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from Sept. 19, 2013
by D. Brian Burghart, BraD Bynum, Kelley lang anD Dennis myers
illustratiOns By hayley DOshay Our autumnal guide to media focuses on local books, movies and music
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the Reno News & Review focuses on “media” in our fall guide. Our conceit is, “Evenings are getting cooler, wouldn’t you like to just curl up in bed with a good tablet and read or watch movies or listen to music?”
Well, let’s be logical about this. Autumn is actually one of the most beautiful seasons in northern Nevada: Evenings and nights are comfortable, the days have that crisp bite, colors are changing. It’s just a great time to be outside.
But we know how you are: You start building a pile of books next to the bed for those cold winter nights. You’re probably sticking mental Post-its onto the back of your mind for the movies you’ll watch in front of the roaring fire in November. And who buys music seasonally? You’re probably like us, watching every Tuesday to see who has released new music.
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art Bite meet the artist: laurie BrOWn: Brown discusses her photography that documents the edges of landscapes surrounding Las Vegas, Nev. F, 9/20, noon. $10; free for NMA members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., 329-3333, www. nevadaart.org.
CanDy DanCe arts anD CraFts Faire: More than 300 craft and food vendors offer their wares at the 93rd annual faire and fundraiser for the town of Genoa. The 2013 Candy Dance Dinner will be held on Saturday evening from 5:30 to 7:30pm at the Genoa Town Park on Nixon Street. The dance will start at 4pm and continue until 10pm. sa, 9/28, 9am-5pm; su, 9/29, 9am-5pm. Free admission to faire; $20-$28 for dinner/dance. (775) 782-8696, http://genoanevada.org/candydancefaire.htm
CarsOn City ghOst WalK: Hear about lingering spirits of Carson City’s past during this guided walking tour of the downtown district’s historic homes. Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the walk begins. All tours leave at 6:30pm unless otherwise noted. Tours depart from 3rd and Carson streets next to the St. Charles Hotel. For tickets go to http:// brownpapertickets.com. sa, 9/21, 6:30pm; sa, 10/19, 10am-2:30pm. $15 advance, $20 at the door. Carson City Ghost Tour, Curry and West Third streets in Carson City, (775) 348-6279, http://carsoncityghostwalk.com.
elDOraDO great italian FestiVal: The annual festival transforms downtown Reno into Little Italy with a grape stomp, sauce competition, farmers’ market, bocce ball, kids’ gelatoeating contest, Ferrari car display, buffet and live entertainment all weekend long. Free. sa, 10/12, 9:30am-6pm; su, 10/13, 9:30am5pm. Free. Eldorado Hotel Casino, 345 N. Virginia St., (775) 786-5700, www.eldoradoreno.com. great Basin lOCal neVaDa Farmers’ marKet: Great Basin Brewing Company celebrates Nevada’s late-season harvests with a farmers’ market. The brewery will present free live music on its outdoor stage. th, 3:30-7:30pm through 9/26. Free. Great Basin Brewing Co., 846 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 351-2551, www. nevadagrown.com.
PumPKinPalOOZa 2013: Downtown Sparks celebrates all things pumpkin at the second annual festival and fundraiser for Northern Nevada Center for Independent Living. The weekend event includes the Pumpkin Derby, children’s costume parade, storytelling, zombie cheerleaders, the Lighting of the Pumpkins, Zombie Prom, carnival-style games, pie-eating, pumpkin-seed spitting and mummy-wrapping contests, live music and Pumpkin Beauty Contest. sa, 10/19, noon; su, 10/20, noon. Victorian Square, 1555 Victorian Ave., Sparks, http://pumpkinpalooza.org.
renO CeltiC CeleBratiOn: The annual event features Celtic music, dancing, games and more. sa-su, 10/5-10/6, 11am-5pm. $10-$15; free for children age 12 and younger. Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, www.renoceltic.org.
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Books by D. brian burghart
Here are some books by local authors that should be residing in the pile next to your bed for that moment when the internet goes down. all of these books have connections to students and professors from the university of nevada, reno.
Waiting for the Cars
by howard goldbaum and Wendell
W. huffman You probably heard about how we did a 3-D issue for our Biggest Little Best of Northern Nevada. In a way, Waiting for the Cars was the inspiration for that. This almost 500-page book features around 218 of Alfred A. Hart’s stereoscopic images of the Central Pacific Railroad between 1865 and 1869. Many readers will be familiar with the concept of stereoscopes, those old glasses into which a card with two very similar images would appear as one three-dimensional image when viewed through the glasses (sort of like those old View-Master toys we had when we were kids). This book uses that old technology, filtered through new digital technology, to create breathtaking images of that bygone era, but instead of looking through one of those wooden stereoscopes, you use the red and blue-lensed glasses included with the book. Somehow, Hart was able to capture the majesty of the railroad, one of the greatest technological achievements of the 1860s, and Howard Goldbaum, a university of Nevada, Reno journalism professor, was able to translate the medium into the modern era without losing the “historicity” of Hart’s work. Both are pretty amazing achievements. It’s available at Sundance Books and Music, but while I couldn’t find this book on Amazon, it’s available at www.waitingforthecars.com. Young Adult genre of fiction. It’s the story of a young autistic woman who lives on an Earth on which the population has been all but destroyed by a disease. The hero is also a time traveler. The world is run by an evil corporation. It’s the protagonist’s lot to try to expose the corporation’s hidden agenda, save her brother, save the world, and leave room for a sequel. Viral Nation is an easy, fun read, good to turn the brain off to, and a great reason to escape to places the workaday life won’t take you. At Sundance Books and Music or Amazon.com: ISBN-10: 0425265137
MenDing the Moon
susan Palwick
Since I restarted and then put on hiatus our books feature Western Lit, I’ve been highly impressed by the novels that have been written and published by teachers and former students from
Nevada’s college system. Christopher
Coake, Clair Vaye Watkins and Mark
Maynard all produced books that I’d call
“literature,” a sort of step above fiction, and yet the authors are still living. It’s a new and different way of viewing
Reno’s authorial curriculum vitae. Now,
Susan Palwick, whom I had as a teacher in the aforementioned speculative fiction class, is known primarily as a writer
robert LaxaLt: the story of a storyteLLer
by Warren Lerude If Nevada ever had a First Family, it was the Laxalts. Paul Laxalt was a U.S. senator who frequently got mentioned as a great friend to Ronald Reagan. His brother, Robert, is a towering figure in literature in this state, frequently mentioned in the same breath as Mark Twain and Walter van Tilburg Clark as one of the greatest writers Nevada has ever produced. Pulitzer-prize winning editor and 30-year fixture at the Donald W. Reynold’s School of Journalism Warren Lerude tells the story primarily from the collection of Laxalt’s papers at the UNR Archives and Special Collections, although the biography contains a distinct revenant of the 50-year friendship between Laxalt and Lerude, going into details in some places that would seem impossible except that the words went from Laxalts lips to Lerude’s ears. Actually, you’ve got to hand it to Lerude, it’s the details that probably didn’t come from the special collection that brings this story to life: war details, conversations, the price of a National Geographic in June 1966 (eight dollars a year or one dollar a copy), and this book represents an incredible amount of research and nose to the grindstone writing. This will undoubtedly go down as the premier biography of Bob Laxalt, but I’m at a loss to think of another lifelong Nevadan who has gotten a better scholarly treatment. At Sundance Books and Music or Amazon.com: ISBN-10: 1935709364
ViraL nation
shaunta grimes I’m just like that person I described in the introduction to this Fall Guide: I squirrel away books that I’m planning to read sometime if the creek don’t rise. This is one of those. I met the author last semester in a speculative fiction class, and I was pretty impressed by her honest to goodness book deal (not to mention her dedication to the craft she expressed in the class.) I’ll be honest. Even though I’m an unwilling academic (or perhaps especially because), I secretly prefer books that hardly inform my mind at all, but take my imagination to places it wouldn’t go on its own: magical fantasies, graphic novels, lesbian porn. My job makes me spend way too much time in the “real” world. Viral Nation falls into the
of science fiction and fantasy. In fact, She’s considered a top writer of the genre, but Mending the Moon is a departure from that. In fact, while it incorporates comic books and the way fantasy inhabits our lives, it falls under that heading of “literature,” although I’ll bet some science fiction purists would have issues with it. There are parts of this novel that are hard to read, not because they’re fantastic, and that turns people off, but because rape and murder are too real, and that turns some people off, too. But we all know the feeling we get when we answer the phone to the words, “I have terrible news.” At Sundance Books and Music or Amazon.com: ISBN10: 0765327589
Lights, camera, reno!
By denniS MyeRS
reno, recently at least, is showing signs of being attractive to independent filmmakers. These movies may not be as satisfying to local tourism promoters as, say, Sister Act when it comes to showcasing the city, but if your concerns are a little less callow than that, here are some films that touch on Reno as both place and idea. They’re also a tribute to the ordeal of those who love to make movies and operate outside the major studios.
noWheRe nevAdA
In the early days of moviemaking when new product was rare, some Reno locals started shooting their own movies to supply local theatres. This title is reminiscent of those days. Money was raised by local musicians, a local casting firm (its owner Juli Green co-produced) cast some of the best known local talent—Mary Bennett, Max Volume, Tom Gordon.
“There’s not one person in any other city or state has anything to do with this picture,” said executive producer Brian Sutherland.
The movie tells the story of a “street hustling, drug dealing, ding dong guy” (Sutherland’s
The WATeRhole
There is a considerable dramatic history to portraying people sitting around a bar talking. There is William Saroyan’s The Time of Your Life, filmed with William Bendix in 1948 and description) who hooks up with a stripper. They leave their Reno scene and go on the road where they “run into a bunch of strange and wonderful characters. He’s being led astray by her and she has her reasons for wanting to get with him.”
performed live on television with Jackie Gleason in 1958. There have been several lesser known movies, like Trees Lounge (1996) with Chloë Sevigny and the comedy television series Cheers.
The Waterhole shows several friends who hang out at a place called Murphy’s as one of them unwillingly prepares to leave the womb of college for the real world. The bar was played by Corrigan’s on Wells Avenue. The film was written and produced by Nathan Cole and directed by Ely Mennin, with a group of mostly little-known television actors (Jade Carter, Patrick J. Adams, Jessica Barth). Available on DVD.
ThiS iS MARTin BonneR
With an audience award from Sundance, this film taps into the notion that the West is a place to get lost or reinvent oneself. After leaving the East and declaring bankruptcy, Martin Bonner becomes a volunteer exec at a charitable group. Bonner forms a friendship with someone moving in the other direction, a prisoner named Travis trying to get back into society.
Variety: “Martin possesses an attractive sense of confidence and contentment, despite his troubles, which are underscored by the physical disorder of Nevada, the aesthetic nightmare of Reno and the movements of Sean McElwee’s camera. Furthermore, there’s a clear contrast between Martin and Travis, the older man gifted with a graceful bearing, the other a kind of Eeyore A road picture, a character study, and a coming-of-age story are all rolled into one. The underground drug and music scene in Reno is explored and Middlegate, a desolate wide spot in the road in Churchill County serves as the place where the story plays out.
MAn fRoM Reno
Filmed in San Francisco and finished with $50,000-plus raised online, this title is a thriller built around a sheriff who accidentally hits a Japanese man (several cast members are of Japanese descent) while driving in the fog one evening—the victim disappears from his hospital room—and a mystery writer who has an affair with a man from Reno.
Directed by Dave Boyle (White on Rice), the soundtrack was composed by Reno native Micah Dahl Anderson. It’s in post-production and no release date has yet been set. Boyle said, “We’re anticipating a wide release in Japan and a smaller art house release stateside. Hopefully, Reno will be in the cards.” Stars Pepe Serna, Yuki Matsuzaki and Derrick O’Connor. Serna was important in the casting, Boyle told a film website: “Pepe is a longtime friend and collaborator, and cameoed in my first two movies when I was just getting my start. … Once the opportunity for Man from Reno came my way, I decided to tailor it for Pepe and luckily it worked out.”
carrying his sins on his back.”
Written and directed by Chad Hartigan (Luke and Brie Are on a First Date), stars Paul Eenhoorn, Richmond Arquette, Robert Longstreet.
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RENO FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYS: This gathering of some of the area’s best gourmet food trucks offers different types of food to choose from, live music and a Tumblebus for the kids. Third F of every month, 5-9pm through 10/18; First F of every month, 5-9pm through 10/4. Free admission. Former RTC Citicenter, Fourth and Center streets, https://www.facebook. com/RenoFoodTruckFridays.
RENO STREET FOOD: Gourmet food trucks and trailers, such as DishTruck, Brothers BBQ, Traffic Jam, among others, gather on Friday nights. Local musicians provide live entertainment each week. F, 5-9pm through 10/4. Idlewild Park, 1900 Idlewild Drive, (775) 825-2665, www.facebook.com/ RenoStreetFood.
RIVERWALK DISTRICT WINE WALK: Visit any Riverwalk District Merchant on Wine Walk day to get a map of participating Wine Walk merchants. With a valid photo ID, you’ll receive a wine glass and an ID bracelet that allows you to sample wine at any participating merchant. Part of all proceeds are donated to a local charity. Third Sa of every month, 2-5pm. $20. The Riverwalk District, downtown Reno along The Riverwalk, (775) 825-9255, www.renoriver.org.
SAFE HAVEN RESCUE ZOO: Safe Haven Rescue Zoo is a wildlife sanctuary in Imlay, Nev., that provides rehabilitative services and permanent placement for wildlife in need. A portion of the sale of all paw- and tail-painted artworks, as well as other wildlife art, will go to benefit the Safe Haven Zoo. Sa, 9/21, 10am-6pm. Free admission. Art Source Gallery, 9748 S. Virginia St., (775) 535-7093.
STREET VIBRATIONS FALL RALLY: The 18th annual celebration of music, metal and motorcycles includes tours, live entertainment, ride-in shows, stunt shows and more at several locations. W-Su through 9/29. Opens 9/25. Free for most events. Call or visit website for details. (775) 329-7469, http://roadshowsreno.com/ sv_fall.php.
THE VIRGINIA CITY BELLYDANCE FESTIVAL: The first Virginia City Shimmy brings together the talents of musicians and dancers from Reno, Carson City, San Francisco, Sacramento and Southern California and beyond. Heading up this event is musician and composer John Bilezikjian. A bazaar with exotic wares, costumes, jewelry, music, drums, silks and scarves will take place during the festival from 11am5pm. Sa, 9/21, 11am-9pm; Su, 9/22, 11am-9pm. $8 admission; $25 gala show; $45-$80 for workshops. Piper’s Opera House, 12 N. B St. in Virginia City, (909) 223-9932, www.thevirginiacityshimmy.com.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OUTHOUSE RACES: The races pit teams of costumed outhouse racers against each other. One person rides and the remaining team members push, pull or drag the decorated outhouses down the racetrack. Sa, 10/5, 10am5pm; Su, 10/6, 10am-5pm. C Street, Downtown Virginia City, (775) 847-7500, www.visitvirginiacitynv.com.
art
ARTISTS CO-OP OF RENO GALLERY: Sierra Watercolor Society Exhibit. The work of members of the Sierra Watercolor Society will be the featured exhibit during the month of September. SWS members will show new work in watercolor media. Through 9/30, 11am-4pm. Free. 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896, www. artistsco-opgalleryreno.com.
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In the key of fall
For more information, visit www.synthesizeher.bandcamp.com www.busterblue.com www.beercanreno.com www.thefleshhammers.com
By BraD Bynum
It surprises me how often people are dismissive of local music. People will say they love music, but they’ll have zero awareness of the great diversity of bands, singer-songwriters, rappers, orchestras and musicians in their own community. (These are often the same folks that, when asked what kind of music they like, will say “all kinds,” as though their iPhone carries Balinese gamelan music, Indian ragas and 17th century operas. Three or four classic rock albums, a couple of current hip-hop singles, and a Garth Brooks greatest hits mix does not constitute “all kinds” of music.)
Sure, the inclusive, supportive attitude of much of the local scene means there’s a higher tolerance of mediocrity than would be found in more discriminating communities, but, that said, there’s some great music here in the valley.
Sun DamaGe
Synthesize Her
For a couple of years, from May 2011 until this spring, I wrote a monthly column for the RN&R called “In the Mix.” In each column, I’d review two local albums, assigning them each a rating between 1 and 5. (By “album” I mean a collection of songs or other pieces of music, regardless of format—could be a vinyl record, a CD, a cassette or just streaming online.) I rated a lot of 2s and 3s, a few 4s, and a 1 or two. But no 5s—I didn’t hear an album by a local artist or band that I felt warranted a perfect score. (There are a couple of older Reno albums I’d say deserve that perfect score—Pontiac by the Atomiks; Bad Move Space Cadet by Zoinks!; Walk Together, Rock Together by 7 Seconds. …)
Until recently. Sun Damage by Synthesize Her is a perfect 5 (See “Days of summer,” Musicbeat, Aug.22). Drawing on the swirling, psychedelic sounds of shoegazing bands like My Bloody Valentine and Swervedriver, multiinstrumentalist producer Alex Kortinsky and singersongwriter Alex Crowe have crafted a catchy, addictive album. Their recent first live show, which the members claim will be the only one, more or less fulfilled the promise of album, with an all-star band and amped up energy.
In years past, our Fall Guide has been an opportunity, among other things, for me to recommend new national releases that seemed ideally suited for autumnal listening. Sun Damage is not that—it has a distinctly summer vibe. But, with this year’s focus on local media, I’d be remiss not to recommend Sun Damage, one of the best local albums in years.
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Buster Blue
Sleep Less Where the Heart Is, the latest by folk band Buster Blue, one of the area’s more universally admired groups, is definitely a fall album. The happy, smiling people in their publicity photos and the upbeat atmosphere of their live shows belie how somber, bittersweet and downright sad the band is willing to be on record. Especially on their recent releases, like this and last year’s Still on Conway EP, they’ve matured into a band that can write heartbreakers—and present them in tasteful, spacious, Spartan settings.
In fact, the group’s use of space is one of their more impressive attributes. Sometimes it feels like whole measures rest between notes. Unlike a lot of contemporary folk groups, there’s no frenzy or hurry here, just good songs played by six musicians playing very quietly. I love, for example, the melancholy reed instruments that open “Leave Me in Coeur d’Alene” or the falsetto vocal hook of “Streets of Laredo,” a song with the great, atypical, ear-grabbing lyric, “It’s not the time for bloodshed, but I always like the taste.”
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Beercan!
Sometimes, after listening to something with as saturated emotional colors as Buster Blue, you want to listen to something upbeat, so I’ll end by talking about a couple of fun recent local punk rock records. The first is Beercan!’s We Drink Together, a record whose opening lyric is a happy exclamation of “She likes beer!” It’s fraternal punk rock, derived from the Bad Religion and NOFX lineage, with quick rhythms, pinned-to-11 guitars, and fists-in-the-air gang vocals. These guys have been doing it so long they’ve really honed their craft. The sound is good, the songs are catchy, and the album is well suited for its intended purpose: drunken sing-alongs with your bestest buds.
BullSeye
The Flesh Hammers
Reno band The Flesh Hammers draws on even older rock ’n’ roll traditions: leather-and-spikes punk, Cramps-style rockabilly, and ’60s style garage rock. On the band’s new, third album, Bullseye, the B-movie inspired song titles give a strong indication of what they’re about: “Monster Maker,” “The Devil Wears Wingtips” and “Woman in Prison.” There’s some classic CBGB’s era sounds. Derek Olijar’s guitar leads often sound like they come straight from the Stooges’ Raw Power or an early Dead Boys record. Rhythm guitarist Pamela Lee Campbell and bassis Blackie Crabtree both sing, telling tales of shooting guns and partying at Motel Six. The album artwork fills in some of the gaps of the story: the band members, dressed in black, holding guns, fresh from target practice in what is unmistakably the Nevada desert. This is music that comes from the place where we all live.
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HOLLAND PROJECT GALLERY: In Spite Of. Shared between the Holland Project Gallery and the Tahoe Gallery at Sierra Nevada College, the exhibition explores unconscious faith and everyday beliefs exhibition explores unconscious faith and everyday beliefs. The two-part exhibit includes works by Laura J. Bennett, Charly Bloomquist, Kaitlin Bryson, Joshua Chapman, Dane Haman, Chris Lanier, Michelle Lassaline, Edw Martinez, Kelsey Page, Omar Alan Pierce, Evie Woltil Richner, Becca Jane Rubinfeld, Tamara Valdez and Leigh Wells. Holland Project’s portion of the exhibit runs Sept. 9-27. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday, 3-6pm. Tu-F, 3-6pm through 9/27. Free; What Matters Most. Featured in the hallway gallery will be a series of altered object art installations by 15 Rainshadow Charter High School students. Each student’s installation will represent their life, interests and what it means to them to be a teenager. The exhibit explores the differences in young people’s lives and how objects can share so much. Tu-F, 3-6pm through 9/27. Free. 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858, www.hollandreno.org.
NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Ashley Blalock: Keeping Up Appearances, W-Su through 3/9. Erika Osborne: The Back of the Map, W-Su through 11/17. Ulrike Arnold: Painting with Ground & Sky, W-Su through 11/17. Las Vegas Periphery, Views from the Edge: Photographs by Laurie Brown, W-Su through 11/3. Cecelia Condit: Within a Stone’s Throw, W-Su through 10/20. Hunt Rettig: Cracked and Absorbed, W-Su through 9/22. Frida Kahlo: Her Photos, W-Su through 2/16. Modernist Maverick: The Architecture of William L. Pereira, W-Su through 10/13. William Eggleston: Los Alamos, W-Su through 9/19. $1-$10. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.
NORTH TAHOE ARTS CENTER: Paintings by Howard Friedman will be on display in the Main Gallery at North Tahoe Arts through September. Artwork by local plein air artists will be on
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display at the North Tahoe Arts Corison Loft Gallery. M, W-Su through 10/7. Free. 380 North Lake Blvd. Art Gallery & Gift Shop, Tahoe City, (530) 581-2787, www.northtahoearts.com.
VFW BATTLE BORN POST 9211: Portraits of Veterans, a solo exhibit by high school student Jacob Lokshin. W-Sa, 2-7pm through 10/18. Free. 255 Burris Lane, (775) 825-7007.
Film
LIFE KILLS ME: Life and death embrace in this comedy about a friendship. Tu, 9/24, 7pm. $7 non-members; $5 for members, bicyclists and students. Good Luck Macbeth Theater Company, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716, www.artemisiamovies.org.
music
THE IDAN RAICHEL PROJECT: The collective is known for its ambitious cross-cultural collaborations that changed Israeli popular music. Su, 10/13, 7:30pm. $25, $35. Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2285, www.renoisartown.com.
RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: This program begins with an arrangement of a work that had begun life in Johannes Brahms’s mind as a Fifth Symphony, the String Quintet Op. 111. Then young Grammy award-nominated virtuoso Caroline Goulding performs Bruch’s tuneful Scottish Fantasy. Theodore Kuchar conducts the concert, which concludes with Symphony No. 9 by Shostakovich. Sa, 10/19, 7:30pm; Su, 10/20, 2pm. $5-$45. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 348-9413, www.renochamberorchestra.org
YUVAL RON ENSEMBLE: Part of the University of Nevada, Reno’s Performing Arts Series. Th, 10/10, 7:30pm. $5-$24. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/pas.
Onstage
THE ADDAMS FAMILY: Broadway Comes to Reno opens with this musical comedy. F, 11/29, 8pm; Sa, 11/30, 2 & 8pm; Su, 12/1, 2 & 7pm. $44-$79. Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St, (775) 686-6600, www.pioneercenter.com.
ALL MY SONS: Reno Little Theater presents Arthur Miller’s drama. F, 10/25, 7:30pm; Sa, 10/26; Su, 10/27, 2pm; Th, 10/31, 7:30pm; F, 11/1, 7:30pm; Sa, 11/2, 7:30pm; Su, 11/3, 2pm; Th, 11/7, 7:30pm; F, 11/8, 7:30pm; Sa, 11/9, 7:30pm; Su, 11/10, 2pm. Reno Little Thater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 329-0661, www.renolittletheater.org.
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS: Nevada Repertory opens its season with this comedy by William Shakespeare. W-Sa, 7:30pm through 11/2. Opens 10/25; Su, 10/27, 1:30pm; Su, 11/3, 1:30pm. $5-$14. Redfield Studio Theatre, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278.
CREATURES: Brüka Theatre opens its season. Th-Sa, 8pm through 10/26. Opens 10/4; W, 10/23, 8pm; Su, 10/27, 2pm. $18-$25. Brüka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-3221, www.bruka.org.
HOOTCHY KOOTCHY: BEST OF SHOW: The Hootchy Kootchy Girls Vintage Cabaret presents audience favorites. Sa, 9/21, 6 & 9:30pm. $20. Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St. Pioneer Center plaza on Virginia and Mill streets, (775) 762-9870, www.renotahoecomedy.com.
NEVADA OPERA: CARMEN: The Nevada Opera’s new production of Bizet’s Carmen celebrates Street Vibrations. F, 9/20, 7pm; Su, 9/22, 1pm. $30-$80. Eldorado Hotel Casino, 345 N. Virginia St., (775) 786-4046, http://nevadaopera.org.
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