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R.I.P. L. Cohen Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

Usually, when a musician I really admire dies, I like to spend a few days diving deep into their discographies, reacquainting myself with the familiar songs and uncovering deep cuts. Already this year, I spent many hours exploring, for example, David Bowie and Prince, two great singers, songwriters, musicians.

Last week, we lost another great singer and songwriter, Leonard Cohen, who died at age 82, apparently on Nov. 7, although I didn’t hear about it until late on the day it was announced, Nov. 10. I listened to a few of my favorite songs that night, and then they next day I started in on what was planned to be a daylong meal feasting on his music.

But I just couldn’t do it. After listening to three albums, Songs of Love and Hate, Various Positions, and Songs from a Room, I was just an emotional wreck. His songs just carry so much weight, too much gravity for background listening during a work day. And the words are too piercing and too powerful.

So, I put on something word-less and happy—Booker T & the M.G.’s— and went about trying to refocus my day. And then I felt myself finding some unexpected sense of renewal—like something melted and then reforged stronger.

And then, over the weekend, I watched Saturday Night Live, or, as I watch it, Sunday Morning Prerecorded, and saw cast member Kate McKinnon’s cold open performance of Cohen’s song “Hallelujah.” She was dressed in character as Hillary Clinton, and despite the fact that at one moment she literally winked at the audience, it was a relatively straight-laced performance.

It was a brilliant gesture that connected two of the week’s biggest news items. And brought new perspective to “Hallelujah,” one of Cohen’s most overplayed and over-covered songs. The final verse especially had new poignancy as performed by a “Clinton”: “I did my best, it wasn’t much/I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch/I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you/And even though it all went wrong/I’ll stand before the Lord of Song/With nothing on my tongue but ‘Hallelujah.’”

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

Messages to Brad Re “For your rights” (editor’s note, Nov. 10): You write out of Hate, but call out Americans for Hate. You write to incite fear to the masses, but call out Trump as a fear monger. I am really confused with your Op. This is a time to reflect as of why Americans are so fed up with progressive ideals. I am a Christian. I turn to prayer and Jesus. Maybe if more did as I do, then we wouldn’t be in this position as we are in America. The only time people pray is when they want something. The only time people do something is when they gain something for themselves. Think about those two things and get back to me.

Cory White Reno Re “For your rights” (editor’s note, Nov. 10): It looks like Democrats won the vote of educated idiots, and Trump won the votes of people with common sense. See how these labels and assumptions work?

Stephen Bloyd Carson City Re “For your rights” (editor’s note, Nov. 10): The surveys and polls were wrong because, I think, people didn’t want to admit they are scared. Trump said that Mexico was sending their drugs and rapists over the border, and Trump said he would build a wall to keep us safe.

Clinton didn’t state a plan for border control besides more of the same and kept saying the wall was impractical.

Trump said ISIS was coming to attack us, and he had a secret plan to stop ISIS but wouldn’t tell us because it would inform the enemy.

Clinton kept saying Trump shouldn’t label an entire religion radical because

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it encourages the enemy and didn’t say much about how the Iraqi army, with Obama support, has driven ISIS out of most of Iraq with the exception of Mosul and a few other areas and that Mosul will soon be free of ISIS control. Obama’s plan is working. By the way, in season one of The West Wing, Josh Lyman made a joke about a secret plan to fight inflation, and it was a running gag for the rest of the episode. Trump says he alone can make America great again. Clinton never pressed him about when he believed America was never great. I think TV fan Trump may have gotten a few ideas from the TV show.

Trump kept saying he would eliminate Obamacare on his first day in office.

Clinton kept saying she would keep and improve Obamacare. It didn’t help Clinton when the figures for higher 2017 health care premiums came out days before the election.

The polls kept asking if you are better off now than you were eight or even four years ago. They should have asked, “Were you affected by the recession in 2008?” first and followed up with “Are you better off now than at the start of the recession?” Trump insulted just about every group of people in America, and even Trump, Jr. made comments about warming up the ovens. Clinton said Trump was insulting, insensitive, sexist and racist and let it go. Trump made remarks about inappropriate touching and being a peeping Tom looking at underage girls. What? She didn’t want to appear unlady-like with outrage at the debate defending womankind? She should have taken the low road on this issue. Trump kept on with “They are coming to get you, they are coming to get you. Only I can protect you.” Clinton just rolled her eyes, like many of us, and said “Pluezze, give me a break from this guy” and let him go on and on.

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Re “For your rights” (editor’s note, Nov. 10): This had me busting my gut. Why is it that the 40s and below are having trouble with the Trump election, yet closed their eyes to Hillary’s faults, of which there were many? You and all the protesters in Portland are so over-dramatic about Hillary losing, it’s almost funny. You’re like the other new voters that had no idea what the facts were because the media was spinning the views for Hillary.

The polls were over-weighted from the beginning with Democrats. That is why everyone feels lost. Your own media let you down. You and all the “iPhone babies” were duped by the MSM and their lack of fair reporting and one-sided articles. You are the racist, not us.

Of all the elections, I have had just two presidents that I voted for who won, Reagan and Trump. So I had more losses than your total voting record and I started in the 1960s. I didn’t cry or lose sleep, but was relieved it was over and that I stood by my choice and lost. That is how a democracy works. Every one of you use this social networking to overdramatize a simple loss. Regroup and work for the next candidate that you’re allowed to vote for.

By the way, I originally supported Bernie, but I no longer support him after selling out his convictions to Hillary.

Patco George Sparks Re “For your rights” (editor’s note, Nov. 10): One word, dude: Xanax.

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I think it’s going to be all right, and the people that are super worried can take a deep breath.

And I hope that the presidentelect does a really good job and that everyone’s taken care of. I have faith that he’ll do a good job. I’m not concerned.

Melissa r ast Student

My reaction—at first, I was very disappointed and kind of just scared for the future. But I think that Trump may not be as bad as we think he’s going to be. I really hope he’s not. … He has the potential to do a lot of good, so that’s what I’m hoping that he’s going to do.

Kierr a GiBson Community outreach specialist

Just another business In Sacramento, the city government—to its credit— has long been planning for the day when marijuana is legal, and with the 2016 election results, that day is nearly here.

Their discussions are useful for Nevada to watch, because both states are headed down this road. In its latest configuration, growers in Sacramento would be taxed the regular four percent city business tax that other merchants pay.

Then comes the kicker—some city councilmembers want them to also voluntarily pay one percent of gross revenue back to the neighborhoods where they operate.

It’s not clear to us why marijuana should be singled out for a particular kind of assessment like this if dry cleaners or barbers are not. It seems a bit like trying to keep the stigma attached to marijuana. Yes, the product needs to be regulated like alcohol and tobacco, but regulation should not be used to reinforce that stigma.

In case no one has noticed, the voters are putting an end to the notion that marijuana is some kind of suspicious business that should consider itself privileged to even be tolerated. A ghastly PR offensive of racism, bad science and a pack of lies created that notion decades ago, and it has taken decades to undo it. It was never true of marijuana any more than of tobacco or alcohol—less, indeed, since tobacco and alcohol come with death tolls, and marijuana does not.

It’s true that we know less about marijuana’s effects than about tobacco or drinking because of the longtime Luddite refusal of the federal government to allow research on the plant for fear that accurate and reliable information might become freely available to the public. It’s amazing

how long the opprobrium of marijuana hung on in the face of “facts” invented by bigots, law enforcement and professional troublemakers when science and medicine were available as alternatives.

Given Donald Trump’s love of all things bigoted, it is entirely possible that he will try to disrupt this period of relative enlightenment and rev up the old PR machine to revive ignorance and hysteria, and hit the gas pedal again on the war on drugs, particularly when his creepy program causes problems and he needs to distract the public.

He would not be the first president to do it. After presidents Gerald Ford and—for a time—Jimmy Carter deemphasized punitive enforcement, Ronald Reagan and the first George Bush came roaring back at the head of the forces of intolerance and ignorance, spending billions on pointless efforts to stamp out drugs which instead increased their use and availability.

If Trump has any such designs, the public needs to back him off fast. The war on drugs has done too much damage to this and other countries and has caused too much drug use and drug addiction to allow it to renew its malevolent hold now.

Local officials, too, must be kept in line. Some of them, such as the Lyon County sheriff, were content to see patients in misery and convinced their jurisdictions to veto any medical dispensaries. Now, with the 2016 vote, they are overruled. They should not be allowed to undercut the public’s vote, though they will try at every turn. Treat marijuana like other businesses. Ω

I just can’t believe that America allowed Donald Trump to win. ... And he’s obviously racist, or if not racist, then prejudiced [toward] minorities. I definitely do not approve of him being in office at all. If I wasn’t working every day full-time, I would definitely go march with those people.

Gena Gur ariy Graduate student

It’s troubling, for many reasons— … [I] don’t think he’s qualified to be a good president. I don’t think he’s qualified to be in charge of the nuclear codes. ... But also the level of polarization worries me even more. I think people are devolving into Manichean thinking of good versus evil, right?

Mitchell Matulis Student

I feel like the reaction is blown out of proportion a little bit. ... It’s not going to be as bad as everyone thinks. Everyone always kind of tends to—I guess you’d say, expect the worst. But it normally doesn’t ever end up being that way.

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by Sheila leSlie

The rest of the election On Nov. 9, progressives awoke to discover the nightmare of Donald Trump’s victory was indeed reality. The grief of the decisive loss was overwhelming, as the victor is the most ignorant, narcissistic, unqualified presidential candidate our nation has ever seen.

The loss was unexpected, but there were more Trump voters than anyone imagined.

The “whitelash,” as Van Jones called it, turned white, blue-collar workers in the rust belt into agents of self-destructive change.

One campaign button summed up their feelings perfectly: Deplorable Lives Matter.

The day after, we were dissecting what the election will mean for health policy in the college class I teach, and a foreign student asked why Republicans would want to take away health insurance from 20 million Americans by repealing Obamacare.

The class struggled for an answer.

A Muslim student offered that he was scared, and his friends were joking with him about when he was leaving the country. It didn’t sound funny. A female student told me how she watched the election results in

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tears, wondering if all the work she’s done on campus sexual assault was for naught.

Some of the Latino students looked equally stricken.

In the end, it was an election about light and darkness, about hope and despair.

While the world watched with a strong sense of schadenfreude mixed with horror, Americans turned their democracy over to a failed businessman and reality television star. It doesn’t seem possible, and yet, President Trump will seize the reins of power next January.

But Nevada progressives can take pride in the Clinton victory in our state, a blue wave that also flipped two U.S. House seats and both houses of the Legislature into the Democratic column.

Nevadans chose a female U.S. Senator for the first time in its history, and the first Latina in the country, rejecting a House member who signed on and off the Trump train one too many times.

Democrats now decisively control the Nevada Assembly with a 27-15 majority,

assisted by the surprise 38-vote victory of Skip Daly in a Republican district in Sparks. The incumbent voted for the Raiders stadium scam in the recent special session, a decision that turned many conservative voters against her.

Democrats also narrowly seized control of the state Senate by flipping a seat in Southern Nevada. The 11-10 margin is slim, but allows the Democrats to act as a counterweight to Governor Sandoval’s worst instincts.

The most satisfying local victory on election night was the re-election of populist Reno City Council member Jenny Brekhus, who survived an orchestrated effort by corporate Nevada to blame her for all the City’s missteps.

The Nevada Jobs Coalition raised $2.3 million from the corporate interests in Nevada—bankers, developers, gaming companies and mining conglomerates—and spent heavily against Brekhus, whose questions and votes annoy them.

She won anyway.

Progressives can also take heart in the stronger participation of Latinos and millennials in Nevada’s elections. A new partnership between PLAN Action, the Center for Community Change Action, and the Immigrant Voters Win PAC emerged to engage these traditionally underrepresented groups through an intensive door knocking and voter contact campaign.

Ironically, the xenophobia and racism of Donald Trump will motivate these newly created activists to continue to work hard to change the course of politics in Nevada.

At an impromptu dinner attended by young people involved with Move On or PLAN Action, several 20-somethings told me they were impressed with the depth of Nevada’s progressive community and were thinking of leaving the Bay Area for Northern Nevada.

We welcome them.

People under 40 supported Trump the least. As we endure the next four years under his leadership, younger Americans must engage in the political battles. After all, they have the most to lose. Ω

by Brendan Trainor

Trump victorious When Donald Trump rode the Trump Tower escalator down to announce his campaign for President in June 2015, absolutely no one took him seriously. Most thought his candidacy a joke, a publicity stunt, even a stalking horse for his friend Hillary Clinton. No one thought he would win a single primary.

At the Washoe County Republican election night party at the Atlantis Casino, people began to really believe when it was announced that Trump had won Florida. It was a Republican victory that was even more astounding than Ronald Reagan’s in 1980.

Trump is the first person in American history to win an election for the highest office in a superpower nation without having served even a day in government or the military. Somehow he won by running the most unconventional low budget barnstorming campaign of mass rallies, tweets, phone calls to cable news, and flagrantly controversial, vulgar and insulting televised rants cheered on by his enthusiastic

followers. Hillary Clinton spent $1.3 billion on her campaign. Trump spent $795 million but earned $2 billion worth of free media with his personality and brash antics.

And he even bashed the media that gave him the free airtime.

Great Britain thought they had the biggest political story of the year when they voted to leave the European Union. Once again the United States comes along and does it twice as big and twice as historic.

The alt-right is now the right. Expect Europe to follow suit. Sighs of relief could be heard in Moscow and Damascus that now the neocon bullseye would be lifted from their backs.

Unfortunately, Iran is still in the war party’s sights. No one knows how China will fare under Trump. Will the left antiwar movement arise from its eight-year hibernation now that a Republican is the commander in chief again?

The most Jacksonian presidential candidate since Old Hickory himself brought the Democracy to Washington

and overthrew the rule of the silk stocking landed gentry, won what no one thought was possible. Only now, the elite is international and wears pantsuits and pinstripes. The Boomers are going out with a bang!

Sadly, Nevada continues to be centerleft with the Democrats taking back the Legislature. Nevada showed liberal bias as we narrowly approved Question 1 for more useless gun control while affirming individual rights to ingest cannabis for any reason. But the worst result was that the diamond buried in the turd pile that was the 2015 Legislature—school choice—may, as I predicted, have been lost because the Republican special session approved crony capitalism and mindless law and order but did not fix the technical problem of how to fund it. The new Democratic legislature will probably table any fixes, and thousands of Nevada children in under-performing public schools will lose the option for a better education.

To rub salt in the womb of the demise of school choice is the passage of Washoe County ballot question 1. Northern Nevadans still have to learn that giving money to bureaucrats is like giving whiskey and car keys to a teenager—bad things are likely to happen.

Trump’s “big beautiful wall” will waste billions of dollars to solve a nonexistent problem, as Asians are rapidly becoming the dominant immigrant group.

Protectionist economic policies will be mainstreamed and will also be counterproductive. The Donald’s embrace of law and order could stall prison and police union reform. These are the expected downsides to a Trump presidency.

But now we rejoice! Ω

For an exploration of the money spent on presidential campaigns, go to www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/ politics/2016-election/campaign-finance/

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by Dennis Myers

Will electors step in?

There is a lot of talk going around about presidential electors protecting the country from a Donald Trump presidency.

The founding fathers—they were all men—created the presidential electors system as a back-up to the election.

The public would elect, but the electors would have to ratify the public’s election by appointing the new president. If they thought the public had made a mistake by irresponsibly choosing a dangerous character to be president, the electors could choose someone else entirely.

After losing the election, Trump is likely to win the appointment by the electors on Dec. 19. He collected 290 electors while Hillary Clinton got 228, though 1,002,049 more voters—at press time, a figure still growing—supported her. Nevada has six electors, the number of its members of Congress. A case can be made that a candidate like Donald Trump is exactly the reason the founding fathers created the presidential electors.

As it happens, we no longer have presidential electors as the founders created them.

The founders labored hard to prevent “factions”—as political parties were then called—from having a role in the system, but legislatures have long since turned the job of selecting candidates for elector over to the parties. As U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson wrote in a 1952 court opinion, “This arrangement miscarried. Electors, although often personally eminent, independent and respectable, officially became voluntary party lackeys and intellectual nonentities.”

The loyalty of presidential electors now is first to their parties.

The founders expected that the electoral votes would be among the finest people in the community who would be free to vote any way they wanted. Once again, the legislatures got in the way. Many states now have laws barring electors from voting as they wish. Those laws require electors to vote as the state votes, not as their district votes or they wish to vote.

Then there is the winner-take-all feature of the presidential electors system. This, too, was not the intent of the founders.

They thought electors would be chosen by district and would represent their districts. Instead, most states—except for Maine and Nebraska—have winner-take-all systems.

Was Trump the kind of threat the founders envisioned?

Only free-agent electors would know that, and we no longer have them. The party hacks who serve as electors now are hardly the figures the founders had in mind to make that decision. In our context, they probably had electors in mind like James Michener, Lee Iacocca, Boone Pickens, Michael DeBakey, Alan Shepherd, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Constitutional convention delegate Elbridge Gerry provided the only specific when he said, “The ignorance of the people would put it in the power of some one set of men, dispersed through the Union and acting in concert, to delude [the public] into any appointment. … [S]uch a society of men existed in the order of the Cincinnati.” The Society of the Cincinnati was a veteran’s group with considerable influence, but that doesn’t help us much.

No Democrat has ever become president after losing the election but winning appointment. Rather, only Democrats have been victims of electoral appointments. Democrats won election four times and their opponents—John Quincy Adams, Rutherford Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, George Bush—were appointed president instead. Now a fifth occasion is impending.

In other words, the Democrats had plenty of opportunities to remedy the current version of the presidential electors system that the founders never envisioned. In 2009, the Democrats had huge, historic majorities in Congress only eight years after Al Gore won the election and George W. Bush won the appointment as president. Democrats did nothing. It’s happening again because the Democrats let it happen again.

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A dumpster at Greenbrae Shopping Center, where a Democratic staging location was located, is filled with campaign remains—precinct maps, Clinton posters, ballot Question 1 yard signs, leaflets for innumerable candidates, precinct walk lists.

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Getting ready Groups and causes at issue During the week since the public voted against Donald Trump for president, a number of individuals, institutions and interests have spoken the impact of his being appointed to the job by presidential electors anyway.

Organized labor, which conducted aggressive campaigns for Hillary Clinton and down-ballot Democrats in Nevada, is not saying much about what it expects of Trump. Nevada AFL-CIO executive Danny Thompson said in a prepared statement, “We are calling on all those elected to work for the betterment of working families in Nevada and across the country. The election is over.

But we are more committed than ever to helping working people win a voice on the job and in our democracy.”

The Communications Workers of America were a bit more specific: “CWA and the labor movement are more determined than ever to protect working families, jobs and communities, and we’re ready [to] hold President-elect Trump to his promises to advance the middle class.”

A movement for higher minimum wages around the nation made some gains. Voters in Arizona, Colorado and Maine voted for $12 minimum wages by 2020, Washington to $13.50 by 2020. They join 17 states and an unknown number of cities who had already raised minimums in earlier elections.

In 2006, Nevada raised the minimum to a dollar higher than the national minimum. But tying the state minimum to the relatively stagnated federal minimum is questioned by some.

Economic Analysis and Research Network analyst David Cooper said after the election, “With so much activity at the state level, some lawmakers and business groups have argued that there is no need to raise the federal minimum wage and that minimum wage policy should be ‘left to the states.’ Unfortunately, this attitude has left roughly 40 percent of the U.S. workforce subject to minimum wages that are woefully inadequate.”

Twenty-one states have the federal minimum of $7.25.

The casino lobby expects a lot from Trump. American Gaming Association CEO Geoff Freeman: “The AGA will leverage our industry’s 40-state presence to coalesce a powerful network of Congressional leaders willing to promote favorable public policies and block overzealous federal efforts that add unnecessary costs and inefficiencies to our businesses. While we are optimistic a Trump Administration will feature significantly more restrained federal agencies than what our industry and many others experienced over the last eight years, the challenges before us remain great. … Tuesday’s results ushered in a new era in Washington, D.C. The gaming industry is well positioned to thrive in this new environment.”

Among Muslims, Council on American-Islamic Relations Ibrahim Hooper spokesperson, said, “I don’t think leaving the country is what anyone would recommend. … We’re here, we’re not going anywhere, and we’re going to defend our rights and the rights of all Americans regardless of who’s in the highest office in the land.”

Environmental groups worry Trump will succeed in ending the Clean Power Plan, exacerbating climate effects such as wildfires in the Great Basin. The CPP, proposed by President Obama in 2015, is intended to reduce anthropogenic climate change by setting standards for power plants and for states to reduce carbon pollution, thus encouraging the growth of clean energy.

It is under challenge in court— Nevada’s Republican attorney general has signed on to that challenge—and was enjoined by the U.S. Supreme Court until the appeals process is complete. U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, who during his tenure reduced Nevada’s reliance on coal, called the CPP a way of reducing “carbon pollution, extreme weather and rising sea levels.”

What Trump’s administration will mean for women is far from certain.

MomsRising.org CEO Kristin RoweFinkbeiner, said in a statement, “Many of us are reeling. Some of our children have difficult questions about their own safety, about their friends, and about the future of our country.”

Make It Work Action co-director Vivien Labaton said, “Families are drowning under out of reach child care costs, no access to paid family leave, and a persistent gender and racial wage gap. President-elect Trump needs to prove that he is going to work for women and working families by prioritizing the issues that we face every day. The proposals on paid leave and child care that Trump unveiled as a candidate were woefully inadequate. They would primarily benefit wealthy families, and they exclude fathers and nontraditional families.”

Nevada gained a woman U.S. senator, a woman U.S. House member, two women in the Nevada Senate and one woman in the Nevada Assembly. Both state legislative houses flipped from Republican to Democratic, possibly a reaction to the hard-edged right wing agenda of the 2015 legislative session, including a program that paid Nevada parents to take their children out of public school. The Assembly is now 27-15 Democrats, the Senate 11-10.

Battle Born Progress executive director Annette Magnus said in a statement, “We now expect the tone of the upcoming legislative session to be very different from the 2015 session where workers rights, civil liberties, women’s rights and access to public education were under constant attack. Today is only the beginning. Our work isn’t over. We will now work to hold all of our elected officials accountable and ensure that they are representing all of the people who elected them.”

“Nevada voters made a clear statement about the direction they want for their state,” said EMILY’s List vice president Lucinda

Guinn. “Voters have rejected the antiwoman, anti-family agenda of both Nevada chambers. EMILY’s List is an national group that provides early funding for women candidates.

Though Nevada has just made regulated marijuana legal, prohibitionists such as Smart Approaches to Marijuana say they will “explore legal options against the industry and we will continue to engage in states with stakeholders around this issue, as well as with the new U.S. Congress and presidential administration.”

This includes “making sure data is collected, municipalities are empowered to ban stores in their neighborhoods, and the industry pays for their damage.”

Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol spokesperson Joe Brezny responded that “members of law enforcement will now be able to spend their time preventing and investigating serious crimes that actually harm people. As we move forward, we look forward to working with legislators and regulators to ensure that this system is regulated in a manner that benefits consumers and enhances public health.”

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Trump won only 48 percent of the vote. Not a mandate, but at press time 60,961,185 people identify with his version of America. More than 60,000,000 have been given a pass to “reclaim” their America. I was completely invested in Hillary Rodham Clinton being the woman who—finally—would rise above the dogged, ugly and ultimately harmful abuse levied upon women who resist, who want more, who say no. We spoke our truth, and 60,000,000 Americans didn’t believe us. We are at the mercy of power that despises us.

We are afraid. We feel powerless. And so we weep.

—Rebecca Thomas Rebecca Thomas is adjunct professor at Truckee Meadows Community College.

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I have never felt fear after an election result before. I have been disappointed, angry, and in the case of George W. Bush’s election to a second term, utterly dumbfounded.

But this time I started crying before it was called, when it became clear that there just wasn’t any other possible outcome, and I haven’t stopped since.

The tears are not over losing the contest. Haven’t we all at some point supported a candidate who didn’t win? These are tears of anticipated pain, that knowledge that the blow is coming and being utterly unable to avoid it or stop it.

There is a particular type of anguish that accompanies the deep knowledge, gained by virtue of having to unceasingly negotiate your existence, that you are despised and nothing you can do or say will save you from that. I will again be watching women, particularly we “nasty women,” valiantly try to maintain our worth and dignity in what will be an inevitable tsunami of systemic oppression and harrowing

daily abuse. I have worked in the justice system. I have spent many hours over many years watching victims bravely resist their abuse with the sincere belief that justice would prevail if they spoke the truth about their private nightmare. I also watched justice elude a fair number of them, because the hard reality is that justice isn’t a response to truth; it is a product of power, bestowed upon those deemed worthy of it by those who wield it.

Trump’s victory will serve as validation of his rhetoric, his beliefs and his reckless disregard for rules, boundaries and basic civility. His supporters will interpret his victory as permission, granted by the American people, to treat those who oppose them with contempt. The alt-right now has justification for its delusional belief in the inherent superiority of the white male. Women will not be the only targets. Americans hanging on by an economic thread, many of whom voted for Trump with hope that he would bring change, will be swept into the pile with the “undeserving,” along with people of color, immigrants, Muslims, Jews, the disabled, journalists, scientists, academics and anyone else who doesn’t fit their narrative of acceptability.

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I finally turned the news back on late in the afternoon on the first day of this president-elect Trump world. I’m not going to lie. My eyes were puffy from crying, but I could see. And I could hear.

And what I heard pissed me off.

For a moment, this was a surprising relief from the bouts of nausea and crushing despair I’d been swinging between all day. But I digress. What I heard, almost immediately, when I turned on the TV, was a commentator on CNN saying that Trump’s election was a “complete repudiation of Obama.”

Now, I believe that a lot of what was said on Wednesday, Nov. 9, amounted to shell-shocked word vomit. But this took the cake. Perhaps Trump’s election is a repudiation of the establishment. But if Trump’s election was, in fact, a wholesale rejection of Obama—if the people who voted for him did so just because they believe our nation needs something complete different in its next leader—then they are senseless.

Obama did a great deal of good for this country and its people.

Obama inherited a country in turmoil, a country in the deepest recession since the Great Depression. And he turned it around—quickly. Congress approved Obama’s $787 billion economic stimulus package weeks after he came into office. He signed it into law on Feb. 17, 2009, and GDP growth turned positive less than six months later. Yes, we all felt the aftershocks of the recession for years, but, in June 2009, the National Bureau of Economic Research declared the recession over.

Obama fought to get health-care coverage for millions of people. The Affordable Care Act was signed into law on March 23, 2010. A day later, Minority Senate Leader Mitch McConnell announced that “repeal and replace” would be the slogan for fall. But the ACA survives—for now. A single-payer national health care program would be a far cry better, but I’ll happily settle for system in which people cannot be denied coverage because of preexisting conditions. I will take a system that brought the number of uninsured people to its lowest level ever.

Under Obama’s administration, “love won.” That’s how he put it when he referred to the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision that finally codified the constitutional right of same-sex couples to marry. And Obama said it so eloquently: “No matter who you are, here in America, you’re free to marry the person you love because the freedom to marry is now the law in all 50 states.”

Lastly, I want to say something about Obama’s role in race relations. I’ve wanted to say this for a while. As I recall, it started around 2012, these claims in major publications that race relations were at an historical low and that it might somehow be the president’s fault. It was around the time Obama expressed his sympathy to the family of Trayvon Martin.

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Maybe race relations are at a low point. Maybe they need to be. If we refuse to acknowledge a problem, if we tacitly agree to not discuss it, it might remain out of sight and out of mind for a fortunate few us—for a time. It might remain under our radar, festering all the while. I can’t just say, “Well, I’m not racist, so I don’t see my part in this.”

None of us can. When black people regularly face down discrimination, when they’re at a much higher risk of having fatal encounters with police, it’s all of our problems. If Obama’s presidency made it harder to turn a blind eye on this, then good. Great. And if race relations seem uglier than ever, maybe it’s because we’ve reached the point where people can’t go back to ignoring the injustice.

—Jeri Chadwell-Singley Jeri Chadwell-Singley is the RN&R’s Special Projects Editor.

A new hope On July 12, 1979, local Chicago DJ Steve Dahl organized a “disco demolition night” at Comiskey Park and invited his listeners to bring their records for a large bonfire on the baseball field in between a doubleheader. What had been planned as a gimmick turned into a riot, destroying the field, and canceling the second game. As soon as Dahl’s explosion had destroyed a crate of records, white, straight working/middle class men stormed the field, expressing their impotent rage at the perception that “their music” and “their radio stations” were being edged out, that a music largely created, produced, and consumed by gay people, women, Hispanic and African Americans had somehow managed to become more interesting, more popular and more important than theirs.

After Trump’s election, my initial response was fear.

As a married gay man, I have every reason to believe he will follow through on his promise to appoint Supreme Court justices who will take my marriage away from me.

His vice president has advocated using taxpayer money for “gay conversion therapy.” This should terrify everyone, gay or straight. But most Trump supporters aren’t terrified.

Instead, like those rioters at Comiskey Park in 1979, they apparently feel like all those groups, all those people that don’t look like them, act like them, pander to them, have taken their place at the front of the line. Realizing this, my fear turned to anger. I’m still in that place; I’ve never felt more Nevadan than I do right now, knowing they will have to pry the marriage license out of my hands before I’ll give up my rights to bigots. I know there are people who voted for what they think were economic issues, who voted “despite” the things he’s said, or chose third-party options, knowing the ultimate result would be Trump’s election. It seems likely, looking at the voting demographics, they could afford to vote their conscience, knowing that any consequences of his administration wouldn’t affect their civil rights. I suppose I’m most angry at these people. Trump has always been honest about his misogyny and bigotry, but I imagined I lived in a country whose people weren’t so quick to sell out others’ basic human rights.

It’s cold comfort knowing that the greatest art comes out of the times of greatest fear and oppression. Would Morrissey have penned such furious lyrics without Thatcher? Could Joni Mitchell have written “The Fiddle and the Drum” without Vietnam hanging over the heads of her generation?

It’s easy to forget, listening to these great songs, that they were produced during times of real suffering. Historians generally point to the Comiskey Park riot as the “day disco died.” Disco didn’t die, though. Instead, disco went underground, and in the years since, dance music has emerged as one of the most vital, living and humane forms of popular

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music. The voices of those musicians survived that attack, surviving on the hope that love would win out. Right now I’m living on that hope.

—Louis Niebur Louis Niebur is a musicologist, a professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, and longtime Reno resident.

The greAT curve The first election I remember clearly was in 1988. I was eight years old. My parents were lukewarm Dukakis supporters, but I liked a different candidate. I supported Jesse Jackson, because he was a personal friend of Martin Luther King, Jr., whom I admired then and now, and because I liked his preacher’s cadence.

Most of my extended family members are Southerners, and that fall, I remember talking to an uncle at my grandmother’s house in Northwest Florida. Somehow, he turned the conversation toward politics. I think he was trying to grill me for my parents’ views, since they were considered the subversives in the family. When I told him the name of my preferred candidate, he laughed hysterically, like I had just made the most ridiculous kids-say-the-darndestthings comment he had ever heard. It was like I had told him I wanted to be a unicorn when I grew up. He got my grandmother from another room and made my repeat my views. She also immediately started laughing, and the two of them shook their heads in disbelief and laughed ’til they were wiping away tears.

That was how I realized my family was racist as fuck.

Not my entire family, of course, but enough of them to matter. There were other clues. Although my grandparents weren’t particularly wealthy, they had a housekeeper, a black

woman who was treated with affection but unmistakable condescension. And there was a great aunt who was rumored to have close connections to the KKK. It was a disheartening moment. Not only was it a direct confrontation with my family’s racism, but I also felt like I was being punished for having an opinion.

I’ve often thought back on this incident. Two occasions, in particular, stand out. The first was on election night, 2008, standing among a crowd of happy revelers at Reno’s Lincoln Lounge, and listening to Barack Obama give the kind of stirring, spirited speech to which we’ve all subsequently grown indifferent and desensitized. But that night, it was still fresh and inspirational, and after one great turn of phrase or another, a friend leaned over to me and said happily, “We have a black president.”

I smiled, and thought back to 20 years earlier, when members of an older, crustier generation found the very notion laughable. It felt like a historic rebuke to that attitude, and although I knew racism was still alive and well, it felt like a giant clod of dirt had just landed on it, smothering it, beginning to bury it deep in the grave of the past. That felt like a moment that confirmed one of MLK’s best lines: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”

On the morning of Nov. 9, I flashed backed to 1988 again. My girlfriend had already left for work, and it was my job to get her two daughters to school.

“Who won?” asked Josephine, 10, as soon as she was up. The race had been too close to call at bedtime.

It was difficult to force the word out of my mouth: “Trump.”

“Oh, no!” said Josephine. “But he’s so mean!”

“I saw a video where he told a lady she had a stupid, fat face,” said Viktoria, 8.

“But how could he win?” asked Josephine. “Did women vote for him? How could they vote for him when he said all those mean things about women?”

I didn’t know what to say.

“Can we move to France?” asked Viktoria.

“Or Tokyo?” asked Josephine.

Quoting kids for their political views can seem like a cheap trick, I’m know, since those views are likely aped from the adults they admire most, and the girls had heard me and their mother discuss the election at great length.

Nonetheless, it hurt to tell the girls, who had been so looking forward to the likelihood of a woman president, that instead we were going to have a president who they knew used abusive language—words they weren’t even allowed to say—toward women. And it hurt that the girls, who are mixed race, also knew that the new president was a man who came to power with the support of racists, and that he used language criticizing people for their religions, their backgrounds, their languages and their skin colors.

And I flashed back to when I was their age, and I was mocked for my fledgling political views, and I felt powerless.

I wanted to hold them and protect them, and I felt a flash of anger reaching back nearly three decades. And it moved forward through all the fears and anxieties I now had for the future. And I could no longer see the slow arc of justice, and, if anything, I felt like it had abruptly curved backward.

—Brad Bynum Brad Bynum is the editor of the RN&R.

Deal with it I recently came across a Facebook article about how fake anti-Trump supporters were being bussed into Austin in order to create the illusion of discontent. I commented, “Do you not believe that people are upset by the outcome of this election?” Someone responded, “Stop whining! And if the news article above is correct, once again, it’s an orchestrated planned riot, not a protest.” After more discussion, I realized that these Trump supporters firmly believed protests in the streets were just another ploy by the corrupt establishment trying to maintain their control. Other people’s discontent wasn’t real. My own fears were unfounded. The busing story did turn out to be false, but unfortunately that doesn’t matter. Narratives trump facts every time.

You may already be familiar with the narrative that brought Trump to victory: The corrupt establishment has been abusing you for decades. They want to shore up even more control by taking your guns away and allowing “criminal aliens” to stream over the border. Tolerance of Muslims and Black Lives Matter protesters will lead to further chaos, disorder and death. Elites have sold out working people with bad trade deals and over regulation. The corporate media will lie to you because they’re in it for themselves. Anyone who doesn’t believe these truths is either blind, stupid, or fighting to preserve corruption. It’s us versus them.

People on both sides of the aisle bought all or parts of this story. While there are truths within these narratives, these narratives aren’t the whole truth. As John Green says, “Truth defies simplicity.”

For those fellow progressives who think Trump will be just the jolt we need to jumpstart the progressive movement, please brush up on your history. Trump’s failings will continue to be spun, scapegoats will be targeted, and it will be even harder for people to figure out what’s real with a free press under attack. We can’t count on a “Bloody Sunday” moment to change public opinion because our media landscape is fragmented. No one knows how to manipulate this better than Steve Bannon, Trump campaign adviser and former head of Breitbart News. Any uprisings

will be framed as terrorist actions that need to be squashed.

Civil disobedience against injustice will give Trump even more license to spy on us, jail us and squash dissent. If the progressive movement couldn’t unite around the common goal of stopping a maniac under our current system, how are we suppose to succeed under the coming authoritarian one? Can we survive this?

We must believe victory is possible. We must reach out to each other and help those who are less privileged. We must build a coalition stronger than history has ever known.

We must insist on building a society based on reason, empiricism, and equal justice under the law.

We might be able to get away with getting caught off guard once. We certainly can’t afford to make the same mistake twice.

—Valerie Bischoff Valerie Bischoff is a filmmaker and journalist committed to creating content that inspires, informs and illuminates. She’s now based in New York, but grew up in Reno.

who we are Edmund Burke: “Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.”

On election day, I noticed that women were awfully upbeat. Friends, clerks, every woman I encountered had a pleased demeanor. At dinner, a friend who has been demoralized over her job situation was buoyant and funny. I recalled that when President Reagan named the first woman U.S. supreme court justice, a wave of joy among women swept across the country. Now, another achievement women had been hoping for was close enough to touch, and they were excited.

Later, when I woke after midnight and checked the numbers and realized with a jolt that there was no longer a pathway to the presidency for Hillary Clinton, I thought first with dread that Donald Trump would be president and then, quick on its heels, came the sinking thought of what this would mean to those women I had encountered all election day.

If what I heard post-election was any indication, I think a lot of women are experiencing something in addition to what men are. Men may be shell-shocked by the outcome because they consider Trump crass and swaggering or for other reasons. But a lot of women, while feeling the same thing, were also invested in the election of a woman

president, all the more so because the alternative hates women. What had been validation turned into oppression.

I’ve never been all that bewitched by Hillary Clinton. But her opponent was not a run-of-the-mill candidate, a Dole or Romney. Not often does a candidacy provide, by the great power of example, the potential of changing for the worse the kind of people we are. After his initial economic populism gave way to religious and racial bigotry and misogyny, a woman defeating him would have been more sweet—and when he beat her it made it more bitter.

Learning that some women had a hand in it—white women voted 52 percent for Trump—made me ask women I know how that was possible. It seemed like a Jews-for-Hitler thing. One woman wrote back, “Sexism is not exclusive to men. Just as people of color can ‘internalize racism’, women also ‘internalize sexism.’ ” In her concession speech, Hillary Clinton said, “We owe him [Trump] an open mind and the chance to lead.” Many news websites like Townhall changed that in headlines into Clinton saying that Trump “earned” the right to lead.

Trump may be owed a chance to lead, but he didn’t earn it. He won power by pitting racial and religious groups against each other. He hates women. He disdains the disabled. He promises more war crimes. For the next four years he will be setting a dreadful example for our citizens and the world. He gets what we want to give. He earned nothing. And we need to protect ourselves and humankind from him. Part of that is by treating each other well and setting a better example for our leaders.

Republicans seem intent on adjusting their historic principles to accommodate Trump. Paul Ryan is under pressure to adapt to Trump, instead of the other way around. They should hold firm against Trump and control him.

Trump is attacking the young for protesting his election—and blaming the media for inciting them, as though they cannot think on their own. How would we Boomers have reacted in the 1960s if George Wallace or George Lincoln Rockwell had been elected president? They should hold firm and set a better example.

Forget honeymoons. We must keep an eye on Trump every minute and civil libertarians must stop him anytime he puts a step a quarter of an inch out of line. We, not he, should determine who we are.

—Dennis Myers Dennis Myers is the RN&R’s news editor. He has more on this topic on his Newsview blog. Ω

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The season of indulgence is upon us, so our movie critic wants to whet your appetite with his favorite food films—plus a few feeding frenzies in movies you didn’t even know were food movies

wiLLy wonka and the chocoLate Factory Lots of candy gets ingested in this one, but it’s the blueberry gum that scores the biggest moment. I remember this seemed like a world of heavenly candy delights when I was a kid, but I recently re-watched this and the stuff they eat looks pretty gross.

the huMan centiPede We won’t talk about what gets eaten in this one.

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this month starts with “nov” and ends in “ember,” so that means it’s time to feast—and feast hard. in honor of the season for stuffing one’s face until pores ooze mulched turkey and pie, i’m offering up a list of movies that feature great moments in eating. not just movies about eating hot dogs and cake and whatnot, but all forms of eatables. if it can go in the mouth, be masticated, and then shat out your ass, it can be on the list. sorry, that was graphic, but hey, it’s what happens, right?

BaBette’s Feast I remember watching this in an art theater in Plattsburgh, New York. It had a lot of food in it, and it made me hungry. Don’t let the traditional nature of this entry fool you, because I’m in a weird mood after the elections, and I’m going to get a little bizarre.

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I know I always cite my favorite movie, Jaws, in lists like this, but this time I’m going with the sequel.

The noticeably fake shark comes up under somebody and eats them in one gulp, punctuated by the shark’s cheeks puffing out. It’s so cool.

Arms, legs and intestines are on the menu in George Romero’s best zombie movie. I made the mistake of watching this on a date night after ordering a pizza for my girlfriend. This was a bad idea on so many levels.

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There’s something so perverse about the way Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day Lewis) eats his steak, picking at it with his fingers shortly before caving in Paul Dano’s head with a bowling pin.

One of the best eating scenes ever features Malcolm McDowell’s Alex being spoon-fed a meal during a conversation. He chews joyfully and prominently, and opens his big mouth for more in a way so memorable I included him in this article.

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The ultimate depiction of gluttony, Mr. Creosote (Terry Jones), dines at a fine restaurant until he projectile vomits. He continues to eat despite projectile vomiting until a wafer-thin food portion causes him to explode, spraying vile bile everywhere.

Another one where humans are the delicacy of choice, but this time it’s a plant doing the eating. I highly recommend checking out Frank Oz’s original ending for this film, where giant alien plants take over the world.

It’s so much better.

suPersize Me If you saw this, you just can’t eat at McDonald’s without feeling like the biggest jerk in the world.

Morgan Spurlock stuffed himself, Mr. Creosote style, with Quarter Pounders and Big Macs until he puked. This movie actually killed the Supersize Fries!

A couple of best friends get the munchies and begin a majestic quest for the world famous sliders. This movie single-handedly resurrected the career of Neil Patrick Harris, but sadly, did not result in White Castle coming to Reno. You just have to settle for the frozen supermarket ones. It’s not the same!

soyLent green The little green morsels are people food! Dah, this was an obvious choice. Shame on me … you have to do better, Gilbert!

chocoLat I’m trying to be original here by leaving obvious choices like Chocolat off this list. Oh … wait.

cheF For credibility’s sake, I’ll throw in another more traditional entry about cinematic food and eating. This one made me hungry, too.

Burnt Here’s another chef movie with lots of food. Actually, this one sucks a bit, with Bradley Cooper slumming. I guess I’m kind of padding. Hey, this list needs a lot of movies!

No movie will make you crave Italian food like this one. The prison scene alone, with Paulie making the sauce while Henry scavenges for bread, will have you craving pasta over turkey.

Cloudy with a ChanCe of Meatballs Hey, the kids need something, right?

You can’t be showing them The Human Centipede during the holidays. Or maybe you can, if you are a really freaky parent.

the Revenant Last year’s best film earns a place on the list for the scene where Leonardo DiCaprio feasts on an actual raw bison liver.

vaMpiRe’s Kiss Does anybody remember this strange Nicolas Cage film where he thinks he’s a vampire and eats a live cockroach?

MystiC pizza Nope … don’t watch this one. Take a day off. Go Christmas caroling. Build a snowman. Punch a clown.

aniMal house John Belushi stacks up his food tray and then ends it all with a ball of the Thanksgiving mainstay—mashed potatoes. Then, of course, food fight.

Nothing to do with food and not an actual movie. I just wanted to slip my two cents in.

a ChRistMas stoRy Again, for credibility’s sake, I’ll throw a family/holiday film into this article.

Let us salute this Christmas classic, and the mauling of that turkey by the Bumpus dogs.

We must include an entry that features one of the most famous dinners ever, the Last Supper. It also has Jesus getting his side ripped off with a cat o’ nine tails for those who like their Bible movies super bloody. By the way, Jesus didn’t put out a very good spread for his last feast. Bunch of bland pita bread and cheap wine.

Come on, he’s Jesus! He could’ve conjured up some White Castle Sliders and Cherry Coke!

Ratatouille Here’s another one for the kids, a wonderful movie about a rat that cooks for a cook. This reminds me that I should watch this again. I’ve only seen it once.

Cool hand luKe This contains perhaps one of the most infamous eating sequences in cinema history, the one in which Paul Newman has his stomach stuffed with hard-boiled eggs. Actually, save this one for Easter.

sausaGe paRty This instant classic cartoon is not suitable for kids, but is now available for digital download. Seth Rogen and friends play articles of food that find out their destiny is to be eaten. This one is a sick howl.

biG niGht Two brothers open an Italian restaurant, and the results are tasty, indeed. I’m running out of funny quips. Hey, this election thing has bummed me out!

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Ron Rash has been drawing every day for 30 years, and it shows. His small ink paintings and above-the-couch-sized acrylics feature uncomplicated compositions, mostly of cartoon-like animals, rendered with efficient, confident lines.

In each of a group of vertical acrylics, Rash used a minimal number lines to convey the volume and shape of a bottle, the potency of the liquid inside it, and the drunken expression of a squirrel, giraffe, narwhal or peacock trapped inside.

Rash, now in his 40s, started drawing when he was in high school, and for a while he had a reputation as “the guy who draws drunk animals.”

“In the early days … being raised in Nevada, cowboys, booze, casinos, things like that were definitely a big part of my art for a long time,” he said, adding that those were a lot fun to draw.

“It’s funny,” he said, describing that work. “It’s kind of sarcastic. There’s definitely a little bit of animal in each of us. And I just find it humorous to incorporate a booze bottle with an animal of some sort. … I’m getting older and not out partying as much. I’ve found myself drawing a lot more coffee-related imagery than booze-related imagery.”

While it’s common for artists to say it took them years to learn to work in an

uncluttered, pared-down style, Rash has worked that way since the beginning.

“I approach everything keeping simplicity in mind,” he said. “For my own well being, mentally, and I’ve approached everything that way since I was in high school.” He’ll often start and finish a drawing in one session, and that spontaneity fits well with his lifestyle. He’s a tattoo artist for whom a clean drawing style is essential, and he’s a father of three, which means he’s not long on studio time.

“A typical day for me is waking up about 6:30, taking kids to where they need to go, and then I usually start drawing for that day’s tattoos,” he said. “I start tattooing at noon, finish tattooing at 7, and then go home, do family stuff, and generally squeeze in a little bit of sketching time.”

Rash finds ideas in likely places such as pop art, surrealism or graffiti—and in everyday things such as a song lyric, a conversation about politics, or the paint job on a car.

The process of translating his tattoo clients’ ideas into finished ink has given him a lot of practice in converting thoughts into drawings.

“People will come to you with a saying or verbal explanation of what they want, and then it’s just a matter of translating it into a visual or artistic composition,” he said. “Generally when I hear something, I’ll pretty much immediately start seeing it as an image instead of words. … I like approaching things as if I’m doing a piece of art that they’re collecting on their bodies, rather than on their walls.”

“Making art or drawing is sort of an obsession or a compulsion for me,” Rash said. “It’s constantly on my mind, so it’s hard to go a day without putting pen to paper in some sort of fashion. It drives my insane if I don’t. It’s just necessary.” Ω

Ron Rash’s paintings and drawings are on exhibit at Hub University, 941 N. Virginia St. (entrance on Tenth Street), through Nov. 30 and will be part of Holland Project’s Rogue Art & Craft Market Dec. 10, 140 Vesta St.

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“i deal with kids all day. How much worse could aliens be?”

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a little worried, and it looks like Earth might find itself at war. It’s up to Louise to decipher the codelike language and find out if the Heptapods want to harvest us War of the Worlds style or give us a A few years back, a movie called Contact ticked helping hand. me off when Jodie Foster supposedly traveled to Adams could find herself in the Oscar race for some distant place in the universe only to have a this one. Hers is quite simply one of the year’s best chat with her dead dad. I just thought it was trite performances thus far. (She’ll appear in another and a letdown in storytelling. highly touted film, Nocturnal Animals, this month.)

Director Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival, one of Louise doesn’t have many happy moments in this the more subdued alien invasion movies you will film, and while another actress could’ve rendered ever see, also approaches the subjects of parenther somewhat of a drag, Adams makes her shine, age and everlasting love. It’s also a much, much even when she’s despairing. It’s some of her very better movie. best work.

That’s due in part to the simple fact that Eric Heisserer’s screenplay, based on the short Villeneuve is quickly emerging as one of the best story “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang, is visual and pacing directors in the medium today. profound in a way similar to Interstellar. This is Arrival follows Prisoners (2013), Sicario (2015) another example of science fiction taking a theme and the vastly underrated Enemy (2013) as another like universal love and making that aspect of the movie of definitive vision, style and grace. No film just as interesting as the gadgets doubt about it, this man knows how or alien creatures. The movie, while to make a movie. challenging your brain on a scienAmy Adams stars as Dr. Louise tific level, definitely scores major Banks, a linguistics teacher crippled emotional points. by visions of a daughter who died The film was budgeted at just of a rare illness. She lives a life of around $50 million, so it’s not a seclusion, where the only thing she Director: Denis Villeneuve special effects extravaganza. The really does is teach her class and Starring: Amy Adams, scenes with the aliens are engrossForest Whitaker mope around her lakefront home. ing, but there’s nothing whiz-bang (Man, that must be one abnormally about them. Dare I say, the movie high paying teacher’s gig.) During is rather laid back. High props to class, a bunch of phones go off, a student instructs cinematographer Bradford Young for shooting a her to turn on the TV, and, bam, that’s how she movie that never seems anything short of very real. discovers the planet seems to be getting a visit from Those visuals are assisted by frequent Villeneuve an alien force. collaborator Johann Johannsson’s excellent score.

Strange giant pods have parked themselves all The movie is drawing comparisons to Spielberg’s over the planet, and nobody knows their intent. A Close Encounters of the Third Kind. It’s a very solemn military man (Forest Whitaker) shows up different type of film from that one. If you are lookin Louise’s office and informs her the world needs ing for some sort of action pic, you will not find that her. She has a sense of purpose again. with Arrival. It’s a movie that gives itself time to It isn’t long before she’s inside an alien ship breathe, and while it does have a few action scenes, trying to talk to the “Heptapods,” large elephant for the most part, it’s intellectual fare. looking aliens with seven legs. She’s joined by a Next up for Villeneuve is Blade Runner 2049, a science officer played by a surprisingly low-key sequel to the Ridley Scott classic and another sci-fi Jeremy Renner. effort. Based on his work with Arrival, I have to The aliens communicate visually with symbols say that the Blade Runner sequel stands as one of that look like coffee ring stains. They seemingly my most anticipated movies. Ω say a few words that get some part of the world

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The Accountant

This plays out like a deranged Batmanwith-a-calculator action flick. Ben Affleck plays Christian Wolff, a high functioning autistic man who has managed to harness his extreme intelligence with numbers and physical tics down into the strangest of professions.

By day, he’s your average accountant helping a farm owner find tax loopholes to save a few thousand bucks. At night, he’s some sort of accountant ninja who can take out a room full of mob guys with a dinner knife and some totally Batman forearm blasts to the face. Christian takes jobs laundering books for dirty folks all over the world and, while he does have a modest, sparsely decorated home, he also has a mobile man cave—or, should I say, Batcave— that keeps all the spoils of his riches—money, gold, Jackson Pollock paintings and, yes, collector’s items like Batman comic books.

During one job, trying to find missing money for a prosthetics company led by John Lithgow, he takes a liking to fellow accountant Dana (the invaluable Anna Kendrick), and they conspire to find the missing money, which, of course, wasn’t really supposed to happen.

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Doctor Strange

The latest Marvel movie is certainly one of the weirder ones, with Benedict Cumberbatch starring as the title character, a sorcerer who can cast spells and slip through passageways in time. It’s an origin story, showing how Strange loses his surgeon’s hands in an accident, travels to India, and learns about the mystical arts from The Ancient One (Tilda Swinton). I have to admit, I didn’t always follow exactly what was going on in this movie, and I found some stretches a little convoluted and boring. When the movie soars, it soars high, and Cumberbatch winds up being a decent choice for the role, even with his weird American accent. Director Scott Derrickson (Sinister), who looked like an odd choice for a Marvel movie with his horror film pedigree, acquits himself nicely. The movie often plays like a Matrix-Inception mashup with a little bit of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon thrown in for good measure. The special effects are first rate. Doctor Strange is a bit of an oddball character, and he’s supposed to factor into future Avengers movies. I’ll be curious to see how he fits into the mix with the likes of AntMan and Hawkeye.

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Hacksaw Ridge

Mel Gibson directs his first movie in a decade and—surprise—the sucker bleeds. It bleeds a lot. As a director, Gibson stands alongside the likes of Sam Raimi, David Cronenberg and Peter Jackson as a master of body horror. Yes, I will go so far as to say his latest, Hacksaw Ridge, is an all out horror film in parts. His depiction of a World War II battle makes George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead look like Zootopia. The movie tells the true story of Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield), a battlefield medic and the first of three conscientious objectors in U.S. warfare history to receive the Medal of Honor. The dude refused to pick up a gun, or any weapon for that matter, during his time served in Okinawa. That didn’t stop him from braving the battlefields with comrades, eventually saving the lives of 75 men during horrendously bloody battles. Much of the film’s first half is devoted to Doss’ backstory, a troubled childhood with his alcoholic World War I veteran father (a good Hugo Weaving) and an eventual romance with future wife Dorothy Schutte (Teresa Palmer). The early goings in the film are handled well, although schmaltzy at times. When Doss goes to boot camp and faces off against commanding officers like Captain Glover (Sam Worthington) and Sgt. Howell (Vince Vaughn), the film starts to get very interesting. Due to his Seventh Day Adventist beliefs, Doss refuses to pick up a rifle, and this gets him into all sorts of jams on the training field and in the barracks. After a detour for a court-martial hearing, Doss and his infantry mates are deployed to Japan. When the action switches to the scaling of the Maeda Escarpment a.k.a. Hacksaw Ridge, the movie

becomes perhaps the most grueling war movie experience ever made.

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Inferno

This is easily the worst of the Robert Langdon series, a series that was already pretty terrible in that both The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons blew ass.

Ron Howard once again directs Tom Hanks as Langdon. When Langdon wakes up in a hospital room, with a bullet scratch on his head and loss of memory, Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones) is there to help out. Then, somebody starts toward Langdon’s hospital room guns blazing, and the so-called adventure begins. Langdon is having hallucinations about something akin to Dante’s “Inferno” while trying to work his way through amnesia. He’s in Italy, and he doesn’t know why, but Sienna, for reasons unknown, is going to stay by his side until he works things out. Langdon must race against time (and solve puzzles!) in order to save the world. The main “puzzle” Langdon has to solve this time is where a doomsday bomb containing a virus that will wipe out the majority of the Earth’s population has been planted. If he doesn’t find the Make Everybody Sick bomb, it will be an apocalypse like no other. Gee,I wonder if the whole world will die in a Ron Howard movie?

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The Monster

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Ouija: Origin of Evil

This minimalist horror film mixes elements of Cujo, Alien and Ghostbusters.

I include Ghostbusters because the title monster looks a lot like a greasier version of the demon dog Rick Moranis transformed into in the comedy classic. There’s nothing funny about how badly a road trip goes for Kathy (Zoe Kazan) and daughter Lizzy (Ella Balletine) when they have a blowout on a rainy night in the middle of nowhere. Their car hits a wolf, a bloody wolf, and Lizzy makes the keen observation that something it was fighting must’ve driven it in front of their car and into harm’s way. She’s very right. There’s a monster in the woods, and it wants to not only eat them, but anybody that tries to help them. Writerdirector Bryan Bertino (The Strangers) has made a decent creature feature here, one that is as much a mother-daughter drama—there are plenty of flashbacks showing their troubled times—as it is a flick about a monster. Kazan is damn good here, and continues to be one of the more under-appreciated actresses in movies today. She needs to get some higher profile roles. Balletine is every bit her match as a daughter who has much more common sense than her mother. The movie clocks in at 91 minutes, but it feels long due to some stretches that are drawn out just a tad. (Available for rent on iTunes, On Demand and Amazon.com during a limited theatrical release.)

How bad was 2014’s Ouija? It was so piss poor and forgettable that I had to actually look into my archives for a review to confirm I had actually seen the damn thing. I wasn’t sure. In short, Ouija was a deplorable shitshow. Ouija: Origin of Evil is a bona fide movie miracle in many ways. Ouija was awful, but it was enough of a hit to warrant a sequel.

Still, it shocked me to see the sequel had actually made it to movie screens rather than some direct-to-digital platform. The fact that Mike Flanagan, the director of the crappy Oculus, was at the helm did little to quash my skepticism. After about 30 seconds of watching young Lulu Wilson as Doris Zander, I realized that Flanagan might to be onto something with this casting. This kid, with her authentic 1960s haircut and mature-for-her-years delivery, crafts one of the great horror film performances of all time. Yes, I’m bestowing that honor on a performance that occurs in a sequel to one of the worst horror films ever made. The film, set convincingly in 1965, follows right along with Wilson as truly inspired and creepy. The Doris character plays with a Ouija board, and soon has some pleasant conversations with her dead father. Then, very bad things start to happen.

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Shacked up

The lobster roll, Louie salad, and pork belly and lobster sliders are among the menu options at Morgan’s Lobster Shack & Fish Market.

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with high-quality crustacean meat, lettuce, tomato, pickled onion and tartar sauce.

Instead of potato chips our companions As a kid in the high desert, my experichose to substitute fries ($2 extra) and beerence with seafood was mostly breaded battered onion rings ($4 extra). The rolls shrimp and fish sticks. After spending were simple, yet fantastic. The rings were great, and the shoestring fries were OK but several weeks in New England as a young a bit dry. adult, I was all-in—hook, line and sinker.

A king salmon burger ($15) sported Morgan’s Lobster Shack & Fish Market— apple-smoked bacon, tomato, butter leaf opened just a few weeks ago—brought lettuce, pickled onion and chipotle aioli back those great memories, and then some. and came with fries and slaw. The salmon My companions and I shared crab cakes was lightly breaded and fried, and the result ($13 for two) and an ahi poke special ($13). was quite good. Better yet were the surf Unlike some crab cakes, these sizeable and turf sliders ($17), filled with poached seafood pucks were a mix of minced crab lobster, grilled pork belly and bacon aioli, meat along with large chunks of crab claw, also with fries and slaw. I was skeptical at with a nicely browned, pleasantly seasoned first, but this combination of flavors was coating. The raw tuna cubes tasted very transcendent. fresh and light, tossed in a sesame oil vinaiWe also tried a bowl of creamy lobster grette and whole sesame seeds and served macaroni and cheese ($12) and a lobster with light, crispy tortilla chips. reuben sandwich ($18). The cheesy dish Next up was a pair of 10-ounce soups, was replete with large chunks of lobster clam chowder ($6) and lobster bisque meat, apple-smoked ($8). The chowder bacon, fontina cheese was excellent, with the sauce and campanelle flavor of bacon, black pasta topped with pepper and plenty of toasted panko bread tender, chopped clam.

1401 S. Virginia St., 683-9300 crumbs. It was But the bisque made me Morgan’s Lobster Shack & Fish Market is open from every bit as good as feel like I had bathed 11 a.m to 8 p.m. Visit morganslobstershack.com it sounds. But the in essence of lobster. It reuben was a special was decadent, creamy, surprise. We all loved it. In fact, it might be buttery and expertly seasoned. one of the best sandwiches I’ve ever tasted.

The Mt. Whitney plate ($24) was a As one of my friends remarked, “This is a combination of lightly battered haddock, total foodgasm.” sea scallops, shrimp, fries and coleslaw.

The cioppino special ($21)—a big The batter was nicely seasoned and crispy, bowl full of clams, mussels, swordfish and and the seafood was cooked just right. The halibut sauteed in a broth of lemon, garlic, housemade tartar sauce had a nice bite of white wine, tomato and butter—didn’t lemon and dill, and the cocktail sauce had seem to have much tomato, but the garlicky a good bit of horseradish to balance the seafood was delicious. We finished up with tangy sweetness. Tasty coleslaw included blueberry vanilla bread pudding ($7), which red onion, carrot, radish and a very nice was sliced and grilled like French toast. vinaigrette—my kind of slaw.

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Alex Korostinsky, Aaron Chiazza, Danny Lennon, David Alastair and Paul Curatolo at Korostinsky’s new pad in the Riverside Artist Lofts.

Shine on Dankjewel Alastair is the name of a 10,000-yearold wizard from the Japanese island Yakushima. His parents were killed by gremlins, and these same gremlins have now taken over the music industry. So, to battle that evil industry and its gremlinpossessed bands, Alastair started his own group, Dankjewel.

That, at least, is the story as told

by David Alastair, one of Dankjewel’s three singer-guitarist-synth players. He dreamed up that narrative during a trip to Amsterdam last year and an extended illness earlier this year. He had been living in Los Angeles, but moved back to Reno, where he grew up, after getting sick.

He recruited some of Northern Nevada’s top musicians, including fellow singer-guitarist-synth players Paul Curatolo and Danny Lennon, drummer Aaron Chiazza, and bassist Alex Korostinsky. These are all prolific local musicians involved with a number of high-profile projects, including the pop-soul group the Sextones, the funk band Whatitdo, and the Beatles tribute act Rain.

Members of the group, primarily Alastair and Lennon, wrote songs for the project that loosely connect, to one degree or another, to the band’s fictional narrative, which they say draws inspiration from science fiction, comic books, and cartoons, especially Japanese animation.

Musically, the band draws on what Alastair describes as “retro concepts for progressive psychedelic music, but with a modern production take on it.” Or, put more simply, psychedelic pop. Dankjewel sounds a bit like Tame Impala, to pick a contemporary band, or Dark Side of the

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Moon-era Pink Floyd, for a classic rock reference point. There’s also a distinct ’70s vibe to the songwriting, which has rich harmonies, power pop hooks and cheeky lyrics.

The song “Miranda,” for example, could fit in nicely between Steely Dan and Harry Nilsson tracks on a terrific playlist. But there are little touches of contemporary production that keep the band from being a straight-up throwback. “Miranda” has an acoustic guitar outro, but the echo and reverb slowly increase, turning the part into a wash of eerie sound.

Even with the tricky and trippy studio effects, the band’s sound is gentle, breezy and accessible—the smooth side of psychedelia.

“We’re not trying to freak anybody out,” said Alastair.

He and Curatolo both sing lead, often singing in unison or close harmony.

“The idea was to create one voice out of both of our voices,” said Curatolo.

He compares it to the early Beatles, when John Lennon and Paul McCartney would often sing in unison. (He plays McCartney in Rain. Chiazza performs as Ringo Starr.)

They’ve recorded a debut self-titled EP, which will be released online and on cassette with accompanying digital download code. The band’s debut performance will also be its record release party, Nov. 18, at the Holland Project in Reno.

The group made a deliberate decision to have the record release show at the all-ages venue.

“I don’t want this band to become like a bar band or a casino gigging band,” said Alastair. “I want this band to be for younger listeners. It’s for everybody.” Ω

dankjewel’s record release show is nov. 18 at the holland Project, 140 Vesta St., with Lil traffic. For more information, visit dankjewel.band.

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Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

DJ Izer, 10pm, $5 after 10pm

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Rustler’s Moon, 8:30pm, no cover

Friends In High Places, 9pm, no cover

Friends In High Places, 9pm, no cover

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

CARGO AT WHITNEY PEAK HOTEL 538 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-5558

Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

World Dance Open Floor, 8pm, no cover

COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR

Guitar Town, 7pm, no cover

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

Comedy

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DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY

Leroy Virgil Bowers, 8pm, no cover

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: Kabir “Kabeezy” Singh, F, 7:30pm, $13-$15 The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: Henry Phillips, Jesus Trejo, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25, Sa, 9pm, $30; Shayla Rivera, Robert Duchaine, W, 9pm, $25 Laugh Factory at Silver Legacy Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., 325-7401: Michael Finney, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $21.95; F-Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $27.45; Bill Dawes, Tu, W, 7:30pm, $21.95 Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., 686-6600: Kabir “Kabeezy” Singh, Th, 8pm, $10-$12; F, 9pm, $14-$19; Sa, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, $14-$19

ELBOW ROOM BAR

Jack Di Carlo, 7pm, no cover

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

THE HOLLAND PROJECT

Dankjewel, Lil Traffic, 8pm, $5-$8

140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858

71 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-1652 1) Showroom 2) Bar Room

Karaoke w/Nitesong Productions, 9pm, Tu, no cover Open Mic Jam Slam w/Adrian Dijjon, 8pm, Tu, C.J. Tirone, 7pm, W, no cover

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

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CW and Mr. Spoons, noon, M, no cover Dave Leather, noon, W, no cover

Canyon White Open Mic Night, 8pm, no cover

HIMMEL HAUS Up Is the Down Is The, Surly, Baby Dog, 8pm, $5

Mannequin Pussy, Low Morale, Pink Awful, 8pm, $5

The Doctors of Feel Good, Lil Mijo, Willowtree, 8pm, W, $5

1) Rittz, Jarren Benton, DJ Vangloryus, CA2NV, Povciti, 7:30pm, $25

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

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COMMA COFFEE

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

3rd Annual “Onesie Party” w/Kidnap Kid, Amtrac, Ranger Bass, 8pm, $17.50

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 11/21-11/23

DG Kicks, 9pm, Tu, no cover

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SUNDAY 11/20

Blue Haven, 9pm, no cover

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SATURDAY 11/19

Golf Clap, Davonta, MrSmeagss, Lex Royale, DJ Jabberwocky, TWON, 10pm, $5-$10

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THE LOFT THEATRE-LOUNGE-DINING 1021 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe; (530) 523-8024

THE LOVING CUP 188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480

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

THURSDAY 11/17

FRIDAY 11/18

Magic Fusion, 7pm, $19-$37

Magic Fusion, 7pm, $19-$37

Magic Fusion, 7pm, 9pm, $19-$37

The Derailment, 8pm, no cover

Baker Street Band, 8pm, no cover

DJ Trivia, 6:30pm, no cover

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 11/21-11/23

Magic Fusion, 4:30pm, 7pm, $19-$37

Bingo Tuesday w/Tammy Tam Tam, 6:30pm, Tu, T-N-KEYS, 7pm, W, no cover

Darcy Kathleen, 8pm, no cover

Natalie Cressman & Mike Bono, 8:30pm, no cover

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Natalie Cressman & Mike Bono, 8:30pm, no cover

MORRIS BURNER HOSTEL

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

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

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

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

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

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

Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover

Hollywood Trashed, 8pm, $10

Puddle of Mudd, Ikki Crane, 9:30pm, $20-$70

Karaoke with Steve Starr, 8pm, no cover

Crow and The Canyon, 9pm, $5

St. Christopher Project, 6pm, no cover

Open mic and jam, 7pm, no cover Rockaraoke, 8pm, no cover

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

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

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

ST. JAMES INFIRMARY 445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

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Shu Lace, 8pm, M, $5

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Magic Fusion, 7pm, M, Tu, $19-$37

Ladies Night, DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover charge for women before 11pm

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SUNDAY 11/20

Live jazz, 8pm, no cover

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SATURDAY 11/19

Frank & Deans, 9pm, no cover

acrylic, Grace Gatsby, DJ Mat Diablo, 9pm, W, no cover

Diarrhea Planet Nov. 19, 9 p.m.

Crystal Bay Club 14 Highway 28 Crystal Bay 833-6333

Wild Honey, Shotgun Sawyer, One Ton Dually, 9pm, $5

Thursday Blues Jam hosted by Rich Maloon, 8:30pm, no cover DJ Travy, 10pm, no cover

Saturday Night Dance Party, 9pm, no cover

Autopilot, 8pm, $6

The Hubcap Stealers, Limbo State, 8pm, $7

Tuesday Trivia, 8pm, Tu, no cover

Jake Nielsen’s Triple Threat, 9pm, no cover

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ATLANTIS CASINO RESORT SPA

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

BOOMTOWN CASINO HOTEL

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

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THURSDAY 11/17

FRIDAY 11/18

SATURDAY 11/19

2) American Made Band, 8pm, no cover

2) American Made Band, 4pm, no cover

2) American Made Band, 4pm, no cover

2) Jonathan Barton, 6pm, no cover

2) George Pickard, 5pm, no cover Rebekah Chase, 9pm, no cover

2) George Pickard, 5pm, no cover Rebekah Chase, 9pm, no cover

2) After Dark, 7pm, no cover

2) After Dark, 8pm, no cover

2) After Dark, 8pm, no cover

2) Multipleks, Onetruest, 10pm, no cover

1) Diarrhea Planet, Lovely Bad Things, 9pm, $15-$18

1) Marcus King Band, 10pm, no cover

2) The Wiz Kid, 10:30pm, no cover 3) Ladies Night/line dancing lessons, 7pm, no cover, DJ Roni V, 9pm, no cover

2) The Wiz Kid, 10:30pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni V, 9pm, no cover

2) The Wiz Kid, 10:30pm, no cover

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

1) Dream Theater, 8pm, $25-$63 2) DJ Peeti V, 10pm, $15 3) Country Nights, 10pm, no cover

2) The Male Room, 9pm, $20 DJ E-20, DJ JosBeatz, 10pm, $20 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

2) DJ Rick Gee, DJ JosBeatz, 10pm, $20 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

1) Country Artists Tribute Show, 7:30pm, $32-$42

1) Country Artists Tribute Show, 7:30pm, $32-$42 3) Frank & Jerry, 9pm, no cover

1) Country Artists Tribute Show, 7:30pm, $32-$42; Decadence, 10pm, $32.75 3) Frank & Jerry, 9pm, no cover

1) Country Artists Tribute Show, 7:30pm, $32-$42

3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, no cover Rustlers’ Heat, 9pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, no cover Rustlers’ Heat, 9pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, no cover Rustlers’ Heat, 9pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, no cover

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

2) Cold Hard Cash Show, 7pm, no cover

2) Cold Hard Cash Show, 8pm, no cover 3) The Latin Dance Social, 7:30pm, $10 before 10pm, $20 after

2) Cold Hard Cash Show, 8pm, no cover

2) Everett Coast, 6pm, no cover

2) Everett Coast, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

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

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

CRYSTAL BAY CLUB

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

ELDORADO RESORT CASINO

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

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2) The Wiz Kid, 10:30pm, no cover

GRAND SIERRA RESORT

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

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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

NUGGET CASINO RESORT

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

PEPPERMILL RESORT SPA CASINO

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2) Tandymonium, 6pm, M, no cover The Robeys, 5pm, Tu, W, no cover

2) The Novelists, 6pm, Tu, W, no cover

1) Miracle on 34th Street, 7pm, Tu, W, $38+ 2) Live Band Karaoke, 10pm, M, no cover Audioboxx, 10:30pm, W, no cover

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FOr tHE WEEK OF nOvEMBEr 17, 2016 For a complete listing of this week’s events or to post events to our online calendar, visit www.newsreview.com.

NIGHT OF ALL NATIONS: The International Club at the University of Nevada, Reno presents its 34th annual event. The evening features more than 30 booths representing different countries, as well as dancers, musicians, food and childfriendly craft booths. F, 11/18, 6-9pm. $7 general admission, $5 students with valid ID. Joe Crowley Student Union Ballrooms, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6505.

RENO WINE WALK: The Riverwalk Merchants

Reno Steampunk Stroll

11/19:

The third annual bar crawl features fantastical steampunk costumes, live music, old-fashioned entertainment, art cars and more. Dress up in retro-futuristic/neoVictorian garb and purchase a $10 commemorative mug and a map to receive drink specials, giveaways and entry in costume contests at several participating venues including Mellow Fellow, 300 E. Second St.; 1864 Tavern, 290 California Ave.; Pignic Pub & Patio, 235 Flint St.; and Ceol Irish Pub, 538 S. Virginia St. The event gets underway at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19. Call 624-8320 or visit http://crawlreno.com.

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COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING SERVICE: Enjoy a Thanksgiving service of music, meditation, prayer and candle lighting.

Donations requested to benefit Food Bank of Northern Nevada and Evelyn Mount’s Community Outreach. Tu, 11/22, 7-8pm. Center for Spiritual Living, Reno, 4685 Lakeside Drive, (775) 233-8812.

12TH ANNUAL MAGICAL MEMORIES: Resort at Squaw Creek holds its annual Magical Memories festival through Jan. 3, 2017.

Activities include family-friendly events, food and drink specials, festive meals, live music and more. Magical Memories ends with a New Year’s Eve party complete with gourmet food, a live band, dancing, party favors and champagne toast. For kid- and teen-friendly fun, there are separate Kids’ and Teens’ Night Out New Year’s Eve Bashes featuring food, games, crafts, a balloon drop and late night movie. 11/23-1/3. Resort at Squaw Creek, 400 Squaw Creek Road, Olympic Valley, www.squawcreek.com.

GOLD HILL GHOST TOUR: Enjoy a meal at the Crown Point restaurant and then join a guided ghost tour through the Gold Hill Hotel sharing stories of ghostly legends.

Dining begins at 4pm. The tour starts at 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.

HEADLOCK ON HUNGER: The professional wrestling event and food drive aims to entertain and raise awareness of hunger affecting children in the community.

Sa, 11/19, 7pm. Admission is five canned goods. Edward Reed High School, 1350 Baring Blvd., Sparks, (775) 843-4054.

ART AND THE PHYSICS OF LIGHT: Bernhard Bach, director of undergraduate laboratories at the University of Nevada, Reno, will explore the physics of light as it relates to the immersive light installation Swell, which represents innovation in immersive light installations, draws explicit connections between wave forms, the liquid motion of floating objects and sculptural objects made of light, modified and shaped over time. F, 11/18, noon-1pm. $10 general admission, free for NMA members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.

NEITHER COMMON NOR EVERYDAY: THE BARBARA L. GORDON FOLK ART COLLECTION:

AWAKEN’S 5TH ANNIVERSARY BANQUET: Learn more about this non-profit organization seeking to combat commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of women and children. Proceeds will go toward helping rescue and restore people who have been exploited and trafficked in Northern Nevada. Sa, 11/19, 5pm. $100. Peppermill Resort Spa Casino, 2707 S. Virginia St., (775) 393-9183.

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Join guest curator of A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America, Richard Miller as he examines the aesthetic and meaning of the large body of work that has come to be known as American Folk Art. The paintings, sculpture and furniture in the Gordon collection were made between 1800 and 1920—years that bookend a period of rapid and dramatic change in the United States. Sa, 11/19, 2-3:30pm. $12 general admission, $8 NMA members.

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

Association hosts its monthly event along the Truckee River and neighboring streets in downtown Reno. Visit any of the participating Riverwalk District merchants on Wine Walk day and receive a wine glass, a map of Wine Walk merchants and a wristband that allows you to sample wine at any participating merchant. Must be at least 21 years old to participate. Open containers are prohibited. Strollers and pets are not advised because of the large crowds. Parking is available at one of the public lots. Third

Sa of every month, 2-5pm through 4/15.

$20. The Riverwalk District, Downtown Reno along The Riverwalk, (775) 825-9255, www.renoriver.org.

SATURDAY NIGHT STAR PARTY: The Jack C. Davis Observatory hosts free star parties every Saturday night year round, starting at sunset (except when there is snow on the roads). The evening starts with a lecture on one of numerous topics and then concludes with guided star viewing by one of the observatory’s astronomers. Sa, 6pm. Free. Jack C. Davis Observatory, 2699 Van Patten Drive, Carson City, (775) 857-3033.

TRIUMPHANT: The Girl Scouts of the Sierra dinner, silent auction and fund-raising event honors five Nevada women leaders who are making a difference in the community. Th, 11/17, 5:30-9pm. $125 per person. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, 3800 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-0642, ext. 1232, www.gssn.org.

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

FAMILY GAME NIGHT: Come into the library, find a table, grab a game and have some fun. Second and fourth W of every month, 4:30-6:30pm. Free. Northwest Reno Library, 2325 Robb Drive, (775) 787-4100.

GALENA TODDLERS: This nature education program for toddlers includes storytime, outdoor exploration and crafts. Third Th of every month, 10am. $5 suggested donation. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mt. Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948.

GINGERBREAD HOUSES FAMILY PROGRAM: Make a miniature gingerbread house to take home for the holidays. Su, 11/20, 11am-noon. Free. Spanish Springs Library, 7100A Pyramid Lake Highway, located at Lazy 5 Regional Park, Spanish Springs, (775) 424-1800.

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

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

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

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

Art ART INDEED! SIERRA MEMORIAL ART SPACE: High Desert Colors. The abstract art gallery is open for the Riverwalk Wine Walk on Nov. 19. Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday, 3:30-7pm, or by appointment. Sa, 11/19, 2-5pm. Free. 142 Bell St., (775) 846-8367.

ARTISTS CO-OP OF RENO GALLERY: Christmas 50, The Artists Co-op of Reno presents its 50th annual Christmas show featuring the artwork and crafts of local artists. The show and sale is open every day through Dec. 28, with the exception of Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. M-Su, 11am-4pm through 12/28. Free. 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896.

HOLLAND PROJECT GALLERY: Thread Of Thought. Local artist Jonathan Farber describes his work as a visual tautology where individual marks repeat to form a larger whole. Both his process and product of redundant mark making and patterning serve as a meditation on space, time and thought. Tu-F, 3-6pm through 11/18; Shadows in My House.

Ashley Westwood’s exhibition explores the “void” between life and death and what mystical phenomena might remain or occur in that space. Tu-F through 11/18.

Free. 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858.

HOLLAND PROJECT MICRO GALLERY AT BIBO COFFEE CO.: Sweet Coalesce. Inspired by pop surrealism, local artist Megan Jewett uses watercolor and gouache to create sickeningly sweet paintings depicting tasty treats with a dark twist.

Her dessert-inspired work is influenced by the colorful culture of the 1980s and Japanese animation. M-Su through 12/8.

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

HOLMAN ARTS & MEDIA CENTER, SIERRA NEVADA COLLEGE: Sincerely Processed.

Sierra Nevada College BFA exhibit. Artist Shafer Smart talks at 5:30pm on Dec. 1.

M-Su through 12/1; Th, 12/1, 5-7pm. 1008 Highway 28, Incline Village, (775) 831-1314.

JOT TRAVIS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: MFA Review Exhibition.

Annual review exhibition of current Master of Fine Arts students including incoming artists. Tu-F, 11am-4pm through 11/17; MFA Midway Exhibition. Annual exhibition of second year Master of Fine Arts students’ current work. Tu-F, 11am4pm through 12/1. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6837.

MCKINLEY ARTS & CULTURE CENTER: Filtered: Paintings by Ashley Follmer. Follmer’s series of oil paintings portrays the effect of mobile devices on interpersonal communication. The artist reception is on Dec. 1, 5-7pm. Through 12/30; Th, 12/1, 5-7pm; Book + Publication Arts: Black Rock Press, The Black Rock Press preserves the history and traditions of the art of the book while turning a creative and critical eye toward its relevance in contemporary art and culture. The artist reception is on Dec. 1, 5-7pm. Through 12/30; Th, 12/1, 5-7pm. Free. 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 334-2417.

METRO GALLERY AT RENO CITY HALL: NonObjective Dimension: Monique Rebelle.

Metro Gallery in City Hall hosts abstract painter Monique Rebelle. Non-objective Dimension is a series of oil paintings that deals with transcendence and a breakthrough in perception. The artist reception is on Nov. 17, 5-7pm. Through 12/30, 8am-5pm; Th, 11/17, 5-7pm. Free. 1 E. First St., (775) 334-2417.

NORTHWEST RENO LIBRARY: Wild Open Art Show. A solo show by Lake Tahoe landscape painter Bonita Paulis. The artist reception is Nov. 19, 2-3pm. M-Sa through 12/24. 2325 Robb Drive, (775) 787-4100.

RENO ART WORKS: RAW Open Studios. Meet the artists, explore the studios and buy local art. Third Sa of every month, noon5pm through 12/17. 1995 Dickerson Road, (775) 225-7295, www.renoartworks.org.

SHEPPARD CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: FABRICation. Artists Erin Castellan, Kristy Deetz, Virginia Derryberry, Reni Gower, Rachel Hayes, Susan Iverson and Natalie Smith incorporate a textile sensibility in their artwork through elements of fabric and fabrication. Tu-Sa, noon-4pm through 12/15. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6658.

SIERRA ARTS GALLERY: My Reno Aces: Minor League Baseball in the Biggest Little City, Reno Aces team photographer David Calvert has photographed about 300 baseball games. Inspired by the sport and its surroundings, it has shaped the way he sees. This show is a collection of his photographs from the club’s eight seasons. M-F through 11/23; Reception for David Calvert. Th, 11/17, 5-7pm. 17 S. Virginia St., Ste. 120, (775) 329-2787.

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Mothership of fools This will sound crazy, but … should I tell my girlfriend, the love of my life, that I was abducted by aliens? It happened a long time ago, and I have no proof—just my own recollection. Yes, it could’ve been a dream, but even so, it changed how I see things and opened me up to new possibilities.

My girlfriend is a schoolteacher and probably wouldn’t believe me. I want to be completely honest with her. Is that crazy?

Like you, science historian and Skeptic magazine founder Michael Shermer felt like he had a little meet ’n’ greet with some outer space dudes.

However, he realized that his supposed abduction was just the effects of “sleep deprivation and physical exhaustion” because he had just cycled 83 straight hours in a bikeathlon. This—mixed with a “distant memory” of a TV episode about aliens taking over the Earth—made for what Shermer calls “nothing more than a bizarre hallucination.”

Shermer notes that UFOs and alien abductions are “1. unaccepted by most people in astronomy, exobiology” and SETI (the search for extraterrestrial intelligence), “2. extremely unlikely (although not logically impossible), and 3. … largely based on anecdotal and uncorroborated evidence.”

However, Shermer explains, “[T]he human capacity for self-delusion is boundless, and the effects of belief are overpowering”—leading many people to swear that they actually did go on a ride with the little green men. As “evidence,” they’ll tell you they have really vivid “memories” of, say, the aliens bickering. But such “memories” are probably due to what memory researcher Elizabeth Loftus and her colleagues call “imagination inflation.” This describes how repeatedly imagining an experience can, over time, lead us to forget that the particular event came out of our imagination or a dream. We can start to believe it really happened.

For example, Loftus and her colleagues told research participants that a dream they’d revealed to the researchers probably meant that they’d had an upsetting experience before the age of 3, “like being bullied by an older child.” The participants insisted that they didn’t recall anything like that. Yet, about two weeks later, many reported experiencing the

bullying they were simply told about—even offering details on how they were supposedly oppressed by some other 3-year-old.

This makes sense, considering cognitive psychologist Robert Bjork’s finding that “using one’s memory shapes memory”—meaning that the more we recall something the bigger and stronger it grows in our memory. Also, in recalling some event, we have a tendency to “decorate,” adding details that can easily get merged into the particular “memory.”

Also consider “cognitive dissonance”—the discomfort from simultaneously holding two opposing beliefs, like thinking that your worldview was transformed by UFOs while also thinking that it’s stupid to believe in UFOs. We tend to smooth out the clash by going with whichever belief works best for our ego. So, in your case, to continue believing that you’re intelligent and also not cockadoody in the head, you tell yourself that your memory of your special vacay with the 00100010111 family has to be real.

As for what to tell your girlfriend, what counts is that you had these insights. If you mention the alien thing at all, explain it in light of the science on how our memory likes to dabble in fiction writing.

While you’re at it, give yourself credit for your insights. It may help to understand our brain’s “default mode” processing. Our mind doesn’t just turn off when we take a break from directed, focused thinking (like reading, studying or pondering something). Wider neural networks take over and do subconscious background processing—gnawing on ideas and problems we’ve been working on. This can make insights seem like they came out of nowhere.

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Poetry/literature STREMMEL GALLERY: Nature Divine: Landscape Paintings of the American West. Paintings by Phyllis Shafer. M-Sa through 12/3. 1400 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-0558, www.stremmelgallery.com.

TAHOE GALLERY AT SIERRA NEVADA COLLEGE: Ponderance. Sierra Nevada College BFA exhibit. Artist Josh Patten will talk at 5:30pm on Nov. 17. M-Su through 11/18; Th, 11/17, 5-7pm. Free. 999 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village, (775) 831-1314.

WILBUR D. MAY MUSEUM, RANCHO SAN RAFAEL REGIONAL PARK: Around the World in 40 Days. The Sierra Watercolor Society returns to the Wilbur D. May Museum with a new exhibition of original watercolor paintings. Local and regional artists were asked to paint places they have visited or want to visit, favorite views, special events and other scenes.

The result is the “Around the World in 40 Days” exhibition, featuring dozens of paintings that evoke the allure and beauty of travel. All paintings in the exhibition are available for purchase. Visitors are also invited to vote for their favorite painting to win the coveted “People’s Choice Award.” W-Su through 12/18. Free.

1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-5961.

MuseuMs LAKE MANSION: Free Guided Tours at the Lake Mansion. The Lake Mansion is one of the few residences in the area that is listed on the Nevada State Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places that is also open to the public to explore. F, noon through 12/31.

Free admission, donations accepted. 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100.

NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Andrea Zittel:

Wallsprawl, W-Su through 12/31; Dennis Parks: Land, Language and Clay, W-Su through 1/8; A Place in the Country: Aboriginal Australian Paintings, W-Su through 6/4; Peter Stichbury: Anatomy of a Phenomenon, W-Su through 5/28; Tarek Al Ghoussein, W-Su through 2/19; Robert Adams: Around the House, W-Su through 12/11; Leiko Ikemura: Poetics of Form, W-Su through 1/15; Trevor Paglen: Orbital Reflector, W-Su through 12/31; Ugo Rondinone: Seven Magic Mountains, W-Su through 5/11; Anthony McCall: Swell, W-Su through 1/8. $1-$10. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

FilM ALPENGLOW WINTER FILM SERIES: Local athletes share stories of their adventures in the mountains during the 11th annual event. Th, 11/17, 7pm; Th, 12/1, 7pm; Th, 1/5, 7pm; Th, 2/23, 7pm. Free. Olympic Village Lodge, 1901 Chamonix Place, Olympic Valley, http://squawalpine.com.

THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI: Artemisia Moviehouse presents a showing of the 1947 film directed by Orson Welles. In this seminal film noir, Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth meet on a shadowy path in Central Park. Before long they’re unwittingly entangled in a murder plot and courthouse drama, all leading up to one of cinema’s most famous shootouts. Tu, 11/22, 7-9pm. $7 general, $6 seniors, students, $5 members. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St., http://artemisiamovies.weebly.com.

AUTHOR T.J. STILES: In celebration of the 2016 centennial of the Pulitzer Prizes, Nevada Humanities will host three Salon programs across Northern Nevada that will feature 2016 Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer T.J. Stiles. The programs will take place on Friday, Nov. 18, in Reno, and on Saturday, Nov. 19, in Winnemucca and Elko. The programs will provide Nevadans with an opportunity to engage in conversation with Stiles about his works—in particular, his interest in “changing the camera angle” with regard to the biographies he writes. F, 11/18, 6pm. Free. Sundance Books and Music, 121 California Ave., (800) 382-5023, www.nevadahumanities.org.

JENNIE WREN AND LOGAN BENSON: Meet Jennie Wren, author of Slicker McQuicker. and spokesperson Logan Benson. Sa, 11/19, 1-3pm. Free. Reno Town Mall, 4001 S. Virginia St., (775) 232-5724, www.slickermcquicker.com.

MARK MAYNARD: Meet the author of the

2016 Nevada Reads book Grind. Su, 11/20, 1pm. Free. Downtown Reno Library, 301 S. Center St., (775) 327-8312.

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The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Nevada, Reno presents its fall showcase of dance pieces choreographed by faculty and students chosen by adjudication.

The festival will include a broad spectrum of dance styles from classical to contemporary.

Performances are at 8 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 17-18, and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Redfield Proscenium Theatre inside the Church Fine Arts Building, 1335 N. Virginia St., at UNR. Tickets are $5-$15. Call 784-4278 or visit www.unr.edu/arts.

Music NEVADA CHAMBER OPERA SCENES: Nevada Chamber Opera presents a selection of scenes from popular operas.

F, 11/18, 7:30pm; Su, 11/20, 2pm. $15; $5 for UNR students with ID. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278.

UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY FALL CONCERT NO. 2: The final fall concert for the University Symphony will feature pianist Isadora Pastragus. Tu, 11/22, 7:30pm. $5; free for UNR students with ID. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278.

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

RENO BIGHORNS: The development league basketball team plays Oklahoma City Blue, Sa, 11/19, 7pm. $10. Reno Events Center, 400 N. Center St., (775) 853-8220, http://reno.dleague.nba.com.

RENO ICE RINK: The outdoor ice rink is open for the season. Hours are Monday to Saturday 10am to 10pm, and Sunday 10am to 7pm. Free parking is available across the street along Evans Avenue.

M-Su through 1/28. $8 teens/adults ages 13-54, $6 children age 12 and younger, seniors age 55 and older, $4 skate rental.

Greater Nevada Field, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-7035.

onstage DINNER MURDER MYSTERY: Funtime Theater presents its dinner murder mysteries.

The show starts at 6:30pm with dinner service starting at 7pm. Visit website for dinner selections. Third Sa of every month, 6pm through 11/18. $50. Lili’s, 2325 Kietzke Lane, (866) 449-7630 ext. 1.

THE LITTLE MERMAID: Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company presents its production of Disney’s Academy Awardwinning animated feature film based on Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of a mermaid who falls in love with a human prince and risks her beautiful voice in exchange for a becoming human to be with him. F, 11/18, 7:30pm; Sa, 11/19, 2 & 7:30pm; Su, 11/20, 2pm. $25-$28. Bob Boldrick Theater, Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St., Carson City, (866) 977-6849, www.wnmtc.com.

ONCE: Broadway Comes to Reno opens its 2016-2017 with the Tony Award-winning musical about going for your dreams, not living in fear and the power of music to connect all of us. F, 11/18, 8pm; Sa, 11/19, 2 & 8pm; Su, 11/20, 2 & 7pm. $50-$85.

Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 686-6600, www. pioneercenter.com.

classes GARDENING 101—COMPOST: Learn about different composting techniques and the benefits of compost for your home garden. Participants will work together to build an aerated compost pile on the farm and measure the decomposition progress of existing piles. Sa, 11/19, 1:303:30pm. $10. Urban Roots, 3001 W. Fourth St. Ste. 12, (435) 754-4607, www.urgc.org.

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BEGINNING WEST COAST SWING LESSON: West Coast swing dancing sponsored by High Sierra Swing Dance Club. Preceded by a lesson by Tim Renner in beginning West Coast swing at 6pm. No partner necessary. Tu, 6-8pm through 1/31. $8. El Charro Avitia, 4389 S. Carson St., Carson City, (707) 321-3010, www.hssdc.org.

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: This group is for patients and families facing cancer and is facilitated by an oncology social worker.

Participants can share experiences and express feelings and concerns. The support group meets in the Orthopedic Conference Room on the third floor of the Roseview Tower. Th, 11:30am-1pm. Free.

Renown Regional Medical Center, 1155 Mill St., (775) 982-6831, www.renown.org.

Libertarian Party at this monthly gathering. Learn about the NVCLP, listen to speakers and featured guests and visit with fellow Libertarians. Third Th of every month, 7pm. Free. Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 883-2662, www.nvclp.org.

SO VERY LITERARY BOOK CLUB: The book club meets every third Thursday. Th, 11/17, 1:30-2:30pm. Free. South Valleys Library, 15650A Wedge Parkway, (775) 851-5190.

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

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

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

CLICKETS KNITTING GROUP: Jean Peters guides this class for knitters of all ages and levels. Yarn and needles are available. First and Third Su of every month, 1:30-3pm. Free. Spanish Springs Library, 7100A Pyramid Lake Highway, located at Lazy 5 Regional Park, Spanish Springs, (775) 424-1800.

THE TUESDAY NIGHT YARN CREW: All skill levels and yarn-crafts are welcome.

Bring your project to this “sit and knit” gathering. Tu, 5:30-7pm. Free. South Valleys Library, 15650A Wedge Parkway, (775) 851-5190.

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

WOMEN’S BREAST AND GYNECOLOGIC CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: Patients and survivors

INTERMEDIATE WEST COAST SWING LESSON: West Coast swing dancing sponsored by High Sierra Swing Dance Club. Preceded by a lesson by Tim Renner in intermediate West Coast swing at 6pm. No partner necessary. M, 6-9pm through 1/30. $8. El Charro Avitia Restaurant, 4389 S. Carson St., Carson City, www.hssdc.org.

are invited to share experiences, concerns and feelings and offer hope and help to one another through their cancer journey. This support group meets in the Orthopedic Conference Room on the third floor of the Roseview Tower. Second and fourth W of every month, 5:30-7pm. Free.

Renown Regional Medical Center, 1155 Mill St., (775) 982-6831, www.renown.org.

YARN TIME: Learn to knit or crochet or improve your skills with other knitting

KNITTING & CROCHET CLUB: This group is

enthusiasts. Second W of every month, 2-4pm; Fourth W of every month. Free.

open to who enjoys knitting or crocheting. Second and third Sa of every month, 1-3pm. Free. Northwest Reno Library, 2325 Robb Drive, (775) 787-4100.

North Valleys Library, 1075 N. Hills Blvd., Ste. 340, North Hills Shopping Center, Golden Valley, (775) 972-0281.

LIFESCAPES: In this program, seniors are given an opportunity to write and share their memoirs. Lifescapes is a project sponsored by the Washoe County Library System, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and the Department of English at the University of Nevada, Reno. M, 11/21, 1-3pm. Free. Northwest Reno Library, 2325 Robb Drive, (775) 787-4100.

MAN TO MAN PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: Facilitated by a prostate can-

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

cer survivor, this new support group is designed to help men cope with prostate cancer by offering education and support for patients during their cancer journey. The group meets in the Orthopedic Conference Room on the third floor in the Roseview Tower. First and third M of every month, 5:30-7pm. Free.

Renown Regional Medical Center, 1155 Mill St., (775) 982-6831, www.renown.org.

MYSTERY BOOK CLUB: The book club meets

every third Sunday. Su, 11/20, 1-2pm. Free.

Spanish Springs Library, 7100A Pyramid Lake Highway, located at Lazy 5 Regional Park, Spanish Springs, (775) 424-1800.

RENO COIN CLUB MEETING: Reno Coin Club presents “Coins: The Beginning.” David Elliott will present a look at the development of the first coinage when the ancients went from barter to money for exchange of goods. Tu, 11/22, 7-9:30pm.

Free. Denny’s, 205 E. Nugget Ave., Sparks, (775) 815-8625, www.renocoinclub.org.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): By the time he died at

the age of 87 in 1983, free thinker Buckminster Fuller had licensed his inventions to more than 100 companies. But along the way, he often had to be patient as he waited for the world to be ready for his visionary creations. He was ahead

of his time, dreaming up things that would be needed before anyone knew they’d be needed.

I encourage you to be like him in the coming weeks, Libra. Try to anticipate the future. Generate possibilities that people are not yet ripe to accept, but will eventually be ready to embrace.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Does the word

“revolution” have any useful meaning? Or has it been invoked by so many fanatics with such melodramatic agendas that it has lost its value?

In accordance with your astrological omens, I suggest we give it another chance. I think it deserves a cozy spot in your life during the next few months. As for what exactly that entails, let’s call on author Rebecca Solnit for inspiration. She says, “I still think the [real] revolution is to make the world safe for poetry, meandering, for the frail and vulnerable, the rare and obscure, the impractical and local and small.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “We all

have ghosts inside us, and it’s better when they speak than when they don’t,” wrote author Siri Hustvedt. The good news, Sagittarius, is that in recent weeks your personal ghosts have been discoursing at length. They have offered their interpretation of your life’s central mysteries and have provided twists on old stories you thought you had all figured out. The bad news is that they don’t seem to want to shut up. Also, less than 25 percent of what they have been asserting is actually true or useful. But here’s the fantastic news: Those ghosts have delivered everything you need to know for now, and will obey if you tell them to take an extended vacation.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the film

Bruce Almighty, Morgan Freeman plays the role of God, and Capricorn actor Jim Carrey is a frustrated reporter named Bruce Nolan. After Nolan bemoans his rocky fate and blames it on God’s ineptitude, the Supreme Being reaches out by phone. (His number is (716) 776-2323.) A series of conversations and negotiations ensues, leading Nolan on roller-coaster adventures that ultimately result in a mostly happy ending.

According to my reading of the astrological omens, you Capricorns will have an unusually high chance of making fruitful contact with a Higher Power or Illuminating Source in the coming weeks. I doubt that (716) 776-2323 is the right contact information. But if you trust your intuition, I bet you’ll make the connection.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Some spiders are

both construction workers and artists. The webs they spin are not just strong and functional, but also feature decorative elements called “stabilimenta.” These may be as simple as zigzags or as complex as spiral whorls. Biologists say the stabilimenta draw prey to specific locations, help the spider hide and render the overall stability of the web more robust. As you enter the webbuilding phase of your cycle, Aquarius, I suggest that you include your own version of attractive stabilimenta. Your purpose, of course, is not to catch prey, but to bolster your network and invigorate your support system. Be artful as well as practical. (Thanks to Mother Nature Network’s Jaymi Heimbuch for info on stabilimenta.)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Aren’t there parts

of ourselves that are just better left unfed?” asked Piscean author David Foster Wallace.

I propose that we make that one of your two keynotes during the next four weeks. Here’s a second keynote: As you become more and more skilled at not fueling the parts of yourself that are better left unfed, you will have a growing knack for identifying the parts of yourself that should be well-fed. Feed them with care and artistry!

You can call Rob Brezsny for your Expanded Weekly Horoscope: (900) 950-7700. $1.99 per minute. Must be 18+. Touchtone phone required. Customer service (612) 373-9785. And don’t forget to check out Rob’s website at www.realastrology.com.

by BRAD BYNUm

Pothead Tim Conder is the co-founder and CEO of Blackbird Logistics, a company that delivers marijuana in Nevada. For more information, visit www.blackbirdgo.com.

Recreational marijuana legalization passed in Nevada. From an industry perspective, what does that mean?

Currently, in the medical market, there are 13,000 Nevada medical patients. There are 2 million Nevadans. The recreational market will open up sales to an enormous part of the population that are not accessible right now, so that is obviously huge for the industry. … Blackbird does transportation and delivery for every part of the supply chain, so we do wholesale and retail delivery. Wholesale is the transportation of product from cultivation and production to licensed dispensaries, and retail delivery is delivery of medication from dispensaries to patients. We do all of that. We facilitate patient delivery through our BlackbirdGo menu, which allows patients to register through their phone, computer or tablet, create a profile, pop online and create an order for pickup or delivery. We only deliver product on behalf of licensed dispensaries. ... The biggest difference between the recreational market and the medical market is that they are overseen by different state agencies. Medical is overseen by the Department of Behavioral and Public

Health. ... The recreational market will be overseen by the Department of Taxation. ... Part of the recreational law is that in order to distribute wholesale product, you’ll have to have an alcohol distribution license. That’s the biggest change for us.

You’ll be able to start delivering recreational on Jan. 1?

No, because we have to deliver through dispensaries, the dispensary program will have to be rolled out first. Although it will be legal for you to carry around an ounce as of January 1, there will be nowhere for you to purchase that ounce legally if you’re a recreational user.

The legislation wasn’t perfect.

What do you see as the problems?

There’s a lot of ambiguity. That’s the reason why it’s scary, and it’s also the reason why it passed. All and all, you are voting for recreational marijuana. How that’s

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implemented still remains to be seen. The three-tier distribution system that will supposedly be in place for recreational marijuana is definitely not ideal. Similarly to how that distribution is difficult for small brewpubs, this will make distribution very costly and difficult for smaller cultivators and producers. … And it will affect the buying public because there’s a 15 perfect excise tax on marijuana. If you’re a recreational user, you will be paying more than a medical user in Nevada. ...

We were lucky to have an organization like MPP, Marijuana Policy Project, running the Yes on 2 campaign. They’ve had a lot of success across the country and are really great at what they do. They’ve contested Sheldon [Adelson] in other states and lost.

I think they knew what he was going to do in Nevada and how to combat that.

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The No on 2 campaign centered on “protecting our children” and edibles that look like candy. What do you say in response to that?

It’s Nevada’s job to regulate that, and keep those products out of the hands of children. As far as the industry is concerned, the industry wants to sell to responsible adults. … And marijuana is expensive! People don’t want to give it to kids. . … And it’s important that people in Nevada know that a very robust medical market has already been happening, and it hasn’t had any real negative effects on our community. But I see a lot of positive effects—patients having access to medication, people making some money and paying taxes. It’s going to be good. Ω

by BRUCE VAN DYKE

Government overthrow There is the predictable call, after this steaming curveball of an election, for Democrats to do some serious soul-searching. To take a good long look in the mirror and figure out where it all went wrong.

Yeah, well—fuck that shit. We won this thing. Goddammit. We fucking won this thing. Hillary has a lead of about 1,002,049. And it’s still growing as votes are counted.

Maybe two million. Such a reality will mean that Hillary and the Dems, despite getting royally screwed by the FBI, shouldn’t spend too much time agonizing in the mirror of self-examination.

We should remind ourselves and our fellow citizens that this election, had it taken place in Iceland, Mongolia, Costa Rica, France, or, ironically enough, Russia, would have resulted in Hillary moving back to the White House. More than 100 countries on our planet choose their national leader by

awarding the job to the candidate with the most votes. Gee. What a staggering concept.

The USA, though, continues to abide a bizarre system of presidential determination, a system established by aristocratic slave owners in the 18th century, one that makes possible, through its archaic skullduggeries, the unfortunate scenario where the person finishing second in the vote count becomes—abracadabra!—the winner. This bizarre bad joke has now happened twice in the last 16 years and, Jesus Christ, let’s get rid of this piece of shit, already! Of course, I’m furious, because in ’00 and ’16, my successful choices in both extremely important elections got hosed. You’re goddamn right I’m furious about it. The Electoral College is a worthless relic created back when women, minorities and non-property owners couldn’t vote. It’s about as relevant to 2016

as the family ox. It’s nothing less than a national embarrassment that continually perplexes and horrifies reasonable people around the world.

I know, I know. A constitutional amendment to abolish the E.C. has literally no chance. Fortunately, though, there’s a Plan B worthy of your inspection. Go to National PopularVote.com and take a look at their scheme, where if states totalling 270 electoral votes pass its measure requiring state’s electors to vote in concert with the national popular vote, we can bury the foul, absurd, and dangerous Electoral College once and for all. It’s not completely far-fetched. It’s maybe even doable. In fact, it’s already passed in 11 states, totalling 165 electoral votes.

You’re pissed. You’re worried.

Good. Do something. Do this. Why the fuck not? Death to the Electoral College. Now. Ω

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