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Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review. Man, I can’t believe it’s already July. As full of horrors as this year has been, it’s flying by at a ridiculous pace. July, of course, is a big month here in Reno because of Artown, the city-wide month-long celebration of broadly, blandly accessible arts offerings. Plenty of art, theater and music events all around town—many of them free, a lot of them down at Wingfield Park, and most of it stuff you wouldn’t mind taking your grandmother to see. And don’t let a little snark fool you—I’m all for the event. I look and live like a cartoon dad, so I certainly have no problem with a little family-friendly fare. And the RN&R is a player in the Artown League. Our concert series Rollin’ on the River is back this year every Friday night in Wingfield starting at 5:30 p.m. I wasn’t directly involved with the booking this year, but I know our sales manager, Emily Litt, and her team have been working hard on it, with some input from the fine folks over at KTHX, and this year has an intriguing lineup—a nice mix of familiar locals and up-and-coming touring acts. The first event, on July 6, features headliner Mt. Joy, with friends-of-the-RN&R the Umpires opening up. There’s more information in our Artown guide, which was published last week, so hopefully you’ve already read it, but, if not, it’s on our website. Also, voting has begun in the second round of our Best of Northern Nevada readers’ poll. Head over to bestofnorthernnevada.com now. And last but not least, condolences to the friends, families and colleagues of the people murdered in the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, Maryland. A heartbreaking incident. I’ve said it before, and hope to never say it again: Mass shootings are not normal. This shit has to end.
Re “Then and now” (editorial, June 14): All over the world where democracies looked for guidance from America’s leadership, they are waiting for a correction in America. That correction is the same rectification made when President Richard Nixon resigned. To the world and many Americans, Donald Trump is worse than Nixon. Nixon did not attack our allies and cozy up to our enemies. Worst of all, most Republican leaders in Congress are totally lacking of any courage to stand up to a president that is dangerous to the country, our values, our allies and democracy itself. Alfred Waddell Marstons Mills, Mass.
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Adjustments, please I am glad to read that you will have a primary vote this year. I read your final Best of Northern Nevada to help me try winning restaurants, etc., and am happy to see many categories. In 2017, it seemed like Famous Dave’s BBQ was best in everything, and that is impossible. I hope this year, the primary vote will help weed out these situations. I would also like to see separate categories for high priced restaurants from moderate priced ones. For example, Johnny’s Italian restaurant should not be compared to Olive Garden. Also, Chang’s Chinese should not be compared with good, moderate-priced ones like the Chinese Duck House and Dynasty China Bistro. Same for good and moderate priced casinos. We seniors prefer Hobeys in Sun Valley or the Gold Dust West in Reno. They both have very good coffee shops. Also Baldini’s in Sparks. Robert Georgeton Sparks
One thumb up, one thumb down Re “Packin’ heat” (cover story, June 21) and “A threshold issue for everyone” (Left Foot Forward, June 21): Leslie, Josie Glassberg, Eric Marks, Jessica Santina, Todd South, Luka Starmer, Bruce Van Dyke, Ashley Warren, Allison Young Our Mission: To publish great newspapers that are successful and enduring. To create a quality work environment that encourages employees to grow professionally while respecting personal welfare. To have a positive impact on our communities and make them better places to live. Editor Brad Bynum News Editor Dennis Myers Special Projects Editor Jeri Chadwell Arts Editor Kris Vagner Calendar Editor Kelley Lang Contributors Amy Alkon, Matt Bieker, Bob Grimm, Andrea Heerdt, Holly Hutchings, Shelia
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First, a great big kudo to Matt Bieker. The highlighted quote on the first page which reads, in part, “the civilized consensus usually returns to: people with opposing ideologies need to actively listen to each other” is a rarely found moment of sanity and careful thought in what is an increasingly emotionfilled and biased media. Good job, Matt! Next, a big, looooong raspberry to Sheila Leslie. This hate-filled, short-on-facts diatribe is the absolute opposite of sanity and careful thought. She uses quotes without attribution, then makes assumptions and writes them as fact. For example, “despite all evidence that this is a Trump decision and most definitely not a law that was promulgated by Democrats.” Really, Sheila? Against all evidence? The reality of the situation is that in many cases when parents break the law, their children are often separated from them while the parents are awaiting trial or serving their sentences. The sane and thoughtful reaction would be to discuss ways to better care for the children—all children, not just the children of illegal immigrants when their parents are caught intentionally breaking the law. Fred Svetz Sparks
Somber letter Re “Somber comic” (Upfront, June 7): Concerning your June 7 report on “Where We Live,” a comic book about the Las Vegas concert killings, I wonder why such a dramatic, tragic occurrence, would need to be “improved” by adding fictional story lines? There has been so much double talk, second guessing, and revisions on alleged fact by certain officials that even the most fervent supporters of law enforcement are likely rolling their eyes concerning all the unconnected dots. The last report I read about the tragedy was that the first officer into the building had turned off his body cam! Maybe, since the public in general believed the testimony concerning Bhengazi, Advertising Consultant Myranda Keeley, Paegan Magner Distribution Director Greg Erwin Distribution Manager Bob Christensen Distribution Drivers Alex Barskyy, Corey Sigafoos, Gary White, Joe Wilson, O.C. Gillham, Marty Troye, Timothy Fisher, Vicki Jewell, Olga Barska, Rosie Martinez President/CEO Jeff VonKaenel Director of Nuts & Bolts Deborah Redmond Project Coordinator Natasha VonKaenel Director of People & Culture David Stogner Director of Dollars & Sense Debbie Mantoan Nuts & Bolts Ninja Norma Huerta Payroll/AP Wizard Miranda Hansen
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as well as Hillary not being bright enough to discern top secret communications, and “acid washing” her phone? And that’s a short list of incredulous testimony from her camp, then the ATF and FBI might assume that the residents of Nevada, would believe anything, and everything claimed and reported about one of the worst events in recent history. Of course, with the recent release of the Kennedy files (they were largely redacted), then perhaps in another 50 years, we will find out who actually had Kennedy killed, as well as the truth about Las Vegas. Maybe? Ron Ryder Fallon
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By JERI CHADWELL
Have you ridden a LimeBike? asked at West street Plaza, 220 W. first st.
Bryan Mitchell Realtor
No, not a LimeBike—but I have ridden their equivalent in other cities—in Paris and New York. I think they’re the future of urban transportation.
tony hess Counselor
Never. I’m new to Reno. I’m not even familiar with how the whole thing works. I see LimeBikes parked all over the place, in strange places. So can you just leave them anywhere? So you could just leave one out in the woods?
Trading one hate for another Our late colleague, journalist and journalism professor Jake Highton, was a United States Supreme Court buff. He followed the actions of the court carefully and wrote about those actions frequently. He studied its history, once writing a long paper on the court packing plan of Franklin Roosevelt. One of Jake’s books, Defrocking the Supreme Court, was a compilation of his writings on the court. There was one court case that was a particular bone in Jake’s throat—Korematsu v. United States, in which the court upheld the legality of kidnapping U.S. citzens from West Coast regions and throwing them into internment camps. Though he did not rank it among the court’s worst (“Top 10 worst Supreme Court decisions” by Jake Highton, RN&R, March 8, 2012), he still despised it and judged the members of the court by it. In one exchange of notes with a friend, when the friend expressed admiration for Justice Wiley Rutledge, Highton looked up the vote on Korematsu and found that Rutledge had failed that 1944 test. We wish Jake had lived to see Korematsu finally overturned. That’s what happened last week, and we don’t know whether he would have laughed or cried. In a majority opinion, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote, “The dissent’s reference to Korematsu, however, affords this Court the opportunity to make express what is already obvious: Korematsu was gravely wrong the day it was decided, has been overruled in the court of history, and—to be clear—‘has no place in law under the Constitution.’” That last phrase is in quotation marks because it is from Justice Robert Jackson’s 1944 dissent in Korematsu.
Readers may not be aware Korematsu was overturned because it has received little attention—and because it was done in tawdry fashion. The deed was done in Hawaii vs. United States, the ruling in which the court upheld the Muslim travel ban. And the section we quoted from Kennedy’s opinion was apparently not in his original version. In her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote, “By blindly accepting the government’s misguided invitation to sanction a discriminatory policy motivated by animosity toward a disfavored group, all in the name of a superficial claim of national security, the Court redeploys the same dangerous logic underlying Korematsu and merely replaces one ‘gravely wrong’ decision with another.” Invoking the detestable 1944 case forced Kennedy to address it, which he did, half-heartedly, by overruling it. He never addressed Sotomayor’s linkage between the cases. Hawaii, like Korematsu, is poorly crafted. Legal scholar Erwin Chermerinsky, a frequent Reno visitor, wrote last week, “In the United States, dangerousness should never be determined by race, ethnicity, national origin or country of residence.” Within the same month, the same court found that in Masterpiece Cakeshop, it would consider as evidence the public statements revealing religious bias of members of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission and, in Hawaii, it would not consider as evidence the public statements revealing religious bias of Donald Trump. Nice work. By cherry picking the facts it would consider, the court reached the decision it wanted in both cases. We have traded race hate for religious hate. Ω
tania ordoMe z Student
No, I haven’t. We’re going to try them tomorrow sometime.
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Here, no, but I rode them in Lake Tahoe. I guess they’re the same—the same speed. Yeah, we’ll ride them here tomorrow.
Jeff cl ack Construction worker
No. I live down on Manzanita and Lakeside, and I have my own bikes. When I come out, I usually take my own bike—or a car.
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by SHEILA LESLIE
The new Republicans-in-name-only This year’s Fourth of July celebration is veiled in darkness for many progressives who see our country’s values under assault from within. The soaring poem by Emma Lazarus on the Statue of Liberty collides violently with President Trump’s family separation policy and the comments of so many white Americans, their profound racist and xenophobic beliefs freed by the President’s words. We sincerely wonder how it is possible that 87 percent of Republican Party members approve of Trump and his administration, as last week’s Gallup poll reported. These Republicans believe they’ve “taken back” their country when the rest of us feel like we’ve lost it. The president traveled to Las Vegas in late June to speak at the GOP state convention and raise money for the reelection of Nevada’s Sen. Dean Heller. In his public speech, Trump continued to act like a middle school bully impressed by his own cleverness, cheered on by his sycophantic friends who smirked happily at his juvenile
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and offensive name-calling, referring to Rep. Jacky Rosen as “Wacky Jacky” and Sen. Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas.” GOP gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt is completely on board with Trump’s schoolyard bravado, dubbing his Democratic opponent “Shady Steve” Sisolak. The shallowness of these silly monikers demonstrates an appalling lack of maturity and intellect from both men and their supporters. It’s embarrassing to anyone who cares the smallest bit about civility and respect in government. We can take a little solace from the increasing numbers of Republicans across the nation who are quitting their party and urging others to do the same, or at least avoid voting for Republicans this year. Conservative columnist George Will recently called for the Republican Congressional caucuses to be “substantially reduced” since many “have become the president’s poodles, not because James Madison’s system has failed but because today’s abject careerists have failed to be
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worthy of it.” Steve Schmidt, a senior advisor to John McCain during his presidential campaign, went even further as he formally “renounced” his membership in the Republican party, calling it “a danger to our democracy and values.” If only Nevada’s Republican leaders were as principled. Instead they are competing to see who can out-Trump Trump with tweets that make no sense. For example, Assemblymember Chris Edwards taunted Democrats last week with a mindboggling argument praising Republicans for passing “the largest tax INCREASE specifically to help educ.” (sic) but omitting the fact that he loudly voted against the measure. The pictures of Dean Heller fawning over Trump during his Las Vegas visit were sickening, his famously insincere pastedon grin out of sync with Trump’s insults as he called Heller “shaky” for not fully supporting his candidacy. But the most disgusting pictures featured GOP Assembly candidate Dennis Hof, owner of several
legal brothels in rural Nevada, lounging with his prostitutes, boasting that he is the Trump from Pahrump. In an interview with CNN, Hof credited Trump with his political success, saying, “This is the new breed of politicians because of what Donald Trump has done. He’s opened that door. Before this, who would have ever elected somebody who said, on tape, ‘Grab ’em by the pussy’?” Hof goes on to brag about his occupation as a pimp, suggesting that the empty hotel across from the Legislative Building in Carson City, the Ormsby House, be converted to a brothel. “One whorehouse on one side of the street. And the biggest whorehouse, the legislature, on the other side of the street. People get it. They know they’re whores.” I can only imagine what the Nevada Senate Republican leader Bill Raggio and Democratic speaker Joe Dini would have to say about this disrespect of the legislative institution from someone who inexplicably wants to join it. But they’d be too civil to say it in public. Ω
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One Catholic website took aim at Nevada candidate for governor Steve Sisolak.
During his trip to Las Vegas on June 23, Donald Trump said, “We’re going to have the wall. We’re gonna have the wall. We’ve already started it. ... We’ve already started it. You know, we started it in San Diego. ... Now we’re going to have the wall. And we started it. We have $1.6 billion. We’ve started it. We’re fixing it. And we’re building new. And we’re starting it. … We’re getting the wall built.” In fact, FactCheck.com reported that what is in San Diego is an array of prototypes for the wall, not the wall itself. The website quotes Republican Rep. Jim Jordan: “The one thing we don’t fund is the one issue we all campaigned on—a border security wall—and that is not in the legislation.” That raises the question of whether Trump (1) doesn’t know what the San Diego array is, though he visited it, and thus is poorly informed, or (2) he knew what he was saying was incorrect, and he said it anyway.
he’s gone University of Nevada, Reno art professor Howard Rosenberg retired on June 30 after 51 years at UNR. “I came out here planning to stay for a one-year contract and then go back east,” he once told a Fallon audience. “It’s 50 years later and I’m still here. My mother came out here for a visit and stayed for 18 years. My sister came out to get rid of a husband and found three more. This is a very good place.” During those years, Rosenberg was also a movie critic for KTVN in Reno and KCRA in Sacramento and service on the Nevada Board of Regents for 12 years and the Washoe County School Board for four.
Legendary CoLumn ends This newspaper is called an alt-weekly, meaning an alternative weekly—usually alternative to a daily or long established newspaper. Alt-weeklies around the nation have a lot of accomplishments to their credit. In Chicago, the Reader is the proud home of Cecil Adams and the Straight Dope, a column that answers readers’ weird questions (“If everyone in China jumped off chairs at once, would the earth be thrown out of its orbit?” “Is it true about Catherine the Great and the horse?”). It has appeared in alt-weeklies around the nation. Cecil has now hung up his column with a final piece on June 27 (“Do brain supplements do anything?”). His first column—February 2, 1973—dealt in part with the 1968 Democratic National Convention and also with Aaron Russo, who later became a short-lived Donald Trumpish political figure in Nevada. The column archive will remain online, and there are several books of Straight Dope columns in print. Nevada appeared regularly either in the column or Straight Dope reader message boards, with discussions of astronaut training in Nevada, why there is a naval research lab in this desert state, who or what is Chevy Chase (a couple of Nevada U.S. senators founded an all-white Maryland town with that name), mid-20th century permeation of the world’s iron by radiation from Nevada atom bomb tests, the record for North American mallard ducks colliding with airliners (21,000 feet over Elko), and a variety of prostitution questions.
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Mandatory speech Is it free if it’s required? a few years ago a young woman in Carson City for a session of the Nevada Legislature—not a legislator—thought she might have been pregnant. The session ran for about five months, and she did not want to fly back to Las Vegas for a doctor’s appointment. She looked in a phone book for a clinic and found something called a crisis pregnancy center (CPC). After going for a pregnancy test and having it come out negative, she told a friend that while she was there it was clear that “it was an anti-abortion place.” She worked out the rest of the legislative session and returned to Las Vegas. The clinic visit gave her peace of mind. She was just as happy not to experience what she might have if the test had come out positive. In a major free speech ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26 overturned a California law requiring crisis pregnancy clinics—created as an alternative to abortion—to post signs advertising abortion services, supposedly to aid low income patients. The court found “California could inform low-income women about its services without burdening a speaker with unwanted speech.” The signs read, “California has public programs that provide immediate free or low-cost access to comprehensive
family planning services (including all FDA-approved methods of contraception), pre-natal care, and abortion for eligible women. To determine whether you qualify, contact the county social services at [phone number inserted].” The ruling has become an issue between the candidates for Nevadas’ governorship. Republican Adam Laxalt signed onto a legal brief that supported overturning the California law. After the ruling was released, Laxalt visited a crisis pregnancy center in Clark County. After Laxalt visited the CPC, Democrat Steve Sisolak tweeted, “Adam Laxalt’s anti-choice views are beyond the pale,” Sisolak wrote. “If his outspoken opposition to [Planned Parenthood] isn’t enough, his embrace of this shameful group is enough to demonstrate where he stands. As governor, I would protect access to women’s health care and a woman’s right to choose.” Sisolak’s stance enabled the Las Vegas Review Journal to use the headline, “Sisolak, Democrats attack group for helping pregnant women.” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the majority opinion, “As California conceded at oral argument, a billboard for an unlicensed facility that says ‘Choose Life’ would have to surround that two-word statement with a 29-word
statement from the government, in as many as 13 different languages. In this way, the unlicensed notice drowns out the facility’s own message.” The California Legislature enacted the law requiring the signs in 2015 in a measure dubbed the Reproductive Freedom, Accountability, Comprehensive Care, and Transparency [FACT] Act. According to the Atlantic Monthly and other sources, legislators relied heavily on a report by the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) in deciding to pass the law, which is a bit like asking a barber if you need a haircut. NARAL is a lobby group and its report on crisis pregnancy centers was full of emotionally loaded language—“CPCs are storefronts that use false and misleading advertising and the offer of free pregnancy tests or other services to lure women into their offices. Then their goal is to dissuade women from exercising their right to choose.” There is no evidence that legislators investigated independently to confirm the claims in the 7,900-word report by the lobby organization. But even if it had, there were ways to remedy the alleged problem without breaching free speech. In addition, the lawmakers carefully limited where it would require the signs. Thomas: “If California’s goal is to educate low-income women about the services it provides, then the licensed notice is wildly underinclusive. … California has nearly 1,000 community clinics—including federally designated community health centers, migrant health centers, rural health centers, and frontier health centers—that serv[e] more than 5.6 million patients … annually through over 17 million patient encounters. … But most of those clinics are excluded from the licensed notice requirement without explanation.” The privileged status given to the NARAL report did not happen just in the California Legislature. The San Francisco city attorney has posted it on the office website, a forum that has not been awarded to any other lobbying organization. Crisis pregnancy centers have been around since well before Roe vs. Wade, the ruling that made abortion legal and safe. As support for legal abortion grew in the 1960s, CPCs appeared first in Canada, then spread south. They tend not to be full-fledged clinics, providing mainly pregnancy tests and ultrasounds, and they may also provide non-medical
services, including adoption assistance, finanany other regulation of professional conduct. cial aid and parenting advice. As in the case of It applies to all interactions between a covered the Carson City clinic, most of them tend to facility and its clients, regardless of whether a make clear where they stand on abortion. But if medical procedure is ever sought, offered, or they do not, it’s not an indictable offense. performed.” One leading Reno attorney drew our Paradoxically, abortion providers in more attention to a section of the syllabus in the than half the states are required to carry ruling: “And [the court] has stressed the danger “informed consent” brochures concocted by of content-based regulations in the fields of anti-abortion legislators who say they are medicine and public health, where providing needed medical information, information can save lives. Such though some of those states have dangers are also present in never implemented the law by the context of professional prescribing the language to be “California speech, where contentcarried in the printed matter. could inform lowbased regulation poses Abortion supporters have income women about its the same risk that the opposed those examples of Government seeks not compelled speech. services without burdening to advance a legitimate The vote in the case, a speaker with unwanted regulatory goal, but to National Institute of speech.” suppress unpopular ideas Family and Life Advocates or information. When v. Becerra, was by the Clarence Thomas the government polices now-familiar 5 to 4— Alito, U.S. Supreme Court the content of professional Gorsuch, Kennedy, Roberts Justice speech, it can fail to preserve an and Thomas on one side; Breyer, uninhibited marketplace of ideas in Ginsburg, Kagan and Sotomayor which truth will ultimately prevail.” on the other. There was a time when Compelled speech, an obscure free speech Democratic-appointees would have joined the issue, can include health warnings on products, five, but such justices now rarely show the children saluting the flag in school and adults kind of freedom of expression concerns that signing loyalty oaths to have jobs, license plate motivated justices like Hugo Black, William O. sayings, and school dress requirements. The Douglas and William Brennan. Ω California legislators treated the required signs as providing medical “informed consent.” The court ruled, “But the licensed notice is In this report, we have edited quotations from court rulings to make them readable by removing references to citations. neither an informed-consent requirement nor
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The long-dreaded Pyramid-Tahoe Link between east Sparks and south Reno has been completed. Here, transportation workers kept bikers off it until it was opened for walk-throughs and ride-throughs last weekend. When originally proposed, the freeway provoked grass roots organizing by opponents in the community, partly because they believed it would foster growth, and partly because the route crossed environmentally sensitive land. It was finally canceled, but transportation officials quietly changed its name to the Southeast Connector and built it, anyway, while critics of the project failed to pay attention. PHOTO/DENNIS MYERS
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Felix Frankfurter: “The highest example of judicial duty is to subordinate one’s personal will and one’s private views to the law.” In February 2014, Republican Adam Laxalt was campaigning for the job of Nevada attorney general. The incumbent in that job, Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto, was facing a policy decision. In 2000-2002 Nevada voters had approved ballot Question Two, a ban on marriage equality. Nevadans started having second thoughts almost immediately—the winning majority of the ballot measure dropped from 69.62 percent in first round voting in 2000 to 67.20 percent in second round voting two years later. Within a decade, opinion surveys showed a sharp change in public sentiment, so the 2013 Nevada Legislature voted to put the issue back on the ballot. Also in 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court in Windsor vs. United States had overturned federal legislation exempting the states from recognizing each other’s marriages. That was followed by SmithKline Beecham v. Abbott Laboratories, a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruling in January 2014. It dealt with jury selection in a drug company case, but its reasoning was broad and gave notice, as the legal website Verdict put it, that the Ninth Circuit had found “Windsor is not limited by the facts or context of that case, and instead stands for the legal proposition that heightened [Fourteenth Amendment] scrutiny now applies to all government actions that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.” If that was true—and Cortez Masto’s analysis agreed that it was—it meant that Nevada stood virtually no chance of prevailing in a challenge that was pending in the Ninth Circuit to its marriage equality ban. She had been preparing to go to the Ninth Circuit to defend the state law, but now she said, “The decision in SmithKline is controlling and sets a new standard of review for cases in the Ninth Circuit.” She dropped the case. Adam Laxalt chose this moment to pick a fight with her. “In consecutive elections, the voters defined marriage as they saw fit, and it is now part of our Constitution,” he said in a
prepared statement given to the Las Vegas Sun. “I believe if the voters want to amend that marriage definition within our Constitution, they have the ability and the right to do so.” That wasn’t the issue in the litigation, but, then, candidate Laxalt was fighting a political battle, not a legal one. However, Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval—also a former state attorney general and federal judge—said he agreed that, given the SmithKline decision, Nevada’s case was “no longer defensible.” (The Ninth Circuit later ruled against Nevada.) As it happened, on marriage equality, Laxalt left a long trail of evidence for the view that he is anti-gay, and it goes beyond marriage. In 2010 in the American Spectator, Laxalt had written, “Intellectual essayists and pundits alike all profess from a high perch that the current military policy on homosexuality in the military is out of date and must be changed. … Of course, the brain trust doesn’t understand that the military is one of the truest cross sections of America in terms of families, hometowns and communities, and that they are not a THEY. For most, THEY are US. The pundits are THEY—they who have not served.” The questions were heightened by the fact that he picked the fight with someone who was not even in the attorney general’s race. “I cringed when I heard he was engaging with Cortez Masto,” said one leading Republican lawyer. “One of the first rules of politics is run your own race. She was stepping down. She wasn’t his opponent.” It was the first of a long line of disputes that have made Nevada’s legal community wonder where the attorney general’s loyalties lie—with the law or with his personal views. The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada—which has become influential at the Nevada Legislature by avoiding litigation and seeking change through legislation—is suspicious of him. “laxalt “Nevadans need to be aware that some of the decisions and of voters in Nevada face the law” a perilous future because continued on page 12 Laxalt either does not know
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or does not care about them,” said ACLU exec Tod Story. Nevadans occasionally write laws for themselves. Laxalt sometimes does not agree with them. That’s fine—many state attorneys general vigorously carry out laws they do not support. But Laxalt has raised questions about whether he is one of them. In the case of the marriage equality measure, he enthusiastically supported it and was anxious to defend it. But other voter-approved measures on abortion, marijuana and background checks he opposed—and was either lukewarm about making sure they were carried out or took actions that could have undercut them. What does that mean for all the legislature-enacted laws he would have to carry out if he were elected governor? In 2016, Nevadans approved two ballot measures, both opposed by Laxalt. Ballot Question One required background checks on some weapons purchases or transfers where they were not already required. Ballot Question Two made marijuana use legal under state law.
Background checks Laxalt has been harshly criticized for interpreting Question One to mean that the checks must be conducted by the federal government instead of through the federal process. However, it is apparent that the sponsors of the measure blundered by requiring exactly that. The measure itself says checks must be conducted by “the National Instant Criminal Background check system … and not the Central Repository.” The NICB is the federal system. The Central Repository is the state system. The sponsors were apparently suspicious that state government might not diligently conduct the checks, although— paradoxically—the FBI later said Nevada’s system is more thorough than the federal system, covering additional databases and catching more domestic violence records. But while Laxalt’s legal opinion was sound, it was what he did next that raised questions. He did nothing. Most attorneys general would have said something akin to, “While the ballot measure is unworkable, the public has made its feelings known, and we are going to get the job done. I will work with the legislature and advise on ways to accomplish the same thing through different language.” Laxalt didn’t do that. Rather, he gleefully gave a National Rifle Association convention speech gloating that he had won on the issue. Laxalt and Sandoval were in sync on this one. In 2013, Sandoval had vetoed a measure providing for universal 12 | RN&R | 07.05.18
background checks. But both men were brought up short when, in 2017, a shooter in a Las Vegas hotel room killed 58 people at a concert below, injuring 546. As Newspapers around the world reported that Nevada had an unenforced background check law, Sandoval—in what had to be the late-barn-door-closing of all time—asked Laxalt to find a way to implement the checks called for in Question One. Laxalt, after a brief survey, sent out an opinion written by a deputy that offered little. Laxalt’s campaign website now carries a statement under a headline that does nothing to suggest Nevadans are all in this together: “Background check supporters should blame themselves.” Laxalt likes to point out that Question One passed narrowly, as though this makes it illegitimate. As it happens, it passed by a slightly wider margin than Laxalt received in his only race for public office.
implementaslow or even halt the implementa tion of the law, and has further assisted with the formulation and adoption of regulations to allow dispensaries to commence sales of recreational marijuana within just six months of the law’s enactment. My office has expeditiously facilitated the implementation of the law in the face of considerable uncertainty about the status of federal enforcement activity.” Others disagree. He is the only attorney general from a state with legal marijuana who has not asked Congress to make banking easier for the pot industry. When the Department of Taxation asked for a legal opinion on whether public sites for smoking marijuana were permitted, he declined to provide one. Nevada Democratic Party: “Laxalt has repeatedly dodged questions on whether he supports allowing marijuana businesses to bank by saying he was waiting to meet with Nevada’s new U.S. Attorney, but when he finally met with her, he refused to comment on their discussion.” This all came to a head on primary election night last month, when—after winning the Republican nomination for governor and declaring victory in a hotel ballroom—Laxalt was surrounded by news crews, and he was asked about abortion.
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Marijuana That wasn’t the case with ballot Question Two, providing for legal marijuana. It won easily. Laxalt has said, in one of his many written statements (he seldom appears in public, takes questions, or is responsive if he does): “Although I opposed the Question Two ballot initiative proposing the legalization of recreational marijuana in Nevada, I also pledged to defend the measure were it approved by the voters. Since Question Two’s enactment, my office has vigorously defended it against two related lawsuits that threatened to
anoMaly Decades ago, when the fact of legal abortion became difficult to ignore, some abortion opponents changed strategies. Instead of trying to repeal legal abortion outright, they decided to try some new approaches.
One was to propose new laws that made the abortion procedure seem ugly to the public, such as death certificate requirements or bans on late-term abortion or bans on commercial use of aborted fetuses. In her memoir, Through the Glass Ceiling, former Nevada lieutenant governor Sue Wagner—an abortion supporter—discussed a bill in the 1983 Nevada Legislature that would have required cremation of a fetus: “That, again, goes back to the whole idea that you make this uglier and uglier, if you will, to make people say that it is just getting to be so awful.” The second strategy was to try load the abortion procedure down with peripheral administrative requirements. Former Nevada assemblymember Robert Sader, a parent, voted for parental notification in 1985. In the next two years, he saw opponents of abortion in various states enacting a wall of many small restrictions around abortion, effectively preventing the procedure from happening. “So it seemed to me at the time that in the balance that the rights of the parents were fundamental enough and important enough to suggest that these court procedures ought to be required for minors,” he told us in 2006. “Now, after that occurred, there was this continuing group of provisions, or let’s say new proposals, consistently proposed by the right-to-life groups that chip away at abortion laws, or a woman’s right to choose.” These developments complicated the job of journalists covering the abortion issue. Unfortunately, many journalists who reported on politics never really grasped these approaches. They tended to ask candidates, “What is your position on abortion?” and stop there. In Adam Laxalt’s case, that happened in his only run for public office. But it continued to happen during his one term in the office, most recently in December after he had pushed other GOP candidates out of the race and was the apparent Republican nominee. The Nevada Independent asked, “What is your stance on abortion? Should it be outlawed at all stages or just some? Should there be more restrictions on it, such as a waiting period, parental notification for minors, or an ultrasound requirement?” Laxalt replied, “I’m pro-life.” No follow-up questions were asked. That is how he has preferred to be portrayed, without providing specifics. Vote Smart, a website that tracks the positions of politicians across the country, posted this on its Laxalt abortion page: “We do not seem to have anything yet for this candidate.”
On the night of the primary election has described Democratic last month, KOLO News reporter Terri nominee for governor Russell tried to get more, questioning him Steve Sisolak’s stance in depth. of supporting the voterRussell: “So, you have filed two approved law as a view amicus briefs in the last five months. One that is “incredibly … outlawing second trimester abortions extreme on abortion,” protections. And the other one, you asked which seems to criti-the Supreme Court to overturn certain cize Nevadans for rules that California has on pregnancy approving it.) So centers. … Are you familiar with the he tries to avoid voter referendum, Question Seven in talking about 1990, passed three to one, that freezes its provisions the abortion laws here in Nevada? So at all. But he my question is, what dog—you filed it uses the office on behalf of Nevada, but Nevada, really, of attorney doesn’t have a dog in the fight, does it?” general to get Laxalt: “We’re going to have many involved in other months to talk about this. The bottom line abortion issues is my opponent has been very clear in that allow him the last many months. They’re incredibly to communicate extreme on abortion. We’re going to have his anti-abortion plenty of time to have that debate. But, stance to that you know, I’m going to err on the side of constituency. It life, and I’m somebody that was fortunate, is a judgment brought into this world by that choice. call for voters But, you know, we’re going to look for whether, in common sense things, if we do anything.” taking those stances, he is also undercutRussell: “You can’t change it without ting Nevadans’ action in approving Roe. a vote of the people.” • On July 14, 2015, the Center for Laxalt: “We’re happy to talk about Medical Progress posted a video supposthat in the coming months.” edly showing a Planned Parenthood Russell: “Are you planning on doing physician telling two buyers with a that as governor? Would you propose a biologics firm that Planned Parenthood referendum for voters to vote on that? sells organs from aborted fetuses. ’Cause that’s how it has to change in The videos caused a sensation and Nevada.” became an issue in the presidential Laxalt: “We’re going to look into it.” campaign, prompting widespread Nevada has a history with the abortion actions against Planned Parenthood issue that no other state has. As the until investigations showed the buyers result of a campaign launched were actors, the videos had been in 1992 by women’s held for a year before release, rights leaders, Nevada’s the audio had been edited, Roe-style law—Nevada and two anti-abortion Revised Statute activists were charged NRS 442.250—was with felonies. One of placed on the ballot those taken in by the by petition. This was videos was Adam Laxalt, a referendum vote, who—using his powers which differs from an as attorney general— initiative petition vote in launched an investigation that it does not provide for of Planned Parenthood in new law. Rather, it provides Nevada. Reporter Terri for a public vote of approval or In a Sept. 15, 2015 letter to Russell disapproval of an existing law. If offices of the group in Las Vegas the law is approved, the legislature and Reno, Laxalt wrote, “Please thereafter cannot change it without confirm in writing that the Nevada another public vote. facilities do not perform surgical abortions. Moreover, please also confirm that the Nevada facilities do not have or Question seven participate in tissue donation programs and confirm to this office that PP’s asserLaxalt’s closed mouth on the topic of tions are true in regards to the PP Nevada abortion is designed to let him walk a facilities.” tricky tightrope. He cannot attack the The probe came to little and was Roe-style state law itself without appearhalted 11 weeks later. ing to attack the voters’ judgment. (He
• On March 14, 2018, Laxalt signed onto a friend of the court brief written by Louisiana’s attorney general supporting a Texas law that prohibits physicians from using the most common abortion proce procedure—dilation and evacua evacuation—in the second trimes trimester. A district court judge overturned the law, ruling that there was no medical basis for it. • On March 27, Laxalt signed a letter written by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to the civil rights office of the cabinetlevel federal Department of Health and Human Services. The letter supports federal regulations that provide for conscience protections for health care workers. The U.S. Supreme Court on June 4 ruled that a Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple was within his rights. It’s quite a leap, however, from bakers and wedding cakes to allowing health care workers to pick and choose which medical procedures they will participate in. Indeed, in the Colorado case, the majority opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy said later cases may present “a context that may well be different going forward.” Abortion, including late term abortions, is sometimes a life-saving medical procedure. In addition, some religions such as Laxalt’s Catholicism take a broad policy of opposition to abortion in all or nearly all cases, but that is not true of faiths like Episcopal, Evangelical Lutheran, Judaism or some branches of Islam, nor does it reflect the view of some of those who are not church members. The letter Laxalt signed also makes reference to employers who “coerced health care professionals into participating in abortions, dispensing drugs that end human life, and providing health insurance coverage for abortions.” Laxalt has not, in other contexts, referenced instructions or directions given to employees as “coercion.”
Laxalt will not spell out his abortion position for voters.
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• On Jan. 16, 2018, 20 state attorneys general—Laxalt among them—signed onto a friend of the court brief in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court in NIFLA v. Becerra. The brief, again drafted by Texas Attorney General Paxton, argued against a California law requiring antiabortion clinics to post signs giving information about the availability of tax-funded abortions. Crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) were created in 1968—before Roe—to give pregnant women support and alternatives to abortion. Over the years, some CPCs have been accused of providing misleading or inaccurate information to women in order to avert their going ahead with abortions, and also to dissuade birth control use. The California Legislature—using a technique originally employed against abortion, of requiring physicians to give women information intended to persuade them not to go ahead with abortions— enacted a law requiring CPCs to post a notice saying the state has programs to subsidize family planning, including abortion. CPCs that lack physicians are also required to disclose that fact. The brief Laxalt signed said this is not genuine informed consent: “In contrast, a state’s desire to compel clinics to disseminate information about the availability of state funding for procedures those clinics do not perform has nothing to do with allowing a patient to assess the risks and consequences of a medical procedure about to be performed.” It also compels CPSs to promote exactly the procedure they exist to prevent, the brief argued. Whether such actions by Laxalt can or would in the future undercut the state law approved by Nevadans is a subjective call. But his unwillingness to discuss the matter on election night is puzzling. What is clear is that Laxalt came to Nevada with a fully formed ideological agenda, much of which he picked up from his grandfather and those around them when he was growing up. Some of it, such as his stances on public lands, are not supported by most Nevadans. He often seems out of tune with Nevada sentiments. The legislature, not the governor, sets state policies. If he is elected, who will govern—the chief executive or the ideologue? “I will not pick and choose which laws I think are good or bad,” he once said. Then why the disparate handling of ballot measures, some of which he backs, others of which he opposes? “Is he going to implement his own position or is he going to respect the will of the public?” the ACLU’s Story asked. Ω
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Ginessalyn Fulbright rides on Fourth Street.
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t’s been just over a month since the arrival of LimeBikes in town. According to a company rep, there are just under 1,000 bikes scattered in the area. The dockless bikeshare company was brought here as a regional pilot program organized by five local entities—the City of Reno, City of Sparks, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, University of Nevada, Reno and Washoe County. Anyone with the mobile phone app can locate a bike resting on its kickstand somewhere and unlock it by scanning a QR code. The first half hour of the first ride is free, and after that, rides cost $1 per half hour. Reno’s LimeBikes are either single speed or three speeds, but other cities with more hills have bikes with eight speeds or even pedal assists. Cities like South Lake Tahoe have electric scooters. There are plans to eventually bring electric products to Reno. According to an official LimeBike blog post, 21,000 Reno and Sparks-area riders took over 36,000 trips and rode over 35,000 miles in the first month. The farthest away a bike has been retrieved from is Silver Springs, about 40 miles from downtown Reno. All of those company talking points are good ones to know—but they left us with a few questions about how things work, both on the streets and behind the scenes. So, we checked in with a few people who manage— and ride—the bikes.
On the island in Virgina Lake, where a LimeBike was parked, a double-crested cormorant found the saddle quite comfortable.
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How are the bikes serviced and maintained? “We have a team that works seven days a week. We have folks that go grab them and do what we call ‘re-balancing,’ so bringing them back to areas where they have the best chance of being ridden, whether that’s downtown Reno or Sparks by the Marina, those types of areas. We have a couple of vans that survey the city—or ‘patrol’ is the best word, throughout the day. We have a team of about 10 people.”
What happens when there are LimeBike pranks—like when one was put on the island in Virginia Lake? Who has to retrieve those bikes? “Ordinarily, it’s our job, and we’re going to do everything we can to retrieve a bike. If it is unsafe for our employees, I don’t want to put anyone in an unsafe spot. That’s when we partner with—whether it’s a local business that has a boat or the city—that’s when we partner with them and say ‘Hey, we need your help. We need this removed.’ But I’m not going to have one of my employees get hurt getting it.”
What happens to the bikes in the winter? “All of the bikes are equipped to withstand winter conditions, so we don’t have any plans, at this point at least, to decrease the fleet in the winter months. Our fleet size fluctuates based on demand, but all of the bikes are equipped with various things to make sure they can withstand rain, snow and any kind of winter conditions.”
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Bikes are being tracked by GPS. Does that give you access to information about us? “We don’t collect demographic data, but it’s something that we would like to have—more insights into exactly who uses the bikes. One thing we’ve seen from studies on dockless bikeshares in other markets like Seattle and [Washington,] D.C.—and we take into account that it’s probably accurate for Reno—is that we’re seeing a variety of ridership. We see people who are commuting into work in the morning and the evenings, and we see people who are using it for recreation on the weekends, and we see tourists and locals alike. In Reno, 40 percent of rides start and stop at transit stations, so people are using these as their first- and last-mile commute to get to their destination.”
What if you don’t have a cellphone? “People can apply for the Lime Access program on our website. Then they are able to access a PayNearMe to put cash on their account and then call our customer service using a regular phone to unlock a bike. The idea is to make Lime as accessible to as many people as possible.” [To qualify for the Lime Access program, an individual needs to demonstrate qualification or participation in any state or federally run assistance program. PayNearMe kiosks allow businesses and government agencies to accept cash payments. They’re located at places like CVS Pharmacy, 7-Eleven and Family Dollar around Reno.]
The bikes are more Kelly green than lime. What’s up with that? “The first generation of classic pedal bikes—the wheels actually look like limes. Our founders kind of went with the name ‘Lime’ because of how well these slices of lime fit with the image in our wheels, and also it’s a green fruit with the green sustainability aspect of it. We’re in the field of green transportation and smart mobility, so it fit well.”
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Virtual murals Reno Street Art Project What makes street art so inviting, according to Jeannette Martinez, the art historian on the Reno Street Art Project, is that anyone can view it for free—it’s for the whole community. She said that Reno’s experienced such an influx of street art lately because the city is trying to incorporate this culture into its identity. Because murals are ephemeral, the Digital Initiatives Department at the University of Nevada, Reno sought to create a digital archive of Reno’s mural scene as of 2017. The department wanted to capture this moment in Reno’s history by preserving the murals before they were painted over or torn down, especially because the city is growing and changing so quickly. Laura Rocke, the project manager for the Reno Street Art Project, said that since the last time she went out to photograph murals, 30 new ones have appeared, and 15 of those replaced old murals. Rocke created the online digital archive, which she said will be updated every six months. She believes that muralists create work based on the culture and society that surrounds them, and that the historical contexts or political undertones in murals will make the archive a good primary source of information for future researchers. Multimedia Production and Virtual Reality Specialist Michelle Rebaleati said that her boss, Mark Gandolfo, came up with the idea of creating a virtual map of Reno that would incorporate the murals from the digital archive. “This map itself is a virtual gallery of all the street art we found, so when you put on the headset and you’re in the experience, you start
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off seeing a map of Reno,” she said. “Then, you can teleport around, and then there are these little cubes that show you a picture of the mural, and you reach out with your controller, select the cube, and it transports you to a 360 video of the mural.” Rebaleati said she’s been working on this project for about a year with her colleague, Luka Starmer (who’s also an RN&R contributor) and a behind-the-scenes team at the university. Her favorite aspect of creating the 360-degree videos is how creativity and technology come together. She said the images were produced using a rig with six GoPro cameras. When the team went out filming, they left each scene as the found it. If they saw was trash on the street, angry drivers, people walking around in the shot, or a demonstration by City Hall, they kept all of those. They didn’t reshoot or edit to make the mural look perfect. On July 17, people will be able to try on the VR headsets at a free event at UNR and check out the virtual map, which also spotlights five Reno muralists. Rebaleati also said that several artists will create murals live using the Kingspray Graffiti app. Rocke said that that there will be booths where participants can go on a treasure hunt through the archive to find certain murals based on clues. In the near future, Rebaleati said, her team is working toward putting the Reno mural map on the Steam Virtual Reality store, so that anyone, anywhere, with a VR headset can view Reno’s murals. Ω
The Reno Street Art Project hosts a free event on July 17 at the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center at UNR. Visitors can view VR footage of Reno murals through a VR headset, either from 6-7 p.m. or 7-8 p.m. Admission is free, but registration is required. To register, visit eventbrite.com.
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“You guys remember Traffic? That was a good movie.”
All shock, no awe When Emily Blunt opted to make A Quiet Place, or the new Mary Poppins movie, or whatever it was that kept her from saying, “Sure, why not?” to a Sicario sequel, that’s when producers should’ve just said, “Oh, well. Maybe later, when Blunt frees up?” After all, she was the main reason to watch the original. Nope, they went for it anyway, and the result is Sicario: Day of the Soldado, an excuse to trot out Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin for a nasty film plotted in such a way as to assure it would give the likes of Sean Hannity a monster boner—a ginormous, Fox News red boner right there in the middle of the theater. The timing of this movie is, shall we say, interesting. As real-life tensions build along the Mexican border, with families being separated and humanitarian water jugs being poured out, along comes a movie that shows ISIS terrorists crossing over the Mexican border and blowing up strip malls. Wait a minute, isn’t Sicario supposed to be about America’s beef with drug cartels? This ISIS stuff feels, well, tacked on. While the terrorism element introduced near the beginning of the movie looks to be the driving force of the plot early on, it all but falls away in favor of a subplot about a kidnapping intended to start a war between the Mexican and U.S. governments. In fact, a character dismisses the terrorist element later in the movie by saying “Oh, they were from New Jersey,” or something along those lines. It’s as if screenwriter Taylor Sheridan started one movie, got scared, said screw it, and finished with another one. To say the movie lacks focus is an understatement. Brolin returns as agent Matt Graver, a nasty guy who will blow up your brother as you watch on a laptop if you don’t tell him what he needs to hear. Del Toro is also back as Alejandro, an operative once again hired by the U.S., this time to stir up
trouble with the cartels and eventually kidnap Isabel (Isabela Moner), a drug kingpin’s daughter. Let me just take this moment to say Moner, who you might remember from her unfortunate participation in the latest Transformers movie, is a big star in the making. She gives the kind of performance that breaks your heart because it is something so good in service of something so mediocre. There are moments when she makes you forget you’re watching a very unimportant movie. Del Toro works hard to bring some gravitas to the proceedings, but this is basically a sadistic action thriller with little brains. There are some decent sequences put together by director Stefano Sollima, who replaces the excellent Denis Villeneuve from the original. While Villeneuve could provide real dramatic heft with the gunfights, Sollima gives us the shocks minus the depth. It’s a hollow movie. Catherine Keener shows up as Brolin’s boss, required to make him do things that only a truly despicable POTUS would put into play. It’s hard to tell if the movie is an indictment of U.S. policies, or a celebration, although the dude whooping and drooling in the front row makes me think it could be taken as the latter. Matthew Modine is on hand as the Secretary of Defense, and plays it like a beefier meditation on his Stranger Things villain. Sicario: Day of the Soldado avoids being one of the summer’s worst thanks to Moner, who makes stretches of the movie worthwhile. She’s slated to possibly play the title character in the live action Dora the Explorer. Whatever she does, she will probably wind up a star. As for the Sicario franchise? It’ll probably have a place for now, being that it basically amounts to Trump porn, intended or not. Ω
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American Animals
Here’s a heist movie based on a true story with an original twist. Writerdirector Bart Layton has made a narrative film based on a real-life robbery of some treasured collectibles by four young men. Layton casts the four with the great talents of Evan Peters, Blake Jenner, Barry Keoghan and Jared Abrahamson for an exciting and funny retelling of the heist, which had some normal guys dressing like old men to steal paintings and Darwin books from a kindly librarian (Ann Dowd). The twist here is that Layton also gets the real-life people to tell their accounts of what actually happened, so he mixes in a true documentary element. But rather than playing like some campy criminal reenactment TV show, the film comes together in a way where the real guys are right at home in the proceedings. It’s a genius move that gives the movie some real-life heft without taking away from the drama and craziness of the crime. In fact, their presence truly enhances everything, making this one of the more unique crime films in memory. Peters is terrific as Warren Lipka, the bad boy mastermind of the group (and Lipka himself makes for an entertaining counterpart in his interview segments). Jenner continues to be a great up-and-coming actor, while Keoghan impressively adds to a resume that includes Dunkirk and The Killing of the Sacred Deer. One of the movie’s great elements is the differences between the storytelling and the actual interviews, something that Layton comically exploits on more than one occasion.
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Avengers: Infinity War
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. The last “Avengers” movie, Avengers: Age of Ultron, was a misguided, boring dud. This third installment—the first of a two-parter—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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Deadpool 2
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.
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Incredibles 2
Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan play a fighting gay couple forced to take on the Coogan character’s grandson in this ultimately enjoyable movie. It’s enjoyable because Rudd and Coogan take it above its silly sitcom tropes and provide genuine laughs and real emotion. Paul (Rudd) and Erasmus (Coogan) work on a cooking show together and live an upscale life. Angel (Jack Gore) shows up at their door after his dad gets busted, and the two must learn to be parents overnight. There are moments in this movie—registering the kid for school, visiting dad in jail—that feel like a thousand movies before it, and director Andrew Fleming throws in too many plugs for Taco Bell. Problems aside, Rudd and Coogan had me laughing consistently and loudly throughout the movie. This really is a movie that could’ve been awful, but they more than save it, to the point where it can actually be recommended. Gore doesn’t really stand out as the precocious kid, which slows things down at times, but Jake McDorman is hilarious in his few screen moments as the dad. Overall, this will most assuredly provide a good pile of chuckles, and sometimes that’s all a comedy really needs to do. (Available for rent on iTunes, Amazon and other streaming services during a limited theatrical release.)
After a 14-year hiatus, the Parr family returns for more superhero shenanigans in Pixar’s Incredibles 2, a sequel that continues the zippy, funny spirit of the original. It’s not as good as the first, but it still finds a ranking near the top of Pixar’s best and is the company’s best sequel since Toy Story 3. The film picks up where the last one left off, with a criminal named Underminer (everpresent Pixar voice John Ratzenberger) looking to cause some early movie trouble and teen Violet Parr (Sarah Vowell, reprising her role, even though she’s well past her teens) meeting a boy. Superheroes remain somewhat in hiding, but rich tycoon Winston Deavor (Bob Odenkirk) is looking to change that. Winston hatches a plan to get superheroes back in the limelight, and that plan involves Elastigirl/Helen (Holly Hunter) on a crazy new motorbike fighting crime and gaining publicity. While she’s out getting her superhero groove back, Mr. Incredible/ Bob (Craig T. Nelson) must stay at home and take care of the kids, including Violet, Dash (Huck Milner) and baby Jack-Jack (Eli Fucile).
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
This is a big dummy dino joke of a movie. It’s nothing but a brainless, sloppy rehash of Steven Spielberg’s original Jurassic Park sequel, The Lost World, with a lame militaristic angle thrown in (again!). Yes, the dinosaurs look cool, and things get off to an awesome start with an underwater visit to the skeleton of the genetically engineered dinosaur, Indominus Rex, that died hard at the end of Jurassic World. The prologue is scary, looks great, is well directed, and seems to be setting the tone for a film that recalls the grim tone of Michael Crichton’s original. Sadly, things degenerate badly after the title credits pop up. When a volcanic eruption on the isle of dinosaurs threatens their genetically engineered lives, Congress holds hearings on whether or not to save them. These hearings involve the return of the one and only Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malcolm. Rather than having Goldblum around for his trademark psycho rambling and dark wit, his character just groans a couple of lines about how we shouldn’t have made the dinosaurs because it goes against nature and they have really big teeth and might bite you. Then he goes away. Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) return to the island to save Blue, the adorable velociraptor who wants you to pet him. Eventually, the action winds up in a large mansion in the states, where a nefarious businessman is keeping dinosaurs in the basement in order to auction them off in what amounts to a dinosaur fashion show for evil countries who want to weaponize them.
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Tostada nachos at Jalapeño’s Mexican Food are served with chicken and three different salsas.
Spiced up Jalapeño’s Mexican Food is a small family taqueria with a sizeable menu of classic dishes and modern favorites. Burritos, quesadillas, tortas, sopes, molcajetes and tacos are available with a choice of meats—pollo (chicken), al pastor (spicy spit-roasted pork with pineapple), chorizo (sausage), carnitas (slow-cooked pork), asada (steak), molida (ground beef), desebrada (shredded beef), and lengua (diced beef tongue). I hadn’t eaten all day, so I ordered eight little tacos ($1.50 each) to give them all a try. The first tacos I ever had were made by my auburn-haired, Idaho farmgirl mom. She grilled corn tortillas and served them with seasoned ground beef, whole beans, onion, avocado, veggies, cheese and muy picante sauce. They weren’t necessarily authentic, but they were damn good. I encountered my first “gringo taco” as part of a school lunch—a cold, crunchy yellow corn tortilla with bland hamburger and yellow cheese. The latter is definitely not what I think of as a “taco.” Jalapeño’s tacos are classic “street style,” just a couple of small, white corn tortillas loaded with meat, onion and cilantro. They’re served nice and hot. I enjoyed all of them, though the lengua and al pastor stood out for flavor. The asada and pollo were moist and tender, and the spicy chorizo had a subtle, sweet note. The one low point was the shredded beef, which was pretty dry, rendering the simply spiced ground beef superior by comparison. The carnitas were good, though a little crunchy. Four housemade salsas—smooth mild; medium; hot; and a chunky, mild cilantro—each had plenty of flavor. The hot stuff had a sharp kick on the first bite that settled into a flavorful blaze. A tostada de ceviche ($3.50) was piled so high with lime-cured shrimp, onion and cilantro I decided to eat it with a fork. It was zesty and delicious. Next
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were plates of asada fries ($6.99), tostada nachos ($6.50) and camarones momias ($8.50), which translates to shrimp mummies. These bacon-wrapped shrimp were served with rice and fries. The fries were crinkle cut and crispy. On the asada fries plate, they were beneath a pile of melted cheese, guacamole, sour cream and marinated chopped steak. The nachos’ white corn chips were individually layered with refried beans, shredded chicken, cheese, sour cream, onion and cilantro, and served with plenty of guacamole and pico de gallo. Hereon, this is the only way I want nachos. Mexican menus with bacon wrapped shrimp usually indicate a cheese and/or jalapeño stuffing. These camarones were unstuffed, though pretty satisfying in their crispy snuggle of bacon and mild dipping sauce. The starch doubledown of fries and rice was a little much, though; maybe a little ensalada instead? A sizzling platter of chicken fajitas ($9.25) was a little smaller than some, but it came with a hefty plate of very good rice, beans, guacamole, pico do gallo and sour cream. The meat was tender and moist, the veggies done just right. Equally good was a combo plate ($7.99) of rice, beans and salad accompanying a huge chile relleno and a crispy chicken taco I can only describe as “best of both worlds.” The stuffed pepper was fine, and the sauce was really good, but the taco was sort of a Mexican take on the gringo variety. A five-inch white corn tortilla was filled with meat, folded in half and grilled before being topped with lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole and Jack cheese. It was delicious, proving there’s room for more than one interpretation of “taco,” even from a single kitchen. Ω
Jalapeño’s Mexican Food 295 Los Altos Parkway, 626-1222
Jalapeño’s Mexican Food is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The restaurant offers a 40 percent discount on food on the first Wednesday of every month.
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4th AnnuAl ChArity Golf tournAment At Washoe Golf Course July 14, 2018 • Check in begins at 7:30 a.m. 8 a.m. shotgun start This event benefits the Reno Cancer Foundation. Since 1945, the RCF has provided direct financial assistance to local When Nicholas Dismang purchased the Polo Lounge last summer, he decided to build a new dance floor and stage in an adjacent retail space.
Lounge act When Nicholas Dismang decided to buy the Polo Lounge, he knew he was getting a place with a lot of history. Not that he was familiar with the bar—in fact, he’d only been there once prior to making the decision. But a look at the walls inside the Polo Lounge would tell anyone that this is a place with a storied past. They’re packed with photos of longtime regulars and celebrities the bar’s original owner, Frank Perez, has known over the years. Some of them show the original Polo Lounge, which Perez ran in San Francisco before coming to Reno. Dismang wasn’t surprised that some people wondered what would happen to the Polo Lounge after he purchased it. “A lot of people worried we were going to take it out and really rip it out and redo it,” Dismang said. “But after we thought about it, it really didn’t make any sense. Everybody is so quick to ruin things that have meaning in this town. And this bar has a lot of interesting history.” Still, the Polo Lounge wasn’t entirely what Dismang envisioned as its new owner. So, when he bought it last July, he decided to strike a balance between what would change and what would remain the same. The cocktail lounge atmosphere with tables and comfortable chairs was something he kept—as were the photos covering the walls—and regulars expressed relief that the bar’s character remained unchanged. He even kept the old, tiger-print carpet. “It’s funky for sure,” Dismang said. “Even when we cleaned it, it didn’t look much better. But people love the carpet. When I first got here, I hated the carpet. I thought, ‘This thing’s got to go.’ My tastes are very contemporary, very modern looking. So this bar, for me, is very hard. But I love it.”
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In the end, the biggest alteration was the addition of an entire new room—formerly an adjacent retail space—in which Dismang built a new dance floor and stage. “Our goal was to make the dance floor and the stage a bit bigger,” he said. Dismang likes to refer to the original dance floor and stage area in a corner of the bar as the “world’s smallest.” “It was great because you could have 10 people, and it looked busy,” he said. “But, it was so small, it almost got insane, and it deterred business at a certain point.” These days, Dismang is trying to draw a larger crowd—especially on weekends, when he brings in DJ Bobby G from Alice 96.5. But even this is done with respect for the bar’s longtime regulars. A fair amount of the music that’s played on Fridays and Saturdays is from the ’70s and ’80s. Longtime Polo Lounge bartender Jack Sosnowski is glad for a DJ presence on the weekends. According to Sosnowski, Bobby G’s sets are far preferable to a house band, which the bar had for years. “It’s like, ‘What record would you pick to take on an island with you?’” he said. “Who gives a shit? In 30 days, you’re probably going to feed it to the sharks anyway because you’ve heard all you can hear.” According to Dismang, the new music and new space are bringing in new customers to join with the regulars. “It skews a little younger than it used to,” he said. “Our 50 to 70 age range kind of complains now that we’re skewing too young—but we really don’t drop much below 30. … And you can’t blame the younger group for liking the older music. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s a lot different than going to a club.” Ω
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Dog Party Sisters Lucy and Gwendolyn Giles of Sacramento’s Dog Party finish each other songs and sentences. They attend college in different California cities—Lucy in Long Beach and Gwendolyn in San Luis Obispo—but they stay together at their parents’ home in Truckee for the summers, when they tour and record. As a kid, Lucy used to study a dog encyclopedia cover to cover. When she started a band with her sister at age 9, she desperately wanted “dog” in the name. A decade later, Dog Party has opened for Green Day, appeared on a recent cover of the Sacramento News & Review and released a sixth album, Hit & Run. Lucy and Gwendolyn’s father introduced them to rock ’n’ roll early in life. Lucy’s first musical memory is him playing her the White Stripes’ “My Doorbell.” “I thought Jack was a soulful black woman,” Lucy said in a phone interview. She appreciates how “Meg White holds it down with a simple beat, and stripping things to their roots has its power.” The sisters began making music before the influence of love, teenage angst and peer pressure. They didn’t want to be anyone except themselves. “We were so young that it just happened,” Lucy said. “My sister would be playing a riff on her guitar, and I would start singing words that came to my mind.” Lucy, who sings and plays drums, said that another pivotal moment in her musical journey was discovering the Ramones in middle school. Again, she was drawn to the minimalism. And she still is. She recently simplified her song-writing process due to the influence of short, sweet songs from the ’50s and ’60s.
Gwendolyn and Lucy Giles, who make up the Sacramento band Dog Party, will kick off their summer tour in Reno.
“When I’m writing songs, I tell myself, ‘It doesn’t have to be too long, just end the goddamn song,’” Lucy said. “I keep it simple because I sing and play at the same time.” The sisters call Hit & Run a coming-of-age record because they both experienced recent heartbreak. “But it’s not a cry-about-it kind of record,” Lucy said. “It’s more like, ‘We don’t mess around.’ It has thundering drums, fuzzy lightning guitars and is saturated with harmonies.” Power chords surround the crisp, harmonized vocals. The sisters will kick off their summer tour on July 6 at the Holland Project, which they called their favorite venue of all time. “Every time we come here, there are always great local openers who are usually young,” Lucy said. “We love to see kids going out there to play because my sister and I started our band when we were so young.” “We’ve played there four times,” she added. “We love it so much. We tell anyone who’s going through Reno, ‘You have to play the Holland Project.’” Lucy is always happy when singing or pounding on things with drumsticks with her sister. They’ve been on long, tiresome tours, but they become re-energized whenever they play together. When they write in the same room, they finish each other’s lyrics. During school semesters, they’re connected by email and GarageBand. Typically, Lucy starts writing a song and leaves a verse unwritten for her sister to complete. “We are two years apart, so we’re super close,” Lucy said. “We have this, um ... kind of ... what’s it called?” “Telepathy,” Gwendolyn filled in. Ω
Dog Party will play at Holland Project, 140 Vesta St., on July 6 at 8 p.m. with Life After Mars from Reno and Color TV from Los Angeles.
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Ritual (gothic, industrial, EBM) with DJs David Draven, Rusty, guests, 9pm, $3-$5
Party Thieves, Basko, 10pm, $15-$20
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Jody Sweet, 6pm, W, no cover
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Whiskey Preachers, 9pm, no cover
Reno Classical Music Open Mic, 7pm, no cover
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Live music, 7pm, no cover
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3372 S. McCarran Blvd., (775) 825-1988 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858
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6300 Mae Anne Ave., (775) 787-6300 846 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-7711
Open Mic Night, 7pm, M, no cover Ike & Martin, 7pm, Tu, no cover
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275 E. Fourth St., (775) 324-1917 The Improv at Harveys Lake Tahoe, 18 Highway 50, Stateline, (775) 5886611: Bobby Collins, Mat Edgar, Thu-Fri, Sun, 9pm, $25, Sat, 8pm, 10pm, $30; John Caponera, Jason Lawhead, W, 9pm, $25 Laugh Factory, Silver Legacy Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., (775) 3257401: Quinn Dahle, Thu, Sun, 7:30pm, $21.95; Fri-Sun, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $27.45; Jim Florentine, Tu-W, 7:30pm, $21.95 LEX at Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-5399: Mark G, Fri, 6:30pm, $15 The Library, 134 W. Second St., (775) 683-3308: Open Mic Comedy with host Jim Flemming, Sun, 9:30pm, no cover Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-5233: Jacques Simard, Fri, 9:30pm, $10-$15; Sat, 3pm, $12-$15 (allages show), 9pm, $10-$15
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Panda, 9pm, no cover Dominator & Friends, 7pm, no cover
Howard Coleman, 7pm, no cover
Smooth Jazz Sunday with Bob Irons, 7pm, no cover
GreenHaus, Octophonix, 8:30pm, $5
Dog Party, Life After Mars, Color TV, 8pm, $5
Plush Life with RD$, 42, 8pm, $5 Pry, Pity Party, Isabella, 8pm, $5
Matriarch, Claire Morales, Awakebutstillinbed, Christ Suplex, Drag Me Under, Eden’s Sleeves, 8pm, $5 Empty Beds, 8pm, W, $5
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Open mic, 7pm, M, no cover Comedy Night, 9pm, Tu, no cover Jazz Jam Session Wednesdays, 7:30pm, W, no cover
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Mile High Jazz Band, 7:30pm, Tu, no cover
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Magic Fusion, 7pm, $21-$46
Chris Sexton Trio, 8pm, no cover
PaddY & irene’S iriSh Pub
Acoustic Wonderland Sessions, 8pm, no cover
Pignic Pub & Patio 235 Flint St., (775) 376-1948
Frankie Boots, Cole Adams, Sam Chase, Lapel, 9pm, $5
the PoLo Lounge
DJ Bobby G, 8pm, no cover
906-A Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 358-5484
1559 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-8864
Magic Fusion, 4:30pm, 7pm, $21-$46
PonderoSa SaLoon
Bingo Tuesdays with T-N-Keys, 4:30pm, Tu, no cover
George Souza Group, 8:30pm, no cover
Party Thieves George Souza Group, 8:30pm, no cover
Anniversary Party w/DJs Bobby G, Billy the Kid, 8pm, no cover
Whiskey Preachers, 8pm, M, no cover Corky Bennett, 7pm, W, no cover Live music, 8pm, no cover
red dog SaLoon
Open Mic with Doug Tarrant, 7pm, W, no cover
76 N. C St., Virginia City, (775) 847-7474
the Saint
James McMurtry
Summer Like the Season, Nick Eng, 9pm, M, $TBA
Zepparella, 8pm, $15-$20
761 S. Virginia St., (775) 221-7451 715 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-4774
July 7, 10 p.m. The BlueBird 555 E. Fourth St. 499-5549
Moody’s 14th Annual Jazz Artists in Residence, 8pm, Tu, no cover
Wednesday Night Jam, 8pm, W, no cover
Steel Rockin’ Karaoke, 8pm, no cover
106 S. C St., Virginia City, (775) 847-7210
Shea’S tavern
Magic Fusion, 7pm, 9pm, M, Tu, W, $21-$46
La Septima Banda, Enigma Norteño, 9pm, $40
2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 378-1643 10007 Bridge St., Truckee, (530) 587-8688
Magic Fusion, 7pm, 9pm, $21-$46
DJ Trivia, 7pm, no cover
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Magic Fusion, 7pm, $21-$46 Magic After Dark, 9pm, $31-$46
The Lightweight Champs, The Breaking Pattern, Sad Giants, 8pm, $5-$6
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445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484
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2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., S.L. Tahoe, (530) 544-3425
Guest DJs, 9pm, no cover
Saturday Dance Party, 9pm, no cover
Dead Animal Assembly Plant, 8pm, M, $7 Body Void, Sans Ami, 8pm, Tu, $5
La Noche Oskura, 9pm, no cover
Open Mic, 9pm, M, no cover
July 8, 9 p.m. Cargo Concert Hall 255 N. Virginia St. 398-5400
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s the celebration continues, I hope you have selected your favorite events. Here are a few of my selections for this week.
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Discover The Arts - Dancers of the Great Basin Tribal region. July 5. Bring your children to this enriching Children’s series Monday-Friday. The program is designed for ages 6 - 12. Free at McKinley Cultural Center on Riverside Drive
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For a once in a lifetime splurge, At The Illusionist’s Table will take you on a journey to Scotland. Enjoy a gourmet meal with this immersive theater experience. $250.00 per person - includes 3 course dinner, wine and whiskey tasting. Scott Silven, Master Illusionist, will enthrall the audience. A don’t miss event.
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Midtown Concert Series every Sunday at the Microsoft Stage at Brassiere Saint James
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Celebrate our majestic mountains with the 2nd annual Sunrise Tavern mini-festival. July 14th. The performances will begin at 2pm and end with an overnight welcome to dawn. Get your tickets to Sunrise Tavern. www.renoisartown.com for a complete schedule
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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
Dynamix July 7, 10 p.m. Peppermill 2707 S. Virginia St. 826-2121
Karaoke Farah & Sons, 1446 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 499-5799: Karaoke, Sat, 9pm, no cover Jimmy B’s Bar & Grill, 180 W. Peckham Lane, Ste. 1070, (775) 686-6737: Karaoke, Fri, 9pm, 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
CARson VAlley inn CAsino
1627 US Highway 395 N, Minden, (775) 782-9711 1) TJ’s Corral 2) Cabaret
THURSDAY 7/5
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2) Atomika, 8pm, no cover
2) Atomika, 4pm, no cover Michael Furlong, 10pm, no cover
2) Atomika, 4pm, no cover Michael Furlong, 10pm, no cover
2) Michael Furlong, 8pm, no cover
2) Cook Book, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover
2) Keith Allen, 6pm, no cover
2) John Palmore, 5pm, no cover Ebony Not Quite Ivory, 9pm, no cover
2) John Palmore, 5pm, no cover Ebony Not Quite Ivory, 9pm, no cover
2) Jamie Rollins, 6pm, no cover
2) Tandymonium, 6pm, M, no cover Jason King, 6pm, Tu, W, no cover
2) Whiskey Maiden, 7pm, no cover
2) Whiskey Maiden, 8pm, no cover
2) Whiskey Maiden, 8pm, no cover
2) Patrick Major, 6pm, no cover
2) Patrick Major, 6pm, M, Tu, no cover Rye Brothers, 6pm, W, no cover
2) Keyser Soze, 10pm, no cover
1) Zepparella, 9pm, $17-$22 2) Dr. Morefiend & Jabberwocky, 11:30pm, no cover
1) Cirque Paris, 8:30pm, $19.95-$59.95 3) DJ Roni V, 10pm, no cover
1) Cirque Paris, 5pm, 8:30pm, $19.95-$59.95 3) DJ Roni V, 10pm, no cover
1) Cirque Paris, 2pm, 5pm, $19.95-$49.95
1) Cirque Paris, 7pm, M, Tu, W, $19.95-$49.95
2) DJ Ibarra, 10pm, $20
1) Anthony Jeselnik, 8pm, $25-$65 2) Nelly, 10pm, $40
CRystAl BAy CAsino
14 Hwy. 28, Crystal Bay, (775) 833-6333 1) Crown Room 2) Red Room
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345 N. Virginia St., (775) 786-5700 1) Showroom 2) Brew Brothers 3) NoVi
1) Cirque Paris, 7pm, $19.95-$49.95
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2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000 1) Grand Theatre 2) LEX 3) Race & Sports Book
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Everclear, Fuel, Marcy Playground, Local H, Oleander, 5pm, $45-$75
50 Hwy. 50, Stateline, (844) 588-7625
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15 Highway 50, Stateline, (800) 427-7247
1) Solid Gold Soul, 8pm, $38.48
1) Solid Gold Soul, 8pm, $38.48
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2707 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-2121 1) Terrace Lounge 2) EDGE Nightclub
1) Solid Gold Soul, 8pm, $38.48
1) Solid Gold Soul, 8pm, M, $38.48 2) Buddy Emmer and guest, 8pm, Tu, no cover
2) Kyle Williams, M, Tu, W, 6pm, no cover
2) Drinking with Clowns, 7pm, no cover
2) Drinking with Clowns, 8pm, no cover 3) Latin Dance Social, 7pm, $10 - $20
2) Drinking with Clowns, 8pm, no cover 3) Dynamix, 10pm, $20
2) Kyle Williams, 6pm, no cover
4) DJ Mo Funk, 9pm, no cover
2) Rock-N-Roll Experience, 9pm, no cover 4) The Vegas Roadshow, 9pm, no cover
2) Rock-N-Roll Experience, 9pm, no cover 3) Seduction Saturdays, 9pm, $5
4) DJ Mo Funk, 9pm, no cover
silVeR leGACy ResoRt CAsino
407 N. Virginia St., (775) 325-7401 1) Grand Exposition Hall 2) Rum Bullions Island Bar 3) Aura Ultra Lounge 4) Silver Baron Lounge
1) Solid Gold Soul, 8pm, $38.48
2) Four Tops, 8pm, $30-$60
1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks, (775) 356-3300 1) Celebrity Showroom 2) Nugget Ballroom
peppeRmill CAsino
1) Brit Floyd, 8pm, W, $25-$60
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FOR THE WEEK OF july 5, 2018 For a complete listing of this week’s events or to post events to our online calendar, visit www.newsreview.com. FIRST THURSDAY: Grab a drink, groove to live music by First Take with Rick Metz, and check out the galleries. Thu, 7/5, 5pm. $10, free for NMA members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.
FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYS: Reno Street Food features 30 food trucks, pop-up restaurants and food trailers every Friday. Local bands and artists are featured each week. Fri, 7/6, 5pm. Free admission. Idlewild Park, 1800 Idlewild Drive, facebook.com/renostreetfood.
KIDS’ RODEO AND CAMPFIRE STORYTELLING: Join the Reno Rodeo Foundation for an interactive evening exploring Western heritage with cowboy singing and other activities. Mon, 7/9, 6pm. Free. Wingfield Park, 2 S. Arlington Ave., (775) 322-1538, renoisartown.com.
MOVIES ON THE BEACH: Stop by Commons
jul/09
: THE HOT CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO
The acclaimed Bay Area hot jazz group, featuring French vocalist Isabelle Fontaine, evokes the romance, charm and vivre of Paris. Their love songs and driving gypsy jazz recall the 1930s-era Quintette du Hot Club de France founded by guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli. The quintet will perform as part of Artown’s Monday Night Music Series. The free show begins at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, July 9, at the Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road. Call 322-1538 or visit renoisartown.com.
Beach every week through Aug. 22 to watch a family-friendly movie. Check Radiant Blue Events Facebook page for more info. Wed, 7/11. Free. Commons Beach, 400 N. Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, www.facebook.com/Radiant-BlueEvents-200399246672253.
EVENTS 39 NORTH MARKETPLACE: This familyfriendly street fair features fresh produce from local and regional farmers, arts and crafts, live cooking demos by local celebrity chefs, seminars, live music and creative and educational activities for kids. Thu, 7/5, 4pm. Free. Downtown Sparks, Victorian Avenue and 10th Street, Sparks, (775) 690-2581, www.39northdowntown.com.
ANIMAL ARK WOLF HOWL NIGHT: Hear a live wolf howl by The Ark’s resident wolves Monty, Lydie and Timon. Listen carefully for the Ark’s coyotes who often join the chorus. Prizes will be awarded to the best human howlers. Sat, 7/7, 6pm. $12$15. Animal Ark Wildlife Sanctuary, 1265 Deerlodge Road, www.animalark.org.
ARTOWN: The annual summer arts festival features 500 events, more than 100 workshops and over 30 ongoing programs. Most events are free. Thu, 7/5-Wed, 7/11. Wingfield Park and other locations across Reno-Sparks, renoisartown.com.
BEERFEST & BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL: The 12th annual festival includes beer tastings from over 30 breweries and music by Ike & Martin, Dirty Cello and Sean Watkins. Sat, 7/7, 3pm. $12-$100. Northstar California Resort, 5001 Northstar Drive, Truckee, www.northstarcalifornia.com.
fill of chicken wings at the sixth annual event, which also features live music, including performances by Uncle Kracker on July 6 and David Nail on July 7. Fri, 7/6-Sat, 7/7. Free. Silver Legacy Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., (775) 325-7401, www.silverlegacyreno.com.
COORS LIGHT BONEYARD BLAST: The 48-hour event takes place at 14 fields and three complexes in Northern Nevada, including City of Reno Sports Complex at Rancho San Rafael Regional Park and Shadow Mountain and Golden Eagle Regional Park in Sparks. Fri, 7/6-Sun, 7/8. Golden Eagle Regional Park, 6400 Vista Blvd., Sparks, boneyardblast.com.
DRAGON LIGHTS: The Reno skyline will light up with 39 larger-than-life illuminated displays crafted by Chinese artisans from Zigong, Sichuan, China’s cultural capital for the ancient art of lantern-making. In addition to the lantern displays, there will be nightly performances, crafts and a variety of Chinese and traditional food and beverage. Free nightly guided tours are included in the festival admission. The attraction is open through Aug. 5. Festival hours are 7-10pm, Sunday-Thursday, and 7-11pm FridaySaturday. Thu, 7/5-Wed, 7/11, 7pm. $12-$17. Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N. Sierra St., (888) 484-2698, dragonlightsreno.com.
ROLLIN’ ON THE RIVER: The Reno News &
Watercolor Society presents its newest exhibit of original watercolor paintings by local artists. Thu, 7/5-Sat, 7/7, Mon, 7/9Wed, 7/11, 10am. Free. 1125 12th St., Sparks, www.sierrawatercolorsociety.com.
ST. MARY’S ART CENTER: Summer Exhibition & Opening Reception. Artwork by Edward Durand and Tynan Wheeler, Mimi Patrick, Casey Clark, Patty Lassaline, Joanne Pinnock, Pinion Pottery, Malissa Sparks, Grey Wolf Leather Works and Paula Saponaro. Opening reception is July 7, 1-4pm. Exhibition viewing: Friday-Sunday, 11am-4pm through Sept. 2. Sat, 7/7-Sun, 7/8, 11am. Free. St. Mary’s Art Center, 55 North R St., Virginia City, (775) 847-7774.
releases and family classics on the big screen in the Events Plaza. A different movie shows every summer on Thursday starting July 5. All movies start at 8:30pm, weather permitting. Blankets and warm clothes are recommended. Thu, 7/5, 8:30pm. Free. The Village at Squaw Valley, 1750 Village East Road, Olympic Valley, squawalpine.com.
de Visé discusses The Comeback, the story of Greg LeMond’s improbable conquest of European cycling and his miraculous comeback from near-death to win the closest Tour de France in history. Hear the story of this Reno native. Thu, 7/5, 6:30pm. Free. Sundance Books and Music, 121 California Ave., (775) 786-1188, www.sundancebookstore.com.
RENO ACES: Reno’s minor league baseball
team plays Sacramento River Cats. Thu, 7/5-Sat, 7/7, 7:05pm; Sun, 7/8, 1:05pm. $11$45. Greater Nevada Field, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-7000, www.milb.com/reno.
THE RENO FASHION SHOW 2018: The Artown event will showcase 11 local and international designers, including some from the popular TV show Project Runway. Sat, 7/7, 7pm. $20-$40. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, 3800 S. Virginia St., www.renofashionshow.com.
ART ARTISTS CO-OP GALLERY RENO: Rockin’ Out Art Show. More than 150 artists are participating in this benefit show for the Nevada Rock Art Foundation. Twenty percent of proceeds will be donated to the foundation. The Artown event runs through July 31. Thu, 7/5-Wed, 7/11, 11am4pm. Free. Artists Co-Op Gallery Reno, 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896.
Review’s 23rd annual summer concert series kicks off with a performance by Mt. Joy and The Umpires. Fri, 7/6, 5:30pm. Free. Wingfield Park, 2 S. Arlington Ave,, (775) 324-4440.
TOCCATA BOPS—BEST OF BROADWAY, OPERA & POPS: TOCCATA—Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus’ Summer MusicFest continues with a program of Broadway, opera and patriotic tunes. Fri, 7/6, 7pm. Free. Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, (775) 499-8271, www.toccatatahoe.com.
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WILBUR D. MAY MUSEUM: Small Expressions. The Wilbur D. May Museum presents this international, juried exhibition of smallscale works. Featuring 28 artists from around the world, the show requires that each piece is no larger than 15 inches in any direction. The Small Expressions exhibition series is produced by the Handweavers Guild of America. Thu, 7/5-Sun, 7/8, Tue, 7/10, 10am. Free. Wilbur D. May Museum, 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-5961.
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM: Ancient Roman slave Pseudolus schemes to win his freedom by helping his young master Hero win the beautiful courtesan Philia, who is betrothed to the egotistical soldier Miles Gloriosus, in this musical farce with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Geibart. Fri, 7/6,
7:30pm; Sat, 7/7, 2pm & 7:30pm; Sun, 7/8, 2pm. $12-$25. Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., renolittletheater.org.
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BROADWAY IN BLUE—A BROADWAY MUSICAL REVUE: This intimate revue features songs from classic and contemporary Broadway shows and features the talents of performers in the South Lake Tahoe community and surrounding region. Thu, 7/5-Sun, 7/8, 7:30pm. $20-$28. Valhalla Tahoe, 1 Valhalla Road, South Lake Tahoe, valhallatahoe.com.
ANAT COHEN: The jazz clarinetistsaxophonist performs as part of Artown’s Headliner Series. Thu, 7/5, 7:30pm. $25-$35. Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, renoisartown.com.
DANCING BY THE RIVER: Sierra Nevada Ballet
CONCERT UNDER THE STARS: Classic rock band Jefferson Starship, with special guest Midnight North, headline the Carson City Greenhouse Project’s benefit concert. Wed, 7/11, 5:30pm. $30$65. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976.
singer-songwriters perform as part of the Levitt AMP Carson City concert series. Sat, 7/7, 7pm. Free. Minnesota Street Stage, Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976, breweryarts.org.
KYLE REA ORCHESTRA: The vocalist and bandleader presents an evening of big band powerhouse favorites from Frank Sinatra to Stevie Wonder and Count Basie to Bruno Mars. Sun, 7/8, 7:30pm. $15-$45. Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, (775) 322-1538, renoisartown.com.
performs. Wed, 7/11, 6:30pm. Free. Lazy 5 Regional Park, 7100 Pyramid Highway, Sparks, (775) 424-1866.
RANKY TANKY: The Charleston, South Carolina-based quintet performs the timeless music of Gullah culture born in the Sea Island region of the southeastern United States. Wed, 7/11, 7:30pm. Wingfield Park, 2 S. Arlington Ave., renoisartown.com.
LAKE TAHOE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: The festival’s 46th season features productions of Macbeth and Beehive: The 60s Musical. The shows will be performed in repertory Tuesdays through Sundays at 7:30pm, July 6-Aug. 26. Fri, 7/6-Wed, 7/11, 7:30pm. $15-$188. Sand Harbor State Park, 2005 Highway 28, Incline Village, (800) 7474697, laketahoeshakespeare.com.
IAN MOORE & ATHENA MCINTYRE: The
LAZY 5 SUMMER SERIES: Snakeboy Johnson
presents an eclectic program featuring classical ballet and contemporary ballet combined with music from traditional to jazz. Tue, 7/10, 8pm. Free. Wingfield Park, 2 S. Arlington Ave., renoisartown.com.
THE PLAY ABOUT A DICK: Aaron Wilton’s play examines themes of communication, guilt, kindness, solitude, gender roles, human connection, post-truth reality and existential vacuity. It’s also a play about a dick. Performances are July 6-27. Fri, 7/6-Sat, 7/7, 7:30pm; Sun, 7/8, 2pm. $18-$20. Good Luck Macbeth, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716.
RENO RETRO CANTEEN: This production will take the audience back in time to the variety shows of the 1940s and 1950. The show features members of the Retro Radio Dolls, Reno Comedy Collective and The Hootchy Kootchy Dance troupe. Sat, 7/7, 8pm. Free. Wingfield Park, 2 S. Arlington Ave., www.retroradiodolls.com.
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Fade diet I got ghosted—dumped by a guy who just disappeared on me, no explanation—after three months of lovey-dovey dating. Clearly, he isn’t a great person, yet I’m unable to stop thinking about him and wondering why he left. How do I accept that it’s over so I can start dating again? It’s the mystery that’s causing the problem. Typically, when rotten things happen to us, our feel-bad emotions (like anger and sadness) rise up—driving us to take a wiser course of action the next time, so we’ll keep those bad feelings from popping by again. Knowing the wiser course starts with knowing what to avoid. But all you’ve got is a terrible itch—the itch of uncertainty about why this guy vanished—and little hope of yanking him in to give you answers. However, you can probably dupe your mind into believing it has the answer. Research by cognitive neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga suggests our mind is quick to create stories to fill in and make sense out of incomplete information—and then we tend to go right ahead and believe our stories. To take advantage of this, imagine a possible reason the guy vamoosed on you—and then just decide to accept it as the reason. What might also help is transforming your thoughts of the guy into a material object—a piece of garbage, in fact—and throwing it away. Yes, I get that this sounds absurd, but there’s a growing area of social science research—embodied cognition—that finds taking action is a highly efficient way to change our feelings. Accordingly, social psychologist Pablo Brinol had research participants write a negative thought on a piece of paper and then rip the paper up and throw it into a nearby trash can. This actually led to participants “mentally disposing” of their disturbing thinking to a great degree. Should the guy sneak back into your thoughts, don’t worry—just widen the shot. Shift your focus from him to yourself—looking at how you maybe crossed your fingers that you had a keeper instead of seeing whether that actually was the case. Understanding what you should do differently is the first step toward expanding the male companionship in your life—amusing as it
can be to spend your nights watching your current partner get loaded on catnip and try to make sweet love to your throw pillows.
Fappy Gilmore My husband and I are both 70, and we have a good, satisfying sex life. I found out recently that he masturbates now and then. I was puzzled and hurt, but he said he just doesn’t want to bother me all the time. Should I be worried that he’s masturbating? As long as your husband isn’t ditching sex with you for his knuckle-love sessions, his masturbating isn’t something you should take personally. People masturbate because they’re bored, they’re tense, they can’t sleep, or their phone needs to recharge before they can continue their Facebook flame war over whether Saved by the Bell was a vehicle for the Illuminati. Also, there are times when a person just wants to get off solo— maybe because they’re short on time and maybe because they’re low on emotional energy. Still, maybe you’re thinking, “Well, why can’t he just wait till I’m around?” And it’s understandable that you’d think that—maybe because you’re just fine with waiting. And if you are, that may be because you’re a woman. It turns out that there are sex differences in sexual desire. Social psychologist Roy Baumeister and his colleagues, surveying piles of studies, explain that men tend to have a far stronger sex drive, with “more frequent and more intense sexual desires than women.” That’s surely why it’s primarily men—and probably single men—who show up in emergency rooms with embarrassing sex-forone-related injuries—like wiener-inthe-vacuum-cleaner lacerations. Should you be worried that he’s masturbating? No, you should be celebrating! Bake his penis a cake! That’s what we do for people who are still alive at 70. Why not for their sex parts? Ω
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by ROb bRezsny
For the week oF July 5, 2018 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Twentieth-century
French novelist Marcel Proust described nineteenth-century novelist Gustave Flaubert as a trottoire roulant, or “rolling sidewalk”: plodding, toneless, droning. Meanwhile, critic Roger Shattuck compared Proust’s writing to an “electric generator” from which flows a “powerful current always ready to shock not only our morality but our very sense of humanity.” In the coming weeks, I encourage you to find a middle ground between Flaubert and Proust. See if you can be moderately exciting, gently provocative, and amiably enchanting. My analysis of the cosmic rhythms suggests that such an approach is likely to produce the best long-term results.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You remind me of
Jack, the nine-year-old Taurus kid next door, who took up skateboarding on the huge trampoline his two moms put in their backyard. Like him, you seem eager to travel in two different modes at the same time. (And I’m glad to see you’re being safe; you’re not doing the equivalent of, say, having sex in a car or breakdancing on an escalator.) When Jack first began, he had difficulty in coordinating the bouncing with the rolling. But after a while he got good at it. I expect that you, too, will master your complex task.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): From the day you were
born, you have been cultivating a knack for mixing and blending. Along the way, you have accomplished mergers that would have been impossible for a lot of other people. Some of your experiments in amalgamation are legendary. If my astrological assessments are accurate, the year 2019 will bring forth some of your all-time most marvelous combinations and unifications. I expect you are even now setting the stage for those future fusions; you are building the foundations that will make them natural and inevitable. What can you do in the coming weeks to further that preparation?
CANCER (June 21-July 22): An open letter to
Cancerians from Rob Brezsny’s mother, Felice: I want you to know that I played a big role in helping my Cancerian son become the empathetic, creative, thoughtful, crazy character he is today. I nurtured his idiosyncrasies. I made him feel secure and well-loved. My care freed him to develop his unusual ideas and life. So as you read Rob’s horoscopes, remember that there’s part of me inside him. And that part of me is nurturing you just as I once nurtured him. I and he are giving you love for the quirky, distinctive person you actually are, not some fantasy version of you. I and he are helping you feel more secure and well-appreciated. Now I encourage you to cash in on all that support. As Rob has told me, it’s time for you Cancerians to reach new heights in your drive to express your unique self.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The ghost orchid is a rare
white wildflower that disappeared from the British countryside around 1986. The nation’s botanists declared it officially extinct in 2005. But four years later, a tenacious amateur located a specimen growing in the West Midlands area. The species wasn’t gone forever, after all. I foresee a comparable revival for you in the coming weeks, Leo. An interesting influence or sweet thing that you imagined to be permanently defunct may return to your life. Be alert!
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The ancient Greek
poet Sappho described “a sweet-apple turning red high on the tip of the topmost branch.” The apple pickers left it there, she suggested, but not because they missed seeing it. It was just too high. “They couldn’t reach it,” wrote Sappho. Let’s use this scenario as a handy metaphor for your current situation, Virgo. I am assigning you the task of doing whatever is necessary to fetch that glorious, seemingly unobtainable sweet-apple. It may not be easy. You’ll probably need to summon extra ingenuity to reach it, as well as some as-yet unguessed form of help. (The Sappho translation is by Julia Dubnoff.)
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Is there any prize more precious than knowing your calling? Can any other satisfaction compare with the joy of understanding why you’re here on earth? In my view, it’s the supreme blessing: to have
discovered the tasks that can ceaselessly educate and impassion you; to do the work or play that enables you to offer your best gifts; to be intimately engaged with an activity that consistently asks you to overcome your limitations and grow into a more complete version of yourself. For some people, their calling is a job: marine biologist, kindergarten teacher, advocate for the homeless. For others, it’s a hobby, like long-distance-running, bird-watching, or mountain-climbing. St. Therese of Lisieux said, “My calling is love!” Poet Marina Tsvetaeva said her calling was “To listen to my soul.” Do you know yours, Libra? Now is an excellent time to either discover yours or home in further on its precise nature.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Have you entertained
any high-quality fantasies about faraway treasures lately? Have you delivered inquiring communiqués to any promising beauties who may ultimately offer you treats? Have you made long-distance inquiries about speculative possibilities that could be inclined to travel in your direction from their frontier sanctuaries? Would you consider making some subtle change in yourself so that you’re no longer forcing the call of the wild to wait and wait and wait?
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If a down-to-earth
spiritual teacher advised you to go on a five-day meditation retreat in a sacred sanctuary, would you instead spend five days carousing with meth addicts in a cheap hotel? If a close friend confessed a secret she had concealed from everyone for years, would you unleash a nervous laugh and change the subject? If you read a horoscope that told you now is a favorable time to cultivate massive amounts of reverence, devotion, respect, gratitude, innocence, and awe, would you quickly blank it out of your mind and check your Instagram and Twitter accounts on your phone?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A typical working
couple devotes an average of four minutes per day to focused conversation with each other. And it’s common for a child and parent to engage in meaningful communication for just 20 minutes per week. I bring these sad facts to your attention, Capricorn, because I want to make sure you don’t embody them in the coming weeks. If you hope to attract the best of life’s blessings, you will need to give extra time and energy to the fine art of communing with those you care about.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Allergies, irritants,
stings, hypersensitivities: sometimes you can make these annoyances work in your behalf. For example, my allergy to freshly-cut grass meant that when I was a teenager, I never had to waste my Saturday afternoons mowing the lawn in front of my family’s suburban home. And the weird itching that plagued me whenever I got into the vicinity of my first sister’s fiancé: If I had paid attention to it, I wouldn’t have lent him the $350 that he never repaid. So my advice, my itchy friend, is to be thankful for the twitch and the prickle and the pinch. In the coming days, they may offer you tips and clues that could prove valuable.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you somehow
growing younger? Your stride seems bouncier and your voice sounds more buoyant. Your thoughts seem fresher and your eyes brighter. I won’t be surprised if you buy yourself new toys or jump in mud puddles. What’s going on? Here’s my guess: you’re no longer willing to sleepwalk your way through the most boring things about being an adult. You may also be ready to wean yourself from certain responsibilities unless you can render them pleasurable at least some of the time. I hope so. It’s time to bring more fun and games into your life.
You can call Rob Brezsny for your Expanded Weekly Horoscope: (900) 950-7700. $1.99 per minute. Must be 18+. Touchtone phone required. Customer service (612) 373-9785. And don’t forget to check out Rob’s website at www.realastrology.com.
by JERi ChADwEll
Music man
it gets unaffordable. It’s been underserved for a long time. … I work with a lot of directors over there, and a lot of people are moving to Sparks—people from the Bay Area. It’s slowly catching up to Reno.
Brandon Dolph is a multi-instrumentalist member of the band the Funk Exchange and owner of Blue Note B’s Horn Shop, 1155 W. Fourth Street. He recently opened a second location on the corner of Rock and Oddie Boulevards in Sparks—1525 Oddie Blvd.—and is having a grand opening party on July 21.
Tell me a bit about the grand opening day. photo/Jeri chadwell
How long has Blue Note B’s Horn Shop been open? Since 2012.
And you first opened here in the old Sundance Books location? Well, this is actually an expansion. I went into business out of my house—in the garage.
It started out small. Well, yeah, but then a bunch of music stores were contracting through me. I was doing some work for different stores. And then the pros kind of were finding me. I was like, “I’ve got to get out of the house.” So then when Maytan decided they were ready to retire, we came and found a spot with some studios and a place where we could do some repairs, not in the house, you know?
So the new one is over by Bob and Lucy’s in Sparks, right?
Right next door to it—Rock and Oddie. It’s 1525 Oddie Blvd.
Will the new place offer all the same stuff? It’ll be repairs, rentals and sales—no lessons there. We’ll repair wind instruments over there, and then the orchestral and guitar work is done here. We’ll have technicians in both places. We’ve got specialists for each thing. I won’t be doing guitars and pro audio over at that place. It’ll be band and orchestra only.
How long have you been thinking about this? Why Sparks? Sparks is up-and-coming. The real estate is in the right place right now. It’s time to do it before
We’ll have a band. That’ll be announced as soon as I pin down exactly who it is.
I guess you’ll be busy, so not the Funk Exchange? No, not us. And there are these ladies who cook super good Mexican food over there—that already go there all the time. I’m going to talk with them and probably have them come work the event, too—sell some food. I’ve got vendors bringing up a bunch of instruments and stuff for people to try, from marching instruments to orchestral. We’ll have a bunch of stuff in there that we don’t always have.
I’ve always wondered what it would be like to pack around a tuba. That would be an opportunity for it. We should have some sousaphones and some tubas there. Ω
by BRUCE VAN DYKE
Justice Kennedy’s swampy son OK. it’s time for the Neon Babylon’s CMA (Civility My Ass!) 4th of July Expletive Explosion! You down? Great! Let’s cuss some fucking ReTrumplicans! And remember—Civility? My Ass! Our first Eff-You goes to retiring Supreme Anthony Kennedy, who’s quitting his current day job on July 31. Why the end of July? Why not, say, the end of September, when it would then be impossible for the Senate to confirm a new justice before the election, thereby avoiding boatloads of contentious and unnecessary controversy? Good question. Is the judge that eager to get out to his favorite Montana trout stream? Hell no! He’s quitting now because he wants Dum Dum and Bitch McConnell to have plenty of time to pick his detestable replacement before the election. What else can we deduce? It’s painfully obvious. Judge Kennedy is a sad sack, no good, ReTrumplican POS,
pure and simple. Eff you, Judge Asskiss. Oh, by the way, there’s a lovely sidebar to Kennedy’s story that isn’t getting the ink it deserves, but it’s a thing. The one banker in the early 2000s who would loan Trump serious money, as in at least a billion bucks, was his main man at Deutschebank, Justin Kennedy— who just happens to be Justice Kennedy’s eldest son. For real. You can’t make this shit up. Can this greasy fucking administration get any greasier or more stenchy? Trump was toxic, and no bank would even fart at him, except Deutschebank and the bleeping son of Judge Bleepig Kennedy, who greased TrumpCo with millions. The swamp is now Tahoe-sized. Next Eff-You goes to the dishonorable Trey Gowdy, ultra pissy fuckadoodle from the Embarrassment State of South Carolina. Gowdy was seen in committee last week telling FBI
honcho Rod Rosenstein to enjoin Robert Mueller to “get this thing the hell wrapped up.” Oh, really? Gowdy, you recall, was the kingpin of that ridiculous Benghazi batshit, a Republican circle jerk that went on for 24 months and didn’t come up with dick. As in zero. Nada. Zilch. A complete waste of money and time, all for one simple reason—to harass Hillary. So Trey, feel free to fellate yourself. Often. And then piss off. By comparison, Mueller’s probe has racked up five guilty pleas, 20-plus indictments, and a whole bunch of flailing tweets from a “president” who is obviously so guilty of everything that he might as well be Al Fucking Capone. And one thing’s for sure—more Mueller fun to come! Finally, George Will went full DeNiro on Trump this week when he described him as a “Vesuvius of mendacities.” Top notch! Ω
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