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Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review. Did you vote yet? Voting has begun for this year’s Best of Northern Nevada contest. This behemoth contest is one of our biggest annual undertakings. We act as the conduit for you, the fine folks of the local community, to express praise for your favorite local businesses, activities, personalities and more. Vote for your favorite restaurants, bars, TV newscasters, barbershops, grocery stores and everyfreaking-thing else. There are more than 300 categories in which to vote. And if you own a local business or you are some kind of self-important local personality, feel free to rally your friends and family to vote for you. We like seeing a hardfought campaign. That said, in reaction to some of the more infuriating results of the last couple of years, we decided to tweak the rules a bit. There are now two rounds of voting. The first round, an open primary, runs through June 7. The second round of voting—from a pool of nominees—will run from June 28 to July 26. Only one ballot per email address per round. We also monitor IP addresses and watch for other signs of ballot-stuffing, so don’t even try it. Also: Beware of cheap knockoffs! There are a few imitation contests out there. Don’t waste your time voting in contests that nobody cares about. We host the contest that awards the plaques that you see around town at Reno’s best businesses. Check out the promo ad on page 6 for more details. Or head straight on over to www. bestofnorthernnevada.com.

Re “Campaign finance in a gilded age” (Left Foot Forward, April 26): I appreciate your commentary about campaign finance. My solution, which unfortunately will never be implemented, is a constitutional amendment simply prohibiting any donations of money, property or services to a candidate for national office by anyone or any entity who CANNOT vote for the candidate. I suggest that such a constitutional amendment would return the power to voters and end the practices described in your article. Donald Schreiber Incline Village

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Party line letter Re “GOP decay revives party line votes” (Left Foot Forward, May 3): Ms. Leslie, as much as I usually respect your opinion on most subjects, I feel that you have fallen a bit short on your actions for this election cycle. It’s not just the Republican agenda that is a threat to our country. The established course of the Democratic Party is just as scary for our future. The philosophy of “Any Blue Will Do” can be just as devastating. Granted, until we can get rid of the strict monopoly of the two-party system, that creates their own rules, we will be stuck with the one percent buying our government. Please, do everything in your power to vote progressive. And not just by name, but by previous actions. Michael McArthur Reno

Secret letter Re “The secret history of Reno” (cover story, April 26): While I applaud the thoughtfulness of “The Secret History of Reno” two groups were notably absent from the article—women

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and LGBTQ. Quite an oversight, and to be ignored is itself a form of discrimination. Dennis McBride has written a history of LGBTQ discrimination in Nevada, called Out of the Neon Closet. This is a definitive work on the subject of homophobia in Nevada and the culmination of years of gathering an archive of printed evidence of homophobia at the highest levels of society. Thomas Mullin Reno Editor’s note: We ran a cover story about Dennis McBride’s book last year (“Hidden history,” Feb. 16, 2017) as well as another cover story that was an excerpt from his book (“Stripped rights,” July 13, 2017). However, one of the problems involved in reporting the history of that once-closeted group is a lack of archives and recorded history. For that reason and reasons of space, we cannot always be as thorough as we would like.

Aggressive letter Due to present and/or future plans of present and/or future rogue nations and/or terrorists, it is not only the United States who needs reality-tested ever-evolving defenses against ever-evolving nuclear missile threats. Any steps we are taking against germ or chemical attack, and—last but not least— EMP-hardening and GPS-backup technology, we also need to share these things with India and other non-rogue non-communist nations, in case present and/or future rogue nations and/or terrorists may have plans for world conquest. Alex Sokolow Santa Monica

Letter letter Re “Perky little letter” (letters, April 26): Well, editors, I, too, occasionally enjoy a good “compass” letter—you know, one that seems to point in every damn direction

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I would say no. The reason why would be because I’d be watching all of my family and friends pass away before me. That’s one of my biggest fears—is losing people and being all alone. I wouldn’t want to do that. Mortality, too, pushes us to be better people. Jesus HeReDia Banker

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How to lose the land Washoe County has proposed a lands measure titled the Washoe County Economic Development and Conservation Act. Put simply, it would allow for the state to sell public lands in Washoe County to private companies. The intent of this act is to promote further development in Washoe County by selling what is currently public land to private developers. Proponents of the bill point to the creation of conservation areas as evidence of its virtue. The creation of these conservation areas is token accommodation that does not address sustainability. The function of these protected areas is to justify unsustainable development in other areas. A true solution addresses the quality, not just the quantity of development, for humans are part of the environment, and we must integrate our needs with those of the environment to have sustainable development. The lands that will be open to development under this bill are adjacent to the Pyramid Lake Reservation. Members of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe have maintained a moratorium on building on their reservation to ensure the health of their environment. Building up to the border of the reservation will negatively affect their efforts to maintain and enhance the environment. Some of the proposed lands are along the Truckee River between Reno and Fernley. Development on this land will impact the water of the Truckee on which the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe is culturally and economically dependent. The creation

of impermeable surface along the river will contribute to flooding and runoff with lower water quality. Those who support this measure claim that it is needed to support 100,000 new residents in the region. The problem is that there is not enough water to support 100,000 new residents in the area, which is relevant to this proposed act. The other use of the land could be for industrial development, which—as we have seen at the Tahoe Regional Industrial Complex—can end up being tax-free. This means that companies profit from our infrastructure without contributing to it, while our residents subsidize their operations by funding the infrastructure. Residents also bear the burden of impacts to land, air and water. This bill will result in sprawling development, the overuse of water, and some conservation areas which do little to address the impacts of—and are a continuation of—environmental mismanagement.What we need is responsible development that is focused on improving the city core through affordable housing and transportation. We can’t justify environmental sacrifice zones through the protection of other areas. We need development which integrates our needs with the environment. Ω

Ian Bigley is the mining justice organizer at the Progressive Leadership of Alliance of Nevada, and a student at the University of Nevada, Reno studying cultural anthropology.

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Making sense of death as penalty As the Nevada Supreme Court hears the gruesome arguments this week about how the state can best kill convicted murderer Scott Dozier, it’s worth reexamining why Nevada continues to insist on executions for capital crimes instead of using the more sensible punishment of life in prison without the possibility of parole for those society has judged unworthy of life. Because pharmaceutical manufacturers have now prohibited the more common drugs for this purpose, the Dozier appeal involves the use of an experimental drug cocktail as the means of execution. It’s worth noting that Dozier, like 11 of the 12 people executed in Nevada since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, is a “volunteer” in that he has chosen to give up his appeals in favor of a state-sponsored death. But since Nevada no longer has access to the drugs needed to carry out his execution, the state is attempting to use an unproven combination of drugs, some of which have already expired and cannot be repurchased, spending enormous

amounts of time and money to litigate and possibly carry out an execution that will not make us any safer. What a mess. The death penalty is in decline around the country and for good reason. New Hampshire is the latest state to vote for repeal, with a bill passed by both legislative bodies now headed to the governor’s desk to replace the death penalty with life without parole. The bill passed just short of a two-thirds majority, giving Governor Chris Sununu the ability to veto the measure, which he has vowed to do, even though it reflects the growing sentiment of voters who are tired of this costly and ineffective punishment. Republicans have led the effort to repeal the death penalty in New Hampshire, arguing that the state doesn’t have the millions of dollars it needs to fund the legal costs associated with the death penalty or build an execution chamber. Polls consistently show that support for the death penalty is decreasing and is now

at its lowest level since 1972. If people are asked whether they support the alternative of life without parole, support decreases even more, especially if the sentence also includes a restitution requirement. Most Americans have evolved beyond the need for an “eye for an eye,” realizing an enlightened society can separate dangerous and violent criminals from society without killing them. The voluntary deaths sought by death row inmates is likened by many to assisted suicide. According to Nevada lawyer Scott Coffee in an interview with the Marshall Project, “We don’t kill them in Nevada unless they agree to it. What you’ve got with Dozier is stateassisted suicide.” In the Dozier case, it was revealed during the mitigation phase that as a child he was sexually abused by teenagers in his neighborhood, with one psychologist diagnosing him with “elements of antisocial personality disorder with narcissistic traits.” According to the Marshall Project,

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there are many suicides in his family history, including a grandfather. The Nevada Legislature should follow the lead of New Hampshire and take up the death penalty in the 2019 session and have the serious bipartisan conversation our state deserves about this costly and ineffective practice. Instead of spending so much money pursuing death penalty sentences, we could redirect these resources into mental health care and other preventive mechanisms to decrease crime and strengthen our communities. And we should decline to participate in the suicidal wishes of heinous criminals. Dozier himself accurately summed up the insanity of trying to implement the death penalty in these conflicted times when he told the Marshall Project, “They spent millions of dollars giving me a death sentence, and then millions of dollars not killing me. It doesn’t make any fucking sense.” Ω

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Online entrepreneurs are working hard to turn pot into a tourist attraction.

Donald Trump’s claims about solar panel makers have been challenged by fact-checkers. On Jan. 22, as part of his war on renewable energy and his effort to revive coal, Trump imposed duties of as much as 30 percent on solar equipment made abroad, a setback to Nevada’s growing solar commerce. U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen subsequently introduced legislation to repeal the tariffs and, she said, protect Nevada jobs. Trump claimed at the time that the tariffs would create more jobs in the U.S. in existing companies and that more U.S. plants would result. Not long afterward, he claimed “We’re opening up at least five plants.” Still later, he upped the ante to “seven or eight” plants. But FactCheck at the Annenberg Public Policy Center reported on April 20 that “solar energy experts told us they knew of just one new announced facility since the tariffs were implemented. We asked the White House press office for a list of the ‘seven or eight’ plants, but we have not received a response. … JinkoSolar, a Chinese company, announced on Jan. 29 that it would finalize plans for a manufacturing facility in the U.S. It will be in Jacksonville, Florida, and create 200 jobs, the company said in late March. That’s the only new post-tariff facility that the Solar Energy Industries Association was aware of as well.”

loyalton’S ungovernment The Loyalton town government is at standstill as a result of a resignation from the town governing board. Loyalton is in California near the border with Nevada. On April 17, board member Nancy Rogers resigned. Until then, the five-member board had three members. Now it has two, which does not provide a quorum. Lawyers are examining the laws under which the board operates to try to find a way for it to function. The Sierra County Supervisors held a public meeting with Loyalton residents on April 20 at which a county attorney reported on legal research suggesting the two members could appoint a third and the three could then call an election. The Mountain Messenger in Downieville, which covers news of Loyalton and other small Sierra towns, seems to be promoting disincorporation of Loyalton, which would put the Sierra County Supervisors in charge of governing the little timber town.

muSk huff When corporations post quarterly data, their execs sometimes set up conference calls to provide information to analysts, investors, and reporters. Last week, Tesla’s Elon Musk tried to divert the attention of analysts from his corporate finances and onto the sexier terrain of technology. “Excuse me,” Musk interrupted a caller who asked about Tesla’s capital needs, “Next. Boring, bonehead questions are not cool. Next?” News of his behavior circled the globe. Journalists wondered what Musk was hiding. The London Times compared his behavior to an Enron executive who dodged a question about Enron’s financial health by saying, “Thank you very much, we appreciate that—asshole.” The Enron exec later went to prison. Tesla posted a record quarterly loss of more than $700 million for the first quarter of this year, twice that of the same period last year, which provides a very good reason for analysts to be asking about finances, as does the fact that Tesla is producing less than half the number of cars it needs to make the Model 3 profitable. Musk’s effort to deflect callers to technology matters did him no good, and even the corporation’s stockholders—generally considered Musk buffs—dumped on their erstwhile leader, driving share prices down by five percent in a single day. That represents a loss of about $2 billion.

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Toke tourism Making the best of things During the 2016 election campaign, when Question Two dealing with legal marijuana was on the ballot, Genoa prohibitionist Jim Hartman sent a letter to the editor to newspapers around the state arguing that tourism would be hurt if Q2 was approved. “The negative risks to the gaming industry for being in conflict with federal marijuana law caused the Nevada Resort Association to announce opposition to Q2 as well,” he wrote. Of course, the Resort Association has long had a hair trigger on its panic button when it comes to threats to the industry, but, as it turns out, pot scaring away tourism is not really a threat. The tourists seem to be coming because of marijuana. The problem is that they pretty much can’t use marijuana in Nevada. Question Two dealt with few ancillary issues because the immediate goal was to make marijuana legal. Other issues, it was felt, could be dealt with later. As a result, it allows people to toke up at home—and virtually nowhere else. For tourists, home is a long way away. “If lounges had been included, that would have been another issue for opponents to attack, which would have made it harder to pass,” said Clark County Sen. Richard Segerblom this

week. “And remember, after the session I obtained an LCB [Legislative Counsel Bureau] opinion that allows cities and counties to enact lounge ordinances under current law, so in reality there was no need to put lounges in the initiative.” The problem is that an LCB opinion and a couple of bucks gets you a cup of coffee. It has little other value. Some municipal officials around the state are reluctant to vote for local laws just on the say-so of a legislative lawyer. Segerblom says southern Nevada governments are taking “baby steps.” An opinion from a district attorney or the state attorney general is more substantive—but all of them opposed Question Two. “Yes, the city and county have both taken baby steps forward,” Segerblom said. “When [U.S. Attorney General] Jeff Sessions withdrew the Cole memo, everyone froze, but now things are starting to unthaw again. Also, the Paiute tribe [in] downtown Las Vegas is looking at something on their reservation.” The Washoe County Commission discussed lounges but took no action. There was concern about toking and driving, which could be dealt with as bars are, but there seemed little desire to even study the issue. The

Reno City Council has been more preoccupied with strip lounges and is considering prohibiting pot lounges until the Nevada Legislature acts further. As a result, the publicity Nevada is getting is akin to this, in the New Orleans Times Picayune: “While it may be legal to stroll down parts of the Las Vegas Strip with your favorite adult beverage, the same doesn’t apply to pot. It’s prohibited in casinos, bars, restaurants, parks, concerts and on U.S. property, from national forests to federally subsidized housing.” Prohibitionist Hartman told the Boston Globe he thinks lounges would bring more attention from the feds, but Donald Trump has made it clear he doesn’t want his appointees messing with state governments on the issue, and it would be a brave agency chief who went afoul of the state’s rights policy the wrath-prone Trump has laid down. Hartman also said, “We [Nevada] think, ‘We’ve done alcohol, we’ve done gambling, so marijuana will be a snap.’ There’s a certain level or arrogance here.” In fact, Nevada has not “done” alcohol, in the sense of making it legal and avoiding its risks, any more than any other state. There are in excess of 250 Nevada drunken driving deaths most years. According to Referral Solutions Group, “One study found that marijuana increased the odds of being in car accident by 83 percent … but when alcohol was involved, the odds of being in a car accident increased more than 2,200 percent.” Thus, drivers’ switching from booze to pot would likely reduce deaths. Colorado had, and has, similar problems with toking in public places, but it seemed not to interfere with marijuana tourism. In 2015, the Denver Post reported, “A study commissioned by the Colorado Tourism Office and presented to the office’s board of directors on Wednesday shows legal weed as a growing motivator for trips to Colorado—conflicting with the mantra of tourism officials statewide that savvy marketing alone is responsible for record visitation and spending in the past two years. … Twenty-two percent of survey respondents said marijuana was ‘extremely influential’ in their decision to visit Colorado. Twenty percent said it was ‘very much influential’

THE RENO GEM & MINERAL SOCIET Y PRESENTS: and nearly 7 percent said it was ‘somewhat influential.’” As the number of legal marijuana states grows, the novelty will dwindle, but, for the moment, there are only nine legal states and nothing to stop businesses from trying to lure tourists. “Heading to Burning Man or some beautiful rock climbing outside of Reno?” asks one tourist website. “Click here for information regarding marijuana laws and where to find recreational.” One site tailors its pitch: “But thanks to Reno’s small scale, getting a taste of Nevada’s newly legal herb is a lot easier here than it is in sprawling Vegas. Reno is also a good place to start, because growers, processors and edibles makers from the Reno region supply the Vegas scene. … But for an exotic Lake Tahoe experience as colorful as anything Hoss and Little Joe encountered with gypsies on Bonanza, reserve a cannabisfriendly gypsy camping trailer wagon. Tow the wagon behind your vehicle from Reno or have it delivered to Zephyr Cove Resort’s RV Park and Campground on the South Shore. Check with the resort’s operators; they’ll tell you it’s OK for adults to smoke cannabis inside recreational vehicles and trailers parked on Zephyr Cove’s private property. Stay Hydrated—Think cottonmouth

is bad? High desert air and mountain altitudes plus smoked or eaten cannabis can mean dehydration headaches, dizziness and muscle cramps. Drink eight, 8-oz glasses per day minimum.” In typical advertising fashion, some sites try to put the best spin on things. This website also reads, “It’s technically illegal to smoke on Lake Tahoe, which is patrolled by the U.S. Coast Guard.” There’s nothing technical about it. It’s illegal. Period. It’s fair to ask how long some of this “tourism” will last. Businesses that rely on tours of dispensaries are likely to find the novelty factor wears off fast—say, after one or two stops—and the seen-one-seen-them-all factor kicks in. After all, how many people go on smoke shop or liquor store tours? In Colorado, marijuana attracted visitors, but once they were there, only eight percent actually visited a marijuana dispensary, so other sites—Pike’s Peak, Vail, the Rockies—likely benefited. That is a bright hope in Nevada. Ω

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• distribution driver In 1968, for the University of Nevada, Reno’s summer session, Howard Rosenberg started a film class which eventually became a campus fixture. Last week, 50 years later, he showed the last film of his last class before retiring, though he has one class session left this week. Over the years, filmmakers like Frank Capra and performers like Orson Welles made the trek to Reno to speak to Rosenberg’s class. Each semester dealt with either a particular filmmaker or a theme—war, say, or politics. The first and last films he showed were the same—Capra’s Lost Horizon. Attending Rosenberg’s last film was his first projectionist, Donald Billy Hudson. Hudson was replaced about 1998 by John Ford, seen here behind Rosenberg, and Ford too has done the job as a volunteer. The film class will continue with a somewhat different format under experimental filmmaker Dominic Angerame.

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A Reno scientist wants to cure the oldest human problem: aging

his past January, while waiting in the Los Angeles International Airport for a flight to Reno, my mother and I got into a memorable conversation with the man sitting next to us. My mother was complaining about the prices at the airport restaurants, and this man chimed in that his bag was full of food he had brought with him. He was tall, with a receding hairline, a graying mustache and goatee, and the thin build of a distance runner. I took him for a health nut, which, as it turned out, was more true than I could have imagined.

Bill Andrews is a local biotech researcher who wants to cure aging.

We exchanged small talk, but, when I told him I was a science writer, he suddenly shifted from merely friendly to animated, and implied that our meeting was quite a lucky event. And then almost immediately, he launched into his career story, a career that sounded like a mission. His goal was simple: he wanted to cure aging. He said he had always thought of aging as a disease, and he believed it was possible to stop the process, and, thus, enable people to live for hundreds of years and beyond. He was the head of a biotech company in Reno that was trying to make that happen. He talked about telomeres, parts of chromosomes that get shorter every time a cell divides, and he said that shortened telomeres are a root cause of aging. If you could make telomeres longer, not only could you prevent aging, you could reverse it—you could turn old people young again. Through a form of gene

therapy, that’s what he was attempting to do—a biotech version of the fountain of youth. My impression of him was contradictory in the extreme: He seemed very rational yet, at the same time, what he was saying about making old people young sounded crazy. Seated in the plane, I was wondering who he was, when he came down the aisle and handed us a thin paperback. The book’s title was Telomere Lengthening: Curing All Diseases Including Cancer and Aging, and he was one of the authors. His name is Bill Andrews.

Age of innocence Andrews’s company, Sierra Sciences, is located in a nondescript, one-story building just east of the Reno-Tahoe International Airport. The company name, inscribed on a window, is hardly noticeable, and, when I arrived to interview Andrews on a Wednesday afternoon, the parking spaces out front were mostly empty, and the blinds were drawn. It barely looked like a going concern, much less like the potential birthplace of a radical change in the human condition. The conference room where we talked gave a better impression. On one wall, a row of wooden picture frames held patent certificates (“assays for TERT promoter modulatory agents,” “telomerase expression repressor proteins,” etc.) all with Andrews’s name on them. A large whiteboard was almost completely covered with outlines from a recent planning meeting.

white Clipped to another whiteboard was a bumper sticker that proclaimed “AGING SUCKS!” That sticker was a gift from Andrews’s father, who died a few years ago from Alzheimer’s. Andrews, who is 66, said that he was just 10 to 12 years old when his father set him on the career path he is still following. “I was at a house on Sunnybrae Avenue in Canoga Park,” he said. “On the front lawn with my reflector telescope, looking at stars … when my father walked out, and …he said, ‘Bill, since you’re so interested in science and medicine, I think you should grow up and become a doctor and find a cure for aging.’” The idea of curing aging was Andrews’s focus from high school through his Ph.D. program at the University of Georgia, and it carried over into his career in the biotech industry. Early on, he realized that there must be a clock in our bodies, something that ticks constantly and eventually makes us fall apart, makes us age and die. But he had no idea what that clock was or how it might work. Then, in 1993, he went to an anti-aging conference at Lake Tahoe and heard a talk by Calvin Harley, a scientist at Geron Corporation, a Bay Area biotech company focused on curing aging. Harley’s presentation was about telomeres, stretches of DNA that cap the ends of the chromosomes, like the little plastic cylinders stuck on the ends of shoelaces. He

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talked about how telomeres get shorter each time a cell replicates, and how this shortening is connected to cells growing physiologically old. Andrews sat in the audience, enthralled. Here was the biological clock he had been looking for, the key to understanding why we age. Almost immediately, he quit his old job and joined Harley to work on telomeres. That was 25 years ago. Andrews has been focused on telomeres ever since. He and his team made some big breakthroughs at Geron, but he left the company in 1997 when it shifted away from trying to cure aging, and two years later, he founded Sierra Sciences in Reno. Since then, his reputation has grown in the anti-aging community. He has been deeply involved in RAADfest, an annual meeting on reversing aging. (RAAD stands for “Revolution Against Aging and Death.”) He has given talks all over the world, and he was featured in a 2014 documentary, The Immortalists. He has not yet found an actual cure for human aging. Of course, nobody else has either.

The golden age At one time, Sierra Sciences seemed to be on the fast track toward finding such a cure. The company was receiving a million dollars a month from two investors, had more than 30 employees, and was doing sophisticated and expensive genetic engineering. But when the 2008 financial crisis hit, that funding dried up, and Andrews had to change strategies. Today, Sierra Sciences is down to a handful of employees, and Andrews’s best hope for a cure for aging now lies in a collaboration with a Kansas company called Libella Gene Therapeutics. The treatment revolves around the gene for telomerase, an enzyme that makes telomeres longer. Andrews knows this gene well; he and his team at Geron discovered the human version of it. When a cell divides, and the chromosomes replicate, the very outer ends of the telomeres disappear. But the telomerase enzyme builds those ends back up, and the net result is that the telomeres stay the same length. The rub is that, in humans, the genes that make telomerase are permanently switched off in most cells long before birth. So with every cell division—literally trillions of them in an average lifetime—our telomeres get a bit shorter. And there is some compelling evidence that when telomeres get too short, cells stop working properly. In this view, telomere shortening makes cells age. And as our cells age, so do we. Suppose, though, that you could produce telomerase genes that were permanently switched on, and deliver them into 14 | RN&R | 05.10.18

people’s bodies. The genes would crank out telomerase, the telomeres would stop shortening, and these people would stop aging. The telomeres might even get longer, turning back the biological clock, making the subjects physiologically younger. Or, at least, that’s the idea. This sort of telomerase gene therapy is what Andrews has masterminded and Libella plans to carry out. Andrews talks, almost giddily, about a dream patient, the perfect proof of his science. The patient he has in mind is actress Betty White, from the ’80s TV show The Golden Girls, and he imagines her walking out onto a stage, looking like she’s 30 instead of 90-something.

At one time, Bill Andrews’s company, Sierra Sciences, had more than 30 employees. Now, only a handful of employees use the advanced technology housed in the company’s lab.

Coming of age At Sierra Sciences, Andrews gave me a tour of the lab facilities. It’s a labyrinth of rooms, filled with equipment that must have cost millions—powerful microscopes, many machines for amplifying DNA— turning small amounts of it into much larger quantities—ultra-low “my faTher freezers, incubators, super-fast centrisaid, ‘Bill, sinCe fuges, robotic you’re so inTeresTed assaying machines, and website, the in sCienCe and mediCine, much more. use of the i Think you should grow Despite clinic in the impresColombia BeCome up and a doCTor sive lab, is given as and despite and find a Cure for “Currently Andrews’s in aging.’” credentials, it negotiation.” is hard to shake The whole Bill Andrews the sense that he thing sounds a sierra sciences is operating on the bit fly-by-night. fringes of science and However, my medicine. That thought thoughts about this are comes into focus with Libella’s only partly negative. Not all plans for the telomerase trials. breakthroughs come with a stamp The president of Libella, Jeff Mathis, of approval from big institutions. Maybe gave me some of the details, and they when people are pushing the envelope, bear little resemblance to most people’s the means to the end often look debatable, notions of clinical trials. For one thing, like what Andrews and Libella are doing. the initial trials are to be done on just A more conservative take is that two or three people. The small number Andrews is on the outside because his is a result of the outsized cost, some $3 assumptions about the influence of million per patient. One wealthy patient, telomerase are unrealistic. For instance, in a controversial “pay to play” arrangeMichael Rose, a University of California, ment, is footing the bill for his own Irvine biologist who studies the evolution treatment. of aging, believes human lifespans will be Also, the trials are to take place, not greatly extended, but only in small increin the U.S., but in Colombia or Vanuatu. ments, not via the kind of giant leap that Those localities were chosen partly to Andrews envisions. Rose told me there are avoid regulations; there was no way single genes in nematode worms and yeast Libella was going to get FDA approval that have huge effects on lifespan, but that for the trials. And, although Mathis hopes such “master longevity” genes do not seem the first patients will be treated by the end to exist in the fruit flies he studies. And of the year, the logistics still remain to he thinks humans are like fruit flies in this be worked out. For instance, on Libella’s respect, not like nematodes or yeast.

But, on the other hand, in studies of mice and of human skin cells, adding telomerase dramatically reversed the aging process; old mice and old skin cells, by all sorts of measures, became like young mice and young skin cells. Also, among other kinds of evidence, there is a genetic disorder called progeria, in which the afflicted have abnormally short telomeres, and age so quickly that they usually die of age-related diseases in their teens. In short, despite uncertainties, it isn’t hard to see why Andrews and others have become fixated on telomeres and telomerase.

age of ConsenT Mike Fossel agrees with Andrews. Fossel, 67, is a well-known player in the community of anti-aging advocates. He is an M.D., and the head of a company called Telocyte, which, like Libella, is developing a telomerase gene therapy treatment. In his 2015 book, The Telomerase Revolution, Fossel sets forth a radical vision of how telomerase treatments will soon alter the human condition to its core. Many of the issues, he admits, are bound to be alarming. How will we deal with a telomerase-based explosion in the human population? If people remain youthful for hundreds of years, what will happen to family dynamics, to marriage and the relationships between generations? “A lot of the anchors that you’ve got, a lot of the foundations that you’ve got start

to shake and lose traction,” Fossel told me, “and you begin to think ‘Wait, what’s going on here, what happened?’ And that’s scary.” Overall, though, Fossel is extremely hopeful about this impending medical revolution. He envisions a tremendous decline in age-related diseases, from Alzheimer’s to arthritis to heart attacks. He foresees people accumulating knowledge like never before, having far more time to fulfill their dreams, and living without the anxiety brought on by deteriorating bodies and minds. In a nutshell, he believes we are on the cusp of enriching human experience and diminishing human suffering to an almost unimaginable degree. Bill Andrews is certainly aware of such big-picture issues too. For instance, he brought up the notion that making telomeres longer will restore the immune systems of people suffering from AIDS. “So I would like to see us drop pills [that activate telomerase] from airplanes all over Africa … where AIDS is rampant,” he said. “I just want the world to be happier and healthier.” For the most part, though, one does not get the sense that transforming the world and saving millions of lives is what

pushes him. His motivation is much more self-focused than that: He wants to live as long as he can. 150 years would be a good start. Forever would be better. It’s an ages-old impulse, the same one that supposedly compelled the early Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang to drink an elixir of mercury, the same one that had the 19th century physiologist Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard injecting himself with the ground-up testes of guinea pigs and dogs. Like a lot of people, Andrews tries to live healthily, but he takes it to extremes. For him, exercise means training for and completing many ultramarathons, including some of the most difficult ones in the world. And he believes that inflammation is a major cause of aging, so he has had himself tested to see what foods give him even a mild inflammatory response, and tailored his diet accordingly. “I’m worse than a vegan,” he says. “I can’t eat blueberries, I can’t eat tomatoes, I can’t eat cucumbers or pickles, ’cause they’re inflammatory for me.” Andrews has no delusion that a healthy lifestyle is going to greatly extend his life. Instead, his goal is to live long enough to develop a treatment that will allow him to live much longer, which in turn might

enable him to get an even better treatment, and on and on. In Telomere Lengthening, he quotes another anti-aging advocate, Terry Grossman, who says, “Live long enough to live forever.” “I just love living too much,” Andrews said.

For the ages When I went to Sierra Sciences a second time, I found Andrews working on the protocol for the gene therapy trials. There were piles of research papers all over a large conference table, and he had written up a draft protocol that was many pages long. Before I could even ask a question, he launched into a complicated explanation of how he was going to make sure the viral protein coat used to deliver the telomerase genes would not cause a harmful immune reaction. His formal training is in molecular genetics, not clinical medicine, but that wasn’t stopping him. This seemed very much in character—he’s a person who doesn’t accept normal limitations. Later I wondered, though, if he is ever crippled by doubts about his chances of success. There are obvious uncertainties at every level of the project. The trials may

never even happen. If they do, the treatment may fail to lengthen the telomeres. Or, the telomeres may get longer, but that may not reverse aging after all. Beyond this, there is a deeper sort of desperation to the enterprise. It’s not just about accomplishing some research goal, not just about discovering something new and fascinating. It’s about life and death, and, in particular, Andrews’s own life and death. I don’t know whether curing aging would be good or bad for humankind and the planet. Still, I cannot help feeling that Andrews deserves some reward for taking so many risks, for thinking outside of the box and standing outside of the system. In spite of my misgivings, I find that I’m pulling for him. I find myself hoping that he at least makes it to 150. Ω

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Fly Geyser Burning Man bought Fly Ranch and is weighing the options

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y brothers-in-law Pat Snyder and Jim Snyder have a good story about sneaking into Fly Geyser. They’re both photography buffs, and they’ve gotten some great shots at popular destinations like Death Valley, Zion National Park and Bodie, California, but they favor more remote, lesser-known spots in the Eastern Sierras and Nevada. One fall day in 2014, they ventured to Fly Geyser, an otherworldly clump of bulbous nozzles of calcium carbonate that spew hot water into the sky like a fountain. The geyser, about 20 miles north of Gerlach, began to form in 1964 after an attempt to drill a well, and today the formation is about 15 feet high, painted in streaks of brick red and emerald green by algae and surrounded by shallow, terraced pools. “Jim had known about it forever,” said Pat. The geyser is on Fly Ranch, a 3,800-acre property that was privately owned and gated. “Jim knew somebody who called somebody to see if they could let us in,” Pat said. But Jim never heard back from his contact. So, the brothers headed to Gerlach, lunched at Bruno’s, and asked around about how to access the property. “Just walk in,” someone told them. “So, we drive out there, and the gate’s there, and there’s a sign that says you may not enter,” Pat recalled. The sign also advised that the property was monitored by video, but a camera on top of an old trailer was covered with dust and looked disconnected. Pat and Jim climbed through a barbed wire fence and walked about a half mile to the geyser. “We spent, oh, maybe an hour, just kinda climbing around it, every which angle,” Pat said. He noticed some well-maintained portable toilets there, which led him to conclude that perhaps the place was frequently visited. His hunch was correct. Access was sometimes granted to various groups. In 1994, Fly Ranch was the site of the first Burning Man event held in Nevada. And the likes of scientists, scout groups and occasional television crews sometimes visited. 16 | RN&R | 05.10.18

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The days of being able to sneak into Fly geyser and stand in the water for a shot like this one, right, are over—though it wasn’t exactly legal in the first place. a boardwalk and viewing platform, above, have been installed for protection.

“There’s no safety rails or anything,” Pat said. “We had waterproof boots on, and we could wade almost clear around and take pictures from every single angle. We had a great time and started to pack up our gear. Then, Jim got the idea that we should go kill a few hours and come back at night.” While still on the property, they saw an SUV with a sheriff’s logo. The sheriff slowed down, rolled down his window and said, “How you guys doing?” Pat remembers the rest of that conversation like this: “Good.” “Did you get some good pictures?” “Yeah, we think so.” “Good! Have a great day.” The brothers killed a few hours in Gerlach, then returned to the site, carefully stepped into one of the terraced pools—about 100 degrees and four inches deep—and set up a tripod in the water. After a few experiments, they concluded that a 30-second exposure would pick up the details of the night sky, and that using a flash twice during each shot would highlight the colors and freeze the water in action. They ended up with a handful of slick, calendar-worthy images.

Plans under construction Plenty of people have similar stories about sneaking into Fly Geyser. I myself never

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have—but I consider that more of a ding in my explorer cred than a feather in my legal-compliance cap. Intrepid trespassers are now advised to take this spot off their to-do lists, however. Circumnavigating the geyser and planting a tripod in the water are things of the past. In 2016, Burning Man bought the property for $6.5 million. “The 3,800-acre parcel in northern Nevada is home to dozens of hot and cold pools, three geysers, wetlands, a playa, an old farmhouse, dozens of animal species, and more than 100 identified types of plants,” according to the “Fly Ranch—Burning Man Project” web page. Burning Man hasn’t decided exactly what it will do with this treasure-rich property. Efforts undertaken so far include hosting a research fellow to catalog plants and wildlife, erecting a boardwalk and viewing platform, and posting signs that urge people to stay on trails. A list of 12-month goals includes this one: “Establish security plan and protocols for the property to dissuade trespassing.” And the list of potential long-term goals being kicked around rings with the general sense of experimentation and optimism that underlie much of Burner culture’s ethos. “Fly Ranch … can serve as an incubator for the Burning Man community to take ideas from our temporary city and give them a realworld testing ground,” reads a 2018 roadmap

document. (flyranch.burningman.org/ planning-decision-making/) “It can become a place to experiment with shelter, energy, water, environmentalism, new models of living, working and governance.” The plans being considered include a maker space, research center, communal living space or organic farm. Later this month, a sculpture is slated to be installed, a 300-foot-long pier originally constructed for Burning Man by Matt Schultz and team. (Full disclosure: I’m involved with this group.)

ticketed nature walks For now, Burning Man has teamed up with the conservation group Friends of Black Rock-High Rock to co-manage Fly Ranch, and they’re offering access to the property in the form of ticketed nature walks. On a recent Sunday at 8:45 a.m., my family and I checked into the office of Friends of Black Rock-High Rock office in Gerlach. I signed three pieces of paperwork, then three orange-vested AmeriCorps volunteers greeted the group of 19 ticket-holders and reminded us to wear sunscreen. One guide discussed some of Burning Man’s 10 guiding principles, among them, “immediacy,” which, in this case, would mean no cameras and no cell phones allowed until the last half hour of the tour. The group carpooled about 20 miles up route 447, along the west edge of the playa,

wildlife, erecting a boardwalk and viewing platform, and posting signs that urge people to stay on trails. A list of 12-month goals includes this one: “Establish security plan and protocols for the property to dissuade trespassing.” And the list of potential long-term goals being kicked around rings with the general sense of experimentation and optimism that underlie much of Burner culture’s ethos. “Fly Ranch … can serve as an incubator for the Burning Man community to take ideas from our temporary city and give them a real-world testing ground,” reads a 2018 roadmap document. (flyranch.burningman.org/planningdecision-making/) “It can become a place to experiment with shelter, energy, water, environmentalism, new models of living, working and governance.” The plans being considered include a maker space, research center, communal living space or organic farm. Later this month, a sculpture is slated to be installed, a 300-foot-long pier originally constructed for Burning Man by Matt Schultz and team. (Full disclosure: I’m involved with this group.)

Reno or the Bay Area, and also a few from as far away as Germany, Poland and Hong Kong. “A lot of people are coming out and either haven’t spent much time in the Black Rock Desert or have only come for Burning Man,” he said. He likes the idea of a lot of people visiting the area. “But at the same time, you don’t want it to be loved to death,” he said. Traversing Fly Ranch’s old wetlands Michael Myers, Executive Director, Friends of Black Rock-High and new boardwalks, Rock, on accessing recreation sites in the Black Rock Desert I could see his point. Smaller calcium carbonate and algae formations where, to the right, we saw a group of RV were all around the geyser. They were campers flying huge kites, and to the left, otherworldly and gorgeous—and they four pronghorn antelope. looked so fragile that I was glad for the Generally, I’m not a big guided-tour stay-on-trail signs I’d initially rolled my traveler. I’m more of a check-the-GPSeyes at a little. The nature walk—“We’re coordinates-and-drive-up-a-wash-to-hunttrying not to use the word ‘tour,’” said for-volcanic-glass kind of girl. I’ve been on Myers—culminated in a long stop at the a few tours, and I’ve appreciated the local geyser itself, which was thrilling to see, wisdom they’ve offered. In South Carolina, and which I had no problem viewing from say, I was glad to be told exactly how far a platform. And I was, by then, fairly well to stay away from alligators. But—being sold on the property’s new restrictions. instructed on how to cross a barbed wire Maybe I missed my opportunity to sneak fence by a guide who mispronounced in years ago, but thousands of people “Nevada,” right here in my home county, will be able to enjoy this place without was a little hard to swallow. And a second hurting it too much. And while I wished talk on the concept of “immediacy” went for more details about the site’s history, down with a taste of irony when it came geology and wildlife ecology—“We’re without any mention of the $40 ticket still learning,” was the answer to most price vis a vis the other Burning Man

“We don’t want to be the fun police. But we want people to do it responsibly.”

TickeTed naTure walks For now, Burning Man has teamed up with the conservation group Friends of Black Rock-High Rock to co-manage Fly Ranch, and they’re offering access to the property in the form of ticketed nature walks. On a recent Sunday at 8:45 a.m., my family and I checked into the office of Friends of Black Rock-High Rock office in Gerlach. I signed three pieces of paperwork, then three orange-vested AmeriCorps volunteers greeted the group of 19 ticket-holders and reminded us to wear sunscreen. One guide discussed some of Burning Man’s 10 guiding principles, among them, “immediacy,” which, in this case, would mean no cameras and no cell phones allowed until the last half hour of the tour. The group carpooled about 20 miles up route 447, along the west edge of the playa,

principles of “radical inclusion” and “decommodification.” I admit, though, that as a long-time Burner, I have many times, in many ways, benefited from these 10 principles and this experimental community. And I’m clear on the futility—both practical and philosophical—of trying to hold every person associated with the event or its splinter projects accountable to literal applications of every single principle, every time. So, I did my best to reserve judgment as we were herded along an old earthen dam, past a reservoir, through grassy wetland and past several hot springs on a beautiful, sunny spring morning.

questions—the guides were generous with information about how to sign up to volunteer as a land steward here, which would afford a person something of a VIP level of access. (Start by checking out the “Volunteer” tab at blackrockdesert.org.) Myers pointed out that people travel to the Black Rock to camp, hunt, launch rockets, drive ATVs, and for many other purposes. There have been incidents of littering and vandalism, but overall, he said, people tend to treat the land responsibly. “We’re working on crafting our messaging to reach all of these people where they are on the scale of outdoor ethics,” Myers said. And he thinks the messaging is working. Soldier Meadows, where there’s a hot spring, a creek and a rustic cabin “used to just get hammered with use and irresponsible recreation,” he said. “I was just up there yesterday. The cabin is clean. It’s nice. People are taking care of it. ... There really has been that ownership of the place.” While Soldier Meadows is on public land, and Fly Geyser is private, the two groups taking care of these desert sites seem to see eye to eye on finding a balance of preservation and access. “There are a lot of quirky, cool, unique Nevada things to do out here,” Myers said. “And we want people to do them. … We don’t want to be the fun police. But we want people to do it responsibly.” Ω

Fly Geyser is open for ticketed nature walks. Visit blackrockdesert.org/fly-geyser for tickets and information.

FuTure plans I’d spoken with Michael Myers, the director of Friends of Black Rock-High Rock, two days beforehand. He said that so far, of the estimated 280 people who’ve taken the guided walk so far this spring, most have come from Photo/Kris VaGner

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Justin Favela applies a piñata-rific surface to just about anything—canvases, sculptures, even the walls—to address identity and visibility.

Safe space Justin Favela A few people who dropped by Sierra Arts Gallery last week figured that the bright decorations and cheery paper flowers being hung up were for a Cinco De Mayo celebration. The gallery did hold a reception for the artist, Justin Favela, and it did happen to be on May 5, but party décor wasn’t really his first priority. Favela, who’s from Las Vegas, uses a visual vocabulary that comes straight from piñatas and parties. In the past, he’s made works such as a room-sized depiction of a desert landscape at the Denver Art Museum; life-sized, 3-D likenesses of low-riders, including one for the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles; and a realistic-looking outdoor motel façade for the Life is Beautiful Festival in Las Vegas—each covered with fringe-cut rows of tissue paper as if they were giant piñatas. In the Sierra Arts exhibit, Favela has covered the walls with these fringe-cut strips, adding shrine-like collages and cascades of oversized tissue paper flowers, placed as if someone with a small budget and a huge heart had decorated for prom. While the festivity is unmistakable— and while Favela does like to play around with the difference between fine art, affordable party décor and interior design—his goal here is, to a large degree, to talk about identity and visibility. “It’s always political, in the sense that I’m a brown artist making work in America, right now, in this time,” said Favela, whose heritage is Guatemalan and Mexican. He’s talking about queer visibility, too. “There’s a lot of talk right now about creating sanctuaries and safe spaces for people, especially sanctuary cities and spaces for people that are undocumented and people who are seeking asylum and

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maybe for queer people, the LGBTQA community, who maybe don’t have a place to go.” (Locally, Our Center, which has made strides in that department, marked its second anniversary last month. But not every town has an Our Center.) In art, film, literature and music, the idea of creating a sanctuary is often used figuratively or academically. Favela’s idea was to carve out a literal, physical sanctuary. Some of his tissue paper-lined walls were made to resemble scenes in different movies, ones that he considers his own figurative safe spaces. “I’m using Dark Habits, Sister Act, and”—he pointed to a wall of tissue paper depicting snowy peaks and a grassy meadow—“of course, Sound of Music.” As Favela has thought about the idea of “safe spaces,” he’s realized that some of them aren’t what they seem. “I’m thinking of art spaces that are institutional, that try to invite the public,” he said. Museums, for one, might voice a goal to attract people from a wider range of demographics than they end up realistically attracting. Favela has an edge on museums in this endeavor, though. In critiquing notions of inaccessibility and thinking about where certain groups are legitimately welcomed, his best weapon is the uber-accessible, irresistible look of his sculptures and installations. In the ongoing battles over craft vs art that simmer endlessly, Favela’s take on the boundary between them is to proceed as if it weren’t there, as if he has a remote in his hand for an electric dog fence that can simply be turned off with a button. While he said, regarding the show at Sierra Arts, “I’m making a little bit more pointed of a statement than I usually do,” he’s also perfectly OK with the Cinco-deMayo-décor reading. The main thing, if you visit the space, for whatever reason, is that you feel at home here. Ω Justin Favela’s Sanctuary/Sanctuario is on exhibit at Sierra Arts, 17 S. Virginia St., through May 29.

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Mommy issues The hardships faced by a woman raising children while giving birth to another—with little help from the dad—are given the Diablo Cody treatment in Tully, the second time screenwriter Cody, director Jason Reitman and actress Charlize Theron have joined forces. They worked together before on the caustic comedy Young Adult, and this one makes that one look like an ice cream social party featuring bounce houses and unicorns. (For the purpose of this analogy, the unicorns would have to remain outside of the bounce houses to prevent people from being impaled on their majestic horns.) Theron is all kinds of magnificent as Marlo, a mother of two getting ready to give birth to her third, and getting her ass kicked physically and emotionally. Her husband, Drew (Ron Livingston), while not complete scum, should probably take off the headphones at night and go the extra mile to help keep the household in order and his wife sane. Their young son, Jonah (Asher Miles Fallica), has been dubbed “quirky” by his school, and finding a new one has become an unwelcomed priority. Daughter Emmy (Maddie Dixon-Poirer) is slightly neglected, yet one of the more together people in the movie. Marlo’s well-off brother Craig (Mark Duplass) gets his sis a special gift: a night nanny to help with the baby and household chores so she can grab some sleep. After the baby is born, Marlo is reluctant at first, but finally relents and calls the number her bro has provided. Tully (Mackenzie Davis) arrives like an angel in bohemian clothing and immediately helps brighten Marlo’s downer moods. She has instant, mother-like rapport with the new baby, miraculously cleans the house overnight, and even bakes cupcakes for Jonah’s class. She also provides much needed friendship to Marlo, who has fallen out of touch with Drew and has become prone to snapping at people in public. In short, Marlo has been close to a meltdown in what amounts to a bad bout of

postpartum depression. Tully helps Marlo rise above and power through. The movie isn’t just about a mother in need getting a helping hand. That would be mighty conventional compared to what actually happens in Tully. Cody has had two children since her scripting debut Juno, her first pairing with Reitman. For her sake, I’m hoping little of what Marlo goes through in her latest script is autobiographical. Marlo has it rough. Theron makes physical and mental exhaustion totally enthralling, and the moments where Marlo can’t take it anymore and lets the world have it are barnburners. Theron is a miraculous actress, and she gets a nice counterpart in Davis, who represents a sort of free spirit Marlo can’t seem to muster. Davis does everything and more with her screen time. I’m doubting 2018 will give us many screen duos as captivating as this one. I have a minor quibble. I feel that Drew gets off the hook a little too easy in this movie. Granted, dudes are let off the hook every day by new moms taking on most of the blessed challenge of child rearing, but the last shot of Tully reeks a bit of over compensation for the trials and tribulations that happened before it. It feels a little too cute. There’s no denying that the movie that happens before the final shot is one of the more brutally honest depictions of the challenges—and undeniable blessings—of parenting. Yes, the price paid is often worth the reward, but Marlo definitely gets put through the wringer here, and Theron makes her pain and struggle real. She also provides laughter along with the shocks and sorrow, further proving she’s one of the greatest actresses to ever grace the screen. Reitman and Cody give Theron great stuff to work with and, once again, she’s in Oscar-worthy form. Ω

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The Avengers team takes a swift kick to their remarkably muscular collective ass via a super baddie named Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, likely the best big blockbuster time you will have at the cinemas this summer movie season. While Marvel movies have been on a nice roll lately (Black Panther, Thor: Ragnarok, Captain America: Civil War), the last “Avengers” movie, Avengers: Age of Ultron, was a misguided, boring dud. This third installment—the first of a two-parter, with the second to be released next summer—lets it all hang out with a massive collection of characters and a scary sense of impending doom. There are many, many storylines at play servicing many superheroes and villains. Infinity War feels like the Magnolia of Marvel movies in that it takes all of those storylines and balances them in a cohesive, vastly entertaining manner. It’s over two-and-a-half hours long, but it’s never even close to boring. The balancing act is performed by directors Anthony and Joe Russo, the team that made Captain America: Civil War such a winner. The magic of that film carries over into this one, which picks up directly after the end of Thor: Ragnarok. That film ended with Thor and his fellow Asgardians feeling somewhat triumphant after losing their planet after defeating emo Cate Blanchett. A mid-credits scene saw their ship coming face to face with one owned by the mighty Thanos (Josh Brolin). In one of the great performance-capture achievements, Brolin is the best of monsters, one who manages just enough of a sensitive side that he falls well short of stereotype.

Cobra Kai

Nearly 30 years after last donning the headband in The Karate Kid Part III, Ralph Macchio returns to the role of Daniel LaRusso, and old nemesis Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) is along for the ride. As a 10part series on YouTube Red, Cobra Kai gives us a chance to see how things turned out for Daniel. (He’s a rich owner of a car dealership.) While that’s fun, the real charm of the series is seeing more behind the character of Johnny, who isn’t doing so well three decades later. Prone to drinking, estranged from his son, Robby (Tanner Buchanan), and constantly beating up on himself, Johnny hasn’t adjusted well after taking that kick to the face in the karate tournament. Yes, it looked like Johnny learned his lesson and tried to be a good sport in the aftermath, but the defeat ate away at him over the years. Now, pounding beers and stuck in the past, Johnny decides to reopen the Cobra Kai dojo, much to the chagrin of Daniel, who doesn’t want his kids, especially his young daughter, Samantha (Mary Mouser), exposed to its bad teaching ways. Cobra Kai adds a great chapter to the Karate Kid saga by not making Johnny a cardboard cutout villain. (Streaming on YouTube Red).

Isle of Dogs

This is one of the strangest—and coolest—experiences you will have in a theater this year. Wes Anderson’s second foray into stop-motion animation (after 2009’s excellent Fantastic Mr. Fox) is another visual masterpiece. While the story itself goes a little flat for stretches, it’s a nonstop visual splendor for its entire running time. Two decades in the future, Megasaki, a fictional Japanese city, is ruled by the evil Mayor Kobayashi (Kunichi Nomura). Kobayashi is a cat person, and after the nation’s dogs come down with a strange strain of dog flu, all canines are banned to Trash Island to live out their days scavenging through garbage and rumbling in the junkyards. Kobayashi’s nephew, Atari (Koyu Rankin), misses his dog, Spots (Liev Schreiber), and sets out to find his beloved pet on Trash Island. The island is occupied by various dog gangs, one of them consisting of Chief (Bryan Cranston), Rex (Edward Norton), King (Bob Balaban), Boss (Bill Murray) and Duke (Jeff Goldblum). Whether it’s live action or stop-motion, you can count on Anderson’s usual gang of performers to show up. (Welcome to the Wes Anderson party, Bryan Cranston!) There’s some

dog gang squabbling for leadership honors, with Rex often calling for votes that the rebel Chief always loses. When Atari shows up on the island, Chief winds up spending the most time with him, and he learns a little bit about bonding with a boy, as dogs do.

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Noise-intolerant neighbors are taken to all new levels in A Quiet Place, a new horror film from director John Krasinski. Krasinski also stars as Lee, a father trying to protect his family in a post-apocalyptic world besieged by horrific aliens who will tear you apart if you make so much as a peep. The aliens are blind, so they hunt by sound. Not, say, the sound of a river running or a bird chirping, but sounds that are more “interruptive,” like fireworks, a person screaming after stepping on a nail, or really loud farts. The gimmick lends itself to some faulty logic at times, but it does provide an overall interesting premise: Speak audibly in relatively quiet surroundings, and you will get your head bitten off. Krasinski’s film gives you no real back story about the aliens. A few glimpses of newspaper front pages let you know that the world has been wiped out by the species. One look at them—they are a cross between Ridley Scott’s Alien and the Cloverfield monster—and you know that just a few days with these things running around would decimate the world population.

Steven Spielberg goes for broke but leaves you bleary-eyed in a bad way with Ready Player One, based on the very popular Ernest Cline novel. The film is so full of pop culture references that it doesn’t so much deliver them as visually vomit them into your face. Rather than relishing the opportunity for ’80s nostalgia, Spielberg opts for whiplash pacing and miscasting, squandering the chance to allow any of the fun elements to really sink in. The futuristic storyline involves something called the OASIS, a virtual reality world that is not only a pastime, but a total escape from real-world poverty and pollution. Wade (Tye Sheridan) lives in a place called the Stacks, basically manufactured homes piled on top of each other, and he whiles away many hours in the OASIS as his alter ego/avatar Parzival. There’s a plethora of pop culture cameos inside the OASIS, including King Kong, Freddy Krueger and the Iron Giant, but there’s very little substance.

After a strong and sweetly funny start, Adam Sandler’s latest falls apart in its second half, a stretch of film time that sorely needed some fine tuning. Sandler plays Kenny, a dad whose daughter (Allison Strong) is getting married in a week. He sees it as his last chance to do something for her, so he tries his best to put together an impressive spread for the two families coming together. Chris Rock plays the father of the groom, a wealthy heart surgeon who isn’t impressed with the hotel Kenny has picked. Others on hand include Rachel Dratch—good to see her—as Kenny’s wife, and Steve Buscemi as a sleazy family member with amazing climbing abilities. Directed by Robert Smigel, the film goes on long enough for the jokes to start dying from old age. A joke involving a legless uncle starts funny, gets funnier, almost gets really funny, then goes stale. As a Howard Stern fan, I was happy to finally see the culmination of all of Ronnie the Limo Driver’s hard work; he’s a bad actor, but he was better than I thought he would be. (He’s a convincing sleeper.) Having grown up on Long Island, I can say that the movie did a good job capturing the region, from the accents to the undying loyalty to Billy Joel. You have to have some respect for a comedy that kills a legless man by throwing him into a bounce pit in the middle of a strip club, but that’s not enough to make it a winner. That’s a shame, because Sandler is actually pretty endearing in it. It needed to be about 25 minutes shorter, and 35 percent funnier. (Streaming on Netflix.)

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Tandoori chicken and other classic Indian dishes are to be found on the buffet at Royal India.

Get in line It’s interesting when something like Indian food crosses over from novel to familiar. It’s a cuisine I didn’t grow up with but have enjoyed for years now. My recent lunch at Royal India began with a serving of garlic naan—crisp, pillowy flatbread—at my table as soon as I returned from the buffet line. Service here was anything but lacking. From the salad and chilled bar I snagged a bit of raita—a tangy mixture of veggies and fresh yogurt that adds a cool counterpart to spicy dishes—and some achaar, hot pickled veg. It had the expected super sour, briny and spicy bite, but this was followed by complex flavors I found to be enjoyable. I also got both bhatura, a North Indian fried bread, and veggie biryani, a spiced rice dish which stood on its own tasty merits. I loaded my plate with basmati rice as base for the curries. A serving of chickpea curry was rich and just slightly sweet. I followed this with a mild chicken curry and chicken mater with peas and a bit more spice. The lamb curry I tried had a thick sauce reminiscent of a classic stew gravy—hearty and satisfying. The chicken dishes were moist and tender. The chicken mater was particularly buttery and decadent. However, a serving of chili chicken—a dish with Chinese roots—bested both. It was made with boneless thigh meat and stir-fried with bell pepper, onion and hot chiles in a lightly sweetened sauce. No Indian buffet is complete without tandoori chicken and vegetable pakora, and this line delivered on both. The chicken was terrific, and the accompanying grilled onion, tomato and bell pepper were enjoyable almost as their own side dish. Pakora—a sort of fritter—can be a bit dry

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and crunchy, but this onion version gave easily to a fork. My all time favorite Indian dish—saag paneer—did not disappoint. Cubes of housemade cheese were cooked in a mixture of spinach, cream and spices that even an avowed hater of cooked greens could love. Beef meatballs—easily the least inspiring item—were reminiscent of something from the supermarket freezer case you’d toss in a sauce and call “Swedish” or “Italian.” Here, the spicy curry was every bit as good as the others—but the meatballs were nothing to write home about. I didn’t see any other beef items listed on the dinner menu, so perhaps there was a sale at Costco the chef couldn’t resist. My past experiences with Indian soups have been pretty flat, but Royal India’s lentil and tomato concoctions were worth trying. The lentil was thicker than most and had decent flavor, and the tomato was nicely seasoned and had little bits of paneer for texture. The experience encouraged me to sample a few of the desserts. I’ve rarely tasted an Indian sweet at a buffet that I’d want again. The kheer— rice pudding with pistachios—was quite sweet but still pretty good. And the kulfi—ice cream with pistachios and rose water—reminded me a bit of the Persian variety, though less dense. Both were fine, but the gajar halwa—shredded carrot cooked with cream and milk, topped with pistachios and served warm—was something I definitely want in my life going forward. It was spicy, sweet and a completely enjoyable end to a great lunch. Ω

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Mostly in this Drink column, we talk about fun things like bars and beer festivals. This week, since Mother’s Day is coming up, let’s talk about what’s become known as “mommy wine culture.” It likens cool parenting with drinking—or at least wanting to drink—and it’s taken shape in an endless stream of funny memes that say things like, “The most expensive part of having kids is all the wine you have to drink” or “Raising a teenager: the reason God made wine.” I’m not here to tell you not to drink if you’re a mom. When my mom friends and I get together, there are usually kids around, and whether they’ve been toddlers running around with airplanes or teens running around with lightsabers, our group default activity has always been to set up a picnic blanket or campsite, send the kids off to run around with whatever implements they were running around with that year, and pop open a couple of cold beers. But, when I Googled “mommy needs ...” and the first auto-fill result was “vodka,” I did wonder if things like cute, stemless “Mom juice,” glasses might be concealing some real problems. On Scary Mommy, a popular site that acknowledges—and embraces—maternal imperfection, one blogger wrote, “I could live without spandex/lycra blends and possibly even coffee (shudder), but there is absolutely no way I could do this thing without wine. Believe me, I’ve tried. And it was awful.” On the other side of the coin, writers for Babble and the New York Times have recently expressed nervousness about mommy wine culture normalizing alcoholism. And there are plenty of voices in support of each of those viewpoints. Sarah Geo Walton is a doula, childbirth educator and co-owner of The Nuturing

Nest, a center that offers support to mothers in the form of things like prenatal yoga classes and breastfeeding support. When it comes to moms of young children and drinking, she said, “I usually hear of it more as a joke than I hear of moms doing it.” Especially during the intensely demanding days of early motherhood, she said, new moms tend to be extra-cautious about alcohol, especially if they’re nursing or if they drive with their babies in the car. Mothers do face some widespread mental health issues though, she pointed out. Post-partum depression, social isolation and anxiety are especially common, and they often go unreported and unaddressed. “Many people will self-medicate at home before they’ll seek professional help, Walton said. “That is a reality.” So, where’s the line between a glass of wine and problem drinking? Ashley Hanna-Morgan—a therapist, social worker and volunteer coordinator for a group called Postpartum Support International—pointed out a warning sign. Depression has a stigma, she said, that can lead people to channel it into guilt and anger, and to try to squelch those feelings with alcohol. “I think everybody knows, deep down, if your drinking makes you numb out, that’s crossed a line,” Hanna-Morgan said. For moms—and dads too—who suspect they’re in danger or want to learn about effective approaches to stress and depression, Hanna-Morgan offers advice through her business, Healing Home Counseling. “Trying to close those gaps so moms don’t fall through the crack is really important to me,” she said. “Any way we can support moms without them getting judged or shamed.” Ω

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FOR THE WEEK OF may 10, 2018 For a complete listing of this week’s events or to post events to our online calendar, visit www.newsreview.com. BOAT SHOP TOUR: Tahoe Maritime Museum offers a behind-the-scenes look. Meet boat restoration specialists. Fri, 5/11, 2pm. $5, free for members, military, children age 12 and younger. Sierra Boat Company, Carnelian Bay, (530) 583-9283, tahoemaritimemuseum.org.

CANNABIS DIALOGUE WORKSHOP: The Truckee Town Council will hold a workshop to discuss the town’s approach to marijuana regulations. The workshop will include discussions on indoor and outdoor cultivation, manufacturing and processing, taxation, retail and commercial uses and delivery services. Fri, 5/11, 6pm. Free. Truckee Town Hall, 10183 Truckee Airport Road, Truckee, cannabis@townoftruckee.com.

CHIP DIG & GAMBLING COLLECTIBLES SHOW: See a variety of collectibles and memorabilia from Nevada’s colorful gambling past. Sat, 5/12, 10am4pm. Free. Nevada Historical Society, 1650 North Virginia Street, (775) 688-1190 ext 223, nvhistoricalsociety.org.

CONTRA DANCE: Sierra Contra Dance

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RENO RIVER FESTIVAL

The 15th annual whitewater festival kicks off the special events season in Reno. Some of the world’s top whitewater athletes will navigate the rapids of the Truckee River Whitewater Park during the two-day event, which also features food, craft beer and wine, shopping, rides and attractions, a mother-daughter lookalike contest and performances by Jimmie Allen, The Freshmakers and Jessie Leigh. Another festival highlight is the Reno River Roll, a mobile concert led by acoustic rock/reggae/blues group The Island of Black and White, whose lead singer will take a costumed crowd of cyclists on a 7-mile bike tour of Reno. The Reno River Roll is the official kick-off to Bike Week in Northern Nevada. It is open to all ages and all types of bicycles. Admission to the festival is free, although you must purchase a ticket for entry to the Reno River Roll, Craft Beer Experience and Summer Wine Village. Gates open at 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, May 12-13, at Wingfield Park and surrounding areas along the Truckee River, between First and Sierra streets and Arlington Avenue. Visit renoriverfestival.com.

Society holds its monthly event with live music and a caller. Arrive at 7:15pm for a beginner’s walk-through. No partner necessary. Sat, 5/12, 7:30pm. $10. Southside Cultural Center, 190 E. Liberty St., (509) 595-1136, www.sierracontra.org.

DEMO BY MICHAEL HOLTER: The artist will demonstrate how to create a powerful cityscape in two hours. Come early to get a good seat and meet local watercolor artists. Sat, 5/12, 1pm. Free. Temple Sinai’s Social Hall, 3405 Gulling Road, www.sierrawatercolorsociety.com.

DOCENTS IN THE GALLERY—ENRIQUE CHAGOYA: Join Nevada Museum of Art docents in the gallery for an in-depth discovery of the works of Enrique Chagoya. Fri, 5/11, noon. $10, free for NMA members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

FAMILY GAME NIGHT: Find a table, grab

a game and have some fun. Fri, 5/11, 4pm. Free. Sierra View Library, 4001 S. Virginia St., (775) 827-3232.

EVENTS

6TH ANNUAL SPRING HORSE EXPO: The event features breed and discipline demonstrations, as well as local horse organizations, vendors and food trucks. Sat, 5/12, 10am. Free. Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, (775) 849-0120, www.facebook.com/ events/2066703146892180/.

2018 BEST OF TAHOE CRAFT BEER CONTEST: Six breweries from around Lake Tahoe will have their beer judged at AleWorX to determine who has the best beer in three categories. Attendees will have the opportunity to try all beer submissions, then show support for their favorite beverage in each category by means of an online voting component. Live music and food vendors will also be on site. A general ticket grants patrons access to AleWorX from 1-5pm, and a VIP option gets attendees into the event at noon. Sat, 5/12, noon. $75-$100. Lake Tahoe AleWorX, 2050 Lake Tahoe Blvd., Ste. 2050, South Lake Tahoe, www.facebook.com/ BestOfTahoeCraftBeer.

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of the Sierra Club will hold its monthly meeting featuring guest speaker Kevin Burls, director of Nevada Bugs and Butterflies. He will talk about Nevada’s native bee species and their role as pollinators of native wildflowers and many domesticated crops. This talk will review native bee biology and ecology and discuss issues related to native bee conservation. Thu, 5/10, 7pm. Free. Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, www.sierraclub.org/toiyabe/ great-basin.

FIXIT CLINIC: Fixit Clinic is an all-ages, do-it-together activity where people bring in their broken household things and learn how to assess, disassemble and repair them, instead of sending them to the landfill. Thu, 5/10, 3pm. Free. Sparks Library, 1125 12th St., Sparks, (775) 352-3200.

HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THE REVITALIZATION OF RENO: As the community experiences rapid growth, economic diversification and a surge in new investment and development, many of Reno’s historic neighborhoods are undergoing transformation. Writer and historian Alicia Barber will discuss how the city’s historic structures can play a pivotal role in this revitalization and help to promote a strong sense of continuity and character in a time of change. Sat, 5/12, 2pm. $5 suggested donation. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mount Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948.

KIDS NATURE JOURNAL CLUB: Learn skills for exploring the natural world and how to capture adventures in a nature journal. Some materials provided. Bring a notebook and pen and dress for the weather. Sat, 5/12, 10:30am. Free. South Lake Tahoe Library, 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd., South Lake Tahoe, (530) 573-3185.

KIDS TRAIN RIDES: Truckee Donner Railroad Society offers train rides for kids. Sat, 5/12, 11am. Free, donations welcome. Truckee River Regional Park, 10500 Brockway Road, Truckee, truckeedonnerrailroadsociety.com.

LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL LIFE—HOW ARE THEY CONNECTED?: Valerie Fridland, a sociolinguist at the University of Nevada, Reno, studies how language and social life are intimately connected. She will discuss what causes dialects, why some people have one and how much influence parents have on their children’s speech. The lecture is free but there is a $3 parking fee on campus. Visit website to RSVP. Fri, 5/11, 7pm. Free. Sierra College Truckee Campus, 11001 College Trail, Truckee, sierracollege.ticketleap.com.

LITTER REMOVAL: The Clean Tahoe Program and City of South Lake Tahoe host the third annual spring cleanup of 14 neighborhoods. Free lunch and celebration at Bijou Park afterward. Sat, 5/12, 9am. Free, Various locations in South Lake Tahoe, (530) 544-4210.

MOTHER’S DAY CRAFT AND TODDLER TIME: For children 18 months to 3 years. All early literacy programs in Washoe County Libraries feature stories, fingerplays and wiggle action as part of the experience to encourage a love of books, stimulate thinking, and promote feelings of self-assurance. Fri, 5/11, 10:15am. Free. Sparks Library, 1125 12th St., Sparks, (775) 352-3200.

MOTHER’S DAY TEA & STORYTIME: Kids can sip tea and eat fancy biscuits with their moms, then create tissue paper bouquets. Sun, 5/13, 11:30am. Free. Downtown Reno Library, 301 South Center St., (775) 327-8300.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST & AIRPLANE RIDES: Truckee EAA Chapter 1073 holds its pancake breakfast and offers free Young Eagles airplane rides for kids ages 8-17 on those mornings (weather permitting). Sat, 5/12, 8am. Truckee-Tahoe Airport, 10356 Truckee Airport Road, Truckee, www.eaa1073.org.

PAWS TO READ: Children can practice reading to friendly therapy dogs and receive a free book. All ages welcome. Thu, 5/10, 4pm. Incline Village Library, 845 Alder Ave., Incline Village, (775) 832-4130.

RSVP SPRING CELEBRATION & CARNIVAL: The Nevada Rural Counties RSVP Program holds its 33rd annual event featuring live music, vendors, carnival rides and more. Discount carnival ride tickets are available on site. Thu, 5/10-Fri, 5/11, 5pm; Sat, 5/12-Sun, 5/13, 1pm. Free admission. Mills Park, 1111 E. William St., Carson City, nevadaruralrsvp.org.

RT BOOKLOVERS CONVENTION: The literary arts gathering features book signings, author chats, RT Bazaar and more than 100 workshops. Tue, 5/15-Wed, 5/16. $55$299. Peppermill Casino, 2707 S. Virginia St., rtconvention.com.

SCIENCE SATURDAY—ROVING ON MARS: The event features simulated science journeys, full-dome planetarium programs, hands-on workshops, live presentations, virtual reality headsets and iPad interactive stations. Participants ages 8-12 must be accompanied by an adult. Sat, 5/12, 9:30am. $12. National Automobile Museum, 10 S. Lake St., www.nevadachallenger.org.

SECOND THURSDAY TALK: Jackie Frady, president and executive director of the National Automobile Museum, will present “Bill Harrah—The Man Behind the Legend” This month’s event concludes the Second Thursday Talk series. Thu, 5/10, 1:30pm. $5 with paid museum admission, free for members. National Automobile Museum, 10 S. Lake St., (775) 333-9300.

SENSORY STORY TIME: For children with autism spectrum disorders, sensory integration issues, or other developmental challenges. All early literacy programs in Washoe County Libraries feature stories, fingerplays, and wiggle action as part of the experience to encourage a love of books, stimulate thinking and promote feelings of self-assurance. Thu, 5/10, 10:15am. Free. Sparks Library, 1125 12th St., Sparks, (775) 352-3200.

SMALL WONDER WEDNESDAYS: Tots ages 5 and younger can participate in story time and explore the museum for a full hour before it opens to the public. Wed, 5/16, 9am. $10-$12, free for members. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., nvdm.org.

SPEAK YOUTH TO POWER CANDIDATE FORUMS: This week’s forum features candidates for Reno City Council. While these events are youth-centered, all members of the public are encouraged to attend. These are not debates, but forums for candidates to address issues. Audience members will also have the opportunity to ask questions. These non-partisan forums are open to all candidates. Thu, 5/10, 6pm. Free. Downtown Reno Library, 301 S. Center St., www.hollandreno.org/ event/candidate-forum-1/.

VESTA STREET FAIR: Local artists and artisans will sell their handmade work, including jewelry, garden art, furniture and paintings. Sat, 5/12, 10am. Free. Vesta Street, (775) 786-7942, www. facebook.com/events/1702812359797722/.

ART ARTIST CO-OP GALLERY OF RENO: Majestic Nevada Benefit for Veterans’ Voluntary Services. The Artists Co-op of Reno supports the VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System for the month of May. Members and guests artists will participate with 20 percent of sale proceeds going to this organization. Thu, 5/10-Wed, 5/16, 11am-4pm. Free. 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896.

BLUE WHALE COFFEE COMPANY: Midtown Mural Tour. A docent-led tour of more than 40 of the 70 murals in the midtown district. Learn about the artists and how this form of public art improves the life and culture of a neighborhood. Local, national and international artists are represented. Tickets are available at the door. Sat, 5/12, 11am. $10. Blue Whale Coffee Company, 32 Cheney St., (415) 5964987, artspotreno.com.

THE BRICK: High School Pic[ks] 2018. The Capital City Arts Initiative exhibition features a variety of media by 32 artists from Carson, Dayton, Douglas and Pioneer high schools in Nevada. Thu, 5/10, 9am. Free. The Brick, 108 E. Proctor St., Carson City, arts-inititive.org.

CCAI COURTHOUSE GALLERY: Writing from Mars: An Exhibition. The Capital City Arts Initiative presents its exhibition by artist Rick Parsons at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery. Parsons’ current work explores automatic writing, jazz thinking and three-dimensional forms, while also addressing the environment. The show runs through May 23. Thu, 5/10-Fri, 5/11, Mon, 5/14-Wed, 5/16, 8am-5pm. Free. CCAI Courthouse Gallery, 885 E. Musser St., Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

CARSON CITY COMMUNITY CENTER, SIERRA ROOM: Works: Some Water Some Welded. The Capital City Arts Initiative’s exhibition features mixed media art by Susan Glaser Church and Stephen Reid. The show is open through June 30. Thu, 5/10, Mon, 5/14-Wed, 5/16, 8am. Free. Carson City Community Center, Sierra Room, 815 E. William St., Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

NORTH TAHOE ARTS: North Tahoe Arts Members Exhibit. Artwork by current members of North Tahoe Arts is on display through June 8. The artists’ reception is on May 19, 5-7pm. Tue, 5/15-Wed, 5/16, 8am. Free. North Tahoe Arts, 380 N. Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, northtahoearts.com.

OXS GALLERY: Vistas and Viewpoints. Mixed media by Bobbie Ann Howell, a Nevada Arts Council Visual Arts Fellow. Thu, 5/10-Fri, 5/11. Free. OXS Gallery, Carson City, (775) 687-6680, nvculture.org/ nevadaartscouncil/exhibitions/oxsoffice-exhibition-series.

RENO ART WORKS: Where The Wild Things Grow. Artwork by Beth Stoker. Thu, 5/10, 6pm. Free. Reno Art Works, 1995 Dickerson Road, (775) 391-0278.

ST. MARY’S ART CENTER: Paula Saponaro— Decades & Detours Exhibition. The art exhibition features multiple bodies of work, mediums and a progression of this artist’s evolution over the decade. Fri, 5/11-Sun 5/13, 11am. $3.50-$5. St. Mary’s Art Center, 55 North R St., Virginia City, www.stmarysartcenter.org.

STUDENT GALLERIES SOUTH, JOT TRAVIS BUILDING: MFA Thesis Exhibition. A thesis exhibition by master of fine arts candidate Cullen Wegman. Thu, 5/10, noon. Free. Student Galleries South, Jot Travis Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

THE WEDGE CERAMICS STUDIO: Petals & Pottery, Mother’s Day Weekend Flower Bar. Choose from hundreds of handmade ceramic vases and flowers from the flower bar to make a one-of-a-kind floral arrangement with or for your mom. Prices vary, and the flowers are included in the price of the vase. There will be other ceramic artwork for sale from artists, pop-up shops from local artisans, macarons and mimosas. Sierra Water Gardens outdoor Truckee River location will be open. Sat, 5/12-Sun, 5/13, 10am. Free. The Wedge Ceramics Studio, 2095 Dickerson Road, (775) 770-4770, www.thewedgeceramics.com.

WILBUR D. MAY MUSEUM: Bouquets for Reno’s 150th Birthday. Sierra Watercolor Society’s newest exhibit of original watercolor paintings by local artists honors both Reno’s 150th birthday and the vibrant plants and flowers of spring. All paintings are for sale. Thu, 5/10-Sun, 5/13, Wed, 5/16. Free. Wilbur D. May Museum, Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 750-4636, www.sierrawatercolorsociety.com.

MAY/12: HANDS ON! SECOND SATURDAY

Nevada Museum of Art’s monthly program offers free admission to its art galleries, hands-on art activities, storytelling, a docent-guided tour, live performances and community collaborations. The month’s theme is “Way Out West” and features oil pastel landscape and paper collage art projects and performances by the Great Basin Young Chautauqua. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, at the NMA, 160 W. Liberty St. Call 329-3333 or visit www.nevadaart.org.

MUSIC FIRE DANCE: The Reno Pops Orchestra and

MUSEUMS THE TERRY LEE WELLS NEVADA DISCOVERY MUSEUM (THE DISCOVERY): A T. rex Named Sue. At 42 feet long and 12 feet high at the hips, Sue is the largest, most complete, and best-preserved T. rex ever discovered. A dramatic, life-sized skeleton cast of Sue is the centerpiece of this exhibition that also features digital and hands-on interactive exhibits that help you uncover Sue’s past and explore the field of paleontology. A T. rex Named Sue will be on exhibit at The Discovery through May 13. Museum hours are 10am to 5pm on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, 10am to 8pm on Wednesday, 10am to 2pm on Thursday and noon to 5pm on Sunday. Thu, 5/10-Sun, 5/13. $10-$12. The Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, nvdm.org.

FILM RENOIR: Artemisia Moviehouse presents a screening of the biographical film directed by Gilles Bourdos. In the South of France in 1915, a young model is discovered by the Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. This is the mostly forgotten story of Andrée Heuschling, aka Catherine Hessling, the final muse for the great artist, and first inspiration for his son, Jean, the returning soldier who would go on to become one of the cinema’s greatest and most acclaimed directors. In French and Italian with English subtitles. Sun, 5/13, 6pm. $5-$9. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 124 W. Taylor St., (775) 337-9111, artemisiamoviehouse.weebly.com.

guests play a variety of Latin-inspired music, including Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio espagnol, Chuck Mangione’s “Children of Sanchez,” Marquez’ Danzon No. 2 and music from Disney’s animated feature film Coco. Guitarist Jack Cimo will play Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. Sat, 5/12, 7pm. Free. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 673-1234, www.renopops.org.

NEW WORLD STRING PROJECT: Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter join John Weed and Stu Mason of Molly’s Revenge to create a supergroup playing music that will shake your boots, uplift your spirit and warm your heart. Mon, 5/14, 7pm. $12$20. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976.

SNC CHOIR CONCERT—BROADWAY!: The Sierra Nevada College Concert Choir, under the direction of Donna Roberts Axton, performs music from the musicals Hamilton, Oliver and Jekyll & Hyde. Thu, 5/10-Fri, 5/11, 7pm. $5-$15, free for SNC students and staff. St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 341 Village Blvd., Incline Village, www.sierranevada.edu.

YOUTH ORCHESTRAS SPRING SHOWCASE: The Reno Phil’s three youth orchestras perform. The evening will begin with the Youth Strings Symphonia, under the direction of conductor Carol Laube. The YSS will be followed by the Youth Concert Orchestra, under the direction of Dustin Budish, and conclude with the Youth Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Jason Altieri. Sat, 5/12, 4pm. $5-$10. Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 323-6393.

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THE (CURIOUS CASE OF THE) WATSON INTELLIGENCE: Reno Little Theater presents this play written by Madeleine George. Watson. Confidant of Holmes. Engineer with Bell. Supercomputer Jeopardy winner. Modern companion? It’s a journey through time that tells the tales of the people and machines that we depend on. Thu, 5/10-Sat, 5/12, 7:30pm; Sun, 5/13, 2pm. $15-$25. Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 813-8900, renolittletheater.org.

THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW: Featuring Ultimate Rat Pack, Dean-O-Holics, Cash Profits, Jeff Sutherland as John Wayne and Sherri-Lynn Laboissonniere as Marilyn Monroe. Fri, 5/11, 7:30pm. $15-$20. Piper’s Opera House, 12 North B St., Virginia City, (775) 847-0433.

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH: Brüka Theatre and Good Luck Macbeth collaborate for this production of John Cameron Mitchell and Steven Trask’s rock musical that tells the story of Hansel Schmidt, a slip of a girlyboy from communist East Berlin who becomes Hedwig Robinson, “the internationally ignored song stylist barely standing before you.” Her journey to find true love, and her other half, takes her across the world and from man to woman. Thu, 5/10-Sat, 5/12, 8pm. $20-$30. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 124 W. Taylor St., (775) 323-3221, (775) 322-3716.

SISTER ACT: The musical, based on the 1992 film of the same name, tells the story of aspiring club singer Deloris Van Cartier, who witnesses her criminal boyfriend commit a murder. She goes into hiding in a convent where she discovers a sisterhood she didn’t know existed. Thu, 5/10-Sat, 5/12, 7pm. $10-$12. Damonte Ranch High School, 10500 Rio Wrangler Parkway, (775) 851-5656.

Theatre presents Craig Pospisil’s episodic comedy. Jasper has feelings of isolation, fears of the dark, and really everyday life has overwhelmed him, but he is determined to live. He gets stuck between floors on an elevator with a claustrophobic man. A sleazy coworker gives him farcical advice on how to pick up women. He strikes out with the girl he wants, but is picked up by another woman, who takes him home—where she lives with her boyfriend. A chance encounter with a homeless man gives Jasper perspective on his life. He loses his cool, kicks a chair, breaks his foot and gets fired. And then he meets Holly. It might be love, or it might be he’s dying. Thu, 5/10-Sat, 5/12, 7:30pm; Sun, 5/13, 2pm. $12-$20. Restless Artist Theatre, 295 20th St., Sparks, (775) 5253074, www.rattheatre.org.

SPORTS & FITNESS RENO ACES: The minor league baseball team plays Albuquerque Isotopes. Thu, 5/10Fri, 5/11, 6:35pm. $9-$45. Greater Nevada Field, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-4700.

RENO ACES: The baseball team plays the El

Paso Chihuahuas. Sat, 5/12, 6:35pm; Sun, 5/13,1:05pm; Mon, 5/14, 6:35pm; Tue, 5/15, 11:35pm. $10-$30. Greater Nevada Field, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-4700.

LIFESTYLE GENEALOGY OPEN LAB: Learn how to build your family tree, discover your ancestors and amaze your family with your research skills. Fri, 5/11, 11:30am. Free. Elizabeth Sturm Library, Truckee Meadows Community College, 7000 Dandini Blvd., (775) 674-7600.

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challenging. Without a 100% feeling in the penis, its next to impossible to get truly aroused. Worse, modern day sex drugs have absolutely no effect on sensation and are laden with side effects. They simply stimulate an erection by enhancing blood ﬂow. It’s why most men are rarely satisﬁed after taking them and why Sensum+® users are always stocking up on more and couldn’t be happier. “We knew the science behind Sensum+® was there, but we never expected results like we’re seeing. It’s far exceeded our expectations” said a spokesperson for the company.

A STAGGERING 80% IMPROVEMENT IN SENSITIVITY Researchers have conducted several clinical studies on Sensum+® and the results from the most recent are undoubtedly the most impressive. A data analysis of three clinical surveys of 370 men showed that an amazing 80% of Sensum+® users experienced dramatic improvements while using the cream and as a result were aroused easier and a phenomenal boost in performance. Additionally, 77.4% of men also reported much more satisfying climaxes, making sex for both them and their partners nearly 300% more satisfying. “I have full feeling and sensitivity back in my penis. Everything feels better. My erections are harder, I’m more easily aroused, I can ﬁnally climax again. This stuff honestly works like magic in the bedroom. I couldn’t be happier at 66!” raves one Sensum+® user.

HOW SENSUM+® WORKS Sensum ® is a new sex cream for men that’s to be applied twice a day for the ﬁrst two weeks then just once every day after. There are no harmful side effects for either the user or partner. It also does not require a prescription. The active ingredient is an organic compound known as cinnamaldehyde with a patented combination of sexually rousing extracts. Research shows that as men get older, they often lose sensitivity to the penis. Although very subtle, this desensitization can signiﬁcantly hinder sexual performance and lead to serious problems with becoming aroused and staying/getting hard. The cinnamaldehyde in Sensum+® is one of the only known ingredients to activate a special sensation pathway on the penis called TRPA1. Once activated, it restores tremendous sensation to the penis, stimulating arousal and powerful erections. This would explain why so many users are experiencing impressive results so quickly and why the company behind Sensum+® offers their low cost cream with an amazing guarantee. +

The End of Sex Pills: Sensum is a new clinically tested sex cream that enhances arousal and sensitivity, leading to improved erections and performance. No prescription required.

GUARANTEE DISCOUNTED SUPPLY TAKES RISK OFF CONSUMERS A large percentage of men report life changing results with Sensum+®. That’s why it is now being sold with an above-industry standard guarantee. “We can only make this guarantee because we are 100% certain this cream works,” says Damaj. “We want to take risk off the consumers. So besides offering massive discounts, we’re also offering this guarantee, so they don’t have to risk a cent.” Here’s how it works: Use the cream exactly as directed and in just one week, you must feel a signiﬁcant improvement in sexual sensations. You must be more easily aroused with harder, longer lasting erections and be having the best sex you’ve had in years. Otherwise, simply return the empty bottles. Then, Innovus Pharmaceuticals will refund your money immediately.

HOW TO GET SENSUM+® This is the ofﬁcial release of Sensum+®. As such, the company is offering a special discounted supply to any reader suffering with their sexual performance and who calls within the next 48 hours. A special hotline number and discounted pricing has been created for all Nevada residents. Discounts will be available starting today at 6:00AM and will automatically be applied to all callers. Your Toll-Free Hotline number is 1-800-530-3291 and will only be open for the next 48 hours. Only a limited discounted supply of Sensum+® is currently available in your region. Consumers who miss out on our current product inventory will have to wait until more becomes available and that could take weeks. The company advises not to wait. Call 1-800-530-3291 today.

THESE STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN BY THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THESE PRODUCTS ARE NOT INTENDED TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, CURE OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE. RESULTS BASED UPON AVERAGES. MODELS ARE USED IN ALL PHOTOS TO PROTECT PRIVACY.

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by AMY ALKON

Endship ring I was roommates with a girl five years ago. I was a spoiled brat for many years, but I’ve worked very hard to change. She, on the other hand, is still supported by her father, has no job or interests, and just wants to get married. Whenever she calls, she wants advice on the same boy drama. I just don’t have the time or patience for this anymore. I tried not responding to her, but she keeps calling and texting, “I need to come over right now!” It’s easy to confuse the chunk of time a friend has been in your life with reason for them to continue being there. It helps to unpack the mystique about how friendships form. Social science research finds that a major driver of friendship is similarity—shared values and attitudes, for example. But demographic similarity is part of it, too—like both being 30-year-old, single, female zoo workers who went to a crappy college. And though we want to believe we carefully choose the friends in our lives, personality psychologist Mitja Back and his colleagues are among the researchers who’ve found that “mere proximity” seems to play a big role in who our friends are. This means, for example, living in the apartment next door, working in the same department, or, in Back’s study, being randomly assigned to “neighboring seats” in a college class. In other words, you probably became friends with this woman because she was sleeping in the next room, not because you conducted a nationwide search for the best possible buddy for you. Now’s the time to choose whether she stays in your life—and you don’t do that by hoping she’ll hear your vigorous eye-rolling over the phone and take the hint. Breaking up with a friend—if that’s what you want to do—should work like breaking up with a romantic partner. Don’t just wordlessly cut off contact, that’s cruel—and likely to backfire. Tell her that you need to end the friendship, explaining the problem in broad terms: You’ve “grown apart” or you’re “in different places” in your lives. Even if she presses you, keep it kind by keeping it vague. The point is telling her it’s over, not informing her that she’s got all the emotional depth of a goldfish and then ducking out

forever via call waiting: “Sorry— gotta go. Important robocall from Rachel from Card Services on the other line!”

To the bitter friend After six years of hard work, I’m starting to have some success in my career. Disturbingly, my best friend seems envious. I’ll tell her some exciting news, and she’ll barely respond. I understand that she’s trying to break through while working a menial job, but my other friends are really supportive and happy for me. She claims she is, too, but her behavior says otherwise. It really hurts my feelings. We evolved to be creatures of “social comparison”—judging how well we’re doing personally and professionally by how we stack up to others. As I often explain, our emotions are not just for mental decoration—they’re motivational tools. When we’re lagging behind our peers, envy often rises up—as it seems to be in your friend. Envy is mistakenly assumed to be ugly and shameful, but evolutionary social psychologist Bram Buunk and his colleagues explain that the feelbad we get from envy pushes us to get on the stick and narrow the “status gap” between ourselves and others. Understanding the underpinnings of envy can help you have compassion for your friend, which might help you avoid taking it personally when she fails to celebrate your achievements by pulling out confetti and a kazoo. Try to accept that she probably can’t express the excitement you’d like her to because every success you rack up sneers, “Hey, loser! How come she’s up there and you’re down here?” If you do tell her about some win, consider pairing the news with mention of the years of grubby work and daily failures that went into it. This might help her view the success you’ve achieved as something attainable—as opposed to some magical gift. Ω

ERIK HOLLAND

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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For the week oF May 10, 2018 ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Torah is a primary

sacred text of the Jewish religion. It consists of exactly 304,805 letters. When specially trained scribes make handwritten copies for ritual purposes, they must not make a single error in their transcription. The work may take as long as 18 months. Your attention to detail in the coming weeks doesn’t have to be quite so painstaking, Aries, but I hope you’ll make a strenuous effort to be as diligent as you can possibly be.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Born under the sign

of Taurus, Edmund Wilson was a renowned 20th century author and critic who wrote more than 30 books. He also served as editor for Vanity Fair and the New Republic, and influenced the work of at least seven major American novelists. When he was growing up, he spent most of his free time reading books: 16 hours a day during summer vacations. His parents, worried about his obsessive passion, bought him a baseball uniform, hoping to encourage him to diversify his interests. His response was to wear the uniform while reading books 16 hours a day. I trust you will be equally dedicated to your own holy cause or noble pursuit in the coming weeks, Taurus. You have cosmic clearance to be singleminded about doing what you love.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It’s possible you could

pass for normal in the next three weeks; you might be able to fool a lot of people into thinking you’re an average, ordinary contributor to the dull routine. But it will be far healthier for your relationship with yourself if you don’t do such a thing. It will also be a gift to your less daring associates, who in my opinion would benefit from having to engage with your creative agitation and fertile chaos. So my advice is to reveal yourself as an imperfect work-in-progress who’s experimenting with novel approaches to the game of life. Recognize your rough and raw features as potential building blocks for future achievements.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Paradise is scattered

over the whole earth,” wrote the scientific poet Novalis, “and that is why it has become so unrecognizable.” Luckily for you, Cancerian, quite a few fragments of paradise are gathering in your vicinity. It’ll be like a big happy reunion of tiny miracles all coalescing to create a substantial dose of sublimity. Will you be ready to deal with this much radiance? Will you be receptive to so much relaxing freedom? I hope and pray you won’t make a cowardly retreat into the trendy cynicism that so many people mistake for intelligence. (Because in that case, paradise might remain invisible.) Here’s my judicious advice: Be insistent on pleasure! Be voracious for joy! Be focused on the quest for beautiful truths!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): These days, your friends

and allies and loved ones want even more from you than they usually do. They crave more of your attention, more of your approval, more of your feedback. And that’s not all. Your friends and allies and loved ones also hope you will give more love to yourself. They will be excited, and they will feel blessed if you express an even bigger, brighter version of your big, bright soul. They will draw inspiration from your efforts to push harder and stronger to fulfill your purpose here on planet Earth.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): One of the advantages

you get from reading my horoscopes is that I offer confidential information about the gods’ caprices and leanings. For example, I can tell you that Saturn—also known as Father Time—is now willing to allot you a more luxurious relationship with time than usual, on one condition: that you don’t squander the gift on trivial pursuits. So I encourage you to be discerning and disciplined about nourishing your soul’s craving for interesting freedom. If you demonstrate to Saturn how constructively you can use his blessing, he’ll be inclined to provide more dispensations in the future.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Vincent van Gogh’s

painting “The Starry Night” hangs on a wall in New York’s Museum of Modern Art. He created it in 1889 while living in a French asylum. Around that same time, 129 years ago, a sheepherder in Wyoming created a sourdough

starter that is still fresh today. A cook named Lucille Clarke Dumbrill regularly pulls this frothy mass of yeast out of her refrigerator and uses it to make pancakes. In the coming weeks, Libra, I’d love to see you be equally resourceful in drawing on an old resource. The past will have offerings that could benefit your future.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Love everyone twice

as much and twice as purely as you ever have before. Your mental health requires it! Your future dreams demand it! And please especially intensify your love for people you allegedly already love but sometimes don’t treat as well as you could because you take them for granted. Keep this Bible verse in mind, as well: “Don’t neglect to show kindness to strangers; for, in this way, some, without knowing it, have had angels as their guests.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): After meditating

on your astrological aspects for an hour, I dozed off. As I napped, I had a dream in which an androgynous angel came to me and said, “Please inform your Sagittarius readers that they should be callipygian in the next two weeks.” Taken back, my dreaming self said to the angel, “You mean ‘callipygian’ as in ‘having beautiful buttocks’?” “Yes, sir,” the angel replied. “Bootylicious. Bumtastic. Rumpalicious.” I was puzzled. “You mean like in a metaphorical way?” I asked. “You mean Sagittarians should somehow cultivate the symbolic equivalent of having beautiful buttocks?” “Yes,” the angel said. “Sagittarians should be elegantly well-grounded. Flaunt their exquisite foundation. Get to the bottom of things with flair. Be sexy badasses as they focus on the basics.” “OK!” I said.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Now is a favorable time to discuss in elegant detail the semisecret things that are rarely or never talked about. It’s also a perfect moment to bring deep feelings and brave tenderness into situations that have been suffering from half-truths and pretense. Be aggressively sensitive, my dear Capricorn. Take a bold stand in behalf of compassionate candor. And as you go about these holy tasks, be entertaining as well as profound. The cosmos has authorized you to be a winsome agent of change.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In his 1931 painting

“The Persistence of Memory,” Salvador Dali shows three clocks that seem to be partially liquefied, as if in the process of melting. His biographer Meredith Etherington-Smith speculated that he was inspired to create this surrealistic scene when he saw a slab of warm Camembert cheese melting on a dinner table. I foresee the possibility of a comparable development in your life, Aquarius. Be alert for creative inspiration that strikes you in the midst of seemingly mundane circumstances.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “My whole life is

messed up with people falling in love with me,” said Piscean poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. She spoke the truth. She inspired a lot of adoration, and it stirred up more chaos than she was capable of managing. Luckily, you will have fewer problems with the attention coming your way, Pisces. I bet you’ll be skilled at gathering the benefits and you’ll be unflummoxed by the pitfalls. But you’ll still have to work hard at these tasks. Here’s some help. Tip No. 1: Stay in close touch with how you really feel about the people who express their interest in you. Tip no. 2: Don’t accept gifts with strings attached. Tip no. 3: Just because you’re honored or flattered that someone finds you attractive doesn’t mean you should unquestioningly blend your energies with them.

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 BRAD BYNUm

Singer Stephanya Barranti stars as the title performer in Simply the Best: a Tribute to the Music of Tina Turner, which runs at Sammy’s Showroom in Harrah’s Reno, 219 N. Center St., through June 30. For tickets or more information, visit www.caesars. com/harrahs-reno.

Why Tina Turner? What draws you to her music? We’d listen to records a lot at home. ... I was just a little kid. I couldn’t have been any more than 5, 6, 7 years old. And whenever Tina Turner records would come on, my parents said I would get up in the middle of the floor, and I would just start doing this wiggling thing. And I only did it with Tina Turner records and Aretha Franklin records. … I spent several years in China about 10 years ago, and I performed at this really beautiful nightclub where there were travelers that came from all over the world. And there was one gentleman that came in that loved Tina Turner. And every time he came to the club, he would ask me to sing a Tina Turner song. ... Well, I said, I know all the words to, like, three. And he said, well, can you learn more? And every week he’d come back, and I’d learn a different song ... to the point where I had an entire album of Tina Turner songs.

What was your gig in China? I was just singing. It happens a lot—especially in Asian countries like Japan and

China, the Philippines, Thailand, places like that—they will bring in American singers—especially soul, rock, R&B singers. ... They really enjoyed my performances. And I was doing Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Tina Turner, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight—all of those great legends.

For your show, are you doing mostly ’60s stuff or later stuff? I’m really all over the board. It starts with the ’60s. You have to start with where people first recollect her. And that is with Ike & Tina. So, I start the show there, but then I run through almost a whole life of her music. … Also, I have a special guest, who I’m not going to tell you who that is. ... And I change that special guest out throughout the show—so you never know who you’re going to see.

Sammy’s Showroom is a great sounding room and also historic.

That room has stolen my heart. … I’m a spiritual person—not necessarily religious, but very spiritual—and there are definitely arms in there that will wrap themselves around you in that room. It is such a warm feeling. And downstairs in the dressing rooms—I don’t know if you’ve ever had a chance to walk through there—they have all of the photographs of every headliner who’s ever performed there. Sammy [Davis, Jr]’s dressing room is exactly the same way it was when Sammy performed there. There’s also another room, a lounge where Sammy and the Rat Pack and Frank Sinatra and all those guys would go and sit and smoke their cigars. ... Performing on that stage, once I walk out onto that stage, I really feel like they’re all there, going, “You go, girl!” ... I know it sounds corny, and you may not believe in that kind of thing, but it does exist in that room. … This show is not just me and a band playing Tina Turner songs. It’s a 14-member cast. It’s truly a production, and it’s different every night. We have a full rhythm section, which includes a saxophone player; four dancers, which is really cool; two background singers; and, like I said, a special guest that changes frequently. As a matter of fact, another change is taking place this weekend with one of Tina’s really old friends. It’s going to make this show a lot of fun. We’ve had Rod Stewart in for a little bit. We had Michael Jackson in for a little while.

Mick Jagger? Oh! Do I tell or do I not? I guess you’ll have to come. Ω

by BRUCE VAN DYKE

Counting his blessings Allow me to unleash a reality check that’s long overdue, because about every week now for the last three years, ever since President Spanky rode down that Escalator of Doom in June of ’15, I’ve been ranting, raging and raving non-stop in This Space. And, as we’ve all now seen, with good fucking reason. I mean, fercrissakes—Scott Pruitt? This guy is the Lebron James of graft, like a Gotham City commissioner on the take in a Batman movie. Quite possibly the second most detestable human being currently residing in D.C. (and at a very suspicious monthly rate!). But the point I want to make, before I go off on yet another spittle-spewing rant—so easy to do!—is that life here in Nevada is still really good. It just is. I gotta admit, I’m having a swell time, and I thought I would throw that out there this week, because it’s real, and it should be said on occasion.

Living in America is still pretty doggone OK, all things considered. The house is paid off, as is the truck, my health is hanging in there, and my entitlements (yay SS! yay Medicare!) are doing exactly what they’re supposed to, so, hey, what’s not to like? I live in an astoundingly wealthy country, filled with staggering abundance—remember the time Mikhail Gorbachev, the last likable Russian, walked into an American supermarket and began to cry at the sight of what we all take for granted?—a country populated with loads and loads of decent, reasonable, friendly people (even, I begrudgingly admit, some Trump supporters!). And let us not forget that our country is a wondrous little patch of an astoundingly fabulous planet, which is still never-ending in its ability to impress and dazzle in a myriad

of ways, even as we continue to make ever larger and more ominous messes that are, without a doubt, the responsibility of one species and only one, and that species is, of course—wait. OK, hold on. So, life is still pretty darn pleasant, at least for an old white guy with a functioning Visa card. For all our shortcomings, problems, and difficulties, it’s journalistically honest to report that, most of the time, people are nice, stuff works, and things happen the way they should. Most of the time. And that’s when I woke up and remembered that just two years ago, I literally never pondered the possibility that the POTUS was being blackmailed by his extramarital mistresses. Or Russian dictators, for that matter. Take it from your correspondent, vape ’n’ vino is very helpful. Ω

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