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Privileged Politicians Pontificate See News, page 8.

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The closure of a popular local music venue and what it means for the future of concert-going in Reno

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Street wise Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review. A quick word about the artwork for this week’s feature story: Most of these photos were shot by freelance photographer Eric Marks for his Reno Street Photography project. If you live in the Reno area, there’s a good chance that you’ve met Eric or at least seen him around. He’s that fearless, enthusiastic, talkative bald guy with a camera. He shoots stuff for us just about every week, but he also maintains the Reno Street Photography Facebook page, where he uploads amazing photos of various people out and about in Reno. Sometimes the photos are sad and poignant, and sometimes they’re hilarious—like our cover image this week. He presents a great noholds-barred, warts-and-all perspective on our community, and it’s light years better than most of the photography on social media. And it’s all the better when a candid shot of someone you know pops up. Anyway, while I was working on this week’s feature story, I asked him if he had any good shots of the Knitting Factory, and he said he had a lot of great images of the exterior that he shot for Reno Street Photography—a nice chance for us to show off that aspect of Eric’s work, even if the photos don’t connect all that directly to the story. And I’d encourage you to check out more of his stuff at www.facebook.com/RenoStreetPhotography. Also, don’t forget to suggest your favorite local bands and musicians for our 21st birthday party Rollin’ on the River concert series this summer. There are going to be multiple components at multiple venues, so it’s really open to all genres. We want to know what readers want to hear. Send an email with your recommendations to contest@newsreview. com with “Party Music” in the subject line. —Brad Bynum

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It’s interesting that the press never looks at the meaning and message Trump is offering and never reports on the fact that his support is coming from grassroots America. Just as Pearl Harbor woke up a sleeping giant, the Trump run has struck a nerve with America’s sleeping silent majority. Over the last several decades, the trend has been to provide entitlement and publicly funded political correctness to nations lazy and weak at the cost of our nation’s financial viability. Abraham Lincoln once said “I’m smarter today than I was yesterday.” We are smarter today than yesterday because we learn from our mistakes. The establishment Republicans and Democrats haven’t learned anything. They simply want to stay on the same course because they are all on the take from corporate America. As painful as it will be in the short term, if you want a future for your children and grandchildren, do not vote for a career politician! Mike Arp Reno

Look it up Re “Bernie Sanders, fascist” (Let Freedom Ring, March 10): “Fascism” is a hard definition for Google but most would agree that it mandates “authoritarianism” and “right-wing.” If that is the takeaway of the Sanders campaign for Brendan Trainor, then I can only slowly step away from that conversation. Personally, I would love to see the very wealthy have their access to the political process restricted. The manifestation of violence as recreation, without any alternative, reveals itself more and more in the Republican primaries. Bernie Sanders has turned the national Democratic platform well to the left of that. Whether U.S. citizens will finally use the political tools available to them has yet to be determined but antiquated opinions such as Mr.

Trainor’s simply do not play as well as they used to. There for a minute I thought we were in a time capsule— “honeymoon in Soviet Union”? From the outset, Sanders has said that now it is time for a “fundamental decision.” The Republicans have certainly embraced that idea. When you are forced to play see-saw with a 500-lb canary, it doesn’t help a lot if he promises to lose 50 lbs. (or more! much more!—here’s looking at you, Ms. C). You need a new game. Diane Campbell Reno

Re “Bernie Sanders, fascist” (Let Freedom Ring, March 10): It is regretful that the RN&R editors didn’t check Wikipedia before publishing Brendan Trainor’s screed. Wikipedia states that “Fascism is usually placed on the far-right within the traditional left–right spectrum.” No one with a functioning brain cell places Bernie on the far-right. Trainor clearly doesn’t know what Erik Holland he is talking about, or what the words he uses mean. I urge the RN&R editors to fact check everything he submits at least with Wikipedia. Donald Schreiber Incline Village

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For years I have received letters from Washington, D.C. and vicinity asking for contributions. I’ve sent them nothing, but the letters keep coming. But this year, I’ve noticed a change. Along with their request for money, they are now asking for my opinion. I don’t know if they really want it, but they got it anyway: We, the people of the United States, are fed up with the fiasco in Washington! Politicians, both Democrats and Republicans, talk and talk and promise and promise, but if things change at all, they don’t get better, they get worse. We pay our taxes, but where does that money go? It looks to me like too much of it goes down a rathole. Brad MacKenzie Reno

Once in a while I’ll see someone on the street who was on the Washoe County Grand Jury with me. We’ll just look at each other and not say a word, and then turn around and walk away— like two former concentration camp

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guards hiding a disgusting secret. Much of the superficial rhetoric we’re being fed in this election year reminds me of the dark side of our community which very few people know anything about. The child murder rate, the suicides, drug overdoses, and political and corporate corruption are conveniently glossed over by the local news sources. Unless a story has enormous sensational value and doesn’t seriously disturb the status quo, the media seem to feel that the public doesn’t need to know about these unpleasantries. The last I heard, Nevada was 35th in terms of population, but 5th in terms of prison population in the U.S. It’s time to wake up. Mike Beesley Reno

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want nothing to do with running for office. And There probably weren’t that many people who there are plenty of people at other ages who have no noticed, but last week the two-week period for filing interest in it, either. The result is that those who do for public office closed. We now know whose names run for office aren’t always the ones we might want. will appear on our primary election ballots this year. Who runs? “The kind of people who are currently We also probably know who the candidates for presiin office,” Lawless told Time. “People that actually dent will be. do not think that government is a way to bring about So, it’s begun again. It’s truly amazing that so positive change, people who are more interested in many good people still are willing to get into these their own power than public policy, people that are races and run for office, given what a snake pit poliantagonistic and confrontational and value partisantics has become. Even the Nevada Legislature, which ship over output.” for many years avoided the kind of But it doesn’t stop with running polarization Congress experiences, for office. It is becoming more and is now deep into it. How can we have more difficult to make the case that Of course, when we say many confidence in citizens have a duty to vote. Why good people are willing to run, should they? The system is now that’s doesn’t account for all elections? so in the grip of money and power the candidates. Some people get that individual votes are like slips into these races to make trouble, of paper in a whirlwind in their impact. Our politicommit mischief and subject the public to their ideocians bewail low turnout but also behave in ways that logical warfare. drive people from the polls. In other nations citizens Then there is the arrogant journalism. For this, we withhold their votes to protest corruption or dictatorneed look no further than the Reno Gazette Journal’s ship. We’ve heard about how U.S. House members demonization of the Washoe County School Board. must raise thousand of dollars every week they are The newspaper went into full attack mode before in office to have any chance at reelection. A system finding out all the facts about the advice the board so wringing wet in money is not one that commands received from its attorney on open meetings. The confidence, and staying away from the polls in protest message to folks in the community was clear—even is as legitimate a choice as any. Ω school boards are not safe from shallow, malicious news coverage. Jennifer Lawless, coauthor of Running from Office, says a survey shows nine out of 10 young people

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Old Crow Medicine Show at the Crystal Bay Club. It was a small, intimate show, and it got rowdy, so it was fun. It was a fun, fun show. It’s Old Crow.

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It was going to the Who with my son at the Reno Events Center. We’ve both loved the Who since we were both very young.

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Motor voter and voter turnout We’re a country full of excuses. In my years working in Specialty Courts, I heard many amusing and incredibly predictable reasons offered to the Judge to explain someone’s positive drug test. “I was at a party and there was a lot of smoke because everyone else was smokby ing weed.” “Someone must have Sheila Leslie slipped some meth into my drink.” Or “The lab mixed up my test with someone who was using.”As a parttime instructor at the University of Nevada, Reno, the excuses for why assignments aren’t completed are equally ridiculous—“I was caught in a snowstorm and had to submit my assignment on my phone and part of it didn’t go through.” But at least these excuses are a little more creative than those given by people about why they aren’t registered to vote. “I forgot.” “My vote doesn’t count anyway.” “I registered at the DMV but they must not have turned in the paperwork.” Actually, that last excuse might be the truth. More than 20 years ago, during the Clinton administration,

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Congress passed the National Voter Registration Act, requiring states to allow people to register to vote at the Department of Motor Vehicles, making it a convenient option when applying for a driver’s license. Nevada, as is often the case, halfway complied with the new law, allowing the public to check a box on the application for a driver’s license indicating their interest in registering to vote. The DMV employee would then, in theory, hand them a voter registration form. According to a recent story in the Las Vegas Sun, that last step often doesn’t happen. Frustrated people waiting in a long line may overlook the voter registration box. The DMV worker might forget to offer the form. Nevadans who move from one county to another aren’t automatically re-registered to vote when they update their addresses at the DMV; they have to do the whole process again. One expert who specializes in the motor voter registration law told the Sun that Nevada is one of the worst

states for compliance, noting “most of their procedures are facially noncompliant.” Not a huge surprise since modernizing the DMV’s computer system to allow people to fill out one form to get a driver’s license and register to vote, as the national law requires, would require funding, causing an automatic allergic reaction from policy-makers. The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada, the League of Women Voters, Project Vote, Demos, and Mi Familia Vota Education Fund recently warned Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske and DMV Director Terri Albertson that legal action might occur if Nevada continues its non-compliance. Cegavske responded that her office was working with the DMV to come up with a solution. But I’m guessing there will be a good deal of hand-wringing and stalling on the issue in the months ahead since Republicans seem more interested in making it harder to vote through Voter ID laws and other voting restrictions.

In related news, the state just settled a lawsuit regarding a different violation of the National Voter Registration Act over Nevada’s refusal to provide low income residents with voter registration materials when they seek public assistance. Democrats should launch past Governor Sandoval, Cegavske, and Legislative Republicans in 2017 and implement a true motor-voter program as Oregon did last year. Our neighboring state changed their voter registration law to automatically register every eligible voter who has a driver’s license, adding thousands of residents to the voter pool in one fell swoop. Oregon has also used mail-in ballots since 1998, taking away every possible excuse for not making it to the polls. When a candidate for state office knocks on your door this campaign cycle, tell them to fix motor voter once and for all. Tell them there’s no excuse. Ω

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Meeting in the house On Saturday May 12 the Nevada Libertarian Party held its state convention at the Bunny Ranch Bar in Mound House. I knew that Dennis Hof, owner of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel, wanted to run for public office, but I thought it would be a symbolic run at the U.S. Senate. by Brendan Trainor Instead, he is running for Assembly District 36, currently held by Republican James Oscarson. Assembly 36 is comprised of part of Clark County and almost all of very libertarian Nye County. Oscarson is being targeted because he voted for the Sandoval commerce tax. “Anyone who voted for the commerce tax must be fired,” Hoff said. “It is hurting small businesses bad. I am a self made man, I don’t have to listen to special interests.” In the year of the outsider, Dennis Hof can run as the ultimate outsider, sort of a Nevadan Donald Trump. “Education is a mess,” he said. “They say they want to spend the new tax revenues on education, but they’ve been saying they will

improve education now for 40 years, and what do we have for it, that we need a new tax? The Republicans gave us the largest tax increase in Nevada’s history. They ran on a pledge of no new taxes. They all need to be fired.” There is no question what else is on Hof’s mind. “Legalization of prostitution in Nevada is great, except that it doesn’t include the population centers of Clark and Washoe Counties,” he said. “Prostitution can be a dirty, nasty business, except when it’s legal. Then it is clean and safe.” The Libertarian Party has been a refuge for sex workers to speak about the plight of prostitutes. Only occasionally have sex workers run serious campaigns for public office, as when Democrat and brothel manager Beverly Harrell narrowly lost a race for the Nevada Assembly in the 1974 general election and Jesse Winchester lost primary bids for the U.S. House in 1996 as a Democrat and for lieutenant

governor in 1998 as a Republican. In this last case, Nevada wasn’t quite ready for a former brothel worker to be in charge of promoting Nevada tourism. Sex work is currently under attack by liberal government. A Republican control of the federal government could make it worse, except possibly if a certain casino magnate is elected President. Would Trump work with Hoff to bring prostitution out in the open? Over lunch with Dennis and a quartet of working ladies the conversation turned to prostitution and the law. At one point Caressa Kisses broke into tears and left the table. When she returned, she said: “The police in the streets rape and beat the girls, rape them without even a condom. In Nevada, they come to party, but they pay just like the rest. They pay, and they party.” The ladies are proud of their work. They stress how they work with the disabled, the elderly, the impotent. They have earned health care certificates and work

in hospitals and clinics outside the brothel. All acts of prostitution, from the tawdry truck stop blowjob to the $1000-an-hour penthouse escort, are a recreation of the girlfriend experience. They activate the archetypes of the madonna and the whore, evoking the time before marriage and kids when a woman was able to excite both primitive images. I asked them if they ever experienced the act as a spiritual one. They all enthusiastically agreed they had experienced spirituality with their clients. After all, prostitutes were once housed in temples. “I know who is the perfect archetype for the new age, who blends the two female aspects better than any other,” said Alice Little, a pixie-faced redhead. “Who?” I asked. She smiled coyly. “It’s Ishtar.” Ω

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Graham to speak Evangelist Franklin Graham will be holding a March 30 event in Carson City, the next-to-last stop on a 13-city tour designed to halt the country from “racing toward moral decline.” The gathering will be held at noon on the mall north of the Legislative Building. Graham is noted as a leading Christian critic of Islam. Following the September 11 tragedies, he described Islam as “a very evil and wicked religion,” prompting criticism from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and Graham’s exclusion from National Day of Prayer ceremonies at the Pentagon. Last weekend he urged his supporters to vote in November, even if they must choose between two “heathen” candidates. “You may have to hold your nose,” he said. “You may have to decide which is the least heathen of the two heathen.”

Musk stays out of GOP mess Nevada welfare recipient Elon Musk last week denied being an anti-Trump plotter. Huffington Post, in a report recycled on dozens of websites, said the Tesla exec had attended “secretive” meetings held in Georgia at which a stop-Trump effort was discussed. Musk tweeted, “The AEI meeting wasn’t secret and I was only there for a few hours to talk about Mars and sustainable energy. Nothing to do with Trump.” Which is not to say he’s supporting Trump. Another twit asked him and Musk replied, “No.”

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Mustang myth There’s a story about Nevada that pops up on the internet regularly. Here is an example, from www.usmessageboard.com: “Our government can’t even run a whore house. Back in 1990, the government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it. They failed, and it closed. Now we are trusting the economy of our country to a pack of nit-wits who couldn’t make money running a whore house and selling booze?” There are variants on this tale, including one in which a federal bailout is claimed. Last week, the Jacksonville Times Union became the latest outlet to try to correct the record with a fact-checking article. The myth-busting Snopes.com has long since had a page devoted to this fakelore. So does About.com. But with at least 229,000 other sites carrying the fairy tale as gospel, it will probably be around for a while. For the record, here’s what actually happened: On Sept. 21, 1990, the Internal Revenue Service seized the Mustang Ranch for back taxes estimated at $13 million, and the bankruptcy court here in Reno ordered it be liquidated. Bankruptcy trustee Jerri Coppa intended to run the brothel until it could be sold but, when she arrived to take possession, it had already been shut down. There was talk about someone else being hired to run the business for the government, but in October the Storey County Commission revoked the license and, in November, the ranch and its furnishings were auctioned off. The federal government never operated it and there was no bailout. However, according to historian Guy Louis Rocha, there was an occasion when the federal government operated a prostitution house in Nevada. It doesn’t fit the anti-government template as well, however—the operation was well managed. On Aug. 20, 1913, a federal judge in Carson City appointed Frank Bonneau a receiver for the financially troubled Big Casino Co. in Tonopah, which owned the Big Casino Saloon & Restaurant, which openly offered prostitution. Bonneau kept the operation going, but in November the Nye County Commission revoked the liquor license on grounds the owners had conducted illegal gambling. It survived as the Big Casino Hotel and still offered prostitution.

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Private records Last month, as part of a nationwide Associated Press test of transparency in state governments, Nevada AP reporter by Michelle Rindels requested copies of Dennis Myers emails and schedules of Gov. Brian Sandoval and several legislative leaders from the first week of last year’s Nevada Legislature. Sandoval’s office provided the calendar information required—one flight information number was redacted—and promised the emails were forthcoming.

The word privilege is used 106 times. The legislature, however, declined to provide any of the requested information and explained why in a remarkable letter. Not counting extraneous matter like signatures, it was 12,578 words long. The U.S. Constitution is 4,609 words long—counting extraneous matter like signatures. The letter invokes “exclusive and paramount powers” in the Nevada Constitution for legislators to determine the rules of their own houses. It further argues that the Nevada public records law “does not apply to the requested materials because the materials are ‘otherwise declared by law to be confidential’ under the common-law balancing of private and

public interests given that the interests in privacy and nondisclosure outweigh any countervailing interests in public access.” The word privilege is used in some form 106 times in the letter. This unusual response raised suspicions. “The extent of the reaction makes you wonder, ‘What do they have to hide?’” Nevada Press Association director Barry Smith told Rindels. The letter was created by legislative litigator Kevin Powers and legislative counsel Brenda Erdoes. A preface to the bill says that it is a re-statement of existing law. Among other things, it relies for authority on Assembly Bill 496, which was slid through the legislative process in the closing hours of last year’s legislature by legislative staff. This is paradoxical, because the letter argues that the legislature’s constitutional shelter from statutes cannot be overridden even by statutes enacted by the legislators. The public was not given notice of the bill, and it was heard in the Assembly Legislative Operations and Elections Committee the day after it was introduced, on the last day of the legislature. Powers gave the only testimony, and the committee gave it a “do pass” recommendation to the full Assembly. In the course of that committee hearing, a question from Democratic Assemblymember James Ohrenschall to Powers reads in part, “Using another hypothetical example, someone put in a public records request wanting to know all the travel

that Senator X took, that would be granted.” Powers replied in part, “That is correct. Section 2, subsection 6 of this bill says the records of the travel expenses of legislators and employees of LCB [the Legislative Counsel Bureau] are available for public inspection.” That was as close as legislators came to addressing the issues in the current dispute. No legislator asked why, if the concept was already in the law, it was necessary to enact a new measure saying the same thing. During the Senate hearing, no questions were asked by senators. During the Assembly hearing, there were several questions, but not one legislator asked why the bill had not been introduced early in the session. Waiting for the closing days until now has generally been a technique employed by lobbyists. Since the letter was sent, commentary has focused on whether there is any limit to legislative authority under the scenario outlined in that letter. We sent queries to 62 legislators or former legislators who voted for this measure. Eight responded. Most of those eight seemed not to remember the bill, and responded by quoting the staff-written preface. Republican Assm. Randy Kirner wrote, “As to AB496, again it wasn’t new legislation, just clarification of already existing law and … intended to clarify rather than change existing law. I think the criticism is stretching and I agree with the prohibition as explained by LCB. It is easy to criticize RINDELS when sitting in the bleachers. Being on the field is a different experience.” Democratic Assemblymember Elliott Anderson: “I voted for it because our legislative counsel advised it codified existing legislative privilege law, as developed by the courts, which is discussed in the legislative digest of Assembly Bill 496. Due to the late introduction of the bill from the Assembly Legislative Operations and Elections Committee, I heavily relied on this advice, along with reading the material myself. In light of the recent attention to the bill, I am both taking a second look at the bill and the case law in order to ensure that we balance transparency with the need for us to get candid advice in order to properly serve our constituents.” Republican Assemblymember Philip “PK” O’Neill: “It received

minimal vetting and was passed unanimously in both houses. Substantial questions about it have subsequently been raised, and I would certainly be supportive of reconsideration of it in the next session. That would include full and open hearings to consider all the issues that have been raised.” Democratic Sen. Richard “Tick” Segerblom: “I support the concept because as citizen legislators it is tough to separate what we do between legislative business and other business and although we all have private email accounts things get mixed up. Having said that, if we can sit down and clearly define what is public and what isn’t public and let everyone know going forward then I would support making legislative emails and calendars public records subject to disclosure.” When asked, “Wouldn’t the same thing apply to every public body from mosquito abatement district boards to the board of regents? It’s no doubt inconvenient for them, too,” Segerblom replied, “Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds! My only comment would be when you work fulltime for 4 months but have a private life the other 20 months it’s very difficult to separate your legislative and professional and personal lives. But given clear rules we can handle it—going forward—and I’m sure we will address this issue in 2017.”

Many seem to assume that because the legislative staff said the bill was a restatement of existing law, it was true. When Kirner was asked if he heard the same thing from any other source, he responded, “I don’t recall. It is written into the bill, however.”

Not one legislator asked why the bill was introduced so late. It appears that the bill—which in part affects legislative staff practices— was adopted by lawmakers principally because of what lawmakers were told by legislative staffers. One lobbyist who called the Erdoes/Powers letter “terrible public relations” also said, “It’s like hanging a sign around their necks saying, ‘Please investigate us.’” During debate over ballot measures dealing with term limits in 1994-1996 and limiting the length of legislative sessions to 120 days in 1998, there were those who warned that such changes were likely to increase the power of unaccountable groups such as lobbyists and legislative staff. Ω

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he Knitting Factory opened in Reno on New Year’s Eve 2009 to great fanfare and local excitement. The general hope, among local music fans, was that Reno was finally getting a proper concert hall, a venue for performers who were too popular to play regular ol’ bar gigs, but weren’t quite big enough to sell out a sports arena. The name Knitting Factory also added to the excitement because it was a company with a good reputation. It had started in the mid-1980s as a club for experimental rock and jazz—cool, weird stuff, like Sonic Youth and John Zorn—in downtown Manhattan, and had expanded to a small handful of locations across the country.

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The Reno Knit’s grand opening was on New Year’s Day 2010 and featured the Roots, the great hip-hop group, who had never played Reno before. Previously, the only mediumsized concert halls in the valley were affiliated with casinos, which often limited the scope of music, genre-wise. Reno music fans started to hope that the days of needing to drive down to Sacramento or San Francisco to catch all the best acts would soon be behind us. Flash forward six years, and the Knitting Factory has left Reno. The company is still going strong, with concert halls in Boise, Spokane and Brooklyn, as well as an affiliated record label and promotion company. After being dark for most of December and January, the Knitting Factory announced via press release that it was leaving the Reno market.

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During December and January, many shows originally scheduled for the Knit were moved to Cargo Concert Hall in the Whitney Peak Hotel. The Knit hosted almost no events during those months. Official sources said the venue was closed for renovations, but the rumors were already rampant that it would not reopen. The last concert at the Knitting Factory was a sold-out show by the electronic dance music act Excision on January 28. The next day, it was announced that Knitting Factory was leaving Reno and that the operators of RockBar Theatre in San Jose were going to renovate and take over the closed location, 211 N. Virginia St., right in the heart of downtown Reno. Over the years, the Knit hosted hundreds of concerts, across all genres of music—including rock, country, hip-hop, EDM, jazz and more. The press release announcing the closure mentioned some of the biggest names: Alice in Chains, Flogging Molly, Phoenix, Cake, Marilyn Manson, Willie Nelson, Primus, Social Distortion, Umphrey’s McGee, and the Roots. The announced closure was perhaps a bit surprising—especially considering all the population growth for which the area is supposedly due. Many local music fans were disappointed. “I really hope they aren’t closing for good,” wrote Facebook user Vanessa Whicker Larsen on the venue’s page. “But if so, I’ll never forget the awesome memories.” The surprise and disappointment was also shared by members of the Knit’s local staff. “At one point, I thought we were going into a remodel, so I got a little blindsided by that, as did most people,” said Preston Charles, the Knit’s lead sound engineer and production manager. “We were bummed, obviously. We were like a

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family. Most of us had been there for a long time. Obviously, it’s a bummer. Most importantly, it’s another live venue going down due to all sorts of factors. It’s another place for live music to die.” Charles had worked at the Knit for five years. He said he was informed in midNovember of the possibility of the concert hall closing by Knitting Factory vice president Greg Marchant. Marchant did not respond to multiple requests for an interview, and other current Knitting Factory employees declined to comment on the closure. And despite being told that the closure was a possibility, Charles said he had hoped that the venue was going to reopen, revamped and renewed. “I was hoping to go through some remodels and do some upgrades that we really needed,” he said. “We were all a little blindsided. We were hoping to have a few more good years in this thing. But the board members of a corporation, when they want to pull the plug, they can just do whatever the hell they want, I guess.” Charles also said that he’s not bitter about losing his job or the venue closing, and that there were legitimate business reasons for the closure. “It’s a tough market to break into,” he said. “Traveling here is a pain in the ass. It’s out of the way of everywhere, so guarantees ended up being higher than in other places, just to entice them to get here in the first place. And Reno just does not like to buy tickets, especially in advance. It just creates a lot of overhead over the years and trying to play catch-up. It just wasn’t a viable business plan for them.” “I think their biggest mistake was not embracing and supporting the local music scene,” said Dan Weiss, an in-demand local drummer, who performed at the Knit on several occasions with the Reno-based bands Keyser Soze and the Mark Sexton Band. “In their eyes, they thought that playing the Knitting Factory was a big resume booster, and it looked really good to other promoters and talent buyers, but at the same time they weren’t willing to compensate the local musicians and the people that are the music scene in this town. They weren’t willing to compensate. We’d get asked to do shows, opening for bands, where we’d get paid $100 after we sold 50 tickets, something like that. They didn’t really support the music scene the way I feel that Cargo does. Cargo definitely takes care of the bands. They promote really well. They never ask you to come play for free. They value your time.” Weiss said he shared the local excitement for the Knit when the venue was first announced, but that his initial enthusiasm soon turned to disappointment. “When they opened up the one in Reno … it definitely had a very corporate feeling to it,” he said. “It was not what the Knitting Factory started off to be.” He acknowledges that the concert hall was responsible for attracting several acts that might not otherwise play in Reno, but laments 14 | RN&R |

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“The shape of the room was a long, narrow, concrete box,” said Charles. “In no way was that acoustically sound. Plus, the overhang of the balcony. But they didn’t build the building. They were just trying to do the best with what they had. … A lot of the complaints about sound—what people don’t understand is that people who come through on tour have never been in that room. They don’t know how to work it like our engineers did, because they don’t do it on a day-to-day basis. You’re playing 50 shows in two months and you get tour ears. Your ears are completely shot. You can’t hear shit. So a lot of the backlash comes from people not knowing what goes on behind the scenes.” “I never like to see anything go,” said Weiss. “But I was relieved when it closed in the sense that I could finally express openly how I felt about the Knitting Factory. As a musician, I always try to be very careful about what I say on social media or what people are going to see, because I don’t want anybody who might be important or significant to the music scene or whatever to see something like that, and automatically be like, screw those guys. Now, that it’s done, people can kind of be honest and say, ‘Oh, I had a terrible experience there. ’ ”

“We were all a little blindsided. We were hoping to have a few more good years in this thing.” preston charles

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the many irritants that often made Knitting Factory concerts less than satisfying experiences for discriminating concert-goers as well as musicians. “I definitely give them a lot of credit for trying to bring in a good music venue into downtown Reno that was bringing in good national touring acts,” said Weiss, who currently plays with the group the Sextones. “We would never have those groups in Reno. They definitely made an effort. But, as a concert-goer, I never had a good experience— mostly because the sound was pretty terrible. And the way the room was arranged created a lot of bottlenecks.” The front-of-house sound booth, stairs, bathroom, and downstairs bar, were all close enough together in the room that navigating the floor was often difficult. “I wish that, as a corporation, they were able to put more money into the room, to technically upgrade it to go along with the times,” said Charles. “That was one thing we always struggled with, and us on the ground level couldn’t do a whole lot about.” In addition, the shape of the room itself was not ideally designed for music.

Since the Knitting Factory opened, several other venues of comparable size have opened, including Jub Jub’s Thirst Parlor and the Psychedelic Ballroom & Juke Joint. Several casino-affiliated venues have remodeled and revamped, most notably the Grant Theatre in the Grand Sierra Resort, still home to one of the world’s largest stages. But the most likely heir apparent of the Knit is Cargo Concert Hall in the Whitney Peak Hotel, 255 N. Virginia St., the old Fitzgeralds Casino and Hotel, just down the road from the Knit. It inherited many of the Knit’s last shows, and, as Weiss indicated, it has a positive reputation among local musicians. “I’m happy for Cargo,” said Charles. “I’ve got a lot of friends that work there. I don’t believe they had anything to do with us going down in terms of business practices or stealing shows—some of the other shit I’ve heard around town.” Niki Gross, managing director of Whitney Peak, agrees that competition between the two venues was friendly, but she also recognizes the opportunity created by the closure. “With the Knitting Factory closing and with them not having an alternative option, with us being the only game in town at our capacity level, it’s really opened us up to have these conversations with agents that weren’t willing to talk to us because they already had an established relationship.” Gross is also quick to explain that she takes no schadenfreude in seeing the Knit leave the community—nor does she see it as a business failure. “I think I would view it as a sad thing if the Knitting Factory was closing and they were

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just totally imploding as a company, but they’re not,” she said. “They have a strong corporate presence. They do a lot of events nationwide and they’re very well regarded in the industry. I think what they’re doing is great for them, and they can focus on some of the things that have been more lucrative for them.” She echoed Charles’ sentiment that the Reno market presents some unusual challenges for concert promoters and venue operators. She also mentioned the local tendency against buying tickets in advance. “When you’re working with an agency, and a band, and [the] band’s management, and you have a show that’s been on sale for three months, and you’ve got a thousand tickets to sell and you’re a week out and you’ve only sold a few hundred, it’s hard to tell them, you know what, four hundred is actually a really good number, because we’re going to sell 500 over the next week,” she said. “That’s a hard thing, and for someone who’s running a venue it’s very nerve-wracking, because we’re putting up a lot of risk to get these

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artists in here. We’re paying these high guarantees. We’re just trying to make up for it with the tickets sales. A lot of times, we don’t know if we’re going to break even on a show until the day before.” She said that Cargo’s strategy as a venue has been to cater to the performers, including the local acts. This strategy wasn’t developed in direct reaction to the Knit’s negative reputation among local musicians, but instead as just an overall approach to creating positive events. “I’m a musician too, and coming from that perspective and understanding, as an artist, you want to walk into a space where you’re comfortable and know that the performance you give is going to be representative of your talent,” she said. “I’m a pianist, so the worst thing I could do is walk into an event venue—you don’t drag your instrument around as a pianist, you’re at the mercy of what they give you, so if you walk into an event and you have a piano that’s not quite in tune or the sound isn’t what you’re used to, it’s really a big bummer and

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makes your performance and your whole attitude about the performance a bad experience. … The number one priority for us is to give the artists the best possible experience that they can have, because ultimately that trickles down to the audiences’ experience.” She believes that the recent economic recovery will mean good things overall for local concert-goers.

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ichael Showalter is best known as one of the creators and stars of the cult classic Wet Hot American Summer and its prequel, the 2015 Netflix series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp. He’s a veteran of legendary comedy troupes The State and Stella. In 2014, he co-wrote the funny romcom spoof We Came Together costarring Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler, co-written and directed by his fellow State and Stella alumnus David Wain. In 2005, he made his featuredirecting debut with The Baxter, a criminally underrated and charming comedy starring himself and Elizabeth Banks. Eleven years later comes his sophomore feature directing effort, Hello, My Name is Doris, starring the one and only Sally Field. Field plays the title character in Doris, an oddly dressed cubicle dweller who falls in love with a much younger man (Max Greenfield) at the workplace. This results in strange workplace fantasies and a gloriously awkward friendship between the two. Showalter took the time to talk with me about working with Sally Field, the future of Wet Hot, and working with some other screen legends these past couple of years. GRIMM: Doris started as a short film, Doris and the Intern by Laura Terruso, who went on to write the

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feature script with you. Did Laura always intend for the Doris character to have a feature film? SHOWALTER: No … no. I was teaching screenwriting at NYU Graduate Film School, and Laura was a student. Not one of mine, but she was around. She made the short film, and I just thought the main character was really funny. We became friends and started talking about writing something together. After much trial and error with other ideas, we actually came back to, “What if we expanded Doris into a feature?” GRIMM: The short is a little darker and sillier than the eventual feature. SHOWALTER: In the short, Doris is just kind of a kooky old lady who gets a crush on a younger guy. For the feature, we added the friendships, and the hoarding, the whole hipster angle, and the mother and brother. We imagined a whole new world around her and a new story. GRIMM: At what stage in the production did Sally Field get involved? Did you write the expanded Doris part with someone like her, or her specifically, in mind? SHOWALTER: Not her specifically, and only because I would never have assumed she would do the movie. You don’t assume someone like her—a Hollywood icon—would do a little movie like this. We did feel like, wouldn’t it be unbelievable if Sally

GRIMM: I just watched the episode of Love, the new comedy show from Judd Apatow, that you directed for the Netflix series. What is it with Netflix all of the sudden? Four years ago you would be lucky to find Phantasm 17 for streaming on a Saturday night, and now it’s the comedy hub of the universe. SHOWALTER: I know. GRIMM: You also got to direct yet another project for Netflix, a season two episode of Grace and Frankie starring Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda. SHOWALTER: Yes, and I think Sally Field helped me get that job. She’s friends with Jane Fonda. I told her I was up for the gig, and she said “OK, let me email Jane right away.” So Sally emails Jane Fonda and says “He’s great, you should work with him!” GRIMM: And just like that, you’ve found yourself working with three legendary screen actresses in the last couple of years. Did you get to show Lily Tomlin your incredible reenactment of her epic I Hate Huckabees battle with director David O. Russell? The shockingly authentic one you did with Paul Rudd on your internet series The Michael Showalter Showalter? SHOWALTER: Funny you should ask, because I didn’t even think about doing that. No, I was just too intimidated to barely say anything. GRIMM: The prequel Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp came out last year on Netflix and was a resounding success. Do you think there could be more? SHOWALTER: 100 percent … I think it’s going to happen. GRIMM: Oh, wow! SHOWALTER: 99.9 percent I think it’s going to happen. GRIMM: Uh oh … that’s less than 100 percent! Oh man … maybe another prequel where you are all in your deep 50s playing teenagers? Do you think it will happen quickly, like, in a year? Or will it take over a decade like the last time? SHOWALTER: You can take this however you want, but I have no comment on how long it’s going to take. GRIMM: OK, OK. Do you have any parting words regarding Doris? SHOWALTER: I hope people see it. I think it’s a good movie, and I’m really proud of it. I think it’s something everybody can enjoy. Sally Field gives an amazing performance that nobody should miss.

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Field could play this part? because it’s perfect for her. The Doris character is this amalgamation of so many qualities that Sally Field possesses. So we sent the script to her agent thinking nothing would come of it, and then this amazing thing happened in that she read it and responded to the material. The rest is history. GRIMM: Max Greenfield, hilarious as the brother in They Came Together, plays John, the object of Doris’s office crush. Was his involvement in Together what got him involved in Doris? SHOWALTER: Yes! I met Max while making Together. Obviously, he’s a kind of a hotshot young actor. It was great when we got him for that film, and he and I became quite friendly. At the time we were making Together, I was writing Doris and he was just perfect for the John character. Max actually was the first person to sign on for Doris. GRIMM: He has a terrific chemistry with Sally. You believe that two people who are three decades apart actually might have a shot romantically. So, you got to work with Sally Field. Sally must bring an amazing, positive energy to any film set she is on. SHOWALTER: Completely. I mean, she’s a hard worker, and she’s a no B.S. kind of person. It’s not like she’s George Clooney pranking everybody on set. She’s all business, and she’s very serious about the work. And she expects the same of everybody else. GRIMM: I think I’ve had a crush on her since I was about 10 years old up until, well, let me think … now. I still have a crush on her now. SHOWALTER: Yeah, me too. Me too. When you were saying the relationship between her and Max is convincing it’s, like, not very hard to act like you could have a crush on Sally Field. GRIMM: You have musician Jack Antonoff making his feature-acting debut as Baby Goya of the fictional indie band Baby Goya and the Nuclear Winters. Was the music he plays in the film specifically created for it? SHOWALTER: Yes. Laura and I wrote the song titles and created the character of Baby Goya and then cast Jack. We basically asked Jack if he would consider writing songs, based on these song titles, in the character of Baby Goya. So, you hear two songs in the film by Baby Goya and the Nuclear Winters, one is “Dance, Rascal, Dance” and the other one is called “Lasers and Lace.” He wrote those songs with his band Bleachers, and that’s his band Bleachers in the movie with him.

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Clairissa and Colby Stephens Some people collect coins or comic books or Pokémon cards. But husbandby and-wife artist team Colby and Josie Luciano Clairissa Stephens collect horizon lines. “We’ve been collecting horizon lines over the last several years,” said Clairissa. “Basically, interesting ones that we have experienced either through backpacking or driving through very rural Nevada.” It’s a pastime that makes use of both Clairissa and Colby’s talents—drawing and photography respectively—and it is the subject of their latest exhibit, Horizon Lines, now on display at Sierra Arts.

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Figuratively, all of these “inner circle” visuals point to what we already know about the landscape, while the circumference of each circle—jagged and topographic instead of smooth and rounded— represent the limits of understanding. The interface where known meets unknown. “That component of the mystery of the unknown is very compelling to both of us,” said Colby, “Horizon lines keep you from understanding all of the intricacies of [a] space until you cross it.” Upon crossing the edge of each circle, the viewer is met with blank space. It’s a void that reminds Colby of the “giant old maps from the 1800s,” when the West was still unmapped and called “The Unknown.” “Everything west of the Rockies, between that and California was basically where it was left blank,” said Clairissa. Of course, nothing stays void for long. Frontiers on maps and the boundaries beyond a circle’s edge are soon populated with landmarks, waypoints, folklore and raw data. Real, genuine uncharted territory is hard to discover these days. But that doesn’t stop the Stephens from looking for it—and finding it—in remote corners of Nevada. “Because we spent most of our lives in western Oregon and there’s a lot of forests here, you don’t see horizon lines,” said Colby. “Being able to see the horizon in 360 degrees allows you to locate yourself in terrestrial space in a very specific kind of way.” And once Point A is reached, there’s always a Point B to get to. “Lines do not simply demarcate the boundaries of three dimensional space,” reads the Stephens’ artist statement. “They also trace the ways that humans, animals, plants, and water move through it.” Back in Oregon, the couple continues to document lines—horizons, foot trails, rooting patterns, and branching capillaries of streams, creeks, and rivers. Paths of least resistance and most interest. Paths that still lead to a void. Ω

Clairissa and Colby Stephens’ new exhibit features impressions of rural horizon lines.

horizon Lines is on display at the sierra arts center through March 31. an artist presentation and dinner will take place on closing night, March 31 from 6:30-10 p.m. tickets are $65. For more information, visit www.sierra-arts. org. to view colby and clairissa stephens’ portfolios, visit www. clairebstephens. com and www. colbystephens.wix. com/nostrumsoriginal.

At first blush, Horizon Lines looks slick, clean and attractive in an Instagram filter sort of way. It’s the kind of installation that a graphic designer might put together—what with its washed-out color palette, well-planned negative space and everything-in-one pieces that seem to tie all the loose parts together. But Horizon Lines is more than just good-looking. Beyond familiar imagery from the artists’ previous exhibits (root-bound drawings, contour lines, cracked earth paintings made of playa dust), the Stephens hit on something new—a series of circles that serve as a metaphor for understanding the boundaries of landscape. Inside each of the circles—there are nine—the viewer faces one of three types of imagery: photographs of clouds, particles of actual diatomaceous earth, or contour-like lines that reference cartography. Earth meets Line meets Sky. They are titled by location (“South of Fallon,” “Railroad Valley,” “Mt. Irish Wilderness”) and tagged with GPS coordinates.

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Stop-motion sense Anomalisa When picking 2015’s best film, I found myself struggling more than in other recent years. It came down to Leonardo DiCaprio getting his face ripped off by a bear in The Revenant, or Charlie Kaufman’s daring stop-motion animation effort, Anomalisa. I ultimately went with Leo and the bear, but on any given day, I could find myself by oscillating back to the notion that Anomalisa Bob Grimm is last year’s best film. It’s certainly the year’s most original b g ri m m @ movie and the year’s best animated film. It’s ne w s re v i e w . c o m also the weirdest, and Kaufman, who wrote Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, does weird so well. Anomalisa takes a rather mundane day in the life of rich businessman Michael Stone (voiced by David Thewlis) and somehow turns it into a wondrously imaginative movie. Using stop-motion figures, Kaufman and his team come up with a way to do animated facial expressions that is nothing short of mind-blowing. These figures are creepily human, and never anything short of amazing to behold.

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The voice cast includes Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh as Lisa, and Tom Noonan. I don’t want to give away too much about what Noonan does in this movie because I’d be giving away one of the film’s great surprises. Let’s just say Noonan gets a major opportunity to expand his vocal acting horizons in this one. The film picks up with Michael as he goes to Cincinnati for a speaking engagement and takes a room in a hotel. Yes, that sounds fairly routine, and it is. Yet Kaufman and crew capture so much detail in that little hotel room, it’s just as impressive as if they had recreated all of Manhattan. In the subtlest of ways, Kaufman, who wrote the script and the play it’s based on, shows us that Michael is having some sort of breakdown. His marriage lacks spark, he has an abnormal obsession with a past lover he’s trying to reconnect with, and, finally,

he gloms onto Lisa, a young fan of his staying at the hotel. Michael finds something incredibly unique about Lisa at first, and is beyond smitten. They ultimately share a night of lovemaking that rivals only Team America: World Police in the realm of puppet sex. Kaufman also gives us that night’s aftermath, and there’s something very human about this movie even though dolls portray the action. Michael’s view of the world is, to say the least, disturbing. Actually, Michael is a really, really disturbing man. There are moments in the film where he simply loses his grip on reality, and those moments are startling. When it comes down to it, Michael is probably one of the more despicable cinematic characters of 2015. He’s as pathetic a human being as can be. And he’s a puppet. That’s how good this movie is. You start believing you’re watching a human story, and not just a bunch of puppets jabbering at one another. These action figures possess depth. The script is brilliant. It’s Kaufman at his very best. His core idea for this story is so grim, it’s actually a solid achievement that the film still manages to be enjoyable, let alone entertaining. But entertaining it is, and Kaufman has more than his own script to thank for that. I have never felt such joy watching somebody’s ice bucket be filled up at a hotel before. It’s the little details in this movie that just take the breath away. Little ice cubes, packs of cigarettes, coffee makers, roll away luggage—they all constitute a movie miracle. Anomalisa got edged out by Pixar’s Inside Out at this year’s Oscars. Now, I loved Inside Out in a way that had me believing it couldn’t be beat for that award when I saw it. But then I saw this movie and, without a doubt, this one should’ve taken home the prize. A hundred years from now, when film historians are putting together lists of films like no other, Anomalisa will be near the top. Ω Anomolisa ends its short engagement at the Century Riverside theater on March 24, but it's available for digital download on iTunes.

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Ryan Reynolds scores big in this twisted film from first time director Tim Miller. The movie establishes its weirdness with scathing opening credits that poke fun at Reynolds’s stint as Green Lantern. It then becomes a consistently funny tragicomedy involving Wade, a mercenary who comes down with terminal cancer, dimming the lights on his future with girlfriend Vanessa (Morena Baccarin). He submits himself to an experiment that leaves him disfigured yet superhuman, bent on revenge against the criminal who made him this way. Reynolds finally gets a good movie to match his charms, and Deadpool gets the nasty film the character beckons for. The film gets an R-rating for many reasons, and there was no other way to make a Deadpool film. It needed to be depraved, and it is.

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Tina Fey makes a seamless transition to more dramatic fare with this, the story of a female journalist dropped into the middle of the war in Afghanistan. Based on the book The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker, the film has a MASH vibe to it when it’s at its best. Fey gets plenty of chances to be funny, but this is her meatiest role yet, allowing her to show off a promising more serious side as an actress. When her life in New York gets too humdrum, Kim (Fey) winds up in Afghanistan with no major field reporting experience, dodging RPGs and filing stories nobody cares about. She has standard long-distance relationship problems on top of that, along with an on-site romance with a freelance photographer (Martin Freeman). Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Crazy, Stupid, Love and Focus) the film pops on occasion, but spends a little too much time in dusty apartments rather than out in the field. Margot Robbie is great, if a little underused, as another field reporter, while the likes of Billy Bob Thornton and Alfred Molina perform admirably in supporting roles. The film doesn’t always click, but it stands as an interesting turning point in Fey’s career.

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Unlike The Blair Witch Project, this Sundance award-winning directorial debut— and total masterpiece—from Robert Eggers, who also wrote the script, actually has a witch in it. She makes her first appearance very early on in the film, and she’s doing a bad thing. A really, really, horribly disturbing, oh-that’s-how-thismovie-is-really-going-to-start bad thing. Set in 1630s New England with an exceptional attention to detail, there are plenty of ways to interpret the events and themes of The Witch—the mark of a good, heady horror film. The sense of dread kicks in immediately after William (Ralph Ineson) is banished from his New England settlement for getting a little too over-the-top with his religious beliefs. He, his wife Katherine (Kate Dickie), their little baby, their oldest daughter, Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy), son Caleb (Harvey Scrimshaw), and creepy twins Mercy and Jonas (Ellie Grainger and Lucas Dawson) must head out into the gray forests and fields to make a life away from government and society. What follows are hellish encounters with different incarnations of the witch, talking goats, possessed kids, and a bunch of other stuff that will unsettle you. Eggers has made a great movie that can be interpreted many different ways. If it doesn’t scare you, you are far braver than me.

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Disney delivers another winner with this cute, uplifting story with a surprising dark side. It’s the sort of movie that’ll have kids asking their parents a few questions about some tough topics, while also being a movie that should entertain just about anyone who sits their butt in a theater seat to watch it. Judy (Ginnifer Goodwin entering the Voice Acting Hall of Fame) is a little bunny determined to be the first bunny cop on the force in Zootopia, a metropolis populated by animals. On the road to joining the force, she faces a lot of opposition for being both a bunny and a girl. Judy beats insurmountable odds, and winds up on the force, much to the chagrin of Chief Bogo (Idris Elba). She soon finds herself on a missing mammals case and enlists the help of a sly fox (Jason Bateman) for investigative work. The film is co-directed by three guys: Byron Howard (Tangled), Rich Moore (Wreck-It Ralph) and Jared Bush (his feature debut!). The animation is top notch and inventive, with cute little touches throughout. When a cop chase winds up in a rodent community, it becomes a funny Godzilla riff. There are little witty touches throughout, and the movie is just another animated home run for the Disney catalog.

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It’s been 28 years since Pee-wee has had his own movie (1988’s Big Top Pee-wee), and the world’s happiest man child has not lost a step. Paul Reubens still effortlessly slides into his alter ego Pee-wee, even as he gets deep into his 60s. That’s right, Pee-wee Herman is almost 64 years old. That’s almost as old as Paul McCartney. He’s as nimble, as joyous, and as fun as he was when he made his big screen headliner debut in Tim Burton’s Pee-wee’s Big Adventure 31 years ago. The new film, produced by Judd Apatow and directed by John Lee doesn’t quite have the visual exuberance to match Pee-wee’s bravado, but the story (written by Reubens and Paul Rust) breezes right along. Pee-wee meets a movie star (Joe Manganiello of True Blood, playing himself) while working in a diner in his all

American town. The two hit it off, and Joe invites him to his big birthday bash in New York City. This means a road trip for Pee-wee, during which he meets up with a crazy guy in the woods, a crazy lady with a flying car, and winds up at the bottom of a well. Again, the movie has some dull production values, but Reubens elevates things so that it really isn’t that much of a problem. Plus, Pee-wee’s car is badass. Hopefully, this will be the start of some more adventures for Peewee. He’s clearly still got it. Look for Lynne Marie Stewart, Simone from Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, in a small but pivotal role. (Currently streaming on Netflix.)

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Sacha Baron Cohen delivers his first bona fide bomb with this, a tired action comedy with no comedic nuance to speak of. In the past, Cohen has thrived with his mockumentary format, or simply in the service of a good comedic director (most notably Adam McKay on Talladega Nights). Now, he’s penned a screenplay for director Louis Leterrier, a man mostly known for action fare like The Incredible Hulk and Clash of the Titans, although his lousy Now You See Me was more of a drama. This colossal mess has Cohen playing a soccer-loving idiot in search of his long lost brother (Mark Strong). It turns out the brother is a spy, and when the two get together, they are a regular old odd couple. The plot is nothing but a setup for scenes like Cohen and Strong stuck in an elephant’s vagina, resulting in them getting fucked by many large elephant penises. Sorry folks, there was really no delicate way to describe that scene to you. In fact, I cleaned it up a bit, for what actually happens in the movie is far more disgusting and raunchy than my description. Now, I do believe there’s a director somewhere who could’ve made the sight of Cohen and Strong covered in elephant cum hilarious. Leterrier isn’t that man, and most, if not all, of the jokes in this movie bomb big time. I’ve been a Cohen fan in the past, but if this is a sign of things to come, I’m renouncing my admiration as of this date.

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What’s the significance of the word “Cloverfield” in this movie’s title? Producer J.J. Abrams is calling this movie a blood relative to the original found-footage monster movie. The new film is not a found-footage film (and thank god for that). After seeing it, I can tell you that the title is not misleading, but don’t go to this thinking you’ll see the Cloverfield monster laying waste to middle America. It’s a much different kind of movie. The film starts with Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) having an urgent phone call with somebody. She grabs her keys, hits the road, and drives for what appears to be many miles out of the big city into the cornfields. After stopping for some gas, her car crashes for mysterious reasons. She wakes up from said crash with an IV drip and her leg cuffed to a bar. Shortly thereafter, she meets Howard (John Goodman). Howard seems a little bit anxious and tells her she needs to hydrate, practice using crutches, and, oh yeah, the end of the world is nigh. No one really knows why, but the air above is now contaminated, and they must reside in his emergency bunker for what could be years. There’s another inhabitant of the bunker, and that’s Howard’s soft-spoken neighbor Emmett (John Gallagher Jr.). The film then becomes an intense “is she a hostage?” drama, and then something altogether different by the time credits roll. Goodman and Winstead are both excellent in what turns out to be a nifty little thriller.

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A little bit country Silverwing Mel Warstler founded the classic country band Silverwing in 1993. In 1995, he tied the knot with his wife Mary, a native by Jeri of New York. Chadwell-Singley “We’re like Green Acres, Mary always likes to say,” Mel said. “I am j eri c@ news r eview.c om the original country boy. When I was young, my father worked on a million acre cattle ranch out in the middle of eastern Oregon. And she’s from New York City.”

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Silverwing was reborn. In the last decade, the band has seen several lineup changes, but Mary and Mel have been constants. Today, Mel is lead guitar and vocals. Mary sings and plays bass. The rest of the band is comprised of Brandon Hooten on drums, Sean Rold on vocals and second guitar, and Georgina Arze on keyboards and vocals. These days, Silverwing plays gigs at venues across Northern Nevada, including several regular shows at bars in Fallon and Gardnerville. The band’s sound has also expanded. The set list on any given night still includes plenty of classic country tunes, but they’re mixed in with covers of swamp rock and Southern rock standards, as well as Silverwing originals. The fusion of styles is fun, but the Silverwing originals are the ones that really stand out. They range from lighthearted, fast-paced songs like “Working Man” and “Hands Off the Barmaid” to slower, more nostalgic sounding numbers like “Wide Open Spaces”—all brought together and easily distinguished from the covers by their distinctive and prominent guitar riffs and solos. According to Mel and Mary, all of Silverwing’s songs start with the guitar in Mel’s hands. The lyrics and the rest of the instrumentation come later. “When we’re at home, I have a guitar sitting at the end of the couch where I always sit,” Mel said. “I pick it up and play it along with commercials. I can’t help myself. … I’ve got dozens and dozens and dozens of pieces of music that are waiting for lyrics.” While they may not come first, the lyrics are by no means superficial. They’re thoughtful. Take the song “Moonshine,” for example. When that word kept coming to mind each time Mel played the tune, he and Mary knew they’d have to run with it, so the pair set to work researching moonshiners before writing the lyrics. The resulting song—a swamp rock anthem with the story-driven lyrics of a classic country tune—is the title track on Silverwing’s first full-length album. A second studio album is in the works. Ω

Mel grew up listening to country music. His favorite star of the genre is Merle Haggard. Mary had never heard country until she moved to Nevada and went to work at the hospital in Fallon. “It was the height of Garth Brooks and Brooks and Dunn, and that music was entertaining and funny, and they had a sense of humor about themselves,” Mary said. “The songs reminded me of the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt—acoustic guitars, and it was great music.” Although Mary was new to country music in the early ’90s, she’d been a musician since childhood and had played guitar with different church groups and folk bands throughout the years. At first, Mary explained, she steered clear of Mel’s band because she didn’t want to intrude. But it wasn’t long before Mel put Silverwing on hold so he and Mary could focus on raising his two sons and her three. In the early 2000s, with the boys nearly grown, Mel began playing again with a new group of people. But the feeling just wasn’t right. That’s when he and Mary decided to give performing together a try. They formed a duo and began playing at bars in Fallon. “At that point it’s like, ‘Let’s just—you and I—let’s just do this,’” Mary said. “So that’s how it all got started. And then he goes out and hires a drummer and bass player and makes me part of a band.”

A little bit rock 'n' roll: Silverwing is Brandon Hooten, Georgina Arze, Mel Warstler, Mary Warstler and Sean Rold.

Silverwing performs at Boomers, Fallon, 128 E. Williams Ave., April 1-2; and at Mummers, 906 Victorian Ave., Sparks, on April 16.

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3rd Street, 125 W. Third St., 323-5005: Comedy Night & Improv w/Patrick Shillito, W, 9pm, no cover Carson Nugget, 507 N. Carson St., Carson City, 882-1626: Tracy Smith, F, 7:30pm, $13-$15 The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: Allan Havey, Dana Eagle, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30; Ritch Shydner, Nika Williams, Tu-W, 9pm, $25 Laugh Factory at Silver Legacy Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., 325-7401: Greg Morton, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $21.95; F-Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $27.45; Allan Stephan, Tu, W, 7:30pm, $21.95 Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., 686-6600: Sam Marcoux, Kelly Hilbert, Th, 8pm, $10; Tracy Smith, F, 9pm, $12-$17; Sa, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, $12-$17

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ELBOW ROOM BAR

2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-9799

Jack Di Carlo, 7pm, no cover

Strange on the Range, 7pm, W, no cover

Sunshine & Whiskey, 8:30pm, no cover

Open Mic Jam Slam w/Adrian Diijon, 9pm, Tu Karaoke Nite, 9pm, W, no cover

Karaoke Kat, 9pm, no cover

Canyon White Open Mic Night, 8pm, no cover

HIMMEL HAUS

Open Mic Night, 9pm, M, no cover Trivia Night, 9pm, W, no cover

3819 Saddle Rd., South Lake Tahoe; (530) 314-7665

JUB JUB’S THIRST PARLOR 71 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-1652 1) Showroom 2) Bar Room

CW and Mr. Spoons, noon, M, no cover Dave Leather, noon, W, no cover

VooDoo Dogz, 8pm, no cover

10603 Stead Blvd., Stead; (775) 677-7088

140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858

Traditional Irish Tune Session, 7pm, Tu, no cover

Karaoke w/Nitesong Productions, 9pm, Tu, Border Line Fine, 9:30pm, W, no cover

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Clemon Charles, 6:30pm, W, no cover

Brood Witch, 9:30pm, no cover

Tangerine, Neighbors, Basha, 8pm, $5 1) Kottonmouth Kings, Marlon Asher, Whitney Peyton, Chucky Chuck, 7pm, $18

Alaska, Woozy, Skinwalkers, 8pm, M, $5 Car Seat Headrest, 8pm, W, $5-$7

La Luz, Dirty Ghosts, Sundries, 8pm, $8 2) Telli Prego, 1Lady, Hugo Monster, Champlu, 9pm, $5

1) The Sword, Royal Thunder, 8pm, $14.50

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2) Nathan Payne & The Wild Bores, 9pm, $2

2) Blazin Mics!, 9:30pm, M, You Bastard, 9pm, Tu, donation, Zuli, Lost In Artificial Reality, PostWar, 8pm, W, $4 Outspoken: Open Mic Night, 7pm, M, no cover

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SundaYze: Brunch and live jazz w/Reno Jazz Syndicate, noon, no cover

Jacked Up, 8pm, no cover

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Karaoke, 9pm, Tu, W, no cover

Chi McClean, 7pm, no cover

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

Free-Spin Sundays w/DJ Zoiree, 5pm, no cover

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 3/28-3/30

DG Kicks, 9pm, Tu, no cover

BRASSERIE ST. JAMES

425 S. Virginia St., (775) 432-1633

SUNDAY 3/27

Bootie Reno: Easter Bunny Bash, 10pm, no cover

THURSDAY 3/24 THE LOFT THEATRE-LOUNGE-DINING

Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, 1021 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe; (530) 523-8024 7:30pm, $35

FRIDAY 3/25

SATURDAY 3/26

Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, 7:30pm, $35

Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, 4:30pm and 7:30pm, $35

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Live jazz, 8pm, no cover

MIDTOWN WINE BAR

The TRIO, 7pm, no cover

Baker Street Band, 8pm, no cover

MOODY’S BISTRO BAR & BEATS

Jenni Charles & Jesse Dunn, 8pm, no cover

Sunny Ozell, 8:30pm, no cover

PADDY & IRENE’S IRISH PUB

Acoustic Wonderland singer-songwriter showcase, 8pm, no cover

188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480 1527 S. Virginia St., (775) 800-1960 10007 Bridge St., Truckee; (530) 587-8688

906-A Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-5484

Tandymonium, 6:30pm, Tu, no cover Jamie Rollins, 7pm, W, no cover Sunny Ozell, 8:30pm, no cover

La Luz Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover

1559 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-8864 Thursday Night Out w/Wabuska Yachting Club and Friends, 8pm, no cover

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 3/28-3/30 Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, 7:30pm, M, Tu, $35 Western Wednesday, 9pm, W, no cover

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PSYCHEDELIC BALLROOM AND JUKE JOINT (PB&J’S)

SUNDAY 3/27 Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, 4:30pm, $35

Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover Unearth, Ringworm, Fit For An Autopsy, 7pm, M, $20, I Set My Friends on Fire, Reckless Serenade, 7pm, W, $10

Weapons of Mass Creation, Authmentis, Alisha Sadler, 7pm, $10

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March 26, 8 p.m. The Holland Project 140 Vesta St. 742-1858

Reggae Night, 10pm, no cover

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

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ADHDOD, Cynosure, Alphabet Cult, 9pm, no cover

715 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-4774

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Drop Tank, Purge the Perfect, Atlas Frame, Nevermute, 9pm, no cover DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover

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DJ Trivia, 8pm, no cover

219 W. Second St., (775) 657-9466

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1237 Baring Blvd., Sparks; (775) 409-3340

Open Mic Rock and Blues Jam hosted by Rich Maloon, 8:30pm, no cover

Jenny PezDeSpencer, 9pm, no cover

Mustache Kitty, 9pm, no cover

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Greg Gilmore, CRUSH, 9pm, no cover

Disco Party w/Robot Nesha, 9pm, no cover

Saturday Night Dance Party, 9pm, no cover

445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

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Sunny Ozell Explorations in Jazz, 8pm, no cover

Sunny Ozell, 8pm, M, $7, Trivia hosted by Boba Brett, Tu, 8pm, no cover

Vertical Drop After Party w/Hellbound Glory, Jesse and Jenni, 7:30pm, $10-$20

432 E. Fourth St., (775) 737-9776

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March 28, 8 p.m. St. James Infirmary 445 California Ave. 657-8484

The Collective, 7:30pm, W, no cover

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4275-4395 W. Fourth St., (775) 787-3769 1) Golden Rose Cafe 2) Green Fairy Pub 3) Cabaret

Industry Night w/DJ Keenan, 9pm, Tu, no cover

Drinking with Clowns, 9pm, no cover

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

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2) Two Way Street, 8pm, no cover

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2) Two Way Street, 4pm, no cover All In, 10pm, no cover

2) All In, 8pm, no cover

2) Steppen Stonz, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) Rye Brothers, 8pm, no cover

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2) John Palmore, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

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Yonder Mountain String Band March 25, 8 p.m. Crystal Bay Club 14 Highway 28 Crystal Bay 833-6333

2) Rye Brothers, 7pm, no cover 1627 Hwy. 395, Minden; (775) 782-9711 1) Valley Ballroom 2) Cabaret Lounge 3) TJ’s Corral

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1) Yonder Mountain String Band, Polecat, 2) Drop Theory, 10pm, no cover 8pm, $30-$35

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ELDORADO RESORT CASINO 345 N. Virginia St., (775) 786-5700 1) Theater 2) Brew Brothers 3) NoVi 4) Cin Cin 5) Stadium Bar

1) Footloose, 7pm Tu, W, $24.95-$26.95 1) Footloose, 7pm, 9:30pm, $24.95-$26.95 1) Footloose, 7pm, $24.95-$26.95 2) Live Band Karaoke, 10pm, M, no cover 1) Footloose, 7pm, $24.95-$26.95 1) Footloose, 7pm, $24.95-$26.95 2) Mike Reeves Band, 10:30pm, no cover 2) Mike Reeves Band, 10:30pm, no cover 2) Mike Reeves Band, 10:30pm, no cover 2) Mike Reeves Band, 10:30pm, no cover DJ Chris English, 10pm, Tu, no cover 3) DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover Steel Breeze, 10:30pm, W, no cover

GRAND SIERRA RESORT

2) Lex Nightclub Thursdays w/Jeremy

Cornwell, 10pm, no cover 2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000 1) Grand Theater 2) Lex Nightclub 3) Sports Book 3) Country Nights w/DJ Colt Ainsworth, 10pm, no cover 4) Summit Pavilion 5) Silver State Pavilion

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CBQ, 1330 Scheels Drive, Ste. 250, Sparks, 359-1109: Karaoke w/Larry Williams, Th, 6pm, no cover La Morena Bar, 2140 Victorian Ave., Sparks, 772-2475: College Nite/Karaoke, F, 7pm, no cover Murphy’s Law Irish Pub, 180 W. Peckham Lane, Ste. 1070, 823-9977: Karaoke w/DJ Hustler, H&T Mobile Productions, F, 10pm, no cover The Man Cave Sports Bar, 4600 N. Virginia St., 499-5322: Karaoke, Sa, 8pm, no cover Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, 1475 E. Prater Way, Ste. 103, Sparks, 356-6000: F-Sa, 9pm, no cover West Second Street Bar, 118 W. Second St., 384-7976: Daily, 8pm, no cover

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1) Petty vs. Eagles: A Musical Shootout, 219 N. Center St., (775) 788-2900 8pm, $27-$37 1) Sammy’s Showroom 2) The Zone 3) Sapphire Lounge 4) Plaza 5) Convention Center

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3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-3300 1) Celebrity Showroom 2) Nugget Grand Ballroom Jessie Leigh Band, 8pm, no cover 3) Gilley’s

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2) Lex Saturdays, 10pm, $15 3) Country Nights w/DJ Colt Ainsworth, 10pm, no cover

2) DJ Louie Giovanni, DJ JosBeatz, 10pm, $20 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

2) DJ KOKO, DJ Rick Gee, 10pm, $20 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

1) Petty vs. Eagles: A Musical Shootout, 8pm, $27-$37 2) Terry Stokes Hypnolarious, 10pm, $30 3) Carolyn Dolan, 8pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover Jessie Leigh Band, 8pm, no cover

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3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, W, no cover

3) DJ Four Color Zack, 10pm, $20

2) Bogg Jazz Ensemble, 6pm, no cover

1) Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, 7pm, Tu, $22-$27 2) Bogg Jazz Ensemble, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

3) Live blues w/Buddy Emmer Band and guest, 8pm, Tu, no cover

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

SANDS REGENCY CASINO HOTEL 345 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 348-2200 1) 3rd Street Lounge 2) Jester Theater 3) Copa Bar & Grill

3) Tyler Stafford, 6pm, no cover

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2) Decoy, 9pm, no cover 3) Fashion Friday, 9pm, no cover

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Events 17TH ANNUAL GLOBAL GALA: Northern Nevada International Center’s primary fundraiser features dinner and cocktails, a beer and wine raffle and silent/ live auction prize giveaways. This year’s theme is “Act Local, Be Global.” The keynote speaker is Josephine Kulea, founder of the Samburu Girls Foundation and 2013 United Nation’s Kenya Person of the Year. Th, 3/24, 6pm. $100 per person. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, 3800 S. Virginia St., (775) 846-2185.

ADAM JAHIEL ON PHOTOGRAPHING HORSES: Learn about Jahiel’s interest in horses as the inspiration for and subjects of his photographs. F, 3/25, noon. $10 general admission, free for NMA members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.

AIDLIN DARLING DESIGN: Black Rock Design Institute presents a talk with Joshua Aidlin and David Darling of Aidlin Darling Design. With an emphasis on designing for all of the senses, they have cultivated a diverse and collaborative studio that acts as the creative hub for an extended network of builders, fabricators, artists, engineers, chefs and other collaborators. Networking hour with cash bar in chez louie at 5pm. Lecture follows at 6pm. Th, 3/24, 6-7pm. $12 general admission, $8 NMA members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.

BASQUE LECTURE: BOMBING OF GERNIKA: In conjunction with the Basque exhibit Hidden in Plain Sight, Xabier Irujo, co-director of the Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno, presents a lecture on the bombing of the Basque town of Guernika on April 26, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War. Sa, 3/26, 2-3pm. Free. Sparks Heritage Museum, 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144.

EASTER BONNET AND PET PARADE: Grab you favorite bonnet and Easter attire and dress up your pet for the annual Easter Bonnet & Pet Parade. Prizes will be awarded in many categories. Line up at 11am at the Virginia City Beef Jerky Co. 204 S. C St. The parade stars at noon. Sa, 3/26, noon-1pm. C Street, downtown Virginia City, (775) 220-7072.

FULL MOON PARTY: Enjoy drinks, food and music by Ben Fuller as you watch the moon rise over the east shore. F, 3/25, 5-9pm. West Shore Cafe, 5160 W. Lake Blvd., Homewood, (530) 525-5200.

GOLD HILL GHOST TOUR: Enjoy a meal at the Crown Point restaurant and then join a guided ghost tour through the Gold Hill Hotel sharing stories of ghostly legends. Dining begins at 4pm. The tour starts at 8pm. M, 8pm. Opens 3/28. $40 for dinner and tour, $20 for tour only. Gold Hill Hotel, 1540 S. Main St., Gold Hill, (775) 847-0111.

POP-UP SALON WITH JOHN BRANCH OF THE NEW YORK TIMES: Nevada Humanities and the Incline Village Library present an interactive, media-rich discussion about sports and adventure journalism featuring New York Times sports reporter John Branch. F, 3/25, 6-8pm. Free. Incline Village Library, 845 Alder Ave., Building A, Incline Village, (775) 8324130, www.nevadahumanities.org.

RENO BEER CRAWL: Purchase your glass and map at The Waterfall and enjoy $1 refills at 12+ downtown Reno taverns. Fourth Sa of every month, 2-6pm through 12/24. $5 glass and map. The Waterfall, 134 W. Second St., (775) 322-7373.

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THE STORY OF THE DONNER PARTY: Frank Mullen gives this presentation as part of the Gold Hill Hotel Thursday Night Lecture Series. The dining room opens at 4pm. The lecture starts at 7:45pm. Th, 3/24, 7:45pm. $25 for dinner and lecture, $10 lecture only. Gold Hill Hotel, 1540 S. Main St., Gold Hill, (775) 847-0111.

All Ages ANIMAL ARK OPENS FOR THE SEASON: The wildlife sanctuary and nature center opens for the season. This year, there will be 16 special events, free educational lectures by local wildlife professionals, keeper talks and close up viewing of the Ark’s animals and raptors. Hours are Tuesdays-Sundays, 10am-4:30pm, March 26 through Oct. 31. Sa, 3/26, 10am-4:30pm. $10 adults, $9 seniors 62+, $6.50 children 3-12, free for kids age 2 and younger. Animal Ark Wildlife Sanctuary and Nature Center, 1265 Deerlodge Road, (775) 970-3111.

ART CAMP AT THE LAKE MANSION: Teaching artists will provide an hour of art, theater, and creative movement/music each day. Open to students ages 6-10. The class takes place in the Lake Mansion’s lower level art studio. M-F, 9am-noon through 4/1. Opens 3/28. $95. Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100.

EASTER AT SQUAW ALPINE: Search in the spring snow for colorful eggs during Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows Easter egg hunts. Guests to Alpine Meadows can also search with the help of technology during the Beacon and Eggs Avalanche Beacon Scavenger Hunt. Mountaintop services will be held at both mountains and a special Easter service will be held at High Camp. Su, 3/27, 8am-3pm. Free with $39-$99 advance lift tickets. Squaw Valley Resort, 1960 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, (800) 403-0206.

EASTER EGG DASH: The Bridge and The Boys and Girls Club presen their annual Easter egg hunt for kids in preschool through sixth grade. There will be games, prizes, bounce houses, face painting, lots of candy and a visit from the Easter Bunny. Sa, 3/26, 11am-1pm. Free. Officers Memorial Garden at Idlewild Park, 74 Cowan Drive, (775) 323-7141 ext. 10.

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour Nevada Land Trust holds its annual fundraiser featuring the winning films of the 2015 Banff Mountain Film Competition on Tuesday, March 29. Each year, filmmakers from around the world enter their films to be judged at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival in Banff, Alberta, Canada. After the festival closes, the winning films go on tour to be screened at venues across the globe. Audiences will see some of the best action, travel and adventure films entered in the competition. The Banff Mountain Film Festival is Nevada Land Trust’s

largest annual fundraiser, which has helped fund the protection of more than 42,000 acres in the state, according to the conservation organization. The event begins at 7 p.m. in the Tuscany Events Center at the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino, 2707 S. Virginia St. Tickets are $22 in advance and $27 on the day of the event. For more information, call (775) 851-5180 or visit http://nevadalandtrust.org.

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ERIKA PAUL TRIO: The jazz group invites kids to clap, tap and stomp their way through the history of American jazz. Tu, 3/29, 5-6pm. Free. Sparks Library, 1125 12th St., Sparks, (775) 352-3200.

IN TUNE TALES: Local musicians tell traditional folk tales and modern storybook classics against a backdrop of music, song and musical sound effects. Sa, 3/26, 11am-noon. Free. Northwest Reno Library, 2325 Robb Drive, (775) 787-4100.

INSIDE OUT: AN ANATOMY EXPERIENCE: This exhibition will take you on a journey into the curiosities of human anatomy. Through digital and handson exhibits, you’ll learn how our bodies work, grow, age and heal. Tu-Su. $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.

MONSTER FISH: IN SEARCH OF THE LAST RIVER GIANTS: The exhibit features life-size 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 4/24. $9-$10. Terry

Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, www.nvdm.org.

SPRING BREAK ENRICHMENT CAMP: Challenge Island’s Minion Party Camp features movie-inspired STEM challenges, including building a lab, making rocket launchers and jelly blasters and designing ways to keep the Minions safe on their missions. M-F, 9am-noon through 4/1. Opens 3/28. $120. Sarah Winnemucca Elementary School, 1349 Backer Way, (775) 843-2118, www. challenge-island.com.

SPRING BREAK ENRICHMENT CAMP: Challenge Island’s Mindcraft camp turns the digital world of Minecraft into real world, creative fun for kids. Tribes build their own shelters, tools and crafting tables. They tackle creepers, zombies and other mobs and design their very own mine trains. M-F, 9am-noon through 4/1. Opens 3/28. $120. Sepulveda Elementary School, 5075 Ion Drive, Sparks, (775) 843-2118.

SSSNAKES ALIVE!: This interactive exhibition encourages visitors to embrace their fear as they discover the secrets of North America’s four indigenous venomous snakes: the copperhead, cottonmouth, coral and rattlesnake. The exhibit features more than 20 live venomous snakes along with dozens of interactive stations and imaginative displays. W-Su through 4/10. $9 adults, $8 children and seniors. Wilbur D. May Museum, Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-5961, www. facebook.com/WilburMayCenter.

SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) OUTREACH CLINIC: The Food Bank of Northern Nevada hosts SNAP outreach clinics to assist low-income 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.

Art ART INDEED! SIERRA MEMORIAL ART SPACE: Urban Landscapes. The abstract art gallery is open for the Artist Open House on Sunday, March 27. Gallery hours are Monday from 1:30-6pm, Tuesday-Thursday from 3:30-7pm. Su, 3/27, 2-5pm. Free. 142 Bell St., (775) 846-8367.

ARTE ITALIA: Italian-American Cinema: From Capra to the Coppolas. This documentary exhibit curated by the Museo Italo Americano at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco features written and photographic panel displays, videos, memorabilia and graphic art. Their films explore the American Dream in all its ramifications and contradictions. Th-Su, noon5pm through 9/18. Free. 442 Flint St., (775) 333-0310.

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Papa’s got a brand new hag My boyfriend travels a lot and when he’s away, he wants to video call over FaceTime. Well, I look absolutely hideous on FaceTime and I don’t want to do it. And really, who doesn’t look scary on FaceTime? Megan Fox? Scarlett Johansson? I get that he loves me and knows what I really look like, but I always feel depressed and self-conscious after I get off our video calls. Of course it’s what’s on the inside that really counts, which is why men’s magazines so often run glossy spreads of stout, good-hearted older women crocheting afghans for nursing home patients. FaceTime should be renamed UglyFaceTime for what it does to a person’s features and especially to a woman’s (in lumps, jowls and eye baggery not apparent in photos). While the camera is said to add 10 pounds, FaceTime adds 10 miles of bad road. The good news: You look just like a movie star! The bad news: It’s the zombie Orson Welles. Friends will remind you that your boyfriend loves you and tell you you’re being silly (read: shallow). Some will offer helpful suggestions, like “It’s all about the lighting!” They aren’t wrong. I suggest avoiding light entirely, like by FaceTiming from a dark closet. Another popular chant: “Wear concealer!” My recommendation: Le Burlap Bag Over Le Head. Right now, countless readers are getting ready to email me to tell me I’m an idiot. (Hold your fire!) First, male sexuality is highly visual—in a way female sexuality is not. And then there’s what psychologists call “the contrast effect”—how the attractiveness of someone or something changes depending on the “neighborhood”: how attractive or unattractive the nearby alternatives are. So, you could be an easy 8.5 in Smalltownville and come to Hollywood —a.k.a. Mecca for every high school’s golden-blondiest cheerleader—and find yourself struggling to hang on to a 5.8. The contrast effect even holds true for somebody we love. In research by evolutionary psychologists Douglas Kenrick and Steven Neuberg, when men in relationships were exposed to pictures of very attractive women, they perceived their partner as less attractive—and (eek) felt less satisfied with and less committed to her. Obviously, looks aren’t all that matter. But sexual attraction naturally wanes over time. Best not to help it along with a “just keep your chins up!” attitude about FaceTiming. This isn’t to say you should leave your boyfriend visually starved. You can keep him wellsupplied with images of you that you can control: selfies. OPINION

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These selfies could even be used for a “foreign correspondent” approach to FaceTime—keeping the camera on a still photo of yourself (like when a CNN reporter is on an audio-only connection from a tent outside of Jalalabad). This will allow you to focus on your boyfriend instead of on another man—one with the medical training to make your cavernous nasolabial folds look less like the place they’ll find Jimmy Hoffa, your dad’s coin collection and three hikers who disappeared in 1976.

When the gooing gets tough When my boyfriend and I are on the phone, he won’t sign off with “I love you” if his guy friends are around. Meanwhile, these guys have met me and most are in relationships. So what’s with his cool act? I know he loves me. Why be embarrassed to say it publicly? There are a lot of ways a man can show that he loves you. Does it really have to be “Hold on, guys, while I give my balls to my girlfriend!”? Women often think it’s a bad sign if a man won’t go all “wuvvywoo poopielou” in front of his bros. This worry is understandable—because it’s no biggie (and actually kind of a status thing) for a woman to do that in front of the girls. But sex differences researchers Anne Campbell and Joyce Benenson point out that women—the caregivers of the species—evolved to bond through sharing vulnerabilities. This is how they show other women that they aren’t a threat. Men, however, evolved to be in a constant battle for dominance. They succeed socially by displaying toughness, not giggling behind their hands like Japanese schoolgirls (but with facial hair and Hello Kitty wallet chains). In other words, when you love a man, you show it by not demanding that his phone calls with you end in a social hanging. He’ll feel better, and you’ll ultimately respect him more. Sure, like other women, you may believe you want the ever mushy-ready “sensitive man”— until you start despising him for his compliance and dump him for someone a little more action hero. Those guys are men of few words—words like “I’ll be back” and not “Yes, dear, I’ll be back with a box of super-plus extra-absorbency unscented.” Ω

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ARTISTS CO-OP OF RENO GALLERY: Photo Fandango X. The 10th annual accomplished and upstart photographers invitational features the work of more than 20 local photographers. M-Su, 11am-4pm. Free. 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896.

FACULTY RECITAL: Enjoy an evening of music with University of Nevada, Reno horn professor DeAunn Davis and guests. Highlights include the world premiere of a new chamber work for horn, tuba and piano and Reinhold Gliere’s Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, op. 91. Reception to follow. W, 3/30, 7:30pm. Free. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278.

BLACK ROCK PRESS, JOT TRAVIS BUILDING: The Shape of Reading: Literature and the Contemporary Fine Press Book. This exhibition explores the idea of the book not only as a text-based medium, but as a visual, material, sculptural and time-based media experience. M-F, 9am-5pm through 3/31. University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 682-5596.

FLUTE DAY: GÖRAN MARCUSSON: Flute Day at the University of Nevada, Reno presents Göran Marcusson, the principal flutist of the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra in Sweden. He will be give a recital at 7:30pm on March 29 and a master class at 11am on March 30. Both events will be held in Nightingale Concert Hall. Flutists should bring their flutes to the master class for an instructional group warm up. The master class will feature UNR students and area high school students. Tu, 3/29, 7:30pm; W, 3/30, 11am. $5; free for UNR students with ID. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

CARSON CITY COURTHOUSE GALLERY: For Detail View. Capital City Arts Initiative presents work by artist Jeff Hantman. Hantman creates his wood sculptures using found wood objects and printmaking techniques. Rather than removing paint and sanding for smooth surfaces, he keeps the old paint, shelf paper and scratches as a history in each piece of wood he finds. He alters it with additional wood pieces, images and color to enhance the story as he builds a new sculpture. M-F, 8am-5pm through 5/25. Free. 885 E. Musser St., Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

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FORTUNATE STRANGERS: The band combines Celia Ramsay’s voice and experience in Scottish folk song with Joe and Kathy Bly’s long history of Irish music. A Celtic session open to all musicians follows the show. F, 3/25, 7pm. $15. Mountain Music Parlor, 735 S. Center St., (775) 843-5500.

Brett Flanigan. The first show in University Galleries’ new mural series features artwork by the Oakland-based artist. M-F through 11/11. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6658.

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Artist Thomas Vincent Chapel uses symbolically charged American flags as a way of starting a dialogue about outsourcing, globalism and the rigid dichotomy between pride and protest. M-Su through 4/8. Free. 945 Record St., (775) 348-8087.

concert series features performances by University of Nevada, Reno classical and jazz music students and faculty. W, noon through 4/27. Opens 3/30. Free. Randall Rotunda, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

St. Matthew Passion TOCCATA—Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus continues its Winter MusicFest with the 11th annual presentation of Johann Sebastian Bach’s The Passion According to St. Matthew. The program will feature selections from Part Two of The Passion and will be performed in English. Maestro James Rawie will conduct. Soloists include Sherman Modeste as the Evangelist, Chris Langton as Jesus, John Rabben as Pontius Pilate and Chris Nelson as Peter. Maria Arrigotti, Anna Helwing and Joy Strotz are the soprano soloists. Scott Deupree performs as the High Priest with Susan Horst, MaryAnn Helman, Linda Mitchell and Michael Lloyd as the false witnesses. Katie Lauder will play harpsichord continuo along with Nicholas Haines on cello. The concert begins at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 25, at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 341 Village Blvd., Incline Village. General admission is $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $5 for students ages 19 to 23 with valid ID. Preferred seating is $35 adults and $15 for youth/students. Youth under 19 years of age are admitted free in non-reserved seating. Call (775) 313-9697 or visit www.toccatatahoe.com.

HOLMAN ARTS & MEDIA CENTER, SIERRA NEVADA COLLEGE: From the Lens of Eleanor Preger. Preger’s photographs capture the art, people and environment of Burning Man. The exhibit is on view in the Ron and Maureen Ashley Community Gallery. The VIP reception is on April 5, 5-6pm. The artist talk follows from 6-7:30pm. M-Sa, 9am-5pm through 4/8; Tu, 4/5, 6-7pm. 1008 Highway 28, Incline Village, (775) 831-1314.

JOT TRAVIS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: BFA Thesis Exhibition. University of Nevada, Reno graduating bachelor of fine arts candidates host their thesis exhibition in Student Galleries South, Jot Travis Building at the University of Nevada, Reno. Tu-F, 11am-4pm through 3/31. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6837.

SPRING MUSIC SERIES: Musicians take center stage on the deck at Alpine Meadows. Mojo Green performs on March 26. Lumanation performs on April 2. Nibblers play on April 9. Joy & Madness play on April 16. Sa, 1-4pm through 4/23. Opens 3/26. Free with $39-$99 advance lift tickets. Squaw Valley Resort, 1960 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, (800) 403-0206.

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RENO BIGHORNS: The D-league basketball team

plays the Los Angeles D-Fenders. F, 3/25, 7pm; Reno Bighorns vs. the Idaho Stampede. Sa, 3/26, 7pm. $35-$125. Reno Events Center, 400 N. Center St., (775) 853-8220, http:// reno.dleague.nba.com.

MATHEWSON-IGT KNOWLEDGE CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Media Technology: Past & Present. Visitors will enjoy a visual display of media technological leaps through this exhibit on display in the Whittemore Gallery of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center. M-Su through 6/30. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4636, www. knowledgecenter.unr.edu.

METRO GALLERY AT RENO CITY HALL: Order and Chaos: A Marriage in Reno. The Reno Arts & Culture Commission presents artwork from Los Angeles-based visual artist Avery Falkner. His paintings are permeated with bold forms, rich colors and unusual textures. M-F, 9am-5pm through 4/15. Free. 1 E. First St., (775) 334-2417.

SHEPPARD CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Beautiful Soil: Ceramics from Ancient China. The exhibit features Chinese ceramics from various dynasties and spanning centuries, demonstrating the rich and diverse tradition of object-making in ancient China. M-F through 4/8; Brendan Tang: Souvenirs from Earth. Brendan Tang’s sculptures integrate references to Ming dynasty ceramic forms, Japanese anime and manga, art-pop, Asian import goods for the aristocratic French high-society and robotic prosthetics. Tu-Sa, 10am-8pm through 4/8. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6658.

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Sight: The Basques. The exhibit tells of the unique origins, language and history of the Basque people, along with their contributions throughout history. Hidden in Plain Sight: The Basques is a traveling exhibit from the Basque Museum & Cultural Center in Boise, Idaho. Sa, 1-4pm through 5/14; Tu-F, 11am-4pm through 5/13; Latimer Art Club Exhibit. The group exhibition by members of the Latimer Art Club will feature paintings by local artists in a wide variety of mediums. An exhibit reception will be held from 4pm to 7pm on April 8. Tu-F, 11am-4pm through 5/27; Sa, 1-4pm through 5/28. Opens 3/26. $5 or free for museum members. 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144, www.sparksmuseum. org.

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. 10 S. Lake St., (775) 333-9300.

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Residency on Earth, W-Su through 5/15; The E.L. Wiegand Collection: Representing the Work Ethic in American Art, W-Su through 4/17; Altered Landscape: Photographs of a Changing Environment, W-Su through 4/17; Andrea Zittel: Wallsprawl, W-Su through 12/31; The Horse, W-Su through 7/3; Andy Diaz Hope & Jon Bernson: Beautification Machine, W-Su through 7/24; Daniel Douke: Extraordinary, W-Su through 4/24;

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Monuments & DeLIMITations: Projects by David Taylor and Marcos Ramírez ERRE, W-Su through 4/17; Don Dondero: A Photographic Legacy, W-Su through 7/10. $1-$10. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

the American notion of Manifest Destiny, the obsession with the myth surrounding America’s history and his love of the epic American landscape. The work challenges the way that the history of the West, “the invented myth,” is perceived as a result of advertising, film and television, while also embracing the aesthetic of those mediums. Tu-Sa through 4/16. Free. 1400 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-0558.

Film BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR: See the best adventure, environmental and cultural films from the prestigious mountain festival. M, 3/28, 7pm. $16-$20. MontBleu Resort, 55 Highway 50, Stateline, (800) 6483353.

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book, an all-star cast led by Liam Neeson and John Krasinski gives voice to the story of exiled poet Mustafa. Trying to find his way home, Mustafa and his fellow travelers must evade the authorities, who believe that the truth in Mustafa’s words will incite rebellion. Tu, 3/29, 7-9pm. $5-$7. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716, http://artemisiamovies. weebly.com.

SILVER STATE VERTICAL DROP CHALLENGE: The competition is to see how many ski runs an individual or teams of three to five people can take in four hours. Winning contestants will be awarded trophies and prizes. Proceeds benefit the Wildland Firefighter Foundation. Sa, 3/26, 9am-4pm. $75-$85. Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe, 22222 Mt. Rose Highway, (805) 234-3332, www.silverstateverticaldrop.com.

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will read from their works. F, 3/25, 6-8pm. Free. Sierra Nevada College, 999 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village, (775) 831-1314 ext. 7501.

WRITING WORKSHOPS WITH SNC POETRY CENTER: Tyrone Williams and Mg Roberts will lead workshops for writers of all levels. Limited to 15 people. Please email Laura Wetherington at awetherington@sierranevada.edu to reserve a space. Sa, 3/26, 10-11:30am. Free. Sundance Books and Music, 121 California Ave., (775) 831-1314 ext. 7501, www.sierranevada.edu/poetrycenter.

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poet Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) left his home in France and settled in Abyssinia, which these days is known as Ethiopia. “I sought voyages,” he wrote, “to disperse the enchantments that had colonized my mind.” You might want to consider a similar strategy in the coming weeks, Leo. From an astrological perspective, it’s going to be an excellent time both to wander free of your usual haunts and to disperse the enchantments that have colonized your mind. Why not find ways to synergize these two opportunities?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): At one

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point in his life, author C. S. Lewis had a rude awakening as he took stock of the progress he thought he had been making. “I am appalled to see how much of the change I thought I had undergone lately was only imaginary,” he wrote. I want to make sure that something similar doesn’t happen to you, Virgo. You’re in the midst of what should be a Golden Age of SelfTransformation. Make sure you’re actually doing the work that you imagine you’re doing—and not just talking about it and thinking about it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “There are

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young director Richard Lester got his big break, he took full advantage. It happened in 1964, when the early Beatles asked him to do their first movie, A Hard Day’s Night. Lester’s innovative approach to the project propelled his career to a higher level that brought him many further opportunities. Writing of Lester’s readiness, critic Alexander Walker said, “No filmmaker … appeared more punctually when his hour struck.” That’s what I hope you will soon be doing in your own chosen field, Cancerian. Do you understand how important it will be to have impeccable timing? No procrastination or hemming and hawing, please. Be crisply proactive.

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questions that you don’t ask because you’re afraid of the answers,” wrote Agatha Christie. I would add that there are also questions you don’t ask because you mistakenly think you already know the answers. And then there are questions you don’t ask because their answers would burst your beloved illusions, which you’d

rather preserve. I’m here to urge you to risk posing all these types of questions, Libra. I think you’re strong enough and smart enough, and in just the right ways, to deal constructively with the answers. I’m not saying you’ll be pleased with everything you find out. But you will ultimately be glad you finally made the inquiries.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you are

enmeshed in a jumble that makes you squirm or if you are caught in a tangle that stifles your self-love, you have three choices. Here’s how Eckhart Tolle defines them: (1) Get out of the situation. (2) Transform the situation. (3) Completely accept the situation. Does that sound reasonable, Scorpio? I hope so, because the time has come to act. Don’t wait to make your decision. Do it soon. After that, there will be no whining allowed. You can no longer indulge in excuses. You must accept the consequences. On the bright side, imagine the new freedom and power you will have at your disposal.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Here’s a proposed experiment. Sidle up to a creature you’d love to be closer to, and softly sing the following lyrics: “Come with me, go with me. Burn with me, glow with me. Sleep with me, wake with me.” At this point, run three circles around the creature as you flap your arms like a birds’ wings. Then continue your singing: “Rise with me, fall with me. Work with me, play with me. Pray with me, sin with me.” At this point, leap up into the air three times, unleashing a burst of laughter each time you hit the ground. Continue singing: “Let me get high with you. Laugh with you, cry with you. Make me your partner in crime.” At this point blow three kisses toward the creature, then run away. (P.S. The lyrics I’m quoting here were composed by songwriter Fran Landesman.)

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getting energy from food, we humans have at our disposal over 50,000 edible plants. And yet we choose to concentrate on just a few. Wheat, corn, rice and potatoes make up two-thirds of our diet, and 11 other staples comprise most of the rest. Let’s use this as a metaphor for the kind of behavior you should avoid in the coming weeks. I think it will be crucial for you to draw physical, emotional and spiritual sustenance from a relatively wide variety of sources. There’s nothing wrong with your usual providers, but for now you need to expand your approach to getting the nurturing you need.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “We

teach each other how to live.” Poet Anne Michaels said that, and now I’m passing it on to you—just in time for the phase of your cycle when acting like a curious student is your sacred duty and your best gift to yourself. I don’t necessarily mean that you should take a workshop or enroll in a school. Your task is to presume that everyone you meet and every encounter you have may bring you rich learning experiences. If you’re willing to go as far as I hope you will, even your dreams at night will be opportunities to get further educated. Even your vigils in front of the TV. Even your trips to the convenience store to buy ice cream.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In her

poem “Time,” Piscean poet Lia Purpura wonders about “not picking up a penny because it’s only a little luck.” Presumably she is referring to a moment when you’re walking down a street and you spy an almost-but-not-quite-worthless coin lying on the concrete. She theorizes that you may just leave it there. It adds next to nothing to your wealth, right? Which suggests that it also doesn’t have much value as a symbol of good fortune. But I urge you to reject this line of thought in the coming weeks, Pisces. In my astrological opinion, you’ll be wise to capitalize on the smallest opportunities. There will be plenty of them, and they will add up.

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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Bohemian Nicole Rose is a dancer and creative director with the Bohemian Burlesque dance troupe, a group she’s been affiliated with since 2009. The troupe is performing a night of fantasy and science fiction themed dances called Nerdlesque at Studio on 4th, 432 E. Fourth St., on April 8 and 9. Doors open at 7 p.m., and shows start at 8 p.m. Tickets: $15 in advance available at The Melting Pot World Emporium, 1049 S. Virginia St. or $20 at the door. For more information, visit www.facebook. com/BohemianBurlesque

Let’s start with the background of Bohemian Burlesque. Bohemian Burlesque has been around for about 10 years. … It was created in 2006 by Chelsea Stone.

How did you get involved? I went to a show. Just like everybody else who we find comes to shows in extreme costumes—they’re going to join us. You dress for the job you want. My sister and I dressed up. I hadn’t been on stage for a while, and I just wanted to express myself in that way again. When you’re a professional dancer or you’re in theater, you’re doing somebody else’s work. Burlesque is a very different cat.

Because you’re doing your own choreography? You’re doing everything. With Nerdlesque, we’re adopting popular characters and stories and putting our own spin on it. …

What are some of the acts?

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We have a girl who’s a pretty big Trekkie and she’s coming up against people who are like, no, Star Wars is better! So there’s going to be Star Wars-Star Trek duel. I’m going into fandom a little bit. I’m going to do a My Little Pony act. At one of our cast parties, we watched—I can’t remember the name of it—but it’s a porno and they all have ponytails. We were excited, so it’s a little bit of that. Plus, I love finding things from my childhood that I can just obliterate. ... And there’s another where one of our longtime members, Sharon [Ruff], is doing a scorned Pluto, because Pluto was really upset about getting kicked out of the league of planets.

Strippers and other people in the sex industry—if you’re a sex worker, you’re getting paid to fulfill somebody else’s fantasy, but as a burlesque dancer, you’re showing and creating your own fantasies. So, there’s a lot of ownership in that expression. … My goal is that I want to get up there and I want to make people laugh and be entertained and forget about everything that’s going on outside.

What’s Nerdlesque? Well, we thought it would be funny to do a Nerdlesque show. It’s a bit cheeky. We were saying, nerdy stuff and sexy things! Or nerdy things and sexy stuff! Just a tonguein-cheek thing.

What makes a good burlesque performance?

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Being passionate about what you’re doing, engaging with the audience. What makes a good performance? You want a connection with the audience, you want to be interested in the subject material, and how it’s presented. And in burlesque, there’s a bonus, because sometimes you get titties at the end. Ω

The last couple of years, I’ve taken on the role of MC. … I’m co-MC-ing with my show husband, Michael Polanski.

Are you also dancing? I’m doing two acts and the finale number. … People in Reno are like, Nerdlesque?

The Obama Republicans created All these Republican candidates talk about how horrible everything is in America right now, and it’s time to call them on this utter horseshit. Look, I’m not saying there aren’t problems to tackle. Not by a long shot. But you wanna see horrible? Just look at the Horror that was left behind by Dubya Bush and Darth Sith Cheney as they slithered out of Washington in January ’09. Obama showed up for Day One of his new job, and there on his desk was a flaming sack of dogpoop. A lovely little stinkheap fueled by (1) a hemorrhaging jobs market heading for 10.9 percent unemployment, (2) a mangled stock market with the Dow Jones Industrial Average cut by 50 percent in 10 months, taking the retirement accounts of millions of middle class Americans down the toilet with it, (3) an equally mangled real estate market, blown up by Wall Street insanity, where millions of houses would bottom out with an equity loss of up to 50 percent, and (4) an economy that had just posted a truly frightful number— negative 8 percent growth rate in the

Wow! You guys are geniuses for thinking of that. Nobody’s ever done anything like that! I heard about Nerdlesque shows in, like, 2007 up in Seattle, which is kind of a mecca for burlesque. They’re doing very specific shows now—like He-Man and She-Ra and X-Men, just X-Men themed. So it’s kind of this blanket. We’re going to have a broad amount of things. There’s going to be something for everybody. If you don’t get every single reference or character, you can at least appreciate the aesthetic and what the performer is putting into the act.

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fourth quarter of ’08. MINUS FUCKING EIGHT PERCENT. In other words, Obama took charge of a country that was spooked out of its mind and on some kind of Brink. Compare the smoking rubble of early ’09 to now. Unemployment at 4.9 percent. DJIA higher by 150 percent. Real estate values slowly but steadily recovering. Gas at ridiculously cheap prices. Inflation still small and manageable. The Dollar now an international standard. Is everything great for everybody? Hell no. Is it ever? But the point here is that the country actually recovered fairly well under Obama and the Dems, and that’s not an achievement to be sneezed at, not when you consider the size of that Meltdown of ’08. Or when you consider the reality of Republican Obstructionism. Could the Recovery have been larger? Sure it could. OK, what was the problem? Well, a large, impressive economic recovery certainly wouldn’t jive with Republican lust for the White House, would it? If a rockin’ economic recovery would make Obama/Dems

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look good, well then, you know, we must do all we can to make sure that doesn’t happen, even if the country stagnates as a result. Step 1. Make sure Congress does nothing. Check. 2. Blame sluggish recovery on Obama/Democrats. Check. 3. Base campaign on non-stop bitching about country being in the dumper, even if it really isn’t, and rely on large voting bloc of dimbulbs who won’t bother to figure out that the party constantly crabbing about the lame recovery is the party that consistently worked overtime to create and perpetuate ... a lame recovery! It’s no real mystery, therefore, that the Republican Establishment finds itself smack dab in the middle of Troubletown. The problem, for all us reasonable Americans, is that the bellowing kooks leading the betorched villagers to Elephant Castle are just as fucking twisted as the crusty old pissheads who are holed up inside. Ω |

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