This Week

from March 23, 2017

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3/25:Kahulanui Known as Hawaii’s “Kings of Swing,” the Grammy Awardnominated group blends traditional island music with the Big Band swing brought to the Aloha State by United States servicemen during World War II. The nine-piece ensemble—which includes four horns, guitar, bass, ukulele, drums and steel guitar—crafts new arrangements of vintage mid-century songs, utterly contemporary yet steeped in tradition. The show begins at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 25, at Oats Park Art Center, 151 E. Park St., Fallon. Tickets are $17 for Churchill Arts Council members and $20 for non-members. There will be a free conversation with the band starting at 3 p.m., prior to the show. Call (775) 423-1440 or visit www.churchillarts.org.

EVENTS

AMSOIL ARENACROSS: The motorcycle racing event consists of a 14-round battle for the Ricky Carmichael Cup. Motocross athletes will compete on man-made dirt battlegrounds built inside arenas for high-speed, high-flying and fierce racing competition. 3/24-3/26. $10-$40. Reno-

Sparks Livestock Events Center, 1350 N.

Wells Ave., (775) (775) 688-5752.

BILINGUAL STORY TIME: The group offers

stories and activities to encourage a love of books, stimulate thinking and promote feelings of self-assurance in English and other languages. 3/25, 1:30pm. Free. North Valleys Library, 1075 North Hills Boulevard, (775) 972-0281.

DEMONSTRATION OF COIN PRESS NO. 1:

Presented by chief coiner Ken Hopple in the Historic Carson City Mint building. 3/24, 10am. Nevada State Museum, 600 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 687-4810 x 245, http://nvdtca.org.

GARDENING IN NEVADA: University of

Nevada Cooperative Extension and their certified master gardeners offer this free series in partnership with Washoe County Regional Parks and Open Space. This series is for anyone who wants to garden. 3/28, 6pm. Free. Western Heritage Interpretive Center, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, (775) 784-4848. PET ADOPTION DAY AT NEVADA FINE ARTS:

Adopt homeless dogs and cats from the Nevada Humane Society. All pets are spayed or neutered, vaccinated and microchipped. 3/25, 11am. Nevada Fine Arts, 1301 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-1128.

RENO BEER CRAWL: The monthly crawl offers $1 refills of six-ounce samples at multiple downtown Reno locations with purchase of the wristband and map. 3/25, 2pm. $5. 5 Star Saloon, 132 West St., (775) 322-7373, http://renobeercrawl.com.

RENO COIN CLUB MEETING: Reno Coin Club

presents “Russian Coins.” David Elliott will talk about the history of Russian coinage from its beginnings to the present. The meeting includes a display of new U.S. coins such as the Native American dollar and Effigy Mounds quarter, early bird prizes, quarter pot and raffle. 3/28, 7pm. Free. Denny’s, 205 Nugget Ave., Sparks, (775) 815-8622.

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. 3/25, 6pm. Free. Jack C. Davis Observatory, 2699 Van Patten Drive, Carson City, (775) 857-3033. THE TRUCKEE MEADOWS IRRIGATION DITCHES:

Speaker Dana Munkelt will talk about the history of local water channels and how they have survived today. 3/26, 1pm. Free. Downtown Reno Library, 301 S. Center St., (775) 747-4478.

WATERSHEDS AND SUSTAINABILITY

SYMPOSIUM: The symposium will focus on watersheds and sustainability and how to find a balance. There will be a guest speaker reception at 5pm, followed by the symposium at 6:15pm in the Sierra Building, Room 108. 3/28, 5pm. Truckee Meadows Community College, 7000 Dandini Blvd., (775) 636-3760.

ART

2017 SCHOLASTIC ART EXHIBIT: In partnership

with the Nevada Museum of Art, the Holland Project Gallery hosts the 2017 Scholastic Art Exhibit, showcasing Northern Nevada’s up-and-coming teen artists. 3/23-29, 3-6pm. Free. The Holland Project, 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858.

A VIEW WITHIN: Karen Rips & Paula Chung’s exhibition focuses on interpretations, responses and relationships to medical images. 3/23-29. Free. Sierra Arts, 17 S.

Virginia St., (775) 329-2787.

ART FROM WNC: The exhibition features a wide variety of art including graphic design, drawing, photography and book arts pieces that show the diversity of

Western Nevada College art students’ creativity. 3/23-29. 8am-noon, 1pm-

4pm. Free. Business Resource Innovation Center (The BRIC), 108 E. Proctor St., Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

EVERY IMAGE HAS A STORY: Photographer

Dotty Molt’s work is focused on an exploratory journey she underwent starting early last year, traveling across the country in her car and solely focusing on her art. 3/23-29, 10am. Free. McKinley Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 334-2417.

FROM THE GROUND UP: The Capital City

Arts Initiative (CCAI) presents artwork by Gil Martin. 3/23-29, 8am. Free. CCAI Courthouse Gallery, 885 E. Musser St., Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

GREAT BASIN NATIVE ARTISTS: Featured

artists are Ben Aleck, Topaz Jones, Jack Malotte, Melissa Melero-Moose and Topah Spoonhunter. 3/23-29, 9am. Free. Carson City Visitors Bureau, 716 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 687-7410.

MIROSLAV ANTIC AND ROGER BERRY: Antic’s

large-scale paintings and installations aim to make the most fleeting and nostalgic parts of American culture tangible. Berry creates metal sculptures with arching shapes, evoking loosely intertwined knots. 3/23-29. Free. Stremmel Gallery, 1400 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-0558.

FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 23, 2017

NATURE IN BLACK & WHITE: Lake Tahoe-

area photographer Barbie Crawford creates detailed macro-photography portraits of the natural world around her. 3/23-3/29, 8am. Free. McKinley Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 334-2417.

PAINT & METAL: Using abstract imagery, the works by Mahsan Ghazianzad and

Grant Miller deal with ideas of truth and exploration of emotions. 3/23-29, 8am. Free. Metro Gallery, Reno City Hall, 1 E. First St., (775) 334-4636.

NOT HERE, NOR THERE: Master of fine arts

student Quynh Tran’s series of multiroom installations incorporate printed wallpapers, sculptural structures, light and sound effects to transform viewers’ experiences as they transition in between the gallery. An opening reception will be held from 6-8pm on March 30 in the exhibition space. 3/27-29, noon4pm. Student Galleries South, Jot Travis Building, University of Nevada Reno, 1164 N. Virginia St., www.unr.edu/art.

TRUCKEE MEADOWS REFLECTIONS: The Sparks

Museum & Cultural Center presents this exhibition detailing historical water usage in the region. In conjunction with the show, Latimer Art Club presents work by their members in the museum Cultural Center. Artists from Latimer explore the theme of water in their artwork, which showcases a wide variety of mediums. 3/23-3/25. Free. Sparks Heritage Museum, 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks. (775) 355-1144.

MUSEUMS

ANATOMY OF A PHENOMENON: New Zealand

artist Peter Stichbury paints historical UFO sightings, as well as portraits of the people who purportedly saw them. Stichbury’s subjects are caught in an alternate reality—forever changed by their sighting experience, but also influenced by the myths, disinformation and conspiracy theories society imparts on such experiences. 3/23-29, 10am. $1$10. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.

THE ALTERED LANDSCAPE: In these images,

artists reveal the ways that individuals and industries have marked, mined, toured, tested, developed, occupied and exploited landscapes over the last 50 years. 3/23-29, 10am. $1-$10. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

A PLACE IN THE COUNTRY: This exhibition

presents a concise selection of paintings by Aboriginal Australian female artists, drawn from the collection of Martha Hesse Dolan and Robert E. Dolan. 3/2329, 10am. $1-$10. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.

ARCHITECTURES: Kristin Posehn repositions architecture in the physical world so we can consider the relationships between built and natural environments, between art and architecture, between the real and the fictional. 3/23-29, 10am. $1-$10. NMA, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333. THE JOHN AND MARY LOU PAXTON

COLLECTION: The collection includes important pieces by artists ranging from minimalist compositions and quiet landscapes to Native American art of the Southwest. 3/23-29, 10am. $1-$10. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org

MAYNARD DIXON: Drawn from the collections of Bruce C. Paltenghi and Dr. Richard

Paltenghi, this exhibition features drawings and paintings by American artist

Maynard Dixon. 3/23-29, 10am. $1-$10.

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

MIRADAS: The exhibition examines and celebrates work by artists on both sides of the border—American and

Mexican-American—to reveal a variety of cultural aspects as they emerged in the years after the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920) to the present day. 3/23-29, 10am. $1-$10. Nevada Museum of Art, 160

W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.

SPINIFEX: This exhibition of Aboriginal paintings made by the Spinifex People of the Great Victoria Desert in Western

Australia is drawn from the private collection of Seattle-based couple

Robert Kaplan and Margaret Levi. The

Spinifex Arts Project was established in 1996 as a way for the Spinifex people to record and document land ownership following their forced expulsion from the Great Victoria Desert due to the

Australian government’s atomic testing program in the 1950s. 3/23-28, 10am. $1$10. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W.

Liberty St. (775) 329-3333.

SCIENCE UNDERGROUND: Located on

the museum’s lower level, Science Undergroundfeatures an eclectic, subterranean collection of exhibits from The Discovery’s first five years including big, blue building blocks, Electrosketch, Nano Science, an oversized Nevada puzzle, the Tube-o-Phone, a walking piano and more. 3/23-29. $9-$10. The Discovery— Terry Lee Wells Discovery Museum, 490 S. Center St., http://nvdm.org.

TOYTOPIA: This exhibition is an immersive and hands-on adventure through 100 years of classic toys, games, dolls and more. Visitors will learn about the origins of toys, who made them and why they are fun or dear to us. Discover why some toys succeeded and some failed, which toys have become collectors’ items and why. 3/23-29. $8-$9. Wilbur D. May

Museum, Rancho San Rafael Regional

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

FILM

BEFORE THE FLOOD: Watch Fisher Stevens’ 2016 documentary film about climate change and stay for a discussion after the film. This event is part of the Faculty for Radical Education and Enlightenment event week. 3/29, 6pm. Free. Truckee

Meadows Community College, 7000

Dandini Blvd., (775) 636-3760.

IT’S A GIFT: Artemisia MovieHouse presents a showing of the 1934 comedy directed by Norman McLeod. W.C. Fields plays a New Jersey grocer who, despite his family’s protests, declares it’s time to pack it in and go plant an orange grove in California. 3/26, 6pm. $5-$7. Artemisia

MovieHouse at Good Luck Macbeth

Theatre, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 337-9111, http://artemisiamovies.weebly.com.

OPERA & LUNCH METROPOLITAN LIVE IN HD:

The Metropolitan Opera HD Live presents Mozart’s opera Idomeneo. This allinclusive event includes a ticket for the HD performance, a lunch and beverage. 3/25, 9:55am. $45. Cinemark Century Riverside 12, 11 N. Sierra St., http://poperanv.org.

MUSIC

LEON FLEISHER: The Argenta Concert Series presents a concert by pianist Leon

Fleisher. In a program featuring works by Bach, Schubert, Brahms, Debussy and Ravel, he will be joined in piano duo by Katherine Jacobson. At 6:30pm,

Fleisher will give an introduction to the performance and discuss his memoirs in a free pre-concert talk. 3/28, 7:30pm. $5$40. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine

Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278.

PIPES ON THE RIVER: A free 30-minute

organ concert open to the public. 3/24, noon. Free. Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Ave., (775) 329-4279.

SUNDAY MUSIC BRUNCH: Kat & Dave perform

at music and brunch event presented by chez louie. The menu features artful dishes, mimosas and a Bloody Mary Bar. The performance is free, but admission fees apply to the galleries. 3/26, 10am2pm. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 284-2921, www.nevadaart.org.

ONSTAGE

HAND TO GOD: Good Luck Macbeth presents

Robert Askins’ dark comedy that explores the fragile nature of faith, morality and the ties that bind us. 3/24-25, 7:30pm; 3/26,

2pm. $15. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St. (775) 322-3716, www.goodluckmacbeth.org.

MOTHER HICKS: Susan Zeder’s play is about three outsiders—a foundling girl known only as Girl, a deaf boy, eloquent in the language of his silence, and an eccentric recluse, Mother Hicks, who is suspected of being a witch. The tale, told with poetry and sign language, chronicles the journeys of these three to find themselves, and each other, in a troubled time. 3/23-25, 7:30pm; 3/26, 2pm. $12-$22. Reno Little

Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 813-8900, http://renolittletheater.org.

PINOCCHIO: Laughing Owl Productions presents an original adaptation of

Pinocchiobased on the story by Carlo

Collodi 3/23-25, 11am. $5. Laughing Owl, 75

S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-9967.

WORDS TO LIVE BY—AN EVENING WITH DOROTHY

PARKER: Brüka Theatre presents Mary Bennett’s one-woman show based on the works and life of 1920s writer, wit and critic Dorothy Parker. 3/23-25, 8pm. $18$25. Brüka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-3221, www.bruka.org. 3/25:Bat Adaptations Kellie Carter, a professor in the Veterinary Technology Department at Truckee Meadows Community College, will present a talk about the bats that live in Nevada. Some of the 23 species of bats native to Nevada prefer the desert while others like the forest. Some of them eat insects while others enjoy nectar. Carter will discuss what makes each of these bats perfect for their environment, as well as how people can help with the bats’ survival. The talk begins at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 25, at Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mount Rose Highway. Admission is free, although donations are welcome. Call (775) 849-4948 or visit www. galenacreekvisitorcenter.org.

SPORTS & FITNESS

BIGGEST LITTLE HALF MARATHON: This race

will start under the Reno Arch, before traversing through the MidTown District (half marathon only), the Truckee River Path, Idlewild Park, then back to downtown Reno. There are three races to choose from—half marathon, 10K and 5K. Each race has seven age categories, male and female, for first, second and third place finishes. 3/25, 7am. $45 and up. Reno Arch, Virginia Street, (775) 470-5826, desertskyadventures.com.

RENO 1868 FC: Reno’s professional soccer club takes on Orange County SC. 3/25, 7pm. $11-$27. Greater Nevada Field, 250

Evans Ave., www.reno1868fc.com.

RENO BIGHORNS: The NBA development league team takes on the Los Angeles

D-Fenders. 3/29, 7pm. $10-$70. Reno Events

Center, 400 N. Center St., (775) 335-8800, http://reno.dleague.nba.com.

TRUCKEE MEADOWS TRAIL CHALLENGE: On this

2.25-mile walk, explore sections of the May Arboretum and the wetlands area near Herman’s Pond on the way to the Nature Trail. 3/25, 9am. Free. Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 453-0698.