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Letters............................ 3 Opinion/Streetalk............ 5 Sheila.Leslie.................... 6 Brendan.Trainor.............. 7 News.............................. 8 Green............................ 11 Feature......................... 12 Arts&Culture................ 14 Art.of.the.State............. 16

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Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

D. Brian Burghart and I are going to alternate writing this weekly editor’s note column.

Last week, he announced that we’re now accepting submissions for our annual 95-word fiction contest. He wrote a sample story last week, but I wanted a crack at it this year as well, so here’s my offering:

Matt woke up early. He made coffee and sat down at the computer. He wrote his name, his professor’s name and the date. He hit save.

Then he got up, took a shower, made breakfast, cleaned the dishes. Then he cleaned the bathroom. He called his grandmother, thanking her for the birthday present. He made lunch. He read the Wikipedia page for the Batman villain Killer Croc. He made dinner, did dishes. He emailed his professor, “I had a family emergency, spent all day on the phone with my grandmother. Can I get an extension?”

These 95 word stories are fun writing exercises. It’s kind of like writing a haiku, because you have to fit an idea into a really small space. It’s a good practice for any kind of writer at any level of experience. My advice is to write it long and then trim down. (My first draft of the story above was about 250 words long.)

The stories should be exactly 95 words as counted by LibreOffice, Google Docs or Microsoft Word. Titles are excluded from word count. We’ll publish our favorite stories. Email entries to renofiction@newsreview.com.

Send the stories in the body of the emails, write “Fiction 2015” in the subject line, and be sure to include your name, email and phone number. (We’ll remove the names before judging the stories.)

If you want to read more examples or just size up the competition, you can find last year’s winners here: www.newsreview. com/reno/biggest-little-stories/ content?oid=15843656.

But hurry! Submissions must be received by 9 a.m. on Dec. 16.

So you might need to leave the dishes undone.

who this miraculous politician is who wants to give us all free public college, medicare for everybody, tackle global warming as a real issue, tax the ugly banksters and billionaire class, and rebuild our infrastructure.

Sorry I can’t tell you who it is, you will have to do some original research.

But it won’t be hard. He’s on the cover of the December Rolling Stone, and a candidate for Time’s man of the year.

Hint: First name is a combination of Bert and Ernie—surely you remember those two? XOXOXO Craig Bergland Reno

Something for the gun control lobby to think about: France and Israel have gun control laws we would consider strict here in America, but weapons are somehow procured for assaults in both countries.

But for the sake of argument, what if we could confiscate all guns, leaving mass murderers disarmed?

What would they do then? Google Boko Haram. Spoiler alert: It involves machete-wielding thugs entering your home and your family watching you die. Boko Haram, now backed by ISIS. Click or call. We must stand together and fight together, not try to disarm each other and let the enemy win.

Gary Gould Reno

Talkback Re “Bernie, Bernie, burning bright” (Letters, Nov. 26): A thought for Brad (Why Bother?)

McKenzie’s letter: The only way Bernie Sanders can’t get elected is the usual—if enough people don’t vote for him. Your letter is in fact a dis-incentive to vote for Bernie Sanders which I hope is not your thought. I think it is fair to say that nothing would make the rich and the powerful more perturbed than Bernie Sanders in the White House, the Man of the Year absolutely.

Just speak up for Bernie Sanders at the Feb 20th caucuses, Brad, and keep listening to him right on through as events careen along.

Diane Campbell Reno

Ert? Re “Potpourri” (Notes from the Neon Babylon, Nov. 26): Mr. Van Dyke, I generally dig your column, but last week’s sucked.

Yes, there is a candidate who is bringing the country together. He’s getting Greens to register Dem, the young to register their first time, Republicans to re-register, independents doing the same, and he is a fave with millennials. And I heard him with my very own one and a half ears say out loud that he will put down $1 trillion to rebuild our infrastructure.

This is that Socialist Democrat fellow who drew nearly 5,000 people to the University of Nevada, Reno a couple of months ago with a mere three days notice. Guess you missed it. Too bad.

And while you slyly suggest Hilly will beat Trumpy, you give no lip service to this wild-haired Senator who is going to stomp on both the Democratic “favorite” (she who tells Wall Street to “Cut it out” and 9/11), and the un-nominated creepy conservative beast—whomever that happens to be.

Bruce, you’ve been smoking a bit too much, or not smoking enough, so please do some research and find out

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War for drugs The presidential candidates should really be more vocal about the issue of rising prescription drug prices in the United States. Over the last several years, the costs for medications to treat diseases such as cancer, HIV, arthritis, and even high cholesterol have more than doubled. Some medications have even increased in price by over 1,000 percent. Nowhere are the effects of these price increases more evident than in the state of Nevada.

As someone who has worked in the health care industry and is pursuing a master’s degree in epidemiology, I know firsthand how these costs negatively affect many of the residents here.

Clearly, we have a significant problem

Correction Re “An unsurprising ruling” (News, Dec. 3): In our report on dual ward/ district elections, we ran a list of cities with such systems. Carson City should not have been on that list. We regret the error.

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Re “Marijuana slows achievers” (Upfront, Dec. 3): There are too many variable factors to point toward different countries’ educational statistics to rationally claim cannabis (marijuana) causes lower achievement, unless, truth be told, Washoe Assemblymember Pat Hickey is a Republican cannabis prohibitionist with an agenda. Further, using Colorado’s example, once government is forced to regulate cannabis, adolescents have less opportunity to acquire

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facing our state. Pharmaceutical companies have held a monopoly over the drug market for decades, and their executives have continually sought to increase profits. The problem is that all of us, small business owners and families alike, are paying the cost. I believe that greater competition among drug producers, coupled with the increased availability of generic drugs, would reduce costs significantly. This issue isn’t Republican or Democrat.

We need leadership from both political parties to ensure that all Nevadans have access to affordable lifesaving medications.

Nick Terpstra Reno

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the plant than when the black market regulates it. It’s time to stop caging responsible adults who choose to use the extremely popular, relatively safe, God-given plant cannabis. Truthfully, Stan White Dillon, Co.

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Christian terrorism During our person-on-the-street interviews last week, in which we asked if people felt safe at public events in Reno, a couple of residents told us they didn’t think Reno was on the radar of those who seek to do us harm.

We rather agree, but then we suspect the people of Colorado Springs and San Bernardino would have said much the same thing a couple of weeks ago.

Also last week, Hillary Clinton was in town, fresh off the debate in which she resisted using the term “Islamic terrorism” and took grief for it from the loon right.

One of the bits of knowledge that came out of news coverage of San Bernardino was the fact that mass killings, when defined as four or more deaths in a single incident, have been happening once a day in the United States for many years. The New York Times reported that these events are not increasing, which is the impression we could easily get from the white hot news coverage. Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox told the Times “the only increase has been in fear, and in the perception of an increase. A lot of that has been because of the nature of media coverage. In the ’70s and ’80s we didn’t hear about it on the internet, because there was no internet, and we didn’t have cable news channels that would devote 24 hours of coverage.”

But while the number of such incidents is not growing, that does not mean their routine nature in this country is not unusual. As President Obama put it, “We should never think that this is something that just happens in the course of events, because it doesn’t happen with the same frequency in other countries.”

And it would be well for those of us in journalism to reflect on whether repetitious coverage has a role in generating copycats.

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I want the new edition of Disney’s Infinity 3.0 because it’s very fun.

In looking at violence in the U.S., both in mass killings and in political killings, religion often plays a role.

Some believe they are doing God’s work.

Timothy McVeigh was bewitched by the Branch Davidians. Rev. Paul Jennings Hill killed an abortion provider and his bodyguard. The Dylann Roof murders at an African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, Klansman Frazier Glenn Cross’s killings of several Kansas Jews, Scott Roeder’s murder of a Kansas abortion provider, Wade Michael Page’s massacre at a Wisconsin Sikh temple, Jim David Adkisson’s murders at a Tennessee Unitarian Universalist Church children’s play—it goes on and on. One wonders whether Muslims in other nations can help but consider the United States and its Christians to be a murderous people. Should we, given our history of violence, be described by a term like “Christian terrorism”?

Using “Islamic” as a modifier of terrorism is a little like using Christian as a modifier for terrorism if you’re discussing Paul Jennings Hill. It suggests an endorsement of that stance by the faith. It’s basically sloppy thinking to score cheap political points.

“Terrorism by Muslims” is not the same thing as “Islamic terrorism.” How many Christians would want to be defined by Dylann Roof? Islam makes up slightly less than a fourth of the planet’s population. Muslims are the majority in 46 countries. Most Muslims, like most Christians, live simple, ordinary, unobjectionable lives remote from the stereotype with which they are branded. Ω

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I’m girly so I would say makeup. I have everything else, so I’m fine with that.

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School trustees need schooling in trust Talk about sending exactly the wrong message.

It’s not as if the 9-month Washoe County School Superintendent, Traci Davis, is poorly paid with a starting salary of $238,000, equal to the salary awarded to her controversial predecessor, Pedro Martinez. In recent contract negotiations, she demanded by and received $73,000 more in bonus Sheila Leslie cash, including some perks that are guaranteed to raise eyebrows and community ire.

Davis’ compensation package includes an $800 monthly car allowance plus mileage reimbursement since she declined to drive a district car as most superintendents have done.

The taxpayers will also be paying her up to $5,000 in legal fees to make sure her contract meets her needs.

Nice work for a brand-new superintendent in a cash-starved, overcrowded and underperforming district preparing to ask taxpayers for more money next year.

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voted for the new contract. The optics are horrendous.

Davis will complete five months in her new job on Dec. 15, hardly enough time to demonstrate her worth or lack thereof. Nevertheless, she will receive an $11,900 “longevity bonus” for her sacrifice in accepting the position and sticking with it for five months.

Davis also asked that her $238,000 salary level be made retroactive to the moment she took over as interim superintendent, despite already having received a 24 percent boost in pay when she accepted the interim assignment. Five school board members thought her demand was justified, adding another $38,000 in jawdropping instant cash to her pocket.

Trustees Nick Smith and Veronica Frenkel voted against the contract.

Within a week, the school board was spinning its decision in an unconvincing email to parents, claiming it actually saved money because Davis has been doing her old job along with the new. But the PR catastrophe can’t be undone.

Remember that Davis was hired without a national search or consideration of other candidates after the school board experienced a very public meltdown amid several violations of the open meeting laws when firing Martinez after he received an excellent performance review.

I don’t know Davis but have harbored some uneasiness about her because she was the protege of Martinez, who emerged from the Broad Superintendents Academy, a controversial corporate-sponsored training program. But I do know that any success in raising graduation rates and improving student performance will owe much more to the principals, teachers, counselors, and other school staff who work directly with our kids. It’s hard to see how Davis can effectively inspire the rank and file when she is perceived as greedy and more interested in egregious contract demands than selling the community on the district’s needs.

The challenges the school district faces in the next few years are tremendous, as subsidy-infused corporations

bring thousands of new workers and their families to Reno under the trickle-down theory that these new jobs will provide plenty of tax revenue to fund new schools. The public perception that our superintendent is more focused on taking care of her own financial situation is adding fuel to an already simmering fire of resentment that the Pollyannas of economic development refuse to acknowledge in their state of denial boosterism.

Adding insult to injury, when citizens complained about the new contract, School Board President John Mayer was quoted by the Reno Gazette-Journal telling them what a great role model she is for girls. He complimented her attire, stating “This lady always looks nice.”

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Contradictions Numerous #nevleg tweets from Democrats have attacked Nevada’s new school choice laws as designed by Republicans to help the wealthy more than the poor.

Oh really, Democrats?

Government always, always benefits the upper classes before the poor. The upper classes have the time by and resources to develop close connecBrendan tions with the state and are the first to Trainor learn of new government initiatives.

Many of the wealthy write the laws and regulations themselves.

School choice laws help parents and students become independent of the state, while progressive government programs make recipients more dependent on government. Nevada’s school choice laws are structured so that those leaving the public school system do not take away money targeted for education. In the unlikely event wealthy students were indeed to leave en masse, the remaining teachers will actually have more resources and smaller class sizes to educate the remaining students.

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show results. The Nevada Department of Education has promised teachers will be held accountable for their new revenues by tougher performance standards. Nevada teachers should be tweeting about how they will meet these new standards. Instead, they are playing silly class warfare games on Twitter.

The history of school choice shows the reform is driven by the needs of minorities and the poor. The opponents of school choice are often wealthy enough to afford to send their own children to expensive private schools. New charter schools and private educational opportunities will grow with the choice programs.

In other news, Nevada Republicans like Gov. Brian Sandoval and Sen. Dean Heller oppose the resettlement of Syrian refugees in our state.

Let me get this straight.

Republicans are saying that Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) will send potential terrorists into a two-year FBI vetting process in order to insert them into the U.S. to form terrorist cells. President

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Obama rightly asked why Daesh would bother to go through this time consuming, arduous process, when it would be far easier to send terrorists as students or tourists?

Republicans use the same logic, or lack thereof, when they fantasize that teenage boys will undergo medical and psychological evaluations, hormone therapy and even reconstructive surgery, just so they can sneak a peak at girls in the ladies room.

As ESPN’s Chris Carter would say, “C’mon, man!”

Republican presidential candidates like Donald Trump correctly point out that the Paris terrorists took advantage of a European gun-free zone to kill unarmed Parisians.

In Washington, D.C., however, we hear demands to hang Edward Snowden, and to repeal moderate metadata collection reforms like the USA Freedom Act. There are renewed calls for government back door keys to internet encryption. Some even want to take away gun rights from those on the abusively mismanaged no fly list.

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In fact, the Parisian terrorists used unencrypted, open cell phone communications to organize the attacks, at an estimated cost of $7,500.

It was bureaucratic snafus like French security’s failure to heed Belgian and Turkish warnings that enabled the massacre. The terrorists got black market guns, but legal guns were not available to their victims.

A diffuse threat calls for diffuse defenses. We need an unorganized militia. In fact, we already have one.

It started with Flight 93. Government should acknowledge this option, not demand more useless unconstitutional spying powers.

The Swiss have a wonderful civil defense program. So do the Israelis.

The U.S. Constitution authorizes a strong militia several times. It shouldn’t be very organized. That would defeat its purpose. But we need new ideas to stop the gun-free zone attacks. Let’s try encouraging local civil defense. Emphasize training but do not mandate it. Liberty is compatible with security. Ω

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U.S. Sen. Harry Reid said last week the National Rifle Association has become an adjunct of the Republican Party. At left is Reid’s Nevada state director, Mary Conelly.

Tug of war over school grants Critics of the state program that pays parents to take their children out of public school say the latest step has been bungled by State Treasurer Dan Schwartz.

On Nov. 30, Schwartz posted a notice saying he plans a December 21 hearing on adoption of implementing regulations for the program.

“Of course, that falls short of the required 30-day notice for regulation adoption contained in the Administrative Procedures Act,” wrote one of our readers in an email message—who also said that after signing up to receive Treasurer’s meeting notices, she received several but not the Dec. 21 notice.

Nevada Revised Statute 233B.060 reads, “the agency must … give at least 30 days’ notice of its intended action, unless a shorter period of notice is specifically permitted by statute.”

Schwartz spokesperson Grant Hewitt responded, “The posting that is being referenced was actually updated on November 25, and was merely an update to the original posting that was done on October 22nd. As you may remember, the hearing on November 23rd was delayed because our office did not receive final draft regulations back from LCB until November 19th. In an effort to allow Nevadans the ability to comment on those regulations, as is the purpose of the adoption hearing, we chose to delay the hearing until December 21st. So this is not actually a new posting but rather an updated one.”

Our reader, Joyce Newman, said she intends to file an open meeting complaint.

Meanwhile, reaction grew to Schwartz’s plan to give grants to families that are not eligible.

The statute says the funds are available only to parents who remove their children from school after at least 100 days. Schwartz says he intends to give grants to military families just arrived in the state, anyway. Legislative lawyers have said that is outside his authority.

Schwartz portrayed it as a matter of supporting the troops.

“Nevada has long stood by its military families and veterans, and the [grants] program is no exception,” he wrote.

Las Vegas columnist Steve Sebelius wrote, “Unfortunately, no matter how much we may dislike it, the black letters of SB302 don’t yield to the wishes of the treasurer, ESA parents, the governor or anyone else.”

The final arbiter would be the courts, if the military issue is brought to them.

Czardom to be established U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid announced this week he would sponsor legislation to create an Islamic State “czar.” He said he envisioned a federal employee who is “empowered to unify the federal government’s efforts.”

The federal government has occasionally used officials with enhanced powers, informally called “czars,” in fields like energy and illicit drugs. They have not been noted for great effectiveness, though during the 1940s—when the nation was greatly unified in wartime— they had better reputations.

The White House last week announced Robert Malley would handle all things related to IS. Reid’s bill would enhance his powers.

Robert Loggia 1930-2015 A familiar performer in Nevada movies and television programs has died. Robert Loggia was 85.

Loggia played a lot of tough guys and—later in his career—gruff but lovable grandfathers. Among his movies made or set in Nevada were The Greatest Story Ever Told, I Love Trouble, The Marrying Man, Independence Day, Prizzi’s Honor, and Over the Top. He also made two guest appearances in the Nevada television series Vega$.

Loggia’s gravelly voice also make him useful LOGGIA in animated productions like Family Guy. Years after he made the movie Scarface, he also voiced a video game, Scarface: The World Is Yours.

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Aiming at 2016 Tragedies fuel measures to keep guns from unsafe hands Those who thought, or hoped, that U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s retirement might make him less of a presence in by Washington, D.C., were disapDennis Myers pointed last week as Reid led an effort to get Republicans on the record on gun control votes.

In the wake of the Colorado Springs and San Bernardino tragedies, Reid—a longtime supporter of gun rights—said he and his Democrats would use a GOP effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act to try to pass amendments curbing guns in dangerous hands, such as those of terror suspects.

“We are better than this.”

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid Nevada Democrat

In tweets posted on Dec. 2 and Dec. 3, Reid said, “We cannot allow ourselves to grow numb to gun violence or to feel powerless in the face of it. ... Gun violence has become a cancer on this nation.

We must make common sense gun reforms that keep weapons out of dangerous hands. … We’re going to force the Senate to vote today on amendments that do something to stop gun violence.”

In a hallway news conference, he said, “We can start by passing

improved background checks legislation. I know that the thought of upsetting the National Rifle Association scares everybody, especially my Republican colleagues.

You know what scares the American people? Gun violence.”

Reid himself has received support from the NRA and worked with the organization in opening a shooting range in Clark County, but he differs with the group on types of weapons.

Sen. Ted Cruz raised the fever of the battle with this comment: “The overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats. The media doesn’t report that. What they report—and there’s a reason why the Democrats for years have been viewed as soft on crime—because they go in and they appoint to the bench judges who release violent criminals.”

The Democrats were taken aback by the claim. Sen. Richard Durbin, the assistant Democratic leader, said when told of it, “What? Did he say that? No, that was Trump. It was Cruz? These guys are competing with one another, aren’t they?”

Reid went onto the Senate floor and mentioned Cruz’s Ivy League background: “That’s really quite stunning, that someone who, with the academic background of the junior senator from Texas, can’t read a simple report. ‘The overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats.’ Think about that.

Fanning the flames of intolerance is

un-American. We’re better than this.”

It was the second time he used that last phrase. On the day of the San Bernardino events, Reid said, “Gun violence has become a cancer on this nation. We are better than this. Too often we are turning on our televisions to scenes of horror like those we are witnessing today.”

The Cruz claim was quickly subjected to scrutiny by factchecking websites, including FactCheck and the Washington Post, which found Cruz’s comment incorrect. FactCheck reported, “The claim is based on research that found a majority of ex-felons in three states registered as Democrats. But that was a study of all ex-felons, not just violent criminals, as Cruz framed it. Also, a follow-up study of three additional states by the same authors found the majority of ex-felons in those states were neither Republican nor Democrat. Another study estimated ex-felons are more likely to vote Democratic than Republican, but the authors caution that that doesn’t mean criminality is associated with partisanship. Rather, it is a reflection that those in the criminal justice system are more likely to be black, Latino or poor whites.”

Reid originally intended to sponsor an amendment of his own barring gun ownership to those convicted under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act of 1994. But he later yielded the sponsorship role to others.

An amendment sponsored by California’s Dianne Feinstein would have barred people on the federal terror watch list from gun purchases.

The measure was defeated 44-53, with Republican Mark Kirk of Illinois voting with the Democrats, and Democrat Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota voting with the Republicans.

An amendment providing for background checks before online and gun show purchases can take place failed 50-48, with Republicans Kirk, Susan Collins of Maine, John McCain of Arizona, and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania joining the Democrats. Democrats Heitkamp and Mark Warner of Virginia voted with the Republicans.

Republican John Cornyn offered a GOP alternative to that one, permitting the attorney general to delay a suspect terrorist from obtaining guns for 72 hours and requiring a court order to stop the sales. It went down 55-44, with Kirk voting against it and Democrats Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Joe

the San Bernardino guns were purchased in the two adjoining states, he did not say that. But his comments did throw a light on how porous some state laws are and on changing sentiments after the mass killings.

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Manchin of Wyoming voting for it.

And Republican Charles Grassley of Iowa introduced an amendment to increased funding for criminal prosecutions of those who fail background checks. It would also have made straw purchases criminal and offered incentives for states to contribute to a national mental health data base. It failed 53-46, with Donnelly voting for it and Kirk and Mike Lee of Utah in opposition.

In the end, the inaction in Congress led to headlines like this one in Fortune magazine: “Washington Won’t Do Anything on Gun Laws.”

It’s unlikely Reid ever expected any of the measures to pass. It is more likely that he wanted to put Republicans on record on the issue in order for the votes to be used in the 2016 campaign.

While all this was going on in D.C., California Gov. Jerry Brown—dealing with the aftermath of San Bernardino—said one of the weaknesses of gun control is differing state laws.

“California has some of the toughest gun control laws of any state, and Nevada and Arizona are wide open, so that’s a gigantic back door through which any terrorist can walk,” he said.

Though some right wing sites claimed Brown was asserting that

“ The overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats.”

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz Texas Republican In Nevada, criminal and mental health background checks are required before purchases from licensed dealers. No such checks are needed for gun show and private purchases.

An initiative petition to mandate background checks on private and gun show firearms purchases has qualified for the Nevada ballot after receiving 242 percent of the needed 102,000 signatures. It is sponsored sponsored by former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and has been endorsed by appointed Nevada Board of Education president Elaine Wynn and the Las Vegas Sun. It is opposed by Nevadans for State Gun Rights and the Nevada Firearms Coalition. Ω

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On 25 Kislev/Dec. 6, celebrants and Controlled Burn staffers made preparations on First Street in the hours before Hanukkah was commemorated in downtown Reno. The celebration commemorates the liberation from Hellenic control of the Jerusalem Temple in 165 BC.

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Geography professor Franco Biondi studies modern and historic climates of the Great Basin.

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In 2008, Biondi and a group of other scientists from the Universities of Nevada (Reno and Las Vegas) and the Desert Research Institute teamed up to create the Nevada Climate-ecohydrological Assessment Network (NevCAN), a system designed for collecting long-term climate data in remote Nevada mountain ranges. With funding from the National Science Foundation, the team installed 12 climate stations in the Snake and Sheep Ranges of eastern and southern Nevada.

“We wanted places that were going to remain as pristine as possible, and also be representative of the rest of the Great Basin,” Biondi said.

Each station is powered by solar panels, and consists of a webcam and sensors to measure snow, wind, rain, temperature, relative humidity, soil moisture, tree growth and more. By placing a series of monitoring stations The website of the up the mountain slopes, the NevCAN system allows researchers to observe 10,000 year clock changes that happen at different elevations and life zones, from the valley referenced here is at floor up to the ancient Bristlecone Pine forests that exist high in the Snake www.10000yearclock. net/learnmore.html and Sheep ranges. This data is important because as global climate warms, scientists believe that species may begin to migrate to higher elevations where temperatures are cooler.

Webcams, data and “We’re concerned about multiple changes that are happening in these other information on ecosystems, from climate changes to changes in species distributions,” the NevCAN program are available through Biondi said. “Mostly we wanted to make sure we had data on these ecosysthe project website: tems to see how things change. There are very few long-term datasets in the http://sensor.nevada.

Great Basin.” edu/nccp/Climate%20 Climate change happens slowly. So does climate research. It took about Monitoring/Network. aspx five years to develop the NevCAN system and install all of the sensors.

Biondi said that all stations have been up-and-running since 2013, and they have now collected approximately three years of data. Though three years For information on the isn’t long enough to draw any meaningful climate trend conclusions, Biondi Long Now Foundation’s hopes that the growing data record will become more useful—and used—as plans for their Nevada property, visit: http:// time goes on. longnow.org/clock/ “There are definitely patterns that need to be discovered,” Biondi said. nevada/ “There is so much data. I wish we had more people actually using the data.

We are using some of it, but there is so much that could be done.”

The network was built to last far into the future, said Biondi, aligning with the mission of one of their supporters, the Long Now Foundation that owns property in the Snake Range and allowed the NevCAN team to install monitoring stations there.

Long Now is best known for its ongoing effort to construct a clock that will last for 10,000 years inside a mountain in Texas. They’d like to do the same in the Snake Range, and are also discussing the possibility of building a field station on the site to house visiting NevCAN researchers.

In the future, Biondi hopes to link some of the NevCAN stations with other existing national-scale climate monitoring projects. Data and live video feed from the 12 webcams are publicly available on the project website. Ω

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hen I found out there was a man in Dayton, Nevada, claiming to be president of his own nation, I was more than a little dubious. But that all changed when I travelled to Molossia on a chilly Friday afternoon.

Since I’ve never met with a president of a nation before, I was a little nervous.

But as it turns out, His Excellency President Grand Admiral Colonel Doctor Kevin Baugh, President and Raïs of Molossia, Protector of the Nation and Guardian of the People and his daughter, Alexis, the Chief Constable and head of Molossian law enforcement, were warm hosts and gave me a private lesson on the history of their homeland.

In 1977, 15-year-old Kevin Baugh became Prime Minister of the Grand Republic of Vuldstein under the reign of his friend, King James I. While the Grand Republic fell into inactivity when its king

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switched schools, Prime Minister Baugh carried on the legacy—for 21 years. At that point, the Grand Republic was reborn as Molossia, on May 26, 1988.

Presently, Molossia is under martial law and has several strict bans on things like firearms, drugs, tobacco, catfish, missionaries and salesmen, and incandescent light bulbs. But in terms of social policies, the country is surprisingly progressive, enacting laws in regards to environmental conservation, protection of free speech, equal opportunity requirements, etc. Same-sex marriage has even been legal in the country since 2000.

Molossia has a population of 28, 22 of whom are human. Of those 22, only five live within Molossian borders, while the rest live outside the country as expatriates.

At the moment, becoming an official citizen of Molossia is restricted, but may be gained through marriage of a current Molossian resident. According to President Baugh, some have tried to catch the eye of the Chief Constable Alexis, but she’s very tough (and also 12). The requirements for citizenship do seem to be more lenient for dogs, however. As of late,

Birth of a nation

But here is what everyone wants to know: Is Molossia even a real nation? In truth, it depends on who you ask.

In 1933, an international conference resulted in the creation of a treaty called the Montevideo Convention. This treaty, along with a myriad of other policies, defined four main criteria to qualify for official statehood. That state would need a permanent population, a government, a defined territory and the capacity to enter into relations with other states.

According to these guidelines, Molossia fits the bill. The official permanent population located in the borders is even nearly 50 percent human. There is a set governmental structure, headed by President Baugh. Molossia has a clear 1.3 acre home territory in Nevada, and there is even a Molossian Foreign Ministry eagerly awaiting the opportunity to handle diplomatic negotiations. But that doesn’t mean that any of the major nations have taken Molossia seriously.

This is because, in a staggering display of irony, according to the United States

government, you apparently cannot simply walk onto a piece of land, stick a flag on it and claim it as your country.

Molossia is a micronation, which is basically an entity that claims to be an independent state or nation but is not officially recognized as such.

Even though it isn’t formally acknowledged as a country, that doesn’t stop its citizens from taking itself seriously—sort of. Molossia is structured and runs like a small country. It has its own government agencies, like its Institute for Volcanology, a national park service, and a national bank—and there are even physical buildings for some of them on the territory as well.

The nation is small but it boasts a center for customs, a post office, a general store, a bank and a tiki bar, along with a number of physical monuments. Molossia even has a small pad as part of its own air and space program. (Side note: They let me fly an air rocket and even gave me a certificate that says I’m a Molossian space cadet.)

Economically, the republic is small, supplemented largely by income garnered by adult citizens commuting to the United States for work. However, the country does produce goods, its main exports being Cinderella stamps as well as its own currency and a line of handmade soaps.

Tourism is one of Molossia’s main industries, and the nation welcomes visitors. Anyone may visit during the tourism season, which runs April 15 to October 15. Each visitor must be escorted during

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ART H NN A A BY Ernst Thälmann Island carries on the sordid torch. Originally a Cuban island named Cayo Blanco del Sur, it was renamed in 1972 after an East German communist leader.

Both Germany and Cuba would have you believe that this act of renaming was merely “symbolic” and that the territory was never actually transferred.

His Excellency President Baugh isn’t fooled.

“The island was never mentioned during the treaty to reunite Germany. And now the island is completely uninhabited, so there’s no one to negotiate peace with—that is, unless you count iguanas,” stated President Baugh.

Up to this point, the war has waged unfought, but that doesn’t stop Molossia from preparing, as the landlocked nation is equipped with a national navy.

“We have a fleet of six inflatable canoes that we sometimes practice maneuvers with in Lake Tahoe,” said President Baugh. “If East Germany comes, we could definitely fend them off.”

In essence, Molossia is the childhood game of claiming your room to be your own country taken to the nth degree.

Crazy? Maybe, maybe not. For now, I’ll go with eccentric.

“All my friends think [Molossia] is weird and half of them don’t believe me,” said Chief Constable Alexis. “It is weird. But it’s fun. It’s a weird fun, and I like it.” Ω

their stay in Molossia and must provide the government of Molossia with notice of intent to enter into the country at least two weeks prior to arrival.

A distinct cultural character in Molossia has been developed in the decades since its establishment. In sum, it is a culture defined by rich diversity, consisting of a blend of customs unique to Molossia, and other traditions that pay homage to a number of other global civilizations.

Molossia is active in foreign relations, mostly with other micronations. This past summer President Baugh hosted an intermicronational conference and get-together attended by delegates from 17 different micronations.

Though Molossia’s foreign policy is generally one of peace, Molossia has been a country accustomed to war, as this past November marked Molossia’s 32nd year at war with East Germany.

As the story goes, the war with East Germany began in 1983 as current Molossian President Kevin Baugh was still acting in his capacity as prime minister of the Grand Republic of Vuldstein was stationed in West Germany with the United States Army. Though the reasons for the beginning of the war have mostly faded into obscurity, disruption of a night’s sleep is recognized as a definite factor.

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A show of Force Star Wars Art Show By now, you’re probably aware that the new Star Wars movie is almost here. To pass the time before the film’s release on by Josie Luciano Dec. 18, national news outlets have been reporting on everything from fans’ tearful trailer reactions to the embarrassing outrage over the presence of black Jedi.

But here in Reno, the latest Force Awakens news is the upcoming Star Wars Art Show at Blackrock Drive-In. Curated by Mike Lucido, the group exhibit features 25 local and out-of-town artists across a handful of media including drawing, digital painting, airbrushing, tattoos and even stained glass. Up for one night only, this pop-up event is not the typical reception.

“I don’t like white wall galleries,” said Lucido. “Art shows are better as parties.”

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When he was asked to be a part of the show, Stehman was already planning a painting based on the original 1977 A New Hope poster.

“Now there’s a purpose for it,” he said.

In addition to the poster homage, Stehman is creating a metal print of an acrylic R2-D2 painting he previously finished, as well as a watercolor collaboration with tattoo artist Johnny Bavaro. All feature Stehman’s signature character, a yellow, blobby creature named Bloop who takes on the appearance of any figure Stehman happens to draw—in this case, Luke, Leia and Darth Vader.

Another highlight is a mixedmedia painting from Joseph Roberts.

Like Stehman’s New Hope piece, Roberts’ image references the epic poster look that Star Wars graphics are famous for—but instead of heroes, it just features villains: the Emperor, Count Dooku, Kylo Ren, Darth Maul, Darth Vader.

“I’ve always kind of had a thing for the bad guys, the Sith, so I wanted to do something with all of the prominent Sith characters,” said Roberts.

It’s called “The Sith Awakens.”

Lucido’s own artwork, a digital painting that doubles as the event poster, also leans on the Dark Side for inspiration. In it, a Snowtrooper snowboards above a fallen All Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT) walker on the icy planet Hoth. The fact that no snowboarding has ever taken place in the saga or expanded Star Wars universe is beside the point.

“I was trying to figure out what I haven’t seen yet, and I wanted to see a Snowtrooper doing a handplow on a fallen AT-AT,” said Lucido. “So I added some fire and some spaceships in the background.”

Once the show is over, the art parties will continue. This is the second movie-themed exhibit that Lucido has put on this year, the first was Back to the Future in October, and he says this won’t be the last. Next on the list?

Jaws, Jurassic Park and The Big Lebowski. Sounds like a party. Ω

Artist Mike Lucido curated the local Star Wars Art Show.

star Wars art show is Dec.16 from 6-10 p.m. at Blackrock Drive-in, 2245 Dickerson road.

Free entry.

Party is the only word to describe an opening that includes free drinks, themed costumes, mixed music by DJ Dusty Bacon, and converted car couches for viewing projected Star Wars films. There will even be an appearance from the 501st Legion.

That’s the famous Stormtrooper organization with members in all 50 states and 21 countries, ready at a moment’s notice for events like this one.

But the biggest draw of the night is the art—Star Wars-related images depicting characters, spaceships and landscapes from galaxies far, far away. It’s basically elevated fan art.

That’s what most of the artists call themselves, anyway.

“I’m like a huge fan,” said local artist Christopher Stehman (aka Kriddafur). “I’ve got Star Wars all over my room. I’ve got it tattooed on my leg. I’m pretty into it.”

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With turkey day in our rear-view mirror and none of us wanting to cook, my wife, daughter and I had a brief discussion by Todd South on the subject of dinner. It didn’t take long to select the one cuisine on which our family can always agree: Mexican. Decision made, we headed out to try Los Potrillos Taqueria.

Although our first impression was positive—clean, friendly, decent amount of seating without being cramped—the room was barely warmer than the outdoors on this chilly winter night. It got a little better as we were joined by a few more patrons, but coats and hats stayed on throughout the meal.

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Say cheese advantage. So many times I’ve been served burritos that were spicy, yet lacked seasoning. Of everything we tried I think this item had the best balance of flavors, and my daughter got at least two meals out of that pound-plus plate of food.

A chile relleno typically involves a cheese-filled poblano pepper, deepfried with either batter or breading, served with a tomato-based sauce and maybe a sprinkle of cheese on top.

The stuffed chile I ordered a la carte wasn’t as crisp as I always hope for, but the masa coating wasn’t ruined by being soaked in sauce. In fact, there was just a small dollop of red on top.

And cheese? Lemme tell ya, this baby was really stuffed with asadero and then covered with even more melted cheese. Easily the cheesiest chile relleno I’ve had in recent memory ($2.49).

Though I considered ordering one of the many delicious-looking tortas—apparently a house speciality—I decided to skip the carbs and give the molcajete a try ($15.99). It’s hard not to be swayed by the promise of grilled steak, chicken, shrimp, chorizo, nopal cactus, green onion, radish, jalapeño, and cheese, served bubbling together with tart and spicy tomatillo green sauce in a heated bowl of volcanic rock.

At first glance, everything looked great. The vegetables were fresh, the cactus was a nice touch, and the chicken and sausage were tasty.

However, the carne asada was a bit tough and included inedible gristle.

Worse, the shrimp were seriously overcooked. Grilling shrimp shells-on is a good way to boost flavor, but it has to be done quickly or the shell bonds with the meat. I’ve enjoyed grilled “peel-and-eat” shrimp in the past, but this was like fighting a messy, losing battle while everyone watches you play with your food.

Ending on a sweet note, we sampled a dish of arroz con leche y pasas (rice pudding with currants, $2.99), featuring a creamy consistency and a healthy dose of cinnamon. Offering delivery and serving breakfast, lunch and dinner with quick service, I’d definitely give these folks another shot. Perhaps in a warmer month. Ω Photo/AlliSon Young

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After ordering at the counter, we helped ourselves to the customary tortilla chips and salsas. The green and red sauces tasted fresh, varying from mild to a bit of kick. A third sauce my daughter defined as “rusty orange” was almost certainly made with habanero chiles. A thicker sauce that really coated the chip, it had very good flavor up front with a serious amount of heat on the back.

If jalapeños are too hot for you, skip this one.

We were soon warmed up as our entrees quickly arrived. My wife said her carnitas plate of rice, beans, and citrus-braised pork with hot corn tortillas really hit the spot, perhaps becoming her new favorite example of this classic dish ($8.99). The refried beans tasted fresh, and the rice was pretty standard, and though my wife disagreed, I felt there was too much salt in the carnitas.

My daughter chose to have carnitas stuffed into an enormous wet burrito, including whole pinto beans, rice, sour cream, pico de gallo, and a liberal amount of asadero cheese and green chile sauce ($8.49). Here the salt in the meat worked to the dish’s

Giving

Season of We’re extremely fortunate to live in a community which supports—in a big way—charitable and nonprofit causes and organizations. This time of year, people give more of their time, money and resources than during any other season.

However, the need for most nonprofits extends well beyond the holiday season.

Please take a few minutes to learn about some of our region’s non profit organizations on the following pages as we celebrate this “Season of Giving”, while ACCEPT American Heart Association American Stroke Association American Red Cross, Northern Nevada Chapter Amplify Life Animal Ark Artown Arts for All Nevada Association of Fundraising Professionals NV, Sierra Chapter Austin’s House Awaken Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows Build Our Center

keeping them in mind throughout the year.

Please join the RN&R in congratulating board members from the following organizations, recognized by the Community Foundation of Western Nevada as exemplary and generous leaders in the field of philanthropy, with their “100% Giving Board Award” for 2015.

This list consists of 100 organizations led by 1128 board members who have contributed a total of $3,362,486.31 to support their organizations’ operating expenses:

We’re very fortunate to live in communities which support charitable and nonprofit causes and organizations, in a big way. Whether it’s volunteering your time, donating money, food, clothing or your expertise, the RN&R encourages you to do so and we also extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to those of you who do so, already.

Capital City Arts Initiative CARE Chest of Sierra Nevada Carson City Symphony Association Casa de Vida Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada Center for Healthy Aging Children’s Cabinet Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada Citicare Community Foundation of Western Nevada Community Health Alliance Community Health Alliance Foundation Down Syndrome Network of Northern Nevada The Eddy House

Family Resource Centers of Northeastern Nevada Feeding Pets of the Homeless FISH Emergency Referral Services Food Bank of Northern Nevada For Kids Foundation Friends of Washoe County Library Girls Scouts of the Sierra Nevada Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company Great Basin Outdoor School Historic Fourth Ward School Foundation Historic Reno Preservation Society Holland Project Hometown Health Hosanna Home Junior Achievement of Northern

Nevada Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful KNPB, Channel 5 Lahontan Audubon Society Mile High Jazz Band Association National Automobile Museum – The Harrah Collection National Judicial College Nature Conservancy in Nevada Nevada Diabetes Association Nevada GIVES Nevada Health Centers Nevada Humane Society Nevada Humanities Nevada Land Trust Nevada Museum of Art Nevada Women’s Fund

Organizations in BOLD are featured in our “Season of Giving” section, on the following pages.

Nevada Youth Empowerment Project New Millennium Dive Expeditions Northern Nevada Children’s Cancer Foundation Northern Nevada International Center Northern Nevada Literacy Council Northern Nevada RAVE Family Foundation Note-Able Music Therapy Services Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Project MANA Quest Counseling and Consulting Reno Chamber Orchestra Reno Little Theater Reno Philharmonic Association Reno Pops Orchestra Renown Health

Renown Health Foundation Renown Regional Medical Center Renown South Meadows Medical Center Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northern Nevada Safe Embrace Sage Ridge School Scenic Nevada Seniors in Service Sierra Arts Foundation Sierra Nevada Journeys Sierra Watercolor Society Susan G. Komen of Northern Nevada Tahoe Institute for Natural Science Tahoe-Pyramid Bikeway Tahoe Rim Trail Association

Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum Trinity Episcopal Endowment Fund Truckee Meadows Community College Foundation Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation Truckee Meadows Tomorrow United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra Urban Roots Veterans Guest House Volunteers of America N. California and N. Nevada Washoe CASA Foundation Washoe K-12 Education Foundation Women and Children’s Center of the Sierra

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Keeping children saFe and Families together since 1985 7 7 5 - 8 5 6 - 6 2 0 0 • c h i l d r e n s c a b i n e t. o r g

Happy Holidays from The Children’s Cabinet

For 30 years, the children’s cabinet has provided comprehensive programs and services at no cost to children and families in our community. it is the unique, cooperative effort between the private sector and public agencies that keeps us going strong in nevada. We support young children to young adults, so that they can thrive within their schools, their families and their neighborhoods. there is no wrong door, and we will ensure those who need us are provided the proper resources regardless of their circumstance.

hoW you can help the children’s cabinet offers more than 20 programs to help strengthen families. We must continue to ensure access to a continuum of services to help kids and families succeed. celebrate the holiday season by giving a tax-deductible donation to assist children and families in our community. connect with us at childrenscabinet.org and visit the donations section.

Happy Holidays from the Veterans Guest House!

The Veterans Guest House provides temporary housing to U.S. military veterans and their families who are receiving medical treatment in the Reno/Sparks area. Today, the Guest House has 17 beds in two homes and will provide 5,000 guest nights of lodging in 2015. On December 14, 1994, the Guest House hosted its first guest. In the ensuing years, nearly 55,000 guest nights of lodging have been provided.

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You’ve been naughty Krampus Horror fans have had a good year in 2015. It Follows, We are Still Here, Bone Tomahawk, Ash vs Evil Dead all did a lot of good for genre lovers. While director Michael Dougherty’s Krampus isn’t quite up to the level of those I just mentioned, it does do the Christmas horror subgenre proud in many ways.

For starters, this sucker has a majorly grim by attitude that it sticks with until the very end.

Bob Grimm There will be no happy Christmas message in the land of Krampus, so don’t take this one b g ri m m @ ne w s re v i e w . c o m in if you have eggnog on your breath and are looking to get into the holiday spirit. It’s more of a film for somebody who pisses and moans when the Christmas decorations show up at Macy’s before Halloween.

Max (Emjay Anthony) still believes in Christmas and Santa Claus, and he takes a lot of crap for it from family members.

When a bunch of family come to his house for Christmas, his cousins taunt him, while his parents (Adam Scott and Toni Collette) deal with an annoying aunt and uncle (David Koechner and Allison Tolman). Throw evil Aunt Dorothy (Conchata Ferrell) into the mix, and Max’s family is in for one lousy yuletide season.

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With only his grandmother (Krista Stadler) supporting his Christmas beliefs, Max tears up his letter to Santa and denounces the whole Christmas thing. Bad move, because that torn up letter goes straight to Krampus, the Christmas demon, who is more than happy to screw up Christmas for everybody and send them straight to Hell.

So, the skies go gray, snow falls in dangerous amounts, and the street Max lives on gets a visit from sinister Krampus. Well, he’s about as sinister as a PG-13 rating will allow. Damn these PG-13 horror films! If Krampus has a problem, it’s that its level of nastiness can’t always be met on the visual or gore side. Also, it can be scary, but it can’t be too scary.

Granted, Dougherty proves he can get some decent scares with minimal gore, although I imagine there could be an unrated version of this movie out there featuring some blood spurts. Also, despite the PG-13, kids portrayed in the film are not safe. In fact, the kids have a really, really, really bad time in this one.

Dougherty is working with a pretty small budget, and he relies mostly on practical effects for Krampus and his nasty little helpers. Save for some impressive looking CGI of Krampus leaping on rooftops, the monsters are often animatronic or people in costumes, and they look pretty good, all things considered.

This one is classified as a horrorcomedy. It’s no laugh riot, but it does benefit from the presence of Scott, Koechner and Collette who get sporadic giggles among the scares. If anything, it’s just good to have solid actors and actresses around, especially when they have to handle both humor and horror. It’s actually Ferrell who gets the biggest laughs.

As I write about the Krampus attempts at laughs, I realize that maybe this film could’ve benefited from fewer attempts at humor with more emphasis on the horror.

Sometimes, humor acts as too much of a relief in films like this.

I just wanted this movie to be as nasty as possible, and I feel like it pulled a few punches. If you are going to include humor, it needs to be consistently dark and funny. The laughs in Krampus are mild at best.

Yet I’m going to give this one a pass, because its bleak ending and overall commitment to sinister things puts it over the top. I think it’s more of a Christmas week viewing on Netflix than a movie to see in cinemas, but I must admit that I enjoyed it enough for recommending to genre enthusiasts and people who think Christmas is for squares.

Dougherty already has a cult hit holiday film to his credit with Trick 'r Treat (2007).

With Krampus, he shall hitherto be known as the Holiday Horror Film Guy. Ω

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The second offering from Pixar in 2015 is a mess, a confused and spotty film that, not surprisingly, had a very troubled production. The movie is set in an alternative universe where dinosaurs were spared extinction and grew up to be farmers in the Old West. One particular young dinosaur named Arlo (Raymond Ochoa) is a runt afraid of chickens, so his dad (Jeffrey Wright) tasks him with killing the critter that’s eating all of their winter corn. The critter is actually a little human that Arlo befriends and names Spot.

The two wind up being pals after getting lost in the wilderness shortly after Arlo’s dad dies in a flood. If it sounds really stupid and weird, that’s because it is. The movie plays like too many ideas and a hatchet job that removed and replaced major plot points and characters. Ultimately, there’s really no story. The dinosaur gets lost, the dinosaur goofs around with his little human friend, and the dinosaur goes home. The nothing story might’ve been OK had the art direction been worthy of Pixar, but it is not. The backgrounds look like real backgrounds and the dinosaurs look like fluorescent salamanders. Yes, Spot the cave boy is actually awesome, but he can’t save the film from feeling like a pastiche of mediocre ideas that should’ve been abandoned rather than made into a movie. This is only the second Pixar film, after Cars 2, that wound up being a mess. Given that Inside Out remains one of 2015’s best films, I’d say Pixar has still had a pretty good year. I just don’t want to ever see this one again.

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This one picks up exactly where the last one left off, with Katniss getting her neck tended to after a brainwashed Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) tried to choke her out. Peeta is in a really bad place thanks to evildoer President Snow (Donald Sutherland), and he’s as reliable as a friend who dropped some really bad acid.

Part 1 was a more laid-back affair, while this chapter amps the action up, especially in the second half. There’s an underground sequence where Katniss and friends must battle mutants that look a little like the cave creatures from The Descent. It’s during this sequence that returning director Francis Lawrence really lets us know that Part 2 will easily be the darkest and nastiest in the whole franchise.

It actually pushes the PG-13 rating to its very limit. In addition to the surprisingly high body count, Part 2 hits hard with its “don’t trust the government!” message. While we already knew President Snow is quite the scumbag, this film adds another surprising villain to the mix. Yes, all of you readers of the book knew what was going to happen, but my ignorant, non-HG-reading ass got taken by surprise when I saw which way things were going. This is the last screen performance of Philip Seymour Hoffman, who didn’t quite finish his role as Plutarch Heavensbee, but did enough for editors to put something convincing together.

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Plutarch actually takes his exit via a letter to Katniss in a surprisingly poignant move.

Hoffman, even in his few scenes, commands the screen like no other. It’s such a lousy thing that he isn’t with us anymore.

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Seth Rogen might just win the award for all-time great drug-tripping performance in this very funny holiday film from director Jonathan Levine. Rogen and Anthony Mackie play Isaac and Chris, best friends to Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who lost his parents when he was young. Since the death of Ethan’s parents, the three have gathered every Christmas Eve to celebrate together in rambunctious fashion. In what is supposed to be their final Christmas Eve journey together—Isaac is having a baby, and Chris is a famous football player—Ethan scores tickets to the wildest party of the year. Rogen spends the majority of the film tripping balls after consuming mushrooms, pot and cocaine—gifts from the wife—and he should get some sort of drug performance Oscar for what he does in this movie. Michael Shannon shows up as one of the strangest drug dealers in cinema history and, lord knows, there have been some strange ones. The film gives us the greatest gift of all with Lizzy Caplan as Ethan’s love interest because, let’s face it, she’s awesome.

Miley Cyrus makes a fun cameo as herself, while somebody else who I shall not reveal makes a surprise appearance and steals some scenes. This one is a nice addition to the holiday movie canon, and Rogen solidifies himself as a stoner hero.

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The Daniel Craig-led James Bond movies have been a little brainier than past efforts. They’ve also been the best of the Bond films. With Craig, the franchise has dared to let genuine emotions into the mix. The series peaked with 2012’s Skyfall, directed by Sam Mendes and featuring Javier Bardem as a classic Bond villain. For the latest installment, Mendes returns, and this time out the action gets amped up. This film has some terrific set pieces, including a dizzying helicopter sequence to open things up and a nasty fight on a train. That’s what’s good about the movie.

What’s bad? Actually, a good chunk of it is bad.

After the full experience that was Skyfall, this one feels incomplete and shallow. During a layover in Italy—this one hops around a confusing amount—Bond finds out a few hard truths about his origins, and discovers that much of the pain he’s gone through in his last few chapters is attributable to one man. Christoph Waltz shows up (barely) as Oberhauser, a past acquaintance of Bond now leading a dark society called Spectre, responsible for terrorist attacks worldwide. Of course, Bond will get a girl along the way. This time out it’s Madeleine Swann, played by Lea Seydoux of Blue is the Warmest Color. Not only does she fall for Bond, she falls for Bond in a way that kind of makes her look like an idiot. The film underuses Waltz, and Craig gives off an impression that he might be getting tired of the gig.

THINK FREE.

Director Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station) and actor Michael B. Jordan (also of Station) resurrect the Rocky franchise with what amounts to the best Rocky film since the 1976 original. Jordan plays Adonis Creed, son of Apollo Creed (played in past films by Carl Weathers) and born out of wedlock. Adonis goes to Philadelphia and enlists the help of his father’s former foe and friend, Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), to coach him into becoming a professional boxer. The story is a familiar one, and it’s told with style and class in rousing fashion. Coogler does some of the best fight sequences since Scorsese’s Raging Bull, including a first fight that plays like one take.

The final bout between Adonis and overseas Irish villain ‘Pretty’ Ricky Conlan (Tony Bellew) is sports cinema at its very best. Coogler also finds a way to weave that iconic Bill Conti music into the score at perfect moments.

Jordan proves a more-than-worthy new addition to the franchise, while Stallone delivers a career best performance returning to his most recognized role. Heck, the man could find himself in Oscar contention. When Rocky IV came out in 1985, I pissed and moaned about how stupid it was. I genuinely hated it. Without Rocky IV, which killed off Apollo at the hands of cartoon character Ivan Drago, we wouldn’t have Creed. I guess I’m retroactively grateful for the existence of Rocky IV.

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Spotlight

This stands as one of the all-time great films about newspaper reporting, and the story at its center is remarkable. In 2001, Spotlight, an investigative division of the Boston Globe, gets tasked with investigating child-molesting priests. What starts as a few cases grows to near 90 criminal priests in the Boston area, none of them prosecuted. There are many performers in this film worth noting, but a special kudos goes out to Mark Ruffalo as Mike Rezendes, the real reporter who helped bring the story to the public. Ruffalo captures the spirit of a hungry reporter without resorting to clichés. His Rezendes just feels like the real thing, and there’s a moment where he loses his temper, giving Ruffalo one of the better screen moments of 2015. He’s not alone in the brilliant category. Michael Keaton is terrific as Walter ‘Robby’ Robinson, the Spotlight editor who suddenly finds himself and his staff up against a powerful Catholic Church. Rachel McAdams is totally convincing as reporter Sacha Pfeiffer, while Liev Schreiber gets his best role in years as head editor Marty Baron. The film also costars Stanley Tucci, John Slattery and Billy Crudup.

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RN&R Ronald “Smitty” Wolfe loved love. He loved the kissing. He loved the flowers and the intimacy. He especially loved the uninhibited sex, rolling around on clean sheets. “Maybe I’ll meet someone today,” he thought as he transferred a touch of Old Spice deodorant from his armpit to behind each ear. He combed his hair with a razor part that could have been made with a ruler and adjusted his pressed shirt as he slippered down the tiled hallway. “BURITTO DAY,” proclaimed the reader board at the entrance to the dining hall at the Shady Rest.

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A matter of record Spectre Records The brick-and-mortar record store was reported dead a decade ago, right alongside the newspaper, demolished in the by Brad Bynum dread path of Hurricane Internet.

But those reports have been greatly br a db@ exaggerated. Newspapers—some newsr eview.c om of us, anyway—have found ways to adapt, and likewise record stores have proved quietly resilient. They’re not the “megastores” they once were, but record stores have survived as ma-and-pop specialty shops. They’re not places that mall rats go to buy the newest blockbuster releases, they’re weird little stores with unique characters behind the counters, where devoted music nerds go to browse, hunting for sounds and songs overlooked by their parents and grandparents.

Photo/Brad Bynum

something new. And that’s who we’re selling to mostly—late teens, early 20s—a lot of kids who are looking for a new way to discover music. …

People come in and they want to find something new.”

He says customers often come in looking to discover new music, rather than trying to track down music they’re already familiar with. “They might not recognize everything that we’re carrying, but I think that’s what’s exciting, rather than going into a place and saying, oh, I saw that at Goodwill.”

The larger new location will allow the store to carry more music, as well as movies in various formats, music magazines and zines, including the inventory of the defunct zine shop Mixed Message. They carry music by local bands and artists, and Haas-Torres herself runs a small record label, Noise Loves Audio, which recently released a compilation cassette featuring bands from Sacramento and Reno, which is of course available at the store.

The new location is 1336 S. Wells Ave., near the intersection of Wells and Vassar, less than a block from the former locations of 1990s era punk rock record stores Insurrection and Resurrection record stores.

It’s also near the Holland Project, an important local hub for the young music fans that Spectre caters toward.

The grand opening for the new location begins on Dec. 11, at noon.

The bands Flores and Current Joys will play in the store that evening starting at 7 p.m.

Haas-Torres came up with the store’s catchy, spooky name, and her husband thinks it’s a fitting description of the current state of the music industry.

“You can apply the metaphor of ghosts to records as ghosts are something that used to exist but doesn’t exist, but kind of still exists,” she said.

“Some people still believe wholeheartedly, but not everyone does. It applies to vinyl records as well. It used to be the only way to deliver music and then everybody gave up on them and some people still don’t believe that anybody listens to records anymore, but they’re still around and to some people, they’re big and important.” Ω

Michelle Haas-Torres and Gabriel Torres own Spectre Records, which is moving to a new, bigger location.

One such local shop is Spectre Records, which opened up in a tiny 150-square foot building on Center Street this February. The owners, Gabriel Torres and his wife, Michelle Haas-Torres, recently announced that the store was moving to a new location, a storefront on Wells Avenue.

The new location will be about 1,100square feet, nearly 10 times the size of the previous spot. The shop carries an eclectic variety of music, with a slight specialization in garage rock and post-punk. According to Torres, the store sells more used vinyl LPs than anything else, followed by new LPs and used cassette tapes. Many of their customers are young people who weren’t even born the last time those formats were in vogue.

“People gave up on records a long time ago,” said Torres. “Most people gave up on records 20 years ago.

You’ve got a generation in between that has no idea—so to kids, it’s

For more information, visit www.spectre records.com

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 12/14-12/16

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THURSDAY 12/1010pm, no cover Escape Thursdays,

SATURDAY 12/12

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 12/14-12/16

1UP 3RD 214 W. STREET Commercial Row, (775) 329-9444

Escape Thursdays, 10pm, no cover GrooveSession, 9pm, no cover

Mute w/DJs Boggan, Crisp Rice, FRIDAY 12/11 Brian Razalus, 10pm, no cover Mute w/DJs Boggan, Crisp Rice, Brian Razalus, 10pm, no cover Audio Sky, 9pm, no cover

3RD STREET 5 STAR 125 W. ThirdSALOON St., (775) 323-5005

GrooveSession, 9pm, no cover Karaoke, 9pm, no cover Karaoke, 9pm, no cover Rustler’s Moon, 8:30pm, no cover

Blue Haven, 8pm, no cover DJ Chocolate WondaBred, 10pm, $5 after 10pm DJ Chocolate WondaBred, 10pm, $5 after 10pm Forget the Roses, 8pm, no cover

DJ Neptune, 5pm, no cover

5 STAR SALOON BAR OFSt.,AMERICA 132 West (775) 329-2878

Audio Sky, 9pm, no cover DJ Chocolate WondaBred, 10pm, $5 after 10pm DJ Chocolate WondaBred, 10pm, $5 after 10pm Forget the Roses, 8pm, no cover

DG Kicks, 9pm, Tu, no cover After Mic, 11:30pm, W, no cover DG Kicks, 9pm, Tu, no cover After Mic, 11:30pm, W, no cover Karaoke, 9pm, Tu, W, no cover

DJ Neptune, 5pm, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm, Tu, W, no cover

Rustler’s Moon, 8:30pm, no cover

Forget the Roses, 8pm, no cover

Forget the Roses, 8pm, no cover

214 W. Commercial Row, (775) 329-9444 125 W. Third St., (775) 323-5005 132 West St., (775) 329-2878

Collie Buddz Dec. 10, 8 p.m.

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

Dec. 8 p.m. St. 255 N.10,Virginia Cargo 398-5400 255 N. Virginia St. 398-5400

Blue Haven, 8pm, no cover

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BAR-M-BAR BRASSERIE ST. JAMES 816 Highway 40 West, Verdi; (775) 351-3206 901 S. Center St., (775) 348-8888

BRASSERIE ST. JAMES CARGO ATSt., WHITNEY PEAK HOTEL 901 S. Center (775) 348-8888

Collie Buddz, Hirie, 8pm, $20

CARGO AT WHITNEY PEAK HOTEL CEOL IRISHSt.,PUB 255 N. Virginia (775) 398-5400

Collie Buddz, Hirie, 8pm, $20 Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

CEOL IRISH PUB COMMA COFFEE 538 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-5558

Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover In Stride Music, noon, no cover

255 N. Virginia St., (775) 398-5400 538 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-5558

Comedy Comedy

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

3rd Street, 125 W. Third St., 323-5005: Open Mic Comedy Competition w/Patrick Shillito, 3rd W, Street, W. Third St., 323-5005: 9pm, no125 cover OpenNugget, Mic Comedy Shillito, Carson 507Competition N. Carson w/Patrick St., Carson W, 9pm, no cover Paul Ogata, F, 7:30pm, City, 882-1626: Carson Nugget, 507 N. Carson St., Carson $13-$15 882-1626: Paul Ogata, F, 7:30pm, The City, Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys $13-$15 Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: The Jim Improv Cabaret, Harveys David,atSuliHarveys McCullough, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Lake Tahoe, 553-1022: Sa, 8pm, 10pm,Stateline, $30; Darren(800) Carter, Jim Suli McCullough, ChaseDavid, Durousseau, W, 9pm,Th-F, $25 Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, Factory 8pm, 10pm,at$30; Darren Carter,Resort Laugh Silver Legacy Chase Durousseau, W, 9pm,St., $25325-7401: Casino, 407 N. Virginia Laugh Factory at Silver Legacy Resort Jackie Flynn, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $21.95-$27.95; Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., 325-7401: F-Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $27.45-$32.95; Jackie Flynn, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $21.95-$27.95 $21.95-$27.95; Brad Williams, Tu-W, F-Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, Reno-Tahoe Comedy at $27.45-$32.95; Pioneer Brad Williams, Tu-W, 7:30pm, $21.95-$27.95 Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer 686-6600: Paul Ogata, Th, 8pm, $10; Underground, S. Virginia St., F, 9pm, $13-$17; 100 Sa, 6:30pm, $13-$17 686-6600: Paul Ogata, Th, 8pm, $10; F, 9pm, $13-$17; Sa, 6:30pm, $13-$17

COMMA COFFEE DAVIDSON’S 312 S. Carson St., DISTILLERY Carson City; (775) 883-2662

In Stride Music, noon, no cover

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

DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY EL CORTEZ 275 E. Fourth St.,LOUNGE (775) 324-1917

Liam Kyle Cahill, 9pm, no cover Liam Kyle Cahill, 9pm, no cover

Nathan Payne & The Wild Bores, 9pm, no cover Nathan Payne & The Wild Bores, 9pm, no cover

Dirty Fingers Band, 9:30pm, no cover

Determined, 9:30pm, no cover

Dirty Fingers Band, 9:30pm, no cover

Determined, 9:30pm, no cover

235 W. Second St., (775) 322-9161

EL CORTEZ LOUNGE ELBOW ROOM BAR322-9161 235 W. Second St., (775)

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

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

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

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

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

71 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-1652

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

Last Night at El Cortez w/karaoke, DJ Felix, 9pm, no cover Last Night at El Cortez w/karaoke, DJ Felix, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke w/Andrew, 9pm, no cover

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

THE HOLLAND PROJECT JUBVesta JUB’S THIRST 140 St., (775) 742-1858PARLOR

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42: The Party w/Nick Ramirez, Vague Choir, Reno We Have A Problem, 10pm, no cover 42: The Party w/Nick Ramirez, Vague Choir, Reno We Have A Problem, 10pm, no cover

Cassie Ramone, Surf Curse, Ghost Friends Ltd., 8pm, $5 Cassie Ramone, Surf Curse, GhostforFriends Ltd., 8pm, Toys Tots Drive: Spur $5 Crazy, Bat Country, 9pm, $5 or new toy Toys for Tots Drive: Spur Crazy, Bat Country, 9pm, $5 or new toy

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

Monday Night Open Mic, 8pm, M, no cover Monday Night Open Mic, 8pm, M, 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,Productions, W, no cover 9pm, Karaoke w/Nitesong Tu, Border Line Fine, 9:30pm, W, no cover Karaoke w/Nitesong Productions, 9pm, Tu, Border Line Fine, 9:30pm, W, no cover Open Mic Jam Slam w/Adrian Diijon, 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 Bass Heavy, 9pm, W, $TBA

Open Mic Night, 9pm, M, no cover Trivia Night, 9pm, W, no cover Open Mic Night, 9pm, M, no cover Trivia 9pm, W,City noWolves, cover 8pm, M, $5 Aubrey,Night, Skinwalkers, L.A. Witch, Feels, PostWar, 8pm, Tu, $TBA Aubrey, Skinwalkers, City Wolves, 8pm, M, $5 L.A. Witch, Feels, PostWar, 8pm, Tu, $TBA Blazin Mics!, 9:30pm, M, no cover Blazin Mics!, 9:30pm, M, no cover

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

THURSDAY 12/10 THURSDAY 12/10

FRIDAY 12/11 FRIDAY 12/11

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

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

Iamsu, Show Banga, EZ Baby, D-Rey, Iamsu, Show Banga, EZ Baby, D-Rey, Mic Tayla, 8pm, $28-$38 Mic Tayla, 8pm, $28-$38

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

SATURDAY 12/12 SATURDAY 12/12

SUNDAY 12/13 SUNDAY 12/13

Tiki Tuesday, 9pm, Tu, no cover Tiki Tuesday, 9pm, Tu, no cover Whatitdo Wednesday, 9pm, W, no cover Whatitdo Wednesday, 9pm, W, no cover Tandymonium, 6:30pm, Tu, 7pm W, Tandymonium, 6:30pm, Tu, 7pm W, no cover no cover

Reno Jazz Syndicate, 8pm, no cover Reno Jazz Syndicate, 8pm, no cover

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

10007 Bridge St., Truckee; (530) 587-8688

Jazz Cider, 8pm, no cover Jazz Cider, 8pm, no cover

George Souza, 8:30pm, no cover George Souza, 8:30pm, no cover

George Souza, 8:30pm, no cover George Souza, 8:30pm, no cover

O’SKIS PUB & GRILLE O’SKIS PUB GRILLE 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

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

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

Ladies Night w/DJ Snarky, Ladies Night w/DJ Snarky, 10pm, no cover 10pm, no cover

Poison Idea, I, Madman, Old Glory, Out Poison Idea, I, Madman, Old 9pm, Glory,$15 Out For War, Infecto Skeletons, For War, Infecto Skeletons, 9pm, $15 DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover

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

WHISKEY DICK’S SALOON WHISKEY 2660 Lake TahoeDICK’S Blvd., South SALOON Lake Tahoe; (530) 544-3425

Wolvhammer, Atriarch, Wilderness Dreams, Wolvhammer, 7:30pm, Tu, $12Atriarch, Wilderness Dreams, 7:30pm, Tu, $12

Tavern Trivia, 9pm, no cover Tavern Trivia, 9pm, no cover

L.A. Witch L.A. Witch Dec. 15, 8 p.m.

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

Blues Jam Thursday, 7pm, no cover Blues Jam Thursday, 7pm, no cover

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

Devin the Dude, 7pm, $15 Devin the Dude, 7pm, $15

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

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

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

Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover 36 Crazyfists, All Hail the Yeti, Limbs of 36 Hail theFor Yeti, Limbs of theCrazyfists, Arbitrator,All Anchors Airplanes, the Anchors For Airplanes, 7pm,Arbitrator, $12 7pm, $12

Soulfly, Purification By Fire, Crotalus, Soulfly, Purification Fire, Crotalus, Ostracized, 7:30pm,By$20 Ostracized, 7:30pm, $20

Voodoo Glow Skulls Voodoo Glow Skulls Dec. 11, 9:30 p.m.

Dec. 11, 9:30 p.m.Saloon Whiskey Dick’s Whiskey Dick’s Saloon 2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd.

2660 SouthLake LakeTahoe TahoeBlvd.

South Lake Tahoe (530) 544-3425 (530) 544-3425

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

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

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

Outspoken: Open Mic Night, Outspoken: 7pm, M, no Open coverMic Night, 7pm, M, no cover

Well Groomed, SubDocta, XM Fredie, Well SubDocta, XM Fredie, JamiGroomed, Deep, Boggan, 8pm, $10 Jami Deep, Boggan, 8pm, $10

MIDTOWN WINE BAR MIDTOWN BAR 1527 S. VirginiaWINE St., (775) 800-1960 MOODY’S BISTRO BAR & BEATS MOODY’S BISTRO BEATS 10007 Bridge St., Truckee;BAR (530) & 587-8688

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 12/14-12/16 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 12/14-12/16

Dance party, 9pm, no cover Dance party, 9pm, no cover Thought Vomit Podcast & Comedy Thought Vomit Podcast & Comedy Showcase w/host Nik Taro, comedians Showcase w/host Nik Taro, comedians

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

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

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

James Fleming, Bryant Tarpley, The Itch—Video + Music Dance Party, James The Itch—Video + Music Dance Party, DamonFleming, Millard, Bryant 8pm, $5Tarpley, 10pm, $5 Damon Millard, 8pm, $5 10pm, $5 Voodoo Glow Skulls, Ninja Slaughterhouse, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Ninja Slaughterhouse, Dead Weight, Grimmis, 9:30pm, $12 Dead Weight, Grimmis, 9:30pm, $12 1) Reno Music Project Open Mic, 1)7pm, Reno noMusic coverProject Open Mic, 7pm, no cover

Tuesday Night Trivia, 8pm, Tu, no cover Tuesday Night Trivia, 8pm, Tu, no cover

Dec. 15, 8 p.m.

The Holland Project The Holland 140 Vesta St.Project 140 Vesta St. 742-1858 742-1858

Matt W Gage Band, Silverwing, 8pm, $5 Matt W Gage Band, Silverwing, 8pm, $5 Massive Tuesdays, 10pm, Tu, $5 Massive Tuesdays, 10pm, Tu, $5 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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Happy Hour mon-fri, 4pm-7pm $2 well drinks & $2 bud/bud light $3 mystery shots

275 e. 4th street Reno, nV • Downtown 3 blocks east of Virginia st.

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

THURSDAY 12/10 THURSDAY 12/10

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2) Mimic, 8pm, no cover 2) Mimic, 8pm, no cover

2) Mimic, 4pm, no cover 2) Mimic, 4pm, no10pm, coverno cover Soul Experience, Soul Experience, 10pm, no cover

2) Mimic, 4pm, no cover 2) Mimic, 4pm, no10pm, coverno cover Soul Experience, Soul Experience, 10pm, no cover

2) Soul Experience, 8pm, no cover 2) Soul Experience, 8pm, no cover

2) Highway 42, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover 2) Highway 42, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) Soul Persuaders, 7pm, no cover

2) Soul Persuaders, 8pm, no cover 2) Soul Persuaders, 8pm, no cover

2) Soul Persuaders, 8pm, no cover 2) Soul Persuaders, 8pm, no cover

2) Little Hurricane, 10pm, no cover 2) Little Hurricane, 10pm, no cover

1) Foreverland, 9pm, $15-$35 1) Foreverland, 9pm, $15-$35

1) Ebenezer, 7pm, $19.95-$26.95 7pm, $19.95-$26.95 1) Ebenezer 2) Atomika, ,10:30pm, no cover 2) Atomika, 10:30pm, no cover

1) Ebenezer, 7pm, $19.95-$26.95 7pm, $19.95-$26.95 1) Ebenezer 2) Atomika, ,10:30pm, no cover 2) 10:30pm, no cover 3) Atomika, DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover

1) Ebenezer, 3pm, 7pm, $19.95-$26.95 1) 3pm, 7pm, 2) Ebenezer Atomika, ,10:30pm, no $19.95-$26.95 cover 2) 10:30pm, no cover 3) Atomika, DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover

2) Flirt Thursdays, 10pm, no cover

2) Lex Fridays w/DJ Rick Gee, 10pm, $15 2) Lex Fridays w/DJ Rick Gee, 10pm, $15

1) Daniel Tosh, 7pm, $50.46-$68.81 1) Tosh, 7pm, $50.46-$68.81 2) Daniel Lex Saturdays, 10pm, $15-$25 2) Lex Saturdays, 10pm, $15-$25

2) DJ JosBeatz, DJ Audio 1, 10pm, $20 2) Audio 10pm, $20 3) DJ ArtyJosBeatz, the Party,DJ9pm, no1,cover 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

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

3) Jackie Dauzat, 8pm, no cover 3) Jackie Dauzat, 8pm, no cover

3) DJ Trexx, 8pm, no cover 3) DJ Trexx, 8pm, no cover

1) Tahoe Adventure Film Festival, 1) Tahoe $20-$30 Adventure Film Festival, 7:30pm, 7:30pm, $20-$30

1) Jim Belushi and the Board of Comedy, 1) Jim$35-$45 Belushi and the Board of Comedy, 8pm, 8pm, $35-$45

3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no no cover cover John Dawson, 8pm, John Dawson, 8pm, no cover

1) Pauly Shore, 8pm, $20 1) Shore, 5pm, 8pm, no $20cover 3) Pauly DJ/dancing, 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no no cover cover John Dawson, 8pm, John Dawson, 8pm, no cover

2) Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday 2) Frank Sinatra’s birthday celebration w/Kyle100th Rea Orchestra, celebration w/Kyle Rea Orchestra, 7pm, no cover 7pm, no cover

2) Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday 2) Frank Sinatra’s birthday celebration w/Kyle100th Rea Orchestra, celebration w/Kyle Rea Orchestra, 8pm, no cover 8pm, no cover

2) Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday 2) Frank Sinatra’s birthday celebration w/Kyle100th Rea Orchestra, celebration w/Kyle Rea Orchestra, 8pm, no cover 8pm, no cover

1) Jennifer Nettles, 8pm, $69.50-$85.50 1) 8pm, 9pm, $69.50-$85.50 2) Jennifer Big Bad Nettles, Boogie Rock, no cover 2) Bad Friday, Boogie 9pm, Rock,no 9pm, no cover 3) Big Fashion cover 3) Friday, Band, 9pm, no cover 4) Fashion Buddy Emmer 9pm, no cover 4) Buddy Emmer Band, 9pm, no cover

2) Big Bad Boogie Rock, 9pm, no cover 2) Bad Boogie Rock, 9pm, no 3) Big Seduction Saturdays, $5 cover 3) Saturdays, 9pm,no $5cover 4) Seduction Buddy Emmer Band, 9pm, 4) Buddy Emmer Band, 9pm, no cover

2) Soul Persuaders, 7pm, no cover 1627 Hwy. 395, Minden; (775)Lounge 782-9711 1) Valley Ballroom 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

Daniel Tosh Daniel Tosh Dec. 12, 7 p.m.

Dec. 12,Sierra 7 p.m.Resort Grand Grand Resort 2500 E.Sierra Second St. 2500 E. Second St. 789-2000 789-2000

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

Corkscroo Bar and Grill, 10 E. Ninth St.: Corkscroo Bar and Grill, Simard, 10 E. Ninth St.: Cash Karaoke w/Jacques W, 7pm, Cash Karaoke w/Jacques Simard, W, 7pm, no cover no cover La Morena Bar, 2140 Victorian Ave., Sparks, La Morena 2140Nite/Karaoke, Victorian Ave.,F, Sparks, 772-2475:Bar, College 7pm, 772-2475: no cover College Nite/Karaoke, F, 7pm, no cover Murphy’s Law Irish Pub, 180 W. Peckham Murphy’s Law Irish Pub, 180Karaoke W. Peckham Lane, Ste. 1070, 823-9977: w/DJ Lane, 1070, 823-9977: KaraokeF, w/DJ Hustler,Ste.H&T Mobile Productions, 10pm, Hustler, H&T Mobile Productions, F, 10pm, no cover no cover The Man Cave Sports Bar, 4600 N. Virginia TheSt., Man499-5322: Cave Sports Bar, Karaoke, Sa,4600 8pm,N.noVirginia cover St., 499-5322: Karaoke, Sa, 8pm, no cover Scurti’s Billiards Bar & Grill, 551 E. Moana Scurti’s Billiards Bar & Grill, E. Moana Lane, 200-0635: Karaoke w/DJ551 Hustler, Lane, 200-0635: Karaoke Sa, w/DJ Hustler, H&T Mobile Productions, 9pm, no cover H&T Mobile Productions, Sa, 9pm, no cover Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, 1475 E. Prater Spiro’s & Grille, 1475 F-Sa, E. Prater Way, Sports Ste. 103,Bar Sparks, 356-6000: Way, 103, Sparks, 356-6000: F-Sa, 9pm, Ste. no cover 9pm, no cover West Second Street Bar, 118 W. Second St., West384-7976: SecondDaily, Street 118 W. Second St., 8pm,Bar, no cover 384-7976: Daily, 8pm, no cover

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HARRAH’S RENO HARRAH’S RENO 219 N. Center St., (775) 788-2900

219 N. CenterShowroom St., (775)2)788-2900 1) Sammy’s The Zone 1) Showroom 2) The 3) Sammy’s Sapphire Lounge 4) Plaza 5) Zone Convention Center 3) Sapphire Lounge 4) Plaza 5) Convention Center

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

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

DJ/dancing, 5pm, no no cover cover John Dawson, 8pm, 1100 NuggetShowroom Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-3300 1) Celebrity 2) Nugget Grand Ballroom 3) John Dawson, 8pm, no cover 1) Celebrity 3) 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

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

2) Banzai Thursdays w/DJ Trivia, 2) Banzai Thursdays w/DJ Trivia, 8pm, no cover no coverof Aura, 3) University 407 N. Virginia St., Hall (775)2)325-7401 1) Grand Exposition Rum Bullions Island Bar 8pm, 3) University of Aura, 9pm, no cover 1) Exposition Hall4)2)Silver Rum Baron BullionsLounge Island Bar 3) Grand Aura Ultra Lounge 9pm, no cover 3) Aura Ultra Lounge 4) Silver Baron Lounge

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

1) Ebenezer, 3pm, 7pm, $19.95-$26.95 3pm, 7pm, 1) Ebenezer 2) Atomika, ,10:30pm, no $19.95-$26.95 cover 2) Atomika, 10:30pm, no cover

1) Ebenezer, 7pm Tu, W, $19.95-$26.95 1) Ebenezer 7pm Tu, W,10pm, $19.95-$26.95 2) Live Band, Karaoke, M, DJ Chris 2) Live Band 10pm, M, DJ Chris English, 10pm,Karaoke, Tu, Left of Centre, English, Left of Centre, 10:30pm,10pm, W, noTu, cover 10:30pm, W, no cover

3) Live blues w/Buddy Emmer Band and 3) Live8pm bluesTu,w/Buddy guest, no coverEmmer Band and guest, 8pm Tu, 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) Recovery Sundays, 10pm, no cover 2) Sundays, no cover 3) Recovery Industry Night, 9pm,10pm, no cover 3) Industry Night, 9pm, no cover

2) Trey Valentine’s Backstage Karaoke, 2) TreyTu,Valentine’s 8pm, no cover Backstage Karaoke, 8pm, Tu, no cover Country-Rock Bingo w/Jeff Gregg, Country-Rock Bingo w/Jeff Gregg, 9pm, W, no cover 9pm, W, no cover

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For a complete listing of this week’s events or to post events to our online calendar, visit www.newsreview.com.

Events 39 NORTH POLE VILLAGE: This winter wonderland features thousands of sparkling lights, holiday shopping booths, food and holiday cheer on Victorian Avenue.

Children can write letters to Santa and send them off in a special mailbox, create ugly sweaters with elves, sip hot chocolate while in PJs in a “We Believe” Polar Express-themed morning followed by the showing of Polar Express in the early evening, and other events.

F, 12/11, 5-9pm, Sa, 12/12, 10am-10pm.

Free admission. Victorian Square, 14th Street and Pyramid Way along Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 690-2581, www.39northdowntown.com/ 39-north-pole.

CHILLY CASH & CARRY AND ART SALE: Fill a handmade bowl with chili and other food and browse through a selection of pottery and metal items made by The Wedge Ceramics and Infinity Forge. Bring a can of food to contribute to a holiday food drive and receive an ornament crafted by artists at The Wedge. Sa, 12/12, 10am5:30pm, Su, 12/13, 10am-5:30pm. Free admission, $30 for bowl and spoon. The Wedge Ceramics Studio, 2095 Dickerson Road, (775) 770-4770.

12/12, 10am-7pm. Free admission. Reno/ Sparks Indian Colony Facility Building, 34 Reservation Road, (775) 842-1385.

CHRISTMAS CRAFT SHOW: Shop for oneof-a-kind handcrafts, collectibles and art from local craftsmen from all over Northern Nevada. F, 12/11, 11am-7pm, Sa, 12/12, 11am-7pm, Su, 12/13, 11am-4pm. Free admission. Great Western Marketplace, 4855 Summit Ridge Drive, (775) 624-1800, http://greatwesternmarketplace.com.

CHRISTMAS ON THE COMSTOCK: Virginia City hosts its annual Victorian-style holiday celebration featuring photos with Father Christmas on Dec. 11-13 and 18-20 from 11am until 3pm at the Virginia City Visitors Center. Other highlights include the V&T Candy Cane Express on Dec. 12-13 on the V&T Railroad and the Gingerbread Social and Auction on Dec. 20 at Piper’s Opera House. M-Su through 12/20. Prices vary. Downtown Virginia City, C Street, Virginia City, http://visitvirginiacitynv.com.

MAGICAL MEMORIES: The 11th annual holiday celebration features Breakfast with Santa on Dec. 12-13, 19-20, 23-25, as well as seasonal concerts, holiday dining, ice

CHRISTMAS ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR: More than 30 Native American vendors will sell jewelry, beadwork, artwork, Christmas items, blankets, pillows, baked goods and Indian tacos and a raffle for $200 grand prize. F, 12/11, 10am-7pm, Sa,

skating and New Year’s Eve parties for adults, teens and kids. M-Su through 1/3.

Varies by event. Resort at Squaw Creek, 400 Squaw Creek Road, Olympic Valley, (800) 327-3353, www.squawcreek.com.

NEVADAGROWN COOKBOOK LAUNCH PARTY: NevadaGrown celebrates the launch of its cookbook NevadaGrown: A Year in Local Food with free wine and coffee, food tastings, cooking demos, produce giveaways and raffle prizes. Sa, 12/12, 10am-4pm. Free. Reno Provisions, 100 N. Sierra St., (775) 250-1339, http://nevadagrown.com.

OLD TIME CHRISTMAS SANTA PARADE: The parade starts at 11am at the corner of West Telegraph and Curry streets. Santa will be on the porch with candy canes and hot chocolate at Rock N Rolling at Telegraph Square from 11:30am to 2pm. Bring a non-perishable canned food donation for Friends in Service Helping (FISH). Sa, 12/12, 11am-2pm. Free.

Telegraph Square, Carson and Telegraph streets, Carson City, www.facebook. com/Downtown2020.

SENIOR RESOURCE FAIR: Walton’s Funerals & Cremations—Chapel of the Valley is celebrating its 50th anniversary in Carson City with an afternoon of free events, including a free Senior Resource Fair, offering information on estate planning, independent living, affordable housing options, funeral planning, hospice care and more. Walton’s will offer free flu shots. After the resource fair, local dignitaries, including Carson City Mayor Bob Crowell, will commemorate the anniversary with short presentations.

Su, 12/13, 3pm. Free. Walton’s Chapel of the Valley, 1281 N. Roop St., Carson City, (775) 882-4965.

TOYS FOR TOTS TOY DRIVE AT SIERRA SAFARI ZOO: Bring a new, unwrapped toy to donate and get one free admission to the zoo. Sa, Su, 10am-3pm through 12/13.

Sierra Safari Zoo, 10200 N. Virginia St., (775) 677-1101, www.sierrasafarizoo.org.

USA MEN’S BOXING OLYMPIC TRIALS: Reno hosts the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Men’s Boxing. The first four days of Olympic Trials competition will take place in the Grande Exposition Hall at the Silver Legacy, M-Th through 12/10. Silver Legacy Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St.; The final round of the trials moves to the Reno Events Center for the championship bouts on Dec. 11-12. If needed, an additional day of final round bouts will be held Sunday, Dec. 13. All events that take place inside the Silver Legacy are free to the public. Tickets for the final round bouts at the Reno Events Center are available at Ticketmaster.com for $16 and $26. F-Su through 12/13. Opens 12/11.

Reno Events Center, 400 N. Center St., (775) 335-8800.

All Ages GINGER BREAD FESTIVAL: Children can create their own gingerbread house, take a digital photos with Santa Claus or listen and sing along with local choral groups and musicians during the eighth annual holiday festival. Visit a display of unique gingerbread houses and vote for your favorite. All proceeds benefit the May Arboretum Society. Sa, 12/12, 12-3:30pm.

Free admission, $3 for gingerbread house, $5 for photos with Santa. Wilbur D. May Museum, Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-4153.

HANDS ON HOLIDAY AT GALENA: Help decorate the Galena Creek Visitor Center tree and enjoy holiday-themed crafts, cookie decorating and holiday treats.

Make snowman picture frames, reindeer puppets, miniature paper Christmas trees and more. Come out for a hike before or after the program. Su, 12/13, 12:30-3:30pm. $5 per person or $15 per family up to six people. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mt. Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948.

LIGHTS OF THE VALLEY: The tree lighting event includes a canned food drive, holiday shopping, appearance by Santa Claus and a holiday house decoration contest. There will also be a small fundraiser for a local family whose husband/ father/uncle was recently diagnosed with cancer and has Stage 4 renal failure. Sa, 12/12, 2-7pm. Free admission.

Cold Springs Family Center, 18400 Village Parkway, (775) 815-1277.

MEET SANTA AT SCHEELS IN DECEMBER: All ages are welcome. Parents are encouraged to bring their cameras and snap a photo of their children with Santa.

All children will receive a free Ferris Wheel ride or small ice cream cone from Ginna’s Cafe. Sa, 12/12, 1-6pm, Su, 12/13,

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Holiday revelers in Santa Claus suits will once again gallivant in downtown Reno for the 14th annual pub crawl. To get in on the fun, all you have to do is be of legal drinking age, purchase a $5 commemorative cup and map, and dress up in your most festive holiday costume. You could be Mrs. Claus, an elf, a Christmas tree, a reindeer

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or any pop culture reference to the holidays. The cup will get you drink specials and no cover to more than 50 participating bars and restaurants.

Proceeds from the crawl go to Washoe County Schools through DonorChoose.org. The crawl begins at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12.

Visit http://renosantacrawl.com.

1-6pm, Sa, 12/19, 1-6pm, Su, 12/20, 1-6pm.

Free. Scheels, 1200 Scheels Drive, Sparks, (775) 331-2700.

MONSTER FISH: IN SEARCH OF THE LAST RIVER GIANTS: The exhibit features lifesize sculptures, hands-on interactive exhibits and video installations that puts you face to face with more than 20 species of giant freshwater fish. Tu-Su through 4/16. $10 general admission, $9 veterans and active duty military. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, www.nvdm.org.

RENO RODEO DENIM DRIVE: During this annual community event new jeans, new shirts, new socks and new underwear are collected for abused and neglected infants, children and teens who have been rescued from unsafe homes in northern Nevada. Through 12/16. Call or visit website for details, (775) 322-9875, www.renorodeofoundation.org/ denim-drive.

SANTA PHOTOS AT MEADOWOOD MALL: Bring the family for holiday photos with Santa Claus. Make your appointment at simon. noerrsanta.com. Through 12/24, 10am8pm. Meadowood Mall, 5000 Meadowood Mall Circle, Ste. 1, (775) 827-8451.

SMALL WONDER WEDNESDAY: Families with children 5 years old and younger are invited to play, explore and listen to stories read by the museum’s educators.

Only children age 5 and younger are admitted to Small Wonder Wednesdays, which start at 9am, an hour before the museum opens. Older siblings may join at 10am. Third W of every month, 9am. $8 per person, free babies under age 1. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000.

SPANISH SPRINGS STORY TIME: Stories, songs and fun geared toward preschool children ages 3-6. M, 10:30-11am. Free.

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

STUDIO775: LEGO STORYSTARTER/MINECRAFT: Play Minecraft with others in the library’s own Minecraft world. Use the Lego StoryStarter packs to create a scene then use StoryVisualizer software to create a storyboard and tell the story. Th, 4-6pm through 12/24. Free.

Sierra View Library, 4001 S. Virginia St., located inside Reno Town Mall, (775) 827-3232, www.washoe.lib.nv.us.

SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) OUTREACH CLINIC: The Food Bank of Northern Nevada hosts SNAP outreach clinics to assist lowincome families and individuals in applying for SNAP benefits. First come, first served. Th, 10am-noon. Free. Downtown Reno Library, 301 S. Center St., (775) 327-8312.

Art HOLLAND PROJECT GALLERY: Resound. This show highlights work by eight Nevadan artists whose influence has helped to shape the art in our region. Artists include Joan Arrizabalaga, Robert Morrison, Edw Martinez, Jim McCormick, Elaine Parks, Nancy Peppin, Fred Reid and Michael Sarich. The opening reception on Thursday, Dec. 17, from 6-8pm.

Tu-F, 3-6pm through 1/8. Opens 12/15, Th, 12/17, 6-8pm. Free. 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858, www.hollandreno.org.

HOLLAND PROJECT MICRO GALLERY AT BIBO COFFEE CO.: The Universe Within. Through the process of collage and layering mixed media, Aspen Cleaveland’s work expresses the power behind individual energies/ vibrations and their connections the cosmic, physical and metaphysical realm.

M-Su through 12/18. Free. 945 Record St., (775) 348-8087.

THE ISLES TEASHOP: Coffee For One. The Isles Teashop features work by local photographer Eric Marks in its gallery.

W-Su through 12/18. Free. 809 Center St., (775) 384-1804.

JOT TRAVIS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Annual Student Art Exhibition. New work by University of Nevada, Reno art students sponsored by the Student Art Club. Through 12/10, 10am-4pm. Free. 900 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6837.

LAKE MANSION: Practice Makes Perfect. In partnership with Sierra Arts Foundation, Arts for All Nevada presents this exhibition and sale of artwork created by local teaching artists from the community.

M-F through 12/24. Free. 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100.

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SUMMIT CHURCH C A N D L E L I G H T

Going scold turkey Paradise bossed

I have a bad temper, and I’m trying to change. Now when I’m mad, I leave the room to compose myself. Recently, my boyfriend said something that really upset me. Taking a break allowed me to calmly explain that he’d hurt my feelings. He apologized, and I could tell he truly felt bad—much worse than if I had raged on him. Can you explain this?

It’s really smart to “take 10” when you’re angry—and not just because it takes that long to get the gasoline, pour it all over your boyfriend’s Xbox, and light it on fire.

As I explained recently, screaming at a guy—a verbal attack—launches the same fight-or-flight defense system as trying to use the guy’s face as a bar rag. And once a person’s adrenaline gets let out of the gate, there’s no coaxing it back. That’s why Braveheart would be a Monty Python movie if the Scots, upon doing their battle cry, stopped, looked at one another and then called to the English: “Say, luvvies … on second thought … shall we all put down these silly battle-axes, wash our faces and chat out our differences o’er a cup o’ tea?”

As for why your emotional makeover led your boyfriend to go more Mother Teresa than angry motherfucker, social psychologist C. Daniel Batson explains that we have two distinct emotional responses to perceiving another person in need. The first, “personal distress,” leads us to have an “egoistic” motivation—to focus on ourselves and how we can escape our own uncomfortable feelings.

The other response is empathy, or really, “empathic concern,” which leads to an altruistic motivation: wanting to comfort the other person. You’re more likely to elicit the empathic response when your boyfriend doesn’t need to mount a defense—that is, when you approach him with quiet hurt and disappointment instead of like a hornet with boobs and a purse.

Kudos to you for recognizing that having a feeling isn’t reason to hop on it and ride it like a hoverboard. But in light of how hard impulse control can be, what’s most impressive are your adult timeouts—putting space between having a feeling and acting on it. It is good for your boyfriend to believe he can always count on you, but not to explode and take his hand off like black-market fireworks you bought with the possum jerky out of the trunk of some guy’s car.

I have noticed something odd in my relationship: The less demanding I am, the more my boyfriend does what I want. Are guys so defiant, like little boys, that if you tell them what to do, they won’t do it? Curiously, if, after saying what I want, I add “but do what you want,” he usually does the thing I was hoping for. I don’t get it.

“Hey, baby, let’s role-play. I’ll be Stalin, and you be the tens of millions of peasants he sent to labor camps!”

Pick one: having a relationship or ruling the world’s tiniest totalitarian state. There are ways to get a man to do your bidding and barking orders at him is among the least successful. (This is not the kind of doggy-style a man is hoping for.) Social psychologist Jack Brehm’s research on what he deemed “psychological reactance” finds what anybody with a 2-year-old knows all too well: The more you try to pressure somebody to do something the more they will “react”—that is, resist being controlled.

You can use what you’ve discovered to stealth control a guy—trick him into bending to your will by being all “I dunno … do what you want …” However, what’s better is not needing to control him. You can get to that point by being consistently giving. This tends to cue our psychological mechanism for reciprocity—our internal accounting system that keeps track of gifts and favors we’ve received and bugs us when we’re in the red (kind of like a bill collector who demon-calls our conscience instead of our phone).

And, sure, this reciprocity thing can also be used to pull a guy’s strings. But, especially over time, we seem able to sniff out people’s motives. So see that you’re giving out of love rather than out of a desire to, uh, nanomanage (because micromanagement is for slackers). When generosity of spirit is what’s driving you, you’re likely to inspire the guy to give back—wanting to make you happy, as opposed to wanting to get your “honey-dos” out of the way so he can tie up two guards and tunnel out of the relationship with a sharpened toothbrush. Ω

Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave., No. 280, Santa Monica,CA 90405, or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com).

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OXS GALLERY, NEVADA ARTS COUNCIL: Walter McNamara and Lynda Yuroff. Walter McNamara’s pieces in Recycled Habits are manipulated and transformed, combined with other bits and pieces, and worked into the service of visual statements. The results are personal myths that mix satire, puns and storytelling. In Trickster Ways, Yuroff’s work is influenced by the trickster figure of Native American mythology as she studies the changes that occur during the creative process—adding and removing paint, defining the object, then obscuring and re-defining the piece. M-F, 8am-5pm through 12/18. Free. 716 N. Carson St., Ste. A, Carson City, (775) 687-6680.

SHEPPARD CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Part of Native American Heritage Month, printmaker Emily Arthur’s solo exhibition in Sheppard Contemporary explores the ways in which she sees nature as an interdependent living force rather than as the backdrop for human events. M-F through 1/22. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6658.

STREMMEL GALLERY: 3 Textures. Stremmel Gallery presents an exhibition of new works by Carol Gove, Louise Forbush and Eleanor McCain. The show features the work of three artists who work in different media and use diverse artistic vocabularies. M-Sa through 12/19. Free.

1400 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-0558, www.stremmelgallery.com.

WILBUR D. MAY MUSEUM, RANCHO SAN RAFAEL REGIONAL PARK: Magical Moments.

The Sierra Watercolor Society’s new winter art exhibition features dozens of new watercolor paintings, from landscapes to abstracts and everything in between.

Vote for your favorite painting to win the “People’s Choice” award. All art is available for purchase. W-Su through 12/13.

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

Museums NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM (THE HARRAH COLLECTION): SpaceMobiles: From Rockets 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; Science Saturday at the Auto Museum, The National Auto Museum offers this new educational and interactive program at on the second Saturday of each month.

Second Sa of every month, 11am-4pm through 4/9. $4-$10, free for members

and children age 5 and younger. 10 S. Lake St., (775) 333-9300.

NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Tahoe: A Visual History. Experience Lake Tahoe landscapes through the eyes of 175 painters, photographers, architects, weavers and sculptors. 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) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

SPARKS HERITAGE MUSEUM: Sparks Hometowne Artists Exhibition. The Sparks Museum & Cultural Center presents Hometowne Sparks Artists, a group exhibition of 10 local watercolor painters including Vicki E. Curwen, Laramie Trahern Ford, Eileen Fuller, Nancy Gunderson, Ken Heitzenrader, Erin Logan, Kathy Svets-Martin, among others. The artists’ reception will from 4 to 7 p.m. on Dec. 11. Tu-F, 11am-4pm through

12/31, Sa, 1-4pm through 12/31, F, 12/11, 4-7pm. Free. 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks,

(775) 355-1144, www.sparksmuseum.org.

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And then along comes an equally ruthless adversary—his daughter (Barbara Stanwyck). Black and white, drama/ romance/Western directed by Anthony Mann. Tu, 12/15, 7pm. $7 general, $6 students and seniors, $5 members. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716, www.artemisiamovies.org.

Ballet Theatre and the Reno Philharmonic presents their annual production of the holiday classic. F, 12/11, 8pm, Sa, 12/12, 2 & 8pm, Su, 12/13, 2pm. $25-$55 with discounts for seniors and children. Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 762-5165.

BUTTCRACKER 6–UNDERLAND: Brüka Theatre presents this parody based on the holiday favorite The Nutcracker. The holiday farce takes Clara and the gang into a warped Brüka wonderland. The Dec. 13th matinee is followed by a talkback with the company and audience. Th, 12/10, 8pm,

TAHOE ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL: The film festival highlights the best adventure sports films of the year and showcases the action sports world best talent. The night includes special guest speakers, action photo displays, breakdancers, DJs, and a few surprises. F, 12/11, 7:30-11pm. $20-$30. MontBleu Resort, 55 Highway 50, Stateline, (800) 648-3353.

F, 12/11, 8pm, Sa, 12/12, 8pm, Su, 12/13, 2pm, W, 12/16, 8pm, Th, 12/17, 8pm, F, 12/18, 8pm, Sa, 12/19, 8pm. $22 general, $20 students, seniors, military, $25 at the door. Brüka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-3221, www.bruka.org.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL: Laughing Owl

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Productions presents the holiday classic based on Charles Dickens’ story and adapted for the Royal Shakespeare Company by John Mortimer. F, 12/11,

A CAPPELLA CHORUS NEEDS SINGERS: Female singers age 15 and older are invited to try out for High Desert Harmony, Reno’s Chapter of Sweet Adelines International.

M, 6:30-9pm through 12/31. Free. Five Star Premier Residences of Reno, 3201 Plumas St., (775) 544-9911, http://highdesertharmony.net.

CARPENTER’S MUSIC WORLD MONTHLY MUSIC PROGRAM: Carpenter’s Music World presents its monthly music program open to all ages, styles and skill levels.

Performers must call in advance with their name or name of group, song title, instrumentation and length of performance. Second Th of every month, 6-8pm.

Free. Carpenter’s Music World, 2700 S. Virginia St., (775) 391-7757.

A FESTIVE CHRISTMAS: The Truckee Tahoe Community Chorus holds its annual holiday concert series featuring a wide variety of music selections. The 60-voice chorus, under the direction of Susan K. Horst, will be joined by the Truckee Tahoe Youth Chorus and accompanied by a string quintet. Concertgoers can participate in an audience sing-along concluding with the traditional “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s Messiah. F, 12/11, 7pm, Sa, 12/12, 7pm, Su, 12/13, 2pm. $20 for adults, $5 for children under age 18. Truckee Community Arts Center, 10046 Church St., Truckee, (530) 305-2249, www.truckeechorus.org.

HOLIDAY TREAT CONCERT: The Carson City Symphony presents its 32nd annual holiday concert. The Symphony will be joined on the program by the Carson City Symphony Chorus and the New Victorian Dancers. Pre-concert entertainment by saxophone and string quartets and an art show and sale by the Capital City Arts Initiative begin at 3pm in the lobby. Su, 12/13, 4-6:30pm. $15 general, $12 seniors, students, members, free for children age 16 and younger. Bob Boldrick Theater, Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St., Carson City, (775) 883-4154, http://ccsymphony.com.

NOCTAMBULE: The Celtic folk music duo

perform. Sa, 12/12, 7-9pm. $10-$20. Maizie Jesse Harris Black Box Theatre, Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976, http://bit.ly/1HICsmT.

NORTHSTAR CHAMBER PLAYERS: The woodwind quintet will perform selections from The Nutcracker, Christmas carols and other seasonal music. W, 12/16, 5pm. Free.

Incline Village Library, 845 Alder Ave. Building A, Incline Village, (775) 832-4130.

PIPES ON THE RIVER: The Friday lunchtime concert 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.

RENO WIND SYMPHONY: HOLIDAY CELEBRATION: The Reno Wind Symphony’s annual holiday concert includes the

7:30pm, Sa, 12/12, 7:30pm, Su, 12/13, 2pm, Th, 12/17, 7:30pm, F, 12/18, 7:30pm, Sa, 12/19, 7:30pm, Su, 12/20, 2pm, W, 12/23, 7:30pm, Sa, 12/26, 7:30pm, Su, 12/27, 2pm. $15-$20.

Yulesteam Steampunk Christmas Party High Desert Steam hosts its sixth annual holiday party and collection drive for the Christmas on the Corridor event which benefits children and seniors in need who live in the weekly motels and other residences along Fourth, Fifth and Sixth streets in downtown Reno. Donate a new or gently used toy or warm clothing item in return for raffle tickets for a drawing on prizes that evening. A collection bin with donation vouchers redeemable at the party is also available at Melting Pot World Emporium, 1049 S. Virginia St. The party begins at 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 11, at 1864 Tavern, 290 California Ave. Admission is free. Visit www.highdesertsteam.org.

recitation of the poem “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” by KOH Radio personality Ross Mitchell, accompanied by the Reno Wind Symphony. He will also be the vocal soloist on “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.” Su, 12/13, 3pm. $5, free for students with ID. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278.

STARRY NIGHT: Women’s choral group Bella Voce presents its annual holiday concert of classical, contemporary, contemplative and festive music. Sa, 12/12, 7pm.

St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 1070 W. Plumb Lane, Su, 12/13, 7pm. Free. Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Ave., (775) 359-1533.

TOCCATA: MESSIAH: TOCCATA-Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus presents its annual holiday concert featuring selections from Messiah Parts One and Three and seasonal carols. Sa, 12/12, 3pm. Cornerstone Church, 300 Country Club Drive, Incline Village; Su, 12/13, 3pm.

Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 3597 N. Sunridge Drive, Carson City; W, 12/16, 7pm. $5-$40, free for youths under age 19 in general seating. Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 501 California Ave., (775) 313-9697, www.toccatatahoe.com.

Sports & Fitness DOWNTOWN RENO ICE RINK: Hours are from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday through February. Weather conditions may affect rink conditions, so please call

in advance to confirm operating hours.

M-Su, 10am through 2/14. $8 adults, $6

children ages 3-12 and seniors ages 55 and older, $3 skate rental. Reno Aces Ballpark, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-7035.

THE GREAT SANTA DASH 5K RUN/WALK: Runners of all ages are encouraged to wear a Christmas costume (Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, Santa’s helper, etc.) to demonstrate their Christmas spirit.

The run/walk will take place rain, snow or shine at Wingfield Park (West Street Plaza) and use streets near downtown Reno and the Truckee River. All adult participants age 21 and older will get a Reno Santa Crawl Cup with entry.

The Great Santa Dash supports the AIY Foundation to help local schools with athletic equipment and physical education program awareness. Sa, 12/12, 10am. $12-$35. Wingfield Park, 300 W. First St., http://renosantacrawl.com.

GUIDED HIKE: Enjoy a guided hike through 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) 849-4948.

SANTA SKI CRAWL: Ski and snowboard dressed in your finest Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, elf or other character related to the holidays. Mass Santa Ski Down at 11am—meet at the base of the Northwest Magnum 6 Lift. Discounted $54 lift tickets available. Sa, 12/12, 10am. Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe, 22222 Mt. Rose Highway, (775) 849-0704, http://skirose.com/event/santa-ski-crawl.

Laughing Owl Productions, 75 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-9967, www.laughingowlproductions.com.

THE STAR WARS PARODY LIVE SHOW: THE JEDI DOTH RETURN: Merry Weather Theatre Group will perform this live action stage parody of the Star Wars films. F, 12/11,

7 & 9pm, Sa, 12/12, 7 & 9pm, Su, 12/13, 7 & 9pm. $10 general admission. Good Luck

Macbeth Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 848-9892, www.merrywar.com.

Classes THE BREASTFEEDING FORUM: Breast-feeding mothers are invited to join this breastfeeding support group. 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.

FELDENKRAIS CLASSES: Guided Feldenkrais classes in pain-free movement will give you the tools you need to improve stability, balance and performance and increase your vitality and flexibility as you learn to do slow, non-habitual movements with focused attention. These carefully structured lessons activate neural pathways, relieve pain and stress, and improve the communication between your brain and body. Tu, 10-11:30am through 12/15. $12 drop-in. Midtown Fitness, 600 S. Center St., Ste. 300, (775) 240-7882.

PAINT AND SIP: A teaching artist will guide you in transforming the featured piece into your own 16” X 20” acrylic painting.

The featured painting will be Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Out Back of Marie’s II Black Mesa Landscape.” Art supplies are included. Bring your own wine/beverage and snacks. This class takes place in the Garden Pavilion. Open to participants age 21 and older. W, 12/16, 5:30-8:30pm. $30.

Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100 ext. 3.

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.

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As I meditate on the magic you embody, I am reminded of a passage from Laini Taylor’s fantasy novel Daughter of Smoke & Bone: “She tastes like nectar and salt. Nectar and salt and apples. Pollen and stars and hinges.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “The secret

of being a bore is to tell everything,” said French writer Voltaire. I agree, and add these thoughts: To tell everything also tempts you to wrongly imagine that you have everything completely figured out.

Furthermore, it may compromise your leverage in dicey situations where other people are using information as a weapon.

So the moral of the current story is this: Don’t tell everything! I realize this could be hard, since you are a good talker these days; your ability to express yourself is at a peak.

So what should you do? Whenever you speak, aim for quality over quantity. And always weave in a bit of mystery.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Ducks are

the most unflappable creatures I know. Cats are often regarded as the top practitioners of the “I don’t give a f---” attitude, but I think ducks outshine them. When domestic felines exhibit their classic aloofness, there’s sometimes a subtext of annoyance or contempt. But ducks are consistently as imperturbable as Zen masters. Right now, as I gaze out my office window, I’m watching five of them swim calmly, with easygoing nonchalance, against the swift current of the creek in the torrential rain. I invite you to be like ducks in the coming days. Now is an excellent time to practice the high art of truly not giving a f---.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): My

old friend Jeff started working at a gambling casino in Atlantic City. “You’ve gone over to the dark side!” I kidded. He acknowledged that 90 percent of the casino’s visitors lose money gambling. On the bright side, he said, 95 percent of them leave happy. I don’t encourage you to do this kind of gambling in the near future, Sagittarius. It’s true that you will be riding a lucky streak. But smarter, surer risks will be a better way to channel your good fortune. So here’s the bottom line: In whatever way you choose to bet or speculate, don’t let your lively spirits trick you into relying on pure impulsiveness.

Do the research. Perform your due diligence.

It’s not enough just to be entertained. The goal is to both have fun and be successful.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Ancient

Greek philosopher Epicurus was a pioneer thinker whose ideas helped pave the way for the development of science. Believe nothing, he taught, unless you can evaluate it through your personal observation and logical analysis. Using this admirable approach, he determined that the size of our sun is about two feet in diameter. I’m guessing that you have made comparable misestimations about at least two facts of life, Capricorn.

They seem quite reasonable but are very wrong. The good news is that you will soon be relieved of those mistakes. After some initial disruption, you will feel liberated.

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

inventor Thomas Edison owned 1,093 patents. Nicknamed “The Wizard of Menlo Park,” he devised the first practical electrical light bulb, the movie camera, the alkaline storage battery and many more useful things. The creation he loved best was the phonograph.

It was the first machine in history that could record and reproduce sound. Edison bragged that no one else had ever made such a wonderful instrument. It was “absolutely original.” I bring this to your attention, Aquarius, because I think you’re due for an outbreak of absolute originality. What are the most unique gifts you have to offer? In addition to those you already know about, new ones may be ready to emerge.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Here’s an

experiment that makes good astrological sense for you to try in the coming weeks.

Whenever you feel a tinge of frustration, immediately say, “I am an irrepressible source of power and freedom and love.” Anytime you notice a trace of inadequacy rising up in you, or a touch of blame, or a taste of anger, declare, “I am an irresistible magnet for power and freedom and love.” If you’re bothered by a mistake you made, or a flash of ignorance expressed by another person, or a maddening glitch in the flow of the life force, stop what you’re doing, interrupt the irritation, and proclaim, “I am awash in power and freedom and love.”

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Grounded Valerie Love is a clean energy staffer with the Center for Biological Diversity, which is headquartered in Arizona and has offices in 11 states and Washington, D.C. These days she’s working on the CBD’s “Keep It In the Ground” anti-fracking, anti-fossil fuel mining campaign. We encountered her at a protest outside the Siena Hotel, where an oil and gas lease auction was held by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

What’s happening here?

We’re out here telling the BLM and the Obama administration that our lands and our futures are not for sale. So we’re protesting what is essentially a climate auction of fossil fuel leasing on public lands.

This is the Silver State, a mining state. Are you going against the flow here?

Well, we’re standing up, regardless of what the culture is, to say that this is the way we need to go. We know that, with the science of global warming, we need to keep 80 percent of fossil fuels in the ground.

We already have what we need leased on

public lands and private lands. We don’t need any new fossil fuel leasing to make the transition to clean and renewable energy.

The mining industry has clout here. What are the chances you’re going to win against them?

Well, it’s a national campaign so these are folks all over the country rallying and campaigning and so we’re really, you know—we’re going grassroots, bottom up, and we hope that we will push up to the very top to the Obama administration to D.C. to have our voices heard.

Local and world cops Cops, I mean—jeez. Just when I thought 2014 couldn’t get any worse in terms of police relations with blacks, here comes this big chunk of Ugly from Chicago. I honestly can’t imagine the trial of officer Van Dyke (Great—worst cop in the country has my surname. How charming) lasting more than a day or two. The prosecutor simply shows the 2014 shooting video on Day One, and then says, “There ya go. I’m done. Thank you.” End of story. The defense tries to sell the ole “trigger got stuck” story for about half a day before it caves in, accepts reality, and begins making a deal for Van Dyke to do his time in minimum security country club jail.

So, yeah. That’s a bad one. But let’s remind ourselves that this horror isn’t new. It’s been going on for years. Decades. Centuries. Cops murdering black people in the most insane, malicious, ignorant ways imaginable. Quite honestly, it’s a story that I don’t need fleshed out in any real detail. I know it’s true and I know it’s grim. Extremely grim. In

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Well, the industry is profiting off of that statement, so they’re kind of suspect messengers. But there has been a lot of evidence of the dangers of fracking, the dangerous chemicals that are used, the links to serious public health problems, so I think we have enough evidence that it’s a dangerous practice. … So we need to keep that 450 billion tons of carbon pollution in the ground. And American needs to do its share here to curb that pollution and keep it in the ground. The prefect place to start is on our public lands, which is a place for wildlife habitat, for precious water resources. It’s where we go to play and connect with nature.

These are our heritage … to pass on to our children. So the last thing we want is to sell it off to the highest bidder, to dig that stuff up and put our climate future in jeopardy. We’re not along here in Reno.

All across the country, people have been rallying. In Wyoming, in Colorado, in Utah, in Alaska, there have been protests just like this. In D.C. there was going to be [an auction] this week, on Thursday, and under threat of protest and civil disobedience, they canceled that auction. Ω

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fact, maybe it’s so grim that it dooms us in some way that I can’t imagine and haven’t considered.

A few days after the Laquan McDonald video was released, cops in San Francisco shot up an old homeless guy. Mindless, needless completely unnecessary emptying of guns into a small semi-delirious dude who any of the officers present could’ve manhandled without a sweat. You see the video and you think, “Jeez, boys, you’ve got nightsticks and pepper spray and handcuffs and what the fuck is up with all the firepower?

Burly, 36-year-old cops can’t tackle and subdue a spindly old babbling septagenarian alcoholic?”

• So I’ve been reading up on the Islamic State. It looks like these guys are determined to be serious troublemakers for the near future so I’d figured I better bone up on ’em a bit.

The troubling point made in the book I’m reading—a lot of the higher ups in the IS movement are fundamentalist apocalypticists. Scary. When it’s comes to fanatics, there’s nothing worse than

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fundamentalist apocalypticists. A lot of these IS guys are totally into the Muslim version of Armegeddon and The End of Days, and that means they’re capable of making some rather wacky decisions designed to fulfill their Prophecies of Doom. Isn’t that just super comforting?

In the Nov. 19 issue, I mentioned that Anyplace, USA, could now be considered a target in the aftermath of Paris, in the reality of This New War. San Bernandino makes for a dandy Anyplace. We now begin to reap the consequences of unthoughtful and massive destabilization of the Tigris/Euphrates zone of humanity. Oops. With IS supporters now a threat to places like the Donut Bistro and Bart’s Poodle Shop, Saddam Hussein doesn’t look like such a horrible guy after all. Ω

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