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Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

Have y’all voted for the Best of Northern Nevada yet?

Go to vote.newsreview.com/ best-of-reno-2016 and express your opinions on the best local restaurants, bars, parks and barbers. I know I’ve been harping on the contest just about every week lately, but it’s a big undertaking, and we’re proud to host it every year. And we like it when our readers vote.

The contest ends on July 14, but we’re a couple of weeks into the voting, so I thought I’d take a minute to address a few questions I’ve heard: There are always a few winners from previous years who are disappointed that the categories they won a year or two ago no longer exist. Every year, we drop the categories with the fewest number of overall votes the previous year. “Best club DJ” and “best drag queen” were among the categories we were sad to see cut this year because of lack of votes last year. But, you know, feel free to suggest them in the suggest-a-category section under “freestyle” on the voting page. If the showing is strong, we’ll add them back next year.

Also, it’s worth mentioning that we reserve the right to not name winners in any given category, even if it’s on the ballot. Usually, if we decide not to name winners, it’s because there’s a first-place tie spread across four or more entries.

This sometimes happens in categories that are more wide than deep—best elementary school teacher, for example—where we’ve sometimes seen, like, a six-way tie at six votes apiece.

There are also business owners who have written or called wondering about fees to have their businesses added to the ballot—I can’t stress this enough: the ballot is all write-in.

We have an autocomplete list, which helps readers spell tricky words like “Beaujolais” and “Schieve,” and it also makes our job a hell of a lot easier when it comes time to check the vote tallies, but even if the local business, place or personality you want to vote for doesn’t pop up in the autocomplete, you can still write it in. And even if you don’t spell it correctly, we’ll make sure your vote is counted.

Re “FDA out of control” (Let Freedom Ring, May 12): Brendon Trainor’s recent lament over FDA regulation of vaping was misguided. The devastating health effects and public costs of smoking combustible cigarettes is well documented and vaping holds the promise of reducing both dramatically.

But, what about our kids? A leading vaping researcher, Adam M. Lippert, Ph.D. from the University of Colorado Denver, says, “Nicotine is a known antagonist to adolescent brain development. It’s unclear how e-cigarettes bear on the neurological development of teenagers, but the new FDA regulations will pave the way for more research on this.” Teen e-cigarette use has quadrupled in five years and has been associated with higher use of conventional cigarettes. Many teenagers use e-cigarettes—not to quit their tobacco use habits—but to augment them by allowing them to use nicotine where conventional cigarettes are not options like on school property or in their parents’ homes. Multiple states have allowed sales and marketing to children.

Teenage exposure to e-cigarette ads increased by 256 percent between 2011 and 2013. New FDA regulations curtail adolescent exposures to such advertisements.

Mr. Trainor’s enthusiasm for unbridled entrepreneurial innovation in our age of unintended consequences is indefensible. Consider the “miracles” of hormone replacement theory, Vioxx, DDT, neonicotinoids, and Agent Orange.

Chip Evans Reno

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article covered what the Sisters do through outreach, fund raising and bringing awareness on various issues to the community (and not just the GLBT community but the entire community).

However, the Sisters are not a “Drag queen” group. While some members may be drag queens at times, the group dresses as they do with whiteface and painted faces as a street performer would. It relaxes those they meet and makes them feel at ease. The Sisters define themselves as to what they do as a charity, protest and street performance organization that uses drag and religious imagery to call attention to sexual intolerance and satirizes issues of gender and morality. It is simply imagery to get a message across.

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Bad drivers Before going too far, let me preface this with the statement that what I am about to say does not apply to everyone. Why do people feel the need to speed, refuse to use their directional signals and tailgate other drivers? Is there a desire to kill you and others on our streets and highways?

I just came back from a trip to California and was exposed to drivers who need their licenses permanently revoked, on both sides of the border (Nevada/California).

Speed limits are posted for everyone’s safety. Law enforcement and our judicial system need to stop allowing people to speed and break the law. What are we telling our kids and future drivers?

It’s okay to break the law to maintain the flow of traffic?

Doesn’t seem to make sense.

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Re “Where do we go from here?” (cover story, Sept. 2, 2004): I live in Northern California and am 78. My relatives live in the suburbs of Reno. The [2004] article I just read about the next big building venture would probably be housing or senior community housing for seniors. …

What is the current status of that projection? In skimming over the availability of that kind of community e.g co-housing, residential etc., it appears that Nevada is behind in this effort. That’s odd, in that it is recommended as one of the better states to move to post-retirement, due to a generally lower cost of living. Could someone—either this paper, a reader, builder or Chamber of Commerce— help me to obtain current information?

I am someone who is no longer physically or financially able to maintain the upkeep of a 1,700+sf house, hobby shed and garage on three acres, which I keep in excellent condition.

Julie Reaney Grass Valley, Calif.

I like to ride my bike along the river path from downtown Reno to Vista. Beginning in late 2015, numerous homeless campsites began to appear in the vicinity of the GSR. You probably remember the City of Sparks passed an ordinance to eliminate this issue. Well, that certainly didn’t work. It’s gotten worse. It might be a really great source of a story— say, by Dennis Myers—on the issues and individuals involved, with both tent city residents and the community at large.

I was told a local fisherman shot one of the homeless people after being assaulted three times by a knife-wielding assailant. I didn’t see that in the news.

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Which sense would you give up?

Asked at Ole Bridge Pub, 50 N. Sierra St. Cody Grout T-shirt designer

I would go with sense of smell, because I already can’t smell very good anyways—as long as that doesn’t influence my sense of taste.

Vance Wilson Oral historian

I’d give up smell, because it reminds me of that Simpsons episode where Aunt Selma or Thelma—one of the two, said that she couldn’t smell anything. Everything smelled like Styrofoam because a bottle rocket went up her nose. It reminds me of that—seems like the best to give up.

Carlos Velasco Correctional officer

Our reply Recently a Reno Gazette-Journal reporter named Brian Duggan posted this on a social media site: “Still don’t understand the Reno News & Review’s position on our coverage of the school board. Its members clearly broke Nevada open meeting law—twice!—and that’s somehow OK because the RGJ’s coverage was somehow ‘shallow (and) malicious’? At least one newspaper in town still thinks holding public bodies accountable is good journalism—certainly isn’t coming from our alternative weekly.”

We would have thought that our Oct. 23, 2014 cover story would have explained things for the RGJ. It certainly did for many of our readers, one of whom described it as “the rest of the story.” So we’ll walk them through it again.

From transcripts of the Nevada attorney general’s investigative interviews with school board members: School Board member Barbara Clark: “He [school board lawyer Randy Drake] indicated it was fine to have this conversation regarding this issue.”

School board member John Mayer: “Yes, he [Drake] said this is a lawyer/client meeting.”

School board member Howard Rosenberg: “And I asked him [Drake] point blank. I said, ‘Are we violating the open meeting law?’ He said, ‘Absolutely not. You don’t have to worry about that. If, indeed, you’re even coming close, I’ll stop you before you get there.’ So I was relatively comfortable.”

All of these statements are uncontroverted, either by the AG or by the RGJ’s coverage.

Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto (2013): “As early as 1981, this office has recognized that public bodies should be encouraged to rely upon advice of counsel and not be punished for doing so.”

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I wouldn’t want to go without sight. I don’t know. What would you give up? I wouldn’t want to—none of them. Smell.

I wouldn’t give up taste. I think smell.

It’s the first thing that comes to mind.

Nevada [attorney general’s] Open Meeting Manual: “[W]hen members of a public body rely on advice of counsel, they should not be held to know that a violation occurred.”

So plainly, the board did not break the open meeting law. Why, then, did Cortez Masto pursue violations and fines? Because there was a powerful newspaper which rushed to judgment and, before knowing all the facts, demanded action against the board. Cortez Masto, already planning a U.S. Senate campaign, was too weak to stand up to the newspaper. (Our sources say her deputies urged against prosecution.) More puzzling is the role of the school board members’ personal attorneys, who had a great case yet urged their clients to accept fines.

Journalists have a habit of being self righteous about our beliefs in transparency and openness. But those values do not exist in a vacuum. For instance, we become impatient with issues of privacy and due process, yet they are legitimate. In this case, the Reno Gazette-Journal rushed to judgment, demonized school board members, and became player instead of observer. It should apologize to the board members, who carefully followed advice of public counsel.

The Gazette-Journal’s shenanigans have had a permanent consequence. Attorney General Adam Laxalt has followed Cortez Masto’s bad example in charging officials for following legal advice. Across the state, public officials no longer know whether following their lawyer’s advice will protect them, the two AGs having apparently invalidated the doctrine that officials who follow their lawyers’ advice in good faith are within the law. Courts at some point will have to sort it out, when some lawyers stand by their clients and fight instead of caving.

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It definitely would not be sight. It would not be taste. I’m a food writer. I would not be feel. ... So, if we really narrow it down, like what’s left? If I had to minimize—I would give up smell. And that’s crazy.

As a food writer, you can’t do that. I lost my sight before because of a disease that I have. I’ve regained it. I would never give that up.

Stephanie Barragan Teacher

It would definitely be smell, because that’s like—when you think about the gross things, it’s mostly the smell. You can touch gross things and then wash your hands, but I feel like smells linger.

If I got rid of that, that would be great.

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The Republican baggage After next Tuesday, perhaps they’ll come to their senses—or at least be more honest about why they’re choosing to support a misogynistic, racist man with the maturity of a middle school boy as our country’s next president.

Although it would be refreshing to see more Republican candidates by and elected officials separate themSheila Leslie selves from Trump and his incredibly sophomoric and ridiculous platform, maybe they’re worried that doing so might create problems for them in next Tuesday’s primary.

Better to avoid offending any of the small number of partisans who actually vote in the primary by hiding behind statements of “I will support the party’s nominee.” Better to show loyalty to a party that has chosen a charlatan to lead them than to declare an unwillingness to help elect someone uniquely unfit to hold any elected office, much less the presidency.

After Tuesday, however, Nevada’s political world shifts to the general election season when everyone can vote, and Republican

candidates running in tight races will have a different calculus to make. If they continue to support a bully and a demagogue whose Twitter rants are more suited for an over-the-top Saturday Night Live parody than a presidential campaign, they will run the risk of losing droves of independents and Americans from all parties who will increasingly reject Trump and those who support him.

It will be fascinating to see what Republican candidates do. When will they draw the line and abandon a ship sinking under the weight of unprecedented unfavorables from women, veterans, Latinos, AfricanAmericans, Muslims and rational people who believe in traditional American values of honesty and decency?

Will they denounce Trump’s whining that “Mexican” Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who was actually born and raised in Indiana, is too biased to oversee a lawsuit involving Trump University because of Trump’s plans to build a multibillion dollar wall on our border with

Mexico? Or his declaration on last Sunday’s Face The Nation that it's possible that a Muslim judge would be unfair in deciding any lawsuit involving Trump, since someone who practices Islam could not possibly be objective towards a man who wants to ban all Muslims from entering the country?

It may be foolish to predict that Nevada’s Republican candidates will reconsider their support of Donald Trump as he blusters toward an ignoble end, flailing wildly for traction as Hillary Clinton and a newly energized media focus on his lies, his nonsensical contradictory statements, and his lack of vision for the country beyond “making it great again.”

As Clinton focuses more of her attention on contrasting her decades of public service and experience at the highest levels of government with a man whose temper tantrums on Twitter display an almost unfathomable lack of restraint or self-awareness, it’s going to get harder for Nevada’s Republicans to stay on board the Trump train.

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So far, just a few have jumped off, notably Jason Guinasso running for Assembly in District 25 and U.S. Senator Dean Heller, who hinted he may avail himself of Nevada’s unique presidential ballot choice of “none of the above.”

After Tuesday, I’m hoping other Republicans will choose a moment of Trump insanity to say “enough” and publicly reject his candidacy. In doing so, they’ll avoid five long months of public questioning at candidate forums and media interviews about why they’re supporting a cartoonish, incompetent bigot for president.

Voters must insist all candidates demonstrate they have the courage to stand up for what’s right for the nation, despite the risk of being rejected by extremists in their own party. This could be the moment in our history when politicians shift back to a focus on what’s best for the country, instead of partisan gridlock.

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Libertarians nominate the lesser of three evils On May 29, 2016, the Libertarian Party of America, nominated two former Republican governors, Gary Johnson of New Mexico and William Weld of Massachusetts, as their presidential and vice presidential candidates.

(Disclosure: I was a registered Libertarian from 1988-2008.) by Brendan Trainor The Libertarian Party is the third largest political party in America and the only third party that is on the ballot in all 50 States and D.C. nearly every presidential election.

Mainstream and social media provided extensive coverage to this year’s LP national convention.

Two major polls had Johnson at 10 percent national popularity. #LegalizeFreedom trended very hot.

Why this sudden attention to the Libertarian Party?

The first reason is that both the Democrats and Republicans are bleeding memberships. Each are down to around 25-30 percent of voters. Both parties are nominating candidates with very poor approval ratings among voters, plus the neocon wing of the Republican

Party establishment is still trying to find a third party candidate to run against Donald Trump. The Libertarian Party is the only party showing consistent membership growth.

Is this the bizzaro world election year when the LP will finally become a major party, able to contest for partisan public offices?

Well, oddsmakers say the Cubs may actually win the World Series. Is anything possible?

The Libertarian Party—formed in Denver in 1972—believes that liberty is not simply a means to a higher end. It is itself the highest political end. The means to achieve liberty is through implementing the non-aggression principle (NAP), i.e. my liberty to swing my fist ends at your nose.

Libertarians assert that the NAP should be applied to government as well as to private citizens and enterprises. Libertarians have faith that if we remove government initiated violence and coercion, there will arise a spontaneous order from

the people that will be more just than the order imposed by the state.

If government is bound by the NAP just as the people are, then it would be confined to doing very little compared to what it does today.

Libertarians’ belief in liberty across the board confuses liberals and conservatives. The party has recognized gay rights and has been majority pro-choice since its inception. It’s an immigration-friendly and free trade party. It’s an antiwar party, especially when foreign wars of choice are at issue. It’s anti-tax and anti-regulation and pro-gun rights. It opposes the war on drugs as well as the war on poverty. Libertarians alone believe liberty is the mother, not the daughter, of order.

An ideological party is constantly torn between its pragmatists and ideologues. The pragmatist former Republican governors Johnson and Weld, both with heavily scrutinized blemishes on real political records, were booed at times during the convention. Weld in particular

was disliked because of suspicions about his Second Amendment beliefs, and because he reneged on a pledge to run as a Libertarian candidate in an earlier New York governor’s race. The delegates nominated him only because Johnson pleaded for them to.

The party is forced to spend almost half its income on ballot access, leaving its candidates poorly funded. Barriers to entry, like ballot access laws, lack of presence in national polls, and lack of access to televised debates have to be overcome for the LP to become a force.

Now that Johnson has his “dream ticket” of two politicians who have held high office, he has to raise at least $50 million and fight the major party political and media gatekeepers to have a chance in 2016. Ω

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Former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Demar Dahl's Nevada Lands Council is heavily funded by taxes. He is seen here at a 2014 meeting on public lands.

Muhammad Ali and Nevada Nevada was a co-conspirator in the blacklisting of Muhammad Ali. The young boxer fought in Las Vegas in 1961 as Cassius Clay, defeating Hawaiian Duke Sabedong. By 1967, he was back as Muhammad Ali, now the heavyweight champ seeking to fight Floyd Patterson.

Ali by then had joined the Black Muslims and opposed the war in Vietnam. Patterson considered himself Christian redeemer against Ali’s Muslim faith (“He might as well have joined the Ku Klux Klan”; “The image of a Black Muslim as the world heavyweight champion disgraces the sport and the nation”).

Nevada’s Gov. Paul Laxalt, whose cronies included organized crime figure Moe Dalitz, called the supposedly independent state athletic commission to the state capital for an “emergency” meeting and urged them to cancel the Ali/Patterson fight. They did.

Novelist Budd Schulberg wrote of Ali, “He thought he had it made in Las Vegas, but at the last minute the governor decided it would not be in the best interest of the great state of Nevada.

The Mafia, yes; Ali, no.”

Laxalt didn’t actually say he engineered the cancellation because of Ali’s views, of course—though his attitude was shown plainly by his refusal to call Ali by his name. Laxalt’s fig leaf was that he considered the impending fight to be a poor bout that might reflect badly on the state’s image because Patterson had fought poorly against Ali in their previous fight: “If Patterson should win, eyebrows would be raised all over the world.” Two weeks earlier Patterson had needed just one round to KO Bill McMurray in Pittsburgh—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that is, which is important to a later part of the story.

Sportswriter Roy McHugh: “If Patterson doesn’t belong in the same ring with Clay [Ali], who does?”

Years later, boxing promoter Bob Arum said the fight left Nevada because he stayed at Las Vegas’s Desert Inn, owned by Dalitz, and Dalitz told Arum, “I don’t want that [expletive] draft dodger in this town. It’s not good for the town.” In another version of the Arum story, billionaire Howard Hughes was involved in driving Arum to cancel the fight. These angles on the story have never been substantiated.

Patterson, who said he had fought his first fight against Ali with a back injury, was anxious for a rematch and a comeback and was unhappy about Laxalt’s decision. “Patterson doesn’t think this is a mismatch,” said fight promoter Al Bolan. “He was shocked when I told him about it. He said he couldn’t believe it.”

What is known is that whether the rematch between Ali and Patterson would have been a worthy bout was a call for the state’s boxing regulators, who are supposed to be left alone by politicians who want to pressure them for reasons unrelated to athletics.

From Nevada, the issue moved to Pennsylvania, where the fight had been approved five weeks earlier and where Republican Gov. Raymond Shafer (disclosure: second cousin to this writer) had signaled his approval. When the fight was scheduled for Pittsburgh, the two Republicans spoke on the phone and then Shafer ordered it be banned by a state commission, a reversal of his original position. “If it’s not good enough for Nevada, it’s certainly not good enough for Pennsylvania,” Shafer said.

Pennsylvania Athletic Commissioner John Vaughn said, “It just isn’t right. We’ve got the best two fighters in the world. How can anyone object to that? We told them that we would accept the fight. The whole commission has accepted it.”

Two years later, Laxalt tried to rewrite history about 1967.

When Nevada was being considered for a 1969 Ali/Joe Frazier bout, Laxalt—still calling the champion by the wrong name—said he still would not allow Ali to fight in the state. “We were the first state to stop Clay from fighting after he refused induction into the army,” Laxalt said, which was not the case. Nevada was not the first state and at the time Laxalt arranged cancellation of the Patterson fight, Ali had not yet refused induction.

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Taxing issue County funds political group The Washoe County Commission has voted unanimously to contribute $5,000 to a political group seeking to transfer by federally managed public lands into Dennis Myers state hands.

Commissioners voted on May 24 to pay a $1,000 membership fee to the Nevada Lands Council and gave the council another $4,000 as an outright grant.

“If it was illegal or wrong, I wouldn’t have done it.”

Jeanne Herman Washoe County Commissioner The money was provided under consent agenda items covering individual commissioners’ discretionary funds, which are normally non-controversial items like dental care for veterans or travel money for the Galena High School band—two of the other items approved at the same time as the Lands Council grant. Currently, each commissioner can designate $20,000 each year to purposes of his or her choice, and most commissioners over the years have avoided uses that could be contentious.

This contribution was sponsored

by Commissioner Jeanne Herman, who did not comment on the agenda item during its handling.

Commission records indicate that she

has sponsored similar grants in earlier years, including to national groups.

When asked about the tradition of giving funds only to noncontroversial purposes, Herman said, “It wasn’t my decision to establish that tradition, and there wasn’t any reason to not do that [fund the Lands Council].”

Herman said she does not try to influence other commissioners in their choices when they provide money to animal shelters or school projects.

“I wouldn’t pay for picking up every dog in town,” she said. “You know, if it was illegal or wrong, I wouldn’t have done it. The other commissioners have the same ability. … I don't have the right to influence the other commissioners in their use of discretionary money.”

Established in February, the Nevada Lands Council was formed “to provide the resources necessary to secure control of federal public lands within the borders of Nevada by transferring their ownership and management to the state,” according to its mission statement.

Three people offered public comment on the consent agenda, which is normally waved through without debate. None of them commented on the Lands Council contribution, nor did any of the county commissioners address Herman’s choice of recipients for her discretionary funds. She also allocated some of her funds to senior citizen programs.

Asked about it later, Commissioner Kitty Jung—who presided at the meeting—said she has not objected to Herman’s choices of recipients for her discretionary funds over the years.

“I didn’t say anything, and I don’t normally object, because I don’t want other commissioners to tell me where to spend my money,” she said. “But I can’t tell you that I’m happy about it, especially considering that we are still under negotiations with the governor and Senator [Harry] Reid” about public land transfers.

There seems little doubt that the issue of whether public lands stewardship should be controlled by state or federal government can be defined as a controversial political issue. A “Sagebrush Rebellion” of the late 1970s and early 1980s gave way to a “county supremacy” movement. A standoff over Cliven Bundy’s failure to pay his fees to graze cattle on public lands led to an armed standoff near Bunkerville in 2014. Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service offices have been bombed three times in Nevada.

Asked about the wisdom of the county taking sides financially on such a hot issue, Herman answered, “There isn’t any rule as to what you can use it for.”

“The Washoe County Commission should be ashamed of itself for using taxpayer funds to help billionaire corporations screw the people and our public lands,” Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada director Bob Fulkerson said.

“If the Koch-funded Nevada Lands Council gets its way, vast swaths of the last of the best of what’s left of public lands in the lower 48 will be auctioned off to the highest bidder.

Public lands are the crown jewels of our Republic. Selling them off is like eating the seeds, consuming for our own immediate selfish ends what rightfully belongs to our grandchildren.”

He said the county “must explain to the public why it supports this anti-American, tea-party insurgency.”

Asked how he knew the billionaire Koch brothers are helping fund the Nevada Lands Council, Fulkerson referred us to an article in High Country News, which reported that the Kochs help fund the American Lands Council, which was founded by Demar Dahl of Elko County. And Dahl is also director of the Nevada Lands Council.

Indeed, it is possible that this movement would not exist if it were not for corporate and government money. The American Lands Council has received money from county commissions across the West, including Churchill, Elko (Dahl is an Elko county commissioner), Esmeralda, Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Lyon, Nye, Pershing, White Pine and Washoe counties in Nevada—all without much publicity.

Jung said the Washoe Commission has done considerable study and consultation with experts on the consequences of county acquisition of federal land. She said one expert basically said, “If we had all the public lands here and we had one good wildfire here, it would put the county in debt.” The cost of providing public services to federal lands has been a central focus of debate over federal land transfers.

This is not the first instance of Nevada governments supporting political groups. For many years, the Nevada Legislature gave $1,000 a year to join the American Legislative Exchange Council, an anti-gay conservative organization that supported South Africa during apartheid and—until recently— denied climate change. The Nevada funding was sponsored by the late Washoe County Sen. William Raggio and was never questioned until ALEC became controversial.

In 2011, the Nation magazine ran an investigative series on ALEC, and the Trayvon Martin case in Florida in 2012 threw a spotlight on ALEC’s efforts to spread “stand your ground” laws in state legislatures.

The Nevada Legislature is no longer associated with ALEC.

“ Public lands are the crown jewels of our Republic.”

Bob Fulkerson Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada In April, Rex Steninger of the Nevada Lands Council was quoted by the Elko Daily Free Press responding to a quote from U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell that was not provided in its full context in the article.

Steninger said, “If all that wasn’t enough to convince everyone that the federal government has been completely taken over by the environmental extremists and political correctness, how about Jewell’s dream that all visitors to our national parks need to see signs ‘in their first language.’ Or her statement that our parks ‘have ignored important parts of our nation’s story’ like lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender groups.” Ω

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“ To conserve, or not to conserve?

Now, that’s a silly question.”

- William Shakespeare?

If Shakespeare was living in the Truckee Meadows today, he easily could have penned these wise words. Pure and simple, it’s never a good idea to waste water.

So, follow Shakespeare’s lead. Use what you need.

Enjoy it. Care about it.

Write a poem about it.

But, alas, not a drop to let slip away.

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Jake O’Farrell, Trevor Birba and Mark O’Farrell stand near the tanks at Hungry Mother Organics’ new aquaponics facility in Lyon County.

Indoor oasis Aquaponics facility turns out local produce Mexico’s ancient Aztecs were the first civilization in the Americas to dabble in aquaponics, combining fish farming with vegetable production on artificial islands called chinampas in the swamps around their capital city by Kelsey of Tenochtitlan. Thousands of years later, and many miles to the north, Fitzgerald father-son team Mark and Jake O’Farrell of Hungry Mother Organics are embarking on a vastly more modern version of such an endeavor, soon to be growing tilapia and vegetables at a new indoor aquaponics facility in Dayton in Lyon County.

Aquaponics combines aquaculture (fish farming) with hydroponics (the cultivation of plants in water), and uses bacteria to help with water filtration. One benefit of such a system is environmental sustainability.

“We’re able to take the waste streams of both of those industries, and re-integrate them into our operation, creating kind of a zero-waste cycle,” Mark O’Farrell said.

In addition to tanks for fish and plant cultivation, Hungry Mother Organics’ new system will incorporate worms to help break down solid waste from fish, and will reuse water by recirculating it through the greenhouse. Operating indoors will allow them to control temperature, shade and humidity, enhancing water conservation capabilities.

Although most of the O’Farrells’ past farming work has focused on vegetables, they’ve been experimenting with fish cultivation for some time at another Hungry Mother property in Carson City. They started with koi. Then, about three years ago, they obtained permits to raise tilapia, developing designs for their aquaponics system as they went. Initial results were good.

Hungry Mother “The commercial proof of concept was the greenhouse in Carson Organics: City,” Jake O’Farrell said. “We were able to successfully raise over 3,000 www.facebook.com/ pounds of tilapia fish and 250,000 seedlings that were made available to Hungry-Motherthe retail market.”

Organics360626150067/ With support from investors, the O’Farrells have designed a facility specially suited to the conditions of their Dayton site. Construction on the new facility began last year, and will include underground sump tanks to hold water and above-ground tanks and troughs for raising tilapia and vegetables. It will be heated with biofuels grown on-site. A computer system monitors conditions in the greenhouse remotely and makes changes as needed via smartphone. The Hungry Mother team expects to begin soft production of produce by mid-July and be in full production by fall or early winter.

They plan to sell their crops—including tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, herbs, micro-greens and tilapia—through the Great Basin Food Co-op and Distributors of Regional and Organic Produce & Products (DROPP) program, providing a reliable source of year-round produce to local restaurants and other customers.

“Here in Nevada, the only time there’s local produce available to most people is when the farmers markets are going—like June through first week of September,” Mark O’Farrell said. “One of the things we want to do is have the bulk of our production be on the flip side of the calendar.” Ω

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UNCOMMON Summer Guide 2016 is SENSE a sensual experience

by Dennis Myers, Jeri Chadwell-Singley, and brad bynum

“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul,” wrote Oscar Wilde in the second chapter of The Picture of Dorian Gray. When the novel was first published in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, the hedonistic behavior of the main character offended British moral sensibilities. Well, we here at the RN&R are hedonists, too—though probably not to the degree of the Dorian Gray character. I mean, we’re definitely not sold on the idea that youth and beauty are everything. Nevertheless, we’ll take a page from Wilde’s book—in a manner of speaking—and encourage you to unleash your inner hedonist with these arousing summer activities.

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Get an eyeful Mini golf is one of those things that’s generally good for people of all ages— an excellent option when family's in town or anytime there's a lull in summer events. There’s just something about the forest of silly obstacles that calls for good-natured behavior and reconnects us with our youths.

Think back to your youth. What did you want to be when you grew up? A pirate? There's totally a pirate ship at the mini golf place. A knight in shining white armor? There are plenty of dragons— some two-headed—for the slaying. How about an intrepid explorer?—then you won't mind when your ball gets lost somewhere within the dark, spidery recesses of the putt-putt pyramid.

Visit Magic Carpet Golf, 6925 S. Virginia St., 853-8837, this summer.

There's a special magic about the obstacles there, which—like childhood memories are wont to do—have become a little worse for wear. They may have faded with time but, if you use your imagination, there's still a bit of magic there.

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It’s hot outside; take off your clothes.

Summer ’tis the season for skinnydipping, whether that’s soaking in a sulfuric hot spring, or diving into a cool pool at some secret swimming hole. And it’s great to

get naked and have fun—wholesome or otherwise—with your friends. And, you know, don’t be a dick about it. No need to leer or make shitty comments. Just enjoy the sights. There are few things in the world more beautiful than naked humans—in all their shapes and sizes.

Drive across Nevada in the dead of night. The highways are long, straight, dry for miles upon miles. At, say, 2 a.m. somewhere between Battle Mountain and Elko, stop. You don’t even have to pull to the side of the highway—there will be no traffic. Shut off the car and lights and get out of the car. There will be a blackness all around, and also an alluring silence— no hum of the city. And straight overhead will be the most brilliantly clear stars you have ever seen, none of them diminished by the lights of the city.

Don’t bother telling anyone about what you saw and felt when you get back to civilization. There’s no communicating it. It has to be experienced.

Play it by ear The regular season of Major League Baseball is 162 games long. That’s not 162 games total—but 162 games for each team. (In the National Football League, by contrast, each team plays a tenth as much—just 16 games a season.) That

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ARTOWN: The 21st annual arts festival kicks off with the Opening Night Jubilee on June 30 and continues with hundreds of events taking place across town through July.

Highlights include the Monday Night Family Series, Summer Soiree Under The Stars, Cultural Connections series and Midtown on Martin Street. The festival concludes with the 21st Anniversary Closing Night Celebration featuring Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. on July 31. Events will take at Wingfield Park in downtown Reno, Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater at Bartley Ranch Regional Park, the University of Nevada, Reno, among other locations. M-Su through 7/31. Opens 6/30. Free for most events. Visit website for details, www.renoisartown.com.

BARRACUDA CHAMPIONSHIP, PGA TOUR GOLF TOURNAMENT: Watch the world’s best golfers up-close and personal as they compete for a $3.2 million purse and 300 FedExCup points. M-Su through 7/3. Opens 6/27. $25$85. Montreux Golf & Country Club, 16475 Bordeaux Drive, (775) 322-3900.

BEST IN THE WEST NUGGET RIB COOK-OFF: Rib cookers from across the world will compete for prizes and a claim to the “Best Ribs in the West” during the 28th annual rib cookoff. The event also features the Crafters’ Crossing, kids’ play area, beer garden and live music and entertainment. W-Su, 11am-

9pm through 9/4. Opens 8/31; M, 9/5, 11am5pm. Free admission. Victorian Square, 14th

Fans watch a pitch at a Reno Aces game. The sounds of baseball on the radio are an unobstrusive pleasure

Street and Pyramid Way along Victorian Avenue, Sparks, www.nuggetribcookoff.com.

BURNING MAN: The festival and temporary city returns for another year of art, community, self-reliance and self-expression.

M-Su through 9/5. Opens 8/28. $390+. Black Rock Desert, northeast of Gerlach, http:// burningman.org.

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means that from April ’til October, each team plays nearly every day. For busy people, trying to watch all those games on TV is a bit of an overwhelming commitment. And then there’s the lousy financial commitment of paying for a cable bundle that includes hundreds of channels you’ll never watch just to be able to see a few ballgames. But listening to games on the radio is an easy, unobtrusive pleasure— something that goes perfectly with housework or a trip to the gym or whatever.

Local terrestrial radio stations broadcast games for the San Francisco Giants, the Oakland A’s and the Reno Aces, and other broadcasts are available online. The sounds of baseball enrich the texture of life—the crack of the bat, of course, but also calls of the umpires, the shouts of the hot dog vendors, the roars of the crowds, the dumb jokes of the announcers … and then a trip to the ball park is like going to a concert to hear music you love.

dunes, they produce a deep, groaning hum that reverberates for miles” and varies in tone depending on the size of the grains of sand.

The sand at Sand Mountain came from ancient Lake Lahontan, which the Nevada Division of State Parks estimates once covered some 8,500 square miles. Today, the lake is down to 12,000 surface acres, when it's full. Here's a tip: It can be hard to hear the singing sand over the sound of dune buggies during the day. Camp out at Sand Mountain to hear its eerie singing at night.

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annual celebration of cars, rockabilly music and lifestyle features a car show, drag races, body paint expo, tattoo show, burn outs, pinup contest, burlesque show, live music and more. Th-Su through 6/26. Opens 6/23. Mills Park, 1111 E. William St., Carson City, http://renorockabillyriot.com.

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THE GREAT ELDORADO BBQ, BREWS AND BLUES FESTIVAL: Eldorado Resort Casino’s annual

T’s Mesquite Rotisserie, 901 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village, 831-2832, is a long-time favorite destination for hungry Tahoe beach bums. We like the rotisserie chicken, but the tri-tip is on point too. The meat is synonymous with the word succulent. No day trip to the lake is complete without at least one burrito from T’s—whether it’s on the way to the beach or for the drive back down Mount Rose Highway—although that really only works if you’re not the one actually driving because those burritos are big, delicious and dangerously distracting to drivers attempting to navigate a curvy mountain road. The association with summer beach dining is so strong that we’re not even sure if the place is open from October to March.

Music in casinos, according to casino lore, has a commercial use. The website Casino Las Vegas reports, “The themes playing from the well-hidden speakers of your favorite casino are not designed to get you onto the dance floor; they’re chosen for a very specific psychological purpose.

Namely, to get you relaxed enough to part with your money.”

Thus to the toxic air of casinos can be added manipulative music.

Fortunately, many of the casinos unwittingly provide a remedy for their beleaguered customers. The overall cacophony of most casinos makes music difficult to hear, and sometimes even to detect. The flashing lights and the sound—a mix of coins, dishes, glasses, bells, sirens, wheels, and various implements such as longhandled dustpans and the voices of dealers (there is a YouTube video of “ambient” Las Vegas casino sounds) all combine

Located about 25 miles east of Fallon on Highway 50 is a rare wonder of the natural world. Looking a whole lot more like the Sahara Desert than the high desert, Sand Mountain is one of a few singing sand dunes in the world. The sound that comes from Sand Mountain is a low sort of moan. According to the New York Times, it's a note of low C. Sometimes the mountain also makes a kind of booming sound. What's happening? According to National Geographic, “As sand grains shuffle down the slopes of certain sand

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to intrude on whatever effect the casinos think their music has.

festival is equal parts barbecue block party and microbrew-tasting event with more than 50 microbrews from around the world and music festival with two stages featuring rock and blues acts. The Gin Blossoms and Everclear headline this year’s musical lineup. F-Sa, 6/17, noon-8pm; Sa, 6/18, noon-8pm.

Free admission. Downtown Reno, Virginia Street, www.eldoradoreno.com.

GREEK FESTIVAL 2016: The annual festival features traditional dance, desserts, music, imports and more. F, 8/19, 5-10pm; Sa, 8/20, noon-10pm; Su, 8/21, 11am-3pm. Advance tickets are $12 (includes $10 of food); general admission is $5 at the door. St. Anthony Greek Orthodox Church, 4795 Lakeside Drive, (775) 825-5365.

HOT AUGUST NIGHTS: The 30th annual classic car event showcases more than 6,000 vehicles from the 1950s-1970s at events all over Reno and Sparks. The event features show ‘n’ shines, nightly cruises, drag races and burnouts, AutoCross, live music and entertainment, swap meet and Hot August Nights Auction presented by Motorsport Auction Group. Tu-Su through 8/7. Opens 8/2.

Free. Call or visit website for details, (775) 356-1956, www.hotaugustnights.net.

About 40 years ago, RN&R News Editor Dennis Myers mentioned pine nuts to a visiting border state friend. She was skeptical. Was this some snipe hunt-like notion Nevadans use on credulous outsiders?

A couple of years ago Myers mentioned them to her again, and she said she was now convinced—pine nuts had made their way to her state’s groceries.

It was a long time in coming. Nevada’s Reese River Reveille reported a few

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The lavender at Lavender Ridge blooms in July.

When it does, the rows of herbs buzz and sway as bees move through them.

The burritos at T’s Mesquite Rotisserie in Tahoe are perfect lake-going food.

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months before statehood, “We see that this luxury of Nevada is appreciated in the lower country, as they are advertised in the Bay papers as a new thing, and that Aurora is doing a good business in shipping them. Pine nuts are certainly a new thing to the American people, and … an excellent thing they are too, in the absence of the many varieties of fruits and nuts we were formerly accustomed to. The Indians do a good business here in selling them.”

As always, it’s not necessarily good news that a local favorite has gone to greater success, since widespread production can lead to watering down the product. It’s easy to imagine the harvesting of less-than-mature pine nuts as well as shorting the application of nutrients. Who wants the pine nut version of grocery store tomatoes?

There’s a special inebriating concoction that only a few—the initiated—in Reno would know. You can’t find it in a bar.

You can’t buy it at a liquor store. It requires a mixer that no person would use in good conscience. What is it?

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Opens 7/18; F, Sa, 7:30pm through 8/27.

Opens 8/26; Sa, 9/3, 7:30pm; Sa, 9/10, 6:30pm. Prices vary. Sand Harbor State Park, 2005 Highway 28, Incline Village, (775) 747-4697.

LUCAS OIL OFF ROAD RACING SERIES: Watch the top racers of the sport reach speeds of 90 mph and jump 100-plus feet through the air in 900 horsepower trucks. Sa, 8/13, 8:30pm; Su, 8/14, 8:30pm. $10-$50 general admission. Wild West Motorsports Park, 12005 East Interstate 80, Exit 23, Mustang, www. lucasoiloffroad.com.

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Put a finger on it When people think of iconic summer activities, swimming and water sports are usually right up there near the top of the list. From the swimming pool to Lake Tahoe, a cool dip is very often the right speed for warm day. But what about a warm dip?

Soaking in the mineral-rich waters of hot springs has long been a popular

pastime. Before science found its way into medicine, mineral baths were a popular curative treatment for all sorts of ailments. People often called a visit to a mineral bath “taking the cure/ waters.” Some people still subscribe to the therapeutic powers of mineral baths today. Healing or not, it can still be pretty fun—especially when clothing's optional.

Nevada has plenty of hot springs, from the resort-style ones to the ones you'll find out in the middle of the desert. (A word of advice on the uncharted ones—their temperatures have been known to change drastically over time. So don't go cannonballing in, no matter how many times you've been there.) Early mornings and late evenings when the heat abates are ideal times for “taking the waters.”

At Pyramid Lake, tourists for decades have scooped up handfuls of sand and put them in tissues or bags and carried them off to show the folks back home. It is interesting sand, with the tiny shells from

ancient times. But the sand has a better use.

Run your fingers through it. Feel the silky texture. Walk out into the water, the sand underfoot seeping between your toes. You may feel more in touch with the earth, more in touch with yourself.

And you may well feel your tensions ease. Certainly the experience gives you reason to have more faith in the tribal belief in the sacredness of the land.

The Black Rock Desert is more than just a venue for Burning Man. It’s there the other 51 weeks of the year too. It’s wet and muddy during the winter, but it dries out for the summer, and the feeling of that alkaline dust against bare skin is one of the quintessential tactile sensations of Northern Nevada.

It feels especially good against bare feet, walking around the desert, whether you’re there with thousands of hyped-up revelers, bumping dance music, or alone at night, with the unpolluted sprawl of the Milky Way above you.

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performances by Sierra Nevada Ballet, Reno Jazz Orchestra and InnerRhythms. The series is held on Monday through Aug. 15, and continues on Friday, Aug. 26, and Saturday, Sept.

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There’s only one place—the Truckee River. Here’s the recipe. Grab an inner tube and a six-pack of cold ones in a can.

(The brand doesn’t matter, though Pabst Blue Ribbon is a local favorite.) Inflate the tube and climb aboard with your brewskies. Once you’ve shoved off into the river, crack one of your brewskies and wait until you hit the first rapids.

After passing through the other side, take a sip. That, my friend, is the volatile, stomach churning combination known as a river beer. Drink it up—responsibly.

And don’t leave your cans.

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tour. The event includes food trucks, vendors, giveaways and family fun in the sun. F-Su, 10am-4pm through 7/3.

Opens 7/1. Free admission on Friday; $10 for adults and $5 for children on Saturday and Sunday. Sparks Marina Park, 300 Howard Drive, Sparks, (775) 353-2376, www.thewwa.com/sparkspro.

NEVADA HUMANITIES FESTIVAL AND CHAUTAUQUA: The theme of the 25th annual Chautauqua festival is “Culture of Food.” This year’s event kicks off with “Day of Young Chautauqua” on June 19 featuring performances by the Great Basin Young Chautauquans.

The festival continues June 21-23. Live musical performances precede the program at 6pm. The Chautauquan presentations follow at 7pm. Su, 6/19,

9am-2pm; Tu, 6/21, 6pm; W, 6/22, 6pm; Th, 6/23, 6pm. Free for June 19 event.

$25 general admission, $10 lawn seats; $50 for June 21 VIP event. Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater, Bartley Ranch

Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, (775) 784-6587, www.nevadahumanities.org.

RENO RODEO: The 98th annual rodeo features a cattle drive, PRCA Xtreme Bulls, pro rodeo performances with PRCA events including bareback, saddle bronc, bull riding, women’s professional barrel racing, team roping, steer wrestling and tie-down roping, the Reno Rodeo parade, among other events and attractions, M-Su through 6/25. Opens 6/16. $8-$26 advance tickets. Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center, 1350 N. Wells Ave., (775) 3293877, www.renorodeo.com.

RIDING ON THE RIVER FAMILY FESTIVAL: Join Sparks Kiwanis for free games, bike decorating, bike rides, movies in the park, DJ Fierce and food for sale. Bike valet while you play. Sa, 6/25, 5:30-9pm.

Free. Cottonwood Park, 777 Spice Island Drive, Sparks, (775) 846-7146, www. kiwanisbikes.org.

STAR SPANGLED SPARKS: The 17th Fourth of July celebration features a patriotic bike parade, live entertainment, vendors and a fireworks show. Su, 7/3, 10am-11pm. Free. Victorian Square, 14th Street and Pyramid Way along Victorian Avenue, Sparks, (775) 356-3300.

STEWART FATHER’S DAY POW WOW: Celebrate Native Indian heritage, history and pride at the annual Father’s Day weekend pow wow. There will be more than 200 dancers, over 25 arts and crafts vendors, food, exhibits and more. Grand entry is at 7pm on Friday, 1pm and 7pm on Saturday and at noon on Sunday. F-Su through 6/19. Opens 6/17. Free admission. Stewart Indian School, 5500 Snyder Ave., Carson City, (775) 687-8333.

TRUCKEE TAHOE AIRSHOW & FAMILY FESTIVAL: The event features an air show with world-renowned performers, a jet car, STEM Expo, Family Festival, rides for a fee in military aircraft and a helicopter. Static dis-

plays include military aircraft, war birds, helicopters, custom and vintage planes. Sa, 7/9, 9am-4pm. Free entry and parking. Truckee Tahoe Airport, 10356 Truckee Airport Road, Truckee, (530) 386-3100.

US OPEN OF WATERCROSS: Some of the best watercross riders in the United States and the world will vie for the title of US Open of Watercross Champion. The closed course features a buoy-marked, 1/2- to 3/4-mile track that is designed to keep the competition tight and fans close to the action.

Sa, 6/18, 9:15am-8:30pm; Su, 6/19, 9:15am-

2pm. Free admission. Sparks Marina Park, 300 Howard Drive, Sparks, http:// prowatercross.com.

VALHALLA ART, MUSIC AND THEATRE FESTIVAL: The 34th annual celebration of music, theater and the visual arts begins in mid-June with events and activities that continue through August. Events take place in the Boathouse Theater, the Valhalla Grand

Mikaela MK Meredith and Regina So splash in one of Carson Hot Springs Resort’s private mini spa rooms.

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visitors can buy bath products infused with essential oil from the lavender plants. Getting to the shop requires a walk through rows of lavender, which in the height of summer appear to sway— even on the stillest of days—as swarms of bees move through them like a small, rumbling army on the march.

It's worthwhile to note that getting some of this lavender can be considerably harder than getting some bud. You don't just call the Lavender Ridge folks up and say, “Hey, can I get a dime bag of that good stuff?” They're only open to the public from 11 a.m. till 2 p.m. on

Follow your nose There is nothing like the smell of some good herb, right? No, not cannabis.

We’re talking the premium scent of the genus lavandula. Yep, lavender. It’s redolent. It’s a heady, pungent member of the mint family that’s been used in aromatherapy, supposedly, for thousands of years. Come July, it’ll be flowering at Lavender Ridge, 7450 W. Fourth St.,747-3222. When it does, the scent can become unbelievably powerful.

There's a little shop housed in a shed near the back of the property, where

Hall and the Grand Lawn. M-Su through 8/31. Opens 6/22. Prices vary. Tallac Historic Site, 1 Valhalla Road, South Lake Tahoe, (530) 541-4975, http://valhallatahoe.com.

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MATHEWSON-IGT KNOWLEDGE CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO:

Free. 851 E. William St., Carson City, (775) 887-2290.

CARSON CITY COURTHOUSE GALLERY: New

Crop 2016, M-F, 8am-5pm through 9/29.

Free. 885 E. Musser St., Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

LAKE MANSION: From the Walls of the Riverside Artists Lofts to the Lake Mansion, 7/1-8/26. Free. 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100.

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Impressionism, W-Su through 8/14; The Horse, W-Su through 7/3; Andy Diaz Hope & Jon Bernson: Beautification Machine, W-Su through 7/24; Trevor Paglen: Orbital Reflector, W-Su through 12/31; Andrea Zittel: Wallsprawl, W-Su through 12/31; Don Dondero: A Photographic Legacy, W-Su through 7/10; Anna McKee: 68,000 Years of Ice, W-Su through 9/18; Ugo Rondinone: Seven Magic Mountains, W-Su through 5/11; Horses in the American West, W-Su through 7/3; Past Ai Weiwei, Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Gold, W-Su through 10/23. Opens 7/23; Contemporary Nevada: State of the State, W-Su through 10/23. Opens 8/5.

RENO ART WORKS: RAW Open Studios, Third Sa of every month, noon-5pm through 12/17. M-Sa. 1995 Dickerson Road, (775) 225-7295.

SHEPPARD CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Jack Pierson. Tu-Sa, noon-4pm through 7/1. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6658.

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The pungent scent of sagebrush is one of the plant's most pronounced features. In 1945, when the makings for cologne and perfume were being reserved for war uses, United Press writer Frederick Othman suggested alternatives to Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace: “New mown hay?

Tanbark? Sage brush? Pigskin?” In 1973, there was something called “Scent of the West" being sold in Salt Lake City—sagebrush-scented candles.

WILBUR D. MAY MUSEUM, RANCHO SAN RAFAEL REGIONAL PARK: ARTful Women,

Reflections of the Day: Susan Handau, Through 6/17; A Woman Under the Influence: Katrina Lasko, Through 6/17.

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of My Own, M-Sa through 7/30. Opens 6/16. 1400 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-0558.

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to waste so much water trying to keep a non-indigenous plant species alive.

STREMMEL GALLERY: Robert Brady: Mined

Media Technology: Past & Present, M-Su through 6/30; Upstart Crow: Shakespeare in Northern Nevada, Through 7/15,1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4636.

Basin Native Artists, M-F, 9am-5pm through 7/6; Silver State Swimmer,

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Basin Brass Quintet perform works from their new Grammy-nominated CD Through a Different Lenz. Su, 6/26, 2:30pm. Free. St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 341 Village Blvd., Incline Village, (775) 298-0075.

26TH ANNUAL HIGH SIERRA MUSIC FESTIVAL: The 26th Annual High Sierra Music Festival lineup includes Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Thievery Corporation, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Dr. Dog, The Del McCoury Band, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Greensky Bluegrass, Femi Kuti & The Positive Force, JJ Grey & Mofro, Xavier Rudd, Leftover Salmon, Lettuce, North Mississippi Allstars, ALO, among many others.

6/30-7/3. $60+. Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds, 204 Fairground Road, Quincy, (530) 283-6272, www.highsierramusic.com.

THE HOLD UP: San Jose, Calif band’s music incorporates elements of reggae, hip hop, pop and indie. F, 6/17, 6-10pm. Free.

Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976.

INCENDIO: The trio’s instrumental world music spans a wide range of styles, including classical, jazz, rock, flamenco, Celtic and bluegrass. Sa, 6/11, 6-10pm.

Free. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976.

DANGERMUFFIN: The genre-bending roots trio performs. Sa, 7/9, 6-10pm. Free.

Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St.,

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MUSIC OF THE MASTERS: The jazz orchestra presents a night of blues, swing and soul with award-winning vocalists Jamie Davis and Clairdee. F, 9/2, 7:30pm. $25-$35. Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road; Sa, 9/3, 7:30pm. $25-$75. Sand Harbor State Park, 2005 Highway 28, Incline Village, (775) 372-6160.

MUSIC ON THE BEACH 2016 SUMMER CONCERTS: Free live music performances featuring a variety of genres on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe. F, 6:30-9pm through 9/2. Opens 6/17. Free. Kings Beach State Recreation Area, 8318 North Lake Blvd., Kings Beach, (530) 546-9000.

ONE FOUND SOUND WOODWIND QUINTET: Tahoe Chamber Music Society presents the Bay Area-based ensemble. Su, 6/19, 2:30pm. Free.

St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 341 Village Blvd., Incline Village, (775) 298-0075.

PREZIDENT BROWN: The reggae artist performs.

Sa, 7/16, 6-10pm. Free. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976.

SAMBADA: The Afro-samba-funk dance band performs. Sa, 8/6, 6-10pm. Free. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976.

SLAVIC SOUL PARTY!: The nine-member ensemble performs an acoustic mash-up of Balkan and Gypsy sounds with North American musical traditions. Sa, 6/18, 8pm. Free. Oats Park, Center and East Park streets, Fallon, (775) 423-1440.

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its original material and combines it with songs from some of the best songwriters in the Southwest, embellishing them with tight vocal harmonies and unique instrumental interpretations. Sa, 7/2, 6-9pm. Free.

Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St. in Carson City, (775) 883-1976.

SUCH SWEET THUNDER: The Reno Jazz

Novelist Robert Laxalt once received a letter on a ship at sea. He later wrote of opening the envelope, into which someone had slipped a sprig of sagebrush, “Before I could protect myself, the memories were summoned up and washed over me in a flood.”

Journalist Ed Pearce, who grew up in small counties Nevada, had a similar experience with a care package in the Air Force in Japan, which produced what he called “the scent of home.”

“Native Nevadans, especially those of us who grew up out in the rurals, can really get nostalgic about the smell of sagebrush after a rare high desert rain,” he said.

Broaden your mind Reno Magick, 1004 S. Wells Ave., is one of a few metaphysical stores in the Truckee Meadows. Owned by Misty Grayknights and her husband, Scott Reimers, it's an eclectic place with just about anything you could possibly need—from herbs to books to gems and minerals—for some summertime spell casting. In the mood for a little sex magick? Swing by for some large penis- and/or vagina-shaped candles. You might also schedule a reading with Grayknights. But—if you're not a 18 | RN&R |

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practicing Pagan—you might want to slow your roll.

Tuesdays are beginners' nights at the attached Pagan temple next door.

The temple is an official nonprofit church that recognizes eight pantheons, and Grayknights and Reimers are both ordained Pagan ministers. They can teach you some basics before you go jumping in headlong.

Reading is a magical thing. That can be easy to forget because we encounter written words so often in our daily lives that we take them for granted, but it’s a wondrous thing—that looking at arbitrary marks on paper has the effect of creating meanings within our minds. It’s how we learn our history, our recipes, our facts and our fictions. A good book can have the power to whisk the reader off to far away places. Sounds like some Reading Rainbow hokum, sure, but it’s authentic alchemy that warrants some cheesiness. Summer can be a great time to rediscover the unadulterated joy of reading for pleasure. Maybe find a nice hammock somewhere shady, grab a tall glass of lemonade or maybe some sugary iced coffee drink, and dive into some fun genre fiction. Maybe for the purposes of tingling your ESP, you might want to get into some mind-bending science fiction,

like Philip K. Dick or Neal Stephenson— or, hey, did you know that the biggest TV show in the world is actually based on a book series? Yep, the TV show Game of Thrones is based on author George R.R. Martin’s series A Song of Ice and Fire, which is darker, sadder, stranger, sexier and more fantastical than the show. Reading is real magic.

Marcus Aurelius: “The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.”

Lao Tzu: “Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.”

Audrey Hepburn: “There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness.

I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.”

Lawrence Durrell: “Everything is clear in this struggle to reach her. The car humming like a top, stammering, banging round corners with its insane fixed eyes; the carpet of light racing along the dark arterial roads; the distance being patiently consumed. I am in a kind of fanatical imagery now, unreal, moving through this aquarium of feelings, conscious of nothing but the blood thinning in my veins, and the slow fearful heart.” Ω

Orchestra will perform some of the Duke Ellington’s greatest compositions like “Mood Indigo” and “In A Mellow Tone” capped by a performance of his suite Such Sweet Thunder, infused with the works of William Shakespeare and featuring Lake Tahoe Shakespeare actors performing excerpts from 12 separate sonnets and plays. M, 8/1, 7:30pm. $25-$75. Sand Harbor State Park, 2005 Highway 28, Incline Village; Sa, 7/30, 7:30pm. Free. Wingfield Park, 300 W. First St., (775) 372-6160.

TERCETO KALI WITH JASON MCGUIRE TRIO: This trio blends flamenco, Latin and jazz in music and dance with a cast of world-class artists from around the country who are rooted in a variety of musical genres. Sa, 6/25, 6-9pm.

Free. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976.

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA JAZZ QUARTET: Tahoe Chamber Music Society closes its 2016 season by welcoming back saxophonist Peter Epstien and the University of Nevada Jazz Quartet. The recital will feature original compositions and favorite standards. Su, 7/24, 2:30pm. Free. St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 341 Village Blvd., Incline Village, (775) 298-0075, www.tahoechambermusic.org.

WHITNEY MYER: The neo-electronic-soul artist performs. Sa, 7/30, 6-10pm. Free. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976.

WINN/LENZ/BUDISH/BROWNELL QUARTET: University of Nevada Reno faculty pianist James Winn, Reno Philharmonic Concertmaster Ruth Lenz, Reno Chamber Orchestra Principal Violist Dustin Budish and Tahoe Chamber Music Society Artistic Director cellist Eileen Brownell will collaborate on a recital of piano quartet music by Brahms and Mozart. Su, 7/3, 2:30pm. Free.

St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 341 Village Blvd., Incline Village, (775) 298-0075.

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BY JESSICA SANTINA As the weather warms and school ends, our routines lighten. Nothing too heavy—that PHOTO/KRIS VAGNER

goes for our clothing, our food and our entertainment choices. Summer is about fun.

Local theater companies have set the stage for a lighthearted lineup of summer fun. You’ll find plenty of comedy—from Barbra to the Bard—not to mention music, dancing, and a healthy dose of Disney magic.

Here’s what’s in store this summer:

The way we were: Goodluck Macbeth

You’d be gritting your teeth too, just like Jesse Briggs and Scott Butler in Brüka Theatre’s Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, if you were trying to keep your act together after the apocalypse.

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File this under “Bizarre Trivia”: In her 2010 book My Passion for Design, Barbra Streisand details her love for architecture and design—including that of the shopping mall in her basement.

Her turn-of-the-century style mall/basement includes a doll shop, a costume shop, a candy store, an antiques store and an antique clothing store. In 2013, playwright Jonathan Tolins found this whole notion so fascinating that he wrote his one-man show, Buyer and Cellar, about the poor schmuck who might work in Streisand’s basement mall. The play, which will star managing director Christopher Daniels, runs July 8-31. It’s part of a fairly new company tradition to do LGBT-friendly productions in concert with July’s Artown and the Northern Nevada Pride celebrations.

Next is Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews, running Aug. 19-Sept. 3. Jewish cousins come together after the death of their grandfather and fight over who should get the treasured heirloom jewelry he managed to hide from the Nazis during the Holocaust. The thought-provoking play examines cultural traditions and religious faith.

Daniels is a busy boy this summer.

On top of starring in a one-man show and running GLM, he’s a member of comedy improv troupe The Utility Players. They’re on hiatus until Season 12 begins in September, though the troupe will perform a pop-up show at The Sands on June 25.

And then there’s his role as Reverend Devine of Alchemist Theatre, an interfaith mashup of spirituality, sermons, music, meditation and theater, which calls GLM home. Alchemist Theatre will host its fundraiser, The Revival—its own brand of hootenanny tent revival—on June 24 at the Center for Spiritual Living. This all-ages event will feature a fair, food trucks, guest musical performances, and trademark inspiring and witty sermons delivered

by Daniels and others. Proceeds benefit Alchemist Theatre.

Tickets and information: Goodluck Macbeth Theatre Co.: www.goodluckmacbeth.org The Utility Players: www.utilityplayerscomedy.com or www.sandsregency.com Alchemist Theatre: www.alchemistmovement.org

In revue: Reno Little Theater Reno’s longest-running theater company is putting the finishing touches on the final production of its Latino series, La Gente. Lights Out was written by Marvin Gonzalez, a local playwright who developed it—and is still developing it at the time of this writing—thanks to a grant from the Dramatists Guild Fund. Running June 14-19, it’s the story of what happens when a massive solar flare wipes out all electricity, and four people on a ranch in Elko are left to wonder whether it’s the apocalypse causing creepy things to happen.

From a show in review to a musical revue, next up is Stephen Sondheim’s Side by Side, directed by Lenny Leibowitz, renowned Drama Desk

Award nominee and founding artistic director of Marvell Repertory Theatre, who will not only be lending his talents to this RLT production but also will host several workshops throughout summer. Side by Side runs July 7-31.

RLT also hosts Ageless Repertory Theatre, a company performing theatrical staged readings, as it presents Twentieth Century. Set in the observation car of a train traveling from Chicago to New York, this is the story of producer and egomaniac Oscar Jaffe, who’s desperately in need of a hit and determined to sign—and win back—his former lover and protégé, actress Lily Garland. This free show takes place July 26, 27 and 29.

For outgoing kids looking for out-of-school activities, RLT will offer three week-long camps. Each week culminates in a final performance.

production is the Northern Nevada premiere of Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play, running through June 25.

This “dark” musical comedy is an indescribable combination of a postapocalyptic blackout, a song-anddance musical (with musical direction

by Cami Thompson) and an episode of The Simpsons.

Next comes New Canula, an original piece written by company member Gary Cremeans II for Brüka’s Biggest Little Theater Festival in 2014.

Billed as “an unromantic feel-good dramedy,” New Canula was inspired by Brüka director Mary Bennett’s mother, who, before her death, used a canula for oxygen and often joked about escaping to “New Canula,” a magical, happy land free of troubles. Cremeans imagines this land in his play, which will run July 10 at Brüka. It heads to the Hollywood Fringe Festival in June and the New York International Fringe Festival in August.

This summer, count on some Shakespeare—it’s part of WillPower 2016, the city-wide celebration of the Bard’s 400th “deathiversary” (“Much Ado,” RN&R, April 16). In honor of the man himself (not to mention

Tickets and information: www.renolittletheater.org

Summer of enlightenment: Brüka Theatre RLT isn’t alone in exploring what happens when the lights go out.

Brüka’s first official summer

Rotating in repertory with Shakespeare is Forever Plaid, a musical comedy. On a stormy night in the 1960s, four singers known as The Plaids meet their untimely death in a Mercury on the way to their first big gig. They return from the afterlife in 2016 to get one last chance to perform their 1950s hits.

The two shows run on alternating dates, Tuesdays through Sundays, July 8-Aug. 21 (see schedule for specific show dates).

Intermingled with the festival run is the Showcase Series, featuring one-off dance and musical performances by local companies, July 18-Sept. 10.

well-timed for Artown and Pride), Brüka presents Malvolio, or What You Will, July 8-30. Written by Sandra Brunell-Neace and Rachel Lopez, this piece of social theater, inspired by Malvolio of Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night, explores what it means to be transgender in an intolerant society. Each performance will begin with a Brüka “Greenshow,” a short, original mask performance piece.

Last but not least are the final performances of Brüka’s Theatre for Children show, Snow White & Rose Red, both on July 16.

Tickets and Information: www.bruka.org

Midsummer dreams: Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival

Tickets and information: http://laketahoeshakespeare.com

The quintessential summer theater experience returns for its 44th season at Sand Harbor State Park. Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival presents The Comedy of Errors, a farce of mistaken identities and class divides, widely considered the Bard’s greatest comedy, with design inspired by Rio de Janeiro’s colorful Carnival celebration.

Sex, drugs, rock ’n’ roll: Eldorado Resort Casino High energy music and dancing can be found all summer long at the Eldorado.

First, there’s Rock of Ages running through July 24. This musical, which is set in Hollywood in the 1980s, follows two nightclub employees on their quest for stardom and love.

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Summer car chase, anyone?

Kiba Walker and Jesse Briggs drive fast at Brüka Theatre.

Sunday, July 3

Friday, July 8

Next, The Full Monty offers a … revealing look at what unemployed steelworkers from Buffalo are willing to do to impress their wives and make a buck. It runs Aug. 2-Sept. 18.

TWNN also will offer two weeks of summer camp for kids ages 8 to 14 led by theater pros. Registration is limited to 24 per week. Participants get a chance to perform in the mainstage production.

Tickets and Information: www.eldoradoreno.com

Tickets and information: www.twnn.org

Down the rabbit hole: TheatreWorks of Northern Nevada

Whole new world: Wild Horse Children’s Theater

Winding down its 10th anniversary season, TWNN goes out with a bang to present Alice in Wonderland, with 12 performances over 14 days in July at four locations, all as part of Artown.

Three performances—one at Wingfield Park and two at Renown Health’s Mack Auditorium—are free to the public; the rest take place at Laxalt Auditorium and the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa. This is TWNN’s largest cast to date, ages 7 to senior citizen, with some modern twists. The July 18 Wingfield Park show is part of a “Very Merry Un-Birthday” event in the park, featuring themed activities like flamingo croquet, a tea party and character meet-and-greets. It starts at 5 p.m., amid a Wonderland setting decorated by the Reno Boys & Girls Club. Costumes are encouraged.

Carson City-area kids also can take advantage of performance camp through Wild Horse’s Summer on Broadway program. This two-week camp for kids in grades K-6 culminates in a performance of Little Red Riding Hood.

But the big event for Wild Horse is Disney’s Aladdin Jr., a musical spectacular for which the company has been raising funds for months. Incorporating special effects by Las Vegas’ Flying

By Foy, this show will feature flying characters (and a carpet). Based on the Broadway version of the show, Aladdin Jr. runs the first two weekends of July at the Carson City Community Center and will feature beloved hits such as “A Whole New World” and “Friend Like Me.” Tickets and information: www.wildhorsetheater.com. Ω

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Hannah Woods has been the president of the Carson Sierra Spinners and Weavers Guild for about a year and half now. Spinning is her guild’s specialty, and Woods has been spinning her own yarn—often from locally sourced wool—for over a decade now.

“Yarn shops were my haunt,” Woods said. “And I’d seen a lady actually spinning on her spinning wheel in one of the shops, and I approached her … and asked her, you know, what was going on. …

We got into a conversation. She said that she gave lessons, so that began the spinning part of my journey.

You know, with the fiber arts, everything kind of follows along.

You try different things and whatever works for you, works for you.”

Not all of the Carson Sierra Spinners and Weavers Guild’s 40 members specialize in spinning.

Some, of course, are weavers.

Others are dye experts or knitters.

Still others raise sheep for wool.

Once a month, from October through April, the guild holds meetings at Bartley Ranch, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, during which they do a little show-and-tell, partake in classes taught by other guild members and outside experts, and welcome newcomers (regardless of skill level). The guild also does demonstrations. They’ll be at the Nevada State Fair in Carson City from June 9-12, and the Reno Mini Maker Faire in Idlewild Park on July 9.

“That’s what our group is all about, is to educate people … that this art is still very much alive and being practiced, and something that’s actually fairly easy to take up,” Woods said.

It’s also fairly affordable, at least to start with. Dues for the Carson Sierra Spinners and Weavers Guild are $25 per year, and a simple drop spindle can be purchased for a few dollars. But a spinning wheel might set you back anywhere from a few hundred bucks to more than $1000.

For those who are more interested in weaving, a visit to the Reno Fiber Guild might be in order. The guild holds an annual, multi-day “Learning to Weave” class. It’s a bit more expensive to get involved in than spinning, at about $240—$30 for the annual membership fee and $210 for the three-day course. This year’s class wrapped up on June 5, but there are other opportunities to get involved between now and next year.

The next regular Reno Fiber Guild meeting isn’t until September, but, according to former guild co-president Suzanne Woodhead, curious would-be weavers are welcome to drop in on the guild’s monthly show-and-tell and support group meeting, which is usually held on the second Saturday of the month at the Sky Peaks Retirement Community, 1530 Sky Valley Drive.

According to guild member Nancy Sanger, weaving—much like spinning—is pretty easy to get into.

Sanger had always wanted to try weaving but had to wait until she’d retired from 38 years of teaching before having time to give it a go.

“I was in the first Learning to Weave class, and they have been so supportive,” Sanger said.

That was two years ago.

Recently Sanger took over as the Reno Fiber Guild’s new president. Ω

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First and foremost, the place is a true “public house” pub. The owners renovated a largish, 100-year-old downtown house into something that retains an old-school charm while being very, very hip. They’ve got a decent rotating selection of national microbrews and local nanobrewed beers. There’s a menu of signature cocktails, and the bar is stocked well enough to conjure up just about anything. There are a couple of TVs on the walls, but during music events they’re either shut off or muted, something I really appreciate.

I’ll admit I was a bit confused when I first heard the concept. I thought perhaps the grilling facilities were intended for apartment dwellers or others who don’t grill at home.

Having more than enough space and equipment at home, I thought, “Why would I grill somewhere else?” Then a fellow foodnik pointed out that you can invite your friends to Pignic for all the fun of a cookout—sans before and after cleanup at home—with the bonus of a well-stocked bar solving the usual BYOB issue. Eureka.

But how to review a place where you grill your own food? What if I hate the chef? Then I heard about a

community potluck taking place on Pignic’s spacious, custom-built deck and patio, a perfect opportunity to give the concept a try.

A combination of seating and culinary equipment wraps around the south and east sides of the building. Both gas and wood/charcoal grills—even an automated pellet-fed smoker—are available, paired with workstations that combine a stainless steel prep table, wet sink, two-burner stove and mini-fridge. After signing a waiver, you’re provided with some basic tools, including a chef’s knife, small cutting board, carving fork, meat thermometer, tongs and a large serrated steak knife. I brought my own tools but could have done the job with what they provide.

There are a few items available if you don’t bring your own groceries.

A variety of raw veggies suitable for grilling include corn-on-the-cob, onion, asparagus, broccolini, and bell pepper ($2-$4). Proteins include Italian sausages and hot links—bun included—($3), USDA Choice grade beef, including New York strip and rib-eye steaks ($7-$9), dry rubbed tri-tip roasts ($12-$13), and—during summer months—locally-sourced organic pork in the form of chops ($8) and shoulder steaks ($11). Housemade sides are available, such as kale, pasta, macaroni and potato salads ($3-$4 for two-person serving).

As my group was doing a potluck, we didn’t avail ourselves of the house goods. My bourbon tri-tip and my wife’s family recipe macaroni salad were both well-received, and the variety of dishes brought by others made for a well-rounded meal. It was a fun day at a great venue. The only issues of note would be the lack of shade over the grilling area and the speed in serving drinks. Even as the place got busy, there was but a single person behind the bar moving at a less-than-speedy pace. Adding another person to pour beers while the lead mixologist crafts cocktails would help.

Pignic has been host to a variety of special events, including pop-up dinners with guest chefs, music showcases, and a Tuesday night songwriters’ open mic and potluck.

It’s obvious from first glance that the place is a labor of love, and I have to say my somewhat aged, unhip self felt more welcomed in this house than most other hipster draws in town. At last, I get it. Ω

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Funny sounds Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping It’s been nine years since the comedy trio Lonely Island—Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer—made its cinematic debut with the now cult fave Hot Rod. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping gives them a chance to play in their favorite sandbox: the music world. The results are what feel like the first fully realized Lonely Island movie. by Given how damn funny the movie is, let’s hope Bob Grimm there are many more to follow.

All three members of the Lonely Island b g ri m m @ ne w s re v i e w . c o m contribute as writers and performers, while Taccone and Schaffer handle directing chores.

The movie goes along the mockumentary route, clearly spoofing all of those bio films from the likes of Justin Bieber, the Jonas Brothers and Katy Perry.

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Samberg headlines as Conner 4 Real, a former member of the boy band/rap group the Style Boyz, who has gone his own way with a successful solo career. After that initial success, Conner’s latest solo album is tanking—Rolling Stone rated it a shit emoji—and his career handling has entered the panic phase. He goes on tour with an opening act that’s better than him. He gets sponsored by appliances that play his music when you operate them. And he basically sells out like a whore.

A good chunk of the movie features what Lonely Island does best—silly parody songs.

“Finest Girl (Bin Laden Song)” has Conner reminiscing about a girl who wants him to do her with the military efficiency that was in force when the U.S. Navy SEALS shot Bin Laden in the head. “Equal Rights” is Conner’s sad attempt to ally himself with the LGBT community that has him subliminally reinforcing his heterosexuality throughout the song.

The film revels in the random and weird, including a sequence where Conner has to sign somebody’s dick through a limo window—a dick that, according to many stories on the

internet, belongs to the film’s producer, Judd Apatow—and a wedding proposal gone bad when the wolves supplied by PartyWolves.com become agitated by Seal’s singing voice.

A great running gag riffs on the likes of Danger Mouse and Daft Punk, with Conner’s DJ, former Style Boyz member Owen (Taccone, in his best screen role yet), wearing a cumbersome helmet that shoots out blinding light and a roar akin to Godzilla’s.

There’s also the final Style Boyz member, Lawrence (Schaffer) who left the group in a rancorous split and became a farmer (perhaps a poke at former R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry).

Some of the movie’s best moments involve him being interviewed in his shed among his drab woodwork.

Other players include the great Tim Meadows as Conner’s shifty manager, Bill Hader in a quick but welcomed cameo, and Chris Redd as Conner’s wild-eyed opening act, Hunter, who may or may not have orchestrated a gag that made it look like Conner has no dick. Yes, there’s a lot of dick humor in this film. This film might be the all-time king for dick humor.

There’s also a blessed appearance by the one-and-only Michael Bolton.

The members of Lonely Island are so cool they’ve made Michael Bolton cool.

Michael Bolton.

Samberg finally gets a worthy follow up to Hot Rod, and he is on-the-mark funny for the film’s entire running time. Taccone, who rocked it as Chaka in Land of the Lost, shows off his versatility as the film’s funny emotional core. The big surprise is Schaffer, coming out of the shadows of Lonely Island to show off some major comic timing and acting chops.

Sadly, I just saw a box office report that shows Popstar is going to bomb, big time, so there you have it. Somebody makes a comedy that’s funny from beginning to end, and they get their ass kicked by a bunch of sewerdwelling turtles.

Hey, if it’s turtles you are looking for, Popstar features a turtle prominently. Yes, it’s a barfing turtle with a serious bone disorder, but it’s a turtle all the same.

Big box office or not, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping will be regarded as a beloved look at a music world gone completely nuts.

Years from now, people who passed on this in the theaters will catch it on TV and give it some life. Ω

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.

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The second film in the Adam Sandler Netflix era after the horrible The Ridiculous 6 is still pretty bad moviemaking, but it’s a step in the right direction. Director Steven Brill made two of the better Sandler vehicles, Little Nicky and Mr. Deeds, and their third pairing has its moments. That’s thanks in large part to the pairing of Sandler and an effective David Spade, who is cast against type as Charlie, a nerd looking for new start on life. Sandler plays Max, who shows up at their high school reunion, takes pity on Charlie, and fakes both of their deaths so that they can smoke joints and drink for the rest of their lives. The plot isn’t that simple, and the two wind up being pursued by a killer in a fairly funny homage to Die Hard.

The film is put together better than most of the later Sandler comedies, and it packs quite a few good laughs. Unfortunately, it also veers into overkill way too many times, and the gross stuff feels discordant and just wrong. Still, I liked the characters, and the film classes up a bit at the halfway mark when Paula Patton enters the picture. She has a fight with Kathryn Hahn that’s one of the better smackdowns in a movie this summer. The movie doesn’t work as a whole, but it does show that Sandler and Spade are a good screen duo when in the hands of a semi-capable director. Also, it has Natasha Leggero in it, and that’s always a good thing.

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Jon Favreau’s delightful and funny take on the Rudyard Kipling’s tale of a boy raised by wolves is a winner. A young boy raised in the jungle is pursued by a pissed-off tiger (Idris Elba) who had his face burned by a human when he was young. When plans to leave for a human village are rudely interrupted, Mowgli (newcomer Neel Sethi) winds up staying in the jungle longer than he planned, and he must keep wearing the same pair of red baggy shorts. He encounters Kaa (Scarlett Johansson), an evil temptress snake, and other perils while building 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.

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This is as brutal a satire you will ever see. Writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos gives us a world where being single is so frowned upon, you will be transformed into the animal of your choice if you don’t find a partner in an allotted time. Colin Farrell stars as David, a recently dumped man who must stay at a hotel with his brother, who is also his dog, and find a new mate, or become a lobster. He eventually finds himself living in the woods with the leftover single people, who must dodge daily hunting expeditions by people looking to extend their time before animal transformation (they earn extra days for every single person they bag). David eventually meets Short Sighted Woman (Rachel Weisz) among the singles, and he finds himself needing to make some big decisions on how to start a relationship with her. The film is intentionally drab in its look, with all of the actors delivering their lines with nearly no emotion. The effect is just plain nasty, a scathing indictment on a society that puts too much pressure on individuals to become couples. It’s often extremely funny, with an equal amount of necessary unpleasantness.

Shane Black, director of the classic Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and the very good Iron Man 3, returns to film noir with The Nice Guys, a grimy detective story starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe. The movie is good.

Just good. It’s often so good, it’s painful to witness the moments that don’t work. Crowe plays Jackson Healy, an L.A. loser who takes punching requests from people. Folks pay him to rough up child molesters, for the most part.

He gets an assignment from Amelia (Margaret Qualley), who wants him to pay a visit to private detective Holland March (Gosling), a visit that turns out to be hilariously infused with comic violence. Holland and Jackson wind up working on a case together, one that involves Amelia, a dead porn star, and a gun for hire named John Boy (Matt Bomer, relishing the chance to be super nasty). When Gosling and Crowe are allowed to go off, the movie purrs on all cylinders. It’s when Black’s script (co-written with Anthony Bagarozzi) leads to a conspiracy involving Amelia’s mother, played

by Kim Basinger, that it stalls out. That’s mainly because Basinger is tone-deaf in this film. She doesn’t seem to know what kind of movie she is in, and her line delivery is woefully over-thetop. In short, she’s blazingly terrible in her every scene. The film gets by thanks to the pairing of Gosling and Crowe, who work very well together.

After scoring a huge critical and box office success with X-Men: Days of Future Past, Bryan Singer’s triumphant return to the franchise, 20th Century Fox wisely brought the director back for this one. However, in a move that induces head scratching, Fox cut the budget for the current installment, while padding the cast and upping the action quotient.

Actually, this is the studio that screwed up Fantastic Four, so maybe the shortchanging of a reliable franchise isn’t all that surprising.

There are portions of the movie that are sloppier than the usual Singer offerings, and quite a few moments have cut-rate CGI. The movie alternates between looking great to looking super bad. The flaws eventually pile up, and while there are some nice, enjoyable stretches, it’s a bit of a mess in the end—despite powerful work from Michael Fassbender as Magneto and new-to-the-franchise Oscar Isaac as the menacing villain Apocalypse. Before the opening credits, which look like shit, we get a quick back story for Apocalypse. En Sabah Nur (Isaac), an ancient Egyptian, merges with some sort of ancient mystical being, thus becoming the world’s first mutant, or something like that.

He’s then buried under a crushed pyramid for centuries. Cue cheapie opening credits. What follows are too many characters demanding subplots and, ultimately, the worst chapter in the X-Men franchise.

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When Kristen Stewart made out with the director of Snow White and the Huntsman, 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.

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.”

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Ballot of the bands Forte Awards “It's always been an issue that local musicians don't get the recognition they should get, let alone the appreciation they by Kris Vagner should get,” said Bill Woody, manager of Musician Rehearsal kri s v@ Center in Sparks. “And that's true newsr eview.c om of all performing artists.” Woody is one of the organizers of the Forte Awards, an event slated to debut this fall to honor the region's performing artists. (“Forte” is an acronym for “Fans of Reno-Tahoe Entertainment.”)

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public will be invited to vote for the winners. Voting guidelines and procedures have not yet been announced.

Organizers recommend checking the website later in the season.

The process is scheduled to culminate at an awards gala Nov. 3 at the Grand Sierra Resort's Grand Theatre. Woody can already envision the event.

“It's going to be like a Hollywood awards show,” he said.

He's planning on having “celebrity presenters” from local business, media and government and also performing artists who've left Reno to pursue their careers nationally.

Steve Funk, one of Woody's collaborators on the event, added, “Our goal will be to put a real glitz and glam on the whole thing.

Fashion is a big part of it.”

Woody and Funk picture a velvet-rope-and-red-carpet atmosphere in which country acts in cowboy boots rub elbows with classical musicians in tuxedoes, metal bands in leather, and actors in their finery.

Woody said he'd like the honorees to include both long-standing favorite acts with established followings and as-yet-undiscovered talent.

“We have a lot of nominees because we want to recognize a lot of people,” he said. “And that could be somebody as young as 13 years old, that excels at dancing or playing a guitar or singing. … There are unbelievable guitar players that are 13 or 14 years old that may not even be in a band.”

Each performing act who'd like to join the running will need to supply a bio and some demo materials, but new acts are welcome, even if they don't have a tour, album or show under their belts yet—or even a polished MP4.

Steve Funk said, “They [may] have a bedroom video on YouTube that's maybe gotten a lot of hits.”

Woody said, “This is about showing appreciation, recognizing our established talent, and finding new talent.”

Registration is open through June 30. Ω

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When Woody says “performers,” he's talking about tap dancers, pole dancers, comedians, actors, rock groups, country groups, Latin groups, metal groups, punk groups, magicians, pretty much any act that performs live on a stage or, in a few cases, not on a stage. The geographic parameters are almost as wide as the genre spectrum.

Contestants may reside in Reno, anywhere in the Lake Tahoe region, Carson City, Truckee, Susanville, the Mammoth Lakes area or “as far east as Wendover.”

Here's how it works: Performers can register for free or be registered by a fan, friend or family member.

There are 45 categories in which to enter. In July, a selection committee comprised of local performing arts veterans will narrow down the contestants.

“We wanted to make sure qualified, deserving people are nominated,” Woody said.

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Forte Awards organizer Bill Woody is looking forward to a star-studded evening in November, when up to 45 local performers will be honored with this statuette.

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June 9, 8:30 p.m.

Jub Jub’s Thirst Parlor 71 S. Wells Ave. 384-1652

Crunksworth Bentley, 9pm, no cover

Blue Haven, 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

Bias & Dunn, 9pm, no cover

Bias & Dunn, 9pm, no cover

10042 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee; (530) 587-2626

BRASSERIE ST. JAMES

THE BRIDGE RESTAURANT & BAR 425 S. Virginia St., (775) 432-1633

Clemon Charles, 4pm, no cover

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

The Opiou Band, JPOD, Nas-ja, 9pm, $20

CEOL IRISH PUB

Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

COMMA COFFEE

In Stride Music, noon, no cover

COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR

Paul Covarelli, 6pm, no cover

312 S. Carson St., Carson City; (775) 883-2662 10142 Rue Hilltop, Truckee; (530) 587-5711

DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY ELBOW ROOM BAR

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

County Clarke, 9pm, no cover

Kelly Ann Miller, 9pm, no cover

Peter Wilson, 6pm, no cover

Jelly Bread, 6pm, no cover

Apothesary, Dawn of Morgana, 9:30pm, no cover

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Big Heart, 8pm, no cover

3372 S. McCarran Blvd., (775) 825-1988

Everyday Outlaw, 8pm, no cover 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

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

Canyon White Open Mic Night, 8pm, no cover

HIMMEL HAUS

140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858

Mile High Jazz Band, 8pm, Tu, $5 Dave Leather, noon, W, no cover

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

Karaoke Kat, 9pm, no cover

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

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

Arnold Mitchem, 7:30pm, no cover

HANGAR BAR

THE HOLLAND PROJECT

Karaoke, 9pm, Tu, W, no cover

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Harriet, 8pm, $29

Metalbilly Trucker, Murderock, The Lori and Terry Show, 8pm, no cover

2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-9799 846 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 355-7711

DG Kicks, 9pm, Tu, no cover

Come to the Cabaret with P’Opera!, 5pm, 7:30pm, $30

Reno’s Daze Crew, 9pm, no cover

Street Wise Religion, 9:30pm, no cover

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

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/13-6/15

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

901 S. Center St., (775) 348-8888

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: Jamie Kaler, F, 7:30pm, $13-$15 The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: Rocky LaPorte, Larry “Bubbles” Brown, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30; Vince Morris, Jen Murphy, Tu-W, 9pm, $25 Laugh Factory at Silver Legacy Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., 325-7401: Jimmy Shubert, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $21.95; F-Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $27.45; John Wesley Austin, Tu, W, 7:30pm, $21.95 Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., 686-6600: Patrick Garrity, Th, 8pm, $8-$10; Jamie Kaler, F, 9pm, Sa, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, $13-$18

SUNDAY 6/12

YourDay Karaoke w/DJ Manny, 9pm, no cover

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SATURDAY 6/11 Black Rock City Allstars, The Mener, Shady Acres, Trent Thomas, 10pm, no cover

125 W. Third St., (775) 323-5005 132 West St., (775) 329-2878

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FRIDAY 6/10 Traphouse w/D. Schmitz, DJRLove, TWON, others, 10pm, no cover

Sam Mickens, Ziemba, Werewolf Club, 8pm, M, $5

Jesus Piece, Buried Dream, 8pm, $5 Del the Funky Homosapien, Richie Cunning, Pure Powers, 8:30pm, $18

Plane Without A Pilot, Nathan Payne & The Wild Bores, Team Francis, 10pm, $4

Daniel Amedee, Jake Stanton, The Wild Lips, 10pm, $TBA

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/13-6/15 Outspoken: Open Mic Night, 7pm M, no cover

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

THE LOVING CUP

Live jazz, 8pm, no cover

188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480

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Baker Street Band, 8pm, no cover

1527 S. Virginia St., (775) 800-1960

MOODY’S BISTRO BAR & BEATS 10007 Bridge St., Truckee; (530) 587-8688

PADDY & IRENE’S IRISH PUB 906-A Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-5484

Everyday Outlaw, 8pm, no cover

Darcy Kathleen, 8:30pm, no cover

PSYCHEDELIC BALLROOM AND JUKE JOINT (PB&J’S) 555 E. Fourth St., (775) 322-4348

Thursday Night Out w/Wabuska Yachting Club and Friends, 8pm, no cover

THE SAINT

Crow and The Canyon, 9pm, no cover Authority Zero, A.D.D., Machine Gun Vendetta, Terrible Timing, 10pm, $TBA

1237 Baring Blvd., Sparks; (775) 409-3340 Reno Art Works Industry Party, 9pm, no cover

STUDIO ON 4TH

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

Sacrificial Slaughter, Arkaik, Enslave the Creation, 8pm, $7

Blue Haven, 8:30pm, no cover

Blackwater, Metalbilly Trucker, Tragedy Spring, 8:30pm, no cover

’80s Prom Night w/VJ Mike Roehr, 9pm, no cover

Saturday Night Dance Party, 9pm, no cover

Jackie Greene Band Vinyl Night with Johnny B, 10pm, W, no cover

Up Is the Down Is The, Youngest of Elders, Andrew Castro, 8pm, $5-$8

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

WILD RIVER GRILLE

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

DJ Trivia, 8pm, no cover

SPARKS LOUNGE

445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover

St. Christopher Project, 4pm, no cover

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

ST. JAMES INFIRMARY

June 9, 9 p.m.

Cargo 255 N. Virginia St. 398-5400

End Of School Dayz hosted By Mini Mob, 10pm, $TBA

SHEA’S TAVERN

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

The Opiou Band U Play Wednesday (open mic jam), 8pm W, no cover

Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover

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

SINGER SOCIAL CLUB

Darcy Kathleen, 8:30pm, no cover

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

POLO LOUNGE

761 S. Virginia St., (775) 221-7451

Tandymonium, 6:30pm Tu, no cover

Tany Jane, 6pm, no cover

Eric Andersen, 6pm, no cover

2) Trivia Night, 8:30pm, $3-$5

1) Open mic, 7:30pm, no cover

June 14, 9 p.m.

Crystal Bay Club 14 Highway 29 Crystal Bay 833-6333

Head Injuries, Take Shape, Empty Beds, Our Last of Days, 8pm, M, $5 The Socks!, 2pm, no cover Tyler Stafford, 6pm, no cover

Milton Merlos, 6pm, M, Moon Gravy, 6pm, Tu, Tany Jane, 6pm, W, no cover

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

1) Comedy Power Hour Open Mic, 8pm, Tu, no cover

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2) Arizona Jones, 8pm, no cover

2) Arizona Jones, 4pm, no cover Kick, 10pm, no cover

2) Arizona Jones, 4pm, no cover Kick, 10pm, no cover

2) Kick, 8pm, no cover

2) Joey Carmon Band, M, Tu, W, 8pm, no cover

2) The Robeys, 6pm, no cover

2) Keith Allen, 5pm, no cover Stephen Lord, 9pm, no cover

2) Keith Allen, 5pm, no cover Stephen Lord, 9pm, no cover

2) Crush, 6pm, no cover

2) Tandymonium, 6pm, M, no cover Jason King, 6pm, Tu, W, no cover

2) Keyser Soze, 10pm, no cover

2) Strange Weather, 10pm, no cover

1) Rock of Ages, 7pm, $24.95+ 2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni V, 9pm, no cover

1) Rock of Ages, 7pm, 9:30pm, $24.95+ 2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover 3) House of SIN, 6pm, $20-$50 1

2) DJ Pauly D, 10pm, $10 3) Country Nights w/DJ Colt Ainsworth, 10pm, no cover

1) Michael McDonald, 9pm, $40 2) Lex Saturdays, 10pm, $15 3) Country Nights, 10pm, no cover

2) Dance Bootcamp with Eric & Corrie, 6pm, Tu, $15

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

1) Preservation Hall Jazz Band, 7:30pm, $33 2) Mike Carbonell, Rick Gee, 10pm, no cover 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

1) Alex Ramon IMPOSSIBLE, Tu, W, $29.35 3) Live blues w/Buddy Emmer Band and guest, 8pm, Tu, no cover

1) Petty vs. Eagles: A Musical Shootout, 8pm, $27-$37

1) Petty vs. Eagles: A Musical Shootout, 8pm, $27-$37 2) Terry Stokes Hypnolarious, 10pm, $30 3) Pearl Sky, 9pm, no cover

1) Petty vs. Eagles, 8pm, $27-$37 2) Terry Stokes Hypnolarious, 10pm, $30 5) The Machine Performs Pink Floyd, 8pm, $35

2) Karaoke with Dreu Murin, 10pm, no cover

2) Patrick Walsh, 8pm, no cover 4) The Killer Dueling Pianos, 9pm, no cover

1) The Temptations, 8pm, $50-$60 2) Trey Stone, 8pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 7pm, no cover Mark Mackay, 9pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 8pm, no cover Mark Mackay, 9pm, no cover

1) Craig Chaquico, 8pm, $25 3) DJ/dancing, 8pm, no cover Mark Mackay, 9pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, no cover

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

2) Miner, 7pm, no cover

2) Miner, 8pm, no cover 3) The Latin Dance Social, 7:30pm, $10 before 10pm, $20 after

2) Miner, 8pm, no cover 3) DJ Q-Bert, 10pm, $20

2) Jasuka, 6pm, no cover

2) Jasuka, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

ATLANTIS CASINO RESORT SPA

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

BOOMTOWN CASINO HOTEL

Preservation Hall Jazz Band June 11, 7:30 p.m.

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe 15 Highway 50 Stateline 588-6611

2100 Garson Rd., Verdi; (775) 345-6000 1) Event Center 2) Guitar Bar

CRYSTAL BAY CLUB

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

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

GRAND SIERRA RESORT

1) Rock of Ages, 7pm, $24.95+ 2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover 2) Lex Nightclub Thursdays,

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

HARRAH’S LAKE TAHOE

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

Karaoke CBQ, 1330 Scheels Drive, Ste. 250, Sparks, 359-1109: Karaoke w/Larry Williams, Th, 6pm, no cover Corkscroo Bar & Pizzeria, 10 E. Ninth St., 284-7270: Cash Karaoke w/Jacques, W, 6pm, no cover La Morena Bar, 2140 Victorian Ave., Sparks, 772-2475: College Nite/Karaoke, F, 7pm, no cover Murphy’s Law Irish Pub, 180 W. Peckham Lane, Ste. 1070, 823-9977: Karaoke w/DJ Hustler, H&T Mobile Productions, F, 10pm, no cover The Man Cave Sports Bar, 4600 N. Virginia St., 499-5322: Karaoke, Sa, 8pm, no cover The Point, 1601 S. Virginia St., 322-3001: Karaoke, Th-Sa, 8:30pm; Su, 6pm, no cover Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, 1475 E. Prater Way, Ste. 103, Sparks, 356-6000: F-Sa, 9pm, no cover West Second Street Bar, 118 W. Second St., 384-7976: Daily, 8pm, no cover

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

MONTBLEU RESORT

55 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (800) 648-3353 1) Showroom 2) HQ Center Bar 3) Opal Ultra Lounge 4) Blu

NUGGET CASINO RESORT

1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-3300 1) Celebrity Showroom 2) Grand Ballroom 3) Gilley’s

PEPPERMILL RESORT SPA CASINO

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

1) Jackie Greene Band, Hans Eberbach, 9pm, Tu, $25-$30 1) Rock of Ages, 7pm, $24.95+ 2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover

1) Rock of Ages, 7pm, Tu, W, $24.95+ 2) Karaoke, 10pm, M, DJ Chris English, 10pm, Tu, The Money Shot, 10:30pm, W, no cover

SANDS REGENCY CASINO HOTEL 345 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 348-2200 1) 3rd Street Lounge 2) Copa Bar & Grill 3) Farmers Market 4) Pool

3) Greg Golden Band, 7pm, no cover

1) Roem Baur, 8pm, no cover

4) Wednesday Blues Jam Pool Party, 6pm, W, no cover

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For a complete listing of this week’s events or to post events to our online calendar, visit www.newsreview.com.

Events 11TH ANNUAL TRUCKEE BREW FEST: The Truckee Optimist Club’s 11th annual festival features more than 40 specialty brews and ciders from Northern California and Nevada breweries, live music by Lost Whiskey Engine and Coburn Station brats and other specialty barbecue items, silent auction and more. Entry includes a commemorative tasting glass and unlimited tasting until 5pm. Must be 21 and older. Designated drivers admitted free. All proceeds benefit programs, grants and scholarships for the youth of Truckee. Sa, 6/11, 1-5pm. $30 presale; $35 at event.

Truckee River Regional Park, 10500 Brockway Road, Truckee, (530) 5878720.

39 NORTH MARKETPLACE: The marketplace showcases the best in arts and crafts and highlights produce and specialty food from the Truckee Meadows. Th, 4-9pm through 8/4.

Victorian Square, 14th Street and Pyramid Way along Victorian Avenue, Sparks, (775) 690-2581, www.39northdowntown.com.

5TH ANNUAL COWBOY CRAWL: Bust out your favorite western wear and head to downtown Sparks for the annual bar crawl. Once you check in at the Nugget Casino Resort Celebrity Showroom, you’ll be given a drink cup to use at various bars along Victorian Square offering drink specials. There will also be an outdoor party featuring live music. Sa, 6/11, 5pm. $5 advance, $10 day of event. Victorian Square Plaza, Victorian Avenue, Sparks, (775) 356-3300, www.cowboycrawl.com.

ART AFTERNOON: WORKSHOP AND SOCIAL FOR SENIORS: Enjoy a guided tour and a studio art class along with light refreshments. Second F of every month, 1-3pm. $7 general, $6 NMA members.

Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.

BACON, BOURBON AND BREWS: The event offers unlimited culinary creations built around bacon, craft bourbons and cocktails, a variety of beers from local breweries and live music from Guitar Woody and the Boilers and Escalade. All proceeds from the event will benefit CARE Chest of Sierra Nevada. F, 6/10, 4-9pm. $60 admission, $650 for a table of eight. Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, (775) 829-2273 ext. 115, http:// carechest.org

CULTURAL LAND TOUR: WADDLE RANCH: This art-in-nature program aims to create an experience to inspire your creative spirit, connect you with the history of the land and showcase visual, performance or literary arts in the Sierra Nevada landscape. F, 6/10, 9am-2:30pm. $50. Northstar California Resort, 5001 Northstar Drive, Truckee, www.trailsandvistas. org.

DIVE INTO SUMMER: Sun Valley General Improvement District hosts its fourth annual summer kick-off party. The Sun Valley Pool will be open from noon until 7pm. The event includes raffle prizes and a free showing of the Disney animated film Inside Out later in the evening. Hot dogs, hamburgers, popcorn, soda and candy will be available for purchase. Bring your picnic blankets and lawn chairs.

Leashed service dogs only. No alcoholic beverages allowed. F, 6/10. Pool admission: $4.50 for adults, $3.50 for youth. Sun Valley Neighborhood Center, 115 W. Sixth St., Sun Valley, (775) 673-2220.

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FEED THE CAMEL: The Hump Day food truck event and arts bazaar takes place under the Keystone Bridge. W, 5-8pm through 9/28. Free admission.

McKinley Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 450-0062.

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, 4 & 8pm. $40 for dinner and tour, $20 for tour only. Gold Hill Hotel, 1540 S. Main St., Gold Hill, (775) 847-0111.

LAKE ADDITION WALKING TOUR: Meander past divorce-trade dwellings and Victorian architecture through one of Reno’s earliest additions. The tour includes a stop at the Lake Mansion. Meet in front of the Nevada Museum of Art. Register online. Sa, 6/11, 9-11am. $10; free for Historic Reno Preservation Society members.

Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 747-4478, www.historicreno. org.

THE LANTERN FEST: Thousands of revelers join together armed with lanterns for one unforgettable spectacle.

There will be music, dancing, s’mores and, when the time is just right, the night sky will be lit with floating laterns. Su, 6/12, 4:30-11pm. $35-$50.

Reno-Fernley Raceway, 1965 Highway 95A, Ste. A, Fernley, www.thelanternfest.com.

LAW ON TAP: Join Holland & Hart for Law on Tap, a summer networking series covering issues of interest to Northern Nevada’s business community. The June 9 edition will include representatives from the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties and the Builders Association of Northern Nevada. The program will focus on the topic of Reno’s downtown redevelopment. Th, 6/9, 5:30-7pm. Free. The Depot Craft Brewery Distillery, 325 E. Fourth St., (775) 737-4330.

Nevada State Fair Celebrate summer’s arrival with a visit to the Nevada State Fair, which kicks off on Thursday, June 9, in Carson City. The four-day festival has everything you’d expect in a state fair—carnival rides, agriculture and livestock events, exhibits and contests, as well a car show and live music on the main stage. This year’s fair also features the return of the Rendezvous,

a living history showcase featuring Civil War battle re-enactments, a Mountain Men encampment, Native American dancers, arts and crafts and other attractions. Fair hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., ThursdaySunday, June 9-12, at Mills Park, 1111 E. William St., Carson City. Admission is free. Call (877) 916-3247 or visit www.nevadastatefair.org.

—Kelley Lang

MARKETPLACE WINE BAR WINE WALK: Check in at the Marketplace Wine Bar to receive your Wine Walk map and glass. Su, 6/12, 1-3pm. Free. The Great Western Marketplace, 4855 Summit Ridge Drive, (775) 624-1800.

MIDTOWN MURAL TOUR: View up to 50 murals painted by local, national and international artists on this self-guided walking tour. If you want to hear more details about the murals, you can sign up for a guided tour. Guided Tours are available Saturday and Sunday at 11am. To schedule a guided tour, email artspotreno@gmail.com.

Second Sa of every month through 12/10. $10 for guided tour. Blue Whale Coffee Co., 32 Cheney St., (775) 737-9003, http://artspotreno.com.

PANEL DISCUSSION: South Reno United Methodist Church hosts a multi-faith panel discussion with Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Baha’i, Native American and atheist leaders. The topic is “Do we all worship the same God?” Su, 6/12, 11am.

Free. South Reno United Methodist Church, 200 DeSpain Lane, (775) 851-1181.

PARSONS/MILLS ARCHITECTURE WALKING TOUR: Stroll through one of Reno’s most unique neighborhoods to view some designs of Reno architects Edward Parsons and Russell Mills.

Hear about the families who first lived in these homes. Register online.

Tu, 6/14, 6-8pm. $10; free to Historic Reno Preservation Society members.

Newlands Neighborhood, corner of Marsh and LaRue avenues, (775) 7474478, www.historicreno.org.

PIGAPALOOZA: Cookers from around the region will compete for prizes at this barbecue competition. Enjoy a day of music, games, craft beer and ribs, pulled pork and brisket. F, 6/10, 4:309pm; Sa, 6/11, 11am-8pm. Free. Tahoe Biltmore, 5 Highway 28, Crystal Bay, www.brewforia.com.

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. Free admission. Idlewild Park, 1900 Idlewild Drive, (775) 825-2665.

SOLITUDE—A BENEFIT FOR MY JOURNEY HOME: The Isles features work by local artists and currently incarcerated artists. The event also features live music by The Doctors of Feel Good, a silent auction and a raffle of various prizes. All sales will benefit the charity My Journey Home, an organization that assists former offenders, veterans, veteran families and veterans leaving the penal system with transitioning into society. F, 6/10, 5:30-8pm. An optional donation of $5 or more will be accepted at the door.

The Isles Teashop, 809 Center St., (775) 287-5683.

TASTE OF THE COMSTOCK: Sample savory bites of Virginia City’s finest fare, experience the way it was on the Comstock and encounter the life of the upper echelon in the VIP whiskey lounge. Sa, 6/11, 11am-4pm. $20-$30.

C Street, Virginia City, (775) 847-7500, www.visitvirginiacitynv.com.

THURSDAY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET: Shirley’s Farmers Markets and the Sands Regency host the weekly farmers’ market. Local vendors will converge under the large tent in the Sands parking lot located south of Third Street in Reno. The weekly event includes free live classic rock concerts, food trucks, a beer garden and weekly summer games. Th, 4-9pm through 8/25. Free. Sands Regency Casino Hotel, 345 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 348-2295, www.sandsregency. com.

A TOAST & TASTE OF SUMMER: The sixth annual wine and gourmet food fundraiser for the Nevada Diabetes Association features samples from boutique wineries, breweries and local restaurants. The event includes an auction and photography by fine art and extreme sports photographer Keoki Flagg. Th, 6/9, 6-9pm. $45 in advance, $60 day of event. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, 3800 S. Virginia St., (775) 856-3839.

Art 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. M-F, 9am-

5pm through 7/6. Free. 851 E. William St., Carson City, (775) 887-2290.

CARSON CITY COURTHOUSE GALLERY: New Crop 2016. The Capital City Arts Initiative presents artwork by five Sierra Nevada College and University of Nevada, Reno master of fine arts candidates. M-F, 8am-5pm through 9/29. Free. 885 E. Musser St., Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

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 GALLERY: Dry Well.

Alana-Lynn Berglund’s show combines thrifted fabrics and objects with personal photographs, embroidery and printed textiles in an effort to champion the non-sensical blending of styles, aesthetics and eras one so often sees on the gaming floor of Nevada casinos. There will be an opening reception on Friday, June 10, from 6-8pm. The exhibit is located in the hallway space at the Holland Project Gallery. Tu-F, 3-6pm through 6/24; Ersatz Lascaux-Reno.Cincinnati-based artist Paul Thie’s exhibition includes abstract paintings on odd sizes and shapes of unstretched canvas and masonite. Meet the artist at the opening reception on Friday, June 10, from 6-8pm. Tu-F, 3-6pm through 6/24. Free.

140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858, www.hollandreno.org.

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HOLLAND PROJECT MICRO GALLERY AT BIBO COFFEE CO.: New Beginnings. This group exhibit showcases teen artists’ different interpretations and fabrications of the theme “New Beginnings,” whether it’s a resurrection or rebirth. M-Su through 6/17.

Free. 945 Record St., (775) 348-8087.

UNA NOCHE (ONE NIGHT): Director Lucy Malloy brings an undercurrent of comedy to this tale of a young man desperate to escape Cuba for Miami. Una Noche presents a close-up look into a society that in real life is, for better or for worse, about to vanish from the face of the earth. In Spanish with English subtitles. Tu, 6/14, 7-9pm. $5-$7. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716, http://artemisiamovies.weebly.com.

MATHEWSON-IGT KNOWLEDGE CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Media Technology: Past & Present. A visual display of media technological leaps. 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. Through 7/15, 9am-5pm. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4636.

Music COME TO THE CABARET: P’Opera! creates a nightclub setting with a variety of music, including grand opera, musical theater, jazz, light opera and contemporary. Order food and beverages separately tapasstyle Su, 6/12, 5 & 7:30pm. $30. The Bridge Restaurant & Bar, 425 S. Virginia St., (775) 233-5105, www.popernv.org.

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. McKinley Gallery East hosts mixed media painter Susan Handau. Through 6/17. Free.

925 Riverside Drive, (775) 334-2417.

INCENDIO: The trio’s instrumental world music spans a wide range of styles, including classical, jazz, rock, flamenco, Celtic and bluegrass. Sa, 6/11, 6-10pm.

Free. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976, http:// breweryarts.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.

concert series features guest artists performing on the church’s Casavant pipe organ. F, noon. Free. Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Ave., (775) 329-4279, www.trinityreno.org.

STREMMEL GALLERY: Robert Brady: Mined of My Own, M-Sa through 7/30. Opens 6/16.

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

kicks off its 11th Summer MusicFest with “Go4Baroque—Summer Solstice Series.”

The program features Bach’s Concerto in C Minor BWV100 and Cantata BWV 180, “Schmücke Dich,” Vivaldi’s Concerto in D for Guitar and Concerto for Recorder in F and Johan Fasch’s Concerto for Two Oboes. The show closes with Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4. Su, 6/12, 4pm. $5-$35, free for youth under age 19 in non-preferred seating. St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 341 Village Blvd., Incline Village; 6/15, 7pm. $5-$35, free for youth under age 19 in non-preferred seating.

Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 3597 N. Sunridge Drive, Carson City, (775) 3139697, www.toccatatahoe.com.

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. Free. 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-5961.

Museums DONNER MEMORIAL STATE PARK AND EMIGRANT TRAIL MUSEUM: Archives Tour: CA State Park Archives. A hosted bus tour from Donner Memorial State Park to the California State Park Archives. Explore the archives, photo archives and archaeology labs. Picnic lunch, parking pass for the day and transportation are included in the ticket price. The bus will leave from the Donner Memorial State Park at 9am and will return at 5pm. Reservations required. W, 6/15. $60 per ticket, $55 for members. 12593 Donner Pass Road at Highway 80, Truckee, (530) 582-7892.

Sports & fitness FREE FISHING DAY: During the annual Free Fishing Day, anglers may fish in any public fishing water in the state without needing a fishing license or trout stamp. Free fishing poles and lunch are given out to each child that registers. June 9 is open to those with special needs. June 11 is open to all. Th, 6/9, 10am-1pm; Sa, 6/11, 7-11:30am. Free. Sparks Marina Park, 300 Howard Drive, Sparks, (775) 688-1559, www.ndow.org.

FOURTH WARD SCHOOL MUSEUM: The Comstock Through Time. This exhibit highlights some of the history of the Comstock through photographs and personal accounts. 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 first-hand 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.

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.

NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Ugo Rondinone:

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; The Horse, W-Su through 7/3; Anna McKee: 68,000 Years of Ice, W-Su through 9/18. $1-$10. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

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My girlfriend sleeps with her two medium-sized dogs. They are, to quote her, her “babies.” I see them more as her bodyguards. We don’t live together, but even when I sleep over, which is a few times a week, she refuses to kick them out of the bed. She has a nice bed they could sleep on downstairs in a spare room, but she says she doesn’t trust them down there.

She doesn’t trust them down there in the spare room? What will they do, get on the landline and make prank calls to Taiwan?

The truth is, a dog (or dogs) left alone in a room may, in short order, chew a $900 leather chair into a $900 pile of stuffing. People tend to see this as the dog’s scheming attempt to show its owner who’s boss. However, anthrozoologist and doggy behavior researcher John W.S. Bradshaw says the notion that dogs are engaged in this fight for dominance with humans just isn’t supported by modern science.

Unfortunately, widespread belief in this myth has led many to see (highly effective) reward-based dog training as coddling and instead opt for Stalinistic confrontation—and punishment-based training, which Bradshaw writes “may initially suppress (some unwanted) behavior but can then cause the dog to become depressed and withdrawn.”

Chewing, Bradshaw explains, is actually a form of tension relief for a dog. Tension? Because the dog has a big project due at the office? Well, actually, we bred dogs to bond with us, so they evolved to find human contact very rewarding. And according to Bradshaw’s research, many dogs experience serious “separation distress” when isolated from their owner—which they often express in all sorts of decor-destroying ways. (Welcome to Bed Bath & Look, It’s A Giant Dog Bone With Throw Pillows!)

Now, maybe you’re thinking, “The girlfriend’s two dogs have each other!” If only that counted in dog terms.

Bradshaw references a study in which mutts in a kennel, separated from their usual canine kennel mates, didn’t act out. However, those separated from their usual human caretakers freaked. As Bradshaw puts it, for a dog, the key pack member is “almost always a human.”

As for the human conflict here, relationships researcher John Gottman explains that the answer to gridlock on an issue isn’t solving the problem (which may be impossible) but being able to talk about it with humor, empathy and affection. What’s essential is that your feelings seem to be important to your girlfriend and that she at least considers possible compromises, like having the doggies in her

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bedroom but on beds on the floor. (It may take some training to get a bed dog to be a floor dog.) Ultimately, in the bedroom, the Reign of Terrier may not end, but on the upside, paw print place mats have yet to appear on the dining table and your customary glass of merlot isn’t being set next to a bowl of pasta primavera on the floor.

Ugly batty I’m a guy in my late 30s. I don’t fear commitment; I fear surprise—the surprise I get when I find I’m with yet another crazy woman. My previous two girlfriends eventually turned out to be total psychos—mean, controlling and paranoid that I was cheating (which I’ve never done). I’m beginning to think love is a ruse, with women pretending to be cool and balanced until their true crazy colors come out.

There are events in life that are totally unexpected, like getting sucked up by a big vacuum hose into a passing alien spaceship. If you’re the one who ends up under the probe, we don’t get to go all accusey on you, like, “You … went out to the mailbox on a Saturday afternoon?! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!!”

In relationships, however, though there are a few gifted crazies who can pull the long con, most reveal who they really are in many small ways—long before you wake up strapped to a chair with a bright light shining in your eyes: “Tell me why you had sex with the neighbor!” she bellows.

You: “Wait—the 90-year-old?”

Identifying which ladies are from Batshitistan involves two things: 1. Taking things really slowly so you can look at a woman’s behavior over time (especially when she doesn’t think you’re looking). 2. Wanting to see more than you want to believe.

It also might help you to take an honest approach to the past—admitting that you treated hope as a creative alternative to critical analysis. This should help keep you from rashly welcoming the wrong people into your life, like that dark stranger ringing your bell in the hooded cloak: “Come on in, mister! There’s a bowl of nuts on the table and there are cocktails on the minibar. May I take your scythe?”

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Onstage LIGHTS OUT: Marvin Gonzalez’s play explores a world in the midst of a natural disaster that has taken out all electricity. Four people thrown together on a ranch in Elko during the blackout question God, their pasts and ultimately reality. Is this just a blackout or something more sinister?

Tu, 6/14, 7:30pm; W, 6/15, 7:30pm; Th, 6/16, 7:30pm; F, 6/17, 7:30pm; Sa, 6/18, 7:30pm; Su, 6/19, 2pm. $10 per person.

Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 329-0661, www.renolittletheater. org.

MR. BURNS: A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY: Brüka Theatre presents this dark comedy/musical written by Anne Washburn. Th, 6/9, 8pm; F, 6/10, 8pm;

Sa, 6/11, 8pm; Su, 6/12, 2pm; W, 6/15, 8pm; Th, 6/16, 8pm; F, 6/17, 8pm; Sa, 6/18, 8pm; W, 6/22, 8pm; Th, 6/23, 8pm; F, 6/24, 8pm; Sa, 6/25, 8pm. $22 general

Tour de Nez Whether you’re a professional cyclist or just your average bike rider, all are invited to the 24th annual Tour de Nez bike race and all-day party.

Pros and amateurs will compete in the downtown criterium, which will travel in a 1-mile loop starting on California Avenue, continuing along Flint, Court, Hill, Ridge and Sierra streets and then back on California. The event also features handcycle races, kids’ race and the Vintage Bike Race.

Even if you don’t plan on riding a bike, you can still enjoy food, drinks and live music in between races. The event is from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 11, along California Avenue in Midtown Reno. Parking is available in the county lot located between Sierra and Virginia streets.

Admission is free for spectators. Registration for races is open through Friday, June 10. Visit http://tourdenez.com or www.facebook.com/ tourdenez.

—Kelley Lang

admission, $20 students, seniors, military, $25 at the door. Brüka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-3221, www. bruka.org.

Classes THE BREASTFEEDING FORUM: Breastfeeding mothers are invited to join this breast-feeding 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://doodle.com/cy5nrur23mbg6pie. Tu, 4-5pm. $10 drop in; free for first-time attendees. Renown South Meadows Medical Center, 10101 Double R Blvd., (775) 240-9916.

DRINK & DRAW!: An unorthodox life drawing class with limited formal instruction and maximum visual stimulation from an assortment of the following—nude models, burlesque performers, musicians, staged still lifes, running films and projected images. Third W of every month, 7-9pm through 6/22. $10 at the door. Reno Art Works, 1995 Dickerson Road, (775) 225-7295, http://renoartworks.org.

INTRO TO ACRYLICS: This beginner-level class will cover basic acrylic painting techniques, including color mixing and color theory. Tu, 6/14, 1-3:30pm. $35.

Atelier Truckee, 10128 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, (530) 386-2700, www. ateliertruckee.com.

INTRO TO DRAWING: Local artist Anke Hass will guide students through developing the skill to draw from observation and translating the natural world to the two-dimensional surface. W, 6/15, 5:30-8pm. $45. Atelier Truckee, 10128 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, (530) 386-2700.

PAINT & SIP AT THE LAKE MANSION: Receive one-on-one guidance in an intimate social setting. Transform a master painting into your own 16”x 20” acrylic painting masterpiece.

The featured painting will be Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Jimson Weed.” All supplies included. Bring your own beverage/ snacks. This class takes place in the Garden Pavilion. W, 6/15, 5:30-8:30pm. $30. Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100, www.artsforallnevada.org.

T.G.I.A.F.—PAINT YOUR PET: Learn a stepby-step technique using acrylic paint in a fun, social setting. All supplies included. Bring your own beverage/ snacks. This class takes place in the

Garden Pavilion. F, 6/10, 5:30-7:30pm. $25. Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100.

Community CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: This group is for 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, 11:30am1pm. Free. Renown Regional Medical Center, 1155 Mill St., (775) 982-6831, www.renown.org.

CROCHET CONNECTION: Learn to crochet or share tips with other crochet enthusiasts. Th, 4-5:45pm. Free.

Spanish Springs Library, 7100A Pyramid Lake Highway, located at Lazy 5 Regional Park, Spanish Springs, (775) 424-1800.

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP: Renown Hospice Care offers a grief support group for those who have experienced the loss of a loved one. The group is facilitated by Fr. Karry Crites and is open to anyone. Third W of every month, 6:30-8pm. Free. Washoe County Senior Center, 1155 E. Ninth St., (775) 982-2817.

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.

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gist Joseph Campbell analyzed fairy tales for clues about how the human psyche works. For example, he said that a fairy tale character who’s riding a horse is a representation of our relationship with our instinctual nature. If that character drops the reins and lets the horse gallop without guidance, he or she is symbolically surrendering control to the instincts. I bring this to your attention because I suspect you may soon be tempted to do just that that—which wouldn’t be wise. In my opinion, you’ll be best served by going against the flow of what seems natural. Sublimation and transcendence will keep you much stronger than if you follow the line of least resistance. Homework: Visualize yourself, as you ride your horse, keeping a relaxed but firm grasp of the reins.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I will

provide you with two lists of words. One of these lists, but not both, will characterize the nature of your predominant experiences in the coming weeks. It will be mostly up to you which emerges as the winner. Now read the two lists, pick the one you like better and instruct your subconscious mind to lead you in that direction. List 1: gluttony, bloating, overkill, padding, exorbitance. List 2: mother lode, wellspring, bumper crop, gold mine, cornucopia.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In his poem

“Interrupted Meditation,” Robert Hass blurts out the following exclamation: “I give you, here, now, a magic key. What does it open? This key I give you, what exactly does it open?” How would you answer this question, Gemini? What door or lock or heart or treasure box do you most need opened?

Decide today. And please don’t name five things you need opened. Choose one, and one only. To do so will dissolve a mental block that has up until now kept you from finding the real magic key.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): The follow-

ing excerpt from Wendell Berry’s poem “Woods” captures the essence of your current situation: “I part the out-thrusting branches and come in beneath the blessed and the blessing trees. Though I am silent there is singing around me. Though I am dark there is vision around me. Though I am heavy there is flight around me.” Please remember this poem at least three times a day during the next two weeks. It’s important for you to know that no matter what murky or maudlin or mysterious mood you might be in, you are surrounded by vitality and generosity.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A half-dead blast

from the past is throttling the free flow of your imagination. Your best possible future will be postponed until you agree to deal more intimately with this crumbled dream, which you have never fully grieved or surrendered. So here’s my advice: Summon the bravest, smartest love you’re capable of, and lay your sad loss to rest with gentle ferocity. This may take a while, so be patient. Be inspired by the fact that your new supply of brave, smart love will be a crucial resource for the rest of your long life.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Five times

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every day, devout Muslims face their holiest city, Mecca, and say prayers to Allah.

Even if you’re not Islamic, I recommend that you carry out your own unique version of this ritual. The next three weeks will be a favorable time to cultivate a closer relationship with the inspirational influence, the high ideal or the divine being that reigns supreme in your life. Here’s how you could do it: Identify a place that excites your imagination and provokes a sense of wonder. Five times a day for the next 21 days, bow in the direction of this treasured spot. Unleash songs, vows and celebratory expostulations that deepen your fierce and tender commitment to what you trust most and love best.

destination. But here’s a caveat: According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’re now in a phase when taking short cuts may be counterproductive. To be as well-seasoned as you will need to be to reach your goal, you should probably take the scenic route. The long way around may, in this instance, be the most efficient and effective.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Truth is

like the flu,” says poet James Richardson.

“I fight it off, but it changes in other bodies and returns in a form to which I am not immune.” In the coming days, Scorpio, I suspect you will experience that riddle first-hand—and probably on more than one occasion. Obvious secrets and wild understandings that you have fought against finding out will mutate in just the right way to sneak past your defenses. Unwelcome insights you’ve been trying to ignore will finally wiggle their way into your psyche.

Don’t worry, though. These new arrivals will be turn out to be good medicine.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

According to Guinness World Records, the most consecutive hours spent riding on a roller coaster is 405 hours and 40 minutes. But I suspect that during the next 15 months, a Sagittarian daredevil may exceed this mark. I have come to this conclusion because I believe your tribe will be especially adept and relatively comfortable at handling steep rises and sudden dips at high speeds. And that won’t be the only rough talent you’ll have in abundance. I’m guessing you could also set new personal bests in the categories of most frequent changes of mind, most heroic leaps of faith and fastest talking.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Whether we like to admit it or not, all of us have acted like puppets. Bosses and teachers and loved ones can manipulate us even if they’re not in our presence. Our conditioned responses and programmed impulses may control our behavior in the present moment even though they were formed long ago. That’s the bad news. The good news is that, now and then, moments of lucidity blossom, revealing the puppet strings. We emerge from our unconsciousness and see that we’re under the spell of influential people to whom we have surrendered our power. This is one of those magic times for you, Capricorn.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A few

weeks ago you undertook a new course of study in the art of fun and games. You realized you hadn’t been playing hard enough, and took measures to correct the problem. After refamiliarizing yourself with the mysteries of innocent joy, you raised the stakes. You began dabbling with more intensive forms of relief and release. Now you have the chance to go even further: to explore the mysteries of experimental delight. Exuberant escapades may become available to you.

Amorous adventures could invite you to explore the frontiers of liberated love.

Will you be brave and free enough to meet the challenge of such deeply meaningful gaiety? Meditate on this radical possibility: spiritually adept hedonism.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Poet Sharon

Dolin compares artists to sunflowers.

They create “a tall flashy flower that then grows heavy with seeds whose small hard shells you must crack to get to the rich nut meat.” As I contemplate the current chapter of your unfolding story, I see you as being engaged in a similar process, even if you’re not literally an artist. To be exact, you’re at the point when you are producing a tall, flashy flower. The seeds have not yet begun to form, but they will soon. Later this year, the rich nut meat inside the small hard shells will be ready to pluck. For now, concentrate on generating your gorgeous, radiant flower.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “The road

reaches every place, the shortcut only one,” says aphorist James Richardson.

In many cases, that’s not a problem. Who among us has unlimited time and energy?

Why leave all the options open? Short cuts can be valuable. It’s often smart to be ruthlessly efficient as we head toward our

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Auto motives Teresa Aquila is a local mechanic who’s been teaching seminars on the basics of automotive care since the early ’80s. Her next seminar will be held at the National Automobile Museum on June 17, followed by a car show featuring rides that belong to several dozen area women. The show is scheduled for June 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the museum’s parking lot.

So it’s not full yet?

No, it’s not full yet. … I don’t want more than 15 or 20, only because what we learn in the classroom, we’re going to actually go out to the parking lot and do those things to the car.

… I’m going to bring my engine analyzer and show them how to check their check engine light. Even if it’s not on, we can still go through some processes. … There’s cheap pieces of equipment, analyzers you can buy that plug in and give you the code, but people need to understand that when you get the code, it’s only an area that’s being affected. So there’s other things that vein into that that actually could create that failure. Just because it says, and we’ll use this for an example, just because it says an EGR [exhaust gas recirculation] valve or an O2 sensor is out of range, doesn’t mean that component has failed, so you have to do more tests to determine what the problem is.

I’ve got the first Dem anti-Don TV spot ready to go, and I offer it now, free of charge, to the appropriate ad agency. In fact, this one is such obvious, low-hanging fruit that I wouldn’t be surprised if somebody at Democratic National HQ has this one in the can and ready to roll. It’s a nice, tidy, 30-second spot with a split screen throughout. On the left side, we see the Trumpster, raving on about The Wall and mass deportations and Egypt 804 being blown up by terrorists—with the cause of that disaster still a complete mystery—and Lyin’ Ted and Little Marco and so on and so forth. You know, Trump raving at full volume, and we should probably make sure to get some clips showing spittle in the corners of his mouth, and maybe even some nice high-def shots of spittle being launched from his piehole as he raves. You know, nothing better than flying spittle to portray unstable, disturbing thought processes.

On the right side of the screen, we see a button. A big red button.

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Did the car show fill up?

No. We’re at about 25 or 28. We’re going to 50. … I was at a car show over the weekend, met a bunch of women, and they’re going to sign up. I’m hoping for 30 or 35. I’d like to see 50. … The first year we hardly advertised at all and had 15. So this year, we’re pushing for more. Ω

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And after we listen to Don blaring and bloviating for about 15 seconds, an ominous Voice says, in a low, menacing rumble, “OK, let’s be serious. Do you really want this guy anywhere near this button?”

We then put Trump back up for five more seconds so we can hear him uncork an appropriate coup de grace of crazed rants, and then the Voice returns. “Didn’t think so.”

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Well, this is the second one. I actually did one last year. … I wanted to do a car show just for women. … We have trophies for each class. … They’re kind of cute. And then we’re having raffle prizes. … Some businesses have been sponsoring giveaways. We have live entertainment. … I have an inflatable car I designed. My logo and brand’s name is Windy Wiper. I made her into an inflatable. … She’s a pink car. She’s got a big bow, earrings on her outside mirrors. She’s very feminine.

She’ll be there to take pictures. The kids love her. … Adults love her too. They love to take pictures with her.

It’s just a couple hours, but we’re going to go over it and explain it so that they have an understanding of what the process is. Now, if they want to learn more, and if they want to learn one-on-one, I’ll offer that to them. And we can do individual classes, and they can

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And the car show?

You’re going to cover a lot of this in, what is it, just a couple hours, right?

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learn how to work on their own car. Not that they want to be mechanics, but the simple basics is what will save you a lot of money and some grief and time off the roadway.

No. I’m not assuming anything, because I learned years ago that the word assume—if you break it down—it means “ass out of you and me.” … We don’t go there. So I take questions, and I’ll explain, “Some of you may know this, but I want to cover it real quick.” …

Tell me a bit about the seminar.

Well, the seminar is based on the things that you need to know when taking your car into a shop. Doing preventative maintenance can save you a lot of money in the long run.

I actually had a male friend—his mom and dad called me and said that their son’s car stopped running on the highway, and they’d put a new motor in it about three months prior. They wanted to have it towed [to my house]. So they brought it here, and the first thing I checked was the dipstick. There was no oil in the engine. Out of seven quarts, I put in five and half quarts in there. So, the engine will shut down, but by then—only a quart and half in the engine—you’ve already destroyed the engine. The whole bottom end’s knocking now. … This just happened. This is what I’m trying to teach. In the seminar, we’re focusing on women, but if men want to come to the class—not a problem there. …

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coral reefs of our fantastic planet, Gaia will have no choice but to throw a penalty flag on us. And at that point, I’m not so sure there’s a legal team on the planet that could get Humanity off.

The killing of our coral reefs will be a monstrous crime for which any kind of leniency or mercy will be unthinkable and utterly undeserved.

Which is why when that new alien invasion flick starts in a couple weeks (Independence Day— POS), I’ll be pulling for the creepy aliens. Please? Could the aliens kill us off just once?

• OK, so the Warriors are on the verge of obliterating the Cavs, the Sharks are in their first Stanley Cup final, and the Giants are obviously gonna win the NL West again and, wow, it’s just a very, very special time to be a Bay Area sports fan. Ω

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