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Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

My first gig for this paper, starting way back in the halcyon days of 2002, when I was a freshfaced, rosy-cheeked fifth-year senior at the University of Nevada, Reno, was writing restaurant reviews.

I knew nothing about food, but was more than happy to gleefully criticize any and every aspect of small businesses, and crack jokes at the expense of local families who poured their hearts and souls into their restaurants. I was entitled, drunk on power, and generally disrespectful. I made some enemies in those days that I’ll never forget. It was a wonderful time.

Still, I got better at it over the course of the years, and actually ended up learning a lot about food in the process. I also slowly learned how to write a negative review without being totally rude. I wrote some things I’m still proud of, and it always brings a smile to my face when I notice restaurants, like Michael’s Deli, India Kabab and Mi Ranchito, which still have framed copies of articles I wrote a decade ago up on their walls.

I gave up writing restaurant reviews when I took over the Arts & Culture Editor desk in 2008, but I still miss it sometimes—especially when I’m having a bad meal somewhere and want to take vengeance on some poor, unsuspecting server who just accidentally slighted me in some way I’d like to blow way out of proportion. I can be petty like that.

Anyway, all of that is to build up to me giving a shout-out to our current reviewer, Todd South, who’s been doing a great job. He’s been writing reviews for us for a couple of years, but he’s been really hitting his stride lately. His negative reviews are nuanced and respectful, and his positive reviews can be downright mouth-watering. Go back and take a look at his recent reviews of M&M’s Southern Cafe or Shawarmageddon, and just try to resist the temptation to run out to either of those restaurants and immediately commence face-stuffing.

We, the citizens of Reno, need our utilities supplier to allow a great deal more of solar systems.

Commercial properties as well as residential should allow cap restrictions to be thrown out. Why is it we scream against the top 1 percent of wealthy people but not against those business that hold the same distinction? The amount of money that flowed thru the halls of our Legislature would make the governor’s budget recommendations much more obtainable!

I myself would love to see our great city have the entire downtown be on solar power.

BJ Salinger Reno

Erik Holland

Elaboration Re “Would you run for public office?” (Street Talk, Oct. 9): I thought I knew better and to just walk on by when I saw Dennis Myers with a tape recorder, but no, I fell for it and gave my first impression to his question about whether I would ever run for public office. “Who would be stupid enough to do that,” I declared.

On further reflection, and out of respect to those in public office, I must elaborate.

In the current political climate, created largely after the Cheney/ Kristol neo-conservatives and their “either you are with us or against us” mentality that followed, and the Congressional leadership that made it a priority to vote against anything the Obama administration proposed, elected officials today endure incredible frustration in public office. Who would want to stick their necks out 10 miles to try to accomplish something worthwhile in that atmosphere?

It is unfortunate that many of the published responses to the question were as cynical as mine. How do we change this mentality in politics

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Tom Gallagher Reno

So far RN&R has become so far left in it’s journalistic content I don’t even want to read it anymore. Where is your objectivity? I would like to see a little more bi-partisan attitude.

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An invention I thought church and state were supposed to be separate.

There is no such thing as religion. It’s an organization that man made up, groups of people claiming their believes in a god that doesn’t exist. Fools. Your beliefs are your conscience. Most people have one.

If you’re not satisfied or disillusioned with the way things are,

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change them or do something else.

But don’t put your “religion” into it. That’s nonsense.

If your conscience says you can’t issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, move on. …

If you don’t want to serve alcohol on an airplane flight? Move on.

The airline makes the rules, not you or your religion.

And pharmacists that won’t issue birth control pills to single unmarried women—get real. Move on.

Rules are rules. If you don’t like them, move on to something else.

Helen Howe Lemmon Valley

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Asked at Michael’s Deli, 628 S. Virginia St. James Moffatt Mechanic

I don’t watch the news. I don’t like the bias factor of mainstream media.

Heavy bias toward a viewer base is to be expected, but I appreciate completely unbiased information, so I try to get news straight from the source’s firsthand accounts rather than articles or secondhand stories like you get from mainstream media outlets.

Bob Howell Retiree

I like to listen to national news. I don’t like listening to biased opinions, like if people cover Trump. He just likes to see his name in the papers, and if he’s the frontrunner for Republicans, they’re in trouble. The news stations that I like most are the Public Broadcasting System.

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Curb our garrison state President Kennedy, June 10, 1963: “What kind of a peace do I mean and what kind of a peace do we seek? Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war.”

The Democratic debate in Las Vegas was heartening after the earlier Republican debates. The civility, restraint and intelligence was a relief after weeks of bluster, recklessness and juvenile inanity among GOP candidates.

It was, as a New York Times editorial put it, a case of the grownups taking the stage.

It was also educational, when the moderator got out of the way and let the candidates discuss issues. The two leading candidates called for major programs to build up quality of life in the United States. Sen. Bernie Sanders in particular tried to drive the debate to what government will do to serve the public, as with his proposal for free college for all. Hillary Clinton spoke of bringing health care to every child. All the candidates assigned a high priority to combating climate change.

There is a problem with these laudable goals. While— thanks in large part to Sen. Sanders—all the candidates are on record to change the tax system so those at the top pay more, that doesn’t get the nation all the way to paying for the programs the candidates champion. The United States is carrying an oppressive, taxing, worldwide load of military spending that will not permit it.

In a world with fewer than 200 countries, the U.S. is believed—the Pentagon is less than candid about this—to have between 700 and 800 military bases in more than 60 countries occupying something like 30 million acres. The U.S. government is involved in wars that are essentially unknown to the public, sometimes hidden in plain sight.

No one knows how many. Here are estimates by various entities: Mint Press News: 139. Ron Paul Institute: 14.

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There’s a lot of information. I usually read the paper because I like actually reading things. I like a piece of paper in my hands. I don’t like looking at my phone.

The Nation magazine: 135. Foreign Policy magazine: 4.

Salon: 120. You see the problem.

It has come to this. We don’t know how many wars our government is fighting, and our government isn’t telling.

Samples: After September 11, under the ever-handy guise of counterterrorism, George W. Bush foolishly sent troops to the Philippines. They are still there—600 of them, Army, Navy and Air Force—dealing with longstanding internal problems of the Philippine government. Nevadan Kelly Firth tragically died there.

The U.S. is paying the cost of wars in Mali and the Central African Republic fought by France and its allied former colonies, which President Obama and French President Francois Holland have called a way to “dialogue, reconciliation and swift progress” in the name, again, of counterterrorism. Critics say there is no end in sight to the ever-expanding mission. It is reminiscent of the 1946-1954 war by France and its colonies in Indochina for which the United States picked up the tab—and then the war. Mother Jones reports the U.S. is involved in conflicts in 49 or 54 African nations, and that massive commitment is hardly winning friends, but it is eating up hundreds of millions and putting our troops in harm’s way nearly everywhere.

There is a world’s police officer, little known to the public, called the U.S. Special Operations Command, that wanders the world fighting wars or training others to do it, without permission from Congress for warmaking.

Then, of course, there are Iraq and Afghanistan, and innumerable military bases across the U.S. On and on it goes. This is offense, not defense.

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There’s too much of it. You know, all the social media that we have nowadays, it’s almost like you have nothing but inundation of information. And a lot of it is so negative based that it seems like it’s produced by fear merchants.

So I like not to partake of a lot of that.

I’m trying to live my life in a positive manner.

Scott McMasters Information technology consultant

I think it’s pretty good. I do a little bit of each [print and broadcast] but mainly, probably, television.

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Pilgrimage to torment Elko children They’re not about to let it go, although they’re legally, ethically and morally wrong.

It was nauseating to watch three Nevada Assembly members display a stunning level of ignorance in front of the Elko County School Board recently. They were there to advocate against the request of a by transgender student and his family to Sheila Leslie allow him to use the school’s public bathroom that matches his gender identity. Instead, he was directed to the bathroom in the offices of the school counselor or nurse, or in the special education facility designed for students with other needs.

It seems likely everyone at the meeting realized that no 13-year-old boy, trying to fit in, wants to visit the nurse every time nature calls.

The young man’s mother pleaded with the school board to let her son use the public restroom, citing the bullying he endures on a daily basis because he’s different.

Yet, there they were, our political leaders, arguing passionately in favor of discriminating against one Elko boy in particular and

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transgender people in general. One of the three Assembly members, John Ellison, represents Elko in the state Legislature. The other two, Assemblymembers Ira Hansen from Washoe and Jim Wheeler from Douglas, Lyon and Storey, felt so strongly about school bathrooms, they traveled hundreds of miles to ensure no transgender student be permitted to enter the public bathroom.

Were they not listening at all during the last legislative session as transgender students talked about difficulty fitting in with their peers?

Weren’t they shocked to learn of the high rate of suicide among transgender people, a whopping 41 percent, most of whom reported being bullied at school? Did they not understand that some transgender kids are so worried about using the wrong bathroom they refuse to eat or drink anything all day long to avoid being challenged or ridiculed? And did they not comprehend the absurdity of the argument that boys will pretend to be transgender girls to gain entry

into the girls bathroom to spy on the opposite sex?

The language used by the assemblymembers reflects the ‘separate but equal’ arguments of a past we might have hoped we had outgrown.

Insisting they merely wished to protect the modesty of the majority of students, Ellison told the school board, “If you want all the bathrooms, (then) I got a real problem with kids that feel uncomfortable. …

We should consider the privacy of all 9,526 students, not just the four transgender ones.”

Hansen promised to reintroduce a failed measure requiring students to use bathrooms corresponding to their biological sex. He hinted he might even spearhead a ballot initiative to let the voters decide.

It’s worth pausing to consider that all of this angst is over school bathrooms where even the opponents agree the most egregious privacy issue is perhaps a glimpse of another student’s underwear.

Nevertheless, the Elko County School Board voted unanimously

to deny the transgender student’s request as a standing-room only crowd of parents watched, apparently terrified of what they don’t understand.

In response, the ACLU promptly sued the school district for violating state and federal laws, citing Nevada’s public accommodation and anti-bullying laws, Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause.

Still, there’s hope that an open mind can be educated. Reno and the state have already decided to allow their employee health plans to cover hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery and Sparks is on the brink of making the same choice.

And that’s real progress.

These assemblymembers, so determined to keep transgender youth from using the bathroom of their choice, are clearly on the wrong side of history, boldly protecting students from a non-existent danger while disparaging vulnerable children whose courage and determination to live an authentic life should inspire us all. Ω

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Merely semi-automatic rifles There has been another school shooting, this time in neighboring eastern Oregon.

A student opened fire, killing a teacher and eight students. He had enough time to fire a warning shot, tell the victims to lay down on the floor, and then ask some of them questions about their religion before by Brendan Trainor shooting them. Agonizing minutes later, a first responder shot him. He then shot himself.

One victim had military training and acted as a human shield, taking 7 bullets that could have hit others.

He even survived.

Which brings up the question, what if he had been armed?

Mass murders have nearly all been in some kind of “gun free zone.” Many people who don’t live in Israel or Montana feel uncomfortable about having guns on campus. Nevada has come close to allowing campus-carry in the last two legislatures. Will this incident cause students and administrators to rethink the issue?

The liberal politicians and media quickly trotted out the same tired

proposals they always do, like calling for bans on scary looking guns that are merely semi-automatic rifles with a few decorative attachments.

The Oregon shooter used handguns.

Closing background check “loopholes” is another proposed panacea. Expanding background checks to private sales would be ineffective without a national gun registry. If toppling Tehran and Moscow are the ultimate prizes for the neocons, a national gun registry is the end game of all gun controllers. Gun controllers say it’s common sense we don’t want convicted felons having a gun, or, god forbid, domestic spouse abusers. Better for the felons to get their guns from other felons, and if gun control makes it harder for domestic violence victims to get a gun, well, you have to break a few eggs.

The shooter passed his background checks.

Hillary Clinton wants to use the executive order powers that Bill

Clinton, George Bush and Barack Obama have institutionalized. Who needs a Congress when she, with “a stroke of the pen, kinda cool” is the new lawmaker?

Early reports called the self identified mixed race shooter a “white supremacist.” He liked Nazi regalia and called himself a conservative Republican. But the main complaint in his now obligatory manifesto is he was a 26 year old virgin living with his mother, and would die without a girlfriend.

You don’t have to understand Wilhelm Reich to see a correlation between sexual repression and fascism. Would the best gun control be to legalize prostitution in Oregon, allowing those hormones some natural release before they explode in a stream of bullets instead? To me, it makes more sense than increased background checks.

The killer was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, a mild outlier on the autism spectrum. Over 31 million people worldwide have

this condition, which can make it harder to interact with others. But infinitesimally few turn into mass murderers. Nevertheless, more calls to “toughen” the rules to prevent those with less than perfect mental health to defend themselves quickly appeared.

Republican Presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson got in a lot of trouble with the liberal media over remarks about gun control and the Holocaust. President Obama got into very little trouble over false comparisons between gun control laws and gun violence in different states.

In the end, most Americans sadly acknowledge these mass murders are happening, but thankfully with diminishing long run frequency.

Like Carson, Americans understand gun rights are part of the natural right to self defense and are more important than any horrific incident.

Perhaps evil does exist, but we have the right as individuals to arm ourselves to defend against it. Ω

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Reiding the riot act Every time a presidential election year starts drawing near, Iowa and New Hampshire become sensitive to slighting comments about their privileged first-in-the-nation status, caucuses in Iowa and a primary in New Hampshire.

Last week, was U.S. Sen. Harry Reid who got their hackles up. Nevada has third-overall-in-the-nation status with its caucuses, followed by the South Carolina primary in fourth place.

It started at a Washington Post event where Reid said, “I have been a student of government for a long, long time, and I was always terribly upset about how we were choosing our presidents. You go to New Hampshire. There aren’t any minorities there. Nobody lives there. You go to Iowa, and there are a few people there. But again, it is a place that does not demonstrate what America is all about, for a lot of different reasons. Nevada does that. We are a state that has represented what America’s all about. And I think that bringing in South Carolina, bringing in Nevada, makes a better process for choosing a president.”

That prompted the New Hampshire Union Leader to begin its coverage with this lead: “Nevada, land of casinos and legal prostitution, ‘demonstrates what America is all about’ more than the first-in-the-nation primary state, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said Monday night.”

Gov. Maggie Hassan provided a quote for the story: “Senator Reid’s disparaging comments about New Hampshire are as insulting as they are wrong, and an apology would certainly be appropriate. Our first-in-the-nation primary is a cherished responsibility for Granite Staters—a responsibility we hold because we invented it, and because we do it exceptionally well. I will always fight alongside Secretary [of State William] Gardner to protect the New Hampshire primary.” (In the Union Leader, the words in the phrase “first in the nation” were capitalized, sort of the way the San Francisco Chronicle describes its city as The City, and USA Today shoehorns the USA acronym into every story it can.)

The fever rose a little more when New Hampshire Republican chair Jennifer Horn offered advice to the Democratic governor, who is running for U.S. Senate after being recruited

by Reid. “The governor should immediately demand that Harry Reid remove his ads supporting her candidacy and tell his Washington political machine to stay out of our Senate race,” Horn said in a prepared statement. “The importance of New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary goes beyond politics, and Governor Hassan’s continued reliance on his political support to advance her career says more than her transparent and politically-motivated call for an apology.”

In Las Vegas before the Democratic presidential debate, Reid responded: “New Hampshire is heavily populated and loaded with a lot of minorities,” he said to laughter from reporters. “My apologies.”

As an apology, that rang something less than sincere and prompted Iowa to be heard from, in the form of a Des Moines Register story—one that lacked the Union Leader’s home state chauvinism.

“I just said there aren’t many minorities in Iowa,” Reid told the newspaper.

“I’m satisfied with [Iowa going first],” he added.

The newspaper sought a better sense of what he felt about Iowa going first, and he replied, “We can’t change that. I just think it’s important that there be four involved—not just Iowa and New Hampshire, because I don’t think New Hampshire and Iowa are representative of America.”

There was one bit of actual news in all this—a Freudian pause when Reid was discussing what will happen in the 2016 election. At one point, Reid said that Nevada would be “a heavily Democratic state for us come Hillary time—or, whoever wins the primary.”

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If the price is right Nevada courts a cigarette black market Nevada may be feeling the impact of a dollar-a-pack hike in cigarette taxes enacted by the 2015 legisby lature that took effect on July 1.

Dennis Myers Some stores report sales have declined.

“Ours were down 15 percent,” said Reno Sparks Indian Colony business enterprise director Steve Moran.

“In California, it’s about 10 dollars [per carton] less than here,” he said. “In California, the tax is $8.70 per carton. Here it’s $18 per carton.”

“The higher the official price, the greater the incentive to engage in black market activity.”

Thomas Cargill Economist A customer at the Colony store said, “I’m here because I didn’t have time to run out to Verdi,” a reference to sales at locations just the other side of the California state line on Interstate 80 where less expensive cigarettes can be purchased. There are also such sales north of Reno on U.S. 395 in California.

But California may also be riding to the rescue. An initiative petition has been filed in that state to raise the cigarette tax per carton by a whopping $20.

In January, Gov. Brian Sandoval asked the Nevada Legislature for a 40 cents per pack tax increase. The lawmakers saw that hike and raised him another 60 cents. The dollar per pack was predicted to raise $192 million in revenue, though some libertarian sources have predicted it will depress sales and erase or reduce the revenue gain. The increase took Nevada from 38th in the nation in cigarette taxes to 18th.

At the time, there were predictions of contraband cigarette sales likely if the tax was approved. The Jeffersonian Project—an arm of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)—argued, “While Nevada’s cigarette tax is lower than some of its neighbors, neighboring Idaho still levies a more competitive tax rate on cigarettes. If the tax on a pack of cigarettes were to be increased by 50 percent, Nevada would have a higher tax on cigarettes than neighboring California as well. ... If the state increases taxes, there is a strong incentive to purchase tobacco from out of state or black market sellers and traditional cigarette sales will be dramatically reduced, resulting in lackluster revenue collections.”

By contrast, people in health fields expressed the hope that the higher tax would get people to stop smoking—and prevent others from taking up the habit.

“The $1 per pack cigarette tax increase signed into law late Tuesday

by Gov. Brian Sandoval will help to discourage tobacco use and save lives

from cancer and other serious tobaccorelated diseases in Nevada,” said Christoper Hansen of the American Cancer Society. “Research shows that regular and significant tobacco tax increases are one of the most effective ways to encourage tobacco users to quit and protect young people from becoming addicted.”

Moran says people shopping at the Colony have made comments on the higher price. “Some say they are cutting down,” he said. “Some say they’re quitting. Some switching to cigars.”

A black market or other means of avoiding the full price would not only reduce state revenue, but it would reduce the take from the national tobacco settlement to which Nevada is a signatory. Those funds of of $5.49 to $5.60 per carton are used mostly for health care services and the Millennium Scholarships.

Two years ago, the Tax Foundation in D.C. released a study of “smuggled” cigarettes—those transported from low tax to higher tax states for sale—in the states. With Nevada’s per pack state tax then at 80 cents, the Foundation found that more cigarettes were being smuggled out than in—the outbound smuggled rate was 16.8 percent. No more current figures are available since the Nevada tax hike took effect, but it is likely to have reduced that rate.

At the time, some of those cigarettes smuggled out of Nevada may well have been headed for neighboring Arizona, with a $2 a pack state tax rate, one of the highest in the region.

The Tax Foundation found that most cigarettes consumed in Arizona—51.5 percent—were smuggled in, second in the nation only to New York, a demonstration of the contraband impact higher tax rates can have.

Packs of cigarettes sold in Nevada must each bear a state revenue stamp.

Chapter 370 of Nevada Revised Statutes addresses black market, counterfeit, and smuggled cigarettes, known legally as contraband.

Golden State/Silver State University of Nevada, Reno economist Thomas Cargill described the process that activates a black market.

“There is a market price for a pack of cigarettes of, say, $2 per pack,” Cargill said in an email message. “The government adds $2 in taxes, so the ‘official price’ is now $4. This provides an incentive to provide cigarettes at the unofficial price. The higher the official price,

TRUCKEE MEADOWS PARKS FOUNDATION PRESENTS the greater the incentive to engage in black market activity. Government then attempts to regulate black market activity by imposing ‘costs’ such as going to jail if one is caught, etc. In the case of [alcohol] prohibition, the official price was essentially infinity while the unofficial market price was considerably less—hence, bathtub gin.”

When does it happen?

“The price difference has to be larger than the ‘transactions cost’ (broadly defined to include the probability of being caught) of the black-market activity.”

The California initiative petition, announced in May but not filed until early this month, would raise cigarette taxes by $2-a-pack. The money generated would be used for treatment, research and prevention of cancer and tobacco related diseases. There are two versions being circulated for signatures.

Whether they will make it onto the ballot depends on more than whether the signatures are obtained.

The initiative drive is apparently intended to put pressure on the California Legislature, where several anti-smoking bills this year have been shelved. Measures to raise tobacco taxes, curb marketing, and define electronic cigarettes as tobacco products have been shunted aside by the California Assembly’s

“ In California, the tax is $8.70 per carton. Here it’s $18 per carton.”

Steve Moran Reno Sparks Indian Colony

Governmental Organization Committee, many of whose members have been recipients of substantial tobacco money.

The initiative was filed by the Save Lives California Coalition, made up of health organizations like the California Medical Association, American Heart Association, American Lung Association in California, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, California Dental Association, Tobacco Free Kids and Health Access California, plus the Service Employees International Union of California. It is being supported also by billionaire hedge fund manager Tom Steyer, a sort of liberal Koch.

If the initiative drive succeeds in reviving any of those measures— such as Sen. Richard Pan’s $2 a pack bill—the initiatives would no longer be necessary. A tax hike by either method would have the same impact on Nevada, though the initiative route would take longer. Ω

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Inmates help grow native plants for conservation projects On a sunny Friday in October, an inmate from the Eastern Sierra Conservation Camp stood outside a greenhouse at the Washoe State Tree Nursery in Washoe Valley, hosing down rows of long, narrow pots. His supervisor, by Kelsey Fitzgerald Deric Fuller, stood nearby, backed by wide-open views of Slide Mountain and the Carson Range. “It’s fun,” said the inmate, who has worked at the nursery for 10 months. “I’m happy to work here. No complaints.”.

The Nursery, established as part of the state-run Nevada Nursery Program, provides low-cost plants for conservation plantings in the Great Basin and Sierra Nevada. It is one of two nurseries run by the Nevada Forestry Division, and employs a workforce of four to six prison inmates, as well as an inmate crew supervisor and two regular employees. The other state nursery is located in the Las Vegas Valley and also employs an inmate crew.

The Washoe Valley nursery focuses primarily on growing native and drought-adapted plants, which require little water once planted and established. In addition to selling plants, the nursery provides educational materials, advice to landowners on appropriate species to use in plantings, help with plant identification, and occasional classes and workshops. Inmate crews handle much of the planting and day-to-day maintenance work.

On the wall of the nursery’s main office, a framed and famed New Yorker cartoon shows a man walking with a young boy through a forest.

The caption reads: “It’s good to know about trees. Just remember, nobody ever made any big money knowing about trees.” For members of the inmate crew, who earn only $2.10 per day, this message certainly rings true—but the For more information job is an opportunity to develop job skills and do something productive with on the Washoe State their time. It also keeps operating costs down at the nursery.

Tree Nursery: http:// forestry.nv.gov/ndf“It’s good for the nursery and hopefully it’s good for them too,” said state-forest-nurseries/ nursery employee Ryan Sharrer. “I’ve definitely seen some guys that become washoe-state-treeinterested in what we’re doing, and interested in plants because of it. The nursery/ idea, too, is that they’re learning things. Some of these guys have never had a real job before.”

For more information Of the $2.10 per day the inmates earn, they keep very little. According to on the Eastern Sierra Nevada Corrections public information officer Brian Connett, 24.5 percent Conservation Camp: of inmates’ wages covers room and board at the conservation camp, and five http://forestry. percent goes to the state Victims of Crime Fund. Ten percent of their wages nv.gov/ndf-conservation-camps/stewartgo into a personal savings account, and 20 percent may go toward child conservation-camp/ support, if the inmate has a child. Up to 50 percent may go toward any cost that the inmate owes the correctional center, such as fees for medical care.

During fall months, most of the inmates’ work involves maintaining the grounds, cleaning pots and greenhouses, and preparing for next season’s plantings. Sharrer and fellow nursery employee Amy Bray will soon head out in search of seeds and cuttings that they will grow into new plants for next season. “We try to focus on local seed and cutting sources, so that we’re using genetics from the local area in restoration plantings,” Sharrer said.

Many of the plants that the inmates grow will be purchased by organizations such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, or the Nature Conservancy. Although the nursery does sell to the public, under a 1979 State Forester’s regulation, plants are only available to landowners with more than one acre who live outside city limits. Ω

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Tim Redmond, a longtime editor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian, is the founding member of the San Francisco Progressive Media Center and editor of that nonprofit organization’s publication 48 Hills.

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Back then, the vast majority of Americans got all of their news from one daily newspaper and one of the three big TV networks. If a story wasn’t on ABC, NBC or CBS, it might as well not have happened.

Forty years later, the media world is a radically different place. Today, Americans are more likely to get their news from several different sources through Facebook than they would from CBS Evening News. Daily newspapers all over the country are struggling and, in some cases, dying. A story that appears on one obscure outlet can suddenly become a viral sensation reaching millions of readers at the speed of light.

And yet, as Jensen’s Project Censored found, there are still numerous big, important news stories that receive very little exposure.

As Project Censored staffers Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth note, 90 percent of U.S. news media—the traditional outlets that employ full-time reporters—are controlled by six corporations.

“The corporate media hardly represent the mainstream,” the staffers wrote in the current edition’s introduction.

“By contrast, the independent journalists that Project Censored has celebrated since its inception are now understood as vital components of what experts have identified as the newly developing ‘networked fourth estate.’ ” Jensen set out to frame a new definition of censorship. He put out an annual list of the 10 biggest stories that the mainstream media ignored, arguing that it was a failure of the corporate press to pursue and promote these stories that represented censorship— not by the government—but by the media itself.

“My definition starts with the other end, with the failure of information to reach people,” he wrote. “For the purposes of this project, censorship is defined as the suppression of information, whether purposeful or not, by any method—including bias, omission, underreporting, or self-censorship, which prevents the public from fully knowing what is happening in the world.”

Jensen died in April, 2015, but his project was inherited and carried on by Sonoma State sociology professor Peter Phillips and Huff.

Huff teaches social science and history at Diablo Valley College. Under their leadership, the Project has at times veered off into the looney world of conspiracies and 9/11 “truther” territory. A handful of stories included in the annual publication—to be kind—were difficult to verify. That’s caused a lot of us in the alternative press to question the validity of the annual list.

But Huff, who is now project director, and Roth, associate director, have expanded and tightened up the process of selecting stories. Project staffers and volunteers first fact-check nominations that come in to make sure they are “valid” news reports. Then a panel of 28 judges, mostly academics with a few journalists and media critics, make final the top 10 and the 15 runners-up.

The results are published in a book that will be released Oct. 6

by Seven Stories Press.

I’ve been writing about Project Censored for 25 years, and I think it’s safe to say that the stories on this year’s list are credible, valid and critically important. And, even in an era when most of us are drunk with information, overloaded by buzzing social media telling us things we didn’t think we needed to know, these stories haven’t gotten anywhere near the attention they deserve.

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31 Half of global wealth owned by the 1 percent We hear plenty of talk about the wealth and power of the top 1 percent of people in the United States, but the global wealth gap is, if anything, even worse. And it has profound human consequences.

Oxfam International, which has been working for decades to fight global poverty, released a January 2015 report showing that—if current trends continue—the wealthiest 1 percent, by the end of this year, will control more wealth than everyone else in the world put together.

As reported in Project Censored, “The Oxfam report provided evidence that extreme inequality is not inevitable, but is, in fact, the result of political choices and economic policies established and maintained by the power elite, wealthy individuals whose strong influence keeps the status quo rigged in their own favor.”

Another stunning fact: The wealth of 85 of the richest people in the world combined is equal to the wealth of half the world’s poor combined.

The mainstream news media coverage of the report and the associated issues was spotty at best, Project Censored notes: A few corporate television networks, including CNN, CBS, MSNBC, ABC, FOX and C-SPAN covered Oxfam’s January report, according to the TV News Archive. CNN had the most coverage with about seven broadcast segments from Jan. 19 to 25, 2015. However, these stories aired between 2 and 3 a.m., far from primetime.

32 Oil industry illegally dumps fracking wastewater Fracking, which involves pumping highpressure water and chemicals into rock formations to free up oil and natural gas, has been a huge issue nationwide. But there’s been little discussion of one of the side effects: The contamination of aquifers.

The Center for Biological Diversity reported in 2014 that oil companies had dumped almost 3 billion gallons of fracking wastewater into California’s underground water supply. Since the companies refuse to say what chemicals they use in the process, nobody knows exactly what the level of contamination is. But wells that supply drinking water near where the fracking waste was dumped tested high in arsenic, thallium and nitrates.

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fracking regulations, the Center for Biological Diversity study regarding the dumping of wastewater into California’s aquifers went all but ignored at first. There appears to have been a lag of more than three months between the initial independent news coverage of the Center for Biological Diversity revelations and corporate coverage.

In May 2015, the Los Angeles Times ran a front-page feature on Central Valley crops irrigated with treated oil field water; however, the Times report made no mention of the Center for Biological Diversity’s findings regarding fracking wastewater contamination.”

3 89 percent of Pakistani drone victims not identifiable as militants The United States sends drone aircraft into combat on a regular basis, particularly in Pakistan. The Obama administration says the drones fire missiles only when there is clear evidence that the targets are Al Qaeda bases.

Secretary of State John Kerry insists that “the only people we fire a drone at are confirmed terrorist targets at the highest levels.”

But the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which keeps track of all the strikes, reported that only 4 percent of those killed by drones were Al Qaeda members and only 11 percent were confirmed militants of any sort.

That means 89 percent of the 2,464 people killed by U.S. drones could not be identified as terrorists.

In fact, 30 percent of the dead could not be identified at all.

The New York Times has covered the fact that, as one story noted, “most individuals killed are not on a kill list, and the government does not know their names.” But overall, the mainstream news media ignored the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reporting.

4 3 Popular resistance to corporate water grabbing For decades, private companies have been trying to take over and control water supplies, particularly in the developing world. Now, as journalist Ellen Brown reported in March 2015, corporate water barons, including Goldman Sachs—which made a 2008 run at Truckee Meadows water—JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, the Carlyle Group, and other investment firms “are purchasing water rights from around the world at an unprecedented pace.”

Over the past 15 years, more than 180 communities have fought back and

re-municipalized their water systems. “From Spain to Buenos Aires, Cochabamba to Kazakhstan, Berlin to Malaysia, water privatization is being aggressively rejected,” Victoria Collier reported in Counterpunch.

Meanwhile, in the United States, some cities—in what may be a move toward privatization—are radically raising water rates and cutting off service to low-income communities.

The mainstream media response to the privatization of water has been largely silence.

The global wealth gap is, if anything, even worse.

And it has profound human consequences.

35 Fukushima nuclear disaster deepens More than four years after a tsunami destroyed Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, causing one of the worst nuclear accidents in human history, radiation from the plant continues to leak into the ocean.

But the story has largely disappeared from the news.

As Project Censored notes: The continued dumping of extremely radioactive cooling water into the Pacific Ocean from the destroyed nuclear plant, already being detected along the Japanese coastline, has the potential to impact entire portions of the Pacific Ocean and North America’s western shoreline. Aside from the potential release of plutonium into the Pacific Ocean, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) recently admitted that the facility is releasing large quantities of water contaminated with tritium, cesium and strontium into the ocean every day.

We’re talking large amounts of highly contaminated water getting dumped into the ocean. The plant’s owner, Tokyo Electric Power Company, “admitted that the facility is releasing a whopping 150 billion becquerels of tritium and seven billion becquerels of cesium- and strontium-contaminated water into the ocean every day.” The potential for long-term problems all over the world is huge—and the situation hasn’t been contained.

36 Methane and arctic warmings global impacts We all know that carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are a huge threat to climate stability. But there’s another giant threat out there that hasn’t made much news.

The arctic ice sheets, rapidly melting in some areas, contain massive amounts of methane—a greenhouse gas that’s way worse than carbon dioxide. As the ice recedes, the methane is released into the atmosphere.

Dahr Jamail, writing in Truthout, notes that all of our predictions about the pace of global warming and its impacts might have to be re-evaluated in the wake of revelations about methane releases: “A 2013 study, published in Nature, reported that a 50-gigaton ‘burp’ of methane is ‘highly possible at any time.’ As Jamail clarified, ‘That would be the equivalent of at least 1,000 gigatons of carbon dioxide,’ noting that, since 1850, humans have released a total of about 1,475 gigatons in carbon dioxide. A massive, sudden change in methane levels could, in turn, lead to temperature increases of four to six degrees Celsius in just one or two decades—a rapid rate of climate change to which human agriculture, and ecosystems more generally, could not readily adapt.”

Jamail quoted Paul Beckwith, a professor of climatology and meteorology at the University of Ottawa: “Our climate system is in early stages of abrupt climate change that, unchecked, will lead to a temperature rise of 5 to 6 degrees Celsius within a decade or two.”

Such changes would have “unprecedented effects” for life on Earth.

A huge story? Apparently not. The major news media have written at length about the geopolitics of the arctic region, but there’s been very little mention of the methane monster.

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Fear of government spying is chilling writers’ freedom of expression Writers in Western liberal democracies may not face the type of censorship seen in some parts of the world, but their fear of government surveillance is still causing many to think twice about what they can say.

Lauren McCauley, writing in Common Dreams, quoted one of the conclusions from a report by the writers’ group PEN America:

If writers avoid exploring topics for fear of possible retribution, the material available to readers—particularly those seeking to understand the most controversial and challenging issues facing the world today—may be greatly impoverished.

According to Project Censored, a PEN America survey showed that “34 percent of writers in liberal democracies reported some degree of self-censorship (compared with 61 percent of writers living in authoritarian countries, and 44 percent in semi-democratic countries). Almost 60 percent of the writers from Western Europe [and]the United States … indicated that U.S. credibility ‘has been significantly damaged for the long term’ by revelations of the U.S. government surveillance programs. Other than Common Dreams, the PEN report attracted almost no major media attention.

38 Who dies at the hands of police—and how often

there’s been much less attention paid to the overall numbers—and to the difference between how many people are shot by cops in the United States and in other countries.

In the January 2015 edition of Liberation, Richard Becker, relying on public records, concluded that the rate of U.S. police killing was 100 times that of England, 40 times that of Germany, and 20 times the rate in Canada.

In June 2015, a team of reporters from the Guardian concluded that 102 unarmed people were killed by U.S. police in the first five months of that year–twice the rate reported by the government.

Furthermore, the Guardian wrote, “black Americans are more than twice as likely to be unarmed when killed during encounters with police as white people.”

The paper concluded that, “Thirty-two percent of black people killed by police in 2015 were unarmed, as were 25 percent of Hispanic and Latino people, compared with 15 percent of white people killed.”

And as far as accountability goes, the Washington Post noted that in 385 cases of police killings, only three officers faced charges.

39 Millions in poverty get less media coverage than billionaires do The news media in the United States doesn’t like to talk about poverty, but they love to report on the lives and glory of the super-rich.

The advocacy group, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, analyzed the three major television news networks and found that 482 billionaires got more attention than the 50 million people who live in poverty.

This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who follows the mainstream media, or pays much attention to the world of social media and the blogosphere. The top rung of society gets vast attention, for good and for ill—but the huge numbers of people who are homeless, hungry and often lacking in hope just aren’t news.

“The notion that the wealthiest nation on Earth has one in every six of its citizens living at or below the poverty threshold reflects not a lack of resources, but a lack of policy focus and attention—and this is due to a lack of public awareness to the issue,” Frederick Reese of Mint Press News wrote.

From Project Censored: “The FAIR study showed that between January 2013

High-profile police killings, particularly of African American men, have made big news over the past few years. But

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10 3 Costa Rica is setting the standard on renewable energy Is it possible to meet a modern nation’s energy needs without any fossil-fuel consumption?

Yes. Costa Rica has been doing it.

To be fair, that country’s main industries— tourism and agriculture—are not energyintensive, and heavy rainfall in the first part of the year made it possible for the country to rely heavily on its hydropower resources.

But even in normal years, Costa Rica generates 90 percent of its energy without burning any fossil fuels.

Iceland also produces the vast majority of its energy from renewable sources.

The transition to 100 percent renewables will be harder for larger countries – but as the limited reporting on Costa Rica notes, it’s possible to take large steps in that direction. Ω

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Our movie guy picks t h e b e s t ho r r o r m o v i e s r e l e a s e d d u r i n g hi s 20-year career as a critic

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n this, my 20th year of reviewing movies for this prestigious publication, I find myself approaching my 20th Halloween as a movie reviewer. What better time than now to examine the best horror films of the past 20 years? I think there is no better time. I just answered my own stupid question!

I’ll state right up front that I absolutely hate the Saw films, and most of the “found footage” horror films. The Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield were good, but they miss my list.

Paranormal Activity and its spawn can suck it.

Se7en (1995): Some might classify this one as a thriller or mystery, but I call it straight-up horror. From the obese guy being forced to eat, to that final surprise in the box, David Fincher had me sickened and creepedout in the best of ways. Special mention for his Zodiac. The scene in Zodiac when the girl gets stabbed while her boyfriend watches helplessly is nightmare city.

Scream (1996): The lousy sequels tainted its legacy, but Wes Craven’s dissection of the horror genre injected new life into fright flicks.

From Dusk till Dawn (1996): I taught a horror film class a few years ago, and it always amazed me that so many students didn’t know the big twist halfway into the movie. I won’t give it away here, but it is awesome.

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in the pioneer days, gets my vote for best cannibal movie of the past two decades. It’s certainly better than The Green Inferno.

Audition (1999): Asami isn’t a nice girl. She’s actually kind of mean. Watch Takashi Miike’s torture chamber of a movie and see why you shouldn’t judge people by their exteriors.

Sleepy Hollow (1999): The story of the Headless Horseman has always given me the willies. Even the Disney cartoon messed me up. Tim Burton’s take on the tale, with a pointy toothed Christopher Walken as the Horseman, earns a rightful place on this list.

Jeepers Creepers (2001). The 1970s birthed Leatherface, Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees, while the ’80s gave us Freddy Krueger. In the new millennium, I count the Creeper as a classic movie maniac. The sequel sucked, but the first movie, a chase film starring Justin Long as a guy trying to get away from some sort of gargoyle/man, freaked me out.

A third one is allegedly on the way. Let’s hope it doesn’t involve a school bus.

Ju-On: The Grudge (2002): Oh, that crushed throat sound the ghost makes in this haunted house movie is the most terrifying movie sound anybody came up with in the last 20 years. I prefer the original Japanese film to the OK Sarah Michelle Gellar American remake.

28 Days Later (2002): Danny Boyle took a look at the zombie film, and said “Fuck it … let’s let the zombies run really, really fast!” Goodbye lumbering Romero zombie, hello cheetah Boyle zombie. Yikes!

A Tale of Two Sisters (2003): If you haven’t figured it out yet, the last two decades were full of great Asian horror. This was yet another haunted house story with a trippy ghost that actually scared me more than the throat croaking ghost from Ju-On. Actually, no—nothing scared me more than the throat croak ghost.

Shaun of the Dead (2004): Edgar Wright’s homage to the George Romero zombie film made the lameness of the latter day Romero zombie films (Diary of the Dead, Survival of the Dead) a little easier to get over.

The Descent (2005): For me, this stands as the best horror film to come out since ’95. The cave creatures are one of movie history’s best movie monsters, the all female cast kicks mortal ass, and the effective use of claustrophobic caves made me exquisitely uncomfortable.

The Host (2006): When that bizarre monster took a little girl and gulped her down, this one cemented itself as a monster movie willing to go the nasty distance. This is the South Korean horror film, not that stupid alien movie starring Saoirse Ronan.

Funny Games (2007): Director Michael Haneke made the Austrian original in 1997, then directed the American remake ten years later. I’m giving props to the American remake, which starred Naomi Watts and Michael Pitt in one of the most brutal hostage dramas ever made.

Grindhouse (2007): Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof, featuring an all time classic horror performance from Kurt Russell, is an underrated, underappreciated gem. Planet Terror, his pal Robert Rodriguez’s companion piece in this demented double feature, is equally fun. I saw this two for one in a movie theater all by myself, knowing that nobody would ever have the balls to release a three hour horror movie ever again. Extra points to this one for the short films inside it, including Eli Roth’s beautiful “Thanksgiving.”

Let the Right One In (2008): Not only is this Swedish masterpiece the best vampire film of the last two decades, it might be the best one ever made.

The American remake, Let Me In, is also pretty damn good.

House of the Devil (2009): In the ‘70s, there were a lot of movies where babysitters had a really bad time. This bad time had by Samantha the babysitter in this movie rivals the bad time had by Laurie Strode in Halloween.

Splice (2009): Dren, the product of genetic engineering that wound up being a little too cute for Adrian Body’s scientist to take, doesn’t get enough credit for being one of the great movie monsters.

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010): This is certainly one of the funniest horror films to come out in 20 years, owing plenty to Bruce Campbell and the Deadites from the Evil Dead films.

The Babadook (2014): If there’s a more horrifying film about the stresses of motherhood and the damage from the loss of loved ones out there, I haven’t seen it.

It Follows (2015): Oh, the dreaded feeling that you are being followed.

This one owes a lot to John Carpenter.

A malevolent force that constantly changes its human appearance but always has an emotionless expression pursues people in order to pass a sick curse along. It came out this year, and while it annoyed Quentin Tarantino a little bit, I liked it a whole lot.

We’re Still Here (2015): This haunted house freak-out was released this year and it plays like it could’ve been released in the early ’70s. Ω

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Vivid palette Karen Barrenechea “I paint a lot from memory,” said artist Karen Barrenechea recently. “I don’t use a photo reference. It’s like when you by Brad Bynum try to remember a dream—you don’t remember everything, just the most b ra d b @ important elements and the feeling ne w s re v i e w . c o m you had.”

Her paintings evoke a dreamy feeling, partly because they balance representational depictions of the natural world—like fish, birds and flowers—with bright, deeply saturated colors and abstract shapes. This balance of representation and abstraction can be seen as a depiction of how memories—or dreams—are

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likewise diverse. Two of the large anchors of the exhibition are “Koi at Play” and “Koi at Play 2,” impressionistic depictions of the fish at her home pond. But there are also paintings of clouds, outer space, and science fiction scenes with titles like “Space Station” and “Time Travel.”

“I like to be very versatile, depending on what I want to evoke,” she said. “I’m all over the place. I love to break the rules.”

Some are pure color exploration abstractions. “Sometimes I just want to paint purely for the enjoyment of painting and something like that will come out,” she said, describing her painting “I See You.” “Friendly Devil” depicts a dust devil on the Black Rock Desert, and is right on the line between abstraction and representation. She’s been going to Burning Man since 2005, and the painting was inspired by those pilgrimages, but with its balance of abstraction and realism, and its vivid, saturated palette, it could also be concept art for a movie adaptation of Dune. In contrast, “Blue Butterfly” is such an accessible artwork, it almost looks like a kids’ book illustration of its titular subject matter.

The largest painting in the exhibition is “Humming Bird Home” a striking artwork that’s one of the more unusual pieces in the show.

For the painting, Barrenechea employed more detailed, carefully rendered techniques than elsewhere in the exhibition, but she also evokes interest by intentionally breaking some of the unofficial rules of composition. For example, the painting depicts a realistic hummingbird right smack in the middle—often a compositional taboo, but most viewers’ eyes won’t get stuck there because there’s enough movement elsewhere in the painting.

“When I first painted that, I thought, why did I stick that right in the middle?” she said. “I know that’s supposed to be a no-no. But then I thought, hey, I’m supposed to be breaking the rules!” Ω

Artist Karen Barrenechea's paintings "Koi at Play 2" and "Humming Bird Home" are on display at the Generator.

The artist’s reception for Karen Barrenechea’s exhibition Natural Abstractions is October 22 from at 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Generator, 1240 Icehouse Ave., Sparks.

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formed. Natural Abstractions, an exhibition of her work at the Generator, a community art space and gallery in Sparks, displays a diverse array of techniques, subject matters and styles. Some of the paintings are entirely abstract and others are recognizably representational, but most are a little of both, blending reality and imagination, dream and memory.

Barrenechea is a Nevadan originally from Winnemucca. She works as a commercial artist and is a regular contributing artist at Art Indeed! Sierra Memorial Abstract Art Gallery, but the show at the Generator is her first solo gallery exhibition. It represents a year’s worth of her work.

She works almost exclusively with oil paints and employs a variety of techniques: from drips to washes, fast marks to slow brush strokes, broad strokes to intricate details. The subject matters are

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Seeking a quick dinner, my wife and I had each ordered a burrito when I saw “Cubana” at the top of the menu board. I figured I could save the burrito for lunch, so what the heck. My wife added a baked dessert to our order, the food was prepared muy rapido, we paid and departed. The only place to sit at this shop is outside in your car.

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My wife’s burrito carnitas ($7.29) included slow-cooked pork, refried beans, rice, spicy guacamole, and pico de gallo. For her taste, the number of beans was a bit overpowering, and I agreed you had to pick out a chunk of carnitas in order to taste it amongst the other stuff.

Perhaps the burritoista got a little carried away with the bean scoop.

The burrito chicharrones carnudos en salsa verde ($6.29) was much better and well-balanced.

The combination of fried pork belly (with skin), fresh green sauce made with tomatillo, jalapeño, onion, cilantro and salt, refried beans, rice, and spicy guacamole was delicious in its fresh flour tortilla. However, if you let it sit too long—or store it overnight for lunch—the chicharrones soften up and lose their crispy texture, resulting in a more gelatinous experience than you may care for. I still enjoyed it despite my lapse in judgement.

Choco-flan ($3.99) is chocolate cake topped with flan (baked caramel custard). The flan’s texture was disappointingly akin to extra firm tofu, though the sweet caramel sauce did its best to punch things up. I prefer a smoother, creamy consistency with flan. The cake was a bit bland and barely sweetened, surprising since it was moist and had a nice devil’s food color. Together they were two mediocre tastes that did nothing to improve each other.

But what about the monster sandwich? It was shock and awe at first sight. Wrapped in paper and foil, then cut in half and placed in a paper bag so both cut ends are facing up, you can’t help but be happy when you open the bag and look inside. The torta cubana ($8.29) is a telera roll stacked with seasoned bacon, thick-cut roasted ham, thin-cut pressed ham, a hot dog sliced in half, milanesa (Mexican schnitzel), quesa oaxaca and quesa fresca (cheeses), fresh onion, lettuce, tomato, and lengthwise-sliced jalapeños. After a couple of bites, I decided the insanity must be catching. So help me, I ate the whole enormous thing and didn’t feel hungry until the next day’s lunch. Though likely loaded with nitrates and other nutritional nightmares, it was a crunchy, chewy, cheesy, spicy, fatty, meaty, deliciously guilty pleasure I look forward to repeating. Right after I consult my physician. Ω

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Done right, the sándwich cubano is one of my favorite things. It’s sort of a ham and cheese panini with the addition by Todd South of slow-roasted pork, pickles, occasionally salami—heated and pressed flat within a baguette-like Cuban roll. But this story isn’t about that.

At some point in 20th century Mexico, a quite-possibly insane sandwich builder invented the torta cubana, perhaps inspired by the pork-on-pork delicacy of south Florida. I can only assume the creator’s state of mind. This sandwich is a Mexican Dagwood that can’t possibly be good for you.

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The cold bore Bridge of Spies Steven Spielberg continues a mini slump with his second good-looking yet terminally boring historical drama in a row. He follows up the middling Lincoln with the sleepy Bridge of Spies. This is Spielberg’s fourth collaboration with Tom Hanks, and their first since 2004’s terrible The Terminal. It doesn’t represent a return to Catch Me if You Can and Saving Private Ryan glory. by This film certainly had a lot going for it. Not Bob Grimm only is it Spielberg’s take on spying during the 1960s Cold War, which sounds like it should b g ri m m @ ne w s re v i e w . c o m be exciting, but it’s also a collaboration with the Coen Brothers. Joel and Ethan chipped in on the screenplay, which usually means good things are afoot.

I wish Joel and Ethan had directed it, too.

Perhaps then the film would’ve had more edge and been less cutesy, its emotions a little less obvious and drippy. Also, a discernible pulse for the majority of the running time would’ve been nice.

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Hanks plays James B. Donovan, a U.S. tax attorney who lands the unenviable task of representing recently captured alleged Russian spy Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance). While Donovan’s law firm and the courts see the whole thing as an open-and-shut case, Donovan makes it known that his intentions are to represent Abel to the full extent of the law. Cue the grouchy judge and perplexed bosses, and you know one of them is going to be played by Alan Alda.

In a parallel story, some pilots join the CIA in a new spying program with U-2 planes.

One of those planes getting shot out of the sky at 70,000 feet gives the Russians their own spy prisoner in Francis Gary Powers (Austin Stowell). With the construction of the Berlin Wall, yet another “spy” is captured when Frederic Pryor (Will Rogers), an American student who picked a crappy time to study in West Berlin, is apprehended by the East Germans.

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crisscross with Abel’s story as Donovan winds up overseas trying to negotiate prisoner exchanges.

Hanks is characteristically good in the central role, even though it’s in the service of something drab. The film is at its best when Donovan is trudging through the streets of Berlin trying to find the Russian embassy and evading thugs trying to steal his fancy coat. Hanks instills these moments with some good humor. It’s not one of his great performances, but it’s a solid one.

I say the film bores me, but there is a sequence that pops with great intensity and displays Spielberg hitting all of his marks.

When Powers’ plane is shot down, the sequence leading up to him finally getting his parachute open is terrific. It feels like it should’ve been in another movie, perhaps one where somebody turns a light on during the interior scenes.

Of all the movies Spielberg has directed, there’s been a few major bombs (1941, The Terminal, Hook), a couple of films that were OK (Amistad, Always) and a boatload of classics. His last two movies don’t fall into any of those categories. Lincoln and now Bridge of Spies are merely mediocre films that could’ve been great.

Spielberg needs to have fun in the fantasy sandbox again. Whether it’s the long rumored fifth Indiana Jones, or some sort of sci-fi adventure, I want his next movie to be less about period haircuts and neckties and more about storylines with energy. He’s getting hung up on films where characters blather on and on in dark courtrooms and back offices.

It’s tiresome and beneath him.

I remember many years ago when I would defend Spielberg films to somebody who thought he overdid it on the sentimentality. Many moments in Bridge of Spies that dripped with sap had me remembering those arguments.

If somebody were to tell me Spielberg is overdoing it with the sentimentality stuff lately, I’d raise my glass in agreement, and then quietly shed a tear for one of my favorite directors gone temporarily astray. Ω

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There’s a story framing device that has the young Petit narrating the story from atop the Statue of Liberty’s torch, with the towers in the background, and it’s the old, rusty version of the statue. A nice touch. Overall, the film is worth seeing, especially its final act. The attention to detail involving the Twin Towers is astounding.

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After finding a houseful of dead bodies, Brolin’s character shows up, has a little meeting, recruits Kate, and puts her on a private jet with Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro), a mysterious sort who seems to be along for the ride in some type of consultant role.

After being told she is going to Texas, she winds up in Juarez, Mexico, and eventually fighting for her life in a border gun battle.

Director Denis Villeneuve (Enemy, Prisoners) keeps things intense, especially when Del Toro is on the screen. The real reason for his character’s presence, revealed late in the film, is a real kicker. Brolin is great as the crusty agent who wears sandals to meetings and sleeps on planes. However, in the end, this is Blunt’s movie, who is dynamite as Kate. It’s another action-intensive role for the versatile actress—she was great in Edge of Tomorrow—and she’s a contender for a Best Actress Oscar.

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This is a semi-entertaining ode to the summer camp slasther movies of yore.

Max (Taissa Farmiga) loses her mom (Malin Akerman) in a car accident. Her mom, Nancy, was a struggling horror film actress best known for a Friday the 13th-type, summer camp slasher movie made in the ‘80s. After agreeing to show up for a screening of her late mom’s film, Max and her friends journey inside the movie, where Max winds up hanging out with her mom, who isn’t really her mom and is actually Amanda, the character she played in the film. The movie is crazy enough to work on a few levels, although it suffers a bit because the movie is rated PG13, strange for a movie spoofing films that have hard-R ratings. There are some good laughs due mainly to a strong supporting cast with comedy chops, including Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley), Adam Devine (Workaholics) and Alexander Ludwig (Grown Ups 2 … OK, Alexander doesn’t provide a lot of laughs). Dan B. Morris provides a nice bit of authenticity playing Billy, a slasher villain modeled after Jason from the Friday the 13th movies. Morris has the moves down well, and deserves to be in the running for the sure-to-happen someday Friday the 13th reboot. Director Todd Strauss-Schulson has made a fun film, but it could’ve been batter had it added some more horror elements like over-the-top gore. It feels like the movie chickened out a bit. (Available for rent on iTunes, Amazon.com and On Demand during a limited theatrical release.)

Ridley Scott’s latest is a fun and funny movie that represents lighter fare for the often dark director. Yes, it’s about some poor sap getting stranded on Mars but, no, aliens don’t burst from his belly after breakfast. Matt Damon spends a lot of time onscreen by himself as Mark Watney, a botanist on a mission to Mars who becomes the unfortunate recipient of a satellite dish to the gut during a storm, a violent squall that mandates the evacuation of his crew.

After an attempt by his commander (Jessica Chastain) to retrieve him, the crew bugs out thinking Watney has bought the farm.

(Yep … that’s a botanist pun I just dropped right there.) Watney awakens to find himself alone on the red planet with a piece of metal stuck in his gut. After another Ridley Scott directed self-surgery scene—reminiscent of that yucky self-surgery scene in Scott’s Prometheus—Watney commences survival mode. The film has fun with science facts involving things like the creation of fertilizer, the surprising need and effectiveness for duct tape and tarps on Mars, and trying to make fire out of mostly fire-retardant materials. Scott and his writers present these overtly nerdy aspects of the movie with great humor and the right amount of intelligence without making things too complicated.

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Director Guillermo del Toro, who has long sung praises for Disney’s Haunted Mansion amusement ride, makes a startlingly beautiful and creepy ride of his own with this twisted ghost story. Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska), an aspiring writer, must pick up the pieces after a tragic loss, and she finds herself swept away by Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston), a strange Englishman who looks a lot like Thor’s jerky brother. They marry and wind up in his family’s home, which rests atop a red clay mine.

The red clay seeps up through the ground and even the floorboards of the house, giving the appearance that everything is bleeding.

As Edith spends more time in the house, and gets acquainted with its ghostly inhabitants, she finds out that the red stuff isn’t always clay. Jessica Chastain is memorably psychotic as Thomas’s selfish and conniving sister. The visuals are the real star here, including some over-the-top, bloody ghosts that Walt would never allow in his Mansion. As for the actually living characters, Hiddleston and Chastain steal the show as siblings who definitely need an extended time-out. Future del Toro projects, like sequels to Pacific Rim and Hellboy, were put into turnaround before this film’s release.

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Like a wolf Britt Straw Britt Straw, local musician and activist, says she prefers to surround herself with either music or wolves. The 27-year by Kent Irwin old singer-songwriter is also known around Reno as an advocate for the United States Wolf Refuge, where she works as a volunteer coordinator. Although it may sound like she splits her time between a phone and a desk, the job often entails getting her hands dirty.

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“The wolves don’t mind the dirt,” said Straw. “But I clean it up anyway.”

Her wildlife conservation work and presence in the Reno music scene recently intersected in the form of a benefit concert, first of a planned annual series, held at Jub Jub’s Thirst Parlor. She pulled together $6,000 in donations from local businesses to raffle off. Among those who participated were several tattoo parlors, like Absolute, Valor and Battle Born, Bizarre Guitar, as well as restaurants, recording studios, and even chiropractors.

Straw says the benefit show, which raised over $2,000 in profit, came at a particularly vital time in the history of the United States Wolf Refuge. There are some groups, such as farmers, ranchers and hunters, who would like to see wolves eradicated.

“The percentage of livestock killed by wolves is somewhere around 0.02 percent” said Straw.

“Domesticated dogs kill more livestock than wolves do.”

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Straw. “Hopefully I can show people we have more to offer than hookers and gambling.”

Influenced as much by Christina Aguilera as she is by Jane Goodall, Straw has yet to put her environmental message to a tune. She says her songs are all about love.

“Love is precious,” said Straw.

“Most of us take advantage of it.”

Although she’s been singing most of her life, Straw only began composing when she started learning ukulele, around three years ago. Her father was a guitarist for a casino band that performed five nights a week, but he never pushed his daughter into music.

Straw says that while she wishes she had pressed him for information sooner, she has been enjoying teaching herself how to play and write her own songs.

“As soon as you put together two chords, you start to think of a melody,” said Straw.

Once she had written and learned a few tunes, Straw took to playing open mic nights. There, she was noticed by the lead singer of the Sparks-based reggae-funk band Seedless 10denC. Six months later, she still plays ukelele, percussion and sings backup vocals for the band.

Seedless 10denC’s reggae and hip-hop influence has found its way into Straw’s solo work, which had previously focused mainly on folk styles.

“Reggae just makes my head bob,” said Straw. “It’s really happy, upbeat music. It’s a really simple way of expressing myself. Sometimes simple can be really complex.”

As far as hip-hop goes, Straw prefers socially-conscious, positive messages over the glamorous, selfcentered side of the genre.

“I’m not so much into the stuff about pimped-out rims,” laughed Straw. “But I do have a song about what it would be like to have a lot of money, how it would be both a blessing and a curse.”

Straw recently recorded a single version of a song titled “Let You Go,” which she hopes to release within the next few months.

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“When I’m singing, I get really into the moment,” she said. “Energy is transferred. When it’s good, people can feel that.” Ω

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3rd Street, 125 W. Third St., 323-5005: Comedy Night & Improv w/Patrick Shillito, 9pm, no125 cover 3rd W, Street, W. Third St., 323-5005: Comedy Night & w/Patrick Carson Nugget, 507Improv N. Carson St.,Shillito, Carson W, 9pm, no cover City, 882-1626: Mickey Joseph, F, 7:30pm, $13-$15 Carson Nugget, 507 N. Carson St., Carson 882-1626: MickeyCabaret, Joseph, Harveys The City, Improv at Harveys F,Lake 7:30pm, $13-$15 Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: Phillips, Jessica Michelle Singleton, Th-F, The Henry Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Su, 9pm, $25; Stateline, Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30;553-1022: Lake Tahoe, (800) James Stephens III, Marc Price, W, 9pm, $25 Henry Phillips, Jessica Michelle Singleton, Th-F, Su, Factory 9pm, $25;at Sa,Silver 8pm, 10pm, $30;Resort Laugh Legacy James Marc Price, W, 9pm, $25 Casino,Stephens 407 N. III, Virginia St., 325-7401: JayFactory Black, Th,at Su,Silver 7:30pm,Legacy $21.95-$27.95; Laugh Resort F-Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, Casino, 407 N. $27.45-$32.95; Virginia St., 325-7401: MitchBlack, Fatel,Th, Tu,Su, W, 7:30pm, $21.95-$27.95; $21.95-$27.95 F-Sa, Jay 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $27.45-$32.95; Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Mitch Fatel, Tu, W,100 7:30pm, $21.95-$27.95 Underground, S. Virginia St., 6866600: Mickey Joseph, 8pm, $10-$14; Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Th, Pioneer Who’sSt., Song Is It?, F, 9pm, $11-$15; Darin Underground, 100 S.Talbot: Virginia 686Sa, 6:30pm, Kelly Draw Shafer, 6600: Mickey10-$14; Joseph, Th,Hilbert, 8pm, $10-$14; 9:30pm, $10-$14Darin Talbot: Who’s Song Is It?, F, 9pm, $11-$15; Sa, 6:30pm, 10-$14; Kelly Hilbert, Draw Shafer, 9:30pm, $10-$14

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Paul Covarelli, 6pm, no cover

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

DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY ELBOW ROOM BAR 275 E. Fourth St., (775) 324-1917

2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-9799

ELBOW ROOM BAR THEVictorian GRID BAR & GRILL 2002 Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-9799

Reggae Nite Open Jam Mic Night, 9pm, no cover Reggae Nite Open Jam Mic Night, 9pm, no cover

Strange on the Range, 7pm, W, no cover

Mac Sabbath, 9pm, $5 Pecos Pete and Fiddln’ Cattie, 9pm, no cover Pecos Pete and Fiddln’ Cattie, 9pm, coverSession, FourthnoFriday 6pm, no cover Fourth Friday Session, 6pm, no cover Erica Sunshine Lee, 6pm, no cover Erica Sunshine Lee, 6pm, no cover Husky Bernette, 9:30pm, no cover Husky Bernette, 9:30pm, no cover Greg Austin, 9pm, no cover

Mac Sabbath, 9pm, $5 The No Dan Blarney Band, 9pm, no cover The No Dan Blarney Band, 9pm, no cover

Traditional Irish Tune Session, 7pm, Tu, no cover Traditional Irish Tune Session, 7pm, Tu, Mr. no cover CW and Spoons, noon, M, no cover Dave Leather, noon, W, no cover CW and Mr. Spoons, noon, M, no cover Dave Leather, noon, W, no cover

Quarin, Residual Darkness, Ostracized, Metal Tucker Billy, 9:30pm, no cover Quarin, Residual Darkness, Ostracized, Metal Tucker Billy, 9:30pm, no cover

Greg Austin, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke w/Andrew, 9pm, no cover

8545 N. Lake Blvd., Kings Beach; (530) 546-0300

THE GRID BAR & GRILL HANGAR 8545 N. Lake BAR Blvd., Kings Beach; (530) 546-0300

Karaoke w/Andrew, 9pm, no cover Canyon White Open Mic Night, 8pm, no cover Canyon White Open Mic Night, 8pm, no cover

Karaoke Kat, 9pm, no cover

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

HANGAR BAR HIMMEL 10603 Stead HAUS Blvd., Stead; (775) 677-7088

Karaoke Kat, 9pm, no cover

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

HIMMEL HAUS THESaddle HOLLAND 3819 Rd., SouthPROJECT Lake Tahoe; (530) 314-7665 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858

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JUB JUB’S THIRST PARLOR 71 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-1652

6th Annual Stranger Show, 6pm, no cover 6th Annual Stranger Show, 6pm, cover GreennoJellÿ, Marysas Complex, The Shrike, When We Met, 8pm, $TBA Green Jellÿ, Marysas Complex, The Shrike, When We Met, 8pm, $TBA

Halloween Show, 7pm, $5 Halloween Show, 7pm, $5 Pistachio, Dead in Japan, Broken Lungs, Jersh, 9pm, $4 Pistachio, Dead in Japan, Broken Lungs, Jersh, 9pm, $4

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Open Mic Night, 9pm, M, no cover Trivia Night, 9pm, W, no cover Open Mic Night, 9pm, M, no cover Trivia Night, 9pm, W, no cover Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, 8pm, M, $7

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Karaoke w/Nitesong Productions, 9pm, Tu, Open Mic/Ladies Night, 8:30pm, W, no cover Karaoke w/Nitesong Productions, 9pm, Tu, Open Mic/Ladies Night,w/Adrian 8:30pm, Diijon, W, no cover Mic Jam Slam 9pm, Tu, Karaoke Nite, 9pm, W, no cover Open Mic Jam Slam w/Adrian Diijon, 9pm, Tu, Karaoke Nite, 9pm, W, no cover Bass Heavy, 9pm, W, $TBA

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THURSDAY 10/22 THURSDAY 10/22

FRIDAY 10/23 FRIDAY 10/23

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

KNITTING FACTORY CONCERT HOUSE KNITTING CONCERT HOUSE 211 N. VirginiaFACTORY St., (775) 323-5648 211 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-5648

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

MUMMERS BAR MUMMERS BAR 906 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 409-3754

Comedy Night: Cory Showtime Robison, Comedy Night: CoryTerry, Showtime Robison, Nick Josten, Adam 8:30pm, $8 Nick Josten, Adam Terry, 8:30pm, $8

SATURDAY 10/24 SATURDAY 10/24 SOJA, J Boog, Dustin Thomas, SOJA, J Boog, Dustin Thomas, 8pm, $27-$55 8pm, $27-$55

Chris Costa, 8pm, no cover Chris Costa, 8pm, no cover

Silverwing, 8pm, no cover Silverwing, 8pm, no cover Shamrockit Open Mic Night, Shamrockit Open Mic Night, 6pm, no cover 6pm, no cover

840 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 359-7547

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

Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover

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

Highly Suspect, Anchors For Airplanes, Highly Suspect, Anchors Seasons of Insanity, 7pm,For $15Airplanes, Seasons of Insanity, 7pm, $15

RUBEN’S CANTINA RUBEN’S 1483 E. FourthCANTINA St., (775) 622-9424 1483 E. Fourth St., (775) 622-9424

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

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

DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover

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

SINGER SOCIAL CLUB SINGER SOCIAL 219 W. Second St., (775)CLUB 657-9466 219 W. Second St., (775) 657-9466

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

STUDIO ON 4TH STUDIO ONSt.,4TH 432 E. Fourth (775) 737-9776 432 E. Fourth St., (775) 737-9776

WHISKEY DICK’S SALOON WHISKEY DICK’S 2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., SALOON

4275-4395 W. Fourth (775)Fairy 787-3769 1) Golden Rose Cafe 2)St., Green Pub 1)3)Golden CabaretRose Cafe 2) Green Fairy Pub 3) Cabaret

Mac Sabbath Mac Sabbath Oct. 24, 9 p.m.

Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover The Ghost Inside, Impurities, The Inside, Impurities, Idol Ghost Smasher, Blinded Youth, 7pm, $15 Idol Smasher, Blinded Youth, 7pm, $15

Acts of Defiance, Allegaeon, 7pm, M, $12 Acts of Defiance, 7pm,, M, $12 The Rocky HorrorAllegaeon, Picture Show The Rocky Picture Show 8:30pm W, Horror $5 couple, $2.50 solo, 8:30pm W, $5 couple, $2.50 solo

Reggae Night, 10pm, no cover Reggae Night, 10pm, no cover

Hip Hop Open Mic, 10pm, W, no cover Hip Hop Open Mic, 10pm, W, no cover

Guttermouth, Liver Scars, Sex Devils, Guttermouth, Scars, Sex Devils, STD, 8:30pm, Liver $13-$15 STD, 8:30pm, $13-$15

Gehenna, Theories, 9pm, M, $TBA Gehenna, Theories, 9pm, M, $TBA

Oct. 24, 9 p.m.

Cargo Cargo 255 N. Virginia St. 255 N. Virginia St. 398-5400 398-5400

DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover

Blues Jam Thursday, 7pm, no cover Blues Jam Thursday, 7pm, no cover Local Music Night w/local bands Local Music w/local bands or DJs, 9pm,Night no cover or DJs, 9pm, no cover Lost Dog Street Band, Last to Leave, Lil’ Smokies, Liam Kyle Cahill, 8pm, $TBA Lost Dog Street Band, Last to Leave, Lil’ Smokies, Liam Kyle Cahill, 8pm, $TBA 8:30pm, $5 8:30pm, $5

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

WILDFLOWER VILLAGE WILDFLOWER VILLAGE 4275-4395 W. Fourth St., (775) 787-3769

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 10/26-10/28 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 10/26-10/28

Outspoken: Open Mic Night, Outspoken: 7pm, M, no Open coverMic Night, 7pm, M, no cover GWAR, Born of Osiris, 6:30pm, M, $20-$35 GWAR, Born of Osiris, 6:30pm, M, $20-$35 Ghost, Purson, 8pm, Tu, $23-$45 Ghost, Purson, 8pm, Tu, $23-$45 Whatitdo Wednesday, 9pm, W, no cover Whatitdo Wednesday, 9pm, W, no cover

O’SKIS PUB & GRILLE O’SKIS PUB GRILLE 840 Victorian Ave.,&Sparks; (775) 359-7547

555 E. Fourth St., (775) 322-4348

Seether, Saint Asonia, Seether, Asonia, Shaman’sSaint Harvest, 8pm, $31-$150 Shaman’s Harvest, 8pm, $31-$150

The Van Allen Belt, Bryan Cowell, The 9pm,Van no Allen coverBelt, Bryan Cowell, 9pm, no cover

906 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 409-3754

PSYCHEDELIC BALLROOM PSYCHEDELIC BALLROOM AND JUKE JOINT (PB&J’S) AND JOINT (PB&J’S) 555 E. JUKE Fourth St., (775) 322-4348

SUNDAY 10/25 SUNDAY 10/25

1) The Writers’ Block Open Mic, 1)7pm, Theno Writers’ cover Block Open Mic, 7pm, no cover

Tuesday Night Trivia, 8pm, Tu, Reno Beer and Tuesday Nightw/guest Trivia, 8pm, Reno Beer and Record Club DJs,Tu, 9pm, W, no cover Record Club w/guest DJs, 9pm, W, no cover

Dance party, 9pm, no cover Dance party, 9pm, no cover The Island of Dr. Burlesque, The of Dr. Burlesque, 8pm,Island $15-$20 8pm, $15-$20

Marina V (Verenikina), 7pm, $TBA Marina V (Verenikina), 7pm, $TBA

Almost Young, 8pm, Tu, $TBA Almost Young, 8pm, Tu, $TBA

Whiskey Dick’s Saloon Ninth Anniversary Whiskey Dick’s Star Saloon Ninth9pm, Anniversary Party w/Black Safari, $TBA Party w/Black Star Safari, 9pm, $TBA

Massive Tuesdays, 10pm, Tu, $5 Massive Tuesdays, 10pm, Tu, $5

1) Reno Music Project Open Mic, 1)7pm, Reno noMusic coverProject Open Mic, 7pm, no cover

1) Comedy Power Hour Open Mic, 1)8pm, Comedy Open Mic, Tu, noPower coverHour 3) Jamming with 8pm, Tu, no 7pm, coverW, 3)no Jamming Ray Saxon, cover with Ray Saxon, 7pm, W, no cover

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ATLANTIS CASINO RESORT SPA ATLANTIS 3800 S. VirginiaCASINO St., (775) RESORT 825-4700 SPA 3800 S. Virginia St.,Stage (775) 2)825-4700 1) Grand Ballroom Cabaret 1) Grand Ballroom Stage 2) Cabaret

THURSDAY 10/22 THURSDAY 10/22

FRIDAY 10/23 FRIDAY 10/23

SATURDAY 10/24 SATURDAY 10/24

SUNDAY 10/25 SUNDAY 10/25

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 10/26-10/28 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 10/26-10/28

2) American Made Band, 8pm, no cover 2) American Made Band, 8pm, no cover

2) American Made Band, 4pm, no cover 2) American no cover Joey CarmonMade Band,Band, 10pm,4pm, no cover Joey Carmon Band, 10pm, no cover

2) American Made Band, 4pm, no cover 2) American no cover Joey CarmonMade Band,Band, 10pm,4pm, no cover Joey Carmon Band, 10pm, no cover

2) Joey Carmon Band, 8pm, no cover 2) Joey Carmon Band, 8pm, no cover

2) Two Way Street, 2) TwoM,Way 8pm, Tu, Street, W, no cover 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) The Blues Monsters, 8pm, no cover 2) The Blues Monsters, 8pm, no cover

2) The Blues Monsters, 8pm, no cover 2) The Blues Monsters, 8pm, no cover

2) The Silent Comedy, 10pm, no cover 2) The Silent Comedy, 10pm, no cover

2) Moondog Matinee, 10pm, no cover 2) Moondog Matinee, 10pm, no cover

1) Saltoriya, 7pm, $26.95+ , 7pm,10:30pm, $26.95+no cover 1) Saltoriya 2) Garage Boys, 2) Garage Boys, 10:30pm, no cover

1) Saltoriya, 7pm, $26.95+ , 7pm,10:30pm, $26.95+no cover 1) Saltoriya 2) Garage Boys, 2) 10:30pm, 3) Garage DJ Roni Boys, Romance, 9pm,no nocover cover 3) DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover

1) Saltoriya, 7pm, 9:30pm, $26.95+ 1) Saltoriya , 7pm,10:30pm, 9:30pm, no $26.95+ 2) Garage Boys, cover 2) 10:30pm, 3) Garage DJ Roni Boys, Romance, 9pm,no nocover cover 3) DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover

2) Flirt Thursdays, 10pm, no cover 2) Thursdays, 10pm, no cover 3) Flirt Honky Tonk Thursdays w/DJ Jamie G, 3) Honky 10pm, no Tonk coverThursdays w/DJ Jamie G, 10pm, no cover

2) Lex Fridays w/DJ Rick Gee, 2) Lex $15 Fridays w/DJ Rick Gee, 10pm, 10pm, $15& Daisy Dukes w/DJ Jamie G, 3) Boots 3) Boots Daisy Dukes w/DJ Jamie G, 10pm, no & cover 10pm, no cover

2) The Zombie Apocalypse, 10pm, $15 2) Zombie 3) The County SocialApocalypse, Saturdays 10pm, $15 3) County Saturdays w/DJ JamieSocial G, 10pm, no cover w/DJ Jamie G, 10pm, no cover

3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

1) Nico & Vinz, 7:30pm, $18.34 1) & Vinz, 7:30pm, 2) Nico DJ SN1, DJ Rick Gee, $18.34 10pm, $20 2) Rick9pm, Gee, no 10pm, $20 3) DJ ArtySN1, theDJ Party, cover 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

CARSON VALLEY INN CARSON VALLEY 1627 Hwy. 395, Minden; INN (775) 782-9711

1627 Hwy.Ballroom 395, Minden; (775)Lounge 782-9711 1) Valley 2) Cabaret 3) TJ’s Corral 1) Valley Ballroom 2) Cabaret Lounge 3) TJ’s Corral

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

ELDORADO RESORT CASINO ELDORADO RESORT CASINO 345 N. Virginia St., (775) 786-5700

345 N. Virginia2)St., 786-5700 1) Showroom Brew(775) Brothers 3) NoVi 4) Cin Cin 1) Showroom 2) Brew Brothers 3) NoVi 4) Cin Cin

GRAND SIERRA RESORT GRAND SIERRA RESORT 2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000 2500 E. Second 789-2000 1) Grand TheaterSt., 2) (775) Lex Nightclub 1) Lex Nightclub 3) Grand SportsTheater Book 4)2)Summit Pavilion 3) Sports Book 4) Summit 5) Silver State Pavilion Pavilion 5) Silver State Pavilion

HARRAH’S LAKE TAHOE HARRAH’S LAKE(775) TAHOE 15 Hwy. 50, Stateline; 588-6611

15 Hwy. 50, Stateline; 1) South Shore Room (775) 588-6611 1) Shore Room 2) South Peek Nightclub 3) Center Stage Lounge 2) Peek Nightclub 3) Center Stage Lounge

MONTBLEU RESORT MONTBLEU RESORT 55 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (800) 648-3353

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

PEPPERMILL RESORT SPA CASINO PEPPERMILL SPA CASINO 2707 S. Virginia St.,RESORT (775) 826-2121 2707 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-2121 1) Tuscany Ballroom 2) Terrace Lounge 1) Ballroom 2) Terrace Lounge 3) Tuscany Edge 4) Capri Ballroom 3) Edge 4) Capri Ballroom

SANDS REGENCY CASINO HOTEL SANDS REGENCY CASINO 345 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 348-2200HOTEL 345 Arlington Ave.,2)(775) 348-2200 1) 3rdN. Street Lounge Jester Theater 1) 3) 3rd CopaStreet Bar &Lounge Grill 2) Jester Theater 3) Copa Bar & Grill

SILVER LEGACY RESORT CASINO SILVER LEGACY RESORT 407 N. Virginia St., (775) 325-7401 CASINO

407 N. Virginia St., Hall (775)2) 325-7401 1) Grand Exposition Rum Bullions Island Bar 1) Exposition 2) RumBaron Bullions Island Bar 3) Grand Aura Ultra LoungeHall 4) Silver Lounge 3) Aura Ultra Lounge 4) Silver Baron Lounge

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1) Rising Appalachia, Arouna Diarra, 1) Rising Appalachia, Arouna Diarra, 9pm, W, $15-$35 2) Con Bro Chill, 9pm, W, $15-$35 Chill, Este Noche, 9pm,2)Tu,Con no Bro cover Este Noche, 9pm, Tu, no cover 1) Saltoriya, 7pm Tu, W, $26.95+ 2) Live , 7pm10pm Tu, W, Live 1) Saltoriya Band Karaoke, M,$26.95+ DJ Chris2) English, Band 10pm 10:30pm, M, DJ Chris 10pm Karaoke, Tu, Audioboxx, W, English, no cover 10pm Tu, Audioboxx, 10:30pm, W, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm,nonocover cover Dave Russell, 8pm, Dave Russell, 8pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm,nonocover cover Dave Russell, 8pm, Dave Russell, 8pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm,nonocover cover Dave Russell, 8pm, Dave Russell, 8pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover

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

2) Drinking with Clowns, 7pm, no cover 2) Drinking with Clowns, 7pm, no cover

2) Drinking with Clowns, 8pm, no cover 2) withDance Clowns, 8pm, no cover 3) Drinking Friday Latin Social, 3) Fridayno Latin Dance Social, 7:30pm, cover before 8:30pm, 7:30pm, cover before 8:30pm, $10-$20 no after $10-$20 after

2) Drinking with Clowns, 8pm, no cover 2) with10pm, Clowns, 3) Drinking DJ Fashen, $20 8pm, no cover 3) DJ Fashen, 10pm, $20

2) Bogg Jazz Quintet, 6pm, no cover 2) Bogg Jazz Quintet, 6pm, no cover

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

3) Tyler Stafford, 6pm, no cover 3) Tyler Stafford, 6pm, no cover 2) Banzai Thursdays w/DJ Trivia, 2) Banzai Thursdays w/DJ Trivia, 8pm, no cover 8pm, no coverof Aura, 3) University 3) University 9pm, no coverof Aura, 9pm, no cover

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2) The Utility Players, 8pm, $15 2) The Utility Players, 8pm, $15 1) Carrot Top, 8pm, $55.50-$69.50 1) Top, 8pm, 2) Carrot Superlicious, 9pm,$55.50-$69.50 no cover 2) 3) Superlicious, Fashion Friday,9pm, 9pm,nonocover cover 3) Friday, 9pm,9pm, no cover 4) Fashion Mike Furlong Band, no cover 4) Mike Furlong Band, 9pm, no cover

1) Gloria Trevi, 8pm, $49.50-$59.50 1) Trevi, 8pm, 2) Gloria Superlicious, 9pm,$49.50-$59.50 no cover 2) 9pm, no 9pm, cover$5 3) Superlicious, Seduction Saturdays, 3) Saturdays, 9pm, 4) Seduction Mike Furlong Band, 9pm, no$5 cover 4) Mike Furlong Band, 9pm, no cover

Rising Appalachia Rising Appalachia Oct. 28, 9 p.m.

Oct. 28, 9 p.m.

Crystal Bay Club Crystal Bay28 Club 14 Highway 14 Highway Crystal Bay28 Crystal 833-6333Bay 833-6333

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2) 37th Annual Freakers Ball, 2) 37th$30-$35 Annual Freakers Ball, 8pm, 8pm, $30-$35

55 Hwy. 50, Stateline; 648-3353 1) Showroom 2) Opal 3) (800) The Stage at HQ Center Bar 1) Showroom 2) Opal 3) The Stage at HQ Center Bar

NUGGET CASINO RESORT NUGGET 1100 Nugget CASINO Ave., Sparks;RESORT (775) 356-3300

2) Jonathan Barton, 2) Jonathan Barton, 6pm, Tu, W, no cover 6pm, Tu, W, no cover

3) Jason King, 6pm, W, no cover 3) Jason King, 6pm, W, no cover

2) Recovery Sundays, 10pm, no cover 2) Sundays, no cover 3) Recovery Industry Night, 9pm,10pm, no cover 3) Industry Night, 9pm, no cover

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The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 | 7:30 p.m. | Nightingale Concert Hall The British superstar chamber ensemble comes to Reno with nearly 60 years of exceptional musical pedigree. Drawn from the principal players of the academy’s world-famous orchestra, the ensemble itself was created in 1967 to perform larger chamber works from quintets to octets. Nightingale Concert Hall is definitely in for a major, world-class chamber music treat.

Tickets: Adult $30/ Senior $24/ Student and youth $12

(775) 784-4ART | Buy tickets online at www.unr.edu/pas

Celebrate with SWEP! SWEP 20th Anniversary Gala

Film Festival Preview & Auction October 23 | Sunnyside | 6pm Celebrate Sierra Watershed Education Partnership’s 20th Anniverary fund raiser and Film Festival kick off with live music, endless gourmet treats, wine, film clips & shorts, a not so silent auction, and signature Trashion Show.

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Events 23RD ANNUAL GHOST WALK: Learn about Carson City’s spooky and intriguing history during this spirit-led, guided walking tour of the downtown district’s west side historic homes and businesses. The 90-minute historic ghost walk features five home tours and a mystery to solve within the walk. The tours depart from the corner of Third and Curry streets from 10am until 2:30pm. Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the walk begins. There will be photo opportunities, tables, psychics and Ghost Walk merchandise for sale. Sa, 10/24, 10am2:30pm. $15-$20, free for children under age 3. Carson City Ghost Walk, Corner hird and Curry Streets behind Firkin & Fox/St. Charles Hotel, Carson City, (775) 348-6279, www.www.carsoncityghostwalk.com.

EDNA PURVIANCE & CHAPLIN FILM FESTIVAL: Aurora Repertory Theatre presents this silent film festival in honor of the 100th anniversary of silent film actress Edna Purviance’s noted film career. Purviance was born in Paradise Valley, Nev., and grew up in Lovelock, Nev. She was a pioneer

of the film industry and appeared in 35 Charlie Chaplin films. Historian Linda Wada will present material covering Edna’s life in Nevada and her film career. There will also be a special showing of a rare filmed interview of Purviance’s grandniece, Lita Hill. Film preservationist David Shepard will share his collection of 16mm Charlie Chaplin films from his personal library. He will present a talk on film preservation along with a presentation of the film The Immigrant with his commentary. Pianist Frederick Hodges will provide musical accompaniment to the films. Sa, 10/24, 10am-5pm. $10-$50. Laxalt Auditorium, Warren Nelson Building, 401 W. Second St., (775) 846-1788, http://aurorarepnv.org/events.html.

ELECTRIC WAGON TRAIN: Equal parts Steampunk ball and surreal saloon, this imaginative evening will feature a live performance

by San Francisco’s Le Cancan Bijoux and a free screening of American Astronaut, a western space musical produced and starring Cory McAbee. Dress in costume of appropriate flair and help reinvent history.

Ticket includes desserts and savory treats.

Sa, 10/24, 7:30-11pm. $50 general admission, $40 NMA members. Nevada Museum of

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

JOHN C. FREMONT LIVE! PART 2 BANKRUPTCY: In the second half of his two-part story, Major General John C. Fremont continues his life’s story. He’ll confess his misfortunes that started as an illegitimate child and the rocky life that made him a Gold Rush millionaire and destined him to bankruptcy.

He’ll reveal the rarely discussed key role his stalwart wife Jessie Benton Fremont played in his charismatic politics, President Lincoln stripping his military command for insubordination and surviving financial ruin. Sa, 10/24, 6:30-8:30pm. $15 per person.

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

NORTHERN NEVADA GHOST HUNTERS PARANORMAL LECTURE: The Northern Nevada Ghost Hunters discuss what being a paranormal investigator is all about. They will talk about their experiences and share some of their best evidence. Sa, 10/24, 2-4pm. Free. Douglas County Public Library, 1625 Library Lane, Minden, (775) 830-3779, www.nngh.net.

PET ADOPTION DAY: The Nevada Humane Society offer dog and cat adoptions.

Adoption fees apply. Sa, 10/24, 11am-4pm.

Free admission. Great Western Marketplace, 4855 Summit Ridge Drive, (775) 856-2000 ext.

335, http://greatwesternmarketplace.com/ event/pet-adoption-day/?instance_id=555.

PRESERVING NEVADA’S PAST/AN OVERVIEW: Jim Bertolini, coordinator of the National Register at the Nevada State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), will explain historic preservation and its role in protecting northern Nevada’s cultural heritage.

This program will be an informative look at historic preservation and will be geared toward those who are interested in learning about the benefits of listing a property on the National Register of Historic Places.

W, 10/28, 7-8:30pm. Free. Laxalt Auditorium, Warren Nelson Building, 401 W. Second St., (775) 747-4478, www.historicreno.org.

RENO BEER CRAWL: Held every fourth Saturday of every month from 2-6pm. Purchase your glass and map for $5 at The Waterfall at 134 W. Second St. and enjoy $1 refills at 12+ downtown Reno taverns. Fourth Sa of every month, 2-6pm through 12/26. $5 glass and map. The Waterfall, 134 W. Second St., (775) 322-7373, http://renobeercrawl.com.

RENO FRIGHT FEST: The 10th annual haunted attraction’s Slaughter House is back with a new design, new rooms, custom scares and terrifying scenes. Open late during Zombie Crawl and on Halloween. Th-Sa,

7-11pm through 10/31, Su, 5-9pm through 11/1. $15 general admission, $22 VIP pass. Reno Aces Ballpark, 250 Evans Ave., (877) 767-2279, www.renofrightfest.com.

SNC TAHOE’S COMMUNITY READ: This year’s Community Read, a communal reading program that is open to the entire Lake Tahoe community, will feature books and graphic novels that present an interesting relationship between text and image. Th, 10/22, 6pm.

Sierra Nevada College, 999 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village, (775) 831-1314.

VIRGINIA CITY GHOST WALK: Hear the history, legends and stories of ghostly activity in Virginia City. This is an outdoor walking tour. Dress warmly and bring a camera. F, Sa, 6 & 8pm through 10/31. Opens 10/23. $30 per person, advance ticket purchase only.

Silver Queen Hotel & Wedding Chapel, 28 N. C St., Virginia City, (775) 815-1050, www.virginia cityghosttours.com.

All Ages ANDELIN FARM PUMPKIN PATCH AND CORN MAZE: Pick your own pumpkin from a

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he zombie apocalypse is upon us! This weekend, thousands of “zombies” will swarm in downtown Reno for the annual bar crawl.

By purchasing a $5 commemorative cup and crawl map, costumed revelers age 21 and older will get drink specials and free admission to more than 55 participating bars, clubs and restaurants.

The crawl begins at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Harrah’s Reno Plaza, 219 N. Center St. This year’s event also features the No-Brainer All-Zombie Run

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starting at 5 p.m. under the Reno Arch.

You can join the throngs of the “running dead” who will chase a terrified human along a 5K course down Virginia Street to the Truckee River and back. After the race, runners and pub crawlers can gather under the Reno Arch at 6 p.m. for a flash mob-style choreographed dance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” No-Brainer and Thriller Under the Arch are open to all ages. Entry fees for the 5K run are $20-$40. For more details, call 624-8320 or visit http://crawlreno.com/event/ zombiecrawl.

variety of pumpkins. Admission includes activities such as a hay ride, cow train, meeting farm animals, lassoing, a corn shed, a hay bale and corn maze for kids, among other attractions. Hours are 10am to 3pm, Tuesday through Thursday, 10am to 6pm, Friday and Saturday, through Oct. 24. Fall Break hours are 10am to 6pm, Oct. 26-31. The corn maze is open from 3pm to 10pm on Thursday and from 10am to 10pm on Friday and Saturday. At night, bring your flashlights and play the Farm Scene Investigation game in the corn maze and solve the mystery by finding the check points. Tu-Sa through 10/24, M-Su through 10/31. Opens 10/26. $7 per person, $12 combo pass for pumpkin patch and corn maze, free for kids under age 1. Andelin Family Farm, 8100 Pyramid Highway, Spanish Springs, (775) 530-8032, www. andelinfamilyfarm.com.

ART CAMP AT THE LAKE MANSION: Teachers will provide an hour of art, theater and creative movement/music each day for kids ages 6-10. This camp is held Monday through Friday. This camp will be held in the classroom below the Lake Mansion.

Supplies included in cost. 10/26-10/30, 9am-noon. $95. Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100 ext. 3, www.artsfor allnevada.org.

ART CAMP IN SPARKS: Teaching artists will provide an hour of art, theater and creative movement/music each day.

10/26-10/30, 9am-noon. $75. Larry D. Johnson Community Center, 1200 12th St., Sparks, (775) 826-6100 ext. 2, www.artsforallnevada. org.

BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIMES: Staff members and guest readers tell stories to children.

Sa, 11am. Free. Barnes & Noble, 5555 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-8882.

FALL BREAK CAMP AT GALENA: Great Basin Naturalists offers its Fall Break Exploration Camp for campers ages 8 through 12. This year’s theme is “Nevada: Many Cultures, One Land.” Kids wil learn about Nevada cultural diversity and history and how people have shaped Nevada’s land over time—all with hands-on activities in the forest. Financial aid scholarships are available. M, 10/26, 9am-5pm, Tu, 10/27, 9am-5pm,

W, 10/28, 9am-5pm, Th, 10/29, 9am-5pm, Sa, 10/31, 9am-5pm. $195. Galena Creek Visitor

Center, 18250 Mt. Rose Highway, (775) 8494948, www.galenacreekvisitorcenter.org/ fall-break-2015.html.

FAMILY GAME NIGHT: Come into the library, find a table, grab a game and have some fun.

Second and Fourth W of every month, 4:306:30pm. Free. Northwest Reno Library, 2325 Robb Drive, (775) 787-4100.

FERRARI FARM PUMPKIN PATCH: The annual pumpkin patch features a corn maze, hay rides, bounce house, mechanical bull, farm animals, fall decorations and more than 30 varieties of pumpkins. Admission to the corn maze is $5. Mechanical bull ride is $5 per person. Bounce house admission is $2 per child. Hay ride is $3 per person or $10 per family (maximum of five people). Pumpkins are priced by size. M-Th, Su, 9:30am-8pm

through 11/1, F, Sa, 9:30am-10pm through 10/31.

Ferrari Farm, 4701 Mill St., (775) 856-4962, www.facebook.com/Ferrari-Farm-PumpkinPatch-120205448085034.

RANCHING AT RANCHO: A fun, free ranchingthemed open house in the main barn area.

Each week features a new theme from goats to tractors and everything else in between.

Kids can visit with resident chickens and turkeys, cool off inside the Discovery Room or enjoy pony rides for $5. Themed Ranching at Rancho activities will only be offered on Saturdays, but you can ride the ponies on Friday, Saturday or Sunday between 10am-1pm each week. M-Su, 10am-1pm through 11/21. Free admission, $5 for pony rides. Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-4512, www.washoecounty.us.

SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) OUTREACH CLINICH: The Food Bank of Northern Nevada hosts SNAP outreach clinics to assist low-income families and individuals in applying for SNAP benefits. First come, first served. Th, 10am-noon.

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

TOLL HOUSE PUMPKIN PATCH: The annual pumpkin patch features various pumpkin varieties and sizes, train rides, bounce houses, pony rides, petting zoo and other attractions. M-Su through 10/31. $1 per ticket or $20 for a book of 22 tickets. Toll House Pumpkin Patch, 12185 S. Virginia St., (503) 551-0397, www.tollhousepumpkins.com.

Art ARTISTS CO-OP OF RENO GALLERY: Piqued Again, Erik Holland and Pan Pantoja showcase their paintings of various mountain peaks and landscapes in a tribute to Mother Earth and the elements that are threatening her. M-Su, 11am-4pm through 11/8. Free. 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896, www.artistsco-opgalleryreno.com.

LIBERTY FINE ART: Drawings & Paintings by Zoe Murkovich, The nine-year-old artist loves to draw dragons, dinos, horses and kitties all doing extraordinary things. Her latest gallery show is Laughing Dragons & The Half Moon.

Through 10/31, 10am-5pm. 100 W. Liberty St., (775) 232-8079.

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High, I think I love you Two friends of mine are in “love at first sight” relationships. One went from chills at seeing the guy to moving in with him weeks later. Each has said to me, “When it’s right, you just know.” Well, as I get to know this new guy I’m seeing, I like him more and more. It’s just not the instant love of the century like they have, and that makes me feel a little bad.

Getting the chills the moment you set eyes on a person may be a sign that you have love at first sight— or an incipient case of malaria. In time, you’ll find out whether you have lasting love or lasting liver damage, seizures and death.

Love at first sight is made out to be the rare, limitededition Prada purse of relationships—that extra-special luvvier kind of love that we romantic commoners don’t get access to. However, what the “first-sighters” actually have is not the enduring love poets write about but the kind animal behaviorists do—when the boy baboon spots the girl baboon’s big red booty. People in this fleeting first phase of love are basically on a biochemical bender, high off their asses from raging hormones and neurotransmitters, and shouldn’t be operating heavy machinery or making plans any heavier than where to show up for dinner on Tuesday.

Those who end up staying together will often sniff, “We just knew!”—which sounds better than “We are idiots who got hitched 20 minutes after meeting and were lucky we turned out to be well-matched.”

Their initial belief that they’re perfect for each other is probably driven by a cognitive bias—an error in reasoning—that psychologists call “the halo effect.”

Like the glow cast by a halo, the glow from “Wow, she’s hot!” spills over, leading to an unsupportedly positive view of a person’s as-yet-unseen qualities. But, early in a relationship, you can only guess how someone will behave—say, at 3 a.m., when you’re awakened by period cramps that feel as if some big Vegas boxing match accidentally got scheduled in your uterus. Will he mumble “feel better” and roll over or go to the drugstore and roll you home a barrel of hippo-strength Midol?

Maybe real romance is finding out all the ways somebody’s disturbingly human and loving them anyway.

This happens about a year in, after the party manners have fallen off and after you see—for example—whether your partner fights ugly or like someone who loves you but thinks you’ve temporarily fallen into the idiot bin. In other words, you’re wise to get to know this guy instead OPINION

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of immediately drawing little sparkly hearts in your head about your magical future together. Keep unpacking who you both are and see whether you keep wanting more—or whether one of you goes out for a smoke and, a month later, sends a postcard from the Netherlands.

Toad rage I’m in my early 40s and newly divorced. I fooled around with this guy—my first time with somebody besides my husband in 12 years. We had weekend plans, but two days passed with no texts from him. I texted him angrily, repeatedly telling him he’d hurt my feelings, and he cut off contact. Now, months later, he has resurfaced, saying I’ve been in his thoughts. What could he want?

Men you’ve dated briefly will sometimes resurface—much like bloated dead bodies in New York’s East River.

As for why this one’s coming around again, chances are, the paint on “she’s crazy” dried, and he remembered that you are also pretty and do that crazy thing with your tongue. OK, so you were short on nonchalance in your first post-divorce dating situation. After a long sex-andaffection famine, a newly divorced woman, like any starving refugee, is unlikely to simply nudge a hot piece of meat around on her plate like one of those skeletal “ladies who lunch” (but do not eat).

The truth is, you probably weren’t going off on him merely because he failed to meet your text-pectations.

Your behavior most likely stemmed from what psychologists call a “priming effect,” describing how exposure to one situation colors how you react to another. Being mindful of this can help you tell a guy what you need and give him a chance to come through—instead of immediately texting him with all the casual cool of a kidnapper demanding a bag of unmarked small bills.

Should you give this guy another chance, see that you’re only asking questions he’s prepared to answer, like where he went to elementary school and why his previous relationship ended—not “Will I be alone forever?” and “Wanna come over and try to fill the vast void I have inside?” Ω

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MCKINLEY ARTS & CULTURE CENTER: Tufascapes of Winnemucca Lake. East Gallery in McKinley Arts & Culture Center hosts local artist Mike Clasen. Tufascapes of Winnemucca Lake is a collection of photograph prints showcasing the stark, beautiful landscape and unique tufa formations of Winnemucca Lake. Through 11/20, Th, 11/5, 6-8pm. Free. Empathies + uncertainties.

West Gallery in McKinley Arts & Culture Center hosts local artist and teacher Lisa Kurt. Empathy + Uncertainties is a collection of acrylic and mixed media on wood panel paintings. Through her work, she explores stories that involve people, animals and creatures in mysterious settings, often incorporating nature and the unexpected.

Through 11/20, 8am-5pm. Free. 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 334-2417.

light refreshments, entertainment, music by Larry Elliott & The Fireballs, costume contest, photos, a raffle and other surprises.

Wear your favorite 1920s costume. F, 10/23, 8-11pm. $15 for adults, $5 for children. Reno Town Mall, 4001 S. Virginia St., (775) 846-1788, www.aurorarepnv.org/events.html.

REEL ROCK 10: The 10th annual film tour brings the best climbing and adventure films of the year. Th, 10/22, 7pm. $15. Whitney Peak Hotel, 255 N. Virginia St., (775) 398-5400, http:// cargoreno.com.

1975 cult film. Participants in costume will

timedia reconstruction of the electric power transmission system at a human scale. The show, featuring work by Lisa Ward, highlights both the formal and anthropomorphic characteristics of this life(style) sustaining infrastructure. M-Su through 10/30. The Artists Book: Divergent Perspectives. Reno Book Arts presents a unique collection of artists books, prints and broadsides by Northern Nevada artist. These works illustrate the array of book arts mediums and the multitude of divergent perspectives that can be achieved through the art of the book.

Artists include Rob Borges, Carol Brown, Katherine Case, Katty Hoover, Judith Rodby, Jaime Shafer and Sharon Tetly. M-Su through 10/30. 999 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village, (775) 831-1314.

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and Rovers to Cars on Mars, This exhibit takes a look at America’s fascination with exploring new frontiers and the machines that make it possible. M-Su through 4/11. $4-$10, free for members and children age 5 and younger. 10 S. Lake St., (775) 333-9300.

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door. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-8716, www.goodluckmacbeth.org.

THE DEATH OF BRIAN: A ZOMBIE ODYSSEY: This unique combination of solo work and radio drama serves up humor, horror and humanity-examining philosophy. F, 10/23, 7pm, Sa, 10/24, 7pm. $10 general, $5 for University of Nevada, Reno students with I.D., free for zombies in costume. Lawlor Events Center, 1500 N. Virginia St., (775) 7844278, www.unr.edu/arts.

London-based chamber ensemble performs their unique interpretation of classical music. Th, 10/22, 7:30pm. $30 adults, $24 seniors, UNR faculty and staff, $12 youths, $5 UNR students with ID. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

their 2015-2016 theater season with Jon Robin Baitz’s drama. The play is built with clever, gleaming dialogue, tantalizing hints of a dangerous mystery and a structural core that brings to mind the heyday of Lillian Hellman. W-Su, 8pm through 10/23. $10$25. Brüka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-3221, www.bruka.org.

singers ages of 15 and older are invited to try out for High Desert Harmony, Reno’s Chapter of Sweet Adeline’s International.

The a cappella group performs at events around the Truckee Meadows area, including charity events, holiday shows, private parties and Artown. M, 6:30-9pm through 12/31. Free. Five Star Premier Residences of Reno, 3201 Plumas St., (775) 544-9911, http:// highdesertharmony.net/events.html.

THE PASSION OF DRACULA: Laughing Owl Productions presents this drama in three acts based on Bram Stoker’s horror novel.

F, 10/23, 7:30pm, Sa, 10/24, 7:30pm, Su, 10/25, 2pm, W, 10/28, 7:30pm, Th, 10/29, 7:30pm, F, 10/30, 7:30pm, Sa, 10/31, 7 & 11pm, Sa, 12/5, 7:30pm, Su, 12/6, 7:30pm, M, 12/7, 7:30pm. $15

HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN: The trio draws upon influences from Django Reinhardt to Bob Wills from hot jazz to Texas Western swing.

F, 10/23, 8pm. $17 Churchill Arts Council members, $20 non-members. Oats Park Art Center, 151 E. Park St., Fallon, (775) 423-1440, www.churchillarts.org.

advance, $20 at the door. Laughing Owl Productions, 75 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-9967, www.laughingowlproductions.com.

RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN: F, 10/23, 7:30pm,

Sa, 10/24, 7:30pm, Su, 10/25, 2pm, Th, 10/29, 7:30pm, F, 10/30, 7:30pm, Sa, 10/31, 2pm, Su, 11/1, 2pm, Th, 11/5, 7:30pm, F, 11/6, 7:30pm, Sa, 11/7, 2 & 7:30pm, Su, 11/8, 2pm. $18 general,

L-CUBED: LOOK, LUNCH AND LISTEN CONCERT: A free weekly noontime jazz and classical music collaborative series featuring performances by students and faculty in a laid back, lunchtime setting every Wednesday during the fall semester. W, 10/28, noon,

$15 seniors, students, military. Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 329-0661, www.renolittletheater.org.

W, 11/4, noon, W, 11/11, noon, W, 11/18, noon, W, 11/25, noon, W, 12/2, noon. Free. Randall

THE THREE MUSKETEERS: TMCC theater stu-

Rotunda, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, 1664 N. Virginia St. University of Nevada, Reno, (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

dents perform in this fresh, fast-paced, amusing adaptation of Dumas’ classic tale.

F, 10/23, 7:30pm, Sa, 10/24, 7:30pm, Su, 10/25, 2pm. $10-$15. TMCC Redfield Performing Arts

NEVADA WIND ENSEMBLE: The group will per-

Center, 505 Keystone Ave., (775) 673-7291, www.tmcc.edu.

form diverse and eclectic works for band and wind ensemble. W, 10/28, 7:30pm. $5, free for students with ID. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

Classes ART EXPLORATIONS STUDIO: Students ages 15

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and older can further explore different media, nurture creativity and grow as an artist. Previous participation in art explorations class not necessary. Supplies are included in cost. Six classes (no class on Nov. 11 and Nov. 25). This class will be held in the classroom below the Lake Mansion. W, 1-3pm through 12/16. Opens 10/28. $95. Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100 ext. 3, www.artsforallnevada.org.

cert series features guest artists performing on the church’s Casavant pipe organ.

F, noon. Free. Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Ave., (775) 329-4279, www.trinityreno. org.

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ho doesn’t love that rotund, orange gourd that symbolizes autumn and Halloween? Show your appreciation for our nation’s favorite squash during Northern Nevada Center for Independent Living’s annual pumpkin-themed celebration. Highlights include the Pumpkin Derby, marshmallow shooting, children’s costume parade, storytelling, carnival games, pumpkin pie-eating, pumpkin seed-shooting and mummy-wrapping contests and live music. The festival is open from 11 a.m. to 5 pm. on Sunday, Oct. 25, at Victorian Square in downtown Sparks. Admission is free. Call 353-3599 or visit http://pumpkinpalooza.org.

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The Nevada Museum of Art has organized the first major art historical survey exhibition of painting, Native baskets, photography, architecture and contemporary art dedicated to Lake Tahoe, Donner Pass and the surrounding Sierra Nevada region.

TAHOE: A Visual History spans over two centuries of cultural and creative production related to the second largest freshwater alpine lake in the United States. W-Su through 1/10. $1-$10. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 3293333, www.nevadaart.org.

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The watercolor artist’s second solo exhibition at Stremmel Gallery is a visual diary of his travels throughout Europe, the United States and China. M-Sa through 11/7. Free.

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Galena Creek Park with a local specialist. Please bring appropriate clothing and plenty of water. The hike intensity varies, depending on the audience. Sa, 10am-noon. $5 suggested donation. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mt. Rose Highway, (775) 8494948, www.thegreatbasininstitute.org.

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Gallery in City Hall hosts local artist and teacher Luverne Lightfoot. Earth, Sky, & Water is a collection of oil paintings that accentuates the beauty of Western landscapes. Through 11/20. Free. 1 E. First St., (775) 334-4636.

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NORTH TAHOE ARTS CENTER: October Exhibits at North Tahoe Arts. Glass Quartet features artwork by regional glass artists Catherine Strand, Pam Sutton, William Hutchison and Toni Rockwell in the NTA Main Gallery. Lake Tahoe & The Sierra features oils by Howard Friedman in the NTA Corison Loft Gallery. Through 11/2, 11am5pm. Free. 380 North Lake Blvd. Art Gallery & Gift Shop in Tahoe City, (530) 581-2787, www.northtahoearts.com.

orchestra during Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183, as well as Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 “Classical.” Sa, 10/24, 7:30pm, Su, 10/25, 2pm. $5-$50. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 348-9413, www.renochamberorchestra.org.

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mothers are invited to join this breastfeeding support group. Mothers exchange their experiences and discuss concerns such as milk supply, pumping, going back to work, sleeping or lack of sleep, etc. RSVP at http://doodle.com/cy5nrur23mbg6pie.

Tu, 4-5pm. $10 drop in, free for first-time attendees. Renown South Meadows Medical Center, 10101 Double R Blvd., (775) 240-9916, www.wellnourishedbaby.com.

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Community CROCHET CONNECTION: Learn to crochet or share tips with other crochet enthusiasts.

Th, 4-5:45pm. Free. Spanish Springs Library, 7100A Pyramid Lake Highway located at Lazy 5 Regional Park, Spanish Springs, (775) 424-1800.

DEPRESSION BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE: The Reno chapter of the national DBSA meets.

Fourth Th of every month, 7-8:30pm. Renown Health Boardroom, 1495 Mill St., (775) 8356410.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): More than any

other sign, you have an ability to detach yourself from life’s flow and analyze its complexities with cool objectivity. This is mostly a good thing. It enhances your power to make rational decisions. On the other hand, it sometimes devolves into a liability.

You may become so invested in your role as observer that you refrain from diving into life’s flow. You hold yourself apart from it, avoiding both its messiness and vitality.

But I don’t foresee this being a problem in the coming weeks. In fact, I bet you will be a savvy watcher even as you’re almost fully immersed in the dynamic flux.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Are you an

inventor? Is it your specialty to create novel gadgets and machines? Probably not. But in the coming weeks you may have metaphorical resemblances to an inventor. I suspect you will have an enhanced ability to dream up original approaches and find alternatives to conventional wisdom. You may surprise yourself with your knack for finding ingenious solutions to long-standing dilemmas.

To prime your instincts, I’ll provide three thoughts from inventor Thomas Edison. (1) “To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” (2) “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.” (3) “Everything comes to those who hustle while they wait.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Some unraveling is inevitable. What has been woven together must now be partially unwoven. But please refrain from thinking of this mysterious development as a setback.

Instead, consider it an opportunity to reexamine and redo any work that was a bit hasty or sloppy. Be glad you will get a second chance to fix and refine what wasn’t done quite right the first time. In fact, I suggest you preside over the unraveling yourself.

Don’t wait for random fate to accomplish it.

And for best results, formulate an intention to regard everything that transpires as a blessing.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “A waterfall would be more impressive if it flowed the other way,” said Irish author Oscar Wilde. I appreciate the wit, but don’t agree with him. A plain old ordinary waterfall, with foamy surges continually plummeting over a precipice and crashing below, is sufficiently impressive for me. What about you, Capricorn? In the coming days, will you be impatient and frustrated with plain old ordinary marvels and wonders? Or will you be able to enjoy them just as they are?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Years

ago, I moved into a rental house with my new girlfriend, whom I had known for six weeks. As we fell asleep the first night, a song played in my head: “Nature’s Way,” by the band Spirit. I barely knew it and had rarely thought of it before. And yet there it was, repeating its first line over and over: “It’s nature’s way of telling you something’s wrong.” Being a magical thinker, I wondered if my unconscious mind was telling me a secret about my love. But I rejected that possibility; it was too painful to contemplate. When we broke up a few months later, however, I wished I had paid attention to that early alert. I mention this, Aquarius, because I suspect your unconscious mind will soon provide you with a wealth of useful information, not just through song lyrics but other subtle signals, as well. Listen up!

At least some of it will be good news, not cautionary like mine.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When I advise

you to get naked, I don’t mean it in a literal sense. Yes, I will applaud if you’re willing to experiment with brave acts of self-revelation. I will approve of you taking risks for the sake of the raw truth. But getting arrested for indecent exposure might compromise your ability to carry out those noble acts.

So, no, don’t actually take off all your clothes and wander through the streets. Instead, surprise everyone with brilliant acts of surrender and vulnerability. Gently and sweetly and poetically tell the Purveyors of Unholy Repression to take their boredom machine and shove it up their humdrum.

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The riff off Chad Comstock Chad’s Movie Show is a monthly event at Studio on Fourth, 432 E. Fourth St., which features local standup comedians riffing on TV and movie clips. The next event is on Nov. 22 at 9 p.m. $5.

Comedian Chad Comstock is the host and organizer.

Tell me about this event you’re doing over at Studio on Fourth.

I don’t know if you remember Mystery Science Theater?

Of course.

Well, that was one of my favorite things when I was a kid. But then we didn’t have cable so we just had to watch crappy shows, and then I’d hit the mute button and one of my favorite things was hanging out with my buddy and just making up dialogue for the shows. It was like, this show is wack, and we’re all pretty funny, we can probably make a better show than this because we’re 10 years old and think that we’re amazing. So that’s what we’d do every afternoon after school. We’d go and have a Little Debbie’s brownie and start making up TV shows.

What kind of shows would you riff on?

Usually just garbage cartoons or Saved by the Bell, some awful show. That kind of stuff, garbage ’90s sitcoms. It was fun to do serious shows too. We’d do Law & Order.

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That’s great. How does the event work?

Basically, I go through and I pick a director that I’m fond of or one I don’t care for, or a genre. … The last one we did was the movies of John Hughes. I take six to eight comics. I pick out 16 or 18 clips that are between three and five minutes that are just dialogue clips from those movies and I cut the sound and then two comics go up side by side facing the screen with the audience, and each one has a microphone and they make up the dialogue for the characters. And then the audience votes with applause, and whoever wins moves on. It’s like a little tournament, and if you win the whole thing you get to do half an hour straight of stand-up because most of the people are comics.

Crystal ball Well, it looks like ol' Lamar Odom is gonna pull out of his near-death experience at a Nevada bordello.

And that’s nice. You know, checking out while romping with a couple of hookers during a blizzard of coke and boner bombers is a fine way to kick ye olde bucket—if you’re 74.

For a 35-year old ex-NBA star, it’s a bit of a fuckup and there ain’t no gettin’ around that. So what have we learned about Nevada in this wonderful story of sex, drugs and sports, all coming together with timely and delicious salaciousness in the Great Stinking Desert?

For one thing, despite all the stories written by backeast types from all these mags, rags and blogs, the Bunny Ranch is nowhere near the Love Ranch. This is the main glaring error in the coverage of Lamar. The Bunny Ranch is outside Carson City in the bewildering town of Mound House. Also in Mound House is the Love Ranch North. So you read all these reports about how the infamous Bunny Ranch (featured in the

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We’d have no idea what was going on. We were too young to grasp what was happening, but it was just funny to say somebody was getting arrested for farting.

You haven’t done that one in Reno yet?

I haven’t done that one in Reno yet, but that one will be pretty soon, I think. Ω

∫y Bruce Van Dye HBO series Cathouse!) is a mile from the scene of Lamar’s Lust. They’re only off by about 300 miles. Because our hero was schwingin’ and dingin’ at the Love Ranch South, which is in the equally bewildering town of Crystal, known to many as BFE, or Bumfuck, Egypt, which is a spot-on assessment of this strange burg. I mean, Crystal is seriously Out There.

It’s so far fuckin’ out there that girls will show up for their first tour of down-and-dirty dick duty, spend three days listening to the cicadas hatch and flat-out flee, leaving a note on their pillow about how pulling the midnight shift at the Shop’n’Shoot in Boulder City suddenly doesn’t look all that bad.

OK, what else we got here? Well, we found out that if you’re 6-10, you better not ever need a helicopter ride to the hospital. At least, not in Nye County. You too long, dude! I can just see ’em this winter in Pahrump, having bake sales and car washes to buy a bigger chopper. Bottom line— if you’re gonna run amok in a crazed

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sexcapade with coke, herbal viagra, and a pair of hard-workin’ working girls in the middle of BFE, you better not be taller than this line.

We also learned that Kim Kardashian calls her brother-in-law Lammy, which is fairly unfortunate.

Speaking of names, the two girls who were Lamar’s dates at the Love Ranch South were Monica Monroe and Ryder Cherry. As far as hooker names go, Monica Monroe, while a bit predictable, is fine. But Ryder Cherry? Eesh. You gotta be roastin’ on Reload to pick a chick with that handle. What ever happened to Xaviera Hollander? Still the all-time best hooker name.

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