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Tip to Kap Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

Kudos to Colin Kaepernick for using his national spotlight to protest social injustice and systematic racism. In case you’ve been under a rock, Kaepernick, San Francisco 49ers quarterback and graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, refused to stand during the national anthem before a game on Aug. 26.

When asked about it later, he said, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football, and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way.

There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.”

Reaction to Kap’s protest action was, not surprisingly, vitriolic.

Responses on social media and from conservative commentators and even other athletes has ranged from those who said things like politics has no place in professional sports— like football fans need more blinders—to those who think that the lack of compulsory attention to an old song is tantamount to high treason. (To be fair, this is sort of how I feel when people talk while “Born to Run” is on the radio.) Some of the responses were just plain racist, and others accused Kap of crying for attention because he isn’t as good as he was a few years ago when he led the Niners to the Super Bowl.

I never met Kap when he was at UNR, but from people I know who did know him, he apparently never seemed like the most enlightened guy—far from it, in fact. He now seems like a changed man. He has a bit of a scales-have-fallen-frommy-eyes look in recent interviews— like somebody took him out to the desert and gave him mescaline.

Anyway, the guy had to be fully aware of the negative reaction his protest would inspire, and he did it anyway. And incurring the wrath of meatheads for the sake of oppressed people—protesting in order to improve our country— sounds pretty patriotic to me. And now I have to have respect for a guy whose signature move is to kiss his own bicep.

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

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Re “The Sucker State” (Left Foot Forward, Aug. 11): I think the author is a little too easily insulted. Of all the modern day “robber barons” out there, I consider Musk to be very different. While others are politicking and manipulating the system to make their bucks, Musk is innovating and creating. I consider him a modern day Tom Edison.

Yes, Nevada is giving his company tons of tax breaks, but he is creating many jobs, etc. in the state. He is also bringing Nevada relevance in the modern technology-driven world, and a small part in making history. Viva Elon Musk.

Gil Gaus Kings Beach

Cut their allowance Re “Disunited states” (cover story, August 11): Recognizing the truth of Carol Cizauskas’s account of what occurred in Philadelphia at the Democratic National Convention, November’s election is too important to increase even slightly the possibility that Donald Trump might win.

Harking back to former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill’s statement that “money is the mothers milk of politics,” it appears that a better strategy for effecting reform within the Democratic Party would be to cut off the National Committee’s money.

Since the primary campaign for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination began, I have not donated in response to requests from the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, et al., and have made donations only in response to appeals from Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, such as to Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s opponent in the Florida primary.

Cutting off the Democratic National Committee’s funds will be the most effective way to ensure that its partiality during 2016 does not repeat during 2020.

Donald Schreiber Incline Village

minors. Their brains are not yet fully developed, in my humble opinion.

Enough hysteria, please. We have much more serious problems in this world than getting your undies in a bunch because someone is smoking a joint. Geeez already.

And please Santa, give us a brand-new Congress this year, one that will actually do something?

Craig Bergland Reno

Take a pencil to the polls We face a tough election choice. Donald Trump may be too unstable to trust with the nuclear trigger. Hillary Clinton seems to support the Iran deal that allows a 24-day waiting period before inspecting a suspected site. Some experts say that’s not a problem, but other experts say it is.

There is an alternative, though, and that is to write in Ted Cruz for President.

Alex Sokolow Santa Monica Editor’s note: Seven states do not permit write-in votes. Nevada is one of them.

ERIK HollAND

Question Two Regarding the incessant hysteria about legalizing pot—having smoked it for 49 years now, I think it is about time to legalize.

So, if you don’t like it, then don’t smoke it.

And I hope all you stoners will get off the couch and go vote!

Because you did not vote in ’06, legalization lost by about 6 percent.

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By JERI CHADWELL-SINGLEY

What’s your favorite sport? aSKed at the Saint, 761 S. Virginia St. K ate Shepard Bartender

I really don’t like sports, but my favorite sport to play is probably hockey. Hockey’s my favorite sport—ice hockey. I like how rough and scrappy it is. I like how people can still fight and that it’s masculine while simultaneously being on ice skates.

JaKe Wendt Scientific programmer

Well, I suppose, at the moment, it would either be rugby or Formula One racing, only as an observer, though. I’m not that interested in it. … I don’t know players’ records, anything like that. Some people get way, way, way too far into it—to get into the fantasy leagues and stuff like that.

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By SHAYNE DEL CoHEN

Trump and the tribes There is much wisdom in the phrase, “Those who do not know their history are doomed to repeat it.”

In 1946, as a result of many foxhole conversations in which officers and citizens were shocked to learn that the warriors who had fought and often protected them had—among other things taken for granted by U.S. citizens—no access to the courts. They encouraged the U.S. Congress to pass the Indian Claims Act, which it naively did.

For five years, the Commission collected claims from tribal groups across the country. Rather than the land claims that resulted, there were hundreds of accountings and other chronicles of misrepresentation and violation of Indian rights by the U.S. Government over the prior 150 years.

From 1951 forward, these claims were presented in a quasi-judicial court in Washington, D.C. (The first Indian Claims commissioner was the last commissioner on the 1851 Mexican Claims Commission.)

The Commission was inundated, and the “trials” went on into the ’70s when Secretary Watt abolished the Commission and sent unresolved cases to the U.S. Court system. But the volume of claims brought sunlight to many wrongs and nefarious happenings in Indian communities, property and fiscal resources held in trust by the U.S. government. By Eisenhower’s election, enough Republicans—nervous enough about having many of these situations made public—coalesced to make the Indian Termination Act the second major thrust of the Administration, the first being the Federal Highways Act.

Introduced by our own U.S. Rep. Cliff Young—who told me it was the worst thing he ever did in his life—the law led to a decade for both Indian communities and the states that had been mandated, without funds, to provide services to tribal communities, while those in the know acquired tribal property, water rights and rights of way.

Currently, the Standing Rock Sioux are in court fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline project. They are living up to their name (given by the U.S., although the indigenous name means friend/ally), standing like a rock that promises future generations clean, drinkable water, essential to life. They are standing like a rock to protect any community from having external corporations run through their land with “improvements” for which they receive no compensation and all the risk. They are standing like a rock to ensure that trust officers do not sign over client assets without consultation and permission. A court ruling is promised by Sept. 9.

If it happens to them, it can happen to you. Pay attention.

Why is all this important today? Donald Trump’s pronouncements about Indians, mostly ignored by the press, echo the voices of the ’50s. If elected, he has indicated his actions will be those that were implemented in the ’50s. The actions and demonstrations of the Standing Rock Sioux are those that are saying to the public, “If you don’t know your history, you are doomed to repeat it.” Ω Shayne Del Cohen of Reno has been a tribal consultant for nearly half a century and edits a daily newsletter, Journal from SDC

I think my favorite sport is soccer. The reason for that is it’s just very fast-paced. It’s exciting to watch. And it’s a sport that you have to be very athletic to be good at.

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Lowest bidder running prisons?

Privatization of government services has long been deeply embedded in Republican orthodoxy, along with trickle-down economics, tax breaks for the selfproclaimed “job creators,” and legislation that always seems to benefit certain campaign contributors. But late last month, an important victory was won for public sector workers when the Justice Department declared it would not be renewing contracts for private prisons after the Inspector General released a critical report that found the private prisons had higher rates of assaults and eight times the contraband as publicly run facilities.

Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates issued a memo declaring that private prisons “simply do not provide the same level of correctional services, programs, and resources; they do not save substantially on costs. … They do not maintain the same level of safety and security.”

The decision only affects the 22,000 inmates housed in 13 private prisons in the federal Bureau of Prisons system, but

advocates praised the move as a signal to states, where the vast majority of inmates are incarcerated, that it’s time to reevaluate their own contracts with private facilities.

The federal government spent $639 million on private prisons in 2014, a significant investment in a failing system.

David Fathi, director of the ACLU National Prison Project, told reporters, “This is a huge deal. It is historic and groundbreaking. For the last 35 years, the use of private prisons in this country has crept ever upward, and this is a startling and major reversal of that trend, and one that we hope will be followed by others.”

During the past few decades, Nevada has experimented with outsourcing prison operations. It didn’t end well. In 1997, hundreds of women were transferred from the state prison in Carson City to a newly built and fully privatized penitentiary in North Las Vegas, operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). By 2004, the experiment was over. Governor Kenny Guinn directed the state to take over the

private prison citing major concerns about health care, security, facility deterioration and lax employment standards after an inmate became pregnant by a prison guard.

CCA officials indicated they were ready to get out of the contract anyway because they couldn’t make sufficient profit.

Other correctional privatization efforts also failed in Nevada, including a medical care contract at the Ely prison and a spectacular fiasco at Summit View, the state’s highest-level juvenile detention center.

Escapes from Summit View were legendary, as were inmate riots, sexual relations between staff and juveniles, physical abuse by guards, illegal drugs, gang activity, and overall lax operations. Staff were inexperienced, poorly trained and poorly paid. The private sector contractor also complained that there wasn’t enough money in the deal.

The idea of privatizing a core government service such as prisons was a deeply held Republican value, championed by Washoe Sen. Bill Raggio, who held sway over the prison budget as the chair of the

Senate Finance Committee. Republican legislators praised the private sector’s costcutting measures, saying private companies could operate the prisons more cheaply and offer more programming at the same time.

Democrats, led by former assemblywoman Chris Giunchigliani opposed the idea, citing an underlying profit motive as a potentially corrupting element. They weren’t too happy about losing state employees either.

Despite the abject failure of the prison privatization scheme in Nevada, there are still periodic rumors floating around state government that Republican legislators are eyeing other ways to privatize core services such as the state mental health hospitals. But introducing a profit motive into a chronically underfunded system will most certainly fail. There aren’t enough private sector efficiencies to generate the profit corporations need to make it worth the trouble.

Ultimately, when government abdicates its responsibility to provide core services, it’s the citizens who really pay the price. Ω

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Parking the bucks offshore Recently, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton put aside her concerns about the “urgent threat” of climate change to fly in her private jet a mere 20 miles from Martha’s Vineyard to Nantucket—the summer playgrounds of the liberal one percenters to attend a fundraiser given by the Rothschild family, coinciding with husband Bill’s 70th birthday. The House of Rothschild is described by some as a centuries-old European financial institution but by others as the Leader of the Illuminati bent on secretly running the world. President Obama delayed visiting flooded out Duck Dynasty country in order to raise money from the ruling class he pretends to want to soak.

Anyone could attend, so long as you had the $100,000 entry price. Reports are they raised $4 million.

Bloomberg News recently revealed the House of Rothschild has an office in the old Porsche building right here in Reno. It is staffed by many former state government officials, whose job is to help

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foreign clients stash their wealth in secret trust accounts. It seems the U.S. is replacing the Grand Cayman Islands and the Isle of Man as the world’s favorite tax haven.

It is perfectly legal to open a Nevada corporation, and Nevada competes with Delaware as the best state to incorporate in. The state makes close to $100 million by offering itself as a low-tax, low-regulation, easy-to-incorporate in state. I don’t have a problem with anyone, including the Rothschilds, using legal means to hide from the tax man.

What is appalling is the hypocrisy of Hillary Clinton, whose major campaign proposal is to punish corporate inversion, or the practice of U.S. corporations relocating their headquarters in a foreign country to avoid taxes, to raise money from the foreign one percent who want to benefit from a privilege she wants the U.S. to forbid our own corporations access to.

“How ironic—no, how perverse—that the U.S.A., which has been so sanctimonious in its condemnation of Swiss banks,

has become the banking secrecy jurisdiction du jour,” wrote Peter A. Cotorceanu, a lawyer at Anaford AG, a Zurich law firm (“Hiding in plain sight,” Trusts and Trustees, October 2015).

In 2010, President Obama signed the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, which requires financial firms to disclose foreign accounts held by U.S. citizens and report them to the Internal Revenue Service or face steep penalties. Foreign financial institutions now treat expatriate Americans like Ebola carriers. It is no fun when you can’t open a bank account in your new foreign residence because of the banks’ fear such accounts might invite Uncle Sam’s unfriendly attention.

Sen. Rand Paul and five expats last summer sued the Treasury Department, the IRS, and the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network alleging violations of law and constitution for making life miserable for Americans abroad.

America is one of the few nations that even tries to tax its citizens’ foreign

earnings. Ordinary folks have few rights against the IRS tax collectors. The Rothschilds of the world have many rights, now including the right to shelter their wealth in secret Nevada trusts.

Both Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump want to increase government spending to nearly 23 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Neither major party is serious about cutting spending. The problem is that historically has been very hard to squeeze more than 18 percent of GDP from American taxpayers, which is the reason for the deficits and debt burden, which constitutes the greatest security threat America faces. Punishing American taxpayers while privileging foreign wealth holders perfectly illustrates the moral rot at the heart of American tax policy. Ω

The Peter Cotorceanu article referenced here, “Hiding in Plain Sight,” can be read at Mr. Cotorceanu’s website, www.gatcaandtrusts.com, by clicking on “Publications” and then “Articles.”

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by Jeri Chadwell-Singley

Cathy Woods sues

In Nevada, policy debates often center on the use of our known water supply. At Mayberry Park, a woman throws a ball into the river for her dog—a good use.

Cathy Woods, who as a Louisiana mental patient confessed to a Reno murder but was later cleared by DNA testing, has sued police in Reno and Shreveport, Louisiana. She was convicted of killing University of Nevada, Reno student Michelle Mitchell in 1976 (“The case goes on,” RN&R, March 12, 2015).

The lawsuit, which names four former Reno police officers, argues that Woods was in no condition in the Louisiana facility to consent to being questioned by police and that her confession and interrogations—which led to her conviction—were “not memorialized or written down in any way” and were not recorded.

At the time of her confession in 1979, DNA testing was not available. It did not become a common part of crime investigation until the mid-1980s. Last year, when Woods’ release was announced, officials said her confession not only hurt her, but it diverted the ongoing investigation. Washoe County District Attorney Chris Hicks said, “Investigations stopped into other people and began into Cathy Woods. … Cathy Woods was not on anybody’s radar until she brought it on herself.”

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Pot tale of the Week On Aug. 22, the Tahoe Daily Tribune ran a story about Incline Village prohibitionist Jason Guinasso. (The piece previously appeared in the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza.)

The article carried this quote from Guinasso: “At the end of the day, when we just committed to the biggest tax increase toward education, now we’re legalizing marijuana to contribute to a lack of performance and addiction? … It impacts our ability to educate.”

The article also reported, “He [Guinasso] cites a study from Duke University that tells how a person’s IQ drops 8 percentage points by using marijuana.”

The Duke study Guinasso referenced was published Aug. 27, 2012 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Part of the scientific method is reproducibility— repeating an experiment or study, either by the same researcher or an independent source, to determine if the same results can be duplicated. Had Guinasso followed up, he would have learned that, so far, no one has been able to duplicate the Duke results. In fact, a few months later, the same publication reported, “Although it would be too strong to say that the results have been discredited, the methodology is flawed and the causal inference drawn from the results premature.”

Subsequently, two much larger studies by University College of London—in October 2014 and January 2016— found no evidence of any link between lower IQ and marijuana use in the young.

Among other things, the subsequent research has found that the Duke study was flawed by a small sample of heavy users and because it did not allow for environmental factors associated with low socioeconomic status, mental illness, and use of other drugs such as tobacco and alcohol. The London studies both had larger groups of test subjects.

In any event, the issue has little to do with Nevada Question Two, which makes underage use of marijuana illegal at section two, lines D and E, but prohibitionists keep using children as a campaign argument because voters tend to react strongly to such tactics.

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Water ways Academic and legislative work focuses on supply and snowpack last June, the truckee Meadows Water Authority began using drought reserves from Boca Reservoir. It was the fourth year of drought in the state and the second consecutive year reserves were needed to feed the Truckee River. The region is still in drought, but 2016 has been a better one for water supplies in the Truckee Meadows—thanks in part to a healthier snowpack last winter and the December 2015 implementation of the Truckee River Operating Agreement, which was shortly followed

by TMWA’s purchase of 50 percent of Donner Lake water rights from the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District.

(The water authority already owned the other 50 percent.)

TMWA is expected to begin tapping into a small amount of drought reserves later this month to meet customer demand through October. But that’s not cause for alarm, at this point. A staff report by senior hydrologist Bill Hauck, presented during an Aug. 17

TMWA board meeting noted that even with some reserves slated for use, “TMWA should end up carrying over close to 40,000 acre-feet [one acre-foot represents 325,851 gallons] of upstream storage into 2017. This upstream storage will go a long way towards preparing the region for another dry year if that were to occur.”

While the present water supply forecast is encouraging, a recent study suggests “another dry year” might not be the region’s only concern. In July, the scientific journal Geophysical Research Letters published a study co-authored by University of Nevada, Reno ecohydrologist Adrian Harpold and researchers from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Their findings suggest a warming climate can lead to earlier, slower snowmelts—and this may reduce both streamflow and the amount of water reaching reservoirs.

“So snow holds a certain amount of coldness, and you have to overwhelm

that amount of coldness for the snow to melt,” Harpold said.

He explained that when the snowpack is smaller during drought, it takes less to overwhelm its frigidity and initiate melting. If this occurs during the winter and early spring months, daylight is shorter and the sun’s angle is lower—which leads to slower melting. Larger snowpacks can persist into June or July, allowing hotter temperatures, longer days and the more direct angle of the sun to cause faster melt. A warming climate, however, increases the likelihood that large snowpacks will also be subject to earlier and slower melts.

But why would this reduce the flow of water in streams and rivers?

“So we think the processes responsible for this sensitivity to snowmelt rate have to do with how water is stored and pushed deep into the subsurface under these different melt rates,” Harpold said.

He explained that when snow melts slowly, the water is not pushed as deeply into the ground where it can be stored as groundwater or make its way into streams. Instead, more of it evaporates or is taken up by the roots of surrounding vegetation, and subsequently lost to evapotranspiration.

Harpold and his fellow researchers studied changing snowmelt rates in mountain ranges across the Western United States, including the Sierra Nevada. While the trends they observed were consistent, Harpold said determining the actual effect on streamflows is not so cut and dried.

“It’s not a unidirectional sort of change,” he said. “Places are likely to respond completely different.”

Factors that may influence a region’s sensitivity to snowmelt rates range from subsurface composition to vegetation root depth and even humidity, and Harpold said more research is needed to determine how different regions may be affected.

In the meantime, he hopes for more dialogue between the scientific community, policy makers and the public. He recommends the non-profit environmental organization Protect Our Winters as one avenue for people looking to engage on climate issues.

The group—comprised of winter sports athletes, enthusiasts and businesses in the industry—is engaged in

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numerous climate education initiatives, as well as lobbying activities.

It is, however, still possible that the WRWC may seek a legislator to introduce a bill to disband the commission during the upcoming legislative session.

Water bills At a statewide level, the Legislative In Nevada, the state with the driest climate, Commission’s Subcommittee to Study Water the dialogue often centers on the use of our is of interest. The interim subcommittee known water supply. The peak season for held its last of six meetings on Aug. 26 and water demand is drawing to a close. But approved five bill draft requests (BDR) to with fewer than six months before the send to the 2017 legislature, based on Nevada Legislature convenes for recommendations received from its 79th session, water issues government agencies, organiremain front and center, zations and citizen groups presenting several matters around the state. One BDR for the public to keep its pertains to funding for eye on in the coming cloud seeding operamonths. tions. Another is aimed On the regional at establishing accurate level, there’s the accounting of the possible dissolution of number of water rights the Western Regional Adrian Harpold that predate Nevada Water Commission. The Ecohydrologist water statutes established commission was created in 1905, 1913 and 1939. A by the legislature in 2007 to third would give the state bring together several Truckee engineer more flexibility in Meadows government entities managing water use in areas where for the purpose of water planning and well withdrawals consistently exceed the conservation. Among the duties tasked to the perennial yield of groundwater basins.

WRWC was exploring options for consoliBefore deciding on which recommendadating regional water utilities. In December tions to pursue, the committee members 2014, Washoe County Water Resources heard more than three hours of public and South Truckee Meadows General comment—mostly from domestic well Improvement District were consolidated into owners who believed, thanks in part to the TMWA. Having met this and several other circulation of an error-laden online petition, goals for which it was created, the WRWC that the subcommittee was trying to reduce board of trustees asked its staff, in March, to their water use rights by 75 percent and look into the procedure and consequences of mandate the installation of water meters. dissolution or of transferring its powers and Requiring water meters on “all users in duties to TMWA. the state” was one of the recommendations, While the possibility was discussed but the subcommittee chose not to create a again during the commission’s Aug. 17 BDR from it. The proposal to curtail water board meeting, WRWC chair and Washoe use rights was aimed specifically at new County Commissioner Vaughn Hartung said wells in severely over-appropriated water he doesn’t believe there was much appetite basins and areas where pumping regularly among the trustees to move forward with exceeds basin yield—and a BDR will be dissolution, in part because of ongoing created from it. A final BDR proposes to projects like an exploration of the potential allow the state engineer to limit domestic use of drones for aerial cloud seeding. well pumping to indoor use and the watering of outdoor pets and livestock during times of curtailment.

Subcommittee chair Senator Pete Goicoechea, R-Eureka, tried to explain to angry citizens in attendance—many of whom suggested petitioning for recall of the subcommittee members—that the bills drafted would have to pass in the legislature before taking effect.

“What this committee does, again, would only be a recommendation,” he said. “It’ll come back to the full legislature next spring.

There’s nothing we put in place. I don’t think a lot of people understand that.” Ω

“It’s not a unidirectional sort of change.”

A depth gauge on the Truckee near Sutro Street is one of several in the valley that keep water officials informed.

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Learn more about the Legislative Commission’s Subcommittee to Study Water by visiting: http://bit.ly/2c37DkB.

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Bill Mewaldt delivers his produce to the Co-op.

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Homegrown Tomatoes with actual taste are now in season

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The truth is, to live here is to know that water is the most precious liquid we can pour into a glass or sprinkle on our lawns. You hold on to water, no matter if it’s a good year or a bad year.

Water. Be responsible.

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Seven years ago, my husband and I gave out seed packets of Mewaldt’s “Homesweet” tomatoes at our wedding.

Wrapped in blue ribbon with pictures of big, red fruit on the wrapper, the seeds were initially popular with the tomatogrowing, New-Jersey-residing faction of our family. But in the years that followed, our East Coast relatives would make both passive and overt digs at the seeds, claiming that they “just didn’t grow.”

In our desire to give our family the best, we overlooked a key characteristic of Mewaldt tomatoes. They’re not for New Jersey, the East or the Midwest.

They’re not even for California. They’re for Nevada, specifically Northern Nevada.

In spite of—or maybe because of—the high desert climate that they were bred for, Mewaldt tomatoes are impossibly sweet, aggressively juicy, and highly adaptable to limited water, arid temperatures and local disease.

But the harvest didn’t happen overnight. After Bill Mewaldt quit his job as a biology professor 15 years ago to become a full-time farmer, he and his wife, Korena, spent just as many years working to achieve “balance” on their 10-acre property in Fallon.

“My deal is that I’m going to let nature take its course,” said Mewaldt.

“When I first started farming, squash bugs were always in my squash, and they were a problem. I used to try poisoning them with supposedly organic poisons, but I was killing bees, so I stopped.”

Now Mewaldt uses a variety of organic farming techniques to work with—instead of against—the ecology on his farm. He grows tomatoes, squash,

basil, parsley, sunchokes and garlic— using crop rotation, soil amendments and integrated pest management.

“I don’t have squash bugs anymore, I can’t find squash bugs anymore,” said Mewaldt. “They’re around but [there is] something about my property—maybe it’s the lizards eating them, the praying mantis eating them. We don’t know.”

In addition to making room for insects and microorganisms (“the good guys”) and eschewing pesticides (“poisons”), Mewaldt’s success with tomatoes also has a lot to do with selection.

“I’m basically working on resistant varieties,” he said. “For instance, our Roma tomato, I named it Korena’s Roma—that’s my wife’s name—she planted, like, 50 Roma plants out in our back garden and that year 49 of them died. But one plant was just big and green and happy and wasn’t invaded, nothing happened. So that’s the one that formed the basis for our Korena’s Roma.”

Over the years, the Mewaldts have selectively bred Cherokee Purples, Big Rainbows and—our favorite— Homesweet tomatoes (now called “Farmsweet” as a protective measure against Monsanto’s practice of patenting varieties).

Other tomatoes don’t work out.

Brandywines—a variety that grows well in New Jersey—taste like “a big sack of juice, and not even good juice,” according to Mewaldt.

Those varieties that do make it through the selection process land in upscale restaurants like 4th Street Bistro and Campo as well as the Great Basin Community Food Co-op, which is basically ground-zero for the rest of Mewaldt’s produce. They also carry seeds—which I hear make great gifts. Ω

To learn more about the Mewaldt’s property and produce or to arrange a tour, go to www.mewaldtorganics.com/.

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owadays, Lily Crabtree is the Guaranteed Services manager of the Patagonia warehouse here in Reno, but nearly 30 years ago, she was Corporal Kelly, barking orders and mugging for the camera as she got into the ring to wrestle. She was a cast member of GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, a popular syndicated TV show that ran for four seasons in the ’80s.

A grainy video recording of her final bout can be found on YouTube: A lively crowd surrounds a ring that could be the venue of a boxing match, except the ropes are the color of cotton candy. Corporal Kelly, “the mean Marine,” is introduced first. She runs out, decked in what looks like Vietnam-era fatigues, not comfortable athletic wear, and heads toward the ring as the audience raises a mix of cheers and the jeers a good heel deserves.

In the clip, there’s then a cheesy video swipe that might have been state-of-the-art in 1989 but looks as outdated as a horse and buggy today, and then there’s Corporal Kelly bobbing to a basic beat, flanked by henchwomen, and then, yep, she starts rapping. She’s right on the beat, in a gruff voice that approximates no-nonsense, but is actually all-nonsense: “Stand at attention when I speak/I’m Corporal Kelly; I despise the meek/I spot their weakness, and I move in/With strategy behind me, I’m gunning to win.”

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Her opponent is Sunny, the California Girl, a bouncing blonde who approaches the ring with a surfboard in hand, like she literally just ran over from the beach and didn’t have time to stash her stick. Instead of rapping, she attempts to tell a “knock, knock” joke, but the audience doesn’t really bite, so she just stutters awkwardly for a second, until the ring announcer looks at her, shrugs, and says, “don’t you …” and then she shouts “Tanks!” This is apparently the midway response of the joke, but she doesn’t wait for a “Tanks who?” before launching into a rendition of “Tanks for the Memories.”

(The 1980s were a different time.

It’s hard to picture the stereotype of the dumb blonde being presented so blatantly, and with such condescending affection, anywhere on TV today—except maybe at a Trump rally. And even then they’d probably

call her Hillary and ruin the whole terrible, tacky simplicity of the thing.)

The match begins moments later. Kelly shoves Sunny into a corner and starts pummeling her, she grabs her hair and tosses her against the ropes, picks her up and slams her over a knee. Sunny gets the upper hand a moment later, and the two wrestlers alternate taking the lead in a half-choreographed, half-improvised dance around the ring. The bout ends with Kelly climbing to the top turnbuckle and diving off with a “bombs away!” body slam.

But after pinning Sunny, Kelly seems to have trouble getting to her feet, and although she raises her arms above her in a gesture that seems like a victory celebration, the howl she lets out seems pitched between triumph and agony, and she seems strangely immobile as the ring announcer declares her the winner.

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It was a moment of triumph for Corporal Kelly but a moment of agony for Lily Crabtree.

“I heard my knee pop,” said Crabtree recently. One leg had landed on a soft spot on the mat. The leg twisted, and her ACL was obliterated. She gritted her teeth, pinned her opponent, stayed in character long enough for the crew to finish filming the scene, but then she had to be helped out of the ring.

“They tried to send me back out there,” said Crabtree. “I don’t know if you can tell in the match, but I only had one good leg.”

BROOm wITH A vIEw Crabtree was born in Cincinnati and grew up just across the Ohio River in suburban Kentucky. She moved out at age 16 when her parents threatened to put her in an all-girls Catholic school because they found out she was sexually active. Not long afterward, in the early ’80s, she started hanging out with musicians in Cincinnati’s music scene, especially a band called the Ravens.

“I basically roadied for them, moving equipment in and out,” she said. “I was always a tough girl.”

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LADY OF T HE RING continued from page 11 McLane was still onboard. For her, the continuing cultural influence of GLOW has less to do with the inclusion of women—which had happened before—and more to do with the larger-than-life characters on the show.

“GLOW took wrestling one step further,” she said recently. “My grandmother, she watched wrestling, and everyone either had black trunks on or red trunks on. One guy was a bad guy and one guy was a good guy. We took it one step further. We took those characters and we gave them costumes. We gave them exaggerated characters.”

Her character was Angel—“Don’t let the name fool you”—a heel. She was a gymnast who’d studied theater arts and worked for a casting agency. She joined GLOW after going for an audition looking for “athletic women.” She was only on GLOW for a year but later wrestled for other companies, some of which were GLOW spinoffs: Powerful Women of Wrestling, Female Ladies Appearing in the Ring, and AWA Superstars of Wrestling. She also acted and did stunt work in movies, and now works for Breakthru Beverage in Reno.

“Anything could happen in the ring,” she said. “People say, wrestling is fake. Well, I wish you’d tell my cracked pelvis and my four or five vertebrae that will never be the same that.”

When Crabtree tried out for the show, it was alongside about 60 other hopefuls. The tryouts, she said, were grueling. They’d run laps, lift weights, do calisthenics, practice moves.

“They put us through the paces,” she said.

“They worked our asses. … They’d work us from 7 until noon, and then we’d have a half hour break for lunch, and then we’d work from 12:30 until 6:30, and then we’d have an hour break for dinner, and then we’d do commercial spots—not real commercial spots, but we’d practice.”

This was every day but Sunday for three weeks before the first cut.

“I made the cut, and that’s when they told me I was going to be Corporal Kelly.”

Crabtree was actually Corporal Kelly II. It was a character that already existed, that she had no hand in creating. Her casting was based on the fact that she had a physical resemblance to the original Corporal Kelly from the earlier seasons.

“That was frustrating, and they cut all my hair off, and they dyed it brown,” she said.

After the first round, the women were assigned characters, some of whom they— unlike Crabtree—had a role in creating. And then after testing the characters, there was another round of cuts.

“The good girls were bitches.

They were mean. … The bad girls were usually so cool.”

Lily Crabtree a.k.a. Corporal Kelly II Lily Crabtree shows off a poster of herself from her Corporal Kelly days.

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Before long, she also started doing live sound for the band, and then began dating the group’s bassist, Blackie Crabtree, who eventually became her husband, and then eventually her ex-husband—although they’re still on good terms. (Renoites might know Blackie from his current band, the Flesh Hammers.)

“Our first date—Halloween night, a busload of punks went to Cleveland to see Talking Heads and did acid,” said Crabtree.

The Ravens changed their band name to the Explosive Broomhandles—a name that might conjure up mental images of fiery, ejaculatory witches—and then the band’s male singer quit.

“I knew all the songs, so they asked me if I wanted to sing,” said Crabtree. “And I said, ‘Yeah. Who doesn’t want to sing?’”

The band started out as fast-loud-rules, thrashy punk before eventually evolving into what Crabtree describes as “Western Gothic sleaze rock”—still fast, but with a hint of twang and some post-punk gloom.

On Desert Storm, the group’s 1991 album, her voice sounds a bit like Exene Cervenka and a bit like Siouxsie Sioux, and the band sounds a bit like early Slayer covering Waylon Jennings—thrashers playing country songs with a Goth singer. Or, put another way, the sound of your dog dying and your truck breaking down, but it’s night, and you’re out in the middle of the desert, and there’s no one for miles, and you’re sickeningly alone in the universe.

But nearly a decade before the recording of the album, back in ’82, the Explosive Broomhandles moved to Southern California.

“At that time Cincinnati wasn’t really ready for punk,” said Crabtree.

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Crabtree and the band spent the next decade and more gigging around the Los Angeles area, playing iconic venues like the Whiskey and the Troubadour.

“We played the Whiskey the night of the Rodney King riots,” she said. “It was intense. We were onstage when the verdict came down or right before we went out. So we talked about it onstage. … We talked about the LA cops and how we thought this was bullshit, and you know there’s going to be a riot tonight and there actually was. …

But we didn’t completely bash ’em because, you know, they might have had to save us on the way home.”

Both Crabtrees worked for Patagonia, and they moved with the company up to Reno in ’96. In 2011, Lily Crabtree survived both a divorce and breast cancer. But before any of that, before moving to Reno, she took a hiatus from music to wrestle.

THE YOuNG AND THE wREsTLERs “I was always a big wrestling fan,” she said.

“It’s just the greatest form of entertainment.

It’s over the top. It’s campy. It’s good versus evil, and you can always root for evil in this case.”

And for her, wrestling is a lot like playing rock music—the same sense of theater, oversized personalities and big, silly gestures. She describes it as “like a silent movie in the ring.”

She and Blackie would often attend wrestling events around LA, and, on a whim, she eventually started working out with friends at a wrestling gym called Gil’s Garage. Many of the other wrestlers training there were Lucha Libre fighters who taught her the best ways

to fall and other moves. There were no other women training at that gym.

Women in professional wrestling was, of course, not a new phenomenon. Watching other people—men and women—fight, or pretend to, is an activity that has remained popular since prehistoric times. The formats have changed over the years, but it has never gone away.

But Glow: the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling is perfectly a product of its time, the ’80s: the colors are oversaturated, the dialogue and sketches are cheesy, and the characterizations are tacky. The whole show reeks of some saccharine, leering excess. Naturally, it was filmed in Las Vegas.

More specifically, it was filmed at the Riviera Hotel and Casino. GLOW was started in 1985 by producers David McLane and Matt Cimber. By the time Crabtree joined the show before the third season, McLane had left GLOW, and Cimber was running the show.

Cimber’s biggest claim to fame is that he was married to actress Jayne Mansfield at the time of her death.

One Saturday, the show featured a promo: “Do you have what it takes to be on GLOW? Send us your resume.”

So Crabtree sent them a resume.

“I didn’t hear from them forever, and then they called and wanted to meet me,” she said.

“Matt Cimber met with me—I think it was at a Burger King in the valley. … This guy is such a dick, and you can say he’s a dick because he is a dick.”

THE ANGELs Andrea Micheil, who’s also now a Reno resident, was on GLOW in season two, back when

“At the end, we were down to about 24 or 26 girls, and then people started getting hurt immediately.”

Crabtree saw an inexperienced wrestler break her collarbone.

“Her bone was sticking out. So they called the ambulance. The ambulance takes her away, and we’re all standing there freaked out of our gourds, and then they say, “‘Next.’”

The most challenging aspect of it all, according to Crabtree, was the abuse meted out

by Cimber.

“I did used to call Blackie almost every night crying because it was brutal and the producer was such a dick. He would call us in our apartments every night to see if we were home. He wanted to talk to every girl at 2 in the morning.

He kept such close tabs on us. He bitched at us constantly. If he saw us eating anything he didn’t think we should be eating, he’d scream at us.

After I got my character, I’d be walking down to the ring—our apartments were really close to the ring—and if he’d be driving by, he’d stop and say, ‘March, Corporal Kelly, march!’ And he’d call you a fat ass, and say you were a pig, and tell you how ugly you were. He would just dog us. … He sexually harassed a lot of the girls, but not me, because that was one time, as he told me, that being a bull-dyke Marine was working in my favor because he wasn’t hitting on me.”

The schedule continued to be grueling after she passed the audition process. Every Monday

morning would start with a meeting with the writers and producers in which they’d go over the week’s matches. All week long would be rehearsals and workouts. Friday nights were dress rehearsals. And Saturdays were all-day taping days, including shooting commercials and sketches after the matches. After that, she’d drive to LA to spend a precious few hours with her boyfriend before driving back in time to make the morning meeting the following Monday.

And the fights were physically demanding.

In addition to destroying her ACL, she was sidelined for a bit early on with a broken elbow. Her opponents, the supposed “good girls,” weren’t always mindful about pulling their punches.

“The good girls were bitches,” she said.

“They were mean. Those damn farmers’ daughters were the worst. … The bad girls were usually so cool. The good girls were a bunch of naked, spoiled bitches.”

Some of the other wrestlers were cokeheads, but no one, to her knowledge, was using steroids.

One of the wrestlers switched careers and went on to be in pornography. Some others had minor acting careers, appearing on shows like Married … with Children.

“It’s pretty funny that people are still into it,” she said. “We didn’t have money.”

She said she was paid $250 a week, plus another $150 a week that was held until the end of the season. She lived with three other women in a two-bedroom apartment.

“You could eat at the Riveria, but if you ate at the Riveria, Matt was going to come yell at you for what you were eating, so hardly anyone ate there,” she said. “I never did anyway. Matt was screaming at you all the time. They were constantly watching you.

It was crazy. And then when I messed up my knee, they lied about how much I made.”

They downplayed her earnings, so her workers’ compensation payments would be less.

She remembers needing to collect cans to earn money to buy a meal—a meal she ate while watching herself on syndicated TV. “I thought, this is wrong,” she said.

“Should you be cashing in your cans and excited you’re going to have a hamburger while you’re on TV?” There’s been a renewed interest in the GLOW athletes in recent years. An acclaimed documentary, GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, was completed in late 2011.

The GLOW wrestlers are being honored at the Cauliflower Alley Club wrestlers’ convention in Las Vegas this year. And a scripted TV show written by Orange is the New Black creator Jenji Kohan and starring Alison Brie is being developed for Netflix.

Many of the GLOW wrestlers participate in AfterGLOW fan events, including an upcoming cruise. Why the continued interest?

“Every fan had a wrestler that connected to them somehow, whether it be a bad girl or a

good girl that they wanted to be,” said Micheil.

“Fans would say, ‘You guys are real people?

You have no idea how you guys got me through my day.’ Because whatever problem or situation that was going on in their lives because they felt different, and they saw us, and we were different, and we were on TV, and it was OK to be different.”

But for Crabtree, the experience is tainted by frustration with her character: “Part of me was not that into being Corporal Kelly. I thought it was cool that I got to do it, and look back on it, and say I did it.”

She wanted to embrace her stage name and persona as the singer of the Explosive Broomhandles: Lillian Lust.

“I freaking loved being Lillian Lust, and Corporal Kelly was the exact opposite of Lillian Lust,” she said. “As Lillian Lust, I was always the girl that I wished I could be—that girl in school that I never was because I was a dorky little Catholic girl with bad hair.”

Despite her reservations, she embraced the character of Corporal Kelly with as much enthusiasm as she could muster.

“When I was Corporal Kelly, I was Corporal Kelly. I’d get up in little kids’ faces and say, ‘Listen up, you little maggot, I’ll rip your head off.’ I was in people’s faces and screaming at the audience. I embraced it. I loved being a heel.” Ω

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on’t let the 90-degree temperatures fool you. the crisp nights and yellow leaves of fall are

almost upon us. (Please, for the love of god, let them be upon us.) before long you’ll be bundling up on dark evenings for your dinner and show.

With a new bridge to convey you downtown and more local theater this fall than you can shake a stick at, there’s no excuse to miss out. this fall’s theater lineup is a mixed bag of romances, issue-driven think pieces, musicals, Halloween horrors and a range of sweet and sour christmas tales.

Kiss Kiss bang bang: brüKa TheaTre Fresh off its run of Gary Cremeans’ original play New Canula at the International NYC Fringe Festival in August, not to mention a “Best Local Theater Company” win from the readers of RN&R, Brüka is wasting no time cooling its heels this fall. It’s holding season auditions on Sept.

11 for this season, dubbed “The Things We Do for Love.”

First is Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl’s new romantic comedy, Stage Kiss, opening Sept.

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Next comes the fourth annual Biggest Little Theatre Festival, Brüka’s celebration of original works by local writers. Submissions are open Sept. 1-10, and five scripts, of about 50 minutes each, will be chosen to appear on the Brüka stage.

The festival provides local artists with the supportive structure of a theater space and a jumping-off point for future festival entries, not to mention a percentage at the door.

Shows will run Nov. 9-13.

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Also this fall, Rachel Lopez is bringing the Spotlight Youth Theatre to Brüka, specializing in high-quality theatrical productions that address social issues and topics relevant to today’s society and the lives of present-day youth.

Classes and workshops are available for all levels of experience, ages 10-18, with some internships available for youths 16-18.

Auditions are Sept. 19 and 20.

Back by popular demand, Brüka will present its locals’ favorite, Buttcracker 7.

Tickets and info: bruka.org

Underdogs and MisfiTs: reno LiTTLe TheaTer Last season, RLT brought us Radium Girls, the unbelievable story of real-life, courageous female factory workers who blew the whistle on corporate greed.

Along those same lines, RLT launches its new season with another David-and-Goliath tale, Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, adapted by Arthur Miller, running Sept. 9-25. One whistleblower—with the best of intentions for his community—exposes the dangerous truth about the supposedly “medicinal” waters running through his small town. He faces the unpleasant realization that no one appreciates knowing that truth.

Next comes The Santaland Diaries, based on David Sedaris’ hilarious essay from his book Holidays on Ice. With his trademark acerbic wit, Sedaris recounts his experiences working as Christmas elf Crumpet at Macy’s.

This one runs Nov. 25-Dec. 11.

If you have a chance to visit RLT’s website or stop by the box office, you might notice a striking new look on its 2016-17 season posters and marketing materials.

Local artist Omar Pierce is creating one-of-a-kind, limited-edition poster art, which patrons may even have the opportunity to purchase.

Tickets and info: renolittletheater.org

LaMbs, Tigers and jacKaLs: goodLUcK MacbeTh Goodluck Macbeth is in the middle of a spectacular season, what with spring’s King Lear having earned rave reviews and Chris Daniels’ performance in the one-man show Buyer and Cellar up for a Forte Award. There’s only a little time left to catch Bad Jews, closing Sept. 3 (“Holy hell,” RN&R, Aug. 25).

Now how ’bout a little quid pro quo? GLM is taking on a cult classic with a haunting musical parody of Silence of the Lambs.

Jon and Al Kaplan’s Silence: The Musical runs Sept. 30-Oct. 22, promising incredible music that’s at least R-rated. This smart, campy, outrageous show has never left New York, making it one of a long line of shows that are part of GLM’s major effort to bring new works to town.

Here’s another one: Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Written

by Rajiv Joseph, it’s the story of two American Marines and an Iraqi translator whose lives are forever changed by a quick-witted tiger who haunts the streets of downtown Baghdad. It’s an intense, darkly funny story that also offers a unique examination

of war and culture clashes. It runs Nov. 11-Dec. 3.

GLM’s year caps off with another musical Dec. 15-23—this one an original piece by Playwright in Residence John Bankhead. In Audition, it’s the dead of winter in New England, and a nor’easter blankets the seaboard. At the Berkshire Community Playhouse, an audition for “A Play Yet To Be Named” is set to begin. The wellknown writer/director runs late, and the small group of unknown actors brave the storm, waiting for the chance to be in his next musical, a gathering that will change all of their lives—and the audience’s, who are made part of the show.

Tickets and info: goodluckmacbeth.org

sinK yoUr TeeTh inTo This: TMcc PerforMing arTs Funnily enough, TMCC’s fall season also is comprised of some horror, a musical, an original work by a local playwright and characters who can talk to animals.

First there’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Oct. 14-30. This show is inspired by—and faithful to—the original book, ensuring appropriate Halloween creepiness and TMCC’s trademark jaw-dropping staging.

Then comes the annual holiday season children’s production, this one an original story by local playwright Colin Ross called The Boy Who Could Speak to Animals, featuring song styles ranging from rap to rock and jazz. As part of the TMCC tradition, 2,000-3,000 area schoolchildren will come to the TMCC RPAC Theater on Keystone Avenue to see the live

The Sands Regency’s Utility Players are ready for a season of laughs.

performance, though there will be several public showings as well. It runs Nov. 15-Dec. 8.

And if you’re in the mood for some holiday cheer, catch a “Holiday Favorites” musical performance by the TMCC choir on Dec. 14.

Tickets and Info: TMCC.edu/vparts/, (775)673-7291

SMIlIng’S My favorITe: WIld HorSe THeaTer CoMpany If you, like me, believe it wouldn’t be Christmas without Buddy the Elf, head down to Carson City for Wild Horse Children’s Theater’s production of Elf The Musical, Jr., in its Northern Nevada premiere, Dec. 2-11. As with all the “Jr.” shows, this one has all the fun of the original holiday musical, but it’s a bit shorter and more appropriate for even the tiniest elves.

Tickets and info: Wildhorsetheater.com

WHaT CHrISTMaS IS all abouT: THeaTreWorkS of norTHern nevada TWNN’s annual dinner-and-show fundraising gala has traditionally been a murder-mystery event. But considering TWNN’s mission to provide youth opportunities for experiencing performing arts, it makes sense that this year’s gala features A Charlie Brown Christmas. This family event takes place at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa on Nov. 6. In addition to the show there’s dinner, a milk-andcookie bar, a silent auction, and a visit from Santa—includng a photo op.

You can still catch Charlie and company when TWNN takes that show to the McKinley Arts & Culture Center Dec. 2-4 for a few more performances.

Tickets and info: twnn.org

T-r-o-u-b-l-e: unr deparTMenT of THeaTre & danCe The university’s performers are bringing The Music Man “right here to River City” Oct. 21-Nov.

5. True to form, this will be a fairly traditional production of the beloved musical that includes classic songs like “Goodnight My Someone,” “76 Trombones,” “Pick a Little, Talk a Little” and “Ya Got Trouble,” and will feature a large cast that includes area kids.

UNR’s Fall Dance Festival, featuring student choreography and dance pieces, will run Nov. 17-19.

Tickets and Info: www.unr.edu/cla/ theatredance

fInTaSTIC: WeSTern nevada MuSICal THeaTre CoMpany Travel under the sea as WNMTC presents Disney’s The Little Mermaid. It’ll make quite a splash with a professional orchestra conducted by Kevin Murphy, choreography by Gina Kaskie Davis, all your favorite musical numbers from the film, enchanting sets and professional flight effects by Flying

By Foy. Runs Nov. 4-20.

Tickets and info: WnTMC.com or 886-977-6849

“yeS, and …”: THe uTIlITy playerS If you just want to laugh really hard, there’s a show for that, too. The Utility Players, Reno’s own live and unscripted comedy improv troupe, returns to the Jester’s Theater at the Sands for their eighth season. Surprising audiences every Saturday night through December with their off-the-cuff humor, the troupe is fresher and funnier than ever. Each performance is developed on the spot in the style of Whose Line is it Anyway?, for a side-splitting 90-minute show. As usual, consider it rated R. Tickets and info: sandsregency.com

favorITe flop: eldorado reSorT CaSIno There’s still time to catch The Full Monty before it goes away on Sept. 18.

Then on Sept. 27 and running through Nov. 1 is Mel Brooks’ Tony Award-winning comedy masterpiece, The Producers, about a washedup Broadway producer and his

accountant who conspire to put on the biggest flop in showbiz history.

The classic score contains such gems as “I Wanna Be a Producer,” “When You Got It, Flaunt It,” “Springtime for Hitler,” and “Prisoners of Love.”

Tickets and info: eldoradoreno.com

golden annIverSary: HarraH’S reno Celebrate 50 years of classic Reno showroom entertainment in Greg Thompson’s A Musical Salute to the Greatest Stars Ever to Play Sammy’s Showroom. Thompson, who has produced more than 7,000 performances in Harrah’s Sammy’s Showroom in the past 26 years, presents this spectacular revue of the best song-and-dance acts to grace the Sammy’s stage. Running now through Oct. 10.

Tickets and info: Caesars.com/harrahsreno/shows or Ticketmaster.com. Ω

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Frances Melhop photographs Comstock residents inside the historical Silver City School House.

Rural retreat Resident Artist Program in Silver City Quest Lakes and her family moved out of their house in Silver City after a mining operation posed threats of noise and air pollution, but she’s still pretty attached to the place. It’s a DIY assemblage of geodesic domes at the end of a steep, dirt road in this historic town of about 200 residents.

“This was originally at the UNR campus,” Lakes said of the oldest dome.

“The art students had built this.” It originally belonged to her father-in-law, retired University of Nevada, Reno art professor Jim McCormick.

A library nook is stocked with books on Nevada, and the view out a south-ish facing window seems to go forever.

Comfortable and welcoming as the house is, a guest of Lakes wasn’t getting enough sleep, and it wasn’t the mid-August heat keeping her awake. The guest was Frances Melhop, a New Zealander and fashion photographer who lives in Reno.

She was one of a string of artists, performers and writers who’ve stayed in the house, which Lakes uses as the living quarters and studio for the Resident Artist Program in Silver City, which she runs.

Melhop was there for a six-day photo shoot. Because her lighting and backdrop equipment is far too large for the dome house, she was working in the historic Silver City School House a few blocks down the road.

She was adding to her series of portraits of Comstock residents. She said she wanted to let her subjects’ personalities shine through. Compared with shooting for fashion magazines, she said, “It’s like a whole different headspace.” She sounded downright humbled as she talked about hearing and seeing “super amazing stories, 16

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super amazing faces. It’s kind of a mine of amazingness.”

Hence the sleepless nights. Her subjects, after being photographed, were interviewed by filmmaker Mary Works Covington.

Melhop plans to include the recordings along with her photos in a 2017 gallery exhibit. After each day of shooting, she’d been listening to them late into the night.

“It’s like another whole eight-hour day of recordings, so I’m listening to them, and it’s just brilliant stuff. The first women who were the firefighters—and some woman who ran herself over with her own car. … I’m laughing my pants off, and I’m crying, and I don’t even know half of these people.”

Visiting artists structure their projects however they like. In Melhop’s case, she was planning to do some mentoring once her shoot wrapped up.

“Tomorrow I’m handing it over to the interns,” she said. “They’re going to work on projects that they want to do. I’m going to teach them lighting skills, how to measure light, how to do a portrait, different ways of lighting.”

Participants have come from places such as Michigan and London. Each artist is asked to do a public presentation, whether an exhibit, workshop or performance.

“Scott McClough from Oakland, he built three enormous ships out of found objects,” said Lakes. “One is on display at St. Mary’s [Art Center in Virginia City] right now.”

Later in August, a new resident arrived, Dr. David Lee, the poet laureate of Utah.

He plans to stay through December to write poetry and teach workshops.

“There’s something about this space that helps people be creative and produce things,” said Lakes. Ω

to learn more about the Resident Artist Program in silver city, visit artistresidencysilvercitynv.wordpress. com or follow “Resident Artist Program in silver city nevada” on Facebook.

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Receiving tips from folks about their Moving on to hot stuff, we sampled a favorite eateries is one of the best aspects Philly cheese steak ($7.40). My one quibble of being a food writer. When it’s something is that a Philly must include chopped, new and undiscovered, I’m obviously going grilled beefsteak to earn that name, but to be interested. But when it’s been around this sandwich was stuffed with deli roast for years—hidden in plain sight—and I still beef—topped with grilled bell pepper and haven’t heard about it? Priceless. onion, melted American and provolone U.S. Sub Base is tucked away in an cheeses and tons of pepperoncini. It wasn’t inconspicuous strip mall. This is definitely a a true Philly, but it still managed to make business sustained by its hardcore regulars. my tongue happy.

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“You liked the the Saw movies? really?”

Blind spot

soldier machine, even with the loss of his sight. I found it totally ridiculous that he couldn’t sense individuals—sweating, twitchy, overly scared individuals—within inches of him with that nose of his. He might race by them once, but he does it Look, I know movies are mostly fiction and much of multiple times. what happens in them can’t really happen in the Even if you were to let that go, the movie real world. Still, I look for a certain amount of becomes a horror show when the robbers discover reality in movies that don’t contain ghosts, aliens, what’s in The Blind Man’s basement. It turns cyborgs, etc. In other words, when it’s steeped in out The Blind Man has a backstory involving a reality, you sometimes lose me when things get daughter killed by a drunk driver and a revenge too outlandish and inexplicable. plot straight out of a Saw movie. And let me make Case in point: Don’t Breathe. Now here’s a this clear: When I draw comparisons to the Saw horror movie helmed by a guy who knows how to movies, it is not a good thing, because I totally put a good scare together, that being Fede Alvarez, hated all of the Saw movies. the guy who gave us that relatively decent Evil You get the inevitable lights-out scene with Dead remake. The movie deals with three dimwits the robbers trying to evade The Blind Man and (Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette and Daniel Zovatto) Alvarez switching to night vision, just as Jonathan trying to rob a blind military veteran (a growly Demme did in The Silence of the Lambs with much Stephen Lang) of his dough in his house. In the more success. course of their heist, they find out Too much of this movie is a few really bad things about the based on everybody doing stupid, guy, including his aspirations to stupid things and reacting to their be the next Jigsaw (the presently situations in a manner that qualiretired, ridiculous villain from the fies them as truly moronic. Again, Saw series).

I can buy a couple of errors and Rocky (Levy, who also misjudgments from characters Director: Fede Alvarez starred in Alvarez’s Evil Dead) being chased by a malevolent Starring: Jane Levy, Dylan wants to get out of Detroit—who force, but things in Don’t Breathe Minnette, Stephen Lang can blame her?—and move to get way out of hand. And as for California with her little sister. the bit with the turkey baster, She and her boyfriend (Zovatto) well, I certainly didn’t need to see have been pulling off minor robberies with Alex that. Don’t get buttered popcorn before watching (Minnette), using alarm codes from his dad’s this movie. security company. They get wind of a boatload of On the plus side, Alvarez gets a few good jump money in the blind man’s house and set out to rob scares, provides a decent homage to Cujo at one him while he’s home. point, and gets good acting work out of Levy and, Yes, the premise is interesting, but things to some extent, Lang. Each performer is at the go off the rails pretty quickly when The Blind mercy of the silly script given to them, so when it Man—that’s his actual character name—somehow gets a little too ridiculous, they must follow suit. survives a gassing and interrupts the robbery. His The ending leaves things very open for a sequel, initial thwarting of the break-in is convincing which should satiate The Blind Man’s thirst to be enough, but then the movie becomes all about the the next Jigsaw. Given the early financial success robbers standing still while The Blind Man races for the movie, it’s safe to say The Blind Man will right by them. get more opportunities to do bad things with turkey Right here I’m calling bullshit because Alvarez basters and light switches. The horror genre has makes a point to show us The Blind Man’s been rejuvenated the past couple of years, but films heightened sense of smell on many occasions. like this stall that renaissance. Ω He also shows us that he’s a well-oiled, keen

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Mel Gibson is a fucking asshole, but he can act with the best of them. As Link, an ex-con with a tattoo parlor in his trailer and a missing daughter (Erin Moriarty), he’s a stunning, grizzly marvel—elevating mediocre material into something completely watchable. When the missing daughter gets herself into some major trouble, she comes back on the grid by giving Link a call. Having never really known his daughter, Link is determined to be the dad he never was thanks to a seven year prison stint, and he goes into super protective mode. The two wind up on the run from a drug cartel, and that leads to sights like Gibson on a motorcycle blowing people away with a shotgun. This is a tour de force for Gibson, whose ranting inside Link’s trailer as it is being shot to shreds just might be the best piece of acting he’s ever put forth. Director Jean-Francois Richet lucked out in casting Gibson as this character desperately in search of redemption. It suits Gibson very well at this time, and I can’t think of an actor who would’ve done a better job with this material. William H. Macy is reliably good as Link’s sponsor. Moriarty holds her own against the insane Gibson, and Michael Parks kills it as a former friend and true bastard. If you should choose to watch it, I think you’ll be surprised.

(Streaming on iTunes and Amazon.com during a limited theatrical release.)

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Hell or High Water

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 .

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Morris From America

Craig Robinson and Markees Christmas are one of the better father-son teams the movies have seen in a long time in this charmer from writer-director Chad Hartigan.

Christmas plays Morris, a 13-year-old American living in Germany because his dad Curtis (Robinson) has a job there as a soccer coach.

Morris is learning German, trying to make friends, and developing a crush on older girl Katrin (Lina Keller). He’s dealing with the kind of crap you would expect a black American to be dealing with in an all white city. The dynamic between Robinson (easily his best performance) and Christmas makes it seem like these guys are really father and son. They complement each other perfectly, and it’s refreshing to see a father and son talk and deal the way they do in this movie. The relationship between Morris and the somewhat troublesome Katrin is also refreshing in that it never seems false.

It’s a solid coming-of-age story in an unexpected and unpredictable locale, with a cast of characters (including Carla Juri of Wetlands as Morris’ tutor) that scores across the board.

This is one of the summer’s great surprises.

(Streaming on iTunes and Amazon.com during limited theatrical release.)

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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 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.

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Southside with You

Parker Sawyers and Tika Sumpter shine as Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson on their first date in this ultra sweet, enjoyable account of when the future President and First Lady got together for a day and eventually went to see Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing.

Writer-director Richard Tanne, above all things, does a great job of capturing the spirit of the late ’80s with his period piece, placing the two icons in a very believable, low-key environment. Sawyers (a dead ringer for Obama) and Sumpter capture the spirit of the couple without exaggerating any of their characteristics. It’s a blast watching a young Robinson, who was actually Obama’s mentor and advisor at a law firm he worked for that summer, keeping a persistent Obama in check with his romantic pursuits. It’s also funny to see the future president lighting up many cigarettes during the course of the movie, including in his very first scene. Tanne’s approach to the subject matter is beautifully understated, allowing for his performers to show us a couple of real people getting to know each other slowly. We all know how things turn out for the couple, but it’s fun to see them starting in Obama’s crappy, smoke-stained jalopy with an unimpressed Michelle in the passenger’s seat.

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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.

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War Dogs

Director Todd Phillips, a man generally responsible for slob comedies like The Hangover and Old School, goes a more serious, satirical route with this one. The results are mixed, but it’s ultimately entertaining.

Based on an article in Rolling Stone magazine that described real-life gun-runners who bilked the government and screwed each other over, the film plays out as a sort of The Wolf of Wall Street with weapons and Albania instead of stocks and the Financial District.

Contributing to that Wolf vibe is Jonah Hill, who stars in both, playing Efraim Diveroli, a diabolical, narcissistic weapons dealer who puts profit before morality and friendship.

Even though Hill throws in an annoying laugh that should’ve been discouraged, the core of his performance is still funny, and brutal when it needs to be. Miles Teller plays his partner, David Packouz, a massage therapist who can’t keep his career in line and needs to straighten out fast, especially because he has a kid on the way with his wife, Iz (Ana de Armas, far less scary here than when she was torturing Keanu Reeves in Knock Knock).

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Jason Newsted, former Metallica bassist, has been collecting songs from the last five centuries or so.

Heavyweight Jason Newsted Jason Newsted has played with a variety of acts, including Ozzy Osbourne, Voivod, and Flotsam and Jetsam, but he’s best known for having been the bassist of Metallica from 1986 to 2001.

He’s performing a free show with his group the Chophouse Band this week.

What’s the Chophouse Band?

My studio, that I started about 25 years ago—it’ll be the 25th anniversary in January, so after ’92 after [Metallica’s] Black Album. We were doing the second round of the Black Album tour, and we were doing pretty good, so I spent some dough and built a studio. It was named the Chophouse Studio by the Martin brothers—Jim Martin from Faith No More and his brothers used to always come over … and we used to jam together, and they named my studio the Chophouse, and the Chophouse Band has been going pretty much from that day in different forms with people from different styles and different genres of music of all ages have come over to make our musical soup there, trying to get away from the rigors of tour. ... It’s a different band every night pretty much. … The last 20 months or so, I decided to start collecting songs. ... New songs, old songs—going way, way back. I have some from the 1600s and some from the 1800s, the early 1900s, and then Johnny Cash and George Jones, mining songs. … We do our own versions of familiar songs—some of them familiar—“Folsom Prison Blues” or Neil Young, a lot of John Prine. We play some of our heroes. Some originals. Some contemporary heroes as well, like Jason Isbell. It’s a cover band of forms.

So, it’s kind of an intimate night with Jason Newsted?

Very much! I tell a lot of stories. … It’s new for me. It’s a very new world. We’re

going to go play on the radio here in a few minutes in Santa Rosa. First time I’ve ever done that—singing with my acoustic guitar on the radio live.

Your decision to leave Metallica is documented in the Some Kind of Monster documentary, and it seems like you’re making the right decision.

For myself, it was the right decision. And I think it was for the whole camp. As time has gone, and the dust has settled, it was right for the band to continue to thrive today—new album out, kicking major ass, millions of views in the first day? They’re killing it.

There’s a thing floating around the internet that’s a version of … And Justice for All with the bass turned up. Did you hear that? To me, … And Justice for All is a great album marred by a bad mix.

It’s perfect. It’s a perfect album. Sounds perfect. It’s exactly what it was supposed to be at the time, representing what we were as a band. There’s no way around it. I’ve had about seven or 19 people send me …

And Justice for Jason! Or … And Jason for All! Whatever they call it. I think they call it both. I actually never really listened to it.

I have heard what people have said about the basslines once they heard them, but I try not to go backwards. I’m proud of what happened on that. Every record is a learning experience.

For me, the Black Album was really special because I was 11 years old when it came out, and I listened to it over and over.

When you’re 11 or 13, that’s the time … whether it’s your brother’s record collection, your mom’s, your dad’s, your friends’, whatever—that’s what you’re going to be. If you’re down with the metal when you’re 12 or 13, you’re going to be down with the metal. Ω

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THURSDAY 9/1

FRIDAY 9/2

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SATURDAY 9/3

SUNDAY 9/4

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 9/5-9/7 Morillo, Stephan Jacobs, Mihkal, Mr. Rooney, Punktematrix, 11pm, Tu, $5-$10

Vice Versa & Friends, 10pm, no cover

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

3RD STREET

DG Kicks, 9pm, Tu, no cover

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

5 STAR SALOON

Supersuckers Sept. 2, 9 p.m.

Whiskey Dick’s Saloon 2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd.

South Lake Tahoe (530) 544-3425

132 West St., (775) 329-2878

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

Magic Mike XXL, 8:30pm, $25-$50

Magic Mike XXL, 8:30pm, $25-$50

DJ Izer, 10pm, $5 after 10pm

Rustler’s Moon, 8:30pm, no cover

Blues Monsters, 9pm, no cover

Blues Monsters, 9pm, no cover

CARGO AT WHITNEY PEAK HOTEL 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 COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR

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: Tom McClain, F, 7:30pm, $13-$15 The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: Alan Havey, Jodi Borrello, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30; Dat Phan, Joe Dosch, Tu-W, 9pm, $25 Laugh Factory at Silver Legacy Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., 325-7401: Mitch Fatel, Randy Lubas, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $21.95; F-Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $27.45; Ismo Leikola, Tu, W, 7:30pm, $21.95 Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., 686-6600: Kelly Hilbert, Josie Spadoni, Drew Shafer, F, 9pm, $10-$15; Sa, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, $10-$15

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

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

Frank Carabetta & Dave, 7pm, no cover

DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY ELBOW ROOM BAR 2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-6700

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

County Clarke, 9pm, no cover

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Songwriters in the Round, 6pm, no cover

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

Comedy

Roger the Lodger, 9pm, no cover

Takeover Sundays: Open Mic for DJs, 5pm, no cover

Serenity Awaits, 9:30pm, no cover Jack Di Carlo, 7pm, no cover

Jamie Rollins, 9pm, no cover

Guitar Woody and the Boilers, 7pm, no cover

Trey Stone Band, 7pm, no cover

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

Karaoke w/Nitesong Productions, 9pm, Tu, no cover

Repeat Offender, 9:30pm, no cover Karaoke w/C.J. Tirone, 7pm, no cover

Karaoke Kat, 9pm, no cover

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

Angie DeRose, 4pm, M, Open Mic Jam Slam, 8pm, Tu, C.J. Tirone, 7pm, W, no cover

Canyon White Open Mic Night, 8pm, no cover

HIMMEL HAUS

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

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

THE HOLLAND PROJECT 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858 71 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-1652 1) Showroom 2) Bar Room

TroyBoi, 7:30pm, W, $20-$25

Matthew Szlachetka, 6pm, no cover

HANGAR BAR

JUB JUB’S THIRST PARLOR

Karaoke, 9pm, Tu, W, no cover

2) Coreena, Clemón Charles, Britt Straw, Low La La, Glynn Osburn, 8pm, $5

THE JUNGLE

Pastel Felt, Just Guys Being Dudes, The Get Well Soon Band, 8pm, $5

Death Valley Girls, Basha, Pry, 8pm, W, $5

1) Larry June, OZ, Freshkatt, YLOC, I.D.M.G., Packd, Icy Dave, Young Maserati, Just $am, 7:30pm, $15

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

Todd Ballowe, 8pm, no cover

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

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

Elwood Music, 8pm, no cover

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THURSDAY 9/1

FRIDAY 9/2

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

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

188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480

Elephant Rifle, Meat Wave, Atlas Frame, 9pm, $7

MIDTOWN WINE BAR

DJ Trivia, 6:30pm, no cover

1527 S. Virginia St., (775) 800-1960

PADDY & IRENE’S IRISH PUB

SATURDAY 9/3

SUNDAY 9/4

Magic Fusion, 4:30pm, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $19-$27

Magic Fusion, 4:30pm, 7:30pm, $19-$27

Bingo Tuesday w/Tammy Tam Tam, 6:30pm, Tu, Jamie Rollins, 7:30pm, W, no cover

Strictly Business, 8pm, no cover

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

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

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

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 9/5-9/7 Magic Fusion, 7:30pm, M, Tu, $19-$27

TroyBoi

Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover

Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m.

Cargo 255 N. Virginia St. 398-5400

Open mic and jam, 7pm, no cover

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

ROCKBAR THEATER 211 N. Virginia St., (669) 255-7960

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

Rockaraoke, 8pm, no cover

Led Zepagain, 7pm, $12

First Thursdays: Local Music Showcase, 9pm, $TBA

Cru D’etat: Tyeze, T. Lee Walker, DJ Bangus, 9pm, $3-$5

SHEA’S TAVERN

Karaoke with Steve Starr, 8pm, no cover DJ Outlaw, 9pm, no cover

Zach + Bridget, 10pm, no cover

Barns Courtney, Rachael McElhiny, 8pm, W, no cover

Three Rounds, The Lost Ones, Reno We Have a Problem, 9pm, $5

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

SHELTER

DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover

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

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

Thursday Blues Jam hosted by Rich Maloon, 8:30pm, no cover

SPECTRE RECORDS

PETS, Roxxy Collie, Local Girls, 8pm, $5

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

ST. JAMES INFIRMARY

First Thursdays College Disco, 9pm, no cover

445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

STUDIO ON 4TH

Step Back Saturday, 10pm, no cover

Barns Courtney RJ Steelz, 9pm, $7

Saturday Night Dance Party, 9pm, no cover

Sil Shoda, Evening Bell, 10pm, M, no cover Tuesday Trivia, 8pm, Tu, no cover

J DuPree, The Wizz, My gia, Aiko, Ritual (industrial, EDM, ’80s)w/DJs David Jason Washington, others, 10pm, no cover Darkness, Rusty, Pelikan, 9pm, $3-$5

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

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Sept. 7, 8 p.m.

The Saint 761 S. Virginia St. 221-7451

Lakoda, Frankly Fictitious, Lizano, 8pm, W, $5

Supersuckers, Cash Only Band, 9pm, $15

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

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THURSDAY 9/1 ATLANTIS CASINO RESORT SPA

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

BOOMTOWN CASINO HOTEL

Dumpstaphunk Sept. 4, 9 p.m.

Crystal Bay Club 14 Highway 28 Crystal Bay 833-6333

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

FRIDAY 9/2

SATURDAY 9/3

SUNDAY 9/4

2) The Palmore Remix, 8pm, no cover

2) The Palmore Remix, 4pm, no cover Rebekah Chase Band, 10pm, no cover

1) Commodores, 8pm, $55-$75 2) The Palmore Remix, 4pm, no cover Rebekah Chase Band, 10pm, no cover

2) Rebekah Chase Band, 8pm, no cover

2) The Robeys, 6pm, no cover

2) The Robeys, 5pm, no cover

2) The Robeys, 5pm, no cover

2) The Robeys, 5pm, no cover

1) Jason Newsted & The Chophouse Band, 10pm, no cover

2) 40 Watt Hype, 10pm, no cover

1) Dumpstaphunk, 9pm, $17-$20

1) The Full Monty, 7pm, $36.95 2) Garage Boys, 10:30pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni V, 9pm, no cover

1) The Full Monty, 7pm, 9:30pm, $36.95 2) Garage Boys, 10:30pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni V, 9pm, no cover

1) The Full Monty, 7pm, $36.95 2) Garage Boys, 10:30pm, no cover

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

1) Santana, 9pm, $87.62-$170.18 2) Lex Saturdays, 10pm, $15 3) Country Nights, 10pm, no cover

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

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

1) Alex Ramon IMPOSSIBLE, 7:30pm, $29.35 2) Scooter & Lavelle, DJ Montague, 10pm, $20 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

2) DJ Chris English, DJ Rick Gee, 10pm, $20

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

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

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

1) Sammy’s Showroom 50th Anniversary Show, 8pm, $39.50-$40.50 3) Naked City, 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

2) Drought Relief, 9:30pm, no cover

1) Stevie Wonder, 7pm, $99.50-$249.50 2) Brickhouse, 10pm, no cover

2) Brickhouse, 10pm, no cover

2) DJ Chris English, 10pm, no cover

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

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

3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, no cover Rick Hays & American Steel, 9pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, no cover Rick Hays & American Steel, 9pm, no cover

3) Rick Hays & American Steel, 9pm, M, no cover, DJ/dancing, 6pm, W, no cover

2) Brownish Black, 7pm, no cover

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

2) Brownish Black, 8pm, no cover 3) DJ OB-One, 10pm, $20

2) Coo Coo Birds, 6pm, no cover

2) Coo Coo Birds, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

1) Smokin’ Joes, 8pm, no cover

1) Smokin’ Joes, 8pm, no cover

1) Yes, 8pm, $49.50-$69.50 3) Fashion Fridays, 9pm, no cover 4) Fresh, 9pm, no cover

3) Seduction Saturdays, 9pm, $5 4) Fresh, 9pm, 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) Garage Boys, 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

HARRAH’S RENO

219 N. Center St., (775) 788-2900 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

NUGGET CASINO RESORT

1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-3300 1) Celebrity Showroom 2) Nugget Grand Ballroom 3) Gilley’s

PEPPERMILL RESORT SPA CASINO

2707 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-2121 1) Tuscany Ballroom2) Terrace Lounge 3) Edge

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 9/5-9/7

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

1) The Full Monty, 7pm, Tu, W, $36.95 2) Live Band Karaoke, 10pm, M, no cover The Wiz Kid, 10:30pm, W, no cover 2) The Great Depressurization Chamber, 10pm, M, Tu, W, $TBA

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

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

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

2) Sunday Funday Industry Night, 10pm, no cover 3) Industry Night, 9pm, no cover

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

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FOr tHE WEEK OF sEPtEMBEr 1, 2016 For a complete listing of this week’s events or to post events to our online calendar, visit www.newsreview.com.

EvEnts

HEALTH FAIR: Northern Nevada Medical

44TH ANNUAL LAST BASH CAR SHOW: Obsolete Iron Car Club presents this event open to 1972 and older vehicles, classic cars, hot rods, rat rods and motorcycles. Complimentary continental breakfast, special awards, dash plaques to the first 100 entrants, raffles, games, four food truck vendors available. Sa, 9/3, 9am-4pm. $20 entry fee.

Lazy 5 Regional Park, 7100 Pyramid Lake Highway, Spanish Springs, (775) 856-2325, www.obsoleteironcarclub.com.

BURNING MAN: The festival and temporary

can explore the observatory at their leisure, ask questions of observatory volunteers, learn how telescopes work and even learn how to image celestial objects. Guests are encouraged to bring their own telescopes and use the observation deck to view the evening sky.

First Sa of every month, 7pm. Free. Jack C. Davis Observatory, 2699 Van Patten Drive, Carson City, (775) 445-3240.

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, www.facebook.com/RenoStreetFood.

music by Carolyn Dolan and check out the galleries during Nevada Museum of Art’s monthly event. Th, 9/1, 5-7pm. $10 general admission, free NMA members.

Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

Art

GOLD HILL GHOST TOUR: Enjoy a meal at the

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this dark comedy by Joshua Harmon. The night after their grandfather’s funeral, three cousins engage in a verbal (and sometimes physical) battle. When one cousin stakes claim to their grandfather’s Chai necklace, a vicious and hilarious brawl over family, faith and legacy ensues. Th, 9/1, 7:30-9pm; F, 9/2, 7:30-9pm; Sa, 9/3, 7:30-9pm. $15 in advance, $18 at the door. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716, www.goodluckmacbeth.org.

EMPIRE IMPROV SHOW: This month, Epsilon Company, Party of Two and Mediocre Tongue Work perform. Sa, 9/3, 9:30pm. $10. Potentialist Workshop, 836 E. Second St., http://empireimprov.com.

IMPROV AT THE BAC: Join in the fun and games. Everyone can participate in the skits—set-ups often featured on the TV show Whose Line is it Anyway?. First F of every month, 7-9pm through 11/4. Free.

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

OPEN HOUSE & TELESCOPE CLINIC: Visitors

FIRST THURSDAY: Grab a drink, listen to live

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BAD JEWS: Good Luck Macbeth presents

annual event features some of the best Native American dancers, singers and drummers in the country. There will be more than 25 vendors selling traditional foods and handcrafted silverwork, beadwork, baskets and other Native American art. F, 9/2, 7pm; Sa, 9/3, 12 & 7pm; Su, 9/4, noon. Free. Hungry Valley Amphitheater, 9055 Eagle Canyon Road, Hungry Valley, www.facebook.com/ NumagaDays.

FEED THE CAMEL: The food truck event

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.

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NUMAGA INDIAN DAYS POW WOW: The 30th

weekend; free for children age 10 and younger. Churchill County Fairgrounds, 325 Sheckler Road, Fallon, (775) 423-7733, www.falloncantaloupefestival.com.

HANDS-ON WEEKEND SCIENCE: Planetarium

ducer/DJ and his live band will perform as part of The Great Depressurization Chamber. Tu, 9/6, 7pm. $36-$40. Reno Events Center, 400 N. Center St., www.freshbakin.com.

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.

night; Su, 9/4, 9-midnight; M, 9/5, 11am4pm. $5 per day or $10 for the entire

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

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

PRETTY LIGHTS: The electronic music pro-

MOANA FOOD TRUCK ROUNDUP: The food

FALLON CANTALOUPE FESTIVAL AND COUNTRY FAIR: The 31st annual fair and the state’s

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.

Area, 8318 North Lake Blvd., Kings Beach, (530) 546-9000.

Dr. Christine Johnson presents “Mark Twain’s Revolver: Deciphering History through Artifacts,” as part of the First Saturday lecture series. Sa, 9/3, 2-3pm.

Free. Sparks Heritage Museum, 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144, http://sparksmuseum.org.

city returns for another year of art, community, self-reliance and selfexpression. M-Su through 9/5. $390+.

Black Rock Desert, northeast of Gerlach, http://burningman.org.

longest-running agricultural celebration features locally grown Hearts of Gold Cantaloupe, a farmers’ market, educational demonstrations, children’s activities, the Lion’s Club Junior Rodeo, a beer garden, live entertainment and more. F, 9/2, 5pm-midnight; Sa, 9/3, 9-mid-

featuring a variety of genres. F, 9/2, 6-9pm. Free. Kings Beach State Recreation

MARK TWAIN’S PISTOL: DECIPHERING HISTORY:

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 end-of-summer event also features the Crafters’ Crossing, kids’ play area, beer garden and live music and entertainment. W-Su, 11am9pm through 9/4; M, 9/5, 11am-5pm. Free admission. Victorian Avenue, Sparks, www.nuggetribcookoff.com.

MUSIC ON THE BEACH 2016 SUMMER CONCERTS: Free live music performances

Center hosts its community health fair offering free or low-cost preventative health screenings and education.

Screenings include blood pressure, complete blood count, lipid profile, thyroid function, among other tests. First Th of every month, 7-10am. $0-$40. Northern Nevada Medical Center, 2375 E. Prater Way, Sparks, (775) 331-7000.

Civil War Days

9/03:

The Comstock Civil War ReEnactors will hold its annual living history event this Labor Day weekend, Sept. 2-5, in Virginia City. Visitors can learn what life was like for soldiers as they visit the encampment at Miner’s Park, 106 N. Carson St. The camp will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. all four days of the event. Admission is free. The Victorian High Tea features the Fort Point Garrison Brass Band, Kim Copel portraying Comstock-era madam Julia Bulette and a Civil War Fashion Show. Tickets are $25. The event is from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 4, at the upstairs level of the Delta Saloon, 18 C St. Members of the CCWR will march down C Street during the Labor Day Parade starting at noon on Monday, Sept. 5. Union and Confederate armies will battle it out as passengers watch aboard the V&T Train. Trains will depart from the Virginia City Depot, 166 F St., Sept.

3-5. Tickets are $13-$20. Visit www.ccwr.us or their Facebook page.

ART INDEED! SIERRA MEMORIAL ART SPACE: High Desert Colors. The abstract art gallery is open for First Thursday Art and Wine Walk on Sept. 1 and the Riverwalk Wine Walk on Sept. 17. Th, 9/1, 4-7pm; Th, 9/17, 2-5pm. Free. 142 Bell St., (775) 846-8367.

CARSON CITY ART GALLERY & POTTERY:

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Carson City Art Gallery Opening. The opening will feature several artists demonstrating some of their techniques, including caricaturist Brett Fisher of Carson Now. Sa, 9/3, 1-5pm. Free. 110 S. Curry St., Carson City, (775) 313-8628.

PITCH BLACK PRINTING COMPANY: RN&R Best of Northern Nevada Original Art, The original art for the RN&R Best of Northern Nevada 2016 by Metal Jeff, featuring food by Nom Eats and music by The Thermites. Various prints and enamel pins will be available. F, 9/2, 6-10pm.

Free. 1108 California Ave., (775) 476-2003, www.pitchblackprintingco.com.

Music MUSIC OF THE MASTERS: The Reno Jazz Orchestra presents a night of blues, swing and soul with award-winning vocalists Jamie Davis and Clairdee. F, 9/2, 7:30pm. $25-$35. Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road; Sa, 9/3, 7:30pm. $25-$75. Sand Harbor State Park, 2005 Highway 28, Incline Village, (775) 372-6160, www.renojazzorchestra.org.

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 non-biological human. Th-Sa, 7:30pm through 9/3; Su, 9/4, 2pm. $12-$15. Restless Artists’ Theatre, 295 20th St., Sparks, (775) 525-3074.

AuditiOns OPEN AUDITIONS FOR “CALENDAR GIRLS”: Please prepare a 60-second contemporary comedic monologue. Arrive 5-10 minutes before your audition slot to fill out a short form. Sa, 9/3, noon. Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 8138900, http://renolittletheater.org.

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Duck face the nation I’m a woman in my late 20s. Guys don’t have car crashes looking at me, but I am pretty and have a nice boyfriend. I have three drop-dead gorgeous girlfriends who are perpetually single, but not by choice. I realized that they all do two things— complain that things never work out with a guy and constantly post stunning selfies on Facebook.

One takes a daily pic in her car, showing how hot she looks. When I mentioned this to my boyfriend, he said guys want a hot girlfriend but they don’t want one who does that. Please explain.

Selfie posting, not surprisingly, has been associated with narcissism—being a self-absorbed, self-important user with a lack of empathy and a sucking need for admiration. But consider that there are nuances to what sort of person posts selfies and why. There are those who post selfies in keeping with their interests—like, “Here’s today’s outfit!” (because they’re into fashion) or, “Here I am about to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel!” (because they are into adventure travel and are also kind of an idiot).

Though these “stuff I like!” shots include a picture of the person, they’re ultimately about some hobby or interest they have. And then there’s the person—like these women you mention—who simply posts endless vanity shots, like, “It’s Monday, and I’m still alive, and aren’t I pretty? #WeAllHaveOurCrossToBear” Clinical psychologist Christopher T. Barry and his colleagues found that posting a lot of “physical appearance selfies” is associated with a subtype of narcissism, “vulnerable narcissism.” Vulnerable narcissism involves self-worth that’s “highly contingent” on what others think, “hypervigilance” about rejection, and a tendency to manufacture a facade to protect against rejection.

Though you can probably feel for the vulnerable narcissists, they also come up short on empathy.

Chances are, guys who want more than a hookup or arm candy see a slew of “Worship me!” selfies as a generic sign of narcissism—and a big flashing danger sign telling them to look elsewhere. As the saying goes, “beauty fades …” but unempathetic is forever.

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Dr. Filler I was a married man for a long time, but about a year ago, after grieving my divorce, I got into friends-with-benefits things with two different women. (Neither knows about the other.) We like each other, but we don’t call or text regularly or discuss whether we’re seeing anybody else.

Well, last month, I met this great woman and felt a real romantic connection. We haven’t slept together because I want to end these FWB things first. My question is: How do I do that?

Paul Mongeau, who researches communication in relationships, finds that there are three different levels of friends-with-benefits relationships: “true friends,” “network opportunism” and “just sex.”

“True friends” mean something to each other. They know and care about each other and also have sex.

“Network opportunists” are a step down from true friends. They’re people in the same social group (or “network”) who aren’t really friends but are friendly enough to go home together if neither meets anybody better at the bar. And lowest on the FWB ladder is what you have—the “just sex” thing. The just sex-ers don’t hate each other or anything, but, as the researchers explain, for them, the “friend” in FWB “is a misnomer.” They’re in each other’s life for one reason—to be sexual grout.

It bodes well for the woman you want that you care so much about being kind to the women you don’t. But consider that you probably have deeper and more frequent conversations with the guy who makes your burrito at Chipotle. So, for these women, losing their “just sex” man will be inconvenient and annoying but probably not as heartbreaking as needing to find a new plumber. Just politely inform them that you have to end it because you’ve started seeing somebody (and not just for 45 minutes at 1 in the morning). Ω

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Truth decay is in

its early stages. If you take action soon, you can prevent a full-scale decomposition. But be forewarned: Things could get messy, especially if you intervene with the relentless candor and clarity that will be required for medicinal purification. So what do you think? Are you up for the struggle? I understand if you’re not. I’ll forgive you if you simply flee. But if you decide to work your cagey magic, here are some tips.

(1) Compile your evidence with rigor. (2) As much as is humanly possible, put aside rancor.

Root your efforts in compassionate objectivity.

(3) Even as you dig around in the unsightly facts, cherish the beautiful truths you’d like to replace them with.

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lose at least some of your inhibitions? Are you curious to find out what it feels like to cavort like a wise wild child? If you want to fully cooperate with life’s plans, you will need to consider those courses of action. I am hoping that you’ll accept the dare, of course. I suspect you will thrive as you explore the pleasures of playful audacity and whimsical courage and effervescent experiments. So be blithe, Taurus! Be exuberant! Be open to the hypothesis that opening to jaunty and jovial possibilities is the single most intelligent thing you can do right now.

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I don’t foresee quite so dramatic a shift for you, Cancerian. But the transition you undergo could have similar elements: from uncertainty to grace; from agitation to relief; from constriction to spaciousness. To take maximum advantage of this blessing, don’t hold onto the state you’re leaving behind—or the feelings it aroused in you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In one of my dreams last

night, a Leo sensualist I know advised me to take smart pills and eat an entire chocolate cheesecake before writing my next Leo horoscope. In another dream, my Leo friend Erica suggested that I compose your horoscope while attending an orgy where all the participants were brilliant physicists, musicians and poets. In a third dream, my old teacher Rudolf (also a Leo) said I should create the Leo horoscope as I sunbathed on a beach in Maui while being massaged by two sexy geniuses. Here’s how I interpret my dreams: In the coming days, you can literally increase your intelligence by indulging in luxurious comforts and sensory delights.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Play a joke on your

nervous anxiety. Leap off the ground or whirl in a circle five times as you shout, “I am made of love!” Learn the words and melody to a new song that lifts your mood whenever you sing it.

Visualize yourself going on an adventure that will amplify your courage and surprise your heart.

Make a bold promise to yourself, and acquire an evocative object that will symbolize your intention to fulfill that promise. Ask yourself a soul-shaking question you haven’t been wise enough to investigate before now. Go to a wide-open space, spread your arms out in a greeting to the sky and pray for a vision of your next big goal.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Illuminati do not

want you to receive the prophecy I have prepared for you. Nor do the Overlords of the New World Order, the Church of the SubGenius, the Fake God that masquerades as the Real God or the nagging little voice in the back of your head. So why am I going ahead and divulging this

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oracle anyway? Because I love you. My loyalty is to you, not those shadowy powers. Therefore, I am pleased to inform you that the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to evade, ignore, undermine or rebel against controlling influences that aren’t in alignment with your soul’s goals.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The dictionary says

that the verb “to schmooze” means to chat with people in order to promote oneself or make a social connection that may prove to be advantageous. But that definition puts a selfish spin on an activity that can, at least sometimes, be carried out with artful integrity. Your assignment in the coming weeks is to perform this noble version of schmoozing. If you are offering a product or service that is beautiful or useful or both, I hope you will boost its presence and influence with the power of your good listening skills and smart conversations.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you are

attuned with the cosmic rhythms in the coming weeks, you will be a source of teaching and leadership. Allies will feel fertilized by your creative vigor. You’ll stimulate team spirit with your savvy appeals to group solidarity. If anyone can revive droopy procrastinators and demonstrate the catalytic power of gratitude, it’ll be you. Have you heard enough good news, Sagittarius, or can you absorb more? I expect that you’ll inspire interesting expressions of harmony that will replace contrived versions of togetherness. And every blessing you bestow will expand your capacity for attracting favors you can really use.

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

character known as Superman has one prominent vulnerability: the mineral kryptonite. When he’s near this stuff, it weakens his superpowers and may cause other problems. I think we all have our own versions of kryptonite, even if they’re metaphorical. For instance, my own superpowers tend to decline when I come into the presence of bad architecture, cheesy poetry and off-pitch singing. How about you, Capricorn? What’s your version of kryptonite?

Whatever it is, I’m happy to let you know that you are currently less susceptible to its debilitating influences than usual. Why? Well, you have a sixth sense about how to avoid it.

And even if it does draw near, you have in your repertoire some new tricks to keep it from sapping your strength.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s quite possible

you will receive seductive proposals in the coming weeks. You may also be invited to join your fortunes with potential collaborators who have almost fully awakened to your charms. I won’t be surprised if you receive requests to share your talents, offer your advice or bestow your largesse. You’re a hot prospect, my dear. You’re an attractive candidate. You appear to be ripe for the plucking. How should you respond? My advice is to be flattered and gratified, but also discerning. Just because an inquiry is exciting doesn’t mean it’s good for you. Choose carefully.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Would you like to

become a master of intimacy? Can you imagine yourself handling the challenges of togetherness with the skill of a great artist and the wisdom of a love genius? If that prospect appeals to you, now would be a favorable time to up your game.

Here’s a hot tip on how to proceed: You must cultivate two seemingly contradictory skills. The first is the capacity to identify and nurture the best qualities in your beloved friend. The second is the ability to thrive on the fact that healthy relationships require you to periodically wrestle with each other’s ignorance and immaturity.

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by KRis VAgNER

Downtown grocer Shannon Dobbs is the owner of the 5 Star Saloon and president of On Common Ground, a non-profit grocery store slated to open downtown.

OCG will hold a fundraiser featuring dancers from Magic Mike XXL, a 2015 movie in which Channing Tatum plays a stripper. The event, geared toward people of any gender who are 21 or over, is at 8:30 p.m. Sept. 1 and 2, 132 West St. For tickets and information, visit 5StarSaloon.com. To learn more about On Common Ground, visit OCGReno.org.

Your website says you’re opening a sliding-scale grocery store. How does the sliding scale work?

There is a shared database resource that all the non-profits use to provide services to people that are low income. That includes people that receive food from the Food Bank of Northern Nevada. What we’re hoping to be able to do is to tie the database in with our point of sale at the registers, which will allow us to identify those qualified through WIC and SNAP programs with need and reduce the cost to the customer on approved food to our cost, as well as to sign up new customers with need and share that data back with other help organizations. It appears, through recent discussion with Nevada

going to seek out grant applications for slow cookers and hot plates. If you go on the USDA website, this area is listed as a micro food desert. Our goal is to alleviate that scarcity of fresh, nutritious food.

What other plans do you have?

I fully intend to capitalize on what’s called ugly food. If it didn’t come out perfectly round—we’re going to sell that at a discount. … Ugly food is sexy.

Do you have funding?

welfare administrators, that this will be a feasible way to address this challenge.

Is the store based on a similar type of venture that exists somewhere else?

Yes, there is a non-profit that was formed in Massachusetts. It was formed by Doug Rauch [former president of Trader Joe’s and current CEO of Conscious Capitalism].

He has an agreement reaching out to local ranchers and growers, supplying that food at a discount rate to people who are in need. The sliding scale I came up with after talking with Food Bank of Northern Nevada.

You’ll work with local ranchers and growers, too?

We certainly intend to. We’re going to go farther than that. We want to get classes in place for people who don’t have cooking skills to get a basic understanding. We’re

We’re reaching out to the community, reaching out to make sure we have all the information about what the community wants in a store. We’ll start putting in grant applications in November.

When do you plan to open?

We don’t have an ETA as of yet. We have to get all the details in place and make sure we have an understanding of all the elements in place to make this happen.

We’re anticipating within 18 months though.

Is your background in non-profits, grocery stores or other?

None of the above. Michelle [Peltier, On Common Ground’s director] has an extensive background in non-profits. My background is business. I’ve been running 5 Star Saloon for the past 11 years.

What else should people know about the store?

This is a community effort. This is a grassroots effort. ... We call it On common Ground because we bring everybody to the table to take on a common issue. It’s a community effort. Ω

by BRUCE VAN DYKE

Warning label As Nevada eases into this Brave New World of legally purchased pot products—at least, for those with proper papers—some warning signs need to go up. “Caution.

Watch for Brownouts!”

I have a buddy, my old pal Richard Cabeza, who’s been doing extensive research on various new edibles, and he now files the following reports, after some dedicated sampling conducted under highly ferruginous conditions. The chocolate chip cookies—real good. The chocolate candy bars—yeah, baby.

In fact, the truth is that our edibles, while very tasty, are also very potent, and therein lies some danger. There ain’t no gettin’ around it. These new stony treats, if consumed carelessly, will result in you being the victim of a massive “brownout”—so named for casualties of old-school, kickass pot brownies—crawling on the floor, delirious, nauseous, and out

of it. Your friends will film you, put it on YouTube, the whole messy social embarrassment do wacka do.

When I say potent, the standard Nevada happy cookie has 38 milligrams of active ingredient. (Check label to make sure this is still the case.) Considering that 10 mg. is a healthy dose, this means that if you made an uninformed move and ate one whole cookie, you’d be borderline catatonic in an hour and quite unhappy with the trajectory of the evening.

Señor Cabeza reports that, if the target dose is indeed 10 mg., one must cut the cookie into quarters.

Each quarter will yield a dose of 9.5 mg., and sure enough, he says that works quite well in achieving the desired altered state. But jeez, this is a 215 pound man, getting off on one-fourth of one freakin’ cookie.

This gives you an idea of the power contained within our gonzo new goodies.

What’s very important, if you’re going to play in Edible Land, establish your dose. These treats are really enjoyable, but you have to know your dose in order to consume with confidence. So the basic proper approach—proceed in increments of 5mg. Start with a fiver, wait two hours, see what happens, make the adjustments. Edibles can be slow; you gotta give them a full two hours to make a fair assessment of your buzz. If you don’t get much of one, proceed to 10mg. Repeat procedure. Assess. Groove. Consume ice cream sandwich(es). If you’re over 200 pounds, go ahead and start with a 10 spot. No prob. Between 100-200 pounds, play it safe and start with five.

This slow, prudent approach is a bit cautious, yes, but after two sessions, you’ll have a good idea as to how much you can handle.

And for god’s sake, keep this shit away from the kids. Ω

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