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Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review. You and I are coming to a fork in the road. I’m not sure how it’s all going to come together or fall apart, but I’ve asked my bosses, Jeff vonKaenel and Deborah Redmond, for a sabbatical or a leave of absence or something—basically a year off. Maybe this is too much information, but I’ve always tried to be honest with you readers in this weird little space, and I think this honesty has been one of the keys to this newspaper’s ability to keep on keeping on in the face of the recession that hit the nation back in 2007 and is just now starting to even out: We’re growing, and the paper’s future looks good. Anyway, it’s like this: I’ve had a pretty unbelievable year. In part, it’s because of work we did here at the paper, the whole FatalEncounters series, and the national attention that came of it. Many national and international media outlets used our data to develop stories—the Washington Post and the Guardian UK both used our data to start their own databases for 2015. (I have my fingers crossed that one will continue the effort.) Black Lives Matter and other social justice organizations used our data to fuel their own actions. But my peaks are only matched by the changes that have come this year. Some I knew were coming. For example, I knew my son was off to college in August. But I never could have predicted the death of my friend Carmen, or the sudden and capricious deafness caused by Menier’s. There’s been a whole slew of life-changing events in a very short time. And in the midst of all that stuff, I raised $71,295 to fund the completion of the FatalEncounters database. At this moment, I think the plan is that I’ll step back to be more like a managing editor— planning issues and making sure people get paid on time, but I won’t do much regular writing or the more tedious day-to-day stuff. I think we’ll hire someone like me who’s equally as comfortable writing news or features with an background that includes journalism ethics and media law. But who knows? One thing I’ve learned in the last three years is that the future is unknowable.
Donald Trump is hated by many people. So why is he doing so well in his attempt to get the Republican nomination for president? Here’s the story: The Republicans have the majority in both houses of the Congress. And what have they done with it? Besides using every trick they know to block the president, they have done nothing! They talk about “immigration reform,” but it’s just talk. Nothing gets done. And then, all of a sudden, up pops The Donald. He is loud and he is brash, but he can identify the problems and point out the lack of action we have seen for years. His opponents have excuses, but they are afraid to take a firm stand on one side or the other, for fear of offending somebody. Not so with Trump. Offending those who are happy with the do-nothing GOP is the name of the game. The Donald has made this an interesting race for the White House. Thanks, big guy. Brad MacKenzie Reno
20 seconds before we can begin our conversation. Please do not hang up.“ And people hang up all the time. At present, I am looking for an electrician, an attorney for seniors, and a handyman. Winter is here. I can’t get out every day. And now my phone is useless. I live seven miles into Lemmon Valley, alone, about 15 miles to the city. I’m not homebound. Please, people, understand about the phone. Educate yourselves. There are disabled people, and we count. We pay taxes like you and we’re entitled to be served by the community. Helen Howe Lemmon Valley
Wet science Re “Water wars: How politics beat science in the West” (Feature story, Nov. 5): Once again the clear, concise prose of resident scribe Dennis Myers has served to Erik inform RN&R readers, this time about a topic elemental to all of our lives in the arid deserts of Northern Nevada. It was fascinating to read his juxtaposition of quotes from politicians of the era and our current crop of reality deniers. Sigh, the more things change ... One may only wonder if Powell’s recommendations for enlightened development had been followed, would there even be the Reno we know today? I look forward to his next article
Ordeal Does anyone know there are disabled people in Reno? Does anyone care? I am tired of having to go into Reno from Lemmon Valley every time I need a service. I am physically disabled and can’t climb flights of stairs. But more importantly, my phone is no longer any good. I am profoundly hearing impaired and use a caption telephone. A caption telephone requires two telephone lines or internet. It is a telephone with a screen. On the screen appears the caller’s words. It takes a second or two to read them, and then I answer. That’s the reason for a pause between the caller’s voice and mine. Also when someone calls, I say, “I am using a caption telephone. It will be about
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an officer’s account is in the court of public opinion. There are a lot of people who assume police are misbehaving and thus will take accounts like this at face value. However, if you encounter police misbehavior and ever intend to invoke change you need to video it. It is easy to do and a modern social justice advocate is expected to do so. A failure to video or share collected video creates major doubt as to the veracity of the claims ... especially since when the issue was brought forward the very next day, a representative of the officers was willing to face the light of public accountability, but I didn’t see a single person speak who made these claims (admittedly I only watched a portion of the meeting). Scott Reimers Reno
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Video is proof Re “Go easy, Mayor” (Editorial, Nov. 5): “like the already full overflow shelter, and temporary housing for her dog.” Unfortunately the very next day this argument was disproven. The City Council meeting had a leader of a local shelter come in and discuss they have about 30-ish beds available not counting some of the other programs they are working on. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t like stories of “heartless officers.” However, the lack of video to back their claims gives me a lot of pause. The only place a private account of mistreatment holds more weight than
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Your view of Pope Francis? Asked at the University of Nevada, Reno Michael Graham Computer consultant
He’s brought life to an institution that was almost dead. He has an ability to face great issues straight on.
Eunice Aiyuk Student
I respect him. I think he has good values in his faith. He understands that times are changing. He’s not a crazy Christian.
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I think he’s cool. I wasn’t happy to hear him on the gay thing, but otherwise he seems to be a good leader. He’s cool.
Around the office, we make jokes about the editorials that we must run every year: School’s in session, watch out for children; prepare your house for wildfires; Christmas is about helping impoverished people. We haven’t run our “Here’s how to drive in snow” for a few years, but thanks to El Niño, here it is. A few years ago, we got these tips from Click and Clack, the Tappet brothers from NPR’s Car Talk show, but their tip page seems to have disappeared. All the more reason to run the editorial again. 1. If your car needs regular service, get it done now. 2. Make sure your battery and charging system are up to snuff. 3. Check the cooling system. 4. If you have leaks in the cooling system, take care of them now. 5. Make sure your windshield wipers are in good shape. 6. Keep your gas tank close to full. 7. Make sure your windshield washer reservoir is full. 8. With regard to carrying sand in the back of the car: With a front-wheel drive car, don’t bother. In rear-wheel drive cars, add weight incrementally to test handling. Start with 20 pounds. 9. Think about adding a heater to your engine. 10. Make sure your rear-window defroster works. 11. Know how your car handles in the snow. Maybe practice braking and steering in a slide in an empty parking lot.
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12. Question whether you really need to drive in the snow. 13. Make sure you have some basic supplies in your car in case you do get stuck. 14. Carry a cell phone for emergencies. 15. If you’re in an area that permits or requires tire chains, they should be in the trunk, too. 16. Clean off your car—completely. 17. When driving in the snow, do everything slowly. 18. If you’re thinking about buying a new car, think about safety features that will help in lousy weather. That’s it from Tom and Ray. We driving experts here at the World Headquarters of the Reno News & Review have a few ideas to add. 1. Drive defensively. Let’s face it, not everyone is going to read this editorial, and there are a lot of people on the road inadequately prepared for driving in snow. Back way off the people in front of you, slow down to a reasonable speed on the freeways, brake (particularly on downslopes) far earlier than you would on dry pavement. 2. If you begin to skid, take your foot off the accelerator. You may also want to drive in a lower gear to get the benefit of engine braking. 3. Pump standard brakes, steady pressure on anti-lock brakes. ABS brakes will have a weird “pumping” feeling, so you may want to try a gentle practice in a parking lot. 4. Turn on your lights. Ω
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He seems to be addressing more political issues than any Catholic leader I can remember since my own Catholic youth. I think that is quite a good move, because the church was struggling to keep people. He has made good use of his power as a public figure.
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He’s not the best pope we’ve had but definitely has good values—kindness more than economics, for example.
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Republicans promise something terrific Despite the constant negative rhetoric about Obamacare from some quarters, there are many facts that frame its success. Every Republican presidential candidate thinks the Affordable Care Act (ACA), championed by President Obama and delivered by our own Sen. Harry Reid, has been a disaster. by They are rewarded with resounding Sheila Leslie cheers of approval the instant they proclaim they will immediately abolish Obamacare if elected president. And yet, the evidence that the ACA is dramatically reducing the numbers of uninsured Americans continues to grow, especially in Nevada. The latest report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families showed Nevada’s rate of uninsured children dropped more than any other state 2013 to 2014, from 14.9 percent to 9.6 percent. As usual for Nevada, the gap between our state and better performing states is huge, so even though the 5.3 percent decrease is significant, Nevada still ranks among the top five states for uninsured children.
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Nevada’s improvement can be linked to Gov. Brian Sandoval’s decision to accept the federal government’s offer to expand Medicaid under the ACA, a decision ratified by the Legislature. Sandoval was the first Republican governor to accept the federal dollars to pay for 100 percent of the expansion, although the federal reimbursement gradually decreases to 90 percent of the cost by 2020. He rightly reasoned the insurance expansion would create jobs, help hospitals deal with the high numbers of uninsured patients, and eventually decrease insurance costs for everyone. It was a good gamble since the number of uninsured Nevadans has been cut in half. Nationally, the decrease in the number of uninsured has been larger than at any time in the last five decades, matched only by the mid1960s when Medicaid and Medicare were created. States such as Texas with Republican governors who remain adamant in their hatred of Obamacare and refuse to expand Medicaid
continue to lead the nation in the number of uninsured citizens, despite paying taxes to the federal government that are then used to insure Nevadans and others in Medicaid expansion states. Although there are many aspects of the ACA that need more attention, such as the “cadillac tax” for high-end health plans or allowing people in low-population states to access more competitive insurance plans across state lines, it is increasingly apparent that Obamacare has been a huge success at its most basic level of increasing access to health care. But Republican presidential candidates continue to insist the ACA is one of the country’s biggest failures, and promise to “repeal and replace” Obamacare, although they’re vague on what the replacement will be. Some of their comments are so over the top, it makes you wonder why anyone would take them seriously. The current front-runner, Ben Carson, who has never held elected office insists, “You know Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that
has happened in this nation since slavery.” Maybe he should speak with the parents of those Nevada children who now have coverage to see if they would agree. Jeb Bush offers the more standard Republican rhetoric, saying “This fatally flawed law imposes jobkilling mandates, causes spending in Washington to skyrocket by $1.7 trillion, raises taxes by $1 trillion and drives up health care costs.” This, despite many reports that health care spending has slowed under Obamacare. The best line, of course, belongs to Donald Trump, who in a previous life enthusiastically endorsed single-payer health care as the best approach. Now, he just says, “It’s gotta go. Repeal and replace with something terrific.” Finally, something The Donald and I agree on. Canada and Great Britain have single-payer plans and spend far less for health care but manage to have universal coverage with much better outcomes. Replacing Obamacare with single-payer would indeed be “something terrific.” Ω
Republican women love liberty The Nevada Policy Research Institute recently issued its report card on the 2015 legislative session. It includes a rating system for ranking state legislators on their support for economic liberty. NPRI used the same metrics in evaluation that the National Taxpayers Union uses to by Brendan grade Congress. Trainor What is striking is the top four supporters of economic liberty in Nevada were all Republican women. In a session that was marked by more than the usual amount of backroom deals and good old boy log rolling, these women consistently worked to keep taxes low, cut regulations, and stand up for the working people of Nevada against arbitrary power. Anyone who rates at 50 points or higher on this NPU evaluation is better than average on economic liberty issues. Rural doctor and Assemblywoman Robin Titus of Lyon County had the highest score, 93.17 percent. Her fight to pass AB 408, providing that federal agents in unincorporated Nevada had to report
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to the local sheriff before making an arrest, showed her courage. The Legislative Counsel Bureau issued a dubious analysis of the bill, featuring a shallow interpretation of the Supremacy Clause to warn that it was unconstitutional. Her male colleagues mostly put their tails between their legs and ran, but she fought for the bill until they rewrote it to give federal agents more power. At that point she mercy-killed it because the men in the Assembly had turned it into a zombie bill. District 10 Las Vegas Assemblywoman Shelley Shelton scored second highest, at 92.86 percent. She supported school choice, gun rights and voted against taxes as well as vigorously supporting AB 408. Clark County District Four was represented by Assemblywoman Michelle Fiore, coming in third with a rating of 92.78 percent. She is no shrinking violet but is an outspoken woman with an activist website where she promotes her Second Amendment 2016
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Calendar. She is determined to put Gov. Brian Sandoval’s $1.3 billion tax hike to a vote of the people by a statewide referendum. She was attacked personally because her businesses had some IRS problems, but she mixed it up with her male detractors and got things done. Another public lands reform advocate, defender of gun rights, tax foe and education reformer from the more liberal south, Michelle is a vital force for liberty. Coming in fourth as a defender of economic freedom with a 90.68 percent score was Sparks District 31 Assemblywoman Jill Dickman. Jill and her husband, Tom, have been very active in Northern Nevada Republican politics for some time. Jill, like Titus and Shelton, was a freshman legislator who made an immediate impact, serving as assistant majority whip in her first session. The lowest Republican score was Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson at a miserable 38.72 percent. Now it is true that the
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highest scoring Democrat was Sen. Tick Sedgerblom at a measly 17.03 percent, so the argument can be made that the worst Republican was far better than the best Democrat. However, when the worst Republican is in charge of the Senate, and 15 other Republican legislators had economic liberty scores under 50 percent, the reason the governor could get his massive tax bills enacted becomes apparent. Republicans controlled the entire state government in 2015, and while school choice was their crowning achievement, getting it passed at the cost of massive tax hikes was a mixed blessing. There is no guarantee that the Republicans will have such an opportunity again. But if these four women are re-elected, the odds for Nevada taxpayers will improve. Who knows, a future Carly Fiorina or Barbara Vucanovich may arise from among them. Ί
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Pros The Reno Gazette-Journal recently gave four veteran reporters buyouts. We asked them what stories they covered stood out in their minds.
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Susan Skroupa (27 years in Nevada journalism): The most fun I ever had was interviewing Johnny Cash in person in about 1995. Rang the doorbell at his suite at the Grand Sierra. … The door opened and a huge man in a white shirt reached down and took my hand and said, “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash,” and I almost fainted. … I had asked some people in the newsroom, “What should I ask Johnny Cash?” And Barbara Anderson, who was a reporter here at that time said, “You need to ask him if he shot a man in Reno how he ended up in jail in California?” And I did, and he smiled, and he laughed and he said, “Because I also shot a woman in Santa Barbara.” Didn’t miss a beat.
Bill O’Driscoll (36 years): I got to ride with the Blue Angels at the O’DRISCOLL and SKROUPA air races in 1983. Kick in the rear. It was just a lot of fun—way out of my comfort zone, strapped in … something I know I’ll never be able to do again, one of those one-off things in a lifetime, lot of fun. … What I remember, when I wasn’t passing out from the five or six G-forces, it was fun. It was professional all the way, and it was just something that I knew 99 percent of the rest of the world would never be able to do, so had to write them and tell them how it went. It was a great story to write.
Dueling surrogates Who speaks for the working poor?
Jeff DeLong (26 years): Obviously all the wildfires I’ve covered stand out, because I’ve been at all the big ones—pretty scary moments. When I was up at the Angora fire, when it blew up on the third day, I was definitely afraid DELONG for my life at that point. So it was very memorable, something I won’t forget. … It didn’t overtake me, but it looked like it could, so that was when it was time to get out of there.
Ray Hagar (31 years): Well, I guess getting my ass kicked by Billy Martin stands out. … I walked up to him and said, “Hello. My name’s Ray Hagar. … We have an interview scheduled.” And he was really hammered, really drunk, and he said, “Get the F out of here, kid. I’m not talking to you.” … I called the office and said, “What do you want me to do? This guy is really drunk.” And they said, “Well, interview him, anyway. How many times does Billy Martin come to Reno?” … And I went up to him and I asked him again and he said, “Sure, kid.” … HAGAR I asked him if he could get along, you know, with Reggie Jackson. … He said he could get along with Hirohito, Mussolini and Hitler as long as they played Yankee sports. And then he starts on a tirade against New York sportswriters … and he’s throwing F-bombs out and everything, talking about these guys. … So he says, “I’ve given you a good interview. Give it to me back.” … He grabbed at [the notes], so I put them behind my back. … and he kind of turned away and then he plowed me, smacked me in the face, you know. My glasses went flying. I was totally blown away and the only thing I thought of ... I’ve blown this interview! … And he said, “Fighting’s no way to solve anything.” And I said, “Yes, I know!” And then all of a sudden, the guy hits me again. So I go flying over this bar table. … I get up and I’m dizzy. He hit me three times. … My notes were all over. I grabbed as many as I could. [News reports said Hagar suffered three chipped teeth and a gash over his eye. When the grisly photos of Hagar appeared in newspapers, Yankee owner George Steinbrenner threatened to get rid of Martin, so on May 24, 1979, Martin flew to Reno, apologized, and paid Hagar’s medical/dental bills.]
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At Wikipedia, a page listing people or organizations endorsing four Democratic presidential candidates contains by 2,847 words. Of those, 2,068 are Dennis Myers endorsements of Bernie Sanders. Candidate Hillary Clinton is not listed on that page. She has a page of her own, which contains 7,078 words. In a year in which the gap between the 1 percent and the working poor is a major issue, can a candidate with such heavy establishment support speak for the have-nots?
Clinton has most of the national labor unions while Sanders picks up union locals California secretary of state Alex Padilla—one of those listed on the Clinton page—thinks she can. He was in Reno last week campaigning for her. “The most effective programs in our nation’s history to help the working poor … when it comes to the very safety nets that a lot of people rely on, it has come out of a government program,” he said. “So I think people who know that, ‘Government is there for the tough
times in my life,’ respect the fact that it’s elected representatives and political leaders that will either prioritize to make sure that’s in place, or—as we’re hearing from candidates on the other side of the aisle—are trying to tear that safety net apart.” U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, one of only two members of Congress to endorse Sanders, was also in Reno last week campaigning for his candidate. He cites positions Clinton has changed in the last couple of years and suggested that voters look at the history of the two candidates to decide who has been with them before the issue of the income gap emerged. “You’ve got to gauge consistency and put it in some historical context, of where Bernie’s been and where she’s been,” he said. “Now, if she has, in the course of the process, has come to the conclusion that TPP [Trans-Pacific Partnership] is no good, that it’s not the ‘gold standard’ anymore, that Keystone is not something that should be built ... if those are points that she’s come to in the last year since [the issue evolved], that’s something for people to consider.” He said Clinton still supports maintaining the size of financial institutions whose sheer bulk threatened the country in 2008. “Breaking them [large banks] up, she hasn’t got to that point yet,” he said.
It’s unlikely that it was a coincidence the two surrogates campaigning in Nevada last week were both Latino. Those are among the most coveted voters in the state, constituting more than one-fifth of the electorate—a figure that is higher in Democratic caucuses and primaries. Sanders has long been reluctant to appeal to people of color, preferring to approach economic injustice as a grievance that afflicts low-income people of all colors, including white workers. That has handicapped him in widening his appeal to the Democratic base, with Clinton in a commanding position among ethnic people. It’s a difficulty that has faced Democrats before. In 1968, Robert Kennedy tried with some success to appeal to low-income voters of whatever color, including white working people. Author Jules Witcover called it Kennedy’s “have-not coalition.” It was a concern that intersected with other issues. For instance, when liberals complained that blacks were carrying a heavier burden of combat in Vietnam, Kennedy called for an end to college deferments because they were resulting in low income ethnics and whites doing most of the fighting. Sanders’ efforts in the same direction could broaden Democratic appeal at a time when, as the Washington Post has reported, “Polls find that low-income whites would prefer almost any Republican nominee to Clinton.” And as in 1968, it intersects with other issues. For instance, activist leader Peter Bohmer has noted “police shootings and killings of AfricanAmericans and also Latinos, Native Americans and low-income whites.” Sanders began running a Spanish language radio advertisement in Nevada last week. Grijalva said Sanders’ economic populism is one of the reasons he signed on with the candidate. “So I wanted to associate myself with that effort,” he said. “I’ve been a big critic of the last election, where we talked nothing about economics. We legitimately talked about women, legitimately talked about other things, but never talked about what everybody else was
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talking about out there—our base, certainly—the economics of this, the sense that many, many people feel [that] they’re spinning their wheels and that they’ve hit a wall and there’s no way around it. … I think that message will continue to resonate.” Economics, however, has not prevented Clinton from scooping up most labor union endorsements, in spite of Sanders’ unbroken proworker voting record in Congress. Clinton has gained endorsements from three national labor unions to Sanders’ three. However, Sanders remains a source of conflict in the union movement, as union locals break away from their nationals to support him. In Nevada, the powerful 55,000-member Culinary Union is taking its time in deciding who to support. In 2008, the Culinary went with Obama over Clinton, only to see Clinton win the Nevada caucuses. Grijalva said he has not yet had an opportunity to quiz Sanders on Western issues like the Mining Law of 1872, grazing fees, or water transfers. During her first presidential campaign, Clinton called the 1872 law “out of date,” was vague on water transfers, and said she would not seek changes in grazing fees. A month after Sanders said at the Las Vegas debate that—if he were a Nevadan—he would probably vote for the 2016 Nevada ballot measure to make marijuana legal as a recreational drug, he introduced what he calls the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2015. It would cancel marijuana’s listing as a Schedule 1 narcotic, taking it out of the kind of punitive enforcement used with heroin. It can be read at www.mpp.org/wp-content/ OPINION
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Fish out of water When telling tales of really big fish, Zeb Hogan is one of the few fishermen in the world with no need to exaggerate. Hogan, a Reno resident and host of Nat Geo WILD’s Monster Fish television show, travels Earth in search of by Kelsey Fitzgerald the world’s largest freshwater fish, and is now bringing his work home to Nevada in the form of a museum exhibition. The exhibition, titled Monster Fish: In Search of the Last River Giants, will be displayed at the Wells Discovery Museum from Nov. 14 to April 24, 2016. The interactive exhibit includes life-sized sculptures of giant fish from around the world, video from Hogan’s show, photos, interactive games that visitors can play to learn about how fish biologists do research, and more. “It’s a culmination of 10 years of work and research on these large fish,” said Hogan, a research assistant professor for the University of Nevada, Reno College of Science. “It’s the only place you can go and in one location learn about these different fish that occur all over the world.” Freshwater fish around the world face threats from overfishing, habitat fragmentation, dams, pollution, invasive species and climate change, says Hogan. Large fish face additional challenges, such as higher vulnerability to overfishing and habitat fragmentation. “About 70 percent of them are endangered,” Hogan said. “Big fish need more habitat, and they’re targeted first for harvest because they’re worth more money.” To locate the world’s biggest fish, Hogan keeps his eyes and ears open for stories. He begins by searching for studies that other scientists have published, then he looks to newspapers. “A lot of times when there’s a big fish caught, even in Australia, or Asia or South America, it’ll be in the newspaper,” Hogan said. Once he has narrowed down a region where big fish might be found, Hogan travels to the area and often visits fish markets, where he talks to local fishermen. “People tell stories about big fish,” Hogan said. “A lot of these big fish are so rare now that they don’t show up in markets a lot, but fishermen still tell stories. I’ll talk to a fisherman, and he’ll say, ‘Oh yeah, three years ago, this guy who lives 20 miles down the river caught this big fish,’ and then I’ll actually go find the guy.” The Monster Fish exhibit includes models of a 20-foot long Freshwater Sawfish, an Arapaima, a Goonch, a Giant Carp and a Mississippi Paddlefish. Each model is life-sized and biologically accurate, and hand-crafted by Gary Staab of Staab Studios in Missouri. “We put [Staab] in touch with biologists and scientists from other parts of the world,” Hogan said. “He would go back and forth sending drawings and sending small sculptures, and asking whether or not the sculptures looked right, until he had something that was realistic.” Monster Fish was an exhibit at the National Geographic Museum in D.C. from March through October. Reno is the first stop on the exhibit’s traveling tour. Getting it here required support from Hogan, the staff at The Discovery museum, the College of Science at University of Nevada, Reno, National Geographic, and members of the local community who fundraised. “It’s been something that a small group of us have been working on for a long time. I’m hoping that a lot of people will come and enjoy it,” Hogan said. Ω
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ROCK STAR Despite all the liberal hype, Pope Francis has changed little in conservative Catholic doctrine by Jake Highton
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wo hundred seventy bishops from 120 causing them and their families immeasurable countries issued a disheartening report after suffering. a recent three-week Vatican synod discussMany conservative bishops at the synod called ing family matters for the world’s 1.2 billion those who remarry without getting an annulment, Catholics. adulterers living in sin. They said the church Marianne Duddy-Burke, executive director cannot change its doctrine that marriage is indisof DignityUSA, called the document “deeply soluble. But some bishops called that “insensitive, disappointing,” one that blocked “civil and moral even cruel, because it refuses to take personal equality for our community.” That circumstances into account.” community: an organization of No wonder the New York gay, lesbian, bisexual and Times called it “the most transgender Catholics. contentious and momenA Vatican official, tous meeting of bishops fired recently after in the 50 years since admitting publicly Vatican II.” that he was gay and The synod in a relationship, exposed deep fault sent an angry lines between letter to Pope traditionalists Francis. The wanting to shore official, the up doctrines and Rev. Krzysztof those who want Charamsa, wrote the church to that Francis was be more open to making the lives of Catholics who are Erin Matson gay and transgender divorced, gay and ReproAction people a hell. He single parents. added that the church is Pope Francis, persecuting gay Catholics, papal rock star, has won
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worldwide praise for being a nice guy. But that is hardly praiseworthy. The sad truth is that the pope has changed none of the musty doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church. Francis made a temporary absolution for Catholics “who bear in their heart the scar” of abortion and repent during the upcoming Jubilee or Holy Year. Katie Klabusich in a Truthout news analysis countered that 95 percent of Catholics who have had abortions have neither struggled over nor regretted their abortions. It is not the “existential or moral ordeal” characterized by the pope. “I grew up Catholic and attended a Jesuit university,” said Erin Matson, co-director of the reproductive justice organization, ReproAction. “The official teachings of the Catholic Church on sexuality, including but not limited to abortion, harm people around the world,” he pointed out. “The views of the Vatican are deeply out of step with the views of Catholics. Women who have had abortions have done nothing wrong. They have nothing to apologize for. Pope Francis is not changing any doctrine on abortion.” The Rev. Harry Knox, president of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, is blunt: Francis starts off with compassion “but quickly turns to more shame for women.” “Women have abortions for many reasons,” he noted. “What a woman really needs from her clergy is someone ready and able to have deep pastoral conversations about the decision.” One in three Catholic women have had one or more abortions. Catholic women oppose criminalizing abortion by a margin of 2-1. This is the reality of Catholic women’s lives, not some obsolete papal decree. The church is adamantly against birth control yet most Catholics use it, forced to be grossly hypocritical about their faith. Moreover, Garry Wills, Catholic writer, ridicules the idea that using a contraceptive is “a mortal sin for which Catholics would go to hell if they died unrepentant.” Still more reactionaryism: The church is woefully short of priests but will not allow women into the priesthood. It deems women unequal to men. Sister Louise Akers, head of the Sisters of Charity, rightly calls the Catholic Church “the last bastion of sexism.” And still more backwardness: the church insists that priests be celibate. Celibacy is unnatural. At least some priestly pedophilia can probably be attributed to celibacy. The church doesn’t allow divorced Catholics to take communion. It should. Communion is central to Catholicism. And still more backward doctrines: The church prohibits the use of condoms even to prevent AIDS—a clear example of head-inthe-sand dogma. The church opposes premarital sex, a view contrary to human nature, and therefore practiced by most Catholics. And still more dithering: The streamlined annulment procedure recently unveiled by the pope supposedly simplifies the arduous gauntlet of red tape. A worthwhile outcome is dubious. Annulment proceedings can take a year or more and cost upwards of $1,000 in “bribes” to annulling bishops. Francis asks that 14 | RN&R |
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annulments be granted free. Asking is not promulgating. The church needs genuine reform, not cosmetics and pretty talk. Pope Francis recently canonized Junipero Serra, founder of Spanish missions in California. He called Serra “a friend of humanity.” Keener judgment would call him unworthy of sainthood. The mission’s main purpose was to convert the “heathen” Indians to Catholicism. Indigenous Americans rightly denounce Serra for trying to destroy their culture. His missionaries sought to convert Indians to Christianity. Serra required Indians to learn Spanish. He advocated using whips to lash those who spoke the native language and followed native culture. Indians were forced to labor under brutal and sometimes fatal conditions. Sainthood should not be bestowed on someone who forces conversion at the end of a whip.
Panel Praises PoPe Pope Francis in his homilies, press conferences, interviews and offhand remarks to visitors has impressed observers worldwide by his humility, friendliness and earthiness. Typical comments by all-faiths panelists published recently in the Reno GazetteJournal: “a witness to the world”; “a visible role model”; “an inspiration”; “fountain of grace”; “uplifts the very soul”; “lover of all mankind”; “a Christ-like pope.” Such extensive praise disturbs Harvey Cox, a Harvard divinity professor. He fears a “cult of personality,” making the pope less effective. Kenneth Lucey, philosophy and religion professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, was the only RGJ panelist who dissented from the adulation. He rightly urged the ordination of women. But Lucey should have gone farther, urging Francis to abolish the dogmas against abortion, birth control, homosexuality, gay marriage, divorce, transgenders and married priests. Oh, the pope utters fine Biblical lines like “judge not that ye be not judged.” But he refuses to go to the root of the problem for most worldwide Catholics. Until he approves those essential changes, Francis remains mired in the past. All the encomiums heaped on him by leaders of all religious faiths will not hide the bleaker truths. The headline over comments by the faith panelists proclaimed, “Can Pope Francis change the world?” That is a terrible cliché as well as being terribly untrue. Lucey conceded in his panel segment that the pope “could change the world by altering the rules of the
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church.” But making Catholic women priests will hardly “change the world.” Nor will married Catholic priests. As for the pope’s marvelous appeal for social justice and rightful denunciation of the “tyranny of capitalism,” its “trickle-down theory,” its “free market” and his rightful urging of climate control, those are matters that he can do nothing about. Conservative editors of Time proclaimed Francis “person of the year” for 2013. Citations by magazine editors: “The People’s Pope … He prays constantly, even when while waiting for the dentist … He has retired the papal Mercedes for a scuffed-up Ford Focus … No red shoes, no gilded cross … General aura of merriment not usually associated with princes of the church.” The men and women of the year should do greater things than just being popular.
sainthood and bad PoPes The Catholic Church and the saint business can be unholy. Bad popes are often canonized for no other reason than that they have been pontiffs. Such is the case of the recent bestowal of sainthood on a bad pope: John Paul II. Maureen Dowd, columnist for the New York Times, is a Catholic yet rough on the Vatican and popes like John Paul. She wrote a recent column bluntly headlined: “A saint he ain’t.” She tells why: • John Paul presided over the Catholic Church during nearly three decades of the gruesome pedophilia scandal. • Another cloud over his papacy was “the shame of giving sanctuary to Cardinal Bernard Law, a horrendous enabler of child abuse, who resigned in disgrace as archbishop of Boston.” • An unforgivable papal breach was his “stubborn defense of the dastardly Mexican priest, Marcial Maciel Degollado, a pedophile, womanizer, embezzler and drug addict. He ran his order, the Legionaries of Christ,
like an ATM and a cult for himself and the Vatican for 65 years.” He was probably the worst sexual predator in Catholic history. • The church is giving its biggest honor to the man “who could have fixed the spreading stain and did nothing. It is wounding and ugly when the church signals to those thousands of betrayed and damaged victims that they are a mere fading asterisk.” But, alas, Ms. Dowd tells only half of John Paul’s misdeeds. Michael Gallagher, Truthout columnist, tells the other half. He writes: • “John Paul, in his eagerness to gain America’s material support in liberating his native Poland, had no qualms about selling Latin America down the river.” • He condemned Liberation Theology, acclaimed by Latin American bishops, for its key tenet: “the preferential option for the poor.” Latin American Catholics, using the teachings of Jesus, wanted to liberate the poor from unjust economic, political and social conditions. It was nothing less than “an interpretation of Christian faith through the poor’s suffering and struggle.” Nevertheless, John Paul dismissed Liberation Theology as Marxist-inspired. (There is more Marx in Jesus than Christians admit.) • John Paul made one of his favorites, the pedophile monk Hans Groër, archbishop of Vienna. • After John Paul’s long-delayed response to pedophilia, he wallowed in self-pity (“that this should fall upon me in my old age”). • He refused to attend the funeral of the martyred Archbishop Romero in 1980, “giving the green light to the murderous Salvadoran junta eager to get rid of pious meddlers.” The situation has echoes of the murder in Canterbury Cathedral of Archbishop Becket in 1170 by four knights in the entourage of King Henry II. The king is said to have asked: “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?” The knights did. The Salvadoran junta in 1980 sent a death squad to rape and kill two Maryknoll nuns and an American missionary in El Salvador. In 1981 the junta dispatched an elite military unit,
trained at Ft. Benning, Georgia, to murder six Jesuits on the faculty of the Central American University at San Salvador, El Salvador. • The papal nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Pio Laghi, with John Paul’s approval, “functioned as President Reagan’s go-between with the Contra terrorists in Nicaragua whose favorite victims were doctors, nurses, literacy workers and campesino coffee workers.” After devastating a bad pope and horrible saint, columnist Dowd extols a good pope worthy of sainthood: John XXIII. The saintly John XXIII convened the historic Vatican II, aggiornamento, “a bringing up to date,” an open window on the Catholic Church. He embraced Jews and opened a conversation on birth control. John XXIII, the good, was made a saint the same day as John Paul, the bad. It was one more example of cynical Vatican machinations, a subterfuge unworthy of Pope Francis.
Opulence is Out The simplicity of Pope Francis has been an object lesson to all Catholics: He lives in modest Vatican quarters. Yet the Archbishop of Atlanta, Wilton Gregory, planned to build a luxurious $2.2 million mansion until a backlash of his parishioners made him drop the plan. Archbishop Gregory lamely rationalized that “the world has changed.” Perhaps he never heard of the modest living style of his pope. But surely he has read the Gospels. Matthew 6:24 reads: “Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
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Pope Francis declared before Congress on Sept. 26: “In these times when social concerns are so important, I cannot fail to mention the Servant of God Dorothy Day, who founded the Catholic Worker Movement.” Unfortunately, he did not say that Day deserves to be a Catholic saint. He did not mention that she also co-founded the Catholic Worker with Peter Maurin in 1933, the best “unknown” newspaper in America. It is still published today. The eight-page monthly is packed with progressive articles that match the leading leftist magazines in the country, the Nation and the Dorothy Day Progressive. What’s particularly amazing is that the Worker carries the banner of the conservative Catholic Church. Day is far more worthy of being a saint than the many nonentities who have been canonized. Some people object that she was a heretic and an unmarried mother who had an abortion. None of those objections matter.
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Her record for sainthood is clear: • She wrote a biography of her favorite saint, Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower. Day called her ‘the people’s saint.’” • In her autobiography, The Long Loneliness, published in 1952, she spoke of concern for the unfortunate, her fight for women’s suffrage, socialism, the Industrial Workers of the World and becoming a Catholic. • Day was a Christian through and through. In the Worker for November of 1936, she wrote: “Christ did not need pomp and circumstance to prove Himself the Son of God. … If Our Lord were alive today, PHOTO/PUBLIC DOMAIN he would say, as He said to St. Peter, ‘Put up thy sword’ … Prince of Peace, Christ our King, Christ our brother and Christ the Son of Man.” Day started and led a lay movement that operated without authorization of the Catholic Church. The Worker took and still takes positions far ahead of the Vatican, most newspapers and television. She prophetically anticipated themes of Vatican II: ecumenism,
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liturgical renewal, religious freedom, the right of conscience and opposition to racism and anti-Semitism. She denounced war. She was jailed for protesting Civil Defense drills. She called preparation for nuclear war blasphemy. As a teenager, she was an avid reader of such writers as Upton Sinclair, Jack London, Darwin, Aldous Huxley, Kropotkin, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Gorky. So it is no surprise that in the Worker of May 1951, Day wrote that Marx, Lenin and Mao Tse-tung were animated by brotherhood. In 1917, she was arrested for picketing the White House on behalf of women’s suffrage. She backed the suffragette Silent Sentinels organized by Alice Paul. The cost: 15 days in jail, 10 of them on a hunger strike. As a journalist in 1933, Day covered the Hunger March of the Unemployed Councils for Commonweal magazine and the Farmers’ Conference for America magazine in Washington, D.C. Above all, she fought for the poor, for justice and for humanity. As a teenager she was an avid reader of such writers as Upton Sinclair, Jack London, Darwin, Aldous Huxley, Kropotkin, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Gorky. Dorothy Day should clearly be made a saint. It remains to be seen if the rock star pope has the stones to enable her canonization. Ω Jake Highton is an emeritus journalism professor at the University of Nevada, Reno.
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going on in the entire world.” Arthur Suydam is talking about comic conventions. Even over the phone, the artist responsible for The Walking Dead and Marvel Zombies comics is still audibly excited about an event that he attends almost every weekend of the year. Known as “The Zombie King” for his gruesome portrayal of the undead, Suydam’s involvement in comics started out like anyone else—as a fan. “I was burned very badly when I was 5 years old—they didn’t expect me to live,” recalled Suydam. “And while I was in the hospital for a year, wrapped up from head-to-toe like a mummy, my parents brought me comic books. As soon as I got out of the hospital … I started to draw.” Besides sounding like a superhero’s origin saga, Suydam’s story also embodies another key attribute of comic culture—the blurred line between fantasy and reality. It’s a boundary that has always been porous for Con-goers, but it has never been more wiggly than it is now in our age of radical self-identification. How often is the instinct to question the big boundaries in our lives—race, gender, religion, social norms—preempted by smaller mental passages that we take every day? And for all the downtalk they might get, comics, gaming and cosplay are actually great portals into other points of view. So, in honor of the Wizard World Comic Con, which comes to town
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Departu re There is a lot that happens before most comic fans (our heroes) ever arrive at a con, and most of the time it involves a fascination with a world previously unimagined. Michael Moberly, longtime comic reader and local toy collector, explains the appeal of alt comics. “It’s not all big muscles and saving the world, sometimes it’s these small personal stories that you connect with—like Ghost World for instance. There’s a whole generation of people that read Ghost World and were like, ‘That’s me.’ Or Scott Pilgrim where it’s just these outsiders who love music and comics and stuff. It’s just about finding what works for you.” Before former Marvel editor-in-chief and Wizard World headliner Jim Shooter began creating whole worlds with his writing, he had to catch the bug himself. As a kid in the 1960s, his choices were always between DC and Marvel comics. “The [Marvel] characters spoke in a more human way,” said Shooter in a phone interview. “There was real emotion. I’d never seen a hero wash his costume before. I never saw a hero get a cold. I never saw a hero lose! It was all new.” Once a particular world hooks its reader, there is usually a character or two that the hero immediately identifies
with—a guide of sorts towards the threshold of personal discovery. For local cosplayer Brandon Smith, this character was Tamaki from the Manga series Ouran High School Host Club. “He’s a character that I just relate to, that I personally feel that I am a lot like,” said Smith. “People’s first costumes are characters they really admire and really want to be or people that they feel like they can relate to or really find themselves in.” Once a fan becomes aware of a larger world, the hero must start to have some adventures of their own.
trIals anD trIbulatIons Smith’s cosplay of Tamaki opened doors to real-life friendships and at the same time pushed him deeper into fandom. Taking on the dress and mindset of a character that he was already similar to was an important first step towards cosplaying someone a bit more ambitious. Someone like Batman. “For me Batman is kind of like the ideal—he’s turning something obsessive-compulsive and destructive into something ultimately good,” said Smith. “I could spend days talking about how much I admire his character. I just
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Joanna Dunlap cosplays as Toothless The Dragon from How To Train Your Dragon in this photo from 2014. really like that he’s unwavering, he has an unwavering code of ethics.” Years of cosplaying Batman have had a positive impact on Smith, making him “more situationally aware” and “more strategically minded.” Other cosplayers can relate. For the past 10 years, Joanna Dunlap and Shawna Hefen have been running a two-woman cosplay group called “The Lovelies”—an activity that has given them both a heightened awareness of others’ perspectives and an intimate knowledge of constructs that guide daily life. “We’ll do genderbent versions and fem versions a lot,” said Dunlap. “Genderbent is when you take a character that is the opposite gender of the cosplayer, and you still go as your own gender. … We’re so conditioned in this society to adhere to a particular role or stereotype. ... When you cosplay, you can literally be whoever you want to. So I identify as female, but I still love dressing up like a guy and acting like a guy for a few hours. It’s liberating to act completely different.” Cosplay is not the only way that con-goers can augment their reality with fantasy role-playing. Real-life challenges are taken on by gamers too. Genese Davis, author of gaming thriller, Holder’s Dominion, and upcoming Wizard World speaker, is an advocate for facing your demons through gaming. “I actually really struggled with shyness and speaking with strangers,” said Davis in a recent phone call. “I think we can all relate to those moments in life that get us down, whether it’s bullying or real life villains.” Some of Davis’ most significant, formative moments in her adult life have come from collaborating with other online gamers to accomplish a common goal, like slaying a dragon or leading a raid. “It [is] a way to meet new people and talk to new people in the comfort of your own home, but it feels like you’re out,” said Davis. “You all have the same excitement to go on a quest together.”
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For Davis and other Con-goers, the final challenge of reconciling their two worlds is where a lot of outside misconceptions tend to creep in. People who have trouble balancing the ordinary and the fantasy do exist and no doubt add fodder to the flame of anti-social, game-addicted stereotypes that are out there. But for the many fans who find games, comics, and cosplaying a lifegiving practice, one of the most rewarding parts of their hero’s journey is sharing the experience with others. That’s the intention behind Davis’ book about a female gamer who stands up to an online hacker. It’s the reason Shooter and Suydam have spent their lives writing and drawing new universes for countless fans, and it’s why a bunch of Reno geeks have already bought their tickets to Comic Con. “It’s definitely something that you take to heart and something that you grab onto,” said Moberly. “I personally think that there’s a comic out there for everybody.” Ω Wizard World Comic Con is being held from Nov.20-22 at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. For ticket information, go to www.wizardworld.com.
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Not that the Broadway treatment doesn’t retain a lot of Disney magic. There’s a room that cleans itself and a nanny who can fly and carries a bottomless carpet bag full of goodies. Plus, most of the beloved songs from the film appear here, too, along with several new ones. But this version, with help from writer Julian Fellowes (of Downton Abbey fame), has children who really are troublesome. Jane and Michael Banks (Kimora Whitacre and Jayse Gillott) tear up the kitchen, taunt the housekeeping staff, and treat their belongings poorly. Then there’s their dad, George Banks (Mark D. Williams), who can’t be bothered to kiss his wife or wish his children good night. It turns out he was brought up by a cruel nanny, which might explain his behavior. Now he’s made a questionable decision about a loan at the bank where he works, and his job is in jeopardy. Meanwhile, his wife, Winnifred (Christina Bourne), is a former actress who often questions her choice to leave the stage and become a subservient wife to this demanding man. Mary Poppins (Hannah Eckert) takes her young charges on adventures that somewhat resemble those in the film—a tea party inside a drawing where penguins wait tables and dance, and a rooftop party with chimney sweeps. But several are
brand new. For instance, they pay a visit to the “Talk Shop,” where Mrs. Corry (Ann Black) peddles letters that help them make a new word: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. They meet a statue who sings and dances. There is no race aboard carousel horses, and no visit to Uncle Albert’s laughing gas luncheon. Producer/director Stephanie Arrigotti saw Mary Poppins on Broadway and figured it was probably too amazing to ever produce here, yet she decided to pull out all the stops for the company’s 25th anniversary show. The effects here really do seem magical, thanks to wire work that enables the cast to fly or climb the sides of buildings, along with kitchen cabinets that can clean themselves and a carpet bag that produces fanciful objects seemingly out of nowhere. Eckert appeared this time last year as Eliza Doolittle in WNMTC’s production of My Fair Lady, and I liked her as much then as I do Mary Poppins now. She manages to embody the persona one would expect from the world’s greatest nanny: prim, polished, practically perfect … and with a knockout voice. She’s matched in talent by Brad Fitch as Bert, with a voice that’s just as powerful and lovely to hear, despite the fact that his English accent is just as bad as Dick Van Dyke’s was. The choreography in the “Step in Time” number, which I feel is actually superior to that of the film, brought the audience to its feet. This Sunday matinee performance had its fair share of technical gaffes, as well as a few missed lines and a stumble from a dancer. None of this was distracting or affected my family’s enjoyment of the show. WNMTC is nothing if not polished and performance-ready, in general. The show is a bit too long, in my opinion—about three hours with intermission—but my 6-year-old daughter left charmed and ready to return nonetheless. In short, don’t expect to fall in love with this Banks family as readily as you may have in the Disney film, but their adventures are equally fun, and their foibles make the syrupy-sweet ending even more satisfying and welldeserved. Ω
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Not shaken, not stirred Spectre The Daniel Craig-led James Bond movies have been a little brainier than past efforts. They’ve also been the best of the Bond films. With Craig, the franchise has dared to let a little thing called genuine emotions into the mix. The series peaked with 2012’s Skyfall, directed by Sam Mendes and featuring Javier Bardem as a classic Bond villain. by For the latest installment, Mendes returns, Bob Grimm and this time out the action gets amped up. Spectre has some terrific set pieces, including bgr i mm@ newsr evie w.c om a dizzying helicopter sequence to open things up and a nasty fight on a train. That’s what’s good about the movie. What’s bad? Actually, a good chunk of it is bad. After the full experience that was Skyfall, Spectre feels incomplete and shallow.
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During a layover in Italy—this one hops around a confusing amount—Bond finds out a few hard truths about his origins, and discovers that much of the pain he’s gone through in his last few chapters is attributable to one man. Christoph Waltz shows up (barely) as Oberhauser, a past acquaintance of Bond now leading a dark society called Spectre, responsible for terrorist attacks worldwide. Of course, Bond will get a girl along the way. This time out it’s Madeleine Swann, played by Lea Seydoux of Blue is the Warmest Color. Not only does she fall for Bond, she falls for Bond in a way that kind of makes her look like an idiot. Throughout the film, there’s a pervading feeling that Craig is getting a little tired of the Bond shtick. He just doesn’t seem fully committed at this point.
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Also, and this is a rather strange observation but I’m going to just put it out there, he looks totally gross when he’s kissing women in this movie. I’m going to go ahead and call him the worst Bond kisser ever. (Yes, even worse than Roger Moore!) He looks like he’s out to eat somebody’s face in this film, like they smeared the actresses’ faces with peanut butter before calling “Action!” Seydoux probably had to check for her lower lip after takes. Waltz is fun in his few scenes, but saying his villain is underdeveloped would be an understatement. He barely gets a chance to register in the movie. Ralph Fiennes returns as M, and his portion of the story, where Secret Intelligence Service is in danger of being shut down, is actually interesting. It’s a bad thing when the subplot is more interesting than what Bond is doing. At 148 minutes long, with a price tag in the $250 million range, we’re looking at a major case of bloat with Spectre. For all of that money they had, couldn’t the art department come up with a better-looking staged photo of Bond’s youth? This movie has one of those photos where young pictures of the actual actors are Photoshopped together to make it look like their characters coexisted in a past moment. The staged photo looks like somebody used scissors and Scotch tape. No complaints about the action sequences. Dave Bautista shows up as a Spectre goon named Hinx, and he’s the one who dukes it out with Bond on the train. He makes for a good Bond monster. The beginning sequence, in addition to the excellent helicopter sequence, includes a building collapse where Bond narrowly escapes being crushed. It’s good stuff. The emotional stuff is what drags the movie down. Yes, it was welcomed in Skyfall, but this film feels like tries too hard. There are certain things we don’t need to know about James Bond and his past. The past the film paints is a completely unnecessary one. Craig is contracted for one more picture, but something feels awfully final about Spectre. If he should return for another go, somebody behind the camera or typing the screenplay better find a way for Bond to have fun again, because Spectre is a drag. Ω
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Steven Spielberg continues a mini slump with his second good-looking yet terminally boring historical drama in a row after Lincoln. This is Spielberg’s fourth collaboration with Tom Hanks, and their first since 2004’s terrible The Terminal. It doesn’t represent a return to Catch Me if You Can and Saving Private Ryan glory. This film certainly had a lot going f or it. Not only is it Spielberg’s take on spying during the 1960s Cold War, which sounds like it should be exciting, but it’s also a collaboration with the Coen Brothers. Joel and Ethan chipped in on the screenplay, which usually means good things are afoot. I wish Joel and Ethan had directed it, too. Hanks plays James B. Donovan, a U.S. tax attorney who lands the unenviable task of representing recently captured alleged Russian spy Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance). While Donovan’s law firm and the courts see the whole thing as an open-and-shut case, Donovan makes it known that his intentions are to represent Abel to the full extent of the law. In a parallel story, some pilots join the CIA in a new spying program with U-2 planes. One of those planes getting shot out of the sky at 70,000 feet gives the Russians their own spy prisoner in Francis Gary Powers (Austin Stowell). With the construction of the Berlin Wall, yet another “spy” is captured when Frederic Pryor (Will Rogers), an American student who picked a crappy time to study in West Berlin, is apprehended by the East Germans. It all adds up to a rather boring time at the movies despite a typically strong Hanks performance.
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There’s no doubt that Bradley Cooper goes all-in performance wise for Burnt in which he plays a chef psychotically determined to get his third Michelin star. Too bad it’s in service of a character that’s hard to root for when we the audience are supposed to be doing so. In actuality, his character is a totally unlikeable prick. After going sober for over two years and shucking a million oysters as penance for his previous bad behavior, Adam Jones (Cooper) heads to Paris, intent upon regaining his status as a legendary chef and attaining that hallowed “third star” status. He starts his quest by terrorizing restaurant owner Tony (Daniel Bruhl), a former friend turned enemy who had a crush on him but now hates him. Jones sets up a scenario with a food critic (Uma Thurman) that would probably get most people arrested for fraud, but in the movies it gets him control of a kitchen. Sienna Miller, Cooper’s costar in American Sniper, shows up as a cook Jones intimidates into working for him. Of course, they fall in love, for this is a clichéd piece-of-crap movie. It’s hard to see an actor like Cooper laboring in a film that simply doesn’t back him up. This sucker is a gas stove with no gas.
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Sarah Silverman gives an impressive dramatic performance in a movie offering up dime store psychology in this clumsy effort from director Adam Salky. Silverman is Laney, a troubled housewife married to successful insurance man Bruce (Josh Charles, supremely awesome in this year’s Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp). She has it all, but some daddy issues have left her an emotional wreck, guzzling wine, snorting drugs in the bathroom, and screwing strangers in basements. Things get even worse when she decides to quit taking her lithium. Salky’s directorial style is, at best, flat, which doesn’t serve the sincere effort by Silverman. The comedic actress shows she can easily handle the heavy stuff, but Laney’s story is well worn and not interesting. The mistake is in trying to explain her behavior based on her past. Sometimes, things are better left for the audience to figure out. The clichés are bountiful in this one, and they wind up stranding Silverman in a wasteful movie. (Available for rent on iTunes, Amazon.com and On Demand during a limited theatrical release.)
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The Martian
Ridley Scott’s latest is a fun and funny movie that represents lighter fare for the often dark director. Yes, it’s about some poor sap getting stranded on Mars but, no, aliens don’t burst from his belly after breakfast. Matt Damon spends a lot of time onscreen by himself as Mark Watney, a botanist on a mission to Mars who becomes the unfortunate recipient of a satellite dish to the gut during a storm, a violent squall that mandates the evacuation of his crew. After an attempt by his commander (Jessica Chastain) to retrieve him, the crew bugs out
thinking Watney has bought the farm. (Yep … that’s a botanist pun I just dropped right there.) Watney awakens to find himself alone on the red planet with a piece of metal stuck in his gut. After another Ridley Scott directed self-surgery scene—reminiscent of that yucky self-surgery scene in Scott’s Prometheus—Watney commences survival mode. The film has fun with science facts involving things like the creation of fertilizer, the surprising need and effectiveness for duct tape and tarps on Mars, and trying to make fire out of mostly fire-retardant materials. Scott and his writers present these overtly nerdy aspects of the movie with great humor and the right amount of intelligence without making things too complicated.
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Miss You Already
Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen) directs Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore in an illness-of-the-week movie that rises above the formula thanks to great work by the two stars and the men playing their husbands. Milly (Collette) and Jess (Barrymore) are lifelong friends, having shared many experiences together. Milly marries a rocker husband (Dominic Cooper), and Jess couples up with a blue-collar worker (Paddy Considine), both looking to start families. Milly has two kids, while Jess tries hard to have a baby. She finally gets pregnant, but it’s at the same time that Milly is diagnosed with breast cancer. Hardwicke and friends do a good job showing the hardships Milly faces, including chemotherapy and emotional difficulties. The proceedings feel “real” and not cloying, thanks in large part to a screenplay that isn’t afraid to show human frailties and flaws. Collette gets the showier role here, and she further displays why she is one of the more underrated actresses out there. Barrymore gives what may be her best performance yet as the best friend who won’t take shit from her pal, even if she does have cancer. Cooper and Considine deliver with dark humor and male characters that are refreshingly honest and goofy. I’d say it’s a Beaches for the new millennium, but that would be an insult. This movie is actually good.
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The Peanuts Movie
The spirit of Charles M. Schulz is ever present in this sweet, fun update of the popular comic strip that birthed some pretty cool TV specials when I was a pup. The look of the film, especially in its 3-D format, reminds me of the View-Master toy I had when I was a kid. The plot is a simple one, with Charlie Brown trying to get the attention of the Little Red-Haired Girl while his dog Snoopy fantasizes about battling his enemy, the Red Baron. Director Steve Martino captures the adorable essence of Peanuts, remaining faithful to its origins and ignoring temptations to modernize it. He’s also done a nice job of assembling the voice cast, with all of the characters sounding much like they did decades ago. (One exception: Peppermint Patty sounds way different.) The soundtrack often pays tribute to the iconic piano sounds of Vince Guaraldi, and they even get the classic Peanuts dance moves down. I watched this with a sea of kids, and they ate it up, so I imagine more will be on the way. Good to see Chuck and Snoopy getting the big screen adaptation worthy of them.
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Steve Jobs
This innovative biopic, written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by the ever-reliable Danny Boyle (127 Hours, Sunshine), plays out in three parts. Apart from a few flashbacks, we see Steve Jobs (an amazing Michael Fassbender) backstage at three product launches during his career. The film is expertly staged, playing out like the most entertaining and brutal Shakespearean drama. As Jobs ties his bowtie and prepares to launch the Macintosh in 1984, his personal life is messing with his mojo. We see Jobs at his very worst, a man so obsessed with the new gadgets his companies come up with that he wouldn’t face the reality of his fatherly duties. Lisa, portrayed at different ages by Moss (6), Ripley Sobo (9) and a show-stopping Perla Haney-Jardine (19) is a girl any dad would be proud of, but Jobs can’t really be bothered. He has a couple of goofylooking computers to sell. Fassbender delivers a performance for the ages as the man who gave us that phone thing you are so damned in love with. Boyle makes another great movie to add to his pile, a film that somehow makes hanging out backstage with Steve Jobs exhilarating. Undoubtedly one of the year’s best films, and Fassbender is most certainly an Oscar contender.
Night of the living room Wheatstone Bridge “Our music is for anyone that doesn’t want to feel alone,” said Jill Marlene, singer of folk band Wheatstone Bridge. by Kent Irwin There is certainly something to be said about folk music as an antidote to loneliness. The group of four musicians meet for practice every week in Marlene’s living room. After forming a circle with chairs, their songs play out like conversations among old friends. The family dog sometimes chimes in with some anxious movements that could be a dance, and barks like he wants to sing along. The living room fills with the harmonies of singers Marlene and Margy Ford, augmented by soulful strumming from guitarists Stephen Barron and Doyle Stewart. Photo/Kent IrwIn
Unadorned Americana: Doyle Stewart, Margy Ford, Jill Marlene, Stephen Barron are Wheastone Bridge.
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put off. The duo shoulder most of the work in writing the music for Wheatstone Bridge, co-designing music and lyrics. Around the time that Interplanetary Vagabonds was beginning to fizzle out, Marlene’s daughter began dating. The boy’s father was Doyle Stewart, and in making small talk from parent to parent, they discovered that they were both musicians. Stewart’s eclectic musical history by then already included both a membership in a Gregorian Chant society and a spot as the bass player of Seattle proto-grunge band Meat Cigars. Marlene and Stewart decided to collaborate. What came about was a group named Freaks Of Nurture. Marlene described the band’s sound as “hippie music for kids.” Freaks Of Nurture and Interplanetary Vagabonds eventually melded together to make Wheatstone Bridge, after many years of hiatus, reforming, and repurposing of members. Ford, the final piece of the puzzle, was discovered at a Dogwater Studios showcase. Someone recommended her to Marlene, praising her high voice and ability to harmonize. As a singer in the band Candyshoppe, Ford had already worked as a dedicated co-vocalist with that band’s frontwoman, Cheyenne Leigh. When it came time to play with Wheatstone Bridge, the sensibilities clicked instantly. Ford and Marlene’s voices blend together, often switching between roles within the same song. This is a skill that Marlene attributes to active listening of her bandmates. Members of Wheatstone Bridge, in their cohesive and easy-going attitude, exhibit a spirit of egalitarianism that has become the stamp of folk music worldwide. Though on the outside their music may feel comfortable, thematically it deals with many difficult topics. Heavy-hearted tales muse on regret, painful memories, and poisonous relationships. Yet, there’s an ever-present optimism in the band’s message, a desire to see the wounds mend. Part of this, Marlene admits, is due to her profession as a psychologist. Raised in Wendover, she says her style is half trailer park, half ivory tower. “A lot of the songs are allegories for life experience,” said Marlene. “By growth.” “Warts and all,” added Stewart. “Those are a kind of growth.” Ω
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The Pink Party w/Lee Reynolds, Porkchop, The Rhino, 9pm, $10-$15 The Pink Party w/Lee Reynolds, Porkchop, The Rhino, 9pm, $10-$15 The Clarke Brothers, 9pm, no cover
Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover In Stride Music, noon, no cover
Dues, 9pm, no cover
The Clarke Brothers, 9pm, no cover
255 N. Virginia St., (775) 398-5400
CARGO AT WHITNEY PEAK HOTEL CEOL IRISHSt.,PUB 255 N. Virginia (775) 398-5400 538 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-5558
CEOL IRISH PUB COMMA COFFEE 538 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-5558
Comedy Comedy
Rustler’s Moon, 8pm, no cover
DJ Chocolate WondaBred, Nikki Vuitton, Diamond Wynters, 10pm, $5 after 10pm DJ Chocolate WondaBred, Nikki Vuitton, Diamond Wynters, 10pm, $5 after 10pm Guitar Town, 8pm, no cover
132 West St., (775) 329-2878
5 STAR SALOON BARWestOFSt.,AMERICA 132 (775) 329-2878
312 S. Carson St., Carson City; (775) 883-2662
COMMA COFFEE COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR 312 S. Carson St., Carson City; (775) 883-2662
3rd Street, 125 W. Third St., 323-5005: Comedy Night & Improv w/Patrick Shillito, 9pm, no125 cover 3rd W, Street, W. Third St., 323-5005: Comedy Night & w/Patrick Carson Nugget, 507Improv N. Carson St.,Shillito, Carson W, 9pm, no cover City, 882-1626: Justin Rupple, F, 7:30pm, $13-$15 Carson Nugget, 507 N. Carson St., Carson 882-1626: JustinCabaret, Rupple, Harveys The City, Improv at Harveys F,Lake 7:30pm, $13-$15 Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: Record, Th-F, Su, Cabaret, 9pm, $25; Harveys The Scott Improv at Harveys Sa, 8pm, 10pm,Stateline, $30 Lake Tahoe, (800) 553-1022: Scott Record, at Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Resort Laugh Factory Silver Legacy Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30 Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., 325-7401: DonFactory Friesen, Th, 7:30pm, $21.95-$27.95; Laugh at Su, Silver Legacy Resort FSa, 7:30pm, $27.45-$32.95; Casino, 4079:30pm, N. Virginia St., 325-7401: Rich Friesen, Hall, Tu, Th, W, 7:30pm, $21.95-$27.95 Don Su, 7:30pm, $21.95-$27.95; FSa, 7:30pm,Comedy 9:30pm,at $27.45-$32.95; Reno-Tahoe Pioneer Rich Hall, Tu, W, 7:30pm, Underground, 100 S. $21.95-$27.95 Virginia St., 686-6600: Justin Rupple, Th, 8pm, $10-$14; Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer F, 9pm, $12-$16; 100 Sa, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, Underground, S. Virginia St.,$12-$16 686-6600: Justin Rupple, Th, 8pm, $10-$14; F, 9pm, $12-$16; Sa, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, $12-$16
Wunderlust, 9pm, no cover
In Stride Music, noon, no cover Troy Cavins, 7pm, no cover
10142 Rue Hilltop, Truckee; (530) 587-5711
COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY 10142 Rue Hilltop, Truckee; (530) 587-5711
Troy Cavins, 7pm, no cover Chaz O’Neill, 9:30pm, no cover
275 E. Fourth St., (775) 324-1917
DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY ELBOW ROOM BAR 275 E. Fourth St., (775) 324-1917 2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-9799
ELBOW ROOM BAR THEVictorian GRID BAR & GRILL 2002 Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-9799
Reggae Nite Open Jam Mic Night, 9pm, no cover Reggae Nite Open Jam Mic Night, 9pm, no cover
Chaz O’Neill, 9:30pm, no cover VooDooDogz, 9pm, no cover
Hyatus, Our Last of Days, 9:30pm, no cover Hyatus, Our Last of Days, 9:30pm, no cover
Karaoke w/Andrew, 9pm, no cover Karaoke Kat, 9pm, no cover
10603 Stead Blvd., Stead; (775) 677-7088
HANGAR BAR HIMMEL 10603 Stead HAUS Blvd., Stead; (775) 677-7088
Karaoke Kat, 9pm, no cover
3819 Saddle Rd., South Lake Tahoe; (530) 314-7665
HIMMEL HAUS THESaddle HOLLAND 3819 Rd., SouthPROJECT Lake Tahoe; (530) 314-7665 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858
THE HOLLAND PROJECT JUBVesta JUB’S THIRST 140 St., (775) 742-1858PARLOR
The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, 7pm, $10-$12 The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, 7pm, $10-$12
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VooDooDogz, 9pm, no cover
8545 N. Lake Blvd., Kings Beach; (530) 546-0300
THE GRID BAR & GRILL HANGAR BARKings Beach; (530) 546-0300 8545 N. Lake Blvd.,
Strange on the Range, 7pm, W, no cover
Timmy’s Organism, Corner/Store, 8pm, $5 Timmy’s Organism, Corner/Store, 8pm, $5
71 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-1652
JUB JUB’S THIRST PARLOR
Karaoke w/Andrew, 9pm, no cover Canyon White Open Mic Night, 8pm, no cover Canyon White Open Mic Night, 8pm, no cover
Traditional Irish Tune Session, 7pm, Tu, no cover Traditional Irish Tune Session, 7pm, Tu, Mr. no cover CW and Spoons, noon, M, no cover Dave Leather, noon, W, no cover CW and Mr. Spoons, noon, M, no cover Dave Leather, noon, W, no cover
Karaoke w/Nitesong Productions, 9pm, Tu, Open Mic/Ladies Night, 8:30pm, W, no cover Karaoke w/Nitesong Productions, 9pm, Tu, Open Night, 8:30pm, W, no9pm, cover Open Mic/Ladies Mic Jam Slam w/Adrian Diijon, Tu, Karaoke Nite, 9pm, W, no cover Open Mic Jam Slam w/Adrian Diijon, 9pm, Tu, Karaoke Nite, 9pm, W, no cover Bass Heavy, 9pm, W, $TBA Bass Heavy, 9pm, W, $TBA
Open Mic Night, 9pm, M, no cover Trivia Night, 9pm, W, no cover Open Mic Night, 9pm, M, no cover Trivia W, no8pm, cover StrangeNight, Wilds,9pm, PostWar, M, $5 Resonant Rogues, Last to Leave, 7pm, Tu, $5 Strange Wilds, PostWar, 8pm, M, $5 Resonant Rogues, Last to Leave, 7pm, Tu, $5 Blazin Mics!, 9:30pm, M, no cover Blazin Mics!, 9:30pm, M, no cover
71 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-1652
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THURSDAY 11/12 THURSDAY 11/12
FRIDAY 11/13 FRIDAY 11/13
MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 11/16-11/18 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 11/16-11/18
SUNDAY 11/15 SUNDAY 11/15
SATURDAY 11/14 SATURDAY 11/14
Outspoken: Open Mic Night, Outspoken: 7pm, M, no Open coverMic Night, 7pm, M, no cover
246 W. First St., (775) 329-4484
KNITTING FACTORY KNITTING FACTORY CONCERT HOUSE CONCERT 211 N. VirginiaHOUSE St., (775) 323-5648
Mac Miller, GoldLink, Domo Genesis, Mac Miller, Spit, GoldLink, Genesis, Alexander 8pm,Domo $33-$70 Alexander Spit, 8pm, $33-$70
THE LOVING CUP THE LOVING 188 California Ave.,CUP (775) 322-2480
Reno Jazz Syndicate, 8pm, no cover Reno Jazz Syndicate, 8pm, no cover
211 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-5648
188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480
MIDTOWN WINE BAR MIDTOWN BAR 1527 S. VirginiaWINE St., (775) 323-1377 1527 S. Virginia St., (775) 323-1377
MOODY’S BISTRO BAR & BEATS MOODY’S BISTRO BEATS 10007 Bridge St., Truckee;BAR (530) & 587-8688 10007 Bridge St., Truckee; (530) 587-8688
Classic Pro Wrestling 2, 6pm, $5-$25 Classic Pro Wrestling 2, 6pm, $5-$25
Whatitdo Wednesday, 9pm, W, no cover Whatitdo Wednesday, 9pm, W, no cover
Live jazz by Reno Sax Man and meet Live by Reno Sax Man and meet artistjazz Michele Di Fonzo, 6:30pm, no cover artist Michele Di Fonzo, 6:30pm, no cover Chuck Hughes Trio, 8pm, no cover Chuck Hughes Trio, 8pm, no cover
Liam Kyle Cahill, My Acoustic Heart, Liam KylenoCahill, 7:30pm, coverMy Acoustic Heart, 7:30pm, no cover Carolyn Sills Combo, 8:30pm, no cover Carolyn Sills Combo, 8:30pm, no cover
POLO LOUNGE POLO LOUNGE 1559 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-8864
Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover
1559 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-8864
Spirit Caravan, Elder, Sisters Doom, Spirit Caravan, Elder, Sisters Doom, 7pm, $TBA 7pm, $TBA
Havok, Psychosomatic, Blasphemous Prof, Nacho Picasso, DJ Fundo, 7pm, $13 Havok, Psychosomatic, Blasphemous Prof, Nacho Picasso, DJ Fundo, 7pm, $13 Creation, others, 7pm, M, $12 Creation, others, 7pm, M, $12
Reggae Night, 10pm, no cover Reggae Night, 10pm, no cover
1483 E. Fourth St., (775) 622-9424
SHELTER SHELTER 111 N. Virginia St., (775) 329-2909
DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover
111 N. Virginia St., (775) 329-2909
219 W. Second St., (775) 657-9466
Nov. 14, 9 p.m. Cargo Cargo 255 N. Virginia St. 255 N. Virginia St. 398-5400 398-5400
Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover These Streets, Mastiff, Impurities, These Streets, Mastiff, Impurities, xDevotionx, Havenside, 6:30pm, $7 xDevotionx, Havenside, 6:30pm, $7
RUBEN’S CANTINA RUBEN’S 1483 E. FourthCANTINA St., (775) 622-9424
SINGER SOCIAL CLUB SINGER SOCIAL 219 W. Second St., (775)CLUB 657-9466
Lee Reynolds Lee Reynolds Nov. 14, 9 p.m.
Shamrockit Open Mic Night, Shamrockit Open Mic Night, 6pm, no cover 6pm, no cover
840 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 359-7547
555 E. Fourth St., (775) 322-4348
Tandymonium, 6:30pm, Tu, 7pm, W, Tandymonium, 6:30pm, Tu, 7pm, W, no cover no cover
Carolyn Sills Combo, 8:30pm, no cover Carolyn Sills Combo, 8:30pm, no cover
O’SKIS PUB & GRILLE O’SKIS PUB GRILLE 840 Victorian Ave.,&Sparks; (775) 359-7547
PSYCHEDELIC BALLROOM PSYCHEDELIC BALLROOM AND JUKE JOINT (PB&J’S) AND JOINT (PB&J’S) 555 E. JUKE Fourth St., (775) 322-4348
Big K.R.I.T., BJ The Chicago Kid, Scotty ATL, Big K.R.I.T., Rookie BJ The Wilson, Chicago8pm, Kid, $20-$100 Scotty ATL, Delorean, Delorean, Rookie Wilson, 8pm, $20-$100
Blues Jam Thursday, 7pm, no cover Blues Jam Thursday, 7pm, no cover
ST. JAMES INFIRMARY ST. JAMESAve., INFIRMARY 445 California (775) 657-8484 445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484
STUDIO ON 4TH STUDIO ONSt.,4TH 432 E. Fourth (775) 737-9776 432 E. Fourth St., (775) 737-9776
Hip Hop Open Mic, 10pm, W, no cover Hip Hop Open Mic, 10pm, W, no cover
DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover Forget the Roses, 9pm, no cover Forget the Roses, 9pm, no cover
Local Music Night w/local bands or DJs, Local Night w/local bands or DJs, 9pm, Music no cover 9pm, no cover
Dance party, 9pm, no cover Dance party, 9pm, no cover
Tuesday Night Trivia, 8pm, Tu, Reno Beer and Tuesday Nightw/guest Trivia, 8pm, Reno Beer and Record Club DJs,Tu, 9pm, W, no cover Record Club w/guest DJs, 9pm, W, no cover
The Itch, 10pm, $5 The Itch, 10pm, $5
Sinicle, Scattered, Man the Tanks, Sinicle, Scattered, Man$10-$12 the Tanks, HexaShooter, 8:30pm, HexaShooter, 8:30pm, $10-$12
Mars and The Massacre, 8pm, Tu, $TBA Mars and The Massacre, 8pm, Tu, $TBA
WHISKEY DICK’S SALOON WHISKEY 2660 Lake Tahoe DICK’S Blvd., South SALOON Lake Tahoe; (530) 544-3425
Massive Tuesdays, 10pm, Tu, $5 Massive Tuesdays, 10pm, Tu, $5
2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe; (530) 544-3425
WILDFLOWER VILLAGE WILDFLOWER VILLAGE 4275-4395 W. Fourth St., (775) 787-3769
1) The Writers’ Block Open Mic, 1)7pm, Theno Writers’ cover Block Open Mic, 4275-4395 W. Fourth (775) 787-3769 1) Golden Rose Cafe 2)St., Green Fairy Pub 3) Cabaret 7pm, no cover
1) Golden Rose Cafe 2) Green Fairy Pub 3) Cabaret
Forget the Roses Forget the Roses Nov. 14, 9 p.m. Nov. 14,Social 9 p.m.Club Singer Singer Social Club 219 W. Second St. 219 W. Second St. 657-9466 657-9466
1) Comedy Power Hour Open Mic, 1)8pm, Comedy Open Mic, Tu, noPower coverHour 3) Jamming with 8pm, Tu, no 7pm, coverW, 3)no Jamming Ray Saxon, cover with Ray Saxon, 7pm, W, no cover
1) Reno Music Project Open Mic, 1)7pm, Reno noMusic coverProject Open Mic, 7pm, no cover
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ATLANTIS CASINO RESORT SPA ATLANTIS 3800 S. VirginiaCASINO St., (775) RESORT 825-4700 SPA 3800 S. Virginia St.,Stage (775)2)825-4700 1) Grand Ballroom Cabaret 1) Grand Ballroom Stage 2) Cabaret
CARSON VALLEY INN CARSON VALLEY 1627 Hwy. 395, Minden; INN (775) 782-9711
THURSDAY 11/12 THURSDAY 11/12
FRIDAY 11/13 FRIDAY 11/13
SATURDAY 11/14 SATURDAY 11/14
SUNDAY 11/15 SUNDAY 11/15
MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 11/16-11/18 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 11/16-11/18
2) Cook Book, 8pm, no cover 2) Cook Book, 8pm, no cover
2) Cook Book, 4pm, no cover 2) Cook Book, no cover Escalade, 10pm,4pm, no cover Escalade, 10pm, no cover
2) Cook Book, 4pm, no cover 2) Cook Book, no cover Escalade, 10pm,4pm, no cover Escalade, 10pm, no cover
2) Escalade, 8pm, no cover 2) Escalade, 8pm, no cover
2) Hindsight, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover 2) Hindsight, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover
2) Melissa Dru, 7pm, no cover
2) Melissa Dru, 8pm, no cover 2) Melissa Dru, 8pm, no cover
2) Melissa Dru, 8pm, no cover 2) Melissa Dru, 8pm, no cover
2) Gipsy Moon, 10pm, no cover 2) Gipsy Moon, 10pm, no cover
1) Twiddle & The Werks, 9pm, no cover 1) Twiddle & The Werks, 9pm, no cover
1) Saltoriya, 7pm, $26.95+ , 7pm, $26.95+ 1) Saltoriya 2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover 2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover
1) Saltoriya, 7pm, $26.95+ , 7pm, $26.95+ 1) Saltoriya 2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover 2) 10:30pm, no cover 3) Audioboxx, DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover
1) Saltoriya, 7pm, 9:30pm, $26.95+ 1) Saltoriya , 7pm, 9:30pm, 2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no $26.95+ cover 2) 10:30pm, no cover 3) Audioboxx, DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover
2) Flirt Thursdays, 10pm, no cover 2) Flirt Thursdays, 10pm, no cover
2) Steve Aoki, 10pm, $35 2) Steve Aoki, 10pm, $35
2) DJ Sharps, 10pm, $TBA 2) DJ Sharps, 10pm, $TBA
1) Abby and The Myth, 9:30pm, no cover 1) Abby and The Myth, 9:30pm, no cover
1) Led Zepagain, 9:30pm, no cover 1) Led Zepagain, 9:30pm, no cover
2) DJ JosBeatz, DJ JB, 10pm, $20 2) JB, 10pm, $20 3) DJ ArtyJosBeatz, the Party,DJ9pm, no cover 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover
1) Diamond Rio, 7:30pm, $38.53 1) Rio, 7:30pm, $38.53 2) Diamond DJ JosBeatz, DJ Rick Gee, 10pm, $20 2) Rickno Gee, 10pm, $20 3) DJ ArtyJosBeatz, the Party,DJ9pm, cover 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover
3) Carolyn Dolan, 8pm, no cover 3) Carolyn Dolan, 8pm, no cover
3) Carolyn Dolan, 8pm, no cover 3) Carolyn Dolan, 8pm, no cover
3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no no cover cover John Dawson, 8pm, John Dawson, 8pm, no cover
3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no no cover cover John Dawson, 8pm, John Dawson, 8pm, no cover
3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover
3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, W, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, W, no cover
2) Soul Scratch, 8pm, no cover 2) 8pm, Social, no cover 3) Soul FridayScratch, Latin Dance 3) Fridayno Latin Dance Social, 7:30pm, cover before 8:30pm, 7:30pm, no cover before 8:30pm, $10-$20 after $10-$20 after
2) Soul Scratch, 8pm, no cover 2) Soul Scratch, 8pm, no cover
2) Kyle Williams, 6pm, no cover 2) Kyle Williams, 6pm, no cover
2) Kyle Williams, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover 2) Kyle Williams, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover
2) Recovery Sundays, 10pm, no cover 2) Sundays, no cover 3) Recovery Industry Night, 9pm,10pm, no cover 3) Industry Night, 9pm, no cover
2) Trey Valentine’s Backstage Karaoke, 2) TreyTu,Valentine’s 8pm, no cover Backstage Karaoke, 8pm, Tu, no cover Country-Rock Bingo w/Jeff Gregg, Country-Rock Bingo w/Jeff Gregg, 9pm, W, no cover 9pm, W, no cover
1627 Hwy. 395, Minden; (775)Lounge 782-9711 1) Valley Ballroom 2) Cabaret 3) TJ’s Corral 2) Melissa Dru, 7pm, no cover 1) Valley Ballroom 2) Cabaret Lounge 3) TJ’s Corral
CRYSTAL BAY CLUB CRYSTAL BAY CLUB 14 Hwy. 28, Crystal Bay; (775) 833-6333 14 Hwy. 28, Crystal Bay;Room (775) 833-6333 1) Crown Room 2) Red 1) Crown Room 2) Red Room
ELDORADO RESORT CASINO ELDORADO RESORT CASINO 345 N. Virginia St., (775) 786-5700
345 N. Virginia2)St., 786-5700 1) Showroom Brew(775) Brothers 3) NoVi 4) Cin Cin 1) Showroom 2) Brew Brothers 3) NoVi 4) Cin Cin
GRAND SIERRA RESORT GRAND SIERRA RESORT 2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000
2500 E. Second (775) 789-2000 1) Grand TheaterSt., 2) Lex Nightclub 3) Sports Book 1) 2) 5) LexSilver Nightclub Sports Book 4) Grand SummitTheater Pavilion State3)Pavilion 4) Summit Pavilion 5) Silver State Pavilion
HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO HARD ROCK HOTEL CASINO 50 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (844)& 588-7625
50 Hwy.2)50,Outdoor Stateline; (844) 1) Vinyl Arena 3) 588-7625 Splash Day Club 1) Vinyl 2) Outdoor Arena 3) Splash Day Club
HARRAH’S LAKE TAHOE HARRAH’S LAKE(775) TAHOE 15 Hwy. 50, Stateline; 588-6611
15 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (775) 1) South Shore Room 2) Peek588-6611 Nightclub 1) 2) Peek Nightclub 3) South CenterShore StageRoom Lounge 3) Center Stage Lounge
HARRAH’S RENO HARRAH’S RENO 219 N. Center St., (775) 788-2900
219 N. Center2)St., 1) Showroom The (775) Zone 3)788-2900 Sapphire Lounge 1) Showroom 2) The Zone 3) Sapphire Lounge
NUGGET CASINO RESORT NUGGET 1100 Nugget CASINO Ave., Sparks;RESORT (775) 356-3300
3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover
3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no no cover cover Dawson, 8pm, 1100 NuggetShowroom Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-3300 1) Celebrity 2) Nugget Grand Ballroom John John Dawson, 8pm, no cover 1) 3) Celebrity Gilley’s Showroom 2) Nugget Grand Ballroom 3) Gilley’s
PEPPERMILL RESORT SPA CASINO PEPPERMILL SPA CASINO 2707 S. Virginia St.,RESORT (775) 826-2121 2707 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-2121 1) Tuscany Ballroom 2) Terrace Lounge 1) Ballroom 2) Terrace Lounge 3) Tuscany Edge 4) Capri Ballroom 3) Edge 4) Capri Ballroom
SANDS REGENCY CASINO HOTEL SANDS REGENCY CASINO 345 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 348-2200HOTEL 345 Arlington Ave.,2)(775) 348-2200 1) 3rdN. Street Lounge Jester Theater 1) 3) 3rd CopaStreet Bar &Lounge Grill 2) Jester Theater 3) Copa Bar & Grill
SILVER LEGACY RESORT CASINO SILVER LEGACY RESORT 407 N. Virginia St., (775) 325-7401 CASINO
407 N. Virginia St.,Hall (775) 325-7401 1) Grand Exposition 2) Rum Bullions Island Bar 1) Exposition Hall4) 2) Silver Rum Bullions 3) Grand Aura Ultra Lounge Baron Island LoungeBar 3) Aura Ultra Lounge 4) Silver Baron Lounge
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3) Tyler Stafford, 6pm, no cover 3) Tyler Stafford, 6pm, no cover 2) Banzai Thursdays w/DJ Trivia, 2) Banzai Thursdays w/DJ Trivia, 8pm, no cover 8pm, no coverof Aura, 3) University 3) University 9pm, no coverof Aura, 9pm, no cover
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2) Jonathan Barton, 2) Jonathan Barton, 6pm, Tu, W, no cover 6pm, Tu, W, no cover
1) Saltoriya, 7pm, $26.95+ , 7pm, $26.95+ 1) Saltoriya 2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover 2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover
2) Live Band Karaoke, 10pm, M, no cover 2) Karaoke, no cover DJ Live ChrisBand English, 10pm,10pm, Tu, noM,cover, DJ Chris English, 10pm, no cover, Apple Z, 10:30pm, W, noTu, cover Apple Z, 10:30pm, W, no cover
2) Apple Z, 9pm, no cover 2) Z, 9pm, no cover 3) Apple Seduction Saturdays, 9pm, $5 3) Saturdays, 9pm, $5 4) Seduction Atomika, 9pm, no cover 4) Atomika, 9pm, no cover
Nov. 13,Sierra 10 p.m.Resort Grand Grand Resort 2500 E.Sierra Second St. 2500 E. Second St. 789-2000 789-2000
Karaoke Karaoke
2) The Utility Players, 8pm, $15 2) The Utility Players, 8pm, $15 1) Jo Koy, 8pm, $25.50-$39.50 1) Koy,Z,8pm, 2) Jo Apple 9pm,$25.50-$39.50 no cover 2) 9pm, no cover 3) Apple FashionZ,Friday, 9pm, no cover 3) 9pm, no cover 4) Fashion Atomika,Friday, 9pm, no cover 4) Atomika, 9pm, no cover
Steve Aoki Steve Aoki Nov. 13, 10 p.m.
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GRATITUDE WORKS! HOW GRATITUDE HEALS, ENERGIZES AND TRANSFORMS LIVES: Robert Emmons is a professor of psychology at University of California, Davis. His research on gratitude and happiness has been featured in dozens of popular media outlets. This presentation is part of the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center’s monthly lecture series. Refreshments and no-host bar 5:30pm, presentation begins at 6pm. Tu, 11/17, 5:30-7pm. $5 suggested donation. Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, 291 Country Club Drive, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, (775) 881-7560, ext. 7483, http://terc.ucdavis.edu.
BLUE JEANS BALL: Nevada Humane Society’s third annual fundraiser features a formal dinner, dancing, silent and live auctions and music by The VooDoo Cowboys. Proceeds benefit homeless pets. Sa, 11/14, 5:30pm. $150-$250. Peppermill Resort Spa Casino, 2707 S. Virginia St., (775) 410-0358, www.bluejeansball.net.
FAR WEST NORDIC AUCTION/RAFFLE PARTY: Far West Nordic presents this fundraiser for its Junior Nordic programs. Sa, 11/14, 6pm. $20-$40. Truckee Community Recreation Center, 8924 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, (530) 852-0879, www.farwestnordic.org.
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GÓZALO DANCE PARTY: Join the dance
Biographer Warren Lerude and novelist Monique Laxalt will discuss the author’s life, writings and his efforts for Nevada. W, 11/18, 7-8:30pm. Free. Laxalt Auditorium, Warren Nelson Building, 401 W. Second St., (775) 747-4478, www.historicreno.org.
company for an evening of workshops and social dance. The party begins at 6pm with a bachata workshop and continues with an introductory salsa lesson at 7:45 p.m. After the lessons the social dance gets underway with salsa, merengue, bachata, cumbia and more spun by DJ R-Boogie of WILD 102.9. The party also features performances by the Gózalo Dance Company. All ticket and food sales will benefit the Gózalo dancers as they buy shoes and costumes for their upcoming performance season. Sa, 11/14, 6pm. $10-$30. The Ballroom of Reno, 2540 Sutro St., Ste. 4, (775) 813-1143, www.salsareno.com.
SKY TAVERN SKI SWAP: Sky Tavern, a local non-profit organization that teaches people of all abilities how to ski and snowboard, will host the two-day event. New and used skis, snowboards, boots and clothes will be for sale. Drop off your winter items to sell at the event on Nov. 12-13, noon to 7pm at the Siena Hotel. Sky Tavern retains 19 percent of sold items, all proceeds going to the Sky Tavern Junior Ski Program. F, 11/13, 5-9pm, Sa, 11/14, 9am-3pm. $2-$10. Siena Hotel Spa Casino, 1 S. Lake St., (775) 323-5125, www. skytavern. com.
THE VETERANS SHOW: The patriotic event features performances by Jakki Ford and Larry Elliott, WWII trivia questions for prizes and beer and wine and food available for purchase. All donations collected from the Veterans Show will benefit the Veterans Guest House. Sa, 11/14, 2-7pm. Free. Great Western Marketplace, 4855 Summit Ridge Drive, (775) 624-1800, http://greatwesternmarketplace.com/ events.
All Ages MONSTER FISH: IN SEARCH OF THE LAST RIVER GIANTS: The exhibit features lifesize sculptures, hands-on interactive exhibits and video installations that puts you face to face with more than 20 species of giant freshwater fish. Tu-Su through 4/16. Opens 11/14. $10 general admission, $9 veterans and active duty military. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, www.nvdm.org.
RANCHING AT RANCHO: A ranching-themed open house in the main barn area. Each week features a new theme from goats to tractors and everything else in between. Themed Ranching at Rancho activities will only be offered on Saturdays, but you can ride the ponies on Friday, Saturday or Sunday between 10am-1pm each week. M-Su, 10am-1pm through 11/21. Free admission, $5 for pony rides. Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-4512.
RENO RODEO DENIM DRIVE: During this annual community event new jeans, new shirts, new socks and new underwear are collected for abused and neglected infants, children and teens who have been rescued from unsafe homes in northern Nevada. Through 12/16. Call or visit website for details, (775) 322-9875, www.renorodeofoundation.org/ denim-drive.
journeys throughout the solar system, full-dome planetarium programs, hands-on workshops. live presentations, virtual reality headsets and iPad interactive stations. The monthly programs are designed for participants age 8 and older. Children ages 8-12 must be accompanied by an adult. One parent per family or group of up to six friends. Sa, 11/14, 9:30am-1pm. $12. National Automobile Museum (The Harrah Collection), 10 S. Lake St., (775) 333-9300, http://nevadachallenger.org/ NevadaChallenger/Home.html.
SMALL WONDER WEDNESDAY: Families with children 5 years old and younger are invited to play, explore and listen to stories read by the museum’s educators. Only children age 5 and younger are admitted to Small Wonder Wednesdays, which start at 9am, an hour before the museum opens. Older siblings may join at 10am. Third W of every month, 9am. $8 per person, free for members and babies under age 1. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, www.nvdm.org.
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he Reno Blues Society presents its 22nd annual Veterans Day Dance featuring military-themed costumes and decor, live blues music, raffle prizes and a food drive. Bands include Guitar Woody and the Boilers, Blue Haven, Rick Hammond Band and the Jason King Band. Proceeds from the event will go to the Veterans Guest House and the Veterans Administration Volunteer Services. The show begins at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Ramada Reno Hotel and Casino, 1000 E. Sixth St. Tickets are $15 general admission and $10 for RBS members and veterans with ID. Call 848-2590 or visit www.renoblues.org.
Food Bank of Northern Nevada hosts SNAP outreach clinics to assist lowincome families and individuals in applying for SNAP benefits. First come, first served. Th, 10am-noon. Free. Downtown Reno Library, 301 S. Center St., (775) 327-8312.
SHEPPARD CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Emily Arthur. Part of Native American Heritage Month, printmaker Emily Arthur’s solo exhibition in Sheppard Contemporary explores the ways in which she sees nature as an interdependent living force rather than as the backdrop for human events. M-F through 1/22. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6658.
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teacher Luverne Lightfoot. Earth, Sky, & Water is a collection of oil paintings that accentuates the beauty of Western landscapes. Through 11/20. Free. 1 E. First St., (775) 334-4636.
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songs and fun geared toward preschool children ages 3-6. M, 10:30-11am. Free. Spanish Springs Library, 7100A Pyramid Lake Highway, located at Lazy 5 Regional Park, Spanish Springs, (775) 424-1800.
STUDIO775: LEGO STORYSTARTER/MINECRAFT: Play Minecraft with others in the library’s own Minecraft world. Use the Lego StoryStarter packs to create a scene then use StoryVisualizer software to create a storyboard and tell the story. Th, 4-6pm through 12/24. Free. Sierra View Library, 4001 S. Virginia St. located inside Reno Town Mall, (775) 827-3232, www.washoe.lib.nv.us.
mobile devices, including accessing downloadable e-books and audiobooks. Please call for an appointment. W, 11/18, 3-4pm, Tu, 11/24, 6-7pm. Free. Spanish Springs Library, 7100A Pyramid Lake Highway, located at Lazy 5 Regional Park, Spanish Springs, (775) 424-1800.
STREMMEL GALLERY: 3 Textures. Stremmel Gallery presents an exhibition of new works by Carol Gove, Louise Forbush and Eleanor McCain. The show features the work of three artists who work in different media and use diverse artistic vocabularies. The artist reception will be held on Nov. 19. Th, 11/19, 5-7pm, M-Sa through 12/19. Opens 11/19. Free. 1400 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-0558, www.stremmelgallery.com.
Art HOLLAND PROJECT GALLERY: The University of the Waves. The Holland Project presents a solo exhibition by University of Nevada, Reno bachelor of fine arts student Häsler R Gómez. His installation-based exhibition brings to life the realistic idea of uncertainty and the wonder that comes with it. The opening reception is on Friday, Nov. 13, from 6-8pm. Tu-F, 3-6pm through 11/27, F, 11/13, 6-8pm. Free. 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858, www.hollandreno.org.
Museums NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM (THE HARRAH COLLECTION): SpaceMobiles: From Rockets and Rovers to Cars on Mars. This exhibit takes a look at America’s fascination with exploring new frontiers and the machines that make it possible. M-Su through 4/11. $4-$10, free for members and children age 5 and younger; Science Saturday at the Auto Museum, The National Auto Museum offers this new educational and interactive program at on the second Saturday of each month. Second Sa of every month, 11am4pm through 4/9. $4-$10, free for members and children age 5 and younger. 10 S. Lake St., (775) 333-9300.
HOLLAND PROJECT MICRO GALLERY AT BIBO COFFEE CO.: In Abandon… The Holland Project Micro Gallery presents the work of local photographer and writer Shaun Astor. Through documenting his travels with his camera, the show offers a view of fringe communities and the strange geographies that get cast aside in the rugged western landscape. M-Su through 11/13. Free. 945 Record St., (775) 348-8087.
JOT TRAVIS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Philip Zimmermann: Photographic Artist’s Books and Other Publishing Ventures. Philip Zimmermann uses photography and design to create visual narratives that unfold within the time and space of the book. The exhibition will feature Zimmermann’s individual and collaborative artist books and printer’s proof sheets. The exhibition runs through Nov. 20 in Room 118, Black Rock Press in the Jot Travis Building. M-F through 11/20. Free. 900 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6837.
NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Tahoe: A Visual History. Experience Lake Tahoe landscapes through the eyes of 175 painters, photographers, architects, weavers and sculptors. The Nevada Museum of Art has organized the first major art historical survey exhibition of painting, Native baskets, photography, architecture and contemporary art dedicated to Lake Tahoe, Donner Pass and the surrounding Sierra Nevada region. The exhibit spans over two centuries of cultural and creative production related to the second largest freshwater alpine lake in the United States. W-Su through 1/10. $1-$10.160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.
MCKINLEY ARTS & CULTURE CENTER: Tufascapes of Winnemucca Lake. East Gallery in McKinley Arts & Culture Center hosts local artist Mike Clasen. Tufascapes of Winnemucca Lake is a collection of photograph prints showcasing the stark, beautiful landscape and unique tufa formations of Winnemucca Lake. Through 11/20; empathy + uncertainties, West Gallery in McKinley Arts & Culture Center hosts local artist and teacher Lisa Kurt. empathy + uncertainties is a collection of acrylic and mixed media on wood panel paintings. Through her work, she explores stories that involve people, animals and creatures in mysterious settings, often incorporating nature and the unexpected. Through 11/20, 8am-5pm. Free. 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 334-2417.
Film FILM SCREENING: THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: Progrssive Leadership Alliance of Nevada co-hosts a Clean Power Plan assembly meeting and screening of the film This Changes Everything, based on Naomi Klein’s bestselling book. It challenges us to turn the climate crisis into an opportunity to build a clean energy economy. Tu, 11/17, 6pm. Call for info. Cathexis Architecture, 250 Bell St. Ste. 100, (775) 348-7557, www.planevada.org.
OXS GALLERY, NEVADA ARTS COUNCIL: Walter McNamara and Lynda Yuroff. Walter McNamara’s pieces in Recycled Habits are manipulated and transformed, combined with other bits and pieces, and worked into the service of visual statements. The results are personal myths that mix satire, puns and storytelling. In Trickster Ways, Yuroff’s work is influenced by the trickster figure of Native American mythology as she studies the changes that occur during the creative process—adding and removing paint, defining the object, then obscuring and re-defining the piece. M-F, 8am-5pm through 12/18. Free. 716 N. Carson St. Ste. A, Carson City, (775) 687-6680.
FRIDAY THE 13TH PARTS 1 & 2: Watch the classic horror films on Friday the 13th. F, 11/13, 8:30pm. $2.50 per person. Psychedelic Ballroom and Juke Joint (PB&J’s), 555 E. Fourth St., (775) 3224348, http://psychedelicballroom.com.
HANS FRISCHEISEN: BIKING ACROSS IRAN: Hans will recount travels on his bicycle this past year from Shiraz to Bandar Abbas in Iran and from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Muscat in Oman,
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Fawn Juan I’m a 31-year-old single guy with a problematic pattern. Women I ask out seem to love how I’m open and very complimentary from the start, but then, suddenly, they get cold feet. It seems that once women know they’re desired, they’re done with you. My guy friends tell me I should “play it cool,” but then I’m not being authentic. Gushing over a woman right out of the gate—“Wow…you have skin!”—tends to give a man all the rough-hewn sex appeal of a Care Bear. The problem here comes out of what evolutionary psychologists David Buss and David Schmitt explain as men’s and women’s conflicting sexual strategies. For an ancestral woman, there was the possibility of high back-end costs from any sex act (children to dig grubs for and drag around). So, women evolved to be the commitment-seekers of our species, and men, the commitment-free sex seekers. Men still had a good chance of passing on their genes, even if they chose to “fun and run.” (Of course, this worked better in the days before state-ordered child support.) Though it’s the tail end of 2015, evolutionary psychologists Leda Cosmides and John Tooby explain that “our modern skulls house a Stone Age mind” with “Stone Age priorities.” So, women expect to work to get a man to commit just as men expect to work to get a woman into bed. And just as women get devalued by men for being sexually “easy,” men get devalued by women if they seem emotionally “easy”—like by immediately throwing around compliments like glitter at a gay pride parade. This sort of thing doesn’t say you find the woman beautiful or whatever; it says you find it a miracle that she went out with you at all. Try something new—keeping a lid on the word drool. In other words, shut up and listen. Ask a woman about herself—where she’s been, what she thinks, what matters to her—and engage with what she’s saying. That’s the sincere way to compliment a woman—showing that you’re interested in her as a human being instead of slobbering all over her like a dog that’s been left home all day. The safe time to compliment a woman on her hotitude is after you’ve slept together. Women are often insecure about their bodies, and post-sex compliments will be
appreciated (instead of depreciating you). All in all, keep in mind that the dating realm is like many other endeavors. Too much enthusiasm too soon typically makes you seem desperate … for something … anything … anybody. Picture yourself wandering into a bank and having a bunch of execs dash over: “We’d like to make you the president of Wells Fargo!” And you’re like, “Umm, I was just coming in to get quarters for the laundromat.”
Stare wars My girlfriend of a year has a really hard time looking into my eyes when we have sex. Eye contact is a big turn-on for me because it’s so intense and intimate. She says she feels scared and vulnerable: “I don’t want you to see how much I care.” I also think she feels insecure about how she looks during sex. How can I reassure her? OK, so your girlfriend’s idea of something sexy to wear in bed is a Richard Nixon mask with the eyeholes taped over. (On a positive note, this isn’t because keeping her eyes closed makes it easier to pretend you’re Channing Tatum.) Your girlfriend’s likely to let go a little if you grab on to her a little tighter. This advice comes out of “the dependency paradox,” a finding by social psychologist Brooke C. Feeney that the more you show a romantic partner that they can rely on you, the less they feel the need to cling. This would seem to apply to emotional risks, too, like not just having sex while blindfolded. In pitch darkness. In a cave. In the middle of the earth. To help your girlfriend understand that, in you, she has what Feeney calls a “secure base,” warn her that you’re going to start bombarding her with how much you love her and how beautiful you find her. And don’t just do it in bed. Hug her, kiss her, love on her while in line at the DMV. (Keep at it until strangers coo—or yell, “Get a room!”) Ask her to try eye contact while clothed—at first for three seconds, and then for five— and then try the same in bed. Eventually, she should feel more secure about your loving her and finding her beautiful—even in bed, when she’s making a face like Mao Tse-tung straining on the john. Ω
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take special notice of the jokes and humorous situations that prompt you to laugh the loudest. They will provide important clues about the parts of your life that need liberation. What outmoded or irrelevant taboos should you consider breaking? What inhibitions are dampening your well-being? How might your conscience be overstepping its bounds and making you unnecessarily constrained? Any time you roar with spontaneous amusement, you will know you have touched a congested place in your psyche that is due for a cleansing.
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last 33 years, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Los Angeles has selected a “National Hero Dog.” It’s an award given to a canine that has shown exceptional courage in helping or rescuing people. In 2015, the group departed from tradition. Its “National Hero Dog” is a female cat named Tara. Last May, she saved a 4-year-old boy by scaring off a dog that had begun to attack him. I’m guessing you will soon have an experience akin to Tara’s. Maybe you’ll make a gutsy move that earns you an unexpected honor. Maybe you’ll carry out a dramatic act of compassion that’s widely appreciated. Or maybe you’ll go outside your comfort zone to pull off a noble feat that elevates your reputation.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to
cartoon character Homer Simpson, “Trying is the first step towards failure.” I don’t agree with that comic advice. But I do think the following variant will be applicable to you in the coming weeks: “Trying too hard is the first step toward failure.” So please don’t try too hard, Libra! Overexertion should be taboo. Straining and struggling would not only be unnecessary, but counterproductive. If you want to accomplish anything
worthwhile, make sure that your default emotion is relaxed confidence. Have faith in the momentum generated by all the previous work you have done to arrive where you are now.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Elsie de
Wolfe (1865-1950) was a pioneer in the art of interior design. She described herself as “a rebel in an ugly world.” Early in her career she vowed, “I’m going to make everything around me beautiful,” and she often did just that. In part through her influence, the dark, cluttered decor of the Victorian Era, with its bulky draperies and overly ornate furniture, gave way to rooms with brighter light, softer colors and more inviting textures. I’d love to see you be inspired by her mission, Scorpio. It’s a good time to add extra charm, grace, and comfort to your environments.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): At
the age of 36, author Franz Kafka composed a 47-page letter to his father Herman. As he described the ways that his dad’s toxic narcissism and emotional abuse had skewed his maturation process, he refrained from lashing out with histrionic anger. Instead he focused on objectively articulating the facts, recounting events from childhood and analyzing the family dynamic. In accordance with the astrological omens, I recommend that you write a letter to your own father— even if it’s filled with praise and gratitude instead of complaint. At this juncture in your life story, I think you especially need the insights that this exercise would generate. (P.S. Write the letter for your own sake, not with the hope of changing or hurting or pleasing your dad. You don’t have to give it to him.)
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Shizo
Kanakuri was one of Japan’s top athletes when he went to compete in the marathon race at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Partway through the event, fatigued by sweltering heat, bad food and the long journey he’d made to get there, Kanakuri passed out. He recovered with the help of a local farmer, but by then the contest was over. Embarrassed by his failure, he sneaked out of Sweden and returned home. Fast forward to 1966. Producers of a TV show tracked him down and invited him to resume what he’d started. He agreed. At the age of 74, he completed the marathon, finishing with a time of 54 years, eight months. I think it’s time to claim your own personal version of this opportunity, Capricorn. Wouldn’t you love to resolve a process that got interrupted?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In most
sporting events, there’s never any doubt about which competitor is winning. Each step of the way, the participants and spectators know who has more points or goals or runs. But one sport isn’t like that. In a boxing match, no one is aware of the score until the contest is finished—not even the boxers themselves. I think you’re in a metaphorically comparable situation. You won’t find out the final tally or ultimate decision until the “game” is complete. Given this uncertainty, I suggest that you don’t slack off even a little. Keep giving your best until the very end.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): One night as
you lie sleeping in your bed, you will dream of flying through the sunny summer sky. The balmy air will be sweet to breathe. Now and then you will flap your arms like wings, but mostly you will glide effortlessly. The feeling that flows through your body will be a blend of exhilaration and ease. Anywhere you want to go, you will maneuver skillfully to get there. After a while, you will soar to a spot high above a scene that embodies a knotty problem in your waking life. As you hover and gaze down, you will get a clear intuition about how to untie the knots. Whether or not you remember this dream, the next day you will work some practical magic that begins to shrink or dissolve the problem.
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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just to pass out to inform students, and so we have different measurements and different goals just to see how people are responding. One of the coolest tactics we have is we have a white board that we’re bringing out, and we’re encouraging students to write “Consent is” and then [they write] what they think consent could be. And we’re measuring it in that way just to see what the understanding is, and to see if we can engage them, and get them to understand what consent really means. That’s our goal.
Rachel Felix Yes! Always is a University of Nevada, Reno’s marketing class’s effort to raise awareness about sexual assault. The campaign seeks to inform the community that any sexual interaction requires a spoken consent, a “yes.” It seems a simple enough concept, but it gets murky where inexperience and alcohol can be involved. The group will host a student-run forum on the topic of consent on Nov. 18 at 5:30 p.m. in the Reynolds School of Journalism. For more information, check out www.yesalways.org.
What is the Yes! Always campaign? Why are you doing it? We were tasked at the beginning of the semester to come up with a cause. Our professor ... wanted it to be something that we cared about as a team, that we thought was relevant, and kind of a hot topic, and something where we could really make a difference. So we did a ton, a ton of research, and we proposed different things, and we ended up coming to the conclusion that a topic that at least needed to be addressed in our community, on our campus, was sexual assault. [We realized] that an issue past campaigns had that tried to address sexual assault or to decrease it on college campuses is that it isn’t really talked about. People don’t feel comfortable addressing what the problems are or what
consent is. It’s a major misunderstanding of what consent even means, and that’s what the Yes! Always campaign addresses. Consent is a clear, verbal yes. ... There are no gray areas. You can’t obtain consent if alcohol is involved. Consent is an ongoing thing.
Well, it’s almost over. My class at TMCC called “Welcome to Wonderland—The Golden Age of Psychedelia ’65-’67,” which wraps up on Wednesday the 18th. This is the second time I’ve conducted this nostalgic bus ride back to a time that was just a little more remarkable than most, and it leaves me with some unanswered questions. In the class, we re-live the lysergically enhanced music of that rich era (Beach Boys, Stones, Beatles, Dylan, Pink Floyd, etc.) that’s now 50 years old. Fifty freakin’ years! Question 1: Will classes of 2065 do the same with the music of 2015? LSD was discovered 72 years ago, in 1943. As far as I know, it remains the most powerful drug known to man, where a dose of 200 millionths of a gram can bring about a state of ecstatic astonishment. Or a terrifying discorporation. Or something completely elsewhere. 200 millionths! Question 2: Why haven’t we discovered or manufactured anything superior to acid since the OPINION
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I’m not so sure that we were going for light-hearted; it’s more of a sex-positive thing. Our goal is really to make students feel comfortable in their choice. We’re not telling them “Do have sex” or “Don’t have sex.” We want them to feel comfortable with their bodies and what their sexuality is, whether they’re saying yes or no— either way.
How will you measure whether the campaign is working? We have lots of measurement analytics in terms of media. We’ve got the collateral
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∫y Bruce Van Dye ness with their dope, they just wanna break the damned bed with a pounding priapic maypole of Schlong. As Prince once sang, it’s a sign of the times. Question 3: Are we ever gonna find some nice, socially acceptable function for acid? Imagine this. It’s 2054, and you’re 88 years old, and you’ve got some kind of toxic bug, and you’re gonna die pretty soon, and you’re feeling rather bummed about your inevitable demise. So you tell your doctor, and he writes a prescription for 100 micrograms of LSD, and you go to the pharmacy and get it, and you have a wonderful trip that re-arranges your mind a little, and when you get done, you feel a lot better about heading off into the Void and the doc says, “Yeah, I thought that might help.” Question 4: Are we ever gonna figure out the true velocity of the speed of thought? Ω
’60s? Proponents of Ecstasy might say we have, and they have a point. Certainly, X is the one drug since LSD that’s made any kind of impact at all, but it’s undoubtedly milder than acid, which makes it the better party psychedelic, leading to enraptured states of dancing which occasionally burn people up. But outside of X, what else has been happening, when it comes to dazzling new drugs that would be a step beyond LSD? Not a whole lot, at least on the psychedelic front (although modern shamans with their ayahuasca brew are beginning to get noticed). The crank mess is a new problem, yes, but not a new drug. In fact, one could make the case that the greatest and most significant new drug of pleasure in the last 20 years isn’t a psychedelic at all, but a hydraulic booster. As in the Big V, baby, that oh, so nasty blue pill. No wonder we’re now a nation of sex maniacs. People don’t want to achieve higher states of conscious|
That is a national statistic.
I don’t know the number exactly, in terms of how many women get assaulted, but something I do know about UNR specifically is that there’s a very, very low statistic in terms of people who actually report it after it happens to them. ... We looked into that a lot. I think—at least for women—it has to do with kind of being ashamed that they let this happen to them. I think that also goes back to consent. There’s not a clear line. They didn’t feel like they could say, “No,” or they didn’t know how. And then this awful thing happened and that’s why we want to make sure that it’s a clear thing, and that people must get this clear consent in order to proceed, and then hopefully, the rate of people being assaulted will go down. And then also, if you understand what consent is, you’ll be more likely to report assault if it does happen to you. Ω
Are you taking kind of a lighthearted view of it with superheroes representing this serious topic, or what was the thinking?
I want a new drug
On this number [from the website], one in five women on college campuses are sexually assaulted. Is that from UNR or is that national statistics?
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