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saNdERs See News, page 8.

raising the steaks See Green, page 10.

tall in the sAddle See Arts&Culture, page 16.

Deep in the art See Artown Guide, inside.

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Varicose veins are a common problem. According to the Vascular Disease Foundation, more than 25 million people have varicose veins. Many consider this condition a cosmetic one, but they can actually be a symptom of a disease called chronic venous insufficiency (CVI).

The Importance of Identifying the Underlying Cause When patients have leg discomfort, it is important not to overlook the possibility that the diagnosis may be CVI. Left untreated, venous disease can become worse. Patients with varicose veins that are the result of CVI can have complications.

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Greetings from Oregon!

Orlando

I’m currently in the midst of a short tour with my little singing group. We played a gig in Portland last night, and I’m spending the day today with my brother and his family out in the burbs near Hillsboro, not far from Portland proper. It’s nice to have a day off with family, especially because we’ve been putting in long drives all over the West Coast.

My brother Cameron and his wife Jenn had a baby eight weeks ago. His name is Reed, and he’s adorable. He’s very curious about me.

I seem so much like his dad but am somehow not—the uncanny valley of dads.

Tour has been fun, but it’s a little weird and disheartening to see the widespread effects of gentrification in the urban cores along the west coast. Some of the cool, divey rock ’n’ roll clubs where we played two or three years ago have now been transformed into airport bars. (In Reno terms, it’s sort of like when the Zephyr became the Z Bar.) Musicians, artists and small business owners are getting squeezed out by rapidly rising rents and living costs. Seattle seemed especially hard hit— most of the people there now appear to be white techies in polo shirts. It’s a bummer to see a city so historically vibrant turn into Silicon Valley.

The good news is that everywhere we’ve gone— even Salt Lake City—has been flying rainbow flags high and proud. As horrible and devastating as the Orlando incident was, it’s inspiring to see such widespread support of our LGBT brothers and sisters.

Anyway. Enjoy the issue!

I’m sure it’s a good one. I have all the faith in the world in my editorial team—Dennis Myers, Jeri Chadwell-Singley, Kris Vagner and Kelley Lang.

Thanks for holding down the fort, gang!

—Brad Bynum

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How many more of our children need to be slaughtered before this current Republican Congress passes sensible gun laws?

It is totally irrational to allow someone on a “no fly list” to have unlimited access to firearms as well as allowing unstable people to purchase firearms without background checks. These Republican members of Congress have acted against sensible gun laws because they are in the pocket of the NRA. They are not concerned about the lives of our children. We must hold them responsible for lives lost in Newtown and Orlando as well as future massacres. Protect our children! Vote them out of office!

Gale Audia Reno

A talking theft Last week at 1:30 pm on Thursday, June 2, my locked bicycle was stolen from in front of Reno City Hall. What does it say about a city when a locked bicycle can be stolen in broad daylight, during work hours, on a weekday, from directly in front of the City Hall?

To me, it says that we have a safety and security issue. We have too many policemen cruising around in expensive cars, and not enough patrolling on foot or by bicycle. From the grainy security video, you could see a police car drive by less than a minute before my bike was stolen. If he’d been on foot, he could have stopped the crime.

To me, it says that we prioritize gas-guzzling cars over pedestrians and public transit. We don’t have public transit like light rail to make it easy to get to and from our city center, or a safe place for citizens to store their bikes.

To me, it says that we need to care for every citizen of our city, because there are people in our community without food and shelter, and someone who is desperate enough for 50 bucks that they’ll steal a well-used and wellloved bicycle.

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any survivor and/or family member of the victims of the night club their opinion on what would have changed the outcome, and the answers will universally be “Sure wish a citizen would have had a gun during the slaughter.” Hostages in Islamo-fascist attacks are also known as “dead victims in waiting.” There is no way to prevent these attacks without becoming an Orson Wells 1984 society! The only way to effectively eliminate these radical Islamopussies is for well armed and well trained private citizens to forcibly act in their defense and that of their fellow citizens.

K. R. Kollman Reno

Speaking of— Re “Accusations and a couple of bucks get you a cup of coffee” (Letters, May 19): Thanks for printing Mr. Kollman’s rant suggesting that one of the presidential candidates may have committed “lying, murder, sedition, treason.” This hate-filled letter should easily earn

an estimated 3,000 votes for the “accused” target of its author’s wrath in Washoe County.

Peter C. Neumann Reno

Off topic Re “A nonviolent convention” (Guest comment, June 16): I understand the frustration of Bernie supporters; heck, I voted for him myself, but the risk of a President Trump is too great to ignore. Bernie and Hillary voted together 93 percent of the time in the Senate. Now you want me to believe that there is no difference between Hillary and Trump? That is either ignorant, naïve or delusional.

Yes, a President Sanders would have been great, but a President Trump is a disaster. I’m voting for Hillary and hoping Bernie supports her and leverages his support into true change come 2017.

Mark Soto Elk Grove, CA

Lest anyone be confused about the intent of “radical Islamic extremists,” for the record: Rule #1: they want to kill us ALL. Erik Holland Rule #2: when in doubt, refer to Rule #1. Orlando, Ft. Hood, CT, 9-11 attacks should have cleared up any misconceptions concerning the same.

Apparently, however, the White House didn’t get the memo! Attempting to re-define the debate about the obvious concerning the latest attack in Orlando, Odumbo, Pelosikova, and Reidinsky try to ignore the obvious and craft an argument against law abiding citizens owning guns.

Ooh, how predictable these traitors are! Ask

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To me, it says that we need to prioritize 100 percent renewable energy, across all sectors, including our homes, businesses and transportation. We can create thousands of new jobs, right here in Reno, by making our homes and businesses efficient, installing renewable energy, and building a light rail through the city. If people are gainfully employed, they’re not stealing bicycles.

On my walk home in 90-plus degree heat, the lack of trees and shade across the city was obvious. We need to plant more trees, preferably fruit trees that can provide food for the homeless, less fortunate, or anyone who likes fresh jam or pie. We could also build solar shade structures to provide shade over many sidewalks, streets and parking lots in addition to the renewable energy needed to power our city.

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What’s your addiction?

Asked at Our Bar, 211 W. First St.

Monique Orr Marketing coordinator

I feel like I get addicted to a show—like once I start a show and I like it, I devote all my free time to watching that show.

And I become very anti-social, and it’s not OK. … If I start becoming addicted to a series, I will devote my—100 percent—free time to that. Well, right now, we’re rewatching Pretty Little Liars.

Oh, House of Cards, too.

Chelsea Truax Office manager

Now that it’s summer, I’m like addicted to always doing things, and just always being moving. Kinda—not FOMO—but just always having something to go to … I don’t know if it’s an addiction or just being compelled to always be—I don’t know. … Well, and it stays light so late … You can go to work, then to the gym, and go home, and it’s still light.

Elliot Chappell Soccer coach

Reform the reform

Alcohol. I thought we went over this. I thought we were good. Oh, are we having a full conversation now? Am I getting microphoned? I thought we were done. I just wanted to say the one word answer, but all right now. I’ll talk. What other questions do you have? … I have to get my picture taken? Can’t it just be an anonymous question mark? Oh, I was just trying to have fun. You can post this whole thing.

suppression—this one with the bipartisan support.

If you live in Sparks north of Interstate 80 and east The primary election was invented to reform the nomiof Pyramid Way or live in the south end of the Spanish nating process in the Progressive Era, to take the selection Springs Valley or live in Wadsworth, don’t worry about of candidates out of convention back rooms and corporate voting for county commissioner this year. It’s already been offices. In fact, in 1910, supporters of the convention taken care of for you. Your representative on the Washoe process filed a lawsuit in Nevada to overturn the primary County Commission will be Vaughn Hartung. We know law. It was unsuccessful. that you probably didn’t get to vote for (or against) him, Not surprisingly, the political parties have now found a but that’s OK. Most of the people in the district—Washoe way to abuse this reform, by turning Nevada elections into County Commission district 4—won’t get to vote on that Soviet elections where only one party can participate. contest, so you’re not alone.

It began in 1997 with a new law designed to accomThe Nevada Legislature has decided that if only modate one small county legislator who members of one political party run for was tired of, you know, having to run an office, that party will decide in its for office against a fellow Republican. primary who your county commisThe new form of His colleagues in the Senate rigged the sioner will be.

You’re not a member of that party? voter suppression system so he could win in the primary instead of the general, cutting his angst Tough. Nowhere is it carved in half. Eventually the Democrats in stone that you get to elect your found ways it could work for them, too, so they supported representatives. a recent measure honing the law. Remember that the Perhaps you live in Assembly District 26. It encomDemocrats are the party that opposes voter suppression. passes much of the north end of Lake Tahoe, then sweeps So these rigged primaries serve the purposes of the down the Sierra to take in a small part of Washoe City, parties. What other purpose do they serve? Keep in mind dashes north across the burgeoning Mount Rose Highway that there’s also nothing carved in stone that says we have area, then crosses the valley to sweep up Hidden Valley. to have partisan primaries at all. If they stop serving the With Incline and Hidden Valley pushing the average public’s needs, why not just get get rid of them? Reform income level sky high, it’s a silk stocking district where the reform. Change the law to go straight to a non-partisan no Democratic candidate can survive. It has a new assemprimary, all comers in one primary, party identifications blymember, Lisa Krasner, even though no election has yet removed from the ballot. Then we don’t have to put up been held, only a primary—meaning any non-Republican with these shenanigans, and voters can stop having to is barred from choosing the district’s legislator. register with a political party in order to get a full ballot.

A primary that elects is a contradiction in terms.

If some political reformers are looking for a cause, The primary’s function is to narrow the available this could be it. Ω candidates. Using it to elect is the latest form of voter OPINION

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I would say my addiction is music. So, the reason I love music is because—so, I love different genres, right? … I love all genres. I think the reason why I love all genres is because you get to meet different types of people when you listen to different types of music.

Micah Kawamoto Cosmetologist

Truth. My addiction is honesty and truth. I ultimately in every fucking—in every relationship that I meet with someone, I want the fucking truth. Tell it to me straight. Tell it to me real. And tell it to me like the shot that I take.

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Vote—if they let you You need to start voting in primaries again.

Just 6,232 Republicans, about 30 percent of the Republicans registered to vote in Assembly District 26, determined who will represent their district in the state Assembly last week, thanks to a law passed in the 2015 legislative session. The by legislation allows primary voters to Sheila Leslie determine the winner of a race when the candidates are from the same party. The decision to elect Lisa Krasner was made with zero input from non-partisan voters or those who are registered in another party, thus disenfranchising the 13,534 Democrats, the 7,709 non-partisans and the 2,872 members of other parties, a whopping 54 percent of the district’s voters.

The same thing happened in the race to represent District 4 on the Washoe County Commission. There are 52,819 registered voters in the District, but only Republicans could vote in the primary race, leaving 30,270 voters, or 57 percent of the district, without a voice. They will be represented by incumbent Vaughn

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Hartung without any opportunity to vote for or against him.

This is democracy?

As the dust settles on the 2016 primary season, voters must demand that the Legislature reinstate their right to vote. It’s sad that most of Nevada’s voters can’t be bothered with sorting through primary races with multiple candidates, relying on inveterate voters from both parties to do the job for them. But it’s unconscionable to remove other voters from the process who do want to exercise their right to vote.

The Legislature should also revisit allowing primary voters to finalize non-partisan school board races. The Washoe County turnout for last week’s primary was 21.58 percent of registered voters. Those who aren’t a member of one of the two major parties often skip the primary since there are fewer opportunities for them to vote. One can make the argument that their lack of interest in voting isn’t enough reason to delay a decision until November, but shouldn’t we be using primaries

to narrow the field instead of declaring the final winner?

The turnout in November is likely to exceed 80 percent due to the presidential contest and a competitive U.S. Senate seat along with spirited contests for control of the State Legislature. That would be the ideal time to let all the voters have a say on the new membership of the Washoe County School Board, a local elected body riven with scandal and controversy.

Other voting reforms that must be undertaken by the 2017 Legislature include bringing Reno and Sparks into compliance with the Voting Rights Act by returning to ward voting in general city elections.

Legislators should also take up the cause of automatic voter registration or at least institute same-day registration. And need it be said we must abandon caucuses and return to a presidential primary?

Returning to this election, it’s clear that endorsements from former president Clinton, Sen. Reid, and the major unions combined with

an indefatigable door-to-door campaign is a winning combination in a Democratic primary, as Clark Sen. Ruben Kihuen easily defeated two very competitive Democrats in U.S. House District 4. Despite the incessant demonization of Sen. Harry Reid by the GOP, Democratic primary voters still care what he thinks.

And judges should probably reflect on their own courtroom demeanor as Judge Conrad Hafen in Las Vegas was soundly defeated after placing a public defender in handcuffs last month when he deemed her too aggressive in pleading her client’s case.

As we lurch towards November, get ready for your television to be filled with back-to-back political commercials for president, U.S. Senate and two ballot questions of great interest to the public, background checks for gun purchases and legalized recreational marijuana.

Even though some races have been taken away from you, there are still plenty more to vote on. Ω

Not him, again!

Nevada billionaire and Sands Las Vegas CEO Sheldon Adelson once proposed the U.S. nuke Iran, and donates to Republican Party candidates who share his uncritical and unwavering support for Israel. He has lobbied to expand the Interstate Wire Act to outlaw all online gambling by Brendan instead of just sports betting. He Trainor is currently lobbying for a special session of the Nevada Legislature this summer to approve his scheme to bring the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas by an increase in the hotel room tax. If the new Las Vegas football stadium is such a great idea, why doesn’t Mr. Adelson use some more of his own considerable fortune to build it?

Mr. Adelson does not want marijuana to be legalized, even medical marijuana. He spent millions to defeat medical marijuana legalization in Florida in 2014. His views contradict the views of his beloved Israel, which has long championed medical marijuana research. In fact, the Sheldon Adelson Medical Research Foundation funded a study by the

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Weizmann Institute of Science that found medical marijuana eased the swelling in the spinal cords and brains of lab mice and could help multiple sclerosis sufferers.

Mr. Adelson recently purchased the Las Vegas Review Journal for $140 million. The RJ has been a reliably classical liberal publication for many years, advocating less government and more individual freedom.

Before Adelson bought the paper, its editorial policy supported drug war reform. On June 7, it published an editorial against Question 2, the “Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol” initiative petition that is on this year’s November ballot. The $140 million editorial advanced simplistic arguments against legalization of marijuana that have been debunked or deserve a more complex treatment.

Smoking marijuana regularly can be harmful to long term respiratory health, but the cowed RJ editorialized that pot is more dangerous than tobacco because it contains 500 chemicals and more tars than

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cigarettes. The “500 chemicals” are simply natural non-medicinal and non-psychoactive vegetable matter, not industrial chemicals. The amount of tar in a joint is mitigated because marijuana users do not smoke as much as tobacco users, and the active ingredient THC is a bronchodilator. Chronic marijuana use is significantly less risky than chronic tobacco use.

The use of vaporizers and edible pot eliminates the risk of inhaled combusted impurities.

Edibles (marijuana brownies, cookies, candies, etc.) purchased by inexperienced users caused some disorientation and mild nausea, increasing emergency room visits after Colorado legalized pot. That state issued regulations, and the industry has changed its packaging to educate new users on the proper means of ingestion and possible side effects of edibles.

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studies indicate marijuana used alone has only a minimal effect on accident rates.

The Review Journal downplayed the criminal justice reform that marijuana legalization will bring. It advances a strawman contention that few are in prison in Nevada for simple possession.

Marijuana legalization will eliminate arrests and imprisonment for licensed distribution and sales as well as simple possession, so there will be a great reduction in prison sentences for overall cannabisrelated activity.

Question 2 has a strong chance of passage this year. It is sad to see the RJ editorial board capitulate to the reactionary views of its new owner. It remains to be seen if the paper’s journalists will also have to fall in line with Adelson’s prohibitionist stance or if insightful articles on the marijuana industry and prison reform will continue to be published as the RJ has done so well in the past. Ω

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In Chicago, Nevada Sanders organizer Carol Cizauskas (right foreground) leads a table discussion of how to move issues pushed by their campaign—particularly health care—forward in other ways.

Spinoffs Two Nevada candidates who cut their teeth on presidential politics and then went out on their own appeared on the primary election ballot.

Bernie Sanders organizer Rick Shepherd’s bid for the northern U.S. House seat ended in the primary. As some had predicted, he and fellow insurgent Vance Alm split the vote against establishment choice and Harry Reid-endorsed Democrat Chip Evans. They held Evans down to a plurality rather than a majority, but he still won.

In Sparks, Clinton campaign worker Denise Lopez fared better.

She broke the 50 percent mark in a three-way race and will face Donald Abbott in the general election.

Waste producers shutting down Exelon Corporation has announced it will shut down the Clinton Power Station and Quad Cities Station in Illinois after the state refused to provide bailouts for the money-losing nuclear power plants.

Illinois members of Congress have been some of the most aggressive in demanding the construction of the proposed Yucca Mountain dump for high level nuclear wastes in Nye County, Nevada.

The two Illinois plants have reportedly lost $800 million in eight years. Exelon vice president Joe Dominguez said nuclear is having trouble competing with renewables.

“We think that the costs of new nuclear right now are not competitive with other zero-carbon technologies, renewables, and storage that we see in the marketplace. … Right now we just don’t have any plans on the board to build any new reactors,” he said.

Nuclear and coal plants are closing in several states, and both nuclear and coal producers are asking for corporate welfare in several states, including Ohio and New York.

Keeping on Sanders backers plan the future

The chair throwing evidence Marin and Reno filmmaker Adryenn Ashley was at the Nevada Democratic Convention on May 14 and shot what is probably the most frequently shown footage of the convention, of a delegate lifting a chair and then putting it back down on the floor.

This footage has been used repeatedly and posted on numerous websites and shown on television.

The interesting thing is that the search for evidence of chair throwing apparently became so desperate that some folks are citing this footage of someone not throwing a chair as evidence that chairs were thrown.

A site called AmericaBlog, for instance, ran the footage under the headline “Video shows Sanders-supporting chair thrower at Nevada Dem convention.”

In a May 21 email message to the RN&R, state Democratic publicist Stewart Boss cited the footage as proof of chair throwing.

This use of the footage became common enough that Real Clear Politics noted, “After the catastrophe at the Democratic convention in Nevada, establishment Democrats are blaming the whole thing on violent Sanders supporters. They claim that Sanders supporters were throwing chairs, and link to a video where no chairs are thrown” (emphasis in the original).

George Nelson 1932-2016 When United Farm Workers President Cesar Chavez and United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther dedicated the UFW headquarters in Delano, California, in 1969, Sparks resident and UAW member George Nelson was there.

Nelson, who died June 16, was not only a labor union activist named to the Nevada Labor Hall of Fame, but was a boxing aficionado who has been working for years for a posthumous presidential pardon for 1908-1915 heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, who fought the “great white hope” fight in Reno on July 4, 1910. Johnson was convicted under the Mann Act of taking white women over state lines for immoral purposes, though the women were consenting.

The law had been intended for use in cracking down on prostitution, but was used against Johnson and his companions. In December Congress called on President Obama to pardon Johnson.

An interview with Nelson is at www.newsreview.com/reno/ pardon-man/content?oid=9479465

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Bernie Sanders supporters met in Chicago last week to plan for a post-2016 world.

One of the Nevada attendees, by Nevada Sanders leader Carol Dennis Myers Cizauskas, attended the “People’s Summit” and said it “went a long way to soothe my soul so troubled since last month’s state convention in Las Vegas, which violated our spirits and reputations.”

“It’s probably a really good idea to start organizing locally and regionally.”

Carol Cizauskas Sanders campaign leader The message from the Chicago meeting to the Democratic Party was that the Sanders people intend to put their newly developed organizing skills to work pulling the party—and the nation—away from corporate domination.

National Nurses United, the most prominent union among Sanders’s labor union supporters, sponsored the gathering.

Cizauskas first decided to work in the Sanders campaign after his Aug. 18, 2015 speech at the University of Nevada, Reno resonated for her.

“He told us that no matter who would win the White House—he or any other— no one person could do it

alone, could fix this system broken to its very core, could reinstate kindness and social justice and unity of love.”

Once she volunteered, she quickly became an organizer and one of the first paid staffers in the state. She is now one of his Nevada delegates to the Democratic National Convention next month in Philadelphia.

In Chicago, she said, there was considerable discussion of “how to come together instead of going back into our own silos.” She said she spoke with another Nevadan, Melissa Morningstar, and that they are going to meet after they get back to Reno and decide how to keep the movement going without a presidential campaign to build interest. She called the Chicago gathering “a start but a really small start. … It’s probably a really good idea to start organizing locally and regionally. We did not come away with a national plan, and I was kind of disappointed about that.”

That will mean that the movement is decentralized, at least for the time being, There are issues in each state that relate to the issues the campaign has raised. In Nevada, that would include the use of fracking and a tax structure that soaks the working poor.

Cizauskas, who is membership coordinator of the Reno chapter of Progressive Democrats of America, wants to approach that group in hopes of addressing the membership about the Chicago meeting.

There was talk in Chicago of a third party.

“At our table, we shared how we liked this idea but the feasibility of forming a strong third party where so many smaller third parties in the U.S. had already failed to make a big enough splash in American politics and of a long timeline to even get this off the ground gave us pause,” Cizauskas said. “Another member at our table urged us to make change from within the Democratic party to bring it back from the right of American politics, where it now stands.”

She said she would like to hold a one-day Reno version of the Chicago event and bring one or two of the speakers to Reno, particularly Labor Institute director Les Leopold.

Attendees at the Chicago gathering were outspoken that they don’t want Sanders to withdraw from the race and that they want party leaders to knock off such demands. In earlier campaigns, second place finishers like Gary Hart, Edward Kennedy, Jesse Jackson and Hillary Clinton were not pressured to get out of the race before the convention. At this point, neither Clinton nor the convention’s platform committee has made any concessions to the Sanders supporters on issues.

Perhaps surprisingly, given how outspoken they are on the way the Democratic nominating apparatus is wired against insurgents, most Sanders supporters have not been demanding a fairer process or elimination of the superdelegates. Rather, they focus their demands almost entirely on public policy—better police accountability, an end to fracking, economic justice (including a $15 per hour minimum wage), free college, health care for all, climate change prevention.

U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, an Iraq veteran, was on hand to warn that foreign policy experts are planning the next U.S. war, in Syria.

But all these issues were not ranked in Chicago, nor was anyone writing seven-point plans. That led some observers to feel the movement is unfocused, to the point that the Nation published a piece arguing that “no clear agenda” at Chicago was a good thing. And certainly the Sanders folks—there were non-Sanders activists at the meeting, too—have shown they can organize the grass roots.

The Chicago meeting did nothing to elevate journalism in the eyes of Sanders backers. Coverage of the gathering was shot through with inaccuracies and innuendo. McClatchy Newspapers called it a meeting of the “far left.” The Wall Street Journal claimed the AFL-CIO supported Sanders in the primaries. Such

coverage prompted one alternative site, Common Dreams, to begin one piece about the meeting, “If you actually read Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’s speech to his supporters Thursday—rather than the news coverage of it...”

Sanders spoke to his supporters in a live webcast the day before the Chicago meeting. He did not endorse Clinton, nor did he withdraw from the race. Among other things, he said: “The major political task that together we face in the next five months is to make certain that Donald Trump is defeated, and defeated badly.

And I personally intend to begin my role in that process in a very short period of time. But defeating Donald Trump cannot be our only goal. We must continue our grassroots effort to create the America that we know we can become. I look forward in the coming weeks to continue discussion between the two campaigns to make certain that your voices are heard and that the Democratic Party passes the most progressive platform in its history, and that Democrats actually fight for that agenda. I also look forward to working with Secretary Clinton to transform the Democratic Party, so that it becomes a party of working people and young people, and not just wealthy campaign contributors, a party that has the guts to take on Wall Street, the pharmaceutical industry, the fossil fuel industry and the other powerful special interests that dominate so much of our political and economic life.”

In a radio interview, National Nurses United executive director Roseann DeMoro wondered whether the party can be reformed. She said, “So when Sen. Sanders says that we have to transform the Democratic Party, we all kind of turn and look at each other and wonder, ‘With Wall Street’s money invested in that party, is that possible any longer?’ ” But Cizauskas said she is still willing to make an approach to the county Democratic Party.

“Defeating Donald Trump cannot be our only goal.”

Bernie Sanders Democratic presidential candidate Sustaining a movement after a campaign has been attempted before.

In 1968 in the aftermath of the police riot and the defeat of antiwar forces at the Democratic National Convention, the New Democratic Coalition was formed, headed by Paul Schrade (who had been shot in the head in the same fusillade that hit Robert Kennedy) and Donald Peterson, head of the Wisconsin delegation at the convention. It lasted into the 1970s, then faded away.

After their reelection defeats at the hands of rightist political action committees, former U.S. senators George McGovern and Thomas McIntyre each formed organizations to try to combat the New Right. The groups did not last. Ω

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For many people, meat processing starts in the supermarket and ends in the kitchen, often without much thought given to the steps that happen prior to a cut of meat landing on the grocery store shelf. But understanding the process by Jeri that takes place between farm (or ranch) and fork can make a big difference Chadwell-Singley in the bottom line for those whose livelihood lies in supplying said meat.

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“Herds and Harvest is a beginning farmer and rancher program that recruits and trains beginning farmers and ranchers in [agricultural] production and ag marketing,” said program director and UNCE educator Staci Emm. Herds and Harvest was started in 2011, when the Cooperative Extension program was awarded a grant administered by the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The first round of grant money was used to implement two courses covering the basics of meat slaughtering and processing.

The classes are taught in collaboration with Wolf Pack Meats, the meat processing plant UNR has run since 1967.

“It was one of the things that was big at that time—grow local, farm to fork,” Emm said. “What we were trying to do was help those beginning farmers and ranchers have the opportunity to participate and see what a slaughter process was, along with the food safety guidelines and then the processing.”

When the grant was extended in 2014, two more classes were added—one to cover methods for evaluating live cattle and another covering some financial aspects of the meat industry, including marketing and budgeting.

“Then we’re going to take it even a step further, because now we have a meat lab at UNR run by Doctor Amilton de Mello …” Emm said. “So, we’re going to take them winto his lab at thew College of Agriculture, and they’re going to deal with tenderness—how to evaluate tenderness—how to handle packaging, and that type of stuff.”

The courses were designed for beginning farmers and ranchers—which the USDA defines as anyone who’s been in business for less than 10 consecutive years—but Emm said anyone is welcome to sign up.

“We get some chefs from restaurants that want to know how to break down carcasses as part of it,” she said. “We get people that are just interested in where their food comes from.”

The Herds and Harvest program also offers help to ranchers and farmers outside of the classroom.

“We have some mentors on staff that will go out and meet with producers, or … come up with an enterprise budget … so what [producers] are going to sell their product for, how much it’s going to cost to make their product, and how much they’re going to make,” Emm explained. “It’s basically to kind of help them, especially if they want to apply for a loan to get into an agriculture business—that’s pretty beneficial, because it makes them think about all of their costs.” Ω

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Out of harm’s way There’s an antidote for heroin overdose, and a former addict is among those working to spread it far and wide

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Different formulations of it can be injected into a muscle or vein, or sprayed into a nasal cavity. It was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1971.

It’s been available by prescription in Nevada for a long time, but it was effectively illegal until 2013, when a statute was changed to decriminalize possession of syringes. (The nasal spray version wasn’t an option then; that wasn’t approved by the FDA until 2015.)

Naloxone can have side effects including nausea, sweating and fever, but, in the experience of Cindy Green—a 17-year veteran EMT, supervisor and educator for ambulance service REMSA—it very often doesn’t. She and her colleagues administer the drug about 53 times a month. (Green stressed that “53” isn’t necessarily the number of opiate overdoses that REMSA responders encounter monthly. If they find someone unconscious and they don’t know why, they might administer Naloxone to rule out an overdose.

She didn’t have a number readily available, but she said that happens noticeably often.)

“The medicine itself will never hurt you. It will only benefit you,” Green said. Livernois had been

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counseling or medical help don’t get it.

“Stigma kills,” he said. “It’s the number-one killer. If you woke up tomorrow with a giant, festering wound on your arm, you’d go in.

Many times, a heroin user with a similar problem would avoid a hospital visit. Many times a provider treats you like dog shit.

The way that they look at you, you’ll never go again. … Stigma is a real bitch.”

This is not a nice, neat, linear story of a guy hitting rock bottom and suddenly coming clean. It took Livernois six or seven more years to kick heroin.

The last time he took it was in 2012.

During those six or seven years, he volunteered at the syringe exchange in Salinas, moved to Reno, and joined with a few other activists to start a grassroots group called the Public Health Alliance for Safety Access (PHASA).

That group formed in large part to push for a law that would make naloxone more widely accessible.

Among the members of the fledgling group were Melanie Flores, an activist named Penny Jernberg from Truckee, and Livernois’ now long-term partner, Leslie Castle.

“They were really stoked when I showed up on the scene,” Livernois said. “They had everything they needed except an actual drug user. They didn’t have anybody to bridge the gap between them and the community they want[ed] to serve. Sometimes it’s hard to find people to self-identify.”

He pointed out that identifying as an addict is hard to do in a lot of circumstances, and that often because of that people who need

In a position to help Today, Livernois is a community outreach worker for Change Point, the syringe services program at Northern Nevada HOPES. The program provides clean needles, which helps slow transmission rates of HIV and Hepatitis C. It also offers counseling, access to rehabilitation programs and HIV and Hep-C testing.

Livernois said that HOPES makes a point of hiring staff members who represent the communities they work with. Sometimes, for example, the non-profit health organization seeks out transgender employees or Latino employees.

In his case, he said, “You can’t really put out a Craigslist ad saying you’re looking for somebody who used to shoot heroin, who’s been to prison, who’s been homeless, but that is what they were looking for.” Livernois, now 38, has a slim build, a long salt-and-pepper beard, a piercing on each side of his lower lip, and intense brown eyes.

Fashionwise, he might fit right in with his clients at the exchange, but he’s alert, articulate and authoritative on the job. It’s clear

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oshua Livernois woke up hazy, sick and splashed with Dr. Pepper in a hospital bed in Salinas, California. He couldn’t piece together the events of the previous day or so, and he’s still not even sure which year it was, probably 2005 or ’06. He’d been using heroin off and on for about 10 years and almost daily for five.

“There was some crazy dope in town,” he said. “I don’t know what was up with it. It tasted different than normal, had kind of a vitaminey flavor.” As a long-time user, he didn’t often get what he craved, which was “the full effect of being fully loaded.” This new heroin, he said, “got me really, really high.”

This much he remembers: He’d been homeless for a while. His then-girlfriend had been in jail for a couple of weeks. They were in a motel room with a few other friends. They were on a four-day bender doing MDMA, crystal meth, alcohol and that potent heroin that had just hit town.

This part he pieced together later: After he shot up, he started babbling incoherently. His friends worried that he might be overdosing. Two women loaded him into a car and drove toward the emergency room. On the way there, he passed out, turned blue and started breathing shallow, infrequent breaths. The driver stopped at the home of an acquaintance because it was closer than the hospital. The acquaintance gave Livernois an injection of naloxone, which he said helped him recover from the overdose, and eventually the two women got him to the hospital.

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feeling pretty bad when he woke up that day in Salinas, though. In fact, he described it as a “fucking miserable, miserable experience,” a type of situation that Green explained this way: “I guess there is a small caveat. If you have a major addiction, you could see some withdrawals. You do typically upset the person when you give it, because you take away the high.”

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as he manages the flow of clients in Change Point’s tiny, busy front office that his experience as a user helps him relate to his community.

One moment he listens compassionately to a man who appears spaced out, scared and a little angry. The next moment he firmly reprimands a guy for verbally harassing the intern. The guy apologizes and promises it won’t happen again.

Harm reduction Heroin and prescription opiate overdoses have been on the rise nationally and locally. Here are a few figures to put that into perspective: • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this year reported a 200-percent increase in the rate of overdose deaths involving opioids—opioid pain relievers and heroin—since 2000.

• Nevada ranks in the top quartile of overdose deaths nationwide.

• Between 2010 and 2014, about a billion prescription pills were prescribed in Nevada, and about a quarter of those were painkillers, the most likely to lead to overdose deaths.

• A Washoe County Health Department report showed that in 2012, 50 deaths in the county

were associated with heroin overdose.

As usage rates and death rates have risen, the way medical professionals and law enforcement agencies handle drug cases has shifted in large part from a punitive “just say no” approach to a “harm reduction” model. The basic principle of harm reduction is that a 100-percent abstinence rate is unrealistic. Proponents say that clean needles are far safer than contaminated ones, access to medical care improves users’ health, and rehab and counseling are more appropriate and effective than jail time.

Officer Tim Broadway of the Reno Police Department said, “The attitude has changed over the years in regards to illicit drug use. The first priority for us is for the victims. If someone is using they’re still a victim.” He added, “We’ve seen in today’s society, you get more bees with honey, when you’re an approachable agency. You want to get the victims the help that they need.”

He said that when RPD officers arrive in a situation where drugs are being used, they’re likely to seize the drugs and paraphernalia but, unless another crime has been committed, they’re more likely to refer someone to services than to make an arrest.

Broadway said, “due to the recent arrests with the Ford dealership we are working closely with

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Northern Nevada HOPES, and we do a lot of referrals.”

He attributed the shifts in policing policy to the federal government’s lead and to public perception.

Dr. Karla Wagner, professor in the School of Community Health Sciences at the University of Nevada, Reno, connected changes in public perception with the rising frequency of overdose deaths.

She said, “What’s changed in the conversation is: ‘When everybody I know knows somebody [affected.]’”

Wagner added, “I think that one of the things that’s important in this effort is to normalize conversations around opioid use. It’s important that we get to a place that we can talk about these risks realistically.

Where people don’t judge.”

Spreading effects Melanie Flores, who works with the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health and teaches public health courses at UNR, was one of the founding members of PHASA. Back in 2010, she was a grad student. Shortly before she

started a career in public health, she experienced the type of shift in perception Wagner alluded to.

Flores had been working in local radio. Even though she described the industry as having a “sex, drugs, rock ’n’ roll culture,” at the time, she was shocked when friends started using heroin and even more shocked when a close friend died of an overdose.

She was also pretty surprised when, after she graduated, a mentor suggested she work on harm-reduction legislation.

“I was new. I didn’t totally understand it. At first, needle exchange sounded like an awful idea,” Flores said. She wondered, “Doesn’t this promote drug use?”

She soon became a proponent and ended up writing the bill that became Senate Bill 459, the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act, as her thesis project.

Next for Flores and the rest of the PHASA group came a failed attempt at passing the bill, a twoyear wait for the next legislative session, mountains of research, and testimony from many experts.

One of them was Chief of Police Ken Ball from Holley, Georgia,

“They were really stoked when I showed up on the scene. They had everything they needed except an actual drug user. They didn’t have anybody to bridge the gap between them and the community they want[ed] to serve.”

–Joshua Livernois where police carry Narcan, funded by traffic tickets, and the department educates law officers, first responders, high school students and prom chaperones in its use.

The second time around, in 2015, SB 459 passed, making it so that a drug user could call 911 in an emergency and avoid arrest. According to the PHASA members, it’s a positive step in policy direction that allows more naloxone to get to more places where overdoses are likely to occur—and save more lives.

What’s next for naloxone?

from the state’s Chief Medical Officer that could make naloxone as readily available from a pharmacy as a Plan B pill or a flu shot, both drugs that can be purchased without a prescription.

The Chief Medical Officer position is officially vacant for a few more days. Incoming Chief Medical Officer John DiMuro, who takes the post July 1, said, in an email message, "Naloxone is just one important piece to the puzzle regarding opiate drug overdose and its use should not be taken lightly."

He added that he is "in the process of exploring standing orders" to ensure that they are safe and effective.

Currently, naloxone is legally available through Change Point and can be prescribed by doctors. A letter sent from state health officials to health-care providers in January to explain the new law reads, “One important component of the legislation allows first responders, family members, and friends the ability to obtain and administer naloxone …”

Proponents are pleased, but they say SB 459 is one of several steps.

Now, they’d like to see the drug even easier to access. Livernois said he’d like to see a standing order

Wagner said, “Having naloxone in the hands of people who are at risk and their friends and their family members is the way we can drive down death rates.”

She added that she’d also like to see people offered naloxone when they’re released from incarceration. During the weeks after a person leaves prison, the risk of relapse increases drastically. A National Institutes of Health report reads, “One man in his mid-forties struggling to stay abstinent from drugs after his release: ‘You get asked 50 times if you want some coke before you get into the [shelter] door.’”

REMSA’s Cindy Green said if the decision were in her hands she’d favor even wider distribution of naloxone than a standing order would allow.

“It could be available at 7-Eleven,” she said. But would that arrangement present any drawbacks?

“Absolutely not,” she said.

“People who do drugs are going to do it. You can’t stop them, but you can save a life.”

I’m reminded of what I don’t want.

Every day, past Josh comes in and talks with present Josh and reminds him what he doesn’t want. And reminds him to stay grateful.” He remembers often what the employees and volunteers at the syringe services facility in Salinas did for him.

“To walk into a place when I was used to basically being invisible to the population at large, and have people get to know your name, remember who you are, smile at you, welcome you, treat you with dignity, it made a huge difference,” he said. He also does this job, he said, because he needs to. He’s rejected a life of prison sentences, homelessness and waking up nauseous from withdrawal, but he hasn’t rejected the people who still struggle with those problems. Being part of that community, he said, has been critical to his survival.

“I feel like that’s the most important thing that can turn somebody’s life around,” he said.

“I don’t care if it’s Alcoholics Anonymous or NA or Jesus Christ or fucking Tupperware or you know, kickball. It’s finding your community of people that make you feel happy to be alive. That’s where I found it, in the harm reduction community.” Ω

Life after addiction As for Livernois, he’s happy to be alive and grateful to be in a position to help. He said it takes a lot of effort to stay clean. Working at a syringe services, he said, “Every day

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Busy craftsman and farrier wasn’t exactly Born yesterday

Fritz Hooper makes his work sound as if it’s slow or unremarkable. Neither is true.

“Oh, I’m not doin’ much these days,” says the 80-year-old saddle maker and horse shoer, moments after greeting a young mustang and preparing to trim his hooves.

“Easy there, partner,” he repeats in a mellow voice whenever Chip, his client, gets a bit twitchy.

“Easy now.”

Hooper bends down to pat a hind leg.

“You’ve got to dance with them a little bit,” he says. “You don’t want to secure ’em real firm, because they’ll just fight you. You’ve got to give them a little leeway.”

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Chip stands still. A minute later, Hooper points to a front hoof he’s cradling and working at with a pair of nippers, which look like pliers crossed with the biggest cuticle trimmers you’ve ever seen.

The frog, a fleshy, V-shaped spot on the underside of the hoof, “is the foot pedal to the gas,” Hooper explains.

“Above the frog is what they call a plantar cushion, and every time [a horse] puts the foot down, the plantar cushion squeezes and rotates the blood. So your horse has to have frog pressure. The foot is a very unique thing. The whole leg is a very unique thing.”

Hooper can go on like this for as long as you’d like, getting into the anatomy of the equine as it evolved from a threetoed ancestral creature to the show pony or working horse of today.

“I can’t even count how many times he’s come out for students of mine who’ve just bought a horse,” says Chip’s owner, Washoe Valley riding instructor Suzanne McMann. “He’ll show you, ‘This is what [the hoof or leg] is doing.

This is how it works.’” And on summer days when McMann has a whole gaggle of young equestrians around, “He’ll come out and do a whole class.”

He even keeps wired-together leg bones in his truck, in case anyone’s curious.

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Fritz Hooper has a look at Chip the mustang. Chip obliges.

beds crammed with tools. But a hoof stand—fairly standard apparatus that allows shoers to rest their backs—isn’t part of Hooper’s arsenal.

“They came along after I started shoeing, and I just didn’t want to change,” he says with a chuckle. “I’m too old to change.” (You should also know that his license-plate cover, a parting gift from one of his exes, is emblazoned with the words “happiness is being single.”)

Before he gives Chip a final pat on the neck, Hooper checks that each foot

is balanced, trimmed to accommodate the horse’s unique anatomy and able to compensate for any awkwardness in his build. It’s even more complicated than it sounds.

“The first time Fritz attempted to retire on me was probably 20 years ago,” says McMann, who looks a little blinky and emotional as she tells the story. “He had a rough year and got hurt a couple of times with people who didn’t teach their horses how to behave, and he was going to quit.”

So McMann called a new farrier, one who left all five of her horses

lame. Hooper came back and cleaned up the mess.

“Not only is this a difficult job, but I wouldn’t want to attempt any of it,” McMann continues, nodding at her friend as he works. “It’s a dangerous job.”

Whenever someone praises him in the third person like this, Hooper goes right back to whatever he was trying to say beforehand. Maybe it’s a polite version of the way Chip stomps his foot from time to time.

In a past life, Hooper was an airtraffic controller for the Marine Corps, then the Federal Aviation Administration. He enrolled in farrier school to supplement his income back 1974, then attended saddle-making school a few years later.

Right out of the gate with the farrier business, though, he suffered a broken jaw.

“It was my first year of shoeing, and I knew everything already,” he says with a little laugh, demonstrating how the horse managed to kick his face in the manner a cow would—reaching forward to clip the bejesus out of him with a back foot.

“It wasn’t a real good horse to begin with, and I should have known better,” Hooper says. “I was wired up for six weeks, seven weeks. … A horse is an animal. Let’s face it, you know? And they react. If you go by a horse and then a bird goes by, he reacts to that bird and takes it out on you.”

As to how he stays safe, well, he has his ways. He talks to horses. He puts their feet down gently. He pays attention when they seem to pull back in discomfort. And he proceeds with caution until he knows each one.

“Take tango lessons,” he jokes. “I don’t know. You just pay attention.”

So how is an octogenarian still tangoing with 1,200-pound animals?

“He’s always doing something,” McMann interjects when Hooper blows off questions about his age. “Always. If he’s not shoeing, he’s working on a saddle or he’s helping someone. He’s not someone who ever sits down.”

Because farriers bend over so much to do their work, Hooper jokes that locals usually just

He even keeps wiredtogether leg bones in his truck, in case anyone’s curious.

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recognize him by the sight of his backside. He’s at least as well known for his custom saddles, however, and is now in the process of moving his workshop—a command center piled with leather, rawhide frames, tack and stands—from one space to another in Washoe Valley. The old place was home to at least one circa-1980s centerfold photo, big bangs and all, but the girl doesn’t seem to have followed him here.

While he’s giving a quick tour and muttering again that he’s not up to much, a woman arrives in a BMW and drops off gear for repair—fringed chaps and a saddle she refers to as “cheap, obviously.” (It certainly doesn’t appear to be cheap; it’s a highend Western brand. But Hooper didn’t make this one, so maybe that’s what she means.) He tells her he’ll fix it.

Many of his own heavy-duty creations are unpadded for the rider but built well enough to accommodate his or her frame like a handmade chair, with butter-soft leather that lasts forever and smells divine.

Longtime customer Terri Russell has three Hooper saddles, and received her first as a Christmas gift nearly 20 years ago. They’ve been easily interchangeable among various horses, she says, and can withstand a lifetime of use. Serious riders who don’t know any better might feel compelled to go online or out of state to find the right saddle, Russell adds. They shouldn’t.

“You can go right to Washoe Valley and get whatever you need,” she says. “Fritz actually does everything … and if he can’t do it, he’ll tell you. People who are in the horse [world] need to understand that they have a real gem in their midst.” Ω

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A whole new world Aladdin Jr. When the curtain closed on Wild Horse Children’s Theater’s production of Disney’s by Beauty and the Beast Jr. last Jessica Santina summer, the company was high on its success. It had been their first production at the Carson City Community Center’s 783-seat theater—intimidatingly large for a children’s production—and they had exceeded their expectations. It was time to reserve the venue for 2016.

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They got hold of the show kit for Disney’s Aladdin Jr. and set about raising funds to hire Flying By Foy, the world-renowned, Las Vegas-based theatrical flying service company, whose flying effects have been seen in the likes of Cirque du Soleil and Broadway’s Peter Pan. “It was never any question what company we wanted for this,” said Carol Scott, executive director for Wild Horse Children’s Theater and director of this show. “They are the best, the most reliable, the safest.”

The Wild Horse team set a goal to raise $5,000 to bring in Foy’s help with Aladdin, and they kicked off a raffle fundraising campaign in fall 2015. By March, they’d met their goal, and they’ve since surpassed it, raising enough to purchase a $1,200 spotlight, too.

Disney’s Aladdin Jr. is a condensed, kid-friendly version of the Broadway show. With a cast of 85 kids, ages 5-18, it will feature favorite songs from the movie (with musical direction by Alan Catron), as well as spectacular choreography by assistant director and choreographer Robin Kato-Brong and gorgeous costumes

by Jennifer Hoffman. Not to mention plenty of aerobatics, smoke effects, puppetry and a flying magic carpet that will give both Aladdin and Jasmine the ride of their lives.

Having so many actors enables the company to double-cast the ensemble parts as well as the most highly sought-after role, Princess Jasmine (played by Cassia Giustra and Cassidy Buchan). Aladdin (Trenton Lynn), the Genie (Max Worden), Jafar (Joseph Campbell) and the Sultan of Agrabah (Cole Hanks) will be played by only one actor each. Puppeteer Alexa Haight will handle the wisecracking parrot, Iago.

Douglas High School sophomore Rebekah Swearingen, a 15-year-old dancer and gymnast who has been performing since age two and studying under her gymnast parents, holds the coveted role of magic carpet.

“The magic carpet doesn’t speak, so I’m pantomiming, and all my movements have to be really big,” Swearingen said. “There’s a lot of tumbling and acrobatics. I’ll be doing aerials, back handsprings, leg holds.”

Reno theater-goers may have caught 18-year-old Carson High graduate Max Worden in other roles—he’s been acting locally since age four. Now he takes a turn as the big blue Genie in Aladdin, Jr. He’s paying homage to Robin Williams in this performance. And he’ll indeed pop out of a lamp, through a cloud of smoke.

“It’s going to be a fantastic show,” Worden said. “This company is very dedicated. It’s the most professional children’s company I’ve ever worked with.”

As Wild Horse Children’s Theater heads into its tenth year, Scott is beaming with pride.

“We really do demand professionalism from our actors, even the 5-year-olds, and it shows in our productions,” she said. “We like to continue elevating our productions, to keep raising the bar. I just don’t know how we can raise it from here!” Ω

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Paradise Sushi 294 E. Moana Lane, 501-5438 One of the longest-running sushi bars in Reno— Sushi Club—recently closed, and I have to say it had seen better days. by Todd South In its place is a new restaurant with food I would return for on a regular basis—Paradise Sushi.

Perhaps because they’re new, the service was speedy and attentive.

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We started with a plate of Paradise slaw, a varietal mix of shredded cabbage sprinkled with black sesame seeds, tossed in a lightly savory dressing. It reminded me of Vietnamese cabbage salad but without the pungency of fish sauce.

A serving of yakiton—cousin to crab rangoon—featured a single deepfried wonton tube stuffed with cream cheese and crab, cut on the bias and served with a sweet and spicy sauce.

Our order of six potstickers was unique. The meat filling was average, but the wrappers were completely fried to a deep golden brown, resembling little chimichangas more than gyoza. The miso soup was piping hot and had a lot more miso paste than most—very tasty. Best of all the starters was an order of six baked mussels.

They’re also available grilled and come topped with Japanese mayo and chili sauce. Ours were served at just

the right temperature and in record time. Lunch All You Can Eat ($17.50) includes one order of mussels, but they’re unlimited for dinner ($23.75) diners. Mussel lovers, rejoice.

The rice-to-fish ratio in both nigiri and rolls was good, and all the fish I tasted was great—with a couple of exceptions. The octopus was a bit tough and chewy, and the freshwater eel had an odd aftertaste I couldn’t quite place. My wife said it tasted fishy. For me, it was just off enough I wouldn’t order it again, though it could have been the sauce I didn’t care for. I enjoyed all of the compound nigiri, with the Spicy Upside Down Shrimp Fire being of particular note. The flattened shrimp was topped with tuna, crab, avocado and fire sauce.

A Lulu roll with spicy crab, shrimp, salmon, ponzu sauce, lemon and cilantro was nice. The salmon tasted very fresh and the lemon really tied it all together. The Mt. Rose roll of salmon, spicy crab, lemon, cilantro and tobiko was also enjoyable, though my wife noted the cilantro seemed dry rather than fresh. Cilantro loses a lot of aroma and flavor once it’s dried, so fresh herbs would have been preferable.

The Wayne’s hand roll was a high point of our meal—perfect, justcooked scallop with tender, crunchy crystal shrimp and a decent mayobased sauce. I can’t recall when I’ve had one better. I followed this by requesting a more elaborate long roll—The Show—be converted to temaki with crystal shrimp, scallop, seared tuna, spicy crab, avocado and jalapeño. It was a complete mouthgasm in a crisp seaweed cone.

Similarly, a signature Paradise maki roll was rendered temaki on request, sans cream cheese as neither of us care for this ingredient in sushi.

My wife loved it but wondered about the lack of jalapeño, until she found it in the bottom of the roll. It certainly added a bit of bang at the finish.

Typically, a meal of AYCE sushi ends with a scoop of ice cream or mochi, but my wife wanted something more. Her tempura banana ice cream featured big slices of banana deep-fried in tempura batter, served with a whole strawberry, chocolate ice cream, strawberry cinnamon sauce and whipped cream. A great finish for a very enjoyable dining experience. Ω

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Multi-movie mash-up Central Intelligence While it doesn’t boast much along the lines of originality, Central Intelligence winds up being an above average action/comedy buddy movie thanks to its stars, Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart. The guys belong together.

The plot feels like a bunch of parts from other movies cobbled together to make a whole.

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Johnson and Hart wind up being a strong screen duo, with Johnson actually scoring most of the laughs. Hart, who certainly chips in on the laughs front, actually delivers one of the more well rounded, warm performances of his career.

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The pre-opening credits sequence gives us Calvin (Hart), the most popular guy in his high school getting honored at a pep rally. In the boys’ locker room, obese Bob (Johnson, aided by some pretty funny CGI) is taking a shower to the tune of his favorite jam, En Vogue’s “My Love.” Mean bully Trevor (Dylan Boyack) and his cronies spy Bob, pull him from the shower, and slide his naked body into the pep rally.

Calvin takes pity on him and drapes him with his letterman jacket. Bob vanishes from school never to be seen again.

Cut to present day, where Calvin is an accountant getting passed over for promotions.

He gets a Facebook invite for beers from somebody named Bob Stone, which he accepts because he’s bored. He winds up in a bar with a totally transformed Bob, who has gone from being morbidly obese to being somebody who looks a lot like the Rock.

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Bob, who admits to worshipping Calvin over the years, turns out to be a rogue CIA agent being pursued by his superior (Amy Ryan). He enlists Calvin’s help in detecting some codes, or some nonsense like that, and Calvin finds himself in the adventure of his life.

Again, this movie feels a lot like movies that have come before it. Heck, even that recent Netflix Adam Sandler film, The Do-Over, practically has the same plot.

What puts this over the top is the chemistry between the two stars. They have a very winning presence together.

Johnson makes his Bob childlike in many ways, making it a mystery whether he is really a man-child, or whether it is just an act to pull Calvin into his scheme. Johnson plays him overly polite, with echoes of Arnold Schwarzenegger in Twins. Yeah, there’s another movie Central Intelligence has something in common with.

Countering Johnson’s simple yet centered character is Hart’s uptight, unsatisfied Calvin.

There are moments in the movie, especially in the opening sequence, where Hart plays the part perfectly, mixing his patented brand of hyper humor with a certain sweetness. He makes it easy to root for Calvin on his road to redemption, while Johnson’s Bob is so likeable you’d accept him as a good or bad guy.

The film ends with the requisite high school reunion featuring some welcomed surprise cameos that won’t be given away here. The producers have managed to score some big guest stars. In a credited performance, Aaron Paul shows up in a small role as Bob’s former partner. There’s a nod to Breaking Bad that gets a good laugh.

This is the sort of movie that goes down easy in the summertime. I actually watched it at a drive-in, and the movie perfectly suited the drive-in experience. So, yeah, I’m encouraging you to find a drive-in playing Central Intelligence. Close your windows though.

Mosquitos can ruin a flick.

This probably won’t be the last we see of Calvin and Bob. Central Intelligence has franchise written all over it, and for those of you missing the Lethal Weapon movies, this is a capable substitute. Ω

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Captain America: Civil War

This is a nice blast of superhero fun that finds a diplomatic way to include many Marvel favorites, even introducing a few characters to the modern Marvel Cinematic Universe, without feeling crowded or rushed.

Front and center, there’s Steve Rogers (former Human Torch Chris Evans), a.k.a. Captain America, still having bro issues when it comes to the Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan). Cap wants to back up his former best friend, but the guy committed some pretty shady acts while brainwashed, some of them very hard to defend. Captain America has to make some hard choices. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross (William Hurt) thought Age of Ultron sucked for more than the obvious reasons. On top of being kind of boring, it left death and destruction in its wake, as did the far more exciting original The Avengers. World leaders want to put the Avengers in check, using them as a sort of alternative to nuclear weapons. Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr., still owning it) suffering a crisis of conscience, agrees to the proposed accord.

Rogers thinks it’s bullshit and won’t sign. This works as a fine setup for an eventual battle between Iron Man and Captain America, where both sides have compelling reasons to fight.

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The Conjuring 2

As he did with The Conjuring, writerdirector James Wan uses the story of a supposedly real poltergeist in The Conjuring 2. The first film involved a haunting here in the U.S., while the sequel draws upon the infamous Enfield Poltergeist that allegedly occurred in England in the late ’70s. Wan has tapped into something interesting with this franchise. Two films in, it shows some decent durability and originality. It’s also pretty scary. Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson return as the Warrens, paranormal investigators who’ve visited many legendary haunted spaces, including Amityville and Enfield. Wan, of course, blows up their involvement in each of these cases to deliver a platform for fictional circumstances and scares. While not quite as good as The Conjuring, this is a sequel that mostly does its predecessor proud. It provides a lot of good jump scares, especially from a creepy demon nun who appears to be getting her own movie in the near future.

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Dark Horse

Whether or not you agree in principle with the notion of racehorses, this is a moving documentary about a group of people in Wales who decide to finance one. Their horse, Dream Alliance, is a gangly youngster who grows up to be a solid jumper. Through interviews and archive footage, we see the horse from birth straight through to many of his races, where he proved an unlikely champion.

Of course, tragedy strikes during one of the races, and the movie becomes the story of an amazing comeback. Or, depending on your point of view, it becomes the story of a bunch of strange folks in Wales pushing a beautiful animal well beyond the point of reason so it can keep jumping for their amusement and profit.

The end results are uplifting and happy but perilously close to being extremely sad. The documentary is entertaining, but it will definitely have you thinking about the treatment of animals for sport.

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This sequel to Finding Nemo goes a little darker than its predecessor. Ellen DeGeneres returns as Dory, the lovable fish with short-term memory loss. An event triggers a memory of family in her little brain, and she sets off on a journey to find her mom and dad (voiced by Diane Keaton and Eugene Levy). Pals Marlin (Albert Brooks) and Nemo (Hayden Rolence) join Dory on her quest, which culminates in an aquarium amusement park graced with voice announcements by the actual Sigourney Weaver. Dory winds up in a touch pond, in a bucket of dead fish, and swimming around in a lot of dark pipe work. In some ways, this is to Finding Nemo what The Empire Strikes Back was to Star Wars. It’s a darker, slightly scarier chapter, that still delivers on the heartwarming elements and laughs. DeGeneres still rules as the voice of Dory. Stay for the credits to see a rather lengthy final scene.

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animal of your choice if you don’t find a partner in an allotted time. Colin Farrell stars as David, a recently dumped man who must stay at a hotel with his brother, who is also his dog, and find a new mate, or become a lobster. He eventually finds himself living in the woods with the leftover single people, who must dodge daily hunting expeditions by people looking to extend their time before animal transformation (they earn extra days for every single person they bag). David eventually meets Short Sighted Woman (Rachel Weisz) among the singles, and he finds himself needing to make some big decisions on how to start a relationship with her. The film is intentionally drab in its look, with all of the actors delivering their lines with nearly no emotion. The effect is just plain nasty, a scathing indictment on a society that puts too much pressure on individuals to become couples. It’s often extremely funny, with an equal amount of necessary unpleasantness.

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It’s been nine years since the comedy trio Lonely Island—Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer—made its cinematic debut with the now cult fave Hot Rod. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping gives them a chance to play in their favorite sandbox: the music world. The results are what feel like the first fully realized Lonely Island movie.

Given how damn funny the movie is, let’s hope there are many more to follow. All three members of the Lonely Island contribute as writers and performers, while Taccone and Schaffer handle directing chores. The movie goes along the mockumentary route, clearly spoofing all of those bio films from the likes of Justin Bieber, the Jonas Brothers and Katy Perry. Samberg headlines as Conner 4 Real, a former member of the boy band/rap group the Style Boyz, who has gone his own way with a successful solo career. After that initial success, Conner’s latest solo album is tanking—Rolling Stone rated it a shit emoji—and his career handling has entered the panic phase. He goes on tour with an opening act that’s better than him. He gets sponsored by appliances that play his music when you operate them. And he basically sells out like a whore.

After seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark, 12 year-old Eric Zala got the idea to remake the movie, shot for shot, as an experiment with his buddies. Over the next six years, they did just that, doing a remarkable job of recreating the legendary Spielberg film note for note. This film captures the creative team as they set out to film the one shot they never got: the massive airplane explosion after the fight with the big, bald Nazi. There’s a lot of fun stuff about the making of the movie, including the time the boys almost burned a house down. They also almost burned one of the actors, suffocated another with a plaster mold on his face, and used a little puppy instead of a monkey for the infamous Nazi salute monkey scene. The film includes interviews with director Eli Roth and Ain’t it Cool News founder Harry Knowles, major champions of the project.

After scoring a huge critical and box office success with X-Men: Days of Future Past, Bryan Singer’s triumphant return to the franchise, 20th Century Fox wisely brought the director back for this one. However, in a move that induces head scratching, Fox cut the budget for the current installment, while padding the cast and upping the action quotient.

Actually, this is the studio that screwed up Fantastic Four, so maybe the shortchanging of a reliable franchise isn’t all that surprising.

There are portions of the movie that are sloppier than the usual Singer offerings, and quite a few moments have cut-rate CGI. The flaws eventually pile up, and while there are some nice, enjoyable stretches, it’s a bit of a mess in the end—despite powerful work from Michael Fassbender as Magneto and new-to-thefranchise Oscar Isaac as the menacing villain Apocalypse. Before the opening credits, which look like shit, we get a quick back story for Apocalypse. En Sabah Nur (Isaac), an ancient Egyptian, merges with some sort of ancient mystical being, thus becoming the world’s first mutant, or something like that. He’s then buried under a crushed pyramid for centuries. What follows are too many characters demanding subplots and, ultimately, the worst chapter in the X-Men franchise.

Pointed abstraction Pinnacles Abstraction in art is often misunderstood as a pointlessly obtuse, immature form of expression. At worst, it could by Kent Irwin represent something of a bad prank, pulled at the expense of the wealthy, out-of-touch patron, who will leave the museum unchanged, and that’s a shame. Abstract art is for exercising flexibility, for training oneself to seek new, unique connections.

For Nevada City band Pinnacles, abstract ideas are pulled from the ether of their dense, layered sound. A band member might bring in a guitar line or a chord progression, and singer Robbie Landsburg will vocalize a melody from the music. Often words will spontaneously materialize in his mind and fall into place within the song.

“The abstract nature of the music is born from my perception of what happens in my day-to-day life,” said Landsburg.

It’s these intangible thoughts that lend a distinct, bodiless feel to the music of Pinnacles. In the opening track of their album, Convolve & Reflect, Landsburg chants the phrase, “Halos falling off our heads.” It was a mantra that became tangible in the process of writing the instrumentation.

“When we’re writing a song, I’m often saying gibberish and singing melodies to find where the syllables will fall. Sometimes I’ll hone in on one line and analyze what it means to me,” said Landsburg. “The theme of the song will naturally build from there.”

For Landsburg, this method is the best way to tap into the abstract and forge new connections. He’s applied that spirit of connectivity to his music.

“If there’s an overriding theme in our music, it’s empathy,” explained Landsburg. “How people connect to each other, or don’t.”

Pinnacles—Justin Hunt, Jesse Kinseth, Robbie Landsburg and Zach Peach—are all about layered abstraction.

Pinnacles’ new album is called Convolve & Reflect.

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He feels that we live in an age where connectivity between people is much easier, and at the same time much more alienating. It’s the paradox of modernity. We’re both close and far away, separated by the roads that connect us.

“I feel this disconnect,” said Landsburg. “I interact through the veil of the internet, or whatever.

Culturally, there’s this definite lack of connection.”

In such a bleak social landscape, Pinnacles seek to strengthen their bonds between band mates. For Landsburg, it’s a support group that has helped him through the recovery process from addiction.

“I have a lot of trauma from substance abuse in my past,” said Landsburg. “When you go from a lifestyle where you’re trying to numb yourself, to one where you feel everything, you go from living a fantasy to real life.”

In the process of creating Convolve & Reflect, Landsburg and guitarist Justin Hunt were undergoing another daunting reality—the approach of fatherhood. While trying to wrap their heads around this new phase of their lives, they also were taking on the writing and the recording of their first album.

“We finished tracking before my daughter’s birth,” said Hunt. “She was in the room as I mixed it. Made for a pretty overwhelming month.”

In the face of such daunting, abstract uncertainty, Hunt said the experience imparted in him a heightened sense of focus. It’s times like these when the concept of minimalism resonates most powerfully with him, as well as the band.

“I’m into the idea of using less to say more. Otherwise you end up in this place where you focus on too much,” he said.

For a band that has, over the last year, put together a tour, an album and visual effects to accompany their live sets, all on their own, it seems this is a valid concern. For Pinnacles, it’s all about reconnecting.

“We try focusing on what we have,” said Landsburg. “It helps us feel better prepared for the uncertainty of the future.” Ω

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THURSDAY 6/23 1UP

FRIDAY 6/24

SATURDAY 6/25

214 W. Commercial Row, (775) 329-9444

MARTyPARTy “Party Platoon,” 10pm, $12-$15

3RD STREET

Reno Comedy Showcase, 9pm, no cover

125 W. Third St., (775) 323-5005

5 STAR SALOON 132 West St., (775) 329-2878

BAR OF AMERICA 10042 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee; (530) 587-2626

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

DJ Izer, 10pm, $5 after 10pm

Battle of the Cage, 10pm, $5

Rustler’s Moon, 8:30pm, no cover

Renegade, 9pm, no cover

Renegade, 9pm, no cover

SUNDAY 6/26

BRASSERIE ST. JAMES

MARTyPARTy

THE BRIDGE RESTAURANT & BAR 425 S. Virginia St., (775) 432-1633

Clemón Charles, 5pm, no cover

Hinder, Like a Storm, Brad Ray, 9pm, $22.50

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

Comedy

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

Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

COMMA COFFEE

3rd Street, 125 W. Third St., 323-5005: Comedy Night & Improv w/Patrick Shillito, W, 9pm, no cover Carson Nugget, 507 N. Carson St., Carson City, 882-1626: Justin Rupple, F, 7:30pm, $13-$15 The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: John Melendez, Frances Dilorinzo, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30; Mark Pitt, Ronnie Schell, Tu-W, 9pm, $25 Laugh Factory at Silver Legacy Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., 325-7401: Johnny Sanchez, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $21.95; F-Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $27.45; Jackson Perdue, Jimmie JJ Walker, Tu, W, 7:30pm, $21.95 Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., 686-6600: Alex Mandelberg, Kelly Hilbert, Th, 8pm, $8-$10; Justin Rupple, F, 9pm, $12-$18; Sa, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, $12-$18

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

Doyle Stewart, 9pm, no cover

County Clarke, 9pm, no cover

Fourth Friday Session, 6pm, no cover

312 S. Carson St., Carson City; (775) 883-2662

COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR

DG Kicks, 9pm, Tu, no cover

Free-Spin Sundays w/DJ Zoiree, 5pm, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm, Tu, W, no cover

Reno’s Daze Crew, 9pm, no cover

CARGO AT WHITNEY PEAK HOTEL CEOL IRISH PUB

Age of Rock, 9pm, no cover

SundaYze: Brunch and live jazz w/Reno Jazz Syndicate, noon, no cover

901 S. Center St., (775) 348-8888

June 24, 10 p.m.

1up 214 W. Commercial Row 329-9444

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/27-6/29

Michael Trew, 6pm, no cover

DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY

Post show s online by registering at www.newsr eview.com /reno. Dea dline is the Friday befo re publication .

Traditional Irish Tune Session, 7pm, Tu, no cover CW and Mr. Spoons, noon, M, no cover Dave Leather, noon, W, no cover

Sheldon Felich & Stephanie Weatherford, 6pm, no cover

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

Devils Need Angels, Street Wise Religion, Black Water, 9:30pm, no cover 9:30pm, no cover

Karaoke w/Nitesong Productions, 9pm, Tu, Border Line Fine, 9:30pm, W, no cover

ELBOW ROOM BAR

Adrenaline, 9pm, no cover

VooDoo Dogz, 8pm, no cover

Open Mic Jam Slam w/Adrian Diijon, 9pm, Tu, Karaoke Nite, 9pm, W, no cover

Eric Andersen & Joel Ackerson, 7:30pm, no cover

Moon Gravy, 7:30pm, no cover

2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-9799

GREAT BASIN BREWING CO. 846 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 355-7711

The Fantods, 6pm, no cover

HANGAR BAR

Karaoke Kat, 9pm, no cover

10603 Stead Blvd., Stead; (775) 677-7088

HELLFIRE SALOON 3372 S. McCarran Blvd., (775) 825-1988

Valentine Rodeo, 8pm, no cover

Greg Austin, John Dawson Band, 5pm, no cover

HIMMEL HAUS

Open Mic Night, 9pm M, no cover Trivia Night, 9pm, W, no cover

3819 Saddle Rd., South Lake Tahoe; (530) 314-7665

THE HOLLAND PROJECT 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858

Canyon White Open Mic Night, 8pm, no cover

Dog Party, Jakob Danger, Team Francis, Scully, 8pm, $5

Wimps, Arizona Young, Moons of Vega, 8pm, $7

together PANGEA, 7:30pm, M, $8-$10 Heaven for Real, 8pm, $5

June & July Showtimes DISSERVICE June 23rd HEMLOCK June 24th SPCA BENEFIT SHOW w/ MAN THE TANKS June 25th COOLIO THE UNDERDOG July 2nd DIVIDES W/MAN THE TANKS July 4th RENO RYDAZ PRE-GATHERING T-SHIRT PARTY!!

July 8th SOUNDS OF SUMMER July 9th I SET MY FRIENDS ON FIRE July 13th SWMRS W/PARTYBABY July 14th TOY CALLED GOD July 15th ABNEY PARK July 17th DARK SERMON W/EXHAULT July 18th

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DON’T DO

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Think you know your limits?

Think again.

If you drink, don’t drive.

Period.

THURSDAY 6/23

FRIDAY 6/24

SATURDAY 6/25

SUNDAY 6/26

JUB JUB’S THIRST PARLOR

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/27-6/29

V8 Wankers, Riverside Odds, Murderock, 9pm, $5

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

Blazing Mics, 9:30pm, M, no cover Outspoken: Open Mic Night, 7pm, M, no cover

THE JUNGLE

246 W. First St., (775) 329-4484

THE LOVING CUP

Live jazz, 8pm, no cover

MIDTOWN WINE BAR

Shannon Nicholls Duo, 7pm, no cover

Somewhat Smith, 8pm, no cover

Clemón Charles, 8:30pm, no cover

MOODY’S BISTRO BAR & BEATS

Jazz Artists in Residence, 8pm, no cover

Jazz Artists in Residence, 8:30pm, no cover

Jazz Artists in Residence, 8:30pm, no cover

PADDY & IRENE’S IRISH PUB

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

Acoustic Wonderland singer-songwriter showcase, 8pm, no cover

POLO LOUNGE

Karaoke w/KJ Manny, 8pm, no cover

PSYCHEDELIC BALLROOM AND JUKE JOINT (PB&J’S)

Artemesia, Disservice, FTHC, Cold Trap, 6pm, $5

188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480 1527 S. Virginia St., (775) 800-1960 10007 Bridge St., Truckee; (530) 587-8688

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

555 E. Fourth St., (775) 322-4348

THE SAINT

The Dwarves June 25, 8 p.m.

Shea’s Tavern 715 S. Virginia St. 786-4774

U Play Wednesday (open mic jam), 8pm, W, no cover Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover

Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover

Bandmaster Ruckus, Collin King, 9pm, no cover

761 S. Virginia St., (775) 221-7451

Tandymonium, 6:30pm, Tu, no cover

Elephant Rifle, Vague Choir, 9pm, no cover

SHEA’S TAVERN

Earles of Newtown, 5pm, $10

Strange on the Range, 7pm, W, no cover

The Dwarves, The Sex Devils, The Shames, 8pm, $20

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

SHELTER

111 N. Virginia St., (775) 329-2909

SPARKS LOUNGE

1237 Baring Blvd., Sparks; (775) 409-3340

DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover

DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover

Comedy Night w/Jenny PeZDeSpencer, 9pm, no cover

Crush, 9pm, no cover

together PANGEA

SPECTRE RECORDS

June 27, 8 p.m.

The Holland Project 140 Vesta St. 742-1858

Alphabet Cult, Jenni Ojibwe, Ghost Friends, LTD, 8pm, W, $3

1336 S. Wells Ave., (775) 409-4085

ST. JAMES INFIRMARY

Metaphysical Under the ’70s Influence, 9pm, no cover

445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

STUDIO ON 4TH

Jack+Jill, Miki Rae, 8pm, $7

432 E. Fourth St., (775) 737-9776

WHISKEY DICK’S SALOON The Socks!, 6pm, no cover

17 S. Virginia St., (775) 284-7455

Explorations in Jazz, 8pm, no cover

Tuesday Trivia, 8pm, Tu, no cover

Purple Stardust: Prince & David Bowie Burlesque Tribute, 7pm, $20-$25

Nate Currin, 8pm, $TBA

Marshall Poole Band, St. Terrible, 8pm Tu, $5

Milton Merlos, 2pm, no cover Colin Ross, 6pm, no cover

Joel Ackerson, 6pm, M, Eric Andersen, Kate Cotter, 6pm, Tu, Colin Ross, 6pm, W, no cover

Taking Root, 9pm, no cover

2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe; (530) 544-3425

WILD RIVER GRILLE

Saturday Night Dance Party, 9pm, no cover

Tristan Selzler Duo, 6pm, no cover

Tyler Stafford, 6pm, no cover

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THURSDAY 6/23 ATLANTIS CASINO RESORT SPA

3800 S. Virginia St., (775) 825-4700 1) Grand Ballroom Stage 2) Cabaret

BOOMTOWN CASINO HOTEL

Trampled By Turtles June 25, 9 p.m.

Crystal Bay Club 14 Highway 28 Crystal Bay 833-6333

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

SATURDAY 6/25

2) Swinging Chads, 8pm, no cover

2) Swinging Chads, 4pm, no cover Platinum, 10pm, no cover

1) The Garth Guy starring Dean Simmons, 8pm, $20-$25 2) Swinging Chads, 4pm, 2) Platinum, 8pm, no cover Platinum, 10pm, no cover

2) Soul Experience, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) The Look, 6pm, no cover

2) Ty Phillips, 5pm, no cover Rebekah Chase, 9pm, no cover

2) Ty Phillips, 5pm, no cover Rebekah Chase, 9pm, no cover

2) Crush, 6pm, no cover

2) Tandymonium, 6pm, M, no cover Rock River, 6pm, Tu, W, no cover

2) The Blues Monsters, 8pm, no cover

2) The Blues Monsters, 8pm, no cover 3) The Oak Ridge Boys, 8pm, $39

2) Bill Wharton, 6pm, no cover

2) Bill Wharton, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) SourceActive, LAMBchop, Multipleks, 11pm, no cover

1) Trampled By Turtles, Actors Killed Lincoln, 9pm, $35

1) Rock of Ages, 7pm, $24.95+ 2) Left of Centre, 10:30pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni V, 9pm, no cover

1) Rock of Ages, 7pm, 9:30pm, $24.95+ 2) Left of Centre, 10:30pm, no cover 3) Live country bands, 9pm, no cover

1) Rock of Ages, 7pm, $24.95+ 2) Left of Centre, 10:30pm, no cover

1) Rock of Ages, 7pm, Tu, W, $24.95+ 2) Karaoke, 10pm, M, DJ Chris English, 10pm, Tu, Garage Boys, 10:30pm, W, no cover

2) Fabolous, 10pm, $15 3) Country Nights w/DJ Colt Ainsworth, 10pm, no cover

1) Chicago, 8pm, $76 2) Lex Saturdays, 10pm, $15 3) Country Nights, 10pm, no cover

CARSON VALLEY INN

2) The Blues Monsters, 7pm, no cover 1627 Hwy. 395, Minden; (775) 782-9711 1) Valley Ballroom 2) Cabaret Lounge 3) TJ’s Corral

CRYSTAL BAY CLUB

14 Hwy. 28, Crystal Bay; (775) 833-6333 1) Crown Room 2) Red Room

ELDORADO RESORT CASINO 345 N. Virginia St., (775) 786-5700 1) Theater 2) Brew Brothers 3) NoVi

GRAND SIERRA RESORT

1) Rock of Ages, 7pm, $24.95+ 2) Left of Centre, 10:30pm, no cover 2) Lex Thursdays, 10pm, no cover

3) Country Nights w/DJ Colt Ainsworth, 2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000 1) Grand Theater 2) Lex Nightclub 3) Sports Book 10pm, no cover

Karaoke

HARRAH’S LAKE TAHOE

CBQ, 1330 Scheels Drive, Ste. 250, Sparks, 359-1109: Karaoke w/Larry Williams, Th, 6pm, no cover Corkscroo Bar & Pizzeria, 10 E. Ninth St., 284-7270: Cash Karaoke w/Jacques, W, 6pm, no cover La Morena Bar, 2140 Victorian Ave., Sparks, 772-2475: College Nite/Karaoke, F, 7pm, no cover Murphy’s Law Irish Pub, 180 W. Peckham Lane, Ste. 1070, 823-9977: Karaoke w/DJ Hustler, H&T Mobile Productions, F, 10pm, no cover The Man Cave Sports Bar, 4600 N. Virginia St., 499-5322: Karaoke, Sa, 8pm, no cover The Point, 1601 S. Virginia St., 322-3001: Karaoke, Th-Sa, 8:30pm; Su, 6pm, no cover Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, 1475 E. Prater Way, Ste. 103, Sparks, 356-6000: F-Sa, 9pm, no cover West Second Street Bar, 118 W. Second St., 384-7976: Daily, 8pm, no cover

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JUNE 23, 2016

15 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (775) 588-6611 1) South Shore Room 2) Peek Nightclub 3) Center Stage Lounge

1) Alex Ramon IMPOSSIBLE, 7:30pm, $29.35

HARRAH’S RENO

SUNDAY 6/26

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/27-6/29

2) Dance Bootcamp with Eric & Corrie, 6pm, Tu, $15 1) Alex Ramon IMPOSSIBLE, 7:30pm, Tu, W, $29.35 3) Buddy Emmer Band and guest, 8pm, Tu, no cover

1) Alex Ramon IMPOSSIBLE, 7:30pm, $29.35 1) Alex Ramon IMPOSSIBLE, 7:30pm, $29.35 2) DJ Audio 1, DJ JosBeatz, 10pm, $20 2) DJ Mark Stylz, DJ Rick Gee, 10pm, no cover 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover 1) Petty vs. Eagles: A Musical Shootout, 8pm, $27-$37 2) Terry Stokes Hypnolarious, 10pm, $30 3) Tany Jane, 9pm, no cover

1) Petty vs. Eagles: A Musical Shootout, 8pm, $27-$37 2) Terry Stokes Hypnolarious, 10pm, $30 3) Tany Jane, 9pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 7pm, no cover 1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-3300 1) Celebrity Showroom 2) Nugget Grand Ballroom Rustlers’ Heat, 9pm, no cover 3) Gilley’s

3) DJ/dancing, 8pm, no cover Rustlers’ Heat, 9pm, no cover

1) Super Diamond, 8pm, $20 3) DJ/dancing, 8pm, no cover Rustlers’ Heat, 9pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, W, no cover

PEPPERMILL RESORT SPA CASINO

2) Athena McIntyre & The Lost Boys, 7pm, no cover

2) Dusty Miles and the Cryin’ Shame, 8pm, no cover 3) The Latin Dance Social, 7:30pm, $10 before 10pm

2) Dusty Miles and the Cryin’ Shame, 8pm, no cover 3) Chris Karns, 10pm, $20

2) Little Muddy, 6pm, no cover

2) Little Muddy, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

3) Decoy, 5pm, no cover

1) Denver Saunders, 8pm, no cover

2) The Utility Players, 8pm, $15

4) Live Jazz Sundays by the Pool, 5pm, no cover

4) Wednesday Blues Jam Pool Party, 6pm, W, no cover

2) Banzai Thursdays w/DJ Trivia,

2) Apple Z, 9pm, no cover 3) Fashion Friday, 9pm, no cover 4) Colleen Heauser, 9pm, no cover

1) 3 Doors Down, 8pm, $57.50-$74.50 2) Apple Z, 9pm, no cover 3) Seduction Saturdays, 9pm, $5 4) Colleen Heauser, 9pm, no cover

2) Recovery Sundays, 10pm, no cover 3) Industry Night, 9pm, no cover

2) Country-Rock Bingo w/Jeff Gregg, 9pm, W, no cover

1) Petty vs. Eagles: A Musical Shootout, 219 N. Center St., (775) 788-2900 8pm, $27-$37 1) Sammy’s Showroom 2) The Zone 3) Sapphire Lounge 4) Plaza 5) Convention Center

NUGGET CASINO RESORT

2707 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-2121 1) Tuscany Ballroom 2) Terrace Lounge 3) Edge

SANDS REGENCY CASINO HOTEL 345 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 348-2200 1) 3rd Street Lounge 2) Copa Bar & Grill 3) The Tent 4) Pool

SILVER LEGACY RESORT CASINO

407 N. Virginia St., (775) 325-7401 8pm, no cover 1) Grand Exposition Hall 2) Rum Bullions Island Bar 4) Colleen Heauser, 9pm, no cover 3) Aura Ultra Lounge 4) Silver Baron Lounge

For a complete listing of this week’s events or to post events to our online calendar, visit www.newsreview.com.

Events

All Ages

39 NORTH MARKETPLACE: The market-

ART CAMP AT THE LAKE MANSION:

place showcases the best in arts and crafts and highlights produce and specialty food from the Truckee Meadows. Th, 4-9pm through 8/4.

Victorian Square, 14th Street and Pyramid Way along Victorian Avenue, Sparks, (775) 690-2581, www.39northdowntown.com.

Teaching artists will provide an hour of art, theater and creative movement/music to kids ages 6-10. This camp will be held in the art studio located beneath the Lake Mansion, nearest Arlington Avenue. Supplies included in cost. M-F, 9am-noon through 7/1. Opens 6/27. $95. Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100.

ARTOWN: The 21st annual arts festival

BUG PETTING ZOO: NEVADA BUGS & BUTTERFLY: This touch-and-feel pro-

kicks off with the Opening Night Jubilee on June 30 and continues with hundreds of events taking place across town through July. Highlights include the Monday Night Family Series, Summer Soiree Under The Stars, Cultural Connections series and Midtown on Martin Street. The festival concludes with the 21st Anniversary Closing Night Celebration featuring Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. on July 31. Events will take at Wingfield Park in downtown Reno, Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater at Bartley Ranch Regional Park, the University of Nevada, Reno, among other locations. M-Su through 7/31.

Opens 6/30. (775) 322-1538.

gram includes fun facts about where bugs live, what they eat and other aspects of their lives. Tu, 6/28, 3pm.

Free. South Valleys Library, 15650A Wedge Parkway, (775) 851-5190; W, 6/29, 5:30pm. Free. North Valleys Library, 1075 N. Hills Blvd., Ste. 340, North Hills Shopping Center, Golden Valley, (775) 972-0281.

HANDS-ON WEEKEND SCIENCE: Families can participate in science activities on Saturdays and Sundays during Hands-On Weekend Science.

Planetarium staff will host demonstrations and activities at the Science Station mobile lab in the lobby of the Exhibit Hall. HOW Science will explore themes of astronomy, chemistry, geology, biology, physics and space exploration. Sa, Su, 10am-2pm through 9/4. Free. Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center, 1650 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4812.

Carson Tahoe Reno Rockabilly Riot June 26, at various locations, including Mills Park, 1111 E. William St., Gold Dust West Casino, 2171 E. William St., and Route 66/Carson City RV, 4550 N. Carson St. Admission is free for most events. Call 291-5008 or visit http://renorockabillyriot.com.

Jump in the hot rod and floor it to the sixth annual rockabilly bash. The festival, formerly the Reno Rockabilly Riot, has moved to Nevada’s capital city and now offers four days of cool cars, drag races and burn outs, as well as live rockabilly music, a tattoo show, a body paint expo, pinup contest, burlesque show and more. The event kicks off on Thursday, June 23, and continues through Sunday,

BARRACUDA CHAMPIONSHIP, PGA TOUR GOLF TOURNAMENT: Watch the world’s best golfers up-close and personal as they compete for a $3.2 million purse and 300 FedExCup points.

M-Su through 7/3. Opens 6/27. $25$85. Montreux Golf & Country Club, 16475 Bordeaux Drive, (775) 322-3900, http://barracudachampionship.com.

—Kelley Lang

INSIDE OUT: AN ANATOMY EXPERIENCE:

BEN’S PET PARTY IN SUPPORT OF ART PAWS: Taste more than 30 different wines, beer and spirits and sample food from Crave Catering while you listen to live music. The event benefits the Art Paws Underdog grant winners. F, 6/24, 4:30-7pm. $10. Ben’s Fine Wine & Spirits, 3480 Lakeside Drive, www.artpawsreno.com.

THE GATEWAY PROJECT: The Gateway

BEST BACKPACKING TRIPS IN NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA: Mike White’s presentation will help the accomplished hiker through the entire process of planning a multi-day excursion. Th, 6/23, 6:30-8pm. $8 for adults, free for youth age 17 and younger. Nevada State Museum, 600 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 687-4810 ext. 236.

MIDTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT WALKING TOUR: Take a walk through the emerg-

print a T-shirt with one of three custom steampunk designs, and take part in fun events and crafts to benefit the Sparks Museum Endowment Fund. Inspired by the From Steam to Steampunk exhibit on display at the museum, Truckee Meadows Community College students made custom Sparks-inspired steampunk designs for the screen printing. The Great Basin Costume Society will host a tea dueling in the Cultural Center during the event. Sa, 6/25, 3-5pm. $10 to buy a T-shirt and screen print, $5 if you bring your own shirt. Sparks Heritage Museum, 814 Victorian Avenue, Sparks, (775) 355-1144.

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RENO STREET FOOD—PARTY IN THE PARK: The gourmet street food event features more than 20 gourmet food, craft dessert, beer, wine and mixed drink vendors. F, 5-9pm through 9/30.

Free admission. Idlewild Park, 1900 Idlewild Drive, (775) 825-2665.

trunk gathering features familyfriendly activities, entertainment and more. Th, 5-9pm through 9/29. Free admission. Rounds Bakery, 294 E. Moana Lane, Ste. 10, (775) 329-0800.

RIDING ON THE RIVER FAMILY FESTIVAL:

NEVADA HUMANITIES FESTIVAL AND CHAUTAUQUA: The theme of the

truck event and arts bazaar takes place under the Keystone Bridge. W, 5-8pm through 9/28. Free admission.

McKinley Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 450-0062.

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features PRCA events, including bareback, saddle bronc, bull riding, women’s professional barrel racing, team roping, steer wrestling and tiedown roping, as well as a carnival, the Double RR Marketplace, food court and other events and attractions.

M-Su through 6/25. $8-$26 advance tickets. Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center, 1350 N. Wells Ave., www.renorodeo.com.

MOANA FOOD TRUCK ROUNDUP: The food

FEED THE CAMEL: The Hump Day food

NEWS

RENO RODEO: The 98th annual rodeo

ing Midtown District and see how this area has changed over the past 100 years from a quiet country road lined with large homes to a bustling business district. Learn about the businesses and people that once occupied the familiar buildings you see today.

Register online. Sa, 6/25, 9-11am. $10; free to Historic Reno Preservation Society members. Midtown Business District, southwest corner of Saint Lawrence Avenue and Virginia Street, (775) 747-4478, www.historicreno.org.

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event offers a chance for community members and visitors to bring in historical visual materials documenting the region and have those materials digitized according to professional archival standards. In return, participants will have the option to donate a digital copy of these materials for inclusion in the NLTHS’s database, providing public access to anyone interested in researching North Lake Tahoe’s cultural history. The program will also offer presentations by historian Carol Jensen, photographer Peter Goin and photograph archivists Kimberly Roberts and Katrina Windon. Su, 6/26, 10am-4pm. Free.

Gatekeeper’s Museum, 130 W. Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, (530) 583-1762.

at the Crown Point restaurant and then join a guided ghost tour through the Gold Hill Hotel sharing stories of ghostly legends. Dining begins at 4pm.

The tour starts at 8pm. M, 4 & 8pm. $40 for dinner and tour, $20 for tour only. Gold Hill Hotel, 1540 S. Main St., Gold Hill, (775) 847-0111.

sary celebration, MINI of Reno sponsors this benefit for the Northern Nevada Bulldog Rescue. A professional photographer will be on hand to take portraits of bulldogs, and owners will also be invited to take their own images at photo stations throughout the dealership. Sa, 6/25, 9am-1pm.

Free. MINI of Reno, 11505 S. Virginia St., (775) 851-6464.

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GOLD HILL GHOST TOUR: Enjoy a meal

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Join Sparks Kiwanis for free games, bike decorating, bike rides, movies in the park, DJ Fierce and food for sale.

Sa, 6/25, 5:30-9pm. Free. Cottonwood Park, 777 Spice Island Drive, Sparks, (775) 846-7146, www.kiwanisbikes.org.

25th annual Chautauqua festival is “Culture of Food.” A live musical performance precedes the program at 6pm. The Chautauquan presentation follows at 7pm. Th, 6/23. $25 general admission, $10 lawn seats. Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater, Bartley Ranch

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Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, www.nevadahumanities.org.

Project hosts a fundraiser for the Reno Playa Art Park at the site of the Lear Theater. There will be a reception at 6:30pm, followed by the Gateway Gathering featuring outdoor entertainment, including a performance by Controlled Burn, as well as indoor festivities. The festivities begin at 8:30pm. Sa, 6/25, 6:30pm-1am. $20-$60. Artech, 130 Woodland Ave., http://renogatewayproject.com.

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TAHOE TATTOO SHOW: The event features tattoo contests, burlesque shows, exhibitions and 160 international tattoo artists. F, 6/24, 2-10pm; Sa, 6/25, 10am-10pm; Su, 6/26, 10am-8pm. $20.

Harveys Lake Tahoe, 18 Highway 50, Stateline, www.tahoe.tattoo.

THURSDAY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET: Local vendors will converge under the large tent in the Sands parking lot located south of Third Street in Reno.

The weekly event includes free live classic rock concerts, food trucks, a beer garden and weekly summer games. Th, 4-9pm through 8/25. Free.

Sands Regency Casino Hotel, 345 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 348-2295.

VALHALLA BOATHOUSE THEATRE 20TH ANNIVERSARY FUNDRAISER: Valhalla Tahoe will hold a fundraiser which includes a poker stroll and a live piano performance. The Lucky Baldwin Poker Promenade will feature various stations around the Tallac Historic Site, each offering food and drinks, interpretive history and historic figures along with playing cards for event participants. Prizes will be given to the winners with various poker hands. A piano concert

by Radoslav Lorkovic will follow the promenade in the Boathouse Theatre.

Sa, 6/25, 6pm. $75. Tallac Historic Site, 1 Valhalla Road, South Lake Tahoe, (530) 541-4975.

WELLS AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD WALKING TOUR: Take a stroll through a workingclass neighborhood along the path of the Wells Avenue streetcar, across the V&T tracks, and past the homes of the “Thoma Street Gang.” Register online.

Tu, 6/28, 6-8pm. $10; free for HRPS members. Historic Southside School Annex, 190 E. Liberty St., www.historicreno.org.

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This exhibition will take you on a journey into the curiosities of human anatomy. Through digital and handson exhibits, you’ll learn how our bodies work, grow, age and heal. Tu-Su. $10 general admission, $9 veterans and active duty military. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, www.nvdm.org.

ROCKSPORT SUMMER CLIMBING CAMPS 2016: Kids can learn and expand their climbing, rappelling, safety skills, selfresponsibility and self-confidence.

The curriculum is focused on each camper learning team building skills and gaining self-confidence. Each session includes bouldering, roped climbing, indoor and outdoor exercises, games and skill-building. Through

7/1, 9am-1pm; Through 7/15, 9am-5pm; Through 7/22, 9am-1pm; Through 7/29, 9am-5pm. $150-$300. RockSport

Indoor Climbing Center, 1901 Silverada Blvd., Ste. 10, (775) 352-7673.

SO YOU WANT TO HAVE A PET SNAKE…?: Experts from Great Basin Herpetological Society will give an introduction to reptiles as pets and will also talk about the conservation of native species. Sa, 6/25, 2pm. Free.

Sparks Library, 1125 12th St., Sparks, (775) 352-3200; Sa, 6/25, 11am. Free.

Northwest Reno Library, 2325 Robb Drive, (775) 787-4100.

SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) OUTREACH CLINIC: The Food Bank of Northern Nevada hosts SNAP outreach clinics to assist low-income families and individuals in applying for SNAP benefits. First come, first served. Th, 10am-noon.

Free. Downtown Reno Library, 301 S. Center St., (775) 327-8312.

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Unzipping your genes I’m increasingly frustrated by your views that women are attracted to men with status or wealth and don’t care much about men’s looks. Personally, I’m not attracted by men’s status or wealth, and I’m very aroused by gorgeous naked men—as are many women. Granted, women thousands of years ago were forced to rely on men for security, but there’s been something called “evolution.” Women don’t need men to survive anymore.

Consequently, women are experiencing a discovery of their real libido, which is greatly stimulated by the vision of beautiful male bodies.

If women truly prioritized men’s looks like you say, Victoria’s Secret would be raking in the bucks with a companion chain of sexy undies stores for men. However, Victor’s Secret, if any, remains pretty simple: “Turn ’em inside out and you can wear ’em another day.”

You are right—“there’s been something called ‘evolution.’” Unfortunately, psychological change takes a little longer than you think—which is to say you’re only off by maybe a few million years. As evolutionary psychologists Leda Cosmides and John Tooby explain, we’re living in modern times with a “stone age mind.” By this, they mean that the genes right now driving our psychology and behavior were molded by (and are still largely adapted for) mating and survival problems in the hunter-gatherer environment millions of years ago.

We do continue to evolve. For example, over the 10,000 years since humans started dairy farming, some of us eventually developed the physiology to digest lactose (the sugar in cow’s milk)—allowing us to drink milkshakes without gassing it up under the covers and asphyxiating the dog. But changes in our psychological architecture—like the complex cognitive adaptations behind our mating behavior—don’t happen anywhere near that fast. So, no, your genes didn’t just go “Whoa, look, women’s lib!” and then make you start catcalling construction workers.

Of course, we ladies will take a nice view if we can get it, but other things come first. Anthropologist Robert Trivers explains that what women evolved to prioritize in a partner comes out of the greater amount of “parental investment” required from us. Because a man could just walk away after sex (in the days before there was a state to come after him for child support) and because the features men find hot reflect fertility and health, male sexuality evolved to be primarily looks-driven. For a woman, however, a single romp in the bushes with some loinclothed Hunky McHunkerson could have left her with a kid to

feed—long before baby food was sold in stores in cute little jars.

So, the women whose children survived to pass on their genes to us were those who vetted men for the ability and willingness to “provide.” There was no “wealth” in ancestral times—no National Bank of the Stone Age. However, evolutionary psychologists believe a modern man’s high earnings act as a cue for what women evolved to go for in a man—high status, meaning high social standing and the ability to bring home the wildebeest steaks for Mommy and the twins.

You, however, claim that a man’s status does nothing for you. Now, studies reveal how most people are, not individual differences, so you may be right. However, cognitive neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga explains that 98 percent of our brain’s activity is unconscious—including some of our decision-making—but we invent reasons for our choices afterward (typically those that make us seem rational, consistent and admirable). And research keeps reflecting that women subconsciously prioritize status. In a study by evolutionary psychologist Michael Dunn, women found the exact same man hotter when he was driving a Bentley than when he was driving a Ford Fiesta. Men? They found a woman equally attractive in either car, and frankly, a woman who’s hot can probably get dates while “driving” a donkey with bumper stickers on the back.

Next, there’s your claim that you and other women are “very aroused” by “gorgeous naked men.” Um, sorry, but that’s not what the vagina monitor says. Sex researcher Meredith Chivers hooked some ladies up to a machine that measures arousal through blood flow in their ladyparts.

Though the women were aroused by footage of sex acts, she also showed them footage of a hot dude exercising naked. The vaginal response: “Yeah, whatevs.”

And finally, for the perfect example of how sex differences play out, if a man flashes a woman on the street, it’s “You pervert! I’m calling the cops.” If a woman does it to a man, it’s probably one of the best days he’s had in forever: “Wow…it’s not even my birthday! How ’bout some yoga poses? Downward-facing dog? Shoulder stand?…Wait. Where are you going? Come back! I think you dropped an earring.” Ω

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2:30pm. Free. St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 341 Village Blvd., Incline Village, (775) 298-0075.

ART INDEED! SIERRA MEMORIAL ART SPACE: Adverse Possession and

MUSIC ON THE BEACH 2016 SUMMER CONCERTS: Free live music perfor-

Lucent Fluidity. The abstract art gallery is open for an artist reception on June 26. Gallery hours: MondayThursday 3:30-7pm or by appointment. Su, 6/26, 2-4pm. Free. 142 Bell St., (775) 846-8367.

mances featuring a variety of genres on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe.

F, 6:30-9pm. Free. Kings Beach State Recreation Area, 8318 North Lake Blvd., Kings Beach, (530) 546-9000, www.northtahoebusiness.org.

ARTISTS CO-OP OF RENO GALLERY: Metal Magic. Artists Co-op of Reno presents a collection of metal sculptures by Larry Hunt. M-Su, 11am-4pm through 6/30. Free. 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896.

TERCETO KALI WITH JASON MCGUIRE TRIO: This trio blends flamenco, Latin and jazz in music and dance with a cast of world-class artists from around the country who are rooted in a variety of musical genres. Sa, 6/25, 6-9pm.

Free. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976, www.breweryarts.org.

CARSON CITY COMMUNITY CENTER: Great Basin Native Artists. The Capital City Arts Initiative presents a group show featuring art by Ben Aleck, Phil Buckheart, Louinda Garity, Topaz Jones, Jack Malotte, Melissa MeleroMoose and Steve Nighthawk. M-F, 9am5pm through 7/6. Free. 851 E. William St., Carson City, (775) 887-2290.

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CARSON CITY COURTHOUSE GALLERY: New Crop 2016. The Capital City Arts Initiative presents artwork by five Sierra Nevada College and University of Nevada, Reno master of fine arts candidates. M-F, 8am-5pm through 9/29. Free. 885 E. Musser St., Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

GALENA CREEK GUIDED HIKE: Join a naturalist along one of the Galena Park trails and learn about the area. Bring water, sunscreen and hiking boots.

Sa, 10am through 3/18. $5 donation.

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

HOLLAND PROJECT GALLERY: Ersatz Lascaux-Reno. Cincinnati-based artist Paul Thie’s exhibition includes abstract paintings on odd sizes and shapes of unstretched canvas and masonite. He combines bits and pieces of discarded imagery from everyday life to create a sort of patchwork highlighting the incongruities and absurdities of popular culture. Tu-F, 3-6pm through 6/24; Dry Well. Alana-Lynn Berglund’s show combines thrifted fabrics and objects with personal photographs, embroidery and printed textiles in an effort to champion the non-sensical blending of styles, aesthetics and eras one so often sees on the gaming floor of Nevada casinos. Tu-F, 3-6pm through 6/24. Free. 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858, www.hollandreno.org.

Duality. Nine artists share enthusiasm for the unexpected and expressive ways that art can pose questions, convey ideas, challenge conventions and potentially excite and redefine the traditions in which we view and engage in the world around us. M-Su through 6/25.17 S. Virginia St., Ste. 120, (775) 329-2787.

In the Open: RenoTahoe Plein Air Painters. Artwork by Emma Auriemma-McKay, Pat Edwards, Bontia Paulis, Trina Gold, Carolyn Jean Thompson, Carol Grigus, Brent Logan, Sue Perry, Heidi Reeves, Lynn Schmidt, Linda Rosenblum, Nan Lathrop and Sarah Wharton-Riggle.

Through 7/29, 9am-5pm. Free. 1 E. First St., (775) 334-2417.

Seven Magic Mountains, W-Su; Anna McKee: 68,000 Years of Ice, W-Su through 9/18; Trevor Paglen: Orbital Reflector, W-Su through 12/31; Horses in the American West, W-Su through 7/3; Andy Diaz Hope & Jon Bernson: Beautification Machine, W-Su through 7/24; Andrea Zittel: Wallsprawl, W-Su through 12/31; Don Dondero: A Photographic Legacy, W-Su through 7/10; American Impressionism, W-Su through 8/14; The Horse, W-Su through 7/3. $1-$10. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.

Mined of My Own. M-Sa through 7/30.

1400 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-0558.

WILBUR D. MAY MUSEUM, RANCHO SAN RAFAEL REGIONAL PARK: ARTful Women.

ARTful Women make their Nevada debut in a new exhibition. Their diverse styles are represented in works of fiber and mixed media that are stitched, dyed, painted, printed, stamped, waxed, fused and embellished. W-Su through 7/17. Free. 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-5961.

Pierson. Pierson’s photographs explore the emotional undercurrents of everyday life from the intimacy of romantic attachment to the distant idolization of others. Tu-Sa, noon-4pm through 7/1. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6658.

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NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Ugo Rondinone:

STREMMEL GALLERY: Robert Brady:

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Comstock Through Time, This exhibit highlights some of the history of the Comstock through photographs and personal accounts. Then-and-now photographs help to emphasize the changes in the community and surrounding area. Books, journal entries and oral histories will give the visitor a first-hand account of daily life.

M-Su, 10am-5pm through 10/31. $5 adults, $3 for children ages 6-16, free for children age 5 and younger. 537 S. C St., Virginia City, (775) 847-0975.

Summer Arts Exhibition. Artists Pete Paulos and Richard Wells are the featured artists exhibiting on all four floors of the historical building. The new Artisan Gallery features works of glass, metals, wood, fiber arts, paper and more. Summer artisans include Casey Clark, Don Kennedy, Pam Sutton and Linda Gamble. F-Su, 11am-4pm through 8/22. Opens 6/25.

Donations welcome. 55 North R St., Virginia City, (775) 847-7774.

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Sa, 6/25, 7:05pm; Su, 6/26, 4:05pm; M, 6/27, 7:05pm; Tu, 6/28, 1:05pm. $9 general admission, $8 for military, kids under age 12 and seniors over age 62.

Greater Nevada Field, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-7000, www.renoaces.com.

Onstage THE DRUNKARD: An original American

FOURTH WARD SCHOOL MUSEUM: The

ST. MARY’S ART AND RETREAT CENTER:

Technology: Past & Present. A visual display of media technological leaps.

M-Su through 6/30; Upstart Crow: Shakespeare in Northern Nevada.

The display examines the impact of Shakespeare, both past and present, in Northern Nevada. Through 7/15, 9am-5pm. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4636.

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melodrama. W-Sa, 7:30pm through 6/25; Sa, 2pm through 6/25. $15-$20.

Laughing Owl Productions, 75 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-9967.

Hall’s exhibition includes drawings, watercolor paintings and painted skateboards that reflect heavy influences from American traditional tattoos, skateboarding, rock ’n’ roll music, lowbrow art and Kustom Kulture aesthetics. The opening reception is on June 29 from 6-8pm.

M-Su, 3-6pm through 7/22. Opens 6/27.

Free. 945 Record St., (775) 348-8087.

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Th, 6/23, 7:05pm; F, 6/24, 7:05pm; the

which will feature cycle-inspired art, live music, local bicycle short films, food trucks, games and more.

The event, which benefits the Sierra Arts Foundation, begins at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 25. Tickets are $25. Call 354-5667 or visit www.sweetridereno.com.

Explore the streets of Reno and some of its sweet treats during this leisurely group bike ride that starts at Hub Coffee Roasters, 727 Riverside Drive, where participating riders can pick up maps and plot their route. Cyclists will then head out and visit local treat stops for a quick sweet snack, as well as pick up safety swag and raffle tickets for prizes at the finish-line festival at the Black Rock Drive-In on Dickerson Road,

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SPARKS HERITAGE MUSEUM: Geographical Divides: Finding Common Ground. The exhibit features 16 artists who were asked to explore the geographical and cultural differences in Nevada, if such differences truly exist. The assembly of printmakers—eight from the north, eight from the south—produced two prints from each collaboration.

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of the fantasy subgenre steampunk from the Industrial Revolution into present time in the museum’s changing gallery. Tu-Sa through 8/13. $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, free for children 12 and younger. 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144.

MAXBETH: Merry War Theatre Group presents its post-apocalyptic, Mad Max take on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This show is not recommend for young children. Please bring a blanket, picnic and low- or high-back chairs. F-Su, 7-10pm through 6/27. $5 suggested donation. Lear Theater, 528 W. First St., (775) 848-9892.

MR. BURNS: A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY:

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Brüka Theatre presents this dark comedy/musical written by Anne Washburn. Th, 6/23, 8pm; F, 6/24, 8pm; Sa, 6/25, 8pm. $22 general admission, $20 students, seniors, military, $25 at the door. Brüka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-3221, www.bruka.org.

26TH ANNUAL HIGH SIERRA MUSIC FESTIVAL: The 26th Annual High Sierra Music Festival lineup includes Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Thievery Corporation, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Dr. Dog, The Del McCoury Band, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Greensky Bluegrass, Femi Kuti & The Positive Force, JJ Grey & Mofro, Xavier Rudd, Leftover Salmon, Lettuce, North Mississippi Allstars, ALO, among many others. Th-Su 6/307/3. $60 and up. Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds, 204 Fairground Road, Quincy, www.highsierramusic.com.

THE REVIVAL—A RESURGENCE OF SPIRIT: Alchemist Theatre present this theatrical program with the purpose of revitalizing the soul of the individual, as well as the city, through the virtue of community, music, powerful messages and more. This event begins at 5:30pm with a mini-outdoor festival, followed by the performance inside the sanctuary at 7:30pm. F, 6/24, 5:30-9pm. $15-$25. Center for Spiritual Living, Reno, 4685 Lakeside Drive, www.alchemistmovement.org.

7TH ANNUAL SUSANVILLE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL: A three-day festival highlighting bluegrass music. Performers include Southwestern Pilgrimage, The Chapmans, Blue Canyon Boys, The Sonoran Dogs, among other acts. F, 6/24, 11:45am-9pm; Sa, 6/25,

RUSSIAN BALLET OF NORTHERN NEVADA: Le Nguyen Dance Company will present this show featuring Russian ballet dancers, country singer Bruce Knowlton and jazz singer Jakki Ford.

Sa, 6/25, 3-5pm. Free. The Great Western Marketplace, 4855 Summit Ridge Drive, (775) 624-1800.

9:50am-9pm; Su, 6/26, 8:30am-4pm.

$20-$55, free for kids age 12 and younger. Lassen County Fairgrounds, 195 Russell Ave., Susanville, (530) 2518900, wwwlassencountyfair.com.

GREAT BASIN BRASS QUINTET: The Great Basin Brass Quintet perform works from their new Grammy-nominated CD Through a Different Lenz. Su, 6/26,

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careers as a writer and musician, many “experts” have advised me not to be so damn faithful to my muse. Having artistic integrity is a foolish indulgence that would ensure my eternal poverty, they have warned. If I want to be successful, I’ve got to sell out; I must water down my unique message and pay homage to the generic formulas favored by celebrity artists. Luckily for me, I have ignored the experts. As a result, my soul has thrived and I eventually earned enough money from my art to avoid starvation. But does my path apply to you? Maybe; maybe not. What if, in your case, it would be better to sell out a little and be, say, just 75 percent faithful to your muse? The next 12 months will be an excellent time for you to figure this out once and for all.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Joan Wasser is a

Leo singer-songwriter who is known by her stage name Joan As Police Woman. In her song “The Magic,” she repeats one of the lyric lines 14 times: “I’m looking for the magic.” For two reasons, I propose that we make that your mantra in the coming weeks. First, practical business-as-usual will not provide the uncanny transformative power you need. Nor will rational analysis or habitual formulas. You will have to conjure, dig up or track down some real magic. My second reason for suggesting “I’m looking for the magic” as your mantra is this: You’re not yet ripe enough to secure the magic, but you can become ripe enough by being dogged in your pursuit of it.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): No pressure,

no diamond. No grit, no pearl. No cocoon, no butterfly. All these clichés will be featured themes for you during the next 12 months.

But I hope you will also come up with fresher ways to think about the power and value that can be generated by tough assignments. If you face your exotic dilemmas and unprecedented riddles armed with nothing more than your culture’s platitudes, you won’t be able to tap into the untamed creativity necessary to turn problems into opportunities. Here’s an example of the kind of original thinking you’ll thrive on: The more the growing chamomile plant is trodden upon, the faster it grows.

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

royal courts of Renaissance England often employed professional fools whose job it was to speak raw or controversial truths with comedic effect. According to the Royal Shakespeare Company, Queen Elizabeth once castigated her fool for being “insufficiently severe with her.” The modern-day ombudsman has some similarities to the fool’s function. He or she is hired by an organization to investigate complaints lodged by the public against the organization. Now would be an excellent time for you to have a fool or ombudsman in your own sphere, Sagittarius. You’ve got a lot of good inklings, but some of them need to be edited, critiqued or perhaps even satirized.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capri-

corn journalist Katie Couric is a best-selling author who has interviewed five American presidents and had prominent jobs at three major TV networks. What’s her secret to success? She has testified that her goal is to be as ingratiating and charming as she can be without causing herself to throw up.

I don’t often recommend this strategy for you, but I do now. The coming weeks will be prime time for you to expand your web of connections and energize your relationships with existing allies by being almost too nice.

To get what you want, use politeness as your secret weapon.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “The

water cannot talk without the rocks,” says aphorist James Richardson. Does that sound like a metaphor you’d like to celebrate in the coming weeks? I hope so.

From what I can tell, you will be like a clean, clear stream rippling over a rocky patch of river bed. The not-really-all-that-bad news is that your flow may feel erratic and jerky. The really good news is that you will be inspired to speak freely, articulately and with creative zing.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Every now

and then you may benefit from being a bit juvenile, even childlike. You can release your dormant creativity by losing your adult composure and indulging in free-form play. In my astrological opinion, this is one of those phases for you. It’s high time to lose your cool in the best possible ways.

You have a duty to explore the frontiers of spontaneity and indulge in I-don’t-givea-cluck exuberance. For the sake of your peace-of-soul and your physical health, you need to wriggle free of at least some of your grown-up responsibilities so you can romp and cavort and frolic.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): To celebrate my

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tial artist Bruce Lee described the opponent he was most wary of: “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” In my astrological opinion, you should regard that as one of your keystone principles during the next 12 months. Your power and glory will come from honing one specific skill, not experimenting restlessly with many different skills. And the coming weeks will be en excellent time to set your intention.

away, Dianna: (1) Focus on the solution, not the problem; (2) Complaining is a garbage magnet; (3) What you focus on expands; (4) Do what you have always done, and you will get what you have always gotten; (5) Don’t compare your insides to other people’s outsides; (6) Success is simple, but not easy; (7) Don’t listen to your drunk monkey; (8) Clarity is power; (9) Don’t mistake movement for achievement; (10) Spontaneity is a conditioned reflex; (11) People will grow into the conversations you create around them; (12) How you participate here is how you participate everywhere; (13) Live your life by design, not by default.

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Watchdog Tom Myers (no relation to the interviewer) is a hydrologist who closely watches the impact of mining on water in the Great Basin. We spoke with him after a presentation on his latest paper in Reno for the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, a presentation that was repeated in Elko on June 8 and Lovelock on June 9. Further info is available from ECastro@PLANevada.org.

What does your paper say?

I presented results from two papers, actually. PLAN had supported work a year ago where I did a big summary of dewatering deficits created. … The new paper that I’m submitting to a journal talks about how much water is being lost to a specific part of the Humboldt River due to the [now closed] Lone Tree Mine filling up with water. … Because, when it was pumping it created a huge deficit, and where does the water come from to fill that deficit? That’s was the question we were asking for the last 25 years—“You’re creating a deficit.

Where is it going to come from?” This is the first time we’ve had data to actually assess that. And we’ve had gauging stations here operating for decades, but we had to have enough gauging stations data as the mines filled with water to actually analyze.

Once the pumping stops— Well, the Lone Tree Mine lies between Battle Mountain and Winnemucca. And there are several other mines upstream

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Well, if you’re a farmer along the river and you rely on water in the river to irrigate with, there’s that much less. That’s 180,000 acre-feet less water that you can divert from the river during base flow periods, and base flow is later summer and fall.

So it’s your last crop of alfalfa. It’s also water that supports the levels in Rye Patch [Reservoir]. … It’s a loss to the system. …

And ultimately there are six more mines out there that are in different stages of operating, and they’re creating these deficits. The total amount of water pumped in the Humboldt River from mine dewatering is 3.9 million acre-feet. The current estimates of pit lakes—water that will go in and ultimately be a pit lake—is a million acre-feet and evaporation from those in the long term will be about 10,000 acre-feet per year. All that water has to come from somewhere to be made up. The average recharge in the Humboldt River Basin is 233,000 acre-feet per year. Ω

from Battle Mountain. But it’s the only big one in the reach between Battle Mountain and Winnemucca. And it’s been dewatering since 1991. Most of the water it pumps from the ground it dumps into the river.

Thus while it was actually mining it may have been pulling water from the river into the groundwater and then pumping it, but you couldn’t analyze that because they were dumping it back into the river.

So the gauges didn’t show—I mean, it was impossible to figure out what was what.

Once they stopped pumping and the pit starts to fill, where does that water come from? It comes from water that’s left in groundwater storage, flowing into it, but that also creates a suction from the river, pulling water from the river into the groundwater and then into the pit. I did some fancy statistical analysis to compare the period from 2007-to-the-present to earlier periods. It showed that approximately 180,000 acre-feet of water—in addition to what normally would have been lost to the region—was lost. Normally the river reach through there loses about 18

Calling a foul In basketball, there is a reality about officiating the game known as the “makeup call.” Let’s say during a game between the Creeps and the Goons, the ref makes a bad call on the Goons. Everybody knows it was a bad call, and even the ref realizes it was a mistake, that he punished the Goons unfairly. Usually, it won’t take long for that ref to make up for his blooper by calling a foul on the Creeps, in the spirit of evening things up and fair play.

After watching the terrific O.J. Simpson documentary recently on ESPN, I was reminded that, when we stand back and look at the Big Picture, it was none other than the Silver State of Nevada that handed down one of the all time “makeup calls” in judicial history. There’s no other way to interpret the 33-year sentence that smacked O.J. upside the head in the Vegas courtroom of Judge Jackie Glass in ’07, who threw such a loaded, thick book of assault, armed robbery, kidnapping, and conspiracy charges at Ole Number

to 20 percent of the water that naturally flows into it. Because of dry conditions, it’s a losing river. The period since 2007, it lost far more than it has at any time since 1946, way before dewatering started. It lost about 39 percent of the water that comes in, so the difference between 39 percent and 21 percent, is 18 percent.

That give me the 180,000 acre-feet that’s been lost.

∫y Bruce Van Dye 32 that—well, as Carl Douglas, one of O.J.’s dream team of lawyers said, “Those charges were worth about a two-year sentence, at the most.”

In the Grand Scheme of Things, it all worked out in a way that was unpredictable, unknowable, and, ultimately, ultra-righteous. The only way L.A. was not gonna burn on the day of The Verdict in October 1995 was if OJ was ruled not guilty. A guilty call would have likely resulted in a Rodney King-type rampage all over again. So by coming in with their outrageous acquittal, the jury did indeed do one very positive thing—spare the city of Los Angeles.

But, as it turned out, the story was just beginning. Yes, it was obvious O.J. had gotten away, literally, with murder. The jury had, like a shitty ref, made a really rotten call, and a makeup call was badly needed.

It turned out to be a two-step process. First, there was the belated but not trivial triumph of the Goldmans in their 1997 civil trial. By the time that jury made its condemnatory, wallet-

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flattening, guilty verdict against Ohje, the racial tension that had surrounded the criminal trial had deflated enough to where there was nowhere near the danger of unrest and riots if things went against The Juice. And things indeed stayed under control.

Then, the coup de grace, that odd story in Vegas about O.J. wanting his memorabilia, and making the colossal fuckup of bringing a gunman along for the confrontation at that Palace Station hotel room.

With that gun in the mix, Nevada had everything it needed. Nevada could then say, Hey, Marcia Clark, Chris Darden, the Browns and Goldmans, we got your back. We got you covered.

In the end, it was a weird, wild, 13-year ride, but we finally were able to successfully execute that muchneeded “makeup call.” Ω

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