence on the newest, shiniest hand-held devices to entertain us, in any way morally accountable for the fates of factory workers half a world away?”

To broadcast his point, Poynter built and staffed a cardboard Apple store inside Sierra Arts, where visitors could play the game on iPhones. He also enlarged some images from the game in photographs on the gallery’s walls and had the Reno Video Game Orchestra play a live concert.

“This young artist was really thinking about, how many different ways can the public receive this work?” says Spain. “It was pretty interesting and multi-layered.”

Poynter wrote in his artist’s statement for the exhibit that his work “raises questions about how comfortable the Western mind is in the midst of its own spectacle.”

Apparently, though, those weren’t questions Apple was prepared to answer.

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Right here, right now absentia William Stobb Penguin Poets

Standing by the sink in the morning at the window drinking water and thinking in this perforated way what the day requires and what the life, a quick blur comes into focus off the vine garden floor.

Light brown and white framed by ice against the blue-white of fresh powder, scrambling from form into low flight over the alley fence.

As if I’ve spoken out loud My daughter, shivering, shoveling cereal: “What’s a critical essay?”

Loose current breaking into Nighthawk, food chain, sun edging over the garage.

Every surfacing relation, atmospheric pressure, questions remaining unanswered.

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*** I had the opportunity to see William Stobb do an afternoon poetry reading at the University of Nevada, Reno on Oct. 29. It was a homecoming for him because he earned his Ph.D. here. He now lives in La Crosse, Wisc. The guy’s funny and charming, as is his poetry. He recently released a new collection of poems called absentia. In this, his fifth collection, he considers aspects of the Great Basin’s geology, geography and scale.

It’s not surprising that there is so much humor in the work, as it’s pretty hard to take oneself, or one’s work, very seriously in comparison to concepts of scale—like entire mountain ranges covered by a cloud—or the timespans that move landscapes from the depths of ancient oceans to presentday peaks.

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run one of the poems. The one I selected is “Poem with Critical Thinking,” which appears at the top of this article. In searching for the perfect poem to represent the book, it becomes very evident that this is Nevada-based work, in both location and attitude, although some of it is a rumination on the Great Basin from other locales, which might be where the title comes from.

Oddly, while I recognize the Nevada-ness of this collection—for example, there are poems that make direct references to Nevada places, like Wheeler Peak, and there’s a scene from the Black Rock Desert on the cover—much of the poetry isn’t dependent on some imaginary state line. I guess that could speak to the universality of the ideas and writing, but to me, it seems kind of magical and artful how the imagery is designed to take me from the words that are written, that speak to certain specific places on the planet, and deposit me into realms that exist entirely within my own, and I guess Stobb’s, head.

I think a lot of Northern Nevadans, some of whom don’t buy a lot of poetry, might find this collection worthy of a place on their nightstand. Ω

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Poem with Critical Thinking About distant platforms—ocean ones— and multiple scales. The subway Poem by trumpeter playing two horns at once.

William Stobb The essay I mean to write—what good is it without radar weather, wave patterning, permeable membrane engaged to transfer?

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Hey ya!

Dane Haman shows off a couple of his Polaroid cameras in his home studio in Reno.

For Haman, that’s exactly why art shows like Black Box are important—to inspire viewers to rethink their preconceptions about images and to note the value of photographs as art objects.

He’s from Wisconsin and moved to Reno in September 2011. He shoots concerts and other events for the Holland Project, and publishes a skateboarding zine called Sproink. Skateboarding was his gateway into pho-

Dane Haman The title of Dane Haman’s upcoming exhibition Black Box refers to a Polaroid instant by film camera—those now antiquated, Brad Bynum pre-digital cameras that would, a few seconds after clicking a button, spit out bradb@ a unique photograph created within the newsreview.com camera.

“It’s this mysterious square,” says Haman. “There’s an element of magic to it that I can’t deny, and totally “Black Box” by Dane excites me.”

Haman is on display at The magic is in the way the camera Bibo Three Gallery, 945 is able to instantly create a unique Record St., 348-8087, from Nov. 12 through object, a single print, a rarity in today’s Dec. 31, with an opening world where digital images are recrereception on Friday, Nov. ated ad nauseam. For Haman, the fact 16, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. that every Polaroid is unique, paired For more information, with the fact that the Polaroid company visit danehamen. blogspot.com. is no longer producing instant film, means that every shot is “sacred.”

(Other companies produce instant film, but Haman says, “It’s just not the same.”)

For Black Box, Haman sifted through an archive of hundreds of Polaroids, mostly dating between 2005

and 2010, and selected 24 pairs of shots that connect in interesting ways and framed them together. There’s a shot of a parked cop car paired with a dynamic image of skateboarders racing down the street. There’s a pair of shots of crossed legs. There’s a musician onstage playing guitar, paired with a guy holding a loaf of bread in a suggestive manner.

There’s a shot of a cat across the room, then a closer image of the cat looking at the first Polaroid. There’s a seagull in flight paired with a sign featuring a fake seagull in nearly the exact same position. There’s a pile of stuffed animals with oversized plastic eyeballs staring into the camera with creepy, uncanny gazes, paired with an image of a security camera.

Some of the images are paired together for aesthetic reasons—similar color palettes or shapes—some depict narratives or similar subjects. Each pair connects in a different way, and one variation, the 25th, is a four-piece, a proves-the-rule exception.

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“Skateboarding begs to be photographed,” he says. “It’s too exciting, interesting and strange not to be documented.”

Though the exhibition is titled Black Box, none of the individual photographs or framed pairs in the show have titles.

“Pairing them up is enough of a guide, enough of a suggestion,” says Haman.

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Artisan Café

701 S. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 283-0164 Carson City might be our state’s capital but it’s still a small town. I think they now have running water and elecby K.J. Sullivan tricity—I’m kidding, Carson City—but the dining choices are ksullivan@ still sparse. Whenever I head back newsreview.com to my old stomping grounds to visit my parents, my usual excitement of scoring a free meal just isn’t there.

When they offered to take me to lunch at Artisan Café, I didn’t have high expectations, but instead I ended up with a solid lunch.

noticed that with the spinach quiche, the spinach was only on the top and not mixed into the quiche itself. This wasn’t a problem with my dad’s bacon quiche, as it was stuffed and topped with lots of bacon and cheddar cheese. I kind of wish they would combine the bacon and spinach so I could at least pretend the spinach balanced out the bacon and was therefore healthy. The other issue with the quiche was they are pre-made and are nuked in the microwave to heat them back up, which causes the crust to lose its flakiness.

The large serving of chowder had flecks of carrots and whole corn kernels. It was really filling and perfect for a cold day.

I went for the Albany panini and an Aztec chicken salad. The panini was crammed full of chunks of chicken, avocado, tomato and basil spread on a focaccia roll. Everything on the panini tasted fresh and they didn’t scrimp on anything.

Despite this being half a sandwich, there was more than enough to fill me up, not to mention the large salad that accompanied it.

Artisan Café is a cozy space with The Aztec salad was filled with Josh Farris and Susan black beans, tortilla strips, cucumArmstrong working windows facing onto Carson Street, bers, tomatoes, lettuce and cheese behind the counter at the main drag through Carson City.

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Our meal ApproVed by: I’ve been missing out. Flakes of was brought out quickly, so it’s nice coconut permeated each light, airy to know you could get in and out of bite. This is a fine muffin, so for next here on your lunch break.

My parents went with quiche and time, there’s no way I’m messing Artisan Café is open Monday through Friday, a side of Aztec chicken chowder. with this “sharing” business.

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Overall, I enjoyed my lunch My dad got the bacon quiche, while down in the capital city, and I’m glad my mom went with spinach. The to see a place like this in town. I can quiches were very pretty and had a definitely see me hitting my parents layer of toppings on them, but I up for another lunch here. Ω PHOTO/ALLISON YOUNG

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Over the years Cloud Atlas About 45 minutes into the nearly three-hour Cloud Atlas screening I attended, some dude blew out his lips, sounding not unlike a bridled horse after piloting a carriage around Disneyland for half a day. Others stood up, shook their heads, and walked out solemnly with their popcorn corn tubs for the first of many refills.

Cloud Atlas is one mightily ambitious film.

Three directors at the helm, a high profile cast with most playing multiple roles, and many by interconnecting story arcs spanning centuries.

Bob Grimm All things considered, it’s remarkable how bgrimm@ cohesive the film is. While different directors newsreview.com handled different stories, the film doesn’t feel as if different directors were handling the shots. It has a nice, smooth, unified vision.

Not smooth enough to please everybody, judging by the mass exodus from the theater I witnessed, but smooth enough to impress the likes of me.

The directors are the Wachowski siblings (Andy and Lana of The Matrix movies) and Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run). They handled different parts of the movie with their own crews, while sharing the casts, who play a multitude of different characters that required them to often wear heavy prosthetic makeup.

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The cast includes Tom Hanks, who gets to play both virtuous and murderous men, often changing accents, wigs and teeth. Hanks looks like he’s having the time of his life in this movie, and it helps to propel the film, even when it threatens to go off the rails.

Also on hand is Halle Berry, who has been getting some stinker roles lately. This is her best film in years, especially during a 1970s plotline that has her playing a reporter investigating a nuclear power plant scheme. Hugh Grant, having a fun year with his great

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voiceover work in The Pirates! Band of Misfits, gets to play a host of disgusting people, as does Wachowski regular Hugo Weaving.

The movie’s true intentions don’t start kicking in until halfway through its running time, making the first half a bit of a maze. My advice is to let go and be patient, because, narrative wise, it all comes together quite wonderfully in the end.

I’m sure the makeup folks were working overtime on this one, and some of their work is quite dandy. That said, much of it is pretty awful. Susan Sarandon has a fake nose at one point that’s so distracting it’s hard to follow what’s happening in the scene. I found myself staring at her nose and missing dialogue. I did like the transformation of Hugo Weaving into a female nurse as mean as Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. But for every makeup success, there seems to be three failures.

The film was budgeted at a little over $100 million, which is not a lot of money by Hollywood blockbuster wannabe standards.

So, yeah, another $25 million for fake nose and teeth research might’ve made the film look less like a goofy costume pageant and more realistic.

While there isn’t one story in Cloud Atlas that’s so amazingly good it would stand on its own, the feat of tying them all together is still impressive.

For instance, there are two slavery stories, one involving Jim Sturgess as a slave trader in the past, and another involving Sturgess as an Asian slave revolutionary in the distant future.

The film, like the novel by David Mitchell, suggests that acts of kindness and hatred at any moment can ripple through time and affect the future. It also suggests that there’s some sort of reincarnation at play, with people meeting each other again and again in different lives. And finally, it also suggests that no matter how good looking we are, we are doomed to have a really bad nose or fake looking wig somewhere down the line.

I liked the idea that the Hanks persona could be a heroic man in the ’70s and a brutish killer in the present day. In that respect, Cloud Atlas certainly lacks in predictability.

In the end, the film is more a magnificent curio than magnificent entertainment. It will certainly challenge audiences ill prepared for its length and numerous swirling stories. Ω

Argo

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Ben Affleck makes another meaty movie with this spellbinding recreation of the late ’70s/early ’80s Iran hostage crisis, and the strange CIA mission that helped to extricate six American citizens from Iran at a most inopportune time. Affleck directs and stars as Tony Mendez, who hatches an elaborate plan to pose as a Canadian film director scouting Iran for shooting locations, with the six Americans posing as his Canadian film crew. The whole scenario seems ridiculous, yet it actually happened. Having lived through this period of American history, I can tell you that Affleck does a terrific job of capturing the look and mood of the time. The late ’70s were sort of humiliating both in terms of our status overseas and the way folks were wearing their hair.

Bryan Cranston, John Goodman and Alan Arkin are all superb in supporting roles. This one will be in the running for some Oscars.

Frankenweenie

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Tim Burton directs this enjoyable blackand-white stop-motion animated movie based on his own short film about a family dog being resurrected … Frankenstein style! Burton made the short film 28 years ago. While the story isn’t an especially electric one, the art direction is superb, and there are enough good laughs to make it worthwhile. Also worth noting: Winona Ryder voices a young girl character that looks suspiciously like Lydia, her character in Burton’s Beetlejuice. Other voices include Burton alumni such as Catherine O’Hara and Martin Landau, once again using his Bela Lugosi voice from Ed Wood. A finale sequence involving a giant, Gamera-like turtle and rabid sea monkeys gives the film a nice retro-horror feel. It’s a little sleepy in spots, but too impressive in other ways to completely overlook.

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This animated take on Dracula (Adam Sandler) and other big monsters like Frankenstein’s monster (Kevin James) and the Werewolf (Steve Buscemi) has a fun setup and some great gags. But its overall feeling is that of total mania in that it barely slows down long enough for you to take it in. It’s often unnecessarily spastic in telling the tale of a nervous Dracula dealing with his daughter on her 118th birthday—young in vampire years). A human (Andy Samberg) shows up at the title place, a building Dracula created to keep dangerous humans away, and his daughter (Selena Gomez) falls for him. The overall story is hard to digest, but there are some great moments, such as every time the vampires turn into bats (cute) and a werewolf baby knowing what plane flight somebody is taking by smelling his shirt (unbelievably cute). Even with the cute moments, there were too many times when I just wanted to look away because the animation was far too frantic.

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In my humble opinion, the Paranormal Activity franchise peaked in the final two minutes of the first installment. That would be when a rather boring movie about bed sheets moving by themselves actually became recommendable based on its startling ending. Since that moment, the series has been one scene after another of rooms where something—be it a sound, a shadowy figure strolling through, or a basketball coming down the stairs by itself—is going to happen. Or sometimes it doesn’t happen, and the director fakes you out. (The directors of this installment are big fans of the open refrigerator door fake-out.) Kathryn Newton plays a teenager living in a house where a mysterious kid moves across the street. Lots of strange things start happening when she Skypes her boyfriend, and you know the drill. There isn’t one legitimate scare this time around. This thing is played out, yet a fifth chapter is already in the works. It’s not going to stop anytime soon.

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Writer Stephen Chbosky makes an impressive directing debut with this adaptation of his semi-autobiographical novel about high school kids in the early ’90s. Logan Lerman plays Charlie, a shy freshman looking to make friends who eventually winds up hanging out with a fringe group of students including Patrick (Ezra Miller) and Sam (Emma Watson).

The new friends help Charlie come out of his shell, and he ultimately realizes things about himself that need to be examined. Lerman is especially good here as the film’s anchor, while Miller continues to exhibit the great talents he showed in We Need to Talk About Kevin. Watson gets to step away from her Hermione role, and she does so successfully, making Sam a complex, real kid. One of the better films about high school to come along in quite some time.

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This is a wildly engaging movie from Martin McDonagh, the man who brought us the brilliant In Bruges, my pick for the year’s best movie in 2008. Like Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson and Wes Anderson, McDonagh creates movies that transcend genres. Colin Farrell stars as Martin, a character modeled after the director. Martin is trying to write a screenplay called Seven Psychopaths, and he’s wracking his brain for seven characters with distinctive killing methods. The way these characters appear to him is part of this film’s unending fun. Sam Rockwell plays Billy, Martin’s best bud, a struggling actor who makes money on the side kidnapping dogs with Hans (a scene-stealing Christopher Walken).

When they kidnap the beloved dog of a psychopath (Woody Harrelson) very funny and violent things happen. Martin is trying for depth and beauty with his screenplay, while Billy screams for shootouts.

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Another wasteful scary movie attempt, and a sequel to a movie that didn’t need one. The first Silent Hill movie was a banal, loud mess, and this one follows suit. Sean Bean returns as the confused dad trying to save his daughter Heather (Adelaide Clemens) from the horrors of Silent Hill, where her mother (Radha Mitchell) still resides. Silent Hill is a cursed city that looks a lot like a cheap video game, strewn with strange stitched-up monsters and totally lousy amusement parks. (Stay off the merrygo-round!) The movie is an incomprehensible mess that’s a task to watch. It’s also hard to see the likes of Malcolm McDowell and CarrieAnne Moss wasting away in junk like this. Their parts are small, but they’re parts all the same.

The first movie happened six years ago, so I thought we were safe from getting a sequel.

Such was not the case. I will say there is a spider monster thing in the movie that is almost scary, and the little girl with the white face and black eyes sort of freaked me out. That amounts for about two minutes of this otherwise dreadful movie.

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Ethan Hawke, who did a great job looking scared in movies like Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead and Training Day, gets to put his awesome hyperventilating on display in this sometimes very spooky demon-in-thehouse yarn. Hawke plays a nonfiction writer long past his last hit who moves his family into a house where the prior family met their death hanging from their necks in the backyard. He finds some home movies in the attic, which turn out to be snuff films, and, rather than calling the cops, watches them as research. He soon discovers an evil force is after his family’s children, and he perhaps should’ve chosen a house where people didn’t die in the backyard or leave snuff films in the attic. And, like most horror movie idiots, he sticks around while very bad things happen. The movie has some bad performances from supporting players, but Hawke anchors it well. Much, much scarier than any Paranormal Activity movie.

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New wave Surf Curse Some might think the name Surf Curse holds connotations about the group’s musical style, but the band’s moniker by Nora Heston isn’t directly related to the type of music they play; it’s actually a nod to The Brady Bunch.

“With surf in our name I guess it could be easily confused [for surf rock],” says band member Nick Rattigan, who strummed the strings of his guitar as he spoke. “[Our music] sounds like surf rock, but we don’t try and write surf rock, which is a … common misconception.”

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Nick Rattigan and Jacob Rubeck only like to make music with each other.

Band mate Jacob Rubeck came up with the name after he noticed the tiki necklace a friend of theirs wore resembled the haunted tiki necklace in The Brady Brunch, and from that, Surf Curse was born.

The friends, who grew up together in Las Vegas, call themselves a DIY band.

“It’s always just been, like, weird whatever we can get our hands on for instruments,” says Rattigan.

“We’ll have, like, pieces of drum sets or just, like, keyboards and finally we decided just to do a drums and guitar band.” He said the band’s less-than-stellar amp isn’t always reliable and has been known to go out during shows.

Rattigan and Rubeck say they For more information, visit surfcurse.band only like playing music with each camp.com. other, which could explain why they chose to be a two-piece.

“Jacob is, like, the only person I can play music with and actually enjoy it,” says Rattigan, who said their attempts to play music with other people usually feels awkward or uncomfortable and rarely makes it past one session.

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It’s obvious the band mates and childhood friends have a lot of respect for each other musically.

Rattigan credits Rubeck with getting him into “good” music, while Rubeck boasts that Rattigan “knows like notes and stuff.”

The self-proclaimed movie geeks, who both write songs for the group, pull lyrical inspiration from films.

“Pretty much everything we do has, like, a pop culture reference behind it,” Rattigan says of the band’s influences, which include a lot of ’80s movies—even though the band’s two members, both 20, weren’t even alive during the decade.

The group has songs called “Sculder,” which is about Scully and Mulder from the X-Files getting together; “Pony Boy,” a song they imagine Pony Boy from The Outsiders would have written for his girlfriend, had he had one; and a Heathers-inspired song that came to Rattigan while he was home sick watching the flick on Netflix.

“Eighties movies are awesome,” Rubeck says of the band’s inspirations. “The ’80s was, like, the last of legit, awesome, good, thought-out movies.”

But their influences don’t stop at films and television, the band also credits their musical influence, and interest, to bands they listened to growing up.

“I’m like a fan boy over bands,” says Rubeck, who likens his enthusiasm for lo-fi indie bands to that of a “Bieber girl.”

“Reno isn’t all hardcore bands,” says Rattigan, who describes the band’s sound as lo-fi garage rock.

“There can be indie music in Reno and there can be lo-fi music in Reno.”

“Most of our music is simple but it’s … catchy, too,” Rubeck says.

“We want to just be an example that people can kind of make a band out of nothing,” Rattigan says. “It’s so easy to start a band and more people should start bands in Reno… all you need is shitty instruments and catchy tunes.”

So where can you catch the dynamic duo?

“We pretty much just say yes to anywhere that will take us,” Rattigan laughs.

However, the group is a regular at the all-ages Holland Project and has also been known to play bars and house gigs, as well. Ω

THURSDAY 11/01 1UP

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EDM Thursdays, 6pm, no cover

3RD STREET

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

125 W. Third St., (775) 323-5005

FRIDAY 11/02

SATURDAY 11/03

DJ/dancing, 6pm, no cover

SUNDAY 11/04

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 11/05-11/07

’90s Night, 6pm, no cover

Moon Gravy, 8pm, no cover

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

ABEL’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT

Jazz Night, 7:30pm, Tu, no cover

2905 U.S. Highway 40 West, Verdi; (775) 345-2235

THE ALLEY

Summer Music Series Finale, 8:30pm, no cover

906 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-8891

Misfritz, Voted Best Band, 8:30pm, no cover

BAR-M-BAR

Skeletonwitch, Havok, Mutilation Rites, Otis, Deathplant, 7pm, $12 Sunday Night Acoustics/Open Mic, 8pm, no cover

Freestyle firespinning, 9pm, no cover

816 Highway 40 West, Verdi; (775) 345-0806

BIGGEST LITTLE CITY CLUB CEOL IRISH PUB

Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

James Wilsey Jr., 9pm, no cover

CHAPEL TAVERN

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

Good Friday with rotating DJs, 10pm, no cover

538 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-5558 1099 S. Virginia St., (775) 324-2244

COMMA COFFEE

Open Mic Night, 7:30pm, no cover

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

COMMROW

Blarney Band, 9pm, no cover

Celtic Sessiuns, 7pm, Tu, no cover

Community Drum Circle, 5:30pm, no cover

Large Bills Accepted, noon, M, no cover

COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR 10142 Rue Hilltop, Truckee; (530) 587-5711

The Old Way, 7pm, no cover

Tony G Project, 9:30pm, no cover

FRESH KETCH

New World Jazz Project, 7pm, no cover

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

2435 Venice Dr., South Lake Tahoe; (530) 541-5683

FUEGO

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

Nuke Vegas, 9:30pm, no cover

GREAT BASIN BREWING CO.

Seamus Kennedy, 7pm, $22

846 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 355-7711

THE GRID BAR & GRILL

Tre and Chango Hip Hop Experience,

Karaoke w/Andrew, 9pm, no cover

Mark Castro Band, 10pm, no cover

8545 N. Lake Blvd., Kings Beach; (530) 546-0300 9pm, no cover

Monday Funday w/Gurbtron, 9pm, M, Bass Heavy, 9pm, W, $TBA

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MV & EE, My Flag is on Fire, Royal Noble, 7:30pm Tu, $5, $7

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Live flamenco guitar music, 5:30pm, no cover

170 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-1800

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George Souza, 7pm, no cover

DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY

Comedy 3rd Street, 125 W. Third St., 323-5005: Comedy Night & Improv w/Wayne Walsh, W, 9pm, no cover

1) Forbidden Fridays, 10:30pm, $10, 1) Celly Cel, Guilty One, DJ Plan C, no cover for 21+ Tha Infamous, 10pm, $10 (21+) 2) Marc Yaffee, Adam Stone, 8pm, $14.95 2) DJ Double B, 10pm, no cover (21+)

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188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480

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FRIDAY 11/02

SATURDAY 11/03

JAVA JUNGLE

246 W. First St., (775) 329-4484

JAZZ, A LOUISIANA KITCHEN

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

JUB JUB’S THIRST PARLOR

StereoFidelics, Actors Killed Lincoln, 9pm, $TBA

1180 Scheels Dr., Sparks; (775) 657-8659 71 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-1652

KNITTING FACTORY CONCERT HOUSE 211 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-5648 1) Main Stage 2) Top Shelf Lounge

Seamus Kennedy Nov. 4, 7 p.m.

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SUNDAY 11/04

2) Boggan, 11:30pm, no cover

Live jazz w/First Take featuring Rick Metz, 6pm, no cover Open mic, 9pm, M, no cover

2) Mike Madnuss, 11:30pm, no cover

1) Dio Rising, Demension 13, 8:30pm, $15-$30 2) Erik Lobe, 11:30pm, no cover

1) Datsik, Terravita, Xkore, 8pm, Tu, $22-$50 Open Mic Night/College Night, 7pm, Tu, no cover

405 Vine St., (775) 323-6500

PIZZA BARON

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

1155 W. Fourth St., (775) 329-4481

POLO LOUNGE

Steve Starr Karaoke, 9pm, W, no cover Gemini, 9pm, no cover

RUBEN’S CANTINA

Gemini, 9pm, no cover

Hip Hop and R&B Night, 10pm, $5, no cover charge for women before midnight

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

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

SIDELINES BAR & NIGHTCLUB

Wicked Hicks, 9:30pm, no cover

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

Corky Bennett, 7pm, W, no cover Karaoke w/DJ Hustler, 9pm, Tu, no cover Hip Hop Open Mic, 9pm, W, no cover

RYAN’S SALOON

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

SIERRA GOLD

Live jazz, 7:30pm, W, no cover Live music, 9:30pm, no cover

Rocco Benefit, 9:30pm, no cover

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

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

Sunday Night Strega Mic, 9pm, no cover

310 S. Arlington Ave., (775) 348-9911

STUDIO ON 4TH

Nov. 6, 8 p.m.

Knitting Factory 211 N. Virginia St. 323-5648

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

KNUCKLEHEADS BAR & GRILL

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

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Sunday Music Showcase, 4pm, no cover

Interzone, w/DJ Endif, DJ Hyperkarma, DJ TV1, 9pm, $3

Zion Roots, DJ Too Dread, 8pm, no cover

VASSAR LOUNGE

Seeing Eye Dogs, 8pm, no cover

Karaoke w/Rock’N J Entertainment, 8pm, no cover

WALDEN’S COFFEEHOUSE

Vigil, Lisa & Randy, 7pm, no cover

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

DJs/dancing, 7pm, no cover

432 E. Fourth St., (775) 410-5993 1545 Vassar St., (775) 348-7197 3940 Mayberry Dr., (775) 787-3307

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Sunday Jazz, 2pm, no cover

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

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SUNDAY 11/04

2) Atomika, 8pm, no cover

2) Atomika, 4pm, Hindsight, 10pm, no cover

2) Atomika, 4pm, Hindsight, 10pm, no cover

2) Hindsight, 8pm, no cove

2) Decades, 7pm, no cover

2) Decades, 8pm, no cover

2) Decades, 8pm, no cover

Buddy Emmer, 10pm, no cover

Buddy Emmer, 10pm, no cover

1) Ozomatli, 9pm, $22, $25

1) No Duh, 10pm, no cover 2) Truth, 11:30pm, no cover

1) Jersey Nights, 7pm, $19.95+ 2) Steele Breeze, 10pm, no cover 4) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

1) Jersey Nights, 8pm, $19.95+ 2) Steele Breeze, 10:30pm, no cover 3) Skyy High Fridays, 9pm, $10 4) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

1) Jersey Nights, 7pm, 9:30pm, $19.95+ 2) Steele Breeze, 10:30pm, no cover 3) Addiction Saturdays 9pm, $10 4) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

4) Chaparral, 9pm, no cover

1) Ultimate Reno Combat 37, 8pm, $25-$100 4) Chaparral, 9pm, no cover

4) Chaparral, 9pm, no cover 7) Fantasies in Chocolate, 8pm, $65, $75

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 11/05-11/07 2) Escalade, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

CARSON VALLEY INN

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

CIRCUS CIRCUS

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

CRYSTAL BAY CLUB

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) BuBinga Lounge 4) Roxy’s Bar & Lounge

2) Joe Buonanno, 6pm, Tu, W, no cover

Dana Carvey

GRAND SIERRA RESORT

2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000 1) Grand Theater 2) WET Ultra Lounge 3) Xtreme Sports Bar 4) Mustangs 5) 2500 East 6) The Beach 7) Summit Pavilion

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219 N. Center St., (775) 788-2900 1) Sammy’s Showroom 2) The Zone 3) Sapphire Lounge 4) Plaza 5) 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

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

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1) The Magic of Eli Kerr, 8pm, $25, $35 2) Live local bands, 10pm, no cover 3) Club Sapphire w/DJ I, 9pm, no cover

1) The Magic of Eli Kerr, 8pm, $25, $35 2) Live local bands, 10pm, no cover 3) Club Sapphire w/DJ I, 9pm, no cover

2) Vegas Road Show, 7pm, no cover 3) Milton Merlos, 5:30pm, no cover 5) Ladies ’80s w/DJ Larry Williams, 7pm, no cover

1) Dana Carvey, 9pm, $65 2) Vegas Road Show, 8pm, no cover 3) Milton Merlos, 6pm, no cover 5) Tyler Stafford, 6pm, no cover

1) Dana Carvey, 9pm, $65 2) Vegas Road Show, 8pm, no cover 3) Milton Merlos, 6pm, no cover 5) Tyler Stafford, 6pm, no cover

2) Vegas Road Show, 7pm, no cover 5) Tyler Stafford, 6pm, no cover

2) The Bradfords, 7pm, no cover 3) Bad Girl Thursdays, 10pm, no cover charge for women

2) Major Link, 9pm, no cover 3) Salsa dancing with BB of Salsa Reno, 7pm, $10 after 8pm, DJ Chris English, 10pm, $20

2) Major Link, 9pm, no cover 3) Rogue Saturdays, 10pm, $20

2) Patrick Major, 7pm, no cover

2) Patrick Major, 7pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) Superlicious, 9pm, no cover

1) Wanda Sykes, 8pm 2) Superlicious, 9pm, no cover 3) Dance party w/DJ Teddy P, 9pm, no cover

2) Recovery Sundays, 10pm, no cover 3) Midnight Mass, 9pm, no cover

2) Gong Show Karaoke, 8pm, Tu, no cover 3) Sin Biggest Little Locals Night, 4pm, M, no cover

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407 N. Virginia St., (775) 325-7401 1) Grand Exposition Hall 2) Rum Bullions 3) Aura Ultra Lounge 4) Silver Baron Ballroom 5) Drinx Lounge

1) Jersey Nights, 7pm, Tu, W, $19.95+ 2) Live Band Karaoke, 10pm, M, DJ Chris English, 10pm, Tu, Garage Boys, 10pm, W, no cover 3) Spindustry Wed., 9pm, W, no cover

1) Jersey Nights, 7pm, $19.95+ 2) Steele Breeze, 10pm, no cover 4) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

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4TH ANNUAL CANFEST: The canned craft beer festival features brews from Oskar Blues, Caldera Brewing, 21st Amendment, Anderson Valley Brewing Company and dozens more. CANFEST benefits the Reno Bike Project. Sa, 11/3, 6pm. $25 advance; $35 at the door.

Reno Ballroom; 401 N. Center St.; (775) 323-2977; www.canfestbeer.com.

THE ART OF THE BOOK: Sundance Books and Music presents panelists Robert Borges, and Katherine Case for a round-table discussion about the art and history of the book. Sa, 11/3, 4-5:30pm. Free.

Sundance Bookstore & Music; 121 California Ave.; (775) 786-1188; www.sundancebookstore.com.

DISCOVER WASHOE VALLEY FALL FESTIVAL: There will be food, booths, bounce houses, entertainment, pumpkin smashing and more fun for all ages. Sa, 11/3, 10am-4pm. Free. Bowers Mansion Regional Park; 4005 Old Hwy. 395 in Washoe Valley; (775) 849-1825; www.facebook.com/ events/252650728191344.

FACE IT: HOLIDAY WINE ARTS SALE: This multimedia art sale is for anyone looking to get in the holiday spirit with gifts of wine vessels and paintings. Spiced wine will be served. Sa, 11/3, 1-5pm. Deana Hoover Art Studio; 108 W. Fourth St. behind Between gallery and gift shop in Carson City; (775) 721-4453.

FANTASIES IN CHOCOLATE: The 28th annual benefit for the RGJ Foundation is a black-tie wine tasting and chocolate sampling event. Southern Wine & Spirits will provide wine, beer and specialty cocktails for attendees. Sa, 11/3, 8pm. $65, $75. Grand Sierra Resort; 2500 E. Second St.; (775) 788-6233; www.fantasiesinchocolate.com.

LIVE SKYTONIGHT TALK: Learn about the nighttime sky during this informal presentation with the aid of state-of-the-art digital technology, followed by telescope viewing (weather permitting) at Rancho San Rafael Park. First F of every month, 6pm. $6 adults; $4 children, seniors.

Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center; 1650 N. Virginia St., north of Lawlor Events Center; (775) 784-4812; http://planetarium.unr.edu.

MEET THE ARTIST: BOVEY LEE ON UNDERCURRENTS: Learn about Lee’s meticulous paper-cut drawings through the artist’s words and thoughts and experience Undercurrents with the artist in person following the Art Bite. F, 11/2, 1212:30pm. $10; free for Nevada Museum of Art members. Nevada Museum of Art; 160 W. Liberty St.; (775) 329-3333; www.nevadaart.org.

METEORITES WITH DR. QING-ZHU YIN: Dr. Yin

Beer has come a long way from its humble beginnings as the common man’s drink of simple ingredients to a now “respectable” beverage that rivals wine in its complexities. But it’s been a tougher sell for canned beer. Some connoisseurs think of canned beer as just mass-marketed, inferior brew. The organizers of Canfest hope to change that perception with its fourth annual event this weekend. The canned craft beer festival features offerings from Oskar Blues, Caldera Brewing, 21st Amendment, Anderson Valley Brewing Company and festival title brewery sponsor Mammoth Brewing Company, among others. This year, some of the proceeds from Cafest will go to the Reno Bike Project, a local non-profit community bicycle shop and advocacy group. Canfest begins at 6 p.m. on Nov. 3 at the Reno Ballroom, 401 N. Center St. Tickets are $25 in advance and $35 at the door. Call 323-2977 or visit www.canfestbeer.com.

—Kelley Lang

will talk about the minivan-sized meteorite that broke up over the Sierra on Sunday, April 22, 2012. The space rock was one of the rarest types of meteorites to fall to Earth—a carbonaceous chondrite, the earliest solid material to form in our solar system more than four and a half billion years ago. Th, 11/1, 6pm. $5 suggested donation. Tahoe Environmental Research Center (Room 139 & 141); 291 Country Club Drive, Incline Village; (775) 881-7560; http://terc.ucdavis. edu/calendar/index.html.

OPEN HOUSE & TELESCOPE CLINIC: Visitors can explore the observatory at their leisure, ask questions of observatory volunteers, learn how telescopes work and even learn how to image celestial objects.

Guests are encouraged to bring their own telescopes and use the observation deck to view the evening sky. First Sa of every month, 7pm. Free. Jack C. Davis Observatory; 2699 Van Patten Drive, Carson City; (775) 445-3240; www.wnc.edu/observatory.

PRUNING FRUIT TREES: Master gardner Michael Janik will discuss when, where and how to prune your fruit trees.

Selection of varieties, planting and pest control will also be covered. A donation of a can of food for the local food bank is requested. Sa, 11/3, 11am. Free. Rail City Garden Center; 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks; (775) 355-1551; www.railcitygardencenter.com.

SUSTAINABILITY FILM FESTIVAL: Presented by the Sustainability Resource Center and Students Striving for Sustainability, this year’s festival includes documentaries that explore important issues of social justice, food, environment, sustainability in business and a special afternoon of films appropriate for families and children ages 7-12. Film topics will be facilitated by local academics and community leaders who will lead discussions to present and exchange ideas on current and local trends in sustainability. F,

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11/2, 6pm; Sa, 11/3, 2pm. Free; donations are accepted. Sierra Nevada College; 999 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village; (775) 881-7511; www.sierranevada.edu/blog/sustainable.

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.

DOWN SYNDROME FAMILY SUPPORT GROUPS: Meet other parents who are going through issues faced by relatives or caretakers of a child with a disability.

The Down Syndrome Network of Northern Nevada seeks to connect families and create a strong foundation of support. First Tu of every month, 5:457:30pm. Free. Nevada Early Intervention Services; 2667 Enterprise Road; (775) 828-5159; http://dsnnn.org/ FamilySupportGroup.aspx.

FREE DEMO CLASS & CELEBRATION: The event offers a 45-minute StrollFit class demo, giveaways from national and local Baby Boot Camp partners, healthy snacks and drinks for moms and kids, raffle prizes and class discounts. F, 11/2, 9:30-10:30am.

Free. Plumas Park Gym; 475 Monroe St.; (775) 225-3999; www.babybootcamp.com.

KIDS ACTING: Learn to act while gaining self-confidence and poise. Classes are held every Monday through Dec. 17. M, 4-5pm through 12/17. Opens 11/5. $45 for six classes. VSA Nevada at Lake Mansion; 250 Court St.; (775) 826-6100 ext. 3; www.vsanevada.org.

MORE THAN A PLAYGROUND: For the youngest students on campus, the historic quad has become a place for play, research, discovery and creative expression. The children, teachers, families and University of Nevada, Reno School of the Arts faculty will create a temporary art installation demonstrating their collaborative research and creative practice. F, 11/2, 10am-2pm.

University of Nevada, Reno Quad; 1664 N. Virginia St.; (775) 784-1110.

PARENTS OF PREMATURE INFANTS: This group is for all parents of premature infants and children who were born prematurely.

The group meets in the lower auditoriums of the Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center. First Sa of every month, 10am-noon.

Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center; 235 W. Sixth St.; (775) 826-7850; www.support saintmarys.org/inthenews/195174.

R.I.S.E. AND DINE: PEOPLE FEEDING PEOPLE: Each week Reno activists and volunteers shop, prepare and cook for local persons and families without a home.

On Saturdays at 5pm, volunteers meet outside of the Community Assistance Center and serve about 250 or more of Reno’s most poverty-stricken until 6pm. All assistance and donations are appreciated. Sa, 5-6pm through 12/29.

Free. Community Assistance Center; 335 Record St.; (775) 322-7143; www.renoinitiative.org.

STORY TIME AT SUNDANCE BOOKS AND MUSIC: Local illustrator and teacher Paula Robison shares stories, rhymes, songs and activities with little ones on the first Friday of every month. Story Time at Sundance Books and Music is designed for children ages 3-6 accompanied by a chaperone. F, 11/2, 10:30-11:15am. Free.

Sundance Bookstore & Music; 121 California Ave.; (775) 786-1188; www.sundancebookstore.com.

Art HOLLAND PROJECT GALLERY: In Other Worlds.

Merging the lines of myth, reality and the creation of memories, In Other Worlds pairs out-of-town artists Kate Csillagi (Austin, Tex.), Andy Le (Mukilteo, Wash.) and Lucie van der Elst (Paris, France). Together the three artists work provides an exploration of the

fantastical and the everyday through a variety of mediums from fabric collage to painting to paper-cutting. The opening reception on Nov. 9, from 6 to 8pm, will be followed by music and a puppet show. TuF through 11/30. Opens 11/5; F, 11/9, 6-8pm.

Free. Contact Sarah Lillegard, (775) 742-1858, sarah@hollandreno.org, www.hollandreno.org for details on this exhibit. 140 Vesta St.; (775) 742-1858; www.hollandreno.org.

OXS GALLERY, NEVADA ARTS COUNCIL: A Study of Human. Eunkang Koh uses intaglio printmaking to depict creatures that are part human and part animal. Through 11/16, 8am-5pm. Free. 716 N. Carson St., Ste. A, Carson City; (775) 687-6680.

SHEPPARD FINE ARTS GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Amy Sacksteder Exhibition.

Sacksteder is an associate professor of art at Eastern Michigan University.

Sacksteder has been featured in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally, and she attended artist residencies in Illinois, Newfoundland, Southern France, Philadelphia, Budapest and Reykjavik. She has been published in journals including New American Paintings. M-Th, 11am-5pm

through 12/14. Opens 11/5; F, 11am-2pm

through 12/14. Opens 11/9. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St.; (775) 784-6658.

SIERRA ARTS GALLERY: Normalcy, Not Nostrums. Sierra Arts Gallery presents the exhibition of University of Nevada, Reno master of fine arts candidate and conceptual artist Colby Stephens. M-Sa, 10am-5pm through 11/2. Free. Mid-Way Exhibitions: Claire Stephens. An exhibition

by Claire Stephens, a master of fine arts candidate at University of Nevada, Reno..

M-F, 10am-5pm through 11/16. Opens 11/5.

Free. 17 S. Virginia St., Ste. 120; (775) 329-2787; www.sierra-arts.org.

STREMMEL GALLERY: Configurations.

Contemporary abstract artists Tim Bavington, John Belingheri, Kris Cox and Nicholas Wilton use a variety of color, texture, images,and symbols in order to achieve vivid compositions.

Natural forms are juxtaposed with representational and spontaneous marks.

The exhibition envelops the aural, emotive, conceptual and optical perceptions. Stremmel Gallery will host an opening reception on Nov. 8, 5:307:30pm. M-Sa through 12/8. Opens 11/8.

Free. 1400 S. Virginia St.; (775) 786-0558; www.stremmelgallery.com.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF NORTHERN NEVADA: 18th Annual UU Artisan Show & Sale. More than 30 artists offer fine art, jewelry, basketry, gourds, pottery, woodturning, glasswork, cards, woven items and ceramics. The opening reception is 57pm on Nov. 2 Th, 11/1, 3-7pm; Sa, 11/3, 10am-4pm. 780 Del Monte Lane; (775) 851-7100; www.uufnn.org.

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Prospectives International Festival of Digital Art. The University of Nevada, Reno presents the third iteration of the Prospectives International Festival of Digital Art, to be held on and around the university campus. The festival is focused on the work of graduate student artists, from a range of disciplines, who use and experiment with digital media. This years offering includes a month-long exhibition in the Sheppard Gallery in the Church Fine Arts Building and other campus and off-campus venues.

Through 11/2. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St.; (775) 784-1110; www.unr.edu.

Museums NEVADA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Latimer Art Clubs Miniature Show. More than 100 paintings, including water media, oils and acrylics, pastels, graphite and mixed media will be for sale during this show of miniature paintings, hosted by

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the Latimer Art Club. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme is Nevada: Heart of the West. W-Sa, 10am-5pm through 12/8. Free. Contact Jill Mueller (775) 849-7769, jill@ladyjill.com. 1650 N. Virginia St.; (775) 688-1190.

Military. This exhibit commemorates the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s battles from the Civil War to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Global War on Terrorism.â&#x20AC;? The show includes photos, weapons, artifacts, models and uniforms donated by more than 30 local veterans and their families. Tu-Su through 11/17. $5 adults; free for children under age 12, museum members, active duty military.

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

NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Hoor Al Qasimi: Off Road. W-Su through 1/27. $1-$10. Rebeca MĂŠndez: At Any Given Moment. W-Su through 1/20. $1-$10. The Book of the Lagoons: Helen Mayer and Newton Harrison. W-Su through 1/6. Bovey Lee: Undercurrents, W-Su through 1/2. $1-$10. Juvenile-In-Justice: Photographs by Richard Ross. W-Su through 1/13. $1-$10. Jacob Hashimoto: Here in Sleep, a World, Muted to a Whisper. W-Su through 1/1. $1-$10. Jorinde Voigt: Systematic Notations. W-Su through 1/6. 1-$10. The Light Circus: Art of Nevada Neon Signs. W-Su through 2/10. $1-$10. 160 W. Liberty St.;

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BOOK SIGNING: REV. RUTH MILLER: Rev. Ruth Miller is a New Thought minister who has taken on the project of interpreting or translating the formative works of the New Thought movement into language that will help the modern day reader connect with the lessons in each work. This fall she takes on the work of Florence Scoville Shinn and James Allen. Th, 11/1, 6:30-8pm. Free. Sundance Bookstore & Music; 121 California Ave.; (775) 781-1188; www.sundancebookstore.com.

a screening of this French animated film about a pet cat that leads a double life. Tu, 11/6, 7-10pm. $7 general; $5 members, bicyclists, students. Midtown Good Luck Macbeth; 713 S. Virginia St.; (775) 337-9111; www.artemisiamovies.org.

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Four wettings and a funeral My hubby and I had our first child last year, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re so happy and proud to be the creators of the most adorable creature ever, but our marriage is tanking. We expected change, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re both stressed and exhausted, and we never have sex. Our lives seem like one dull, diaper-changing routine. What if our marriage canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t survive having a kid?

The advice to have â&#x20AC;&#x153;date night,â&#x20AC;? which you probably see everywhere, is right. According to studies looking at fraternal and identical twins raised together and apart, how happy you are appears to be as much as 50 percent genetic. About 10 percent of your happiness stems from your life (stuff like your health and income).

The good news is about 40 percent of your happiness is within your control, through how you think and activities you can doâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;like date night. The bad news is something called â&#x20AC;&#x153;the hedonic treadmill,â&#x20AC;? which is researchersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cute name for how we adapt to both positive and negative changes in our lives and pop right back to our baseline level of happiness or mopeyness.

This means it might not be enough to drag your weary parental cabooses out to dinner every Wednesday night. Research by psychologists Kennon Sheldon and Sonja Lyubomirsky finds that varietyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x153;a continual stream of fresh, positive experiencesâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;is key in increasing and sustaining happiness.

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planning it so one of you will always be surprised. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to do anything elaborate or expensive. You can just go get hot dogs and make out in the car.

Keeping your sex life alive is what differentiates you two from very tired roommates who once got drunk, hooked up and forgot birth control. Like many new parents, you probably think youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re too exhausted to have sex, but maybe youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just too exhausted to have the spontaneous sex marathons you had before the kid. First, forget spontaneity. Parental sex needs to be scheduled sex, or youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll probably never have it.

Having a baby looks idyllic in picture books. The stork drops him off one day, and then on the next page, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 5. In real life, there are back-to-back trips to Poison Control and meaningful conversations about the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shade of poo. But surely there are good times in between. And according to the research, another way to be happier is expressing gratitudeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;taking moments throughout the day to appreciate what you have and to express appreciation to each other.

Put in some effort to be happy and maybe youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll not only stop fretting about divorce, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll start having reckless sex (with each other).

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7:30pm; Su, 11/4, 2pm; F, 11/9, 7:30pm; Sa, 11/10, 7:30pm; Su, 11/11, 2pm; F, 11/16, 7:30pm; Sa, 11/17, 2 & 7:30pm; Su, 11/18, 2pm. $25-$28. Carson City Community Center; 851 E. William St., Carson City; (775) 445-4249; www.wnmtc.com.

JOHNNY UNFORGETTABLE: Good Luck MacBeth Theater presents a night of mystery, intrigue and fun in this film noir-style production about an amnesiac detective’s quest to find out who wants him dead. F, 11/2, 7:30pm; Sa, 11/3, 7:30pm; Su, 11/4, 7:30pm. 10 per person; $25 per family of three or more. Good Luck MacBeth Theater; 713 S. Virginia St.; (775) 379-7512; www.brownpapertickets.com.

Classes BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT: Breast-feeding moth-

Afterward, both authors will be available to sign their book. This program is part of the Nevada Historical Society’s Unearthing Nevada’s Past Lecture series. Free temporary parking permits are available. Sa, 11/3, 2-3:30pm. Free. Nevada Historical Society; 1650 N. Virginia St.; (775) 688-1190 ext. 0; www.nevadaculture.org.

the RCO for Ginastera’s Harp Concerto and Debussy’s Dances sacrée et profane. Sa, 11/3, 8pm; Su, 11/4, 2pm. $5-$40. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno; 1664 N. Virginia St.; (775) 3489413; www.renochamberorchestra.org.

RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Jana Bouskova, principal harpist of the Czech Philharmonic, will be the featured soloist with Maestro Theodore Kuchar and the RCO. Bouskova will perform Ginastera’s Harp Concerto and Debussy’s Danses sacrée et profane, in a program that also features Rossini’s Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri and Haydn’s “Military” Symphony No. 100. Sa, 11/3, 8pm; Su, 11/4, 2pm. $5-$40.

Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno; 1664 N. Virginia St.; (775) 348-9413; www.renochamberorchestra.org.

Music BLUEGRASS JAM: Northern Nevada Bluegrass Association hosts this bluegrass jam. First Tu of every month, 7-9pm. Free. Maytan Music Center; 777 S. Center St.; (775) 323-5443; www.nnba.org.

CARSON CHAMBER SINGERS: The Carson Chamber Singers, a choral group of the Carson City Symphony Association, begins its 28th season with concerts in Carson City on Nov. 2 and in Reno on Nov. 4. Director Michael Langham will conduct the singers in works by René Clausen, Randall Thompson, Maurice Duruflé and Louis Vierne. The “Solemn Mass” by Vierne, for chorus and organ, will be accompanied by Nancy Mielke. F, 11/2, 7pm. $12 general admission; $10 students, seniors, C.C. Symphony Assoc. members; free for youth age 16 and younger. First Presbyterian Church of Carson City; 306 W. Musser St., Carson City; (775) 883-4154; http://ccsymphony.com.

SEAMUS KENNEDY CONCERT: The Irish singer, songwriter, musician, comedian, all-around entertainer performs a benefit show for the Sons & Daughters of Erin of Northern Nevada. Su, 11/4, 7-10pm. $22 in advance only.

Great Basin Brewing Co.; 846 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 378-0931; www.irishnv.org.

UNIVERSITY PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE: The University of Nevada, Reno Percussion Ensemble performs under the direction of Dr. Andrew Heglund, associate professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. Th, 11/1, 7:30pm. $5 general; free for UNR students. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno; 1664 N. Virginia St.; (775) 784-3555; www.unr.edu/arts.

CARSON CHAMBER SINGERS: The Carson Chamber Singers, a choral group of the Carson City Symphony Association, begins its 28th season with concerts in Carson City on Nov. 2 and in Reno on Nov. 4. Director Michael Langham will conduct the singers in works

by René Clausen, Randall Thompson, Maurice Duruflé and Louis Vierne. The “Solemn Mass”

by Vierne, for chorus and organ, will be accompanied by Nancy Mielke. Su, 11/4, 5pm. $12 general admission; $10 students, seniors, C.C. Symphony Assoc. members; free for youth age 16 and younger. Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Ave.; (775) 883-4154; http://ccsymphony.com.

Sports & Fitness 30/30 (CARDIO MAT/STRETCHING): Thirty minutes of Cardio Mat Pilates and 30 minutes of intensive stretching. Intermediate-level strength, stamina and flexibility are required for this class which emphasizes the principle of fluidity. Call to reserve your spot. M through 12/31. $15 per class. Mind Body & Pilates; 670 Alvaro St. Ste. B; (775) 745-4151; www.yogareno.com.

L-CUBED: LUNCH, LOOK & LISTEN: Each Wednesday during the fall semester, the departments of Music and Art at the University of Nevada, Reno team up for free lunchtime concerts and exhibitions. W, noon through 11/28. Free.

Randall Rotunda, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center; University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St. (775) 784-4278; www.unr.edu/arts.

ADAPTIVE & CHAIR YOGA: This yoga program is for people living with heart disease, cancer, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, arthritis, multiple sclerosis and other debilitating diseases. The class teaches breathing techniques, relaxation, guided meditation and visualization. Please call before attending.

Tu, 2-3:15pm. $8 per class. Yoga Loka; 6135 Lakeside Drive, Ste. 121; (775) 337-2990; www.yogalokareno.com.

MARIA LUCIANA GALLO CELLO RECITAL: The cellist performs. Su, 11/4, 6:30pm. Free. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno; 1664 N. Virginia St.; (775) 784-4278; www.unr.edu/arts.

BASIC MAT PILATES: This mat class focuses on three Pilates principles for the seven exercise in the modified basic and basic mat routines. Recommended for students with no previous classic Pilates experience. Call to reserve your spot. Tu, 6:15-7:15pm through 12/25. $15 per class.

Mind Body & Pilates; 670 Alvaro St., Ste. B; (775) 745-4151; www.yogareno.com.

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 RCO continues its

BIRD WALK: See which birds are spending the

2012-2013 season with Rossini’s Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri and Haydn’s Symphony No. 100 in G major “Military.” Jana Bouskova, principal harpist of the Czech Philharmonic, joins

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fall at Galena Creek Park during a bird walk led by Allan Gubanich of the Lahontan Audubon Society. Sa, 11/3, 8:30-9:30am. $5 per person suggested donation. Galena Creek

Visitor Center; 18250 Mt. Rose Highway; (775) 849-4948; www.thegreatbasininstitute.org.

PILATES FUNDAMENTALS: This mat class focuses on three Pilates principles for the seven exercises in the modified basic and basic mat routines. Recommended for students with no previous classic Pilates experience.

Call to reserve your spot. Th, 6:15-7:15pm through 12/27. $15 per class. Mind Body & Pilates; 670 Alvaro St., Ste. B; (775) 745-4151; www.yogareno.com.

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 mens sport shoe shop. Tu, 6:30pm through 11/27.

Free. Scheels; 1200 Scheels Drive, Sparks; (775) 331-2700; www.scheels.com/events.

VARIETY YOGA: Each week the Sunday class is taught by a different instructor. Su, 10:3011:20am through 12/30. $15 drop-in fee. Mind Body & Pilates; 670 Alvaro St., Ste. B; (775) 745-4151; www.yogareno.com.

WOLF PACK MENS BASKETBALL: The University of Nevada, Reno play Oregon Tech. Tu, 11/6, 7pm.

Call for ticket info. Lawlor Events Center; 1500 N. Virginia St.; (775) 348-7225; www.nevadawolfpack.com.

WOLF PACK WOMENS BASKETBALL: The University of Nevada, Reno plays San Francisco State.

Su, 11/4, 2pm. $8 adults; $5 seniors, youth.

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Onstage CASH ON DELIVERY: Reno Little Theater presents this fast-paced British farce by Michael Cooney. Cooney will be in Reno on Nov. 10-11 to answer questions about his play. Opening night reception on Nov. 2. Meet & greet with the playwright on Nov. 10. Talk-back with author, director and cast on Nov. 11. F, 11/2,

7:30pm; Sa, 11/3, 7:30pm; Su, 11/4, 2pm; Th, 11/8, 7:30pm; F, 11/9, 7:30pm; Sa, 11/10, 7:30pm; Su, 11/11, 2pm; Th, 11/15, 7:30pm; F, 11/16, 7:30pm; Sa, 11/17, 7:30pm; Su, 11/18, 2pm. $16 general; $13 students, seniors, military. Reno Little Theater; 147 E. Pueblo St.; (775) 813-8900; www.renolittletheater.org.

DEALT A DEADLY HAND: MURDER AT THE CARSON CITY CASINO ROYALE: Proscenium Players, Inc. present this mystery dinner show spoofing the movie Casa Blancaù and the American dream of winning the big jackpot. Prizes will be awarded for guessing “Who done it.”

Attire is dressy casual. Sa, 11/3, 6:30pm. $45.

Nevada Governors Mansion; 606 Mountain St., Carson City; (775) 220-0484.

GUYS AND DOLLS: TMCC Performing Arts presents this musical fable of Broadway based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon. F, Sa, 7:30pm through 11/10; Su, 2pm through 11/11. Opens 11/4; Th, 11/8, 7:30pm. $10$17. TMCC Redfield Performing Arts Center; 505 Keystone Ave.; (775) 789-5671; https://www.showtix4u.com.

HELLO, DOLLY!: Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company presents Jerry Herman’s beloved

ers are invited to join Breastfeeding Cafe.

Mothers exchange their experiences and discuss concerns such as milk supply, pumping, going back to work, sleeping or lack of sleep, etc. Tu, 4-5pm through 12/18. $10 drop in; free for first-time attendees. Renown South Meadows Medical Center; 10101 Double R Blvd.; (775) 240-9916; www.wellnourishedbaby.com.

CONVERSATION CORNER: Washoe County Library presents a series of English language learning sessions ideal for non-native English speakers who want to improve their speaking skills. The group will practice speaking English around various scenarios that involve everyday activities. W, 4:30-6pm. Free. Sparks Library; 1125 12th St., Sparks; (775) 829-7323.

HOOP HOUSE PRODUCTION GROWING FOR NORTHERN NEVADA SEASONS: Western Nevada College Specialty Crop Institute offers this hoop house workshop. The event will include classroom lecture and farm tours of hoop houses at Lattin Farms in Fallon and Custom Gardens Organic Farm in Silver Springs.

Lunch is included. Seating is limited, and registration is required. Sa, 11/3, 9am-4pm. $35-$45. Western Nevada College Fallon; 160 Campus Way, Fallon; (775) 351-2551; www.wnc.edu/sci.

KID CARE: The Kid Care babysitting class is designed to teach adolescents the basics of caring for young children. Techniques for setting up babysitting opportunities, diaper changes, bottle-feeding, playtime activities and taking charge of situations while

babysitting are covered. The course also includes pediatric first aid and CPR training.

Sa, 11/3, 9am-4pm; Sa, 12/1, 9am-4pm. $40.

REMSA Education & Training Center; 230 S. Rock Blvd. Ste. 23; (775) 858-5700; www.remsaeducation.com.

RENO PORTRAIT SOCIETY: There will be a live model for artists to paint or draw in the medium of their choice. No formal instruction, but participants can learn from experienced artists. The event is open to all ages and abilities. W, 9am-12:30pm. $10. Nevada Fine Arts; 1301 S. Virginia St.; (775) 786-1128; www.nvfinearts.com.

SELF-HELP FORMS COMPLETION CLINIC: Nevada Legal Services offers general instructions and assistance on completing self-help forms. An attorney will be present to answer questions for qualifying clients. A notary will also be available at all clinics. First Th of

every month, 4:30-6:30pm; Second W of every month, 11am-1pm; Third Th of every month, 4:30-6:30pm; Fourth W of every month, 11am1pm. Free. Nevada Legal Services; 654 Tahoe St.; (775) 284-3491 ext. 214.

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Community BEADS AND BOOKS!: Learn basic beading techniques with volunteer beading expert Jamie, and work on projects with other beaders.

First Su of every month, 1-3pm. Free. Spanish Springs Library; 7100A Pyramid Lake Highway, Lazy 5 Regional Park, Spanish Springs; (775) 424-1800.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Big opportuni-

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ties are coming up for you. Even if you cash in on them, though, they aren’t likely to make an immediate practical impact. They are subtle and deep, these prospects. They have the potential of catalyzing monumental shifts in your long-term unfolding, but will take a while to transform your day-to-day rhythm. So what are these openings? Here are my guesses: 1. You could root out a bad seed that got embedded in your subconscious mind before you knew any better. 2. You could reinterpret the meaning of certain turning points in your past, thereby revising the flow of your life story. 3. You could forgive yourself for an old sin you thought you’d never let go of. 4.

You could receive a friendly shock that will diminish some sadness you’ve carried for a long time.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): This would be

a good time to get introspective and meditative about your urge to merge, to think objectively about the way you approach togetherness, to be honest with yourself about what strengths and weaknesses you bring to the art of collaboration. The most important question you can ask yourself during this inventory is this: “How do I personally contribute, either knowingly or unconsciously, to the problems I experience in relationships?” Here’s another query you might consider: “How hard am I willing to work to create the kinds of intimacy and alliances I say I want?”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Dear Rob: I

seem to be marooned in an interesting limbo.

The sights and sounds are not exactly pretty, but they keep me perversely entertained. I’m sampling tastes that are more sour than sweet, thinking that sooner or later the sweetness will start to prevail—but it never does. Sometimes I feel like I’m in a trance, unable to do what’s best for me. Can you offer any help? Like, maybe give me a password that would break me out of the trance?

—Meandering Gemini.” Dear Meandering: This is one of those rare times when you have cosmic permission to favor what’s calming and reassuring rather than what’s amusing and stimulating. Your password is sanctuary.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): On September

22, the San Francisco Giants played a baseball game against the San Diego Padres. In the fourth inning, the Giants’ third baseman Pablo Sandoval sprinted to the edge of the field, then hurled himself over a railing and into the crowd in order to snag a foul pop-up.

The fact that he landed upside down but perfectly unhurt wasn’t the most impressive aspect of his feat. Nor was his improbable ability to wield such precise concentration while invoking so much raw force. Even more amazing was the pink bubble that Sandoval blew with his chewing gum nanoseconds before he dived. It was a supremely playful and successful Zen moment. That’s the spirit I hope you will bring to your efforts in the coming days.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your unconscious mind will be more accessible than usual in the coming weeks. It will reveal its agendas more clearly and play more of an active role in your life. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? It will depend on how open-minded you are toward the surprises your secret self will reveal. If you try to ignore or repress its eruptions, they’ll probably wreak chaos. If, on the other hand, you treat this other part of you as an unpredictable but generous ally, you may be able to work out a collaboration that serves you both.

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defines “Skymall solution” as “an absurdly single-purposed tool or solution that solves a problem you don’t actually have.” The term is derived from the famous SkyMall catalog, which sells unusual specialty products.

According to my analysis of the current astrological omens, you should be wary of any attraction you might have to Skymall solutions. Do you really need a King Tut tissue-box cover or an ice-cube tray that makes ice in the shape of dachshunds or a stencil set for putting messages on your Bundt cake? I doubt it. Nor do you need their metaphorical equivalents.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Right before I

woke up this morning, I had a dream that one of my teeth fell out. As I lay there groggily in bed, my mind searched for its meaning. “What does losing a tooth symbolize?” I asked myself. “What is its psychological meaning?” I promised myself that when I got up, I would Google that question. But my rumination was interrupted by a dull ache in the back of my mouth, and it was only then that I remembered: Yesterday, in actual waking life, I had a real tooth yanked out by a real dentist. The moral of the story, Libra: Be wary of making up elaborate stories and mythic assumptions about events that have simple, mundane explanations.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): This is an

excellent time to explore the frontiers of wise foolishness. I’m hoping you will take full advantage of learning opportunities that might require you to shed your excess dignity and acknowledge how much you don’t know.

Are you brave enough to disavow cynical thoughts and jaded attitudes that muffle your lust for life? Are you smart enough to understand how healthy it would be to go out and play like an innocent wild child? Make yourself available for delightful surprises.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Zombies used to be terrifying. But then they became a featured motif in pop culture, often in humorous contexts, and now there’s a growing acceptance and even affection for them. Here’s the view of Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide: “Eventually rock and roll morphs from Sid Vicious to the Jonas Brothers. Same thing with vampires: We went from Dracula to Twilight to make them peachy and G-rated. I guarantee you someone is working on a way to take the fear out of zombies and market them to children.”

Your assignment, Scorpio, is to do to your personal fears what the entertainment industry has done to zombies: Turn them into amusing caricatures that don’t trouble you so much. For example, visualize an adversary singing a duet with Justin Bieber.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “You

must learn from the mistakes of others,” said humorist Sam Levenson. “You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.”

That’s excellent advice for you right now, Capricorn. In order to glean the teachings you need most, you won’t have to bumble through a single wrong turn or bad decision yourself. There will be plenty of blundering role models who will be providing you with the precise inspiration you need. Study them carefully.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Every

November, thousands of writers participate in National Novel Writing Month. They pledge to compose at least 50,000 words of a new novel in that 30-day period. In accordance with the astrological omens, Aquarius, I propose that you commit yourself to a comparable project in your own field. Is there a potential masterpiece on which you could get a substantial amount of work done? Is there a major transformation you’ve long wanted to undertake but have always had some excuse to avoid? I predict that you will attract unexpected help and luck if you summon the willpower to focus on that task.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t believe

the climate is changing? Go ask the birds what they think. Sixty percent of all the feathered species in North America have moved north in the past 46 years. Scientists are pretty sure their migration is a response to the warming trend that’s afoot. I like the idea of tuning in to how animals behave in order to get accurate information about the state of the world. Would you consider doing more of that, Pisces? According to my astrological analysis, the coming months will be a time when you can learn a lot from nonhuman intelligences.

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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In the can Connie Aguilar

Canfest has been a growing Reno tradition since it started four years ago as a way to promote local canned beer brewer Buckbean. Since Buckbean shuttered its operation, Canfest has taken on a life of its own, headed up by Ty Whitaker and Constance Aguilar of the Abbi Agency.

Tickets are $25 in advance, $35 at the door and can be purchased at Ticketmaster, Silver Legacy box office and Craft. Portions of Canfest benefit the Reno Bike Project. Visit www.canfestbeer.com for more details.

So tell me about Canfest.

We’re pretty stoked because this year, it’s all ours now since Buckbean exited the picture. We really like it. I really do love Canfest. I like all the communication we have with the brewers, everything that the event stands for. I like it because it’s different, too. I like beer events in Reno—don’t get me wrong—but besides Backwash, every beer event in Reno is basically an excuse for people to raise money for something and to party. Which is rad, but it’s like ‘You’re at Brewhaha, you’re at Beerfest, you’re at all the other beer events—Brews, Blues and Barbecues, it’s all beer you can buy here.” It’s nothing special. I can go to Ben’s, I can go to Save-Mart and get all of that beer. It’s cool because for a flat price, drink all you want, and it’s got the social aspect, and you have the

warm fuzzy feeling that you’re benefiting the non-profit, but as far as actual beer events go, there’s nothing that’s like superunique and super-niche-y. I love these brewers and like their beer, and everything about canned, just from how rad they look to how they process the beer. So bringing all those beers here is pretty cool.

How many brewers are involved?

How many brewers? We typically have about 30-35, and we get all the distributors to drop off their batches of the norms—Tacate, Heineken, Corona, all that good stuff.

Where is the event held?

It’s at the Reno ballroom—it’s that little guy between the Silver Legacy and the events center.

How many people usually show up?

I’m going to be safe with my prediction and say about 2,500.

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to get going as fast as I can as I pass the House. If I’m lucky, Cerberus—the name of Hades’ hellhound and totally appropriate here—will be in the house/garage and never see me. But, if he does spot me, and if he comes after me, I want to be rockin’ on that bike.

There’s a slight downhill just in front of Cerb’s house, which I can use to slam that bike into high gear and get going. Then, there’s a small uphill, leading to the crest of a much larger slope. If iI can make that crest before being nailed by 100 pounds of MeanAssDog, I’ve got him. I’ll be gone.

I hit the downslope section and start pedalling. Hard. Adrenaline is already on board. Good. I need every squirt of it. I get my speed up. I’m cruisin’. So far, so good. I’m hopin’ like hell that the slobbering mutt is in the house and all this strategic prep is completely moot.

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It’s on the third. What we did this year was we brought in a new presenting brewery. In the past it was Canfest presented by Buckbean. Now it’s Canfest presented by Mammoth Brewing Company. We started working with them earlier this year when we knew Buckbean was totally out, and we had [the event to ourselves]. That’s been a little change of pace, kind of bringing their brand to it. One of the things that the guy that owns Mammoth is really, really keen on is catering to the brewers just as much as you cater to the crowd that’s coming to drink. On Friday, we’re throwing a little shindig at Imperial. We’re just getting together with all the brewers who are coming in. Saturday is the main event for the general public. We have a VIP hour from 5 to 6, and those are people who either donated their bike to the Bike Project or bought their tickets early. That’s just kind of a “come and start drinking beer at a little easier pace.” And then from six to 10, it’s the general public, and that’s when the floodgates get let open. Ω

∫y Bruce Van Dye

In riding past the House with the Hellhound, one of the many “tens” out here in Spanish Springs (that is, a 10-acre parcel), I noticed, as i glided by at a good clip on my electric bike, this rather huge dog bounded from the garage, ran past his unfenced boundary and up to the street to give me the stinkeye.

By the time he hit the pavement, I was a quarter mile down the road.

But still, he stood there and barked at me. “Hmm,” I noted, “an asshole dog. An asshole big dog.” A dog that looked like a cross between a pit bull and a doberman. Seriously. A dog one should notice.

So I’m riding out, enjoying a classically gorgeous Nevada autumn afternoon. But the catch is, to get home, I have to go back the way I came. No choice. Oh, boy. This could be a bit hairy. I have to assume it’s gonna be hairy. Right?

To do anything else could be disastrous.

OK, time to go home. My plan is NEWS

It’s a little less than we did last year. The event has grown steadily every year, but the one thing is, this year we’re competing with Fantasies in Chocolate. I’m not too worried about that because I think we have totally different demographics. In the past, we’ve been on the same day as a UNR game, so that was our one goal this year was to not conflict with the game. I feel like we lose way more of our crowd to that than we will Fantasies in Chocolate.

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instantly, as I expected, he’s running full blast, hell bent on intersecting with me.

Well, gee. Wonderful. Game on.

Fight or Flight. My choice was instant. Haul ass, son! I churned up that little upslope and made it to the crest, with Cerberus 20 feet behind and roaring after me. Too bad, prick dog from hell! Later! I slam that bike into 24th (its highest gear), and instantly, I’m as close to a vapor trail as a 59-year-old geezer on a bike can be. At least, in my mind’s eye, I’m a vapor trail.

And all the way home, I was giving great and earnest thanks that I had chosen the electric for the day’s ride, not the mountain bike.

Because the faster EB might’ve just saved my butt, big time. Ω

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