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Great debate Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review. Most of us have probably read and seen enough by now about the first debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. It’s hard to watch those kind of things without confirmation bias—the ingrained tendency to see what you want to see. But I tried to put myself in the shoes of an undecided voter or at least an extraterrestrial. One candidate seemed confident, intelligent, poised, educated and prepared. At worst, she occasionally seemed smug or evasive—as when glossing over her change of position on the TransPacific Partnership, for example. But the other candidate seemed abrasive, arrogant and flustered. He huffed, puffed, guffawed, sniffed, snorted, bragged, boasted and yelled. He interrupted his opponent constantly, ignored decorum and rambled incoherently. Many of the things he bragged and boasted about were unethical—refusing to pay people for their work, avoiding taxes, financially benefiting from other people’s suffering during the housing collapse, looking out for his own interests at the expense of everyone else. These comments have been discussed at great length by other media outlets, but there’s one outrageous statement he made that I haven’t seen get much attention. While discussing race relations in this country, Trump said, “In Palm Beach, Florida … probably the wealthiest community there is in the world, I opened a club, and really got great credit for it. No discrimination against African-Americans, against Muslims, against anybody. And it’s a tremendously successful club. ... And I’m very, very proud of it.” If I understand him correctly, it seems like he was bragging that black people are allowed to golf at his expensive resort—as though that’s somehow praiseworthy and in defiance of expectations. Like it was a brilliant, radical idea for him to give African-Americans and Muslims the incredible privilege and honor to spend their money at his golf club. Like all we need to do to heal race relations in this country is give everyone an equal chance to give Trump their money.

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The first Bush As many differences as I have had with George H.W. Bush’s opinions over the years, I have to give him props for several reasons. He was a U.S. naval aviator during World War II and after flying in combat, landed planes on very small runways that were traveling at 20 knots in 20-25 knot winds. Naval aviators are the best pilots in the world because they have to be. As president, he did not have the most successful term ever, but he did manage to bring Saddam Hussein firmly under control in one week with minimal U.S. casualties—thanks also to Colin Powell—in 1991. He stood up to the National Rifle Association and resigned as a lifetime member when he thought that they had gone too far to promote assault rifles among the general public. Since leaving office, he has done extensive humanitarian work, which has helped countless thousands of sick and needy people around the world. Now I am not sure if this attached story [Politico: “George H.W. Bush to vote for Hillary Clinton”] will come true, but even if it doesn’t, the conduct of this president tells me that he is not owned and that he should be respected by people from both parties. Lew Dawg Cloninger Plantation, Florida

Lobbyist praises Heller Thanks to Sen. Dean Heller’s support for the Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act, new investments in clean energy, jobs and lower utility bills are coming to Nevada. Previous rules allowed a limited tax credit for energy storage when installed alongside wind or solar. This bill extends investment tax credits for all applications of clean energy storage including consumerowned and on or off-grid generators. Tesla is finishing its Gigafactory near Reno to meet demand for lithium-ion storage units, and expects full capacity by 2020, when it’s also projected to produce more batteries annually than were produced worldwide in 2013. Energy storage technology would allow Nevadans to store locally sourced geothermal and solar energy and has created hundreds of local jobs. Over 6,500 new onsite jobs are expected in the next four years. In June, a Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions survey showed 73 percent of likely Nevadan voters viewed exploration and development of renewable energy as a high priority. Over eight-in-ten respondents said it’s time to update our energy infrastructure for safer, more efficient delivery of traditional energy. Heller promotes renewable energy that’s good for Nevada, and deserves credit for seeking to build bipartisan support for technology that benefits renewable energy providers and consumers alike. James Dozier Washington, D.C.

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Instructions for Kaepernick Colin Kaepernick, raised by white parents and making big money, should stand up and walk into the communities where he thinks people have it so tough and use his millions to help those he feels are in need. Black athletes make up 68 percent of National Football League players, and these athletes worked hard to get there and make the big money. But now it is time to give back to the communities they came from, like graduates from good colleges give back to their colleges. So sitting does nothing but show disrespect to the flag of the nation where they have been rewarded so nicely for playing a game on TV. So, Kaepernick, get off your butt and do something helpful like the parents who raised you did. How about you adopting a couple of kids from a tough area and spend time raising them and showing them the opportunities they have in this country instead of how to disrespect this country like your parents did? Ted Bandaruk Reno

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I was 18 years old. I was at my cousin’s house, and my preschool friend, Erin, was renting a room from my cousin … and she looked me up, and we started dating each other, and we had sex. I was 18 years old. She was the first one.

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I was 17. Man, where was I? Actually, yeah, I was in a motherin-law house. Is that what you’d call it? … It was a mother-in-law suite. Really, I couldn’t really tell you. I don’t remember much—yeah.

Ron MaRLowe Railroader

Sandoval panics again When hot issues come up in government, it’s always a good idea to make sure the public is along for the ride. During the dispute over Reno City Manager Andrew Clinger, the City Council and mayor were in too great a hurry. What was at issue were expenditures for an investigation and then a buyout, and neither were emergencies. Twice special meetings were called instead of listing the matter on the next regular agenda, which would have given the public more time to know what was going on and react. It was particularly regrettable in the second instance, when there was a plan to give Clinger a golden parachute before the completion of the investigation into his conduct. Councilmembers are proccupied with public business constantly. Members of the public need more time. In the case of the County Commission rushing to appoint members of the legislature for a special session, there was absolutely no reason other than a panicky governor’s political claims. The public owes the Reno GazetteJournal a debt of thanks for slowing the process down with the open meeting law. The governor’s “need” for a special session is nonsense. He wants to cut the public out of the process, to ram a malodorous $750 million stadium giveaway through before anyone can give it some decent scrutiny. It’s a repeat of Tesla, when he called a special session so fast it left the state’s taxpayers’ heads spinning, and Nevada was saddled with the biggest corporate welfare package in human history. This time, for some reason, the governor wants a legislature of lame duck legislators in session on Oct. 7

instead of waiting a mere 33 days for the new lawmakers to take office—or, better yet, waiting until the regular session. There is no way a complex deal like the stadium can be scrutinized adequately in a special session. If the legislators take their time, the worst that could happen is the deal falls through and taxpayers save $750 million. Oh, darn. What will we do with the money? Well, the Washoe County School District needs $780 million. Here’s a better scenario: Business as usual. The backers of the stadium acquire the property and build the stadium, using their own money or bank loans like real people. They observe all local zoning and safety ordinances. They follow all state and federal environmental laws (and the governor makes sure they do). They open their stadium, and if income exceeds outgo, that’s free enterprise. Make billionaires pay for their own damn stadiums. Leave the taxpayers out of it. Additionally, for Northern Nevadans who happen to be fans of the Raiders football team, it’s insulting to make them pay to move the team 250 miles further away from our metropolitan area than the team is already based. When Nevada was a mecca for securities fraud, the Nevada secretary of state’s office told the public that whenever someone pushed investors to jump in fast, it was a warning. In looking through various scams on the Federal Trade Commission website, we found similar warnings: “In fact, any pressure to ‘act now’ before you miss out on a prize is a sign of a scam.” Members of the public need to think of their politicians as scam artists, rushing them into a bad deal fast. Ω

I was 15 years old. My dad’s a minister, and somebody donated an old Greyhound bus … for the church. It was parked on the side of our house. We were all young kids out there drinking. … And an older chick from up the street came down … and she ended up having sex with me in the … bus. Scot t wheeLeR Truck driver

It was a girl I was dating in high school that I took away from another guy. … I think I was like … 18 years old. Yeah, high school first love. For what?—I guess my whole senior year. No. No. She was a senior. I was a junior, so I was 17.

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It was a boyfriend in high school and somebody I thought cared about me. I was 16 years old. It was the front seat of his car, and he wasn’t taking no for an answer. … I really felt like a victim after that, and I’d like to tell women not to allow that “no” not to mean anything. No means no.

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by Sheila leSlie

A new and unimproved giveaway It never ends. Each new “deal” to give public funds to billionaires is worse than the last. Our economic development authorities seem to spend every waking hour figuring out how to transfer taxpayer cash to the upper classes while Nevada’s workers fall further and further behind. As the average worker’s wages stagnate, our billionaires get bolder and bolder about stealing our money, encouraged by politicians who curry their favor. Case in point: the Las Vegas stadium project which fleeces taxpayers while transferring untold new wealth to a greedy billionaire who just can’t get enough of our money. Nevada continues to badly negotiate these deals for its citizens, passing movie production subsidies long after other states realized how much they were losing doing the same. We participate in bidding wars for companies like Tesla and then act surprised when there’s no tax revenue to repair our schools, expand our roads, or protect our seniors as they are priced out of

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their rentals in the name of growth. Now that it’s common knowledge that every publicly funded stadium deal has gone sour, guess what? We’re going to get the Raiders to move to Las Vegas for a mere $750 million in general obligation bonds, leaving the taxpayers on the hook instead of the developers. The Legislature will soon be called into special session to approve a plan by the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee to fund a stadium through contributions by billionaire Sheldon Adelson ($650 million) and the NFL/Raiders organization ($500 million), saving the biggest contribution for Nevada’s taxpayers ($750 million). Proponents claim tourists will fund the stadium through increased room taxes but neglect to point out that education also receives this funding, including schools in Northern Nevada. And the deal reserves any potential profit for the private sector instead of our kids. U.S. Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto is one of the few politicians to stand

up for Nevada’s taxpayers. She told the editorial board of the Las Vegas ReviewJournal, a newspaper owned by Adelson, that she was against dedicating any public funds to the project since Nevada is just now emerging from the recession and needs to dedicate its funds to education, mental health and infrastructure needs. Boiling the issue down to its most salient point, she said, “If a billionaire wants to build a stadium, then a billionaire should pay for the stadium.” Particularly insulting to Washoe County voters is the arrogance and audacity of the stadium backers in demanding that three vacant legislative seats be filled just a month before the general election. They want to ensure these newly minted one-month legislators are primed to rubber stamp the project quickly in the special session, claiming they can’t wait for November’s election because they need time to convince the NFL owners to move the Raiders. What a flimsy excuse. They want to handpick the legislative appointments and avoid too many questions from new legislators who might

feel more bound to represent the people who elected them. Getting to a two-thirds margin in any tax vote is a tough sell, and those vacant seats count as no votes. Of course Democrats can easily kill the deal by voting no, or they could have demanded the Governor wait until after the election to call a special session. After all, Adelson writes millions of dollars of campaign contributions to Republicans and their PACs. They may feel he’s earned an IOU, but Democrats certainly don’t. It’s a travesty that there’s such a rush to make a billionaire richer while our children suffer in overcrowded schools and our seniors can’t find affordable, safe places to live. The San Francisco Chronicle called the proposal “the ultimate sucker bet.” You’d think Ω as a gambling state we’d know better. A petition on the stadium issue is posted at stadiumscam.com

by Brendan Trainor

Johns are people, too A married Oakland officer forced a 17-year-old prostitute named Celeste Guap to have sex with the promise of protection from arrest. Guap, now 19, found herself in trouble this year and asked him for help. When he refused, she informed on him with the Oakland Chief of Police. The next day, the married police officer committed suicide. Guap claims to have had coerced sex for protection with over 30 Bay Area police officers. So far, four have been fired, and at least seven disciplined. “Coerced sex,” as any feminist will tell you, is synonymous with rape. The chief administrator of Oakland said while announcing the discipline, “Oakland holds its police to the highest standards.” Well, it might be a start. Recently, a new website was launched that encourages outing alleged johns. The website provides a form for taking down license plate numbers of vehicles engaged in suspicious activity. “It will just take two minutes,” it helpfully advises. Would

that a trip to the DMV were so simple and convenient. The Oakland police have been publicly outed as sex traffickers, as child abusers coercing illegal sex, but still Oakland believes it has the moral standing to encourage citizens to become vigilante sex cops. The license plate is identified and the city sends a “Dear John” letter to the address, where wife and kids might be interested to know Daddy was driving in a “high prostitution area” accompanied by a lecture that “prostitution is not a victimless crime and is associated with kidnapping, human trafficking, and sexual exploitation of children.” You don’t say. John-shaming is part of the new anti-trafficking strategy of “helping” sex workers by arresting their clients, and/or forfeiting the clients’ cars. Known as the Nordic model, it has been gaining popularity with prohibitionists since Sweden implemented it in 1999. Ex-president Jimmy Carter, who

still teaches Sunday school in Georgia, endorses the Nordic program. Maybe he doesn’t understand it also includes arresting providers as well as their clients, humiliating them, forcing the women to plead guilty, then “diverting” them to a special court where—if they attend lectures and confess in group therapy to the evils of their chosen profession—they can have the guilty plea expunged. Not only is this degrading, but it is ineffective as well. John-shaming simply doesn’t work. Studies show there is no decrease in commercial sexual activity with the Nordic model. Most johns who are arrested along with the provider are low-income, because those are the men who use streetwalkers. Middle-class clients use the internet to find independent providers who work indoors. The elite, including politicians and judges, can afford an even more secure rendezvous brokered by discreet agencies or simply put a mistress up in style.

Promiscuity in itself is not a crime, and giving a woman a penthouse, car and jewels for sexual favors is also not criminal. Many expect sex after a dinner and a show. Somehow, exchanging a few hundred dollars upfront for no-stringsattached fun is transformed by our outdated laws into a criminal act. John-shaming is the modern version of the Puritan practice of putting sinners in the stocks. Instead of Cotton Mather’s frown, we get Catherine Cortez Masto’s uplifted nose. There are victims in the crime of prostitution, but it is not the provider and her client engaged in a willing transaction for a desired service. It is rather the U.S. justice system, common sense and compassion that are the real victims of the government’s war on commercial sex. Ω

For more, see www.swopusa.org/myths-truths-why-weoppose-the-nordic-model/

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by Dennis Myers

Trump found his mark

At Cathexes design firm in Reno, Gloria Steinem schmoozed with Nevada leaders.

Just 49 days before election day, Donald Trump finally found someone willing to be his Nevada state chair. U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei took the job. Trump said Amodei—who took a job as head of a mining industry lobby group while still a state senator—“has resisted the pull of special interests in Washington to fight for change and for the people of Nevada.”

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poT Tale of The week “One argument is that marijuana is just like alcohol, and that’s not the case,” prohibitionist Jason Guinasso told the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza. “The effects of marijuana are far more profound and addictive.” Guinasso is certainly correct that marijuana is not just like alcohol, but not for the reasons he gives. Marijuana is far less addictive (“Pot tale of the week,” RN&R, Aug. 25) and dangerous. The crime costs associated with alcohol, financial and otherwise, are stupefying. In some counts, most crime is associated with drinking. The costs associated with marijuana are mostly caused by enforcing prohibition. Alcohol is a common factor in homicide, suicide, domestic battery. None of these things are true of marijuana—none. Rather, according to President Nixon’s Marijuana Commission, “In fact, only a small proportion of the marihuana users among any group of criminals or delinquents known to the authorities and appearing in study samples had ever been arrested or convicted for such violent crimes as murder, forcible rape, aggravated assault or armed robbery. When these marihuana-using offenders were compared with offenders who did not use marihuana, the former were generally found to ‘have committed less aggressive behavior than the latter.” As for addiction, marijuana was a godsend to many U.S. soldiers in Vietnam as they dealt with the anxieties and conflicts of their roles there. As the officer corps became aware of use of the plant, a July 1970 crackdown was launched against marijuana, which succeeded in reducing supply. Because marijuana serves as an obstacle to harder drugs (“Pot tale of the week,” RN&R, July 21), the shortage caused soldiers to turn to harder drugs like alcohol and heroin. Clark University scientist Norman Zinberg later reported, “The Army itself is universally credited with causing the swing to heroin through its own blunder: the campaign against marijuana.” Not until 1971 did desperate officials drop the crackdown. Who knows what damage was done during those months? Soon many soldiers had shifted back to marijuana. Army Spec. 4 Peter Lemon, who was stoned during the action for which he received the Medal of Honor, said marijuana was useful in forward combat in keeping soldiers alert. But the point is, when soldiers returned to the U.S., it was common for them to simply drop smoking pot, in spite of dogmatic claims of marijuana addiction. In the late 1960s and early ’70s, there were indications that marijuana might overtake the alcohol habit in the United States. But there was no Ad Council or other public service campaign to support that shift to a less malignant drug. There were anti-marijuana campaigns, and eventually the trend declined. Consumer Reports noted, “A knowledgeable society, noting a few years ago that some of its members were switching to a less harmful intoxicant, marijuana, might have encouraged that trend. At the very least, society could have stressed the advantages of cutting down alcohol consumption if you smoke marijuana. But no such effort was made. It may yet not be too late to present that simple public-health message.”

—Dennis Myers

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In touch Gloria Steinem speaks to Nevada groups in the world of public figures, one kind stands apart from the run-of-themill celebrities or politicians. There was labor leader Cesar Chavez, for instance. There is consumer advocate Ralph Nader. They made history in a way others have not. Last week women’s rights leader Gloria Steinem visited Reno to aid the Holland Project, an arts organization. She donated her time, which allowed Holland to keep the price of tickets to her speech at the University of Nevada, Reno, down to $15. Tickets were gone in 48 hours. A scheduled book signing had to be cancelled. Other appearances were added to her schedule in Reno, including a stop for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the design firm Cathexes, a Truckee Meadows Community College appearance, and a Latina mixer. Steinem first came to prominent attention in 1963 when she became a Playboy Club “bunny” and wrote a

magazine article about the working conditions, attitudes and expectations of sex the young women—they were all young—faced on the job. In 1972, she was a founder of Ms. Magazine, which became a principal forum of the rapidly rising women’s movement. She has been involved in numerous political campaigns as well as issue campaigns, such as opposition to genital mutilation of young girls. She received an Emmy for her work on a television special and numerous other journalism awards. In recent years she has pursued a theme that all problems and movements are interconnected. “It is not possible to be anti-racist without also being a feminist,” she said at the Clinton event. She said treatment of women virtually determines what a society is like, seeming to say that kind of violence makes possible tolerating other terrible crimes. “Half the human race cannot control the other

half without a certain amount of violence,” she said. Control was often mentioned in men’s treatment of women. Calling the Second Amendment “the fruit of the poison tree,” she said it was added to the U.S. Constitution to accommodate slave owners and the slave states, where militias were used to control African Americans. At her appearances, she said, as a New Yorker, she felt obligated to apologize for Donald Trump, saying, “I don’t think Trump is a Republican, traditionally speaking. He’s Trump.” She claimed he was never a successful businessperson, and now his business life is more or less over: “He’s mistrusted by all the banks. He’s not building buildings anymore. He’s selling his name.” With former lieutenant governor Sue Wagner—once a leading Nevada Republican—at her side, she said of the exodus of women from the GOP, “The Republican Party left women. Women did not leave the Republican Party.” But she cautioned against a harsh reaction to such women, a point also made in her new book, My Life on the Road: “They felt abandoned by the Republican War Against Women, yet were turned off by accusatory Democratic women saying, ‘How can you be a Republican?’” At the Holland event in a full concert hall—she called the Holland Project today’s campfire—Steinem went back repeatedly to her talk of interconnectedness. “I think we need to see the connection is all. But what we have not done is make the connection to the rest of the economy. … Femaleheaded households are the most likely to be poor of all the households in this nation.” “Families with children under age 18 that are headed by women are 20.3 percent of all families with children in Nevada,” according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. “When [an abused] woman has escaped control, or is about to escape control, that is the point at which she is most likely to be killed,” Steinem said, a situation Nevada has experienced repeatedly. The very day she visited Reno, the Violence Prevention Center reported that Nevada ranked

third in the nation in the rate of women am glad the pope is talking about global murdered by men, with a rate of 1.98 per warming, but”—and here the audience 100,000. Nevada has ranked in the first 10 started to chuckle, anticipating talk of birth states of this list for 10 of the past 11 years. control—“he is not making that linkage.” (See interview, page 31.) While a good deal of her commentary “A black woman took my job,” Steinem and answers to questions touched on quoted the stereotypical male worker, controversy, her remarks also dealt with adding, “Why is it his job? It’s a question hope and even love, and sometimes offered of privilege.” quirky, original observations. An audience member “I just had to wait for some commented on the nominaof my friends to be born.” tion of a woman as the “So progress lies in Democratic presidential the direction we haven’t nominee. Steinem been.” replied, “No, I feel it’s “Here in the state incredible, too, but if where you still have it were Sarah Palin, I native nations, think would not be working about vertical.” so hard. … It’s content “[We need to] get Gloria Steinem before form. It is both along with and even love the form and the content.” people we don’t agree At another point when with.” a question referred to some “We can’t only look at the people as “millennials,” she said, person on top. We have to do it “I don’t really believe in grouping people ourselves.” that way.” “We have to be careful. We have to Steinem recently hit the news with take care of each other.” talk of the link between climate change “We’re not about to turn back.” Ω and the birth rate, another instance of connecting societal problems. She said, “I

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Millennials Sparks City Council Ward 1 If politics is a young person’s game, the Sparks City Council Ward 1 campaign is right in step. This millennial-versusmillennial campaign has Denise Lopez, 27, running against Donald Abbott, 26, for the city council position. Julia Ratti has held the Sparks Ward 1 city council seat since 2008. The ward takes up a large portion of southwest Sparks, extending from the Truckee River and Galletti Way north toward Greenbrae Drive and North McCarran Boulevard. Ward 1 is a hub for activity, containing the Victorian Avenue/Sparks Nugget area that hosts large special events that bring people from all over the country—Hot August Nights, the Rib Cook-Off, Star Spangled Sparks. It is safe to say the council seat has a big role in the downtown. Candidates Lopez and Abbott are pushing to make changes to Sparks that they hope will positively benefit the community. Lopez moved to Northern Nevada a year and a half ago. Before that, she worked in politics, including the Clinton campaign. She takes pride in her identity as a Latina. The daughter of immigrants from Mexico, Lopez has worked in domestic abuse and health-care programs in several cities. “I think people are ready to have someone who’s going to be listening to their concerns, who has the leadership to give them a voice in the Sparks City Council,” Lopez said. The changes she hopes to implement if elected involve infrastructure improvement, funding and providing resources to police and engaging the local community. She sees developing abandoned buildings in the area as a crucial improvement that needs to be addressed. “I think we need to be focusing on redeveloping some of those areas,” Lopez

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SEX TALK An education on sexual health in Washoe County by Jeri Chadwell-Singley | je r ic@ n e wsr e vie w.com

ennifer Howell is the sexual health program coordinator for Washoe County. In this Q&A feature, she provides a wealth of information about sexual health and the prevalence of STDs in our community.

What’s your role as sexual health program coordinator? So, my role is to integrate HIV, STD and family planning as much as possible into a cohesive sexual health program for the community. And often our programs are in silos, because of funding streams and different things. Our program works to break down those silos and create bridges as much as possible, so it seems like seamless services for our clients and for the community. In that, my role is on the prevention and data side, and also training. And then our clinical side is handled by our nursing supervisors. So what I do is all of the reporting for our various funders … coordinate the services between programs, and really push us to continue implementing things using best practices—and that’s in prevention, education, outreach, disease investigation … and surveillance, which is having diseases reported to us that are required to be reported by law. And then it’s up to us to determine what level of response we give, communitywide.

OK. I’ve got to ask the dumb question. There are diseases that you’re required to report by law—like if you have them? Health-care providers are. If they diagnose them, and if laboratories have a positive test for certain diseases, they’re required to be reported, by law. And that’s so we can investigate them and stop the spread of infection. PHOTO/JERI CHADWELL-SINGLEY

Washoe County Sexual Health Program Coordinator Jen Howell works to create a seamless experience for people receiving sexual health care through Washoe County.

What STDs are among those? Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV—those are the main ones. I had no idea. Yeah, NRS 441.A. That gives us authority over ... a lot.

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Let’s talk STD numbers. What STD is most common in our community? The most reported communicable disease overall, actually—in local, state and national—is chlamydia, and it just happens to be an STD as well. It’s super common. It’s curable, and it just continues to grow about five to 10 percent each year of reported cases to us. It can cause negative health outcomes for males and females. … And then if it’s passed on to a newborn from an infected mother, there can be issues as well. So it’s treatable— It’s curable. It’s not just treatable. It’s curable. But it can cause damage. A person can get re-infected, and that can cause more damage. So it’s not without concern, even though it’s so common. … We encourage people to get tested because a lot of times people won’t have symptoms for most STDs. Is chlamydia one of those that you might not have symptoms for? Mm-hmm, yep, and gonorrhea. The things you learn. Exactly—so people don’t know unless they get tested, really, a lot of the time.

Here’s a question I think people wonder about. Should people in long-term, committed, monogamous relationships continue getting tested? If they got tested at the beginning of their relationship and both of them tested negative and the test was out of the window period [the amount of time it takes for a disease to show up on a test] ... then they don’t need—and if they’re confident that they are in a committed, monogamous relationship, and that’s a relationship agreement, and they are confident in that, then they don’t need to be tested. Makes sense—I guess it would depend on how confident you are in the whole monogamy side of things. Yep, because we got a lot of cases reported where a person’s like, “I’ve only been with this one person for this long.” And then we talk to the other person, and they’re like, “Well, I’ve only been with that person.” Well, it takes three to make an infection, so, one of you is not truthful. So, back to the numbers—can you tell me the disease with the lowest rate of contraction here locally?

2014 REPORTED STD CASES IN WASHOE COUNTY Data from the Division of Public and Behavioral Health, Sexually Transmitted Disease Management Information Systems *Primary and secondary syphilis refer to the first two stages of the disease. According to Howell, syphilis is generally infectious during the first year after contraction.

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The lowest prevalence we have in our community? I misspoke. Yeah. Our lowest numbers are in HIV, but that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have a huge impact on our community. It just means that that’s not as common of an STD in our community. It’s still there. It’s still being diagnosed every month, somewhere in the community. It just isn’t as prevalent as chlamydia or gonorrhea and, even now, syphilis. Syphilis has made a huge comeback in our community, to the point where we’re in an outbreak of syphilis, statistically. I’ve seen reports of syphilis outbreaks across the news in recent years. Yeah, ours started in August of 2013—is when the spike really started to happen. That’s when we were like, “Whoa, what’s going on here?” And that’s infectious syphilis. There are multiple stages of syphilis. So, in the first year, a person’s infectious. After that, it just does internal damage if it’s not cured. So we started seeing all of this infectious syphilis that we had never seen before. We would get like one or two cases a

Disease

year … and then we got hit with like seven in a month, and we were like, “Whoa!” It’s starting to go down a little bit, but we don’t know what our new normal is because it’s made a comeback across the country. So different states or local jurisdictions are trying to ascertain what their new level of disease is. Sure. That makes sense. What can you tell me about general trends, as far as the prevalence of STDs in the community? Most occur in people under the age of 25. There are multiple reasons for that. It’s biological. Their bodies are still developing and not able to kind of ward off diseases like a mature reproductive system would. They tend to have multiple partners, casual partners. That’s not to say that doesn’t happen in all age groups. That age group, it tends to happen more. Their brains are also not developed to think as abstractly. That doesn’t happen until a person is like 25 to 27—where their brain is fully developed. So, you have sex—it’s a concrete thing, like, “It feels good. Yea! OK, done with that.” And then they’re not thinking of the consequences of, “There could be an STD, and I need to think about

Number of reported cases

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that.” So, unfortunately, it’s kind of how the brain works. But that’s not a license or permission to just not take responsibility for one’s actions. It’s an explanation as to why people do what they do. And then … the younger a person is when they first have sex, the more likely they’ll have an older partner. So that older partner has probably been exposed to STDs and could pass it to the younger partner. Is the general number of reported cases across various STDs in our community going up or down? Or is it pretty stable? Oh, no. It’s going up. It’s going up. And some of it can be attributed to more screening, more tests being done, better testing technology—where the tests are more sensitive, and they’re picking up more disease—and just a real increase in the number of people who are infected. So it’s all of those things that contribute to that. Syphilis, we know. We were testing the same. The technology has stayed the same, and our number of cases just went shuum [rocketing up]. So we know that that’s a real increase in disease, not attributed to these other factors.

Interesting. So, I hate to say something is common sense, because who is it common sense to? Exactly. So, what should people do if they think, “I’ve got something” or “I don’t want to get something”? Where do they go? What we tell people is, “If you’re sexually active, get tested.” Depending on what your behaviors are, like if you tend to have multiple partners or change partners, then test regularly. There’s no shame in that. It’s taking what the reality of your situation is and addressing it in a responsible way. We’re very sex-positive. Sex is a natural occurring, pleasurable thing. And we don’t want to shame that for anybody. We want people to feel comfortable coming to us and telling us what they need to tell us, so we can help them appropriately. If they’re not telling us what kind of sex they’re having or the situation surrounding their sexual history, then we can’t help them. So with that being said, if a person is having a very robust—and multiple partners—sexual experience, then they need to test regularly. And I would say every three to six months.

If a person is getting into a new relationship with a partner, they need to test—or I would suggest that they test. I wouldn’t say they need to. That’s their choice. I would suggest they test—both of them—make sure they’re out of the window period for whatever disease, so that test result is accurate for them, and then move forward with how they want to proceed with their results. Bottom line—it comes to, if you’re having sex, at some point, get tested. If you’re not having sex, you don’t need to get tested. Is that a thing? Do people— It’s a thing. OK. It’s a thing. I guess experiencing what it’s like to go through the process, I get that. … But you don’t need to get tested if you haven’t been sexually active. What are the current costs to get tested through the county? For us, it’s on sliding pay scale based on a person’s income and on what testing that they have provided to them at that time. … But it’s a pretty low cost compared to other providers in the community. We

don’t turn away anyone because of an inability to pay. We don’t send people to collections. They can pay on their bill as long as they’re able to. Anything you want to add? Just that being sexually healthy is part of life. It should be a goal in someone’s life. We’re all sexual beings, and so it’s better to be healthy about it. And people should have an HIV test at least one time in their lives, more if they’re at risk—as well as other STD testing. The recommendation is to have at least one HIV test. … It’s part of the Affordable Care Act, that STD testing doesn’t charge a co-pay to the patient. … So people should seek services. It’s available. It’s accessible. People like us, HOPES, Planned Parenthood—we want to help. We want promote people knowing what their HIV and STD status is. Ω

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CA R B C R A W L Reno’s sweetest treats by Todd SouTh

long with the rest of our Reno food renaissance, independent bakeries and creameries have been enjoying much growth and success. My wife and I recently decided to do a “carb crawl,” a sugar bomb equivalent of a pub crawl. Despite our best efforts, we barely dented the list of new and established purveyors of sweet treats, but we had fun trying.

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Josef’s Vienna Bakery 933 W. Moana Lane

We began with a bakery that’s been a Reno fixture since 1980. We were told the tiramisu is the single most popular item, and it’s no wonder. It had a pleasant filling that wasn’t too sweet, and the ladyfingers held up well in their dousing of espresso. Next, my eye was drawn to a variety of brightly colored French macarons—not to be confused with macaroons—something you don’t find all that often here. We tasted pistachio, lemon and chocolate, with the latter being the least sweet and most enjoyable. The lemon had nice flavor but was much sweeter, and the pistachio was so sweet I could hardly detect the nut flavor. The texture was that unique combination of crispy, baked meringue with a slightly chewy interior. Macarons this sweet aren’t my favorite thing, but they certainly look pretty.

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Dillon Vance of Rolled: Mountain Creamery at Dorinda’s Chocolates prepares Thai rolled ice cream.

The basic menu of this cute little shop lives up to the name, though the walls are festooned with so much kitschy decor you may be momentarily distracted from ordering. You start by choosing a cookie—or two different types of cookie—and then one of eight flavors of ice cream provided by Minden’s Hoch Family Creamery. That’s it. The cookies are served warm, which sounds great but does make eating the sandwich something

of a race against time. As the baked goods are provided by local Rounds Bakery, a “Notacrosandwich” is available, as well as a wafflewich. My wife’s mint chip ice cream with chocolate chip cookies was good, though it seemed a little small. Not so with my scoop of salted caramel between two halves of a warm notacronut. I lost the race against the melting confection, but it was worth it.

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Franz’s Backstube Austrian Bakery 3882 Mayberry drive

We ordered a sampling of Franz’s most popular items, beginning with a strudel pastry filled with apple, raisin, cinnamon and other spices, dusted in confectioner’s sugar. The pastry was very flakey and light, and the spices worked well with the fruit. A strawberry tart with a nice, flaky crust was stuffed with ripe strawberries and a light amount of thickened sweetness to hold it together. A slice of lemonalmond-raspberry cake was light and fragrant, but my favorite thing was the chocolate eclair. I’m always looking for a true eclair, with Bavarian cream piped into an intact choux pastry, rather than it being sliced in half and stuffed in a way that will lead to disaster. Everything about this eclair was exactly what I long for, the stuff of childhood dreams.

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Rolled: Mountain Creamery at Dorinda’s Chocolates 727 Riverside drive

The 2015 emergence of Thai rolled ice cream in the U.S. began in places like New York City, spreading quickly to Los Angeles, the Bay Area, etc. The fact that it is now available in Reno speaks to our burgeoning food scene and the entrepreneurial spirit of those who are making it happen. Popular throughout Southeast Asia—where it is also known as stir-fried ice

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I have to be honest, I really thought the whole cupcake thing would fade after a couple of years. Of course, these little cakes are far from the grade-school bake-sale sort, with flavors and toppings designed for an adult palate. The cakes themselves were moist and the toppings weren’t overdone, which I appreciate. I enjoyed the carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and devil’s food with espresso topping quite a bit, but we stopped at two to make room for pie. Wanting to sample a variety—and doubtful we could finish an entire full-sized pie—we ordered a four-pack of tart-sized “cutie pies.” Unfortunately, none of them met the high expectations I had going in. The crusts were very crumbly, and the fillings’ flavors were a bit lost against all the flour. Jumbleberry was best—essentially a jam pie—and the lemon chess tasted much like a good lemon bar. Both the caramel apple

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Homage Bakery 519 Ralston Street

A slice of something called a Continental was new and us. It’s a cheesecake crust topped with a light, tangy custard reminiscent of sour cream and meringue—though no eggs are involved—finished with a thin wafer of dark chocolate. I’ve had nothing else like it and can’t wait to try it again with a cup of strong, black coffee. Another item new to me—the Kouign-Amann—is something of a cross between a croissant and puffed pastry, apparently the original inspiration for the Cronut. Layers of butter, sugar and pastry are baked until the whole thing caramelizes. The Homage version is a little sticky, a little gooey, and a lot delicious. However, those items were totally bested by the peanut butter pie, featuring a crust reminiscent of crushed Oreo cookies, a smooth peanut butter custard filling, and decorative, decadent, semi-dark chocolate layer on top. If you intend to share this item, be ready for a fight. Forks at dawn! Ω

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Long before the current “froyo” craze, there was the original boom and bust of frozen yogurt shops running from the late ’70s into the early ’90s. Originally part of a small local chain, the lone remaining Honey Treat shop has been serving the same quality product since 1982, with 12 flavors that rotate from week to week and plenty of toppings, including candies, cookies, fresh fruit, granola, nuts, etc. Visiting this shop reminds me of high school group dates, and to this day my sister says this is the only “real” frozen yogurt in town. She has a point. It’s the last of the original boom still standing.

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Jenny Valloric described weaving as a slow, laborious, orderly process punctuated by the occasional moment of chaos. She called it a “spaghetti nightmare” when 16 pounds of cotton yarn clumped up as she washed it after dyeing it. As for the 11,000 yards of translucent monofilament she wound onto bobbins, she joked, “Look at it wrong way and it explodes.” “Weaving is maddening,” she said “It’s not something you can sit down and just pick up in a day. There’s a lot of ins and outs to it. It’s a love-hate relationship.” Over the last several months, Valloric has been preparing for an exhibit at Sierra Arts, meshing the dyed yarn and monofilament together into semi-translucent panels that are about three by 9 feet. She thinks of these works as abstracted landscapes, records of her travels, distilled down into the colors of a place—or even down to the detail of a particular tree or plant. Often her work has the subtle sages and earthy browns of Northern Nevada, where she spent much of 2015, or her native Fort Collins, Colorado, where she now lives. For the upcoming exhibit, the hues are a brighter green, resembling the area around Christchurch, New Zealand, where she studied sculpture for a year. Valloric first got hooked on textiles as an art student at Colorado State University in the early 2000s. She was especially taken with historical textiles—intricate indigo dyeing techniques from ancient Peru and “traditional Persian carpets, full of process and technique and, really, loads of stylized symbolism.” “I’m enchanted with the old things that dictate human culture and the development of humanity,” she said. She pointed out that up until the Industrial Revolution,

textiles were of front-and-center concern to the average person. If you needed a new sweater, for example, you’d be far more likely to make one than buy one. In Valloric’s mind, however, even though most of us are removed from the process of making everyday necessities such as cloth by hand, we’re still intimately connected to the fabric itself, because we use it daily. For that reason, she said, “Textiles are really personable. They’re an intimate medium.” Viewers tend to relate easily to the textures and optical effects of Valloric’s panels. They fit into two worlds at once—the austere realm of galleries and the universally recognizable realm of cloth. “I’ve seen people sneaking in and rubbing their faces on them to see what they feel like,” Valloric said. “I’m not saying run around with greasy Cheeto hands and touch everything,” she added, but as someone who finds a lot of satisfaction in handling each piece for 20 or more hours as she weaves each thread, she can easily understand the appeal of experiencing the pieces tactilely, even in a gallery, where that’s typically prohibited. Sometimes Valloric takes full advantage of modern technological efficiency, say when she’s ordering fishing line in bulk from Florida, or buying cotton directly from a mill in North Carolina. Other times, she’s likely to take on everyday tasks the slow, pre-industrial way, “using a fork instead of a mixer,” for example. When it comes to making large panels of fabric—something that could also be accomplished by sending a schematic to a commercial weaver— she’ll do it herself. “I think it’s important to keep the creator’s hand in there,” she said. Ω

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thing. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it here again: Hawke is the most improved actor I’ve witnessed in my years of reviewing movies. This guy used to be the worst thing on a movie screen, and now he is simply one of the best. Director Antoine Fuqua’s remake of The Pratt scores laughs as the slightly racist, Archie Magnificent Seven, which was itself a remake Bunker-with-a-pistol-and-a-deck-of-cards member of Seven Samurai, has enough in common with of the crew. D’Onofrio is equally funny, somethe Yul Brynner/Steve McQueen film to make times employing a high-pitched voice, as a man of it feel like a retelling of the classic story. It also honorable means who will, however, crush your contains enough departures to make it feel like a face with his boot if you steal from him. fresh take rather than just a rehash. Fuqua knows how to stage an action scene, The Mexican bandits led by Eli Wallach are and the action scenes in this one are absolutely replaced by an evil, land-stealing company led thrilling. Every gunfight is expertly staged and by Bartholomew Bogue. As played by Peter beautifully tense, especially the final standoff. Sarsgaard, Bogue is a memorable villain who I was reminded watching this movie that if it makes the skin crawl. He rolls into a mining weren’t for that final battle in The Magnificent town, kills a bunch of good hard-working people, Seven, we wouldn’t have had those final battles and winds up getting the group in the movie’s in Blazing Saddles and The Three Amigos. title on his ass. Let the spectacular gunfights While the film somehow commence! scored a PG-13, it’s worth noting Fuqua’s pal Denzel that it’s a borderline PG-13, in Washington—they did The that it’s very violent. There are Equalizer and Training Day not only a lot of gun deaths in together—is first rate as Chisolm, this movie, but some serious basically Brynner’s role from stabbing and slashing with knives the 1960 classic. When the wife and forks and things. I was actuof one of the deceased (Haley ally surprised by how brutal the Bennett) comes looking for help Director: Antione Fuqua film was. I guess the MPAA has and mentioning Bogue’s name, Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, some sort of blood volume they Chisolm flies into calm, collected Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke allow for, and a movie can stab and most certainly valiant action. and shoot as much as it wants He enlists six other men to visit as long as no more than two quarts or so of fake the town and prepare the townspeople for the blood is spilled. By my eye, this sucker is an fight of their lives. R-rated movie. The Magnificent Seven include Chisolm, If anything takes the film down a notch, scheming alcoholic gunslinger Faraday it’s the all-too-clean production values. The (Chris Pratt), the knife-wielding Billy Rocks sets often look like something out of Disney’s (Byung-hun Lee), the Confederate sharpshooter Frontierland, and the costuming is a little too Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke), mountain clean and spiffy. For appearances, I prefer man Jack Horne (Vincent D’Onofrio), Vasquez Westerns that are a little grittier, like Clint the “Texican” (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), as Faraday Eastwood’s Unforgiven. coins him, and Comanche Red Harvest (Martin The Magnificent Seven gets the fall movie Sensmeier). season off to a good start. It’s actually the sort Each member of the cast does a nice job of well-cast, thrilling blockbuster we expect to building his character in the just-over-two-hour see in the summer. It kicks ass on most of the film. Hawke, who also frequents Fuqua films, so-called summer blockbuster offerings, and is especially good as the once heartless sharpgives the old-time Western and remake genres a shooter who now has a case of the Jon Voight-indecent addition. Ω Deliverance shakes when he tries to kill a living

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Blair Witch

This is the second sequel to The Blair Witch Project, the original “found footage” horror film. Would Lionsgate take this opportunity to reintroduce a once promising premise into a new style of film, perhaps a traditional narrative about the Blair Witch set in the forest without the gimmick of people running around with cameras filming themselves, even when they are in great peril? Nope—opportunity wasted. This movie is essentially the original with louder noises, a few more gizmos—drones, walkie talkies, better tents—and, yes, lots more sticks tied together with twine and piles of rocks. For those of you who are scared shitless by stick men made out of twigs and twine—and piles of rocks in front of tents—this movie will fuck your shit up. I’m thinking that accounts for perhaps .00009832 percent of the movie-going population. The rest of you will be bored out of your minds. James (James Allen McCune), long suffering brother of the original film’s Heather, who vanished all those years ago, has found … a tape. That tape contains shaky footage made by somebody moronic enough to try to keep the action on camera rather than focus on their much needed getaway. In said footage, a messed-up looking woman is glimpsed for a second, so James instantly thinks it’s Heather. James assembles a crew of idiots to go into the forest, the cursed forest where people disappear and strange tapes are found, in search of the house where the footage was filmed by some moron who didn’t just drop the stupid camera in favor of weaponry and get the hell to safety. The results: not scary and not entertaining.

Don’t Breathe

Three dimwits (Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette and Daniel Zovatto) try to rob a blind military veteran (a growly Stephen Lang) of his dough in his house. In the course of their heist, they find out a few really bad things about the guy, including his aspirations to be the next Jigsaw (the presently retired, ridiculous villain from the Saw series). Rocky (Levy, who also starred in Alvarez’s Evil Dead) wants to get out of Detroit and move to California with her little sister. She and her boyfriend (Zovatto) have been pulling off minor robberies with Alex (Minnette), using alarm codes from his dad’s security company. They get wind of a boatload of money in the blind man’s house and set out to rob him while he’s home. Yes, the premise is interesting, but things go off the rails pretty quickly when The Blind Man—that’s his actual character name—somehow survives a gassing and interrupts the robbery. His initial thwarting of the break-in is convincing enough, but then the movie becomes all about the robbers standing still while The Blind Man races right by them.

Hell or High Water

Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine and Ben Foster all destroy their parts in this absolutely terrific modern Western from director David Mackenzie. Pine and Foster play two brothers who come up with a bank-robbing scheme to save the family farm, and Bridges is the soonto-be-retired sheriff trying to stop them. Pine takes his career into all new territories with his work here, making you forget he’s Captain Kirk and totally disappearing into his part. Foster, an actor I couldn’t stand when he was younger, just gets better and better with each film, with this being his best work yet. Pine is supposedly the more sensible one, while Foster is the nut. What’s great about the writing here is how those roles sometimes switch, and the acting by both makes it mesmerizing to watch. What else can you say about Bridges at this point? He’s one of the best actors to have ever walked the Earth, and this further cements that fact. Mackenzie, whose most notorious prior film was the underrated Starred Up, takes a step into the elite class with this one. His staging of car chases and manhunts is nerve-shredding.

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Actor John Krasinski’s second directorial effort is a decent one with a first-rate cast. Krasinski stars as John Hollar, working a dead-end job for a publishing company when his girlfriend (the always great Anna Kendrick) informs him that his mom (a terrific Margo Martindale) is sick, and then he’s flying home to see her. Once there, John has to deal with his weird brother Ron (Sharlto Copley), the oddball nurse that is also his old girlfriend’s new husband (Charlie Day) and his weepy dad (Richard Jenkins). The script goes to some familiar territories, but the performers put new spins on the situations, especially Martindale, who takes the part and really runs with it. Krasinski does a good job handling the script’s many mood swings, and the relationships in the film feel real—that strange kind of real. The film manages to get laughs, even when the subject matter goes to dark places. It deals with the lousier side of life without getting totally depressing, something that could’ve happened easily. Krasinski makes it all work. The supporting cast also includes Randall Park, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Josh Groban in small but memorable roles. The soundtrack is stellar, featuring Josh Ritter, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, and Wilco.

Sausage Party, the animated hellcat from writer-producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, is the first big studio film in a long time with screaming levels of originality. It’s a profanity-laden, blasphemous middle finger to the movie-making establishment that thinks it’s OK to turn out sequels and comic book movies that suck as long as people shell out for them. It couldn’t be more fun, and it’s like nothing you’ve seen before. In a sunny supermarket, a bunch of vegetables, hot dogs and buns wake up and sing a happy song, convinced that today will be the day they are chosen by humans to enter the great beyond—the world on the other side of those automatic sliding doors. What they find on the other side of those doors is nonstop carnage, certain death, and a generally bad time for all things digestible. What makes Sausage Party a cut above your average stoner movie full of food items screwing and being murdered is that it’s actually a smart swipe at organized religion and politics.

Historical accuracy be damned in Sully, Clint Eastwood’s take on the heroic actions of pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who landed his plane on the Hudson River and saved the lives of all crew and passengers on board. The passages about a pilot successfully landing his plane in an ice-cold Hudson River and allowing over 150 people to tell the tale, live long and prosper are really the most important, and most compelling, parts of this movie. As for the evil, fictitious inquisition that basically tortures Sully (played by Tom Hanks in a typically riveting performance) and co-pilot Jeff Skiles (welcome back to decent movies, Aaron Eckhart!), well, that’s basically a lot of made-up horseshit. That’s not to say Sully wasn’t tormented and obsessed in the days after the event, and the film does a good job displaying his internal struggles. The man had to land a plane after a bunch of birds flew into his engines, and then he probably did have a bunch of dicks asking him too many questions in the aftermath. Undoubtedly, he went through hell during that flight and is haunted until this day. Eastwood and Hanks deliver a compelling psychological drama about a man who doubts his own heroism, to the point of nightmarish visions and self deprecation. Where the film goes a bit afoul is the depiction of a panel that didn’t even give Sully and his crew a chance to breathe after being plucked out of the Hudson. Yes, there was an inquiry, but it took place many months later, not a few days after the event.

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BFFs Ghost Friends “The easiest way to understand Ghost Friends is that me and Maisie [Allen] are best friends and we hang out,” said Chris Monzon For anyone who has spent time with the two, nothing could be more clear. The dynamic between the two friends and bandmates is based on a deep bond, and they’re unafraid to be the weirdest version of themselves around each other. There’s an authenticity to the band’s style that speaks to friendships we all have—with a sister or a best friend from high school, or with ourselves in the mirror alone. Though they now play a full electric set, the earliest stage of the band was an acoustic arrangement they practiced in Monzon’s apartment. With neighbors nearby, noise had to be reigned in, so they practiced on an acoustic guitar, a snare drum and a cymbal. It was here that Allen learned her way around drums—and where the two decided to form a band. “We were like, ‘We’ll just be, like, indie, because that’s easy, right?’” said Allen. “It wasn’t easy, and we weren’t happy.” After the acoustic demos were uploaded to Bandcamp, the duo sought a louder, more abrasive sound. Monzon picked up an electric guitar, and Allen started to practice on drums. Ghost Friends set about recording their first EP. “We started recording for real, our actual band, and then we stopped being friends for three months,” said Allen. “We called ourselves ex-friends.” The fallout occurred in the middle of the recording process, leaving many of the EP’s tracks without vocals, and Ghost Friends effectively disintegrated. “Then we started dating,” said Allen. “We didn’t become friends first. We just

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said ‘We hate each other. Let’s date!’” The name Ghost Friends became a metaphor for Monzon and Allen’s deceased and reanimated friendship. Many of the songs on their EP share that sensibility, too. “X Friends” touches on the concept of band members as former friends, lovers and collaborators. Three of the tracks from the EP are inspired by dead writers, who become sort of “ghost friends” to the band members. “Hesse” for the Swiss author Herman Hesse, “Skinsberg,” a combination of the names Sonic Youth and Allen Ginsberg, and “Elise,” which draws inspiration from Beat Generation poet Elise Cowen. “There’s this book I got at a used bookstore in Chico called Women of the Beat Generation, and it’s my favorite book,” said Allen. “Elise Cowen is one of the authors they touch on. She killed herself in 1962 and never published anything. She was in love with Ginsberg, followed him around everywhere, and they were best friends, but he was always dating these Italian boys, and not her. And there were only three poems from her in that book, but I resonated most with her story.” The subject of death is approached in the song “Bummer” with the refrain: “Death is a bummer/ So am I/You’ll forget me when I die.” The lyrics come from Allen’s fear that her death would be met with utter indifference. Her intent in writing the song, however, was not to wallow but to break through to catharsis. “‘Bummer’ was written shortly before bad times,” Allen said. “It comes around to that catharsis that we feel a lot in our music. It feels good to play it, rather than just be sad.” Ω

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

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

Rockaraoke, 8pm, no cover

Karaoke with Steve Starr, 8pm, no cover

Musicole, 8pm, W, $5

Frankie Boots and the County Line, Sil Shoda Music, Six Mile Station, 9pm, $5

St. Christopher Project, 6pm, no cover

Metal Mondays, 9pm, M, no cover Beer and Record Club, 8pm, W, no cover

Genocide Skin, Thunderhead, Murderock, 8:30pm, $5

111 N. Virginia St., (775) 329-2909 1237 Baring Blvd., Sparks; (775) 409-3340

Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover

Highly Suspect Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m. Jub Jub’s Thirst Parlor 71 S. Wells Ave. 384-1652

Open mic and jam, 7pm, no cover

SHELTER SPARKS LOUNGE

Frankie Boots and the County Line, 8:30pm, no cover

U Play Wednesday (open mic jam), 8pm, W, no cover Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover

1559 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-8864 76 N. C St., Virginia City; (775) 847-7474

Tammy Tam Tam, 6:30pm, Tu, no cover Strictly Business, 7:30pm, W, no cover

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

POLO LOUNGE RED DOG SALOON

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 10/3-10/5

Whiskey and Stitches, One Eyed Reilly, 10pm, $5

400 E. Fourth St., (775) 327-1171 906-A Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-5484

SUNDAY 10/2 Dia Del Lotus: A Fundraiser for ULP, 4-7pm, $10-$15

MORRIS BURNER HOSTEL PADDY & IRENE’S IRISH PUB

SATURDAY 10/1

Richie Ramone, Me Time, Sex Devils, 8:30pm, $10-$13

The Fabulous Miss Wendy, Corner/Store, Tavern Trivia Night, 9pm, no cover Roxxy Collie, The Grimtones, 8pm, $6

DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover

Step Back Saturday, 10pm, no cover

Rock ’N’ Roll Suicides, 8pm, M, $5 Spellcaster, 8:30pm, Tu, $7-$10

Rocky Votolato

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

ST. JAMES INFIRMARY 445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

STUDIO ON 4TH 432 E. Fourth St., (775) 737-9776

WHISKEY DICK’S SALOON 2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe; (530) 544-3425

End of Summer Party w/RJ Steelz, 5pm, no cover

Saturday Night Dance Party, 9pm, no cover

Sinful Roulette, A SinfulNV Cabaret, 9pm, $10-$20

Ritual (industrial, EDM, ’80s, post-punk) w/DJs David Darkness, Rusty, 9pm, $3-$5

Tuesday Trivia, 8pm, Tu, no cover

Oct. 4, 8 p.m. The Holland Project 140 Vesta St. 742-1858

Hare of the Dawg String Band, 9pm, no cover

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

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

Tommy Castro & The Painkillers Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m. Harrah’s Lake Tahoe 15 Highway 50 Stateline 588-6611

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

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 10/1

SUNDAY 10/2

2) Atomika, 8pm, no cover

2) Atomika, 4pm, no cover Platinum, 10pm, no cover

2) Platinum, 8pm, no cover

2) Peter Pacyao, 6pm, no cover

2) Alex Smith, 5pm, no cover Greg Austin, 9pm, no cover

2) Tandymonium, 6pm, M, no cover

2) The Nighthawks, 8pm, no cover

2) Jonathan Barton, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) Rabbit Wilde, 10pm, no cover

2) Inna Vision, DubFyah, 10pm, no cover

2) Boca Do Rio, 10pm, no cover

2) Hirie, 9pm, Tu, no cover

1) The Producers, 7pm, $37+ 2) Ashley Red, 10:30pm, no cover

1) The Producers, 7pm,9:30pm, $37+ 2) Ashley Red, 10:30pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni V, 9pm, no cover

1) The Producers, 9:30pm, $37+ 2) Ashley Red, 10:30pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni V, 9pm, no cover

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

2) DJ Snoopadelic (Snoop Dog), 10pm, $35 3) Country Nights w/DJ Colt Ainsworth, 10pm, no cover

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

1) Aaron Lewis, 7:30pm, $47.70 2) DJ Rick Gee, DJ JosBeatz, 9pm, $20 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

1) Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, 7:30pm, $29.35 2) DJ Rick Gee, DJ Montague, 9pm, $20 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

1) Sammy’s Showroom 50th Anniversary Show, 8pm, $39.50-$40.50 3) Erin & The Project, 9pm, 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

3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, no cover Johnny Young Band, 9pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, no cover

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

2) Drinking with Clowns, 7pm, no cover

2) Drinking with Clowns, 8pm, no cover 3) The Latin Dance Social, 7:30pm, $10-$20

2) Drinking with Clowns, 8pm, no cover 3) DJ Shiftee, 10pm, $10

1) Rock River Duo, 8pm, no cover 3) ZZTush, 7pm, $10

1) Rock River Duo, 8pm, no cover

2) The Wiz Kid, 9pm, no cover 3) Fashion Fridays, 9pm, no cover 4) Mike Furlong Band, 9pm, no cover

1) Jeff Foxworthy, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, $57.50-$69.50 2) The Wiz Kid, 9pm, no cover 3) Seduction Saturdays, 9pm, $5

2) Sunday Funday Industry Night, 10pm, no cover 3) Industry Night, 9pm, no cover

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

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

CRYSTAL BAY CLUB

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

ELDORADO RESORT CASINO GRAND SIERRA RESORT

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 9/30

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

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THURSDAY 9/29

2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000 1) Grand Theater 2) Lex Nightclub 3) Sports Book

HARRAH’S LAKE TAHOE

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 219 N. Center St., (775) 788-2900 Show, 8pm, $39.50-$40.50 1) Sammy’s Showroom 2) The Zone 3) Sapphire Lounge 4) Plaza 5) Convention Center

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

SANDS REGENCY CASINO HOTEL

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

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

1) The Producers, 7pm, $37+ 2) Ashley Red, 10:30pm, no cover

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 10/3-10/5 2) Melissa Dru, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

1) The Producers, 7pm, Tu, W, $37+ 2) Live Band Karaoke, 10pm, M, no cover

3) Buddy Emmer Band and guest, 8pm, Tu, no cover

FOr tHE WEEK OF sEPtEmBEr 29, 2016 For a complete listing of this week’s events or to post events to our online calendar, visit www.newsreview.com.

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SOLACE TREE WINE TASTING BENEFIT: Taste a selection of Napa Sonoma wine and appetizers and desserts from Nothing Bundt Cakes and test drive a new Audi. The event benefits The Solace Tree. Sa, 10/1, 6-9pm. $50. Audi Reno Tahoe, 9190 S. Virginia St., (775) 335-1335.

SPELLBINDER—A MAD HATTER’S TEA PARTY: This adult team spelling bee competition benefits Northern Nevada Literacy Council. This year’s event has an “Alice in Wonderland” theme and features a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party with refreshments and a silent auction. Th, 9/29, 5:30pm. $50. University of Nevada, Reno Innevation Center, 450 Sinclair St., (775) 356-1007, www.nnlc.org.

TAHOE CITY OKTOBERFEST: The festival features beer, brats, live music from Coburn Station and Forget the Roses, a costume contest and games for the entire family. Sa, 10/1, noon-6pm. Free. Gatekeeper’s Museum, 130 W. Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, (530) 583-3348.

Reno Celtic Celebration

10/1:

The 26th annual festival features Scottish Highland games, vendors, clan tents, Scottish and Irish dancers, a living history section, kids’ games, an area featuring Celtic animal breeds and more. Musical entertainment includes headliner Whiskey and Stitches, One-Eyed Reilly, 3-17 and Ciana. There will be also a pipe band competition. Tickets are $15 per day or $25 for a weekend pass. Admission is free for kids under age 12. There will be a $5 parking fee in the park. The festival takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1-2, at Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road. Visit www.renoceltic.org.

TRIPLE THREAT FILM FESTIVAL: The outdoor adventure film festival features showings of Reel Rock Film Tour, American Alpine Club, Not Bad and Not Bad 2. Each night there will be a raffle offering pass giveaways and swag. All collected proceeds support a local nonprofit active in the specific film genre. F-Su, 9/30-10/2, 7-10pm. $10-$25. Homewood Mountain Resort, 5145 W. Lake Blvd., Homewood, http://skihomewood.com/TripleThreat.

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EvEnts 2ND ANNUAL OKTOBERFEST: Enjoy traditional Oktoberfest activities, live German music and dancing, German delicacies, and a variety of specialty German beers. Festivities continue outside in the tented area in the GWM parking lot with a bounce house and crafts for kids and a beer garden for adults. Su, 10/2, 11am-4pm. Free. The Great Western Marketplace, 4855 Summit Ridge Drive, http://greatwesternmarketplace.com.

A WILD NIGHT OUT: Enjoy live entertainment, food, raffles, games and see the animals after dark during Sierra Safari Zoo’s fall fundraiser. Sa, 10/1, 5:30-9pm. $20 for adults, $10 for children. Sierra Safari Zoo, 10200 N. Virginia St., (775) 677-1104, www.sierrasafarizoo.org.

CROSSRENO CYCLOCROSS: This USA Cyclingsanctioned cyclocross event features nationally and internationally ranked professional cyclists and elite amateur cyclists. The festival includes live music, food trucks, craft beer garden, retail expo and family-friendly activities. Sa, 10/1, 9am. Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N. Sierra St., (888) 285-8640, http://cxreno.com.

EVENING UNDER THE STARS: The fundraiser includes dinner, music, silent auction and a performance by Shiloh and McAvoy Layne. Sa, 10/1, 4-8pm. $40. Tamarack Junction Casino, 13101 S. Virginia St., http://starryevening.blogspot.com.

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.

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

RBP 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY: The party honors Reno Bike Project volunteers, staff and board members and features a taco truck, drinks, live music and more. Sa, 10/1, 7pm. Free. The Holland Project, 140 Vesta St., Suite 330, (775) 742-1858.

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, 9/30, 5-9pm. Free. Idlewild Park, 1900 Idlewild Drive, (775) 825-2665.

SATURDAY NIGHT STAR PARTY: The Jack C. Davis Observatory hosts free star parties every Saturday night year round, starting at sunset. The evening starts with a lecture on one of numerous topics and then concludes with guided star viewing by one of the observatory’s astronomers. Sa, 6pm. Free. 2699 Van Patten Drive, Carson City, (775) 857-3033.

Dr. Engrid Barnett discusses how the Red Dog Saloon in Virginia City became the testing ground for crucial elements of the developing psychedelic “San Francisco Sound” and the counterculture scene. Sa, 10/1, 2-3pm. Free. Sparks Heritage Museum, 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144.

Art 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.

THE HOLLAND PROJECT: Young Blood. The pop-up gallery showcases work by artists under age 21. F, 9/30, 6pm. $1. 140 Vesta St., Suite 330, (775) 742-1858.

JOT TRAVIS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: BFA Thesis Exhibition: Clinton & Wohletz. Bachelor of fine arts students Austin Clinton and Erin Wohletz showcase their works as part of their thesis exhibition, located in the Student Galleries South, Jot Travis Building. Tu-F, 11am-4pm through 10/6; Panorama: A Nevada Arts Council Exhibit, The show features 12 artists and brings Nevada’s statewide artist landscape into view. M-Th, 10am-4pm through 10/27. Opens 10/3. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6837.

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CLASSIX ONE: REVIVAL: The Reno Philharmonic’s 2016-2017 Classix season kicks off with a lineup that follows a common trajectory of revival and resurgence. Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 1 pays homage to and reinterprets lute pieces of the Renaissance, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 marks his personal recovery from depression and Mussorgsky’s friend Victor Hartmann is resurrected through a musical remembrance of his art in Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel arr.) Su, 10/2, 4pm; Tu, 10/4, 7:30pm. $33-$89. Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 323-6393, www.renophil.com.

The 27th annual event marks a moment in history when the people of Virginia City took their outhouses to the streets to protest new ordinances that outlawed outdoor toilets. The races continue as a fun tradition in which teams of costumed outhouse racers push, pull or drag decorated outhouses down C Street in Virginia City. Spectators will get to vote for the ugliest, the prettiest, the most unusual outhouses, among other categories, during the People’s Choice Awards on Saturday. The races take place from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1-2. Admission is free. Call 847-7500 or visit www.visitvirginiacitynv.com.

OnstAgE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO FIRST SQUAD: This drama, set in the year 2009, takes place primarily at a small U.S. Army outpost at the mouth of Afghanistan’s deadly Korengal Valley where a squad of battlehardened soldiers anxiously awaits their imminent return to the United States. The play contains graphic language, violence and the use of blank firearms. Not suitable for young children. Th, 9/29, 6:30pm; F, 9/30, 6:30pm; Sa, 10/1, 8:30pm. $10-$15. Potentialist Workshop, 836 E. Second St., (775) 848-9892.

METRO GALLERY AT RENO CITY HALL: New Works from the Studio Art Quilts. Metro Gallery at City Hall hosts STRATA: New Works from the Studio Art Quilt Associates. M-F through 11/4. Free. 1 E. First St., (775) 334-2417.

OXS GALLERY, NEVADA ARTS COUNCIL: Mi Casa es Mi Casa. Artist Justin Favela pays homage to his Guatemalan maternal grandmother by recreating objects found in her home. Objects that have been part of the domestic landscape for his entire life have helped form his identity and in the exhibition, represent the love he has for his grandmother and her home. M-F, 8am-5pm through 10/14. Free. 716 N. Carson St., Ste. A, Carson City, (775) 687-6680.

STREMMEL GALLERY: Mike Berg and Marc Katano. Stremmel Gallery presents an exhibition of new works featuring Berg’s tapestries and Katano’s works on paper. M-Sa through 10/1. Free. 1400 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-0558.

GRAND CONCOURSE: Restless Artists’ Theatre presents Heidi Schreck’s play which navigates the mystery of faith, the limits of forgiveness and the pursuit of something resembling joy. F, 9/30, 7:30pm;

Sa, 10/1, 7:30pm; Su, 10/2, 2pm; Th, 10/6, 7:30pm; F, 10/7, 7:30pm; Sa, 10/8, 7:30pm; Su, 10/9, 2pm; Th, 10/13, 7:30pm; F, 10/14, 7:30pm; Sa, 10/15, 7:30pm; Su, 10/16, 2pm. $12-$20. Restless Artists’ Theatre, 295 20th St., Sparks, (775) 525-3074.

SILENCE! THE MUSICAL: Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company presents this musical parody of the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs. F, 9/30, 7:30-9:30pm; Sa,

10/1, 7:30-9:30pm; Th, 10/6, 7:30-9:30pm; F, 10/7, 7:30-9:30pm; Sa, 10/8, 7:30-9:30pm; Th, 10/13, 7:30-9:30pm; F, 10/14, 7:309:30pm; Sa, 10/15, 7:30-9:30pm; W, 10/19, 7:30-9:30pm; Th, 10/20, 7:30-9:30pm; F, 10/21, 7:30-9:30pm; Sa, 10/22, 7:30-9:30pm. $15 in advance, $18 at the door. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716.

STAGE KISS: Brüka Theatre presents Sarah Ruhl’s romantic comedy about what happens when lovers share a stage kiss—or when actors share a real one. F,

Film THEEB: Artemisia Moviehouse presents Naji Abu Nowar’s film about a young Bedouin boy who experiences a hastened comingof-age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination. In Arabic with English subtitles. Tu, 10/4, 7-9pm. $5-$7. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716.

9/30, 8pm; Sa, 10/1, 8pm; Th, 10/6, 8pm; F, 10/7, 8pm; Sa, 10/8, 8pm; Su, 10/9, 2pm; Th, 10/13, 8pm; F, 10/14, 8pm; Sa, 10/15, 8pm; W, 10/19, 8pm; Th, 10/20, 8pm; F, 10/21, 8pm; Sa, 10/22, 8pm. $ 18-$25 Brüka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-3221.

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by AMY ALKON

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I’m a man who likes to girl-watch. I do this from behind very dark glasses, yet I still elicit scowls from women. Recently, I was at a help desk, and I availed myself of the view down the receptionist’s top. She quickly covered up with a scarf. I’m puzzled, because there’s no way she could’ve seen my eyes. What’s going on here? Why might we think we know when we’re being watched—even by someone we can’t see? Well, we may—subconsciously—be picking up on subtle reactions of people around us who can see the watcher. Neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux explains that our amygdala—part of our brain’s threat detection circuitry—reacts beneath conscious awareness, messaging our body to get ready to run or rumble (that “fight or flight” thing). Among our body’s responses, our little hairs stand on end. We have a term for that “hairs standing on end” feeling and it’s “being creeped out”—which is what women are experiencing when they can’t see what your eyes are up to behind those dark glasses. Evolutionary social psychologist Frank McAndrew published the first study on the nature of “creepiness.” He explains that the feeling that something is “creepy” is a self-protective response to “ambiguity”—our being unsure of whether we’re facing a threat. We err on the side of assuming that we are—and in rushes the palace guard to barricade the cleavage with a scarf. This woman you stared at was at the “help” desk, and no, that isn’t short for “Help yourself to a nice long look down my boobage.” Close-range staring at a captive audience like that is particularly creepy—as in, it’s rude. Again, the sunglasses don’t change that—they make it worse. If you’re going to girl-watch, do it in wide-open spaces, like on the street or in a mall, so you don’t make women feel like sitting ducks in pushup bras. You might also take off those spy glasses and engage with one of these ladies. If you get something going with a woman, gazing admiringly at her will seem like a form of flattery—as opposed to a sign that your mom reset the Net Nanny to block all those “filthy” webcam sites.

The son also plagiarizes I met this woman who’d dated my ex. In talking, we realized that he used the same romantic lines on both of us. Granted, these made me feel good at the time, but I feel angry and stupid for falling for them. How do you know when a guy is sincere? Understandably, you want a man’s lovey-dovey talk to come from the heart, not from a Word doc he saved on his hard drive. However, a guy whose heartfelt remarks turn out to be a renewable resource isn’t necessarily some sneaky recycler. Consider how personality plays into this. Personality is a pattern over time of thoughts, feelings and desires that shape how you behave. Research by social psychologist Nathan W. Hudson suggests that you may be able to change aspects of your personality through behavioral change—like by repeatedly acting more conscientiously. Still, Hudson sees a good deal of evidence that personality is “relatively stable.” In other words, even a sweet, sincere guy is likely to use some of the same romantic wordery with any woman he’s dating. What tells you whether he’s a good guy or he just talks a good game is time—reserving judgment on what you have together until enough time passes for you to hold up the sweet things he says to what he actually does. Wanting to see any discrepancies is really the best way to protect yourself from serial romancers—or worse. (“I bet you say that to all the girls you put in your freezer!”) 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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ARIES (March 21-April 19): What’s the difference

between a love warrior and a love worrier? Love warriors work diligently to keep enhancing their empathy, compassion, and emotional intelligence. Love worriers fret so much about not getting the love they want that they neglect to develop their intimacy skills. Love warriors are always vigilant for how their own ignorance may be sabotaging togetherness, while love worriers dwell on how their partner’s ignorance is sabotaging togetherness. Love warriors stay focused on their relationship’s highest goals, while love worriers are preoccupied with every little relationship glitch. I bring this to your attention, Aries, because the next seven weeks will be an excellent time to become less of a love worrier and more of a love warrior.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): How will you deal

with a provocative opportunity to reinvent and reinvigorate your approach to work? My guess is that if you ignore this challenge, it will devolve into an obstruction. If you embrace it, on the other hand, you will be led to unforeseen improvements in the way you earn money and structure your daily routine. Here’s the paradox: Being open to seemingly impractical considerations will ultimately turn out to be quite practical.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Is it possible that

you’re on the verge of reclaiming some of the innocent wisdom you had as a child? Judging from the current astrological omens, I suspect it is. If all goes well, you will soon be gifted with a long glimpse of your true destiny—a close replica of the vision that bloomed in you at a tender age. And this will, in turn, enable you to actually see magic unicorns and play with mischievous fairies and eat clouds that dip down close to the earth. And not only that: Having a holy vision of your original self will make you even smarter than you already are. For example, you could get insights about how to express previously inexpressible parts of yourself. You might discover secrets about how to attract more of the love you have always felt deprived of.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’m not asking you

to tell me about the places and situations where you feel safe and fragile and timid. I want to know about where you feel safe and strong and bold. Are there sanctuaries that nurture your audacious wisdom? Are there natural sites that tease out your primal willpower and help you clarify your goals? Go to those power spots. Allow them to exalt you with their transformative blessings. Pray and sing and dance there. And maybe find a new oasis to excite and incite you, as well. Your creative savvy will bloom in November if you nurture yourself now with this magic.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): One of your old reliable

formulas may temporarily be useless or even deceptive. An ally could be withholding an important detail from you. Your favorite psychological crutch is in disrepair, and your go-to excuse is no longer viable. And yet I think you’re going to be just fine, Leo. Plan B will probably work better than Plan A. Secondary sources and substitutes should provide you with all the leverage you need. And I bet you will finally capitalize on an advantage that you have previously neglected. For best results, be vigilant for unexpected help.

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One of your signature fears is losing its chokehold on your imagination. If this trend continues, its power to scare you may diminish more than 70 percent by November 1. And then what will you do? How can you continue to plug away at your goals if you don’t have worry and angst and dread to motivate you? I suppose you could shop around for a replacement fear—a new prod to keep you on the true and righteous path. But you might also want to consider an alternative: the possibility of drawing more of the energy you need by feeding your lust for life.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Thank you for all the

entertainment you’ve provided in the past 12 months, Libra. Since shortly before your birthday in 2015, you have taken lively and gallant actions to rewrite history. You have banished a pesky demon and repaired a hole in your soul. You’ve educated the most immature part of yourself and nurtured the most neglected part of yourself.

To my joyful shock, you have even worked to transform a dysfunctional romantic habit that in previous years had subtly undermined your ability to get the kind of intimacy you seek. What’s next? Here’s my guess: an unprecedented exemption from the demands of the past.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Are you able to ex-

pand while you are contracting, and vice versa? Can you shed mediocre comforts and also open your imagination to gifts that await you at the frontier? Is it possible to be skeptical toward ideas that shrink your world and people who waste your time, even as you cultivate optimism and innocence about the interesting challenges ahead of you? Here’s what I think, Scorpio: Yes, you can. At least for right now, you are more flexible and multifaceted than you might imagine.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You Sagit-

tarians are famous for filling your cups so full they’re in danger of spilling over. Sometimes the rest of us find this kind of cute. On other occasions, we don’t enjoy getting wine splashed on our shoes. But I suspect that in the coming weeks, the consequences of your tendency to overflow will be mostly benign—perhaps even downright beneficial. So I suggest you experiment with the pleasures of surging and gushing. Have fun as you escape your niches and transcend your containers. Give yourself permission to seek adventures that might be too extravagant for polite company. Now here’s a helpful reminder from your fellow Sagittarian, poet Emily Dickinson: “You cannot fold a flood and put it in a drawer.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I believe that

during the coming weeks you will have an extra amount of freedom from fate. The daily grind won’t be able to grind you down. The influences that typically tend to sap your joie de vivre will leave you in peace. Are you ready to take full advantage of this special dispensation? Please say, “Yes, yes, a thousand times yes!” Be alert for opportunities to rise above the lowest common denominators. Be aggressive about rejecting the trivial questions that trap everyone in low expectations. Here are my predictions: Your willpower will consistently trump your conditioning. You won’t have to play by the old rules, but will instead have extra sovereignty to invent the future.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): According to

my analysis of the astrological omens, you can expect an unlikely coincidence or two in the coming days. You should also be alert for helpfully prophetic dreams, clear telepathic messages and pokes from tricky informers. In fact, I suspect that useful hints and clues will be swirling in extra abundance, sometimes in the form of direct communications from reliable sources, but on occasion as mysterious signals from strange angels.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You know that inner

work you’ve been doing with such diligence? I’m referring to those psycho-spiritual transformations you have been attending to in the dark … the challenging but oddly gratifying negotiations you’ve been carrying on with your secret self … the steady, strong future you’ve been struggling to forge out of the chaos? Well, I foresee you making a big breakthrough in the coming weeks. The progress you’ve been earning, which up until now has been mostly invisible to others, will finally be seen and appreciated. The vows you uttered so long ago will, at last, yield at least some of the tangible results you’ve pined for.

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by DENNis MYERs

Leader Gloria Steinem has been a prominent journalist and women’s rights advocate since the 1960s.

Yes, I do. Absolutely, because, you know, we all change. And voices hadn’t been heard in political life, so the idea of—first of all—what women’s issues were, and also how they’re connected to everything else, takes some time for us to realize. I mean, we now, for instance, understand equal pay. We’ve got that, even though [laughs] we don’t get equal pay. But we still don’t understand that it would be the best economic stimulus for the whole culture. It’s still regarded as a woman’s issue, as opposed to a large economic stimulus. That’s the next step.

One of the things I have in mind is the war on drugs. There are a lot of households headed by women alone—and particularly in the African-American community, because so many fathers are in prison—and a lot of people do not consider that a women’s issue.

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You once wrote that you and a group of colleagues met with George McGovern and he said, “Why is this group interested in welfare?” Do you think politicians have gotten better at figuring out what are women’s issues?

No, of course it’s a women’s issue, because our ways of looking at drug issues have been so racially influenced. So if you are a drug addict on prescription drugs—which means you’re more likely to be white—it’s different from being a drug addict to drugs that the corporations are not benefiting from. It’s underground. So we are beginning to realize our prison-industrial complex and how biased it is—why we have a greater percentage of our population in prison than any country on Earth—and also how it’s connected to our educational system. Now, if a prison has a literacy program, then the recidivism rate goes down by 80 percent. … I mean, it is so clear that who is in prison is also evidence of a failure of our schools.

You were talking about how these things are interconnected. There’s a cliché about Nevada—that we’re at the top of all the bad lists and at the bottom of all the good lists. And, in fact, today—I regret to tell you that this has happened the day you arrived here, Nevada was put number three on a list of states, women killed by men. Yes, I saw that.

A lot of Nevada’s quality-of-life indicators are bad. How do you grab the web whole?

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You know, wherever we can, the answer is. I mean, when you get a case of the shoulds—you know, “What should I do?”—instead of simply saying, “I’m going to do whatever I can from the bottom up.” And [this particular issue of killing is] rooted in crazy ideas of gender and addiction, because gender, you know, that somehow to be a real man someone has to be superior and dominant and so on, which, you know, is not true. So it has its deep roots. But if we just look at simple fairness every day and say, “How would I feel if I was in the other person’s position?” You know, for instance, the golden rule, which was written by a smart guy, for guys, I think—it said we should treat other people the way we want to be treated. But women, in less powerful groups, often have to say, “I’m going to treat myself as well as I treat other people.” Ω

by BRUCE VAN DYKE

Generation gap My daughter, who is 28 and proud to be a “millennial,” read my column last week and sent a text saying. “Gee, dad, do you think you could be just a little more condescending towards my generation?” I went back and re-read and had to admit the little whippersnapper had a point, that there was indeed a strong undercurrent of get-off-my-lawn! running through my jive about millennials and their poor voting turnout in 2012, a kind of “You better get out there and vote, dadgummit ... and don’t park on my lawn while you do, you crazy, molly-gobbling, skull pierced, tat-addled young person, you!” So I’d like to amend that bit a bit to say instead, “Hey, you under-30 folks, us old kooks would like to invite you to vote in droves this November, as long as you’re going to vote for the right stuff. We think you’ll really find it to be a simple and somehow satisfying thing to do that will enrich your experience as

a citizen of America. Power to the correct people!” • So the Hassle at Hofstra has now taken place, and one thing I have a quibble with is the candidates shaking hands after the event. Doesn’t that feel like the most disingenuous, hypocritical handshake ever? As in just flat wrong? “He’s lower than low!” “She’s ho-er than ho!” “Hi Don, how’s it goin’ out there?” “Hill, how the hell are you, give my best to Bill.” “He’s unfit to brush his own teeth!” “I think she’ll look great in an orange prison jumpsuit!” Do away with the handshake. This is politics, not golf, dammit. • So all these commentators are knocking themselves out right now, paying tribute to the Florida

Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez, who died in a boating accident last weekend. He sounds like he was a very nice young man. I know he was a helluva pitcher. It’s a shame that he expired at age 24. But the deal is, he expired because he was in a boating accident at 3 a.m. I repeat: Three o’clock in the morning. And reporters appear to be, at least so far, strangely uncurious as to what three young men were doing, blazing around the waters of Miami at 3 o’clock in the freaking morning, when they most unfortunately slammed at high speed into a jetty and died on the spot. Yes, Jose’s death was a tragedy, but let’s face facts. Fatal joyrides in boats at 3 a.m. usually involve mountains of drugs and buckets of alcohol—how could they not?—and I can’t help but be curious as to why Mr. Fernandez is getting a free pass on the scandalous side of all this. Ω

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