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Do you ever feel like Don Quixote? You try and try and try to do what is right, but nothing comes of it. But you won’t stop doing right, even though your efforts look like a waste of time. Take politics, for example. You study and argue and work and fight and donate a vote for the good guys, but they always lose. In the general election, you vote for the lesser of two evils, but that usually turns out to be the bad one. Yes, I’ve had that experience, year after year. So now I’m going to try something new—I’m going to look around, close to home, for some good, honest people, and try to find someone who thinks like I do. I’ll introduce myself by saying, “I could never vote for Donald Trump. How about you?” (Even when I try, I can’t get away from politics.) Brad MacKenzie Reno
News & Review. I want to give a quick shout-out to everybody who gave us recommendations of local bands to play this year’s Rollin’ on the River. That’s the RN&R’s summer concert series that takes place every July during Artown. For the last couple of months, we were asking readers to submit the names of some of their favorite local groups to play the series, and we got a lot of responses. The field was more wide than deep—which is to say, there were many, many groups that only received a couple of votes and only a few bands that received large support. That’s sort of to be predicted—we could tell some of those single votes came from band members themselves, but it was still fun to go through and see some of the local bands that garnered attention for themselves to one degree or another. And we didn’t conduct this informal readers’ poll as a contest, but just as an advisory guide. So, there were some groups that seemed to organize massive email campaigns to play but were still disqualified for one reason or another—often geographic. We want this to be a celebration of local music. Anyway, the eventual lineup includes some established local favorites, some of whom have played the series before, as well as groups that readers suggested, and a couple of RN&R favorites that we think y’all will enjoy. Big thanks to the following groups for agreeing to play: The Sextones, Jelly Bread, Hellbound Glory, Bazooka Zoo, Guitar Woody & the Boilers, Rigorous Proof, the Umpires, Spike McGuire, Canyon White, and Jake Houston & the Royal Flush. This is an eclectic, eccentric, electric lineup. And we’re stoked to present it. Thanks to everybody who sent us recommendations. See y’all out and about this summer. —Brad Bynum
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Attn: Nevada Check-Up What has happened to Obamacare? Near the end of 2015, rumors floated that insurance would be getting cheaper, and like any responsible family, we made sure to sign up for our new plan early. We filed in November and found our new insurance bill to be $160, down from $210 in 2015. Then in February, our submitted tax documents we filed to Healthcare.gov came through just in time for our February bill, and our insurance bill increased from $160 to $260. Shocked at the new price, as it was not cheaper, we still did our best to deal with that and continued to make our payments. However, in March we had to move, and when we made our address change to Healthcare.gov something happened. We were told that our child qualified for Nevada Check-Up and that they would be applying for us. However, our bill never changed. Two weeks
later we are notified we do not qualify, and Nevada Check-Up would alert Healthcare.gov. Fast forward to May, and our insurance calls us to ask why we have no coverage on our daughter. So now my two-year-old daughter, who needs new glasses, to see a dentist, to get shots, and a chance to grow up strong, has no insurance. What happened? Michael Moran Reno
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The Democrats who actually think that it wouldn’t be a good idea to put forth a candidate who has been openly accused of lying, murder, sedition, treason, lying, husband’s girlfriends’ character assassinations, lying, Benghazi, Whitewatergate, corruption and, oh, did I mention lying—have a bit of a problem on their hands come November. With the electioneering slogan “Monika Lewinsky’s boyfriend’s Erik wife for prison.” potential Democratic voters of conscience (or for that matter—with more than two brain cells in semicongruity) now have to decide if they want to hold their noses (and vomitus) and pull the switch for Hillary, or stay home. While this writer recognizes the perpetually incorrect moniker of “party first above all else” in elections; potential “in the bag” Democratic voters with a scintilla of morality or sense of justice are rightfully confused. The cause of your “progressive” confusion, dear readers? Just look in the mirror for a few moments. You brought
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this phenomenally weak Democratic candidate upon yourselves. Whether you stay home or not on election day, it doesn’t matter. There is a “vast Democratic Conspiracy” of voters who simply are not enamored to Hillary. They will stay home in droves to erase the potential stain on their homeland. K. R. Kollman Reno
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misrepresenting the number of people who were killed by law enforcement for decades,” and the more important issue that Congress has written a law prohibiting any federal agency from keeping any statistics or conducting research on weapon accidents or fatalities. This includes the CDC, which may not study the morbidity and mortality as a regular course of researching reasons of injury or death, commonly referred to as morbidity and mortality. That’s the issue that must come before the public’s eye and attention so that we better understand why and how injuries and death occur due to weapons. Thank the NRA for pushing Congress into this terrible piece of legislation. Press Clewe Reno
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“There’s a correlation between those who play the Last week on our letters page, a reader suggested that lottery and income,” said Nevada economist Thomas Nevada turn to lotteries to avoid a sales tax increase Cargill in 2005, during another of these outbreaks of for education. She seemed to suggest Nevada sign lottery escapism (“Who should pay?” RN&R, Feb. 10, onto the California lottery, or something. 2005). “You know, the lottery is a regressive tax on For as long as we can remember, there has been people who are not very good at math. I saw that on a small Nevada contingent that sees a lottery as a a bumper sticker in California. … But the question panacea for the state’s money troubles. Our letter writer last week wants a special session of the Nevada is, do you want to finance government expenditures, which are supposed to be for the public good, with a Legislature to get a lottery on this year’s November regressive tax?” ballot, which cannot be done. Lotteries are against Both the lottery and the sales tax are a mistake, the law and repealing the constitutional prohibition and the citizens committee that came up with the idea requires approval by two regular legislative sessions of hiking the sales tax needs to take it back to the and a public vote. drawing board. She wrote further, “The arguThe Nevada sales tax has gone ment of how a lottery system The county sales from 2.0 percent in 1955 to 6.85 would ‘hurt’ Nevada’s gambling is just plain hokum.” Perhaps, tax needs to be cut. now, plus local government add-ons. It can rise to more than 8 percent. In but something more than a mere Washoe it is currently 7.725 percent assertion that such is true is and far too high. needed before the state is likely to endanger existing While the lottery is no alternative, our letter writer gambling. But that is the least of the concerns with and others are not wrong about the sales tax, either. It a lottery. For one thing, there have been repeated suggestions that with Nevada’s small customer base— is only May. The Washoe County School Board must remove the tax hike from the ballot and send it back which already avails itself of existing gambling—the to the citizens’ committee. Washoe County badly money that could come in from a lottery wouldn’t be needs a cut, not a hike, in the sales tax. enough to justify the effort or to pay the administraIn case the citizens committee has not heard, the tive costs. After all, it is not from locals that most opposition to still another sales tax hike is coming Nevada casinos make most of their money, and those from supporters of public schools themselves, not few that do, like Baldini’s and the Bonanza, would from traditional tax opponents. What came out of the compete with a lottery for customers. citizens committee was something that reflected the For another and more important thing, the lottery desires of local businesspeople, not something that shares the same problem as the sales tax—it drains reflects the needs of schools. Ω the pockets of those who can least afford to pay. OPINION
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It’s called Laserblast. Just poorly done. If you ever saw it, you’d know. It’s an old sci-fi movie from way back, like back when they first invented color.
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This Means War. I’m game for a cheesy movie. I’m game for mindless entertainment. But it didn’t even hit the bar on that. It was just bad acting with like— not even something you could sink your teeth into on a lazy Saturday afternoon. It was bad.
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Looking ahead on school building Looking ahead to next year, after the probable failure of the Save Our Schools ballot initiative, parents should demand the Nevada Legislature seriously consider the recommendations from the Policy Report on Nevada School Facilities Construction and Maintenance, published by the by Guinn Center for Policy Priorities Sheila Leslie last February. The very first recommendation of the Policy Report urges legislators to “consider whether the State should expand its role” in funding capital costs for our schools, going on to suggest new sources of revenue including the novel idea of actually “resourcing the Fund to Assist School Districts in Financing Capital Improvements ([Nevada Revised Statute] 387.3335) or establishing a new statewide funding vehicle.” The Policy Report also provides a framework for improving how school districts obtain land for new school sites by standardizing the amount of land developers should be required to set aside for schools
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and forcing local jurisdictions to enforce those rules. The report suggests developers be required to pay all, or at least some, of the costs of infrastructure improvements for the new schools. Other funding ideas suggested by the Guinn Center include “requiring jurisdictions to collect impact fees to be paid directly to school districts when new development occurs.” You’d find nary a parent of a child in one of Washoe County’s overcrowded schools who would oppose that suggestion, although elected officials tend to ignore this obvious funding source since their campaign contributions depend on the largesse of developers and their financial allies. There are more ideas for funding of school construction and maintenance in the report. Some are complex and some do not apply to the problem of maintaining older schools in the urban core of Reno and Sparks where facilities are literally crumbling. But the chart at the end of the report says it all.
Nevada, as is our norm, ranks in the bottom group as we are one of 12 states that fund zero percent of the cost of school construction, while six states fund upwards of 80 percent of the cost. Imagine. None of these ideas will be on your ballot in November, though. Instead, Washoe County voters will be asked to approve an increase in the sales tax of 0.54 percent, thus imposing the highest sales tax in the state on our residents at 8.265 percent. School district officials are issuing warnings of double sessions and kids waiting at bus stops in the early morning darkness. The Public Schools Overcrowding and Repair Needs Committee—not an arm of the school district—is using increasingly emotional rhetoric to try to shame the voters into a yes vote. The Committee’s Chairman, Shaun Carey, defended the choice of a sales tax increase on Nevada Newsmakers, saying it “is not as regressive as the label that people often apply. It does not apply to food unless you are in a restaurant. The
greatest cost to a person is actually when they buy clothes.” Setting aside the fact that by any economist’s measure, the sales tax is an extremely regressive tax, since it takes a larger percentage of income from the poor than the rich, you almost have to laugh at the assumption that people living in poverty or seniors on fixed incomes only need to buy food and clothes. Carey goes on to say, apparently with no hint of irony, that the Committee “tried to find [a tax] that had the least impact on those with the least ability to pay in our community.” But saddling the poor and the middle class with more regressive taxes is not the answer to fixing our crumbling schools, especially when there are more appropriate funding sources available. Voters need to demand the Legislature read the Guinn Center report and step up to resolve this dilemma. To Save Our Schools, we need to shift the tax burden back where it belongs. Ω
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Hostile takeover Donald Trump’s rise to the Republican Party presidential nomination is a triumph of the Jacksonian American tradition over its rivals. American political thought can be categorized as Hamiltonian, Jeffersonian, Wilsonian and Jacksonian. No individual fits by Brendan Trainor completely into any of these thought boxes because individuals often harbor beliefs from more than one tradition. By nominating Donald Trump, the Republican Party will choose the most completely Jacksonian candidate for president in its history. Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States, has been removed from his place on the $20 bill in favor of Harriet Tubman. I honor and respect Harriet Tubman. But let’s talk about Andrew Jackson and his newest political progeny, Donald Trump. Andrew Jackson rose to prominence when he defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans in 1814. This battle was one of the most decisive battles of the nineteenth century
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because it kept the British from controlling the Mississippi. President Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase was saved from foreign intrigue. More importantly, Jackson’s victory espoused American values. He made the wealthy political class fight on the barricades next to working Americans. He pardoned the pirate Jean Lafitte because he helped the cause. Free blacks fought next to whites. Libertarians fondly remember President Jackson because he vetoed the charter of the second Bank of the United States. He set up an independent Treasury, keeping tax dollars out of banks. Jackson left the federal government debt free. No one else to this day has. Trump says Treasury bond investors might need to take a haircut because of the national debt. Then he says, “Oh well, they can just print the money.” Trump is signaling he might have some Jacksonian banking reform ideas himself. General Andrew Jackson was sent to Florida, then a Spanish colony,
where he promptly hung two British citizens as spies. He then simply took Florida from Spain, too weak to stop him. Trump says, “Take the oil. I always said, if you go in, you have to take the oil.” Like all Jacksonians, Trump wants to use military force only when it brings something tangible back. Jacksonians don’t wage ideological wars. President Jackson sent the Cherokee Nation on a forced ethnic cleansing, known as the Trail of Tears. Jackson believed that since Indians did not follow the rules of civilized warfare, they had no rights. Trump talks about defeating ISIS because “They behead people, they drown them in cages.” That makes them outlaws to Trump, and as in the Scottish Highlands, any means to kill them is lawful. “Free, white and 21” is an old Jacksonian saying. The Scots Irish immigrants who fled British rule to come to America are the backbone of the Jacksonian tradition. Trump does very well with white workers, and many blacks and Asians could
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support him. Obviously, he has burned some Latino bridges. As for women, well, Carly “Cruella” Fiorina is kind of mean looking. Many women dislike Hillary too. Jacksonians distrust intellectuals, politicians and the media. They believe simple solutions often solve complex problems. They are always looking to cut the Gordian Knot. Jacksonians are everywhere, as Donald Trump’s surprising vote counts demonstrate. Those who want to understand Donald Trump need to understand the Jacksonian tradition. President Jackson was a strong willed political outsider who overturned the rule of the “silk stocking” landed gentry. Trump is a strong-willed outsider who wants to overturn the corrupt Hamiltonian-Wilsonian political establishment to “Make America Great Again.” The 2016 Presidential campaign comes down to how Donald Trump the Jacksonian will fare against Hillary Clinton the HamiltonianWilsonian. Ω
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A vehicle in a Walmart parking lot in Reno demonstrates Donald Trump’s difficulties on issues of race. Latino voters, once coveted by GOP leaders, make up about a fifth of the Nevada electorate.
BS walks A commercial outfit called Lincoln Treasury ran a full page ad—designed to look like news—in the May 5 Reno Gazette-Journal to advertise something called U.S. State Silver Bars. These are small troy-ounce bars of silver with the head of a Native American on one side and the name and shape of Nevada on the other. The Native American is actually taken from the U.S. buffalo nickel (1913-1938), so he’s not from a Nevada tribe. The nickel was designed by sculptor James Earle Fraser, and he said he made the head a composite of a Cheyenne, a Kiowa and a Sioux. The bars sell for $134 each. The price of silver floats, but it is usually in the two digits range per ounce, so most of the $134 must pay for the recycled art. Silver prices have been rising steadily since the first of April, and some analysts are predicting a sharp rise in silver prices this year, but even the most optimistic predictions are around $55. There are definitely better deals around in coin shops.
Letter still missing The Washoe County Library’s downtown branch is marking its 50th anniversary. Designed by architect Hewitt Wells and completed in 1966, Wells was reportedly frustrated that he could not design a park around the library, so he put the park inside. We thought this would be a good time to check if any progress has been made on finding the library’s letter from Lady Bird Johnson. Shortly after the library opened, Johnson—then first lady—sent a letter praising the beauty of the building. The letter was framed and hung on the wall and at some point went missing (“Lost letter,” RN&R, July 27, 2007). No photocopy had been made, so the text of the letter is likewise gone. Library spokesperson Jennifer Oliver said last week the letter has not been located. In an attempt to at least find the text, we contacted the LBJ Library at the University of Texas in Austin. Archivist Barbara Cline replied, “I have looked in the White House Social Files, the unit that maintained the correspondence for Lady Bird Johnson and her daughters. I found no letter from 1966 addressed to the Washoe County Library or a Reno Library.” If anyone knows the whereabouts of the letter, they can contact library director Jeff Scott.
Democrats soak up corporate money As the curtain gets closer to falling on the Obama era, Obama ethics rules are already being loosened up. In February, the Democratic National Committee quietly dropped a prohibition on using corporate money to pay for the Democratic National Convention. Last week, reports surfaced of the corporations that have lined up to buy favor with the party—for public-spirited reasons, of course— and of the corporate executives who sit on DNC committees. Nevada interests can be involved. One of particular interest is Ed Rendell, former Democratic governor of Pennsylvania who chairs the host committee for the convention. Rendell is a fracking lobbyist. Fracking—forcing a water/chemical/sand mix into rock fissures— has been going on in Elko County since 2014, after Gov. Brian Sandoval refused a request from Great Basin Resource Watch and other critics that he block it. “I continue to support hydraulic fracturing, as long as it is done in conjunction with and subject to the review of the Nevada Division of Minerals and Nevada Division of Environmental Protection,” Sandoval said at the time. Rendell has not been anxious to have his fracking connections known. In March 2003, he wrote a pro-fracking column for the New York Daily News. The editor’s note identified him only as a former Pennsylvania governor. The next day, ProPublica reported that Rendell “has worked as a paid consultant to a private equity firm with investments in the natural gas industry.” The newspaper quickly added language to the online version of the column that said Rendell “is a paid consultant to Element Partners, a private equity firm with stake in a number of energy companies, including hydrofracking/natural gas interests. This information was not disclosed at the time his op-ed was submitted to the News.” In 2000, Democrats made a fuss about the fact that George W. Bush’s inaugural was paid for in part by corporations seeking influence, such as Enron.
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Weekend of politics Nevada conventions display wounds Both major political parties in Nevada appear likely to go into the general election campaign this year badly divided. by Hillary Clinton’s forces reclaimed Dennis Myers her Nevada caucuses victory last weekend, but ignored the traditional need of winners to kill their opponents with kindness in the process, leaving the Bernie Sanders forces angry and resentful. And the party of Lincoln is having difficulty reconciling itself to the racial views of Donald Trump. Meanwhile, his views on women are deepening his difficulty among Republicans.
Nevada Republican leaders slowly reconcile themselves to Trump.
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In the Nevada caucuses in February, Clinton won Clark County (55 to 45 percent) as Sanders took the small counties (52 to 48) and Washoe (54 to 46 percent). Clark contains most of the state’s population. Sanders then did a better job than Clinton of getting his delegates to the next stage of the process, the county conventions. It was the third stage, the state Democratic Convention, that held the sharpest potential for serious party divisions. In Nevada, Clark County Democrats and their leaders are known for playing hardball in intraparty politics to an extent not true in Washoe and the small counties, and the state convention was scheduled
for Clark’s Paris Las Vegas Hotel. The good faith of party leaders had already been questioned when the Sanders campaign had to go to court to try unsuccessfully to enforce a state party-issued sheet of “final” deadlines that turned out not to be final and was superseded by new deadlines preventing Sanders people from entering some races. Clinton’s forces rebounded to get their people to the state convention, scraping out a bare majority. The state party count gave Clinton a 33-delegate advantage out of the 3,400 who attended the convention Saturday—a sharp decline from her caucus win, but enough to control the state convention. Sanders’s campaign said 64 delegates supporting the Vermont senator were improperly denied delegate status, which they loudly protested. Eight Clinton delegates were not seated. The count gave Clinton 20 national convention delegates to 15 for Sanders. Eight unelected delegates, who will go to the national convention by virtue of their public or party offices, mostly favor Clinton, increasing her proportion of the state’s delegation to the Philadelphia convention. In one fight, a voice vote on rules was challenged with a call for a “division of the house” which was not granted. Some Sanders leaders conceded that some of their delegates were provocative, but said Nevada Democratic chair Roberta Lange was also “contentious.”
Sanders delegates called the procedures “voter suppression.” Paradoxically, Lange had begun the convention saying the contest between Sanders and Clinton had “made us all proud to be Democrats,” which few Sanders delegates would have agreed with by the time the convention ended. After fights over rules and credentials and election of delegates to the national convention, Lange suddenly gaveled the convention to a close without permission from delegates. The Nevada Democratic Party later issued a statement claiming that the abrupt end of the convention was necessitated by the hotel insisting that its security could no longer deal with the anger in the hall. Lange’s hasty departure was reminiscent of a 2008 incident at the Nevada Republican Convention in Reno when, after it became apparent that Ron Paul supporters had taken control of the convention from caucuses winner Mitt Romney, party leaders suddenly adjourned the convention without electing national convention delegates, claiming that the convention contract with the Peppermill Hotel had expired. National convention delegates were later appointed by party leaders. Following the convention, Clinton people and state Democratic Party officials went into heavy spin mode, filing complaints, demanding apologies, getting their version of the convention out. They won over Rachel Maddow and the New York Times (“From Bernie Sanders Supporters, Death Threats Over Delegates”), which produced reports about violence-laced proceedings caused by the Sanders people. Most reports up to that point had merely referred to “chaos.” Each time an anti-Sanders news report was published or posted, state party publicist Stewart Boss sent it out to news outlets, even though it was the party itself that was the source of most of the post-convention reports—a bit like the Bush/Cheney administration planting stories in the New York Times and then going on Sunday talk shows to respond to them. In response, Sanders people—new to this game—kept referring people to online videos showing what happened in the hall, posted by Sanders supporter Adryenn Ashley. The party seemed to be winning the spin war, particularly since the Sanders people didn’t realize there was one until fairly late. When Sanders organizer and national convention delegate Carol Cizauskas of Washoe heard about death threats against Lange, she sent her an apology and a message to other
Sanders supporters: “Our revolution is of kindness and love and social justice. If you are resorting to violence or even threats of violence, you are wrong, and you must stop!” Sanders stood by his Nevada organization, condemning violence but pointing to the peaceful history of his campaign across the country: “Party leaders in Nevada claim that the Sanders campaign has a ‘penchant for violence.’ That is nonsense. Our campaign has held giant rallies all across this country, including in highcrime areas, and there have been zero reports of violence.” Meanwhile, in Reno, the Republican state convention was newsworthy for its relative peace, and for discussions of how to make Donald Trump competitive in a state where Latinos are a fifth of the electorate and conservatives seem ready to sit on their hands. Republicans are generally believed to need 30 percent of the Latino vote in presidential races. Ronald Reagan, who believed the GOP could make major inroads with Latinos based on shared values like religion, pushed his total among Latinos up to 37 percent in his 1984 reelection. Few Republicans these days can achieve that. Instead of trying to lure Latinos as Reagan did, many Republican leaders cannot resist the siren song of immigrant-bashing, with the result that their Latino tallies have dropped like a rock across the Sun Belt states. Donald Trump may have accelerated that effort into a crusade, but it was already underway in the GOP. In Nevada, the state’s Latino governor might be useful to Trump, but Brian Sandoval has always avoided an ethnic identification and failed to carry Latinos in either his election or reelection as governor. Moreover, while Sandoval has endorsed Trump, he’s keeping his distance from the billionaire, not even attending the Republican National Convention in Cleveland where Trump expects to be nominated. (The Nevada convention denounced Sandoval’s commerce tax while calling for school improvements.) Nevada Republican leaders seem, slowly, to be reconciling themselves to Trump. Nevada political analyst Fred Lokken said they have little choice. “If there’s not a functioning Republican Party, they’re courting a disaster,” he said. “If they don’t rally around this presumptive nominee, there may not be much of a party left.” Centrists may re-take control of the Nevada GOP by default because the social conservatives are firmly opposed to Trump. “The conservatives are out of this picture now,” Lokken said. “I think they will write Trump off.” OPINION
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This summer, Renown Medical Center and local non-profit Urban Roots are partnering on an endeavor to grow healthy food and a healthier community, by creating an urban farm on what is currently an empty lot near the medical by Kelsey Fitzgerald facility. Plans for the project site, which is at the corner of Gould and Second Streets, include the construction of three high-tunnel greenhouses, outdoor gardens and a pagoda that will serve as a space for teaching students from local schools about farming. “We would love for it to be a model to other health organizations such as hospitals, to be able to see what they can do and to see what the potential is for an empty lot like that,” said Fayth Ross, executive director of Urban Roots. The idea for the project was announced last October. Permitting is now underway, said Ross, and a contractor has been hired to begin site preparation, including removing gravel and pavement from the lot, and installing fences and an irrigation system. If all goes well, planting of the gardens should begin early this summer. Urban Roots farm manager Rebekah May Stetson has developed year-round planting plans for the site, which will include about 40 types of healthy produce such as lettuce, spinach, chard, kale, turnips, radishes, carrots, basil and a medicinal herb garden. “We’ll definitely be going with heirloom, organic varieties that are nutritionally dense,” Stetson said. Although many details are still in the works, Ross and Stetson hope to see produce grown on the farm go to hospital patients, and they are workFor more information, visit www.urgc.org and ing with the Renown team to determine who the recipients might be. Of http://bestmedicine the ideas being discussed, their current favorite is the idea of providing news.org/watchfresh produce as a form of prenatal care. local-children-get“We’re hoping to work with low-income pregnant women that in-touch-with-theirurban-roots/ are going to Renown,” Ross said. “They’re going there anyway for their prenatal care, and they could receive a prescription for a CSA [community-supported agriculture] basket. So, every two weeks they could pick up their basket of fresh produce that would be grown organically and healthy, and be able to eat some good things that would be beneficial to a pregnant mama. We would try to make that go for a full year, so it covered the term of her pregnancy as well as a few of those first critical months.” The farm will be staffed by Urban Roots Americorps members, who will instruct students from nearby schools in urban farming techniques through curriculum that is aligned with educational standards for subjects such as math, science and English. Many Urban Roots programs are aimed at elementary and middle-school aged children, but at the Renown garden, they hope to reach high-school aged students. “The hope at the Renown Garden is to engage some of those older kids and get them exposed to it, and maybe be able to talk about some of the prospective careers they could have, some of the endeavors that they could pursue,” said Ross. “There’s so much that you can teach, just through a garden.” Ω
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Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe costar in this action comedy from Shane Black. Black is responsible for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, one of the best movies you can see in this lifetime. So, yeah, I’m enthused.
This comedy summer will be known as The Summer of Efron with not one, but two high profile comedies featuring the man. At least Zac isn’t being all serious for the time being. I couldn’t take another Charlie St. Cloud. Also, I’m just yanking your chain. I seriously doubt anybody will refer to this as The Summer of Efron. That just sounds so milquetoast.
Some things need to go away. Megan Fox and the CGI turtles aim to stick around and repeat box office glory. I’d rather see a turtle movie with the one that raced Bugs Bunny and cheated with the big engine in his shell. That was badass!
While it stars Andy Samberg, this is pretty much a Lonely Island movie because his partners Jorma Taccone (Chaka!) and Akiva Schaffer co-wrote and directed. I’m holding out hope this is one of the season’s great guilty pleasures. The trailer featuring the Adam Levine hologram twerking with himself has me sold.
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A ghost of some sort is conjured again, and a bunch of people are generally unhappy about it. The first one managed to put a few scares into me, but second helpings of this sort of thing usually result in yawny face. I also can’t stand the scary, demonic kid gimmick. Just give the damn kid an
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First, the video games got their own movies, now it’s the apps. Next up: A comedy thriller based on that app you use for doing your taxes.
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There will be no shortage of comic book movies this summer. This one stars Oscar Isaac as Apocalypse, and he looks like he’s living up to his name in the trailer. He’s basically a big fat jerk causing the end of the world. What an asshole.
The ANGry Birds Movie (May 20)
Oreo, inform her that ghosts are a crock of shit, and tell her to go ride a bike and do something productive. Yeah, I don’t have any kids.
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realize that the Summer Movie Season got its actual start nearly two months ago with Batman v Superman: Dick Holes. That piece of diseased sloth eye-mush came out on my birthday of all days, and sent me into a cinematic stupor of the bad kind. Thanks a lot, Warner Brothers. Hey WB, why don’t you just shit in my face for next year’s birthday? That would be far more festive. The good news is I’ve recovered thanks to a little movie called Captain America: Civil War, which amounts to a superhero movie done right. Marvel has proven that it is possible to pit two superhero icons against each other without causing lethargy, Tourette-type fits in the parking lot, diarrhea, and disassociation at the workplace. I hadn’t been that grouchy since Batman & Robin came out.
Now you see Me 2 (June 10) The only good thing about the original was Isla Fisher, and she’s gone from the sequel, replaced by Lizzy Caplan. So now I think Lizzy will be the only good thing about the sequel. (I like her … a lot.) Harry Potter also shows up. A week later, he shows up in something odd and different. Follow me through a couple of more movie capsules, and I will tell you about it. Come along. fiNdiNG dory (June 17) Ellen DeGeneres’s adorable fish cartoon character gets her own movie. This means more cute whale talk! |
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Central IntellIgenCe (June 17) I guess the Rock is kind of funny. As for Kevin Hart, he’s only funny 28.753 percent of the time. Google it. It’s true. SwISS army man (June 17)
JaSon Bourne (July 29) Have my back! Protect me from myself! Sometimes my writing is awful, and I need you to wield your protective editorial pen! Damn it. The paragraph made it in. Color me humiliated.
This looks to be some sort of indie Weekend at Bernie’s, where Paul Dano finds Daniel Radcliffe’s farting dead body on the beach, and strange things ensue. Words cannot express how strange and wonderful this movie looks to be. Actually, words can express that. The previous statement where I wrote “words cannot express” actually counts as words expressing the sentiment about it possibly being amazing. It very clearly expresses that—in words. That expression makes no sense.
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I know what you’re thinking. “Where is Bill Pullman? I need more Bill Pullman in my life, stat!” Relax, you are getting a bearded Bill Pullman, as well as a “really needs a big paycheck” Jeff Goldblum in this longdelayed sequel that kills off Will Smith but, thank Christ, finds a way to bring back Brent Spiner’s seemingly dead character.
Blake Lively gets stranded on a rock in the middle of the ocean after a shark attack. Jaws is still my pick for greatest shark movie ever. Deep Blue Sea is a distant second, followed by Open Water and Jaws 2. (Oh, come on, you know you loved the whole shark electrocution thing.) I’m looking for this to displace some of the films on my shark movie list. No chance it unseats Jaws, but it could bump Jaws 2.
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Matthew McConaughey stars in this movie about a rebel who leads a revolt against the Confederate army. So, it looks like Iron Man and Captain America aren’t the only ones in a civil war this summer! Yep, that’s right. I just wrote the lamest thing I’ve ever written in the 20-plus years I’ve been doing this. The paragraph before this one is an embarrassment, and if my editor gives two craps about me, he’ll eliminate it from this story. Come on, bro!
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It’s summertime, and that means lots of animated movies. This one features Louis C.K. as a Jack Russell terrier, so I’m most certainly going to watch it. I would watch it even if the job didn’t require it. I would watch Louis C.K. playing mold on a piece of bread.
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And the comedic Summer of Efron continues. That’s good, because another The Lucky One or Parkland would be a mid-Summer deathblow. This one also features Aubrey Plaza’s naked butt. ghoStBuSterS (July 15) Brash indie filmmaker Steven Spielberg returns to fantasy films with this take on the Roald Dahl classic, adapted for the screen by the same person who wrote E.T. (the late, great Melissa Mathison). With this, and his commitment to another Indiana Jones movie, Spielberg looks like he’s getting away from those boring historical dramas for a nice, fantastical change of pace. As far as the “big” movies go, this is the one I’m most excited about. I’m hoping Spielberg can put the pins-and-needles, tears-of-joy vibe into me that he did 34 years ago with E.T. the purge: eleCtIon year (July 1)
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weIner-dog (June 24) The five or six Todd Solondz fans out there might remember this as being the cruel nickname bestowed upon Dawn Weiner (Heather Matarazzo) in his breakthrough 1995 film, Welcome to the Dollhouse. It’s a four-part movie about a dog and its influence on people in its life. Dawn does appear in one of the stories, but Matarazzo refused the role. She has been replaced by queen of quirk Greta Gerwig. It all sounds very strange, and strange is what Solondz does.
listening to it. I’m going to take a break, come back, and hopefully write something a little more constructive about this movie. I’ve listened, and I’m back. The Edgar Rice Burroughs classic about a boy raised into manhood by apes gets a modern take co-starring Margot Robbie, the talented actress you can also see in this summer’s Suicide Squad. Also, the Radiohead album is really good. It’s less bleepy and blurpy than the more recent Radiohead and Thom Yorke efforts and should really satisfy those fans of past albums like Kid A and OK Computer. There’s plenty of Jonny Greenwood playing guitar, which I’ve missed over the years. It’s highly recommended. OK, back to the movies.
America is purged once again. In the year of the Trump, perhaps this one will go a little deeper into the political and social ramifications of allowing a complete fuckwad into the White House, and its potentially violent impact on our society. Or, perhaps, it will just be total garbage like the other two. the legend oF tarzan (July 1) This is about a man who acts like an ape and has Harley Quinn all hot and bothered. So what? Who cares? OK, I have to confess, the new Radiohead album just came out and I’m
Oh lordy, the buzz on this one is bad, bad, bad. Trying to defend this reboot where women replace the men has been a little rough due to a lackluster preview trailer, but Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy are badass, and more than suitable stand-ins for Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. At least, that’s what I keep telling myself before I go to bed at night
Matt Damon says, “Ah, screw it!” and returns as Jason Bourne. He swore he wouldn’t ever do it without Paul Greengrass as director. Hey, he’s Matt Damon, and he got Paul Greengrass. Word has it that he also got a golf cart, a bunch of baseball cards, and lots of his favorite pie. He’s Matt Damon, and he gets what he wants. yoga hoSerS (July 29) Kevin Smith follows up his weird Tusk with something that looks completely insane. It has sausage Nazis in it—and Johnny Depp. Even though Depp shows up for the second Smith film in a row, I highly doubt this will get a wide release. It’s just too out there. Bad momS (July 29): Mila Kunis joins Kristen Bell and Christina Applegate as a bad mom just going crazy. I hope she is more convincing as a bad mom than she is as a factory worker for Jim Beam. Have you seen the commercial where she is branding her name on a barrel of Jim Beam, as if she is some sort of barrel cooper? She’s all hot and made up, hitting barrels with mallets, and acting like she’s just totally in command of the whole barreling liquor thing. I dunno … it plays a lot on MLB.com and it really annoys me. It totally wrecks ballgames. Maybe I need to lighten up a bit.
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Star trek Beyond (July 22) This is another one suffering from “bad trailer” buzz. Director Justin Lin looks like he’s going for something a little brighter and funnier than the previous “new” Star Trek films. Star Trek on TV was quite campy, and maybe that’s something he’s trying to get filmgoers to remember. That’s risky, but it could also be a fun switch up. We shall see. lIghtS out (July 22) Hey, they made a full-length movie based on that short about the lady turning the lights on and off until a weird looking monster thing appeared at her night table. Next up, a full-length movie about the sexual exploits of that infamous surprised groundhog in that oft-watched viral video.
Honestly, it’s hard to get excited about anything from Warner Brothers in the DC universe right now. Batman v Superman is an abomination. (Say, have I made that point clear yet?) This film is a purported part of that universe. It does have Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, which just has to be good. As for Jared Leto as the Joker? Those tattoos look so stupid.
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Michael Keaton plays Ray Kroc, the founder of the McDonald’s Corporation. This is one film where the preview trailer is promising, and it gives Keaton the chance to flash his wiseguy persona. This looks to be a summer movie for those of us who like to think and/or really like Big Macs.
The latest movie from Woody Allen stars Kristen Stewart and Blake Lively, not Miley Cyrus. Cyrus is the star of his TV series on Netflix. It should be an interesting year for Mr. Allen. At this point, he’s most certainly been introduced to twerking and perpetual pouting.
entire-sides-of-beef-beause-he’s-huge-again Jonah Hill look like they have some good comedic chemistry in the trailer. Bradley Cooper shows up as well.
Asa Butterfield plays a kid who comes home to find his dad and a girl he likes. What makes his situation a little different is that he’s returning from Mars.
Seth Rogen and friends try to make a gregariously obscene animated movie about supermarket food trying to survive being purchased and sent towards human colons. It looks cheap, but potentially funny anyway.
The makers of this reboot of the underrated Disney classic should take a cue from John Favreau and sneak a couple of the original film’s music numbers into this one. Robert Redford replaces Mickey Rooney in the update, and that just sounds strange.
kuBo and The TWo sTrings (Aug. 19) Charlize Theron and Matthew McConaughey lend their voices to this piece of stop-motion animation from director Travis Knight, making his directorial debut after chipping in on The Boxtrolls, ParaNorman and Coraline.
FlorenCe FosTer Jenkins (Aug. 12) Meryl Streep plays the title character, a New York socialite who wanted to be an opera singer, but couldn’t sing worth a shit. Can you say automatic Oscar nomination? Can you say hippopotamus five times really fast—backwards? Go ahead. Try. I dare you.
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A sweet couple go out for a first date in Chicago. What distinguishes this one from other first date movies is that the couple are Barack and Michelle Obama, so I think we know that the first date will lead to others. And universal health care.
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What’s in a business name? The Great Western Marketplace, 4855 Summit Ridge Drive, is a bit hard to define upon first glance, but a fair—if somewhat odd—metaphor might just be the hermit crab. A brief explanation of this wonder of nature: the hermit crab is a resourceful creature that makes its home inside a second-hand gastropod shell, most often that of a deceased sea snail. In the case of the Great Western Marketplace, the dead snail was a Super Kmart, which closed in 2008, leaving behind an eyesore of a shell in a residential neighborhood just off West McCarran Boulevard and Interstate 80. The building stood abandoned throughout the recession, gaining layers of graffiti and losing yards of copper wiring at the hands of vandals. When local businesswoman Trudy Naumann and her family purchased the building in 2013, they told the media that they’d turn that shell into a home for small local vendors, artists’ exhibitions, live entertainment, restaurants and more. After a 14-month renovation process, the Great Western Marketplace held its grand opening with about 60 vendors on Black Friday 2014. In a Reno Gazette-Journal article published two days prior to the opening, GWM Director of Marketing and Special Events Len Marazzo predicted that the building would eventually house more than 250 vendors. His projection for the future has yet to be realized. Today, the 16 | RN&R |
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GWM is indeed home to local artisans, food vendors and more, but the 166,000 square foot building still appears largely empty with a total of about 50 vendors. On sites like Yelp, reviewers comment on the apparent emptiness of the space, saying things like, “This place has a lot of potential. There is just a lot of vacant space right now” and “I love the concept of this place, but it’s weird! The booths seemed mostly empty” or “Wished this venue was doing better.” But, according to Marazzo, these people aren’t seeing the full picture.
Half empty or half full? According to Marazzo, the unused space in the retail section of the GWM building belies the fact that the marketplace is actually doing quite well, thanks in part to a number of businesses that operate outside of the rows of stalls used by vendors. In the back of the building, out of sight of the customers, a large Amazon book business rents space for storage and a distribution center. Nearby is Soaring High Ministries, a nondenominational Christian church that’s taken up residence in a room just off from what was once the layaway department when Kmart owned the building. The GWM also hosts special events to bolster day-to-day business, including a free monthly wine walk and live music every Friday. A large open space behind the vendor booths is available to rent for parties. And the newest business venture, Marazzo said, was the signing of
a three-year contract by Carson RV for several acres of sales space in the GWM parking lot. “Of course, we have goals and we want to grow, and that’s why we’re doing the special events and we’re leasing the outdoor space,” Marazzo said. “We’re OK with where it’s at but, of course, we want to grow.” According to Marazzo, one challenge to growth comes in controlling the way the public perceives the marketplace. Nothing bothers him quite like people who compare the GWM to a flea market or a swap meet. He explained some key differences. Businesses must apply and be vetted prior to moving in, and thrift store and garage sale merchandise is not allowed. While the owners have considered setting aside a row of stalls as weekly rentals to accommodate such purposes, Marazzo considers the overall tone of the GWM as more closely akin to that of a business incubator—a place where newly licensed business owners can test the waters with short-term leases in a space where they don’t have to worry about setting up utilities or paying for security or surveillance. “It’s all inclusive,” Marazzo said. “There’s no hidden fees. There’s no commissions, and you can just, you know, grow your business, incubate it. Start out small. See what you can afford.”
Multipurpose room to grow While the vendor stalls are laid out in uniform rows and constructed with removable walls to allow businesses to expand in 100-square
foot increments, the approach to growth at the GWM isn’t strictly one-size-fits-all. More established businesses like a motorcycle dealership, a canine daycare and “athletic club,” and a photography studio occupy larger spaces set up in rooms and alcoves off the main floor. A separate area houses food vendors and the GWM-owned wine bar. The marketplace’s hours remain limited to Friday through Sunday to accommodate the many business owners who hold down day jobs. For some, the GWM is a springboard from which they hope to launch a business that will one day occupy a brick and mortar location elsewhere in town. But for others, the weekend warrior approach is just the right speed. And still others have taken up space in the marketplace seeking exposure rather than sales. Denise Greene has been at the marketplace since it opened and has expanded her stall twice, to take up an area of 300-square feet. Before the GWM opened, she sold her handmade gemstone jewelry and titanium art pieces in glass-enclosed shadow boxes during events like the Nugget Rib Cook-Off. “This to me is a starting point to see how people respond to my pieces,” Greene said. “I love doing it. That’s my biggest benefit. I love to see the response. I don’t know—I just love to see people enjoy my things.” A few rows down from Greene’s booth, Jim and Connie Higgins operate the Sweet Yellow Bath Company from the same 10-by-10 stall they occupied when the marketplace opened. They’ve put down a large area rug and painted
the walls of their space with cheery yellow and white stripes. Like Greene, they’re happy to no longer be carting their products to temporary booths at local events. But where Greene sees the marketplace as a starting point, the Higginses don’t foresee expanding their business. Connie manages a big-box store and Jim works in food and beverage at a downtown casino. Carole Gauler’s realty office shares an adjoining wall with Sweet Yellow Bath Company and stands in stark contrast to the Higgins’ bright color pallet. Her space is occupied by a single desk and conservative office furnishings in neutral tones. Another difference is that Gauler isn’t selling anything, per se. She’s personal friends with GWM owner Trudy Naumann, and uses her stall as a way to meet people and drive business to her brick and mortar operation on California Avenue.
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“When [the marketplace] was empty—nothing up, zero, none of this—we drove around in a golf cart and laughingly I said, ‘OK, I’ll take a space from you, Trudy, as long as I’m across from the wine bar,’” Gauler recalled. These days, she puts the bar and other vendors to good use, often buying visitors a drink or snack when they stop by to talk shop on things like property management and the local housing market. On Mother’s Day, there were plenty of visitors to be found. The GWM held one of its free wine walks and handed out complimentary roses to the mothers in attendance. A steady crowd wandered among the stalls, and the vendors reported that business was brisk. It’s days like this that Marazzo believes will eventually lead to a time when there are more full stalls than empty ones in the marketplace. “I don’t know that it’ll happen in the next six months, but I think—as things open in the parking lot, as we do more events—I do think that it will, for sure,” Marazzo said. “Reno’s a tough sale. It takes time to build that crowd. And Reno’s a great word-of-mouth community.” Ω OPINION
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This presidential primary season, as candidates and pundits have quibbled, quarby reled and often been just plain rude, Kris Vagner have you found yourself yelling at the TV? Has the mute button become your bestie? San Francisco artists Jon Bernson and Andy Diaz Hope feel your pain. Photo/Kris Vagner
Artists Jon Bernson and Andy Diaz Hope want to take apart cable news.
andy Diaz hope and Jon Bernson’s “Beautification Machine” is on exhibit at the nevada Museum of art though July 24. the artists join Bay area philanthropists/ collectors Deborah and andy rappaport in a conversation at the museum May 26, 6-7 p.m. tickets: $5-12. For information visit www.nevadaart.org.
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Bernson is a musician who’s composed theater soundtracks, scored films, and written a song with his band, the Exray’s, that was featured in The Social Network. Diaz Hope is an artist who tends to make sculptures out of smaller fragments: a foot-high geode constructed of mirrors, for example, or portraits made of gel caps. They met through the San Francisco gallery scene a few years ago. “We’d go to other people’s openings and just talk,” said Bernson. After a couple of years of hitting it off socially, they’d still never seen each other’s artwork. In 2014, they realized they were similarly weary of the uncivil tone of political discourse they were hearing in the media, especially on cable news networks. “In Obama’s second term, the partisan rhetoric really reached a feverish pitch,” said Bernson. “It’d gotten to the point that there really was a deadlock.” This shared observation inspired the two to work together. They decided to construct a device that would strip partisan discourse of its power. Bernson programmed a laptop to distort the sound of two 24-hour FOX and MSNBC news feed, breaking them into largely unintelligible, bassy, spacey bleeps and bloops punctuated by an occasional intact phrase. (Here’s
one of many examples of what it could sound like at a given moment: Blurry, deep house segues abruptly into Hillary Clinton’s voice saying, “It’s time there’s a great awakening in this country,” then separates into something resembling a somnambulant synth.) Diaz Hope built a structure shaped like a space-age monument, largely of mirrors and speaker fabric. A disco ball inside the piece refracts the news-feed pictures into tiny shards that traverse the walls and ceilings of a small, darkened viewing room. It’s possible to pick out a few faces and bits of text, but mostly the picture is scattered into tiny, floating triangles and dots of light. Although this was the first collaboration between the two artists, the piece came together easily in just a few weeks, with just a few tweaks to the initial designs. “Our styles are complementary,” said Bernson. “We have a lot of similar influences. We’d been exploring them through different mediums.” The piece is called “Beautification Machine.” After stops at Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco and the Art Basel fair in Miami Beach, it’s now in the permanent collection of the Nevada Museum of Art. So, does this art piece actually remove the bite from political partisanship? NMA staffer Chelsey Lundin, who supervises museum security, spends a lot of time in the galleries. “Each patron tends to have a different reaction to the ‘Beautification Machine,’” she said. “Some patrons walk in and walk out very quickly. I think the complete darkness and enclosure of the room makes them uncomfortable. On the other hand, I have seen other patrons spend upwards of 15 to 20 minutes in the room.” Some lean over the machine to try to see how it works. Kids tend to like it. Sometimes, Lundin said, “Adults don’t want to engage with the piece because of its political undertone.” This might suggest yet another demographic divide, one between cable news fans who don’t want their media messed with and the cablenews-weary, who might find this fantasy chill-out room full up cut-up cable feeds to be the “mute” button they’ve been craving. Ω
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the rice actually complemented the bold flavors from the duck. Both soups were served piping hot and were decent examples of egg flower and hot and sour. As for the other appetizers, the crab rangoon was a little overcooked, the tempura shrimp a tad undercooked, and the egg roll filling appeared to be mostly cabbage. All were fine, just nothing to rave about. Similarly, a dim sum combo was a mix of hits and misses ($10.95). Three different takes on shumai— meat dumplings—included pork, beef and shrimp, with the pork winning out on flavor. The seasoning and texture of the pork and beef were very similar, but the shrimp suffered from an overdose of toasted sesame oil. A little of that stuff goes a long way. Too much and you really clobber the delicate flavors of shellfish. Some form of bao—steamed bun—exists in nearly every East Asian culture, but the Cantonese cha siu bao—BBQ pork bun—is the one most often seen on ChineseAmerican dim sum menus. The meat was tasty enough, but there wasn’t quite enough sauce to counter the dry bun. A dash of soy sauce improved the experience. Definitely an acquired taste, lo mai gai—glutinous sticky rice with chicken and mushroom wrapped in lotus leaves—was pretty good. Some low-cost versions of this will substitute banana or grape leaves, but the unmistakable tea-like fragrance of lotus permeated the rice and balanced the strong earthiness of the fungus. Speaking of acquired tastes, an order of sweet and spicy chicken feet ($4.25, five pieces) lent a sense of adventure to the meal. If you’ve eaten chicken with rubbery skin, you’ve pretty much had this, with the exception of the occasional toe breaking off in your mouth while you nibble away. Best of all was a plate of pot stickers ($5.95, six pieces) that were easily among the biggest, meatiest and crispiest I’ve had. Finally, a plate of squid mantle ($9.95) with black pepper and salt, sliced jalapeño and fresh herbs was truly awesome. Bite-sized pieces featuring the same crispy coating that shined on the lemon chicken were paired with a yummy sauce and plenty of veggies. Holy cephalopod, that was some good squid. Ω
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Mad as hell Money Monster Director Jodie Foster goes for a 1970s throwback vibe while approaching a modern financial subject in Money Monster, a valiant but messy effort starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts. Clooney plays Lee Gates, host of Money Monster, a sensationalist financial program that features Gates dancing around the studio and making stock tips. Not all of Gates’ tips are by winners, and he’s about to find out about the Bob Grimm downside of bad advice. Kyle Budwell (Jack O’Connell) shows up on b g ri m m @ ne w s re v i e w . c o m set as a delivery boy, but he doesn’t have pizzas. He’s got an explosive vest for Gates to put on, and a gun that says “Don’t turn off the cameras, we are going to be here for a while!” Producer Patty Fenn (Julia Roberts) has to keep the show rolling as her host is held hostage. Kyle lost a lot of dough on a Gates tip, and he’s here to tell us all how we are being suckered by “the Man.”
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What unfolds is woefully predictable, with Clooney and Roberts laboring to make it all entertaining despite its flatness and many clichés. Obviously, the cold-hearted Gates will see not only the evil in companies he talks about on the air, but his own clumsiness. His heart will swell for his put-upon captor, and he will join him in solidarity against the evil corporate dictator Walt Camby (Dominic West), who stole Kyle’s money due to a “computer glitch.” Foster is trying for a modern sort of Dog Day Afternoon, the Sidney Lumet classic featuring Al Pacino’s sympathetic bank robber who becomes a minor TV star as his self-created hostage crisis unfolds. Lumet happened to follow up that stunner with a little film called Network, another movie Money Monster pulls from generously on the media satire side. Clooney gives it his all as Gates, but his character lacks a certain legitimacy, not to mention likability. The premise that this
all-knowing TV host would be oblivious to the true reasons for the financial collapse that caused his captivity, and his sympathies for his captor, just don’t ring true. There are many moments in the movie that defy reality in a film that is supposed to be realistic. Gates and Kyle head out into the streets in a strange march towards Walt Camby’s headquarters, while NYC dwellers mock them in close proximity even though Gates is wearing an explosive vest. It’s also strange that the lone cameraman in the studio has time to fire up a handheld and throw on a backwards baseball cap in the few seconds it takes for Gates to leave the studio. I really hate stuff like that. While O’Connell has delivered some knockout performances in the past (’71, Starred Up), he’s all wrong for this movie, using an overcooked New York accent and constipated facial expressions throughout. Roberts does relatively impressive work as the calm in the storm, although her role requires little more than saying stuff like “Move that camera” and “Lee, keep calm.” Roberts looks like she might have the live TV directorial chops to handle a low-key public access live kids show. So she has some options if the whole acting thing doesn’t work out. In the end, it isn’t really clear just what Foster is trying to say with this movie. Is she putting together an indictment of society—a society that relies too heavily on TV personalities and mobile devices to base heavy decisions on? If so, big deal because we’ve heard it all before, and that angle is no surprise. Is she going after big, corporate, greedy billionaires who control too much of the country’s wealth? Again, ho-hum, tell us something we don’t already know. Is she going after TV stars who look stupid dancing around in boxing gear? If so, that’s probably the target she has the most success skewering, because Clooney often looks like an idiot in this movie. Ω
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Four years ago, when Snow White and the Huntsman came out, Kristen Stewart was all the rage. The film made lots of money, and it looked like the former Bella had a new franchise on her hands. Not so fast. Kristen, in a moment of shameful and delicious wickedness, made out in public—well, in front of somebody’s unauthorized camera, anyway— with that film’s married director, much to the chagrin of then boyfriend Robert Pattinson and, consequently, her fan base. Plans for a sequel starring her were scrapped, and a whole new plan featuring her costar and budding movie giant Chris Hemsworth (Thor!) were hatched. What producers didn’t realize at the time is that Hemsworth basically sucks whenever he’s doing anything other than playing Thor. Blackhat, In the Heart of the Sea, Vacation, and now this mighty slice of hell are proof of that. While Snow White was no creative party, it was a tolerable misfire. This is a star-studded absolute mess. It’s a worthless slog of a sequel/prequel. Charlize Theron returns as the evil Ravenna, with Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain joining the sad party. And, of course, you have Thor on hand as the Huntsman, the most useless, banal role this guy has taken on in his mostly useless and banal career.
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This is a nice blast of superhero fun that finds a diplomatic way to include many Marvel favorites, even introducing a few characters to the modern Marvel Cinematic Universe, without feeling crowded or rushed. Front and center, there’s Steve Rogers (former Human Torch Chris Evans), a.k.a. Captain America, still having bro issues when it comes to the Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan). Cap wants to back up his former best friend, but the guy committed some pretty shady acts while brainwashed, some of them very hard to defend. Captain America has to make some hard choices. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross (William Hurt) thought Age of Ultron sucked for more than the obvious reasons. On top of being kind of boring, it left death and destruction in its wake, as did the far more exciting original The Avengers. World leaders want to put the Avengers in check, using them as a sort of alternative to nuclear weapons. Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr., still owning it) suffering a crisis of conscience, agrees to the proposed accord. Rogers thinks it’s bullshit and won’t sign. This works as a fine setup for an eventual battle between Iron Man and Captain America, where both sides have compelling reasons to fight.
a special friendship with a big bear. And, as far as I could see, he never stops to wash those red shorts. A swim in the river doesn’t count. You need detergent. Bill Murray is, indeed, a masterstroke of vocal casting as Baloo, the big bear who befriends Mowgli on his extended jungle trek. Casting Christopher Walken as King Louie, the Kong-sized master of all apes in the jungle, actually tops the Murray casting feat. It gives Favreau’s film an opportunity to become truly weird, very funny, and even a little scary. The highlight comes when Walken’s King Louie, portrayed with undertones of Brando’s Colonel Kurtz, suddenly busts out “I Wanna Be Like You.” Walken is perfect for the song and perfect for the character, making the scene an instant classic. The special effects are topnotch.
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After a few years on their TV show, the comedy duo Key and Peele come to the big screen with a lively kidnapped cat comedy boasting a high body count. Part John Wick and part Adventures in Babysitting, the film gives us Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele as Clarence and Rell, a couple of wimpy guys trying to get a beloved kitten back from some hardcore gangsters. In order to do so, they masquerade as Shark Tank and Tectonic, two badasses from Allentown who will end your life if you don’t give them their cat back. The title character is, of course, the cat, who has to be the cutest kitten anybody has ever put in a movie. Clad in a doorag and jewelry, the multiple cats recruited for the part make this film an absolute necessity for cat lovers, even if you hate Key and Peele. The felines steal every scene they’re in. The movie isn’t the most original piece of work this year. Fish-out-of-water scenarios are a dime a dozen, and much of the humor—Clarence’s obsession with George Michael, Rell’s trouble with women—is based on stuff we’ve seen before. That said, Key and Peele have a knack for taking familiar scenarios and playing them out to nutty, funny extremes.
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Susan Sarandon gets the fun vehicle she deserves with this fine directorial effort from Lorene Scafaria (Seeking a Friend at the End of the World), who also wrote the clever and sweet screenplay. Sarandon plays Marnie, a New Jersey widow who has moved to L.A. to be near her daughter, Lorie (Rose Byrne), a screenwriter dealing with the breakup of her latest relationship. Marnie has a bunch of money and a lot of time on her hands, so she calls her daughter constantly, brings her bagels, and basically drives her crazy. When Lorie heads back east to shoot a pilot, Marnie winds up befriending Lorie’s friends and making a few new ones, including Zipper (J.K. Simmons) and his chickens. Sarandon takes what could be a cliché character and makes her an endearing one, imbuing Marnie with a genuine warmness that makes her a welcomed “meddler” rather than a nuisance. Byrne disappears for a good chunk of the movie, but when she’s around, she and Sarandon have convincing motherdaughter chemistry. Simmons, normally the purveyor of brash, harsh and funny characters gets to show off his soft side, and Zipper is a real winner. It’s a cute movie that isn’t too cute, and a must for Sarandon fans. Cecily Strong, Lucy Punch and Michael McKean have small but memorable roles among the strong supporting cast.
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Don Cheadle makes an impressive directorial debut with this crazy biopic that’s mostly fiction but all fun. Cheadle plays jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, hibernating from public life in the late ’70s when a Rolling Stone reporter (Ewan McGregor) shows up at his door looking for a comeback story. The film then turns part comedy thriller as Davis tries to track down a missing tape from his latest sessions, something that never really happened. It’s all just an excuse to use Miles Davis in a goofy story, and somehow it all works. Cheadle is awesome as Davis, even doing some impressive trumpet miming to boot. The film switches between Miles in the ’70s and Miles in the ’60s dealing with relationship struggles. No, the movie doesn’t really focus much on the actual music. It’s more of a weird trip inspired by the music. Michael Stuhlbarg is good as a shady record producer, and McGregor has a lot of fun as the shifty reporter who will do anything for a scoop. It’s not going to win any awards for accuracy, but it’s a fun movie, well worth any music lover’s time.
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post-rock-inspired U-shaped structure—starting loud and fast, followed by a slow, mellow middle section, and then finishing with a rock-out. The music has some rhythmic complexity, with the two musicians often hitting synchronized, syncopated notes, and they’re very meticulous in their compositions, so why rely on the tricky Loop Station instead of just using pre-recording samples? “It’s so revealing when you get it,” Mazurowski said. “It’s like a weight lifted off. … We just try to get tight enough to do it live. It’s so much cooler to us when you finish a concert up. Those are the hardest parts and we made it through them. Even if they’re not perfect.” Another unpredictable element is the duo’s approach to vocals. Although they carefully compose and practice their instrumental parts, Wilkerson usually improvises the vocal lines during performances. “We really don’t practice singing much. ... I just watch a lot of Talking Heads videos and try to do what David Byrne does. … We don’t have any written lyrics. On ‘Ancient Aliens,’ I just talk about the show Ancient Aliens.” The band members see vocals and lyrics as less important than the instruments during live performances. And in fact, the songs are so catchy in their instrumental form, that the vocals aren’t even really necessary, although they add a nice unpredictability to the duo’s live show. Mazurowski and Wilkerson grew up in Reno. Wilkerson studies environmental engineering, and Mazurowski is in pre-law and psychology at the university. The band name was taken from the title of one of Wilkerson’s textbooks. Anyone who’s ever struggled through the difficulty of scheduling a meeting with four or five busy people—especially using, say, a text message thread that regularly devolves into dick jokes and Simpsons quotes—can recognize the simplicity of the duo’s scheduling with envy. “There are less personalities, less egos, less people to connect with musically,” said Mazurowski. “Both of our tastes are in alignment. … And when you want to jam? You just meet up.” The third member of the band is already there in the practice space, waiting for them. Ω
Mark Mazurowski and PJ Wilkerson are Applied Ethics. That’s their weird friend Jack hiding in the bushes.
“His name is Looper,” Mazurowski said. “We’ve personified him.” During performances, for songs like “Ancient Aliens” and “Don’t be Flaky,” Wilkerson will often record short loops, a rhythmic phrase or even just a drone that establishes a tonal center. This allows him to then play another part, usually one that’s more complex and more melodic. In other words, during performances, he’ll first play a rhythm guitar part, record it, and then play a lead guitar line. And he doesn’t just use this trick at the beginnings of songs, but often does it in the middle of a tune. The band sounds like a mix of classic ’60s-style surf rock, post-rock spaciness, and post-punk urgency. Wilkerson plays a Fender Stratocaster and Fender Twin Reverb amp—the classic guitar set-up used by surf rock bands for nearly 60 years—but his guitar playing is very influenced by the angular melodicism of Bernard Sumner of Joy Division and New Order fame. Mazurowski’s playing is more impressionistic, heavily influenced by post-rock bands like Explosions in the Sky, and Applied Ethics songs like “Head Trauma” have a
applied Ethics play with Eye and the arrow, Joseph hein, and night rooms at the holland Project, 140 Vesta St., on may 23 at 8 p.m. For more information, visit appliedethics1. bandcamp.com
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FRIDAY 5/20
1UP
Kozmo, Mike.iLL, Benjah Ninjah, 10pm, no cover
Muppet Punk, Kowta, Moldavibe, theRoblem, Bread Freshly, 10pm, $10
3RD STREET
125 W. Third St., (775) 323-5005
YourDay Karaoke w/DJ Manny, 9pm, no cover
5 STAR SALOON
Karaoke, 9pm, no cover
DJ Izer, 10pm, $5 after 10pm
DJ Izer, 10pm, $5 after 10pm
BAR OF AMERICA
Rustler’s Moon, 8:30pm, no cover
Eric E., 9pm, no cover
Bias & Dunn, 9pm, no cover
214 W. Commercial Row, (775) 329-9444
132 West St., (775) 329-2878
G Jones
10042 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee; (530) 587-2626
May 20, 7 p.m. Cargo 255 N. Virginia St. 398-5400
SATURDAY 5/21
SUNDAY 5/22
DG Kicks, 9pm, Tu, no cover
BRASSERIE ST. JAMES
901 S. Center St., (775) 348-8888
THE BRIDGE RESTAURANT & BAR 425 S. Virginia St., (775) 432-1633
Clemon Charles, 4pm, no cover
CARGO AT WHITNEY PEAK HOTEL 255 N. Virginia St., (775) 398-5400
CEOL IRISH PUB
Comedy
538 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-5558
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: Nick Guerra, F, 7:30pm, $13-$15 The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: Bob Zany, Sammy Obeid, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30; Adam Ray, Sandy Danto, Tu-W, 9pm, $25 Laugh Factory at Silver Legacy Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., 325-7401: Dean Delray, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $21.95; F-Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $27.45; Dom Irrera, Tu, W, 7:30pm, $21.95 Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., 686-6600: Nick Guerra, Th, 8pm, $8-$10; F, 9pm, $13-$18; Sa, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, $13-$18; Magic for Maddie benefit w/Justin Rivera, Sa, 3pm, $12-$15 (all ages)
COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR
Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover
COMMA COFFEE
10142 Rue Hilltop, Truckee; (530) 587-5711
Bart Budwig’s Amperband, 7pm, no cover
DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY 275 E. Fourth St., (775) 324-1917
ELBOW ROOM BAR
2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-9799
Free-Spin Sundays w/DJ Zoiree, 5pm, no cover
Karaoke, 9pm, Tu, W, no cover
SundaYze: Brunch and live jazz w/Reno Jazz Syndicate, noon, no cover
Strange on the Range, 7pm, W, no cover
Reno’s Daze Crew, 9pm, no cover G Jones, Woollymammoth, 7pm, $15
Hoodslam Wrestling, 9pm, $22
Fiddly Bits, 9pm, no cover
No Dan Blarney Band, 9pm, no cover
World Dance Open Floor, 8pm, no cover
312 S. Carson St., Carson City; (775) 883-2662
The Nut Boyz, 7pm, no cover
Roy Schneider & Kim Mayfield, 7pm, no cover
The Jokers Wild Band, 9pm, no cover
9BelowZero, 9pm, no cover
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Canyon White Open Mic Night, 8pm, no cover
Karaoke Kat, 9pm, 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
Low Hums, Busking By Moonlite, The Get Well Soon Band, 8pm, $5 1) B3 The Shark album release, 10pm, $TBA
Eye and the Arrow, Oliviero, 8pm, M, $5 Numerators, Taste Buds, 8pm, Tu, $5 1-2) Marianarchy XII: A Benefit for Kula Dunn, 5:15pm, donations
1-2) Marianarchy XII: A Benefit for Kula Dunn, 3:30pm, donations
2) Parade of Horribles, 8pm, $5
THE JUNGLE
MOONSHINE BANDITS May 20th | $15
LIL BLOOD & LIL YATES May 21st | $25
Movie Night: May 25th
Miami Connection single $3 - includes drink! $5 couples - include drinks
LOVERS ROCK TOUR May 27th | $25
zETETICA May 28th
SHIRLEE TEMpER June 6th
wOODOO TOUR fEATURINg TwISTED INSANE $20/$25 day of show June 11th
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1) The Nth Power, Supa Juice, 7pm, M, $15-$20 Outspoken: Open Mic Night, 7pm, M, no cover
246 W. First St., (775) 329-4484
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CW and Mr. Spoons, noon, M, no cover Dave Leather, noon, W, no cover
Open Mic Jam Slam w/Adrian Diijon, 9pm, Tu, Karaoke Nite, 9pm, W, 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
Jack Di Carlo, 7pm, no cover
HANGAR BAR
THE HOLLAND PROJECT
MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 5/23-5/25
THURSDAY 5/19 5/19 THURSDAY
Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, THE LOFT THEATRE-LOUNGE-DINING Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, THE LOFT THEATRE-LOUNGE-DINING 1021 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe; (530) 523-8024 7:30pm, $35 1021 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe; (530) 523-8024 7:30pm, $35
THE LOVING LOVING CUP CUP THE 188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480
Live jazz, 8pm, no cover Live jazz, 8pm, no cover
MIDTOWN WINE WINE BAR BAR MIDTOWN 1527 S. Virginia St., (775) 800-1960
Mel Wade & Gia, 7pm, no cover Mel Wade & Gia, 7pm, no cover
188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480
1527 S. Virginia St., (775) 800-1960
MOODY’S BISTRO BISTRO BAR BAR & & BEATS BEATS MOODY’S 10007 Bridge St., Truckee; (530) 587-8688 10007 Bridge St., Truckee; (530) 587-8688
PADDY & & IRENE’S IRENE’S IRISH IRISH PUB PUB PADDY 906-A Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-5484 906-A Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-5484
FRIDAY 5/20 5/20 FRIDAY
SATURDAY 5/21 5/21 SATURDAY
Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, Magic Fusion w/Tony 4:30pm, 7:30pm, $35Clark, 4:30pm, 7:30pm, $35
M.C. Radio Active, 8:30pm, no cover M.C. Radio Active, 8:30pm, no cover
M.C. Radio Active, 8:30pm, no cover M.C. Radio Active, 8:30pm, no cover
Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, Magic Fusion 7:30pm, M, Tu,w/Tony $35 Clark, 7:30pm, M, Tu, $35
The Numerators Numerators The May 24, 8 p.m. May 24, 8 p.m. The Holland Project The Holland Project 140 Vesta St. 140 Vesta St. 742-1858 742-1858
U Play Wednesday (open mic jam), U8pm, PlayW, Wednesday no cover (open mic jam), 8pm, W, no cover Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover
1559 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-8864
Thursday Night Out w/Wabuska Yachting Moonshine Bandits, 8pm, $15 Thursday Out8pm, w/Wabuska Club and Night Friends, no coverYachting Moonshine Bandits, 8pm, $15 Club and Friends, 8pm, no cover
555 E. Fourth St., (775) 322-4348
MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 5/23-5/25 5/23-5/25 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY
Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, Magic Fusion 4:30pm, $35 w/Tony Clark, 4:30pm, $35
Acoustic Wonderland singer-songwriter Acoustic Wonderland singer-songwriter showcase, 8pm, no cover showcase, 8pm, no cover
POLO LOUNGE LOUNGE POLO 1559 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-8864
PSYCHEDELIC BALLROOM BALLROOM PSYCHEDELIC AND JUKE JUKE JOINT JOINT (PB&J’S) (PB&J’S) AND 555 E. Fourth St., (775) 322-4348
SUNDAY 5/22 5/22 SUNDAY
Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, Magic Fusion 7:30pm, $35 w/Tony Clark, 7:30pm, $35
Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover
Lil Blood, Lil Yase, 9pm, $TBA Lil Blood, Lil Yase, 9pm, $TBA
RUBEN’S CANTINA CANTINA RUBEN’S 1483 E. Fourth St., (775) 622-9424
Reggae Night, 10pm, no cover Reggae Night, 10pm, no cover
1483 E. Fourth St., (775) 622-9424
THE SAINT SAINT THE 761 S. Virginia St., (775) 657-8484 761 S. Virginia St., (775) 657-8484
SHEA’S TAVERN TAVERN SHEA’S 715 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-4774
Ladies Night/DJ/dancing, Ladies Night/DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover 10pm, no cover
715 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-4774
Atomic Age, 10pm, $TBA Atomic Age, 10pm, $TBA
SHELTER SHELTER 111 N. Virginia St., (775) 329-2909
DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover
111 N. Virginia St., (775) 329-2909
SPARKS LOUNGE LOUNGE SPARKS 1237 Baring Blvd., Sparks; (775) 409-3340
Thursday Blues Jam hosted by Thursday Blues8:30pm, Jam hosted by Rich Maloon, no cover Rich Maloon, 8:30pm, no cover
Dropkikk, 9pm, no cover Dropkikk, 9pm, no cover
Rich In Reverse, 9pm, no cover Rich In Reverse, 9pm, no cover
ST. JAMES JAMES INFIRMARY INFIRMARY ST. 445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484
The Siren Society, 10pm, $TBA The Siren Society, 10pm, $TBA
Under the Influence w/Boggan, Under thecover Influence w/Boggan, 9pm, no 9pm, no cover
Saturday Night Dance Party, Saturday Night Dance Party, 9pm, no cover 9pm, no cover
445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484
Tavern Trivia, 9pm, no cover Tavern Trivia, 9pm, no cover
Supersuckers, Leroy Virgil, Jake Houston Supersuckers, Leroy8pm, Virgil, & The Royal Flush, Tu,Jake $10 Houston & The Royal Flush, 8pm, Tu, $10
Louise Distras Distras Louise
DJ Trivia, 8pm, no cover DJ Trivia, 8pm, no cover
1237 Baring Blvd., Sparks; (775) 409-3340
Strange on the Range, 7pm, W, no cover Strange on the Range, 7pm, W, no cover
DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover
SINGER SOCIAL SOCIAL CLUB CLUB SINGER 219 W. Second St., (775) 657-9466 219 W. Second St., (775) 657-9466
St. Christopher Project, 4pm, no cover St. Christopher Project, 4pm, no cover
May 24, 8 p.m. May 24, 8 p.m. Studio on 4th Studio on 4th 432 E. Fourth St. 432 E. Fourth St. 737-9776 737-9776
St. Christopher Project, 6pm, no cover St. Christopher Project, 6pm, no cover
STUDIO ON ON 4TH 4TH STUDIO 432 E. Fourth St., (775) 737-9776
Louise Distras, 8pm, Tu, $6-$8 Louise Distras, Soul Track Mind,8pm, 8pm,Tu,W,$6-$8 $8 Soul Track Mind, 8pm, W, $8
432 E. Fourth St., (775) 737-9776
WHISKEY DICK’S DICK’S SALOON SALOON WHISKEY 2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe; (530) 544-3425
Dingo Weasel, 9pm, no cover Dingo Weasel, 9pm, no cover
2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe; (530) 544-3425
WILDFLOWER VILLAGE VILLAGE WILDFLOWER 4275-4395 W. Fourth St., (775) 787-3769
2) Trivia Night, 8:30pm, $3-$5
2) Trivia Night, 8:30pm, $3-$5 4275-4395 W. Fourth St., (775) 787-3769 1) Golden Rose Cafe 2) Green Fairy Pub 3) Cabaret 1) Golden Rose Cafe 2) Green Fairy Pub 3) Cabaret
1) Comedy Power Hour Open Mic, 1)8pm, Comedy Tu, noPower coverHour Open Mic, 8pm, Tu, no cover
1) Open mic, 7:30pm, no cover 1) Open mic, 7:30pm, no cover
THESE DON’T MIX Think you know your limits? Think again. If you drink, don’t drive. Period.
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ATLANTIS CASINO RESORT SPA 3800 S. S. Virginia Virginia St., St., (775) (775) 825-4700 825-4700 3800 1) 1) Grand Grand Ballroom Ballroom Stage Stage 2) 2) Cabaret Cabaret
BOOMTOWN CASINO HOTEL
2100 2100 Garson Garson Rd., Rd., Verdi; Verdi; (775) (775) 345-6000 345-6000 1) 1) Event Event Center Center 2) 2) Guitar Guitar Bar Bar
THURSDAY 5/19
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SATURDAY 5/21
SUNDAY 5/22
MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 5/23-5/25
2) 2) Highway Highway 42, 42, 8pm, 8pm, no no cover cover
2) 2) Highway Highway 42, 42, 4pm, 4pm, no no cover cover Escalade, Escalade, 10pm, 10pm, no no cover cover
2) 2) Highway Highway 42, 42, 4pm, 4pm, no no cover cover Escalade, Escalade, 10pm, 10pm, no no cover cover
2) 2) Escalade, Escalade, 8pm, 8pm, no no cover cover
2) 2) Mimic, Mimic, 8pm, 8pm, M, M, Tu, Tu, W, W, no no cover cover
2) Eric Eric Stangeland, Stangeland, 5pm, 5pm, no no cover cover 2)
2) Rebekah Rebekah Chase, Chase, 9pm, 9pm, no no cover cover 2)
2) Rebekah Rebekah Chase, Chase, 9pm, 9pm, no no cover cover 2)
2) Jonathan Jonathan Barton, Barton, 5pm, 5pm, no no cover cover 2)
2) 2) Tandymonium, Tandymonium, 5pm, 5pm, M, M, no no cover cover The Robeys, Robeys, 5pm, 5pm, Tu, Tu, W, W, no no cover cover The
2) Mipso, Mipso, 10pm, 10pm, no no cover cover 2)
2) 2) Drop Drop Theory, Theory, Groove Groove Foundry, Foundry, Disco Terrorist, Terrorist, 9am, 9am, no no cover cover Disco
CRYSTAL BAY CLUB
14 14 Hwy. Hwy. 28, 28, Crystal Crystal Bay; Bay; (775) (775) 833-6333 833-6333 1) 1) Crown Crown Room Room 2) 2) Red Red Room Room
Los Lonely Boys
ELDORADO RESORT CASINO
May May 21, 21, 7:30 7:30 p.m. p.m. Harrah’s Harrah’s Lake Lake Tahoe Tahoe 15 Highway 50 15 Highway 50 Stateline Stateline (775) (775) 588-6611 588-6611
2) 2) Saint Saint Clair, Clair, 10pm, 10pm, $15 $15 3) 3) Country Country Nights Nights w/DJ w/DJ Colt Colt Ainsworth, Ainsworth, 10pm, no no cover cover 10pm,
2) 2) Dance Dance Bootcamp Bootcamp with with Eric Eric & & Corrie, Corrie, 6pm, Tu, Tu, $15 $15 6pm,
15 Hwy. Hwy. 50, 50, Stateline; Stateline; (775) (775) 588-6611 588-6611 15 1) 1) South South Shore Shore Room Room 2) 2) Peek Peek Nightclub Nightclub 3) Center Stage Lounge 3) Center Stage Lounge
2) 2) DJ DJ JosBeatz, JosBeatz, DJ DJ Enfo, Enfo, 10pm, 10pm, $20 $20 3) Arty Arty the the Party, Party, 9pm, 9pm, no no cover cover 3)
1) 1) Los Los Lonely Lonely Boys, Boys, 7:30pm, 7:30pm, $35.78 $35.78 2) DJ DJ Rick Rick Gee, Gee, DJ DJ Exodus, Exodus, 10pm, 10pm, $20 $20 2) 3) Arty Arty the the Party, Party, 9pm, 9pm, no no cover cover 3)
3) 3) Live Live blues blues w/Buddy w/Buddy Emmer Emmer Band Band and guest, guest, 8pm, 8pm, Tu, Tu, no no cover cover and
HARRAH’S RENO
1) 1) Petty Petty vs. vs. Eagles: Eagles: A A Musical Musical Shootout Shootout,, Hypnolarious,, 8pm, $27-$37 $27-$37 2) 2) Terry Terry Stokes Stokes Hypnolarious 8pm, 10pm, $30 $30 3) 3) Take Take 2, 2, 8pm, 8pm, no no cover cover 10pm, 4) Beach Blanket Bingo, noon, 4) Beach Blanket Bingo, noon, no no cover cover
1) 1) Leon Leon Russell, Russell, 8pm, 8pm, $35-$50 $35-$50 2) Terry Terry Stokes Stokes Hypnolarious Hypnolarious,, 2) 10pm, $30 $30 3) 3) Take Take 2, 2, 8pm, 8pm, no no cover cover 10pm, 4) 4) Glass Glass Onion, Onion, noon, noon, no no cover cover
3) DJ/dancing, DJ/dancing, 8pm, 8pm, no no cover cover 3) John Dawson Dawson Band, Band, 9pm, 9pm, no no cover cover John
Rock This This Country Country,, 3pm, 3pm, 7pm, 7pm, $12-$22 $12-$22 1) Rock 1) 3) DJ/dancing, DJ/dancing, 8pm, 8pm, John John Dawson Dawson Band, Band, 3) 9pm, no cover 9pm, no cover
1) Rock Rock This This Country Country,, 3pm, 3pm, 7pm, 7pm, $12-$22 $12-$22 1) 3) DJ/dancing, DJ/dancing, 8pm, 8pm, John John Dawson Dawson Band, Band, 3) 9pm, no cover 9pm, no cover
3) DJ/dancing, DJ/dancing, 6pm, 6pm, W, W, no no cover cover 3)
2) 2) Coo Coo Coo Coo Birds, Birds, 7pm 7pm
2) 2) Coo Coo Coo Coo Birds, Birds, 7pm 7pm
2) 2) Coo Coo Coo Coo Birds, Birds, 8pm 8pm
2) 2) Max Max Minardi, Minardi, ,, no no cover cover
2) 2) Max Max Minardi, Minardi, M, M, Tu, Tu, W, W, no no cover cover
3) Tyler Tyler Stafford, Stafford, 6pm, 6pm, no no cover cover 3)
1) Roem Roem Baur, Baur, 8pm, 8pm, no no cover cover 1)
1) Roem Roem Baur, Baur, 8pm, 8pm, no no cover cover 1)
2) Banzai Banzai Thursdays Thursdays w/DJ w/DJ Trivia, Trivia, 2) 8pm, no no cover cover 8pm, 4) Jamie Jamie Rollins, Rollins, 9pm, 9pm, no no cover cover 4)
2) Thunder Thunder Cover, Cover, 9pm, 9pm, no no cover cover 2) 3) Fashion Fashion Friday, Friday, 9pm, 9pm, no no cover cover 3) 4) Halie Halie O’Ryan O’Ryan Band, Band, 9pm, 9pm, no no cover cover 4)
2) Thunder Thunder Cover, Cover, 9pm, 9pm, no no cover cover 2) 3) Seduction Seduction Saturdays, Saturdays, 9pm, 9pm, $5 $5 3) 4) Halie Halie O’Ryan O’Ryan Band, Band, 9pm, 9pm, no no cover cover 4)
HARRAH’S LAKE TAHOE
The Man Man Cave Cave Sports Sports Bar, Bar, 4600 4600 N. N. Virginia Virginia The St., St., 499-5322: 499-5322: Karaoke, Karaoke, Sa, Sa, 8pm, 8pm, no no cover cover The Point, Point, 1601 1601 S. S. Virginia Virginia St., St., 322-3001: 322-3001: The Karaoke, Th-Sa, Th-Sa, 8:30pm; 8:30pm; Su, Su, 6pm, 6pm, no no cover cover Karaoke, Spiro’s Spiro’s Sports Sports Bar Bar & & Grille, Grille, 1475 1475 E. E. Prater Prater Way, Way, Ste. Ste. 103, 103, Sparks, Sparks, 356-6000: 356-6000: F-Sa, 9pm, 9pm, no no cover cover F-Sa, West Second Street Bar, West Second Street Bar, 118 118 W. W. Second Second St., St., 384-7976: 384-7976: Daily, Daily, 8pm, 8pm, no no cover cover
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1) Alton Alton Brown Brown Live: Live: Eat Eat Your Your Science, Science, 1) 9pm, 9pm, $27.52-$82.57 $27.52-$82.57 2) Lex Lex Fridays, Fridays, 10pm, 10pm, $15 $15 2) 3) DJ DJ Colt Colt Ainsworth, Ainsworth, 10pm, 10pm, no no cover cover 3)
3) 3) Country Country Nights Nights w/DJ w/DJ Colt Colt Ainsworth, Ainsworth, 2500 E. E. Second Second St., St., (775) (775) 789-2000 789-2000 2500 10pm, no no cover cover 1) Grand Grand Theater Theater 2) 2) Lex Lex Nightclub Nightclub 3) 3) Sports Sports Book Book 10pm, 1) 4) Summit Summit Pavilion Pavilion 5) 5) Silver Silver State State Pavilion Pavilion 4)
CBQ, 1330 1330 Scheels Scheels Drive, Drive, Ste. Ste. 250, 250, Sparks, Sparks, CBQ, 359-1109: Karaoke Karaoke w/Larry w/Larry Williams, Williams, 359-1109: Th, 6pm, no cover Th, 6pm, no cover Corkscroo Bar Bar & & Pizzeria, Pizzeria, 10 10 E. E. Ninth Ninth St., St., Corkscroo 284-7270: Cash Cash Karaoke Karaoke w/Jacques, w/Jacques, 284-7270: W, 6pm, no cover W, 6pm, no cover La Morena Morena Bar, Bar, 2140 2140 Victorian Victorian Ave., Ave., Sparks, Sparks, La 772-2475: College College Nite/Karaoke, Nite/Karaoke, F,F, 7pm, 7pm, 772-2475: no cover no cover Murphy’s Law Law Irish Irish Pub, Pub, 180 180 W. W. Peckham Peckham Murphy’s Lane, Lane, Ste. Ste. 1070, 1070, 823-9977: 823-9977: Karaoke Karaoke w/DJ w/DJ Hustler, H&T Mobile Productions, Hustler, H&T Mobile Productions, F,F, 10pm, 10pm, no cover cover no
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1) Rock Rock of of Ages Ages,, 7pm, 7pm, Tu, Tu, W, W, $24.95+ $24.95+ 1) 2) Live Live Band Band Karaoke, Karaoke, 10pm, 10pm, M, M, no no cover cover 2) DJ Chris English, 10pm, Tu, no DJ Chris English, 10pm, Tu, no cover cover Garage Boys, 10:30pm, W, no cover Garage Boys, 10:30pm, W, no cover
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Events ANIMAL ARK STAMPEDE RUN FOR THE ANIMALS: This benefit for the wild residents of Animal Ark includes face painting, raffle prizes and other family fun. The race route is through the facility. Free entry to the sanctuary following the run. Sa, 5/21, 8-9:30am. $40 adults, $25 children. Animal Ark Wildlife Sanctuary and Nature Center, 1265 Deerlodge Road, (775) 970-3431.
ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC TRUCK SHOW: The event features antique and classic trucks of all classes displayed for the enjoyment of motor heads and family. Hot dog lunch available along with raffle drawings. Tickets are $1 each. Operation Life Saver, Nevada Highway Patrol and California Highway Patrol will have displays. Sa, 5/21, 9am5pm. Free admission. Summit Racing Equipment, 960 E. Glendale Ave., Sparks, (775) 746-4106.
ARTIST DEBORAH BUTTERFIELD ON HORSES: Butterfield’s sculptures explore the sometimes quiet nature and poetic forms of horses. Learn about the inspiration horses have provided for her artwork. Th, 5/19, 6-7pm. $12 general, $8 NMA members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.
BIKE TOUR THROUGH OLD RENO: A leisurely ride through historic parts of Reno with tour guide Phil Ulibarri. Helmets required. Make reservations at Historic Reno Preservation Society’s website. Sa, 5/21, 10am-noon. $10, free to HRPS members. My Favorite Muffin, 340 California Ave., (775) 747-4478, www.historicreno.org.
BREWER’S CABINET BEER DINNER: Enjoy pairings of local craft beer and culinary creations. Th, 5/19, 6:30pm. $80. White Orchid Ballroom, Peppermill Resort Spa Casino, 2707 S. Virginia St., (775) 689-7160.
DEBATE SOCIETY OF RENO: This Oxfordstyle debate will be moderated by journalist Anjeanette Damon and will be on the following motion: “Tax incentives to lure companies to Nevada are good for Nevadans.” Among the panelists will be Steve Hill, director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Dusty Wunderlich, chief executive officer of Bristlecone Holdings, LLC. Audience members will be asked to vote at both the beginning and the end of the debate to determine which team of panelists presented the most persuasive case. Proceeds benefit the Reno Little Theater. Tu, 5/24, 6:30pm. $10 general, $5 students. Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 329-0661.
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, 4pm. $40 for dinner and tour, $20 for tour only. Gold Hill Hotel, 1540 S. Main St., Gold Hill, (775) 847-0111.
HOPS & HOUNDS: This benefit for the SPCA of Northern Nevada features over a dozen craft brewers, as well as craft ciders, from all over the United States. F, 5/20, 5:30-8:30pm. $20. Sands Regency Casino Hotel, 345 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 324-7773 ext. 208.
NIGHT OUT IN SPARKS: A BENEFIT FOR AWAKEN: This fundraiser for local non-profit Awaken INC. features food, shopping, massage, a kids’ corner, makeup and photography, plus raffles for prizes. All profits go to help Awaken in their efforts to stop sex trafficking in the Reno-Sparks area. Tu, 5/24, 5:30-7:30pm. Free. Sparks
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Heritage Museum, 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 232-3598.
concentrated include family, community, immigration, assimilation. Their films explore the American Dream in all its ramifications and contradictions. Th-Su, noon-5pm through 9/18. Free. 442 Flint St., (775) 333-0310.
RENO CRAFT BEER WEEK: The second annual event features home brews, visiting craft beers from all over the country, beer and bites, a sour-fest beer tasting, beer cocktail demonstrations, beer brunches, a beer crawl and beer festivals. M-Su through 5/22. Visit website, www.renocraftbeerweek.com.
CARSON CITY COMMUNITY CENTER: Great Basin Native Artists. The Capital City Arts Initiative presents a group show featuring art by Ben Aleck, Phil Buckheart, Louinda Garity, Topaz Jones, Jack Malotte, Melissa MeleroMoose and Steve Nighthawk. The Great Basin Native Artists group began in 2014 and shows their art throughout northern Nevada and northern California. M-F, 9am-5pm through 7/6. Free. 851 E. William St., Carson City, (775) 887-2290.
RENO STREET FOOD—PARTY IN THE PARK: The gourmet street food event features more than 20 gourmet food, craft dessert, beer, wine and mixed drink vendors. Local musicians provide free live entertainment each week. F, 5-9pm through 9/30. Opens 5/20. Free admission. Idlewild Park, 1900 Idlewild Drive, (775) 825-2665.
CARSON CITY COURTHOUSE GALLERY: For Detail View. Artwork by Jeff Hantman. M-F through 5/25. Free. 885 E. Musser St., Carson City, www.arts-initiative. org.
RENO WINE WALK: The Riverwalk Merchants Association hosts its monthly event along the Truckee River and neighboring streets in downtown Reno. Visit any of the participating Riverwalk District merchants on Wine Walk day and receive a wine glass, a map of Wine Walk merchants and a wristband that allows you to sample wine at any participating merchant. Must be 21 years old to participate. Parking is available at one of the public lots. Third Sa of every month, 2-5pm through 4/15. $20. The Riverwalk District, downtown Reno along The Riverwalk, (775) 825-9255.
FRONT DOOR GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Brett Flanigan. The first show in University Galleries’ new mural series features mural art by the Oaklandbased artist. M-F through 11/11. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6658.
HOLLAND PROJECT MICRO GALLERY AT BIBO COFFEE CO.: Creating Connections
SPRING FEVER REVIVAL: The pre-Hot August Nights festival features classic cars, memorabilia, street fair vendors, food and beverage booths and live entertainment. More than 600 classic cars will compete in the Celebrity Choice Show ‘n’ Shine. Celebrity Choice winners will drive onto the warning track of the Greater Nevada Field on Sunday prior to the Reno Aces game to receive their awards. F-Su through 5/22. Opens 5/20. Downtown Reno, Virginia Street, (775) 356-1956.
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD WALKING TOUR: A walk through an historic and endangered neighborhood at the foot of the campus featuring vintage Queen Anne homes and charming bungalows. Tour guide is Debbie Hinman. Reservations required. Tu, 5/24, 6-8pm. $10, free to HRPS members. Meet at the steps at the south end of UNR at Lake and Ninth Streets, www.historicreno.org.
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FAMILY GAME NIGHT: Come into the library, find a table, grab a game and have some fun. Second and fourth W of every month, 4:30-6:30pm. Free. Northwest Reno Library, 2325 Robb Drive, (775) 787-4100.
GALENA TODDLERS: This nature education program for toddlers includes storytime, outdoor exploration and crafts. Third Th of every month, 10am through 3/16. $5 suggested donation. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mt. Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948, www. galenacreekvisitorcenter.org.
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 bod-
MATHEWSON-IGT KNOWLEDGE CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Media
Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science The Food Network TV star brings his national tour to Reno for an evening of science, music and food on Friday, May 20. The show will combine songs, multimedia presentations, talk-show antics and “potentially dangerous food demonstrations.” Those who have seats in the first few rows should prepare for the possibility of getting a little messy. Fortunately, protective gear will be provided. The culinary adventure begins at 9 p.m. at the Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 E. Second St. Tickets are $27.52-$82.57. Call 789-2000 or visit www.grandsierraresort.com.
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—Kelley Lang ies 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.
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.
YOUTH LIFE DRAWING & PAINTING: This is a drawing and painting class for children ages 5-8 that teaches basic drawing skills with introduction to mixing and applying paints. Students will work from either a life drawing set-up or multiple projected images to create a finished artwork to take home at the end of the day. Email to sign up. Sa, 5/21, noon-3pm. $60. Reno
Reception. Artwork by students of Rita Cannan Elementary School and Veterans Memorial STEM Academy. The reception is on May 19. The exhibit will run from May 16-20. Th, 5/19, 6-8pm; New Beginnings Reception. This group exhibit showcases teen artists’ different interpretations and fabrications of the theme “New Beginnings,” whether it’s a resurrection or rebirth. There will be an opening reception on May 28 from 5:30-7:30pm. M-Su through 6/17. Opens 5/23, Sa, 5/28, 6-8pm. Free. 945 Record St., www.hollandreno.org.
Art Works, 1995 Dickerson Road, (775) 225-7295, www.renoartworks.org.
Art ART INDEED! SIERRA MEMORIAL ART SPACE: Urban Abundance. The abstract art gallery is open for the Riverwalk Wine Walk and the Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl on May 21. Gallery hours are MondayThursday 3:30-7pm or by appointment any day/evening of the week. Sa, 5/21, 2-5pm & 4-9pm. 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. The themes upon which Italian-American filmmakers have
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; Upstart Crow: Shakespeare in Northern Nevada. This exhibit coincides with Shakespeare 400, the national commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. The display examines the impact of Shakespeare, both past and present, in Northern Nevada. Materials on display range from the flourishing 1800s Virginia City Shakespearean theater scene to the modern Lake Tahoe Shakespeare festival. Through 7/15, 9am-5pm. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4636.
MCKINLEY ARTS & CULTURE CENTER: A Woman Under the Influence. West Gallery in McKinley Arts & Culture Center hosts abstract painter and sculpture Katrina Lasko. Through 6/17; Reflections of the Day: Susan Handau, McKinley Gallery East hosts mixed media painter Susan Handau. Through 6/17. Free. 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 334-2417.
METRO GALLERY AT RENO CITY HALL: Not Your Mother’s Garden—Explorations and Meditations. Patti ChristensenWoodard’s exhibition is a series of pastel paintings that extend beyond pure botanical accuracy. Through 6/3. Free. 1 E. First St., (775) 334-2417.
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Fresh prince of Bel-Stare My boyfriend “loves women.” When we’re out, he’ll check out and comment on every hot girl. I get that he’s just “appreciating their beauty,” but it makes me feel really bad—angry and insecure. How can I get him to stop? Why does he need to do this? I sure don’t. Like the “g” in “gnarly-ass dickhead,” the “Whoa … wouldya look at the Humpty Dumplings on her!” is supposed to be silent. You might take your boyfriend’s babe-ernecking less personally if you recognize that male sexual attraction is visually driven in a way female attraction is not—which is why strip clubs catering to men are big business while those for women are largely a bachelorette party novelty. Sure, women like a nice view, but if they have to make a trade-off, they’re likely to go for the weak-chinned gazillionaire. This is reflected in research by anthropologist John Marshall Townsend. He showed men and women photos of hotties and homelies of the opposite sex, dressed in either a Burger King uniform or biz exec-wear and a Rolex. When he asked which they’d go for, men were indifferent to how the woman was dressed—picking the hottie no matter what she was wearing. Women, on the other hand, went for the homely business dude and tended to nix even a hookup with the hot hamburger helper. There are also some indications that, just by looking at those on the babe squad, parts of the male brain’s reward circuitry get activated in ways women’s do not. In brain imaging research, cognitive scientist Jasmin Cloutier found that only men looking at photographs of hotties got the lights turned on in the orbitofrontal cortex—part of the brain that’s thought to suss out potentially rewarding stuff on our horizon and give us a “Yoo-hoo! Over here!” Reward circuitry aside, there’s “window shopping” and then there’s “window announcing.” Though—sorry, ladies—all men look, the kind, loving ones don’t get caught (and especially don’t marvel aloud). In other words, what’s worrisome about your boyfriend’s behavior is what it says about the kind of partner he is to you. When somebody loves you, they want to make you feel good—not like you’re comparing poorly to half the female pedestrians jiggling down the sidewalk. The way to approach this is to explain how much this behavior hurts your feelings. As the father of economics Adam Smith noted, evoking somebody’s empathy tends to motivate them to try to make things better. Telling them what to do, however, tends to backfire, leading to cries of “Vive la révolution!” OPINION
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As for how you’d like things to change, let your boyfriend know that you just don’t want to see him gaping or hear about it. OK, he appreciates women as these moving pieces of art. Museums are quiet. Men aren’t yelling at the Mona Lisa, “Hey, girl, I’ll give you something to smile about!” Likewise, in a relationship, there are legit cries for help, but one of them is not “Help, I’ve fallen down her cleavage, and I can’t get up!”
For whom the belle tolls I know my boyfriend’s into me, and he’s generally very loving, but I get far more compliments about how I look from guys I’m not dating. How do I get my boyfriend to let me know that he likes the view? There’s a reason that the Miss World pageant lacks a mathematics category, in which contestants come out smiling and waving and then do one of the world’s great unsolved math problems in their head: “And now, ladies and gentlemen, we’ll watch as Miss Uruguay proves that the 196-algorithm does not terminate when applied to the number 196.” Obviously, beauty isn’t everything. In fact, according to research by economist Jeremy Greenwood, a smartypants, highly educated guy is more likely than ever (compared with, say, 1960) to require his bride-to-be to be similarly smarty-pants and highly educated. What hasn’t changed is male sexual desire. Because it’s intensely visual, it’s reassuring for a woman to hear that the way she looks is driving a guy wild—as opposed to driving him to pluck his eyes out with barbecue tongs. Men like to know they’re making a woman happy—or at least how they might have some hope of that. So, put it in those terms: “Baby, you know what I’d love …?” rather than “Buddy, you know how you’re failing me …?” Gently remind him until he gets in the habit. A positive approach like this tends to be the most effective, tempting as it may be to hint that noncompliance will lead to severe sanctions: “Mirror, mirror, on the wall, if you ever want a blow job again, you’d better say something nice about my outfit.” Ω
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Bring your family to Wingfield Park Warm weather plus cool music—it must be Rollin’ on the River time again. We asked you to tell us who you’d like to see on the main stage, and you responded with votes for your favorite local performers. We’ve revamped our long-running Rollin’ on the River concert series, turning it into a celebration of our community and the local music that moves us. Among this year’s performers are ... Jelly Bread, The SexToneS, Bazooka zoo, Jake houSTon & The royal FluSh, hellBound Glory, Spike McGuire, The uMpireS, canyon WhiTe, and More To Be announced! Thanks for sending us your votes for your favorite local bands and artists. Look for a full concert schedule in the near future, and join us down by the river every Friday night in July.
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RENO ART WORKS: RAW Open Studios. RAW
paintings by local artists in a wide variety of mediums. Tu-F, 11am-4pm through 5/27, Sa, 1-4pm through 5/28. Free. 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144.
opens its studio doors. Meet the artists, explore the studios and buy local art.
Third Sa of every month, noon-5pm through 12/17.1995 Dickerson Road, (775) 225-7295,
www.renoartworks.org.
SHEPPARD CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Jack Pierson. Pierson’s photographs explore the emotional undercurrents of everyday life, from the intimacy of romantic attachment to the distant idolization of others. Tu-Sa, noon4pm through 7/1. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6658. Douke. Stremmel Gallery presents works by Chester Arnold and Dan Douke. M-Sa through 6/3. Free. 1400 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-0558.
cert series features guest artists performing on the church’s Casavant pipe organ. F, noon. Free. Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Ave., (775) 329-4279, www.trinityreno.org.
ents William Missouri Downs’ dark comedy. Downs’ witty play ricochets through Brechtian interludes, a pair of politically radicalized cheerleaders, a pompous newsman, communiques from God and debates on religion, science and politics before reaching its surprising conclusion. Th, 5/19,
7:30pm; F, 5/20, 7:30pm; Sa, 5/21, 7:30pm; Su, 5/22, 2pm; Th, 5/26, 7:30pm; F, 5/27, 7:30pm; Sa, 5/28, 2 & 7:30pm; Su, 5/29, 2pm. $18 general
ROSEBUD’S DANCE BAND: The band plays mostly
MOVIE NIGHT: MIAMI CONNECTION: Watch the
big band-era dance, jazz and swing, with some modern pieces. Sa, 5/21, 7-9pm. $10 BAC members, $12 non-members. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976, www.breweryarts.org.
1987 independent martial arts film starring Y.K. Kim, who also wrote and produced the feature. W, 5/25, 8:30pm. $2.50. Psychedelic Ballroom and Juke Joint (PB&J’s), 555 E. Fourth St., (775) 322-4348.
Shakespeare’s tragedy depicting the title character’s descent into madness after splitting his kingdom between two of his three daughters based on their flattery. Good Luck Macbeth’s inspiration is based in Russia during the reign of Tsar Ivan the Terrible and the famous Russian fairy tales, giving the story an added layer of darkness and magic. Th, 5/19, 7:30pm; F, 5/20, 7:30pm; Sa, 5/21, 7:30pm. $15-$18. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716.
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Museums FOURTH WARD SCHOOL MUSEUM: The Comstock Through Time. This exhibit highlights some of the history of the Comstock. Then-and-now photographs help to emphasize the changes in the community and surrounding area. Books, journal entries and oral histories will give the visitor a firsthand account of daily life. M-Su, 10am-5pm through 10/31. $5 adults, $3 for children ages 6-16, free for children age 5 and younger. 537 S. C St., Virginia City, (775) 847-0975.
NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Andy Diaz Hope & Jon
Bernson: Beautification Machine, W-Su through 7/24; Andrea Zittel: Wallsprawl, W-Su through 12/31; Don Dondero: A Photographic Legacy, W-Su through 7/10; American Impressionism, W-Su through 8/14; Horses in the American West, W-Su through 7/3; The Horse, W-Su through 7/3. $1-$10. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.
Sports & Fitness GALENA CREEK GUIDED HIKE: Join a naturalist along one of the Galena Park trails and learn about the area. Bring water, sunscreen, hiking boots or snowshoes (if weather permits.) Sa, 10am through 3/18. $5 suggested donation. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mt. Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948.
SPARKS HERITAGE MUSEUM: Latimer Art Club Exhibit. The group exhibition will feature
and students of The School at RDC collaborate to present a fast-paced, original musical revue blending all genres of dance with a diverse selection of country music, including oldies, classics and today’s pop county sensations. Sa, 5/21, 3 & 7pm; Su, 5/22, 3 & 7pm. $12-$22. Nugget Casino Resort, 1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks, (775) 356-3300, http:// ww.renodancecompany.com.
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6:35pm; F, 5/20, 6:35pm; Sa, 5/21, 6:35pm; Su,
5/22, 1:05pm. $9 general admission, $8 for military, kids under age 12 and seniors over age 62. Greater Nevada Field, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-7000, www.renoaces.com.
Ensemble’s spring concert series features a wide variety of music performed on more than 120 handbells and chimes. Su, 5/22, 1pm. Free. Churchill County Museum, 1050 S. Maine St., Fallon; Su, 5/22, 7pm. Free. South Reno
Productions hosts this comedy showcase with Nick Josten, DJ Sandhu, Patrick Shillito and Raphael Lyles. Sa, 5/21, 8pm. $5. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, www. breweryarts.org.
Liverpool FC’s U21 will take on the USL’s Sacramento Republic FC in the first visit of an English Premier League Club to Nevada. In conjunction with this inaugural event, Reno 1868 FC will unveil its crest at halftime. W,
Nevada presents the stage adaptation of Sharon Creech’s Newbery Award-winning novel. Using multiple narrative frames, the play leaps back and forth through time and memory as 13-year-old Sal tells the story of the disappearance of her best friend Phoebe’s mother. F, 5/20, 7pm; Sa, 5/21, 7pm; Su, 5/22,
2pm; F, 5/27, 7pm; Sa, 5/28, 7pm; Su, 5/29, 2pm.
Northern Nevada holds auditions for the fourth show of their 2016 season. There are 35+ roles available for actors appearing ages 8 and older. All actors will need to come prepared with a one-minute, prepared monologue of their choosing. The monologue should not be from the show. Actors must call or email to schedule an audition slot. Rehearsals will begin mid-June. Full rehearsal and performance schedules available at auditions. M, 5/23, 6-9pm. Laxalt Auditorium, Warren Nelson Building, 401 W. Second St., (775) 722-2155.
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KNITTING & CROCHET CLUB: This group is open to anyone who enjoys knitting or crocheting.
Second and third Sa of every month, 1-3pm.
Free. Northwest Reno Library, 2325 Robb Drive, (775) 787-4100.
RENO COIN CLUB MEETING: Reno Coin Club presents “Cyprus: Coins of an Imperial Crossroads.” David Elliott will discuss the coins of Cyprus from ancient times to the present. Early bird prizes, quarter pot, raffle and more. Tu, 5/24, 7pm. Free. Denny’s, 205 E. Nugget Ave., Sparks, (775) 815-8625, www.renocoinclub.org.
SAM ADAMS NIGHT: Join the Nevada Capital Libertarian Party at this monthly gathering. Learn about the NVCLP, listen to speakers and featured guests and visit with fellow Libertarians. Third Th of every month, 7pm. Free. Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson St., Carson City, www.nvclp.org.
THE SILVER DOLLAR CHORUS: The men’s a cappella chorus is open to males of all ages who love to sing. W, 7-9:30pm through 3/31. Reno High School, 395 Booth St., (775) 387-0308.
SOUTH VALLEYS BRIDGE GROUP: Basic bridge
knowledge preferred. F, 1-4pm. Free. South Valleys Library, 15650A Wedge Parkway, (775) 851-5190.
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND: TheatreWorks of
The force will be with hundreds of sci-fi and fantasy fans this weekend as they dress as their favorite cosplay characters and enjoy drink specials, entry in costume contests and free admission to more than 12 participating bars and nightclubs. Crawl Reno presents its first crawl dedicated to the sci-fi and fantasy genres. The event kicks off with a lightsaber battle at Harrah Reno’s outdoor plaza at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 21. Crawlers can also participate in a Star Wars-themed game of Twister, moving target practice or take a pic of their costumes at a photo booth. The crawl gets underway at 8 p.m. Participants age 21 and older must purchase a $5 commemorative cup and map to the bars in order to receive drink discounts and no cover charge. A portion of the proceeds will go toward Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful. Call 624-8320 or visit http://crawlreno.com.
7100A Pyramid Lake Highway, located at Lazy 5 Regional Park, Spanish Springs, (775) 424-1800.
$12 general, $10 students, seniors, military. Laxalt Auditorium, Warren Nelson Building, 401 W. Second St., www.twnn.org.
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patients and families facing cancer and is facilitated by an oncology social worker who is skilled in the emotional aspects of cancer. Participants can share experiences and express feelings and concerns. The support group meets weekly on Thursday meets in the Orthopedic Conference Room on the third floor of the Roseview Tower. Th, 11:30am-1pm. Free. Renown Regional Medical Center, 1155 Mill St., (775) 982-6831.
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KING LEAR: Good Luck Macbeth presents William
didgeridoo, poi, hoops and silk or just yourself and enjoy the soothing sounds of the Morris Drum Circle. M, 8:30pm through 7/25. Free. Morris Burner Hotel, 400 E. Fourth St., (775) 327-1171.
ents this poetry slam that showcases the talents of the New School (Spoken Views Youth Collective) as they engage in a elimination competition against the Old School (Spoken Views Collective). There will be three rounds of heated competition that will determine one Grand Slam winner. Ticket price includes a homemade Hawaiian barbecue plate as well as one raffle ticket. All proceeds from this event will go to the Spoken Views Youth Collective to help fund their trip to Washington D.C. to compete in Brave New Voices. Sa, 5/21, 1pm. $15 general admission, $10 students. Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 329-0661, http://spokenviews.org.
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admission, $15 seniors, students, military. Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 329-0661, www.renolittletheater.org.
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and complementary colors as well as how to see, recognize and recreate atmosphere through color. F, 5/20, 4-6:30pm. $45. Atelier Truckee, 10128 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, (530) 386-2700.
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Reno Wind Symphony will play songs from Broadway musicals at the University of Nevada, Reno. Su, 5/22, 3pm. $5 general admission, 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.
and Carl Reiner’s spoof of classic detective films. Martin stars as a private op tasked with finding the killers of a noted cheese scientist. Tu, 5/24, 7-9pm. $7 general, $6 students, seniors, $5 members. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St., http:// artemisiamovies.weebly.com.
doodle.com/cy5nrur23mbg6pie. Tu, 4-5pm. $10 drop in, free for first-time attendees. Renown South Meadows Medical Center, 10101 Double R Blvd., www.wellnourishedbaby.com.
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WILBUR D. MAY MUSEUM, RANCHO SAN RAFAEL REGIONAL PARK: ARTful Women make their Nevada debut in a new exhibition. Their diverse styles are represented in works of fiber and mixed media that are stitched, dyed, painted, printed, stamped, waxed, fused and embellished. W-Su through 7/17. Opens 5/21. Free. 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-5961.
PIPES ON THE RIVER: The Friday lunchtime con-
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5/25, 7-9pm. $20 general admission, $19 kids under age 12, seniors age 62 an older. Greater Nevada Field, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-7001, www.internationalchampionscup.com.
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your masterpiece. Th, 4-6pm. Free. Sparks Library, 1125 12th St., Sparks, (775) 352-3200.
THE TUESDAY NIGHT YARN CREW: All skill levels and yarn-crafts are welcome. Bring your project to this “sit and knit” gathering. Tu, 5:30-7pm. Free. South Valleys Library, 15650A Wedge Parkway, (775) 851-5190.
WOMEN’S BREAST AND GYNECOLOGIC CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: Patients and survivors are invited to share experiences, concerns and feelings and offer hope and help to one another through their cancer journey. This support group meets in the Orthopedic Conference Room on the third floor of the Roseview Tower. Second and fourth W of every month, 5:30-7pm. Free. Renown Regional Medical Center, 1155 Mill St., (775) 982-6831, www.renown.org.
YARN TIME: Learn to knit or crochet or improve your skills with other knitting enthusiasts. Second W of every month, 2-4pm, Fourth W of every month. Free. North Valleys Library, 1075 N. Hills Blvd., Ste. 340, North Hills Shopping Center, Golden Valley, (775) 972-0281.
given the supplies to create six original artist trading cards and a protective sleeve for holding them and trading. An instructor will be on hand to supply information and guidance. Fourth W of every month, 5-7pm through 6/22. $30 one-time fee for supplies. Reno Art Works, 1995 Dickerson Road, (775) 225-7295, www.renoartworks.org.
THE BREASTFEEDING FORUM: Breast-feeding mothers are invited to join this breastfeeding support group. Mothers exchange their experiences and discuss concerns such as milk supply, pumping, going back to work, sleeping or lack of sleep, etc. RSVP at http://
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The short
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “There are
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): To prepare
you for the coming weeks, I have gathered three quotes from the Bulgarian writer Elias Canetti. These gems, along with my commentary, will serve you well if you use them as seeds for your ongoing meditations. Seed No. 1: “He would like to start from scratch. Where is scratch?” Here’s my addendum: No later than your birthday, you’ll be ready to start from scratch. In the meantime, your task is to find out where scratch is, and clear a path to it. Seed No. 2: “All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.” My addendum: Monitor your dreams closely. They will offer clues about what you need to remember. Seed No. 3: “Relearn astonishment, stop grasping for knowledge, lose the habit of the past.” My addendum: Go in search of the miraculous.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “There are friend-
ships like circuses, waterfalls, libraries,” said writer Vladimir Nabokov. I hope you have at least one of each, Leo. And if you don’t, I encourage you to go out and look for some. It would be great if you could also get access to alliances that resemble dancing lessons, colorful sanctuaries, lion whisperers, prayer flags and the northern lights. Right now you especially need the stimulation that synergistic collaborations can provide. The next chapter of your life story requires abundant contact with interesting people who have the power to surprise you and teach you.
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is a stick with which to beat the possible,” says author Rebecca Solnit. She is of course implying that it might be better not to beat the possible, but rather to protect and nurture the possible as a viable option—especially if perfection ultimately proves to have no value other than as a stick. This is always a truth worth honoring, but it will be crucial for you in the weeks to come. I hope you will cultivate a reverence and devotion to the possible. As messy or maddening as it might be, it will also groom your powers as a maker.
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challenge is headed your way. To prepare you, I offer the wisdom of French author André Gide. “Through loyalty to the past,” he wrote, “our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow’s joy is possible only if today’s joy makes way for it.” What this means, Libra, is that you will probably have to surrender your attachment to a well-honed delight if you want to make yourself available for a bright new delight that’s hovering on the frontier. An educational blessing will come your way if and only if you clear space for its arrival. As Gide concludes, “Each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding wave.”
soul in every way you can imagine. So please stuff it with unpredictable beauty and reverent emotions. Cram it with mysterious adventures and rambling treks in the frontier. Gorge it with intimate unpredictability and playful love and fierce devotions in behalf of your most crucial dreams. Warning: You will not be able to rely solely on the soul food that has sustained you in the past. Be eager to discover new forms of nourishment.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
“Here’s how every love letter can be summarized,” says Russell Dillon in his poem “Past-Perfect-Impersonal”: “What is it you’re unable to surrender and please may I have that?” I bring this tease to your attention because it may serve as a helpful riddle in the coming weeks. You’re entering a phase when you will have an enhanced ability to tinker with and refine and even revolutionize your best intimate relationships. I’m hoping Dillon’s provocation will unleash a series of inquiries that will inspire you as you imagine how you could supercharge togetherness and reinvent the ways you collaborate.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Fifth-
century Christian theologian St. Jerome wrote that “it requires infinite discretion to look for gold in the midst of dirt.” Ancient Roman poet Virgil on one occasion testified that he was “searching for gold in dung.” While addressing the angels, 19th-century French poet Charles Baudelaire bragged, “From each thing I extracted its quintessence. You gave me your mud, and I made gold out of it.” From what I can tell, Capricorn, you have been engaged in similar work lately. The climax of your toil should come in the next two weeks. (Thanks to Michael Gilleland for the inspiration: tinyurl.com/ mudgold.)
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “At this
time in my life,” says singer Joni Mitchell, “I’ve confronted a lot of my devils. A lot of them were pretty silly, but they were incredibly real at the time.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Aquarius, you are due to enjoy a similar grace period. It may be a humbling grace period, because you’ll be invited to decisively banish wornout delusions that have filled you with needless fear. And it may be a grace period that requires you to make strenuous adjustments, since you’ll have to revise some of your old stories about who you are and how you got here. But it will also be a sweet grace period, because you’ll be blessed again and again with a visceral sense of liberation.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): More than
halfway through her prose poem “A Settlement,” Mary Oliver abruptly stops her meandering meditation on the poignant joys of spring’s soft awakening. Suddenly she’s brave and forceful: “Therefore, dark past, I’m about to do it. I’m about to forgive you for everything.” Now would be a perfect moment to draw inspiration from her, Pisces. I dare you to say it. I dare you to mean it. Speak these words: “Therefore, dark past, I’m about to do it. I’m about to forgive you for everything.”
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “An oar moves
a boat by entering what lies outside it,” writes poet Jane Hirshfield. You can’t use the paddle inside the boat! It’s of no value to you unless you thrust it into the drink and move it around vigorously. And that’s an excellent metaphor for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks, my friend. If you want to reach your next destination, you must have intimate and continual interaction with the mysterious depths that lie outside your known world.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “How
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Politico Alex Bybee is public affairs manager for the Abbi Agency. The 2016 graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno will head up the agency’s work on the Coalition to Save our Schools Washoe—a campaign geared toward getting voters to approve a .54 percent increase to the sales tax in Washoe County to help fund capital improvement for schools. That would bring Washoe County’s sales tax to 8.265 percent, making it the highest in the state. If voters approve the measure (WC-1) this November, the Washoe County School District will move forward with plans to secure $781 million in bonds to pay for renovations and repairs for older schools in the district as well as the building of new schools.
How did SOS Washoe get started? Last legislative session, there was a bill—Senate Bill 411—sponsored by Sen. [Debbie] Smith, and that [created] the Public Schools Overcrowding and Repair Needs Committee. And that committee, as you know, had representatives from different industries, different community leaders, the teachers’ union, the PTA. And that group was charged, or was given, five different options of which taxes to consider to raise the revenue necessary to build our schools. So, once they selected the specific tax that will be going to the ballot in November, they took that to the county commission. The county commission voted on the resolution, and now it’s going to appear on the ballot in November. Now, in that timeline, that group of 15 people that sat on the committee, along with different stakeholders in the community—the Chamber of Commerce, the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada—they came together and they decided, “You know, we need to hire a professional team to make sure that we can lead this to victory in November.” So that’s when the Coalition to Save our Schools was born. And we were retained—the Abbi Agency was retained—in partnership with November Inc., which is another political affairs consulting firm in the state of Nevada. And that’s when we formed the Coalition to Save Our Schools, which is a citizen-led effort to advocate for passage of WC-1 in November, and we’re informally SOS Washoe.
It was my understanding that your goals are both getting people to go out and vote yes on WC-1, and also to campaign … for people to fill those Washoe County School District board of trustees seats that’ll be open.
Well, I think part of the message of SOS Washoe is there is this larger opportunity for a form and a fresh start for our schools this November. SOS Washoe does not endorse in the school board races. Rather, we’re carrying the message that of the seven-member school board, four of those seats are guaranteed to have a new representative filling them in November, because there’s no incumbent. ... So, we are trying to tell people that are wary of a system that they feel that they can’t trust, that there is this new beginning, this new chapter, and this fresh start. So really, it’s this three-part puzzle. It’s new schools, new board, renewed accountability. So really, the mission is to build new schools, and wrapped up in that is this larger message of, ’We as a community have the opportunity to put our schools back on track this November.”
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coalition is taking the language of the ballot question that the county commission has authorized, and we’re advocating for that to pass. You know, I talk to people all the time about the urgency of this issue. This November, we need to generate the revenue necessary to build new schools. We are at a crossroads. And either we say yes to WC-1, and we build new schools, and we alleviate overcrowding, and we remove asbestos. Or we say no, and we continue down this road over overcrowded schools. We’re heading down the road to double sessions. You know, the school board voted on that a number of weeks ago. And so the coalition is advocating for passage of WC-1. The ... committee has done their work, and we are ensuring that the question is successful in November.
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So then the coalition has no official opinion on whether choosing just a sales tax was a good idea, or if perhaps it would have been better to choose a combination of a sales tax and one the other four options that the legislature gave the committee? There is no formal stance. What I will say is a sales tax is a shared responsibility, right? You have businesses paying it. You have tourists paying a portion of it. And you have residents paying a portion of it. And I think that making sure that we have safe classrooms for our kids is a shared responsibility. So, in that vein, we are supportive of that and are advocating for it to pass.
That committee ... do all 15 of those people also have some involvement in the coalition?
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All right. So, where’s the biggest pushback going to come from?
Yes. ... And the way that I explain the coalition is that anybody who wants to be a member, is a part of the Coalition to Save our Schools. Tomorrow night [May 17], as we’re launching this campaign, we’re kicking it off, we’re doing the grand opening of our headquarters, you know, we’ll tell everybody, “Welcome to the Coalition to Save our Schools.” And anybody from the … committee who wanted to continue their service and involvement in providing insight and guidance and volunteering for this campaign, they are a part of the coalition.
We know from conversations we’ve had with people in the community that people feel like there isn’t the necessary accountability and oversight to make them feel comfortable to vote yes on this question in November. What I say to those people is, “We’ve got a newly established capital funding protection committee that will make sure that every cent, every dollar, is spent properly, is spent transparently and goes to the capital needs of our schools.” So, the loudest voices and the people that I’ve met that stand in opposition to this currently, they want to make sure that the money is spent where it’s supposed to be spent, and that’s on school construction and repair needs, which legally—once this question passes in November—is the only place that money can go. We are on a mission to educate about this renewed accountability, this new level of oversight that we have from this volunteer community oversight committee, to make them feel comfortable with checking yes in November, making them know that every dollar will go to school construction and repair needs. Ω
So, the coalition, I mean, what’s the official stance on the committee’s decision to recommend just a hike in the sales tax? So, I don’t know that the coalition necessarily has—you know, the … committee was tasked with selected from five different options that the legislature gave them. So, we know that we need new schools, and we know that we were given the option to raise the county sales tax by half of a percentage point to raise the revenue that we need to build those schools. So, right now, the
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