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My heart goes out I was heartbroken to hear about the recent terrorist attack in Manchester, England. Condolences, love and sympathy to the victims and families. These kinds of attacks are so frustrating— they’re so sad, and one wants to do whatever possible to help, but it’s further frustrating because there’s the nagging feeling that these crimes are done for attention—and a crime done for attention deserves nothing more than to be ignored. But something like this can’t, in good conscience, be ignored. So the sadness and frustration are accompanied by the grotesque feeling of being manipulated.

It’s horrific that attacks like this one, or the attack last year at the nightclub in Orlando, or at the Eagles of Death Metal concert in Paris in 2015, so often seem to be directed at music events.

Music is an activity that people share—something that bonds communities. Music is like an electrical current for imagination, possibility, shared experiences and real-life magic.

I’ve never been to Manchester, but as a devotee of punk and post-punk, I have great affection for some of the city’s musical legacy—like the Buzzcocks, Joy Division, the Fall and the Smiths.

Music is sacred to me, and Manchester is a sacred city for music.

(I’m sure a lot of stateside soccer fans feel similarly about the city’s footy legacy.)

But the worst thing about this particular attack is that it was directed at an Ariana Grande concert—a singer whose fan base is largely teen and preteen girls. This was a deliberate terrorist attack on young women and children. One of the first victims identified was an 8-year-old girl.

This was likely her first ever concert—her first opportunity to share in a community of her own choosing, to feel some of that current of real-life magic.

There are no other words.

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

Surly pollster How many political poll telephone calls do you receive? As a departure from usual practice, I answered the phone and agreed to participate. I was assured that the poll was unbiased. However, the multiple choice answers to questions allowed only a far right, far left or “I don’t know” response. I refused to continue, and the pollster would not deviate from his script when I explained.

The media jumps on poll results, which are broadcast over and over. Evidence has shown that the more something is repeated, the more it is believed. Peoples’ opinions are swayed by poll results. Even a random sample does not give a random result, because occupations, work times, culture, age and habits influence who answers a home phone. Poll results are a derivative rather than an expression of peoples’ beliefs. How much do opinion poll results influence elections and legislative decisions?

Denise Drazy-Shedd Sparks

“The most dangerous thing happening on the highway is tailgating.” That was a while ago when traffic congestion was lighter than now.

Why would anyone want to, “lead a parade of tailgaters honking at me and beaming bright lights into my cabin”? This leads other drivers to take unnecessary chances and puts others at risk. The disturbing part of this is the inability of this driver to safely make a lane change to allow faster vehicles to pass.

So they’re going 90 mph. So what? Once the left lane is clear you may signal a lane change and continue your 70 mph pace. Apparently this driver does not know how to use mirrors to make a safe lane change.

Leave it up to the troopers to ticket the speeders, but more important, you may save yourself the embarrassment of getting pulled over for causing an unnecessary backup and the potential for a serious accident, all because you don’t mind being a “roadhog.”

Learn to drive, sir, with others in mind. We all share the highway.

JR Reynolds Reno

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Re “Solar flare” (news, May 18): Three hundred days of sunshine. What a valuable asset. Makes so much sense. I have solar from the ’70s. Need to put new. Can’t, thanks to Gov. Sandoval and our Public Utilities Commission. That makes no sense.

Pat Campbell Cozzi Reno

Re “Go directly to jail” (Notes from a Neon Babylon, May 18): I very much appreciate when Bruce Van Dyke puts his obligatory shot at the president near the top of his column, thus providing notice of another temper tantrum, so I can discontinue reading. Thank you very much.

Richard Copp Washoe Valley

Surly reply Re “Green and passing” (letters, May 18): There is much angst on Reno’s highways due to the inability of some drivers to navigate the basic driving skills it takes to drive a car sensibly on our roads with other drivers.

Case in point—tailgating. I interviewed Chuck Allen about highway safety swhen he was NHP Trooper Allen. He told me then,

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sensationalizing demagoguery in 2015 for good ratings. The media, however, has for the most part been honorable since election day.

The blame now must be squarely put on elected Republican officials. If they are unwilling or unable to fulfill their roles as a check and balance against the executive branch, and uphold their sworn oaths to protect our constitution, then they should either resign or be voted out of office. The current path we are on is unsustainable.

When will Republicans put their loyalty to the country before loyalty to party?

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By Nisha sridharaN

The farthest you’ve been from home? asKed aT The BasemenT, 50 s. Virginia sT. Cameron Thomas Aviation student

New York, probably—a state in the United States—last summer. [It was] just for fun. I go to school out East, so just kind of hung out.

Cher ae Coz zi Dietetic student

Portland, Oregon. I know it’s not that far. … That was—oh, my gosh, like five years ago. Just a girls’ weekend, you know what I mean? My girlfriends live out there. ... It was beautiful out there with rose gardens and sushi. We also went strip club hopping.

There’s like 50 of them.

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By Katriel J. VaN CleVe

A Christian view Abortions are detrimental to both individuals and to societies. God has declared in verses like Jeremiah 1:5 and Psalm 139:15-16 that unborn “fetuses” are indeed children, and God will allow personal and national judgments against those who abort, or permit to be aborted, children (Gen. 9:6). Abortions are detrimental to those who have them done because of the loss of peace, disease, and possible inability of reproduction that accompany abortion.

Abortions are detrimental nationally because those who promote them deem the unborn useless and a burden. Any society that can deem young life as an unnecessary burden can certainly deem the elderly as unnecessary, thus introducing euthanasia.

Our nation has been harmed by the tremendous loss of industrious laborers who could have grown to be skilled members of society like doctors, lawyers, teachers, pastors, etc. Inventiveness and creative genius have vanished with these children. Medical cures, inventions, scientific discoveries, and clean, pure arts—many such blessings are gone. Our nation has also suffered a massive military setback. We have lost ambassadors—whose persuasion may have negotiated peace with certain of our current enemies—and noble generals, whose strategies are always needed.

We have lost numerous everyday soldiers who would have loyally defended us.

We as a nation should be repulsed by the death of any child, let alone unborn babies. Sadly, that is not the case. Since Roe v. Wade, around 59.5 million

babies have been killed in the U.S. For all the reasons above and more we should fight to end legal abortions. We need to contact our representative officials and spread the facts of the horrors of abortion. Pastors must expound this topic clearly. We must advocate adoption and open our hearts to adopting. Lives are depending on us.

For those who are too late in saving their child’s life, God offers hope. He sent Jesus, His only Son (and God Himself—John 10:30), to earth to die on a cross to pay for all man’s sins, even murder. Jesus, having died, then rose from the dead three days later as proof of His having conquered sin and death. For those who believe in Jesus, trusting in Him alone to save them from Hell and to forgive them of their sins (not trusting in any of their own good deeds for any part of salvation), God promises complete forgiveness and eternal life (Romans 3:24, John 3:16, Ephesians 2:8-9, Revelation 22:17, Romans 10:13, Psalm 51:1, Romans 5:1, and Ephesians 2:4-6). Though the consequences of sin remain, God promises to never leave nor forsake His own (Hebrews 13:5). He will walk with them through the consequences and through everything else in their lives.

Much is to be gained if our unborn children live.

Much will be lost if they are aborted. Fight for them! Ω

Philippines and then, in the U.S., Florida. I was just traveling.

We drove from Reno to Florida, actually from Vallejo, California to Florida. Took us like three days. The trip to Philippines was for family.

Jenny KierulF Social work student

I believe it would be Canada.

I’m not sure if it’s Canada or Florida [that’s farther]. I went to go visit my uncle when I was 13.

We went to Victoria, [Canada].

John WisKoCil Retiree

I guess, I don’t know by nautical miles, but it would either be Moscow, Russia or Melbourne, Australia. Melbourne was on business, and Russia was on a personal vacation.

Ms. Van Cleve is a local student. This essay is drawn from a school paper.

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by SHEILA LESLIE

Take the money and stay If a corporation’s net income in the second quarter of this year was $11 billion, and it had a cash reserve of $257 billion, shouldn’t the corporation be able to afford its state and local taxes? Apparently not if its name is Apple.

Two courageous elected officials said “no” to corporate welfare recently, refusing to support a continuing multi-million dollar subsidy of one of the wealthiest corporations the world has ever seen. They received eye rolls and barely hidden contempt for their principled stand from many who think attracting an Apple warehouse is a tremendous coup for the Reno economy.

First, the Washoe County School Board took up an amendment to a prior agreement with Apple, allowing the company to purchase land to build a warehouse of 17,000 square feet in the Tessera “Tourist Improvement District,” even though the warehouse hardly meets the definition of a tourist attraction.

But the deal allows Apple to store large amounts of data center equipment in

downtown Reno while avoiding paying millions in taxes to state and local government. Tourists can go elsewhere for their entertainment needs.

Veronica Frenkel was the only school board member who voted against the new deal. She offered a detailed explanation of her position, complaining about the new taxes residents are paying for the privilege of educating Apple’s future consumers.

“Since 2012, Reno citizens and businesses have been asked to step up and shoulder the burden of supporting education in our community, first with the passage of the Commerce Tax in 2015, a tax on businesses specifically to support education, and most recently with the passage of WC-1, which has meant that since April all of us, including those with limited resources, have and will continue to pay higher sales taxes in support of school construction and educating our children.

“Later in this agenda we are addressing a budget deficit and the challenge of paying for the quality education that

our 64,000 students deserve. I, for one, am not comfortable exempting any business coming into our community from shouldering its fair share of the tax burden and from its responsibility to contribute to the education of our children, especially as other businesses and as all the citizens of our community have been asked to bear them.”

The next day, Reno Councilmember Jenny Brekhus also said no to Apple. She pointed out the Council had an opportunity to “unwind this pattern of giveaways” and worried about the inability of the City’s budget to maintain infrastructure for a growing population. Brekhus noted, “Reno has about 21,000 more residents since 2010 but approximately 60 fewer sworn police officers. Nearly one out of every five local roads is in a failure status.

The fiscal health of local governments seem to not be calculated into the State of Nevada economic development policies that are promoting economic activity and accompanying growth. We have $5

million less in property tax than in 2010, and, when Reno and other local governments bring this up to those in Carson City, it falls on deaf ears. Our residents are also struggling with increased utility rates, tax increases and escalating housing rental prices.”

Brekhus urged her colleagues to at least put metrics for performance into the deal, citing a new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts that criticized the failure of many states, including Nevada, to effectively evaluate the economic benefits generated by massive tax breaks. The report noted Nevada’s “supersize incentive deals with businesses in recent years” despite the lack of “a process to regularly evaluate them.”

But no worries, Reno. The City’s tough negotiations with Apple resulted in an agreement to add signage to the warehouse property, visibility Apple usually avoids. The sign will provide a daily reminder of the folly of allowing superrich corporations to dodge their taxes. Ω

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by Brendan Trainor

Our right to drugs Nevada is now a recreational marijuana state. This month Vermont became the first state to pass a bill to decriminalize marijuana possession through the legislative rather than the ballot process. More will follow.

There are only three states—Idaho, Ohio and Kansas—that do not allow some legal consumption of cannabis or a non psychoactive derivative for medical or recreational purposes. The disappointing Gov. Butch Otter of Idaho recently vetoed legislation allowing access to non-psychoactive medicinal marijuana like CBD. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions knows there is now a pro-marijuana caucus in Congress and that state governors and legislatures will resist federal attacks on cannabis.

Sessions has turned to the demonization of the “hard” drugs like heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and pharmaceuticals like hydrocodone and fentanyl. His argument is these drugs can lead to addiction and overdose deaths. Sessions’ solution is to

instruct Justice Department prosecutors to vigorously charge under the mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines that the Obama administration had waived for relatively low level dealers.

Illegal drugs are to Republicans what guns are to Democrats—alive, malignant entities that always enslave minds and destroy lives. “The epidemic of the scourge of illegal drugs” and “gun violence” are similar rhetorical terms that imply that guns and drugs are intrinsically evil and cannot be used responsibly.

People use illegal drugs to get better, get themselves “right,” end dis-ease. People use guns to protect themselves and their families. The state turns these innocent actions into illegal actions that justify state violence. Prohibition worsens the very problems it purports to solve, and the demand for more government police powers to solve new problems follows mindlessly in its wake.

Remarkably, Sessions admitted that drug dealers in black markets resort to

violence to settle disputes because they have no legal recourse. But, like all prohibitionists, he simply cannot conceive that the alternative is not to ramp up the failed war on drugs, but rather legalization of all prohibited drugs. The end of alcohol prohibition demonstrated that legalization ends violent gang turf wars for anyone who is not a modern-day Carrie Nation like Sessions.

The controls on guns are falling away because citizens convinced the judiciary to recognize the Second Amendment. The war on drugs is an end run around constitutional federalism through international treaties. Before the narcotics treaties were ratified, the states alone had the power to criminalize drug use. Because the people of the states now demand legal access to cannabis, federalism is being restored for that benign drug. But there is no large state demand for legal meth, heroin or cocaine.

Fewer people use these drugs, and the fog of prohibitionist misinformation clouds common sense.

Studies show that in marijuana-friendly states, overdoses due to opioid use have declined by about 25 percent. The surging domestic production of cannabis at the state level has also led to a similar reduction in cannabis smuggling, without the need for a wall. Sessions is immune to these harm reduction arguments. He calls medical marijuana overrated and says he is not aware of any positive outcomes resulting from drug legalization. When told that marijuana can substitute effectively in pain reduction therapy for opioids, he dismisses the idea by calling cannabis only slightly less harmful than heroin.

The fiscal and human cost of the war on drugs should give all conservatives pause.

Congress won’t decriminalize drug sale and use unless the states and the people pressure them to. Only if we, the people, reject the idea that government should use police violence to keep us safe, rather than free, will that pressure materialize. Ω

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by Dennis Myers

Adelson figures in MontAnA rAce Just as he did with presidential candidate Newt Gingrich in 2012 and state attorney general candidate Adam Laxalt in 2014, Nevada billionaire Sheldon Adelson is helping keep wealthy technology entrepreneur Greg Gianforte alive in the special U.S. House election in Montana. The race was prompted by the appointment of Montana’s Rep. Ryan Zinke to the Trump cabinet as interior secretary.

Republican Gianforte is facing off against Democrat and country singer Rob Quist in the Big Sky State. The Congressional Leadership Fund, a super-PAC formed in 2011, is running a campaign against Quist that may actually be aiding him. The CLF, funded mostly by Adelson and fossil fuel billionaires, is making an issue of the fact that a bungled gall-bladder surgery in 1996 left Quist with unpaid bills and tax liens. The experience has been used in a CLF attack ad.

Quist sold off part of his family ranch to pay his medical bills, an experience familiar to many voters. Health care expenses are the single biggest cause of bankruptcies in the United States.

With that dispute unfolding, the New York Times on May 5 reported that Gianforte had, on a conference call with corporate lobbyists, said he would support the Republican health care bill. That happened while Gianforte was telling the public he had not yet made up his mind on the measure.

Gianforte backed away from the GOP measure amid protests from Montanans using the Affordable Care Act. Adelson and his wife Miriam are CLF’s biggest donors, ponying up $30 million to the committee since 2012. The Washington Free Beacon website has also been conducting a campaign against Quist.

National Democratic Party officials have paid little attention to the Montana race, but Sen. Bernie Sanders has been aiding Quist’s campaign, which this week reported topping $5 million in contributions.

Pot tAle of the week At the Nevada Legislature on May 24, Grace Crosley of the prohibitionist Nevadans for Informed Marijuana Regulation read to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee a June 29, 2016 Fortune magazine article. In the section read by Crosley, it said in part: “Marijuana legalization [in Colorado] has delivered some surprises statewide to regulators, police and citizens alike.

For instance, many people thought legalization would quash the black market for the drug. ‘That’s been a fallacy,’ says Cynthia Coffman, Colorado’s attorney general. Legalization of cannabis stores and grow operations has drawn more drug-related crime.”

In fact, it was not legalization that drew drug crime.

There are two issues here. First, many Colorado advocates of legalization never said it would end a black market.

Mostly they said it would eventually reduce black marketing.

After all, a cigarette black market thrives in many states like Nevada (“If the price is right,” RN&R, Oct. 22, 2015) even though tobacco is legal and Colorado itself has supplied tobacco to black markets in other states with its low-taxed tobacco products.

Second, there is a misconception that marijuana is legal in Colorado. While Coloradans voted for legal marijuana, the measure they approved had an opt-out clause, and governing bodies in most communities in the state voted to continue prohibition, thereby guaranteeing a continuing black market. Thus, it is prohibition, not legalization, that has fueled the black market.

–Dennis Myers

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Nevada may be close to ending a war over rooftop solar.

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Net gain Nevada may regain its place in the sun state legislators this week took a step toward restoring the growth of rooftop solar in Nevada.

The Nevada Assembly voted 38-2-2 for Assembly Bill 405, which establishes a net metering adjustment charge to reimburse rooftop-customers for excess solar at 95 percent of the retail rate, to a 6 percent threshold.

Previously, solar users were reimbursed at the full retail rate, so this comes near to restoring them to their previous status.

The measure was approved 12-2 by the Assembly Commerce and Labor Committee on May 12 after complicated compromises that kept lobbyists on their toes. The closing days of the legislature are traditionally a period when legislation is slipped

through without rigorous scrutiny, and some lobbies have been known to hold measures until this period.

Nevada—once at the forefront of home solar—became the focus of widespread publicity after a Republican majority in the 2015 Nevada Legislature directed the Public Utilities Commission to conduct a reassessment of rooftop solar. At the end of 2015, the Commission voted 3-0 to reduce the payments homeowners receive for generating solar power and sending it back to the grid, the practice known in law as net metering. The PUC also hit homeowners with a fee for access to the grid.

Solar firms and jobs abandoned the Silver State (“Fighting the future,” RN&R, Jan. 21, 2016), and

environmental and business publications threw a spotlight on the state’s sudden retreat from solar.

The Public Utilities Commission claimed to be acting because solar customers were being subsidized by regular customers, a claim fostered

by Warren Buffet’s monopoly NV Energy. In fact, independent studies—including one commissioned by the PUC itself—said otherwise, but numerous news entities reported the claim as though it were true and never corrected it (“Myths as news,” RN&R, Aug. 25, 2016).

After the Assembly vote this week, advocates of solar expressed their pleasure.

“Over a year ago, the Nevada Public Utilities Commission moved Nevada backward when they kicked the rooftop solar industry out of Nevada,” said Nevada Conservation League Executive Director Andy Maggi. “The legislature has taken another huge step today in erasing that decision and putting rooftop solar back on a long-term path for success in Nevada. When voters took to the polls in November, this issue was top of mind when they filled out their ballots.”

Reno solar contractor NV Sunworks spokesperson Travis Miller said, shortly before the vote, “That bill provides long-term certainty to consumers regarding rates, and also provides consumer protections via contractual disclosures among other things. This provides the potential resolution and correction to the disastrous PUC decision of 2015 that decimated the industry...”

BehAviorAl guessing Though Gov. Brian Sandoval was blamed for the PUC action, the Commission is composed of members who serve fixed terms specifically to insulate them from political pressure.

Nevertheless, no one has ever been able to explain why the Commission responded as it did to the legislature’s action in 2015. To

this day, it lends uncertainty to the business climate in the state for solar firms considering moving in.

For instance, PV Magazine reported last weekend, “For reasons that are still not entirely clear—even to people at the heart of the fight—the Assembly directed the PUC to cut the net metering rate precipitously and without warning, throwing customers and installers into a state of suspended animation. The rate reductions extended solar’s payback time beyond what many rooftop customers were willing to accept and reduced its economic raison d’etre.

That, in turn, affected the installers that had customers lined up for installations. With the diminished economic incentive, many of those projects dried up.”

Whether the state can overcome the doubt some firms deciding between Nevada and other sun-drenched states may

feel is anyone’s guess. If the legislative majorities change again, will the state’s solar policies also change again?

The role Buffett will play if the bill now passes the Senate is also a subject of interest. Buffett has been undercutting solar in states all over the nation, preferring a traditional model of large power plants over net metering.

Nevada’s former U.S. senator, Harry Reid, publicly warned Buffett last year that he was living in the past by insisting on plants over net metering. “I think [Buffett’s] a good person, but I think he’s wrong on rooftop solar,” Reid said.

It appears all but certain that the measure will be approved by the Senate, which has already demonstrated its support of renewable energy technology.

Senate Bills 65 and 204 have both been approved unanimously in the Senate. S.B. 65 provides for utility resource plans, and 204 deals with energy storage systems. Ω

Nevada faces doubt from solar firms choosing between Arizona and Nevada

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“When I’m Sixty Four” has been used as a theme for Allstate Insurance, probably not an outcome of the album that the members of the band would have relished, but a mark of how much a part of our culture this musical milestone has become.

In the weeks after Sgt. Pepper came out, it became one of the unifying hallmarks of our generation. It was possible to walk down hallways in college dormitories, military barracks, fraternities and sororities and hear its songs coming from every room. It took the English speaking world by storm as no cultural icon ever had or has.

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Patty Dickens comes by her interest in music naturally. Her father, John Carrico, once headed the music department at the University of Nevada, Reno. Dickens herself spent a quarter century as Temple Sinai’s choir director, on one occasion staging a Beatle-esque celebration of the Jewish Feast of Purim, a.k.a. the Beatles Purinspiel.

Last month, Dickens dove into her record collection and pulled out Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and played it for her threeand-a-half year old grandson. “Sadly, there are a few scratches/bumps on some of the song cuts,” she said. “And the sound quality doesn’t please the ears like the remastered versions. But fun, anyway. … I had pulled it out to listen to ‘Within You Without You’ after hearing Anoushka Shankar on the Nightingale stage in March,” Dickens said. “Did Ravi himself play on that track, I wonder?”

Her grandson, Bodhi, was less analytical. “He liked it,” Dickens said. “He thought it was great.”

Another generation comes on board.

It was June 1, 1967—50 years ago—that Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released.

From a remove of 50 years, it should be difficult to communicate how momentous that album was, but it’s not. All around are reminders of how deeply this embed has permeated our society.

When the Beatles first came along, they did not exactly take me (I was then at Reno’s Central Junior High) by storm. At the time, military service had drained Elvis of his earthy rock instincts. Rock ’n’ roll consisted of austere tunes lacking in any but the most obvious rhythms, invariably sung by someone named Bobby (Darin, Rydell, Vee) or Jimmy (Darren, Clanton, Jones)— sort of the rock versions of Welk or Mantovani.

This bubble gum era lasted too long, and the Beatles’ early work seemed like more of the same.

At any rate, it was not far enough removed from that stuff to touch me very deeply, though I liked their style (“Are you going to get a haircut while you’re here?” asked one snotty reporter; “I had one yesterday,” George replied) and found their ballads affecting.

Obviously, not everyone reacted that way.

Alan Burnside, who ran UNR’s Experimental College in the 1960s, recalls his response: “I can attest to being thoroughly swept up in Beatlemania at hearing the very first note of ‘I Wanna Hold Your Hand.’ I was 13 or 14 and only recall being struck by a head-rushing sense that ‘This is different!’”

The Eastern flavor and the psychedelia grabbed Dickens.

Eventually the Beatles—and other new groups—started to reach me with albums like Revolver and Rubber Soul, which also inspired other artists, as the Beatles themselves were influenced by the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds. Some reacted as I did. Dickens still feels the best quality of the Beatles was, “They evolved.”

Even adults reacted that way. Fred Friendly and Walter Cronkite once wrote, “The lyrics had the same sentimental grammar of Tin Pan Alley—‘I want to hold your hand,’ ‘She loves you, yeah yeah yeah.’ But by the time of ‘Blowing in the Wind’, the ‘Sounds of Silence’, and ‘Eleanor Rigby’, we were convinced that there was more here than met the ear.”

Sgt. Pepper exploded on the world as no recording had ever done. The constant and repeated playings meant that many listeners would end up purchasing more than one copy that year. Philip Norman wrote, “There are, to this day, thousands of Britons and Americans who can describe exactly where they were and what they were doing at the moment they first listened to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”

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“The day the music lived” continued from page 11

Pepper trek May 16, 1966 Pet Sounds was released. feb. 10, 1967 In a marathon recording session attended by a carnival atmosphere (orchestra members were in costumes) and by the comings and goings of Marianne Faithfull, Keith Richards, Donovan, Mike and Phyliss Nesmith, Patti Harrison and Mick Jagger, the Beatles worked on “A Day in the Life” for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band.

March 30, 1967 The photograph for Sgt. Pepper was taken by Michael Cooper for the Peter Blake/Jann Haworth front cover design.

May 6, 1967 Derek Taylor announced to the British press that the Beach Boys’ Smile tapes had been destroyed and would not see release.

June 1, 1967 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band was released in England (on June 2 in the U.S.) June 16, 1967 The three-day Monterey Pop Festival, organized by Lou Adler, Michelle Phillips and John Phillips, began at the Monterey County Fairgrounds, during which Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix registered on the pop radar for the first time, Janis Joplin performed in a major showcase for the first time as singer for Big Brother and the Holding Company, and an array of acts appeared (the Association, the Blues Project, Booker T. & The MG’s, Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, Canned Heat, Country Joe and the Fish, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Hugh Masekela, Moby Grape, Lou Rawls, Laura Nyro, Quicksilver Messenger Service, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Ravi Shankar, the Steve Miller Band, the Who) though several acts that were expected did not appear (Donovan, the Beach Boys, Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band), the whole concert free and remembered, with the release of Sgt. Pepper two weeks earlier, as one of two principal benchmarks of the summer of love.

Locals viewed Linda McCartney’s photos of the Beatles at NMA Underground in the Pioneer Center in 2003.

Dec. 10, 1967 A plane carrying Otis Redding and the Bar Kays crashed into Lake Monono in Wisconsin, killing the passengers. Redding’s hit “Dock of the Bay”, which he wrote after being inspired by Sgt. Pepper and on which he was backed up by Booker T and the M.G.’s, was released after his death.

March 1, 1969 Sgt. Pepper finally ended its stay on the charts after 88 weeks.

Aug. 10, 2007 Backed by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and original Pepper engineer Geoff Emerick (doing sound effects), Cheap Trick marked the 40th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band by performing the album in its entirety in the Bowl.

June 11, 2009 Cheap Trick announced plans to perform Sgt. Pepper live at the Las Vegas Hilton.

May 26, 2017 Scheduled release date for various versions of 50th anniversary edition of Sgt. Pepper (“Super Deluxe” edition, two-CD edition, two-LP edition, and single-disc edition).

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When Sparks Christian Fellowship marked its 25th annianni versary, the band Beatles Flashback provided music, an indication of the acceptance of music once disdained.

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feb. 29, 1968 Sgt. Pepper won the Grammy for album of the year. (The other contenders: Bobbie Gentry/ Ode to Billy Joe, Ed Ames /My Cup Runneth Over, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Frank Sinatra/Francis Albert Sinatra-Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vikki Carr/It Must Be Him.) It also received best contemporary album, best engineered recording (non-classical category), and best album cover (graphic arts category).

And the sensational album said something.

In a time when much needed to be said, the lyrics of Sgt. Pepper and of other groups and albums spoke for us against official violence, bureaucracy, insensitivity and state power—and for hope and values. And once Sgt. Pepper was out there as a powerful example, its impact grew geometrically. The rich flowering in music that the Beatles led now multiplied as talented groups proliferated, built on the influences they got from each other, and produced terrific new music, often with powerful messages. It was a fertile, catalytic time, a renaissance the likes of which we have yet to see again. Even if the music stands alone, independent of its messages, it is captivating and challenging. William F. Buckley Jr. once marveled at how the music of that era “is as exacting as Bach’s music.”

One of the delights of looking back on that album and those groups and the era of which they were a part is to see how seriously all of it is now taken (not as seriously as the blue noses and stuffed shirts of the time took it, granted, but still—). When 1950s rock ’n’ roll groups and performers from Little Richard to Little Eva to Little Peggy March entertained, there always seemed to be an unfortunate, unjustified underlying disdain and amusement that these pioneers were still performing.

By contrast, when rock groups from the 1960s entertain, they are treated with respect.

In recent years, such icons of the ’60s as John Mayall, Canned Heat, Creedence, and the Guess Who have appeared in this valley, and the tone has been admiration and esteem.

One day in 2002, after playing “A Day in the Life” with its long final arpeggio, Reno DJ Dee Dee Rocket commented, “Probably the most famous chord in the history of rock ’n’ roll. An honor to bring you that tune.” In July 2000 a group of songwriters convened by Mojo named “In My Life” as the greatest song ever written; “Here, There, and Everywhere” placed fourth.

The U.S. record company that distributed the Beatles’ records was an unpopular disgrace, chopping up their early British albums for U.S. audiences and showing ignorance of the meaning of the group or its music, rather the way RCA always handled Elvis. (Capitol once released

an album of Beatles’ love songs that included “She’s Leaving Home.”) But if Capitol had tried to cut up Sgt. Pepper, irate fans would have torn down its headquarters. As a totality, it could not be dismantled. The company released it whole.

One thing widely commented upon was the printing of the lyrics on the back of the album cover. It’s common enough now, but I don’t recall anyone who had done such a thing previously. Teens purchased rock lyric magazines like Song Hits and Hit Parader for help deciphering enunciation, but the Beatles provided them free.

If the Beatles were not at Woodstock, they and Sgt. Pepper were well represented by Joe Cocker’s handling of “With a Little Help from My Friends.”

Who’s on first?

Many were surprised by Sgt. Pepper, but they should not have been. Revolver had been a unified album, and two songs recorded for Sgt. Pepper—“Penny Lane” and “Strawberry Fields Forever”—had been released as singles and were adjudged so far out of the ordinary in quality and production that some suspected something was up. (The premature release of the two singles meant they did not go into Sgt. Pepper. Their release outside the album also ended the original unified childhood-in-Liverpool theme of the album, the two songs being essential to that theme. Later, during the recording of the “Sgt. Pepper” song, Paul McCartney proposed treating the album as though it were a production of the Lonely Hearts Club Band.)

The whole thing of influences—both on Pepper and by Pepper—is difficult to follow.

One of these, days someone should publish a chart of them, both the confirmed and speculative. Folklore told us Pet Sounds was partly inspired by Rubber Soul and would help to inspire Sgt. Pepper and that Smile as an album was abandoned by the Beach Boys because they felt Sgt. Pepper eclipsed it. Try diagramming that sentence. But the claim about Smile is dubious because their record company and publicist Derek Taylor both announced an end to Smile early in May, and Sgt. Pepper was not released until June 1.

Las Vegas arts figure Patrick Gaffey argues the case for the innovative Scottish singer Donovan: “But it was Donovan who showed how the sound studio could be exploited with Sunshine Superman, recorded in December 1965, released in the US in July 1966, not released as a single in the UK until December 1966. ... Donovan likes to point out that Sgt. Pepper and Surrealistic Pillow came more than a year later.” Donovan was present by invitation at the orchestral overdub of “A Day In the Life” and appeared in the little-remembered Sgt. Pepper movie starring the Bee Gees.

It’s astounding now to recall what a threat to the culture the Beatles specifically and other groups and the counterculture generally were thought to be in some circles, since today that work is a part of commerce, media, religion.

On Sept. 14, 1970 Vice President Spiro Agnew appeared in Nevada on behalf of Republican U.S. Senate candidate William

Raggio. In that speech, Agnew denounced Sgt. Pepper’s “Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds” on the grounds of the then-common urban myth that the song was a drug tune—L-S-D, get it? According to those with actual, direct knowledge of the song, the title actually came from the name that toddler Julian Lennon gave to a drawing he made. The Federal Communications Commission opened a probe of broadcasters “tending to promote or glorify the use of illegal drugs.”

A Carson City friend of mine had a sizable collection of Beatles memorabilia (the sale of which today would probably put one of her children through college), and when she spent a college year in Paris, her sister back in Nevada got religion and threw it away. Carson City once had one of those ministers, Assembly of God youth pastor Darryl Faulk, who got his teen followers whipped up into burning their record albums. “Most Christians are not aware that secular music is poison,” he said. Local fire officials informed him that burning vinyl releases poisons into the air, so they ended up burning the record album covers and stomping on the records, looking like pagans dancing.

Newsweek, which in the 1980s became the official organ of the drug war by parroting every myth and lie issued by alleged drug experts, in 1967 compared the Beatles to T.S. Eliot and Sgt. Pepper to “The Waste Land.” But the British

Broadcasting Corporation banned “A Day In the Life” from its airwaves because of conjecture that the tune was a drug song.

Yet the family-oriented television series Life Goes On later took its title and its theme song from “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da,” from The Beatles (the “white album”). Other products of that time have been similarly used. “Born to Be Wild” was used in a public service announcement for the Foundation for a Better Life; Joe Cocker’s Woodstock performance became the theme for still another family television series, The Wonder Years; H&R Block used “Taxman” in its commercials; the television series Family Law used “War/What Is It Good For?”; and Ringo Starr was a spokesperson for Charles Schwab. (Oh, well.) These are not necessarily all sources of satisfaction (see Norman Solomon’s commentary on this point at www. mediamonitors.net/solomon58.html), but my point is the degree to which our society has embraced this once-scorned influence.

In a recent Compton Encyclopedia, the Beatles are mentioned in 36 different articles, a far cry from the People’s Encyclopedia patronizing 1965 Yearbook suggestion that since Lennon and McCartney were songwriters, they had something to fall back on if their popularity as singers faded. Nor, as it turned out, did their influence extend only to the English-speaking world. Somehow they touched others, too.

(It’s well to remember sometimes that the U.S. aversion to bi- or multi-lingualism is seen as peculiar in many other nations.) Their music was heard on Paris barricades in the ’60s. Their music is banned in Cuba, but a bronze statue of John Lennon was erected in Havana by the National Union of Cuban Artists on the 20th anniversary of his death.

Coda “Worship the music, not the musicians,” Eddie Vedder said. Like many of my friends, I did not long lament the break-up of the Beatles, particularly once it became apparent that the breakup had set loose another explosion of dynamism in music, with George now leading the way. John Lennon’s “Imagine” became a personal anthem (and I had thought nothing could displace “Give Peace a Chance” in my affections), and if Paul fell back to syrupy ballads, nothing could annul his contribution to the Beatles.

But while the loss of the Beatles did not grieve me, the pain of the loss of John Lennon took me by surprise. I was astonished by how much it hurt. That this angry and once-violent man could evolve into a nonviolent and eternally young champion of peace was an example that spoke forcefully. John once explained why he wrote “Getting Better”—“It is a diary form of writing. All that ‘I used to be cruel to my woman. I beat her and kept her apart from the

things that she loved’ was me. I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically—any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn’t express myself, and I hit. I fought men, and I hit women. That is why I am always on about peace, you see. It is the most violent people who go for love and peace. … I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence.”

My friend, former state archives administrator Guy Rocha, once told a Reno interviewer, “I still mourn John. His songs still inspire me, and I believe millions of others now growing older. In the end, all we have to counter despair is hope.”

Decades ago when new sidewalks were laid on a block of Carson City’s main street, someone scratched “BEATLES FOREVER” into the wet cement on one panel, which became something of a touchstone for local rockers who knew of it. Recently, the thrift store at that location added a false front on the store that blocked much of the inscription.

The inscription is blocked, the Beatles are gone, Agnew is forgotten, but Sgt. Pepper and the joyous work product of the musicians of those years lives. “It’s just classic,” Dickens said. “It doesn’t go out of style.”

Another fifty years from now, no one will still be reading me, but they’ll still be listening to and performing Sgt. Pepper and the other jewels that graced that time. Ω

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Great Basin Bird OBservatOry celeBrates 20 years

by Kelsey Fitzgerald

This May, the Great Basin Bird Observatory, a Reno-based non-profit organization, celebrates 20 years of studying the region’s birds. For season after season, year after year, GBBO employees and volunteers have traversed our state’s basins and ranges, banded countless birds—well, actually, they’ve counted—and filled many a datasheet with observations of the daily happenings of the avian world. So, what have they learned during two decades of studying Nevada’s birds? And, why study the birds at all?

MappinG the territOry

Ken Voget, bird bander for the Great Basin Bird Observatory, prepares to release a male western tanager at McCarran Ranch Preserve.

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GBBO was founded in 1997 for the sole purpose of completing a statewide inventory of Nevada’s breeding birds. Breeding bird studies collect information about the timing and location of bird nesting activities—information that allows biologists to track trends in bird populations over time and identify key habitats that are important to the continued survival of each species. Although nesting activities of birds in certain regions of the state had been monitored since 1968 as part of a nationwide study called the North American Breeding Bird Survey, other regions hadn’t been studied at all. And from a conservation perspective, you can’t protect or manage habitat for a species unless you know it is there. To remedy the situation, GBBO’s founders gathered support for a breeding bird atlas project, which would map and describe the geographic distribution of all of Nevada’s breeding birds.

The project was a major effort, said Elisabeth Ammon, executive director of GBBO, who has been with the organization since 2002. More than 400 people contributed, visiting 796 locations around the state in search of breeding birds. The fieldwork alone took four years. The final product—a hefty 581-page book called Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Nevada—was published in 2007.

“The significance of that atlas is that nobody had ever documented all of the breeding birds of Nevada,” Ammon said. “Actually,

a lot of times people didn’t really know exactly where they were breeding, which is a real problem if you want to manage them. There was a lot of uncertainty.”

In the atlas, GBBO officially confirmed more than 240 species of birds nesting within the boundaries of our state. New discoveries included the gilded glicker and rufous-crowned sparrow. Breeding ranges for species such as the black-billed magpie and the gray vireo were found to be very different than had previously been assumed, and breeding activity by species such as the spotted owl and pileated woodpecker, previously believed to nest in the state, could not be confirmed.

GBBO’s founders originally planned to create the atlas and then dissolve the organization. But, upon completion of the project, members recognized the need to continue the monitoring efforts over time—to learn which species were increasing in numbers, which were in decline, and why.

decipherinG the data “Birds are usually used as kind of the easiestto-measure and pretty accurate index of how well the whole wildlife community is doing,” said Ammon on a recent morning at the Nature Conservancy’s McCarran Ranch Preserve.

“There are some exceptions to that—some wildlife has to be measured directly. But birds are really good indicator organisms for how well things are going along. So if there’s a whole set of birds missing, there’s usually a reason for that.”

Nearby, Ken Voget, GBBO’s official better than the understory layer of shrubs, and bander of birds, sat in the shade of an RV—his the populations of certain bird species that rely home during the spring migration season—and on shrub habitat have not yet rebounded. pulled a tiny, brown house wren out of a small mesh bag. He took some measurements, placed a small, numbered metal band on one of the bird’s legs, weighed it and released it. It flew Over the years, GBBO has grown to employ off toward the Truckee River. nine year-round staff and a seasonal field By affixing bands to the legs of birds, crew of up to 40 additional people. They work researchers who later recapture the birds can throughout the Great Basin and portions of learn things about life spans and migration the Mojave Desert, providing information on patterns. They can also learn about the quality birds and habitats to land management agencies of the environment where the bird is captured. and other partner organizations. They've also “If we band a bird, and they come back developed statewide bird monitoring programs every year, we use that as a measure of reliabiland conservation plans. ity of food resources, which is a good measure In recent years, they’ve observed a rapid of habitat conditions,” Ammon said. drop in populations of pinyon jays in the state’s GBBO has been banding birds along the pinyon-juniper woodlands and are investigating Truckee River since 1998, and at McCarran the reason for the decline. They’re studying Ranch since 2003. The preserve was the site of the secretive elf owl along the Lower Colorado a large-scale habitat restoration project during River and monitoring bird mortality around the 2006-2007, and GBBO’s bird banding data Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project outside has been useful in assessing which species of Tonopah. have returned to the area in the time since the Looking to the future, climate change is restoration occurred. a big concern, said Ammon, especially for The yellow warbler, for example, was species that use snowmelt-driven habitats historically fairly common along the Truckee along rivers and streams, or species like the River, said Ammon, but had largely disapgray-crowned rosy-finch and black rosy-finch peared from the McCarran Ranch area by the that rely on alpine habitats that will disappear 1970s, when environmental conditions along as climate warms. In southern Nevada, there's the Truckee River were at a low point. In now evidence of the time since the certain species restoration project, extending their she has seen these farther north. birds return.

“Birds are usually used ranges Typical Mojave “[Yellow Desert-dwelling warblers] are now as kind of the easiestbirds are showing breeding at the in Great Basin Ranch,” Ammon to-measure and pretty up habitats. said. “That has all to do with the revegaccurate index of how trendsForin detecting bird popuetation effort that lations over time, was going on, and well the whole wildlife long-term datasets the wetlands and the are key—and that is riparian shrubs that community is doing.” something it can be are now recovering. hard to find funding A habitat that is Elisabeth Ammon, for, said Ammon. intact provides all of Executive Director, Great Basin Bird Observatory GBBO’s breeding the resources for a bird atlas was an breeding bird. And important first step. that sort of loops it “When there’s back to the idea of a budget cut, it’s usually one of those budget birds being indicators of intact ecosystems or items that gets thrown out, because they feel habitats. The fact that they’re actually nesting like if we don’t have the answer in two years where we expect them to nest is a sign that then they don’t want to spend their money on something is working for them.” it,” said Ammon. “Which is a natural reaction, Today, many of GBBO’s projects involve but if we had said that [20] years ago, we interpreting bird data to make recommendawould still be sitting here wondering which tions to land management agencies about mainbirds we should actually pay attention to, and taining and restoring healthy wildlife habitats. which are so common that we don’t need to At McCarran Ranch, for example, the mature pay attention to them.” Ω trees along the river channel have recovered

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Western exposure Rich Moore There are a lot of local photographers I like following on Instagram. One of them is Rich Moore. When it comes to image quality, his landscape pictures have a National Geographic-level slickness, and when it comes to subject matter, they reveal a deep love for the land, a subtle wink of humor, and an alertness to the environment that you’ll probably pick up on if you’ve been following the region’s lake levels and winter storms over the last several months.

And Moore has a way of shooting scenes you’ve seen a thousand times—Yosemite’s Half Dome, a dock near Tahoe City—with a fresh eye.

“A lot of it’s searching,” said Moore.

“Trying to find a perspective that nobody else has seen before. I go to locations that people have gone, but I look for something that hasn’t been shot before. I’ll usually spend most of the first portion of the day looking around. I’ll find a good piece of foreground. Composition’s the most important thing to me, composition and light.”

He doesn’t let the grandeur of a scene suffice as an excuse for not being meticulous with technique. In fact, sometimes he foregoes the grandeur altogether and lets his compositions, lighting and exposures do all the heavy lifting. One example is a shot of a long-dead tree trunk peering out from a rippled field of snow. The lighting is expertly calculated to reveal how visually

busy a serene, flat expanse in Lassen National Park can be.

Moore grew up in Pittsburgh, studied environmental science and took a few classes in film photography. He moved to Reno in 2009.

“I definitely grew up in a city atmosphere, so I was kind of blown away when I first moved out here,” he said. All of those factors contributed to a conservationist bent and a love for national parks.

At first, Moore made paintings and drawings, which he said helped hone his composition skills. About three years ago, he transitioned into digital photography.

“It started out as a total hobbyist thing,” he said. “I started doing it as a means to get myself outside more.” Mission accomplished. Nowadays, he said, photography is a “full-blown obsession. [I’m] spending all my paychecks on gear and gas and stuff like that.” He’s largely structured his life around being able to dart out to Lassen or Zion or Yosemite at a moment’s notice when the conditions look right for a shoot.

Moore is a bar manger at The Loving Cup, where, he said, “almost everybody there is a hobbyist or musician of some sort,” and the company culture and schedule allow for frequent three- or four-day excursions.

“I’ve turned my car into a mobile home, essentially,” he added. “Everything’s packed up and ready to go.” He’s also become an amateur meteorologist, keeping a close eye on forecasts.

“If I see a storm rolling in, I’m ready to go,” Moore said. That’s yielded some pretty dramatic cloud shots.

He also watches the moon’s phases, so he can shoot long-exposures of deep, starry skies on moonless nights. He ends up with pink and purple nebulae and dense fields of stars—the kind you can see with your eye on a dark, desert night far from the city but that can be tricky to capture in a photo. Among the secrets to getting those shots, he said, are a sturdy tripod, good foreground lighting and the right exposure time—often around 20 seconds.

Any longer and the stars aren’t holding still for a picture anymore and you start seeing trails. But there’s one thing that’s even more important, said the guy who’s been known to camp out waiting for the glow of sunrise—in photography, “patience is your best friend.” Ω

rich Moore’s exhibit, an inch of Dust, is on exhibit at Lasting Dose Tattoo & art Collective, 888 s. Virginia st. a closing reception is scheduled from 7-10 p.m. May 31. On instagram, he’s richmoPhoto.

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“Next time, ignore the alien with the ‘free hugs’ sign.”

Great Scott Ridley Scott’s third Alien film is an entertaining mashup of the overreaching but cool sensibilities from Prometheus and the old-school ick factor and dread that marked the original Alien as one of the best horror and science fiction films of the 20th Century.

Alien: Covenant continues the ruminations about the origins of mankind birthed in Prometheus while injecting a few more Xenomorphs into the mix. It will please those fans of the first two films of the franchise who want the shit scared out of them, while also appeasing those who enjoyed the brainy—if somewhat confusing and slightly inconsistent—ways of Prometheus.

While Scott has leaned harder on the horror elements for this one, his budget is over $30 million less than the one he had for Prometheus. That film constituted one of cinema’s all-time great usages of 3-D technology, with flawless special effects.

Covenant totally abandons 3-D and features some CGI in the opening minutes that look befitting of a low budget Syfy channel offering.

The film more than makes up for some shoddy computer work once the crew members of the Covenant, a stricken colony ship in danger of not reaching its destination, set down to scout out a new planet as a closer alternate. The expedition is led by a new commander (Billy Crudup) after the original captain passes away in an eyebrow raising cameo.

Things look encouraging at first—fresh water, breathable air and even wheat fields get checked off on the pro side. After a quick search for a transmission the crew received, drawing them to the planet, they discover the horseshoe ship piloted

by Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and David the android (Michael Fassbender) at the end of Prometheus. After this discovery, the con side accumulates a lot of check marks.

They are on the Engineer planet, the origin of Earth’s creation, and the place where they created the bio weapon meant to destroy us. David has been surviving on the planet for over a decade, but where’s Elizabeth? Where are the Engineers? Only David knows, and David, as you might remember from Prometheus, is a bit dickish.

The film allows for another mind-bending Fassbender performance in that not only is he playing David, but also Walter, the upgraded android from the new expedition. The two androids are essentially the Devil and Jesus in this movie, and they share an interesting flute tutorial that suggests androids can have sexual/incest impulses. Fassbender, as with Prometheus, is the main reason to see Covenant. That is, he’s the main reason to see Covenant besides the triumphant return of the Xenomorphs.

The face-huggers and chest-bursters return, along with some new bad bastards like the back-burster and the face-burster. When they grow up—quite rapidly— they become all forms of H.R. Giger-inspired, creepy madness. Unlike Cameron’s Aliens, these Xenomorphs aren’t interested in cocooning. They are more interested in stuff like popping your head off and doing that claw between the legs move that Veronica Cartwright endured in the original Alien’s most horrifying moment.

Besides Crudup, and Danny McBride as ship pilot Tennessee, nobody in the remaining cast really distinguishes themselves beyond being cannon fodder for the aliens. Katherine Waterston is OK as the film’s main protagonist, Daniels, but her role ultimately feels like a greatest hits compilation of Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley and Rapace’s Shaw.

Where does this rank in the Alien franchise? I say fourth, behind Alien, Aliens and Prometheus, just above the unfairly maligned Alien 3. It’s a good time for Ridley Scott and Xenomorph fans, and it continues the existential offerings of Prometheus. Had they taken the time to work a little harder on those early effects and fleshed out the cast members a little better, it could’ve surpassed Prometheus.

Scott is promising at least two more films leading up to the events of his original Alien while apparently putting the kibosh on the Aliens sequel that was in the works for director Neil Blomkamp. That’s the one that would’ve brought back Ripley, Hicks (Michael Biehn) and Newt.

Dammit! That would’ve been cool. Ω

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Beauty and the Beast

This live-action take on the classic Disney animated musical isn’t a shot-for-shot remake of the original like, say, Gus Van Sant’s time-wasting Psycho effort.

However, it does follow a lot of the same plot points and incorporates enough of the musical numbers to give you that sense of déja vu while watching it. Thankfully, Emma Watson makes it worthwhile. Hermione makes for a strong Belle.

Since director Bill Condon retains the music from the original animated movie, Watson is asked to sing, and it’s pretty evident that AutoTune is her friend. She has a Kanye West thing going. As the Beast, Dan Stevens gives a decent enough performance through motion-capture.

The original intent was to have Stevens wearing prosthetics only, but he probably looked like Mr. Snuffleupagus in dailies, so they called upon the help of beloved computers. Like King Kong, the CGI creation blends in nicely with his totally human, organic cast member. The cast and crew labor to make musical numbers like “Gaston” and “Be Our Guest” pop with the creative energy of the animated version, but they don’t quite reach those heights.

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The Circle

This is a clueless movie based on the novel by Dave Eggers, a lame attempt at satire in regard to social networking and the invasion of privacy during the digital age.

After slaving away at a temp job, Mae Holland (Emma Watson) lands a gig at The Circle thanks to her friend Annie (Karen Gillan), a top player at the company. The Circle is all of your basic modern day computer entities—Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc.—wrapped into one big digital corporate burrito. It’s run by a friendly-looking, coffee cup-toting, Steve Jobs-like entity named Bailey (Tom Hanks) and his sidekick Stenton (Patton Oswalt, a.k.a.

TV’s Son of TV’s Frank on the new incarnation of Mystery Science Theater 3000). Mae progresses from a customer service rep to a big player in the company seemingly overnight, and let’s just say that ascension is a wee bit unconvincing. Watson’s portrayal of Holland’s supposed turmoil and opinion swings lacks any sort of dimension, wit or shock value. Yes, much of this can be blamed on the screenplay written, in part, by Eggers himself and director James Ponsoldt. It lacks the insight and dark humor this sort of film craves. But, while often an enjoyable movie presence, The Circle is obnoxious, sloppy and full of aimless arguments.

You know … like most of your Facebook and Twitter news feeds.

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The Fate of the Furious

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

With The Fate of the Furious, easily the most stupidly titled installment in the Furious franchise—yes, even more stupid than the name Tokyo Drift—you get to see the single most disgusting, stomach-churning, horrifying moment in cinema so far this year. That would be when Charlize Theron plants a big, sloppy kiss on Vin Diesel, the image of which is some kind of “Woman from Monster Meets the Pillsbury Dough Boy On Steroids” nightmare.

Some five years ago, I made up a list of five things I never wanted to see, and that came in at number three, right under “Donald Trump as President” and “Spiders in My Scrambled Eggs Being Served to Me By a Man with Weeping Hand Sores.” Somewhere along the way, the Furious franchise went completely bonkers and became less about cars racing around and more about dudes who think hair on the top of their heads is total bullshit and also think upper arms should be the size of a bull’s torso.

It also went off on some sort of international spy team tangent, something that worked to a hilarious degree in Furious 7. In The Fate of the Furious, the franchise trajectory becomes ridiculous without being much fun.

The trippy Marvel fun continues with this big, nutty, spiraling sequel that brings the fun, along with a lot of daddy issues.

Star-Lord, a.k.a. Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), had some major mommy issues in the first movie, and this time out his dad takes a turn at messing with his head. The dad comes in the form of

Ego (Kurt Russell—yes!), who we see hanging out with Quill’s mom in the ’70s during the film’s prologue. (The CGI and practical makeup anti-aging effects on Kurt Russell ranks as one of the best examples of that particular trick to date.) After a killer opening credits sequence, the Guardians—including Quill, Baby Groot (voice of Vin Diesel), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax (David Bautista) and Rocket (voice of Bradley Cooper)—find themselves on another quest. They are quickly diverted to Ego’s planet, where Quill finds out more about his celestial origins. Russell proves to be perfectly cast as Quill’s bombastic father, with Pratt possessing many of the legendary action film star’s alluring traits. Seeing them on screen together, at one point playing catch with an energy ball Quill conjures with newfound powers, is one of the film’s great joys. It also proves to be misleading, because writer-director James Gunn isn’t going to settle for an easy story about a wayward son reuniting with a dream dad. Vol. 2 is as dark and nasty as it is silly and action-packed.

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Norman

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Snatched

Richard Gere delivers one of his very best performances as Norman, a New York “businessman” who doesn’t really have a business or a job. A mysterious, earbudwearing, graying old man riding the trains and grabbing crackers for dinner at the local synagogue, Norman, nevertheless, has big aspirations. A self-professed “good swimmer” fighting to stay afloat, Norman finds himself in the company of an up-and-coming Israeli politician (an excellent Lior Ashkenazi) and, in a moment of generosity/desperation, buys the man a pair of shoes. That gesture earns him some good favor as the politician becomes the Israeli Prime Minister, and Norman’s act of kindness earns him the man’s friendship. With big friends comes more notoriety, and Norman finds himself involved in political intrigue and rising responsibility in the New York Jewish community. Gere, who basically shrinks himself under a sun cap and trench coat, sparkles in the role, making Norman a memorable, likeable and appropriately annoying character.

Supporting performances from Dan Stevens, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Steve Buscemi round out an excellent cast.

Fifteen years after her last movie, the terrible The Banger Sisters, Goldie Hawn has been coaxed back onto the big screen opposite Amy Schumer. While it’s great to have her back, it would’ve been super great had the movie been totally worth her time. Hawn and Schumer play Linda and Emily, mother and daughter, in what amounts to some decent dirty jokes, some dumb dirty jokes, and a lot of flat jokes powered by a plot with no real sense of purpose. The comic duo work hard to make it all a bit of fun, but they are ultimately taken down by a film that aspires to mediocrity. When Emily is dumped by her rocker boyfriend (the always funny Randall Park), she has no traveling partner for her upcoming, non-refundable trip to Ecuador. In steps Linda, a crazy cat lady mom who barely ever leaves the house. Just like that, the two wind up sleeping in a king bed in a lavish resort, with Emily constantly taking selfies to impress her Facebook friends, and Linda covered up with scarves by the pool.

After Emily meets a hot British guy (Tom Bateman), she ultimately winds up on a sightseeing trip with mom along for the ride. Mom and daughter wind up kidnapped and held for ransom, with nobody but their nerd son/brother (Ike Barinholtz) to save their asses. Director Jonathan Levine (50/50) isn’t afraid to take things to mighty dark places—Emily’s attempts to free her and mom from their captors has a body count—and the film earns its R-rating with raunchy humor, Schumer’s specialty.

Hawn and Schumer make for a convincing mommy-daughter combo, and Snatched has its worth for putting the two in a movie together. They rise above the material often enough to make the film somewhat forgivable, especially if you are a fan of both. (And, really, why wouldn’t you be?)

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Gruyere quiche, French onion soup and cappuccino are among the offerings at Bleu Café.

Out of the blue I was drawn to Bleu Café like a moth to flame. I’m a sucker for a small room run by a chef/owner who has a clear passion for creating his/her own take on classic cuisine.

Though our experience wasn’t 100 percent perfect, the biggest hits were straight out of the park.

Beignets—the New Orleans cousin to doughnuts—are served hot and copiously dusted in confectioner’s sugar. Though the café serves the classic variety, we couldn’t resist ordering these pillows of crescentshaped fried dough filled with lemon curd ($4.99 for three). The pastry was light, and the filling had a nice, zesty tang.

Traditionally, deviled eggs should include mayonnaise, mustard, vinegar, salt and pepper, a dusting of paprika and whatever other spices make you happy.

Sadly, there was nothing devilish afoot with our plate of eggs ($3.99 for four). In one of the sweetest versions I’ve tasted, chunks of sweet pickle relish were the primary note.

They should rename them angel eggs—or maybe unicorn eggs.

Hungarian goulash ($10.99) was served along with that day’s soup, artichoke tomato bisque ($10.99). A bed of buttered egg noodles was smothered in chunks of tender pork, chopped red potato, paprika sauce and plenty of sour cream. The sauce was good, and the overall dish worked quite well. The bisque was everything I want from a classy soup, with pureed artichoke, chunks of sun-dried tomato and a cheesy note. It was served in a cute little crock with a few housemade croutons on top.

A Cubano panini ($10.99), also served with the bisque, was a little less successful. A sandwich Cubano should include

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roasted pork, ham, Swiss cheese, dill pickle and yellow mustard, layered in a long Cuban roll, grill pressed and sliced lengthwise on the bias. As you may have guessed, I’m a fan. What we were served was grilled, thick cut ham with all the other ingredients—except an exceptionally overcooked and mushy pulled pork subbed for the roast—and the inexplicable addition of mayonnaise. Worst, it was about half the size of what I would expect for such a sandwich.

Getting back to the French-inspired portion of the menu, I discovered the real reason—other than the beignets—to have a meal at this café. Having sampled but a fraction of the menu, I would normally refrain from saying, “This is the main thing you should try.” I’m sure there’s plenty to enjoy in the breakfast selection, but the combination of Bleu Café’s quiche Florentine with French onion gratinée $10.99) is one of the best lunches I’ve enjoyed in recent memory.

The soup was served in an earthenware crock, with thin slices of toasted, house-baked baguette supporting broiled Gruyere cheese. Plenty of caramelized onion swam in a brandy infused beef broth beneath the cheese toast lid, and the flavor combination was rich, inviting and downright dynamite. The quiche featured bacon, Gruyere, fresh spinach and spices. Served nice and toasty, it had a fluffy texture, yet the bacon was still crisp amidst the eggy cloud. But the crust, oh, the crust—flaky, buttery, decadent. It was almost as good as my mom’s pie crust, and I might be tempted to call it a draw. Sorry, Mom! Ω

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On my visit, Thompson was pouring an Australian rosé, a lovely Pinot Grigio, a Chardonnay, and a Merlot. All were perfectly drinkable to my layman’s palate, no complaints. Bottles ranged in price from $4-6. Samples were served in tiny plastic cups, just enough to get a taste, but even after all four, not enough to catch a buzz. I was a little disappointed that there wasn’t more of a crowd gathered, mingling socially and discussing what they liked.

Instead, I was tasting alone. (It was pretty early. Thompson said that more people usually come later.)

Thompson described how she chooses tasting wines. Sometimes she considers upcoming holidays or seasons. Other times it’s what’s well stocked or what’s on sale.

While she isn’t the store’s wine buyer, she watches what’s popular.

Shoppers can get a case discount during wine tastings—and a guarantee: wine that you don’t like can be returned for a refund or for credit toward another wine.

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Let me tell you something. My wife loves Grocery Outlet, so, by extension, I do too.

The bargain prices, an impressive selection of what they call NOSH (natural, organic, specialty, healthy) and a little thrill of the hunt—it can’t be beat. You can’t count on the same products always being there, and you never know what might show up on the shelves. Items approaching their “best by” dates, discontinued products, packaging changes—these are all reasons things end up at what we affectionately call “the GrocOut.” My wife jokingly suggested I shouldn’t write this column. Now, everybody will shop there and snap up all the best stuff.

Sadly, Grocery Outlet’s appeal has never extended to its beer department.

The store offers a surprisingly broad range of brews, from macrobrewery rotgut to specialty regional craft, but the lack of quality control doesn’t fly for a beer geek like me. Things like fall seasonal pumpkin beers sitting on the shelf in spring, and warm shelf turds with “keep refrigerated” labels, months past their “enjoy by” dates, are disappointing.

But that’s the beer. I don’t have a connoisseur’s eye for wine, so I’ve hesitated to buy any of the abundant sub-$10, screw cap, unknown vineyard bottles stocked at the three local Grocery Outlets. Not that I’m spending top dollar elsewhere, but my consumer’s caution has kept me from rolling the dice in the wine department. As it turns out, I was missing the easiest opportunity to find something decent—free wine tastings!

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Local musicians pile into a booth during a recent music industry night at St. James Infirmary.

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Wednesday evenings are music industry night at St. James Infirmary. The bar offers a $2 discount on Brasserie Saint James beers, and the event draws a decent showing of faces from the local music scene. It’s a relatively new event, but the idea for it seemed like a no brainer to guitarist-vocalist and Saint manager Johnny Bailey and his friends.

Musicians, like people in the service industry, often find themselves in bars for work. “You’re playing,” Bailey said.

“You’ve got to get on stage. You’ve got to get off stage. You’ve got to get all of the gear packed up.”

It doesn’t leave much time for socializing. And that’s something Bailey and his friends figured an industry night could fix. But they were thinking of more than just discounted drinks. And, eventually, the idea emerged as a question.

“What if there’s just one night every week where—if you’re not playing a gig—you come to hang out and talk about touring and talk about what shows were good?” Bailey recalled asking.

The first music industry night was held in October last year. And, Bailey said, it’s been gaining traction ever since.

“Somebody from, like, every band in town comes in every week, you know, if they can,” he said. “And then the blues night [at the Saint] will let out, and all those guys will come over here.”

It’s still an open-ended affair. Often, there’s nothing in particular planned.

“It’s kind of just a free for all,” Bailey said. “It’s mostly just getting everybody together in one room and just drinking.”

Of course, it’s not like nothing else happens at music industry night. A lot does—just spontaneously. The event has even been used for the very thing it

was seeking to supplement in musicians’ lives—live shows.

“A few months ago, we brought the bands Weeed and Flaural, and they played a killer show here,” Bailey said.

“Sometimes I’ll play guitar. If I have a guitar and I feel like playing, I’ll open up the stage, you know, open mic-style.”

“It’s also a vehicle for us to throw on all of the local music that’s come out— maybe debut an album,” Bailey added.

“We debuted the Sextones’ new album a couple of days before it came out.”

Bailey thinks the event could also be worthwhile for both new musicians and musicians who are new to the area.

“They can meet everybody in the scene,” Bailey said. “Maybe if you’re trying to tour and you’ve never toured yet, you’ve got Greg Gilmore who can tell you about touring. … Also, if somebody wants to play here or the Saint, they can meet me, and we can talk about their stuff. We can put on their music, if they’ve got some. I can get an idea of where to throw them or what to book them for a show.”

In the end, he said, “It’s designed mostly for all the musicians to meet and just fuck around and come up with cool, new stuff.”

On a recent Wednesday evening, the bar was busy, and it seemed patrons were doing just that. Conversations ranged from new albums to old albums to forthcoming albums. Students preparing to graduate from music programs at the university discussed commencement and recitals. And, as participants in the Saint’s weekly blues night began to drift in later that evening, the event turned into a birthday celebration—complete with a rendition of “Happy Birthday to You” featuring accompaniment by local musician Davis Corl on the trombone. Ω

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ARTIST CO-OP GALLERY RENO: Myriad of Miniatures. Myriad of Miniatures. Artist Co-op members and invited guests have created small gems in a variety of subjects. The show runs through May 31. Thu, 5/25-Wed, 5/31, 11am-4pm. Free. Artist Co-op Gallery Reno, 627 Mill St., (775) 3228896, www.artistsco-opgalleryreno.com.

CARSON CITY VISITORS BUREAU: Great Basin Native Artists. Featured artists are Ben Aleck, Topaz Jones, Jack Malotte, Melissa Melero-Moose and Topah Spoonhunter.

The show runs through June 19. Thu,

5/25-Sat, 5/27, 9am; Mon, 5/29-Wed, 5/3, 9am. Carson City Visitors Bureau, 716 N.

Carson St., Carson City, (775) 687-7410.

MCKINLEY ARTS & CULTURE CENTER:

Animal Ark Cheetah 500 Race and Raptor Adventures

5/28:

Watch the sleek felines run at top speeds, completely off leash, during Animal Ark’s first cheetah race of the season. Visitors must be age 8 and older to attend. Attendees will also get to see the other animal residents at the Ark prior to the run. The event often sells out, so call ahead to RSVP. Tickets are $40 for adults, $35 for seniors and $30 for children ages 8-16. The race begins at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 28. If you can’t make it to the race, the wildlife sanctuary has another fun event lined up on Monday, May 29. Raptor Adventures features local falconers Jim and Kathleen Tigan, whose falcons, hawks and owls will fly over the audience at the Ark’s amphitheater, located behind the playground and parking lot. The show begins at 11 a.m. An extra $3 per person will be added to the admission price of $11 for adults, $10 for seniors and $7.50 for children ages 3-12. Animal Ark Wildlife Sanctuary is located about 25 miles north of Reno at 1265 Deerlodge Road. Call (775) 970-3431 or visit http://animalark.org.

Animalia—Jennifer Wildermuth Reyes.

Wildermuth Reyes’ work focuses on animals and how they correspond to development of human culture and thought process. The exhibit places emphasis on temporarily pausing life and creating sacred spaces for these animals. The exhibition runs through June 16. Thu, 5/25-Fri, 5/26, 9am-5pm; Mon 5/29-Wed 5/31, 9am-5pm. Free; Historic Fort Churchill Robert Rollins.

Photographer Robert Rollins seeks to tell stories with his iconic imagery of the American West—and in this case, the historic Fort Churchill. The exhibition runs through June 16. Thu, 5/25-Fri, 5/26; Mon, 5/29-Wed, 5/31, 9am-5pm. Free; My Nevada in Black & White Will Barber. As an environmental scientist, Barber has a way of seeing the “ordered chaos” of our natural surroundings and visually expresses this concept through focusing on single elements and letting the viewer focus on the multiple aspects of the photographs. The exhibition runs through June 16. Thu, 5/25-Fri, 5/26, 9am5pm; Mon, 5/29-Wed, 5/31, 9am-5pm. Free.

McKinley Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 334-6264.

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MONARCHS IN MY YARD: Explore monarch butterflies with presenter Becky Colwell.

See photographs taken in her garden while learning about these unique and endangered butterflies, their life cycle, generations and migration, as well as how to create your own monarch habitat. Sat, 5/27, 2pm. Free. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mount Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948.

CARSON CITY GHOST WALKING TOUR: Carson City’s history is explored and theatrically relived in the annual series of evening walking tours led by Madame Curry, a ghostly, witty and fictional character named after the widow of Carson City’s founder, Abe Curry. Hear about lingering spirits, paranormal stories and gossip from the past during this guided walking tour of the downtown district’s west side historic homes and businesses. These scheduled tours leave rain or shine. Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the walk begins. Sat, 5/27, 6:30pm. $15-$20. Corner of Third & Curry streets, Carson City, (775) 3486279, carsoncityghostwalk.com.

RENO BEER CRAWL: This event takes place the fourth Saturday of every month.

Attendees can sample domestic, nationally recognized and locally distributed craft beers across 15+ different bars and restaurants all within walking distance in downtown Reno. Sat 5/27, 2pm. $5. The Waterfall, 134 W. Second St., (775) 322-7373, renobeercrawl.com.

CELEBRATION OF HEROES PARADE: Virginia City pays tribute to the men and women who died while serving in the United States’ armed forces at its annual Memorial Day Parade. Sat 5/27, noon. Free. C Street, Virginia City, (775) 847-7500, www.visitvirginiacitynv.com.

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street food event features over 30 food, craft dessert, beer, wine and mixed drink vendors. Local musicians provide free live entertainment each week. Reno Street Food will be held every Friday through Sept. 29. Fri, 5/26, 5pm. Free.

Idlewild Park, 1900 Idlewild Drive, (775) 825-2665, www.facebook.com/ RenoStreetFood.

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. Sat, 5/27, 6pm. Free. Jack C. Davis Observatory, 2699 Van Patten Drive, Carson City, (775) 857-3033.

V&T STEAM TRAIN KICKOFF: The V&T Railroad offers daily scenic, narrated steam and diesel train rides winding through the hills of the Comstock from Virginia City to Gold Hill and back. Visit website for a schedule. Sat, 5/27, 8am. $5-$12.50.

Virginia Truckee 1870 Depot, 166 F St., Virginia City, www.virginiatruckee.com.

ART ARTE ITALIA: Color Fusion The Art of Dick Marconi. The exhibition features a selection of abstract works by ItalianAmerican artist Dick Marconi. The show runs through July 30. Thu, 5/25-Sun, 5/28, noon. Free. Arte Italia, 442 Flint St., (775) 333-0313, www.arteitaliausa.org.

Center Spring Exhibition. Artwork by Monika Piper Johnson, Ronnie Rector, Will Barber, Mimi Patrick, Casey Clark, Anthony Arevalo, Anna Smith, Grey Wolf Leather Works and Pura Vida Sierras. Fri, 5/26-Sun, 5/28. 11am4pm. Free. St. Mary’s Art Center, 55 N. R St., Virginia City, (775) 847-7774, stmarysartcenter.org.

THE HOLLAND PROJECT: Hollow Home.

Michelle Laxalt’s newest body of work combines materials such as clay, fabric and hair to create abstract sculptural and textile pieces that serve as reminders of the human body and pay homage to all its glorious complexity, strength and vulnerable fragility. Her artwork will be on display through May 26. Thu, 5/25-Fri 5/26, 3-6pm. Free. The Holland Project, 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858, www.hollandreno.org.

WILBUR D. MAY MUSEUM: Honoring Mother Nature Art Exhibition & Sale. This new art exhibition from the Sierra Watercolor Society will feature a variety of watercolor paintings that depict plants, nature, flowers and other spring themes.

All art will be available for purchase.

Visitors are invited to vote for their favorite painting to win the “People’s Choice Award.” The show runs through June 4. Thu, 5/25-Sun, 5/28, 10am; Wed, 5/31, 10am. Free. Wilbur D. May Museum, 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-5961.

MUsEUMs NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: The Altered Landscape Selections from the Carol Franc Buck Altered Landscape Photography Collection. On display through July 5; The John and Mary Lou Paxton Collection. On view through June 4; Maynard Dixon The Paltenghi Collections. On view through July 16; Miradas Ancient Roots in Modern and Contemporary Mexican Art. On display through July 16; Peter Stichbury Anatomy of a Phenomenon. On view through May 28; Spinifex—Aboriginal Paintings from the Robert Kaplan and Margaret Levi Collection. On display through May 28. Thu, 5/25-Sun, 5/28; Wed, 5/31, 10am. $1-$10. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St, (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

TERRY LEE WELLS NEVADA DISCOVERY MUSEUM (THE DISCOVERY): Science Underground. Located on the museum’s lower level, Science Underground features an eclectic, subterranean collection of exhibits from The Discovery’s first five years, including big, blue building blocks, Electrosketch, Nano Science, an oversized Nevada puzzle, the Tube-o-Phone and a walking piano; A T. rex Named Sue. At 42 feet long and 12 feet high at the hips, Sue is the largest, most complete, and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered. A dramatic, life-sized skeleton cast of Sue is the centerpiece of this exhibition that also features hands-on and digital interactive exhibits that help you uncover Sue’s amazing past and explore the field of paleontology. The show runs through Jan. 15. Sat, 5/27-Wed, 5/31, 10am. $10$12. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, www.nvdm.org.

FILM 3-MINUTE FILM COMPETITION SCREENING: The Holland Project, KNPB and the Nevada Museum of Art present a screening of the top films created by local filmmakers of all ages who were selected by a team of jurors. Cast your vote for your favorite film. Thu, 5/25, 6pm. $5. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

MUsIC DANGERMUFFIN: The South Carolina Americana-rock group brings its tour to Carson City. Sat, 5/27, 7pm. $15$25. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976, breweryarts.org.

ONSTAGE BAC COMEDY SHOWCASE-ONE MOTHER OF A COMEDY SHOW: Sara Rooker hosts with nine of Northern Nevada’s top comedians, recounting tales of being a mother, their own mother, or just random funny stories. The lineup includes Brooke Elizabeth, Courtney Lynn, Jenny Pez de Spencer, Josie Spadoni, Kate Brady, Meghan Simons, Vickie Gordon, Sally O’Neill and Darlene Pearson. Sat, 5/27, 8pm. $5. Maizie Harris Jesse Black Box Theatre, Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976, breweryarts.org.

THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS: Mary Bennett’s adaptation of the Brothers Grimm tale is a play about change, wisdom and teamwork. Brüka Theatre’s touring production incorporates physical theatrics, improvisation and audience interaction. Children are invited to participate in the creation of each performance. Sat, 5/27, 11am. Free.

Northwest Reno Library, 2325 Robb Drive, (775) 323-3221, www.bruka.org.

ICONS & IDOLS: The Reno Dance Company and students of The School at RDC collaborate to present a fast-paced, original musical revue blending all genres of dance with a diverse selection of pop music. Thu, 5/25, 7pm. $15-$25. Nugget Casino Resort, 1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks, (775) 356-3300.

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MURDER IN GREEN MEADOWS: Two married couples meet in the small suburban town of Green Meadows, Illinois. Together, the four fast friends spend their days playing games, gossiping, telling jokes, and lending a hand to one another.

However, as the months go by and masks begin to slip between the two households, a whirlwind of startling confessions and betrayals leaves one of them dead and the rest to pick up (or cover) the pieces Thu, 5/25-Sat, 5/27, 7:30pm, Sun, 5/28, 2pm. $15-$22.

Reno Little Theater, (775) 813-8900, renolittletheater.org.

STORYTELLERS—GREAT BASIN YOUNG CHAUTAUQUANS: Nevada Humanities celebrates the 25th anniversary season of the Great Basin Young Chautauqua in a series of free public performances. Wed, 5/31, 4:30pm. Free. North Valleys Library, 1075 North Hills Boulevard, (775) 784-6587, nevadahumanities.org.

STUPID F**KING BIRD: Brüka Theatre presents Aaron Posner’s adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece The Seagull—a story about love and loss, life and death, art and artifice. In this contemporary retelling of an old story, Posner has discovered the new forms that Chekhov’s protagonist called for over a century ago, breaking down barriers between what is real and what is imaginary. The show runs weekly Thursday through Sunday through June 17. Evening shows begin at 8pm. Thu, 5/25-Sat, 5/27, 8pm; Wed, 5/31, 8pm. $18$25.Brüka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-3221, www.bruka.org.

SPORTS & FITNESS GUIDED HIKE: Enjoy a guided hike through Galena Creek Park with a local specialist.

Please bring appropriate clothing and plenty of water. The hike intensity varies, depending on the audience. Sat, 5/27, 10am. $5 suggested donation. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mount Rose Highway, (75) 849-4948.

RENO ACES: The minor league baseball team takes on the Sacramento River Cats. Sat, 5/27, 7pm; Sun, 5/28, 6pm; Mon 5/29, 1pm; Tue, 5/30, 7pm. $9-$34. Greater Nevada Field, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 3347000, www.renoaces.com.

STARS & STRIPES HONOR MARCH: The Memorial Day 5K walk around Sparks Marina honors fallen servicemen and women and raises funds for the Nevada Veterans Memorial Plaza. Mon 5/29, 9am. $25. Sparks Marina, 300 Howard St., Sparks, www.honormarch.com.

WOMEN’S RIDE DAY 2017: Women cyclists are invited to gather for a ride to celebrate women in cycling. Sun, 5/28, 8am. Sierra Cyclesmith, 7007 S. Virginia St., Ste. A, (775) 852-9253, www.meetup. com/Sierra-Cyclesmith-Bicycle-Group/ events/237237843/.

LIFESTYLE

PAINTING LAKE TAHOE: Learn how to paint a view of Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe.

Take home a 16” x 20” painting. Bring your own beverage and snacks. Fri, 5/26, 6pm. $30. Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100.

CYCLE MEET AND DRINK: Enjoy the view of the Truckee River while you have a relaxing drink and network with local developers, entrepreneurs and others in the startup community. Tue, 5/30, 6pm. Free. The Eddy, 16 S. Sierra St., (775) 316-8969, www.meetup.com/CycleContainer-Talks/events/239885802/.

PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF RENO: PSOR meets

SPANISH LANGUAGE PRACTICE: The group gathers every other Saturday for one hour to discuss different topics of Spanish grammar over coffee and cookies or sweet bread. You will receive a binder with content corresponding to the day’s lesson. Sat, 5/27, 11:30am. $10.

4600 Kietzke Lane, Bldg. B, Ste. 117, (775) 224-6271, www.trainingconnexion.com.

every Wednesday. There is painting from life models (no instruction). All artists are welcome. For more information, email psor2016@gmail.com. Wed, 5/31, 9am. $10. Nevada Fine Arts, 1301 S. Virginia St., www.nvfinearts.com.

WATERCOLOR PAINTERS OPEN GROUP: This is a group of watercolor painters who paint together and learn from each other. Fri, 5/26, 9am. $5. Nevada Fine Arts, 1301 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-1128.

WEDNESDAY WORKSHOPS: Multiple hour-long workshops and presentations on various topics. Contact ksweetsparlormint@ gmail.com. Wed, 5/31, 6pm. The Potentialist Workshop, 836 E. Second St., www.potentialistworkshop.com.

CLASSES BALANCE & BREWS | GREAT BASIN: Local instructor Kara Sullivan leads an all-levels yoga flow, followed by pints of Great Basin craft brews. First beer included in price of registration. Thu, 5/25, 6pm. $15. Great Basin Brewing Co. Taps & Tanks, 1155 S. Rock Blvd., Ste 490, (775) 856-1177.

C@PITAL CODERS: Learn how to code or improve coding skills. The club will practice coding through activities using NC Lab, Makey Makey, Scratch and more. Tue, 5/30, 4pm. Free. Carson City Library, 900 N. Roop St., Carson City, (775) 887-2244.

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Wedding his appetite I have this disturbing pattern. I’ve dated three different guys, each of whom said he didn’t want to get married, wasn’t ready, whatever.

But then, the next girl they met … BAM! Walking down the aisle.

Why am I marriage boot camp but never the one the guy marries?

There’s a reason you suspect your experience is a meaningful pattern, and it’s the same reason people think they see the Virgin Mary in their toast. Our minds are meaningmaking machines. We evolved to be deeply uncomfortable with uncertainty—probably because an uncertain world is a more dangerous world. We figure out what things are by looking for patterns— ways that the things match up to things we’ve encountered before.

Although our mind’s tendency to recognize patterns helps us quickly identify threats and opportunities, it often does this too quickly and on too little evidence.

Neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga and psychologist Daniel Kahneman each caution that our mind is so intent on having things be concrete that when we’re faced with ambiguous or incomplete information, it will invent a tidy explanation to fill in the blanks. Your mind may be doing that now in seeing a meaningful pattern in guys sweeping you off your feet and then, like that annoying shopper who’s just reached the register, they’re going: “Ooops … don’t want this one.

Gonna run and grab the other one.

Sorrreeeeee!”

However, epidemiologist and stats ninja Sander Greenland reminded me that just because we’re prone to see a pattern where there is none doesn’t mean a particular pattern isn’t meaningful.

One way you figure out whether something is due to coincidence or is a real effect is by having lots of examples of it. If you’d dated 10 men who’d left you to marry somebody else, it might say something. Might.

But three? Greenland points out that in looking at what seems to be a pattern, “we tend to forget the times it didn’t happen (like before we started noticing the claimed pattern).” Also, if you believe there’s a pattern maybe you start acting differently because of it, coloring your results. (Selffulfilling prophecy kinda thing:

“Why try? He’ll be outta here anyway.”)

In short, maybe this is a meaningful pattern or maybe it is not. What you can explore is whether there are patterns in your behavior that could be tripping you up. There are three biggies that research suggests can be relationship killers.

Blatant Boy-Chasing: Men often claim they like it when women ask them out. However, research suggests that this may permanently lower a woman’s worth in a man’s eyes. Men value women who are hard to get, not those who eagerly pursue them—sometimes with all the subtlety of a golden retriever chasing a hot dog down a hill.

Being Hard To Be Around: A review of research on personality by psychologist John M. Malouff finds three characteristics that are likely to eat away at a relationship: neuroticism (a psych term for being nervous, chronically distressed and volatile), a lack of conscientiousness (being disorganized, unreliable and lacking in self-control) and disagreeableness (being an unpleasant, egotistical, hostile and argumentative mofo).

The Undercooked Man: Behavioral science research supports the evolutionary theory that women—even today—prioritize male partners who can “invest” (a preference that men co-evolved to expect). For example, marriage researchers Barbara Dafoe Whitehead and David Popenoe find that “men want to be financially ‘set’ before they marry.” Career attainment and stability are likely a major part of this. So, unfortunately, a relationship with a man in transition can end up being a sort of FEMA tent on the road to permanent housing.

Ultimately, instead of deeming yourself death row for “happily ever after,” try to choose wisely and be a valuable (rather than costly) partner. Ω

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Sin” is a puerile

concept in my eyes, so I don’t normally use it to discuss grown-up concerns. But if you give me permission to invoke it in a jokey, ironic way, I’ll recommend that you cultivate more surprising, interesting and original sins. In other words, Aries, it’s high time to get bored with your predictable ways of stirring up a ruckus. Ask God or Life to bring you some really evocative mischief that will show you what you’ve been missing and lead you to your next robust learning experience.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Attention, smart

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No! Oracle No. 5: The tortoise will beat the hare as long as the tortoise doesn’t envy or try to emulate the hare.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Generation Kill is an

HBO miniseries based on the experiences of a reporter embedded with American Marines fighting in Iraq. Early on, before the troops have been exposed to any serious combat, they’re overflowing with trash talk. A commanding officer scolds them: “Gentlemen, from now on we’re going to have to earn our stories.” Although you are in a much less volatile situation right now, Gemini, my advice to you is the same: In the coming weeks, you’ll have to earn your stories. You can’t afford to talk big unless you’re geared up to act big, too.

You shouldn’t make promises and entertain dares and issue challenges unless you’re fully prepared to be a hero. Now here’s my prophecy: I think you will be a hero.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In your mind’s eye,

drift back in time to a turning point in your past that didn’t go the way you’d hoped. But don’t dwell on the disappointment. Instead, change the memory. Visualize yourself then and there, but imagine you’re in possession of all the wisdom you have gathered since then. Next, picture an alternative ending to the old story—a finale in which you manage to pull off a much better result. Bask in this transformed state of mind for five minutes.

Repeat the whole exercise at least once a day for the next two weeks. It will generate good medicine that will produce a creative breakthrough no later than mid-June.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’re being invited to

boost your commitment to life and become a more vivid version of yourself. If you refuse the invitation, it will later return as a challenge. If you avoid that challenge, it will eventually circle back around to you as a demand. So I encourage you to respond now, while it’s still an invitation. To gather the information you’ll need, ask yourself these questions: What types of self-development are you “saving for later”? Are you harboring any mediocre goals or desires that dampen your lust for life? Do you tone down or hold back your ambitions for fear they would hurt or offend people you care about?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Dear Dream Doctor:

I dreamed that a crowd of people had decided to break through a locked door using a long, thick wooden plank as a battering ram.

The only problem was, I was lying on top of the plank, half-asleep. By the time I realized what was up, the agitated crowd was already at work smashing at the door. Luckily for me, it went well. The door got bashed in and I wasn’t hurt. What does my dream mean?

—Nervous Virgo.” Dear Virgo: Here’s my interpretation: It’s time to knock down a barrier, but you’re not convinced you’re ready or can do it all by yourself. Luckily, there are forces in your life that are conspiring to help make sure you do it.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): As long as you keep

Syria, South Sudan and North Korea off your itinerary, traveling would be food for your soul during the next 28 days. It would also be balm for your primal worries and medicine for your outworn dogmas and an antidote for your comfortable illusions. Do you have the time and money necessary to make a pilgrimage to a place you regard as holy? How about a jaunt to a rousing sanctuary? Or an excursion to an exotic refuge that will shock you in friendly, healing ways? I hope that you will at least read a book about the territory that you may one day call your home away from home.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): By now I’m sure you

have tuned in to the rumblings in your deep self. Should you be concerned? Maybe a little, but I think the more reasonable attitude is curiosity. Even though the shaking is getting stronger and louder, it’s also becoming more melodic. The power that’s being unleashed will almost certainly turn out to be far more curative than destructive. The light it emits may at first look murky but will eventually bloom like a thousand moons. Maintain your sweet poise. Keep the graceful faith.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Life is inviting

you to decode riddles about togetherness that could boost your emotional intelligence and earn you the right to enjoy lyrical new expressions of intimacy. Will you accept the invitation? Are you willing to transcend your habitual responses for the sake of your growth-inducing relationships? Are you interested in developing a greater capacity for collaboration and synergy? Would you be open to making a vulnerable fool of yourself if it helped your important alliances to fulfill their dormant potential? Be brave and empathetic, Sagittarius. Be creative and humble and affectionate.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “In youth we feel

richer for every new illusion,” wrote author Anne Sophie Swetchine. “In maturer years, for every one we lose.” While that may be generally true, I think that even 20-something Capricorns are likely to fall into the latter category in the coming weeks. Whatever your age, I foresee you shouting something akin to “Hallelujah!” or “Thank God!” or “Boomshakalaka flashbang!” as you purge disempowering fantasies that have kept you in bondage and naive beliefs that have led you astray.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “There are no green

thumbs or black thumbs,” wrote horticulturalist Henry Mitchell in a message you were destined to hear at this exact moment. “There are only gardeners and nongardeners. Gardeners are the ones who get on with the high defiance of nature herself, creating, in the very face of her chaos and tornado, the bower of roses and the pride of irises. It sounds very well to garden a ‘natural way.’ You may see the natural way in any desert, any swamp, any leechfilled laurel hell. Defiance, on the other hand, is what makes gardeners.” Happy Defiance Time to you, Aquarius! In the coming weeks, I hope you will express the most determined and disciplined fertility ever!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I believe it may

be the right time to tinker with or repair a foundation; to dig down to the bottom of an old resource and consider transforming it at its roots. Why? After all this time, that foundation or resource needs your fresh attention. It could be lacking a nutrient that has gradually disappeared. Maybe it would flourish better if it got the benefit of the wisdom you have gained since it first became useful for you. Only you have the power to discern the real reasons, Pisces—and they may not be immediately apparent. Be tender and patient and candid as you explore.

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Well, sadly, it’s not a real romantic answer. It’s a lot of the stuff that we all kind of know, but it’s still so hard to get ourselves to do. One of the chapters, I volunteered, which I still do. Having a sense of purpose is very helpful.

You’ve got a new book that just came out, right?

It’s called the Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness. Each chapter is written as an experiment. It’s a series of experiments doing things that I or other people thought would make me happy. Each chapter is written with a hypothesis and conditions and variables and qualitative and quantitative observations, and hopefully the funniest field notes ever written. … My question wasn’t whether I would enjoy doing something.

The question was, what can I do that would leave me with a lasting umbrella of sorts for the inevitable rains that come during plain old daily life? So the analysis part was telling the story of raising a house full of kids and animals, and being a standup comic, and being stuck being me 24 hours a day. ... So it’s a memoir of raising my kids and the like. … The blurbs are pretty damn good comedy pedigree. I got blurbs from Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke, Dick Cavett, and Peter Sagal, and Pete Docter, and Garrison Keillor, et cetera, et cetera. So it got a pretty good send-off.

From the Farmers, through the local baristas, to you.

What were some of the things you tried?

Well, there was the get-fit experiment, where I took grueling tae kwon do self-defense lessons, which required, by the way, a lot of left and right, which I—I must have some kind of learning disability. I cannot do left and right. So if an attacker comes at me, they have to allow me enough time to pretend to eat so I know which one is my right hand. So that’s going to cause a problem. I rented a Lamborghini. I was going to do it for a week. But when I went to the website from the place that I rented it from—you know, some fancy Beverly Hills place— they had these pictures of the various fancy sports car, and beneath them I saw what, at first glance, looked like some sort of a lengthy serial number. And then when I looked more closely, I realized, oh my god, that’s the price! So I thought,

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I’m a fan of your performances on the NPR show “Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me!,” which you’re a regular panelist on. And I wonder how closely you see yourself as associated with the show, and when you started doing it whether you thought it would be a big part of your career?

I guess I didn’t, come to think of it. I figured I’d go and do it, and that would be that. But it’s been 15 years, and I’ve enjoyed the heck out of it every single time I’ve gotten to be on there. It’s a very clever show. It’s just inherently funny. The Not My Job questions, what they ask of the celebrities that they’re not likely to know anything about. They had Bill Clinton on, and they asked him questions about My Little Pony. By the way, he got them all right. Ω

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The carnage we cause Have you noticed that the media keeps talking to Trump and his sycophants as if it expects them to suddenly begin telling the truth?

This is kinda weird, and there’s absolutely no reason for it. I think it’s mainly just media having a tough time adjusting to new Twitlerian realities. Which is understandable, but really, it’s time to submit, capitulate and get over it. Only then do lovely Anderson Cooper moments become possible, where the media person gets flustered, fed up, and then goes all scatological on the Trumplodyte lackey he/she is interviewing. Anderson apologized via Twitter for his “desk dump” moment, but that was unnecessary.

It’s cool, A.C. We feel ya.

On Nov. 12, Dave Chappelle was the host of the first Saturday Night Live episode of the Trump Era. The memorable moment from his monologue was the extremely charitable, “I’m willing to give

Trump a chance.” And Dave wasn’t alone in that sentiment. Millions of Hillarians were hoping against hope that Trump would somehow not be a total dick, that he might actually pleasantly surprise, in some way.

Well, here we are, four months into the Twitler Zone, and Chappelle recently reviewed his November remarks. “I fucked up,” he said. It’s cool, Dave. We feel ya.

• I’ve visited Mexico a lot in the last 20 years. I’ve been to Baja, Yucatan, Puerto, Cabo, Guadalajara and Chapala. I like it down there. The people are nice. The food is great.

The booze is cheap, and the birds and fish are tremendous. But there’s a big problem in Mexico. A really big problem. Its drug war is absolutely outrageous.

Last year, 23,000 Mexicans were killed. ... Twenty three thousand?!?! They were mostly cops, soldiers and members of

seriously armed drug cartels. I’ll give Dum Dum credit, he was right when he called these guys bad hombres. Not only is this a war, this is a war with a serious stack of corpses. To put it in perspective, U.S. armed forces lost 50,000 men in the 10 years of Vietnam.

Also alarming is this grim stat— in the last 10 weeks, since early March, six Mexican journalists have been killed. Six! Gunned down in the street. Jesus. These cartel guys are nasty. Bad hombres indeed. They’d scare the shit out of Putin.

You can help Mexico. Yes, you.

Simply stop buying white powder drugs, which are, of course, the financial foundation of this carnage. No coke, no crank, no crack, no junk. We Americans, unfortunately, are undeniably responsible for this savage mess. Without our money, this shit doesn’t exist.

Without our support, thousands don’t have to die. Ω

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