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Beast of Northern Nevada Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review. Man, people just love to hate on Best Of. Voting in this year’s Best of Northern Nevada readers’ poll began on May 3. The primary round ends on June 7. The final round runs June 28 to July 26. You can vote now at bestofnorthernnevada.com. And of course we here in the RN&R are already fielding complaints. (I’m not whining. It comes with the territory, and we’re pretty thickskinned over here. I just want to clarify a few things for folks with questions and concerns.) People complain that there are too many categories, but then complain about the categories that were cut from last year—most of which were cut simply because they didn’t attract many votes. Folks are still complaining about some of last year’s results. Yes, we know that certain businesses gamed the system in recent years, running customer promotions and forcing workers to vote to run up their tallies. But to be clear: Advertising has no sway on the contest outcomes or any editorial content. We editors don’t even know what businesses buy ads unless we see them in the paper after it hits the stands. That said, there’s nothing unethical about advertising to rally votes. We’re a free paper that depends on ad revenue support. It irritates me to no end when folks scold local businesses for advertising with us to drum up votes. Of course, it irritates me even more when people spend their ad dollars on Facebook. Cuz, yeah, Facebook needs more money. All of that said, some of the more outlandish results last year were what prompted us to make changes this year, including adding the primary round. People complain it’s a “popularity contest”—well, yeah. That’s exactly what voting is—welcome to democracy. The readers poll is the rabble roused. You just want carefully curated selections written by knowledgeable superdelegates? Read the editors’ picks.

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Well, yes, there is that Re “Immortal Toil or A Cure for Aging” (cover story, May 10): The cover of your May 10 edition was as unpatriotic as the accompanying story was incomplete. Our founding fathers mandated the ultimate cure for aging in the U.S. Constitution: The Second Amendment. Be well. Raise hell. Andrew Barbano Reno

Electric letters Re “The EV nonsense and its buffs” (guest comment, May 17): Jeffrey Middlebrook claimed that electric vehicles like Tesla didn’t save on fossil fuels because they used more energy to produce than gasoline vehicles. He accused Tesla owners of being dumbasses. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, https://blog.ucsusa.org/rachaelnealer/gasoline-vs-electric-global-warmingemissions-953 whom he cited, over the lifetime of the vehicle, the electric car produces less than 50 percent of the gasoline car’s CO2 emissions, including the extra emissions related to production. Doesn’t sound especially dumbass. Douglas Lowenthal Reno Re “The EV nonsense and its buffs” (guest comment, May 17): I took umbrage at the editorial rant. Middlebrook gave us a biased view of the role of EVs in combatting GHG emissions. Maybe the bias was heightened by the haughtiness of some Tesla owners who may take the “holier than thou” role. But the facts need to get straight. What UCS report does the article refer to? Could it be the 2015 UCS report titled “Cleaner Cars from Cradle to Grave: Electric Cars Beat Gasoline Cars on Lifetime Global

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Warming Emissions”? Middlebrook seemingly cherry-picked a bit of information from this long and thorough report on EVs. No one who read the entire report would come to the conclusion that MIddlebrook did. True, not “zero emissions” for EVs, but they are significantly better than for fossil-fuel vehicles. The “15 percent” production penalty on EVs is easily erased by the greater efficiency of electric motors versus internal combustion engines in moving a mass down the road over the lifetime of the vehicle. The advantage of EVs is continually being increased as the power on our electric grids comes more and more from renewable energy sources that are not emitting GHGs. Those buying an EV today may well be getting all their power from renewable sources in a few years. When combined with home solar installations, the advantage grows even more. I have become accustomed to rants in the letters to the editor in the RN&R. But I do expect editorial pieces to give sources, present matters in an unbiased way, and not cherry-pick facts. David von Seggern Reno Editor’s note: The EV piece was a guest comment by a reader, not an editorial.

Health angst Re “Tangled up in red” (cover story, May 17): According to the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School, the First Amendment “protects … freedom of expression from government interference” and “[t]he right to freedom of speech allows individuals to express themselves without government interference or regulation.” For years I’ve heard stories of retaliatory tactics (“interference”) employed by county health department building officials and by officials in the county and city of Reno building departments, as well as at Truckee Meadows Water Authority and Regional Transportation Commission whenever staff

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decisions are questioned. There are penalties for breaking the law. What are the penalties for violating the constitution? It’s time for these petty and illegal activities to stop. The texting between staff members, particularly that of derogatory and demeaning epithets and during meetings needs to stop. It is time to end this revolving appointment process to local boards that makes it impossible to hold members accountable. Until then, it is time we start taking out our angst directly on the county commission and city councils’ members who make these board appointments. Marcus Krebs Reno

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Giunchigliani for governor In 1993, after costs charged to businesses for workers injury insurance had been held down by the state for many years, resulting in huge unfunded liabilities, the Nevada Legislature adopted a plan that, thanks to corporate lobbyists, dumped much of the burden of making the system solvent on workers instead of on the businesses that had gotten years of below-cost rates. Assemblymember Chris Giunchigliani fought against that plan, taking on a governor of her own party. After the Assembly, with its Democratic majority, voted against Giunchigliani’s reforms, Washoe Assm. Bernie Anderson stood up and apologized to her for so many legislators who abandoned her. It was not the first battle Giunchigliani fought, nor the last time Anderson praised her courage. In 1999, when she introduced legislation decriminalizing marijuana, Anderson said, “I always admire someone who has the courage to ... put this issue forward. It’s been misrepresented for a long period of time.” She was ahead of her time. She now runs for governor, facing fellow Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak in the Democratic primary. On issues from guns to the reproductive freedom, Giunchigliani has followed her conscience and values while Sisolak adjusts his stands to his latest political needs. In public office, his record has been lackluster. No one can seem to remember a single initiative for which he was responsible as a Nevada regent. Her achievements are scattered throughout Nevada’s lawbooks. He received an A-minus grade from the National Rifle Association. She contributed $2,000 to the ballot measure to require background checks on more gun purchases.

He made a showy effort to exploit the Las Vegas concert shooting by setting up a GoFundMe page with his name all over it. He says he changed his mind on guns after Newtown. She didn’t need to. And suppose the wind shifts again—what will he do then? Sisolak helped ram through the corporate welfare for the Raiders stadium. She opposed it. This last is a very revealing issue. Sisolak, because of his regent service, paints himself as an education advocate. Yet he supported the room tax increase to pay for the Raiders stadium. In Clark County, 38.7 percent of the room tax goes to education. In effect, he diverted that amount from schools. He would argue that without the stadium, the tax would not have been hiked. That would still have been preferable to throwing it down the black hole of the stadium, given evidence that around the nation, 78 percent of stadium costs end up being picked up by taxpayers. Between these two candidates, only one has the ability to do something leaders must do—tell the public what it does not want to hear. While Giunchiigliani has spent a career leading, Sisolak has spent his career walking on eggshells and pandering to big money, and it has paid off for him—all year, Democratic Party leaders who should have known better have tried to undercut Giunchigliani, with former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid reportedly cutting off her money from large givers, even though Sisolak can pay for the campaign from his personal fortune. Many Nevadans have difficulty pronouncing Giunchigliani’s name. Phonetically, it is june-killy-onny. In reality, just call her a leader. Ω

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The old boys’ network panics First they said she was too liberal to win a statewide race. Then they cut off her money. Now, they’re pushing the canard that a progressive woman cannot beat Adam Laxalt in November, no matter how qualified she is, so better vote for their candidate, Steve Sisolak, and forget about finally shattering Nevada’s glass ceiling and electing a woman as our governor. Nevada, Inc. has decided they’re not ready for Chris Giunchigliani, and they’ll spend whatever it takes to make sure she doesn’t squeak through the primary on their watch. They’re counting on Democrats, especially in Northern Nevada, to pay little attention to the race, figuring they’ll shrug and vote for the person with the most commercials, or be persuaded by the whisper campaign of “She can’t beat Laxalt,” the presumed Republican nominee. The good old boys can’t accept a woman with the audacity to think she could be governor.

It’s a story we’ve heard before in Nevada and across the country in many of the top political races. But a record number of women are running for elected office this year, inspired by the #metoo movement, the misogyny and racism of Trump’s Republican Party, and a deep weariness at the insulting message passed down through the mostly male political insiders of “You can’t win yet. Better to wait for a few more years.” They’d pat us on the head if they thought they could get away with it. It’s true that women have made a lot of progress at lower level`s of politics. In fact, Nevada is poised to become the first state to have a legislative body that is majority female. Women need only win five additional seats for a majority. Nevada currently ranks as the state with the second highest percentage of female lawmakers in the nation, at 39.7 percent. But that’s hardly 50 percent. Nevada has a long history of shoving women aside politically. Women weren’t

given the right to vote until 1914, after a long battle for suffrage, thwarted for decades by male legislators who argued that “women were both too morally fine and mentally frivolous” to vote. We’ve had trailblazers like Frankie Sue Del Papa, the first female attorney general and secretary of state, but when she wanted to run for governor, they cut off her money, too. Jan Jones and Dina Titus didn’t fare any better. We know that Giunchigliani can win a Democratic primary, especially against someone whose record is not nearly as progressive as his TV commercials would have you believe. And if Nevada, Inc. wanted someone to motivate young people, women and independents to show up in November and crush Laxalt, Chris G. is the candidate who can do it. When they say she’s too liberal, they really mean she might put an end to taxpayer handouts like the millions her opponent gifted to the Raiders for their new stadium. She might insist on

collective bargaining for state workers or refuse to sell our public lands to the highest bidder. She might fix education funding and our mental health system, and, gasp, that might cost more money, and she might want to get it from big business instead of using the sales tax as a way to gouge the poor. She might even decide to lower the regressive sales tax and force new economic development projects to provide affordable workforce housing before moving in. She’s smart and hard-working enough to find a way to do it. Please do your homework, Democrats. Ignore the petty, negative commercials and the suspect wisdom of the wealthy elite. Vote for a governor who will make Nevada better for everyone, not just for those at the top. Use your vote as your voice for women everywhere who are ready and perfectly able to lead. Ω

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by Dennis Myers

Petition drive ends

Making things easier for voters, as with motor voter and early voting, has not usually increased turnout.

The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that an antisanctuary cities political group was too cute in the way it worded its initiative petition and must start over. The petition, filed by the Prevent Sanctuary Cities Political Action Committee does not actually use the term “sanctuary city” except in the title, and there it could be read to mean that the initiative petition calls for blocking a pro-sanctuary cities effort: “PREVENT SANCTUARY CITIES INITIATIVE” (the all-caps are in the original). A lawsuit challenged the petition on grounds that its language is misleading and that it violates Nevada’s constitutional requirement that legislative measures deal with only a single topic. The court denied the challenge to the single-subject rule, but upheld it on the misleading verbiage. “As Tu Casa urges, and the district court found, the title ‘Prevent Sanctuary Cities’ is a catch-all that is subject to shifting and imprecise meanings, not a neutral, descriptive phrase. … Together, the title and the description of effect must be sufficient to allow the voter who is asked to sign … to understand the initiative being proposed and its effect if adopted. Here, the potentially misleading title, combined with the initiative’s generality and the deficient description of effect, do not accomplish that end.” The case has been returned to the district court level for new language, assuming the PAC decides to continue with the petition campaign. All signatures gathered so far are void.

Frank Mcculloch 1920-2018 It is unfortunate that University of Nevada alum Frank McCulloch at his death is likely to be remembered for two things he would rather have forgotten. In 1971, billionaire Howard Hughes called McCulloch and told him an alleged Hughes autobiography was a fraud. McCulloch did not believe him and, after reading the book in manuscript, he attested to the authenticity of the book, which was later exposed as a hoax. In 1983, when McCulloch was executive editor of the Sacramento Bee, the Bee and two sister newspapers published an article reporting suspected skimming at a Carson City’s casino when it was owned by U.S. Sen. Paul Laxalt and his family. Laxalt sued. McCulloch complicated things when he went beyond the reporting and told the Bee ombudsman flatly that “the skimming took place,” which the story had not alleged. The Bee settled the case rather than take it to trial. Those two blunders, however, do not—or should not—obscure a lifetime of great reporting and editing. One of the reasons McCulloch was called by the publisher of the Hughes book was that he had covered Hughes like a blanket after other reporters had given up trying to contact the reclusive billionaire. McCulloch, a Fernley native, reported from Vietnam for Time and Life, drawing criticism from President Johnson, and was managing editor of the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Examiner. In retirement, he arranged a posthumous Pulitzer award for reporter Edward Kennedy, who had been fired by the Associated Press in 1945 for accurately reporting the German surrender before others. A more detailed obituary can be found on our Newsview blog.

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Early voting’s downside Journalism is part of the problem in 2006, early voting began on oct. 21. The Oct. 13 incident involving Republican nominee for governor Jim Gibbons, a cocktail waitress, and allegations of assault had already happened—but was largely ignored in Northern media. One Reno television newsman trivialized its importance. By the time Northern reporters started giving the story its due, thousands of Washoe County residents had already voted. On Oct. 25, there was a second round of bad publicity for Gibbons involving an illegal alien employed in his household. By the time that story was reported—by KLAS in Las Vegas—11,095 Washoe County voters had gone to the polls. On Nov. 1, the Wall Street Journal reported that Gibbons had helped a pal’s company win defense contracts while accepting campaign contributions and a Caribbean cruise, the transaction

concealed by House “black budget” procedures for intelligence agencies. By that time, 25,094 Washoe County residents had voted. There have been a number of instances over the years of early voters being cut out of late news, but 2006 must have set some kind of record. Gibbons won by just four percent of the vote. News coverage of early voting is normally boosterish, with little reporting of the downsides. Thirty-seven states and D.C. allow early voting, with no requirement—as with absentee ballots in some states—that voters explain why they are not voting on election day. In 1992, just seven percent of U.S. voters chose to vote early. In the 2016 election, it was up to more than a third—36.6 percent, according to the United States Election Project. Nevada

seems to have embraced the practice, but some states like Texas have been slower in accepting it. We don’t have those kinds of figures for Nevada because election officials do not separate early voting numbers out from others. They total early voting and absentee voting together. Political analyst Fred Lokken points out that early voting has not improved turnout one bit. It just distributed people who did vote across a couple of weeks instead of one day, but he also sees value in that one day. Having a “fixed focus date for election,” he said, serves a purpose of getting all parties laserfocused on election day. “Election day used to be special,” he said. Lokken raised one concern that has gotten very little attention. “Nevada is the only state that announces the voter turnout for early voting by party affiliation,” he said. He once asked an election official why it is done that way, and she told him, “It makes it easier for the parties.” It is not the job of election officials to assist political parties, and in this case there is a very real danger—that reporting early voting turnout by parties can create a bandwagon effect. Lokken calls the practice “criminal.” In 2016, there was a demonstration of the problem. In 2016, there was a big surge in early voting in Nevada, with Democratic registrants seeming anxious to get to the polls. When early voting finished, some analysts said the numbers of Democrats compared to Republicans voting early had ended any chance that Donald Trump would carry the state. That prompted a wave of news stories with headlines like this one on CNN: “Democrats build huge lead in Nevada early voting.” The Las Vegas Review Journal: “Democrats roll past Republicans in record Nevada early voting turnout.” Vox: “Nevada politics expert: ‘Trump is dead’ in the state.” KTNV: “EARLY VOTING BLOG: Early voting kills Trump in NV.” The effect of these kinds of headlines on the presidential race—which normally is the one that gets the public to the polls—could easily have been to tell the public that the race was over. Trump had so motivated those who opposed him that by the actual election day, winning Nevada was all but mathematically impossible for him—or so some analysts said. Trump

later sued, though his litigation was long on preserved.) And she seemed concerned that the his usual resentments like Latino voters and Trump campaign was using the litigation to short on his legitimate grievances. He claimed identify voters. the long lines of voters still waiting to vote Virtually overlooked in the dispute was when the polls closed should not have been the issue Lokken raised—whether the practice accommodated, as they were, and he accused of reporting early voting turnout by party had Clark County voter officials of seeking “to distorted the final results and whether journalhelp Hillary Clinton.” Nevada Revised Statute ism, by running speculative projections, had reads, “If at the hour of closing the polls there created a bandwagon effect. are any registered voters waiting to vote, Lokken says studies by the University the doors of the polling place must of Michigan indicate that average be closed after all such voters voters don’t even decide whether to have been admitted to the pollvote until seven to 10 days before “Election ing place. Voting must continue elections. With that weak of a day used to be until those voters have voted.” motivation, it would likely not special.” At a Reno rally the take much to discourage them Saturday before the actual from turning out at all. Fred Lokken election day, Trump seemed As it happens, in 2016, a lot Political analyst to know the odds against him, of voters turned out even though claiming polling places in Clark they had no intention of voting in County had been kept open so the presidential race, so dismayed were Democratic voters could be bused in, a they by the Trump/Clinton choice. Just after claim never substantiated. that election, when full figures were not yet Trump’s reaction to the surge of early available from all states, the Washington Post Nevada voting was taken as a sign he might analyzed complete figures from 33 states and contest the election if he lost. The Chicago D.C. and found that 1.7 million people cast Tribune, for example, called it “the clearest a ballot while skipping the presidential race. signal yet that the Republican nominee could Business Insider, which had already spotted be looking to contest the results of Tuesday’s this trend in November, reported that “one election should he lose.” Trump did lose the metric may put into perspective exactly how election, but his votes were distributed in unpopular Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton such a way that he won the appointment to be are with voters. In 14 states, down-ballot candipresident by presidential electors. dates received more votes than presidential A Nevada district judge refused to grant candidates.” Trump’s request that certain election records This was nearly unheard-of in earlier be preserved. (It was already law that they be elections. Ω

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you still think “Tahoe art” is limited to the landscape paintings and baskets that came and went from the Nevada Museum of Art in 2015, and the ubiquitous photos of Sand Harbor at sunset, you might be surprised by the range of styles and venues in Truckee and Tahoe this summer. There’s no museum of highelevation artwork to speak of. The scene is spread out among a few happening hubs with studios, shops and satellite spots—plus a handful of outlier outposts. South Shore, North Shore and Truckee are the homes to tight-knit, well-connected, welcoming art communities and a summer-long roster of events.

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tahoe art League’s art Center Gallery 3062 Lake Tahoe Blvd. South Lake Tahoe, California (530) 544-2313 www.talart.org

Benko Gallery, on the other hand, is where to take your Bay Area parents. It’s inconspicuous among the neighboring shops around Heavenly Mountain Resort. To find it, look for the Applebee’s—but don’t expect a chain-store vibe. The gallery is spacious and polished, and

its artists specialize in mashing high-energy styles—street art, steampunk and the trippier end of coffeehouse art—into traditional Tahoe themes like tree rings and landscapes. Benko Gallery

3979 Lake Tahoe Blvd., Unit 2 South Lake Tahoe, California (530) 600-3264 www.benkoartgallery.com

Off the Beaten path Lake Tahoe Community College, nestled in a clearing among fragrant pines, is a nexus of art production in the South Shore region. A few years ago, the state of California issued a rule saying that students may not repeat a community college class that they’ve passed with a C or better. That decreased the LTCC art department’s population of “lifelong learners,” which makes it harder for the department to serve as a cohesive art-making community. But art classes are still taught, and the college’s Haldan Gallery, located in the library building, is still a good professional gathering spot, featuring well-known artists from all over the West—including Reno’s Walter McNamara and Frances Melhop. The current show is a group show of LTCC faculty work. The Foyer Gallery, in the adjacent Fine Arts Building, is a small but good-looking exhibition space where Shelly Zentner, LTCC art instructor and founder of Tahoe Activist Artists, is showing her Fundamental Freedoms, a collection of paintings that highlight civil rights activists. Both galleries close for the summer on June 21 and reopen for an exhibition by Nevada potter Joe Winter on Sept. 25, with a reception from 5-7 p.m. Oct. 11. haldan Gallery

Lake Tahoe Community College One College Drive South Lake Tahoe, California (530) 541-4660, ext. 711 www.ltcc.edu/campuslife/haldan-gallery

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It takes about an hour and 15 minutes to drive to South Lake Tahoe from Reno—barring summer traffic holdups—via a scenic sprint up Hwy. 50, through Cave Rock Tunnel and past Nevada’s lakeside casino towers. At first glance, South Lake looks like it might be one giant lakeside resort in a sea of upscale strip malls for the 5-6 million visitors that the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority estimates come through each year. But the city is home to a large population of local artists—and an ecosystem that’s unusually complete for a town of 21,000. Just before town, Tahoe Art League’s Art Center Gallery is easy to spot in a modest building that looks like it might prefer to be a ski-rental shop. Inside, it’s stocked floor to ceiling with paintings and photographs by the league’s members—abstracts, flowers, portraits, and a large variety of landscapes. The best times to visit are the weekends of July 27-29 and August 3-5, when 50 or so of the league’s artists open their doors to the public for the 11th Annual Artist Studio Tour. Maps are available at the gallery, and tour stops in South Lake Tahoe, Meyers and nearby towns are well-marked. If you can’t make it during one of those weekends, the gallery is open year-round, and it’s always a good stop for your Midwestern parents.

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a sculpture by Colleen sidey is among the faculty work in the Haldan gallery at Lake Tahoe Community College.

Fans of Reno Art Works and the Potentialist Workshop will likely feel right at home among the 30 or so artists of the High Vibe Society, a collective that aims to create a stable, yearround trade in emerging artists’ works in a town that’s largely at the mercy of seasonal sales. In summer 2017, the group leased a space for studio rentals, gallery sales, poetry events, classes and workshops. In March, after contending with financial pressures and city regulations, the group lost the space. It’s now searching for a new permanent location. Meanwhile, a GoFundMe campaign is underway, and High Vibe keeps up its profile by hosting house concerts and pop-up shows. Founder Erik Ulcickas also oversees a satellite hallway gallery with affordable 2-D works at South Lake Brewing Company. To keep up on High Vibe events, follow the group on Instagram and Facebook, and visit the website to sign up for its newsletter. high Vibe Society satellite gallery South Lake Brewing Company 1920 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe, California www.highvibesociety.org

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Land and scene Main drag There are galleries aplenty that are easy to find if you amble through North Shore towns like Incline Village, Tahoe City and Kings Beach. North Tahoe Arts in Tahoe City is a good one-stop shop at which to start. For locals, it offers kid camps and workshops. For visitors, the artisan shop in the group’s forest-green, alpine chalet is open daily and features work by about 25 regional artisans. north Tahoe arts

380 N. Lake Blvd. Tahoe City, California (530) 581-2787 www.northtahoearts.com

Off The beaTen paTh: While landscape art is more or less king in this region, there’s an oasis of more cerebral, experimental work at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village. An exhibition of work by MFA students runs from Aug. 4-31, with a reception Aug. 4. The college hosts intensive, week-long workshops all summer in photography, digital art and ceramics. Those sessions are geared toward professional-level artists, but if you’d like to access the ideas of the instructors who travel from afar to teach them, Tuesday evening “Meet the Artist” nights are scheduled throughout the summer. Tahoe gallery

Sierra Nevada College 999 Tahoe Blvd. Incline Village (775) 831-1314 www.sierranevada.edu/academics/finearts/gallery

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art Truckee

10072 Donner Pass Road, 2nd Floor, Truckee, California (530) 448-3423 www.arttruckee.com

atelier

10128 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, California (530) 386-2700 www.ateliertruckee.com

riverside Studios

10076 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, California (530) 587-3789 riversideartstudios.com

bespoke

10130 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, California (530) 582-5500 www.bespoketruckee.com

Lorien powers Studio Jewelry

10007 Bridge St., Truckee, California (530) 550-9610 www.lorienpowers.com

gallery 5830’

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Sven Renner of King’s Beach practices welding at Truckee Roundhouse.

Off The beaTen paTh: Truckee Roundhouse is basically a cousin to the Generator in Sparks. It’s smaller, so you can’t work on your RV or massive Burning Man sculpture there, but it operates with a similar set of goals—to get people’s hands onto high-tech and low-tech materials and processes. Upcoming workshops there can teach you how to use a 3-D printer, a plasma cutter, a table saw or a ceramics wheel. If you missed the San Mateo Maker Faire—or you just didn’t feel like driving over the pass and wading through the 125,000 other fans to indulge in all things techy and handmade—Truckee Roundhouse is getting ready for its own Maker Show on June 10. Truckee roundhouse

Truckee-Tahoe Airport Chandelle Way Truckee, California (530) 582-4007 www.truckeeroundhouse.org

Get some air Up here, plein air painting is very much a thing Tahoe dwellers tend to be passionate about their surroundings. Actually, who isn’t? It’s hard to argue with the region’s appeal. Even a lot of us committed high-desert dwellers could never get enough of the pine-scented air, the enormous, clear lake that you can swim in as you stare off at snowy peaks in August, or the miles and miles of trails to bike and hike on. It’s easy to see why plein air painting is big up here. Phyllis Schafer is easily the region’s most established painter. She spends hours at a time at an easel, ideally one set up off a trail, miles from the car, rendering places like Fallen Leaf Lake in precise bands of color that show off the natural world’s tiny details and sweeping vistas. “It’s like we’re all attending the same church,” Schafer said, describing the role of plein air painting in Tahoe culture. “We know the pines, the changing of seasons, the way certain things look, the quality of the water in the Truckee River. People know what the trails are like at each time of year and when things are blooming.” Plein air fans in Reno will be able to see a Schafer exhibition at Stremmel Gallery in 2019. Meanwhile, the opportunities to see— or make—plein air paintings in Tahoe are numerous. Several Tahoe Art League members embark on plein air painting sessions together. North Tahoe Arts hosts the North Lake Tahoe Plein Air Open, a weeklong gathering to paint, show, exhibit and view plein air works, June 1216. And Sierra Nevada College offers a weeklong workshop, June 11-15, with Lori Hanson, another well known Northern California painter.

Trails & Vistas is a nonprofit that holds arts events in state parks and other outdoor locales near Truckee. On Sept. 8 and 9, the group hosts Art Hikes at the Sierra Club’s Clair Tappaan Lodge, eight miles outside of town. Extremely well trained guides—they start hiking the trail early in summer so that by September they know its every tree and boulder—lead groups of 22 on camera-free, phone-free hikes that last about two and a half hours. Along the way, they stop for acts that might include sitar players, taiko drummers or dancers. There are also mixed-media works that rely on the natural features along the trail. Director Nancy Tieken Lopez described one example from the 2017 hike: “There were human dancers in this very elastic, white cocoon-looking material. They were hanging in aspen trees, nude underneath, white material, bending like an aspen.” Trails & Vistas

(530) 536-0388 www.trailsandvistas.org

Phyllis Shafer paints outdoors—as do many Tahoe artists.

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In Truckee’s case, don’t be put off by the words “shopping district,” even if you’re an avowed adventurer or an aficionado of originality. Any sense of overwhelm you might incur from waiting for a parking space or weaving through a crowded sidewalk can be easily cured by a dip in nearby Donner Lake or a jaunt up to the abandoned train tunnels, where, come to think of it, you might even want to start your Truckee art tour—the insides are smattered for miles with ever-changing, often ambitious graffiti work.

But you might not even need these escape plans. Downtown Truckee’s art shops are, for many culture seekers, their own relief. Collectively, the community here has mastered the art of building a local arts scene while leveraging the advantages of existing in a tourist town. Gifts you’d take home to grandma—or to your art professor—abound. They weren’t made in China. They were made right here. And, in some cases, Truckee’s artisans will even teach you how to make your own. Art Truckee hosts yoga sessions, open mics and intimate concerts in a second-floor gallery. Atelier, where shoppers, makers and would-be makers are all welcome, stocks a rainbow of yarns, a carefully curated selection of how-to books, and appealing cards and prints—and offers one-session workshops in techniques you may have always wanted to learn, plus some you may have never thought of. (“Smartphone Image to Encaustic Display” June 27; “Sewing Basics” July 10; check the calendar for many more.) Riverside Studios is an artisan shop owned by five artists that’s especially strong in jewelry and ceramics with a lot of personality. Bespoke carries handmade housewares and fashions with heart—along the lines of what Reno’s Never Ender boutique used to offer. Lorien Powers Studio Jewelry brings an elegant, industrial-arts flair—along with frequent topographical references and LakeTahoe shapes—to pendants, rings and other jewelry. Gallery 5830’ stocks pieces with a refined, industrial-interior bent, including furniture, glass and metal pieces that you might wish you knew how to make.

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Step right up A Truckee forge sends blacksmithing instructors way off the beaten path

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At Mountain Forge, Jennifer Standteiner sits on a piece of the Bay Bridge that she and her colleagues plan to make into a public sculpture.

In what might be the most pleasant industrial park ever, in a thickly forested neighborhood a few miles from downtown Truckee, the blacksmiths at Mountain Forge are celebrating their 50th anniversary. And they’re definitely not marking the occasion with a day off. “We are year-round, full-time,” said Jennifer Standteiner. Her father-in-law, Hans Standteiner, started the forge in 1968. He soon became busy making guard rails, gates and signs all over the area. The forge staff still make such fixtures— and now they also host journeyman apprentices, teach occasional workshops, give tours to kids on field trips and make large public sculptures. One recent one is a trio of metal musicians downtown. Upcoming projects include a proposal for a piece at Google and one slated to be made from a massive steel chunk of the Oakland-side span of the Bay Bridge, built in the 1930s, dismantled in 2014, and partially divvied up by CalTrans to artists with public sculpture plans. On top of that already full schedule, in August, the artisans of Mountain Forge pack up eight anvils, a coal forge, chisels, tongs, safety equipment, 500 book-sized, water-jet-cut steel robots,

and some camping gear. This is all so that they can set up a drop-by blacksmithing workshop at Burning Man. The team attended the festival in 2016 to build a large pair of metal wings. They brought along their equipment and made a semisuccessful attempt to engage the public in the production of feathers. (The wings are now at the Playa Art Park in Reno.) “We thought, ‘Wow, all the blacksmiths had the most amazing time,’” said Standteiner. “They met so many people. We thought, ‘You know what, instead of bringing one more thing for people to look at, we should bring back the blacksmith shop, so people have something to do. They can create something. They can interact. It’s a much more interactive piece.” For anyone who wants to learn to pound on red-hot metal and not pack up all their camping gear and drive all the way to Black Rock City, Mountain Forge will also set up an interactive display at the Truckee Maker Show June 10. Despite the unforgiving workload Standteiner described, she did not sound at all like she was bluffing when she said it’s OK for visitors to drop by the forge during business hours to check it out. To keep up on upcoming workshops and events, follow #mtnforge on Instagram.

Mountain Forge

10950 A Industrial Way, Truckee, California www.mtnforge.com

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Charles Wellington II talks about the fantasty world he created— and the all-tooreal world of self-publishing

Charles Wellington II holds his first novel, Corsana: The Phalanx Syndicate.

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fictional world of Corsana is not unlike our own. Sure, there are technol mythical creatures, mana-based technology and magic, but there’s also plenty of adventure, political tension and friendship. Corsana’s creator, author Charles Wellington dimen II, refers to Corsana as a “parallel dimension” to Earth. As such, there are many similarities between Earth and Wellington’s fictional realm. Corsana is the setting of Wellington’s epic fantasy series of the same name. The first installment, Corsana: The Phalanx Syndicate, was released in 2012. Book two, Legends comes out Corsana: Myths & Legends, on June 1. Wellington is based in Reno, and his books have attracted a global readership. Wellington described Corsana as having “the magical qualities of Harry Potter, meshed with the adventure styles from Lord of the Rings Rings, wrapped in the battle prowess of the movie 300.” The series follows the story of a young man named Christopher Knight, nicknamed CK, who is a street urchin dreaming of a better life. When ships start capsizing off the coast of the continent of Corsana, CK joins a ragtag group of mercenaries to investigate and quickly learns there are larger forces at play. Meanwhile, CK has a secret—he’s a psionic. (In fantasy and science fiction,

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psionics are beings with psychic abilities linked to technology.) Epic, fantastical world building isn’t new to Wellington. “I’ve been writing since I was 9 years old,” he said, although he took a long break from creative writing until adulthood. “I didn’t really remember [my writing] until someone had asked me and a memory came flooding back. I remember when I was in third grade, I had written a story that had Merlin and Hercules and Icarus and my own character in it, and they went on this adventure fighting Cerberus,” said Wellington, citing notable figures from Western mythology. His experience in role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons also gave him a leg-up on tackling fantasy literature. Because D&D is interactive—players progress through a narrative established by the Dungeon Master, who serves as a guide—Wellington was able to learn the process of establishing interesting worlds and characters. “I’m a longtime tabletop gamer, playing D&D and creating my own adventures, and friends and family were like, ‘You need to write these stories,’” he said. In 2005, Wellington began to craft the story that would eventually become Corsana. “The first time I wrote it, it came out horrible,” he said. “I put it aside and wrote a textbook for myself.” The “textbook” was essentially the rules and nitty-gritty detail of Corsana—how the world worked. Although fantasy worlds are fictional, they still need to have believable limitations and rules to give characters the chance to grow and face consequences. Several years passed. “I said, ‘Let’s just try this again,’ and it flew right out,” said Wellington. He wrote the book in three and a half months. He’s kept up this momentum. Corsana: Myths & Legends took the same amount

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of time to write, although it’s substantially longer than the first book, exceeding 500 pages. He is already at work on book three, set for a June 2019 release.

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The process of getting Corsana out into the world has been “quite a journey,” said Wellington. He released the first edition independently, working with editors and designers to produce it. Eventually, the book was picked up by publishing house BHC Press. “You hope and dream you’ll get with a publishing house, and I did, and it was … OK,” he said. “Eventually, we parted ways, and I went back to doing it myself. I realized during that time I knew everything they were going to do for me and was capable of doing it myself. The benefit of being with a publishing house is having that title. Many book reviewers won’t review books that are self-published.” Reviews are huge for emerging authors, who need all the help they can get standing out in a crowded market. Wellington said that BHC Press sent Corsana to notable reviewers, bloggers and YouTubers, which helped him build a following. He split from BHC Press amicably, and now he’s releasing Corsana: Myths & Legends independently, a process that he takes very seriously. “There is an attitude against self-publishing, and it is fully deserved,” said Wellington. It boils down to editing. Wellington said that self-published authors often don’t know the difference between “developmental editing,” which focuses more on making a story cohesive and engaging, and “line editing,” which refers to the grammar and sentence structure of a novel. The first edition of Corsana received some criticism because of grammatical

mistakes, which Wellington thinks was fair. He addressed them in the second and third editions of the book. “I want to give my readers perfection as much as I can,” he said. Seeking out honest feedback is crucial. “Many new writers don’t have friends and family who say, ‘This sucks, you need to edit.’” He urged new writers to invest in both types of editing, which can cost thousands of dollars, but he said it’s a worthwhile investment. Wellington also makes art a priority, including his cover art and the interior world maps. Although he holds degrees in fine arts, he works with artists around the world to craft his covers. Professional design and layout help readers take books seriously. Now that he has a readership, he feels more confident about tackling the release of his upcoming books. Writing full-time is “the dream,” said Wellington, who currently works in human resources and spends nearly all of his spare time writing. Wellington has “five or six” books planned for Corsana, with a new installment to be released every year. He also has ideas for other books, including a thriller and a romance novel. Regardless of the genre, Wellington said he is always “inspired by the hero’s journey.” “Being able to see someone who is flawed and who can stand up and not be this perfect person who automatically does everything for the right reason and is truly human, that’s what inspires me,” said Wellington. “In the books, you have characters with powers, with special abilities, with spells, but even with all that, they’re flawed, they’re normal. They want love. They have passion. They read books. And that was one of those things, where I just wanted to have a fun character who many people can relate to.” Ω Corsana: Myths & Legends will be available online and in local bookstores on June 1. For more information, visit corsanasaga.com.

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Nathaniel Benjamin is a modern millennial who favors centuries-old printing techniques.

Press play Nathaniel Benjamin We’re living in a time where any momentary break in the day might cause a person to whip out their mobile device and mindlessly swipe up on Instagram, pausing for a millisecond to double tap in affirmation of “Yes, I glanced into your life, and it looked as cool as you wanted me to think it is.” “We have this really unique experience now of being on a phone or interacting with a screen where we shut off our view of everything around us, and we’re just absorbed by this little rectangle, and it takes over,” said artist Nathaniel Benjamin. “It’s like we’re shutting off our body and going into the internet and exploring it with our consciousness.” Benjamin is a printmaker and a painter. Some of his work, which is hanging in the Icecycle Creamery in West Street Market, juxtaposes human anatomy and digital symbolism, connected by inevitable decay. “Computers and phones, they last a couple years max before you’re trying to find a new one or before it’s obsolete. Software is even faster,” he said. Phones die; humans die. Memento mori, or the remembrance of death, permeates many of his pieces. Benjamin asks how our identities develop amongst our newfound relationships between our digital and physical worlds. Benjamin created most of the pieces in his show using antiquated printmaking techniques developed in the 15th and 16th centuries, at the very dawn of mass media. He uses a specialized piece of equipment involving two heavy rollers pressing pieces of etched or grooved linoleum, wood, copper plates or other media to distribute ink onto material. According to Benjamin, these presses aren’t cheap, nor are they easy to come by. 18 | RN&R | 05.24.18

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“Everybody knows about printers, but they don’t know the history of how that even happened,” he said. Benjamin is a founding member of Laika Press, a new printmaking cooperative on Wells Avenue. “We’re at the point where there are images everywhere and being reproduced all the time without us even considering the mechanisms or the mindset that requires,” he said. Laika Press is a member-driven community press offering workshops to learn techniques like etching, relief or silkscreening. Benjamin is leading a linoleum block workshop on June 10. “To me, the point of making stuff is to get people to think, but also to inspire more people to make stuff,” he said. “The background of printmaking comes from communication and publication,” said Eunkang Koh, an associate professor of art and the area head of printmaking at the University of Nevada, Reno. “I’ve always thought it would be really great if we had something like this in Reno.” Koh helped facilitate the acquisition of Laika’s equipment. She said she’s excited to see the artists there creating a community around the art form. Benjamin’s influences include printmaking greats like MC Escher and Albrecht Dürer. But Benjamin is 30 years old. He owns and operates a mobile device like many of his millennial peers—including swiping through Instagram. He follows contemporary printmakers like Aaron Horkey @aaronhorkey and Mazatl @_Mazatli_. And he uses the app himself to showcase his work. To see it, follow @nathaniel.benjamin. Ω Nathaniel Benjamin’s prints are on exhibit at Icecycle Creamery, 148 West St., and Nameless Coffee & Tea House, 32 Cheney St. Both shows are up through May 30. He’ll also show work at Coffeebar, 682 Mt. Rose St., June 4-30. This summer, he’s planning to work on a mural on Kietzke Lane and participate in the Circus Circus mural competition in July. His website is at www.nathanielbenjamin.com.

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Avengers: Infinity War

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Break character The happily profane superhero party continues with Deadpool 2, a sequel that brings the anarchic spirit of the original without necessarily blazing any new trails. Ryan Reynolds, who has experienced a career explosion thanks to this franchise—and, of course, his undeniable talents—continues to break the fourth wall, Ferris Bueller style. While the gimmick definitely leads to some good laughs, it does get to a point that feels a little too cute and repetitive. He winks at the audience so much, he must have some severe eyelid muscle strains. He’s gonna have an eyeball pop out. The film starts with Deadpool dejectedly blowing himself up, complete with a severed arm giving the finger. Then it goes into flashback mode as Wade Wilson cleverly and smarmily tells us why he did such a thing. We also get a repeat of the “Wiseass Opening Credits” gag that got the original off to such a good start. This time, instead of Juice Newton’s “Angel of the Morning,” the credits roll to a brand new ballad from Celine Dion, so the stakes have definitely been raised. Directed by David Leitch, one of the guys who directed John Wick, the film definitely ups the ante on the action front, with gun and swordfights that have some major zip to them. No question, Leitch can more than handle a fight scene. He and his writers also provide a worthy Deadpool adversary in the time-traveling Cable (Josh Brolin, having a helluva summer), a half-cyborg mound of angst with a human side. Brolin has cornered the market on “deep” villains this summer, with this and his emotive Thanos. Much of the movie involves Deadpool forming X-Force and becoming an X-Men trainee. Deadpool’s first mission with his X-Force is a screamer, especially due to the participation of Peter (Rob Delaney), a normal, khakis-wearing guy with a killer mustache who joins the force because he saw an ad and thought it might be cool. Negasonic Teenage Warhead

(Brianna Hildebrand) and Colossus (Stefan Kapicic) return, while Julian Dennison climbs aboard as Russell/Firefist, an angry young mutant Deadpool takes under his wing. Juggernaut is the film’s other major villain, and Leitch pulls off some fun casting for the nasty giant mutant role. Watch the movie without knowing who plays him and see if you can guess. I bet you can’t. I bet you can’t! Deadpool 2 does have some of the funniest cameos I’ve ever seen in a movie, and I will not give them away. Some of them are blink-and-youwill-miss-it, others involve heavy makeup, and one involves a group of players that garnered the movie’s biggest laugh out of yours truly. If they continue with Deadpool movies, and there most certainly will be more Deadpool or X-Force flicks, they must always stick with this particular gimmick. It kills. As for Deadpool constantly breaking character and the fourth wall, it works about half the time in this installment. Some of the jokes fall flat, sometimes because they’ve already played out in the marketing. The credits scene might be the best part of the movie, with some killer gags that, again, will go unspoiled here. There’s also a lot of Wolverine jokes, and one half-funny Basic Instinct nod (one of the film’s least inspired moments). Deadpool 2 has a hard R-rating thanks to a steady stream of intermittently hilarious profanity and constant gore. Deadpool’s healing capabilities come in very handy this time out, with him riddled with bullets, torn in half, blown up, etc. Whatever you do, don’t look at the IMDB cast list for this movie, because it does give away the cameos, and the surprise of those cameos comprises much of the fun in this worthy but slightly inferior sequel. (I liked the original a little more.) I’m not sure what the future holds for Deadpool, but the film’s ending provides a lot of opportunities. Let’s hope it includes Ω lots more Brolin, and fewer Basic Instinct jokes.

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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.

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I’ve had it up to here with zombies. (I stopped watching The Walking Dead after season two.) But this genre film, set in the Australian Outback, is actually pretty good. Martin Freeman stars as a man surviving a zombie apocalypse on a houseboat with his wife and baby daughter. Things go very badly not long after the movie starts, and he must battle to survive on land to ensure a future for his family. Directors Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke, who also wrote the screenplay, keep the origins of the apocalypse shrouded in secrecy and that’s a good move. There are cool elements, like government provided survival—and disposal—packs for those who become infected, and the fact that Freeman has a baby strapped to his back during a rather harrowing medical emergency. The film relies more upon its sense of dread and impending doom rather than straight-up zombie violence. The humans who aren’t sick turn out to be a lot scarier than the ghouls. The movie is more The Road than Dawn of the Dead, and Freeman’s stellar work makes it worth seeing, even if you’ve had your fill of flesh eaters. (Streaming on Netflix.)

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 10-part 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).

Life of the Party

The great Melissa McCarthy suffers the Ben Falcone curse yet again in Life of the Party, a shitty Back to School rip-off,

which makes it double shitty because Back to School sucked. Falcone is McCarthy’s husband, and he has now directed her in three movies, all bad. The duo worked together on Tammy, one of McCarthy’s worst films, and The Boss, the best of their work together but still pretty bad. McCarthy plays Deanna, a frumpy, middleaged mom with a daughter, Maddie (Molly Gordon), going into her last year in college. Within minutes of dropping their daughter off at school, her husband (Matt Walsh) dumps her for a real estate agent played by the actress from Modern Family (Julie Bowen). A dejected Deanna decides to enroll in school—a shockingly easy process in this film—and finds herself not only attending college alongside her daughter but hanging out with her and her sorority sisters. She’s considered a square at first, but a quick makeover during a party in the bathroom has her emerge as the coolest new girl on campus with awesome hair. What follows are a bunch of predictable gags involving college life and McCarthy struggling to make material well beneath her talents go somewhere. There are hardly any laughs, but plenty of groans.

Revenge

Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz is dynamite as Jen, mistress to Richard (Kevin Janssens), a rich man with a fancy house in the middle of the desert. Jen and Richard are enjoying a romantic getaway when Richard’s hunting buddies (Vincent Colombe and Guillaume Bouchede) show up early and immediately commence ogling Jen. After a night of partying and some seductive dancing by all, Jen passes out in the bedroom. Richard goes away to take care of some business for a couple of hours, and that’s all the time his friend needs to assault Jen. Upon Richard’s return, rather than helping Jen, he escalates the situation until Jen winds up impaled on a tree at the bottom of a cliff. Where the story goes from here is where the movie gets its name; director Coralie Fargeat isn’t interested in Jen simply getting away. She patches herself up, gets herself a gun, and, when the boys hunt for her after her body goes missing, major, messy bloodletting ensues. Lutz takes her character from eye candy to kick-ass female avenger, and her every moment onscreen declares her a star. Janssens makes for a fascinatingly horrible enemy, as does Colombe as the moron who crosses the line with Jen and unleashes her fury. Hey, Jen is super hot and super fit. The woman has been to the gym, and she will go Rambo on your ass if you wrong her.

Tully

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 movie in which 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. 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. Tully (Mackenzie Davis) arrives like an angel in bohemian clothing and immediately helps brighten Marlo’s downer moods. 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.

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Fork lore For years, Legends Grill, Sports & Spirits has been serving bar grub to regulars who swear by the wings and “legendary burgers.” After having it recommended so often, I thought it high time I stop in for a bite. To begin our happy hour visit, my buddies and I ordered a variety of small plates ($6 each). Ground beef nachos included lots of melted cheddar and jack cheese, and sprinklings of meat, avocado, scallion and tomato, with sides of salsa and sour cream. A pair of tri-tip sliders with greens, pickles and goat cheese followed—one dressed in balsamic vinegar and the other in a spicy mustard. The balsamic slider had more greens and generally worked better with the cheese, but the thin-sliced beef on both was overcooked, dry, chewy and crunchy in spots. Chicken fingers and wings (six per order) were next. The breading on the fingers was thick, hard and, frankly, unpleasant—doing nothing to help the dry chicken within. We chose to douse them in the house special “nutty sauce,” a tasty combination of sweet barbecue and hot buffalo: sauce-1, chicken-0. The wings were much better—crispy, moist and on the large side. They’re available with a variety of sauces and dry rubs, but we liked the nutty and hot buffalo sauces best. Before moving on to entrees, we sampled hamburger and hot dog sliders ($1.50 and $2.50 each, respectively). The beef slider was basically a kid’s burger with cheddar, onion and a very well done, dry patty. The half-size grilled hot dog was a little better, topped with onion, pickle, tomato and mayonnaise. It was finally time to give the “legendary burger” ($12.95) a shot. It’s a half-pound of fresh local chuck topped with avocado, bacon, lettuce, tomato,

The burger at Legends Grill, Sports & Spirits comes with bacon, avocado and grilled onions, in addition to standard topings like lettuce and tomato. PHOTO/ALLISON YOUNG

grilled onion, pickle, cheddar, thousand island dressing and mayo on a toasted bun. I substituted beer battered onion rings for fries. The burger itself was cooked medium and still juicy, but the sweet bun wasn’t up to the task of wrangling its contents—leading to structural failure. It was tasty but a mess. The beef in my pal’s cheesesteak ($11.50) was juicy and tender and served with grilled mushroom, bell pepper, onion, and jack and cheddar cheeses, all piled high on a grilled French roll. Though not strictly my definition of a Philly cheesesteak, it was a satisfying sandwich, ably assisted by a big pile of crispy, seasoned fries. Similarly satisfying was a chicken fried steak ($13.95) with real mashed potatoes and steamed veggies. The meat gave way to a fork sans knife, and the gravy was loaded with sausage. It needed just a dash more salt and pepper, but that’s it. A plate of hand-battered fish and chips ($12.95) with coleslaw and tartar sauce looked impressive at first glance, with four huge portions of fish atop a pile of fries. However, most of the bulk came from a more-than-generous dose of batter. The pieces were like beer battered doughnuts with thin, fish fillet filling. The batter and seasoning were good, but I had to really dig inside to find the dry, bland white fish inside. The slaw need a bit of salt but was creamy and tasted fresh. Our experience was mixed, but based on the amount of smiles and laughs I saw around the room, I’d say Legends is doing something right. Ω

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Get fresh Craft Wine and Beer owner Ty Martin always looks forward to this time of year. Spring is when he receives shipments of Txakolina, a traditional style of Basque wine that—like the season—is celebrated for its freshness. “The typical Txakolina you’ll come across will be white,” Martin explained. “It will be slightly effervescent, not full sparkling, typically. And it’ll be crisp, mineral and dry. A little bit salty is not uncommon.” Txakolinas pair well with seafood—a mainstay in the diets of people from the regions of Spain where they’re made. And, according to Martin, they’re not generally considered ageable wines. “The joy of them is that they’re fresh,” he said. When shipments of Txakolina arrive at Craft each year, they’ve only been bottled for a month or two on average. “And we sell out of them every year—so we almost always have the current vintage in,” Martin said. “Usually, we get them in around this time of year, and then they’re gone by the end of summer.” Many of them will be sold during Craft’s upcoming Txakolina Fest—an annual event Martin hosts at his shop. It features Basque dancing by the local group Zazpiak Bat, finger foods called pintxos and flights of Txakolina wines from various winemakers. “You never know who’s going to be here, but usually there’s a pretty good showing of local Vascos, if we get the word out in time,” he said. But the Txakolina festival is not just for those already in the know. Martin explained that because imports of Txakolina were particularly rare until recent years, the wine is often unfamiliar to locals—even those with Basque heritage. “A lot of native Northern Nevadans who have a long tradition of Basque culture haven’t had these wines unless they’ve gone back to the Basque Country because they haven’t been offered here,” he said.

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Martin said attendees at Craft’s Txakolina festival will have the option of flights to sample six or seven Txakolinas from different producers—or they can try their hands at a more traditional method for imbibing the wine: using a porron. “A porron is a Basque decanter,” Martin said. “So it’s kind of like if you took a decanter and a bong and made them look like each other. … So, traditionally, obviously, wineskins are a big part of Basque culture. It’s a traditional vessel. With a porron, it’s kind of an extension of that. You pour the wine in—or cidre. You can do cider, absolutely, as well. You put it on the table, and then, instead of everybody having a glass and pouring it, they just pick up the porron and take a drink out of it.” It’s an unusual looking vessel and one that requires some practice to employ. Wine is poured through the decanter’s long, narrow spout. The drinker must get his or her mouth near enough to intercept the flowing wine without touching lips to the porron’s spout. “And that’s a part of the fun of the porron,” Martin said. “People are hanging out drinking, and, of course, drinking games ensue. It becomes a challenge to see who can have the longest pour by extending their arm the farthest, drink the most—or, you know, when you get really trick, people will basically use the contours of their faces to pour it and have it end up in their mouths.” Porron pouring competitions have been a part of Craft’s Txakolina Fest since its inception in 2012, and Martin is happy to demonstrate the skill, though he doesn’t expect to be a standout among the competitors. Porron pouring skills come with experience, giving certain demographics an edge. “The best people for porron pouring last year were a bunch of grandmas,” Martin said. Ω

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May 31: Mayor of Reno Event starts at 6 p.m. at the Downtown Reno Library, 301 S. Center St. Presented by the Reno News & Review, the Holland Project, ThisisReno.com, the Washoe County Library System, and KWNK Community Radio, the Speak Youth to Power Forum will center around issues affecting young voters. 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 nonpartisan forums are open to all candidates.

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Erik Downer, Jace Godby and Cactus of Heterophobia are into acceptance.

All inclusive Heterophobia Punk music has never shied away from political subject matter. Bands like Rise Against or Anti-Flag have baked it right into their names. In the classic punk tradition of music with a message, the four members of Heterophobia released their new album Chlorine Dreams in March and are gearing up to take their heartfelt brand of queer punk on tour this summer—and they want everyone to come along. “I’m a gay guy, so I try to write from that standpoint, because I feel like growing up I didn’t see much of that out there,” said singer and guitarist Jace Godby. “I didn’t feel I was included in what was going on.” Godby was involved with the local punk scene early on. While he said his sexuality was—and still is—generally a non-issue in the punk community, he still noticed a lack of role models. “I didn’t see many people that I would look up to, especially in our community, that were queer and making heavy, fast music,” he said. Godby met Cactus, the band’s drummer, through Craigslist in 2011, and the two performed with former project Bat Country for the next three years. Heterophobia, started in late 2015, now includes Erik Downer on guitar and bassist Bread. While the name Heterophobia, a tongue-in-cheek term used by the queer community on Tumblr, might imply to some that the band’s music is gay-specific, Godby believes the band’s message is more focused on radical inclusion than catering to the queer community specifically. “You can’t put a fucking listing on Craigslist and say, ‘Queer people only! Apply here,’” said Godby. “It’s trying to be accepting of everyone, but it is kind of fighting for the ability to feel like I’m allowed in these spaces.”

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Indeed, while Godby and Bread both identify as queer, Downer and Cactus are straight and believe the music on Chlorine Dreams speaks to shared human experiences, regardless of sexuality. “There is some like sociopolitical issues—there’s also definitely songs about just regular things that everybody kind of goes through, or people facing these specific battles go through,” said Cactus. Chlorine Dreams subverts the musical expectations of a punk band, emphasizing musicality and ambient mastering in tracks like “The Void,” which offers a steady, cerebral commentary on existential anxiety and despair, accompanied by chirping crickets and indie-folk acoustic guitar. Heterophobia still delivers a kind of groovy intensity, however, as displayed on the album’s climactic protest power-rocker “Tumblr-Core.” “I think we try to infuse a lot more artsy shit into the fast and fun stuff that is three-chord punk music,” said Godby, citing groups like Modest Mouse, Andrew Jackson Jihad and Primus as unifying influences among the band members. Heterophobia’s immediate plans include a two-week tour with female rock duo Machine from Los Angeles, which will take them to venues in Colorado, New Mexico and Idaho. After that, the band intends to stay in Reno and continue to record while making connections in neighboring music markets around the West Coast. “Write, record, support—that seems like the best way to do it,” said Erik Downer. “We’re so close to everything. California— there’s an abundance of venues there we could drive to in one day.” In the grand scheme of things, however, the Heterophobic agenda is fairly simple: “We just want to make music that people enjoy,” said Cactus. “All people,” added Downer. Ω

heterophobia will kick off a two-week tour with a show at Shea’s tavern, 715 S. Virginia St., at 8 p.m on June 8.

THURSDAY 5/24 1up

214 W. Commercial Row, (775) 813-6689

The Glitch Mob Afterparty with Joyzu, Gurbtron, 51-Fifty, DJ Trae, 10pm, $5-$10

5 STAR SALOON

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

132 West St., (775) 329-2878

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The Glitch Mob May 24, 8 p.m. Cargo Concert Hall 255 N. Virginia St. 398-5400

Comedy The Improv at Harveys Lake Tahoe, 18 Highway 50, Stateline, (775) 5886611: Franciscos Ramos, Ken Garr, Thu-Fri, Sun, 9pm, $25, Sat, 9pm, $30; Allen Havey, W, 9pm, $25 The Library, 134 W. Second St., (775) 683-3308: Open Mic Comedy with host Jim Flemming, Sun, 9:30pm, no cover Laugh Factory, Silver Legacy Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., (775) 325-7401: Basile, Thu, Sun, 7:30pm, $21.95; Fri-Sun, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $27.45; Greg Morton, Tu-W, 7:30pm, $21.95 Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-5233: Steve Hytner, Fri, 8:30pm, $15-$20, Sat, 8:30pm, $15-$20

1495 S. Virginia St., (775) 323-1877

Sonic Mass with DJ Tigerbunny, 9pm, no cover

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Sharkmouth, 8pm, no cover

10069 Bridge St., Truckee, (530) 536-5029

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10042 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee, (530) 587-2626

FRIDAY 5/25

SATURDAY 5/26

Dance party, 10pm, $5

DJ Disco Terrorist, 9pm, no cover

Funk Assassination, 9pm, no cover

Drinking with Clowns, 9:30pm, no cover

THe BLueBiRD

555 E. Fourth St., (775) 499-5549

cARgO cONceRT HALL

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

The Glitch Mob, 8pm, $27.50-$100

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538 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-5558

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10142 Rue Hilltop, Truckee, (530) 587-5711

Deidre Hall, 6pm, no cover

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275 E. Fourth St., (775) 324-1917

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239 W. Second St., (775) 440-8590

Lenny Walker, 9pm, no cover

Plastic Paddy, 9pm, no cover

George Souza, 6pm, no cover

VooDoo Dogz, 9pm, no cover

Infecto Skeletons, 9pm, no cover

RuPaulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drag Race viewing party, drag show, karaoke, 8pm, no cover

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Vigil, 7pm, no cover

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Jack Di Carlo, 5:30pm, no cover

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Karaoke, 9pm, W, no cover

TCT Improv Troupe, 8pm, no cover

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Open Mic Night, 7pm, M, no cover Brew Ha-Ha Comedy, 8pm, Tu, $5

HIVEMIND, 9pm, W, no cover

Traditional Irish Session, 7pm, Tu, no cover

Black Light Party, 10pm, $5

Karaoke with Gina G, 9pm, Tu, no cover

Twisted Routes, 7pm, no cover

Open Mic with Lenny El Bajo, 7pm, Tu, no cover

Line dancing with DJ Trey, 7pm, no cover TV Girl, Wished Bone, Madooji, 8pm, $8-$10

Elephant Rifle record release, part I, with Pins of Light, Rob Ford Explorer, 7pm, $8

Haunted Horses, Slow Wow, Shit Metaphor, 8pm, Tu, $5

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FRIDAY 5/25

SATURDAY 5/26

71 S. Wells Ave, (775) 384-1652

Cloud Catcher, Crypt Trip, Resistance, Pressure Drop, 8pm,

Marianarchy Day 1, 5pm, donations Larry and His Flask, 7pm, $15

Marianarchy Day 2, 2pm, donations

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Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

Live music, 9pm, no cover

Jub Jub’s ThirsT Parlor 246 W. First St., (775) 329-4484

SUNDAY 5/27

Days N Daze, 8pm, Tu, $10 Twisted Insane, 9:30pm, W, $15 Open mic, 7pm, M, no cover Comedy Night, 9pm, Tu, no cover

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Jazz Jam Session Wednesdays, 7:30pm, W, no cover

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Magic Fusion, 7pm, 9pm, $21-$46

Magic Fusion, 7pm, $21-$46 Magic After Dark, 9pm, $31-$46

Magic Fusion, 7pm, 9pm, $21-$46

MidTowN wiNE bar

DJ Trivia, 7pm, no cover

Dane Rinehart, 8pm, no cover

Joe Grissino, 8:30pm, no cover

1021 Heavenly Village Way, S.L. Tahoe, (530) 523-8024 1527 S. Virginia St., (775) 800-1960

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Live music, 8pm, no cover

10007 Bridge St., Truckee, (530) 587-8688

PaddY & irENE’s irish Pub

Live music, 8:30pm, no cover

Groove Party with Reno Jazz Syndicate, 9pm, no cover

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Steel Rockin’ Karaoke, 8pm, no cover

Moon Gravy, 1pm, no cover Musicole, 8pm, no cover

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

Red, White & Blues Party with DJ Bobby G, 8pm, no cover

The Heidi Incident, DJ Bobby G, 9pm, no cover

rEd doG salooN

Darci Carlson, 9pm, $TBA

106 S. C St., Virginia City, (775) 847-7210

ThE Polo louNGE

76 N. C St., Virginia City, (775) 847-7474

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An American Forrest, 7pm, no cover

Caitlin Jemma album release show, 9pm, W, no cover

Chris Costa, 7pm, no cover

Karaoke, 7pm, Tu, no cover Open Mic, 7pm, W, no cover

Elephant Rifle record release, part II, with Pins of Light, 11pm, $5

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

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Guest DJs, 9pm, no cover

445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

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Hillbilly Moon Explosion, Hard Fall Hearts, Los Pistoleros, 8pm, W, $12-$15

Saturday Dance Party, 9pm, no cover Jake Nielsen’s Triple Threat, 9pm, no cover

2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., S.L. Tahoe, (530) 544-3425

May 25, 7 p.m. Jub Jub’s Thrist Parlor 71 S. Wells Ave. 384-1652

Wednesday Night Jam, 8pm, W, no cover Hight & Tight, 9pm, no cover

235 Flint St., (775) 376-1948

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Live music, 8:30pm, no cover

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Acoustic Wonderland Sessions, 8pm, no cover

906-A Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 358-5484

Magic Fusion, 4:30pm, 7pm, $21-$46

Grupo H-100, Banda Salvaje, Grupo Fernandez, 9pm, $TBA

2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 378-1643

MON-WED 5/28-5/30

Pervert, Melting Elk, Heated, 9pm, $10

Hillbilly Moon Explosion May 30, 8 p.m. Shea’s Tavern 715 S. Virginia St. 786-4774

Open mic, 9pm, M, no cover

on stands 5/31

AtlAntis CAsino ResoRt spA 3800 S. Virginia St., (775) 825-4700 1) Grand Ballroom 2) Cabaret

Boomtown CAsino

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

The Revivalists May 25, 7:30 p.m. Harrah’s Reno 219 N. Center St. 786-3232

Karaoke Jimmy B’s Bar & Grill, 180 W. Peckham Lane, Ste. 1070, (775) 686-6737: Karaoke, Sat, 9:30pm, no cover The Point, 1601 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-3001: Karaoke, Thu-Sat, 8:30pm, no cover Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, 1475 E. Prater Way, Ste.103, Sparks, (775) 356-6000: Karaoke, Fri-Sat, 9pm, no cover West 2nd Street Bar, 118 W. Second St., (775) 348-7976: Karaoke, Mon-Sun, 9pm, no cover

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THURSDAY 5/24

FRIDAY 5/25

SATURDAY 5/26

SUNDAY 5/27

MON-WED 5/28-5/30

2) Kick, 8pm, no cover

1) Billy Ray Cyrus, 8pm, $55-$75 2) Kick, 8pm, no cover

2) Kick, 8pm, no cover All In, 10pm, no cover

2) All In, 10pm, no cover

2) The Vegas Road Show, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) Brother Dan, 6pm, no cover

2) Paul Covarelli, 5pm, no cover Ebony Not Quite Ivory, 9pm, no cover

2) Velvet Duo, 5pm, no cover Ebony Not Quite Ivory, 9pm, no cover

2) Stephen Lord, 5pm, no cover Charles Murray, 9pm, no cover

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

2) Buddy Emmer Band, 7pm, no cover

1) The Righteous Brothers: Bill Medley & Bucky Heard, 7:30pm, $49-$65 2) Buddy Emmer Band, 8pm, no cover

2) Buddy Emmer Band, 8pm, no cover

2) Hans Eberbach, 6pm, no cover

2) Hans Eberbach, 6pm, M, no cover Rye Brothers, 6pm, W, no cover

2) Grateful Shred, 10pm, no cover

2) Sneaky Creatures, 10pm, no cover

1) Trevor Hall, Tim Snider, 9pm, $25-$30

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FOR THE WEEK OF may 24, 2018 For a complete listing of this week’s events or to post events to our online calendar, visit www.newsreview.com. FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYS: Reno Street Food’s seventh annual season features 30 food trucks, pop-up restaurants and food trailers every Friday. Local bands and artists are featured each week. Fri, 5/25, 5pm. Free. Idlewild Park, 1800 Idlewild Drive, facebook.com/renostreetfood.

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innovative and interesting applications to expand your home environment. The event features more than 150 displays and demonstrations. Sat, 5/26-Sun, 5/27, 10am-5pm. $6. Truckee High School, 11725 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, (530) 5873477, truckeehomeshow.com.

HIGH-ALTITUDE GROWING: Master gardeners with Slow Food Lake Tahoe present High Altitude Food Growing workshops at the Demonstration Garden. Wed, 5/30, 5:30pm. Free. Truckee River Regional Park, 10500 Brockway Road, Truckee, slowfoodlaketahoe.org.

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join together for this nighttime spectacle. Before sundown, friends and families can enjoy food, live music, a stage show, face painting, balloon artists and more. Lantern launch is at 9:15pm. Sat, 5/26, 4pm. $15-$90. Wild West Motorsports Park, 12005 East Interstate 80, Sparks, thelanternfest.com/optin-20599853.

LAST FRIDAY IN DOWNTOWN SPARKS: The City of Sparks teams with the Sparks Heritage Museum for this monthly event. Visit the museum and tour the train and Glendale Schoolhouse for free from 4-7pm. Stay late for a free movie for the family in the amphitheater. Stroll through art booths featuring local artists and enjoy live performances from The Note-Ables and other local acts. Fri, 5/25, 4pm. Free. Downtown Victorian Square, 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 353-2370.

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EVENTS ANIMAL ARK CHEETAH 500 RACE: The Ark’s resident cheetahs race across the fields at 55-60 mph. Bring your camera to catch the cheetahs in action. Must be 8 years or older to attend. Sun, 5/27, 5:30pm. $30-$60. Animal Ark Wildlife Sanctuary, 1265 Deerlodge Road, (775) 970-3431, www.animalark.org.

BIOBLITZ & SPRINGTIME STORY STROLL: The event includes walks and surveys throughout the park to collect data on the various plants and wildlife that grow and live there. Volunteers help compile, identify and interpret the data. There will also be a creative component, aimed mostly toward the children participating, of using their observational skills to draw what they see in nature. There will be a rangerled Springtime Story Stroll at 11am. Sat, 5/26, 9am-noon. Free. Davis Creek Regional Park, 25 Davis Creek Road, Washoe City, tmparksfoundation.org/ mini-bioblitz-2018.

CARSON CITY GHOST WALK: This is a spiritled, guided walking tour of the downtown district’s west side historic homes and businesses. These scheduled tours leave rain or shine. Tours depart from The McFadden Plaza on Curry Street adjacent to the St. Charles Hotel (The Fox Brewpub). Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the walk begins. Dress for the weather and for the walk. Sat, 5/26, 7pm. $15 in advance, $20 at the event. McFadden Plaza, Third & Curry streets, Carson City, (775) 348-6279, carsoncityghostwalk.com.

CASINO FANDANGO ROCKIN’ RIB FEST: The inaugural event features a rib competition, arts and crafts vendors, games and prizes and live entertainment all weekend. Fri, 5/25-Mon, 5/28. Free. Casino Fandango, 3800 S. Carson St., Carson City., (775) 885-7000.

CELEBRATION OF HEROES PARADE: Virginia City pays tribute to all service men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Sat, 5/26, noon. Free. C Street, downtown Virginia City, (775) 8477500, www.visitvirginiacitynv.com.

COIN PRESS DEMONSTRATIONS: Watch the Nevada State Museum’s historic Coin Press No. 1 mint medallions after being down for much of 2017 for repairs. Two-person teams of volunteers work the press and talk about its history with museum visitors. Fri, 5/25, 9am & 1pm. $8, free for museum members, children under age 18. Nevada State Museum, 600 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 687-4810.

CUISINE, CORKS & CRAFTS FESTIVAL: This inaugural event features a Celebrity Chef Showcase, a Battle Born Chef Competition and a Wine & Spirits Walk for premium tastings through the venue. There will be a free culinary expo with cooking demonstrations, mixologists, entertainment and nearly 100 vendor and craft booths. Fri, 5/25, 3pm; Sat, 5/26-Sun, 5/27, 10am. $0-$115. Nugget Casino Resort, 1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks, (775) 356-3300.

annual mountain bike event teaches riders how to be comfortable on their bike, have fun and create a foundation of fundamentals to progress in their riding. The event starts with a women’s skills clinic, organized and headed by Cortney Knudson. Following the clinic, there will be kids’ strider/pumptrack jams, amateur and professional jump jams and amateur and pro dual-slalom along with food trucks, industry tents and live music with a DJ. Sat 5/26, 7:30am. $20-$189. Truckee Bike Park, 12200 Joerger Drive, Truckee, www.truckeebikepark.org/thelittlebig.

OPENING DAY ON THE LAKE: The kickoff to summer event includes deck opening parties at several restaurants, live music, scavenger hunts, barbecues, historic tours and more. Fri, 5/25-Sun, 5/27. Prices vary. West Shore, Tahoe City, www.gotahoenorth.com/event/openingday-lake-2/2018-05-27/.

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, 5/30, 9am. $10-$12, free for members. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., nvdm.org.

TAHOE CITY HISTORIC WALKING TOUR: Lake Tahoe’s colorful history will unfold in fun stories and legends about the people who have called it home. Well-behaved dogs on a leash are welcome. Sat, 5/26, 10am. Free. Outside the Blue Agave Restaurant, 425 N. Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, (530) 448-4143, www.mountaintowntours. wordpress.com.

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 guest artists will participate with 20 percent of sale proceeds going to this organization. Thu, 5/24-Wed, 5/30, 11am4pm. Free. Artist Co-op Gallery of Reno, 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896.

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 runs through June 30. Thu, 5/24-Fri, 5/25, Mon, 5/28-Wed, 5/30. Free. Carson City Community Center, 815 E. William St., Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org

ST. MARY’S ART CENTER: Decades & Detours. Paula Saponaro art exhibition features multiple bodies of work, mediums and a progression of her evolution over the decades. Fri, 5/25-Sun, 5/27, 11am. $3.50$5. St. Mary’s Art Center, 55 North R St., Virginia City, (775) 440-0992.

presents a screening of Nora Twomey’s 2017 animated film. Parvana is an 11-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom—and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she embarks on a quest to find her father and reunite her family. Sun. 5/27. 6pm. $5-$9. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 124 W. Taylor St., (775) 337-9111, artemisiamoviehouse.weebly.com.

mUSIC ANDY HUI: The Hong Kong superstar performs a string of Cantonese and Mandarin hits. Sun, 5/27, 8pm. $68-$188. Reno Ballroom, 401 N. Center St., (775) 325-7333, www.eldoradoreno.com.

RENO BLUES SOCIETY’S SPRING DANCE: The dance party features blues bands Joker’s Wild and Blue Haven. Some of the proceeds from the show will go to music scholarships. Sat, 5/26, 7pm. $12-$17. Coach’s, 4050 S. McCarran Blvd., (775) 848-2590, www.renoblues.org.

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STREMMEL GALLERY: Ewoud de Groot—A Brush with Nature. The Dutch painter is recognized as a rising star in wildlife painting. His work strives to find both a balance and tension between the representational and the abstract, the traditional and the contemporary. The exhibition runs through June 9. Gallery hours are 9am to 5pm on Monday-Friday and 10am to 3pm on Saturday. Thu, 5/24-Sat, 5/26, Mon, 5/28-Wed, 5/30. Free. Stremmel Gallery, 1400 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-0558, stremmelgallery.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. 5/24-Sun, 5/27, Wed, 5/30. Free. Wilbur D. May Museum, Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 750-4636, www.sierrawatercolorsociety.com.

presents its production of Sam Shepard’s gruff, affecting and funny play. Byron and Ames are old friends, reunited by mutual desperation. Over bourbon on ice, they sit, reflect and bicker until 50 years of love, friendship and rivalry are put to the test at the barrel of a gun. Fri, 5/25-Sat, 5/26, 7:30pm; Sun, 5/27, 2pm. $12-$20. Restless Artists Theatre Company, 295 20th St., Sparks, (775) 525-3074.

SPORTS & FITNESS GUIDED HIKE: Enjoy a guided hike through Galena Creek Park with a local specialist. Please bring appropriate clothing and plenty of water. The hike intensity varies, depending on the audience. Sat, 5/26, 10am. Free. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mount Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948, www.galenacreekvisitorcenter.org.

RENO 1868 FC: Reno’s professional soccer team plays San Antonio FC. A fireworks show follows the game. Sat, 5/26, 7:15pm. $15-$75. Greater Nevada Field, 250 Evans Ave., www.reno1868fc.com.

FILm 3-MINUTE FILM COMPETITION SCREENING: Local filmmakers of all ages were invited to submit films for the annual competition. Join the Holland Project, KNPB and the Nevada Museum of Art in a screening of the top films selected by a team of jurors. Cast your vote for your favorite. Thu, 5/24, 6-8pm. $5. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

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For the week oF May 24, 2018 ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Aries poet Anna

Kamieńska described the process of writing as akin to “the backbreaking work of hacking a footpath, as in a coal mine; in total darkness, beneath the earth.” Whether or not you’re a writer, I’m guessing that your life might have felt like that recently. Your progress has been slow, and the mood has been dense, and the light has been dim. That’s the tough news. The good news is that I suspect you will soon be blessed with flashes of illumination and a semidivine intervention or two. After that, your work will proceed with more ease. The mood will be softer and brighter.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do you know what

you are worth? Have you compiled a realistic assessment of your talents, powers and capacities? Not what your friends and enemies think you’re worth, nor the authority figures you deal with, nor the bad listeners who act like they’ve figured out the game of life. When I ask you if you have an objective understanding of your real value, Taurus, I’m not referring to what your illusions or fears or wishes might tell you. I’m talking about an honest, accurate appraisal of the gifts you have to offer the world. If you do indeed possess this insight, hallelujah and congratulations! If you don’t, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to work on getting it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Now is a favorable

time to worship at the shrine of your own intuition. It’s a ripe moment to boost your faith in your intuition’s wild and holy powers. To an extraordinary degree, you can harness this alternate mode of intelligence to gather insights that are beyond the power of your rational mind to access by itself. So be bold about calling on your gut wisdom, Gemini. Use it to track down the tricky, elusive truths that have previously been unavailable to you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “A poem is never

finished; it is only abandoned,” wrote poet W. H. Auden, paraphrasing poet Paul Valéry. I think the same can be said about many other kinds of work. We may wish we could continue tinkering and refining forever so as to bring a beloved project to a state of absolute perfection. But what’s more likely is that it will always fall at least a bit short of that ideal. It will never be totally polished and complete to our satisfaction. And we’ve got to accept that. I suggest you meditate on these ideas in the coming weeks, Cancerian. Paradoxically, they may help you be content with how you finish up the current phase of your beloved project.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I highly recommend that

you spend the next three weeks hanging out on a beach every day, dividing your time between playing games with friends, sipping cool drinks, reading books you’ve always wanted to read, and floating dreamily in warm water. To indulge in this relaxing extravaganza would be in maximum alignment with the current cosmic rhythms. If you can’t manage such a luxurious break from routine, please at least give yourself the gift of some other form of recreation that will renew and refresh you all the way down to the core of your destiny.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Contemporaries of

the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras told colorful stories about the man. Some believed he was the son of a god and that one of his thighs was made of gold. When he crossed the Casas River, numerous witnesses testified that the river called out his name and welcomed him. Once a snake bit him, but he suffered no injury and killed the snake by biting it in return. On another occasion, Pythagoras supposedly coaxed a dangerous bear to stop committing violent acts. These are the kinds of legends I expect you to spread about yourself in the coming days, Virgo. It’s time to boost your reputation to a higher level.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): My counsel may seem

extreme, but I really think you should avoid mildness and meekness and modesty. For the immediate future, you have a mandate to roar and cavort and exult. It’s your sacred duty to be daring and experimental and exploratory. The cosmos and I want to enjoy the show as you act like you have the right to express your soul’s code with brazen confidence and

unabashed freedom. The cosmos and I want to squeal with joy as you reveal raw truths in the most emotionally intelligent ways possible.

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

Honoré Balzac periodically endured intense outbreaks of creativity. “Sometimes it seems that my brain is on fire,” he testified after a 26day spell when he never left his writing room. I’m not predicting anything quite as manic as that for you, Scorpio. But I do suspect you will soon be blessed (and maybe a tiny bit cursed) by a prolonged bout of fervent inspiration. To ensure that you make the best use of this challenging gift, get clear about how you want it to work for you. Don’t let it boss you. Be its boss.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Ancient civiliza-

tions waged war constantly. From Mesopotamia to China to Africa, groups of people rarely went very long without fighting other groups of people. There was one exception: the Harappan culture that thrived for about 2,000 years in the Indus River Valley, which in the present day stretches through Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Archaeologists have found little evidence of warfare there. Signs of mass destruction and heavy armaments are non-existent. Art from that era and area does not depict military conflict. One conclusion we might be tempted to draw from this data is that human beings are not inherently combative and violent. In any case, I want to use the Harappan civilization’s extended time of peace as a metaphor for your life in the next eight weeks. I believe (and hope!) you’re entering into a phase of very low conflict.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Every human being I’ve ever known, me included, has to wage a continuous struggle between these pairs of opposites: 1. bad habits that waste their vitality and good habits that harness their vitality; 2. demoralizing addictions that keep them enslaved to the past and invigorating addictions that inspire them to create their best possible future. How’s your own struggle going? I suspect you’re in the midst of a turning point. Here’s a tip that could prove useful: Feeding the good habits and invigorating addictions may cause the bad habits and demoralizing addictions to lose some of their power over you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Some books seem like a key to unfamiliar rooms in one’s own castle,” said author Franz Kafka. I suspect this idea will be especially relevant to you in the coming weeks, Aquarius. And more than that: In addition to books, other influences may also serve as keys to unfamiliar rooms in your inner castle. Certain people, for instance, may do and say things that give you access to secrets you’ve been keeping from yourself. A new song or natural wonderland may open doors to understandings that will transform your relationship with yourself. To prep you for these epiphanies, I’ll ask you to imagine having a dream at night in which you’re wandering through a house you know very well. But this time, you discover there’s a whole new wing of the place that you never knew existed.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Just for now, let’s

say it’s fine to fuel yourself with comfort food and sweet diversions. Let’s proceed on the hypothesis that the guardians of your future want you to treat yourself like a beloved animal who needs extra love and attention. So go right ahead and spend a whole day (or two) in bed reading and ruminating and listening to soul-beguiling music. Take a tour through your favorite memories. Move extra slowly. Do whatever makes you feel most stable and secure. Imagine you’re like a battery in the process of getting recharged.

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by DENNis MYERs

Penmaster

The steampunk pen I saw appeared to be brass or copper.

Marc Nicolet is a semi-retired accountant who needed a hobby to reduce his stress. It worked out well—his friends now talk about the fine, even gorgeous pens he designs, each one an original.

What got you into penmaking?

You start out each project, I gather, with a basic pen, right? I took a pen class from a local woodworking hobby chain store called Woodcraft, which opened up in Reno—oh, I don’t know, it was like a decade ago, and they subsequently went bankrupt about eight or nine years ago. … [I start with] a real basic pen. It was called a slimline, which is a category that most of the woodworking stores across

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Well, I originally needed some way to handle stress related to some high-profile jobs I’ve had along the way. In order for me to be successful at turning, which is the broad category of woodworking that I do, I had to fully concentrate on my turning process in order to be successful, and that high degree of concentration kind of acted like meditation for me, and so all the baggage that was dragging me down from a stress standpoint would kind of dissipate, and it would allow me to handle things better.

the country today recognize. Real plain pen. … But that’s the real basic pens that almost everybody teaches for the first wood turning class.

Tell me some of the themes you’ve made pens around. There’s some real basic materials. There’s wood, which is what I started with. And the other broad category is acrylic. It’s another word for the cast resin products.

What I was getting at was the topic, sort of. I saw one you did in steampunk. Desert, urban, jungle, camouflage … penguins, peacock, snakeskin, circuit board, rainbows, natural wood grain. …

Both of those are in antique brass or antique copper. In fact, I have one in my pocket today that is in an antique brass, and the metal is sculpted in a dragon form. There’s some scale-looking stuff related to where the nib comes out. There’s a dragon body that’s shaped for the clip. The back end of the pen has a cap that shows a dragon’s claw holding it in place.

I envision a wall in your den covered with pens from floor to ceiling. [Laughs.] My decorating consultant I’ve been married to for 45-plus years won’t let me do that. So, what I have is I have a couple of very nice looking display boxes where I have about 70 or 80 pens that are in three different drawers that I can open those up and pull out and show whatever kind of pen that I have in those drawers. I’ve probably mostly given away—I’ve sold a few—I probably have 500 to 800 pens that are out there in the community. And I have burdened my various family and friends [with] Christmas gifts, birthday gifts, whatever. I have also made some specifically for fundraisers for various non-profits and put them in a nice display box and sold them for a few hundred dollars, depending on whatever silent auction charities get for them. Ω

by BRUCE VAN DYKE

In the nose So let’s get theoretical for a second. Let’s say that during a normal time with a normal POTUS, the FBI informed the prez that there was undeniable proof that a foreign adversary was cybermessing with us in a few critical areas, including elections. The President’s response would be which of the following? (1) Protect America from further attacks; (2) Defend the adversary; (3) Attack the credibility of the FBI; (4) Tweet hysterically for FBI to reveal sources and methodology of its information gathering; (5) Demand an investigation of the investigators. In other words, completely ignore the message, and instead choose to relentlessly attack the messengers. Here in Bizarro America, our current POTUS is, of course, rolling with choices 2-5. Isn’t that special? And let’s not forget choice 6, which is to fire the federal staff of cyber security, which the slaphappy team of Trump/Bolton

just did. Why? To make it easier for the “adversary” to once again mangle an election so that the socalled “Blue Wave” turns out to be nothing more than a wino peeing a bladder full of Blue Nun wine against a dumpster in downtown Las Vegas. A friend once made an astute observation about the kleptojackass currently posing as President. “The problem is no one has ever popped Trump in the nose for being an asshole.” Impossible to disagree. Certainly nobody is currently willing, either figuratively or literally, to pop Spanky in the schnozz. Congress? Puh-leez. Invertebrata Mondatta. The Justice Department? The DOJ has developed a disturbing tendency to roll on its back and beg Dum Dum to rub its tummy. The DOJ, you may recall, used to be a snarling, raging, badass motherfucking Doberman. Now, it’s more like a happy, wiggly dachshund, wagging its tail and so eager

to please Mr. Orange. Whoever thought the FBI would look this meek and milksoppy? Actually, I can think of someone who will pop Dum Dum in the nose—Mike Avenatti. Him and Queen Stormy, god bless ’em. How perfect would it be if a porn goddess and her smartass lawyer hassle, hound and harass Trump into slobbering madness? Speaking of klepto, a kleptocracy is defined as “a government with corrupt leaders that use their power to exploit the people and natural resources of their territory to extend their personal wealth and political powers.” OK? Got it? Because, that’s our new reality. Twitler’s Sadopopulist Kleptocracy. It’s on. See Trump-China-Indonesia resort deal. See KushnerQatar-666 Park Avenue. Naked, brazen graft with a capital G, pounded up Uncle Sam’s tailpipe in broad daylight. So it goes. Ω

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