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Misfits Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

I was recently appalled to learn that someone close to me had a deep, dark secret: This person, despite having lived in Reno for several years, had never seen The Misfits. I won’t name names. I don’t want to subject this person to public humiliation, but I was shocked and went about rectifying the situation—within 24 hours we were watching the movie.

That kind of exaggerated response to a missing moment of cultural education might seem like snobbery—and I’ve certainly been guilty of that in the past—but seriously, if you care about this town, that’s a little bit like not knowing where Virginia Street is. It’s like living in Fargo and never having seen the movie Fargo.

If you’ve never seen it, here’s the deal: It’s a 1961 flick. Marilyn Monroe plays a woman who’s staying in Reno to get a quickie divorce back when Reno was the divorce capital of the world. She falls in with a group of locals, including Clark Gable as an old cowboy and Montgomery Clift as a rodeo performer who’s taken a few too many kicks to the head. There’s a lot of drinking, and glimpses of what Northern Nevada was like in the early 1960s. The movie was written by Arthur Miller, who’s better known for his plays, like Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. And it was directed by John Huston, who also directed The Maltese Falcon and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre among other classics.

The title of the movie refers not only to the main characters, all of whom are damaged in one way or another, but also to a group of wild horses who eventually figure in the plot. It’s a gorgeous, sad and beautiful movie with an elegiac tone— made all the more palpable by the knowledge that the movie’s three lead stars were all dead within a few years after filming wrapped.

Anyway, it had been years since I had seen it, and I relished seeing it again. Something that struck me this time was that the movie’s unique story could really not be set anywhere else—the desert, the drinking, the divorce, the horses. This is a special place. Essential viewing.

—Brad Bynum bradb@ ne ws r ev i ew . com

Type test Re “Extreme RN&R Makeover” (Guest comment, Aug. 4): Print too small. Now have a hard time reading most articles without magnifying glass.

Therese Elder Reno Editor’s note: The typeface size, and the typeface, are unchanged.

However, if reading online, the size of the typeface may be adjusted.

Dueling indexes Re “We’re on the wrong side again” (Let Freedom Ring, Aug. 18): In his article “We’re on the Wrong Side Again,” Brendan Trainor praises Vladimir Putin as a reformer, beloved by his people and apparently deserving of much respect. He hopes that the “peaceloving people of Nevada will investigate the truth about Russia and Putin.” OK, let’s give it a try.

The Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index (2015) ranked Russia 152nd out of 180 countries for press freedom.

That was lower than wonderful countries such as Zimbabwe and Burma. They noted that in Russia “independent news outlets have either been brought under control or throttled out of existence.”

Amnesty International’s 2015/16 report states that in the Russian Federation “freedom of expression and peaceful assembly remained severely restricted,” and government “authorities dominated the print and broadcast media.” In 2015, Freedom House, a non-partisan US government funded NGO gave Russian press an assessment of “Not Free.”

Mr. Trainor praises Russian leadership for not jailing journalists, suggesting that there is a free press in Russia. In reality, there is no meaningful opposition press in Russia. There have been numerous brutal assaults and killings of journalists during Putin’s reign.

There is no real participatory democracy in Russia. Elections are a show encouraged and tolerated as long as the outcome is certain.

Freedom House labels Russia a “consolidated authoritarian regime.”

The murder of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in February 2015 again reminded everyone of the dangers of opposing the existing Russian power structure.

Mr. Trainor praises Putin for driving out corrupt oligarchs.

For 2015, Transparency International in the Corruption Perception Index ranked Russia 119th out of 168 nations, equating to a rating of “corrupt.” As reported in the Aug. 18 New York Times, corruption in Russia is so pervasive that the whole society accepts the unacceptable as normal.” According to the Institute of Modern Russia, “corruption has penetrated all levels of government and most other aspects of life in Russia.” If the corrupt were in fact driven out by Putin as Trainor asserts, it appears that one set of crooks were replaced with new ones.

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Civil liberties and religious freedom in Russia are severely limited.

Under recently enacted restrictions, it is prohibited for Russian citizens to evangelize outside of an established church, or without a permit (Christianity Today, July 8). The U.S. State Department International Religious Freedom Report (2015) states that Russian “Government actions included detaining, fining, and imprisoning members of minority religious groups ... raids on minority religious groups in private homes ... [and] confiscating religious publications and property.”

Putin’s sweeping discriminatory laws against LGBT persons are another manifestation of his intolerant regime.

Putin is of course very popular in Russia. Despots often are, especially when they control all the major newsoutlets. Russia and the Russian people are deserving of respect—Putin, not so much. If the struggle for political freedom and basic civil liberties is a worthy cause, it is clearly Mr. Trainor who is “on the wrong side again.”

Phillip Bamond Reno

Correction Re “Under the sun” (Musicbeat, Aug. 11): We reported that violinist Lefteri Tsacle is one of the five vocalists in the Helios Band. Tsacle does not sing in the band. His bandmate, clarinet player Greg Jenkins, is the fifth vocalist.

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By JERI CHADWELL-SINGLEY

Should elected officials be allowed to be in the military reserves?

AskeD At tHe nortHwest reno liBrAry, 2325 roBB Drive AnnA Higgins Forester

Yes, I think that they should be allowed to be on the reserve.

They’re serving the country, even though it might take them away from their job. If they can find someone else to help them out when they’re gone, then it should be allowed.

Moises Murillo Chef

Both parties are a little bit different, because if you’re serving at the same time as you’re being in office, that’s just like—no, I don’t think they should be able to. …

They should keep them separated.

That way you can focus on one thing instead of having to focus on another at the same time.

JoHn Dover Chemist

Unappealing appeals court If one was needed, the recent dispute over Reno City Manager Andrew Clinger has provided a demonstration of the stupidity of Lorton vs. Jones, the Nevada Supreme Court ruling in February 2014 that said Reno’s mayor is basically just another member of the city council, thus triggering city council term limits against mayor candidates.

The ruling, which had impact across the state, flew so sharply in the face of precedent that one Las Vegas newspaper article was headlined “Are you sure, Supreme Court? (Y/N?).”

Indeed, one of the precedents the court had to ignore was its own ruling in a 1940 case, Gilbert vs. Breithaupt, when it held, “The right to hold public office is one of the valuable rights of citizenship. The exercise of this right should not be declared prohibited or curtailed except by plain provisions of law. Ambiguities are to be resolved in favor of eligibility to office.”

Even in cases with no ambiguities, the Nevada Supreme Court stayed with precedents, as when Gov. Bob Miller, who was plainly ineligible for a third term, was allowed by the court to run for one anyway.

The ambiguities test is used across the nation, allowing voters their choices. But in the case involving the Reno City Council, the Nevada Supreme Court ignored not only the precedents but also the distinctions between the duties of mayor and those of city councilmember.

In the Clinger controversy, the mayor was the only person who could call a special meeting of the city council.

The distinction in the roles of mayor and city councilmembers were there for all to see in the council hall when the

special meeting was held. Whether she drew up the agenda or not, she clearly could have ordered what agenda items she wanted to be listed on the agenda, and the absence of one agenda item caused clashes between her and members of the council. It’s unfortunate members of the Nevada Supreme Court were not in attendance for a lesson in practical application of their decisions.

The mayor, unlike councilmembers, is empowered to deal with civil disturbances. The mayor signs city ordinances passed by the city council. The mayor nominates members of the Civil Service Commission, airport authority and other bodies; the council approves or rejects the mayor’s nominees. These are not identical offices.

What is especially troubling about the Nevada Supreme Court’s decision on local term limits is that in Nevada Judges Association vs. Lau (1996), the court stretched the law out of all recognition in order to split an initiative petition in two so that the portion affecting judges themselves was voted on separately in second-round voting.

Such changes must be voted on twice, and the Nevada Constitution plainly says the measure being voted on must be the same in both first- and second-round voting. Yet the court altered the measure halfway through the process, then went out and campaigned vigorously against their own half, winning while all other officeholders—including the Reno city council—were term limited by the other half.

The Nevada Supreme Court’s behavior in Lorton was flawed and in Nevada Judges was seamy, unprofessional and self-interested, making it difficult to believe in the honesty of court appeals. Ω

I don’t even know what the rules are. You can’t have office and be in the military, right? Yeah. I don’t know. It’s a tough question. Well, I would say that—opinion—you’d have to … side on the side that they’re a part of the military, technically, still. So maybe to be strict, they shouldn’t be allowed.

Colin Biggs Librarian

It seems reasonable enough. I know that there’s always some backup plan in case something happens to an official, and then they’re replaced or the governor appoints someone else to succeed the rest of their term.

Yeah, I don’t have any qualms against it.

Miguel r AMos Veterans Affairs fleet manager

Yes. I don’t think anybody should be held back from serving their country. Being a senator or congressman or a city council ombudsman, you should be allowed to serve your country. If you get activated, you get activated.

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Progressives leave white workers behind Progressives often debate the reasons why core Democratic constituencies, such as low-income people, seem to vote against their own interests by backing Republicans who make endless promises that wealth will “trickle down,” when reality has shown their policies only increase income inequality.

An article by ProPublica and Alec MacGillis in the September edition of the Atlantic deals with the despair of poor white Americans. It is a must-read for anyone trying to understand why white working-class voters are up for grabs this election cycle, with far too many of them gravitating to a billionaire who proclaims himself their hero.

The threads of the argument weave a sad story about white privilege and resentment combined with the obliviousness of policy-makers to the root causes of poverty and social decline. Democratic leaders bear a portion of the responsibility as active supporters of corporate welfare policies, such as massive tax breaks for the already wealthy, while failing miserably at investing

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in struggling communities whose outdated jobs in manufacturing or dirty energy have created a climate where job loss, substance abuse, suicide, and social decay are thriving along with a seething anger that desperately seeks an outlet.

Somehow Donald Trump gives a voice to the undereducated, struggling white voters whose fortunes are most definitely inferior to those of their parents’ generation.

They don’t believe the government has their interests at heart, yet they’re willing to ignore the obvious lies and empty promises of a man whose boasts and “incorrectness” reflect their own frustration and rage at being so callously left behind. Trump’s bold rhetoric empowers them to emulate a harsh and uncivil public dialogue that will plague us long after November’s election.

Northern Nevada is hardly immune from the “take our country back” battle cry of those who support Trump’s racist and xenophobic views. As Trump’s barely veiled threats of communal violence against those he paints as “other” are absorbed by

his supporters who want someone to blame for their plight, we are seeing that anxiety and anger take root and manifest itself in increasingly ugly ways.

Earlier this month, a civic engagement worker was updating voter addresses and registering people to vote in a food pantry line in downtown Reno. She listened politely as people offered their political opinions, taking the opportunity to interact with each other in the free food line and discuss the presidential race.

The volunteer overheard a conversation between a white woman, who favored Donald Trump, and a disabled Latina using a walker, who disagreed with her analysis that Trump would stand up for the poor and change things for the better. The Latina felt that Trump presented himself as a dictator, and she expressed fear for her personal safety should he win the election.

As the voter registration worker proceeded down the line she suddenly heard screaming behind her and saw the two women scuffling. Witnesses said the

political conversation had become more heated and the white woman punched the Latina in the face, scratching her and drawing blood. The pantry staff asked the aggressive woman to leave the line and she did, all the while shouting “Go back to Mexico! We don’t want you here!” and other racial slurs.

The Latina remained in the food line, telling the organizer she was shaken up by the fight but what hurt her the most were the mean words the other woman had used.

The bitterness and anger of workers lies barely hidden under the surface, but instead of developing ways to help a struggling Nevadan whose rent is rising but whose income is stagnant, our legislators and governor are preparing for the next big tax giveaway to corporate America in the form of a new stadium for the Raiders in Las Vegas. That’ll fix things for sure. Ω

The Atlantic article referenced here can be read at http://tinyurl.com/jvy86g2

by Brendan Trainor

Distracted driving and safety laws The Reno City Council’s new “inattentive driving” laws could get you cited for applying makeup, eating a Big Mac or sipping a Slurpee while driving. It carries a fine that approaches $500.

A recent survey claims 47 percent of Americans would have a hard time raising $400 to pay for an emergency.

Reno Attorney Larry K. Dunn criticized the law for its vagueness and how it puts too much discretion in the hands of the police officers enforcing it. The police have responded with assurances they would only enforce the law in extreme cases, implying an actual accident or traffic violation was required for a citation.

Assurances against one’s interest are like a man promising to respect you in the morning. Reno is not Ferguson, Missouri, but large fines enhancing a ticket for a lane change smacks of revenue enhancement.

The careless driving statute that also went into effect is described as a way

to curb street racing. So, why didn’t it just say that in the first place? Weren’t there already laws against dragging, or lane changing, or negligence? What we have are two catch-all laws that can potentially snare almost any behavior and ding drivers for an extra $500.

If the laws are meant to be narrowly tailored, why weren’t they? Perhaps they cannot be. If there is an accident, is the officer going to look for food wrappings on the floor of the vehicle? A lipstick smear on the upper lip, perhaps?

Besides the troubling vagueness of the laws and uncertainty as to how they will be enforced, there is a serious issue of real-world effectiveness. Basically, people will do what they’ve got to do in this life, and drivers who drink or eat or fiddle with the radio will continue to do so, only more covertly, and take their eyes off the road for a few more seconds just so they won’t get caught.

Several studies show many states that have passed anti-texting laws have

experienced more texting-related accidents than before the laws were passed.

Limiting the contact that police have with the public is also a way to limit escalations that can lead to police overreaction. Most of the police shootings and other deaths involving members of minorities started with traffic stops for minor offenses like broken tail lights. As Dallas Police Chief David Brown said after his officers were ambushed, we expect too much of our police. Simply training the police in de-escalation techniques may not be enough. Maybe we should limit the interactions of the police and the public in more conscious ways. These new laws will only encourage more police/public interaction.

Washoe County Sen. Don Gustavson has tried many times without success to repeal Nevada’s motorcycle helmet laws. The idea is that many motorcyclists complain the laws are counterproductive because their hearing or vision is impaired by helmets. Helmets

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reduce head injury but increase neck injuries. Seat belt laws encourage more risk taking on the road. Air bags can suffocate children and shoot shrapnel when engaged.

On the other hand, raising the speed limit to 70 or even 80—like Nevada on certain roads—increases compliance without affecting safety.

The Reno City Council believes its new laws will have predictable, certain results. Libertarians see that laws usually cause unintended consequences.

Since the only tool government has is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Maybe Uber and driverless cars will be the free market solution to traffic overregulation! Or maybe the future will continue to be more limited than it should because many city councils will pass shortsighted laws. Ω

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by Dennis Myers

Pot tale of the week The Las Vegas Review-Journal recently editorialized, “And no matter how much pot enthusiasts argue otherwise, marijuana is both addictive—one in 10 people who try pot will become hooked on it—and a gateway to more deadly drugs that kill more than 45,000 Americans a year.” We dealt with the gateway theory in our July 21 edition, noting that marijuana functions as a barrier to more deadly drugs. We turn now to addiction.

The RJ does not cite any evidence for addiction—nor does it emphasize that only one in 10 people—fewer, actually—are addicted to marijuana, nor does it mention that it is a mild addiction, akin to coffee. Nor does it explain why a major public policy choice should be keyed to a tiny slice of the population. Perhaps “And no matter how much pot enthusiasts argue otherwise” means that the newspaper believes that whoever repeats its viewpoint loudest and longest wins and avoids the necessity of supplying evidence. Here, however, we believe in science.

In 1994, leading pharmacologists Dr. Jack Henningfield of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and Dr. Neal Benowitz of the University of California at San Francisco made separate assessments of the addictive qualities of various substances.

Their independent findings were similar. Among six substances—alcohol, caffeine, cocaine, heroin, marijuana and nicotine, the level of dependence of marijuana was ranked sixth and last by both. Alcohol and caffeine were both listed ahead of marijuana for dependence. There was less agreement on reinforcement and withdrawal, but both listed marijuana and caffeine either fifth or sixth in both categories. We await the RJ’s call for prohibition of tea, cola, chocolate and coffee.

That same year, there was another study that has relevance here. According to Scientific American, “in a large-scale survey published in 1994 epidemiologist James Anthony, then at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and his colleagues asked more than 8,000 people between the ages of 15 and 64 about their use of marijuana and other drugs.

The researchers found that of those who had tried marijuana at least once, about 9 percent eventually fit a diagnosis of cannabis dependence. The corresponding figure for alcohol was 15 percent; for cocaine, 17 percent; for heroin, 23 percent; and for nicotine, 32 percent. So although marijuana may be addictive for some, 91 percent of those who try it do not get hooked. Further, marijuana is less addictive than many other legal and illegal drugs.”

The first Bush administration, which in 1989 set off a national anti-drug hysteria, reported to Congress in 1991, “Given the large population of marijuana users and the infrequent reports of medical problems from stopping use, tolerance and dependence are not major issues at present.”

Finally, has government prohibition been a success at discouraging use? What is more effective at dealing with addiction of any kind: health care or prohibition which creates the allure of the forbidden and incentivizes black markets?

Incidentally, underneath the Review-Journal editorial on its website we spotted an advertisement for “The most addictive game of the year! ... Forge of Empires.”

Let’s outlaw it.

—Dennis Myers

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Though a referendum on the solar power issue has been removed from Nevada’s ballot, anti-solar messages are still being run. They attack two firms that left Nevada after the state Public Utilities Commission undercut home solar. Subsidy claims in the commercials are challenged

by PUC critics.

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Myths as news Public relations often masters reporters on aug. 11, fox News reporter Claudia Cowan posted a report that included these words: “Until now, Nevada homeowners subsidized roughly 17,000 customers with solar panels, to the tune of about $16 million every year. This was done under a program known as net metering, which reimbursed residential energy customers for excess power generated by their rooftop panels.”

Cowan’s report included a statement from Nevada Public Utilities Commission chair Paul Thomsen: “As the rooftop solar industry has gotten larger and larger, we’ve seen this subsidy grow. What started as a legislative policy to kickstart the industry—now, 18 years later, it’s time for that industry to stand on its own two feet.”

What Fox failed to report is that there is considerable doubt that the subsidy exists (“Who’s subsidizing whom?” RN&R, June 2). Indeed, a study commissioned by Thomsen’s own agency suggests that regular utility customers are being subsidized by net metering customers, not the other way around.

In fact, until now, only a study by the utility itself—Warren Buffett’s monopoly NV Energy—claimed that

net metering customers were being subsidized by non-solar customers.

Buffett and his public relations people for months have been pushing the subsidy claim with so much success that many journalists have reported the subsidy as fact.

And the PUC’s own study has been quoted against the PUC so often that it ordered up another study by the same company—Energy and Environmental Economics Inc.—that has reached opposite conclusions. The new study argues there is a shift of perhaps $36 million a year onto nonsolar customers.

Critics of the PUC say the new study’s methodology does not have the same rigor as the original study.

They call the new study “an incomplete document with no peer-review or participation from stakeholders,” in the words of Nevada Conservation League Education Fund director Andy Maggi. “The draft study contrasts with studies from the same firm and studies that have been published in recent months that show no such cost shift and indeed, savings for all electrical rate payers.”

“The initial PUCN report included a robust stakeholder process, and this updated report should do the same,”

said Vote Solar spokesperson Jessica Scott. “The study is still underway, and we expect that a thorough peerreviewed analysis will help shed light on the flaws of this preliminary report.”

The new study aside, the way an unsubstantiated claim of a subsidy was reported widely as fact is a case study in the way public relations people can embed dubious information in public debate. Thanks to Buffett’s operations—he wants an end to net metering in favor of traditional large plant facilities—subsidies of solar customers at the expense of non-solar customers have been reported as fact from coast to coast, though state studies in five states (Vermont, Mississippi, Minnesota, Maine, Nevada) have found otherwise, with only one state study (Louisiana) supporting the Buffett claim.

PolitiFact, the Pulitzer-winning fact-checking entity, rated television commercials that make the subsidy claim “half true.”

Public policy myths, when uncorrected by journalists and public officials, can cause enormous damage—financial and otherwise— and spark new laws. The spread of the false notion that autism is caused by vaccines has caused some parents to avoid immunizing their children, reducing herd immunity in schools and endangering students. The widespread but inaccurate belief that state tobacco settlement funds had to be used for health care resulted in other worthy programs losing funds. Reports by gullible journalists in 1986 that crack cocaine was “instantly addicting” led to enactment of numerous state and federal laws that made drug and criminal justice problems worse.

How does information that is in dispute get reported widely as fact?

Bob Felten, a University of Nevada, Reno journalism professor in the strategic communications field, has been in both roles—a reporter and a public relations person. He says there is a series of factors that get dubious information treated as reliable. First is the reduction in reporting staffs.

“That’s been well documented, and people talk a lot about that,” he said. “One of the impacts is having less time to do the work.”

Then there is the pressure to feed 24-hour news.

“You get into an environment where you are so quick to report right now that it’s very, very difficult to research the background of whatever it happens to be.” (The italics were in Felten’s tone of voice.)

Then there is the disappearance of “the desk.”

“I would also suggest to you that another thing that has happened is that the middle rank of copy editors and newsroom people is almost completely gone,” he said. “They would have said, ‘How do you know this? Who said this? What is the attribution?’”

There is also the reporting fault commonly called false equivalency. Sometimes both sides don’t have the same credibility or legitimacy, but some journalists strain to create it, anyway.

“One of those sides really is not equivalent,” Felten said. “The great example is global warming. To say that ‘on the one hand, and then on the other’ is not an accurate way to present information around that issue.”

And finally there is the force behind the scenes.

“There are people who have an interest in perpetuating whatever information you’re talking about,” he said.

If that’s the direction journalism is going, it doesn’t portend a great future for the field.

But Felten said journalism education is aware of all those problems and is now training young, aspiring journalists to guard against the factors that distort.

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A new leaf Interns spend summer with the Nature Conservancy Kids across the country are headed back to school. For some, the summer excursion started and ended on the couch. But for four young women, the voyage back to the classroom began with a flight from Nevada to Rhode Island.

The Nature Conservancy’s Leaders in Environmental Action for the Future (LEAF) program was started in 1995 to connect students with conservation internships. As of this year, high schools in 11 states participate in the program— sending small groups of students to work paid internships with Nature Conservancy field offices in 28 states.

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was a significant year in testing the boundaries of the 14-year-old U.S. system of government.

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down Marbury vs. Madison, the landmark ruling that became the foundation for the court’s authority.

President Jefferson sent his envoy James Monroe and U.S. Minister to France Robert Livingston to Paris to try to buy New Orleans. It was uncertain that presidents even had that authority. The two brought back the Louisiana Purchase, doubling the size of the United States.

And the United States House of Representatives expelled John Van Ness.

A New York lawyer, Van Ness was elected to the House in a special election caused by an 1801 vacancy. The next year, Jefferson appointed him to a militia post in the District of Columbia. He accepted but also continued as a member of the House.

The House had other ideas. The U.S. Constitution was clear—“no person holding any office under the United States, shall be a member of either House during his continuance in office” (article one, section six, clause two).

Van Ness said if the House excluded him, it “would mean the exclusion of militia officers of the States, since they were subject to the command of the United States.”

The House accepted that price. On Jan. 17, 1803, responding to the plea of Rep. John Randolph of Virginia that they vote “unanimously to exclude even the shadow of Executive influence,” the members of the House voted 88-0 to declare Van Ness’s seat forfeited.

It was the first time the issue of a military post clashing with a

Joe Heck dressed for his two constitutionally defined roles.

congressional office had arisen. It would not be the last. There was something about being in the military that made elections and re-elections easier. But until the 20th century, the House never flinched, and always made clear that militia and, later, reserves fell under the constitutional language. In 10 cases, eight members were expelled.

The only ones spared were those who agreed to drop the other office.

There are two sections of the Incompatibility Clause, also called the Ineligibility Clause, of the U.S. Constitution. The section dealing with congressmembers and military service is the second: “No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time: and no person holding any office under the United States, shall be a member of either House during his continuance in office.”

There was a considerable debate on the adoption of this language at the constitutional convention on Sept. 3, 1787, with a dozen delegates joining in. An initial version was defeated, five states to five. An amended version carried, five to four. It was very sweeping—“no person … any office.”

U.S. Rep. Joe Heck of Nevada is in the Army Reserve. He currently serves as deputy commanding general of the Third Medical Command Deployment Support.

He is now also the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate. When he got into the campaign for the retiring Harry Reid’s seat, he told the Washington Post his concerns

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Erosion In the 1800s, Congress steadfastly stopped any violation of the Incompatibility Clause.

In the 1900s, the wall between military service and congressional service began to wear away. During World War I, the U.S. climate was very nearly fascist, and patriotism was enforced by the Espionage Act and private organizations. Prominent

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citizens including a presidential candidate were jailed for criticizing the war. The Nevada Council on Defense asked newsdealers not to carry Hearst Publications “under penalty of being considered unpatriotic,” and the federal court in Carson City denied Hearst an injunction or restraining order to overturn the council’s action.

In that atmosphere, even members of Congress were reluctant to enforce the law against military service by their colleagues.

One who opposed the mixing of the two roles, U.S. Rep. Finis Garrett of Tennessee, nevertheless said unseating such members would be “an ungracious thing to do.”

when any member’s military service was in conflict with his congressional duties.

But the action came to nothing. As the nation became more militaristic, erosion of incompatibility continued. The issue drifted. It became another you-scratchmy-back arrangement in which legislators overlooked each other’s conduct so they could all partake. Individual members, instead of the whole Congress, sometimes decided the outcome of an issue that is of constitutional import.

Of course, there are two ways to remedy congressmembers serving in the military.

Congress can expel them, or presidents or

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about the race. They included “making sure that I can participate and maintain my military commitment, which is very important to me.”

A tri-fold leaflet Heck hands out (see photo on page 14) reads on one of its faces: “Joe Heck is a doctor and U.S. Army Brigadier General. Dr. Joe Heck is a U.S. Army physician and was called to active duty three times, including a deployment to Iraq, where he ran the emergency services section of a combat support hospital treating battlefield trauma cases. He was recently promoted to Brigadier General and can provide the leadership America needs in the War on Terror.”

In what appears to be six point type or smaller, the leaflet then goes on, “Use of Military rank, job titles and photographs in uniform does not imply endorsement by any service branch of the Department of Defense.” (This is six point type.)

On July 25, Heck’s campaign announced he would be doing two weeks of reserve duty and that 12 surrogates would fill in for him on his campaign. The news release read in part: “Today kicks off two weeks of military duty for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Joe Heck, who, as a brigadier general in the Army Reserve, will be unavailable for his important race to replace the retiring Harry Reid. During that time, his campaign is asking surrogates and volunteers to go ‘On Duty for Joe.’ ‘When Dr. Heck is on military duty, he is unable to visit his fellow Nevadans, campaign, or refute his opponent’s attacks. That’s why he needs your help. Show your support on social media by going on duty for Joe and sign up to get involved, volunteer, and help propel us to victory in November,’ said Campaign Manager James Langenderfer, who, like Heck, is an Iraq veteran.”

It’s entirely possible that Heck could have done the two weeks of duty without the announcement and no one would have noticed he was gone from the campaign.

But that would have sacrificed the political benefits of having a dozen surrogates fanning out across the state touting his military service.

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Heck for Senate leaflet showcases his military service.

Precedent is powerful, and the Van Ness precedent had bound the House for three generations. Now it was being undercut by members who feared public reaction to being “ungracious.” (Very shortly, officialdom would fail to act on similar grounds when the president was disabled for more than a year, making clear the risks of failing to take necessary, unpopular steps.)

Even after the war ended, a red-baiting period began, which still constrained the members of Congress. There were objections when an Ohio member sought a “leave of absence” from his congressional duties for military training and the House directed the judiciary committee to inquire

their appointees can remove them from military office. So far, all presidents have passed the buck to Congress.

During World War II, after researching the issue, Attorney General Francis Biddle advised President Franklin Roosevelt: “The required conclusion is that under the practice, which appears to have long prevailed and which I see no occasion to disturb, Members of Congress may enter the armed forces by enlistment, commission or otherwise. Upon entry into such service the individual ceases to be a Member of the Congress provided the House or the Senate, as the case may be, chooses to act. There have, of course, been cases in which the

congressional body affected did not choose to raise the question.”

He recommended that FDR avoid using members of Congress in the military.

President Jimmy Carter looked into the issue in 1977. At the time 25 members of Congress were in the reserves. One of Carter’s legal aides wrote a memo suggesting that the president leave it up to Congress, and the matter ended.

Paradoxically, a president who probably found more ways to offend members of Congress than any other—he was famous for trying to kill their dam-building pork projects—was unwilling to do so on an issue of constitutional separation.

The World War II experience of one familiar name is revealing. Lyndon Johnson, a U.S. House member from Texas and protégé of President Franklin Roosevelt, enlisted after Pearl Harbor but did not resign from the House. He was commissioned a Navy lieutenant commander so he could “observe” the Pacific theatre for Roosevelt, received a Silver Star, then was pulled back to D.C. by a presidential order telling all members of Congress to leave the service.

The Johnson Silver Star is widely regarded as bogus. The citation says Johnson received the medal for “gallantry” because he showed “marked coolness” while riding, as an observer only, in a B-26 that may or may not have been threatened by eight Japanese fighter planes. (Crew members disagreed on whether there were fighters.) Not panicking is not generally regarded as grounds for gallantry awards, and Johnson biographer Robert Caro said Johnson was “in action for no more than 13 minutes [the plane turned back because of mechanical problems] and only as an observer. Men who flew many missions, brave men, never got a Silver Star.” The plot thickens in Robert Dallek’s biography.

He wrote that the medal was part of a deal between Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Rep. Johnson. Johnson got the medal and promised to lobby the president to allocate more resources for MacArthur.

out of control Who’s going to buck a congressmember who’s in a position to help or hurt the Navy when he’s back in D.C.?

The issue goes both ways. Is a member of Congress going to buck an institution that can help him politically?

Nor are presidents the only ones who duck the issue. Judges have regularly done so. In the 1974 case Schlesinger vs. Reservist Committee to Stop the War,

the U.S. Supreme Court was asked by antiwar members of the reserves to remove members of Congress from military offices.

The court avoided the issue entirely by finding that the reservists lacked standing to bring the case.

In arguing that case, Solicitor General Robert Bork contended that members of Congress serving as reservists are not the “evil at which the [Incompatibility] Clause is directed.” That assumes we know the reasons every member of the constitutional convention had for supporting the Clause. Most of them did not express their views.

Through all of these years, there was virtually no question that congressmembers serving in the military held executive “offices” within the meaning of the Incompatibility Clause, though neither conservatives nor liberals made a cause of enforcing the constitution. Recognizing the conflict and enforcing the remedy had become two different things.

By the post-World War II period, enforcement of the Incompatibility Clause

by Congress had completely gone by the wayside, though the conflicts still occasioned comment. Congress even enacted laws to accommodate the practice. By the time Heck arrived in the House, members may no longer have known there was a prohibition—Heck was not available to comment—but the conflicts of interest and the breach of the separation of powers are nevertheless apparent. (U.S. Sen. Harry Reid told us this week he was unaware of the prohibition.)

Three leading exemplars of the practice were U.S. Senators Howard Cannon of Nevada, Barry Goldwater of Arizona, and Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. All three served on the Senate Armed Forces Committee, which also prompted concern.

By 1963, Scripps Howard Newspapers reporter Jim Lucas could report that a whopping 175 members of the House and Senate held reserve commissions. House members Richard Bolling, a Democrat, and Gerald Ford, a Republican, responded with a joint statement: “The constitution is crystal clear that there should be no mixing of the executive and legislative responsibilities of any person.” Again, the niceties were observed, but the law was not enforced.

The Milwaukee Journal reacted to the Lucas reporting in an editorial: “Congress now relies on a 1956 law to get around the constitutional prohibition. The law says a reservist is not to be considered a federal employee ‘when he is not on active duty or when he is on active duty for training.’ However, the law has not been tested in court and

there are at least half a dozen cases in which earlier congresses looked unkindly on reserve type service.’ … Early in the Civil War, the senate declared that when a member accepted a brigadier general’s rank in the volunteers he ‘virtually resigned his seat in the senate and it became vacant at that time. …

Even though reserve participation has become commonplace since World War II, a legal incompatibility seems to exist between service in congress and the reserve. Congress needs to rule clearly on it. At the same time congress should look into the matter of special consideration

The mixing of the roles of Congress and the military may now have implications the founders never saw in a nation whose economy is dominated by military spending.

One is whether the congressmember/ reservists can separate their loyalty to the nation from their fidelity to their service, whose interests may not always be identical.

Last year, on grounds of the Incompatibility Clause and other legal restrictions, the Marines removed U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska from his assignment as a commander in the Marine

Can a legislator choose between the nation and the military? extended to congressmen-officers by the various services.”

In 1963, Goldwater said he had found a statute that said a reservist “is not considered to be an officer of trust or profit or discharging any function.” He seemed to be suggesting that a statute could override the Constitution.

ConfliCts Goldwater, who retired from the reserve in 1967, told this reporter in 1973 that he had decided his dual service was “inappropriate.”

Reserves. In discussing the change, he told Alaska Public Radio that being a reservist makes him more effective in the Senate to help keep his state’s military assets. What if his state’s interests are at odds with the nation’s needs?

Alaska Public Radio also reported, “Sullivan says separating his roles isn’t hard. He says he doesn’t criticize the president when he wears his uniform.”

Criticizing a commander-in-chief is sometimes a congressmember’s function.

In the climate engendered by the “war on terror,” Congress forced local school districts to accept military recruiting unless parents opt out (“Special opts,” RN&R, Sept. 8, 2005). Some in Congress support

privacy-invading tracking of military family children in school systems. Will a member of Congress feel free to buck the Pentagon on such issues—to say nothing of more pedestrian issues like pay, pension benefits and health care? The member will no doubt say yes, but must we take his/her word for it when an institutional remedy is available?

Moreover, there is the desire of some members of Congress to serve in theatres of war, which is highly marketable in political campaigns. Big names are one more thing for a field commander to keep track of that he or she doesn’t need. In 2003, the Bush administration declined to send U.S. Rep. and Army reservist Steve Buyer of Indiana to Iraq, angering him.

(Heck served in Iraq, but not since he became a U.S. House member.)

A member of Congress serving in the military can also interfere with the smooth functioning of the services. In 2006 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces overturned a cocaine use conviction because one of the judges who sat on an initial appeal of the court martial was U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina—an Air Force standby reserve lieutenant colonel. The court opinion (United States vs. Charles M. Lane) found that “the Incompatibility Clause—which prohibits a Member of Congress from ‘holding any Office under the United States’—precludes a Member from serving as an appellate judge on a Court of Criminal Appeals— an ‘office’ that must be filled by an ‘Officer of the United States’.”

“History confirms that a reserve commission is incompatible with congressional membership,” wrote David J. Shaw in his 2009 Georgetown Law Review article “An Officer and a Congressman.”

He continued, “The debate over drafting and ratifying the clause reveals a consensus on the meaning of the clause. … Subsequent congressional failure to act does not obscure the clarity with which early Congresses spoke.”

No, but that failure certainly obscures the issue itself. It is off journalism’s radar. There seem to be few Jim Lucases today. When Heck was promoted to brigadier and the Las Vegas ReviewJournal did a nostalgia piece on Cannon (“Nevada has already had a senatorgeneral,” Sept. 14, 2015), it did not even mention the incompatibility issue.

Desuetude is a doctrine that laws or legal principles lapse and become unenforceable by non-enforcement over a period of time. Could a section of the United States Constitution lose its force through non-enforcement? Ω

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series of two-lane roads lead to a building on the outskirts of Carson City, where a group of partygoers are gathered on a patio under the darkened desert sky. The sound of their voices rises and falls, mingling with music emanating softly from an open door.

A man’s voice carries over the din of friendly chatter, “Anyone want to have a look at Saturn? You can see eight of the moons tonight.”

Answering calls of assent ripple through the crowd as several people break away from conversations to weave through a small forest of telescopes toward the one that’s currently aimed at the gas giant and its moons.

As Saturday evening progresses toward Sunday morning, the party continues—much like it has on almost every Saturday for more than a decade.

This is a star party at the Jack C. Davis Observatory.

The space station The Jack C. Davis Observatory opened on the campus of Western Nevada College on May 15, 2003.

Its “first light”— the debut of its telescopes—was attended by Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon.

The observatory is located on the far western edge of the WNC campus, perched on the foothills of the Eastern Sierra. A walking path around the building features sculptures with artistic interpretations of the planets of our solar system. Inside the building is a classroom packed with equipment—computers, celestial globes and about a dozen small to medium-sized telescopes. Doors on either side of the classroom’s far wall open onto a narrow room with a retractable roof that houses three large, computerized telescopes. The Jack C. Davis Observatory is indeed a researchlevel facility, but it wasn’t created exclusively for academicians.

“We think of it as a community resource,” said observatory director and WNC physics professor Dr. Thomas Herring. “It’s not just for the college students.

It’s definitely for everybody— anybody interested in astronomy at any level.”

The observatory is open to the public, and while it’s on WNC’s campus, it’s actually operated by a group of amateur astronomers, the Western Nevada Astronomical Society. Its members are not academics, but their collective body of knowledge and respective research interests are impressive, to say the least. Some of them are contributors to peer-reviewed scientific journals. And several participate in serious astronomical research through projects like the Research and Education Collaborative Occultation Network (RECON)—a National Science Foundation-funded citizen science research project aimed at exploring the outer solar system through coordinated telescope observations of objects orbiting

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The weekly star parties have a lot to offer, even for the casual visitor whose end goal doesn’t involve getting time on the observatory’s large telescopes. WNAS’s members each have different specializations, and the patio during a star party is good place to meet people with a diversity of experience and interests.

Red Sumner has been a member of WNAS since about 1993. A decade before the observatory was built, he and other amateur astronomers used to meet on the outskirts of town for stargazing parties. Sumner, who has been using telescopes since 1980, said the star parties are a great resource for people who are considering a telescope or have recently purchased one.

“If there’s questions about the equipment—what sort of telescopes are available—we can answer those questions right here, with telescopes,” he said. “And that’s one of the big advantages.”

The parties are also a good destination for photographers.

The observatory crew is currently working on outfitting one of its telescopes with an adapter to allow people to hook up DSLR cameras for astrophotography, which is WNAS member Yash Panse’s specialization. Panse keeps a collection of his astrophotography on his phone to show visitors and can advise on getting vivid photographs of nebulae and planets. It’s a painstaking process that requires dozens or even hundreds of individual photos to be combined through photo-editing. But Panse said the results are worth the work.

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“You spend multiple nights, sleepless nights, working, getting your photographs and then when you get one out of it, oh God, it’s worth it,” he said. “You don’t sleep for like six days, seven days, up all the night from like seven o’clock in the evening until well, it’s like 6 o’clock in the morning. I’ve been like, ‘Oh, I’m tired, and I need to go to work.’

But then you come back, and you see your photo, and it was worth it—so worth it.”

The parties also have something to offer for those scholastically inclined. Lectures are held on the second and fourth Saturday of each month before the party begins.

One of the regular speakers is a man named Michael Thomas. He’s made a career out of lecturing but has also set aside time each month for the last nine years to lecture at the observatory. His topics range from red dwarfs and black holes to Jules Verne and Star Trek. On Sept. 10, he’ll give a lecture on the Roswell UFO incident.

There’s one interest all of the members seem to share—using star parties as a way to get kids excited about science. It’s something former observatory director and WNC professor emeritus Robert Collier feels particularly passionate about.

“It takes some individual to spend some time to get someone to get into sciences like this, and it’s so important, so important,” he said.

He should know. The experience Collier hopes to create for children who attend the star parties would be one to mirror the experience that set him on the path to a career in physics.

“When these kids come up here you never know the little spark that will make a difference in their lives,” he said.

“I got interested in science in third grade. … I had this young teacher that loved science, and she turned me on to it. And I got to tell her that many years later.

Of course, she didn’t recognize me, but her name was Miss Riggs, and I told her, and she started just about to cry.” Ω

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WNAS’s members are also the hosts of the observatory’s Saturday night star parties. And according to Herring, those can be a stepping stone for people interested in getting their hands on the observatory’s three large telescopes.

“If you really want to learn how to use these telescopes, come hang out at the observatory for a few weekends in a row,” he said.

“Show us what you know. Learn some stuff on the patio. Volunteer some time, and you can get to play with the big guys too.”

The Jack C. Davis Observatory is located at 2269 Vanpatten Ave., Carson City.

Learn more about star parties by visiting www.wnas-astronomy.org or calling the observatory at 445-3000.

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Daphna’s unyielding, aggressive, holierthan-thou Jewishness makes her a misery to be around—exactly the opposite of what he believes faith should do for a person.

To say that I sat watching Goodluck Melody is by contrast all sunshine and Macbeth’s sneak preview performance rainbows. She’s a blond Caucasian from of Bad Jews misses the mark. Rather, I Delaware who has no idea where her family squirmed for almost the entire 90 minutes came from and couldn’t care less. as the cast of four hurled insults and But it’s Daphna’s request to keep spewed hatred at each other, with plenty of Poppy’s chai—a gold medallion bearing spatter left over for the audience. a Hebrew symbol meaning “life”—that Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews is an unleashes holy war, with Jonah and Melody uncomfortable, provocative look at what it caught in the crossfire. She argues that means to honor tradition and family history. she’s the most Jewish of the cousins, It examines whether the and therefore most sheer number of rules deserving. But Liam followed or customs has it, she wants it and upheld is an indicator of Poppy’s intentions for a person’s goodness— the medallion, which he and whether disavowing smuggled in and out of religion altogether might a concentration camp Goodluck Macbeth presents Bad Jews, Aug. also be dangerous. under his tongue, are 19-21 and 25-28. Tickets are $15 in advance Few subjects provoke or $18 at the door. For information, visit murky at best. Finally, such savage argument as www.goodluckmacbeth.org. the bickering reaches religion—an irony that’s a fierce climax that not lost on playwright surprises them all.

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New York apartment his parents bought Gebensleben is grating as Daphna. him. It’s the night following the funeral Maybe Harmon wrote her this way. But of their grandfather, or Poppy. Daphna is there’s a sense that she should also have 16 a fired-up, hard-to-please Jewish idealist. some humanity and an aching heart with 16 She’s a stereotype: a demanding, whiny, which we can identify. And she doesn’t. cheap, overly hairy Jew who’s impossible Canon’s outstanding performance to please and never shuts up. And tonight, as Liam, ranging from visceral anger to her ire is directed at Liam, Jonah’s absent surprising softness, is the best part of the brother, who went skiing with his girlfriend show. And Fitzpatrick’s Melody is refreshin Aspen, dropped his iPhone from a ski ingly uncomplicated, a warm light in a cold, lift, and missed Poppy’s funeral. dark room. She’s hilariously oblivious to By the time Liam (Cody Canon) and Daphna’s insults, and her musical talents his girlfriend Melody (Megan Fitzpatrick) deliver the best laugh of the entire show. finally arrive at Jonah’s apartment, we’re all And you’ll laugh a lot, but one thing’s sick to f-ing death of Daphna. for sure—there’s enough family tension Liam is her polar opposite, not terribly here to get you all the way to Hanukkah. Ω interested in any religion. In his mind,

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A tagine—or tajine—is a shallow earthenware cooking dish with a conical Zayna Flavors of Morocco is a welcome lid used to slow-roast stews and meats, a addition to Reno’s increasingly diverse centerpiece of North African and Middle food scene. My wife and I took advantage Eastern cooking. The term tagine is also of an introductory “Sultan’s Feast” sixused to denote a dish cooked in this fashion, course meal—including a glass of house thus the chicken and lamb tagines that were wine—for $34.95 per person. Moroccan served as entrees. music playing in the kitchen lent the proper Both meats are soaked in spices and vibe without making it difficult to hold a cooked with onion, olive and prepared conversation in the dining room. I’ve heard lemon, resulting in fall-off-the-bone meat that belly dancing often accompanies these with a powerful punch of flavor. The four meals, but we apparently chose the dancer’s chicken thighs were served with rice pilaf night off. made with spices, bell pepper and a lot of A serving of hummus paired with chicken flavor. In an odd way, it reminded olives and soft pita bread comprised our me a bit of my Czech grandmother’s first course. The hummus was unlike most comfort food, chicken and rice. from the eastern end of the Mediterranean.

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Phillips, like Adam McKay before him with The Big Short, makes a strong and convincing transition into dramatic satire. Yes, the film has its laughs, but this is by most standards a drama, one that the likes of Martin Scorsese would try to Director Todd Phillips, a man usually responsible tackle. Mind you, Phillips is no Scorsese, but he for slob comedies like The Hangover and Old does make a good-looking movie containing realSchool, goes a more serious, satirical route with istic and strong performances. While he’s going War Dogs. The results are mixed, but ultimately down some familiar story paths here, he does so entertaining. in a way that’s stylistically strong.

Based on an article in Rolling Stone that The film is at its best during a sequence where described real-life gun runners and the way they Efraim and David must drive a relatively small bilked the government and screwed each other shipment of guns through the Triangle of Death over, the film plays out as a sort of Wolf of Wall and into the heart of Iraq. It’s during this stretch Street with weapons and Albania instead of that the movie is funny, thrilling and even a little stocks and the financial district. scary. The parts before and after are often rivetContributing to that Wolf vibe is Jonah Hill ing and engaging in other ways, but not nearly as Efraim Diveroli, a diabolical, narcissistic as fast-paced or entertaining. It’s a plus that the weapons dealer who puts profit before morality great sequence is in there, even if it makes the and friendship. Even though Hill throws in an rest of the film look slightly inferior. annoying laugh that should’ve Hill put on a lot of weight been discouraged, the core of his again for his role, to an extent performance is still funny and that could make his fans a little brutal when it needs to be. He anxious. He’s seesawing with the continues to show he’s far more whole weight thing like two kids than a giggle-getter. He’s a realon the playground after three deal actor. bowls of Apple Jacks chased Miles Teller plays his partner, Director: Todd Phillips with five cups of pure cane sugar Starring: Jonah Hill, David Packouz, a massage theraand a gallon of Coke. I saw him Miles Teller, Ana de Armas pist who can’t keep his career in on a recent interview show, and line and needs to straighten out he’s looking much healthier fast, especially because he has again. Still, his adherence to the a kid on the way with wife, Iz (Ana de Armas, Robert De Niro/Christian Bale school of body far less scary here than she was torturing Keanu acting must be taxing the ticker.

Reeves in Knock Knock).

Teller bounces back impressively after last The story focuses on one big deal the two year’s awful Fantastic Four, giving a performance try to broker involving millions of ammunition more in line with his awesome work in Whiplash. rounds in an Albanian warehouse. The U.S. He’s also been tied into the abysmal Divergent government under Cheney and Bush had basifranchise these last few years. He’s been in some cally put arms trading deals out to anybody who crap, but anybody denouncing this guy needs to dared to bid on them, and these guys dove in. look no further than Whiplash, The Spectacular They run into all kinds of trouble, some of it Now and this film for examples of his talent. predictable. You’ll find yourself predicting what War Dogs isn’t a great movie, but it’s one of happens next at times but, hey, much of this actuthe summer’s better movies. This summer, in ally happened. It just shows how utterly stupid short, stinks like hell. I just thought I’d get that and simplistic the whole system was and how into this last paragraph as a means of expressing these dopes just walked into all kinds of traps. my general disgust. Sorry, I got off track a bit.

Their predictability and willingness to chase a War Dogs is a good movie. It truly is. Ω profit at all costs walked hand-in-hand with their carelessness.

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Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine and Ben Foster all destroy their parts in this absolutely terrific modern Western from director David Mackenzie. Pine and Foster play two brothers who come up with a bank-robbing scheme to save the family farm, and Bridges is the soonto-be-retired sheriff trying to stop them. Pine takes his career into all new territories with his work here, making you forget he’s Captain Kirk and totally disappearing into his part.

Foster, an actor I couldn’t stand when he was younger, just gets better and better with each film, with this being his best work yet. Pine is supposedly the more sensible one, while Foster is the nut. What’s great about the writing here is how those roles sometimes switch, and the acting by both makes it mesmerizing to watch.

What else can you say about Bridges at this point? He’s one of the best actors to have ever walked the Earth, and this further cements that fact. Mackenzie, whose most notorious prior film was the underrated Starred Up, takes a step into the elite class with this one.

His staging of car chases and manhunts is nerve-shredding. It’s simply a movie without a bad frame in in it. It’s a masterpiece, one of only a few to be released so far this year.

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Sausage Party

Sausage Party, the animated hellcat from writer-producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, is the first big studio film in a long time with screaming levels of originality.

It’s a profanity-laden, blasphemous middle finger to the movie-making establishment that thinks it’s OK to turn out sequels and comic book movies that suck as long as people shell out for them. It couldn’t be more fun, and it’s like nothing you’ve seen before. In a sunny supermarket, a bunch of vegetables, hot dogs and buns wake up and sing a happy song, convinced that today will be the day they are chosen by

A bunch of comedians lend their voices to some cartoon characters, and the results are moderately entertaining.

Louis C.K. voices Max, a Jack Russell terrier who loves his master, Katie (Ellie Kemper of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), with that undying loyalty that makes dogs so damn cool.

Katie brings home a new brother for Max, a big brown shaggy dog named Duke (Eric Stonestreet), and it creates some turmoil in the household. Max and Duke eventually wind up in the hands of Animal Control, and eventually fend for themselves in the sewers of Manhattan. There they become enemies of the Flushed Pets, a group consisting of alligators, lizards, snakes and furry critters led by Snowball the Rabbit (Kevin Hart on a sound booth tear). The advertised premise for the film suggests the movie might be about what our pets do in the house when we leave home.

That part of the film is out of the way early in the movie’s opening minutes. The rest of the movie is the band of pets in Max’s neighborhood trying to find him and Duke when they get lost. Some of the sequences are borderline deranged. This doesn’t feel like the stuff of kids’ movies.

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Suicide Squad

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was a skunk blast to the face for most of us trying to have a good time with a superhero movie earlier this year. Suicide Squad looked like a chance to get DC movies back on the good foot. With David Ayer (Fury, End of Watch) at the helm, and a cast including Will Smith, Jared Leto and Margot Robbie, it looked like summer was due to get a fun blast of movie mischief. Suicide Squad does nothing to improve the summer blockbuster season.

It actually sends a big, stinking torpedo of shit into its side, and sends the thing barreling toward the bottom of the bowl. That’s being kind. After a first half build-up/tease that does a decent job of introducing bad guy characters like Deadshot (Smith), Harley Quinn (Robbie) and the Joker (Leto), the movie becomes what can only be described as a spastic colon, resulting in that big turd referred to above.

While Smith and Robbie deliver relatively fun performances, the movie is a scattershot mess with no sense of direction.

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Star Trek Beyond

While the latest Star Trek film lacks a little bit in soul and story cohesiveness, it scores high on the zip factor and introduces a creepy new villain. The third film in the franchise’s reboot might be the weakest chapter featuring the newish cast, but it’s still a lot of fun. J.J. Abrams stepped down from the conn to direct his revamped Star Wars, relegating himself to a producer’s role. In stepped Justin Lin, best known for making cars jump between skyscrapers in the Fast & Furious franchise.

It’s also not a surprise that some of the action scenes motor along with the efficiency of a Dodge Challenger Hellcat. The film picks up with James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and his crew in the midst of their five-year mission. Kirk, as he did in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, is starting to get a little bored. He’s up for an admiral’s position, and might soon find himself grounded to a desk job. The movie has barely started when the U.S.S. Enterprise is attacked by thousands of marauding spaceships, and the crew finds themselves shipwrecked on a sparsely inhabited planet. Unfortunately, one of those few is Krall (Idris Elba), a nasty looking alien with evil intentions involving an ancient weapon.

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Three years ago, director David F. Sandberg made a great short about a woman home alone at night, noticing a dark figure when she switched the light off. The payoff was both hilarious and scary as shit. So, of course, producer James Wan got a hold of Sandberg, and now there’s a full length feature film based on that light-switch premise. Writer Eric Heisserer takes the idea, fleshes it out, and comes up with a pretty good story to go with Sandberg’s strong horror directing abilities. Rebecca (Teresa Palmer) is an angry woman with mommy and commitment issues.

Her mom, Sophie (Maria Bello), recently lost her husband and has fallen into a depression where she is talking to herself. Her son, and Sophie’s brother, Martin (Gabriel Bateman) is seeing a strange dark figure when the lights go out. It all leads up to a finale where flashlights are very valuable and potential victims behave like idiots.

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It’s been nine years since the last Bourne movie that mattered. (2012’s The Bourne Legacy, with Jeremy Renner, was a joke.) After saying he wouldn’t play the part again, Matt Damon is back as Jason Bourne, with his director buddy Paul Greengrass in tow.

The result: a tedious, desperate and sad extension of the Bourne storyline. Jason Bourne is currently holding hands with Ghostbusters as a film prominently displaying how not to continue a beloved franchise. At the end of The Bourne Ultimatum, Damon’s Bourne woke up after a bridge dive and swam off into an unknown and unpredictable future. It seemed a fitting and perfect end to the character or, perhaps, that particular story arc. Bourne found out his real name, learned why he was an assassin with amnesia, and got himself a little revenge. Case closed, right? Wrong. Money matters, and Universal wanted to keep the Bourne locomotive on track. Greengrass and his writers have come up with a way to further confuse Bourne about his identity. Attempts to modernize Bourne with mumbo jumbo involving a tech mogul (Riz Ahmed) and his new social media platform make parts of this movie feel like a jettisoned episode of Silicon Valley.

humans to enter the great beyond—the world on the other side of those automatic sliding doors. What they find on the other side of those doors is nonstop carnage, certain death, and a generally bad time for all things digestible.

What makes Sausage Party a cut above your average stoner movie full of food items screwing and being murdered is that it’s actually a smart swipe at organized religion and politics.

I don’t want to give much away other than to say this movie makes you think a lot more than you would expect from a movie that features a taco going down on a hot dog bun.

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Love notes Sam Lowe Singer/songwriter Sam Lowe speaks quickly and laughs often. The 19-year-old Carson City native exudes a luminous energy that comes across whether she is onstage singing and playing guitar—or sitting in a Starbucks on North Carson Street, sipping an iced green tea.

Lowe’s style ranges from indie and folk to R&B and house music, all united under Lowe’s youthful, expressive vocals.

Lowe began making music early on but only recently started taking it more seriously. Like many, she took to YouTube and began releasing acoustic and a cappella covers of popular songs. While she continues to do covers, she has also progressed into writing original music.

This is because, for Lowe, music does not just entail getting a bunch of views on your Frank Ocean YouTube cover. Instead, it is a vehicle for artistic expression, an outlet for social protest and demonstration, and a means to connect to others on an emotional and intellectual level.

At one point, Lowe remembered listening to other musical artists and being surprised by how deeply she internalized their messages.

“Sometimes I would listen to songs, and they were able to access me at a point where I didn’t know that I could be reached at,” said Lowe. “There is something so intuitive about music that so many other art forms can’t reach. You can just enjoy and feel it. Even though it is a different experience for everyone, it is a unified experience.”

In every aspect, it seems that Lowe’s very being emanates a sense of infectious optimism, with her newest song being no exception.

Carson City’s Sam Lowe, once exclusively a YouTube cover artist, is now also a published songwriter.

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Her latest single, “Bitty Feep,” is set to drop on Aug. 27 on iTunes, Spotify and Pandora. It is an upbeat acoustic tune with a Sara Bareilles feel and a folksy flair.

The song talks about “cute aggression,” a term that basically refers to the “so cute I want to eat it” phenomenon—and its place in Lowe’s current relationship.

“The song is about my boyfriend, Isaiah,” she laughed. “He is so much taller than me but so adorable. What are you supposed to do with all that cuteness? You don’t know! When you are thirsty you just want to drink water.

When you see cuteness, you just want to destroy it.”

Sure, cute aggression might sound ridiculous, maybe even a little dangerous.

But “Bitty Feep” is so much more than that. It perfectly encompasses that overwhelming feeling of young love, of going crazy for a person who drives you crazy.

Lowe wrote her new single during her freshman year at the University of Nevada, Reno, inspired by her relationship, which at the time was long-distance.

In “Bitty Feep,” Lowe translates those mostly wonderful but sometimes difficult experiences that sum up long-distance relationships into an indie folk love letter.

Aside from writing new music, she is also working on performing more frequently at local events, and she has her sights set on performing internationally within the next couple of years.

“I want audiences to leave feeling more loved, more hopeful,” said Lowe.

“I want them to go to sleep with a hopeful mind full of ideas. They can find encouragement, or they can identify with a struggle and find something to get them through the day. That’s what I want to do this for.” Ω

Sam Lowe’s latest single, “Bitty Feep,” is set to drop on Aug. 27 on iTunes, Spotify and Pandora.

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FRIDAY 8/26

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Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

DJ Izer, 10pm, $5 after 10pm

DJ Izer, 10pm, $5 after 10pm

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Rustler’s Moon, 8:30pm, no cover

Bourgeois Gypsies, 9pm, no cover

Bourgeois Gypsies, 9pm, no cover

132 West St., (775) 329-2878

Aug. 25, 8 p.m.

Studio on 4th 432 E. Fourth St. 737-9776

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

CARGO AT WHITNEY PEAK HOTEL

Best Coast, Day Wave, 8pm, $17

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

CEOL IRISH PUB

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

Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

COMMA COFFEE

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

Paul Covarelli & John Ayers, 6pm, no cover

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Comedy

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

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: Sean Peabody, F, 7:30pm, $13-$15 The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: Steve White, Avi Liberman, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30; Kivi Rogers, Joel Lindley, Tu-W, 9pm, $25 Laugh Factory at Silver Legacy Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., 325-7401: Greg Hahn, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $21.95; F-Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $27.45; Mitch Fatel, Tu, W, 7:30pm, $21.95 Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., 686-6600: Grandma Lee, 8pm, $12-$15; Sean Peabody, F, 9pm, $12-$18; Sa, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, $12-$18

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2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-6700

Chris Talbot, 9pm, no cover

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Fourth Friday Session, 6pm, no cover

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SUNDAY 8/28

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 8/29-8/31

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SATURDAY 8/27

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Everyday Outlaw, 8pm, no cover

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Karaoke, 9pm, Tu, W, no cover

Tune-In Tuesdays, 8pm, Tu, no cover CW and Mr. Spoons, noon, M, no cover Dave Leather, noon, W, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm, Tu, Scumbag Country w/Rico & Leroy, 8pm, W, no cover

Amerist and Company, 9pm, no cover

Dirty Fingers, 9pm, no cover Jason King, 7:30pm, no cover

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DG Kicks, 9pm, Tu, no cover

C.J. Tirone, 7pm, W, no cover Blues Monsters, 7pm, W, no cover

Canyon White Open Mic Night, 8pm, no cover

Mustache Kitty, 8pm, no cover

HIMMEL HAUS

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

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Melissa Brooks & The Aquadolls, Snack, Low Morale, 8pm, $5-$7

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2) Iamtheshotgun, 10pm, $TBA

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2) Blazin Mics!, 9:30pm, M, no cover

THE JUNGLE

Kate Cotter & Tyler Stafford, 8pm, no cover

Game Genie, 9pm, no cover

Outspoken: Open Mic Night, 7pm, M, Reno’s Favorite Crooners, 7:30pm, W, no cover

Magic Fusion, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $19-$27

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FRIDAY 8/26

SATURDAY 8/27

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Live jazz, 8pm, no cover

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Strictly Business, 7:30pm, no cover

The Heidi Incident, 8pm, no cover

Jason King, 8pm, no cover

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Defcats, 8pm, no cover

Bonanza King, 8:30pm, no cover

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SUNDAY 8/28

Tandymonium, 6:30pm, Tu, no cover

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

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POLO LOUNGE

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

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

RED DOG SALOON

Open mic and jam, 7pm, no cover

ROCKBAR THEATER

Rockaraoke, 8pm, no cover

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Blue Lotus, PUSHBoX, 9pm, no cover

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 8/29-8/31

Max Kronyak, Booya, Tommy2Tone, 9pm, no cover

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Melissa Brooks & The Aquadolls

Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover

Kutpile, Mudface, The Ghost Next Door, Metalbilly Trucker, 7pm, $7

Karaoke with Steve Starr, 8pm, no cover

Black Rock City Allstars, Mr Rooney, 9pm, no cover

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The Holland Project 140 Vesta St. 742-1858 Metal Mondays, 9pm, M, no cover Beer and Record Club, 8pm, W, no cover

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Healing Potpourri, Friendless Summer, Applied Ethics, 8pm, Tu, $5

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Saturday Night Dance Party, 9pm, no cover

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Tuesday Trivia, 8pm, Tu, no cover

Longriver, Travis Champ, 8pm, $5

Mark Huff, Tom Melancon, 8pm, W, $7

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Zion Roots, 9pm, no cover

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1) The Full Monty, 7pm, $36.95 2) Left of Centre, 10:30pm, no cover

1) The Full Monty, 7pm, Tu, W, $36.95 2) Live Band Karaoke, 10pm, M, no cover Garage Boys, 10:30pm, W, no cover

2) Trey Songz, 9pm, $30 3) Country Nights w/DJ Colt Ainsworth, 10pm, no cover

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1) Alex Ramon IMPOSSIBLE, 7:30pm, $29.35 2) DJ E2, DJ JosBeatz, 10pm, $20 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

1) Alex Ramon IMPOSSIBLE, 7:30pm, $29.35 2) DJs Five, Steve1der, Rick Gee, 10pm, $20 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

1) Sammy’s Showroom 50th Anniversary Show, 8pm, $39.50-$40.50 3) Melissa Dru, 9pm, no cover 4) M8TRIX, 6pm, no cover

1) Sammy’s Showroom 50th Anniversary Show, 8pm, $39.50-$40.50 3) Melissa Dru, 9pm, no cover

1) Sammy’s Showroom 50th Anniversary Show, 8pm, $39.50-$40.50

1) Sammy’s Showroom 50th Anniversary Show, 8pm, M, $39.50-$40.50

1) Sammy Hagar and the Circle, 7:30pm, $69.50 2) Garage Boys, 10pm, no cover

2) Garage Boys, 10pm, no cover

2) DJ Chris English, 10pm, no cover

1) 20th Anniversary Lake Tahoe Summit w/The Killers, 2pm, W, $25.23

3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, no cover Asphalt Cowboys, 9pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, no cover Asphalt Cowboys, 9pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, W, no cover Justin Lee Band, 9pm, W, no cover

2) The Rooks, 8pm, no cover 3) Latin Dance Social, 7:30pm, $10-$20

2) The Rooks, 8pm, no cover 3) DJ Jazzy Jeff, 10pm, $20

2) Bogg Jazz Ensemble, 6pm, no cover

2) Bogg Jazz Ensemble, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

1) Hans Eberbach, 8pm, no cover

1) Hans Eberbach, 8pm, no cover

3) Generation Idol, 7pm, $10

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

1) Trace Adkins, 8pm, $59.50-$72.50 3) Fashion Fridays, 9pm, no cover 4) Arizona Jones, 9pm, no cover

1) Bill Burr, 8pm, $59.50-$69.50 3) Seduction Saturdays, 9pm, $5 4) Arizona Jones, 9pm, no cover

3) Sunday Funday Industry Night, 10pm, no cover

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) The Full Monty, 7pm, $36.95 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

HARRAH’S LAKE TAHOE

Karaoke 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: Karaoke, Sa, 9pm, 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

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

1) Sammy’s Showroom 50th Anniversary 219 N. Center St., (775) 788-2900 Show, 8pm, $39.50-$40.50 1) Sammy’s Showroom 2) The Zone 3) Sapphire Lounge 4) Plaza 5) Convention Center

HARVEYS LAKE TAHOE

18 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (775) 588-6611 1) Outdoor Arena 2) Cabo Wabo Cantina Lounge

2) Peach Kings, 9:30pm, no cover

NUGGET CASINO RESORT

3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, no cover 1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-3300 1) Celebrity Showroom 2) Nugget Grand Ballroom Asphalt Cowboys, 9pm, no cover 3) Gilley’s

PEPPERMILL RESORT SPA CASINO

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

2) The Rooks, 7pm, no cover

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 8/29-8/31

1) Alex Ramon IMPOSSIBLE, 7:30pm Tu, W, $29.35 3) Buddy Emmer Band and guest, 8pm, Tu, no cover

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

2) Banzai Thursdays w/DJ Trivia,

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

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FOr tHE WEEK OF AUgUst 25, 2016 For a complete listing of this week’s events or to post events to our online calendar, visit www.newsreview.com.

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.

HOMEWOOD CRAFT BEER & FOOD TRUCK FEST: Homewood Mountain Resort’s festival features food trucks, a craft beer garden and live music by Jeff Jones and Brad Perry. Su, 8/28, noon-4pm. Free.

Homewood Mountain Resort, 5145 W. Lake Blvd., Homewood, (530) 584-6867.

MOANA FOOD TRUCK ROUNDUP: The food truck gathering features family-friendly activities, entertainment and more.

Th, 5-9pm through 9/29. Free admission.

Rounds Bakery, 294 E. Moana Lane, Ste. 10, (775) 329-0800.

RENO BEER CRAWL: Purchase your glass and map at The Waterfall and enjoy $1 refills at 12+ downtown Reno taverns. Fourth

Sa of every month, 2-6pm through 12/24.

$5 glass and map. The Waterfall, 134 W. Second St., (775) 322-7373.

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. Local musicians provide free live entertainment each week. F, 5-9pm through 9/30. Free admission. Idlewild Park, 1900 Idlewild Drive, (775) 825-2665.

TAHOE CITY FINE ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL:

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Peaks and Paws Festival

The seventh annual festival and benefit for the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe features dog-themed entertainment, fun activities for the whole family, adoptable dogs, wine and beer tastings and entertainment by JD Platt & the K9 Kings and bluegrass music by Bison, The Cherry Pickers, Dusty Green Bones and Trout Steak Revival. The event is from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Village at Squaw Valley, 1750 Village East Road, Olympic Valley. Admission is a $5 donation. Visit www.squawalpine or com or http://hstt.org.

EvEnts 19TH ANNUAL UNDERWATER TREASURE HUNT: Dive for “treasure” in Lake Tahoe at this benefit for Divers Alert Network.

Lunch provided. Su, 8/28, 9:15am.

Pre-registration with shirt $45, preregistration $30, day of event $35. Sand Harbor State Park, 2005 Highway 28, Incline Village, (775) 238-3483.

AUGUST FUN FAIR: The Church at Reno will hold a parking lot fun fair featuring a band, game booths, a dunk tank, a shooting gallery, “Ask the Preacher” booth, Bible trivia and refreshments. Sa, 8/27, 11am-3pm. Free. The Church at Reno, 1205 N. McCarran Blvd., (775) 848-1432.

BEST IN THE WEST NUGGET RIB COOK-OFF: Rib cookers from across the world will compete for prizes and a claim to the “Best Ribs in the West” during the 28th annual rib cook-off. The event also features the Crafters’ Crossing, kids’ play area, beer garden and live music and entertainment.

W-Su, 11am-9pm through 9/4. Opens 8/31; M, 9/5, 11am-5pm. Free. Victorian Avenue,

Sparks, www.nuggetribcookoff.com.

BURNING MAN: The festival and temporary city returns for another year of art, community, self-reliance and selfexpression. M-Su through 9/5. Opens 8/28. $390+. Black Rock Desert, northeast of Gerlach, http://burningman.org.

CANFEST: The annual international canned beer festival celebrates the growing trend of canning beer and its benefits. A variety of food will be included with the purchase of a VIP ticket. Sa, 8/27, 6pm. $45-$50. Peppermill Resort Spa Casino, 2707 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-2121.

FEED THE CAMEL: The food truck event and arts bazaar takes place under the Keystone Bridge. W, 5-8pm through 9/28.

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

GOLD HILL GHOST TOUR: Enjoy a meal 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

Meet with more than 35 artisans and craftspeople showcasing a wide variety of arts and crafts including photography, paintings, ceramics, jewelry and more.

F, 8/26, 10am-5pm; Sa, 8/27, 10am-5pm; Su, 8/28, 10am-5pm. Free. Boatworks Mall Shopping Center, 760 N. Lake Blvd.,Tahoe City, http://pacificfinearts.com.

THURSDAY DOWNTOWN FARMERS’ MARKET: Shirley’s Farmers Markets and the Sands Regency host the weekly farmers’ market. Local vendors will converge under the large tent in the Sands parking lot located south of Third Street in Reno.

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

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

All AgEs DOWNTOWN LIBRARY STORY TIME: Stories and activities especially for the preschool child. Tu, 10:30am. Free. Downtown Reno Library, 301 S. Center St., (775) 327-8312.

HANDS-ON WEEKEND SCIENCE: Families can participate in science activities on Saturdays and Sundays during HandsOn Weekend Science. Planetarium staff will host demonstrations and activities at the Science Station mobile lab in the lobby of the Exhibit Hall. Sa, Su, 10am-2pm through 9/4. Free. Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center, 1650 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4812.

INSIDE OUT: AN ANATOMY EXPERIENCE: This exhibition will take you on a journey into the curiosities of human anatomy.

Through digital and hands-on exhibits, you’ll learn how our bodies work, grow, age and heal. Tu-Su. $9-$10. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum, 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, www.nvdm.org.

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

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

Art ARTE ITALIA: Italian-American Cinema: From Capra to the Coppolas. This documentary exhibit curated by the Museo Italo Americano at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco features written and photographic panel displays, videos, memorabilia and graphic art. The themes upon which Italian-American filmmakers have concentrated include family, community, immigration and assimilation. Their films explore the American Dream in all its ramifications and contradictions. Th-Su, noon-5pm through 9/18. Free. 442 Flint St., (775) 333-0310.

CARSON CITY COMMUNITY CENTER: Silver State Swimmer. The Capital City Arts Initiative presents artwork by Michael Malley at the Carson City Community Center’s Sierra Room. M-Th, 8am-5pm through 11/10. Free. 851 E. William St., Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

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, 8am5pm through 9/29. Free. 885 E. Musser St., Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

FRONT DOOR GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Brett Flanigan. The first show in University Galleries’ new mural series features mural art by the Oaklandbased artist. M-F through 11/11. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6658.

HOLLAND PROJECT GALLERY: Helms’ Pit: Valley Son(g). For the final installation of the Summer Serva Pool Series, Omar Pierce’s short-run exhibition explores civil dissonance, blue privilege and lonesome ghosts and features collaborative pieces between Omar and artists Ashley Westwood, Lauren Baker, Shane Edwin Oakley and Ciara Clements. Tu-F, 3-6pm through 8/26; How To Deal. Frankie Carino’s artwork is in the main gallery this month. He is interested in using different spaces in non-traditional ways to create cool, contemporary installations combining photography-based work with artifacts in a way that points out gaps in perception between different individuals. Tu-F through 9/2. Free. 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858.

Fingers. Nathaniel Benjamin will feature his original screen prints that illustrates the humanistic elements of his personal relationships and the mystical aspects that surround him. M-Su through 8/26.

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

LAKE MANSION: From the Walls of the Riverside Artist Lofts to the Lake Mansion. Arts for All Nevada presents artists of the Riverside Artist Lofts.

The featured art is photography by Megan Berner and the paintings by Martin Holmes. The Artist Lofts show also includes novels, jewelry, clothing, accessories, knickknacks and cards.

Artists include Holly English, Erik Holland, Patricia Sherer, Dianna Sion, Catherine Sweet, Damien Cole, Maggy Anthony, Gene Anthony, Jay Fisher and Marilyn Fisher. Through 8/26. Free. 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100.

MYSTIQUE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE: Diversity: Invitational Photography Show.

The Charlie B Gallery and Mystique Restaurant & Lounge present this Northern Nevada photography show featuring work by 13 Nevada photographers. M-Su through 9/17. Free. 318 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 434-7404.

OXS GALLERY, NEVADA ARTS COUNCIL: Mi Casa es Mi Casa. In the Nevada Arts Council’s latest OXS Gallery exhibit, Justin Favela looks at the idea of “home.” The Native Nevadan pays homage to his Guatemalan maternal grandmother by recreating objects found in her home. Objects that have been part of the domestic landscape for his entire life have helped form his identity, and in the exhibition, represent the love he has for his grandmother and her home. M-F, 8am-5pm through 10/14. Free. 716 N. Carson St., Ste. A, Carson City, (775) 687-6680.

POTENTIALIST WORKSHOP: Requiem: Guy Gilmore. Gilmore’s exhibit features 14 metal and ceramic sculptures. W, 8/31, 7pm. 836 E. Second St., (775) 686-8201.

SIERRA ARTS: Haunted. Meg Regelous’ installation combines ceramics, etchings printed on silk, drawings, paintings and found objects. M-F through 8/26. Free. 17 S. Virginia St., Ste. 120, (775) 329-2787.

SPARKS HERITAGE MUSEUM: Show Your Colors. Sparks Museum & Cultural Center presents the work of Sierra Watercolor Society artists. A portion of art sales benefit the Sparks Museum. An artists’ reception will be held on Sept.

24. Tu-Sa through 10/1. Free. 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144.

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Ticket are pay what you can. Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 329-0661.

OCTOBER POP-UP SHOW: Pitch Black Printing Company will host an alien-themed Halloween pop-up show on Oct. 22. All mediums with an alien-related, Halloween theme will be accepted. Visit website for details. M-Su through 9/24. Free. Pitch Black Printing Company, 1108 California Ave., www.pitchblackprintingco.com.

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FALLON FIGHTS—RURAL RUMBLE: The ninth

MusiC LITTLE FAITH: The Valhalla Art, Music and Theatre Festival concludes with a performance by the gospel collective. W, 8/31, 7:30pm. $20-$28. Valhalla Boathouse Theater, Tallac Historic Site, 1 Valhalla Road, South Lake Tahoe, (530) 541-4975.

Comstock Through Time. This exhibit highlights some of the history of the Comstock through photographs and personal accounts. 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.

NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Anthony McCall:

Swell, W-Su through 1/8; Anna McKee: 68,000 Years of Ice, W-Su through 9/18; Ugo Rondinone: Seven Magic Mountains, W-Su through 5/11; Trevor Paglen: Orbital Reflector, W-Su through 12/31; Ai Weiwei— Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Gold, W-Su through 10/23; Tilting the Basin: Contemporary Art of Nevada, W-Su through 10/23; Andrea Zittel: Wallsprawl, W-Su through 12/31; Contemporary Nevada: State of the State, W-Su through 10/23. $1-$10. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.

summer music series concludes with a performance by Jeff Jones. F, 8/26, 5:308:30pm. Free. West Shore Cafe, 5160 W. Lake Blvd., Homewood, (530) 584-6867.

MUSIC ON THE BEACH 2016 SUMMER CONCERTS: Free live music performances featuring a variety of genres on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe. F, 6-9pm through 9/2. Free. Kings Beach State Recreation Area, 8318 North Lake Blvd., Kings Beach, (530) 546-9000.

PIPES ON THE RIVER: The Friday lunchtime concert series features guest artists performing on the church’s Casavant pipe organ. F, noon. Free. Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Ave., (775) 329-4279, www.trinityreno.org.

RENO TAHOE MUSIC FESTIVAL: The third

WILBUR D. MAY MUSEUM, RANCHO SAN RAFAEL REGIONAL PARK: Married to Adventure. The safari-themed exhibition tells the story of Martin and Osa Johnson—daring naturalists, filmmakers, photographers, explorers and American heroes of the 1910s-1930s.

This exhibition is on loan from the Safari Museum in Chanute, Kansas and features more than 100 original photographs, movie posters and artifacts that capture the romance and adventure that characterized Martin and Osa’s life together. W-Su through 10/30. $9 adults, $8 seniors, children. 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-5961.

filM EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT: Artemisia Moviehouse presents this tale of an Amazonian shaman, the last of his tribe and his search for a rare, sacred healing plant. Directed by Ciro Guerra. In Spanish, Portuguese, German, Catalan and Latin with English subtitles. Tu, 8/30, 7-9pm. $5-$7. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St., http://artemisiamovies.weebly.com.

Poetry/literature AND THERE I WAS: Special staged readings of the works of the Northern Nevada Veterans Writing Project. Artwork by Combat Paper Nevada will be displayed.

Proceeds will benefit Northern Nevada Veterans Writers Project and Reno Little Theater. Sa, 8/27, 7:30pm; Su, 8/28, 2pm.

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annual boxing event returns with three title fights and two nationally televised bouts. Reno’s Oscar “Chapito” Vasquez fights for the North American Boxing Federation (NABF) Light Flyweight title against Puerto Rico’s Janiel Rivera in a bout scheduled for 10 rounds, one of 10 total matchups. Sa, 8/27, 6pm. $10$20. Churchill County Fairgrounds, 325 Sheckler Road, Fallon, (775) 423-4556, www.visitfallonnevada.com/fallonfights.

InnerRhythms Midsummer Nightmare: Totems

8/26:

The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival continues its Showcase Series with a performance by Truckee dance company InnerRhythms. The show “explores man’s kinship with nature’s creatures and the power of the natural world,” through dance performances by guest artists, company members and alumni. Performances start at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 26-27, at the Warren Edward Trepp Stage at Sand Harbor State Park, 2005 Highway 28, Incline Village. Tickets are $39-$89.

Call (800) 747-4697 or visit www.laketahoeshakespeare.com.

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annual Reno Tahoe Music Festival offers three evenings of live music. Friday, Aug. 26: Straight Up McGraw: Tom Drinnon pays tribute to Tim McGraw. Saturday, Aug. 27: Dog & Butterfly—A Tribute to Heart. Sunday, Aug. 28: Stealin’ Chicago—A Tribute to Chicago. F, 8/26,

6:15pm; Sa, 8/27, 6:15pm; Su, 8/28, 6:15pm.

$50 VIP, $35 general admission, $20 lawn.

Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, (949) 500-0753, www.snpaa.org.

GALENA CREEK GUIDED HIKE: Join a naturalist along one of the Galena Park trails and learn about the area. Bring water, sunscreen, hiking boots or snowshoes (depending on weather.) Sa, 10am. $5 suggested donation. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mt. Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948.

PADDLE BOARD YOGA: The West Shore will offer Saturday morning SUP Yoga classes from 8 to 9 a.m. Previous yoga and paddleboard experience recommended. Preregistration is encouraged if you need to use a West Shore paddleboard, as they are limited. Students are encouraged to bring their own paddleboards. Sa, 8-9am through 9/3. $25. West Shore Cafe, 5160 W. Lake Blvd., Homewood, (530) 584-6867, www.westshorecafe.com.

RENO ACES: The minor league baseball team plays the Tacoma Rainiers. Th, 8/25,

7:05pm; F, 8/26, 7:05pm; Sa, 8/27, 7:05pm; Su, 8/28, 1:05pm. $8 general admission,

$7 for military, kids under age 12 and seniors over age 62. Greater Nevada Field, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-7000, www.renoaces.com.

onstage CABARET: Laughing Owl Productions pres-

Reno Aloha Festival

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Last weekend was the inaugural Pacifica Festival at the Sands Regency. This weekend sees the first Reno Aloha Festival. The event features Hawaiian/Pacific Islandthemed entertainment, food, cultural workshops, “keiki” (a Hawaiian word meaning child) village, shopping and more. Musical acts include Thom & The Tikis, Britt Straw, Treedom, Keanuenue Entertainment, Halau Hula ‘O Leilani, Ka Pa Hula O Kawaiolanoelaniokane, among others. The festival takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, at Wingfield Park, 300 W. First St. Admission is free. Visit www.renoalohafestival.com.

ents John Kander & Fred Ebb’s musical about American writer Cliff Bradshaw’s journey into the nightclub scene in Berlin during the era of Weimar Germany.

W-Sa, 8-10:30pm through 8/27. $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Laughing Owl Productions, 75 S. Wells Ave., (775) 3849967, www.laughingowlproductions.com.

UNCANNY VALLEY: Restless Artists’ Theatre presents its first production in their new location. Thomas Gibbons’ new play charts the relationship between Claire, a neuroscientist, and Julian, a nonbiological human. Th-Sa, 7:30pm through 9/3; Sa, 8/27, 2 & 7:30pm; Su, 9/4, 2pm. $15 general admission, $12 students, seniors, military. Restless Artists’ Theatre, 295 20th St., Sparks, (775) 525-3074.

Classes JIMMY BEANS WOOL KNIT NIGHT: Join local and visiting fiber enthusiasts for an evening of knitting and crocheting. Fourth Th of every month, 6-8pm. Free. Jimmy Beans Wool, 1312 Capital Blvd., Ste. 103, (775) 827-9276, www.jimmybeanswool.com.

MAP MAKING IN ENCAUSTIC: Experience the full sensual and textural nature of encaustic wax in this workshop.

Students will complete one large piece.

Stencils and maps of Lake Tahoe will be available for those who want to complete a Tahoe-area based map. Sa, 8/27, 10:30am-3:30pm. $76. Atelier Truckee, 10128 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, (530) 386-2700, www.ateliertruckee.com.

MASTER YOUR SEWING MACHINE: During this intro class you will learn the ins and outs of your sewing machine and sharpen up your DIY skills. You must have your own sewing machine to take this class. Su, 8/28, 11am-2pm. $48.

Atelier Truckee, 10128 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, (530) 386-2700.

NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE CLASS: Elmer

Atlookan teaches this flute class. Th, 8/25, 6pm. $125. Mountain Music Parlor, 735 S. Center St., (775) 843-5500.

PAINT & SIP ON THE SHORE OF LAKE TAHOE: The Painted Vine will host art classes at the West Shore Café. Classes will include all supplies. Visit the Painted Vine’s calendar to register and to view class dates. W, 8/31, 5:30-8pm. $40. West Shore Cafe, 5160 W. Lake Blvd., Homewood, (530) 584-6867, http://painted-vine.com.

SPOON CARVING: Using traditional Japanese tools, participants will learn how to design, carve and hollow out the bowl of the spoon, as well as sand and finish the piece. All supplies are included during the workshop and available for purchase for an additional cost. W, 8/31, 11am-3pm. $48.

Atelier Truckee, 10128 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, (530) 386-2700.

WATERCOLOR—LAKE MANSION: This class is designed for beginner to advanced watercolor artists. The teaching artist will be focusing on birch trees for this class. Bring your own beverage/ snacks. Tu, 8/30, 5:30-8:30pm. $30 (supplies included in cost). Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100 ext. 2.

CoMMunity CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: This group is for patients and families facing cancer and is facilitated by an oncology social worker who is skilled in the emotional aspects of cancer. Participants can share experiences and express feelings and concerns. The support group meets in the Orthopedic Conference Room on the third floor of the Roseview Tower. Th, 11:30am1pm. Free. Renown Regional Medical Center, 1155 Mill St., (775) 982-6831.

CROCHET CONNECTION: Learn to crochet or share tips with other crochet enthusiasts. Th, 4-5:45pm. Free. Spanish Springs Library, 7100A Pyramid Lake Highway, located at Lazy 5 Regional Park, Spanish Springs, (775) 424-1800.

DEPRESSION BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE: The Reno chapter of the national DBSA meets. Fourth Th of every month, 7-8:30pm.

Renown Health Boardroom, 1495 Mill St., (775) 835-6410.

GALENA BOOK ’N TEA: Discuss nature-based literature over hot tea. Call to reserve a spot. Fourth Sa of every month, 3-4pm.

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

KNITTING GROUP: The group is open to all knitters, crocheters, loom artists and people who enjoy the company of other yarn artists. Bring your project or start a new one. Tu, 4-6pm through 10/3. Free.

Atelier Truckee, 10128 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, (530) 386-2700.

LIFESCAPES: The memoir writing program

for seniors meets. Second and fourth Th of every month, 10:30am. Free. South Valleys Library, 15650A Wedge Parkway, (775) 851-5190, www.washoe.lib.nv.us.

SOUTH VALLEYS BRIDGE GROUP: Join Jill and meet new friends. Basic bridge knowledge preferred. F, 1-4pm. Free. South Valleys Library, 15650A Wedge Parkway, (775) 851-5190.

SPARKS LIBRARY KNITTING AND CROCHETING CIRCLE: Join the Sparks Library every Thursday and learn the techniques to start your masterpiece. Th, 4-6pm. Free.

Sparks Library, 1125 12th St., Sparks, (775) 352-3200.

THE TUESDAY NIGHT YARN CREW: All skill levels and yarn-crafts are welcome. Bring your project to this “sit and knit” gathering.

Tu, 5:30-7pm. Free. South Valleys Library, 15650A Wedge Parkway, (775) 851-5190.

Volunteer BLOOD DONATIONS: Give the gift of life and donate blood. Donors must be healthy, weigh at least 110 pounds and be at least 17 years old. Call to make an appointment. M-Su. United Blood Services, 1125 Terminal Way, (775) 324-6454.

by AMY ALKON

Shaggedy Ann When I was in my 20s, watching Sex and the City, I saw the Samantha Jones character as a sexual role model—thinking I could have love-’em-andleave-’em sex like her. However, even when I only wanted sex, I always had a sense of loss when one-nighters didn’t evolve into something more.

I reflected on this while reading your recent column about how women often wake up after casual sex wanting more from a guy—even a guy they don’t want. But I personally know two women who prefer casual sex. They have it often and don’t get attached. Why can they do this?

Samantha isn’t a completely fictional character in how, after sex, she brushes men off herself like large, penis-equipped crumbs. However, in that column you mention, I referenced research from anthropologist John Marshall Townsend, who discovered that Samantha’s post-sex detachment is pretty atypical—that many women who intend to use and lose a guy often find themselves going all clingypants the next morning. Understanding what allows the Samantha type to escape this takes separating the women who have casual sex from those who feel OK about it afterward.

Townsend notes that women hook up because they aren’t ready for a relationship, because they’re trying to punch up their sex skills, or—as with rock groupies—to get some small piece of a guy they know is out of their league. Other women see hookups as the “Free candy!” they can use to lure some unsuspecting man into the relationship van.

There’s a widespread belief that higher testosterone levels in women mean a higher libido, but testosterone’s role in female desire is like that Facebook relationship status: “It’s complicated.”

Research by clinical psychologist Nora Charles, among others, suggests that “factors other than … hormones” are behind which women become the Princess Shag-a-lots.

Personality seems to be one of those factors. In looking at what’s called “sociosexuality”—what sort of person has casual sex—psychologist Jeffrey A. Simpson finds that extraversion, aggressiveness and impulsivity are associated with greater willingness to have an uncommitted tumble.

However, all the reasons a woman’s more likely to have casual sex don’t stop her from getting tangled up in feelings afterward. The deciding factor seems to be where she falls on what the late British psychiatrist John Bowlby called our “attachment system.” According to Bowlby, how you relate in close relationships—“securely,” “anxiously” or “avoidantly”—appears to stem from how well your mother, or other primary caregiver, sussed out and responded to your needs and freakouts as an infant.

If she was consistently responsive, but not overprotective, you’re probably “securely attached,” meaning you have a solid emotional base and feel you can count on others to be there for you.

This allows you to be both independent and interdependent. Being “anxiously attached” comes out of having a caregiver who was inconsistently there for you or who was overprotective. This leads to fear and clinginess in relationships. Finally, being “avoidantly attached” is a response to a cold, rejecting caregiver—one who just wasn’t all that interested in showing up for you. Not surprisingly, perhaps to avoid risking all-out rejection by being too demanding, the avoidantly attached tend to adapt by becoming people who push other people away.

It’s avoidantly attached women who social psychologist Phillip Shaver and his colleagues find can have casual sex without emotional intimacy.

Other women—those who didn’t have a really chilly caregiver—are likely to have that “sense of loss” you feel after casual sex. As Townsend notes, female emotions evolved to act as an “alarm system” to push women to go for male “investment”—that guy who’ll go to the ends of the earth for you and actually come back afterward instead of growing a beard, getting a passport in a fake name and starting a new life in some remote Japanese fishing village. Ω

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the coming weeks,

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I hope you are not for-

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Oh, how I wish

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): From what I can

I hope you won’t scream curses at the rain, demanding that it stop falling on you. Similarly, I suggest you refrain from punching walls that seem to be hemming you in, and I beg you not to spit into the wind when it’s blowing in your face. Here’s an oracle about how to avoid counterproductive behavior like that: The near future will bring you useful challenges and uncanny blessings if you’re willing to consider the possibility that everything coming your way will, in some sense, be an opportunity.

you might receive the grace of being pampered and nurtured and entertained and prayed for.

I’d love for you to assemble a throng of nostrings-attached caretakers who would devote themselves to stoking your healing and delight.

Maybe they’d sing to you as they gave you a manicure and massaged your feet and paid your bills. Or perhaps they would cook you a gourmet meal and clean your house as they told you stories about how beautiful you are and all the great things you’re going to do in the future. Is it possible to arrange something like that even on a modest scale, Taurus? You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when you most need this kind of doting attention—and when you have the greatest power to make it happen.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I invite you to dream

about your true home … your sweet, energizing, love-strong home … the home where you can be high and deep, robust and tender, flexible and rigorous … the home where you are the person that you promised yourself you could be. To stimulate and enhance your brainstorms about your true home, experiment with the following activities: Feed your roots … do maintenance work on your power spot … cherish and foster your sources … and refine the magic that makes you feel free. Can you handle one more set of tasks designed to enhance your domestic bliss?

Tend to your web of close allies … take care of what takes care of you … and adore the intimate connections that serve as your foundation.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): It’ll be one of those

rapid-fire, adjust-on-the-fly, think-on-your-feet, go-with-your-gut times for you—a headspinning, endorphin-generating, eye-pleasing, intelligence-boosting phase when you will have opportunities to relinquish your attachments to status quos that don’t serve you. Got all that, Cancerian? There’ll be a lot of stimuli to absorb and integrate—and luckily for you, absorbing and integrating a lot of stimuli will be your specialty.

I’m confident of your ability to get the most of upcoming encounters with cute provocations, pleasant agitation, and useful unpredictability.

One more tip: Be vigilant and amused as you follow the ever-shifting sweet spot.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): At the risk of asking too

much and pushing too hard, my Guerrilla Prayer Warriors have been begging God to send you some major financial mojo. These fierce supplicants have even gone so far as to suggest to the Supreme Being that maybe She could help you win the lottery or find a roll of big bills lying in the gutter or be granted a magic wish by an unexpected benefactor. “Whatever works!” is their mantra. Looking at the astrological omens, I’m not sure that the Prayer Warriors’ extreme attempts will be effective. But the possibility that they will be is definitely greater than usual.

To boost your odds, I suggest you get more organized and better educated about your money matters. Set a clear intention about the changes you’d like to put in motion during the next 10 months.

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(3) Converse with your Future Self about how the two of you might collaborate to fully unleash the refined potency of your emotional intelligence.

(4) In meditations and dreams, ask your ancestors how you can more completely access and activate your dormant potentials.

lorn, shivery, puzzled, or obsessive right now— unless being in such a state will mobilize you to instigate the overdue transformations you have been evading. If that’s the case, I hope you are forlorn, shivery, puzzled, and obsessive. Feelings like those may be the perfect fuel—the highoctane motivation that will launch your personal renaissance. I don’t often offer this counsel, Libra, so I advise you to take full advantage: Now is one of the rare times when your so-called negative emotions can catalyze redemption.

tell, your vigor is peaking. In recent weeks, you have been sturdy, hearty, stout, and substantial.

I expect this surge of strength to intensify in the near future—even as it becomes more fluid and supple. In fact, I expect that your waxing power will teach you new secrets about how to wield your power intelligently. You may break your previous records for compassionate courage and sensitive toughness. Here’s the best news of all: You’re likely to be dynamic about bestowing practical love on the people and animal and things that are important to you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The odds are higher than usual that you will be offered a boost or promotion in the coming weeks. This development is especially likely to occur in the job you’re doing or the career plans you’ve been pursuing.

It could also be a factor at work in your spiritual life. You may discover a new teacher or teaching that could lift you to the next phase of your inner quest. There’s even a chance that you’ll get an upgrade on both fronts. So it’s probably a good time to check on whether you’re harboring any obstacles to success. If you find that you are, destroy those rancid old mental blocks with a bolt of psychic lightning.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The cosmos

seems to be warming up to your charms. The stinginess it displayed toward you for a while is giving way to a more generous approach. To take advantage of this welcome development, you should shed any fear-based beliefs you may have adopted during the recent shrinkage. For instance, it’s possible you’ve begun to entertain the theory that the game of life is rigged against you, or that it is inherently hard to play. Get rid of those ideas. They’re not true, and clinging to them would limit the game of life’s power to bring you new invitations. Open yourself up wherever you have closed down.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Are any of your

allies acting like they’ve forgotten their true purpose? If so, you have the power to gently awaken them from their trances and help them refocus. Is it possible you have become a bit too susceptible to the influences of people whose opinions shouldn’t really matter that much to you? If so, now is a good time to correct that aberration. Are you aware of having fallen under the sway of trendy ideas or faddish emotions that are distorting your relationship with your primal sources? If so, you are hereby authorized to free yourself from their hold on you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Now would be a

favorable time to reveal that you are in fact a gay socialist witch who believes good poetry provides a more reliable way to understand reality than the opinions of media pundits—unless, of course, you are not a gay socialist witch, etc., in which case you shouldn’t say you are. But I do advise you to consider disclosing as much as possible of your true nature to anyone with whom you plan to be intimately linked in the future and who is missing important information about you. It’s high time to experiment with being more completely yourself.

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vintage things that are in here. ... So it’s curated. And then I have a lot of pins and patches by local artists—well, some are local artists and some are independent people that are young and doing this new medium of art that’s easier for people to purchase and also show off their art.

Francesca Martinez is the proprietor of Bad Apple Vntg. 1001 S. Virginia St., 800-1069, a vintage clothing boutique she started in May, 2015.

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Are you from here?

No. I moved here three years ago from Los Angeles. And before that, Vegas, and before that, LA again.

How’d you end up here?

So, Kristin [Rodriguez], best friend, went to [the University of Nevada, Reno] right after high school, and I went to LA. And I would just keep visiting because I was losing my mind. And the community here was just really cool. It was easy to talk to people versus there, where I never saw anyone again, and it was hard to connect with people when I did have that time to talk to someone, so it was pretty refreshing. … Everyone is really supportive.

What were you doing in LA? I went to college there at FIDM, the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, to be a buyer. What was I doing down there? Just little retail jobs here and there, because no one was taking me seriously even after I graduated, because I was 19 or 20, when I graduated, and there’s such a competitive market down there, because the fashion industry is really condensed down there, so finding

a job was impossible, and when I did, it was too much. … I worked at the flagship store of Forever 21, the one that all the West Coast shops model their stores after, and then I was a head buyer at a buying office.

So, you came to Reno, and what did you feel was missing?

When I kept visiting, I had the idea that this would be a great spot to open a store because I wanted a spot where I could also be a lot more creative, because being a buyer, you just do a lot more bookkeeping, and looking at trends, and number crunching. … But having a store, I can do windows and stuff, and I think screenprinting is really fun, and textile printing is really cool, too. I felt like it was a good outlet for me to do whatever I wanted creatively, as well as make my own money by doing something I love. ... I hand pick all the

So, trends kind of repeat themselves from different decades. So trends come back. So right now everyone is in the ’90s mode, even though it’s really the ’70s. So, new stores, corporate stores, are making repeats of things from the ’70s and ’90s, and you can get the same pieces from a vintage store that have a little more value—the production is better quality, and it’s more original.

Anything else?

I started it with my own money—which is my favorite thing to tell people to really get up on that high horse—because no one takes you seriously at a bank when you’re 21.

Where’d you get the start-up funds?

I worked. A lot. At the Melting Pot [World Emporium]. I was doing overtime constantly, and moved up really quickly, and saved all of it, and just budgeted. ... I don’t want people to think, “Oh, she’s just the privileged kid”—no, no, no. I cried a lot and worked really hard. Ω

by BRUCE VAN DYKE

Time for tastelessness OK, it’s getting close to Show Time.

Pomp and circumstances beyond our control on the playa of Blinking Dreams. Murphy’s Law of the Art Car—chances are very, very good that the one you’re riding around in drinking absinthe and snorting magic toad crystals will eject you at a place enormously far from where you wanna be. Meaning you then get to enjoy one of those classic B Man 3 a.m. strolls, where you and your nicely goosebumped bod wander home via an ass-saving network of strategically placed trash can fires.

However, one area where Burners have been seriously slack in recent years is night time lighting.

Whole neighborhoods with RVs and tents and domes all lookin’ good during the day, but for some silly reason they are ridiculously dark at night. This has been the case for a while, and I’m wondering why Burnoids aren’t loading up on all

the completely affordable solar powered strands of doodads now available and then going absolutely DIPWIRE decorating their digs.

This is supposed to be Blinky Town, peeps! I mean, when I can find my place in the tangle of camps and trailers because I’m the only ding dong in the ’hood with flashing lights, something ain’t right. An important opportunity for serious fun in Black Rock City is being horribly forgotten.

Camps need to be LTFU (Lit Up). Indeed, the camps need to be at least as lit as the campers themselves. And whether your WOL (weapons of luminescence) are glow sticks, solar-powered blinkys, or EL wire, remember the B Man decorating rule of thumb—if one is good, two is better. And 47 should be just about right. Neighborhoods in BRC aren’t meant to be dark, folks. Bring back blazing, blinking, over-the-top tastelessness now!

• You know you’ve had a bad week when you Google the word “douchebag” and your pic pops up.

What up, Ryan Lochte?

Ryan Lochte’s tale reminds me of the last great “pissing on a gas station” story, which was way back in ’65, when the Rolling Stones were driving home after a gig, and Mick, Brian and Bill all had to take a leak.

So they pull into a gas station, ask for the key, but the attendant is an asshole who doesn’t like scruffy rockers (called ’em “shaggy haired monsters”). Fine, say the Stones, who promptly relieve themselves on the side wall, causing a horrific uproar of outrage.

The Stones played it right. They owned it, said yeah, we pissed on a gas station. So what? We piss anywhere, man (actual Jagger quote).

With hindsight, it’s now quite obvious—Lochte shoulda rolled in the same way. Ω

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