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AUGUST 11, 2016 | Vol. 22, ISSUe 26

The unburnt Welcome to this week’s Reno News  & Review. I’m not going to Burning Man this  year. I have mixed feelings about  that fact. I first went to Burning  Man way back in 1996. I was a teenager who sneaked my way into the  event in somebody’s  trunk. I’ve gone  sporadically  since then,  although the  most recent  time I attended  was 2009. A whole  generation of Burners have bloomed and blossomed  into silly desert flowers since then. I have mixed feelings about the  event. I have friends who love it, and  friends who hate it. Every time I’ve  gone, I’ve had at least one experience that I’ll always remember,  some of them experiences that are  fundamental to how I understand  myself. And, yeah, some of those  experiences involve drugs and sex,  sure, but some of them involve sweet  and innocent concepts, like community and friendship, and still other  experiences involve connecting  with the harsher, more forbidding  aspects of the desert itself. I love the Black Rock Desert, and  often fret about the environmental  impact of having more than 50,000  people on the playa, or the effect of  having all those people drive gasguzzling recreational vehicles up  there on a two-lane road.  My all-time biggest “hit,” as a  writer, is a 2007 piece for this paper  called “10 things I hate about Burning  Man.” I wrote that nearly a decade  ago, but still get mail about it every  year. In it, I complained about everything from bike thieves to participation snobs. Despite all that, if someone were  to walk up to me tomorrow and hand  me a no-strings free ticket, I would  go in a heartbeat. But since the event started literally selling out, in 2011, it has lost  some of its appeal for me. It’s always  been an event for privileged people— those who can afford to take off  work, go camping, bring their own  food and pretend that “gifting” is  a viable economic model. But now  getting a ticket takes either serious  cash, serious finagling, or serious  social connections delicately milked. Burning Man 2016 is just a rich  person’s reenactment of Burning  Man 1996.

—Brad Bynum bradb@ ne ws r ev i ew . com

Stood by her man As a feminist—I think every woman is, at the bottom of her heart—it irritates me that wives stand next to their man, quietly smiling. No matter what situation, what culture or color, it happens all the time. I’m glad it has been brought up. I hope women will be inspired to at least show some emotions, touch their man and say something themselves. I ask every woman in the U.S. to vote for The Woman who can pave the road to more room, respect and equality for us! Do not just stand there and smile! A vote for Hillary is a vote for you and me. Let the men quack no more! Mette Elfving Reno

Another ejectee Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence spoke in Carson City and then in Reno at the Grand Sierra Resort. I’m an activist in town and find this election to be very concerning, especially for women and minorities. So naturally I was interested in what he had to say at this rally, interested in why so many people are standing behind Trump and Pence after all the lunacy and hate. Two fellow community activists and I decided to go as nothing more than concerned citizens to merely listen to Pence’s speech. We arrived and were bombarded by people asking us if we were registered to vote and if we planned on making America great again. We were very polite and calm—basically just kept walking and smiled. We originally thought about carrying signs in protest but ditched that idea, given the negative energy of the crowd. We were asked to get out of the security line the first time because of a water bottle we couldn’t bring in. We cooperated and took it to our car and also decided to leave our purses as well. We returned to the security line and were met by two officers in uniform. They told us we had to leave because we were at a private event. We showed them our tickets that we had easily obtained off of Donald Trump’s website, for free. Nothing said it was private. They then proceeded to tell us that they’ve seen us at rallies before causing trouble, and they’ve been told we aren’t allowed. This is completely inaccurate. None of us have ever been to anything related to Donald Trump or Mike Pence, nor have we ever caused a problem at any political event. We decided to go speak to GSR’s security about what happened and tell them how rudely we were treated. We got the same response about some footage of us from previous rallies— and that Secret Service red flagged us and we would face jail time if we didn’t leave! This is what Trump’s America will look like: Exclusion, hate, discrimination, fear mongering and violence. So many bold-faced Eric Marks, Jessica Santina, Todd South, Brendan Trainor, Bruce Van Dyke, Allison Young Our Mission: To publish great newspapers that are successful and enduring. To create a quality work environment that encourages employees to grow professionally while respecting personal welfare. To have a positive impact on our communities and make them better places to live. Editor Brad Bynum News Editor Dennis Myers Special Projects Editor Jeri Chadwell-Singley Arts Editor Kris Vagner Calendar Editor Kelley Lang Contributors Amy Alkon, Kelsey Fitzgerald, Bob Grimm, Ashley Hennefer, Shelia Leslie,

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lies! I can’t say that I’m surprised three peaceful feminists were treated this way at his rally. It just confirms the fear I have held of the possibility of a Trump presidency. We did nothing wrong and were threatened with arrest for trying to listen to his running mate. If you are thinking of sitting out for this election, please think again. Think of the safety of your community and fellow citizens who don’t fit into Trump’s hateful America. Natalie Henriques Reno

Corrections Re: “Best of Northern Nevada 2016” (Feature, August 8): The winners of “best ski resort” were inadvertently excluded from the results of this year’s Best of Northern Nevada readers’ poll. The winners are 1. Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe; 2. Squaw Valley Resort; and 3. Northstar California Resort. In addition, Edible Reno-Tahoe Magazine tied with Reno Tahoe Tonight for first place in the category “best publication (that’s not us).” The tie was listed correctly online, but Edible Reno-Tahoe Magazine was inadvertently excluded from the print results. Finally, the word “bearable” was cut off from the print version of our editors’ pick for “Best ’burb.” We regret the omissions.

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The last time I rode a bicycle? Probably 15 years ago. Was I riding for fun? Yeah. Yeah, well, a little exercise. But for fun, yeah. I do have a Pee-wee Herman bike. Columbia, they just did a bunch of replicas. This was about 20 years ago. It’s still in the box, yeah. It’s a Pee-wee Herman-like bike. omEga SampSon Artist

The last time I rode a bike was six months ago. We were going to a party, and we didn’t want to drink and drive, so we rode our bikes.

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A role for Sanders backers Republicans keep a short leash on their leaders. When members of Congress and even presidents stray from party policies, the party base cracks down. In 2005, for instance, George W. Bush was expected to appoint Alberto Gonzalez to the U.S. Supreme Court. But Gonzalez as a judge had once allowed a teen to use a judicial bypass to get an abortion without parental consent. GOP activists went into action, and Bush backed down, appointing his legal counsel Harriet Miers instead. Since party activists had no proof of her orthodoxy either, they forced the withdrawal of her nomination, too. Bush nominated Samuel Alito, who passed muster with the GOP base. It took time for GOP true believers to shape the party to their ends. “Thirty years ago, right wing activists regularly mounted challenges to the GOP establishment … and usually lost,” journalist William Greider wrote in 2005. “They were called ‘ankle-biters’ in those days. Today they are running the party. The right continues to use this tactic to threaten and punish wayward incumbents. The Wall Street-financed Club for Growth ran a right-wing primary opponent against Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania in 2004, and it is doing the same thing to Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island in 2006. The Democratic Party is never going to change substantively and again become a reform party with a serious agenda until some of its blood is spilled in the same fashion.” The Democrats have a follow-the-leader tradition that needs to end. Author Jeffrey Toobin, writing about the Gonzalez/Miers battle, noted, “The Democratic base did not control its members the way the conservatives

control the GOP.” It’s time they did, and it’s a role the internet-savvy Bernie Sanders movement could fill nicely. Imagine if, during the Carter and Clinton administrations, the party base had pulled the two presidents back in line when they joined the GOP to enable conservative economic policies. Think of what would have changed. There would still be airline competition—no deregulation. America West, Braniff, Continental, Eastern, Midway, Northwest, Pan Am, TWA and dozens of smaller lines would still be in business. Legislation repealing usury laws would have died. No nation tied to credit card debt, no bundled subprime mortgages, no mixing investment banks and depository banks, no mortgage-backed securities, no collateralized debt obligations—no 2008 meltdown, no Great Recession. And most of these concerns are right in line with the economic justice goals of the Sanders movement. The same thing can be done at the local level where Democrats ignore the working poor and even burden them with taxes. Nowhere is that needed more than Nevada, with its soak-the-poor tax system and incessant sales tax hikes. Whether Hillary Clinton wins or not, corporate Democrats in Congress need to be stopped from enabling the lobbyist/PAC culture. Sanders people want to keep their movement going, forming organizations toward that end. The groups are important, but will not alone do the job. It is rallying around specific needs, issues, and goals that will rouse the public and keep the movement alive. Good working people who have been victims of past Democratic policies should know that help is on the way. Ω

The last time I rode a bicycle? Was it three months ago now? About three months ago. It was just for fun—mountain biking at Hidden Falls in Auburn. I didn’t realize how out of shape I was until I got back on that bike.

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The last time I rode one was when I fell off the damn thing. It was probably about 25 years ago. I’m 69. Yep—lost balance, baby. I went rollin’.

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It’s been about 10 years, or longer. Yeah, for fun. I just wanted to feel what it felt like riding a bike—up at my house, going down the hill. Because I live on a hill. I was going down the hill. It was fun. It was my my son’s. I don’t have a bike.

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by Sheila leSlie

If he doesn’t need it, Nevadans do In the grand tradition of American robber barons, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors Inc., displayed a stunning arrogance and brazen disrespect to Nevada taxpayers during his recent visit to town to brag about his gigafactory and preen with the press. In response to a question from a Reno Gazette-Journal reporter about the sustainability of businesses that receive large subsidies from the taxpayers, he scoffed at the idea that he even needed the $1.3 billion in taxpayer money to bring his factory to Nevada, saying, “It was important that Nevada offer that package just to show that they cared. It doesn’t move the needle on economics.” Musk insisted on belaboring his point, telling the reporter: “So, it is really a very tiny effect on the economics of the factory. But if the state didn’t do what it could, then does the state really care? So that package was more about Nevada showing that they cared about Tesla being here than anything else.”

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Clark County Sen. Tick Segerblom, who voted for the record-breaking subsidy package, quipped on Twitter: “Next time let’s pass a law that says ‘We care’—and keep $1.3 billion.” Musk and his supporters like to point out that Tesla didn’t cash a $1.3 billion check but rather received a “concession” on their tax bills so they won’t be charged for a period of time. But the end result of the $1.3 billion subsidy is the same, whether it’s one giant check or not paying your taxes for 20 years: Nevada has $1.3 billion less to build and repair schools, create better transportation systems, and improve the public service infrastructure for all the new employees arriving from out-of-state. If we take Musk at his word and he doesn’t really need the money to make the economics of the gigafactory work, the tax breaks Nevada granted are simply a bonus for his stockholders. Where’s Robin Hood when you need him? Our country needs a fundamental shift away from subsidizing large corporations

with taxpayer funds. If we want to create jobs, how about investing in jobs that strengthen the community, such as teachers, parks and recreation workers, police and firefighters instead of enriching the shareholders of the favored company of the month? The late Assemblywoman Peggy Pierce loved to ask corporate lobbyists if they knew where Nevada ranked in terms of the number of public employees per capita. The lobbyists quickly learned the answer: dead last. Things haven’t improved much since Pierce’s time in the Legislature. In 2014, Governing Magazine calculated the number of local and state public employees, ranking Nevada second-to-last with just 189 per 10,000 residents. The national average is 232 employees. There is a glimmer of hope that Democrats will take up the cause of small business owners based on a roundtable Hillary Clinton’s campaign held in Nevada last month to release her policy intended to protect and support small businesses.

Measures include enhancing legal protections and providing better tools for small businesses whose bills for service are repeatedly ignored by large companies, as Donald Trump has famously done. Clinton also wants to expand working capital for small businesses, which create nearly two-thirds of new jobs. If we’re going to subsidize private businesses, maybe we should look harder at the mom and pop shops instead of the billionaires. Would Musk have brought his fame and fortune to Nevada if we hadn’t coughed up the $1.3 billion? Who knows? He likes Nevada and recognizes how much our state has to offer. As he walked reporters around the gigafactory site, which is now 14 percent complete, he remarked “I find this to be quite romantic. It feels like the Wild West.” Spoken like the modern robber baron he is. Ω Tesla gets Vanity Fair coverage: www.vanityfair.com/ news/2016/08/is-elon-musks-tesla-in-trouble

by Brendan Trainor

What exactly is human trafficking? The Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia featured “sex trafficking survivor and advocate” Ima Matul. The only problem is Ima Matul was not a victim of “sex trafficking” at all. Rather, she was a survivor of forced labor, that is, of being “trafficked” from Indonesia to Los Angeles to work as a domestic house worker. Matul was promised a salary plus room and board. However, when she arrived, she found out she was not paid any salary, was forced to work long hours and sleep in a closet. This sort of domestic worker exploitation is too common in Asian households. In 2014, an Indian diplomat’s wife was arrested in New York for essentially the same crime—abuse of domestic labor. The Nevada Attorney General’s website speaks of 27 million human trafficking victims worldwide. Republican Attorney General Adam Laxalt, like his Democratic predecessor Catherine Cortez Masto—now running for Harry Reid’s vacant Senate seat—links to only one website, the Polaris Project, as its source for information on

human trafficking. Why is this particular advocacy group the only source of information on a state government website? Laxalt’s office overstates even the statistics of trafficking provided by Polaris. The AG website claims 27 million people are “trafficked” worldwide. Polaris has reduced that to 20.9 million on its own website. Those who accept that number admit that three-fourths of those trafficked—estimated at about 15 million—are in fact labor trafficked, and less than 5 million are victims of sex trafficking. But sex trafficking gets the publicity, while labor trafficking rarely does. The human trafficking hysteria began in 1999, when it was claimed 50,000 people were being trafficked as sex slaves into America annually. President George W. Bush spent $150 million dollars trying to find and “help” these trafficking victims. They couldn’t find any. This has been the problem with human trafficking, and sex trafficking in particular. There just aren’t enough real victims in the United States to justify the money and time

spent looking for them. So the anti-trafficking industry of nonprofits and law enforcement has to create victims. New laws that define trafficking to include “psychological abuse” and even voluntary independent sex work are passed. New inflated statistics and self-serving press releases are issued. Although federal involvement in trafficking began in the Clinton administration, and was pushed by First Lady Hillary Clinton, it really took off under the Bush administration. In 2002, the Polaris Project was founded by recent Ivy League graduates Katherine Chon and Derek Ellerman. They parlayed the trafficking hysteria into a $4 million a year nonprofit. Sex worker rights organizations work on a shoestring. In 1980, the Rhode Island Legislature neglected to include home-based prostitution as a crime. The new legal status resulted in dramatic decreases in rape and sexually transmitted disease. But this was not to the Polaris Project’s liking. Calling Rhode Island’s new decriminalized prostitution laws one of the “terrible two” (the other

being legal prostitution in Nevada), Polaris worked overtime to re-criminalize indoor prostitution in Rhode Island, which it accomplished in 2009. Now the anti-trafficking moral crusaders want to eliminate Nevada as the sole state with legalized prostitution. Why is the antiNevada group Polaris featured on the AG website, while groups who favor our system of legalized prostitution and sex worker rights are not? Fortunately, more and more mainstream criticism of the statistics and beliefs of the sex trafficking industry are surfacing. Nevadans should look at the facts, and not the moral posturing, of the trafficking nonprofit and law enforcement industry. The real answer to sex worker exploitation is decriminalizing prostitution completely in Nevada. Ω

The section of the Nevada attorney general’s website referenced by Brendan Trainor is at http://ag.nv.gov/ Human_Trafficking/HT_Home/

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Mayor Hillary Schieve and City Manager Andrew Clinger read city sexual harassment policy language posted on screens around the city council hall.

The Columbia Journalism Review says the mystery of how Dan Cooper’s name evolved into “D.B. Cooper” in the famous hijacking case has been solved. On Thanksgiving eve 1971, a passenger who flew under the name Dan Cooper hijacked a Portland-to-Seattle flight, had it set down in Seattle long enough to refuel, pick up $200,000 in extorted funds and a parachute, release other passengers, and then took off again, supposedly for Mexico City. En route, he bailed out and was never seen again. The plane landed in Reno (“The night D.B. Cooper didn’t come to Reno,” RN&R, Dec. 4, 1996). Somehow, his name has come down to us as D.B. Cooper. In The Dictionary of Misinformation (1975), Tom Burnam wrote that D.B. Cooper was a person whose whereabouts were checked during the investigation and who was in jail at the time of the hijacking. According to Burnam, D.B.’s name somehow was substituted for Dan’s. CJR reports that now-decesased United Press International reporter Clyde Jabin used the “D.B.” in a story the day of the hijacking and that Oregon Journal reporter James Long blames himself for putting the term in Jabin’s ear during a phone conversation with poor audio during a Portland storm (“One mystery solved in ‘D.B. Cooper’ skyjacking fiasco,” CJR, July 22). That doesn’t entirely explain it, though. Many journalists, such as Walter Cronkite on CBS, continued to use Dan well into the story.

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Pot tale of the week After we reported that federal and Colorado state figures conflict with a claim that Colorado teen use of marijuana has “gone up since legalization” (“Pot tale of the week,” RN&R, July 28), prohibitionist Genoa lawyer Jim Hartman sent us a link to a report issued by the “Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” (RMHIDTA). We were aware of the report. It does indeed indicate that teen marijuana use in Colorado is higher than the national average. What it neglects to include in that statistic is the fact that its numbers nevertheless still show a level of teen use in the state that is lower than it was before legalization. In other words, teen use has gone down since marijuana became legal. That’s the business RMHIDTA is in—spin. It does not generate its own research. Rather, it uses—and often misuses—research by other organizations such as the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the Quinnipiac University survey, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. RMHIDTA is not a research entity. It is a propaganda entity—a federally funded prohibitionist organization. Forbes Magazine writer Jacob Sullum described it this way after a distortion of a Quinnipiac survey that showed increased public support in Colorado for legal marijuana: “Honest drug warriors would acknowledge the Quinnipiac numbers and perhaps try to balance them with other poll results. Dishonest drug warriors would do what the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (RMHIDTA) does in its new report on marijuana legalization: change the numbers.” In fact, it is illegal under federal law for RMHIDTA to provide even-handed information on marijuana. Title VII of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 prohibits RMHIDTA funding from being used for “any study or contract relating to the legalization (for a medical use or any other use)” of marijuana. Little wonder prohibitionists use it.

—Dennis Myers

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Clinger probe launched Former state official cites previous history members of the Reno City Council voted Aug. 4 to approve $50,000 for an investigation of City Manager Andrew Clinger to be overseen by Mayor Hillary Schieve. Clinger faces sexual harassment complaints by three women. The charges became public after the attorney for the three women filed an open meeting complaint dealing with an investigation of Clinger that the public had never been told was underway. The lawyer, William Peterson, said in the complaint that the Reno City Council had recessed a meeting to gather privately to discuss the harassment investigation. Once the charges became known, a special meeting was called for Aug 4. Before the meeting got to its only agenda item, there was stunning testimony during the public comment period that was largely ignored in news reports that evening and the next day except on the

This is Reno website. Certified public accountant Kim Wallin, elected to two terms as Nevada state controller, stepped forward to say Clinger had a harassment and retaliation history during her years in state service. Even before she was sworn in as state controller, Wallin told the council, Clinger, as state budget director, had asked her to support a $1.2 million state program he favored for a disaster recovery backup system in Las Vegas. She preferred an alternative program that would cost $700,000 less and come online sooner. “He told me that if I did not go ... along with that program, that he would go and take away all of my enhancements in my budget,” she said. After she crossed him on that issue, Wallin said, Clinger chopped up her budget, something that continued in subsequent budgets. Among Clinger’s

cuts was elimination of funding for a position in the controller’s office held by Mary Keating, who had previously sued Clinger for sexual harassment. If true, it was a double retaliation—against Wallin on the backup system and against Keating for her lawsuit, which had resulted in a $75,000 settlement to Keating. One source said that as part of a second settlement, Keating was supplied with five years of retirement. Keating, who had worked for Clinger in the budget office when she sued him, was “probably one of the best employees I ever, ever worked with at the state,” Wallin said. Wallin added that Clinger would “yell and scream and berate me.” When, following the special council meeting, Clinger was asked for his reaction to Wallin’s comments, he called them “completely ridiculous. I have no idea what she’s talking about or why she would even be here today.” After the meeting, Wallin said she thought it was important that she step forward so that the members of the council would know of the previous history. “Certainly Mary Keating can not be expected to go public after what she went through,” Wallin said. “Besides, I think it’s important to protect the taxpayers’ dollars so that they are not paying money out for these cases.” Following Wallin’s remarks, the councilmembers turned to the agenda item that called for expenditure of up to $100,000 for an investigation of the charges against the city manager. That amount was reduced to $50,000 before being voted on. A presentation by City Attorney Karl Hall revealed that on July 21, after an initial investigation, outside counsel informed the city that it had cleared Clinger of the harassment charges. There is contention over the nature of that outside investigation. Clinger later said, “The independent investigation was completed. It was done.” But Peterson said that only one of the three complaints was investigated. At any rate, the council decided to proceed with a new probe. There was plainly tension in the room. Some councilmembers—Jenny Brekhus, Naomi Duerr and Paul McKenzie—were more inclined to scrutinize the details of what is known about the matter before voting. Among the councilmembers—as among

members of the audience—there had been at stake. At the special council meeting, she surprise when the agenda for the meeting was said, “At this time I’d ask, though, [I’d] like released, because it did not contain an item everyone to please, please, I can’t stress this dealing with administrative leave for Clinger enough, to respect the process.” She did not while the investigation was conducted. Who spell out what that meant. put the agenda together is not known. The city Hendry asked Peterson if he would release charter gives the mayor authority to call special the letters after removing the names. meetings but the council’s own rules assign “I have no problem with these letters going agenda-writing to the city manager. out, with the redacting,” Peterson said—but The sharpest exchange came when again left it up to the city to do it. Brekhus was trying to discuss He said that in her complaints how the issue of administrative about the way the process is leave could be brought to the conducted, Brekhus was council at another special “Right on the money. Right meeting. When the mayor on the money.” He alleged tried to interrupt—apparhis clients were threatened ently on grounds that by the city attorney’s the discussion had office with firing if they not been posted on discussed the case, but the agenda—Brekhus Clinger was allowed to said sternly, “Please, talk about it all he wanted. don’t cut me off, Mayor. “And all the time my Please don’t cut me off.” Andrew Clinger clients were being told, Eventually Brekhus called on Reno city manager ‘You’re going to be fired if Clinger to take administrative you talk.’ … You know where leave on his own and called on the these [investigative] interviews were mayor to put him on leave if he failed to taking place? In the city manager’s office. do it himself. … I’m not impressed by the process.” McKenzie was concerned about the diffiPeterson said Clinger should have taken culty the three complainants would face with leave of his own accord. On Aug 8, Clinger Clinger still on the job while the probe unfolds. did so, saying, “The health and vibrancy of our There was considerable comment on how organization and our community are among information on the case had been passed my highest priorities. Effective today, I will around, with some people in the know and be on voluntary leave for the next 15 days others not. City councilmembers did not to ensure the important business of the city receive copies of the complaints against continues without interruption or distraction. Clinger. Duerr and Brekhus both made In my absence, I have designated Bill Thomas remarks suggesting they should have been to act in my place as City Manager. I have no better informed. Clinger was informed of the doubt Bill will do an outstanding job.” Ω outcome of the initial investigation. The three complainants were not. Hall said office procedures barred informing the complainants. Clinger sat mostly impassively during what had to be an uncomfortable meeting for him, but following the meeting while Peterson was being interviewed by reporters in the empty council hall, Clinger reemerged to answer questions. Peterson said he understands the difficulty the city attorney has juggling the various people and entities he represents—“the city council and the city, the people and the public. Whose interests he’s protecting here, I’m not sure, but it looks like it’s the city manager.” Peterson was critical of the city for not releasing the complaints to city councilmembers. He said he had no objection to the complaints by his clients being made public. “I don’t view these letters as confidential because I wrote them,” he said. But when asked by KRNV reporter Terri Hendry if he would release the letters, he declined because it “would contravene the spirit of the process laid out by the mayor.” Lawyer William Peterson, representing women charging sexual harassment by the city manager, answers questions In her initial statement on the matter, Mayor from reporters. Hillary Schieve discouraged public discussion PHOTO/DENNIS MYERS of the matter on grounds that reputations were

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Disunited states a Bernie sanders supporter describes her frustrating experiences at the Democratic national convention Last summer, I shot out of my computer chair, ran into the living room and shouted with joy to my husband, “Bernie is running for president!” I didn’t believe then that Bernie Sanders had a shot at winning, but supporting underdogs was my specialty. I had assumed until this time I would vote for the Democratic favorite, even though I had problems with Hillary Clinton because of what I saw as her hawkishness, her conservatism in social and economic justice, her lack of credibility, and her lack of good character. A month later, I began volunteering fulltime for Bernie’s election. When he spoke of health care for all as a basic human right, free public college education, and moving the economy to a level playing field, my

heart sang. And I began to believe he had a real chance of winning. In October, I was hired as the first Bernie staff in Northern Nevada and worked in the campaign until shortly after the February caucuses. I then ran for and was elected to the position of delegate to the national convention to continue fighting on the right side of history. I campaigned on my experience working for Bernie and on a change in me: I had become “Bernie or bust.” I could no longer consider voting for Hillary because I had seen unfairness in the national, state and local Democratic parties mirrored in the way she was campaigning. Clinton’s debate behavior of ignoring time constraints, her continuing protests that the money she was receiving from

mega-corporations would somehow not buy her as president (even though she had already been supporting them through her neoliberal policies) and her ongoing conservative militarism—all these turned me from being able to vote for her. In the national party, denial of requests for additional debates and disenfranchisement of voters caused concern for Bernie supporters like me. The state party’s dismal behavior at the Nevada convention toward Sanders delegates created many Bernie or Busters. And in several county Democratic Party chapters, I repeatedly saw unethical favoritism toward Hillary. I had also been changed by Senator Sanders. At 54, I began to believe for the first time in the sacredness of my power as an American citizen and voter. I began to learn that standing for social justice was not only morally right, but was to be fought for. I began to understand that I would never again chip away at my soul by voting for a lesser evil. I knew from here forward, I would vote only for moral candidates who would fight for justice. In all that, I could never vote for Hillary Clinton.

Day 1: religious corruption Despite the majority of mainstream media coverage of the Democratic National Convention as a love fest for Hillary with delegates thrilled about the first female presidential nominee of a major U.S. political party, the convention was marked by

dissension, protests and a staunch unwillingness of many Bernie delegates to fall in line with the party’s relentless calls for unified support of Hillary. On that first day, when we delegates sat in our section a dozen or so rows up from the floor, I thrilled as I saw the vertical Nevada sign marking our area. My soul still hoped for fairness and a way for Bernie to be nominated. And no matter the outcome, I believed the convention would proceed fairly as a platform for both candidates until the nomination Tuesday night would promote only one winner. Those hopes were drowned by the tone set in, of all things, the opening prayer. “We have an opportunity, oh God,” Rev. Cynthia Hale said, “to give undeniable evidence of our commitment to justice and equality by nominating Hillary Rodham Clinton as our candidate.” As the Hillary delegates began cheering, we Bernie delegates began booing. Shocked, I couldn’t believe the blatancy of this corruption of religion into politics. “The prayer at the beginning soured the entire experience,” Bernie delegate Alexis Salt from Las Vegas said. “We were trying to have an open mind against everything our inner voices were telling us. We were trying to be optimistic. The message [with the prayer] was: ‘This is our house. These are our rules. We’re going to elect Hillary, and there’s not a damn thing any of you can do about it.’ … It was shoved down our throats: ‘We’re not even going to pretend we weren’t going to cheat. We’re not going to apologize.’ We knew we were screwed then.”

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Nevada delegates Tacy Geesaman and Yvette Williams on Tuesday afternoon, the second day of the convention.

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Day 2: walk out Despite the stark reality of the slick commercial for Hillary on Day One, Day Two woke me early with excitement and hope. This day would be the roll call vote, the iconic standing of delegates around their state signs, proudly announcing their decisions for their candidates. I had watched this roll call vote for years and never imagined I would participate in such an active way in our nation’s democracy, especially in voting for the best candidate I had known in my lifetime. We Nevada delegates gathered for our daily morning meeting when we would hear speakers, and the state party would give us logistical information about the day and give us our daily credentials for attending the convention. At the end of this meeting we cast our votes on paper for our candidates. At the convention, Bernie’s state of Vermont voted last. We Nevada Bernie delegates waited for the senator to play a card we kept hoping he had held until this moment that would somehow reverse the rigging of this nomination for his opponent. Although realism told us he would cede the nomination to her, when it happened, we were stunned. It was as though we were punched in the gut. A year of fighting for social justice in the Sanders revolution, Bernie turning the nomination over to Hillary, and delegates yelling all around me proved too much. I started sobbing and left the Nevada section. Outside in the convention hallway, I found other Nevada Bernie supporters. We saw a large crowd holding Bernie signs and yelling “Walk out.” As they marched past us, we decided to join them. It was the right thing to do after the corruption, deceitfulness and rigging of this election—after the WikiLeaks documents confirmed our suspicions that this nomination was stolen, not earned. We protested with others outside the media tent not 200 feet from the convention 14   |   RN&R   |   08.11.16

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center. We chanted “The whole world is watching” and “This is what democracy looks like.” We sang “This Land Is Our Land” and gave interviews to reporters from multiple press outlets. I have likely protested dozens of times in my life for social justice and nonviolence. I have never been frightened before. I was frightened this time, surrounded closely by police, hearing rumors of snipers on the roof, and not knowing what came next. I had worked so hard to get to this convention in volunteering and staff work for Bernie, in campaigning to be elected to attend, in raising money for and paying the balance of nearly four thousand dollars in airfare and hotel charges, and in struggling every moment to support the Sanders revolution and the ideals it stands for against the onslaught of the Hillary infomercial of the Democratic National Convention—and I marched out. I didn’t know if I would be arrested but for the first time in my life stood against my fear of arrest. I didn’t know if I would be barred from the rest of the convention for walking out. I didn’t know whether our fellow protestors and I would return to fight from the inside or protest from the outside. The next day found me exhausted and needing sleep and food to regain my strength to fight another day. But I had cast my vote for Bernie on that fateful second day. I had done what my conscience called me to do as an elected Bernie delegate.

After my day of rest, I was equal parts ready and filled with dread for the last day of the convention. This would be the day Hillary would speak. I didn’t know how we could find ways to protest her acceptance of the rigged nomination and all the glorifying speeches leading up to that. At the convention, the party distributed campaign signs supporting Hillary. The previous signs of “Stronger Together” were replaced by “USA” signs. I felt uneasy at this display of patriotism that seemed like fans rooting for their hometown football team. I believe that the good of the whole world outweighs that of any one nation and that what people describe as patriotism is a dangerous slide to an “us versus them” mentality. We should be inclusive, not exclusive. We should not believe in the right and power of our country above all others. It’s too close to xenophobia. About a half dozen speakers before Hillary came Gen. John Allen, who voiced an imperialism that scared us and that has been decried as warmongering: “From the battlefield to the capitals of our allies and friends and partners, the free peoples of the world look to America as the last best hope for peace and for liberty for all humankind, for we are the greatest country on this planet. … To those acting against peace, civilization and the world order: We will oppose you. And to our enemies … we will pursue you as only America can. You will fear us.” We heard other Bernie delegates chanting “No more war” and then the “opposing team” of Hillary delegates thundering over those chants with “USA.” It was darkly eerie. We discussed how it felt Orwellian, like the two minutes of hate in 1984. “Having chants of

‘No More War’ attempted to be drowned out by chants of ‘USA’ was baffling,” Alan Doucette, Bernie delegate from Las Vegas, said. “To me, USA is a symbol of justice and equality and not warmongering and looking for excuses to go to war. That’s what I want it to be and what it should be.” We Nevada Bernie delegates joined in the “No More War” chants. Once I began, I couldn’t stop. I felt everything in my being rise up against the nationalistic militarism, which I believed was leading to a frightening path. I needed to do everything in my power in that moment to combat it. Everything I had fought for throughout years of working for social justice and the last year as part of the Bernie revolution for peace poured out of my being. Others tried to quiet me, and I was told I could be evicted, but until my body stopped allowing me to shout for peace with all my might, I would not stop. I could not stop. After that, I felt defeated and exhausted. We waited quietly, then, for the speakers preceding Hillary’s nomination acceptance. A Bernie delegate from another state surreptitiously gave us Jill Stein signs to hold up during Hillary’s speech. Since Bernie had ceded the nomination, several of us supported the Green Party presidential candidate because of her and the party’s similarity to Bernie’s values. Holding these signs became our final and silent protest.

BusteD No one could miss the message of the Democratic party at the convention—vote for our candidate or the racist, misogynist, unstable, dangerous Republican candidate wins. From Hillary Clinton to Bernie Sanders and many of each candidates’ supporters, we understand the perilous menace of a Donald Trump presidency.

But the party propaganda fails with this hypocrisy: If Democrats believe that defeating Trump is paramount, the party would have promoted Sanders over Clinton. Not only did his rallies draw astoundingly large crowds time and again compared to much smaller and less enthusiastic gatherings for Hillary, but polls have shown for some time that Bernie has a much greater chance of defeating the Republican candidate, and by a wide margin. Couple that with the corruption of the Democratic party revealed most recently in the WikiLeak-ed papers that point to at best a rigged nomination and at worst stolen votes for the Democratic nominee, and many Sanders supporters cannot in good conscience vote for Clinton even to defeat Trump. I am one of those. Other Bernie delegates from Nevada follow their conscience to plead the opposite, while still decrying the bad behavior of the party at the national convention. “It was clear right from the opening ‘prayer,’ which expressed political support for Hillary Clinton, that the entire convention was to be a coronation,” wrote staunch Bernie delegate Leroy Pelton, University of Nevada, Las Vegas professor emeritus, in a letter to fellow Nevada delegates for Bernie dated Aug. 5. Pelton’s letter eventually grew into a plea for us to consider the consequences of not supporting Clinton as the nominee in order to defeat Trump. He continued, “Sanders delegates, although a very substantial proportion of all delegates, were merely to be used as pawns in the

“It was clear right from the opening ‘prayer,’ which expressed political support for Hillary Clinton, that the entire convention was to be a coronation. … And why have a faux convention at all, if every last item has already been decided?” Leroy Pelton University of Nevada, Las Vegas professor emeritus and Bernie Sanders delegate

extravaganza. Unity was to be imposed rather than be given space to emerge. ... This foolish strategy by the party establishment for organizing the convention’s unfolding predictably prompted a rebellion by Sanders delegates. No one likes to be used. … And why have a faux convention at all, if every last item has already been decided?” For most Bernie delegates from Nevada, both the national party and the state party are at fault for the disunity coming out of the convention. And it is not just the relative

youth and inexperience of many millennial Sanders supporters that leads many Nevada Bernie delegates to that conclusion; seasoned politicians and delegates with years of political experience from Nevada feel similarly. “It was definitely a very intense experience,” 46-year-old Erin Bilbray, a Bernie delegate and DNC official from Las Vegas, said. “This was my eighth convention. I described previous conventions as Spring Break for Democrats, but this was definitely not that case at all. … It was hard watching so many Sanders delegates who thought the convention was going to be more than an infomercial and watching their realization that’s what it was. I was more disappointed in that I’ve never seen the [Nevada] delegation so separated. I also never saw the state

party doing anything to heal the wounds after the bitter state convention. State party chair Roberta Lange certainly was not reaching her hand out to the Sanders delegates.” With such deep wounds coming out of the state and national conventions for many Bernie supporters, is there a path forward? There is one place I did discover unity at the convention—among the Nevada delegates for Bernie from southern Nevada. I met them all in person for the first time at the national convention, and I couldn’t have felt more welcomed. The collegiality among them and toward me stands in contrast to the divisiveness created by the party. Others among us felt the same. “I was just so proud of … the Bernie supporters,” Alan Doucette said. “We all have our unique messages but under the umbrella of love and peace. Some endorsed Jill Stein, and some did not. Some supported Hillary, and some will not support Hillary. Within the Bernie community, I did not feel judged or pressured into any political opinion.” Ω

Carol Cizauskas first wrote for the Reno News & Review in 1998, eight years after moving to Nevada from her hometown of Falls Church, Virginia. As a former reporter, she covered politics for years. The Bernie Sanders campaign was her first foray into volunteering and working on a campaign. To watch footage of the Nevada vote on the presidential nomination, go to newsreview.com/disunited_states

With author Cizauskas front center in white cap, Nevada’s Sanders delegates posed for a group photo.

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We used to say the Nevada Museum of Art was pretty good for a small-town museum. Now we just say they’re knocking it out of the park, no qualification needed.

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This and 11 other glided bronze animal heads make up Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Gold, an installation by China’s Ai Weiwei.

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n May, the New York Times mentioned the Nevada Museum of Art as following in step with other small-city museums “trying to think outside the cookie-cutter approach to developing a program and a reputation at a time when art prices have made building a large, diverse collection almost a fool’s game.” One of those non-cookie-cutter approaches has been to help shepherd new works of land art into existence, the most notable being “Seven Magic Mountains,” a $3 million piece consisting of seven stacks of Day-Glo boulders just outside of Las Vegas, by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone. Another approach to raising the bar has been mounting ever more adventurous gallery exhibits while still maintaining an approachable, friendly attitude. “Our curatorial approach is bifurcated,” said curator JoAnne Northrup. “On one hand, we aspire to present a variety of accessible exhibitions geared toward the general public—for example, our current American Impressionism exhibition—while also organizing exhibitions that appeal to a national and international audience.”

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Light the way One example of a piece with international appeal is an installation of projected light—a cone of light and a slowly rotating plane of light—made visible by fog in a dark room. The piece is titled “Swell,” and the NMA commissioned British-born New Yorker Anthony McCall to create it. McCall has been known since the 1970s for making “sculptures” out of projected light. They look like solid objects, and although viewers can tell immediately that they’re made of light, they have such a presence that it’s common to see people hesitate to “touch” them. Once they do, they’re often delighted by the improbability and the

momentary disorientation of having passed through an “object.” McCall’s works are a magical mix of formal austerity and sci-fi fun that have been experienced at the likes of the Tate in London, the Whitney in New York—and now the NMA.

Bridging the divide “Seven Magic Mountains” is not the only connection between the NMA and southern Nevada. “We are embracing the South since we are the only AAM [American Alliance of Museums] accredited art museum in the state of Nevada,” Northrup said. “And we love our Las Vegas art-world peeps,

whom we have gotten close to over the past couple years.” To that effect, she and Las Vegas curator Michele Quinn of MCQ Fine Art Advisory set out to forge a friendly north-south alliance. The original plan was to have Quinn arrange a small exhibition of work by Las Vegas painter/sculptor David Ryan for the NMA. But before that plan got off the ground, it grew more ambitious. “David [Walker, NMA’s Executive Director] is always thinking big, so instead of a small solo show, he asked me if I could identify at least 10 contemporary Nevada artists creating accomplished work that was worthy of being included in a museum show,” said Northrup. “Michele and I partnered since she has a strong grasp on the Las Vegas art community.” The two proceeded to visit studios around the state. “We were specifically looking for artists who aren’t the usual suspects, who were living and working in Nevada, and whose practice had shown a sense of evolution over time,” Northrup said. She and Quinn also put each artist’s work through their “Basel test”—Could they imagine it at Art Basel, one of the world’s most prominent art fairs? They had no trouble coming up with 34 artists, equally divided between north and south. Thus was born the exhibit Tilting the Basin: Contemporary Art of Nevada, which opened last week. If it’s tempting to look for threads of regionalism or provincialism in this exhibit, good luck finding them. Rather than defining a “Nevada style,” what this exhibit does is place Nevada artists on a level field with national peers. The work in this show is so consistently engaging in so many different ways, it’s difficult to even pick out highlights.

this piece has so many levels of nuance and intrigue, that literally We could talk about it for days. Chip Tom

Curator, Heather James Fine Art Gallery, Palm Desert, California

He has more Instagram followers than Reno has people. He’s had several shows around the globe just this summer. In one, he floated the life vests of refugees in a palace fountain in Austria, arranged into a lotus flower shape. Ai is a vocal champion of human rights and free speech, and therefore not on super-friendly terms with the Chinese government, which detained him for 81 days in 2011 without ever charging him. (A 2012 film, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, tells that story. See “Keep you in check,” RN&R, Jan. 17, 2013.) “This piece has so many levels of nuance and intrigue, that literally we could talk about it for days,” said Chip Tom, curator for Heather James Fine Art Gallery in Palm Desert, California, which owns this collection of zodiac heads, one of eight sets. He was calm but animated, strolling around the gallery in a suit. He only had an hour though, so here’s a short version.

In the mid-1600s, Chinese leadership changed hands. The peaceful Ming Dynasty—its art symbolized by tranquil minimalism, declined. The Qing Dynasty ascended—and switched up the look of things. “They start adding elaborate doodads,” said Tom. “So you start seeing major carves of swirls and embellishments. So the whole thing starts getting overdone—and gilded. It’s a little like Louis XVI. More gold is better.” The Qing Dynasty folks weren’t just fancy, they were foreigners, Manchus from Mongolia, not cool with the Chinese at the time, and pretty much still not cool with the Chinese. Decades into the Qing era, the emperor, inspired by all the flair, decided to build a palatial, Western-style garden. He contracted two Europeans for the job. They built him a set of extravagant sculptures, all 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac atop concrete human bodies.

What’s it Worth to you? If you were simply to look at Ai Weiwei’s bronze zodiac sculptures, you’d likely have a satisfying visit to the NMA’s second-floor gallery. The work is a semicircle of 12 oversized, bronze animal heads, sculpted realistically but stylized just enough to be slightly startling and eerie, all glistening with gold sheen. Visually, it packs a punch. But the look of these sculptures is just the tip of a massive, political, historical iceberg. They were made by Ai Weiwei, easily China’s most famous artist and probably the biggest deal in contemporary art ever to have shown in town.

The piece was a fountain and also a clock. The Europeans stayed at the palace for decades, running its complex mechanisms. “The public never saw it,” said Tom. “It was just an emperor’s plaything.” In 1860, the British looted and burned the gardens, destroyed the scupltures and stole their heads. “Everyone forgot about them,” Tom said. Over a century later, in 1987, three of the heads appeared on the market. No one was sure what they were. Sotheby’s auctioned them for $180,000 each. Four more surfaced, and they quickly jumped in price to about $1 million each. Soon, their history came to light, but a disagreement arose. “In the eyes of a Chinese scholar from 1980s, it was not a national treasure,” Tom said. For one thing, they’d been made by foreigners for foreigners. For another thing, they’d been basically a toy, not intended as a symbol for the people. “A second century bronze is a national treasure,” he said. “This hybrid of a fountain and a clock, designed by Westerners, made by the Ching dynasty—it’s a lot harder to wrap your head around this truly being a national treasure.” At the moment, the Chinese population is divided over whether the heads are overblown kitsch or a national treasure. Tom, describing the argument, used the words “geopolitical battle.” Ai Weiwei replicated the zodiac heads with all of this in mind, questioning the idea of what exactly is and isn’t a national treasure. So, behind the golden gleam and the gorgeously crafted heads in the second-floor gallery lie a lot of questions: What material things does a culture value? What values and ideas do those objects represent? And who gets to decide all of that anyway? As usual, Ai has done one of the most relevant, urgent, practical things an artist could do. He’s articulated a specific idea from a specific point of view so precisely that it ends up raising universally relevant questions—making this exhibit apropos indeed for a museum that’s seriously upping its game. Ω

Ai Weiwei, Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Gold and Tilting the Basin: Contemporary Art of Nevada are on view through Oct. 23. Anthony McCall’s Swell is on view through Jan. 17, 2017. Seven Magic Mountains is on Interstate 15, between Las Vegas and Jean, through May, 2018. For directions, visit sevenmagicmountains.com. For more information, visit www.nevadaart.org. Hanging sculptures by Las Vegas artist Justin Favela and intimately entwined ceramic animals by Reno’s Rebekah Bogard are among dozens of fresh works in the current exhibit Tilting the Basin: Contemporary Art of Nevada at the Nevada Musuem of Art.

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Industrious arts Artech At the heart of the idea of a makerspace is community. A makerspace is loosely defined as a space where people can come together to use resources, create something, and learn from each other. Users of the space cross-pollinate, inspiring each other and even collaborating and sharing skills to bring about ideas that might not have seemed possible before. Artech has fashioned its own model of this concept, expanding it to include business. The large warehouse it occupies is bustling with activity. Three years ago, when founder Ryan Adams moved in, he thought he would develop it commercially—starting with metal and glass shops. However, in June 2015, Artech was officially established as a nonprofit organization spearheaded by a group of innovative, passionate artists. “I had an idea for a long time to have a multidisciplinary work and community space,” Adams said. “Right now, we are testing out a model that we think really works.” It’s clear just from looking at the space that creative businesses are interspersed with individual artists. In the front of the building, there is an in-progress gallery space. Just beyond that, aerial silks—and an aerialist—hang from the ceiling in a room that contains a hot shop area for furnace glass, a lampworking area, and tools for working with neon. The next section of the warehouse is shared by a researcher making single crystal silicon that gets sliced into wafers for the semiconductor industry and a production area

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containing laser cutters, which is occupied by Tahoe Wood Maps. An adjacent area is divided by multiple shipping containers to create more separate work areas for individuals and groups. Current projects underway include art cars and pieces to take to the Burning Man festival. In one corner, a large bamboo hand is taking shape as part of an art car by Dream Community, a collective from Taiwan. Outside, there is ample yard space and even a foundry in the back. “It’s proving to be a really nice alternative to just working in a box by yourself,” Adams said. “There is the added value of having a community, but each person is responsible for their own stuff.” Adams emphasized the importance of maintaining balance between businesses and temporary space. Underpinning this is the idea that artists benefit from being exposed to the business aspect of art, and that connections made from this arrangement can benefit everyone involved. It’s kind of an experiment. Another of Artech’s goals is to extend its community via education, tours, workshops and residencies. “I don’t want to become focused on education,” Adams said. “I don’t want it to be relied on as a big source of revenue, but more just to have some outreach and communicate with other people. Every time we have classes or workshops, new connections and networks are formed.” In the fall, Artech will offer classes in glassblowing, sculpting, neon, metalworking and other topics. Artech’s board members have many ideas for how the space can expand and evolve. As the warehouse has fill up with new projects and tenants, Adams has realized the potential for running out of room. “Once we have to turn something cool away, it’ll be a bummer,” he said. Ω Artech is located at 130 Woodland Ave. To learn more, visit www.artech.org.

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While it’s been over 20 years since the  great Frank Zappa left the planet, there’s been  surprisingly little in the media about his life  and times. Director Thorsten Schutte finds a  nice way of getting Frank back in the public eye,  through a solid documentary featuring Zappa  interviews, concert footage and appearances.  Like The Beatles Anthology before it, Eat That  Question tells the artist’s story by using his  own words. I’m a big fan, so I’ve seen some of  the footage Schutte uses, like Zappa playing  bicycle with Steve Allen, and Frank’s final  interview before dying from cancer. Thankfully,  Schutte, with help from the Zappa Family Trust,  has unearthed a lot of rare footage—footage  even the most ardent fan might not be familiar  with. This isn’t a concert film, but it does have  some great concert moments, enough that  fans of his music will be satisfied. The fact  that Zappa was a brilliant philosopher and  extremely wise man was sometimes lost in the  controversy he could cause with his lyrics,  especially in the late ’70s. Schutte’s film gives  us plenty of Zappa talking, and he’s simply  one of the most engaging speakers who ever  walked the planet.

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I was not expecting anything near  the brilliance or originality of the 1984  original from Paul Feig’s reboot/remake/ whatever-you-want-to-call-it entry into a  movie franchise that has remained dormant  since the miserable 1989 sequel Ghostbusters  2. Considering the cast that Feig assembled  (Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon  and Leslie Jones), I did expect to have a good  time. That didn’t happen. I was bored. Super  bored. I laughed a total of two and a half times  at the new Ghostbusters, not once due to  anything the headlining stars did. It’s as if Feig  (Bridesmaids, Spy, The Heat) figured, “Hey, I  have these stars and a big budget for special  effects. I don’t really need a funny script, do I?  These stars can just stand in front of a camera  and be funny, right?” Perhaps they can, but not  this time out. Ghostbusters is a stale facsimile  of the original. If you watched those lousy  preview trailers and worried that the franchise  was creatively bankrupt, know that the stupid  jokes in that trailer (“Ow, that’s gonna leave a  mark!”) are about the best the film has to offer.

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Jason Bourne

It’s been nine years since the last  Bourne movie that mattered. (2012’s  The Bourne Legacy, with Jeremy Renner, was  a joke.) After saying he wouldn’t play the part  again, Matt Damon is back as Jason Bourne,  with his director buddy Paul Greengrass in tow.  The result: a tedious, desperate and sad extension of the Bourne storyline. Jason Bourne is  currently holding hands with Ghostbusters  as a film prominently displaying how not to  continue a beloved franchise. At the end of  The Bourne Ultimatum, Damon’s Bourne woke  up after a bridge dive and swam off into an  unknown and unpredictable future. It seemed  a fitting and perfect end to the character or,  perhaps, that particular story arc. Bourne  found out his real name, learned why he was  an assassin with amnesia, and got himself a  little revenge. Case closed, right? Wrong. Money  matters, and Universal wanted to keep the  Bourne locomotive on track. Greengrass and  his writers have come up with a way to further  confuse Bourne about his identity. As it turns  out, there’s more to his amnesia. He doesn’t  know everything after all! He’s also got some  daddy issues. Attempts to modernize Bourne  with mumbo jumbo involving a tech mogul (Riz  Ahmed) and his new social media platform  make parts of this movie feel like a jettisoned  episode of Silicon Valley.

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Lights Out

Three years ago, director David F. Sandberg made a great short about a woman  home alone at night, noticing a dark figure  when she switched the light off. The payoff was  both hilarious and scary as shit. So, of course,  producer James Wan got a hold of Sandberg

and now there’s a full length feature film  based on that light-switch premise. Writer Eric  Heisserer takes the idea, fleshes it out, and  comes up with a pretty good story to go with  Sandberg’s strong horror directing abilities.  Rebecca (Teresa Palmer) is an angry woman  with mommy and commitment issues. Her  mom, Sophie (Maria Bello), recently lost her  husband and has fallen into a depression where  she is talking to herself. Her son, and Sophie’s  brother, Martin (Gabriel Bateman) is seeing  a strange dark figure when the lights go out.  It all leads up to a finale where flashlights are  very valuable and potential victims behave like  idiots. Sandberg repeats the same jolt scare  over and over but makes it all work nicely.

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The Little Prince

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The Secret Life of Pets

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Star Trek Beyond

After sitting on the shelf for quite some  time, Mark Osborne’s unorthodox,  animated adaptation of Antoine de SaintExupery’s classic story finally gets a release,  albeit a release streaming on Netflix. It’s a good  enough movie, but it’s by no means a straight  retelling of The Little Prince. There’s a modern  story about a young girl (Mackenzie Foy) who  befriends an old aviator (Jeff Bridges), and  the aviator is the one from The Little Prince.  He recounts part of that story to the little  girl, which we see in stop-motion animation.  The modern story is mostly CGI. So there’s  an interesting mix of animation techniques to  go with some twists to the story, and while it  feels a little uneven and perhaps slow at times,  it’s an enjoyable film. Other voice performers  include Rachel McAdams, Paul Rudd, Marion  Cotillard, James Franco, Benicio del Toro and  Albert Brooks, and its fun hearing all of their  great voices in one place.

A bunch of comedians lend their voices  to some cartoon characters, and the  results are moderately entertaining. Louis C.K.  voices Max, a Jack Russell terrier who loves  his master, Katie (Ellie Kemper of Unbreakable  Kimmy Schmidt), with that undying loyalty that  makes dogs so damn cool. Katie brings home a  new brother for Max, a big brown shaggy dog  named Duke (Eric Stonestreet), and it creates  some turmoil in the household. Max and Duke  eventually wind up in the hands of Animal  Control, and eventually fend for themselves in  the sewers of Manhattan. There they become  enemies of the Flushed Pets, a group consisting  of alligators, lizards, snakes and furry critters  led by Snowball the Rabbit (Kevin Hart on a  sound booth tear). The advertised premise for  the film suggests the movie might be about  what our pets do in the house when we leave  home. That part of the film is out of the way  early in the movie’s opening minutes. The rest  of the movie is the band of pets in Max’s neighborhood trying to find him and Duke when they  get lost. Some of the sequences are borderline  deranged. This doesn’t feel like the stuff of kids’  movies.

While the latest Star Trek film lacks a  little bit in soul and story cohesiveness,  it scores high on the zip factor and introduces  a creepy new villain. The third film in the franchise’s reboot might be the weakest chapter  featuring the newish cast, but it’s still a lot of  fun. J.J. Abrams stepped down from the conn  to direct his revamped Star Wars, relegating  himself to a producer’s role. In stepped Justin  Lin, best known for making cars jump between  skyscrapers in the Fast & Furious franchise.  It’s also not a surprise that some of the action  scenes motor along with the efficiency of a  Dodge Challenger Hellcat. The film picks up with  James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and his crew in the  midst of their five-year mission. Kirk, as he did  in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, is starting to  get a little bored. He’s up for an admiral’s position, and might soon find himself grounded to  a desk job. The movie has barely started when  the U.S.S. Enterprise is attacked by thousands  of marauding spaceships, and the crew finds  themselves shipwrecked on a sparsely inhabited planet. Unfortunately, one of those few is  Krall (Idris Elba), a nasty looking alien with evil  intentions involving an ancient weapon.

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PrePPing for If you’re one of the 70,000+ people attending the festivities on Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, you need to know what to bring. Playa Virgin (first timer)? Then this list will be essential. Not a newbie? Take a look anyhow. You’d be surprised at the things perennial Playa-Hoppers forget to bring because they didn’t have a checklist. This will be one of the most unique and memorable experiences of your life. Use common sense, go with an open attitude and this list and your Playa experience will be much more enjoyable. Most of these items are available at local businesses – some of which you'll see on the adjacent pages. Please try them first – and tell them the RN&R sent you.

BAGGIES AND YARD BAGS To keep items clean & accessible or to keep yourself dry during a downpour. Don’t store water in them. BANDANA/SCARF Keeps the sun off your neck and doubles as a dust mask. BATTERIES Buy a bulk pack of each. BICYCLE Makes cruising around the Playa easier. Bring patches, tubes/tires, lights and a pump. BIO-SOAP Biodegradable soap, that is. Keep it clean! Supplement with a pack of moist wipes. BUCKET With a lid, for garbage and gray water. BUNGEE CORDS To secure items during a windstorm or to your bike (like ice bags). CAMERA Capture your Playa experience for years to come. CARPET REMNANT(S) For under your shelter or at its entrance. CHAIRS The folding variety or a used recliner or sofa, for resting at the end of a day on the Playa. CONDOMS Wrap it. You know why. Just sayin'. CONTACTS/GLASSES Bring spares and solution. Contacts and Playa dust don't mix, btw. CONTAINERS With tight lids. Label for contents. COSTUMES No rules here, just whatever expresses your individuality.

ICE/COOLERS Bring several coolers and plenty of ice. You can also buy ice on the Playa. LIGHT Flashlights, lanterns, headlamp, light sticks and solar lights so others can see you or to locate your camp at night. LIP BALM Wind and sun are harsh on your kisser; bring a couple. LOTION Aloe or any moisturizing lotion. Keep your skin hydrated. MATTRESS An inflatable mattress or foam for a better rest. MESH BAG Hang dishes or undies in this to dry after washing. PORTABLE TOILET Porta-potty lines get long. Worth it if you don’t like public toilets. RADIO Portable, battery-powered one for listening to one of several Playabased stations. ROPE For securing tents and shade structures. SALINE SPRAY Your nose will dry out, so refresh it. SHADE Breathable solar fabric. Parachute fabric catches air, by nature, so think twice about this.

CLOTHING Cotton is better than synthetics for hot days. Nights on the Playa can be cold, so bundle up. DUCT TAPE For just about anything. DUST MASK The bulk disposable kind or invest in an industrial type. Be kind to your lungs. EARPLUGS You’ll appreciate these at times – like at 5AM when the Techno is still pounding. FANNY OR DAY PACK To haul around stuff when cruising the Playa. Hydrator packs are good. FIRST-AID KIT Bandages, antacids, antibiotic ointment, headache tabs, sunburn balm or aloe, scissors, tape, gauze... FOOTWEAR Sandals and sneakers are okay, but you may get “Playa Foot”. Socks and hiking boots recommended. GIFTS Inexpensive things to give away, not for commerce, but just because. Get creative. GLOVES Saves hands when lashing ropes and removing stakes from the ground. GOGGLES Keep Playa dust out of your eyes. If you wear glasses, make sure they fit comfortably under these. HAMMER To pound tent and shelter stakes. HAT A large-brimmed hat with a chin strap. Bring a spare!

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Under the sun Helios Band The weight of history presses in around the music of the Helios Band—some of it ancient, some painfully close to living memory. It slips through the spaces between notes, and one need not comprehend the lyrics to feel it. The band hails from the Bay Area and plays traditional Greek music in a variety of styles, traversing both the geographic and historical span of Hellenic culture. “We play what’s called demotika music, which is probably the oldest,” said vocalist and violin player Lefteri Tsacle, one of the band’s founding members. “That originated in the small villages.” The band also plays laika and rembetika music. According to Tsacle, laika is most closely associated with Modern Greek music, while the roots of rembetika can be traced back to the 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey following the Greek genocide and the Greco-Turkish War. Orthodox Christians forced to leave Turkey as a part of the exchange moved to mainland Greece, bringing Ottoman musical influences with them. “It’s a little bit Eastern,” Tsacle explained. “It’s not a traditional Western scale. … It sounds a little strange to a Western ear, but it’s a major component in Greek music.” The different styles are contrasting but feel cohesive nonetheless. To the uninitiated, the music mostly sounds—different. The tones are often a shade darker. The rhythms are at once unexpected and mesmerizing. Violin, clarinet, bass, keyboards and guitar take on unfamiliar qualities in the company of two traditional

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Blue Haven, 9pm, no cover

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

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P’Opera: International Music Tour, 5pm and 7:30pm, $30

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Whitechapel, Purification By Fire, Twelve Gauge Facelift, Impurities, F.T.H.C., 7pm, $15

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

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COMMA COFFEE

In Stride Music, noon, no cover

COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR

Neighbors, 6pm, no cover

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Comedy

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3rd Street, 125 W. Third St., 323-5005: Comedy Night & Improv w/Patrick Shillito, W, 9pm, no cover Carson Nugget, 507 N. Carson St., Carson City, 882-1626: Trenton Davis, F, 7:30pm, $13-$15 The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: Darryl Lenox, Ahmed Bharoochar, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30; Allan Havey, Chase Durousseau, Tu-W, 9pm, $25 Laugh Factory at Silver Legacy Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., 325-7401: Rocky LaPorte, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $21.95; F-Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $27.45; Carl LaBove, Tu, W, 7:30pm, $21.95 Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., 686-6600: Will Durst, Th, 8pm, $10-$15; F, 9pm; Sa, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, $15-$20

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FRIDAY 8/12

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SUNDAY 8/14

Magic Fusion, 4:30pm, 7:30pm, $19-$27

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Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover

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

Magic Fusion, 7:30pm, M, Tu, $19-$27

Tandymonium, 6:30pm, Tu, no cover

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

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 8/15-8/17 Outspoken: Open Mic Night, 7pm, M, no cover

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Big Hoodoo, 7pm, M, $13

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RED DOG SALOON

Open mic and jam, 7pm, no cover

ROCKBAR THEATER

Rockaraoke, 8pm, no cover

We Predict A Riot, 7pm, $5

Alisha Sadler, Authmentis, 7pm, $5

The Drifters, 7:30pm, $15

THE SAINT

Nathan Kalish and the Lastcallers, 9pm, no cover

The Whiskey Heroes, Sil Shoda, 9pm, $5

Earles of Newtown Juke Joint Dance Club, 9pm, $10

St. Christopher Project, 6pm, no cover

SPARKS LOUNGE

Thursday Blues Jam hosted by Rich Maloon, 8:30pm, no cover DJ Bangus, 9pm, no cover

Saturday Night Dance Party, 9pm, no cover

Castles, Rigorous Proof, 8pm, no cover

Jake Nielsen’s Triple Threat, 8pm, $7

Daryl Hance Powermuse, 8pm, $7

76 N. C St., Virginia City; (775) 847-7474 211 N. Virginia St., (669) 255-7960 761 S. Virginia St., (775) 221-7451 1237 Baring Blvd., Sparks; (775) 409-3340

ST. JAMES INFIRMARY

445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

STUDIO ON 4TH

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

Asphalt Socialites, Acoustic Exile, Idlefox, 8pm, $7

WHISKEY DICK’S SALOON 17 S. Virginia St., (775) 284-7455

WILDFLOWER VILLAGE

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

Tuesday Trivia, 8pm, Tu, no cover

Castles Aug. 14, 8 p.m. St. James Infirmary 445 California Ave. 657-8484

Emily Yates, Britt Straw, Matt Wiegand, 8pm, W, $7

Jake Nielsen’s Triple Threat, 9pm, no cover

2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe; (530) 544-3425

WILD RIVER GRILLE

Metal Mondays w/live bands, DJs, 9pm, M, Strange on the Range, 7pm, W, no cover

Tyler Stafford, 6pm, no cover

Tristan Selzler Duo, 6pm, no cover

Tany Jane, 6pm, no cover

The Socks!, 2pm, no cover Tyler Stafford, 6pm, no cover

Mel Wade & Gia, 6pm, M, Milton Merlos, 6pm, Tu, Moon Gravy, 6pm, W, no cover 1) Comedy Power Hour Open Mic, 8pm, Tu, no cover

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ATLANTIS CASINO RESORT SPA

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

BOOMTOWN CASINO HOTEL

Whitney Myer Aug. 11, 7 p.m. Aug. 12-13, 8 p.m. Peppermill 2707 S. Virginia St. 826-2121

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

HARRAH’S LAKE TAHOE

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

SATURDAY 8/13

SUNDAY 8/14

2) Pearl Sky, 8pm, no cover

2) Pearl Sky, 4pm, no cover Cook Book, 10pm, no cover

2) Pearl Sky, 4pm, no cover Cook Book, 10pm, no cover

2) Cook Book, 8pm, no cover

2) Platinum, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) Paul Covarelli, 6pm, no cover

2) Stephen Lord, 5pm, no cover George Pickard, 9pm, no cover

2) Stephen Lord, 5pm, no cover George Pickard, 9pm, no cover

2) Jonathan Barton, 6pm, no cover

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

2) John Dawson Band, 8pm, no cover

2) John Dawson Band, 8pm, no cover

2) Bill Wharton, 6pm, no cover 3) Eli Young Band, 8pm, $59

2) Bill Wharton, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

1) Galactic, Naughty Professor, 9pm, $25-$28

1) Grace Potter, 8:30pm, $35

2) Dijatal Junkie, DubCOliNG, Oneness, 10pm, no cover

1) The Full Monty, 7pm, $36.95 2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover

1) The Full Monty, 7pm, $36.95 2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni V, 9pm, no cover

1) The Full Monty, 7pm, 9:30pm, $36.95 2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni V, 9pm, no cover

1) The Full Monty, 7pm, $36.95 2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover

1) The Full Monty, 7pm, Tu, W, $36.95 2) Live Band Karaoke, 10pm, M, no cover The Money Shot, 10:30pm, W, no cover

1) Alex Ramon IMPOSSIBLE, 7:30pm, $29.35

1) Alex Ramon IMPOSSIBLE, 7:30pm, $29.35 2) DJ Audio 1, DJ JosBeatz, 10pm, $20 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

1) Alex Ramon IMPOSSIBLE, 7:30pm, $29.35 2) DJ Rick Gee, DJ JosBeatz, 10pm, $20 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

1) Sammy’s Showroom 50th Anniversary

1) Sammy’s Showroom 50th Anniversary Show, 8pm, $39.50-$40.50 3) DJ Halftrack, 8pm, no cover 4) The Spazmatics, 7pm, no cover

1) Sammy’s Showroom 50th Anniversary Show, 8pm, $39.50-$40.50

1) Sammy’s Showroom 50th Anniversary Show, 8pm, M, $39.50-$40.50

CARSON VALLEY INN

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

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: Karaoke, Sa, 9pm, no cover

FRIDAY 8/12

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

ELDORADO RESORT CASINO

Karaoke

THURSDAY 8/11

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

HARRAH’S RENO

1) Sammy’s Showroom 50th Anniversary Show, 8pm, $39.50-$40.50 219 N. Center St., (775) 788-2900 3) The Millionaires, 9pm, no cover Show, 8pm, $39.50-$40.50 1) Sammy’s Showroom 2) The Zone 4) Killer Queens, 6pm, no cover 3) Sapphire Lounge 4) Plaza 5) Convention Center

HARVEYS LAKE TAHOE

18 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (775) 588-6611 1) Outdoor Arena 2) Cabo Wabo Cantina Lounge

NUGGET CASINO RESORT

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

PEPPERMILL RESORT SPA CASINO

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

1) Alex Ramon IMPOSSIBLE, 7:30pm, Tu, W, $29.35 3) Buddy Emmer Band and guest, 8pm, Tu, no cover

2) Bobby G, 9:30pm, no cover

2) Take Out, 10pm, no cover

1) Lionel Richie, 8pm, $59.50-$159.50 2) Take Out, 10pm, no cover

2) DJ Chris English, 10pm, no cover

2) Tunnel Vision, 9:30pm, M, no cover Jet West, 9:30pm, W, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, no cover Two Steps Down, 9pm, no cover

1) Skid Row, 9pm, $39 3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, no cover Two Steps Down, 9pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, no cover Two Steps Down, 9pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, no cover

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

2) Whitney Myer, 7pm, no cover

2) Whitney Myer, 8pm, no cover

2) Whitney Myer, 8pm, no cover 3) DJ Four Color Zack, 10pm, $20

2) Kyle Williams, 6pm, no cover

2) Kyle Williams, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

1) The Novelists, 8pm, no cover

1) The Novelists, 8pm, no cover

1) Andrew Dice Clay, 8pm, $36.23-$50 3) Fashion Fridays, 9pm, no cover 4) Rebekah Chase, 9pm, no cover

3) Seduction Saturdays, 9pm, $5 4) Rebekah Chase, 9pm, no cover

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

SILVER LEGACY RESORT CASINO 407 N. Virginia St., (775) 325-7401

1) Grand Exposition Hall 2) Rum Bullions Island Bar

3) Aura Ultra Lounge 4) Silver Baron Lounge

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2) Banzai Thursdays w/DJ Trivia, 8pm, no cover 4) Jamie Rollins, 9pm, no cover

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

2) Recovery Sundays, 10pm, no cover 3) Industry Night, 9pm, no cover

2) Country-Rock Bingo w/Jeff Gregg, 9pm, W, no cover

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FOr tHE WEEK OF AUgUst 11, 2016 For a complete listing of this week’s events or to post events to our online calendar, visit www.newsreview.com. LAKE TAHOE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: The 44th annual festival presents William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors and the Off-Broadway musical revue Forever Plaid, written by Stuart Ross. The productions will be performed in rotating repertory Tuesday through Sunday at 7:30 p.m., through Aug. 21. The Showcase Series takes place on Monday through Aug. 15 and continues on Friday, Aug. 26, and Saturday, Sept. 3 and Sept. 10. Tu-Su,

7:30pm through 8/21; M, 7:30pm through 8/15; 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) 7474697, http://laketahoeshakespeare.com.

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. Wild West Motorsports Park, 12005 East Interstate 80 Exit 23, Sparks, www.lucasoiloffroad.com.

MIDTOWN MURAL TOUR: View up to 50 murals

Bowers Mansion Bluegrass Festival

8/13:

The 31st annual festival features a weekend of performances by national and regional bluegrass and Americana acts. The event kicks off with a free show featuring Ricochet starting at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 12, at Davis Creek Park, 25 Davis Creek Road. The main event takes place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 13, at Bowers Mansion, 4005 Old Highway 395, Washoe Valley. Performers include John Reischman & The Jaybirds (pictured), Bluegrass Etc., The Special Consensus and Run Boy Run. Tickets are $25. Admission is free for kids under age 12. The festival concludes with a free Gospel Show with The Gabardine Sisters starting at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 14, at Davis Creek Park. Visit www.bowersbluegrassfestival.org.

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 (minimum of six people). 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., http://artspotreno.com.

MOANA FOOD TRUCK ROUNDUP: The food truck gathering features family-friendly activities, entertainment and more. Th, 5-9pm through 9/29. Free admission. Rounds Bakery, 294 E. Moana Lane, Ste. 10, (775) 329-0800.

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

ART AFTERNOON: WORKSHOP AND SOCIAL FOR SENIORS: Enjoy a guided tour and a studio art class along with light refreshments. Registration is available online or on the day of the event. Second F of every month, 1-3pm. $7 general, $6 NMA members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

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.

CULTURAL LAND TOUR: INDEPENDENCE LAKE: This new art-in-nature program will 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, 8/12, 8:45am-2:30pm. $20. Donner Camp Trail at Donner Memorial State Park, 12593 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, (530) 563-6557.

GRAND OPENING/OPEN HOUSE: Restless Artists’ Theatre celebrates the opening of their new theater in Sparks with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Mayor Geno Martini from 4-5pm, followed by the open house from 5-7pm. Refreshments, season announcement and more. F, 8/12, 4-7pm. Free. Restless Artists’ Theatre, 295 20th St., Sparks, (775) 525-3074, http://restlessartiststheatre.org.

AN EVENING TO CELEBRATE LOCAL ART, MUSIC AND CULTURE: Featured artists are Ginel Kelly, Ian Plummer, Zoe Terry, Angie Fraley, Bruce Titus, Pat Pharris, VANNOZZI and Anthony Postman. Sa, 8/13, 6-9pm. Donation requested at door. Salon 215 South, 215 S. Wells Ave., (775) 323-1266, www.salon215south.com.

HOMEWOOD FINE ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL: More than 40 artists display an assortment of collectable arts and crafts. F,

8/12, 10am-5pm; Sa, 8/13, 10am-5pm; Su, 8/14, 10am-5pm. Homewood Mountain

Resort, 5145 W. Lake Blvd., Homewood, (877) 525-7669, www.skihomewood.com.

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In this talk, art historian Brigid Barton will explore the beginnings of Impressionism in and around Paris, as well as the variants of Impressionism that proliferated in artists’ colonies in America in the years before World War I. Th, 8/11, 6-7pm. $12 general admission, $8 NMA members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.

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.

TA-HOE NALU PADDLE FESTIVAL: The 10th annual stand-up paddle race festival includes competitions, a reception party, live music, free paddle clinics and demos.

F, 8/12, 2-6pm; Sa, 8/13, 7am-4pm; Su, 8/14, 7am-4pm. $10-$125. Kings Beach State

Recreation Area, 8318 North Lake Blvd., Kings Beach, www.tahoenalu.com.

THURSDAY DOWNTOWN FARMERS’ MARKET: The event includes local vendors, free live classic rock concerts, food trucks, a beer garden and summer games. Th, 4-9pm. Free. Sands Regency Casino Hotel, 345 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 348-2295.

UNR EXTENDED STUDIES OPEN HOUSE: Learn about Extended Studies’ programs, meet instructors, receive a special discount for registering on site for select courses and enter to win gift certificates to use toward course fees. There will be an information session about the Paralegal Studies program at 5:30pm. Tu, 8/16, 5:307pm. Free. University of Nevada, Reno Redfield Campus, 18600 Wedge Parkway, Nell J Redfield, Building A, (775) 784-4062, www.extendedstudies.unr.edu.

VALHALLA ART, MUSIC AND THEATRE FESTIVAL: The 34th annual celebration of music, theater and the visual arts features events and activities through August. Events take place in the Boathouse Theater, the Valhalla Grand Hall and the Grand Lawn. M-Su through 8/31. Prices vary. Tallac Historic Site, 1 Valhalla Road, South Lake Tahoe, (530) 541-4975.

All AgEs ANIMAL ARK AT DARK: Enjoy a flashlightled tour under the stars in the cool evening temperatures. Led by docents in small groups, you’ll learn about the behaviors, diet and habits of the Ark’s wild residents. Suitable for children age 7 and older. Sa, 8/13, 7:30-9:30pm. $15 adults, $13.50 seniors, $12 children ages 7-12. Animal Ark Wildlife Sanctuary and Nature Center, 1265 Deerlodge Road, (775) 970-3431, www.animalark.org.

HANDS ON! SECOND SATURDAYS: Enjoy free admission, live performances, hands-on art activities and storytelling in this free monthly program for families. Sa, 8/13, 10am-6pm. Free. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.

HANDS-ON WEEKEND SCIENCE: Families can participate in science activities on Saturdays and Sundays during Hands-On Weekend Science. Planetarium staff will host demonstrations and activities at the Science Station mobile lab in the lobby of the Exhibit Hall. HOW Science will explore themes of astronomy, chemistry, geology, biology, physics and space exploration. Sa, Su, 10am-2pm through 9/4. Free. Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center, 1650 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4812.

INSIDE OUT: AN ANATOMY EXPERIENCE: This exhibition will take you on a journey into the curiosities of human anatomy. Through digital and hands-on exhibits, you’ll learn how our bodies work, grow, age and heal. Tu-Su. $9-$10. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum, 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000.

SCIENCE SATURDAY: FOOD IN SPACE: Explore food in space with a classically trained chef and make and taste a variety of space foods in a hands-on activity. See an exclusive dome show about space exploration, run a simulated mission to the International Space Station and use VR headsets to explore on a first-person, 3D tour of the space station. Enjoy free refreshments and visit the rest of the museum and exhibits at your own pace. Sa, 8/13, 9:30am-12:30pm. $12 plus $1.65 tax. National Automobile Museum, 10 S. Lake St., (775) 333-9300.

SMALL WONDER WEDNESDAY: Families with children 5 years old and younger are invited to play, explore and listen to stories read by the museum’s educators. Only children age 5 and younger are admitted to Small Wonder Wednesdays, which start at 9am, an hour before the museum opens. Older siblings may join at 10am. Third W of every month, 9am. $8 per person; free for members and babies under age 1. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum, 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, www.nvdm.org.

SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) OUTREACH CLINIC: The Food Bank of Northern Nevada hosts SNAP outreach clinics to assist lowincome families and individuals in applying for SNAP benefits. Th, 10am-noon. Free. Downtown Reno Library, 301 S. Center St., (775) 327-8312.

Art ARTE ITALIA: Italian-American Cinema: From Capra to the Coppolas. This documentary exhibit curated by the Museo Italo Americano at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco features written and photographic panel displays, videos, memorabilia and graphic art. The themes upon which Italian-American filmmakers have concentrated include family, community, immigration and assimilation. Their films explore the American Dream in all its ramifications and contradictions. Th-Su, noon-5pm through 9/18. Free. 442 Flint St., (775) 333-0310.

CARSON CITY COMMUNITY CENTER: Silver State Swimmer. The Capital City Arts Initiative presents artwork by artist Michael Malley at the Carson City Community Center’s Sierra Room. M-Th, 8am-5pm through 11/10. Free. 851 E. William St., Carson City, (775) 887-2290, www.arts-initiative.org.

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, 8am5pm through 9/29. Free. 885 E. Musser St., Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

COBALT ARTIST STUDIO: Mary Beth Hamilton. Hamilton presents new paintings on reclaimed cedar from Lake Tahoe piers.

Sa, 8/13, 4-7pm. 230 Village Blvd., Ste. 3, Incline Village, (775) 240-8075.

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.

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Look on the always right side I’m a Harvard-educated man in my late 30s. I’ve had many ugly arguments with girlfriends, probably because I am highly opinionated and won’t give in when I’m right. I’ve always dated smart, professional women around my age, but I’m now dating a 21-year-old girl, and I’m thinking this could be it. She doesn’t complain, bug me, or question or challenge me. It strikes me that having a partner who challenges you is overrated. Could this be a lifelong relationship? Can’t I just pursue intellectual discussions elsewhere? This actually might make some sense. After all, conflict is bad, right? Well, not exactly. It turns out that there’s good conflict and there’s bad conflict. Bad conflict involves the stuff of “ugly arguments”—sneering, mocking and getting up on moral high ground—just so you can shoulder-check the other person off the edge. Good conflict, on the other hand, involves getting—and giving—healthy pushback—which means being what Nassim Taleb calls “antifragile.” In Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder, risk researcher Taleb, a former derivatives trader, explains that antifragile is “the exact opposite of fragile”—but it goes beyond “resilience or robustness.” Antifragile describes the way living things are improved by stressors—becoming better, stronger and more able to cope with difficult, unpredictable stuff that comes their way. Beyond how being challenged improves you as a person, marriage researcher John Gottman finds that the happiest, most stable relationships are those in which husbands accept “influence” from wives, making wives “far less likely” to go ugly in disagreements. This starts with what Gottman calls “deep friendship”—love between two equals with mutual respect, not one person who can’t believe his luck at finding another who, intellectually and emotionally, is basically a zygote with boobs. Of course, this woman’s silent partner thing may just be a feature of her being 21. Increasingly, 21 is the new, oh, 8 and a half. Kids are, as Taleb might say, raised “fragile”—helicopter-parented to encounter as few stressors as possible and then bubble-wrapped off to college for more of

the same. Still, even these kids have to grow up sometime—which is to say, your girlfriend could begin to have opinions and get a little miffy that you have a heartfelt interest in, um, never, ever hearing them. Your welcoming opinions and influence from a partner starts with having humility, which those frail of ego tend to see as a sign of weakness. The truth is, it takes a strong person to admit that he may be wrong and maybe doesn’t know everything in the known universe (and any yet-to-be-discovered galaxies). Should this come to describe you, you might start to see the appeal of a woman with more to say than those “three little words”—“Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.”

Height crime My new boyfriend is sweet, successful and handsome, and he rocks my world in bed. The problem? I’m 5’8” and he’s 5’6”. I’m embarrassed to admit this, but I’m just not that attracted to him when he’s standing up. OK, 5’6” isn’t exactly itsy-bitsy—but it might as well be to you. Your preference for taller men—which biological anthropologist Boguslaw Pawlowski finds 89 percent of women have—didn’t come out of nowhere. Tallness in a man suggests an ability to protect a woman and is associated with social status and access to resources. It also suggests good genes, because ancestors who weren’t starving to death and riddled with parasites would have had the metabolic resources to put toward growing tall. People say looks shouldn’t matter—which doesn’t for a moment change the fact that they do. Clearly, shortness is a deal breaker for you. This doesn’t make you “shallow.” It makes you somebody who should stop dating short guys—ideally before you blurt out your true feelings in bed: “Grow, Bradley! … I mean, ‘Oh, Bradley!’” Ω

Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave., No. 280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com).

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HOLLAND PROJECT GALLERY: Greg Allen +  Evan Dent. Local painter Greg Allen’s  exhibit features photorealistic paintings of remaining relics from the oil age  American West, which become monuments to places rapidly disappearing  in the rush toward urban renewal.  Running concurrently with Allen’s exhibition is artwork by Evan Dent, who will  transform the entry/hallway space  with large-scale charcoal murals drawn  directly on the wall in a style reminiscent  of early 20th century-era animation.  Tu-F, 3-6pm through 8/12. Free. 140 Vesta  St., (775) 742-1858, www.hollandreno.org.

HOLLAND PROJECT MICRO GALLERY AT BIBO COFFEE CO.: As Life Slips Through My  Fingers. Nathaniel Benjamin will feature  his original screen prints that illustrates  the humanistic elements of his personal  relationships and the mystical aspects  that surround him. M-Su through 8/26.  Free. 945 Record St., (775) 348-8087,  www.hollandreno.org.

LAKE MANSION: From the Walls of the  Riverside Artist Lofts to the Lake  Mansion. The featured art is photography by Megan Berner and the paintings  by Martin Holmes. The Artist Lofts show  also includes novels, jewelry, clothing,  accessories, knickknacks and cards.  Artists include Holly English, Erik Holland,  Patricia Sherer, Dianna Sion, Catherine  Sweet, Damien Cole, Maggy Anthony,  Gene Anthony, Jay Fisher and Marilyn  Fisher. Through 8/26. Free. 250 Court St.,  (775) 826-6100.

MYSTIQUE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE: Diversity:  Invitational Photography Show. The  Charlie B Gallery has partnered with  Mystique Restaurant & Lounge for this  Northern Nevada photography show  featuring work by 13 Nevada photographers. The opening and reception will  be on Aug. 11. The show will continue  through Sept. 17. Th, 8/11, 6-9pm. Free. 318  N.Carson St., Carson City, (775) 434-7404.

SIERRA ARTS: Haunted. Meg Regelous’  installation combines ceramics, etchings  printed on silk, drawings, paintings and  found objects. M-F through 8/26; Th, 8/18, 5-7pm. Free. 17 S. Virginia St., Ste. 120,  (775) 329-2787.

ST. MARY’S ART AND RETREAT CENTER:  Summer Arts Exhibition. Artists Pete  Paulos and Richard Wells are the featured artists exhibiting on all four  floors of the historical building. The new  Artisan Gallery features works of glass,  metals, wood, fiber arts, paper and  more. Summer artisans include Casey  Clark, Don Kennedy, Pam Sutton and  Linda Gamble. F-Su, 11am-4pm through 8/22. Donations welcome. 55 N. R St.,  Virginia City, (775) 847-7774.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF NORTHERN NEVADA (UUFNN): Looking  Out—Seeing Within. Twenty artists show  their renditions of Nevada two ways: one  realistic/impressionist paired with an  abstract work of the same location. M-F, Su, 11am-2pm through 8/24. Free. 780 Del  Monte Lane, (775) 851-7100.

MuseuMs FOURTH WARD SCHOOL MUSEUM: The  Comstock Through Time. This exhibit  highlights some of the history of the  Comstock through photographs and personal accounts. M-Su, 10am-5pm. $3-$5,  free for children age 5 and younger. 537  S. C St., Virginia City, (775) 847-0975.

Lake Tahoe Concours d’Elegance Wooden Boat Show

8/12:

The 44th annual judged  wooden boat show features  more than 85 of the best  antique, vintage and classic  boats in North America  competing in specialized  classes for top honors and  bragging rights. The event  runs from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  on Friday, Aug. 12, and 9 a.m.  to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday,  Aug. 13, at Obexer’s Boat  Company, 5300 W. Lake Blvd.,  Homewood. Tickets are $25$40. Admission is free for kids  under age 12. Visit http:// laketahoeconcours.com.

NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: American

Impressionism, W-Su through 8/14; Ai  Weiwei—Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads:  Gold,  W-Su through 10/23; Ugo Rondinone:  Seven Magic Mountains, W-Su through 5/11; Trevor Paglen: Orbital Reflector,  W-Su through 12/31; Tilting the Basin:  Contemporary Art of Nevada, W-Su through 10/23; Andrea Zittel: Wallsprawl,  W-Su through 12/31; Contemporary  Nevada: State of the State,  W-Su through 10/23; Anna McKee: 68,000 Years of Ice,  W-Su through 9/18; Anthony McCall: Swell,  W-Su through 1/8. $1-$10. 160 W. Liberty  St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

SPARKS HERITAGE MUSEUM: Geographical  Divides: Finding Common Ground. The  exhibit features 16 artists who were  asked to explore the geographical and  cultural differences in Nevada, if such  differences truly exist. The assembly of  printmakers—eight from the north, eight  from the south—produced two prints  from each collaboration. Tu-Sa through 8/13; From Steam to Steampunk. The  Great Basin Costume Society explores  the historical roots of the fantasy subgenre steampunk from the Industrial  Revolution into present time in the  museum’s changing gallery. See vintage  and original costumes, accessories and  more while you learn about the historical  roots of steam power, Victorian fashion  and steam-inspired media. Tu-Sa through 8/13. $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, free  for children 12 and younger. 814 Victorian  Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144.

WILBUR D. MAY MUSEUM, RANCHO SAN RAFAEL REGIONAL PARK: Married to  Adventure. The safari-themed exhibition tells the story of Martin and Osa  Johnson—daring naturalists, filmmakers, photographers, explorers and  American heroes of the 1910s-1930s.  This exhibition is on loan from the  Safari Museum in Chanute, Kansas and  features more than 100 original photographs, movie posters and artifacts that  capture the romance and adventure  that characterized Martin and Osa’s life  together. W-Su through 10/30. $9 adults,  $8 seniors, children. 1595 N. Sierra St.,  (775) 785-5961.

Music APRÈS SKI PARTY—EXTREME SUMMER EDITION: A summertime après ski party  featuring LAMBchop, Motion Potion and  All Good Funk Alliance. F, 8/12, 9:30pm.  $5-$10. Moe’s Original BBQ, 120 Grove St.,  Tahoe City, (206) 453-8732.

CLASSICAL TAHOE: Formerly the Lake Tahoe  SummerFest, the fifth annual classical  music festival features 40 top classical  musicians performing 11 concerts under  the direction of Maestro Joel Revzen.  This season’s event will feature Mozart’s  Fifth Violin Concerto and Beethoven’s  Fifth Symphony, as well as works by  Brahms, Gershwin, Handel, Vivaldi and  others. Venues include the Jet Blue  Pavilion at Sierra Nevada College and  Cornerstone Church in Incline Village.  F, Sa, 7pm through 8/13. $25-$100. Call or  visit website for details, (775) 298-0245,  http://classicaltahoe.org.

FULL MOON PARTY AT WEST SHORE CAFE:  Enjoy the view of the full moon rising  over Lake Tahoe with live music by Jesse  Kalin. Tu, 8/16, 5:30-8:30pm; Th, 9/15, 5:308:30pm. Free. West Shore Cafe, 5160 W.  Lake Blvd., Homewood, (530) 584-6867,  www.westshorecafe.com.

JAZZ AND BEYOND: CARSON CITY MUSIC FESTIVAL: More than 100 musicians  in over 60 events perform at venues  across Carson City. M-Su through 8/21.  Free for most events. Call or visit website for details, (775) 883-4154.

LIVE MUSIC FRIDAYS: West Shore Cafe  presents its summer music series. Ben  Fuller plays on Aug. 12 and 19. Jeff Jones  performs on Aug. 26. F, 8/12, 5:30-8:30pm; F, 8/19, 5:30-8:30pm; F, 8/26, 5:30-8:30pm.  Free. West Shore Cafe, 5160 W. Lake  Blvd., Homewood, (530) 584-6867.

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. Free. Kings Beach State  Recreation Area, 8318 North Lake Blvd.,  Kings Beach, (530) 546-9000.

PADDLE BOARD YOGA: The West Shore  will offer Saturday morning SUP Yoga  classes from 8 to 9 a.m. Previous yoga  and paddleboard experience recommended. Pre-registration is encouraged  if you need to use a West Shore paddleboard, as they are limited. Students are  encouraged to bring their own paddleboards. Sa, 8-9am through 9/3. Opens 8/13.  $25. West Shore Cafe, 5160 W. Lake Blvd.,  Homewood, www.westshorecafe.com.

onstage ALCHEMIST THEATRE “VICTORY”: The  Alchemists share their unique relationship to Jesus in this presentation. “How  Bazaar—A Healing Marketplace” opens  at 6:45pm, offering a variety of free  healings, including prayer, reiki, readings  and more. The Sanctuary doors open at  7pm, show starts at 7:30pm. W, 8/17, 7:309pm. $15-$50. Center for Spiritual Living,  Reno, 4685 Lakeside Drive, (248) 231-9816,  www.alchemistmovement.org.

sports & Fitness GALENA CREEK GUIDED HIKE: Join a naturalist along one of the Galena Park trails  and learn about the area. Sa, 10am.  $5 suggested donation. Galena Creek  Visitor Center, 18250 Mt. Rose Highway,  (775) 849-4948.

“Introduction to Color” is the morning’s  theme during this two-hour class. Open  to people age 15 and older. W, 8/17, 10amnoon. $25 (supplies included in cost). Lake  Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100  ext. 2, www.artsforallnevada.org.

Learn a modern style of pointed pen  calligraphy, the foundations of hand  lettering and applying these techniques  to larger signage. Sa, 8/13, 1-5pm. $170.  Atelier Truckee, 10128 Donner Pass Road,  Truckee, (530) 386-2700.

PAINT & SIP: HOT AUGUST STARRY NIGHT:  Transform a master painting into your  own 16” x 20” acrylic painting masterpiece. The featured painting will be  Vincent Van Gogh’s “Starry Night.” Bring  your own beverage/snacks. W, 8/17, 5:308:30pm. $30 (supplies included in cost).  Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 8266100 ext. 2, www.artsforallnevada.org.

CABARET: Laughing Owl Productions presents John Kander & Fred Ebb’s musical  about American writer Cliff Bradshaw’s  journey into the nightclub scene in Berlin  during the era of Weimar Germany. W-Sa,

8-10:30pm through 8/27; Su, 2-4:30pm through 8/21. $25-$30. Laughing Owl

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Productions, 75 S. Wells Ave., (775) 3849967, www.laughingowlproductions.com.

THE WIZARD OF OZ: Sierra School of  Performing Arts presents this classic story based on the 1939 Academy  Award-winning movie. This adaptation  developed by the Royal Shakespeare  Company features favorite songs such  “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” “If I  Only Had a Heart” and “We’re Off to  See the Wizard.” F, 8/12, 7:30pm; Sa, 8/13,

7:30pm; Su, 8/14, 7:30pm; F, 8/19, 7:30pm; Sa, 8/20, 7:30pm; Su, 8/21, 7:30pm. $15-$40.  Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater, Bartley  Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch  Road, (775) 852-7740.

patients and families facing cancer and is  facilitated by an oncology social worker  who is skilled in the emotional aspects of  cancer. Participants can share experiences and express feelings and concerns. The support group meets weekly  on Thursday meets in the Orthopedic  Conference Room on the third floor of the  Roseview Tower. Th, 11:30am-1pm. Free.  Renown Regional Medical Center, 1155 Mill  St., (775) 982-6831, 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,  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. Third W of every month, 6:308pm. Free. Washoe County Senior Center,  1155 E. Ninth St., (775) 982-2817.

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.

TOCCATA-Tahoe Symphony Orchestra  and Chorus continues its Summer  MusicFest with a new concert series  featuring Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.  5 in A major, Coronation Mass KV 317,  “Laudate Dominum” from Vesperae  solennes de confessore, KV 339, and  Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major. F, 8/12, 7pm. $5-$35, free for youth under age  18 in non-preferred seating. St. Theresa  Catholic Church, 1041 Lyons Ave., South  Lake Tahoe; Su, 8/14, 4pm. $5-$35, free  for youth under age 18 in non-preferred  seating. South Reno United Methodist  Church, 200 DeSpain Lane, (775) 313-9697,  www.toccatatahoe.com.

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MODERN CALLIGRAPHY & HAND LETTERING:

PIPES ON THE RIVER: The Friday lunchtime

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Reno Pirate Crawl

8/13:

Hoist the  Jolly Roger and set sail for  a night of merriment during  the annual pirate-themed  bar crawl. Wear your best  pirate duds and purchase a  $5 commemorative cup and  map, which will give you drink  specials, entry in costume  contests and free admission  to 20 participating bars,  nightclubs and restaurants  in downtown Reno. Must be  age 21 or older to participate.  The crawl begins at 8 p.m. on  Saturday, Aug. 13, at Harrah’s  Reno Plaza, 219 N. Center  St. Visit http://crawlreno. com/event/piratecrawl.

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.

LIFESCAPES: The writing program provides  seniors an opportunity to write and  share their memoirs. First and third W of every month, 1-3pm. Free. Northwest  Reno Library, 2325 Robb Drive, (775) 7874100; Second and fourth Th of every month, 10:30am. Free. South Valleys Library,  15650A Wedge Parkway, (775) 851-5190.

MAN TO MAN PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: Facilitated by a prostate cancer survivor, this new support group  is designed to help men cope with  prostate cancer by offering education  and support for patients during their  cancer journey. The group meets in the  Orthopedic Conference Room on the  third floor in the Roseview Tower. First and third M of every month, 5:30-7pm. Free.  Renown Regional Medical Center, 1155 Mill  St., (775) 982-6831, www.renown.org.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Using scissors,

snip off a strand of your hair. As you do, sing a beloved song with uplifting lyrics. Seal the hair in an envelope on which you have written the following: “I am attracting divine prods and unpredictable nudges that will enlighten me about a personal puzzle that I am ready to solve.” On each of the next five nights, kiss this package five times and place it beneath your pillow as you sing a beloved song with uplifting lyrics. Then observe your dreams closely. Keep a pen and notebook or audio recorder near your bed to capture any clues that might arrive. On the morning after the fifth night, go to your kitchen sink and burn the envelope and hair in the flame of a white candle. Chant the words of power: “Catalytic revelations and insights are arriving.” The magic you need will appear within 15 days.

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time to have a master craftsperson decorate your headquarters with stained glass windows that depict the creation stories of your favorite indigenous culture. You might also benefit from hiring a feng shui consultant to help you design a more harmonious home environment. Here are some cheaper but equally effective ways to promote domestic bliss: Put images of your heroes on your walls. Throw out stuff that makes you feel cramped. Add new potted plants to calm your eyes and nurture your lungs. If you’re feeling especially experimental, build a shrine devoted to the Goddess of Ecstatic Nesting.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You Geminis are as

full of longings as any other sign, but you have a tendency to downplay their intensity. How often do you use your charm and wit to cloak your burning, churning yearnings? Please don’t misunderstand me: I appreciate your refined expressions of deep feelings—as long as that’s not a way to hide your deep feelings from yourself. This will be an especially fun and useful issue for you to meditate on in the coming weeks. I advise you to be in very close touch with your primal urges.

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sensitive as well as insatiable and irreverent. Cultivate your rigorous skepticism, but expect the arrival of at least two freaking miracles. Be extra nurturing to allies who help you and sustain you, but also be alert for those moments when they may benefit from your rebellious provocations. Don’t take anything too personally or literally or seriously, even as you treat the world as a bountiful source of gifts and blessings. Be sure to regard love as your highest law, and laugh at fear at least three times every day.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Although you may not

yet be fully aware of your good fortune, your “rescue” is already underway. Furthermore, the so-called hardship you’ve been lamenting will soon lead you to a trick you can use to overcome one of your limitations. Maybe best of all, Virgo, a painful memory you have coddled for a long time has so thoroughly decayed that there’s almost nothing left to cling to. Time to release it! So what comes next? Here’s what I recommend: Throw a going-away party for everything you no longer need. Give thanks to the secret intelligence within you that has guided you to this turning point.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Here comes a special occasion—a radical exemption that is so rare as to be almost impossible. Are you ready to explore a blessing you have perhaps never

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experienced? For a brief grace period, you can be free from your pressing obsessions. Your habitual attachments and unquenchable desires will leave you in peace. You will be relieved of the drive to acquire more possessions or gather further proof of your attractiveness. You may even arrive at the relaxing realization that you don’t require as many props and accessories as you imagined you needed to be happy and whole. Is enlightenment nigh? At the very least, you will learn how to derive more joy out of what you already have.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the coming weeks, I suspect that life will attempt to move you away from any influences that interfere with your ability to discern and express your soul’s code. You know what I’m talking about when I use that term “soul’s code,” right? It’s your sacred calling; the blueprint of your destiny; the mission you came to earth to fulfill. So what does it mean if higher powers and mysterious forces are clearing away obstacles that have been preventing you from a more complete embodiment of your soul’s code? Expect a breakthrough that initially resembles a breakdown.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Maybe you

know people who flee from the kind of big, bold blankness that’s visiting you, but I hope you won’t be tempted to do that. Here’s my counsel: Welcome your temporary engagement with emptiness. Celebrate this opening into the unknown. Ease into the absence. Commune with the vacuum. Ask the nothingness to be your teacher. What’s the payoff? This is an opportunity to access valuable secrets about the meaning of your life that aren’t available when you’re feeling full. Be gratefully receptive to what you don’t understand and can’t control.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I placed a wager

down at the astrology pool. I bet that sometime in the next three weeks, you Capricorns will shed at least some of the heavy emotional baggage that you’ve been lugging around; you will transition from ponderous plodding to curious-hearted sauntering. Why am I so sure this will occur? Because I have detected a shift in attitude by one of the most talkative little voices in your head. It seems ready to stop tormenting you with cranky reminders of all the chores you should be doing but aren’t—and start motivating you with sunny prompts about all the fun adventures you could be pursuing.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): What you are most afraid of right now could become what fuels you this fall. Please note that I used the word “could.” In the style of astrology I employ, there is no such thing as predestination. So if you prefer, you may refuse to access the rich fuel that’s available. You can keep your scary feelings tucked inside your secret hiding place, where they will continue to fester. You are not obligated to deal with them squarely, let alone find a way to use them as motivation. But if you are intrigued by the possibility that those murky worries might become a source of inspiration, dive in and investigate.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you ready for

your midterm exam? Luckily, I’m here to help get you into the proper frame of mind to do well. Now study the following incitements with an air of amused rebelliousness: (1) You may have to act a bit wild or unruly in order to do the right thing. (2) Loving your enemies could motivate your allies to give you more of what you need. (3) Are you sufficiently audacious to explore the quirky happiness that can come from cultivating intriguing problems? (4) If you want people to change, try this: Change yourself in the precise way you want them to change.

You can call Rob Brezsny for your Expanded Weekly Horoscope: (900) 950-7700. $1.99 per minute. Must be 18+. Touchtone phone required. Customer service (612) 373-9785. And don’t forget to check out Rob’s website at www.realastrology.com.

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Jasmine Gunn is the founder of  Kekoa of Aloha, a nonprofit organization that’s bringing an Aloha Festival to Reno on Aug. 27 at Wingfield  Park on the Truckee River. Visit the  website at www.renoalohafestival. com or www.facebook.com/KekoaOfAloha to learn more.

What is Kekoa of Aloha? Kekoa means warrior. We wanted to do like Warriors of Aloha—like bringing it to Reno, just more culture to Reno, like the Hawaiian culture, Polynesian. I noticed there was nothing here.

So talk to me a little bit about this event. What’s it going to entail? We’re going to have different food vendors, craft vendors, local vendors. We’ll have—all day will be entertainment. We’ll have cultural workshops happening, and, like, little activities for the kids.

What kind of cultural workshops? We’re having a guest come. His name is Pa’a ’Alana. He’s a tattoo artist. … He’s a mea kakau moli practitioner and genealogical researcher. So he does the tapping tattoo, the traditional Hawaiian type of tattoo.

Will he be just talking about the process of doing it and the history of it? Yes.

Or will he be doing tattoos? No. The health department wouldn’t let us.

Darn. All right. Talk to me about the food. There’s a lot of Reno foodies. So we’re having different vendors. Some are still pending, but the ones that we have confirmed—they’re going to bring lau lau. It’s like seaweed, taro leaf and then pork. It’s wrapped pork in this leaf. It’s pretty good. And they’re also doing lomi salmon. And that’s a side dish where they put raw salmon pieces in ice with tomato and onion. We’ll have poke. Do you know what poke is?

Um—? So, it’s raw ahi tuna, and it’s seasoned with whatever that vendor wants to use. But it’s just basically raw fish. Oh, we’re

having Hawaiian shave ice. Shave is not with a “d.” It’s just Hawaiian shave ice. They’re coming from Sacramento, and they’re pretty good. … I tried them in Sacramento when I went to their Aloha festival, and they had the longest line out of everything.

What do you hope that people get out of the event? A day to get together and talk story, meet other people from the island or people who have been or want to go. And then for the younger kids, for them to learn more about the culture.

Cool. Any kid-specific activities? Just like candy lei making. We’ll read, like, a story, a Hawaiian story. That’s all I’ve got so far, because I’m lagging on that section.

Oh, music! Tell me about the music. So we’re having five halaus, which are like hula groups. We also have about five music acts. We’re having Britt Straw. She’s local. She’s not Hawaiian, but she plays ukelele. Our headliner is Blessed Love—gospel reggae. Then we’re also having Imua, and they’re Hawaiian contemporary. … Would you like to hear more about the halaus? We have Poly Nui. They’re local. The other local one is Ka Pa Hula O Kawaiolanoelaniokane. Ω

by BRUCE VAN DYKE

El Payaso The truth is, not everything that  falls out of Trump’s mouth is a horror. His recent complaints about  two of the three debates being on  Sunday and Monday nights are  actually quite reasonable. As in  why the hell would the debate programming committee or whomever  bother with putting something as  important as this year’s presidential debates in direct competition  with America’s Football Fetish?  Is this committee totally clueless  as to this current cultural reality,  that the Sunday and Monday night  football games are a lock to be two  of the top five rated TV shows of  the week? Why not put all debates  on Tuesday nights and be done with  it? Bingo. No problem. Tuesdays are  just sitting there like a big, fat pork  chop, just waiting to be stuffed  with Trump and Hillary. To put the  debates on any other night of the  week is lame and moronic. •

I just got back from a Mexican  jaunt, and I couldn’t help but notice  that a few Mexicans now enjoy  referring to Trump as El Payaso.  The Clown. • I hope to hell Hill isn’t spending all of  her stash o’cash on ads about the  bummers of a Payaso presidency.  It’s safe to say that most of us libs/ progressives have by now got the  message, that President Trump  just might be disastrous enough to  make Dubya look like freakin’ Abe  Lincoln. What would be more effective is for the Dems to tout some of  their, you know, accomplishments  over the last four years. I know,  that’s a fairly strange, even radical  concept. But seriously. The Dems actually  have something to tout. They can  point to current developments that  carry the faint aroma of governmental competence, which could  be kind of refreshing if used in the

next wave of TV spots. For example,  the July report of the Workplace  Vitality Index—a credible source,  I hope—showed that wages for  American workers rose in the second quarter of ’16 by 2.2 percent.  You combine that stat with the  latest unemployment figure of 4.9  percent, and it would appear you  have a situation that can be used  when trolling for votes, especially presentable to hard-headed  independents who are still trying  to figure out their choice (really?).  If you’re still on the fence, waiting  for some real data in order to make  your final call, these are the sort of  numbers that can be helpful. Yes, using your achievements  and quasi-competency may not be  as much sexy fun as painting an  apocalyptic portrayal of a Payaso  presidency, but I’m old school  enough to think it still can play  an important part in a national  campaign.         Ω

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