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Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

The University of Nevada, Reno and the Washoe County School District recently took opposing stances. UNR President Marc Johnson said university students will not be penalized for participating in walkout protests, like the ones planned to protest the lax gun-control laws in this country.

There’s a nationwide protest planned for March 14.

The school district, on the other hand, indicated that, despite some empty platitudes about respecting “emotional intent,” any student who participates in such demonstrations will be marked as tardy or absent.

So, the school district plans to punish civic engagement through the free expression of First Amendment rights. One of the bitter ironies of this is that the students are protesting in favor of the improved safety of schools.

The school district is willing to punish students for fighting on their own behalf.

A better gesture would be for willing teachers and administrators to join the protests as well.

And why stop there? Butchers, bakers and candlestick-makers should walk out as well. The majority of people in this country favor common-sense gun-control legislation. Something needs to be done so that our legislators hear those voices instead of the money-flavored voices of the gun lobbyists.

Anyway. From over here on Fish Wrap Hill, I’d just like to give some props to the students who keep up the good fight. Too bad the Washoe County School District won’t stand behind you.

And once again, I’d like to reiterate that I’m not advocating for getting rid of the Second Amendment—just some common sense gun-control, like background checks and age limits. I support the Second Amendment.

But not as much as I support the First Amendment. Express yourself. Make your voices heard.

Walk out.

How is it that the very sight of him brings on a nearly instantaneous gag reflex? Is it merely the orange face, the whacky yellow hair-hat, the perpetual scowl, and the overall bloated exterior that prompts our unfortunate physical response, or is it something else, something possibly far beyond his disturbing outer visage?

To be honest, folks, there are simply too many gagworthy Trumpisms to hash over at any great length, so let’s get right to an all-inclusive lightning round, shall we?!

WARNING: The following is not for the squeamish!

Let’s begin with his notably biased eye towards those not quite as orange as himself, or, let’s just say, his obvious preference for Norwegians as opposed to Haitians! Or how about the porn star hush money, and maybe his “when you’re a star you can do anything” pussy grabbin’, or more generally put, his overall misogynistic predilections?! Or could it be his over-the-top erratic persona, or more aptly his verifiable psychopathological proclivities?! How about the constant money-wasting, campaign-style pandering to his low-end, neo-Nazi, white male base?! Or perhaps it’s his decided overdosing on Fox News in order to quench his unquenchable ego-maniacal thirst?! Or is it his deal-faker, deal-breaker, anything but deal-maker propensity?! Or might it be his stunning ineptness to sway even his own majority Senate and House to convince them to pass virtually anything truly needed or substantive?! Or perchance is it his utter ignorance of international diplomacy, and the consequent reducing of our “greatest country” to a worldwide laughing stock, or maybe his obsession with the giant, never-to-be-built phallic symbol he so lovingly refers to as “the wall,” or his not even remotely believable chronic lying about essentially everything, or his chillingly cavalier attitude towards matters such as his unrevealed taxes, the opioid crisis, global warming, paying no mind to his

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“intelligence” experts, his cluelessness as to the rule of law, his collusion with Russia, his fondness for obstructing justice, his juvenile Twitter tantrums, his perception of any negative news cast his way as “fake,” his yearning to be a dictator, a deity, and on and on and on?!

OK, tired of gagging??? Can’t blame you, but to be brutally honest, your next gaggable Trumpian moment will more than likely occur within the next, say 10 minutes! Sorry!

Have a nice day!

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The dear leader Marching in formation in dress uniform and carrying weapons for several miles on hot asphalt in Washington, D.C., in July with the temperatures into the 80s and the humidity into the 60s?

Trump calls it honoring the troops. It sounds more like punishment.

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What Van Dyke guy?

I enjoy your magazine. Although there is an obvious liberal slant, it generally offers views for conservative minds as well, with facts and substance representing both sides. Thank you for what you do.

Except this Van Dyke guy!!! Constant name calling, profanity and a serious rage against what he apparently has deemed “the enemy” is not educational, not thoughtprovoking, nor is it providing anything other than negativity to anyone who unfortunately stumbles on his venom-spewing rants placed in the back, on the bottom (and for a good reason). If you insist on printing the bile and disrespect he spews on his keyboard, then at least offer a counter point of wacko right wing hatefest to round out the force.

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us who want to read facts, not emotionallybased attacks can move in a positive direction, with respect for opposing views and an open mind to glean the jewels of wisdom that an opposing viewpoint can offer us in the quest to learn, to grow, and to nurture our county to not only a powerful and mighty position in this world, but to be an economic force that can bring help and hope to other peoples and other countries as well.

P.S. Before I get attacked for being whatever hateful mean name he calls Trump admirers, no, I didn’t vote for him. So there, spare me the burning at the stake, Bruce.

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by JERI CHADWELL

Have you been in a play? aSkeD at the Joe CroWley StuDent union, 1664 n. virginia St.

Mary Carter Kinesiology/nutrition student

Yeah, I have. I’ve been in a few.

Growing up, my church, we did plays. And I did them all—up until, like, 13. Then I was done. I was the lead in one, too. I had to play a surfer chick.

Sherr a WilliaMS Management/marketing student

I’ve been a whole bunch, actually. Growing up, I did plays in church. And then I was part of a performing ensemble, and we did lots of plays. I acted. I dance. I sang in a lot of plays.

And then we did a lot of things on the strip in Vegas. The arts— that was my thing.

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It’s their turn On March 24, 1965, students at the University of Michigan held the first teach-in on the Vietnam war.

This was very early in the full-fledged combat phase of the war for the United States. Just 16 days earlier, the first U.S. Marines had landed at DaNang. There was little support for questioning the war. Michigan Gov. George Romney and the Michigan Senate both denounced the teach-in. But 200 professors supported it, and Michigan Supreme Court Justice Paul Adams attended and learned, calling the event “a vital service … in promoting debate on the question of U.S. policy in Vietnam.”

The last thing hawks wanted was to promote debate on the war, but from Michigan, teach-ins spread across the country. Information—teaching materials included matter for both sides—turned out to be essential as long as the war went on. The more people learned about the war’s origins, Vietnam’s history, and our government’s conduct, the more they questioned verities that had previously been accepted without doubt. Movement was always hawk to dove.

Eventually Romney discovered he, too, had been misled by the U.S. government on the war. He called for “a sound peace in South Vietnam at an early time.” His admission that he had too freely accepted what he had been told by the military and diplomats when he visited Vietnam—he called it “brainwashing”—cost him his chance to be president. A book by three British journalists noted that “most Americans had been” brainwashed, not just Romney.

We tread this past pathway for a reason. The teach-ins served a purpose. They informed the public when most

people mistakenly accepted what they were told. It was much like the gun issue, in which claims are made but seldom subjected to scrutiny. People are frozen in their dogmatic positions instead of studying.

Like the students of 1965, students of 2018 are seizing control of an issue—guns. It is an issue that, like Vietnam, is becoming one of life or death for students. “We make it easy for men of all shades of sanity to acquire weapons and ammunition they desire,” said Robert Kennedy between Martin Luther King’s murder and his own.

We hope this movement takes a route through more than just protest, that discussion and learning are a part of it. There is a myriad of gun issues that we do not talk about—including whether the overheated news coverage that follows many school shootings helps cause copycats.

Some schools and school districts—including Washoe— have reacted badly, some even talking about truancy. Many college campuses are showing a better way—cooperating and encouraging the March For Our Lives movement.

It is true, as we have reported often in encouraging restraint in news coverage, that school shootings do not kill a large number of students each year. But how many is too many? How few are few enough? Such macabre questions are so-what questions. “One life is everything, and human tears must be counted one by one,” wrote novelist Jay Richard Kennedy. Students are fed up with death as a perpetual price of access to weapons, and gun advocates, policymakers and adults who have failed to come to grips with gun crime will just have to live with their aggravated participation. May it lead us to wise policies. Ω

Have I ever been in a play? I tried out for a play once. I didn’t get the role, though. It was back in high school. I didn’t have much time to myself, so I said if I was going to do it, I was going to try for the main role—and that was it.

DreW perSing Microbiology student

Yeah. As a senior in high school, I had a friend who put one on, so I was in that.

eMily DobbS Mathematics/psychology student

Yes. When I was a kid, I was in a production of Alice in Wonderland. I was Alice.

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by SHEILA LESLIE

Resistance must be heard Our elected officials are constantly disappointing us these days, beginning with our indescribably disgraceful president, followed closely by our do-nothing Congress, so controlled by the NRA and other special interests they allow our children to be murdered, our natural resources to be destroyed, and our families to be torn apart while far too many go hungry and unhoused in the richest nation on Earth.

The only thing more disgusting is that we, the people, allow it. Some find comfort in responding with the phrase that “This is not who we are” when confronted with these atrocities, but we need to come to grips with the fact that this is indeed who we are—at least this is what we’ve allowed our nation to become.

Many of the Trumpsters are so blinded by their unrelenting and righteous support of the president that they refuse to see how he has sold their interests to the highest bidder, giving permanent tax cuts to the insanely wealthy while granting the

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rest of us meager temporary crumbs. And the president’s new budget is remarkable in the scope of its greed and its cruelty to poor and struggling families.

Closer to home, many progressives are profoundly disillusioned by our majority Democratic Reno City Council which just approved a massive new development outside Cold Springs. The project is designed to provide housing to more new residents despite the loss of millions of tax dollars given away to super-rich corporations in the name of progress. The new development is the size of Fallon, but we don’t have the means to provide adequate police, fire, or other infrastructure necessary to serve the thousands of new people located far from the city core, not to mention the teachers, social workers or mental health professionals they’ll need.

In a letter to the Council, Reno conservationist Susan Lynn reacted strongly, writing, “I am stung, shocked, alarmed, concerned—all those

words—that this will likely go forward and here’s why. Many of us spent many hours pouring over your newly adopted Master Plan, attending meetings and workshops and then supported its adoption. Stonegate—and several others—do not conform or meet the new Master Plan goals and objectives, except that the project will provide ‘housing.’ I cannot see that it provides the type of housing that the community needs— some low cost or moderate cost. It is not compact, nor anywhere in proximity to jobs, nor is it a walkable or transitoriented community. ...

“Reno has become like every other boom town; there is no planning. It’s an approval process, not a weighing thoughtful process that demands answers and solutions to induced problems. I thought that the Master Plan had a chance because of broad participation, but the Plan is obliterated right out the gate on this project. It ignores the principles, goals and guidelines, so what was the point?”

It should be noted that only Councilmember Jenny Brekhus voted against Stonegate, choosing to side with her constituents who are rightly concerned about their quality of life.

One way to resist politicians who have forgotten who they represent is to find better candidates, but there’s not much time, as filing for the November elections begins March 5. To review the elected offices that will be on the ballot this year, visit the Washoe County Registrar of Voters website at www.washoecounty.us/ voters. While you’re there, you can look up your voter registration, change your party affiliation or address, or register to vote for the first time.

If you’re thinking you’re not qualified for elected office, look around. You could hardly do worse. If now isn’t the time to run, at least let your representatives know you don’t want our beautiful valley ruined by sprawl. Don’t let your resistance be silence. Ω

by Brendan Trainor

Scholary studies need scrutiny The bodies of the victims of the tragic mass school shooting in Parkland Florida were still warm when the media and politicians started calling for government to act, to do something, now.

Essentially they were asking the help to take care of it, so they could go on with their lives.

But the cavalry cannot ride into the canyon, bugles blaring, and solve this problem. There is no reason to believe any of the same “common sense” gun proposals that are trotted out every time this happens would have stopped the killer.

The troubled teen this time purchased his gun legally and passed the background check. The semi-automatic rifle he used did not have a bump stock and might not have even been listed on the now repealed assault weapon ban, which really only banned scary looking semi-auto rifles.

So, knowing the public needed to hear something new, the gun grabbers turned to calling for full scale confiscation of these rifles. The Australian

Solution they call it, eerily reminiscent of another final solution. Hitler actually did confiscate Germans’ weapons. Do you really believe that Americans are such good Germans they would allow gun confiscation? There is already mass agitation about deportations of illegal immigrants. You want to put gun confiscation out there as well?

The Russians only dream of sowing as much discord as we are capable of sowing nicely ourselves.

Michael Bloomberg, America’s oligarch of the Nanny State, has financed several flawed studies echoing in the left wing ideological echo chamber. The first is the ridiculous notion that there have been 18 school shootings this year alone. Cable news loves mass shootings and would have covered every one for days. The study lists suicides committed in a school parking lot, accidental gun discharges that harmlessly strike a school and other unrelated incidents as school shootings.

But worse are the confident assertions by talking heads that this study proves Connecticut is so much safer since they passed gun control than Missouri, where they relaxed gun laws. This is another example of how social science has become unreliable and little more than a tool for mass confirmation bias. One should not compare two entities out of 50 in the first place. That’s called cherry picking.

And the data in terms of years that are studied changes dramatically if you simply add a year or two. Then the correlation disappears.

Besides, gun owners in Connecticut have simply ignored new gun registration laws.

It’s always best to avoid quoting social science studies as the main reason for passing new laws. Why not first examine how to better study existing laws and how they are implemented?

It’s welcome that Republicans are finally criticizing the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI dropped the

ball and did not follow leads on the Florida killer. Police came to his home on domestic calls numerous times.

Supposedly he killed small animals for fun. A classic indication of future violence uninvestigated.

But the left, which proclaims its solidarity with Black Lives Matter, wants to pass new laws against guns. And who will enforce these laws? Policemen with guns, of course—the same police they accuse of not caring about black lives will have more laws to use against blacks.

The level of gun violence has been on a dramatic decline since the early Clinton years, but at the cost of a dramatic rise in the number of Americans, especially blacks, in prison. The decline in violence also correlates with the dramatic rise in concealed carry permits. Do more guns mean less crime?

My confirmation bias is that freedom works. Ω

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by Dennis Myers

Reading compRehension The Washoe County School District and student journalists have a dispute. Last year, the Nevada Legislature enacted Senate Bill 420, protecting student publications from censorship. The Washoe School Board has its staff drafting language to implement the bill. But both sides are characterizing the bill with phrases like “the way we interpreted it,” instead of quoting the bill itself.

In a recent Reno Gazette-Journal report, WCSD staff policy coordinator Lisa Scarry was quoted saying that yearbooks are not journalism: “The consensus was a yearbook isn’t really a journalistic enterprise, which is what that Senate bill that was referenced speaks to. … That Senate bill, the way we interpreted it … was more for journalistic enterprises like school newspaper or things that students are publishing versus a yearbook, which is, really—to my understanding anyway—outlined by the school.”

But there is a bigger flaw in Scarry’s comments.

She is characterizing the Senate bill as protecting journalism. It doesn’t. It protects publications. The word journalism does not appear in S.B. 420, nor does journalist or any other derivation. The bill actually says that it “(c) Prohibits, without limitation, the following: (1) Restricting the publication of any content in pupil publications …” Subsequent numbered sections do not add references to journalists.

If the WCSD tried to strip 420 protection from yearbooks based on their journalism or lack of it, it would be faced with defending content-based censorship, a difficult legal undertaking. Like the First Amendment, 420 covers all content, not just journalism.

Scarry is not the only one fuzzing the issues. In a message from the co-editors of the Reno High yearbook that is circulating, they write that S.B. 420 approves protection for “media in any format that is made available to a student audience,” which sounds like it would protect student broadcasting, online media, or whatever. But 420 doesn’t say that. It limits its protection to “pupil publications.” While the federal courts have interpreted the First Amendment’s press guarantees to mean many forms of expression, there has been no such finding by state courts interpreting the new state statute.

money headed to nevada The Democratic Governors Association will be spending $20 million to try to win governorships in eight states, Nevada among them. The $20 million was described as an “initial” commitment in those states.

The DGA linked the effort to redistricting—and specifically U.S. House redistricting—that will follow the 2020 census.

In 2011, the Nevada Legislature failed to complete its post-census redistricting tasks before final adjournment. A state district judge in Carson City, instead of ordering a special session of the legislature, took control of the process and imposed a redistricting plan. The judge, Todd Russell, was later reported to own a mining claim jointly with Mark Amodei, now the U.S. House member from northern Nevada.

“With fair maps in our eight targeted states, Democrats could net more than 20 congressional seats, dramatically improving our chances of winning back a lasting Democratic majority in the House,” Washington Governor Jay Inslee said in a prepared statement.

Inslee chairs the DGA.

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Third party The IAP rattles the GOP if there is a matriarch of nevada’s oldest third political party, it is doubtless Janine Hansen.

Once a familiar figure in the Truckee Meadows, Hansen left Sparks in 1989 for the hamlet of Ryndon in Elko County to care for her aging mother. She headed to the former railroad camp just after winning a court victory that has served the purposes of activists, left and right—a ruling that petitioners can gather signatures on public property. The court decision came after Hansen and her son Zachary were arrested while collecting initiative petition signatures at the municipal bus depot on Center Street in Reno.

At the state convention of the Independent American Party of Nevada last weekend, Hansen greeted her network of activists as they arrived, among them the party’s best known recruit, former Republican Cliven Bundy. Hansen has run for numerous offices—local, state, federal—over the years as a candidate of the IAP. “I’ve had a lot of fun running,” she said.

One of her best known ventures came when she jumped from the IAP to the Democratic Party and entered a primary race for the state Senate against familiar Sparks figure Don Mello and nearly beat him.

But most of her races were for the IAP. After the death in 2002 of her brother—party founder Dan Hansen— she felt she should take up his role and has never missed running in an election year since.

“I feel like, as one of the leaders of the party, it’s my responsibility to set the example for people to run,” she said.

She’s been successful. The convention was full of people who have run for office to give the party visibility and help keep it on the ballot.

The party is the surviving Nevada remnant of the American Independent Party, the vehicle for George Wallace’s 1968 presidential candidacy. After founding the Nevada branch of the AIP, Hansen’s late brother, Dan, switched the name from American Independent

to Independent American in the Silver State. As a consequence, a few people who wanted to register independent over the years found themselves accidentally registering to vote as a member of Nevada’s IAP. County clerks and voter registrars started explaining the difference to potential voters.

But the confusion continues— Carson City’s Nevada Appeal ran a story this week that referred to it as the “Independent Party” and analyzed it as though its members are political independents: “For those who scoff at those not choosing to vote a straight Republican or Democratic ticket, an Independent is described as one who votes for candidates on issues rather than political ideology or partisanship, though they may lean one way or another. Millennials are not true blue anythings.”

The party’s members would smile at being described as millennials. There was a good deal of gray hair at the convention in Sparks last weekend. The party in January had 65,024 registered voters in Nevada, giving it 4.43 percent of the state electorate.

Although the party has yet to elect anyone to state office, that 4.43 percent slice of the electorate can and has affected other races. And in the small counties, it has elected its candidates to office—a Mesquite mayor, the Nye County public administrator, a district attorney and county clerk in Eureka County, a sheriff in Pershing, and a county commissioner in White Pine.

It is in its ability to affect statewide races that it can be a source of concern to Republicans, who believe the IAP takes votes away from GOP candidates. Adam Laxalt, a very conservative Republican, is likely to head the Republican ticket as candidate for governor this year. The small counties are a Republican stronghold.

Given IAP strength there, and Laxalt’s relative obscurity, the GOP has reason for worry.

But so far, the IAP candidate for governor is not known. At the convention it selected most of its slate, but left a couple on hold, and one of them is governor. The list will not be released until it is complete. Asked who the possible candidates for governor are, Hansen said, “I can’t discuss that as long as we have conflict. … We need

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“We think he’s an independent, not a Republican,” Hansen said. “There’s a lot of things that he’s done that we approve of.”

Lokken said the IAP is good at candidate recruitment, and the small counties are fertile ground for it: “These are small turnout counties where a relative small group of people can have an impact.”

The IAP has occasionally lured some figures away from the GOP— to figure out the if and who and what of the most recently Bundy. It also recruited governor’s race.” The party hopes to work Chuck Horne, a former member of the out who the candidate will be in order to file Nevada Legislature who was elected mayor the full list on March 5. of Mesquite. On the other hand, sometime There is no analogous liberal third party candidate Sharron Angle left the IAP for the to draw votes away from the Democrats, nor Republicans. is there likely to be this year—third Bundy said he joined because “I’m parties tend to get interested in not really happy with the Democrats. ballot status in presidential years.

I’m not really happy with the If Laxalt faces an IAP Republicans.” He would pull The small candidate, political scientist items from both their platforms. counties are Fred Lokken said, the Trump “Maybe Independent American era is a good time for the IAP Party is where it can happen. where the IAP to take advantage of its unique We can bring both of those wins elections position in the state. parties together.”

“What used to constitute a The IAP lost its ballot status conservative in the Republican in 1978 by not getting five percent Party is now another animal,” of the vote in any race. It got back on Lokken said. the ballot in 1992 by petition and has stayed So how do the IAPs feel about Trump? there ever since. Ω

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Apartment construction continues all over the valley. Not all of it is sprawl, though. This apartment building is going up deep inside the city on a street that does not yet have a name, between Virginia Street and Grosvenor Park Place near Park Lane.

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by JeSSica SaNTiNa

UNR’s Department of Theatre & Dance has a production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night starting March 2.

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don’t care what that old groundhog said. as far as local theatrical stages go, spring went ahead and sprung weeks ago. Take a whiff … that’s the scent of new ideas blossoming. Theater troupes around the reno area are breathing new life into their rosters with original, uncommon and reimagined stories, along with fresh ideas about how to produce shows and present bold ideas. Here’s what to watch this spring.

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Local theater companies pack fresh, courageous works into their spring lineups STayiN’ GRiTTy: Goodluck Macbeth

Managing Director Christopher Daniels calls Goodluck Macbeth’s new location at 124 W. Taylor St. in Midtown “a miracle.” The GLM crew had announced their intention to vacate their previous digs on South Virginia Street in order to accommodate their growing audience and production aspirations. But with Midtown’s commercial retail inventory typically lacking the high ceilings and acoustical properties every thriving theater troupe needs, their prospects weren’t great. That is until board member/ actor/director Amanda Alvey decided to take a different route home down Taylor Street and stumbled upon a “For Rent” sign at the old American Federation of Musicians building.

The new 75-person theater also features a brand-new tech booth, a new bar, new risers and a new stage, all built from scratch in the last couple of months

by a community of supporters, as well as two, count ’em, two bathrooms, even!

The space was christened last month with a true Reno boxing story, The Royale, and the company’s pulling no punches with the rest of its spring lineup. Next up, starting March 16, is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the play based on Mark Haddon’s award-winning novel about a young autistic boy who comes across a dog who’s been murdered and is determined to solve the mystery.

Then, in a unique collaboration, GLM and Brüka Theatre are coming together to co-produce Hedwig and the Angry Inch, running April 20-May 12. Presented in a neutral venue—to be determined, as of this writing—this cult classic rock musical tells the story of a rock band fronted by a German singer whose botched sex change operation to become a woman has left her with one inch of penis left—the angry inch—which inspires the band’s name and describes Hedwig’s own resentment over the life of victimization she’s been left with.

“Theater in this community is changing,” Daniels said of the company partnership. “We’re all being supportive, trying to help each other build a theater community, rather than being competitive. We all want theater to thrive in this town, and that only happens when we work together.”

Bill Ware, fresh off his year in Prague, directs this two-person show, and local band Stabby Unicorn provides music. Follow the GLM and Brüka websites and Facebook pages for updates on a location.

And then, coincidentally, we have The Play About a Dick. GLM will present the U.S. premiere of this show during Artown, July 6-21. It’s the story of a woman who meets a younger man online for sex. Her chiding remarks about the size of his member provoke him to show it to her, leading to a bizarre series of events that spiral out of control.

TickeTs and informaTion: www.goodluckmacbeth.org

TransformaTive experience:

free to the public. This year, they’ll take on the comedy The Taming of the Shrew. for informaTion: www.merrywar.com

Brüka TheaTre

Since fall, Brüka has been deeply enmeshed in the idea of transformation—the theme of its milestone 25th season. The company has taken this theme to heart, choosing stories that portray transformation, initiating a “donate $25 to celebrate 25” fundraising approach and taking steps to transform the local theater scene as it grows and continues spreading its wings.

Collaboration—with other companies and artists—is one such step. Take its upcoming production of Nation of Two, the second installment in Tom Burmester’s War Cycle trilogy. Directed by Chase McKenna of Merry War Theatre Group, Nation of Two follows the lives of the Harper family as they prepare to scatter the ashes of 24-year-old Lt. Michael Harper on the anniversary of his death in combat during the Iraq War. The show runs March 16-April 7. At press time, the Brüka crew was developing a veterans’ writing workshop with the author to create community dialogue and writing around the subject of war.

This paves the way for the next collaboration with Goodluck Macbeth to jointly produce Hedwig, which opens April 20.

Next comes Abducting Diana by Dario Fo, the Italian master of political farce. This satirical play tells the story of how a publishing tycoon is kidnapped for ransom but inevitably gets the upper hand over her clumsy captors.

Opens May 25 and runs through June 23.

For Artown, The Untamed returns July 13-28. Stacy Johnson, Ryan Kelly and Greg Klino bring the fast-paced fun back to the stage that first gave it life, in honor of Brüka’s 25th. Actors pass around a hat containing the names of 99 locally sourced short scripts, so the audience gets to pick each night’s lineup of 33 skits, which range from poignant to outrageous and hilarious, ensuring each night’s performance is entirely unique.

This year’s Theatre for Children production will be The Frog Prince, the classic tale about embracing differences. The play will tour local schools but also will be presented to the public on the Brüka stage March 1-4.

TickeTs and informaTion: www.bruka.org

shaking up summer: Merry War TheaTre Group

Though Chase McKenna, Merry War’s producing artistic director, will have her hands full this spring directing Nation of Two for the Brüka stage, she’ll hit the ground running when it wraps to prepare for Merry War’s fifth annual summer Shakespeare production, which runs weekends throughout June on the steps of Reno’s Lear Theater and is absolutely

culTure of change: universiTy of nevada, reno deparTMenT of TheaTre & dance

There’s more than one way to get your Bard on. UNR’s Department of Theatre & Dance is also taking a turn with a comedy: Twelfth Night, running March 2-10. Conceived with a modern sensibility, this version plays with the show’s themes of freedom of expression and mistaken identity but sets the show on the Black Rock playa. Utilizing set design inspired by Burning Man’s Black Rock City, director Adriano Cabral demonstrates how the traditional script stands the test of time when set in such a radically different era and place.

The department’s all abuzz with another big change coming down the pike: a new musical theater program. Gavin Mayer is a new faculty member whose specialty is musical theater, and he’ll direct the department’s next production, a musical theater showcase entitled Turning Points: A Night in the Musical Theatre, on stage April 12-14, to drum up interest in the program. Performers will present characters from beloved contemporary musicals who all have come to terms with change.

The semester caps off with the annual Spring Dance Concert, May 3-5, featuring much-anticipated guest artists, the San Francisco-based innovative dance company Robert Moses’ Kin. TickeTs and informaTion: www.unr.edu/cla/theatredance

audiences. This season, it’s The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence, May 4-20.

It’s a time-hopping drama that centers on four Watsons: Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant, Sherlock Holmes’ partner, an IBM computer named Watson who won on Jeopardy! and a modern-day average joe named Watson.

The show examines our relationships with each other and technology, and the things that continue tying us together throughout time.

RLT’s Artown show will be a challenge for the company: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, running July 6-29.

Director Melissa Taylor said, “It’s the biggest musical we’ve ever attempted to do. … It’s us being ambitious!”

This musical comedy tells the story of a Roman slave pugilist who’s trying to earn his own freedom by helping to get a girl to fall in love with his master. Cami Thompson (who will be fresh off her role in Brüka’s Nation of Two) joins RLT as musical director, and Peter Supersano provides music. The cast, numbering almost 20, will be headed up by local comedian/ improv actor (and member of The Comedy Collective) Ian Sorensen in the lead role.

Woven throughout the season’s schedule, between mainstage productions, are additional one-off or one-weekend performances hosted at the RLT space. These include monthly Sunday evening jazz shows, in partnership with KUNR, as well as monthly performances with Ageless Repertory Theater and others.

Check the website for details.

Once again, RLT will also host, as part of its education programming, a 14-week Broadway Our Way performance class for kids, culminating in public performances of The Jungle Book Kids on June 1-3, as well as two one-week spring break camps for kids. The six-week summer break camp begins in June.

TickeTs and informaTion: www.renolittletheater.org

resTLess arTisTs TheaTre

Specializing in small dramas that examine characters and relationships, Restless Artists takes that to the next level with its new Chautauqua Series. Each month, one historical figure, portrayed by an actor, speaks one-on-one to an audience about his or her life, work, accomplishments and philosophies.

Meet Nikita Krushchev in April, then George Wallace in May. Follow the website for details about future speakers.

RAT presents a noir mystery, The Tangled Skirt, March 16-April 1. This Edgar Award-nominated play is a story of two people, both caught up in their own desperate circumstances as they arrive at a bus station, who engage in a game of cat and mouse until the bus finally arrives.

Local actor Gary Cremeans wrote New Canula for Brüka Theatre’s annual Biggest Little Theatre Festival in 2014, and the show went on to play at the Hollywood and New York Fringe Festivals, followed by another run at Brüka. If you missed it then, no worries: RAT’s bringing the show back April 6-15.

Next is Somewhere in Between, April 27-May 13. In this romantic comedy, a poor schlub who seems to be failing at life keeps getting awful dating advice. Then one day he becomes trapped on an elevator with a crazy person and his life changes.

May 25-June 10, RAT begins a three-week run of its Evening of Shepard, which will feature two one-act plays by Shepard about friendships: Ages of the Moon and Short Life of Trouble.

And for Artown, look for Constellations, an award-winning love story about a couple whose relationship spans five alternate universes.

TickeTs and informaTion: www.rattheatre.org

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Reno’s longest-running local theater company does a fine job of keeping things fresh each season, with a steady stream of varied and ambitious works and a commitment to pushing the envelope with staging.

Spring starts lightheartedly with Death By Design, March 9-25. This comedic whodunit mashup of Noel Coward and Agatha Christie is set in the English countryside in 1932, where a playwright and his actress wife are trying to take a much-needed holiday, until a series of quirky, unexpected guests keep showing up, and one of them is murdered.

Each season, RLT takes on a lesserknown show intended to challenge

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Step right up! TMCC Performing Arts presents the Broadway hit Pippin. Running April 13-29, this circus-themed musical full of fun and magic is about a young prince who sets out for adventure and wrestles with his desire to live a life full of passion or fulfill his obligations to the throne. The elaborate production will be set under the Big Top and feature circus acts, including silk work, trapeze, hand balancing, singing, dancing and more.

TickeTs & informaTion: www.tmcc.edu/visual-performing-arts/ performance-schedule

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Downpour of talent: Western nevada Musical theatre coMpany

WNMTC producer and director Stephanie Arrigotti waited years to have just the right talent in place to stage the Hollywood classic musical Singin’ in the Rain. It takes excellent romantic leads with tap skills who can also sing classics such as “All I Do is Dream of You,” “Make ’Em Laugh” and others. Plus, they need to be funny. At last, she’s found it, and that talent combines with great choreography by Gina Caskie Davis and a huge, professional orchestra led by Kevin Murphy to light up the stage May 11-20.

TickeTs and informaTion: www.wnmtc.com

little runaways: theatreWorks of northern nevada

TWNN brings us a new twist on the classic Dickens’ tale of Oliver Twist: In The Penny Dreadfuls, a professor takes orphans and

runaways under his wing and teaches them to steal for his own personal gain—but in the end, he gets his. This dark comedy, running March 16-25, features a whopping cast of 42 actors, ages 4 to 44.

Next up, another couple of youths escape their rough lives and take up with disreputable folks in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, May 18-27. And in July, TWNN will explore a “Whole New World” with Aladdin the Musical. The cast of more than 60 will do 21 performances throughout Artown (though a change to the Artown schedule means no more free Wingfield Park shows).

And check out TWNN’s spring break arts camps for kids ages 4 to 10. The two one-week camps emphasize arts of all types, from theater to dance, crafts and more.

TickeTs and informaTion: www.twnn.org

Just B anD that’s all: Wild horse children’s theatre

Any parent with a child over the age of, say, 2, knows about the feisty, hilarious troublemaker Junie B. Jones, the beloved character of the children’s book series by Barbara Park. This spring, your kids can see Junie B. brought

to life in a stage adaptation of the series, in its Northern Nevada premiere. Eighty young people are involved in the production featuring songs like the opener, “Top Secret Personal Beeswax Journal.” About three books’ plots are incorporated into the play, which runs April 20-29

ledger taylor as “scuttlebutt” and asher hansen as “mad aggie” pose as two of the penny Dreadfuls in theatreworks of northern nevada’s upcoming production.

TickeTs & informaTion: www.wildhorsetheater.com

some funny Business: the coMedy collective

If you remember The Utility Players, the Reno improv comedy troupe that packed houses at The Sands … well, the bad news is, they are no longer. The good news, though, is that a good many of those performers have gone on to form their own improv troupe, The Comedy Collective, which now does 90-minute performances at the Pioneer Underground on the first Friday evening of every month. The group also does improv and sketch-writing classes, murder mystery events, corporate team-building performances and more.

TickeTs and informaTion: www.thecomedycollective.org

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At the time, a revolving door of high-energy galleries showed new work, threw good parties, and tended to last for a year or two or three.

Chapter House, a popular one, was on St. Lawrence Avenue—then an out-of-the-way outpost with easy-to-find parking and little pedestrian traffic. But it was about to close.

“They were really big, nearing the end,” said Solorzano. “They also worked full-time jobs to keep it open.” She knew that to keep her gallery open, she’d have to rely on a source of income more stable than artwork sales. She decided on a front-room boutique to support both the backroom gallery and the local fashion designers and artisans whose wares she would feature. And, where artist-run galleries’ hours were typically restricted to weekends or even just receptions, Solorzano figured that the boutique’s regular retail hours would allow the public better access to the gallery work.

She named the shop after the song “Never Ender,” by Hot Water Music. “It’s about taking the things you’ve learned and teaching them to the youth of tomorrow,” she said. Toward the end of that summer, she made arrangements to lease a retail space on Liberty Street near Arlington Avenue—but there were delays.

Never Ender is closing.

RN&R looks back at Reno’s long-lived gallery/ boutique.

Blessing in disguise

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Never Ender owner Melanie Crane has been giving fashion advice to shoppers since the Liberty Street incarnation of the gallery/boutique opened in 2004.

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’m retiiiiiring,” said Melanie Crane, half whispering, half-singing behind the counter of Never Ender, her gallery and boutique in Midtown. After 13 years, two owners and five locations, Never Ender will close in March.

The shop’s history goes all the way back to pre-Recession 2004, when Midtown was not yet a destination, Holland Project was not yet born, Dickerson Road had not yet become an art-studio

district, and artists fresh out of college didn’t have too many venues for showing their work.

Amber Solorzano (née Gutry) had just graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno with a photography degree, moved back home with her parents and gotten a food-service job.

“I spent the whole summer working at Keva Juice,” said Solorzano, who’s now an MBA candidate, director of operations for a screen printing and embroidery shop, and a mom.

“We were supposed to open in August,” Solorzano said. “September came and went, and I still had no space.” Renovations lagged behind schedule. Eventually, when the holiday shopping season rolled around, the landlord lent her a nearby space for the grand-opening event.

“We put black plastic through the framing to make it look more like a gallery,” she said. “We had to hang the art onto the two-by-fours. We had a band playing in the corner. Then we had a fashion show. It came together pretty good.”

She finally moved into the Liberty Street space in December, but there were still some glitches. “We had no heat; we had no bathroom; we had no flooring; we had no front steps,” she said. Her dad and her then-boyfriend, artist Anthony Arevalo, built temporary steps out of scrap wood.

“We lived on hot chocolate from the Chevron across the street and used their bathroom,” Solorzano said. “I think it took six months to get air conditioning, heat, a bathroom floor and front steps.”

Aggravating as that may have been from a tenant’s perspective, Solorzano said, “It was kind of a blessing in disguise” for a first-time business owner. The rent was free for the first nine months, which gave the store a financial cushion that she now figures she couldn’t have done without. It also bought her some time to assess her buying strategies. Working with only local designers, she learned, wasn’t financially feasible, so she added some out-of-town clothing and accessory lines to supplement them.

Solorzano also credits Never Ender’s early success to influences and help from several

two galleries wouldn’t be competing for the spotlight that evening.

“We felt it was important to honor her, all of the work she’s been doing over the years,” Funkhouser said.

Re-bRanded— just sligHtly Never Ender moved two more times, to Thoma Street, and then to the current location on St. Lawrence Ave., which is the same space Chapter House Gallery used to occupy.

A few things changed after Crane took the helm. “Mainly, I think I made the clothing more affordable,” she said. She also hasn’t scheduled any performance artists, and she’s always hired a curator for the back gallery. For the first few years, artist and musician Tony Walker had the job, then artist and curator Eric Brooks. And the surge of tourists and shoppers in Midtown has brought new business.

But Never Ender is still very much Never Ender, with its original prints and cards by well-known artists like Ron Rash and Lisa Kurt and everchanging selection of fashions and jewelry.

Crane, a lifelong fashion follower, gives wardrobe tips to shoppers in the front-room boutique, and the backroom gallery never lost its ideal of supporting up-and-coming artists.

Eric Brooks, who’s been the curator since 2012, gave a telling example. While galleries in larger cities take a commission on artwork sales of up to 70 or 80 percent, Never Ender takes just 30.

For the shop’s last hurrah, Crane and Brooks are planning an art exhibition of over two dozen artists who’ve shown there throughout the years.

The keys to keeping an independent gallery and boutique’s momentum up, said Crane, have been perseverance, showing up, working hard, and paying close attention to art and style. If you think it’s hard to imagine someone with Crane’s work ethic and a 13-year track record suddenly retiring to a golf course, you’re correct. She has other plans.

“I’m going to travel and go to music festivals,” Crane said. “I’m on the board of the Midtown District. I’ll stay on the board.” Ω

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others. Arevalo was often around back then.

“He knew about galleries and hanging shows and fine art,” she said. “He made the gallery what it was. I’m definitely thankful for that.”

Aravelo organized a show in 2005 of just small artworks. “I think he sold, I want to say 90 or 95 percent of the work,” said Solorzano.

“That was the first big show that was like, holy cow, you can show art, and you can pay your rent. That was the first big step of realizing this could work.”

Anthony Alston, then a gallery assistant at UNR, brought a lot of students in, and Never Ender was the venue for several BFA thesis exhibitions. He also made for some memorable exhibitions—including a performance art piece that surprised a lot of viewers. Lying on the ground outside, he held a bicycle in the air and “rode” it in the rain. “He was in a jock strap,” Solorzano recalled. “I’m pretty sure he had a blindfold on. He was out there for at least an hour. I don’t think people in Reno were really ready for performance art like that. That was fun.”

And Melanie Crane, Never Ender’s current owner, who is Solorzano’s mom, has been there since before Day One. She volunteered to run the shop when Solorzano needed to pick up part-time work and helped with just about anything that needed to be done. She quickly became a well-know friendly face and fashion adviser.

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Original owner Amber Solorzano named the shop after the song “Never Ender,”

by Hot Water Music. “It’s about taking the things you’ve learned and teaching them to the youth of tomorrow,” she said.

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Never Ender moved to a space on Second Street near Ralston Street. Then, in 2008, when Solorzano’s full-time job became more demanding, she closed the brick-andmortar shop and ran it as an online store for most of that year. Then, Crane became the owner and reopened on Cheney Street, where Death and Taxes is now. The fledgling Holland Project was then next-door.

Holland’s gallery director, Alisha Funkhouser, remembers Crane as a supportive neighbor who would recommend a stop at Holland to her shoppers or help distribute Holland’s event fliers.

“There’s so many artists in Holland’s community that have had their first shows at Never Ender,” Funkhouser added. When she heard that Crane’s farewell event was scheduled for the same date as a Holland fundraiser, she changed the date of the fundraiser so that the

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Chris Carnel began his career photographing the skateboarders and snowboarders of Tahoe. Action sports photography has taken him all over the world. He’s contributed to influential magazines like Trans-World Snowboarding and Thrasher. Since the end of January, Carnel has been displaying a different collection of works at Bibo Coffee Co. on Record Street.

The show, titled Sandwich Meat Not Obsolete, is a collaboration between Carnel, long-time associate Antonius “Toad” Dintcho and artist Liz Peto. It features photographs taken on notoriously lo-tech plastic cameras.

“In this show, almost everything is Holgas and Dianas,” said Carnel of the brands of cameras used in the show.

“Those are 120 [millimeter], and there’s stuff that was shot on 35 millimeter film.”

Plastic cameras don’t allow for precision control of exposures, and they’re prone to distortions and quirks like discoloration, lens flaring and vignettes—aspects of film that Carnel likens to distorting an electric guitar.

Carnel started out his career shooting film, not digital, and film still resonates with him. With plastic-lens cameras, he said, “You’ve got things fogging, you’ve got overlapping exposures, and it’s just kind of weird, and you use those weird kind of—I guess you could say fuck ups—to your advantage.”

The photographs in this show are almost entirely of rural landscapes and structures and objects in various stages of rust and decay. The collection, Carnel said, spans decades, and many were taken while on the road between

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action shoots. They have a kind of “road trip” aesthetic that he curated from a backlog of his and the other artists’ prints.

“These were the types of photos that were kind of shot in my brain, in between doing the action stuff,” Carnel said.

The narrative of the collection became apparent after the fact, he said, as he curated it to fit the wall space instead of focusing on any specific photos. The title of the show, however, offers a kind of artist’s statement about the enduring place of film cameras in a digital world.

“Sandwich meat kind of fits in there because there will always be sandwich meat,” Carnel said. “It’s kind of a solid staple.”

He’s struggled in the past with the implications of the digital age of photography. The analog distortions in his prints are artifacts of the printing and developing process—readily replicated through digital filters on platforms like Instagram—and he believes there’s value in knowing that process.

Even though digital photography has prevailed since the advent of the camera phone, Carnel has noted a resurgence in shooting film, led by photographers like skateboarder-turned-filmmaker Jason Lee and small independent companies manufacturing film in the place of industry mainstays like Kodak.

“I’m not hardcore, like, shoot film or die—people can do whatever,” Carnel said.

“I think [Lee] is exposing a whole different audience to that type of thing. I think that’s cool that people are interested in that and maybe are starting to understand the process of that.” Ω

Sandwich Meat Not Obsolete is on display through March 30 at Holland Project’s Micro Gallery inside Bibo Coffee Co., 945 Record St. Visit www.hollandreno.org/portfolio/ micro-gallery/.

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Invasive species Annihilation, the new Natalie Portman film from director Alex Garland, bills itself as science fiction and fantasy. It’s both of these without question. On top of that, it’s one of the scariest films you will see this year, and should also be classified as a legitimate entry to the horror genre.

This alien invasion movie, loosely based on Jeff VanderMeer’s novel, explores themes of self-identity and love—as did Garland’s 2014 directorial debut Ex Machina—while mixing in environmental terror involving nightmarish creatures and transforming landscapes. It also features a startlingly brutal take on the ravages of infidelity. Did I mention that it’s freaking scary?

There’s a lot going on in this movie, yet Garland and company balance it all out to make it a stunning piece of brainy entertainment.

In an opening sequence reminiscent of John Carpenter’s The Thing, an object enters Earth’s atmosphere and crashes to the planet. The zone surrounding the crash site becomes something known as the Shimmer, an environmental phenomenon featuring a visually swirling, bendy, translucent barrier that no one can figure out. Numerous expeditions into the Shimmer have resulted in the loss of many people, but one man, Kane (Oscar Isaac), does return a year after his disappearance.

Kane is husband to former Army biologist turned professor Lena (Portman), and he doesn’t seem all there when he sits down at the kitchen table shortly after his mysterious return. He starts convulsing and spitting up blood which prompts a trip to the hospital.

Agent types overtake the ambulance, and Lena wakes up in a strange facility next to the Shimmer in the care of Dr. Ventress (Jennifer Jason Leigh).

Before long, Lena is following Ventress into the Shimmer, accompanied by Anya (Gina Rodriguez), Cass (Tuva Novotny) and Josie (the increasingly amazing Tessa Thompson). Carrying guns and

rations, their mission is to reach a lighthouse near the Shimmer’s origin, collect data along the way and, unlike most who have preceded them, return with their observations.

Fat chance. It’s crazy in the Shimmer, and it’s very unkind in so many ways to those who enter. Among its horrors: terrifying videos left behind by former explorers, messed up wildlife including mutated bears and alligators and just a general tendency to make those inside it batshit crazy. There are at least three scenes in this movie that made me want to die rather than watch because they were so damned scary. That’s high praise for a horror movie.

To go with the dread, Garland adds a layer of sci-fi and mixes in some scary elements involving the Lena-Kane marriage. The results are a movie that goes to great lengths to challenge your mind as much as it freaks you out.

Portman is great—isn’t she always?—as a person determined to find out the root cause of her husband’s illness, so much so that she will endure all strains of psychological and physical fuckery. Rodriguez, Novotny and Thompson all have shining moments, while Leigh provides a nice anchor. While he doesn’t have much screen time, Isaac, who also starred in Ex Machina, makes the most of his moments.

While he’s only two movies in as a director, Garland is proving he’s capable of many things. He’s a first-rate auteur in regard to sci-fi, while no slouch on pure drama and capturing stellar performances.

And, without a doubt, he possesses some major horror chops. You think I’m exaggerating, but there are moments in this movie that will make even the most diehard horror fans cringe and squirm. I would love to see him direct a ghost story or a pure monster movie.

Annihilation owes a lot to Ridley Scott (Alien), John Carpenter (The Thing) and any incarnation of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and, yet, it also feels very original. It’s 2018’s first masterpiece, a rare film that is a shining example of many genres. Ω

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Black Panther

Scoring director Ryan Coogler to helm Marvel’s latest proves to be a major triumph. His entry into the Marvel universe is a majestic, full-bodied, exhilarating treatment of the African king title character with the crazy cool suit (Chadwick Boseman). Coogler has three films to his credit now, one masterpiece (Fruitvale Station) and two very good ones (Black Panther and Creed). He’s officially one of the best directors currently calling the shots. This is also his third collaboration with actor Michael B. Jordan, who brings a fully fleshed, complicated villain to the screen in Erik Killmonger. Man, you just have to be bad with that last name. The pre-opening credit scene involves Black Panther’s predecessor father having a confrontation in 1992 Oakland, California. A major event takes place as some kids playing basketball look on. It turns out to be one of the more brilliant and heart-wrenching setups for a Marvel movie character yet.

The action cuts to present day, where Black Panther/T’Challa is dealing with the passing of his father due to an event that took place in Captain America: Civil War (massive credit to the producers and screenwriters who interlink these films together so well). He’s to become king but must pass through a ritual with some risk involved. He overcomes the obstacles, gets his throne and prepares for his rule. His kingdom doesn’t get a moment to breathe before trouble ensues. In London, Killmonger comes across an ancient weapon forged in Wakanda, Black Panther’s homeland. It’s made from Vibranium, a precious resource that fuels much of Wakanda’s advanced technology, including the Black Panther suits. With the help of Wakanda enemy Klaue (Andy Serkis acting with his real face as opposed to a motioncapture suit), Killmonger obtains the weapon, threatening world stability. The story is told with a stunning level of social relevance for a superhero film, especially when it comes to Killmonger’s motives. He’s not just some guy looking to forward himself for selfish purposes.

He’s got some big reasons for having gone bad, and they make him a far more sympathetic character than, say, Loki from Thor.

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Fifty Shades Freed

Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan return for a third and final torturous turn as bondage fiends Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey. While there is supposed to be a plot, Fifty Shades Freed is really just an assemblage of asinine, soul-decimating moments that leave a bad taste in your entire body. Here’s a quick starter list of some of the things Fifty Shades Freed totally ruined for me: Seattle, Audis, Paul McCartney’s “Maybe I’m Amazed” (Dornan sits down at a piano to sing this in a true WTF moment.), David Bowie’s “Young Americans” (I heard it playing while Anastasia and Christian were eating steak.), steak, butt plugs (actually, kind of OK having this one ruined for me), Dodge Durangos, women, men, Mickey Mouse (He’s on my watch face, which I was constantly checking.), and the list goes on.

The movie is set in Seattle. I wanted Mount Rainier—that gigantic, nasty-looking, longdormant volcano—to erupt. This franchise is selling a gazillion dollars in tickets. Surely, they could’ve spent an extra hundred million for a volcanic eruption sequence where Christian and Anastasia get buried in molten lava while playing with vibrators in their torture room. I would’ve upgraded my popcorn rating to a fair for that. The movie is directed by James Foley, who helmed such classics as At Close Range and, for Christ’s sake, Glengarry Glen Ross. Let’s put this in perspective, the guy directed the Alec Baldwin “Brass Balls” speech. Now, he’s directing Seattle-based butt plug mayhem.

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Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Annette Bening is an amazing actress.

Somehow, she failed to get an Oscar nomination for her bravura turn in 20th Century Women, and now she has been snubbed again for her beautiful, heartbreaking work as movie star Gloria Grahame in this moving film from director Paul McGuigan. Grahame’s later

career was plagued with scandal, but you may know her from her roles in It’s a Wonderful Life and Oklahoma. Married four times and notorious for dating younger men, one of her last affairs involved actor Peter Turner (Jamie Bell), a man 30 years her junior, whose memoir this film is based upon. Grahame saw Turner in the final years of her life, when she was trying to keep her career alive doing theater in England. Diagnosed with cancer, her final years were confusing, tragic and sad, something the film does an effective job of depicting. Bening is convincing as Graham despite not looking much like her. She does just enough with her voice and mannerisms to convince you she’s Grahame without flat out impersonating her.

Depicting the actress both before and after she’s sick, the movie basically calls for two kinds of performances, and she rocks both of them. Bell is terrific as the befuddled lover who must defy his lover’s wishes and call her family about the illness.

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Mute

Duncan Jones, director of the classic Moon and so-good Source Code, continues his slump that started with Warcraft: The Beginning. Actually, this mess qualifies as a total disaster, a film so bad Jones might find himself looking for sitcom TV gigs in the near future. Alexander Skarsgard plays Leo, an Amish bartender in future Germany (you read that right) who lost his ability to speak in a boat propeller accident as a kid. His girlfriend (Seyneb Saleh) disappears, sending him on a wild search that involves him hitting bad guys with big wooden sticks like Joe Don Baker in Walking Tall. In what seems to be another movie, Paul Rudd plays Cactus Bill, a crooked doctor trying to get back to the U.S. with his daughter. Cactus Bill hangs around with a pedophile doctor (Justin Theroux, saddled with a goofy wig) and, again, this part of the movie feels like a complete other film. Let me again point out that none of the parts of this film occupied by Skarsgard, Rudd or Theroux are any good. Skarsgard just runs around a lot looking all helpless, while the usually reliable Rudd resorts to a big, meaty mustache and lots of gum-chewing to look tough. (God dammit, I hate that!)

Theroux relies far too heavily on the word “Babe!” to distinguish his character in what amounts to his worst role to date. You have to really be screwing up to make the likes of Rudd and Theroux look bad, and Jones makes them look awful. The future setting looks like a cheap Blade Runner knock-off, the dialogue is deplorable, and—I just have to say this again—it makes Rudd and Theroux look awful. That’s a cinematic crime, right there.

(Streaming on Netflix.)

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The Post

Perhaps the most important journalistic battle in American history gets the Spielberg treatment in The Post, starring a stellar cast that includes Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. The film explores the Washington Post’s decision to print the Pentagon Papers on Vietnam in 1971, a move that put the careers of people like paper owner Kay Graham (Streep) and editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks) in major jeopardy. Bradlee, who died in 2014, was a journalism giant. The movie starts in 1966 with Daniel Ellsberg (Matthew Rhys), a member of the State Department doing a study for Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (Bruce Greenwood), in South Vietnam. Embedded with American troops, Ellsberg sees all sorts of atrocities and is a firsthand witness to the growing failure of American participation in the Vietnam War. His forecast about the war’s outcome is bleak, but McNamara and President Johnson—and two presidents before him— share a rosier, false version with the American public where America is finding great success overseas. The supporting cast includes Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, the legendary TV comedians of Mr. Show. It’s a trip to see them on screen together in a Spielberg production.

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Roll call I’m often asked for recommendations on Reno sushi joints. Even in a town seemingly saturated in the stuff, there’s always someplace new looking to make its mark. Sushi Maki opened last year in the Plumgate shopping center for a short time but closed before I got a chance to taste the food. When I heard they’d reopened in a new location, I invited my friend and her two kids to join me for a meal. All-you-caneat meals are $18.95 for lunch and $24.95 for dinner. Lunch and dinner prices for kids 10 and younger are $13.95 and $17.95, respectively.

The miso soup was a hot bowl of umami contentment. We folllowed it up with a couple of orders of mussels. One baked and one fried ordered provided a nice contrast. Gyoza—potstickers—were crispy and full of herbed pork and cabbage. A yakiton cream cheese eggroll was smooth and crispy. I was surprised by my order of agedashi. It’s usually cubes of fried, silken tofu, served with a bit of sauce or broth and sprinkled with bonito flakes and scallion.

Sushi Maki’s version consisted of triangles of fried curd that were set on a plate drizzled with the same sauce as the gyoza and yakiton. It was fine, but not quite what I was hoping for.

All of the nigiri bites featured excellent cuts of fish with just the right amount of rice. We enjoyed simple, delicious servings of scallop, salmon, mackerel, eel, surf clam, snapper, escolar, octopus, salmon roe, seared tuna and smoked salmon. But the compound nigiri was something else. Sure, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck made the scene—seared tuna, crab mix and avocado; and salmon, crab mix and avocado, respectively—but they brought some backup.

Pikachu’s seared tuna was topped with crunchy tenkasu and a house special sauce,

Sushi Maki opened briefly last year in the Plumgate shopping center and has reopened on Warren Way. PHOTO/ALLISON YOUNG

while Mrs. Puff’s mix of salmon, tobiko, cilantro, green onion and yuzu sauce—hot and sour citrus—was a combination that’s hard to describe but was easy to enjoy.

Completing the lineup was Hot Nemo (shrimp, spicy tuna, spicy crab, avocado), Shrek (unagi, shrimp, avocado), Ninja turtle (cooked scallop, shrimp, avocado, tenkasu), Volcano (tuna, cooked scallop, crab mix, green onion) and a tempura-battered take on upside down shrimp. The steamed shrimp was stuffed with scallop, deep fried, then topped with crab mix, avocado and sauce, with a nice sesame finish.

Several long rolls were also shared, each rolled tight enough to provide bite-sized morsels. The Zuly roll began with tempura shrimp and cream cheese on the inside and was topped with shrimp, crab, avocado and chopped macadamia. Cream cheese isn’t something I look for in sushi, but this combo worked pretty well. The same was true of the Lion roll, which featured cooked salmon, crab, scallop, cream cheese and jalapeno topped with spicy tuna.

Spicy crab, cucumber and jalapeño filled the Vegas, which was topped with salmon, avocado and thin-sliced lemon. It was a terrific mix of fresh and spicy flavors, with a bit of crunch and a hint of sweetness.

But an old favorite was the one I liked best—Wayne’s roll, with cooked scallop, tempura shrimp and crab mix. The long roll was good, but the hand roll variation on it was exceptional.

The kids rounded out the evening with the Crabzilla, a tempura deep-fried roll of crab, avocado and green onion. They thoroughly enjoyed it, yet still had room for dessert—eating machines, indeed. Ω

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Blind Dog Tavern is comfortably busy most weekday evenings. Since opening in October, the bar has introduced a series of weekly events to bring in the crowds.

There’s Mezcal Monday, Tiki Tuesday, Whiskey Wednesday and a few others.

Bartender Matt Rainey—who has helmed Mezcal Monday for the last six weeks—said there’s a point to the events, aside from the obvious opportunity to use catchy alliterations.

“You know, it’s always fun to have a little daily thing going on,” he said. “We get to create our own cocktails. It gives all of the bartenders a chance to experiment.”

For Rainey, playing with possible combinations of smoky tasting mezcal—a cousin of tequila—and other flavors is exciting. On this evening, he’d decided to mix up a minty, apple-flavored mezcal cocktail, a riff on a recipe he found online.

“I do what every good bartender does and just take something on the internet and change it a little bit,” he said, laughing.

“Sometimes I come up with my own, you know, when I have little bursts of inspiration.”

One week, he mixed mezcal with elderflower liqueur, a flavor combination that might not spring immediately to a cocktail neophyte’s mind. And mezcal can be an intimidating spirit for newbies, too. People who’ve heard of it often associate mezcal with the larvae that are sometimes placed in bottles. But mezcal that’s sold stateside rarely contains larvae, which, according to author and Serious Eats contributor Michael Dietsch, isn’t really all that traditional and “only dates back to about 1950, when a clever marketer started adding larvae to bottles, having discovered that they could help mask the chemical taste of a poorly made product.”

The mezcal used at Blind Dog is not a poorly made product. It’s El Silencio

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Espadin Black Bottle Mezcal, an artisanal variety made in small batches in San Baltazar Guelavila, Oaxaca, by ninthgeneration mezcalero Pedro Hernández.

As Rainey mixed the ingredients for the cocktail, he shared some of his own knowledge about its central ingredient.

“Did you know that all tequila is mezcal, but not all mezcal is tequila?” he asked. “They’re very similar spirits.

They’re basically made in the same way, but the difference is that tequila can only be made in five states in Mexico ... and has to be made out of blue agave. Mezcal is a little bit more liberal. It can be made in eight states in Mexico, and it can be made with any type of agave.”

Another difference is that the agave for mezcal is roasted in underground, earthen pits, whereas tequila agave is often cooked in an autoclave or steam-injected oven.

“The roasted flavor adds the smokiness, kind of like peat to Scotch,” Rainey said.

The cocktail he created this evening—a blend of mezcal and apple brandy with dashes of sweet vermouth, Fernet Branca and maraschino liqueur, stirred together— had an aromatic, breathy quality. It was a boozy drink, with powerful flavors of smoke, herb, mint and apple.

It might not be for everyone, but owner Josh Callen said that doesn’t really matter.

If a person tries a special cocktail and hates it, they’re welcome to something else, generally on the house. He just wants people to experience new flavors.

“I feel like if you have an experience like that, you’ll be more prone to continue,” Callen said. “And it’s fun for us that way. Ω

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Pete Menchetti, organizer of the Debauch-A-Reno festival, runs two local businesses, Sticker Guy and Slovenly Recordings, often from the road.

Global punk Debauch-A-Reno festival The Mummies have done a lot of things.

They’ve thrown keyboards around onstage.

They’ve kept their lo-fi punk sound and B-horror-movie look alive for decades.

And they did not let their 1992 breakup stop them from occasionally reuniting to headline festivals in Europe.

But there are a few things they haven’t done—played Reno, for one.

“It’s not been easy to book them,” said promoter Pete Menchetti. “I’ve been trying for 10 years. After I saw them at a show in Sardinia, I was talking to Trent, their singer.

And he said, ‘We used to go to Bizarre Guitar all the time in Reno to buy instruments. … We got so many great vintage instruments, you know, like our organs, and our box guitar and stuff, we got them all at Bizarre Guitar.’ I said, ‘That’s crazy, because my mom’s house is over off of Oddie Boulevard, where Bizarre Guitar is, and I used to go to the arcade next door to play video games. I must have bumped into you guys at some point.’”

Menchetti’s not 100 percent sure that was the clincher, but, in any case, The Mummies are headlining his upcoming Debauch-A-Reno festival, scheduled to mark the 25th anniversary of his company, Sticker Guy. Menchetti, who grew up in Reno, started Sticker Guy in 1993 and, soon after, a subsidiary record label, 702 Records, that later became Slovenly Recordings. He was an activist who organized events such as Critical Mass and joined the effort to try to save the historical Mapes Hotel in downtown Reno, which was demolished in 2000.

Eventually, Reno and the U.S. started to seem like they weren’t the right environments for him to organize in.

“When I saw the Mapes go down, and I realized that maybe really half the city was

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in favor of that, I thought maybe this city was not for me” he said.

He moved to Naples, Italy, where he had family ties, and opened a bar.

“I saw a massive potential for the music scene [in Naples], for rock ’n’ roll. People are so full of energy and enthusiastic. It’s a much bigger city, and it’s an amazing city. … I felt that my efforts would be more fruitful there because there’s just more people there and more enthusiasm.”

“I moved around Europe, moved to Amsterdam and then to Spain, and then back to Amsterdam, and I’ve just been all over the place since then,” he said. “I’ve got itchy feet; I love to travel. … But what the USA has me coming back for—besides, of course, my family and business and my friends—is music. A lot of the best bands on the planet are from the United States.

They’re the ones headlining the biggest festivals in Europe.”

Menchetti runs Sticker Guy and Slovenly from the road.

“I’m in constant contact with my employees here,” he said. “My employees, most of them have been with me for five years and up. The longest-running employee, David Bruce, has been there for 15 years.”

He also organizes events such as the We’re Loud Fest, which has brought Slovenly artists to Greece, Italy, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

Even though he finally gets to host The Mummies in Reno soon, Menchetti stressed that the Debauch-A-Reno is “not just a Mummies show.” There’s also two-day lineup of bands like Reno’s Alphabet Cult, the Spits from Seattle, and Gutara Kyo, who’s never played outside of Japan. Ω

Debauch-A-Reno, the Sticker Guy 25th Anniversary Party, takes place April 13-15 at Jub-Jub’s, 71 S. Wells Ave. Two-day festival tickets are sold out. Tickets for an April 15 “Sooprize Party” bus trip to Virginia City, $20, are available at sloven.ly/reno-tix, and tickets will be sold at the door for an all-ages portion of the festival on April 14 in the alley near Jub-Jub’s.

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MagNicoSynth’s First Friday Funk Fest, 9pm, no cover

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FOR THE WEEK OF maRcH 1, 2018 For a complete listing of this week’s events or to post events to our online calendar, visit www.newsreview.com.

WF ACADEMY POLITICAL EDUCATION TRAINING: Working Families Academy is conducting a series of day-long trainings. Participants will have a chance to engage in an entry-level elections simulation exercise that aims to strengthen their strategic thinking and campaign planning skills. Thu, 3/1, 9am. Free. Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 169, 570 Reactor Way, (206) 218-9435, www.facebook.com/ events/402666256840496.

WASHOE COUNTY REPUBLICANS CAUCUS/ PRECINCT MEETINGS: All registered

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YOUTH ART MONTH FAMILY ART FESTIVAL

Arts for All Nevada celebrates Youth Art Month with an art show and festival featuring eight creative art stations for kids, a free book for each child, face painting, tours of the historic Lake Mansion and an appearance by Patty Cafferata, author of The Lake Mansion: Home to Reno’s Founding Families. The festival takes place on Saturday, March 3, from 10am-2pm. The Youth Art Month exhibit features artwork created during workshops conducted by Arts for All Nevada in over 50 special education classrooms in 30 elementary, middle and high schools in Washoe County. The show opens on March 1 and runs through April 27 at Arts for All Nevada at the Lake Mansion, 250 Court St. Gallery hours are 10am to 4pm Monday-Friday. Admission is free. Call 826-6100 or visit www.artsforallnevada.org.

Republicans are invited to elect or nominate other Republicans in their precincts for central committee and delegates to the county convention.

The event will take place at various high school locations through the county. Sat 3/3, 9am. Free. Visit website for details, www.washoegop.org.

WRITERS IN THE WOODS—LOLA HASKINS: SNC Tahoe’s Writers in the Woods Literary Speaker Series presents a reading and workshop with poet and writer Lola Haskins. The free reading will be 7-9pm on Friday. The workshop will be 10am-noon on Saturday. Fri, 3/2, 7pm; Sat, 3/3, 10am. $50 for workshop, free for students. Tahoe Center for Environmental Studies, Room 139-141,Sierra Nevada College, 999 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village., (775) 831-1314 ext.

7514, www.sierranevada.edu.

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MONITORING MOUNTAIN LION MOVEMENTS AND PREY CHOICE: Learn about the diet

of mountain lions. Sat, 3/3, 2pm. Free.

Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mount Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948.

2018 SOF HOMEBREW SPECTACULAR: Sons of Fermination hosts this homebrewing competition to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. More than 25 local homebrewers are expected to compete. Sat, 3/3, 2pm. $10-$30. Club Cal Neva, 38 E. Second St., (775) 762-0454.

NEVADA GAMING RECOLLECTIONS LECTURE: Neal Cobb will discuss the early years of the Harold’s Club from his perspective as a family member and loyal employee of the Smith Family, who owned the iconic casino. Fri, 3/2, 5:30pm. $0-$5. Nevada Historical Society, 1650 N. Virginia St., (775) 688-1190, nvhistoricalsociety.org.

A GAME OF THRONES EVENING WITH THE ARTS: The Churchill Arts Council holds its second annual fundraising dinner and silent auction. Sat, 3/3, 5:30pm. $80-$90.

Fallon Convention Center, 100 Campus Way, Fallon, (775) 423-1440.

SIERRA NEVADA SECTION—SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS FUNDRAISER: An evening of camaraderie and raffles to raise funds to support the group’s community outreach and scholarships. Wed, 3/7, 5pm. Free. Great Basin Brewing Company, 846 Victorian Ave, Sparks, (914) 498-1731, sns.swe.org.

FIRST THURSDAY: Celebrate the opening of the art exhibitions Hans Meyer Kassel: Artist of Nevada and Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia. Explore the exhibitions, meet the curators, converse with trained docents in the galleries and enjoy the music of the Mark Mackay Band. Come early at 4:30pm for a Hans Meyer-Kassel book signing with Jack Bacon, Guy Clifton and Ann M. Wolfe.

Thu, 3/1, 5pm. $10, free for NMA members.

Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (75) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

VOTER REGISTRATION CANVASS TRAINING:

LAKE TAHOE’S RUSTIC ARCHITECTURE: Peter Mires explores why the manmade environment around Lake Tahoe is predominantly rustic in style. Sat, 3/3, 2pm. Free. Sparks Museum & Cultural Center, 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144.

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Learn the latest and most persuasive approaches in canvassing. If you are unable to walk, but you can join in a phone bank, contact Doug Smithson at voterreg@washoedems.org. Be sure to leave your name, phone number and email. Sat, 3/3, 10am. Free. Democratic Party of Washoe County, 1465 Terminal Way, www.washoedems.org.

ARTISTS CO-OP GALLERY RENO: Photo Fandango XII. The 12th annual invitational show features work by more than 20 local photographers. There will be an artists’ reception on Sunday March 4, noon-4pm. The exhibition runs March 1-31. Thu, 3/1-Wed, 3/7, 11am-4pm. Free.

Artists Co-Op Gallery Reno, 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896.

CCAI COURTHOUSE GALLERY: Writing from Mars. The Capital City Arts Initiative presents its exhibition featuring artwork

by Rick Parsons. His work explores automatic writing, jazz thinking and three-dimensional forms, while also addressing the environment. The show runs through May 23. Thu, 3/1-Fri, 3/2, Mon, 3/5-Wed, 3/7, 8am-5pm. Free. CCAI Courthouse Gallery, 885 E. Musser St., Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

NEVADA FINE ARTS: Landscapes of Nevada.

Nevada Fine Arts hosts the opening reception of this collaborative show featuring many local artists and photographers. Part of the proceeds from this show will go to benefit the Nevada Land Trust. Sat, 3/3, 5pm. Free.

Nevada Fine Arts, 1301 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-1128.

NORTHWEST RENO LIBRARY: Bold Impressionism. A collection of contemporary landscape oil paintings

by Truckee artist Jane Lufkin. The show runs from March 3-April 28. Sat, 3/3, Mon, 3/5-Wed, 3/7, 10am. Free. Northwest Reno Library, 2325 Robb Drive, (775) 787-4100.

STUDENT GALLERIES SOUTH, JOT TRAVIS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: BFA Thesis Exhibitions. Thesis exhibitions by bachelor of fine arts students Corina Shoemaker and James Mullens.

Gallery hours are noon-4pm, MondayThursday. Mon, 3/5-Wed, 3/7, noon. Free.

Student Galleries South, Jot Travis Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278.

WEST ST. MARKET: Art Walk Reno. The evening will highlight public art, murals and stop at several of the galleries and alternative venues along the way, including Sierra Arts Gallery, Art Indeed Gallery and La Terre Verte. Thu, 3/1, 6pm. $10. West St. Market, 148 West St., (415) 596-4987, artspotreno.com.

FILm CARSON CITY CLASSIC CINEMA CLUB: The club presents screenings of films made before 1970 every month. This month’s feature is Frank Capra’s 1944 film Arsenic & Old Lace starring Cary Grant. Tue, 3/6, 6pm. $3 students, $5 general admission, free for members. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 315-8495, ccclassiccinema.org.

I KNEW HER WELL: Artemisia Moviehouse presents a screening of the 1965 drama directed Antonio Pietrangeli. Adriana, a naive Italian country girl, moves to Rome to become a movie star and experiences the dark side of the business. Sun, 3/4, 6pm. $5 students, $7 students, seniors, $9 general admission. Good Luck Macbeth, 124 W. Taylor St., (775) 636-3386, artemisiamovies.weebly.com.

mUSIc COME IN FROM THE COLD: The winter family entertainment program continues with a performance by Suspect Terrane.

Sat 3/3, 7pm. $3 suggested donation.

Western Heritage Interpretive Center, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, (775) 828-6612.

ETHAN BORTNICK: The 17-year-old singer and pianist and his band will perform his original compositions, along with songs from the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Chopin, Billy Joel, Broadway, The Great American Songbook and more. Fri, 3/2, 7:30pm. $25-$50. Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 686-6600, pioneercenter.com.

FOUR BY FOUR WITH CALIDORE QUARTET: Apex Concerts continues its seventh season with Four by Four, a criss-cross of genres, time periods, locations and musical intersections, courtesy of the multi-award winning Calidore String Quartet. The program includes music

by Mozart, Caroline Shaw, Shostakovich and Beethoven. Tue, 3/6, 7:30pm. $5-$30.

Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, apexvoncerts.org.

THE INNOCENCE OF SPRING: The Argenta Trio will be joined by Belgian-American violist Dimitri Murrath in a program of music by Haydn, Fauré and James Winn’s “Trio No. 2” world premiere. Sun, 3/4, 3pm. $20, free for students. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278.

LAB 1 SPRING CONCERT: The Free Radicals will perform the music of renowned New York-based jazz pianist and composer Kris Davis. Davis will perform her compositions for large ensemble with the band. Thu, 3/1, 7:30pm. $5 general admission, free for UNR students.

Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278.

LE CAFE CHANSON: P’Opera kicks off its 2018 dinner/theatre series with a program featuring music with a French flair highlighting the works of Jaques Offenbach, Cole Porter, Claude-Michel Schoenberg and Alan Menken, among others. Sun, 3/4, 5pm & 7:30pm. $35.

Napa Sonoma Grocery Company, 7671 S. Virginia St., (775) 233-5105, poperanv.org.

ONSTaGE THE HUMAN PERSPECTIVE: Sisters Three Productions presents an original production featuring scenes and monologues gathered from a variety of sources, including blogs, poems, books, local authors, even the personal lives of the cast. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Safe Embrace. This play contains mature content. Fri,

3/2, 7:30pm; Sat, 3/3, 2pm & 7:30pm; Sun, 3/4, 7:30pm. $15-$20. The Potentialist Workshop, 836 E. Second St., (775) 3916234, www.facebook.com/PPPWS.

RENO STORYTELLERS—PROJECT LOVE & HEARTBREAK: Storytellers Sharon Hatfield, Jeromy Manke, Keith Serxner, Eli Smith and Josie Spadoni dig into their love lives. Thu, 3/1, 6pm & 8pm. $5-$10.

Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 813-8900.

TWELFTH NIGHT: The University of Nevada, Reno School of the Arts presents William Shakespeare’s comedic play about unrequited love, mistaken identity and the fight for freedom of expression.

Performed with Shakespeare’s original language, but set on the Playa in Black Rock Desert, the characters explore their identity and orientation in flux. This is a land of free, radical self-expression, so be prepared for a delightful romp where all are welcome. Performances are at 7:30pm March 2-3, 7-10 and 1:30pm on March 4. Fri, 3/2-Sat, 3/3, 7:30pm; Sun, 3/4, 1:30pm; Wed, 3/7, 7:30pm. $5-$15.

Redfield Studio Theatre, Church Fine Arts, UNR, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 7844278, www.unr.edu/theatre-dance..

by AMY ALKON

Waity issues I’m a married gay woman.

Whenever I ask my wife to discuss some problem in our relationship, she’ll say, “Can we talk about this tomorrow” (or “later”)? Of course, there’s never a “tomorrow.” I end up feeling resentful, and this makes even a minor issue turn into a big deal. Help.

Procrastination is defined by psychologists as voluntarily delaying some action we need to take, despite our knowing that doing this will probably make the ultimate outcome much worse.

Procrastinating seems seriously dumb, right? But consider the sort of tasks we put off. Chances are, nobody needs to nag you 45 times to eat cake or have what you’re pretty sure will be mind-blowing sex.

Research by social scientists Fuschia Sirois and Timothy Pychyl suggests that procrastination is a form of mood management—a knee-jerk emotional reaction to emotional stress that involves putting “short-term mood repair over long-term goal pursuit.”

I know—not exactly the stuff Valentine’s Day cards are made of. But focus on the “knee-jerk” aspect of the mood management response. Psychologist Daniel Kahneman explains that our brain has two systems—an instinctive, fast-responding emotional system that jumps right in and a slower rational system that we have to force to do its job.

That’s because reasoning— applying judgment to some dreaded problem—takes what Kahneman calls “mental work.” We have to make ourselves focus on the problem and then put cognitive energy into figuring things out. That’s a grim chore—the antithesis of a mood booster. And that’s probably why there’s a term “pay attention!” but there’s no “pay emotion!” Emotion is automatic. It just busts out, all “An issue to discuss? Oh, wouldja look at the time?! I believe I’m five minutes late for moving to Florida!”

Because personality traits tend to be consistent over time and across situations, chances are, your wife has a habit of ducking all sorts of emotionally uncomfortable stuff.

Understanding this—as well as why we procrastinate—can help you see her ducking as a human flaw rather than a sign that a particular human doesn’t love her wife.

To keep resentment from poisoning your relationship, when she says “tomorrow…” say, “Awesome, babe. What time works for you?”

Maybe even have a regular weekly wine ’n’ chat. Ideally, the conversations should mostly be lovey-dovey, not the sort she prefers to have on the third Tuesday in never.

Crime of compassion I’m a 33-year-old guy on the dating scene, looking for a relationship. I’m pretty picky, so most of my dating isn’t going past the three-week mark. My problem is that it seems mean to call a woman and tell her why I’m not interested, but it also seems mean to just ghost—disappear on her without telling her why. What’s a good and kind way to end things?

It’s disappointing when a prospective relationship isn’t working, but it’s much worse when it just disappears.

“Ghosting” somebody you’ve been dating—vanishing forever, sans explanation— cues what psychologists call the “Zeigarnik effect,” which describes the mind’s habit of annoying us over and over and over to get “closure” when we have unfinished business.

Some people “ghost” because they have all the conscience of a deer tick. Others believe or tell themselves that it’s kinder than laying out exactly why they’re done.

But consider that when moving on, you only need to communicate one essential thing: There will be no more of you in their future.

Stick to vague explanations— “spark just wasn’t there”—instead of going into detail about, say, how her breath reminds you of a decomposing gerbil. Avoid explanations that give a woman hope that your vamoosage is temporary—for example, telling her you have to end it with her because you still aren’t over your ex. That can lead to a closure of sorts—of the zipper on the tent she’s pitched in the middle of your cul-de-sac. Ω

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

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Consequences were serious. The conflagration that ignited in his little shop burned down large parts of the city. Three hundred twenty years later, a group of bakers gathered at the original site to offer a ritual atonement. “It’s never too late to apologize,” said one official, acknowledging the tardiness of the gesture. In that spirit, Aries, I invite you to finally dissolve a clump of guilt you’ve been carrying . . . or express gratitude that you should have delivered long ago . . . or resolve a messy ending that still bothers you . . . or transform your relationship with an old wound . . . or all of the above.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Committee to

Fanatically Promote Taurus’s Success is pleased to see that you’re not waiting politely for your next turn. You have come to the brilliant realization that what used to be your fair share is no longer sufficient. You intuitively sense that you have a cosmic mandate to skip a few steps—to ask for more and better and faster results. As a reward for this outbreak of shrewd and well-deserved self-love, and in recognition of the blessings that are currently showering down on your astrological House of Noble Greed, you are hereby granted three weeks’ worth of extra service, free bonuses, special treatment and abundant slack.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): No one can be

somewhat pregnant. You either are or you’re not. But from a metaphorical perspective, your current state is a close approximation to that impossible condition. Are you or are you not going to commit yourself to birthing a new creation? Decide soon, please. Opt for one or the other resolution; don’t remain in the gray area. And there’s more to consider. You are indulging in excessive in-betweenness in other areas of your life, as well. You’re almost brave and sort of free and semi-faithful. My advice about these halfway states is the same: Either go all the way or else stop pretending you might.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Appalachian Trail

is a 2,200-mile path that runs through the eastern United States. Hikers can wind their way through forests and wilderness areas from Mount Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in Georgia. Along the way, they may encounter black bears, bobcats, porcupines and wild boars. These natural wonders may seem to be at a remote distance from civilization, but they are in fact conveniently accessible from America’s biggest metropolis. For $8.75, you can take a train from Grand Central Station in New York City to an entry point of the Appalachian Trail. This scenario is an apt metaphor for you right now, Cancerian. With relative ease, you can escape from your routines and habits. I hope you take advantage!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Is 2018 turning out to be as I expected it would be for you? Have you become more accepting of yourself and further at peace with your mysterious destiny? Are you benefiting from greater stability and security? Do you feel more at home in the world and better nurtured by your close allies? If for some reason these developments are not yet in bloom, withdraw from every lesser concern and turn your focus to them. Make sure you make full use of the gifts that life is conspiring to provide for you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “You can’t find

intimacy—you can’t find home—when you’re always hiding behind masks,” says Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Díaz. “Intimacy requires a certain level of vulnerability. It requires a certain level of you exposing your fragmented, contradictory self to someone else. You running the risk of having your core self rejected and hurt and misunderstood.” I can’t imagine any better advice to offer you as you navigate your way through the next seven weeks, Virgo. You will have a wildly fertile opportunity to find and create more intimacy.

But in order to take full advantage, you’ll have to be brave and candid and unshielded.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the coming weeks,

you could reach several odd personal bests.

For instance, your ability to distinguish between flowery bullshit and inventive truthtelling will be at a peak. Your “imperfections” will be more interesting and forgivable than usual and might even work to your advantage, as well. I suspect you’ll also have an adorable inclination to accomplish the half-right thing when it’s impossible to do the perfectly right thing. Finally, all the astrological omens suggest that you will have a tricky power to capitalize on lucky lapses.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): French philosopher

Blaise Pascal said, “If you do not love too much, you do not love enough.” American author Henry David Thoreau declared, “There is no remedy for love but to love more.” I would hesitate to offer these two formulations in the horoscope of any other sign but yours, Scorpio. And I would even hesitate to offer them to you at any other time besides right now.

But I feel that you currently have the strength of character and fertile willpower necessary to make righteous use of such stringently medicinal magic. So please proceed with my agenda for you, which is to become the smartest, feistiest, most resourceful lover who has ever lived.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The state of

Kansas has over 6,000 ghost towns—places where people once lived, but then abandoned.

Daniel C. Fitzgerald has written six books documenting these places. He’s an expert on researching what remains of the past and drawing conclusions based on the old evidence. In accordance with current astrological omens, I suggest you consider doing comparable research into your own lost and half-forgotten history. You can generate vigorous psychic energy by communing with origins and memories. Remembering who you used to be will clarify your future.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It’s not quite a revolution that’s in the works. But it is a sprightly evolution. Accelerating developments may test your ability to adjust gracefully. Quickly-shifting storylines will ask you to be resilient and flexible. But the unruly flow won’t throw you into a stressful tizzy as long as you treat it as an interesting challenge instead of an inconvenient imposition. My advice is not to stiffen your mood or narrow your range of expression, but rather to be like an actor in an improvisation class. Fluidity is your word of power.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s the “produc-

tive paradox” phase of your cycle. You can generate good luck and unexpected help by romancing the contradictions. For example: 1.

You’ll enhance your freedom by risking deeper commitment. 2. You’ll gain greater control over wild influences by loosening your grip and providing more spaciousness. 3. If you are willing to appear naive, empty, or foolish, you’ll set the stage for getting smarter. 4. A blessing you didn’t realize you needed will come your way after you relinquish a burdensome “asset.” 5. Greater power will flow your way if you expand your capacity for receptivity.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): As you make ap-

pointments in the coming months, you could reuse calendars from 2007 and 2001. During those years, all the dates fell on the same days of the week as they do in 2018. On the other hand, Pisces, please don’t try to learn the same lessons you learned in 2007 and 2001. Don’t get snagged in identical traps, or sucked into similar riddles or obsessed with comparable illusions. On the other other hand, it might help for you to recall the detours you had to take back then, since you may thereby figure out how to avoid having to repeat boring old experiences that you don’t need to repeat.

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

by KRis VAgNER

Sculptor

Susan Church is a rancher and sculptor who lives in Elko County.

Her work will be on exhibit, along with watercolors by Stephen Reid, at the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. Williams St., Carson City, from March 2-June 30, with an artist’s reception March 2 from 5-7 p.m.

How did you get into welding and making sculpture?

Being raised on a ranch and growing up with a dad who repaired a lot of machinery. It just came as part of the environment. And using recycled things came from being around historical junkyards and things. I was raised on the family ranch, moved away and came back, oh, 20 years later, and we’ve been here working on this part of the ranch 25 years.

I live on a remote part of the ranch now, and it’s great for making artwork. At the last minute, before a show, I always get great idea.

What last-minute ideas do you have right now?

It always depends on what we’re doing this time of year. It’s weather-related, naturerelated, agriculture-related. I’m using old rake teeth and doing some forging on them. Parts of [that piece] are forged.

Parts of it are welded. Sometimes the lastminute projects are my favorite things.

You have a few public sculptures

out in the world, too, right?

Mostly here in Elko at Great Basin College. And when I was 18, I thought I could pull off doing the one on the library. It’s still there, and I look back and go, “What was I thinking?” I learned a lot about public art. You need to make things pass all kinds of codes. In the city park, for the sesquicentennial, I did a big sagebrush there.

Is the junkyard still a good source of materials?

Yes, it’s like a shopping mall. I like to say I’ve got things kind of in aisles and bins, and I probably won’t live long enough to weld it all up. People give me things, too.

A lot of times you find things around the ranch. It seems like when there is a flood or a big storm, it washes away some dirt.

So there’s always something that was right underfoot that you never saw before. I’m

trying not to let [the junkyard pile] grow.

And the horses and the bulls can’t get in there and get on anything sharp, so I have to be careful with my storage. There’s a lot of history with the old metals. Our family’s been ranching for almost 150 years. They didn’t have welders and hydraulics and four-wheel drives. I started using [our older equipment] as a teenager. My first sculpture was made out of a rake piece.

We don’t use those kind of rakes anymore.

They’re kind of semicircles that have aged lying the in the dirt, so the patina’s kind of tactile. I have this spiral of barbed wire that’s been around waiting for the right time and piece, and it’s fitting into this one.

One of the rules I live by is that I won’t allow myself to alter something. I go, “You can bend it just a little. You can leave something broken or twisted as it is.”

Tell me about more of the pieces in your upcoming show.

Part of this series I will be showing in Carson is relating to sage grouse. They’re part of our ecosystem here. They’re kind of in a controversial state of being an endangered species or not, but they’re an important part of how we ranch, so I’ve been doing a few pieces on them.

And that’s all done with plasma cutting.

My show will have both my found-object work and this other, more fabricated work. It’s always nice to get things on the wall and out of the shop, so I can see what’s going on besides feeding the cows on a ranch. It’s been an easier winter than last year, so I’ve been able to get out to that junk pile more. Ω

by BRUCE VAN DYKE

Follow the students!

I know there are many out there who don’t get into politics and political power plays and all that stuff, but it should be noted that this Russian investigation being conducted by Bob Mueller is slowly exposing an endlessly fascinating and eternally interesting story for the ages. I mean, goddamn, it’s The Manchurian Candidate meets The Americans in House of Cards—and it’s for freaking real! So, sorry, but this is no time to get fatigued by this tale, if that’s what you’re feeling. It’s a time to instead get wrapped up and absolutely turbocharged with the genuine sense that this is a very special time in our history and that this amazingly outrageous saga is taking shape right in front of our gaping faces.

Think of a jigsaw puzzle, a horribly complex one, with a thousand pieces on the floor. And slowly but surely, our man Mueller and his crack team of badasses are put-

ting it together, piece by agonizing piece. Don’t be in a hurry. One must be patient. One must be meticulous.

This has gotta be done right. And it appears that Sheriff Bob and his boys indeed know exactly what they’re doing.

One of the larger questions dangling out there right now is—Does Paul Manafort have the information that will ultimately put Dum Dum, Dum Dum, Jr., and Jared in the klink? If he does, it’s his “get out of jail” card. If he doesn’t, he’s done.

Buh bye. If he talks, he may one day lay eyes on his beloved Persian rugs once again. And if he doesn’t talk, he knows full well that Mueller has Flynn, Gates and Papadopoulos now singing in the Kompromat Choir, and they’ll all very likely take down Trump anyway, so really, why should I fall on this sword for Combover Nero? The endless juiciness just keeps getting slathered on!

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I would put Stoneman Douglas High School students Delaney Tarr, Emma Gonzalez and David Hogg in the House of Representatives right this very second.

These kids absolutely rock, and I would replace despicable Russian agent Dana Rohrabacher, Russian agent Devin Nunes, and Trump lickspittle Paul Ryan with those three teens in a second and a half.

They sound exactly the way you want your congressperson to sound, and their raps have been delightfully refreshing and inspiring.

Students all over America, go for it. Get it on, get pissed, and go for it. Show us what untainted, unpurchased, uncompromised leadership looks like. Show us, and we will follow. We will be there for you. The word goes out.

The time has come. Release the students! Ω

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